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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01
An Absent NJ inded Bridegroom.

Robert Dewar, brother of Lord
William Dewar, the British scientist
who was the first experimenter to
liquefy air, is remarkably absent.
minded man. 1t is said that on one
occasion he left his home early one
morning and repaired to the house OF
friend, in which there was a fine Ii.
brary to which he had access. That
afternoon his relatives and friends
searched the neighborhood in vain
for him. At length he was run down
in this library. By his side was a new
suit of clothes.
''It's nice man you are," ironical-
ly said the spokesman.
Whats the matter nowG" returned
Robert irritably.
"Your bride and tho preacher are
waiting for you this two hours. Don't
you know this is your wedding d.,
man?"
81 declare" said the groom, "I'd
forgotten all about it! Wait till I
dress and I'll go along with you."-
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01
IN AN OLD MEADOW.

How oft the housewife crossed this meadow
wide
To gather healing plants, in sweet ORG
daysi
STOPPING along the tangled, stony side.
where nourished herbs, and weeds, and
briery sprays.
Within her basket, wove of hIrchen bark,
She laid faint-scented plumes OF golden.
rod,
And slender culms of rushes, jointed dark,
And mallow leaves, close growing to the
sod.
In dim, damp hooks, the bitter boneses
grew
For her. and comfrey, with its roots oil
black;
And tufts OF fragrant pennyroyal blew
Above the ribwort plantain in her track.
Pale catmint spikes she found in sunny
spots,
And tansy leaves, like notched and heavy
lace;
And wool resets, with buds in golden knots,
Where shafts Of mullen rocked with lazy
grace.
Green mustard pods, and yellow roots OF
yarrow,
She took, with hoarhound's square and
rugged stems;
Then softly mused, "I'll como again to-
morrow'
And homeward went beside the meadow
hens.
New York Independent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01

Travellers safety pockets made Of
chamois and fastened with a patent
clasp.
Gray silk opera glass cases and
shopping bags showing effective stee.
headings.
Ornaments for the hair made of very
small feathers spangled delicately with
silver or gold.
Broad showings of cycling outfits,
as well as all kinds of leather goods
for travellers use.
Tiny watches with vatican cases
having the dial surrounded with small
pearls or rhinestones.,
White chiffon parasols showing diff.
ferent arrangements of fine black
chantilly lace inserting.
Novelties in feather boa clasps made
of gilt, silver and gun metal set with
pearls, rhinestones and other Jewels
Numberless wired ribbon and vel.
vet bows for the hair distributed
throughout the ribbon stock as sug.
gestions for use.
Fluffy parasols covered with chiffon
plaitings in contrast, having handles
of crystal or pearl incrusted with deli.
cate silver filigree. Dry Goods Econo.
mist
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01

I had covered more than half the
distance when 1 noticed that the
clouds were gathering dark and low
in the west before me, with ragged
streamers hanging out like danger
signals in every direction. Sud
denly there YVES an agitation among
these Gs il by the action of q violent
wind. They collected and darkened,
and L heard a dull, rushing sound
apparently right over the roofs of the
town mile and half ahead. In an
instant huge dark blue mass de-
tached itself, as it seemed, with q
tremendous swirl and swooped
viciously toward the earth. There
was q moments interval, and then I
saw cloud of solid objects fly up,
whirhng higher and higher with fright.
full rapidity-boards and shingles
and sheaves of wheat and miscel-
laneous small articles. Then the
whirlwind, after gyrating about indie
cisiyely, lunged straight forward down
the wind.
[ haG dismounted at tle first ap-
lCdl uiACe VI thc b"lSlcI, bHu L nov
turned the wheel about with all haste,
and, getting astride, commenced to
flee for my life The storm wGs not
more than mile and n quarter be-
hind me. / could not estimate its
velocity, but put my feet hard down
on the pedals and "scorched" with
the utmost energy and enthusiasm.
l found it vastly easier work than
struggling in the teeth of the wind.
Now the force was all at my back,
and, with the howl OF the oncoming
storm as n stimulus, 1 achieved sur
prlsing rate Of speed.
The road was level and there was
nothing to impede my course. In
the cautious side-glances which I
could spare from my vigilant watch
for rocks upon the track L beheld the
inhabitants of the farmhouses along
the way standing in amazement and
horror at my terrific pursuer, or run
ming to right and left to escape from
its path. L might have taken to the
fields myself, but this would have
necessitated abandoning my wheel,
which would in all probability be
badly damaged by the cyclone. I
did no, feel any great alarm for my
safety, for the next cross-road was
only a quarter of mile farther, and
1 knew that could there turn aside
apa let the mrrster pass. There was
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01
Gossip.

America has 100000 working
women.
Russia has twenty-nine women phar-
macists.
The Princess Of Naples is said to be
the most beautiful member of reign.
ing family.
France employs over 5000 women
in her civil service, telephone and
telegraph Offices.
Mrs. May Preston Slosson has been
appointed Chaplain OF the Wyoming
State Penitentiary at Laramie.
The Princess of Wales has made
such loving hobby of music that she
plays with much skill the piano, har-
monium and either.
Mrs. Tower, the wife of the Ameri-
can Ambassador, has the reputation of
being one of the best gowned women
at the Russian court.
Miss Cree Stanley is the first woman
member of the Sidney (Australia)
Trade and Labor Council, being the
delegate of the Female Employe
Union.
The women who have interested
themselves in the case of Mrs. May
brick are greatly disappointed that
Mr.. Choate had failed to obtain favor
able action on her case.
The National Council of Women of
Holland is now fully organized, hav-
ing adopted constitution and bylaws
and elected officers. Mrs. Klerck van
Hogendorp is President
Nine. Melba caught cold at a boat
ing-party on the Thames not long ago
aud had to give up singing at Mrs.
Ogden Goelet's party, where she was
to have been paid $4,000.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland has
received from the Dutch journalists
five large bound volumes containing
all the accounts of her cornation thai
were written by the foreign journalists
who attended it.
The first Irish woman to be elect ed
municipal councillor is Mrs. Maurice
Dockrell, who was third in the polls
in the Blackrock district of County
Dublin at the last elections, with nine
vacancies to be filed.
Five women, Clara Barton, Anna
Bouligny, Margaret Chanler, Annie
Wheeler and Helen M. Gould have
received the thanks of Congress for
their valuable services in the cause OF
mercy in the late war.
1t appears that Miss Enid Yandell is
not the only woman sculptor member
of the National Sculpture Society. In
addition to Miss Yandell the society
includes Mrs. II. FL. Kitson, of Bos.
ton, and Miss Bessie Potter, who,
like Miss Yandell, now lives in New
York.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01
Collar and Belt buckles.

So many dainty little devices are
necessary now in the way of jewelry
that it would be hard for most people
if it were not for the importation OF
the imitation iewolry, that is so ex-
tremely attractive nowadays.
The newest effects are in the belt
and neck buckles worn with the al
most too popular shirt waists. Just
how to finish shirt waist at the
throat and belt is always a problem,
particularly if woman is inclined to
be stout. The broad belt and the
high stock collar are all very well for
slight young girls, but as shirt waists
are supposed to be correct for older
women, it is time that something else
was found to make them possible
The new style of wearing a belt made
of piece of soft satin ribbon quite
wide, and then putting the ends of
the ribbon into the buckle, is very
satisfactory fashion. The ribbon is
soft enough to draw down at the back,
where it can be fastened to the skirt,
thus avoiding the ugly gaping apart
of skirt and waist. The buckle, anite
a small one, can be in silver
studded with precious stones, or in
enamel, oxidized silver, or fire gilt.
The designs are charming, and the
buckles most expensive. These waist
buckles, however, are not so fascinat-
ing as the neck buckles, which fasten
soft ribbon just at the throat. The
idea is to have piece of ribbon from
two to four inches in width and three
quarters of yard in length, or even
longer if necessary, so that it will go
around the neck twice. The ends are
put into this small buckle, which is
worn just at the throat; little bow
of lace being put on underneath.
The prettiest buckles are very
small, and are of gilt, sometimes
studded with jewels. They look par
ticularly we'll with the white peau de
sole ribbons. This style OF neck
wear is quite the coolest and most
comfortable yet invented. 1t is very
attractive when the neck aud belt
buckles match, but there is no law
that they should be in one and the
same design. ,Harper's Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01
BY FRANK LILLE POLLOCK,

something exhilarating in this race
with the storm, and L almost wished
that it had lasted longer when I
reached the side-rcad and wheeled off
to the right. Farther down the road
l had left 1 could just see the roof of
the schoolhouse, and the idea came
to me that it was fortunate that school
had been dismissed.
How 1 came to forget the existence
of Ethel SO completely 1 can not un-
derstand. The startlingly sudden ap-
pearance of the tornado seemed to
have driven all thought of anything
else from my mind. But I had not
ridden fifty yards down the road to
safety when the recollection of her
habit of waiting for me flashed through
my brain. 1t was almost certain that
she was there. Icould seem to see
her standing expectantly by the road
as had SO often overtaken her-in
the very track of the whirlwind! 1t
was unlikely that she would have suf-
ticient presence of mind to escape
across the fields, but would probably
run before it to be infallibly swal-
lowed up.
This idea darted through my mind
before 1 could even check the wheel.
1 sprang to the ground and looked
back at the tornado. 1t had gained
upon me, and it seemed impossible
that L could win the race to the school
house. But there was nothing else
to do and / did not waste time in
thinking. Indeed, my whole action
was less the result of conscious delib-
Grafton than of automatic impulse. L
scarcely thought of my own personal
risk, but swung the wheel around and
struck out for the road had Just left.
was not many seconds in reaching
it, but the hurricane was less than a
mile behind, and the school mile
ahead, with the prospect of having to
reach the next cross roads after pick
ing up Ethel. The road was smooth,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01
HUMOR OF THE DAY,

He--"Can you keep a secret?" She
-"Of course I can" He-"So can
I."--New York journal.
He-"What are you two girls talk
ing about?" She-'Nothing: are
your ears burning g?"-Yonkers States
man.
Ada-"He has more money thap
brains, hasn't he?" Clara-"Oh, yesI
He isn't absolutely penniless. -
Puck.
Curious, isn't it, how his features
are always moving?" eyes. Perhaps
that accounts for his having such a
vacant expression. ALLY Sloper.
''See pin and pick it up
All the day you'll have good luck;'
Don't you do It! Let it lie!-
Lest of lockjaw "germs" you die.
The CritericD.
When married woman does not
tell of troubles she is compelled to
endure. the other women believe she
is suffering in cret.-Atchison
Globe.
"He isn't even friendly with the
girl he was engaged to, is hep" "No.
When she sent the ring back she
labeled the box 'Glass-with care. )"
Life.
The Bride (rapturously) - "Oh,
Jack! isn't everything just lovely"
The Groom (devotedly)-"Aes, darling
and aren't you and T. just every
thing?"-Brooklyn Life.
"lsn't San Tomas an English town."
asked Van Braam. "Of coarse not"
said Dinwiddie. sits a Philippine
town. What made you ask If it was
English?" 81 noticed that the III had
been dropped"
$50 you liked my play, Miss Will
bur?" said Penriahs, with aself-satis-
fled smirk. Every mnch," replied
the young woman. 1.-The waits be-
tween the acts were SO long and rest
full. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Fond Mother Qistening to baby's
cries)-"What sweet toned voice she
has, dear. She'll be splendid singer.
We must send her to Italy and have
her voice cultivated Brutal Father
-"Send her now. Tit Bits.
He had been studying new bank,
ruptcy law. cts cheaper to fail than
to pay bills" he said at last. 'Not
always" f" was the reply. ''Not if you
get hold ola high-priced lawyer, for
instance. ."-Wsshington Star.
Lady Visitor--""Would you not give
the biggest half of your candy to your
little sister?" Little Ralph Waldo
81 would not" Lady Visltor-"Why
not?" Little Ralph Waldo-"Be.
cause two halves OF the same whole
are equal. ."-Puck.
"What's the matter?" asked the
Congressman Of his constituent. 81
got you Government job, didn't -"
eyes" "And the salary is salts,
factory, isn't it?" "Oh, yes, the
salary's all right, but, hang it all,
they expect me to earn it."-Chicago
Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01
New Shade of GIoyes.

Truly heroic efforts have been made
in the present season to down the white
glove, and enforce the adoption of o
moro serviceable, less expensive lux.
ury, and number of women persist
in wearing gray castor beaver for all
save social occasions of distinct for
mality. The smart new gray glove is
heavily stitched in white, has in place
OF buttons puckered elastic wrist,
and the three-inch length on the wrist
folds back, as far as the base of the
thumb, in widish cuff. A revival
has been successfully carried out in
favor of the biarritz sack glove, than
which there never was q more COM
Portable hand covering ever invented.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01

hands of womep The question OF the
great difficulty of obtaining good
mixers would be easily solved if in
England, as in Scotland and Wales,
women were employed, and encour.
agement should be given to this work
by County Councils.
am often asked, Can dairying be
made to pay? and without hesitation
can answer in the affirmative. The
branch of dairy work to be adopted
must to great extent depend upon
the POSITION of the farm. If near a
town, then milk selling is most profit.
able, but this has its disadvantages
and expenses, and probably the most
paying line of work is a combination N
OF butter and cheese making, with a
home sale of surplus milk. 1 strongly
urge cheesemaking; not the common
kinds, but the smaller make of Eng
lish cheeses, and also the various
kinds of French and cream cheeses.
There are now several schools in
Eng land where the process of this sort
OF cheesemakiug is taught, but to
learn the art in perfection I advise a
short stay in Normandy at some of the
splendid dairy farms that are to be
found there, for nowhere else can so
thoroughly be learned the important
secrets of the care needed in the vari.
GUS temperatures required by cheese
In its differ rent stages.
If butter making is taken up as the
chosen work of tie dairy, the three
great points to be remembered, and
which require a mistress care, are,
first, the feeding of the cows-that
only the sweetest and best food is
given; then, to secure really uniform
quality of butter, use separator; and,
above all else, let perfect cleanliness
be the rule of the dairy and cowsheds.
1t would be a great thing for the fu.
ture of butter if the milk from all
small dairies were sent to large fac
tories. AS it is, from the small dairies
with their two or three COWS much of
the bad butter comes.
1t is to be wished that there was n
keener interest among women in the
interesting and healthful work OF the
dairy farm.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01

An adjunct Of the royal game of golf,
even as important in his way as the
clubs, is the "caddie." This is the
individual who carries the bag con
tanning the sticks and locates, for the
player whose caddie he is, the ball
after it has been struck. Each player,
as rules is accompanied by a caddie,
but this is not necessary and this as.
sistant is often dispensed with from
motives of economy. Their rate OF
pay is generally fifteen cents for nine
holes and twenty-five cents for eight.
cen. In ancient days and even in the
old country at the presant day, the
caddie is himself player and gener.
ally professional who has spent his
life caddying, olubmaking, and tourna-
ment playing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01

o'clock every afternoon for the mail.
1t was on these journeys that I con-
Ceived the idea of utilizing wind
power by means of sail Oh my wheel.
Almost every young cyclist has at
tempted something of the sort, and
my first attempts were no more sue
cessful than the average. But after
a few failures improved in m echanical
skill, and was not long in discovering
that a bicycle is almost as sailable as
@ boat.
The lateen rig seemed to offer most
advantages, and L strapped my mast,
/ six-foot bamboo, to the head of the
machine SO tightly as to make stays
unnecessary.
On the 17th of June, 1898, it was
hot-unbearably hot--and it had been
SO for week. 1t was by no means
the sort of day one would select for
bicycling, but was especially anxious
to go to the postofice, and in spite of
sun and dust l mounted my wheel at
halt-past three and rode off.
In half mile [ passed the country
school-house, where my six. year-old
sister Ethel vas no doubt just then
engaged in the perusal of the First
Reader. AS she knew that 1 usually
returned that way at about half-past
four, she often waited for me after
school, when the weather was fine,
and she expected me to mount her
upon the saddle while t. ndled the
wheel, to her extreme satisfaction.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01
Selecting Becoming Stocks.

Few women exercise any mental
ability over the selection of their
stocks. If they know in vague way
that pink is becoming to them they
often buy at random any shade the
salesman offers. Any shade of pink
for an entire gown may have the de-
sired effect, while a small strip of the
same color directly under the chin
would have very different one.
Blondes will find the morning glory
pink, pinkish lavender, cream white,
golden yellow and cardinal the most
becoming colors for stocks. Brunettes
can best wear dead white, deep rose
pink, turquoise blue, blush heliotrope
and burnt orange.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01

An incident of the civilization of
the red man is that he is developing
insanity just as white folks do, and
therefore the government has bought
1GO acres of land near Canton, S. D.,
whereupon to build an asylum to ac-
commodate all the insane Indians of
the United States. Indian Commits
sioner Jones says, however, that there
are no insane Indians of pure race.
The inmates of the new asylum VIII
be half breeds.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01
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! NEWS AND NOTES
: FOR WOMEN.
Royal Women Under Plain Names.

Royal Women Under Plain Names.
When the Princess of Wales was in
Rome recently she passed incognita
as Mrs. Smith" Under this excel
lent disguise of names she and her
daughter dined at a restaurant, taking
their turn at being served and having
n good time generally. The late EN-
press of Austria became "Mrs. Mich
olson, of England" when she wanted
to be free from peoples curious atten-
ton. Her usual tit.e for less pro-
nounced incognito travels was Count
ess of Hohenembs. Queen Victoria,
on the rare occasions when she drops
her own title, assumes the name Count
ess of Balmoral.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01
DniryIng as Women's Work.

Lady Vernon, who is the daughter
of the tenth Earl of Haddington, is
deeply interested in agricultural en-
ployment for women. In order thor
oughly to inform herself on this sub
ject she spent some time in Normandy
studying the methods of cheesemak-
ing. Her article is as follows:
Dairying in all its branches is pre-
eminently womens work, and it would
in many ways be better if more of the
charge of the COWS and calves, as we'll
as the actual dairy work. was in the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01

The S.. Louis Republican observes:
Scuba acts like another with a dozen
manageable daughters. Scarcely
day passes that she does not demand
to be informed concerning Uncle
Sans real intentions.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01

An automobile has beaten railroad
train in 226 mile race. But then, it
was continental train. They called
it an express, but it made only little
over twenty miles an hour
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01

If iron is king in the industrial
world the ultimate supremacy of
America in manufacturing is clearly
foreshadowed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01

Out in southern Kansas the girls
have decided to remain single unless
they can mary "hero." As the sup
ply of Kansas heroes is abundant,
there is no reason why the marriage
rate in Funston's state should de-
crease.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01

q Dc e d o B =
sons where I
was st ayin g
nearest
was four miles
away--four miles
of smooth Illi-
nois co Il II t r y
roads and I
usually rode over
on my bicycle at
about t b T. e Q
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-01

The Savoy Hotel, in Kansas City,
has a dog that acts as bellboy, going
for the mail and carrying notes to the
clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-27
TIL. Frs, National Convention

What may be called the first national
convention was not held by either Of
the great parties. 1t was conducted
by what was known as the Anti-Ma-
sonic party and was held in Baltimore
in September. 1881. Delegates attend
ed from every state mot chosen. how
ever. on basis of electoral strength,
president and vice president were
nominated. and a platform was adopt
ed. The Democrats held their first ma
tional convention in Baltimore In May.
1882. 313 delegates being present. As
this year, the only contest was over
the vice presidency. General Harrison
having n walkoyer for first place His
opponents convened in Washington and
named Henry Clay, IL out of "a states
being represented. Since then nomi-
mating conventions have been the rule
New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-27

examined my wound, he found the
Mauser bullet had struck a plug of
tobacco in my breaches pocket, which
had broken fits force and probably
saved my life. as the surgeon said the
bullet would have struck my thigh
bone in a slanting direction and gone
up into my abdomen, giving me a NOR
tai wound.
81 am very happy and comfortable
here in the hospital The bullet has
been extracted. and in two weeks I
hope to be up at the front to get some
more fun before it is all overs A SOL
dier's life is not worth living without
fighting"
The family Of the plucky young SOL
der are, Of course, very proud of him,
but they want him to come home and
promise in the future he can smoke in
the parlor or any other old place Cor
poral Trusttum is only 81 years Of age.
He bears an excellent character and
has been promoted rapidly. He Is am
bilious and will have the South Afrf-
can medal for yalor In action and pos
sibly further promotion.