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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22
The Dahmins and the Durmins.

Margaret, Joe, Kenneth and Patty
live in the country. They haven't
many playthings, but lots and lots of
plays. Making believe" is great fun
for them, and they make believe" so
much and so hard, they really do be-
lieve in most of their plays.
One of their finest plays is the Dab
played all day, or only part Of the
time, but Kenneth and Patty and
Joe are Dahmins all the time. They
say the boys are Dahmins and the
girl Durmin.
Margaret says mamma is qu,en of
the Durmins, but Patty says, NO,
she's Jack Beams wife, and Jack
Bean is king of the Dahmins." Mann
ma is very proud of this honor, for
she knows well what a fine man Jack
Bean is. He is the boys hero, and
Kenneth says he owns geld boat
and a gold engine, and is the strong
est man in the world
1t Is ben-sen that makes him SO
strong. Ben-sen is somewhat wonder
full. You can take an iron rope as big
around as the watertower and it
isn't as strong as thread of ben-sen.
Jack Bean eats a grain Of ben-sen
every morning, and that's what
makes him so strong, Kenneth says.
All the boys say he is the best man
in the world "'cept papa"
Sometimes papa says there is no
such man as Jack Bean, and oh, how
the children punish him! They climb
all over him, take off his glasses,
rumple his hair, and say he can never,
never be a Dahmin any more. Papa
Is glad enough to give in before such
determined foes, and promises to be-
lieve in Jack Bean as long as he
lives.
Patty and Kenneth have what thev
call "Dahmin dinner" and that means
to save your cake and fruit from des-
sert, and all the licorice and candy
balls you can get with the pennies you
earn going errands and carrying coal
/ for grandma's fire. Then you take
| these good things Drown sugar sand
wiches are fine for Dahmin dinners)
and set nice little table and eat your
dinner, and talk with big voice like
workingman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22
Dahmin men are brave. One day

Dahmin men are brave. One day
mamma told Kenneth, who is seven,
to go on an errand. He was having
a beautiful time on Jack Beams gold
boat (made of dining-room chairs), and
he didn't want to go. But Patty, who
is five, said, 60 on, Ken, and don't
Cry. Dahmin mans don't cry"
The Dahmins have more fun than
the Durmins because there are more
of them; but when Margaret invites
two other girls to be Durmins, and
they have Durmin war, then 1t is
exciting. They make their cannon out
of drain-pipe, and build forts out OF
boxes III summer ana snow in winter,
and have as big a war as Spain and
America!
But alas! mamma Is no longer Jack
Beams wife and queen of the Dab
Minis. Two little boys were naughty
and had to be punished. AS they sat
in chairs on each side of the dining
room till they could promise to be
good, Patty exclaimed, with the ears
running down his cheeks: Mamma
can't be the queen, for she has de-
graced the Dahmins"
But mamma loves the Dahmins and
Durmins, and spends many a happy
hour watching their happy play, and
when she kisses the little boys at
night she hopes they may grow up as
good men as their heroes-real and
make believe.-Youth's Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22

Oh, what do you think has happened
Doll Daisy almost died.
1t frightened me so dreadfully,
OF course | cried and cried.
I rocked her to sleep this morning.
And laid her in chair;
Pearl, the pussy, didn't know
That | had put her there.
And so, when she got sleepy,
What should she do but curl
Her great gray body in ring
Right on my little girl.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22

Nowhere in the world is the art of
fishing so highly developed as in China.
Rivers, creeks, stagnant pools, the
great ocean and the little tank, lakes
and garden ponds, all furnish their
quota to the sustenance of man. Even
rice grounds are turned into fish ponds
in winter. The inhabitants of the
water are killed with the spear caught
with the hook, scraped up by the
dredge and captured by nets. They
are even dived for by birds trained for
the purpose. Eels are fed in tubs and
jars Until customers carry them off.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22

A list of English public school grad
yates serving in South Africa has been
made. Eton leads with 1000 besides
496 serving in the Volunteers; then
follow Wellington, 500; Harrow, 400;
Marlborough, $40; Cheltenham 800;
Charterhouse, $50; Winchester and
Haileybury, 80 each, and Rugby 100.
Sixty schools have about $500 "old
boys" at the front, besides over $500
in the Volunteer service.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22

Comparing some letters of a cen,
tury ago with others of this day, either
commercial or social, one cannot fail
to be impressed with the change that
has been made in the direction of
brevity. And with this change has
come hardness, an unfeelingness. a
want of proper respect in the writer.
Good letter writer's are few and far
between. Men have no time to fill
pages with interesting matter, but,
adopting the commercial spirit of the
age, make 10 lines say what it took
100 to say in the days Of our grand
fathers. What is called polite cor
respondence has been given over to
women, whose duties enable them to
dwell on incidents and gossip that in
tercst. Men will not take time to
write such matters, but all willingly
pause to read them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22

The most remarkable revelation yet
made in the new census is furnished
by the sad report of Omaha, Neb.,
which is able to show population of
only 102,555 in 1900, after having
claimed at the census of 1890 a popula-
tion of 140,452. 1t is explained that
the census of 1890 was padded, but
if such padding could escape undetcct-
ed, how can we be sure that it has
not been repeated or that there have
net been other errors?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22

Tue figures showing the extent of
the foreign commerce of the United
St%tcs for the fiscal year ending June
50 last are something stupendous.
The imports We're valued at SS19,714,-
GTc and the exports at 81 ,304, 479, ,214-
making a total of S2,214,193. .SS4. The
mcst pregnant fact brought into prom
inence by an examination of the de.
tails of this vast trade is the great in
crease in the importation of
the crude materials of manufacture
and in the expectation of manu-
faptured articles.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22

Controller Traccwell of the treasury
has rendered a decision In which ne
holds that the Hawaiian Islands, un-
der the act of May 26, 1900, consti-
tute an integral part of the United
States, and, therefore, officers of the
navy therein are serving within the
realm or dominion of the United
States and consequently are not "be-
yond seas" within the meaning Of
Section 13 of the Navy Personal act
1t follows that such officers are not
entitled to the same play and allow
anccs as officers of the army similarly
situated, and therefore must be paid
at the regular rates for officers of
their grade, without the increase given
by the act of May &c. 1900, to army
officers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22

An infantryman with fixed bayorNt
has at least an equal chance against a
cavalry soldier with lance or sword.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22

Entered at the Postoflice at Freeland, Pa,
as Second Class Matter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22

A submarine boat, to be propelled
by cable traction, has been designed
by French inventor, for crossing
the English channel. 1t will accommo-
date about 250 passengers, and will
make the journey in about an hour.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22

Vice Chancellor Grey decided a
case involving a mortgage for $1,000
the transfer of which to George II.
Be1cker of Philadelphia by Miss
Hanna McFadden of Atlantic City
wac alleged to have been made as a
gift just before the death of Miss
McFadden. The vice chancellor in
his opinion says: "Gifts made just be-
fore death are not favored in law for
the reason that this is a mode of trans
fer by mere delivery, and proof there
of has to be made when death has
closed the lips of the claimed donor"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22

If all the mountains in the world
were leveled, the average height of
and land would rise nearly 250 feet.
The old Chinese idea Of fortifying
was to include as great an area as
possible within more or less impos
ing wall. Thus Marking has n miles
of city wall.
A submarine boat, to be propelled
by cable traction, has been designed
by q French inventor, for crossing
the English channel. 1t will accommo-
date about 250 passengers, and will
make the journey in about an hour.
An Inventor has hit upon a method
of putting stone soles on boots and
shoes. He mixes waterproof glue
with suitable quantity of clean
quartz sand and spreads it over the
leather sole used as foundation.
These quartz soles are said to be very
flexible and to give the foot firm
hold even on the most slippery sur
face.
In large rookery of flying foxes
on the island of Tongatatu near Nuka.
lofa, the bats about 5000 in number,
occupy the tops of IA large trees In
the midst of the village. The rookery'
is carefully protected by the chief of
the village, who permitted the natural
list to take away only three specimens.
1t was understood that they had been
guarded by the people from time i'm
memorial.
There are several trees and plants
in the world whose berries, juice or
bark are rs good to wash with as real
soap. In the West Indian islands and
In South America grows tree whose
fruit makes an excellent lather and is
used for washing clothes. The bark
of a tree which grows in Peru, and of
another which grows in the Malay
islands. Yields fine soap. The com
mon soapwort, which is indigenous to
England, is so full of saponine that
simply rubbing the leaves together in
water produces a soapy lather.
An object of great interest to con-
tinental Europe is walking mountain
in Gard, France which is moving
toward the river cf the same name,
at the rate of 10 feet a day. In its
advance it has destroyed the ma
chinery and pits of the Grande Combe
colliery, and has also destroyed nearly
mile of the Alais railway. New
channels are being prepared for the
Gard and Carbon rivers, which are
sure to be choked up when the land
slide comes. Six hundred persons have
been obliged to leave their homes at
| Grande Combe. The lower strata of
the mountain, which rises sheer from
the valley, are grit and green mart,
and both have given why owing to
! the tnfilteration of rain.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22

The old Chinese idea Of fortifying
possible within a more or less impos-
ing wall. Thus Nanking has u miles
of city wall.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-22
QUAINT AND Curl u.

If all the mountains in the world
and land would rise nearly 250 feet.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

Mrs. James G.. Blaine is collecting
her husbands letters for publication
in biography.
There Is o total of 351S English
women who have taken q university
course since 1880.
By the bequest Of Miss Anna 81.
Man, Providence, B. L, is to come
into possession of about $200. 900 for
the maintenance of Roger Williams
Park.
One Of Queen Victoria's most cher.
ished souvenirs of her visit to Ireland
10 large bouquet presented her by
tho Countess of Limerick ON behalf OF
those Irish women whose husbands
are at the front in South Africa.
Mrs Phoebe A. Hearst, who has
done so much for the University of
California, is, in appearance, rather q
fragile woman. She is often worn
out by her cesseless activity and nm
willingly delegates her work for as
-sistaDta-
Miss Ids Bennett Miller, the first
woman who ever sat in Q territorial
political convention, is the daughter
of Q wealthy stock farmer. She has
Choctaw blood In her veins and held
. place by proxy a. the recent Repub-
ican Convention for the election Of
national delegates at Purcell, L T.
In In Grange, H., two hundred
women voted and elected their school
ticket. Mrs. Slotherwer and Miss
Mary Scsce are on the School Board
at Warren. In Mt. Vernon six women
have been placed on the Library
Board. There are three women
among the twelve trustees OF the
State University. g.
A woman was elected Treasurer. Of
Fairplay at the recent municipal cleo
tions in Colorado. Another one was
chosen Town Treasurer of Como, and
another was elected Town Clerk Of
Creede. In Silverton women were
chosen Treasurer and Clerk, both ON
the Citizens ticket; the Democrats
elected all the other officers.
An international club Tor women
artists has been started in Europe.
It is to have as its object the oppor.
tunlty OF enabling women artists of
various countries to become known
not only locally but internationally.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

tt Ia to have branches and secretareas
in London, Paris and other cities,
and periodical exhibitions viii be
held.
The late Lady John Scott Spottis-
woode, the suthor Of "Annie Laurie. w.
was an ardent Conservative. She
opposed the substitution Of coal for
heat and slates for thatch on her
Bervickshire estate, and made her
coachmsn ride postillioa. regarding q
boz driver as an odio1s innovation.
derogatory to the dignity Of . Scot
tish gentlewoman.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

It is . common facetious remark
that more widows marry than single
women. In China, however, it is the
rule OF good society that widows do
not remarry. They are not forbid
den by Law TO do so, but they are
thought more highly Of If they do not.
In order 10 encourage them the gov
eminent, when they hsve passed the
age Of Atty and have not remarked,
coniers on them tablet containing Q
eulogy Of their virtues.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

It is estimated that at the present
rate Of consumption there is pine
enough in Northern Minnesota to last
from thirty-avs to forty years. With
. reasonable conservation OF the for
ests, the establishment Of Q Northern
Minnesota forest PARK, and the adop.
ion OF forestry. systematically under
taken. rs is now proposed, the North.
ern Minnesota woods should furnish
timber and revenue to the common.
wealth for an unlimited time.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

Business competition always
sharp, and it is the e. mantle
most capable-vho Rlp . wins. An
evidence Of eapabilit- conducting a
business is liberal An purchase COM
pelling advertising, says the Phila-
delphia Record. The merchant who
is the best advertiser is bound to be
the most suece ssful.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

The manager Of company Ishich
operates many cotton factorea in
Japan said q few days ago, while
making Inquiries in \ = Orleans, that
his company had decided to buy dur
ing the coming twel- months not
less than /, ZOO, 900 bales y American
cotton, whichwill be shirv I'D t. Japan
from that city.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

Forty years ago the railway postal
system was practically known in
the United States and for III At matter
in any other country. To-da- its RAM
i6cations reach every nooi nd cor
ner not ouly of America sat every
point In the civilized worlt.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, he Ct', Z.
eellor Of the Exchequer. In q sr-a>,
the other day said that { eeat dA
10 Great Britain vas the growing
crease in national expenditure, '..2t
might lead to much mi.sry anon, ile
working classes.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

There Is occasional evidence Of pro-
gress in China, Notwithstanding the
conservative policy Of the empress.
A telegraph line was extended inside
the walls Of the forbidden city" fol-
the first time the other day.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

You no longer hear abont break.
ing . viii" or ''goine ~ over .
will" Nowadays it ''see-ing the
true Interpretation OF -, sill l." But,
<hstever the name, the hard feeling
among the heirs and 7onid-be heirs
js Just the same.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

The opening Of an American corr
kitchen at the Paris Fair is most COM
mendable. Corn is the greatest agri-
cultural product We have, and the one
In which We have least cause to fear
rivalry. Its value as food ought &c
be made known to the world widely
a. possible.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

Commenting on the idea 70 abe: y
the trolley by substituting the hcrse
less vehicle, the New York Worl3 -
If the automobile oan save thu 20. :
ry road from the trolley track -
render life in the country betten vo' -
living.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

There Is one church To- , ~ 9S7
people in the United T.atss- Session
has one for every Lee Of re- ..opula-
lion and Minneapoli - :vT every
1864. Twenty.four = 1T n-ople at
tend church in the ute? ststee
every Sunday.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29
A Popuiar nplishment.

Broad wofk in water colors Ii
popular accomplishment of the mo-
menk The side Of the brush Is used
rather than the point, making eject
rather than detsil paramount Flower
designs are particularly satisfactory
made by this process.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29
.NEwS snoTES
z& WofMEN
OStrieh Feathers.

Ostrich feathers, which have been
resting for Q time, are to be seen
again chiefly in black and white and
may become popular later in the sea-
son.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

An ammonia tank exploded at the
Sanford ice factory, the past week, let
ting loose 200 gsllons Of ammonia. A.
G. Doubney, president Of The com
pany, and Tracy Lewis, chief en-
gineer, had narrow escape. All veg
citation which the ammonia reached
close to the factory was covered with
frost. The damages were quickly re-
aired. As the factory has two separ-
ate machines, the supply Of ice vas not
interfered with.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29
New Kind OF Skirt.

A new model which promises 70 be
Q success is O skirt that opens to shoy
. panel on each side-a panel 90
broad at the bottom that the front
breadth Of the skirt hangs like long.
loose tab. This skirt In prettiess
when made long behind. a wool
yelling Of old Chins blue, dotted with
white, is made in this way. The un-
derskirt which appears rs the side
panels is of white mousseline de sole,
finely shirred. except at the bottom,
vher6 the thin material forms q
Aounoa. The wool skirt 10 edged all
about by . line Of black cloth en-
broidered with gold, one OF the fash
ionable trimmings OF this season.
The bodice ID nearly covered by q
bertha collar Of white lace finished BY
q frill Of mousseline de sole that Is
headed by Q band OF black and gold.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

Hon. Frederick s. Morse, agent for
the land department of the Florida
East Coast Railway, has employed J.
s. Fredericks to survey several town
ships of land west from Little river,
and lay il OF in ten acre lots. There
is a great demand for farming lands
there. and buyers are selecting plots as
fast as they are stsked out.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

Robert ]. Bannermau, manager of
the Santa Maria tobacco plantation of
the Gadsden County Syndicate, has
cut from a six-acre field, grown under
cheese cloth and irrigated, without
fertilizers, q stalk eight feet long,
which was placed on exhibition at the
Tallahassee National Bank. This to-
bacco was set ont April 20 aud cut
June 20, and is fair sample of the
entire field. The stalk contains 80
leaves, and lot q bug hole can be
found IN one Of them. The tobacco is
OF the Sumatra variety, aud experts
estimate that the crop will yield l, 800
pounds per acre.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

The wearing Of miniatures Is fad
which has merits which all fads do
not possess. II 10 . charming way OF
carrying likeness Of some dearly re-
membered relative or friend, aodhh
one happens to be rich In these beau
tiful gains OF art. one can have o
never-tiring array Of decorative bsu-
bles. There is 9 deliescy about min
nature pendants which appeals to the
refined taste. And when che fashion
for wearing them passes, why then
they may 60 TO the wall. not in q
sense of desuetude. but merely In an
alternative usefulness.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29
Ki.d-Hearted Mrs. Krurer.

A pretty story is told illustrating
the kiud-heartedness of Nine. Kruger,
the wife of grim old Dom Paul. It
having been decided TO place q statue
to the President OF the South African
Republic at johannesburg, the COM
pleted design was submitted to his
wife for her criticism. She was salts
fed with the work, but after q little
hesitation asked tinidly If she might
make q suggestion Following o
prompt assent, abe requested that q
depression might be made in the top
of the head of the statue, that could
be kept filed With water, in order
that the birds might drink The sug-
gestion was needed, and the statue in
the market place serves q kindly pur-
pose as well a sdorns o public
sQuare.-Harper's Bazaar.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

Orlando has made an enviable repu-
tation for the many miles Of claEed
streets and substantial sidewalks al
ready laid, bat, to keep it current, the
authorities have had many streets re-
clayed within the last few months.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29

During the closed season, several Of
the fishing captains, whose catches
are handled by the Florids Fish and
Ice Company, will take their families
on q two weeks cruise down the bay.
They viii go ont on the various shar-
pies owned by the companies, and
rough il until the pleasure wears OF