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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-23
Contagious Bloo'

Mrs. T.w. Lee, Mont
gomery. Ala, writes
i" Several years ago /
W as inoculated with
poison by a diseased
nurse, no infected
my baby, and for si,
long years I suffered
untold misery. My
body was covered with
sores and ulcers. Sew
eral physicians treated
me, but all to no pur-
pose. The mercury and
potash they gave me
seemed to add fuel to
the awful fame which
was devouTin g me.
Friends advised me to
try S. S. S. / began TAX
ing it and improved
from the start, and a
complete and perfect
cure was the result"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-23
CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON

enotd
MIA dloh
in
ipansa and overdwih
esaed
skin
ronntted
S.
Blood ndt
thoroughly particle OF the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15

The Cleveland Plain Dealer says an
educated colored man addressed the
students of Adelbert college the other
day. He told about his experience in
his chosen profession, that of a lawyer.
asserting that on but one occasion had
he ever met with discourtesy at the
hands of white men during his legal
experience in his native state, Virginia.
This happened In a backwoods hamlet,
where the general ignorance of the in
habitants was some excuse for their
boorishness. In the course of his re-
marks he perpetrated an unconscious
bit of humor that brought smile to
the students faces and drew laugh
from the speaker himself as soon as he
realized the suggestion in his state
ment. II started out in my profess
sion with somewhat gloomy anticipa-
tions," he said. when l reached
Alexandria, where there were 1000 COL
ored people, everything looked dark. I"
1t was at this point that the smile ran
around
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15
The Vainest of All Birds.

''Do you know" said the observant
gentleman, "that, with the exception
Of a peacock, I believe that canary
bird is the ,,vainest of all creatures?
Both my wife and myself are very fond
of pets, and we keep several of these
little songsters always in the house.
zone of the cages was very old.
having been in the family for years,
and was used as much for tradition 8
as for economy's sake.
st had frequently remarked to my
wife that 1 believed the occupant of
this cage was ashamed of his shabby
dwelling place, and observed with en-
vious eyes the fact that the other song
sters were more artistically lodged.
Eventually the old cage collapsed,
and it became necessary to purchase
new one. In order to test my be-
lief in the intelligence of my feath-
cred friend I made it point to get
him the prettiest little brass house
that 1 could find.
1.-The effect was magical. No sooner
was he turned into his new home than
he began to sing as be had never sung
before, completely drowning out the
music of the other birds, and behav-
ing otherwise in a manner altogether
becoming his sudden rise in life."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Bill-"There is hand-organ trust
now." Jill-"Another grinding mon.
opoly. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
Tramp lat the kitchen door,
''Miss, will you-" Miss-"Oh,
this is SO sudden. Detroit Free
Press.
He-''He has one good quality as q
poet" She-"What's that?" He
che never gets any of his stuff pub
lished."
''The interest in our church seems
tagging" eyes; we will have to get
up q bazar or revival. ."-Indian-
apolis Journal.
"Nay" said the veteran rat, sniff
ing at the cheese antl walking scorn-
fully past the trap; 'I don't belong
to the British armyl"-Puck.
Mary had a little foot,
Her shoes were number two,
And when she walked and when she sat
She kept those shoes in view.
Chicago Times Herald.
A man is in love with his wife so
long as it doesn't occur to him that
he is getting nothing out of his salary
but his board and clothes. -Atchison
Globe.
Beth (noticing the bark of small
elm-tree that grew by the roadside)-
"Gracious! it's beginning to wrinkle
already, and it isn't hall. as old's I
am. Judge.
Humorist-''Thee editor makes fun
nf y,,xy inlrac - Ill
see that you have any kick coming.
That's more than you are able to do"
Chicago News.
Teacher-"How is it that you can't
remember any more of whav you
read?" Pupil-"Well, that's on ac-
count of stopping to count one after
comma and two after semicolon, and
so on. Puck.
Nodd-'I wonder if I shall ever be
rich enough to own steam yacht?"
Todd-"Um, that isn't my ambition"
'Wha5 is?" "I want to be rich
enough, after 1 own one, to run it for
few weeks each season."
"Pa," said Willie, on returning
from school, sis Latin o dead lam
guage" "Yes, my SON." replied Mr..
Busyman. "What did it die of, pa?"
81 don't know, my son." said Mr..
Busyman, with sigh. 81 fancy it
was talked to death. ."-Harper's b.
Ear.
"Charlie, DEAR" said the young
mother, ''I've decided on name for
baby. We will call her Imogen.
Papa was lost in thought for few
minutes. He did not like the name,
but if he opposed it, his wife would
have her own way. '"That's nice,"
said he, presently. ''My first sweet
heart was named Imogen, and she will
take it as compliment. "We will
call her Mary, after my mother" was
The stern reply.-Collier's Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15
A Jumping Charger.

Without very good evidence con-
Tess I should have been unable to
credit an incident which happened
the other day.at Norwich; but this evil
dence has been overwhelmingly furn-
ished, and the thing unquestionably
happened. The Norwich rlding-school
is entered by door, certainly not less
than six feet three inches in height,
and above this there is an aperture of
barely three feet. The charger of an
officer Of the Seventh Hussars was
going round the school the other day,
with no one on his back, when sud-
denly, instead of turning the corner,
he went straight for the door, tucked
his head between his legs in what is
described to me, and must certainly
have been, an extraordinary manner,
andjumped out into the yard. The
landing is on some fiat stones; he
slipped and came down ON his side,
slightly bruising himself, but doing
no harm, and is now as well again as
ever. When one comes to think of
what six feet three inches means, and
the manner in which the horse had to
screw himself up in order to get
through the aperature, the perform
ance is certainly nothing short of mar.
elous.-London Daily Mail.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15
Pricing Antiuuated Curios,

1t is rare thing to find an old
curio shop in New York City where
anything can be bought very cheap
ly. The old curio shop is apt to
charge the prices of the frst-class
jewelry shops, with the goods little
defaced and damaged, and little
higher price added on that account,
because the things are cold" There
are stories of bargains told OCCASION
ly, but they are difficult to prove. A
woman, passing through quiet, out
of-the-way street, one day, saw a
little, shabby old shop, with a spin
ming wheel exhibited in the window.
The shop was in dwelling house
Ringing the bell, she could get no an
swer for time, but finally man ap-
peared from the basement.
''How much do you ask for that
spinning wheel ?" she inquired.
"Twenty-six dollars!" snapped the
man, and disappeared.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15
BURR FOUND THE ASSASSIN.

ranees Lawyer onss c,s.rsd his cis-
eat - lrurdsn
IT was particularly interested" said
an old Washinston lawyer the other
day, speaking Of the Manhattan we'll
crime, "in the paragraph that describ-
ed Aaron Burrs dramatic act in hold
Ing pair Of 1ighted candles in the
face of spectator in the courtroom
and shouting. 'Gsntlemen, here is the
real murderer. do not question this,
but l remember that JePe Clemens,
once a famous United States senator
from Alabama, told of trial in which
Burr appeared for the defense of a
man charged with murder. My recol-
lection is that the trial was In the
southwest. When Burr addressed the
jury 1t was night. The guilty man
was In the room. He had been the
principal witness for the prosecution.
but Burr had learned that this witness
was the assassin, and IN closing his
address for his client he picked up two
lighted candles from the table and
holding them in the face Of the wit
ness referred to, he exclaimed: Gen
tlemen Of the jury. there Is natures
verdict. Now write yours. At that
moment the witness fed from the
room. After Clemens told this story
he wrote an historical novel called
The Rivals; or, The Times Of Hamil-
ton and Burr In that book he wove
the incident into one of the chapters.
The book is out of print and has been
for many years. But 1t had a great
sale, particularly in the south, before
the civil war, for Clemens was a typi-
cal southern orator, and a man Of
wonderful personal magnetism. The
object OF the novel was to make Burr
hero, and to besrirch Hamilton's
character. In one chapter where Burr
was high In the esteem of Washington,
the latter is represented as reading a
letter from Hamilton in which Hamil-
ton detailed some scandalous gossip
about Burr. Burr was standing behind
Washington during the reading of the
letter. Washington incensed at the
contents of the letter, turned quickly
and saw Burr, to whom he said: How
dare you read my letter over my
shoulder? Burr, as Clemens repre-
sents, stung to the quick, drew him
self up and replied with all the haut-
eur OF his nature: When your majes-
ty addresses such an inquiry to me in
the manner you have, the only reply
deceny can prompt is, Aaron Burr
dares to do anything This, Clemens
AYERS, was the cause of the break be-
tween Washington and Burr"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15

A private of the First Leicester
Regiment, writing from the hospital
at Wynberg, sends his sister at Not
tingham an account of the battle of
Dundee and the subsequent march to
Ladysmith. To reach the latter place
the troops had to make long detour,
covering, he says, about two hundred
miles altogether. "We arrived in
Ladysmith," the letter proceeds,
"most pitiable objects, reeling about
with the fatigue, as we did not have
twelve hours sleep all the way. When
we had half an hour the men just
dropped down in the mud and went
to sleep. Arrived at our destination,
] slept sixteen hours, without waking
once. - London Daily Mail.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15
CURIOUS BATTLE FATALITIES.
Soldiers Found After q Fight In Positions
of Life.

Soldiers Found After Fight In Positions
of Life.
Surgeon General Mackinnon was
one of the first of the Crimean war
riors to enter the Redan after it had
been evacuated by the Russians. The
first thing he saw was a Russian Off
Ger sitting on gabion, says the Gin
cinnati Enquirer. His arms were
folded across his chest, and he ap-
peared to be sleeping, but he was
dead, with rife ball imbedded in
his left breast. There was nothing
to show whether he had sat down on
the gabion after he had been shot, or
whether he happened to be sitting
there when he was killed.
DR.. Rossbach, of Wurzburgh, tells
of soldier who was killed as he was
raising cup to his lips. The frag-
ment of shell tore off his skull,
leaving nothing but the lower jaw.
And he was found twenty-four hours
afterward in sitting ponition, still
holding the cup with his unsupported
hand raised up to his headless lower
jaw.
Nolan, in the celebrated charge of
the Light Brigade at Balaclava, rode
for some time, sword in air, a veri-
table headless horseman.
A British soldier in the Transvaal,
searching for missing comrades after
the zulus had disappeared, found
one man kneeling behind the outer
defenses with his rifle to his shoulder
and resting on the parapet, as if he
was taking aim. He touched him on
the shoulder, asking him why he
didn't come inside. He fell over.
He was dead.
Nor are eccentricities of shot and
she'll more curious than thoEe of cold
steel. Irving Montagu, war artist,
mentions case of Russian and a
Turk, who, meeting, fought to the
death with fixed bayonets in wood
in Anatolia. The fatal thrusts must
have been instantaneous, the strange
fact being that both stood with their
legs much apart, each with his bayones
imbedded deeply in his adversary's
breast, for several days.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15
Where Time Begins its Flight.

"1f one could have truly rapid tran
sit, and be able to pass along the
meridian of one hundred and eighty
degrees from the North Pole to the
Equator in a moment" writes John
Ritchie, Jr., in the Ladies' Home
Journal, che would have q strange ex-
perience if the time selected for the
journey were few moments after
midnight on the morning of Tuesday,
January l., 1901, the first day of the
twentieth century. Near the Pole ii
would be the twentieth century, Tues
day morning; at sixty degrees north
latitude it would be Monday morning
that was beginning, the last day of the
nineteenth century, for here it is that
the western sweep of the date-line in
cludes the Aleutian Islands in the
American day. At thirty five degrees
north latitude it would be again Tues.
day in the new century"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15
Absent Minded,

1t was an electric car, and man
was sitting between two women. The
man left the car, and as he passed
out an umbrella slid from the seat
toward the floor and woman No. l..
She caught it, rushed to the door, had
the car stopped and told the conductor
to call the man back. The man, how
ever, declined to take what was not his,
and so the good Samaritan, leaving the
watershed" in the conductors hands,
regained her seat. Meantime woman
No. 2, who had seen and heard the
whole performance, suddenly came out
of her trance and exclaimed, Where Is
my umbrella?" You can imagine the
rest of the tale; but it was very funny
to see it all.-Milford Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15
THE MAN WITH THE DOUGH.

We hear q great deal Of
The-nan with the hoes
His trials and troubles,
(His sad tale OF woe)
Have fuddled our wits and
Excited US so,
We're clear overlooking
The man with the dough.
Our trust is In heaven,
Gods goodness we know;
But that's not the case OF
The man with the dough,
His trusts interested
In objects below;
He corners them all for
The man with the hoe.
No odds which direction
Our industries go;
Farm, office or workshop,
Our progress Is slow;
We worry our souls out,
Our plants fail to grow,
Unless we connect with
The man with the dough.
Times whirligig changes,
The tides come and go;
We see the beginning,
The end, who may know?
And yesterdays yokel
CThe man with the hoe)
May bob up tomorrow
The man with the dough.
st. Louis Star
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15

should say so; they all say the same
too, when they get them. Who Is there
that would refuse such works OF art when
they can got them for almost nothing.
Ask your grocer for a coupon book, which
will enable you to get one large 1Oc. pack
age OF cred Gross" starch, one large 10c.
package OF "Hubinger's Best" starch, with
the premiums, two Shakespeare panels,
printed in twelve beautiful colors as nat
ural as life, or one Twentieth Century Girl
calendar, 1.-The finest OF its kind ever printed
all for &c
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15
Moody's Last Words.

Stenographer Ben Wright, OF Bos-
ton, who took the evidence from the
son of the late Dwight l.. Moody,
says the very last words of the evan
gelist, exactly stated, were: "Earth
recedas and heaven opens before me.
If this is death, there is nothing awful
here. 1t is sweet. This is bliss.
Do not call me back. God is calling
me. I must go. There is no valley
here. It is all beautiful.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15
LAKES FAR ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
Mysterisas Dsdies Of water Found In
the CordiElsras.

Nysssrisas Dsdiss Of water Found In
the CordiHisras.
From Crucero Alto, the highest town
in the world, the Southern railroad OF
Peru drops into Lake Lagunillas. or
lake region Of the Cordilleras, where.
group of large lakes of very cold
pure water without inlet or outlet,
says the Boston Journal. They re-
ecive the drainage of the surround
Ing hills. and conceal 1t some
where, but there is no visible means Of
Its escape. A fringe of ice forms
around the edges Of the lakes every
night the year round, yet they contain
an excellent variety of fish called the
pe1erray. which is caught near the
shore and sold at Puma and in other
neaghboring towns. The two largest
lakes, Sarachocha and Cachipascana,
with several smaller ones in the same
neighborhood, are owned by the family
OF Mr.. Romania Of Arequipa, who has
Just been elected president of Peru.
he owns immense tracts of land in
this locality, with thousands Of sheen,
cattle, lamas, alpacas and vicunas.
which are herded upon it. A curious
phenomenon about the lakes Is that
they keep at the same level all the
time, regardless Of dry and rainy sea-
sons. No amount of rain will make
any difference with their depth, which,
however, in the center is unknown.
And this adds to the awe and mystery
with which they are regarded by the
Indians. There are no boats upon the
lakes except few small balsas. or
RATS, made of bundles of straw, which
keep very close to the shore for fear
OF being drawn into the wlirlpools
that are said to exist In tn center.
There is some foundation for this fear,
for only two or three years ago a
balsa containing five men disappeared
In the darkness, and 1t was never heard
of again. OF course, 1t may have been
tipped over and Its occupants have
been paralyzed by the cold water in
an ordinary way, but their bodies were
never recovered. nor did the balsa
S'Si hooe " SuOIo- IneTeIOTe the p0O-
pie think the whole party was lured
into a maelstrom and swallowed I'D
by the mysterious waters. The whirl-
pool near the center of Lake Popo,
which receives the waters of Lake
Titicaca, is well known, and hundreds
OF men have lost their lives by ven
turing too near 1t. Boats That are
drawn into the current are whirled
around swiftly few times and then
disappear. For the protection of navi-
gators the government of Bolivia has
anchored lot of buoys in Lake Popo,
and boatmen who observe them are in
no danger. There is supposed to be
an underground outflow from all these
lakes. 1t Is claimed that articles which
have been thrown into their waters
have afterwards been picked up on the
seacoast near Africa, and careful OBJ
servers say that on the beach in that
locality are frequently found corn
stalks, reeds and other debris which
do not grow on the coast, but are found
in great abundance among the interior
lakes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15

Squire Dunhom, of Anderson, lays
claim to receiving Che smallest mar.
riage fee on record in Indiana. A
couple in poor financial condition
called on him to be married The
bridegroom said he was in bad straits,
but wanted to pay something, SO he
gave the Justice a cent, all the money
he had.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15

Thirty-six foreign vessels, having an
aggregate tonnage of $3.50, met with
disaster in American waters last year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15

The postal money order service in
New York for 1893 amounted to $oo,-
o8I ,782. For 1899 it amounted to Sis
48S, ,o2o-a gain OF $25,4o7,I46.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15

The New York Press blames amateur
photographers for large percentage OF
the water waste in BROOKLYN
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15

Fits permanently cured. No Ats or nervous
ness after first days use of DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise
free. Dr.R.H. .kLINE.Ltd.93 931 Arch st. Phila. Pa
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15

Piso's Cure for Consumption Is an A No. l
Asthma medicine.--W r. WILLIAMs Antioch,
Ills. April II, 1894.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15

Mrs. .Winslow's Soothing Syrdp for children
6eething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton. allays pain. cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-15

\ HIRGINIA FARMS for sale at rare bar
~ gains. Have a few exceptionally nice
III farms with good new buildings. Send for
y list. A. 4. ST EWART, Carson. Virginia
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-10-11
THE POPE APPROVES.

,.,,,.l ,o,a
Loha'h' WV - '
who has arrived mere from rome On MS
way to the United states IN an inter-
view to day Is quoted as saying
In one or the audiences whlch ne
granted me- the POPE said' we are
well pleased with the reiatiohs Oh 'he
American Government u 'he ehui'h ~
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-10-11
HARRY MAcFARLANE ENGAGED,
The Examiner of Oct. 2 says:

The Examiner of Oct. 2 says:
Miss Polly Dunn, one of the most at
tractive of our society young ladies,
yesterday announced to her intimate
friends her engagement to Harry Mac
farlane of Honolulu, and the report
circulated rapidly among the teas and
other functions where the exclusive Sc,
congregate.
Miss Dunn is the youngest daughter
of James Dunn of the American Biscuit
Company, and the family home is on
Hyde street, near Clay. She is noted
beauty and her engaging manner has
made her beloved by all her friends.
She has travelled extensively is high
ly accomplished and an excellent must
clan, being considered one of the best
amateur mandolin players In the city.
Her sister married Henry Foster Du,-
ton last December.
Mr. Macfarlane Is a sugar planter IL
the Hawaiian Islands, in business with
his father, Henry Macfarlane, He Is
also interested in the Kimball Steam
ship Company and is a nephew OF Col,
George Macfarlane and Edward Mae
farlane.
No date has been fixed upon for the
wedding, but 1t will probably tax,
place this winter.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-10-11
Democratic Claims.

Chicago, Oct. 4.-Democratlc nation
al headquarters has given out the frs-
official forecast of the coming election.
J. G. Johnson Of Kansas. Chairman CT
the National Executive Committee, dii
the figuring and announced this IT,
suit: Electoral votes claimed for Bry-
an, 800; electoral votes for Mckinley,
%; electoral votes in doubt, 80.
The States conceded to Mckinley
are Oregon, Iowa, Pennsylvania. Wesr
Virginia and the New england States.
In the doubtful column Is put MicEi-
gan, Minnesota and New Jersey.
Everything else of for Bryan.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-10-11
Chinese Woman Fined.

Hanah. All Kin appeared in the Po~
lice Court this forenoon on the cha &c
of selling liquor without a license. Her
attorney, Mr.. Chillingworth, explained
that he had examined into lie facts OF
the case and had advised his client to
plead guilty. This she did and a fine Of
500 and costs was imposed.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-10-11

Sales s Waialua, a $1,000; 50 Eva,
s27. 100; IS Waialua, a.. $1,000; IS Waia'
lua, a.. $4,000; 10 Oahu, sIl2.5o; &c
Oahu, sr4s.5o 5 Waialu,, a., sIoo,co.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1900-09-11

Sat: .9sftern 4benb mar in
Sbrem 2ptal cine 0erIammlung bes
8ereins Der ,Srauen, bic Inn 9lei6z
Geit nit ben MGnnern itreben." Wte
lit benin Der Qbenb p~erlaufeng"
Wtrtb: vGr bat ppraeitis esenbet.
Die prGiioentin belt eben einen 0ors
trdg iber Den Mutb Der Srau in
alien 2ebenslaeen", ba III Elm WGusz
lein iiber bic 9ielen selaufen, uno bic
5rauen huben ale bic Slu4t ers
griffeu!"
X X
.,&uti6sr (an elmer dbi6iffisen
Stene ii9 an Die YaHagiere feines
Waeens tpenbenb): .8on bier aus 1T
Der Weg nur fir @iel paiiirbur; i9
bite baber bic Serrf9aften, uus5u,
Tteisen unp alein neiter su eeben."
X \
Wann: sd finbe bic Na9barin
INNER re9t die gefleioet!"
Srau: .Gbicans, peiter ni9ts!"
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@npalt: Isle pplen ii9 i9sibsu
IaKen - tpebbdlb9"
Gbemann: rDir BADEN ne seIebli9e
Ibneisuns segen einanoer!"