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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

IT has always been the custom of the
democratic party in Missouri, that the
executive committee Of its state central
committee was put in immediate and
active control of the state campaign,
The attempt to make it appear that fear
of Mr.. Flory has brought about more
active use of the executive committee is
puerile If not laughable. Mr.. Flory
has as much chance of being elected
governor of Missouri as he has of being
made assistant emperor Of China
Kansas City Times.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

THE statement of Chairman Dick
of the Ohio Republican State Com
mittee "that the Presidents own
state must be considered doubtful
this year. and hls admission in the
same breath, that Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin and Minnesota are not
sure states, has sprung t. surprise on
Eastern republican organs. The
large majorities for Mckinley in
these states four years ago made
them considered safely republican
this year. But the evidence is
against it. The complete union of
Bryan forces in Indiana and the in.
difference of large number Of re-
publicans, will surely place that
state in the democratic column.
Lue uelHuCEato Ill IillhOlS1 WIN u
splendid state ticket and we'll unit
ed; with the Chicago Chronicle "in
the band wagon this year, and Mr.,
Hearst's newly established. Chicago
paper, are preparing for a red hot
campaign there, with good pros
pect of carrying the state. In the
other states named, very much the
same conditions are said to exist.
The prospects for democracy grow
brighter, day by day, and in all
probability there are more surpris.
es in store for those same organs.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

In the interests OF public edification
and entertainment it is to be regretted
that Thomas B. Reed, who is an able
debater and a convincing speaker, is not
to be asked to take part in the national
canvass. But after having studied Mr.
Reeds recent expressions on "plain
duty" benevolent assimilation" and
other leading features of the present
administration his retirement can be
easily understood. The mental wear
and tear inflicted on Senator Hanna and
others by an effort to reconcile the public
expressions of two such orators as Mr..
Roosevelt would be more than even the
presidency is worth. So Mr. Reed will
linger in pleasant retirement in his
New England home, where he cannot
complicate matters by flinging tacks on
the republican scorching path.
1t is refreshing, however, to find
occasionally man whose convictions
cannot be changed to order to suit the
demands of party expediency. Mr.. Reed
never could be accused of lacking parti-
san feeling. But at leastin one instance
he has been bigger than his partisanship.
Chicago Record.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01
"stand For Flag What for All

foreigners in the interior who are
yet alive, will escape death. 1t is
reported from Shanghai that the
Boxers attacked the missionaries
and native Christians at Pao Ting
Flu, July Sth, and massacred for
eign physician and 1000 converts.
The same troops were ordered to
exterminate all Christians. 1t is
said the foreign Ministers are held
in Pekin as hostages and that an
advance on Pekin by the allied
forces will be signal for their massa-
ere and there is no way of knowing
what a week, or even day will
bring forth.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

ACCORDING to the latest reports
from the war that is cover" in the
Philippines, 200 insurgents were
killed, 130 surrendered or were
captured. Twelve Americans were
killed and eleven wounded.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01
Missouriar


The reports of the United States
land offices show that 107, ,S0l acres
of public lands were disposed of IN
Missouri, 10 the year ending June
30, 1900, leaving 337, ,S0l acres sub
iect TO homestead or sale at the
Governmept price Of l.25 por acre,
ofwhich Bollinger county has 1000
acres.
Much Of this land is valu.
able for fruit, or stock raising and
those desiring cheap homes would
do we'll 10 take advantage Of their
opportunity, fornt tho present ratio
Of entry this land will all be taken
np IN q fcw years.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

Hon. J. NJ. SElBERT, Chairman of
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee has opened headquarters at
the Laclede, St. Louis, and the work
of the campaign will begin at once.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

YESTERDAYS papers say Legationers
are close prisoners and are surrounded
by barricades of the hostile Chinese
force. 1t is also asserted that the
British and American forces were get
ting ready to advance in forty-eight
hours
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

The republican party of today is drift
ing back to the idea OF the old tories,
who said "The colonies are not fit to
govern themselves" According to the
tory (republican) party, the Declaration
Of independence should be so amended as
to make it say: CAL men are created
equal except those who are created other
wise. Government derive their just power
from the army and navy" They would
ignore the constitution SO as to deprive
human beings Of the right of trial by
Jury. Would also revise the Bible and
have God say: "Thou shalt not kill, ex-
cept by wholesale and for purposes OF
benevolent assimilation. "-Oregon South
Missourian,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

HEZEKIAH CRoGAN who killed
Louis DeMontcourt in Pemlscnt
county last February, was convict
ed Of murder and sentenced to the
penitentiarv 90 wears.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

THE New York World asks the ques-
ton: "If war that is cover" and send
ed" and "finished" keeps 10000 men
busy, what force would be required for
war that was really going on?
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

STATE OF Missouri,
County of Bolrnger.
In the Circuit Court September Term, 1900.
The State of Missouri, at the relation and 10
the use of William B. Yount, Collector
plaintiff.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

IF the democrats of Bollinger
county do their duty the democrat
&c ticket will be elected from repre-.
sentative to constable.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

Tnn news fran China, presents q
picture % doubt, gloom and horror,
Il seems % be barely posdllc. lint
fs1ss uflhe al.s ant other
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

SrArEOF MISSOURI ..
County Of Bollinger.
In the Circuit Court September Term, 1900,
The State Of Missouri, at the relation and to
the use Of Wlliam B. Yuunt, collector, plaintiff
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

PREDICTIONS don't make votes,
and il takes votes to elect.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

not Talk from e New Raglander,
q fiegefsef 4em0 pais a
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-08-01

are practically annihilated
by the ocean cables and
land telegraph systems
which now belt the cir
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-12-05
Seed Wheat,

The experiment stations and farmers
who have trained themselves to close
observation of cause and effect have
given evidence many times that the
amount and quality of the wheat crop
and of other grain crops depend large
ly upon the quality of the seed used.
The larger and plumper seed gives the
most vigorous growing plant. 1t stools
out more, usually has a sitter straw,
If 1t is not forced by the use of too
rank fertilizer, by which we mean
one too rich in nitrogen, and therefore
the better the crop. But there are 9TH
er things desirable in a good grain
crop. One is to secure large heads well
filled, and it may also be desirable to
have the grain grow rapidly and ma
ture early either to obtain the best re-
suit In a short season or to escape in
sect attacks. The best way to secure
this would be to select the earliest ma
turing large heads to be found and re-
serve them for seed. The farmer who
sows large areas may think this too
much trouble to get all the seed he
needs, but he should remember that If
there is profit in doing so for one
acre there would be greater profit In
doing so on hundred. A modification
of this plan Is to select in this way
enough to sow a small plot very thin,
so that each plant will have a chance
to do its best, and then reserve piece
of the best land to SOW that on it to
produce seed wheat. A continuation
of this process for few years would
result in the production of an extra
early, hardy and prolific wheat. =,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-12-05
slow Neck Dinners.o

A few days ago lady in pursuit of a
cook was interviewing and being inter-
viewed at certain employment bu-
reau. 81 shall want you to go into the
country with me-" she remarked to the
mighty parsonage, who was eying her
from head to foot. "Yez, nam; and do
yez have low neck dinners, nam"
Mrs. Cook inquired. "'Low neck din
nersp What do you mean by that"
said the lady. "Well, nam, do yez eat
yez dinner in low neck dresses? | hev
"a fri'nd who says she'll not take no
place unless the family eats in low
necks, an l thought | wouldn't either"
So this Is what we are all coming to-!
Not even our domestics will endure
plain living" and If one wants Sc
cook she can't have her without prom
Using to ''eat In low necks. ."-Boston
Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-12-05
FOR THE FARMER. !

The Minnesota agricultural expert
ment station, after a long series Of
tests to discover the relative cost of
producing pound of dressed beef and
one of butter, has come to the follow
ing conclusions:
First.-With 100 pounds Of grain and
an equal amount of hay and roots four
steers made gain of 24.19 pounds, and
four cows with the same amount and
kind of feed produced 1904 pounds of
butter.
Second.-The four steers consumed
feed valued at SS.51 and gained 424
pounds, being an average daily gain of
2.52 pounds, costing cents per pound
and returning a pound gain for 80
pounds of dry matter.
Third.-The four cows consumed feed
valued at $11.S4 and yielded 1854
pounds Of butter fat, being a butter
equivalent of 297.99 pounds, at a cost
of food of 3.97 cents per pound, produc-
Ing pound of butter to 1928 pounds
of dry matter consumed.
Fourth.-Type has not so much sig.
nificance with a steer as 1t has with a
dairy cow, for the reason that steer
not of good type may be large feeder
and a good digester and convert all the
food taken over his needs for mainte-
nance into gain, while COW not Of the
dairy type has the alternative of con-
verting food into either milk or gain,
and she may choose the latter at a
time when the owner wants only the
former.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-12-05
THEY SLEEP HANGING UP,
sloths and Bats suspend Themselves
without ExertiOn.

There is one animal which lives en-
tirely in trees, but is able to maintain
its position during slumber without the
least exercise of muscular force. This
Is the sloth, common In the forests of
tropical America. Its long claws are so
bent that they hook over the branches
and allow the creature to hang upside
down like an animated hammock. Gu
riously enough, the hammock appears
to be q South American invention and
Is universally employed by all the In
dian tribes of the Amazons. Perhaps
the primitive human dwellers in this
region took to sleeping in hammocks
after observing the habits of the sloth.
The great ant eater, which Is both
kinsman and fellow countryman of the
sloth, has an enormous tail, which 1t
uses In very remarkable manner. l
recently saw two of these strange ami
mails lying together asleep, and they
had arranged their tails so cleverly
that their whole bodies were hidden
from view. Moreover, it was evident
that this caudal covering would afford
excellent protection from the weather,
for the central solid part of the tails
acted as kind of ridge pole over the
highest part Of the sleepers' bodies, so
that the long fringes of hair sloped
downward on each side like the thatch
upon roof.
Like the sloths, many kinds of bats
sleep suspended by their hooked claws
without any muscular exertion what
ever. Some Of the large fruit eating
bats Of the tropics, which do not sleep
in holes like the species common In
southern latitudes, but which hang sus-
pended to the branches of trees in the
open air, adopt position which 1t
would be difficult to beat for economy
and comfort. Goulds fruit eating bat,
common in the warmer parts of Aus
tralia, suspends itself upside down by
one hind foot and wraps its body in the
tentlike folds Of it's wing membranes,
which extend right down to the an
kles. Its shoulders, to which the men,
brane Is attached, are bumped up so as
to act as caves to shoot off the rain,
and when asleep 1t draws its head un-
der their shelter and nestles its nose
among the warm fur of its chest.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-12-05
The Dogs WatchfuIness.

The dogs watchfulness, so much and
SO thoughtlessly lauded as the express
sion of his devotion to man, is merely
the instructive watchfulness necessary
to his safety In a wild state and is a
characteristic which he would exercise
quite as readily for his own kind and
the preservation of his lair as he would
for the benefit of man. When he barks
at strange dogs or gives warning at
night of the approach of strangers, it
should not be overlooked that he con-
siders his own home Is disturbed
though 1t may be the home of his mas
ter. Much depends on the point of
view.-B. Waters In Forest and Stream.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-12-05
Winter Work,

Winter Is coming soon, and the farm
er should rejoice not because it will be
a season of rest, but because 1t will
give him an opportunity to do so many
things that he has neglected in the
hurry of planting cultivating and har-
vesting, says The American Cultivator.
We fear that we should not make q
success of farming If we were in re-
gion of perpetual summer. We should
hinder our work by trying to do too
much and leaving undone the work
that should be done. There are many
little things for which there seems to
be no great haste. They can be done
at any time, and that means that they
are never done or done in great haste
when they reach the point where they
must be done. When we We're farm
ing, we used the days when it was not
suitable weather to work out of doors
In putting all tools and machinery in
good condition, including farm wag-
ons and carts, and they were painted,
If they needed it, which most of them
did even after one years use. The
work might not have been done very
artistically, but the paint served to
protect the wood from the weather.
Then harnesses were cleaned mended
and oiled and repairs made on gates,
fences, ETC., while during the pleasant
days manure was drawn out and the
summer wood brought home. All this
helped when the spring work began.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-12-05
THE DELAWARE, SUsoUEHANNA AND
SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.

Time table in effect April Is, 1897.
Trains leave Dritton for Jeddo, Eckley, Halle
brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roam
anu Halleton junction at 30, W M daily
except Sunday; and 03 a IN, 2 IS D M Sunday.
>, trains leave Dri1ton for Harwood, Cranberry,
Iomhicken and Deringer ut 30, UO a m daily
except Sunday; and 703 m, 2 3S p IN, Sun
day.
Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction
Harwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and
Sheppton at % a IN, daily except sun
day; and O3 a m, 3S p m, Sunday.
~ trains leaye Hazleton Junction for Harwood,
Oranperry, Tomhicken and Deringer at 8 35 a
sunday. '
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida
junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road
Oneida and Sheppton at 8 o2, IL 10 a m, 4 Al D IN
sunday. '
Trains leave Deringer for Tomhick N. Gran
berry, Han wood, Hazeton Junction and Voan
at 10 40 p m, daily except Sunday; ana 9Y
a M b W IN, sunday.
, Trans leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
Road, Harwood Road Oneida junction, Haze-
ton junction and Roam at Z ii m, Il 4O 8 y
? M daily except Sunday; and II a m, "A
, Trains leave Sheppton for Beaver Meadow
Road, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
and Drifton at 22 p m, daily, except Sunday
ana IL a m, . A IN, Sunday.
=, Trains leave Hazleton junction for Beaver
Meadow Road, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley,
Jeddo and Drifton at 545, 6 rs p m, daily,
except Sunday; and 10 10 N, 40 p m, Sunday.
All trains connect ut Hazleton Junction with
electric cars for Hazleton, JeaDesville Auden-
rled and other points on the Traction Conf
Trains leaving Drifton at 30, 6 90 a m make
connection at Deringer with P. Il. X. trains for
Wllkesoarre, Sunbury, Harrisburg and points
For the accommodation of passengers at way
stations between Hazleton junction and Der
niger, a train will leave the former point nc
5oO IN, daily, except Sunday, arriving at
LUTHER q. SMITH, Superintendent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-12-05
THE SPORTING WORLD.

Yale has a young man whom it pre-
sents this year as claimant for the IT,
tie of champion American all round
athlete. Yale leaders challenge any
other college to show an athlete who
has been regular member of five var
sity teams. The Yale star who has
made this record is Albert II. Sharpe
of Chicago. At present his attention
is taken up with the task of playing
left half back on the football eleven,
position he filled last season. Sharpe
is the best place and distance punter
on the Yale eleven and is also its best
drop kicker. He did all of Yales drop
kicking last year, his goal from the 45
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-12-05
Tenant Farming.

? Why should not the American sys-
TEN of tenant farming be abolished? =?
asks a correspondent of The Prairie
Farmer. 1t is already fruitful source
of wrong and menace to free institu-
tions, dethroning the goddess of JUS
tice and supplanting her with the god
dess of greed, keeping in a state of
servility our disinherited fellow farm
ers, many of whom were robbed of
their birthright before they were born
when their rightful heritage was given
to the railroad magnates, who in turn
have robbed and now continue to rob
their benefciaries, the people, by ex-
orbitant rates. We, the surplus land
owners, both rural and urban, hold in
our grasp the destiny of this republic
for veal or Woe Then why not heal
the mortal disease that Is gnawing at
her vitals? My 25 years under mon
archy convinces me that the landlord
and renter system Is the blight and
deathknell of republics and the bull
wark of monarchies. The Kansas land
lord paid only Sl.25 an acre 40 years
ago for the land that now brings him
an annual rental of from 81 to $5 and
upward. The system begets an impov-
erished soil, impoverished peasantry
and poorhouse and penitentiary candi-
dates. r zes-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-12-05

yard line in the game with Princeton
giving Yale lead which the college
held till young Poe's phenomenal goal,
with 33 seconds to play, won the game
He was last year Yale's varsity first
base man, leading the varsity team in
fielding averages and standing next to
the top at the bat and in base running
He Is clever pitcher, but he confined
his energy to covering first base dur
ing the past season. Sharpe is also one
Of the strongest oarsmen in Yale. He
was too busy playing baseball last
spring to row during that season, but
on the previous season he was a men,
ber of the freshman eight which de-
feated Harvard, '02, at New London
In the annual eight cared race between
the class eights of the two universities,
Sharpe has not yet decided whether to
row or play baseball next spring. For
obvious reasons it is impossible to do
both. During the summer for two or
three years in the past Sharpe has
been instructor in rowing at the Chau-
tauqua assembly at Chautauqua Lake,
n. Y.
Sharpe is one of the best basket ball
players in America. For three years
he has been Il member of the Yale
team. Last year he was its captain
and scored more goals than any other
player. He will be a leading player
on the team during the coming season.
He is also a first class all round gym
mast. For two years he was member
Of the Yale gymnastic team. He Is
also one of the best tennis players and
track athletes in the university, but
does not compete regularly in these
events because of lack of time. Sharpe
is In the junior class in the Yale Med
ical school. He will make speciality
Of athletic pathology and surgery when
he begins his professional work after
receiving his doctors degree. He
weighs 1856 pounds, stands feet 2
inches tall and is 81 years old.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-12-05
A Novel Race.

A unique novice cycle race took place
on the track at Vincennes, France, re-
Gently. The field included 10 starters,
many of whom had never been on
wheel before. Sixteen men rode in
each qualifying heat. In the first heat
eight men fell in heap, and while the
other eight men were riding for the fin
ish the dismounted men engaged in a
fist fight. One of the heats was for fat
men. There were but 13 men In the
final heat. ......A
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-12-05
SAVED BY PALMISTRY.
Tattered Individual Proves His Case
by Showing His Hands.


by Showing His Hands.
Reasoning from antecedent proba-
bilty," said the justice to a prisoner
with a soppy hat and turned down
mouth, II would say that when this
policeman accuses you of being a
tramp he is speaking with high re-
gard for the truth"
knowing little about logic" the de-
fendant replied, 81 am unable to say
whether 1 am guilty on that proof. But
by palmlstry l am innocent. My life
line Is good, my capacity for hard
work Is simply astonishing, and my
confidence in my own ability is su-
perb."
"score one for palmistry. Now hold
up your hands"
They went up.
81 can't tell whether you have work
ed by the looks Of those hands," said
the justice. But in the interest of the
spread of knowledge | will digress and
say to you that an article known as
soap was invented some years ago."
"Never heard of it," said the prisoner
cheerfully, land l know just as much
about my guilt or innocence as l do
about soap. You might try me by a
jury of my peers"
"Your peers are too busy telling fairy
tales to bartenders on this muggy
morning to come out to help the ends
Of justice. The dollar they'd get for
jury service would make them die of
heart disease"
"a doctor told me I'd never have
that" the prisoner said.
"I'm not intensely interested in the
state of your health" the justice said
coldly. 81 don't know whether you're
a tramp, and neither do you. l am in
clined to the opinion that you are, but
| guess no policeman will arrest you
between here and the corner"
The prisoner made the trial trip sue
cessfully and was seen no more.-Chi-
cago Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-12-05
McGinnity Says He'll Surely RetIr

Pitcher McGinnity of the Brooklyns
has made u definite statement regard
ing his plans for next year. II am not
fooling," he said, "when l say that aft
er this season | am done with profess
sional baseball. There is no bluffing
about this, for l mean it, and l have
figured out that | can do much better
at home than in the baseball business.
Two of my brothers and myself own a
machine works out in Indian Territory,
and we have the patronage of one rail
road, and there Is not another factory
like ours in the territory. This means
that there is great deal of business to
attend to and lots of money as result
of attending to it. My brothers want
me there, and think 1t will be much
better for me financially to 60 home
and attend to business. | have no
fault to find with anybody, but l pre-
fer to leave the business when my star
Is in the ascendant. If remain two or
three years more in it, | may be played
out. and then will be forced to leave
| think it Is better to leave amid glory
than to be forced out of the busiAess."