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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12
ScHuYLKlLL RAILROAD.

Time tn bic in effect April 49, 1897
e, lrdlus IetVe Drltton for Jeddo, Eckley Hazle
prooki f3tocktol' Beaver Meadow Roud Roam
ana Hazieton junction at 30 6 GO n m doiiv
except sunday; and % u m 2 ds D m. S,,nGny
rI ieaHe 9iliton Tor harwood Cranberry,
'udiii.!ckeh ahu DerluEer at ~, 90 Il m daily
lay. ' '' in' 9un-
ar1nnd lrsns leave cave Drtfton for Oneida junction,
iriiWOou hoau, humboldt Road, Oneida and
3heppton at co III, daily excent Snn
nay; and O3 m, 2 80 p IN, Sunday. '"-
rra,'hle aidns leare Hazieton junction for Harwood,
u, aslly except Sunday; and So u IN, 422 an
5unday. ~ ' I =" LII,
trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida
0neids 0uaGidsaon, ma Hssrwood Road, Humboldt Road
3uViuu anu Sheppton at b ~, IL lU d NJ 4 Al n m
sunday. " ~ II y III,
Trains leave Deringer for Tombick.n c,o,
Ute.i5, ial WOOD HazIeton Junction and Roam
at -, . iU III, daily except Sunday: an, y ~
m 5U m, sunday. %
RdaJ raips na leave 5heppton for Oneida, Humboldt
noaq, t Harwood Road, Oneida Junction, Hazle.
Ton junction and Roam at I Ii am. IL 40 e %
m' aaily except sunday; and Ii M Ii
y Train Trains leave sheppton for Beaver Meadow
nosd, an@ Stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
anu anu Triton n at - m, daily, except Sunday;
am ~ II IN, s "A IN, Sunday.
=, trains leave Hazeton JUNCTION for Beever
jiieaano" Road, stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley.
oeuuo @ and Drifton at 8 45, rs D M, daily''
except Sunday; and l0 IL Il IN, 40 D IN, Sunday'
al, All trains connect at HazleIon Junction Win
eieStrle i cars for Hazleton, Jeanesville, Auden-
eo nan,s aud "a other points ON the Traction Com
trains leaving Drifton at 30, 9 90 a m mako
DWViuiiheetloh Wiii at Dernger with p. r. r. trains for
west anu points
for the accommodation of passengers at wav
saatlohs between Hazleton Junction and Der
4 aihef' 5n tIaln VIII leave the former point at
ner;p,,i IN, ualiy, except Sunday, arriving at
LUTHER G. SMITH, Superintendent,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12
ALFREp GwYNNE YANpERRILr.

great Vanderbilt railroad interests.
The eldest son, named Cornelius after
his father, was set back because he
had made marriage in opposition to
the paternal will. Young Cornelius
has for several years been an actual
worker in the mechanical department
of the New York Central railway
Young Alfred has recently announced
that he, too, would be n worker and is
now engaged in the Office of the treas
urer of the New York Central compa-
ny, where he will learn how to man
age the big property committed to his
care by the edict of his father.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12
BUYING uD COliieries.

Ia railroad circles it is believed that
the large coal-carrying roads are de-
termined to prevent the construction of
the proposed Delaware Valley and
Kingston Railroad by purchasing the
holdings of all the individual operators
whose output would contribute to the
tonnage of the proposed road.
Within two years the New York, On
tario and Western Company has secured
twelve colieries in the Wyoming valley
and is now negotiating for several
Others. 1t is announced today that the
company has practically completed ar
rangements for the purchase of the col
liery of the Raymond Coal Company, at
Winton, which has an output of 600
tons day.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12
What Churchill Hns Dane

Winston Churchill has probably made
a better thing out of the Transvaal
war than anybody else. He has drawn
a larger salary than has ever been
heard of before for a war correspond
ent. He has accepted an offer of f10,-
600 to lecture in America. His book
will have an enormous sale. He has
made a journalistic reputation that is
worth big income, he has gained a
position as a public man, and he has
earned safe seat in parliament
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
where the Birds Found Friends.
Two Little Girls Cross the Ocean
A1One-The Secretary Bird.

The worthy Dutchmen, who settled
hospitable to birds than their descend
ants have shown themselves to be-
They not only let the birds alone, but
encouraged them to build their nests
about the houses. These wise settlers
knew that the birds would pay for
their protection by feeding on the in
sects that swarm in a new country.
Each large Dutch house had a porti-
co foored like a room, open at the
sides, with seats all around. Above
was a slight roof painted like an avn
ing, or covering of latticework, over
which transplanted wild grape vine
spread its luXuriant leaves.
Here hundreds of little birds domeSti-
Gated, occupying a small shelf built
round the portico, where they were as
sacred as the household gods of the Ro-
mans. Children and slaves We're taught
to regard them as the good genii of the
family, who were to be cherished, but
rot disturbed.
In clearing the ground for a house
tree was always le1t IN the middle or
the back yard for the use of the birds.
The negroes, quick to initiate their
masters, used old hats to form asylums
for their little feathered friends. The
deal fences We're also utilized by the
negroes to furnish homes for the birds.
On the stakes, to which the deals were
nailed, We're stuck the skeleton heads
of horses and cattle, the jaws being
fixed in the poles so that the skulls
should be uppermost.
In those days there were no pot hunt
ers. The small birds We're so tame that
when the family We're breakfasting or
drinking tea in the airy portico-a sum
mer custom-they constantly glided
over the table with some insect to feed
their young chirping above.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12

Thanks to a recently adopted ruse on
the part of young Queen Wilhelmina of
Holland, she now ranks as the tallest
of European queens. Since her corona
tion she has developed decided taste
for dress and has been frequently re-
proved by her mother for devoting too
much time to questions of toilet and
personal appearance. Her tendency to
plumpness and her short stature have
always been sore point, and lately
she has had the low, common sense
heels replaced on all except her walk
ing boots by Louis XIV heels. fully half
an inch higher, thus increasing her
height from feet 5la inches to ) feet 6
inches. Her waist measure has suffer-
ed a corresponding diminution, her
belts being made 211a inches instead of
%. OF all queens the Dowager Maria
Of Portugal has the smallest waist
measure, only 21 inches, and Queen
Victoria the largest, good 80.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12
Two Little Girls Cross the Ocean
Alone,

Alone.
''Ise Nina Timtoe," lisped a pretty,
blue eyed, flaxen curled little girl as
she stood on tiptoe to see the registry
clerk, perched on his high stool in the
barge office. A tag around her neck
interpreted the name as Nina Simlo
and Informed the clerk that she had ar
rived on the North German Lloyd
steamship Grosser Kurfurst from
Bremen.
Nina wore a pretty gingham dress
and hood that framed an oval face
with rosebud mouth. The little brow
was puckered with anxiety.
She had come all by herself from a
little village in Hungary, and she had
just turned years. Nina had learned
Il few English words. Mamma, NAM
mar she repeated, looking up at the
clerk. He examined the papers in her
small satchel and found the address,
Mrs. Simko, 125 East Seventy-sixth
street.
Nina sobbed herself to sleep on one
of the hard benches Of the detention
room. She was claspeG in her moth
er's arms two hours later.
Marie Hricks, years old, was pas
senger on the steamship Tartar Prince
from Naples. She came alone from
Krain, Austria, and was tagged
through to Pueblo, Colo, where her
mother, who is now Mrs. John Schu-
bert, resides. She was sent on with
family bound for Colorado-New York
Journal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12
ELECTRICAL GUN.


without heating the barrel.
Our Newcastle-on-Tyne correspond
ent Informs us that Il machine gun of a
novel character has been invented by
Mr. James Judge, Il well known engi-
neer of Newcastle, who thus describes
it: THE gun is Il patent centrifugal
quick firing machine gun. 1t is five
feet high and weighs about five hun
dredweight. 1t is intended for battle
ship, earthworks and garrison pur-
poses. The motive power is electricity,
transmitted to a motor attached to the
side of the gun. The motor causes a
disk to revolve at a very high rate of
speed
THE bullets, which are introduced
into the Interior of the disk at the axle,
travel along curves in the interior to
the circumference and are there i'm
PEELED through barrel. 1t is claimed
that this disk will rotate under the in
nuence of the motor at the rate of H.
600 revolutions n minute and will eject
shots from the muzZle of the gun with
an initial velocity of 1000 feet per
second. One of the chief characteris-
tics of the gun is that it will maintain
continuous fire. If necessary, a shot
may be discharged at every half revo-
luton, but in practice one shot every
fourth revolution will be found sufli-
clent. The bullets are spherical and
measure three-siXteenths of an inch in
diameter.
THE following are the results of the
tests already made with the gun:
Eighteen thousand rounds of shot at
the rate of 5000 n minute have been
discharged from the gun. These shots
consisted of nickel steel, some of brass
(as used in Franco, lead and chilled
metal. 1t was tested seven times pri-
vately. No motor was used, nor is one
yet attached to the gun, although the
gun is constructed for an electric mo-
tor. The tests We're made by means of
belt driven by steam engine.
Under these conditions the velocity
required and which it is maintained an
electric motor will produce was not, of
course, attained, but the practical
working of the gun was fully demon
strated. A long range could not be
had because of the necessity of secrecy,
and the testing was done in covered
shed at Blyth drydocks. A steel target
three thlrty-seconds of an inch thick
was shattered, the disk of the gun re-
volving at speed of $500 revolutions
per minute. From the penetration of
the target it is calculated that at dis
tance of 400 yards a penetration of a
similar character will be effected of a
plate seven-siXteenths of an inch thick
under the influence of an electric mo-
tor.
There is no heating of the barrel of
the gun, because of the continuous
stream of cold air which is impelled
through it by the turning of the disk
The disk itself Is also free from heat
ing on account of the special bearings
on which it is constructed. These bear
ings are highly complicated mechan-
ical contrivance and are similar to
those used in Parsons turbines. which
can revolve at the rate of 22,000 revo-
lutions a minute, and LeVall's motor,
which revolves at the rate of 10000
revolutions minute. To test the gun
thoroughly it will be necessary to afliX
a motor, which will be a five horse
power motor coupled direct on to the
Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
| EHlGH VALLEY RAILROAD,
IL May y, 1900.

ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAVE FREELAND.
D IL m for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk
Allentown, bethlehem, Easton, Phila-
delphia ana New Ork.
Az a. N Tor Sandy Kun, White Haven.
- 80 Wilkes Barre, fittston ana scranton.
Q 10 II III lor huZleton, Mahauoy City,
Shenahdoab, Ashland, Weatherly,
mduch Chunk, Allentown, Betnlebem
Edston, Philadelphia ana New York.
. oo III lQr iallcton, Mahanoy City, Shen-
dh9oah, pdits, At. Carmel, Shamokin and
40 III Tor Sandy Run, White Haven,
WWllkes-bdrre, w scranton and all points
l so IN Tor Weuthcrly, Mn,ch Cbunls AL
lentown, BctnlehuHi, Eastou PhiIadci
pima ana New Y ork.
~ p IL Tor haAIeton Mahanoy City, Shen-
diluOth, MI. Carmel, Shumokiu and
toitsNlle, Weatheriy, Mauch Chunk
Atentown, 5ethleuem, kaslon, Philu-
8 81 p m for Sandy Run, White Haven
West. ' PNi-''
20 paP p m for Hazleton, Mahanoy City, shcn-
aLcouu, ait. Carmel ana Shanukin
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
z 40 u III from W'eatherly, Pottsville Ash
nhu, h, onehanuoah, Mahanoy City and
. z u III iron Philadelphia, Euston. Betble-
heln' Allentown, Muuch chunk Wealth
erly, HuzletOn, Muhunoy City Shenun-
= o uodh, MI. Carmel ana ShumoIin
y oO e IN IRON Scranton, Wilkes Barre and
White Haven.
! l 40 a III from Pottsvile, Shamokin, Mt
Carinel, Shenandoan, Mahanoy City
ana huzletOn.
l2 55p III irou New York. Pbuadelnbio
Easton, bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch
Chunk and Weutherly
4 AZ p IN from scranton, Wilkes Barre and
White Haven.
D 81 p M from New York Philadelphia,
Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Potts
vie Shamoi<in, Mt. Carmel, Shenan-
QOdn, MDlunON City In yla
z 20 N from scfantGn, @ wi WiRes- eiHt1 Harre and
White Haven.
For further Information inouire of TioLot
y Agents.
itoLLlN II. WILBUR, General Superintendent,
cu,o 70 Cortlandt street, New York City
CHAS. 5. LEE, General Passenger Agent,
- ~ Cortlandt Street New YORK CITY.
j. T. KEITH, Division Superintendent,
Hazeton, Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12

An enterprising real estate broker of
Sixth street, near Walnut, has adopted
a unique mode of drawing the atten-
ton of the passersby to his business.
He has n life size figure representing
an old man about 40 years of age, with
a benign cast of countenance. gray
hair and mustache, clothed with hat
and garments of the style of half n
century ago. The figure is regularly
wound up and placed in n chair on the
front step and so arranged with a
newspaper in its hand as to give one
the impression that it is really an old
gentleman reading the news. If per-
son stops to look, the arms are lowered
in the most natural manner, while the
head inclines forward and voice
says: Good morning! Walk in. Mr..
- is within" The arms then resume
their former position, and the old man
is again engrossed in his newspaper.
The mechanism is electrically control
led from the office. - Philadelphia
Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12

The Duchess of Cleveland, mother of
Lord Rosebery, is one of the most re-
markable octogenarlans in English So
ciety. She otiiclated as bridesmaid at
the wedding of Queen Victoria and can
recall every incident connected with
that memorable event. Some years
ago the duchess published volumi-
nous work dealing with all those fami-
lies who can trace theiE descent from
William the Conqueror.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12
Jenny and Her Goat.

Little Jenny is years old. She has
a goat months old. 1t follows Jenny
like a playful dog. 1t nibbles bread
and green lettuce out of her hand.
Sometimes in play 1t butts its little
head against Jenny. And then Jenny
pretends to tumble down. But 1t is all
fun. The goat would not hurt her little
mistress.
"Kiddy, Kiddy! says Jenny. "Ma-aw
says the little goat. Then Kiddy pre-
tends to be cross and to butt Jenny.
And Jenny pretends to tumble down
and to be very angry.
So then there is great fuss. But it
Is all only play.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12

There is no pleasure in life if you
dread going to the table to eat and can't
rest at night on account of Indigestion.
Henry Williams, of Boonville, Ind.
says he suffered that way for years. till
he commenced the use of Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure, and adds, Nov | can eat
anything like and all | want and sleep
Soundly every night" Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure will digest what you eat. Growers
City drug store.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12

returned as a member of parliament, is
the fly in the government party's ont-
ment. These two men were bitter op-
ponents of the war against the South
African republics and the whole war
policy of Salisbury and Chamberlain
and in their canvasses were especially
bitter in denouncing the latter gentle
man.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12
The Untidy Clock.

This naughty clock before you stands;
He will not wash his face and hands,
But stays there idly in his place
And holds his hands before his face.
Though soap and sponge are sitting near,
A basin, too, Of water clear,
The clock has never yet been seen
To try to make himself more clean.
Dearie' 'twould give me quite a shock
II you were like the untidy clock.
Carolyn Wells in Harper's Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12
PEOPLE OF THE DAY.

John Burns, the English labor lead
er, has been returned as a member of
parliament by an increased majority.
Although the opposition made every
effort to secure his defeat, Burns vic
tory and that of Kier Hardy, the So
cialist-Labor leader, who has also been
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12

Some mystery attaches TO the dis
charge in London of all the district
messenger girls. They were employed
to fill a shortage caused by the strike
OF the messenger boys, but it was
thought the change would be perma-
nent. Whether leakage of secrets
has caused a return to tbs cid order is
not known.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12

1t will be remembered that when the
Will of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt
was read it was found that the second
son was practically named as the head
OF the family and made his fathers
successor in the management of the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12

"a physician says that people who
sleep with their mouths shut live lon
gest."
well, people who go around with
their mouths shut when they're awake
seldom get killed"-Indianapolls Jour
nal.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-01-26
HUMILITY

N l was summoned us a witness
at court the other day, and l have
feIt humble eversince. you want
to feel what an insignificant serf
you are, just have a Deputy Shcr.
iii serve you summons to apDear
at Court. Ever since 1 have been
dancing attendance at the Court.
room ! have gotten to be humble
indeed. The other day through
sheer humility, l sold a lady q
$500 bed room suit for $3.50.
and this humility still cIings to me.
Now, | would suggest that people
desiring furniture had better call
and buy during this week while
this fit Of humility exists. It is
sure that instead of increasino
prices as | should, that 1 will al.
most cut the figures in half; suffer.
ing, as | am, from acute humility.
W. q. TEBAULT
The Humble Furniture Dealer,
~ to 223 Royal Street, NEW ORl EANs
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-01-26
The Cost of imperialism.

The St. Louis Ren,h,;. ,.,
points out 81 sharply as to u.I,''s m,la !,
clear even to the duIIest thu ,."as a.,.1 u
wh,ch this cnuntry will have S"I :, price nI,
Ior the imperialism upnD which " !, pay
entered. There will be m ," rnum u ,s ,,as
az present or In the near futurp w.. y.
the Isyorine Of internal mpruyewsn,, ~,
- 0oer !" the trne devpIopmen, ~
the national resources and tba ".Is wh,' ~
some fostering OF the genuine IN" In's, y,
o. tne ;s, land. Everything Of that u''s so'1 "
VIII ne made out OF the aucst,on CS's o"s
statesmen. 81 called. The leaders o ",
tne dominant or imperiaistIc n.,," VI
VIII nave w cry econnmy IN pvary %' .sl
no matter however imperitiye, rsm. MN.
my from that side. Our exn,,si"n si,e
as u nation In the new vay nm"
wf'lch we have entered will dpmand %
lnex0rably a continued and jndear;,"
expansion In our army and nayy W.
slial have to husband all oW old Fed.
erai Resources and stuhImls|y seek
alter new resources to acrmupkh the
minimum OF what is requisite in that hat
erection. We shall have tv d., the
republic says. just as the great Pow.
ers hi Europe d., "where eyeryshiny
Is subOrdinated 10 the necpssit, II
big armies" Therefore
il adds ''
III will be well for the people IN
Understand why there will be no ap
oropriatlons for river and harbnr
improvements. for the maintenance
u public buildings. and Tor other in
.ernal betterments by the present
congress. II we are resolved umn
)ec"Dlng a world power, we must Day
ne price Of such power-pay 10 in
money and American blood and in the
rreSted development Of our cDuntrys
egltinate growth within lbs own Gun.
mental limits. The necessity is as
Inevitable under an imperialis. policy
: that darkness shall follow daylight.
ne price OF Imperialism will be high.
nd the terms will be both your
loney and your lfe.'
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-01-26

REUNION
Of coNFEDEnArE yrrv,
''S''LLE-rRErAnArlooSsA AT
MAKING.

louisville is making ,,,
u.,ai a,"n lor the Confederate ta' ve,a.pep prepara.
ualon' which will taka we esefan's re.
an s"'s s,. year, The courier-Jouuraasss' uass There
q. .'"'a account Of the work, saws. "a' giving
Do,s,.s ,sus,''~m'tlees on have '1 bee,
'"an'n.. s'%as 'n hotels. boarding l,,an,da. l,auss
=, ,"os,nss. .n restaurants, ETC.. .,ss' ,"s free
wo,s s,e 9, ST.. subcommittee o., will, np' ,e each
W., WORK !, a. On once. The plan is !" m'. :" to
",''e, '%,s's' etc., to be published IN muses. Use
ph'et form for the vuid... ~ pam
pec'ed visitors. The humber ,' =, u es-
sons each can accomnnda,s =. 'i Per.
! per day. tho rate for lodvlpv ,' ,,ane a',e rate
s"e price OF meals alone, win II,v"e'and n.
,.,,, IN the book. Each hotel and hss,' ps s,'t"
house will be asked to slrn Guarding D"n,l
apa'a agreeing not I" deviate srus ,,,s 's'ae' s.'
specified. !" addition to ''n ,.I eIrr 1
hotels and soardinv houses ~ A., 'sss'. g. !
Priv private residences that can aceo"s'. asa
na'e ,n visitors will ~ mh,isana a''''
!. nwen1y,hse ", Ut Thousand of these I,"ea h"a.
VIII be distributed through ~. ~ "s'Ss !"
,soeratc camps in the SouE and I W. v'a'
Axpectant visitors will be nr,aa ','
:, "',,e g. alreet 1 IN advance to the aadr.. !"
"a d 'ne % oook Tor accommodations, s''' s.s
70 avoid delay and coptusinn ~ '.s
they arrive In the city. ''"
The same committee will a,,,,..
70 nave Information bureau, a, "Ss ss.s''
'ep"t IN the city, and may also s, s0a.
men OUT to meet incnminy trains WV
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-01-26

Edison pre- fers women mach'nl'@
for the delicate details Of his eIec1''
cal Inventions He says that tney
have more fine sense about MACHINERY
in one minute than the most OF me"
In their whole life time. He oacA'
up his statement by placing Two nu"
dred Of the femlnines on his pay roll