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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

Wheelwomen in Europe meet with
many difficulties. In Russia everything
is managed "by order of the Car, -
and cycling is no exception to the
rule. Before woman can possess a
wheel she must obtain royal consent
and as this is granted quite sparingly,
there are but few wheelwomen in Rus
sia. France recognizes the right of
the husband to be boss, and before
madame can Join the touring club she
must first obtain a signed declaration
from her spouse granting her the
privilege. In Florence women cyclists
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26
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From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat:
An amusing incident, in which white
woman, a black man and new hat
figured, occurred in the waiting room
at Union station. The station was
crowded with in and out bound pas
sengers and seats in the waiting room
were at premium. The colored wom-
an, flashily dressed and walking with
a self-satisfed air, entered. Spying
two vacant seats in one corner, she
started toward them, sat down in one
and placed a pasteboard box contain
ing a hat, for the purchase of which
she had Travelled to town, on the other.
A few minutes later a handsomely
dressed white woman entered the sta
tion. Her eyes wandered in the di-
rection Of the colored woman and fell
upon the seat occupied by the band
box and its owner. When she reached
the seat she looked at the bandboX
and then inquiringly at the woman,
The latter paid no attention to her,
and she finally pointed to the box and
asked the colored woman if it was hers.
The latter nodded in the affirmative
and the white woman requested her to
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26
A WOMAN'S WAYS.

She will laugh while the tears still dim
the eyes,
She will sing a song to cover the sighs,
She will fight for the mastery over pain,
Full many an untold battle gain;
Then over mouse will faint away,
But that is only woman's way.
She will take her place in the battle of
life,
And bear uncompaining the brunt of the
strife,
Her strength and energy ready to share,
And always trying a smile to wear:
But in a dispute the last word she'll say,
For thai is just woman's way.
She rocks the cradle of life's greatest men;
She has ruled the world since the world
began.
She can reach decision and act on the
While man spends the time in arguments
lame;
But when she goes shopping she takes
one day,
For that is just a woman's way.
Ohio State Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

capitalist who made long trips to some
vague, outlandish place where he was
a broker or speculator or something,
and always came back with money to
throw away. Once he was a giant.
Now he is bent and gaunt, withered by
age and disease and want. He ig in
his seventy-fourth year.
In speaking of an experience with
julius Doherty, an old-time pal, Brady
said: I'VE were coming back from the
southwest with a big leather bag full
of money. julius wanted me to break
open nice place with him in Wash
ington. l said no; we had enough
in the bag to go back to New York
and live happy the rest of our lives.
He said it would be a sin to pass this
place by, it was so easy. We left the
big bag at the railroad station.
strolled into the iewerly store, bought
diamond ring and watch and took
a good look at the whole thing. l
saw that the jewelers. son kept a
clothing store around the corner and
that the two buildings met at the
iOt'l. w hth 1 went luGIG IUdC nlgnt
] saw that Julius was anxious about
something. Soon l saw him dodge
across the street and whisper to a
policeman. l saw his whole scheme.
| out the back window and through
the clothing store. Grabbed a long
coat with cape as | went through.
Then | slipped on a false moustache
! had in my pocket and strolled around
the corner into Pennsylvania avenue.
Burglars inside?' l said to the three
policemen who were trying to break
in the door, Well, men, do your
duty When I got few blocks away
l gave a cabman $25 to catch the New
York train. Yes, there was my friend
Julius Doherty, with the big bag full
of money beside his chair. Oh, but
| had fun with him. He never knew
me in my disguise, though; l sat be-
side him all the way. At Jersey City
when the train slowed up, said: Can
l help you with that bag, sir? Before
he could say no, l took off my nous
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

remove it. The other refused. saying
she had paid as much fare as the white
woman and did not intend to set her
hat on the floor or hold it in her lap.
A Wrathful CLEAN flashed into the
eyes of the white woman. She looked
the woman over for a moment and
then turned as though to walk away,
but instead dropped leisurely into the
seat on which was the bandbox 1t
was one of those lazy ways of sitting
down. where the entire weight of the
body is thrown in The woman was
not a lightweight, and as she sat down
there was a ripping of pasteboard and
crunching Of straw, red flowers, lace
and feathers. The owner of the band
box let out yell which aroused every
one in the station and pushed the
white woman out of the seat. But she
was too late. The gorgeous hat was
crushed all out of shape. The colored
woman's scream attracted the police,
but when they learned what caused the
trouble they took no action. The hat
crusher refused to give her name or
address and the eolored woman was so
angry that she was unable to articu-
late distinctly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26
JEWS CEASE TO COME.
Exodus of Roumanidns Fias Ceased.

To the probable relief of the guv-
ernments of Hungary, Austria, and
Holland, and to some extent the Unit
ed States also, the exodus of Jews
from Roumania has practically ceased,
says Robert Attner in the Chicago
Record. More than 1900 of those who
last started for America got no further
than Budapest or Vienna, whence they
were promptly sent back to Roumania.
For the present it is believed the
movement is over, at any rate until
next year. Beginning in the early
summer of this year the number of
these emigrants increased so rapidly
that the governments of Hungary and
Austria, whose territories they were
crossing, became alarmed. For the
most part the travellers We're without
means of subsistence and threatened
to become burden on the local au-
thorities of these countries. The Dutch
government, too, became interested
since Roumania, in her anxiety to rid
herself of the Jews was giving to as
many of them as space permitted free
transportation on the state steamship
line to Rotterdam, Indifferent as to
whether they had the necessary means
to cross the Atlantic or not. Each OF
these countries made strong diplomat
ic remonstrances to Roumania on this
subject, and both Austria and Hun
gary gave notice that the refugees
would not be permitted to cross their
borders unless they were provided
with sufficient funds to reach Ham
burg, Bremen or some other port of
embarkation. These conditions were
strictly enforced, and nearly a score
of emigrant parties, numbering in all
more than 5000 men, women and
children, were sent back to Roumania.
Meanwhile the attention of the treas
ury authorities at Washington had
been drawn to the movement. In
nearly every case the parties going to
America claimed that Canada was
their destination, but the officials of
the United States legation in Vienna
had strong reasons to conclude that
the emigrants were going to Canada
with the intention of crossing the bor-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

der into the United States and thus
mission of immigrants into that coun-
try with which they were not in a
position to conform. The Vienna le-
cation promptly reported the matter
to the state department, and steps
were Immediately taken to strengthen
the force of immigration inspectors
along the Canadian frontier. In ad
dition, Robert Watchorn, special i'm
migration inspector, was directed to
go to Roumania and investigate the
conditions there. Recently a confer
ence was held at Vienna, at which
at Vienna; Arthur S. Hardy, United
States minister to Greece and Rou-
mania; Mr.. Watchorn from Washing
ton, and M. Take Jonesco, ex-minister
Of finance, Roumania, were present.
NJ. Jonesco, who seemed thoroughly
familiar with the whole situation, eX
planned the conditions leading up to
the movement. The real reason for
the attempted exodus was, he said, the
temporary distress prevailing in Rou
mania. There had been a run of bad
harvests and very little money was
left in the country. No classes had
suffered more keenly than the small
shopkeepers, small money lenders and
artisans, and the bulk of these were
Jews. There was, too permanent
overcrowding of the business in which
the Jews usually engaged, and the
situation was rapidly growing worse
through the constant stream of Jewish
immigrants, in spite of the laws pro-
hibiting their admission to the coun-
try. Another reason for the emigra-
ton movement, and of an entirely diff
ferent character, was to be found in
the new Jewish generation now grow
ing up. These young Jews are ex-
tremely dissatisfied with the social and
political position of their race in Rou-
mania. They resent the contemptuous
liberation extended to them and de-
mand to be put on an equality with
their neighbors. If they cannot sue
ceed in getting these conditions alter
ed they prefer to leave the country.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

"Mary," said Mr.. Thomas, when a
silence fraught with unpleasant mean
ing had followed his first alteration
with his young wife.
yes" said Mary, interrogatively.
when a man and his wife have had
"a difference" said MI Thomas, with
judicial air, "and each considers the
other at fault, which one of the two
do you think should make the first adj
vance toward reconciliation|
'The wiser of the two" said Mrs.
Thomas, promptly; "and so, my dear,
I'll say at once that I'm very sorry"
1t occurred to Mir Thomas that it
might have been as well for him to
make the first advance. but he thought
fully refrained from saying so.-Chi-
cago Weekly Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26
tiUMOR OE The DAY.

Bill-"Wot did AIRY get for picking
up the loidys purse when she dropped
it?" Jim-"Six months Tit Bits.
$50 you never had a lovers quar-
rel?" "Neyer." Dear me. What's
the use of being engaged, then?"-
Chicago Post.
Little Willie-"Mamma, what's that
white stuff?' Willie's Mamma
"That's whipped cream" Little Willie
WAS it bad before it was whipped"
"The plays the thing" full loudly cried
The actor, rich in fame.
"Of courst it is,'' the lass replied,
Provided golf's the game"
-Washinton Star.
Miss Gushy-"Mr. Tipps is so impul-
sive. He carries everything before
him" Miss Gabby-"Yes, of course
he does. He used to be waiter."-
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"Have you read my new book?''
asked the author of his friend. NO"
was the reply" 1 have been quite ill.
and the doctor has warned me to be
carefulw-Atlanta Constitution.
He boasted of his pedigree,
But when he went to college
They would not give him his degree;
And so, you see, his family tree
Was not the tree of knowledge.
Philadelphia Record.
"Hadn't we better burn all our love
letters, Ethel?" "Oh, no, Herbert;
maybe after we have been married
awhile We'll get dull some evening and
want something funny to read."-In-
dianapolis Journal.
Irish Manservant (who has been re-
quested by n guest to procure him a
bluebottle for fishing purposes, return
ing from his quest-"If ye plaze, sorr,
would a green soda-water bottle be
what you're wantin' Punch.
Ethel-"When a man talks all by
himself, what is that called:" Mamma
-"Why, that's called Il 'monologue.'" ="
Ethel-"Oh, | see. When the cats get
to talking on the back fence, that's
catalogue isn't itT-philadelphia
Record.
Il do believe that young pair have
come to an understanding at last"
said the landlady. IF they have, they
are the first couple in love that ever
exhibited any signs of possessing un-
derstanding," said the Savage Bache-
or.-Indianapolis Press.
Fair Visitor-''So you have really de-
cided not to sell your house," Fair
dost-'Yes. You see, We placed the
matter in the hands of real estate
agent After reading his lovely adver-
tisement of our property neither John
nor myself could think of parting with
such a wonderful and perfect home"
--Tit-Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26
/, FAMOUS CROOK DYING
JIM BRADY ENDING HIS DAYS
IN ALMSHOUSE.
Robbed Banks of Tens of Thousands
and When He Reformed, Near His
Seventieth Year, He Hadn't q Cent
Left-His Experiences.

Big Jim Brady, one time most skilled
and most feared of bank robbers,
broken in health and spirits and not
a penny left of the thousands which
ne gained by his craft, has been taken
TO the Westchester almshouse, near
New York. Privation and disease have
brought him almost to the door of
death, but the doctors say he has a
hghting chance. He used to be one of
the biggest bank burglars in this coun-
try, the pal of Jimmy Hope, Big Frank
Mccoy, Bill Miller and the greatest
criminals of his day. Broken in health
by long imprisonment, he reformed a
dozen years ago. He has been poor
ever since be began to live honestly.
Now he is dying pauper, depend
ant upon men who remember that 80
years ago he was a great man in the
village of New Rochelle; the Midas
OF the little hamlet, the mysterious
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26
"He Was My AL"

Baron Won Ketteler was shot through
the head. Word was sent at once to
the Tsungli-Yamen and they only
found the two chairs, badly crushed.
The interpreter saw the Minister shot
and saw him fall. 1t fell upon me
to bear the word to his sweet young
American wife. They had been mar
ried three years.
She said: Il have lost ALL and in
a strange land. He was my husband,
my mother, my brother, my children,
my all, and he is swept from me-"
| helped her pack some things and we
went together to the British Legation.
From Mrs Conger's story of the Ger
man Minister'S murder, in letter to
friend.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

prominent He and Mr.. George Low
der have pretty well shared the hon
ors of wrestling at Grasmere, and, in
deed, elsewhere. Mr.. Steadman won
last year; he again won this year in
the preliminaries, but was thrown by
Hexam Clarke in the final round. The
picture presented here is from a snap
shot taken at the finish of the final
round between Messrs. Steadman and
Clarke, and the cartoon above repre-
sents group of well-known men of
might who took part in the Cumber-
land matches this year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

The Philadelphia Record says that
the only log cabin in Philadelphia is
to be torn down to make way for the
widening of Mermaid Lane near Chest
nut Hill. The old cabin, which stands
at the corner of Mermaid Lane and
Germantown avenue, has been in con-
slant use as n residence since it was
erected by Christopher Yeakel, in 1743.
1t is onestory structure, built en-
tirely of hewn logs, and for many
years has been one of the picturesque
sights of upper Germantown. 1t is
still called the Yeakel cottage, and al
though more than century and
half old it has always preserved
cosy and home-like air 1t is said
to be the only survivor in this part
of the country of n style of dwelling
that once prevailed almost universally
outside the cities and towns.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26
Worthy of His Hire.

A stranger got off the car, and ac.
costing a newsboy asked him to direct
him to the nearest bank.
This way" said the newsie. and
turning the corner, pointed to 4 sky.
scraper just across the street
THANK you, and what do l owe
you? said the gentleman, pulling a
penny out of his pocket.
"a quarter, please"
"a quarter! Isn't that pretty high
for directing a man to the bank?"
You'll find, sir" said the youngster,
"that bank directors are paid high In
Chicago. Chicago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

The British Women's Emigration So
ciety offers free passage to Western
Australia and profitable places when
they have arrived there to good, strong
domestic servants. But it advises serv-
ants who are seeking light places, with
no scrubbing, n regular evening out,
as well as all day Sundays, to bide
by the mother country. Women who
want Paris gowns, grand pianos and
"at home" days are also cautioned
against availing themselves of the
advantages of travel offered. Strong,
practical women, who are willing to
work hard and take the rough with
the smooth, are the ones wanted.
Wages are high, but the work is apt
to be hard. New Zealand is also call
ing for domestic help, and intelligent
women who will become companion
helps are at premium in Canada.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

The Beers have already scattered
their guns singly or in pairs about
their position, with the result that
they have rarely brought a volume of
artillery fire to bear on one spot, and
their fire would be continually
switched from one point TO another.
1t is true that their guns were thus
very hard to locate, but this disper
sion was the very cause of these guns
always failing to achieve the least sue
cess. They never have sufficient con-
troll over their scattered guns to con-
verge their fire on to any particular
spot, and therefore rarely did more
than make their opponents feel un-
comfortable or induce the British
troops to adopt open formation earlier
In the day.-Army and Navy Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

Once a year all Britishers within
comparatively easy distance repair to
Grasmere's fair vale, in Cumberland
county, England, there to witness the
sports of the Dalesmen. 1t has been
SO for nearly fifty years, and 1t is not
likely to cease, if one may judge by
the experiences of this year. On that
day the wrestling, running, jumping,
etc. were justly appreciated by an
assemblage both distinguished and nu
named sport, the name Of Mr.. George
Steadman SEEMS always 10 have been
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26
California THo1D.r Seed Grade.

over dozen varieties listed. At first
about a quarter of an acre was grown,
now one grower alone has grown from
$50 to 200 acres of them each year for
the past five years, and there are no
less than 125 varieties in his complete
list. This grower has introduced more
than twenty varieties of great merit
in the last three years, among them
the famous race of "Cupids." So i'm
portant factor have the California
sweet pea flowers become to the seed
trade that some dealers go there an
nually from the east to inspect the
growing crops and to hunt for novel
ties in the sweet pea line. Flower seeds
are grown in number of places
throughout the United States, but only
a portion of the trade is supplied with
homegrown seed. Outside of Califor-
mia limited amounts of flower seeds
are grown.
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must carry two bells to warn pedes-
trians of the machines approach. Men
are only required to have one bell.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26
Oldest Veteran of Civil War.

William Welch of Claremont, N. H.,
has been celebrating his one hun
dredth birthday. Mr.. Welch is prob
ably the oldest living veteran of the
civil war. At the age of 62 he enlisted
in the Fourteenth New Hampshire vol
unteers and served until mustered out
in 1865. He takes great pleasure in
telling that he served under five men
who later became presidents--Grant,
Hayes, Garfield. Harrison and McKin-
ley.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26
Frogs Are Fish In Law.

A citizen of Hartford, Conn, was ar
rested for catching frogs in a public
reservoir. He was fined and appealed
the case. The Superior court has Just
decided that frogs are fish within the
meaning of the statutes and that the
accused was, therefore, liable under
the law. The citizen had pleaded that
the statute did not refer to frogs.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26
A City's Church Census.

Youngstown, a manufacturing city in
Ohio, with a population of $4,000, has
been carrying out church census on
the lines projected in several cities re-
Gently, and the results are rather in
teresting. The work was done by 250
canvassers from a dozen Protestant
churches, the Roman Catholic churches
cooperating to the extent of indors-
ing the work The returns show the
following distribution of churchgo-
ers: Catholics, 11,493; Methodists, s.
057; Presbyterians, 4,127; Lutherans, g.
5S7; Disciples, 2,7S2; Episcopalians, q
070; Baptists, 1,737; Reformed church
LAB; Congregationlists, 1888. The
rest of the population is divided among
Hebrews, Christian Scientists, Theos-
ophists, Latter Day Saints, Unitarians
and members of the Union Evangeli-
cal church. Only $500 persons, or c
per cent of the population, confessed
to have no church preference.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

Materials and machinery to carry on
the petroleum industry have recently
been imported into Japan on quite an
extensive scale as Il result of the dis
covery of new oil fields in the province
of Echigo. In Kashiwazaki, the city
nearest to the new fields, seventy pro-
ducing and thirty refining companies
have been started and Il number of
drilling companies organized to put
down wells by contract for owners.
Japan consumes annually about Co.,
100000 gallons of refined petroleum,
of which amount about one-third is
produced by local refners. This shows
Il marked increase over the ratio of
the native and foreign product year
ago, which was then one to ten. The
present daily product of petroleum in
Japan is stated as follows: The Nag
anime and Kamada new fields, 240O
barrels; the Nagaoka and Mitsu East
ern) fields, 1000 barrels; minor fields
in other provinces, 600 barrels; total,
1000 barrels.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26
Siamese Use Odd Numbers.

Number of rooms in a house, of
windows or doors in a room. even of
rungs on Il ladder, in Siam, must al
ways be odd. Even numbers are con-
sidered unluckY.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

A new process for the production of
nickel has been announced by the
French Metallurgical Society. The OBJ
ject of the process is to obtain pure
nickel in two operations only, starting
from the nickel matte. In the first op-
Grafton the nickel is treated in the
Maubes converter, the iron being thus
totally removed, and a crude sort of
pig nickel obtained, which contains
about three per cent. of sulphur. In
the second operation the crude nickel
is placed in an open hearth furnace,
and by special desulphurizing agents
the sulphur is removed and pure nickel
obtained.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

According to an English expert dia-
monds are in process of formation in
Hawaii He spent much time and some
money following up the first indica-
tions that attracted his attention. In
many respects, he says, the formation
here is like that of the diamond fields
of Kimberly. But after researches ex-
tending over several months he came
to the conclusion that, while the for
nation there is like that in which dia-
monds are found, the process has not
yet gone far enough, but is still going
on, and that in the course of 100000
years or so Hawaii will be z great dia-
mond field.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

The Superintendent of Yerkes OBJ
servatory, G. W. Ritchie, has recently
perfected a device which renders it
possible for astronomers to use the
ordinary visual telescope for photo
graphic astronomy. The device con-
sists of a color screen than can be ad-
justed to the lens of a powerful tele-
scope, thus adapting it for photographs
ic use.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-26

In the little furnace by which Gold
scmidt obtains temperature of over
1000 degrees Centigrade, the fuel is
aluminium mixed with iron rust, and
this is ignited by shellacked bead
of the aluminium (Which is pulverized,
of course) and peroxide of barium, in.
to which a piece of magnesium wire
is inserted. There is scarcely a metal
known that cannot be reduced in this
furnace. The containing vessel may
be of wood lined with sand and the
heat can be regulated by varying the
quantity of the mixture.