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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
Water Supply Satisfactory.

LONDON, April 1o-The Bloemfontein
correspondent of the Morning Post says:
The water supply continues satisfac-
tory. 'Entrenching Is proceeding vigorous
ay on the hills commanding Bloemron-
tein. Civilian labor Is to be utilized.
Sickness among the troops is somewhat
diminishing
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
PORTO 3RlcAN BILL

viii be Reported by Committee ms it.
Passed the ScHair.
WASHINGTON, April 11-Ae q special
meeting OF the Ways and Means com-
rnittee held to-day It was decided by q
vote OF 8 to IS to report the Porto Rico
hill as III passed the Senate, without
arnendment. and to move a concurrence
a the Senate amendnen 3
NhI. means Tho acceptance oe t6o 4eg1es
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
Troops Taking Shin.

LONDON, April 1.-THE Durham cor
respondent of the Standard, telegraphing
Tuesday, says:
Large numbers of troops are coming
down for shipment to Cape Colony. Two
regiments have already sailed
General Hart is also going to the
Cape. probably in command of these
troops. al
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
Methucn Ten Miles OF Boshof.

ZWARTROPFONTEIN o. F. s., April
9-AIonday-Lord Methuen's force is en-
camped here, ten miles east of Boshof.
Since the Boshof affair Lord Cheshan,
with Yeomary and the Kimberley Mount
ed Corps, has reconnoftered eastward, but
he only encountered a small body Of
Beers, who fled.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
nIethuen Moving.

8 PRETORIA. Monday. April 9.-Cv1a Lo-.
renzo Marques. )-Heavy cannonading -
reported at Fourteen Streams. The Brit
ish are using naval gun. Lord Methuen
is moving in the direction of Hoopstad.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
The Grsce-Strccts Won.

A very interesting game of ball was
played on the red clay diamond between
the Grace-Streets and the Park-Ave-
nues. The Grace-Streets won by
score of IL to Is. Batteries We're Drak,
Belvin and Z. Gibson, and Gray and
PitSon. II 81
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
"TALL0W DICK"

A: Petition for Habeas Corpus Pre-
sented To-Day.
FRANKFORT, KY. April 1o.--Ths ha-
beas corpus proceedings begun IN, behalf
of ."Tallow Dick Combs. one OF tn. t;oe-
bel suspects, came up In Judge CansrllFs
court to-day. County Attorney Pals
grove presented his answer to the petit
ton of the prisoners counsel and the
case went over until tomorrow. when
It will be argued.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
Moving Cautiously

LONDON. April 1.-THE Bloemfontein
correspondent of the Times. telegraphing
Monday, says: o. ~
THE enemy are making a general at
tempt to discover strategic opening.
They are moving cautiously
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
Beers Secure Guns

bOtrS ScCUfe t7uIlS.
LONDON, April 1.-THE correspondent
of the Times at Lorenzo Marques. tele-
graphing Monday, says:
Trustworthy refugees assert that the
Beers recently obtained at least thirty
pieces Of artillery, some of large calibre,
which were brought overland as machin-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11

Aldermen and Messrs. Ebel, Hobson, Wal
lerstein, West and Glenn for the Com
mon Council.
Messrs. Burgess, Folkes. HALL, ]. c.
Taylor and Walden are elected to the
City Committee.
JACKSON WARD.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
Boer Prisoners.

CAPE TOWN. April 1o.-The remainder
of the Boer prisoners that were on board
the transports off Simonstown have been
transferred to the mainland.
Rudyard kipling and Sir John Henry
DeVilliers, Chief Justice OF Cape Colony.
will sail for England tomorrow.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
sRcrnounts Arriving.

BLOEMFoNrEIN. Monday, April a.
Remounts are continually arriving. but
competent authorities estimate that the
wastage of horses monthly by the British
forces in South Africa must be calculated
at not less than 5 1000
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
General Strike.

rRosrBURG. MD. April 1o.-A general
strike of all the miners in the GEORGES
Creek region has been ordered for to-
morrow "wednesday Al midnight Nearly
5000 men are involved. The miners in-e
sist on an increase tsom IS 20 60 cents 4
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
Is the American Attachc.

LONDON, April 1.-THE Berlin CORES
pendent of the Daily News asserts that
the Reichman, who Is credited with llav-
ing led the Beers at Korn spruit, is cer-
'tainly the American military attache,
Captain Carl Rich Reichman.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
M, a t,anfihlntc.

WASHINGTON. April M.-Irdgs Henry
C. CALDWELL. OF Arkansas. who has bcsl
extensively spoken OF as a candidate fnr
Vice President. has written letter IN
which he says that he cannot eoussnA To
such use Of hIs nAma cd TT ~ ssoo.
.lutsm h41s naetr ~ Alsnll1aa1Yo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11

0nQfHi3C

LADYsNuTH. April 1o.-Heayy firing
WAS heard early thi. morning IN the d.
recttcn OF Sundays river. # continued
FOR few hours. No details OF the en-
gasement have been received.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11

a truce, with view to subsequent neso-
iationS.
The Corriere DItalia this e-ening pub
fishes an interview with Mr.. Fischer, re-
porting him as having said:
Lord Roberts will never reach Preto-
ria, as he would have to pass through
an imoractlca.ble desert"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
Bombardine Boer Position.

LONDON, April 1.-THE Durham cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph says:
Our naval guns have commenced bonn
fNrding the Boer positions between Sun
days River and Biggarsberg.'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11

Franklin and Marshall. % i 4 0 =
Virginia .OO1lOO O00-2
Summary: Base on balls-Of Brady, b;
off Garter, Z. Struck ,nut-By Brady, 8;
NY Garter. IL. Wild DitchLCarter Stolen
n,ases-4Gra,1bill. Carter. Urea, Mallory
Sacrifice l,its-Stitzer, Downing. Passed
rbalis-Miller. walker go. Umpire-Alr.
Shibley.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
A RICHMOND FIRM
Will Establish Line OF Steamers From

Florida to Europe.
FERNANDINA. FLA. April TO-
NIessrs. Hudspeth and Company, OF Rich
mond. v1. agents Of transatlantic
line OF steamers, are in this city and will
establish at an early day a regular line
OF boats from here to European ports.
These steamers will carry not only naval
stores. but miscellaneous fraiEatx
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11

1t looks as if Alderman c. W. Hard
wicke. of Jefferson Ward, has been de-
feated by Mr.. J. B. Wood. The latter mad
a lead of nearly two hundred votes with
one precinct to hear from.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-11
we're sos. It is probable that there will be

CONTINUED from First Pase.)
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30
Tomato Insecticide.

1t is reported that farmer in South
America has discovered that leaves of
the tomato plant will drive insects
away from other plants. He covered
the tomato leaves over rare young
shrubs he wished to protect from the
sun and small insects, and was de-
lighted to find that the latter left as
soon as they got the odor of the tomato
leaves. He then extended the same
treatment to an entire row of young
peach trees, and his success was COM
plete. To render the process more
simple, he tried dscoction of the fresh
tomato leaves as n spray in other trees
and shrubs and found that he had a
perfectly effective weapon, which cost
practically nothing. He also found
that n spray of the same kind would
keep flies off his horses.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30

Many of the customs in vogue in the
villages of Russia appear supremely
nonsensical to the majority of people,
yet they seem to be firmly rooted
among the people. They have, in fact,
prevailed for centuries, and are likely
to continue for centuries yet to come.
The peasants have Il peculiar way Of
testing Il prospective member of the
family.
When the parents of n young man in
Russia decide that certain young
lady would make suitable mate for
him they say nothing about the matter
to any one, but on some evening they
will drop around unexpectedly ut the
prospective brides home, and will stay
for supper. During the meal they will
keep a close watch on the young lady.
Ii she eats fast she will perform
her work speedily; if she goes neatly
and cleanly about her plate she will
perform her work neatly; if she does
not talk much she will work and not
talk, and prove faithful and obedient
wife to her husband; if she prefers rye
bread to white she will be satisfied
with her lot; if she does not gaze and
stare at the visitors she will be wife
that will not continually pry into her
husbands business, and if she imme-
diately proceeds to clean up the dishes
after the meal she will bring prosperity
to her husband and will be economical
with his money.
A most peculiar thing about the mar
riage ceremony is the fact that when
the couple enter the church both groom
and bride make a dash for the plat
form on which is the pulpit. 1t is be-
lieved that the one whose foot touches
the platform first will live the longer,
and that the children will take after
that one in size, health and beauty
Chicago Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30
Baby Ruth's Bee Story.

So many things were left to do that
Baby Ruth was not nearly ready to go
to bed. Her clothes We're off, her little
white nightgown was on; but Baby
Ruth was not sleepy.
Mamma said, Does Ruth want to
hear about the bee?"
Yes, Ruth did. SO mamma began:
"One morning all the bees flew out of
the hives, and went over to the linden
trees. Each bee carried two little
honeybags, which she filled with lin
den-honey, and then tooS home to the
All the bees worked hard till they We're
tired. Then they went home to sleep,
all but one little bee, who thought
she could carry another load of honey
before night. Back she flew to the lin
den-trees, and filed her honey-bags;
but before she was halfway home, it
grew very dark.
'What could the poor little bee do?
She looked and looked for a place to
sleep, till at last she found and crept
into a red rose.
"The rose closed her petals over the
tired little bee; while the south wind
swung her back and forth, back and
forth, till the little bee was-sound-
asleep"
Mammals voice had been sinking
lower and lower, when she stopped,
Baby Ruth was fast asleep.
In the morning she thought of the
bee; and, when she went into the rose
garden, she began to pull the red roses
open. At last she opened the largest
of all, and there was the little bee!-
Little Men and Women.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30

How slowly the hours passed! Only
o'clock, and it seemed days to Harry
since morning!
Poor Harry had been sick, and now,
although he was much better, he had
to lie in bed from morning till night.
Mamma had read to him and told him
stories, and he had looked at pictures,
but now there seemed nothing left to
do.
Two big tears slowly found their
way out from under the eyelids which
Were shut tight to keep them back,
for Harry was not very little boy,
and would have scorned to cry had he
been strong and well. Now he felt
so weak and tired!
Just then mamma came up to the
bed, and somehow her bright smile
cheered Harry up wonderfully. She
had both hands behind her and Harry
wondered what she had for him
you can never guess" said mamma.
1T is round and lighter than air and IS
a bright red"
at is a-no, it can't Debut l can
never guess it, l know" exclaimed
Harry.
Just then above mammals head
Harry saw it-a bright red toy balloon.
"Why, what am l to do with it," he
Ssked.
Mamma held the balloon by a string
about n yard long which was fastened
to it. You hold on to the string" She
told Harry while l get some paper
Harry watched her. She tore a good
sized piece out of Il newspaper, and
then she took the balloon and tied the
paper to the end of the string and IL,
go. Harry thought of course it would
go up to the ceiling; but no down it
came until the paper rested on the
floor.
Then mamma tore off some of the
paper to make it lighter and let IL 20
again. 1t was going up this time, sure
ly; no, down it came and again rested
on the floor Some more paper was
torn off, and this time it did not 90 to
the floor, but sailed about the room as
the little currents of air moved it.
Harry watched it. 1t lowered over
the bed, and then moved away again.
1t would be so quiet for several min
utes, and Harry would wonder if it
would again come toward the bed; and
soon back it would come.
Before Harry knew it, mamma
brought him his supper, and the
lights were lit and the long afternoon
had passed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30
A SOUL TRAGEDY.

Starvation Drives Man to Fortune
Telling.
Harvey Sutherland writes as fol-
lows in Ainslee's Magazine: 9Th are
are tragedies of soul and body in for
tune-telling. The story OF one of the
craft is something like this: What
precedes his arrival in New York you
need not be concerned with except
that it shows capable, learned and
brave man. But New York is hard
city to get footing III. Sickness
came; two pupils in bookkeeping, the
only ones he could get, should have
paid each his fee of $50. They didn't.
The man and his wife came down to
making neclties at so cents gross.
One week he reached the highwater
mark of $3.50. They paid So a week
for Il room and lived on a dollar or
so. One day they overheard man
laugh: III have to live on liver Gos
a month to make up for this eXtrava
gance.' Liver! Strikes me that's
pretty luxurious The landlady said
one day: Mrs. So-ard-So you don't
go out often enough for your meals
They had been smuggling loayes Of
bread and such things into their room.
After that they went out and shivercd
in the parks with nothing to eat, but
staying out long enough to have gone
to the restaurant. He knew some
thing of palmistry, and read up more.
A saloonkeeper that he knew advanced
him the money to furnish up a sooth-
sayer's fiat, and now Fortune smiles
on the rogue that frowned on the man
trying to be honest.
And yet, need he be Il rogue? Is
there not legitimate impulse to seek
counsel from a stranger, advice as to
the conduct of life, and on matters
which one does not wish to lay before
a lawyer, which do not come within
the province of the physician? The
priest used to hear SUCH but it is not
absolution that is sought, and, any
how, a large part of the population Of
America fears the confessional. Be
sides, the clergyman is not man Of
the world, and takes a view of things
which, rightly or wrongly, is not
shared by many others. How many
there are that would be glad to go to
some one and open their grief, and
there receive an answer to the ques-
ton: What ought | to do? They do
not find any such now that profess to
crafty this impulse. All have some
the experience of those who have
seen such of life that the occult world,
like fallen Babylon, is become the
habitation of devils and the hold of
every foul spirit, and Il cage of every
unclean and hateful bird"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30
Baby's Head Was "wobbiy."

She is Il very little girl, only > years
old, but in the short period of her few
years she has enjoyed Il large expert
ence of Hfe with dolls OF all kinds and
descriptions, who, in the course of
their existence under her loving but
not always kind administrations, have
undergone many vicissitudes. SO the
little 5-year-old, when there came n
real live baby into the house, felt him
self to be something of connoisseu
in children. When it was put into her
arms, this real live baby, she regard.
ed it with critical air.
isn't that nice baby" cried the
nurse with the joyous pride with
which a nurse always regards a new
baby, in which she feels that she las
proprietary interest.
Yes" replied the little girl hesita-
tingly, cts nice, but it's heads loose"
New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

In all departments of activity, to
have one thing to do, and then do it,
Is the secret Of success Menander.
The failures of life come from rest
Ing in good intentions, which are in
vain unless carried out in wise action.
g. Simmons.
An inquisitive man is creature
naturally very vacant of thought it.
self, and therefore forced to apply to
foreign assistance.-Steele.
There is no reader way for man to
bring his own worth into question,
than by endeavoring to detract from
the worth of other men.-Tillotson.
Whatever is unjust is contrary to
the divine will; and from this it fol
lows that no true and abiding happi-
ness can be gained by those who are
unjust.-Stretch.
If men would consider not so much
wherein they differ, as wherein they
agree, there would be far less of un-
charitableness and angry feeling in
the world.-Addison.
Insincere in a mans own heart must
make all his enjoyments, all that con-
Germs him, unreal; so that his whole
life must seem like a merely dramatic
observation-disclosures.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30
Sports of Chinese Children.

Little girls in China play house in
much the same manner as children
do in Europe and America. They have
no specially made toys for the purpose,
but use clam shells and small cups,
in which they pretend to serve food.
Boys make various kinds of popguns
and squirtguns out of bamboo. Boys
make lanterns out of turnips in the
autumn.
About the fifteenth day Of the first
month the tug of war is a popular
sport. In the country one village will
tug against another, the notion being
that the village which wins will have
a good harvest. The rope is Of straw,
two feet in diameter, with its ends di-
vided into branches. The men take
the main stem and the women the
branches. The women load their skirts
with stones.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30

1t has been computed by statisticians
that nearly two years sickness is ex-
perienced by every person before at
taining the age of seventy years.
Therefore, ten days of a year would
be the average of sickness in a human
life. Until forty it is half, and after
fifty is reached it rapidly increases.
From these figures you may estimate
whether your general health is above
or below the average.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30

Men suffer most from cancer now-
a-days, according to an English au-
thority. The most tainted places in
England are London, the Thames Val
ley and the counties adjoining the me-
tropolis. The highest mortality rates
for occupation are those which include
commercial travellers, coachmen, mer-
chants, seamcn. brewers, inn-keepers,
butchers and plumbers. Doctors stand
low on the list. 1t is a curious fact
that the better the nutrition and the
younger the patient, the more rapidly
the cancer grows, the patient often
having a fine healthy color in his
cheeks.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30
Rusgla's March 10 Warm Weather.

AS Russia was Oriental in her origin.
so she moves to the Orient by innate
and congental compulsion. 1t has been
pointed out that the sea alone stopped
the Cossacks in the seventeenth century,
and when they got to work again in the
nineteenth the Russians crossed the Pa
citic and pushed on to within few miles
OF San Francisco, long before the first
'prairic schooner" sailed over the
plains.
The map of Asia is a Russian step
ladder; the Urals, Western Siberia,
Eastern Siberia. Baikaia, Kamchatka.
the Amur, Manchuria, the Steppe.
Khiya, Turkcstan, the Mcrv oasis, Box
hara, Samarkand; these are the rungs
she has climbed. Persia Kashgar, All
ghanistan, India itseli-unlcss a mghtier
force than herself bar the way, her feet
will be here too in the fulness OF time.
The half south" in her course is shown
by the gradual descent OF her naval
base in the lar East; Pctropavlofsk, Nj
ko'aieisk, Nladivostok, Port Arthur.
II you would understand Russia and
interpret and forecast Alright the march
OF great events never forget that. Tor
her, eastward the course OF empire takes
its way; that as the sap rises, rs the
sparks fly upward, as the tides follow the
moon, so Russia goes to the sunrise and
the warm water.
This is what the history OF Siberia
7trikingly illustrates and it IS from this
point OF view that the great Siberian rail
way derives its chief Significance
Scribner's Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30

1t is true that John G. Fairfax, Baron
Fairfax, made great deal more of q
figure through his title in Maryland
than he would have made over in Eng.
land. But it is also true that he was
an American citizen of the best type
the type of those who, if they had
his opportunity, would think as he did
that any title which a man does not
earn for himself adds nothing to his
value if lie is valuable person, and
if he is personally Insignificant gives
a touch of the ridiculous to his insig.
nificanca.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30

The State Board of Health in Mich.
'San has promulgated an order requir-
Ing physicians practicing in that State
t. report cases of tuberculosis, under
a statute which empowers the board
to compel doctors to report cases of
dangerous communicable disease. A
medical practitioner of high standing
IN his profession disregarded this re-
quirement, insisting upon his right to
no so, because tuberculosis was not ex-
pressly mentioned in the statute. The
Swer court excused him on this
found, but the Supreme Court has re-
2arsed this decision, holding that the
3tate Board has the discretionary
sower to classify pulmonary consump-
lon among contagious OF communion
ble maladies.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30
The Untidy Clock.

This naughty clock before you stands,
He will not wash his face and hands,
But stays there idly in his place,
And holds his hands before his face.
Though soap and sponge are sitting near,
basin, too, of water clear,
The clock mas never yet been seen
To try to make himself more clean.
Dearie, 'twould give me quite a shock
If YOU We're like the untidy clock.
Carolyn Wells, in Harper's BaZar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30

A careful analysis of the statistics
Of British mortality in the Boer war
shows that of the British officers in
South Africa 72.1 per thousand have
been killed or have died from wounds
and 30G per thousand have died from
disease OF the men nineteen per
thousand have been killed or died
from wounds and BIS per thousand
have died from disease.--Medical Rec.
ord.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30
LOVE-.

Life comes, life goes, brief hours and
days
Consume its scanty breath;
Love comes but once, and henceforth
stays,
He knows nor life nor death,
Who deem they once have known loves
shape,
And seen the phantom go,
Have seen a mime loves aspect ape,
They never saw love-no.
Grace Ellery Charming.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30

Rimer-Has your father discovered
yet that am a poet?
Miss Goldust-No; and he says he
has read s"erything that you have ever
written, too!-Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30

Any little boy or girl can try this
and it will help to pass rainy day; or
you can assume little sister or brother
who is sick.-Youth's Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-30

There are said to be at least 52o7
motor cycles in France, on which the
annual tax has been paid.