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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

Mr.. Howells has lately spoken OF
Rudyard Kipling as the most famous
man in the world today. 1t would, in
deed, be difficult to suggest a man
whose name is more widely known.
The following story is curious COM
mentary on the value of fame: Dur
ing Kipling's Illness, Henry James, the
American author, was one night driv-
ing home in a cab from his club in
London. The news had just come that
the crisis was past and the great writer
was on the road to recovery. As he
stepped out on the sidewalk, Mr.. James
handed the paper he had bought to the
cabman. "Kipling's all right" he said
The cabman took the paper and leaned
down with puzzled look on his face.
81 don't seem to know the name O. the
'oss" he said.-St. Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22
Municipal Novelty.

There is a decidedly humorous side
which occasionally comes to light in
connection with the undertakings of
municipal corporations, but the action
of the enterprising city fathers of a
small Hungarian town is certainly
unique. The mayor and whole town
council, consisting of eight members,
formed themselves into band of forg-
ers, and carried on thriving business
in the town hall, manufacturing paper
notes current In Austria, which they
circulated pretty extensively. A work
shop, well fitted with the necessary
implements. was fixed up in a cellar
of the town hall, and they actually set
policemen to guard the door while they
were at work. This remarkable state
of affairs existed for over a couple of
years, when the business was detected,
the mayor and councillors fighting like
professional brigands on being ar
rested
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22
What!


The annual report Of the postoffice
department shows an increase in post
offices during the year from 1876 to
74,SS4. Receipts, $s5, 5,O21, 1884; expendi-
lures, S101 ,632, 100, leaving deficit for
the past year of $6,610,776 Upon this
showing, the auditor asks for an in
crease of thirty clerks. A deficit is a
curious reason for asking an increase
Of expenditures. OF the total expendi-
lures, the railroad companies were paid
s54, 423,O5S, of which sum 81 ,629, ,749 was
paid for transporting foreign mails.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22
GREAT MONEY TRUST.
N STIT TIONS
TIGHTENING THE COILS
That Have Already Made the Producing
Classes of the United States tho Vic
tins of system OF Servitude Worse
Than Chattel Slavery.

The greatest peril to q government
by the people outside of imperialism
are the combinations for a monopoly
of the banking and carrying trade Of
the country. All the other trusts, gi-
gantic as may be their proportions,
are small and insignificant when COM
pared with monopoly of the money
of a country, and a monopoly of the
carriage of goods and passengers. The
haute financiers of the purlieus of Wall
street have been gradually consolidat-
ing the money institutions they con-
troll and have effected combination Of
all the banks OF Manhattan, in good
Clearing House association. In addi-
tion to the original objects of this
combination 1t has enlarged its func-
tions so that they issue a species Of
money, known as clearing house GER
tificates, to evade the rule making it
necessary to keep on hand at least rs
per cent of their liabilities. This issue
OF clearing house certificates has only,
SO far, been attempted in times of
panic, such as in 1893. 1t is now pro-
posed by the bankers that the law be
extended to allow them to issue bank
currency based on their assets. 1t Is
also proposed to have a national clear
ing house, and every merchant and all
those who ask credit are to be re-
quired to list with his banker his
assets, as a basis upon which loans
may be made to him. 1t has also been
proposed to establish O central bank,
with enormous capital, with branches
In all the principal cities. 1t is also
proposed to retire the greenbacks, and
II the consent Of congress can be OBJ
tained, to allow the issue of bank cur
rency on bank assets, to retire the
present national bank currency based
on United States bonds, and IL that
can not be at once attained, to allow
the full face value of the bonds to be
issued, and also to reduce the govern
ment charges for the same. The banks
Will also ask congress to make gold
only the money Of contract and ulti-
mate redemption. If these changes in
Jul CurIency laws are maze by coz
gress, the consolidation of the banking
business will go on apace and money
trust will be combination of the near
future.
1t is wall known that the financiers
and bankers Of the country are large
ly interested in stocks and bonds; they
own a great volume, and in making
loans, largely hold them as security.
Railroad stocks and bonds form the
greater part Of these, and to keep
track of the market fluctuations a
stock ticker may be found in most OF
the rooms of the presidents of these in
stitutions, or in close proximity there
to. This has begot a craze for stock
gambling. which pervades all financial
circles, down to the clerks, and it is
said even the messenger boys of Man
haitian are infected.
To combine these two gigantic in
stitutions-the banks and the rail-
roads-is the dream of the financiers;
they are now closely allied, and to
complete their power to fleece the peo-
pie. combination is necessary.-Jeffer-
sonian Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22
To Stop Nose Bleeding.

Bleeding of the nose is often very
difficult to stop, but the efficacy of the
following method is vouched for by a
correspondent of the New York Times.
The writer says: "Cut some blotting
paper about an inch square, roll it
about the size of lead pencil, and
put it up the nostril that is bleeding.
The hollow in it will allow the sufferer
to breathe; the blood will fill the space
between the tube and the nose, and
will very soon coagulate and cease to
flow"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22
What Ia Needed.

Secretary Root is surrounding the
war department with as much secrecy
as though the nation were at war with
a formidable foreign power. This Sc
crecy, however, is solely directed at
keeping facts of disgraceful manage
ment from the public. The latest ex-
ample is the suppression of singing
report relative to the bringing home Of
several hundred sick and wounded SOL
diers on the hospital transport ship
Tartar. The transport was fearfully
overcrowded, the medical staff both in
sufficient and incompetent. These
helpless sufferers lay for days with
out attention and died in filth and
misery by the score, yet all this time
the officers aboard the transport cccu-
pied spacious quarters and were pro-
vided with every luxury.
These are the facts which Secretary
Root says the public has no business
with and which he is endeavoring to
suppress. Yet it is on such facts as
these that the public will have to re-
cord its verdict in the presidential
election.
1t is only by a suppression of the
facts that the administration can hope
to win next year. To aid it in this
nefarious purpose the administration
can rely on the great telegraphic press
associations and nearly every great
metropolitan daily of the north. The
sole reliance of the country then is
on the weekly press of the Democratic
party, which alone has been able to
Withstand corporate and capitalistic
influences.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22
Sea Gulls as. Weather Forecastera.

Prince Krapotkin, in Nature, says
that on Aug. 26 while off Broadstairs,
he noticed several flocks of gulls flying
along the coast toward Dover. The
wind was then and had been through
out August from the northeast, but an
old fisherman remarked that the gulls
were moving to the south coast to meet
a southwest wind, which was sure to
come. The change then predicted then
occurred the following day. Mr.. Ing
alls strengthens this forecast by a
statement in his Weather Lore: "The
arrival of sea gulls from the Solway
Firth to Hollywood, Dumfriesshire, is
generally followed by high wind and
heavy wind from the southwest"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22
SHE CARRIED NAPOLEON.
Where Lies the Craft That Played Great
Part in French History.


Below the waters of Monterey Bay,
California, lies a sunken craft that
once helped to make history. She is
the Natalie, which in 1916 carried
Napoleon back to France from Elba,
and set the kings of all Europe trem.
bling again upon their thrones.
The brigantine Inconstant, as she
was then called, was selected because
of her swiftness to carry Napoleon
back to France. From the 22d to the
25th of February, 1915, she cruised
on and off Elba, watching for signal.
On the night of the 25th beacon
light burned on the shore. An hour
later Napoleon was on deck. Three
days later he landed at Cannes.
What happened to Napoleon, his
triumphal progress through France,
the fight of the Bourbons, the Hun.
dred Days, Waterloo, every one
knows.
In 1843 her name changed to the
Natalie; she was doing service as a
customs cruiser for the Mexican Gov.
ernment.
One night in March all the ward.
room officers of the Natalie were
ashore in Monterey, then the gay
capital of Spanish California, enjoy
ing fandango at the Bal d'Oro. or
Golden Ball, very famous resort.
Discipline in the Mexican service was
lax; when the officers were we'll away
all the sailors went ashore, leaving
the Natalie in gathering storm and fog
to look out for herself.
When the morning broke not spar
of the Natalie was left above water.
Her rudder washed ashore last year,
and is preserved in q Monterey fish
market. The Natalie was teak-built
and mounted bronze swivel gun.
Her upper works came pretty near the
surface and still constitute danger to
navigation. In still water and at low
tide she can sometimes be seen with
the aid of a water glass. If the ex.
pense should be met by any historical
society, the Natalie could easily be
raised, even to-day, as an occasional
diver has visited her and she is hold.
ing together we'll. being heavily built
with copper bolts.-San Francisco
Call.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that's Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now know n to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con-
stitutional disease, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh ure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitntion and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
send Tor list of testimonials. Address
f. j CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22
SCENERY
Now Painted Upon Tough Brown Paper
for Portability.

Except as regards the part that
mechanism plays, the scenic artists of
Italy are the best in the world, as ef-
fective painters, and the fact is so we'll
recognized in these days OF almost all
scenery being done by contract-a res
ls,ent scenic artist is getting to be
rarity--that great trade of this sort
has sprung up between the painters of
Italy and the managers everywhere.
And this is particularly so as regards
companies that come to America. So
heavy has been the cost of transport
ing tons of scenery, and so exacting
have the customs officials been of late
years, that the generality of managers
at one time found it cheaper to have
new scenes painted after they arrived.
But the italian system has largely
done away with all this, for it includes
the painting Of the scenery on large
sheets of peculiarly tough sort of
brown paper, these being numbered
and joined together with unerring ac-
curacy. A recent grand opera produc-
tion in this country depended scenic
ally upon these sheets of paper alone,
and not even the Oldest playgoer in
the house could distinguish any pecu-
liarity. OF course, the sheets are
spread upon canvas in the ordinary
way, and "toucher-up' is required
after they are spread, but the system
is imenseful useful when a new pro-
duction Is taken from one capital to
another at great distance, and the
Italian artists are sending their sheets
to managers all over the world.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

People, and they are many, who use
their eyes much in studying or work
ing fine work in poor light will find
great relief by massaging the eyes with
the fingers. Fill basin with cold
water, to which few drops of rose
water have been added, and, standing
over it, wet the hand with as much
water as it will hold and apply it to
the eyes, giving them a gentle rubbing
with the thumb and forefnger. This
should be repeated several times dur.
ing the day.--Boston Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22
WISE WORDS.

Step by step one goes very far
French.
There is no calamity like ignorance.
Richter.
Nothing is profitable which is dis
honest. Cicero.
The significance of life is doing
something. g.-Carlyle.
Affection is the broadest basis OF
good life.-George Eliot.
Revenge of wrong only makes an
other wrong. .-Spurgeon.
The Promised Land is the land
where one is not.-Amiel.
A good countenance is a letter of
recommendation. Fielding.
Sleep is to man what winding up
is to clock. k.-Schopenhauer
Anger begins with folly and ends
with repentance. e.-Pythagoras.
The small courtesies sweeten life;
the greater ennoble it.-Bovee.
Nothing is so new as what has been
long forgotten. German proverb.
Beware of little expenses; a small
leak will sink great ship. Franklin.
I fear nothing SO much as a man
who is witty all day Longtime. de
oevigne.
He who will not take advice gets
knowledge when trouble overtakes
him. Kaffir.
That action is best which procures
the greatest happiness for the greatest
number Hutchinson.
No accidents are so unlucky but
that the prudent may draw some adj
vantage from them. .-Roch chefoucauld.
He that was never acquainted with
adversity has seen the world but one
side and is ignorant of half the scenes
of nature.
The single snowfake-who cares
for it? But a whole day of snow
hakes-who does not care for that?
Private opinion is weak, but public
opinion is almost omnipotent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22
Able to Pay More Debts Now.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer: Inc
success Of the Republican state ticket
will enable Senator Hanna to clean up
some of his political debts. He hardly
had sufficient number of appoint
ments to go round when he squeezed
into the senate
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22
What Do the Children Drink,

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAINO? 1t is delicious and nourishing,
and takes the place OF coffee. The moro
GRAIN-O you give tho children the more
health you distribute through their sys-
tens. GRAIN-O is made Of pure grains,
and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades OF coffee, but costs about
u as much. All grocers sell 1t. 15c. and 25c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

rialism is wrong. The president de-
serves the defeat that certainly awaits
him. And the thing for all men in the
Democratic party to do Is to get to-
gether. There will be contentious in
the other side q. the house. Let them
have a monopoly of it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

If siverWare is kept clean it does not often have
to be polished. After using the silver it should always
be washed with suds, made by dissoving some
shavngs of Ivory Soap in warm water, then wiped
dry and rubbed lightly with soft paper, chamois
skin piece of flannel.
All hghly-poished metal surfaces will retain their
polish much longer if this plan is followed and rubbing
with compounds avoided as much as possible.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22
Deauty IL blood Deem.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy, liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sckly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-- beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, SOC.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

The Glasgow Town Council has
awarded a contract for two eleceric
traction engines to an American com
pany solely on the ground of an earlier
delivery than could be promised in
Great Britain.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

The War Department is considering
the desirability of having Cuban ex-
hibit at the Paris Exposition.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

The upper deck of Nelson's ship
Victory, now serving as flagship Of
the port admiral at Portsmouth, Eng.
land, is to be rooted in and made a
kind of museum of Nelson relics.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

Attention is called to the very useful
articles contained in the premium list of the
Continental Tobacco Co. 8 advertisement OF
their Star Plug Tobacco in another column
OF this paper. 1t will pay to save the "Star"
tin tags and 80 take advantage of the best
list ever issued by the Star Tobacco.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

II. II. GREEN'S Sons. of Atlanta. Ca, are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the
world. See their LIBERAL offer in advertisement
in another column of this paper.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

Research laboratories are to be es-
tablished in various part of India, un-
der charge of health officers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

The India College under the aus
pices of the Lutheran General Synod.
has 40 teachers and SS3 students.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

1t is not generally known that the
remains of all the Cars of Russia since
Peter the Great, lie in a memorial
chapel built on one of the islands of the
Neva. All the cenotaphs are exactly
alike, each being a block of white
marble, without any decoration what
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away,

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag.
netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take MOTTO.
Bac, the wonder-wori;er, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, zoe or si. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

I am entirely cured of hemorrhage of lungs
by PisO's Cure for Consumption.-LoUI
LINDAhAN, Bethany. Mo-. Jannar" 8, 1894.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

Automobile races will soon be the
order of the day They are popular in
France and draw large crowds.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

A Patagonian expedition is organ
lied in London, and is to be backed by
the Argentine Government.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

Wireless messages have been sue
cessfully sent between captive bal
looms one mile high, six miles apart.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
l0c 25c. II c. c. @. fail, druggists refund money.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

To Cure Constipation Forever
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 10c or 80
II c. c. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-22

How Arc Your Kidneyss
Dr.. Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney ills Sam
pie Tree. Add Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N, z
New-York tribune., 1900-11-10
AUSTRALIA SEEKS ATHLETIC ALLIANCE.

The Amateur Athletic Union of Australasia seeks
an alliance with the Amateur Athletic Union of
America IN letter to ]. E Sullivan secretary of
the American Union, from Z. S. Marks, secretary
of the Australasian Union. The letter in part
says:
which exists between American and British ath-
Ietes all the world by the closer ties of an
actual alliance The assimilation of rules govern
track contests all the world over is eminently de-
sirable, is a common definition of amateur.
IS 1t not anomaly that, for example, should
nine-foot circle for the hammer throwing
competition and you a seven-foot circle;
seven-foot square for the shot putting contest and
you e seven-foot circle? Our rules. in many points
bear greater similarity to yours than to those of
the English Amateur Athletic Association, with
whom also seeking alliance.
Perhaps IN the near future a conference between
delegates from the governing bodies in England
the United States, Canada, South Africa and Aus
tralasia may bring about absolute unanimity in
rules Of racing and the conduct Of meetings.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-10
BIG FIRE IN Biloxi MISS.

LOSS ABOUT $500 Ooo-MANY BUILDINGS BURNED
New-Orleans. Nov. 9-Bilox Miss. situated on
the Mississippi Sound eighty miles from New-Or-
leans. swept by fire this morning. which de-
stroyed more than a hundred buildings and rem
dered hundreds Of persons homeless. Biloxi is a
town OF seven thousand inhabitants, and a well
known summer resort for Mssssippians and Louisi-
anans and winter resort for Northern people. It
has small Fire Department, and contains many
frame buildings, and the fire simply burned until
II had nothing further to feed on.
The fire broke out shortly after midnight in a
saloon near the Louisville and Nashville station.
where negroes were playing dice, and after
destroying the station swept through to the beach,
a distance of several squares No lives were lost,
but many OF the poorer people lost all their pos
sessions. The Roman Catholic church, school
and convent two newspaper offices and several fine
brick structures were among the buildings de-
stroyed The total loss is estimated at $500 00 with
S125.000 insurance