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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Covers For Sofa Pillows - Clothes
Strainer md Lifter-TO Know
| Good Ment.

Ticking Is one of the most effective
and inexpensive foundations for the
sofa pillows decorated with sporting
devices which are so popular. Cream
colored ticking makes an excellent
background for a golfing figure 10
Scotch plaids and bright reds. A
yachting design is pretty on pale blue
or a white ticking background. Ten
mis- or any other form of sport may be
made the subject for interesting sofa
pillow decoration.
Linen and denim In various shades
are fashionable, pretty and cleanly.
Heavy drab colored cotton embroid-
cred with an American Indians head
in bright colors and finished with bead
work is extremely picturesque.
Turkey red linen with white corona
tion braid sewed on so as to form q
plaid effect and finished with a ruffle
Of red ribbon around the border makes
a satisfactory pillow. Equally good is
green pique with conventional pat,
tern in silk embroidery and feather
stitch braid. Green art denim makes
a good background for an embroidered
wild rose pattern. An exceedingly ef.
fective pillow may be made by en-
broidering neutral shaded cotton with
a peacock pattern in the natural colors
of the birds plumage. Almost all of
these designs can be bought all ready
to work at the art shops. Covers for
sofa pillows should be provided with
I.,,4. I Il.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17
THE IDLE RICH.

Although Thomas Nelson Page does
not think so, it is fact nevertheless that
the acts of the Newport -Four Hundred
blazoned forth in every newspaper in
the land do affect the tastes and amuse-
ments of thousands of other people,
Nashville American.
Mr.. Page is wrong. The pernicious
example of our aristocracy of wealth is
widespread. For light set upon hill
cannot be hid. The light of folly and
profligacy among the conspicuous rich
of the United States at the present time
is beacon of scandal to the country
Chicago Chronicle.
1t would be a sad thing for American
manhood and womanhood if the men and
women of this country got their morals
and their ideas of life from the smart
set in New York. They lead life of
idleness and selfish Indulgence, and they
are worse than useless. The world is
the worse rather than the better for
their living.-Richmon Times.
In London the members of the most
exclusive society are also leaders in the
world of politics and of letters. The
men are frequently brave soldiers or
sailors or members of parliament; the
women are usually intelligent and inter
esting. The members of the -Four Hun
dred are noted only for their brazen eff
frontery and their lack of morals,
isyille Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Hog manure is hard to excel for the
peach orchard,
The ounce makes the best stock on
which to dwarf the pear.
Poultry for the plum orchard and
hogs for the apple orchard.
Clay soil or preponderance of clay
: is considered best for the ounce.
An assortment of fruit grown proper
ly is safer than making any one kind
a speciality.
The soil for fruit trees, as well as
for farm crops, should be of good
quality and well drained.
A dwarf tree Is one that is budded
or grated on different kind of stock,
having greater or less affinity, but not
so congenial as its own.
One advantage with dwarf pears is
that they usually come into bearing
the second or third year after planting
out and are especially adapted to limit
ed grounds.
In selecting scions for grating large
fruit trees get them from bearing trees.
Such scions will produce fruit quicker
than those cut from young trees which
have not borne fruit.
Never allow the blighted leaves and
branches to remain ON the fruit trees.
soon as discovered; otherwise the
disease spreads from branch to branch
st. Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17
THE GLASS OF FASHION.

Once more 1t is prophesied that
lingerie petticoats are to oust silk pet.
ticoats.
Picture hats are evidently the ac
cepted keynote for autumn and winter
millinery.
The abbe collar, made of linen OF
wired lace and turning down in tabs in
front like a priests collar, is a fancy
of the moment in Paris.
White satin Is pre-emlnently the lin.
ing for fall coats. Little else is used
by knowing tailors, and the quality of
the satin must be excellent.
Point d'esprlt, on which are applied
trailing sprays of lace Is to be one of
the most popular materials for young
girls evening gowns during the winter.
Squares of oriental cloth make styl-
ish and inexpensive trimming for cloth
gowns, if artistically used In combina-
tion with gold buttons, buckles or
braid
The girl who never before wore silk
stockings wears them this season.
Women have suddenly developed a
mama Tor fancy and beautiful hosiery,
and the stocking counter of a good
shop would make rainbow feel faded.
Automobile coats for autumn wear
are shown in cranberry red cloth,
heavily strapped, severely plain and
three-Quarter length. The three-quar-
ter length coats seem destined to take
the place of the trailing coats of last
season, so far as severe cloth coats are
concerned.
The craze for gold trimming Is de-
veloping in a most effective way
through combination with heavy lace.
Beleros of guipure, point de venise
carrickross, etc, are applied upon gold
tissue and finished with gold buttons
or tassels. Bands of the lace also are
applied to bands of gold tissue and
used upon cloth or silk with excellent
results.-New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17
Tender Peach DumpIings.

Peel as many fine, large, perfectly
ripe peaches as are required. Make a
tea biscuit crust by sitting n quart Of
flour, teaspoonful of salt and three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder into a
bowl Mix this thoroughly with two
heaping tablespoonfuls of butter, then
stir in enough milk to make light
dough. Turn 1t on well Toured pas
try board and roll 1t out to the thick
ness of n quarter of an inch Cut the
paste into squares large enough to
cover one peach. Put the peach in the
center of the square, crate little nut
meg over it, add little sugar and fold
the paste over the peach, pressing 1t
close with the palms of the hands
When all the peaches are folded in the
paste, put them in pan bake them
In slow oven, or put them in steam
er and steam till they are so tender
broom splint will easily pierce them
Serve hot or cold, with sauce of
cream well sweetened with powdered
sugar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17
THE TROTTlNG CIRCUIT.

Laura Dillard is another good green
one by Hal billiard, 2:04A. AT Oil City
she was second In 2:1SA.
Miss Conley won the trotting race at
Lexington, KY, recently after five
heats. Her best time was 2:19h.
Arlington, 2:091a, the other day Sc
cured a wagon record q quarter of a
second faster than his mark to sulky.
The veteran trotter Huxham, 2:1Sh,
is still able to go winning miles in 2:20
or better, although this is his twelfth
season in public.
Pat Powers, the baseball man. is in
terested in light harness race meet to
be held on the Gutenberg track the
latter part of September.
DR.. Fuller has taken his PAGER Carrie
l., 2:21A, to Long Island, driving
to the various points of interest be-
hind the fleet little mare.
The new 2:10 PAGER Lou Vaughan
2:10, that promises much speed, is by
Reflector, 2:07M, and her dam is Ella
Brown, 2:111a, both campaigners.
1t required II heats to decide the
2:29 and 2:17 trotting classes at Marl-
boro, N. H., few days ago, Caesar A
capturing the first named and Hill Top,
Jr., the latter.
Lucille, who recently broke the
wagon record at Chicago, is described
as "a model of beauty and symmetry
grace and ease personified. Her man
ners are perfect, her courage above re-
proach."
Ira A. Kip, Jr., has entered his noted
high stopper Sir John A at Syracuse.
This horse won two blue ribbons and
was placed second to Alarm in the
championship class at Long Branch.
beating the famous Whirl of the Town.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17

Let us imagine ourselves before
butchers block having on 1t four pieces
of beef presenting faces from the round
or sirloin. One is dull red, the lean
being close grained and the fat very
white. The next is dark red, the lean
loose grained and sinewy and the fat
white and shining. The third Is dull
red, the lean loose grained and slnewy
and the fat yellow. The fourth is
bright cherry red, the lean smooth and
medium grained, with fecks of white
through it and the fat creamy-neither
white nor yellow. The first of these Is
COW beef the second, bull beef; tho
third, beef from an old or Ill condi-
toned animal, and the last Is OK beef.
OK beef-that from a steer-is the
juciest, finest favored, sweetest and
1t is called prime" when the lean is
very much mottled with the white fat
hecks and when 1t Is from q heavy,
young animal about four years old)
stall fed on corn. Beef from young
COW that has been well fed and fat
tened Is next in merit to OK beef Beef
from an unmatured animal Is never
satisfactory, being tough and juiceless.
1t may be easily recognized, as It's
color is pale and its bones small-Ella
Norris Kretschmar in Woman's Home
Compan nion
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17
TOWN TOPICS.

Philadelphia may be slow, but the
census returns don't show it.-Spring-
field Union.
The petering out of the Dewey arch
movement is another reminder that New
York is the great four flush monument
town in the world.-Chicago Journal
Boston, as Mayor Hart has pointed
out, is the only city which has existed
for two centuries and Il half without a
boom or a setback" Its normal rate of
increase is now about per cent year.
Boston Journal.
By sending early morning showers and
following them with high temperature
the weather department Is endeavoring
to give Kansas City realizing sense of
what New York and Chicago call "hu.
midity." We catch the idea all right
and don't care for any more object les
sons.-Kansas City Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17
GLEANlNGS.

Breakage of propeller shafts at sea
costs an immense sum annually in sal
wage.
In France, where wine is as abundant
as petroleum here, 1t is transported in
bulk in tank cars.
An advertisement in New York morn
ing paper lately calls for "stenographeI
who can cook" Another demands "a
housekeeper who understands shorthand
and typewriting."
In the time of Louis VIII there were
1000 hospitals for lepers in France and
about 10000 in Europe. Professor Vir.
chow declared at a recent conference in
Berlin that he does not believe in the
contagiousness of leprosy.
The authorities of San Francisco have
decided that after July 1 next year nc
fence or billboard shall be allowed to ex.
ceed ten feet in height. This extension
OF time was given on account of con
tracts already entered into between bill
posters and advertisers.
1.-The most ancient and most noble
order of the Thistle" which has Just
been conferred upon the earl of Hope
toun, is the smallest of the three great
orders of knighthood in point of numbers
and the longest in point of title 1t con-
sists of the sovereign and British princes
and 16 knights.
a Frenchman has invented tobacco
pipe which has whistle in the stem, in
order to enable the smoker to summon a
cab without taking the pipe from his
mouth. The inventor thinks that when
his device shall be put upon the market
people will wonder how they ever got
along without it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17
Decidedly Not,

A young wife came to her mother
one day with fire in her eyes and in
dignation in her voice.
Harry told me little while ago"
she said, that there was no use call
ing my hair auburn. He said it was
several stations beyond Auburn on the
road to Reading."
81 wouldn't mind that, Clara" said
the mother. ut was merely one of his
pleasantries,'
"No, 1t wasn'tw exclaimed the young
wife, with a saving CLEAN of humor.
ut was one of his unpleasantries!'-
Exchange.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17

facilitate the draining and removal of
the clothes. When the clothes have
boiled sufficiently, the crank is re-
yolved to wind up the cable, which
passes underneath the basket, elevat-
Ing the latter and drawing out the
water, when the garments cool rapidly
and can be lifted out with the hands
The crank is fitted with pawl, which
locks the basket in its elevated position
until 1t is emptied, when the pawl is
released, to allow the basket to fall
back into the boiler again.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17
To Make n Wall Dampproof.

If you are troubled with damp
house wall, brush it well over, after
first removing the paper, with the fol.
lowing mixture: A quarter of pound
of shellac, dissolved in one quart Of
naphtha. Give the wall two or three
eoatings, letting 1t stay several hours
between the applications. Then repaper
and you will have no further trouble.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17
ANATOMICAL.

There are IA bones in the nose,
The average ear is from 2 to 21a inches
in length,
The muscles of the human jaw exert
a force of 534 pounds.
The collar bone is more frequently
broken than any other bone in the body.
There are over 200 distinct muscles in
the human body, of which the best of us
keep about 100 in prime condition by
proper use.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17
woman,s Labor Saving Device.

The clothes boiler pictured below Is
the invention of Ella e. Hunter Of
Rockport Mo-, and her intention Is the
production of durable boiler provided
with an openwerk clothes receptacle,
which can be raised and lowered by q
simple mechanism carried upon the ex-
terror of the boiler and calculated to
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17

Freeland!
At the subscrip-
ton price of $l.5O per
year the Tribune costs
it's readers less than
one cent a copy.
Think of that!
Less than one
cent a copy! And for
that you get all the
local news, truthfully
reported and carefully
written up.
Besides all the
local news, the Tri-
bune gives the news
of the world in a con-
densed form.
Thus the busy
workman can keep in
formed as to what is
going on in the world
without buying any
other paper.
The Tribune is
essentially a neWspa-
per for the home cir
Gle. You can read it
yourself and then turn
it over to your chill
dren without fear of
putting anything OBJ
jectionable into their
hands.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-17

Breakage Of propeller shafts at sea
costs an immense sum annually in sal
wage.
The sun., 1900-12-21

lie Loo.ed After Captive Britons In Africa
both Sides Treat Prisoners We'll.

j. G. stowe. United States Consul-Gcneral
al Cape Town, who has been. among other
things taking care Of the interests Of the
British priS4ers in the hands Of the Beers
got here Yesterday from Antwerp aboard
the liner Naderland. lie Is red-bearded.
and middlc-aged, and wore big storm
overcoat with bullet hole in II lie was
out near Pretoria in his s eCi1l train when the
Beers mstaking him for one Of the enemy,
he gan fring az tae train IL was hit twenty
eight times and MIR stowe got one of tho
bullets through his coat. He said Yesterday.
Il am here on vacation and will eat nv
Christmas dinner IN Kansas City After that
/ Will 60 To Washington. / learned when /
got to Quarantine OF the recent successes Of
the Beers De Wet and the other Boer Gem
erals are successful because they know the
kopJes SO well DE Wet is guerrilla fighter,
and ! need not say he is a pretty good
one The Bocrs travel lisht and. therefore,
can travel fast. Nobody can predict anything
about the end Of the war. England treats
her prisoners well, feeding them on the fat
Of the land Eighty per cent. Of them want
peace. and 20 per cent. have petitoned the
English 10 try 10 stop the war The Beers
also treat their prisoners WELL but they have
not the means To- treat them 50 well a. the
British treat the Beers They do the best
they can Lord Roberts and Gen Kitchener
arc tine fellows personally, | am not "a military
man and - cannot say any thing about them
from military standpoint | thInk con-
ditions in the Iransvaal will improve within
sixty days.
The sun., 1900-12-21
NEED or TROOPS IN PHILIPPINES.
Weakening Of Garrtsons Dangerous -Procia-
nation by Macarthur.
sp-etai casl. Dt,rdftn to THE Sun

MANILA. Dec 20. The public is deeply
aeitated over the approaching departure
OF the Volunteers, II is feared that the with
drawd or weakening Of the present made
qua,e earrisons will be suicidal. and It IL
anticipated that the peaceful natives will
suffer from Tasalog vengeance. Gen. Mac
Arthur has assured the districts from which
the Volunteers will be he withdrawn that
they will be regarrisoned and receive the
fullest protection. but this. it is known. will
be impossible unless Congress passes the
Army bill.
The Americans here are anxiously await
Ing the proposed increase in the army. 4
majority OF the Volunteers cannot leave the
provinces which are now peaceful. but In which
they have fought hard, hntil new troops coming
form an endless chain. enabling immediate
substitution. Should Congress offer $500
bonus for re-enlis,ment there il no doubt
that thousands OF experienced and accli-
mated Volunteers would remain here.
To-day's papers publish proclamation
from Gen. Macarthur. In English, Spanish
and Tagalog. announcing that in the future
there will be a rigid adherence to the laws Of
war. and warning the ia~urgcuts and their
symputhizerS TO dcsi.t from gu"rrillni-m and
supporting tho common enemy. This last
applies especially to Manila, which il the
leAdquart"rS of the rebels correspondence
and financial departments The cou~crva-
tive papers hail the proclamation, which has
boon long desired, a. the beginning of the
on
The sun., 1900-12-21
SIX ARMORED CRUISERS.
The Cramps. Newport News Company and Union
Iron Works TO Build Two Each.

WAsFIrGroN. Dec. 20.-Secretary Long
: wi issue Instructions tomorrow to the Judge
Advocate General of the Navy 10 make con-
tracts with the Cramp Company Of Phlla-
delpha, the Newport News Ship building
and Dry Dock Company Of Virginia. and
the Union Iron WORKS Of san Francisco.
for the construction Of the six frst-claSs
armored cruisers authorized by Congress
In the acts OF March 3, 1899. and June !. 1900.
Contracts to build two vessels one sheathCi
and the other unshcathed. will be awarded
20 each firm II has been practically settled
bv the Secretary that the two unsheathei
battleshps will GO 10 the Fore River Englne
Company of Quincy, Mass, This leaves To
he disposed of only the three sheathed battle
ships
Some legal questions regarding the right
of the department to award contracts for
the construction OF the -hcathcd battle-hips
on the bid submitted have caused Mir Long
to refer the bid back to the Board OF Com
struCtion The hdder- whose proposals tho
board advised the S.cretar, To accept ara
the Cramps, the Newport News Company
each 10 build one ship. All these bids were
out ide the limit Of the pric" rNedb Congre s..
The question ha~ arisen whether II will be
proper for the Secr"tlrv TO p"rmit the firms
10 scale their bid- TO prices within the appro.
priqtion~. II has been contendcd alIo that
under the law one of these vessels must be
huht on the Pacific Coast Moran Bros. OF
shrathed battlr-hip-, and hold that the Pa
ciNc Coast l. entitled 10 the contract IL l.
quit" probable that the Department will
r"ndvertiSc Tor bids on N" ships
The sun., 1900-12-21
REAPPORTTONMEA QUESTION.
House Census Committee Disagree on the Ratio
OF Representation.

WAsHISoroN. Dec 20 Three reports on
| the Hopkins Reapportionment bill were
presented to the House tins afternoon by
Messrs Hopkins Of Illinois. CrumpaCker Of
Indiana and Bureizh OF Maine Mr. Hopkins.
Chairman of the Census Committee. presented
the report of the majority. favorinc his bill
fixing the membership Of tho House afte
March 3, 1908, AZ 3i7, ~ AZ present
After stating the number of Representatives
allowed each state Mr. Hopkins say, that
tho reduction in some cqSes and the Increase
in others are simply an evidence that tn" popu-
lation of some States Increases more rapidly
than that OF others The plan Of making
the apportionment he saws. was 20 divide
the constitutional p1pulltion Of the United
states by 357, giving 2OS, SOS a. the ratio Of
representation Tho ratio was applied to
the population Of each state aud yielded
an aggregate OF less than 357. but the difference
was assigned to the States having the largest
major fractions In support Of their recon-
mendation that the size OF the House should
not he increased, the opinion of Mr. Webster
Is quoted and extracts given from letter
by Prof + A Walker Superintendent
of the Ninth and Tenth Censuses, against
increasing the membership OF the House.
Mr. CrumpaCkcr's report quotes the Con-
stitu,ion and saws that the bill does not take
into consideration the restriction OF suffrage
in any States, and T. therefore not Ia harmony
with the plan provided by the Cons titutlon
He saysEit is as much a part Of the Constitu-
tonal scheme to reduce the basis o: appor-
tonmeht in states that have disfranchised
male citizens 2l wears OF age as IL Is TO base
representation on population at all. This
provision is not discreet tionary, but mand3-
tory, according to Mr. Crumpacker
The views OF the minority are signed by
Messrs Burleish Of Nane. Russell Of Con-
necticut Heatw ole Of Minnesota. Crumpacker
OF Indiana. Griffith Of Indiana and " ilson Of
South Carolina. They say. discussing the
committee bill:
The anomalous character OF this proposed
apportonment. as well as It's obvious inlus-
tice, is clearly demonstrated by the fact
that It IA necessarily based, in part. upon
maj ority fractions. and yet Colorado. with q
MAJ ority fraction Of i2i .3e7. Florida with a
maj ority fraction Of iiO,so7 and North Da-
kota with a majority fraction OF i05,sse DO
not receive representative based upon such
mai ority fraction. while every other State
with maj ority fraction receives represen-
tative for such majority fraction.
We believe that every State should be
treated alike with reference TO its majority
fraction. az no valid reason has been or can
he assigned for the discrimination between
them We also believe that in the new ap-
portionment no State should lose a repre-
sentative We therefore recommend
House consisting of $50 members. which IL
based upon a ratio Of one representative for
every l94.ls2 OF population.
The sun., 1900-12-21
OLEOMARGARINE BILL.
Senator Allen Say. Its Friends Use Sand ba g gins
Methods 20 influence Votes.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ?0.-Senator Allen OF
Nebraska declared to-day at the meeting OF
the Senate Committee on Agriculture. when
the hearing on the OleomarRarne bill was
resumed. that the lobby for the bill was using
sandbaggins methods to influence his vote
He said that he had never announced his
position as TO the measure, but on account OF
come questions he asked at yesterdays hear.
ing he was supposed to oppose the bill. and
had since been Hooded with kilograms from
his constituents urging him to support IT.
He said the lobby for the bill was doing ~
more harm by its methods than Its open and
avowed opponents. and that he wanted 10
enter his protest against such Cheap John.
peanut political methods" He said he had
no words TO express his utter contempt for
such methods and those who practised II.
This statament and that Of senator Money,
also Of the committee. that he wanted 70 kill
the measure created something of sem
sation.
The committee listened 10 the arguments
of Rathbone Gardiner of Providenc-. X, l..
In opposition 70 the bill. He said IL was
legislation In favor Of one competitor over
another and wa. therefore class legislation.
The manufacturers Of creamery butter. he
said used the same kind Of coloring that was
used by the oleo manufacturers They were
similar products and high tax placed upon
one was in favor of the manufacturers Of the
other