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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29
RECLAIMlNG ARID LANDS.


provement of the United States.
A discussion respecting the re-
claiming of arid lands of the United
States was taken up by the CONNER
cial club at it's banquet Saturday
night says the Chicago Record. Prob
ably no greater physical and eco
nomic problem is before the people
of the United States at this time,
and there probably is no other prob
lem which will bring about such far
reaching and beneficial results when
solved. A fair estimate that has been
made of the land that may be made
available for cultivation by impound-
ing waters for irrigation purposes
places its area at 100000 acres. It
is now practically worthless. With
irrigation it is claimed this land would
be worth from 100000 600 to per-
haps ten times that amount, and if
not sold it could be rented for from
81 to S5 a year per acre. The necessity
for dealing promptly with the prob
lem is accentuated by the fact that
all over the arid region irrigating
control of vast tracts of land and of
the impounding basins by means of
which they may be supplied with
water privileges and land are being
acquired by these companies that will
e be used as the basis for making ex.
tortionate demands on the govern
ment, should some plan for general
improvement be decided on. Some
idea of the Importance of the matter
may be gathered from the fact that
the Republican national platform
strongly pronounces in favor of a
system of arid land reclamation that
will leave the distribution of water on
such lands in the hands and under
the control OF the people of the states
and territories where the lands are
situated.
One of the important features of the
reclamation of arid lands by means
of impounding reservoirs is the fact
that it would be immensely helped to
the project Of improving the great
rivers of the west into commercial
waterways. A system has been de-
Vlsed by number of engineers well
posted in the subject which shows
that impounding reservoirs built
along the Mississippi river would save
many acres OF land from alternating
floods and droughts and would make
possible a channel 20 feet in depth
from Lake Michigan, if desired, to the
Gulf of Mexico Undoubtedly the next
general internal improvement of the
United States will be plan for the
reclamation Of arid lands. which will
work harmoniously with the improve
ment of the great rivers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

colors than formerly. Now one wears
black with possibly the touch Of
white or gray until the period Of
mourning is ended. Then one plunges
into culors with a rush. The widow
of olden time who did not wear heavy
black tor four years, and then slid
discreetly and almost imperceptibly
into colors, was guilty of an irex,
cusable offence against good taste
and decorum.
Mourning for parents or children
conventionally lasts a year, though
the period is now in many instances
shortened to six months, and for
more distant relations six months is
considered sufficient to show ones re-
spect and affection for the deceased.
A woman in mourning can today ap-
pear with perfect pnopriety in public
places where, 10 years ago, her pres
ence would have been sin against
decorum, and she can entertain in
formally as frequently as she chooses.
AS for men, mourning apparel for
them grows less and less customary
and even widower seldom affects
funeral black. There has been a grow
ing tendency among men to assume
the black band on the coat sleeve, as
a badge of mourning, but this Eng
lish custom, though not as some
American writers have asserted. con-
fined to the servants in England, has
little to recommend it.
American servants are seldom put
into mourning for a death in their
masters family, though the custom
is common across the water. When
the practice is adopted it is usually,
from a strictly conventional point of
view, misused and Americans go
ing in for pretentious mourning
would do well to remember that only
those servants rightfully entitled to
wear cockades have a conventional
right to wear Grape band on the
upper part Of the left sleeve, and that
according to the inaexible laws Of
livery, in comparison with which the
laws Of the Medes and the Persiars
were as wax, only members of the
army, navy and diplomatic corps have
a right to put cocades upon their
servants.
Black edged visiting cards and note
paper are dropped into disuse along
with Grape and closed window blinds
and seclusion from all society, and the
public attitude toward grief, while
less historic than it was so years ago,
is unquestionably more sane.-New
York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29
HUMOROUS.

O'Reilly-Do yez believe in FateP
O'Hoolihan-Do Oh believe in fate!
Sure, how ilse could Oi walk?
Flatte-Is your clearinghouse up
to date? Rooms-You bet. A fel-
low can't get behind a single week.
Wig-Before they married she had
him clean out of his mind. Wag-
And now he has her clean out of his
mind.
Customer-Give me one of those
nickel pencils. Cierk-Here it is,
sir. Hold on! this nickel is iead.
Customer-So is the pencil. Ia! ia,
Sillicus-I hate to hear a woman
continually talking about herself
Cynicus-Now, rather like it,
When she's talking about herself she
can't talk about other people.
Hoax-Why is the merchant who
doesn't advertise like a man in a
rowboat? Joax-Because he goes
backward, l suppose. Hoax-No; be-
cause he has to get along without
sales.
IL tiitNb pOCb NpiAANo III b'At nm NC
gone to Kalamazoo said the editor.
Whats up?" asked the assistant
editor. ooh! it's the compositor again"
said the editor. YEARLY; "he made the
poet say that miss is as good as
male"
Asker-What is your understanding
of the Golden Rule? Does it mean;
"Do unto others as you would like
to be done by?" Bizness-No; my
Interpretation is: do unto other as
you would be likely to be done by"
what is your age?' asked the law
yer. Must answer that" inquired
the feminine witness. You must"
said the judge. "Truthfully?" yes,
truthfully." 20, well if 1 must must"
she said resignedly. My age is--a
secret"
81 can't have lost all my good looks"
said Miss Northside to her best
friend, Miss Shadyside, "for | can
still obtain seat in a crowded street
car" ooh, we'll" replied Miss Shady
side, you know the men viii give
seats to old age as well as to youth"
full beauty"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29
CHILDREN IN HOLLAND.
Little Lads and Lassies in "A ScheVenin-
gen kindergarten.

Wandering through the crooked
streets of the little fishing village of
Scheveningcn, from which the famous
Dutch watering place takes its name,
| hear many shouts of laughter issu-
ing from a garden inclosed by high
walls. The gate was open and l
peeped in. My curiosity was rewarded
by one of the sweetest sights | have
ever witnessed. About 20 little Dutch
maids and lads, there ages varying
from three to six years, were enjoy
ing a game of ordinary American tag,
while little attendant of about IL
years stood by, busily knitting while
she watched them. A bell sounded.
They all fell in line behind the little
knitter and walked demurely, two by
two, in a serpentine line around the
garden and disappeared in long hall,
at the door of which each child took
off it's little wooden shoes and held
them in one hand behind its back,
says q writer in the Washington Star.
In the meantime the principal came
out and invited nae by signs to enter
In the hall | noticed the little sabots
laid orderly, side by side. There were
three halls in this kindergarten. In
each were SO children, between the
ages of three and six years-the girls
in gowns to their ankles. held out in
balloon fashion with haircloth petit
coats, little white shawls pinned over
the shoulders and caps covering their
straight yellow locks.
At this free kindergarten the chill
dren of the fisher folk, many of them
fatherless, derive all care and atten-
ton. They are taught by the same
methods used in Germany All
seemed bright and happy. In one
room they were singing quaint little
nursery rhymes about boats. So one
little fellow made me understand by
walking across the floor, rolling like
sailor, and then going through the
motions of rowing Il boat and pulling
in nets. He, with great eloe, made me
understand that he would be a fisher
man when he was 80 bis" stretching
up his arms smoking an imaginary
pipe. This amused the children so
much and made them shout and laugh
so loud that the teacher was obliged
to send them to their seats and end
our fun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29
Music Hath Charms.r

The unmusical ear came into pain
full prominence at a recent gay gath
ering. The program included a
choice assortment of elocutionary ef-
forts and musical accomplishments
that were supposed to be of the high
est order. Among the numbers was
duet between the professor and one
OF his pupils. Each had the exclus-
i've use OF piano, and the way they
thundered and crashed would have
made Paderewsld. could he have
heard them. rush to the nearest bar
ber shop and shave off his person.
ality. When the concert was over.
and the audience was filing out, de.
mure young lady, referring to this par
ticular number. remarked to her es-
cort "Oh, dear, can't see why
people can't do their tuning up at
home !"-Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

When the gallant Welsh captain,
David Gam, was sent forwarl by
Henry V to reconnoitre the French
army before the battle of Agincourt,
he found that the enemy outnumbered
the English by about five to one.
His report to the king is historic;
There are enough to be killed, en-.
ough to be taken prisoners, and en-
ough to run away This quaint fore
cast of the result Of the battle at once
spread through the camp, and doubt.
less every yeoman-archer OF the
valiant company felt an inch taller.
We know that it was almost literally
justified by the event. Poor Cams
dry humor was eQualled by his cour.
age, He was killed while in the act
of saving the life of his prince
Argonaut.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

Judge Robinson, of Raleigh, n. c.,
apparently thinks that clergymen have
In their own hands the power to keep
order during divine service. There
have been some hints of unseemly do.
1ngs in one of the churches there, and
mis- honor in charging the grand jury
said: BE careful how you indict men
for disturbing religious worship. If
the preacher is the sort of fellow he
ought to be people will be paying too
close attention to him to disturb any
body"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

There are two types cf tramps in
Russia, and they may be classified as
the authorized and the unauthorized.
The first are the so-ca!lad religious
meudicants, who are projected by the
church and tolerated by the police;
the second are the common vaga-
bonds. Their national name among
themselves is "Gorlouns ns'-mourners
or victims of grief. If you ask them
why they do not work-and the great
majority are perfectly able to do So
they reply in the forlornest voice NOR
tai ever heard. "Master, am n Gori-
oun,. victim OF sorrow" They seem
to have accepted the philosophy that
a certain number Of human beings are
foreordained to a life OF misery and
sadress, and they pose as mcm5orS.
of this class.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

Columbia University has followed
the example of Yale and offered free
tuition to five Filipinos. 1t is to be
hoped that enough colleges may do
this to give a fair opportunity for a
considerable proportion of the bright
est OF the Filipino youth to be Ameri-
canized and at the same time to testi-
fy to the people of the islands our
good will, remarks the New York
Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29
JUST AS He LEFT THEM.

His toys are lying on the foor,
Jdst as he left them there;
The painted things for Keeping stores
The little broken chail
The jumping pig the whistllng ball,
The duck, the gun, the boat
The funny looking Chinese doll,
And bucking billy gCal.
They lie about, poor, battered things,
The rabbit and the fox,
The cuckoo with the broken wings,
The Jack, sprung from his box.
Here lie his knne, his tangled string,
Ills bow and silver cup
Because I'm tired of following
Around to pick them up.
Chicago Times Herald
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

FREELAND.-rhe TRIBUNE is delivered by
carriers Go subscribers in Freeland at the rate
of l2l6 cents per month, payable every two
months, or Sl50a year, payable in advance.
TEe TRIBUNE may be ordered direct form the
carriers or from the Office Complaints of
irregular or tardy delivery service will re-
ceive prompt attention.
BY NAIL The TRIBUNE is sent to out-of-
town subscribers for Sl,50 year, payable in
advance; pro rata terms for shorter periods.
The date when the subscription expires is on
the address label of each paper. Prompt re-
newals must be made at the expiration, other
wise the subscription will be discontinued.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

Consul Hughes writes from Coburg,
Germany, that in opposition to the de-
termined vegetarians who condemn all
animal food, there is a growing num-
Der of Psychologists who insist that
abstention from meat, if continued for
ages and generations, is responsible for
the feeblencss and low intellect of GER
tain races.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

On the capture of a smooth footpad
in Chicago the other day it developed
that he controlled a number of circuits
and had numbers of men robbng for
him on commission. This trust bu5i.
ness is appalling.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

NJ. Arsene Alexandra, a Partisan crit
ic, inds the American locomotive aug-
gestive of the American man because
it is "a combination of elegance, prac-
ticability, convenience and power.' 1t
also resembles him in it's capacity for
getting there, a fact which is causing
great concern at present to British
railway managers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

\ French engineer named Verlier
proposes to bore a tunnel under the
Mediterranean. According to his sur
veys the length of the tunnel from
Naqucros Bay, in Spain, to Tangiers,
in Morocco, would be only twenty
miles, as the depth of the sea in that
vicinity is only 1900 feet. His esti-
mate of its cost is $23,72o,O0O.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

During the year that ended on June
30, 1900, 44S.572 immigrants arrived in
the United States, a gain of forty
three per cent. over the preceding year.
European labor very quickly finds out
when times are good in America.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

The Philadelphia Inquirer observes:
"The truth is that n vast majority Of
the people of the United States believe
in and advocate arbitration for the set
tlement of all disputes, but that thus
far no one has hit upon a practicable
method of bringing it about"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

TruXtun Beale, in the Forum, says
that the absurd and vulgar cxpend5,
ture by millionaires impoverishes So
ciely and has no economical justifica-
ton"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

More young men are studying theol-
ogy and medicine in Illinois than in
any other State although New York
leads in the number of law students.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

One Gf the paradoXes Of Lie msur-
ance is that the richest men, who need
It least, carry the largest amount Of 1t
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

The mortuary statistics for the Dis
trict Of Columbia during the past IL
months show startling record OF tu-
berculosis of the lungs The mortality
from all causes was so53. and Of these
7I3 were victims of consumption-an
average mortality from this one disease
Of 1900 for each week in the year
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

Entered at the Postoflice at Freelend, Pa.
as Second-Class Matter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-29

Kansas City, Kan, is out for Unit
ed States mint.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-24
GEORGIA POSTAL SERVICE.
Changes Ordered by the Department
I'm Washington.

Washington, June 23.-The following
changes in the postal service Of Georsia
are announced: POstmasters appointed:
John r. Rush at Colquit, Miller county:
Berry H. Tanner, Jr., at Wilsonville, Cof-
fee county; Emma NJ Mcmillan at Har
lem, Columbia. county, and w. B. Du-
pree at Kathleen, Houston county.
The postoffices at Cordele and Dalton
Ga, have been advanced from the third
to second class, and the postofice at Fort
Mcpherson, Ga, has been reduced from
third to fourth class.
In connection with the postoffce at Sa-
vannah the following sub-stations have
been established: No 2, Jones and Aber-
corn streets; No. 4. West Broad and Sims
streets; No 5, Bull and Thirty-ninth
streets, and No. 6, Hall and Habersham
streets.
The following special service routes
nave been discontinued: Freeman, Early
county, from Blakely; Obryan, Floyd
county, from Rome, office discontinued
and supplied by rural free delivery from
Rome; Omecron, Wilkinson country, from
Coolspring; Sullivan, Server county, from
Buckcreek; Unit, Laurens county, from
Pinehtll, and Flattwoods Academy, Gilbert
county. from Elberton; supplied by rural
free delivery from Elberton.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-24
TALLAHASSEE NOTES.
Two White Men Arrested, Charged
With, Forgery.

Tallahassee, Fla, June 23.-Saturday
afternoon Sheriff Pearce brought in two
white men, Thomas Lethiridge and J. M.
Poppell, from the neighborhood of Au-
ella, in Jefferson county. They were ar
rested on the charge of forging an in
dorsement on check. They are in iail.
awaiting a hearing.
James Richardson, a turpentine opera-
tor at Spring Hill on the Cara belle. Tai
lahassee and Gulf Railroad, ten miles
from Tallahassee, al a late hour Satur-
day afternoon, captured Simon williams
the negro who killed Henry Dawkins,
deputy sheriff of jefferson county. on the
night of June IA. Mr.. Richardson brought
the negro here last night, and turned him
over to Sheriff Pearce, who locked him
up and notified the officers at Monticello
Parties will come here for Williams, who
is likely to be a subject for a Iynching
bee.
More than fifty persons were In the
woods south of Tallahassee on Saturday
looking for the negro who killed c. S.
White at Medart a few nights ago. Late
in the afternoon they struck a fresh trail
at Gays turpentine camp. where the me-
gro had been seen going northeast.
party left here expecting to intercept him
in the neighborhood of Thomas City, on
the Tallahassee Southeastern Railway.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-24
TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE.
Important Circular Issued to the
Marine Hospital Service.

Washington, June 2S.-Surgeon General
Wyman has issued a general circular to
medical officers of the Marine Hospital
Service, calling special attention to the
Importance of insects as factors in con-
Veying disease. The circular says there
Is no longer doubt as to the relation of
the mosquito to malarial diseases and
TO iillariasis.
According to Simond'' it says, plague
as transmitted from the rat to man by
the flea"
The Infection of typhoid fever and to
a certain extent cholera may be conveyed
oy flies. Medical officers are directed to
place mosquito MEETINGS over the beds of
patients suffering with communicable dis
eases. Hospitals are to be thoroughly
protected by fly screens at all openings,
particular attention being paid to the
Atchen, dining room and protection of
the food. Sulphur fumigation is given as
the best method of killing insects In
large room.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-24
How a Simple Mathematical CaIcu-
latiOn Is a Sure Test.

How Simple Math ematicaI CaIcu-
latiOn Is a Sure Test.
From the New York Mail and Exnress
Talking of concterfeiters puts me in
mind of one, a notorious rascal, who was
caught not long ago in this city while
at his nefarious trade" seid the ex- treas
ury official. THE paper money this man
produced was absolutely perfect in every
detail but one thing, and it seems strange
that man Of his knowledge and expert
ence of the art of counterfeiting should
not have known it,"
Here the treasury official took a one
dollar bill from his pocket. 1t was new
and crisp, and he pointed out a diminu-
tive letter C on the right under the bills
number and another down in the other
corner.
Now" he continued, II don't suppose
there are ten men in a hundred outside
the Treasury Department who know that
these seemingly unnecessary letters are
on United States bills And even IL they
had noticed them l am willing TO bet that
not one of them could tell what they sig
Nifty"
Handing another bill to the reporter
the ex-treasury man asked him to read
the last four figures. They were 5321. The
treasury man said, almost instantly: THE
letter on that bill is B." which was cor
rect
Half dozen other bills were produced,
and when the treasury man was told the
last four figures of their numbers he was
able TO tell, with lightning rapidity, what
letter would be found on each bill. In
each case the letter was either A, B, c
or d.
1.-THE explanation is simple" said he.
IF you take the last four figures Of the
number on any bill, no matter what its
denomination, and divide them by four,
you will have remainder of naught one
two, or three. If the remainder Is zero,
the etetr on the bill will be A. II II is
I. the letter will be b. II II is 2. the letter
will be C, and u II is the letter will be
o.
This Is one Of the many precautions
taken by the government against coun-
terfeiters. You can tell instantly whether
a bill is bad or good by making that test,
| wouldn't give a hve-cent piece for a
81 900 bill, no matter how perfect II SEEM
ed. II its little letters did not correspond
with the remainder obtained by divdlndg
the last four figures OF Its number by
four"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-24
First Melons From Pavo.

Pavo. Ga, June 23.-The first melons
shipped by the Georgia Northern Rail-
road. and probably the FIRST In this part
Of the state, were loaded at Pavo on
June 81. The car was loaded with LOO
me.ons, averaging about 20 or "a pounds.
They were sold to the local dealers in
melons here, Mr.. y. ID. Peacock. for $50
cash.
The barn OF w. r. Miller near Pavo
was struck by lightning a few days ago
while his little son was in the barn,
shocking corn II ripped shingles from
the roof and sent his wagon under the
shed and knocked down three mules In
the lot. Two OF them soon recovered. but
The third was iifeiess for an hour.
The melon crop II very short and late
this year In this section.