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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
Distinctly the Thing.

The seats are hard, the crowd is rough,
The rain beats down for keeps,
The very atmosphere is tough
Her heart gives trembling leaps
To see dear brothers Jim and Dick
With other youths full blooded
Punch heads and run, pull hair and kick
In football jeans bemudded.
''lts great" the rooters shout and sing.
She mutters, with shudder, Yes"
Because it is the thing.
The air was thick the dust was dense,
The crowd surged up and down
Before the gold framed daubs immense
BY artists OF the town.
Twas hustle here and hustle there,
Midst dowagers and lions,
Copey beau with uncombed hair
Praised one Of Sargent'S scions.
''What dulciie work! See the swingr'
She gasped for breath, said archly, "Yaas."
Because it was the thing.
Ii this same maid of Boston cult
Had lived some years gone past.
When frances minions in revolt
Those sable fends OF he'll surpassed,
She'd been adiudeed not fit to live
And to the guillotine be sent,
The thirsty tsowd no mercy give
'Tis peasants way not to relent
"Make haste" they'd yell. ''Your turn t
swingl"
suppose she'd answer sweetly, eyes"
Because it was the thing.
Boston Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
A Naval COincidence.

On the 4th day of March next two Of
Ulcers well known to the navy will re-
tire from the active list. These officers
are Rear Admiral Hichborn, U. s. N,
chief of the bureau of construction and
repair, and Pay Inspector Henry G.
Colby, U. S. N, both Of whom will
reach the age of 62 years on the same
date. 1t has occurred to very few off,
GERS to retire for age on the same date
with others, for as numerous as are the
birthdays In the navy similar dates are
rare, and still rarer are ages identical.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
The Colonial Novel.

At this point General Washington
was introduced into the colonial novel
for the purpose of foiling the villain
thereof.
But the villain was not easily to be
daunted
Sir exclaimed this person, address,
ing the distinguished patriot, Il am
somewhat acquainted with contempo-
rary history, and unless 1 am mistaken
you are at this moment crossing the
Delaware, consequently you cannot be
here without violating the unities."
Upon looking the matter up in his
diary General Washington found that
this was indeed so and accordingly
with Il low bow to the ladies, withdrew
from the story.-Detroit Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14

The American will be taller by from
one to two inches in the next hundred
years. His increase Of stature will re-
suit from better health due to vast re-
forms in medicine, sanitation, food and
athletics. He willlive so years instead
of 80 as at present, for he will reside in
the suburbs. The city house will prac-
. tically be no more. Building In blocks
will be illegal. The trip from subur-
ban home to office will require few
minutes only. A penny will pay the
are,--Ladies' Home Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
Umbrellas For Saynges.

Nearly 20 Englishmen are now at
work on seven umbrellas for an Ashan-
tee chief and his faithful staff. There is
nothing under the sun chief can
wear, not even excepting a cast off silk
hat or red lined cavalry coat, so cal
culated to strike awe into the minds of
refractory natives and so imbue them
with spirit of obedience as Il "ging-
ham," Traders when they want to OBJ
tain free access to the country of one
Of the hostile tribes make presents of
worn out clothing to the natives or
even a 'gamp" to a particularly obsti-
nate and pugnaclous chief A London
syndicate of Gold Coast traders has
given the order and Is paying for the
umbrellas in question, which will be
given to bribe the vain dusky warriors.
When finished, the umbrellas will be
gorgeous beyond the dream of the
most imaginative negro For the chief
the present will be nearly 10 feet
across, quite a decent sized tent In
fact, on state occasions it will be so
used. The handle will then be stuck
in the ground, and six slaves will act
as tent pegs. The material from which
1t Is being made is silk, and the colors
are to be red, white and blue!' Round
the edge will be deep. rich fringe and
on the top an elaborately chased cap
surmounted by a British lion, rampant.
For the staff the umbrellas will be
somewhat smaller and less majestic
London Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
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AAJAz@EW
TOO LATEI
The Sad Tale of Horatio ana tie
Heartless Tailor.

Heartless Tailor.
"Horatio! Horatio! Horatior7
1t was the voice of mother calling
to her only son from the back door. but
there was no answer. When she had
called again and again, with like 70
suit, she ran across the lawn to a7vfns
embowered summer house where Ho-
ratio sometimes went TO read his virs
gil.
"Ah. you are here! she called as she
looked In at the door and espied him
No answer.
"Horatio, Horatio, my son, what 10
lti Are you asleepT'
No snores reached her maternal ears
"The dear boy is asleep, and will
leave him thus. But what is this letter
In his hands? Surely mother can
read her sons letters. Is he In lovef
No; 1t is not that. 1t is a note from his
tailor saying that he cannot press new
wrinkles into his trousers before to-
morrow. Wake, Horatio. and your
own mother will heat the fatirons and
do the pressing herself You shall not
be disappointed"
She laid her hand on his forehead. II
was rs cold as an ice trust. She felt
Of his heart. 1t had ceased to tunk-
The note from the tailor had struck
home, and Horatio Collingwood was as
dead as a herring. NJ. QUAD,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
His Further Report.

II would like to report, sir, that bur
glars entered my house last night" he
said to the segeant at the police sta
tion.
How much did you lose?"
Two $40 bills out of my vest pock.
ct"
"And do you suspect any oner'
Eyes, sir; do. l would like to fur
ther report that 1 am perfecly certain
that my wife got up in the night and
hawked on to that money and to add
that all the policemen in the United
States can't scare 1t out of her. That's
all, sir. Good day, sir."-Chicago News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
PERSONALITIES.

Hiram Maxim, the well known in
ventor, is at work on Il book ON China
and Chinese military affairs.
Dr. Stanton Colt, the lender of the
ethical culture movement in England.
is an American and q graduate of Am
herst.
Count Cogni, who accompanied the
Duke of Abruzzi on his recent polar ex-
pedition. has just been married to his
cousin, Signorina Nasi.
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt will cease
to be governor of New York on Dec. 81,
and from that date until March / he
will play the role of private citizen.
Queen Victoria's sight is now 50 bad
that she is allowed to do no reading,
and regular reader is therefore en-
ployed TO read to her for an hour or
two every day.
Sidney Grundy is one of the most
productive of dramatic authors. In
one year he has been known to pro-
duce five plays. He began to write at
2i, and he Is now -.
Alfred Emerson, who for the past
three years has been Il teacher in the
American School of Classical Studies
at Athens, is collecting a museum of
Grecian antiquities for the University
of California.
1t is related of Ex-Governor. Robert
Stewart of Missouri that while in of
| flee he was asked to pardon a man
whom he sent for from prison and then
recognized as river steamboat cap
tain who had treated him brutally
| while he was n cabin boy. He recalled
the fact to the prisoner and then par
/ doned him.
On NoY. 6 80 years had elapsed since
| Carl Schurz as a medical student help
ed the poet Gottfried Kinkel who had
been condemned TO life Imprisonment
| for political reasons. to escape from
Spondau to England. Kinkel subse-
quently became a professor at Zurich,
and after his pardon in the seventies
he returned and lectured in Germany,
Sir William Higgins. X. c. b.. the
astronomer, has been elected president
of the Royal society in succession to
Lord Lister. His special work has
been in stellar photography at his pri-
vate observatory at Tulse Hall. For
the last % years he has been engaged
in obtaining photographs of the ultra
violet portion of the spectra of the
stars.
The famous blind oculist DR.. laval,
Il member of the Paris Academy of
Medicine and director of the Sorbonne
Ophthalmalogical laboratory, has just
been simultaneously promoted to the
highest rank in the French Legion Of
Honor and decorated with the Black
Eagle. This double decoration has met
with enthusiastic appreciation from all
quarters.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, the new
British secretary for foreign affairs is
the twelfth statesman to occupy that
post during Queen Victoria's reign
The others are Lord Palmerston, Lord
Aberdeen, Earl Granville, Lord AIalmes-
bury. Lord John RUSSELL Lord Claren-
don, Lord Derby, Lord Salisbury, Lord
Roscbery, Lord Iddesleigh and Lord
Kimberly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14

Rachel-You ought to join our Crazy
Quilt Literary club. Some member is
selected to spring a sudden topic, and
then all the rest discuss it.
Elizabeth What was the subject at
last weeks meeting?
Rachel-tAinore Eggleston opened
the talk on "Men as Close Observers,
and we had an almost acrimonious ar
gument on the proper lengths of short
skirts.-Denver News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Seventy years ago it took a day and
half to go from New York to Phila-
delphia.
There is a flavor of Celtic salt in the
London Telegraph's criticism of GER
tain new play as "a brilliant specimen
of gloominess."
Professor Young estimates that a
train running from the earth to the
sun at 40 miles an hour would take
about 265 years for the trip.
Prussia does not permit cremation,
but does not forbid the export Of
corpses to Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse
or Thuringia, where they can be burn
ed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14

Mrs. Snaggs-The position Of queen
has Its advantages.
Mr.. Snaggs-Well, that's not a new
idea. strictly speaking. But perhaps
you will tell me what prompted the
remark?
Mrs. Snaggs-I have been reading Of
the fact that Queen Victoria never
wears a pair Of new shoes until they
have been worn few times by one Of
her dressers whose foot is Of the same
size as her majesty s.-Pittsburg Chron-
icle-Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14

Mrs, Buggins-That little boy next
door is always blowing putty into peo-
pies eyes with Il blowpipe. I'm sur
prised that his father doesn't make
him stop it.
Mrs. Muggins-W Well, he won't. His
father is an eye doctor.-Philadelph
Record
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14

Neodesha, Kan, has population Of
about 1,50o, which includes more thin
people than any place twice its size in
America. Many OF the men weigh less
than 100 pounds, though in good
health Physicians say that the petro-
leum and natural gas wells there are
responsible for making the people look
like whitened refugees from famine
district in India.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14

NO" said young Mrs. Torkins,
Charley never plays the races"
Are you sure" inquired the caller
in a tone of suspicion.
Quite sure. | went out to the track
with him and watched him. That
wasn't play. 1t was work. k.'-Wash-
ington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14

From the Bowersville Clarion: by
a mistake in making up the paper last
week we put in an Item stating that HI
Slocum had moved to Philadelphia I'M
der the head Of Obituaries Errors
like this creep In occasionally in the
best regulated Offices. and our only ex-
cuse is that our foreman used to live in
Philadelphia. Baltimore American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14

De only trouble bout de los sheep 10
1t takes too many people ter hunt em.
Dey say dat hell is paved wild good
intentions, but It's my belief dat hell's
too hot fer even good intentions tor
locate dar.
Dey say dat Providence is long suf-
ferlng, but my speunce Is dat de po'
man is heap mo- long sufrerin dan any
body.-Atlanta Constitution.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14

Mrs. Newliwed-The idea! He says
I'm eXtravagant!
Her Mother-Well, dear perhaps
you're not as economical as you might
be.
Mrs Newliwed-Oh, but am. Why,
l never buy a blessed thing but bar
Philadelphia Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
Less If 1t Goes Down.

What do you do when meat goes
up?"
I'VE eat less and enjoy it more
indianapolis Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14

"That politician is as stubborn as q
mule"
Yes answered Senator Sorghum,
"the trouble about him is that he
hasn't as much pull as a mule. Wash
ington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
Tuan Would Say "G.usnw

What are the cable rates to China r
"Eh! What do you want to know
forT
81 want to secure Prince Tuan for q
so night lecture course at $1,000 .
night" ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
His Idea,

Miss Skyleigh-Are you a married
man?
Mr.. Frankleigh-No but I'm the next
thing to it. I'm in debt.-Smart Set.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
The MNsterN of Rome.

Rome had the best roads ever
known"
"And no bicycle vote, either. DE
troit Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
No Courtship Is Legal without 1t.

Every engaged man gives his girl
copy Of Lucille" and every girl who
is engaged reads it. Otherwise there
are no buyers or readers of the book
Atchison Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
CostIiest Picture In the World.

The costliest picture in the world is
owned by the Duke of Marlborough,
who has large and very expensive
collection of pictures, which has come
down to him from the original Duke of
Marlborough. The rarest of them is
the Blenheim Madonna, painted by
Raphael in 1907 and now valued at
$350000.
The picture was originally painted
for the Church of the Servi at Perugia.
1t is eight feet high, representing the
Madonna and child seated on a throne,
with figure of st. John the Baptist on
the left and that of st. Nicholas of Bari
on the right, the last two being life
size. Its high value is due to the fact
that 1t is one of the best preserved of
the pictures of Raphael which are now
In existence. 1t has been proposed to
the British government to buy this pic
ture.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14

OureBrettin8.
There amt no use o. talkin bout the melancholy
days
Not to me.
l was good an tired o. summer 'fore the dsfv3es
went their ways,
Don't you see.
An ] like to see the branches BY the northern
breezes tossed
An the yellow leaves a-hustn till they're e,rtafu
to get lost,
An to keep the Are a-bla1in, never eountin up me
cost,
Like twas free.
was weary O. the perfume o. the roses anyhow
When they died,
An the birds an frogs insecks made an irritatin
Far an wide.
Here's the apple red an shiny an the cider tastes
immense,
An the turkey, he's a-struttih, the squirt is On
the fence,
30 ! quit this here repinin, fur reckon provi.
dence
VIII provide.
--wahingtIa sssh
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14

Such little pills as DeWltt's Little Early
Risers are very easily taken, and they
are wonderfully effective in cleansing
the liver and bowels. Growers City drug
store,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-14

Teacher-Now, Adelbert, can you tell
why King Richard was called Of the
lion heart?
Adelbert-I s'pose 1t was because he
bellered when he was hungry.-Chf.
cago News.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-09-19
ROSLYN DlSPLEASED.
The Treatment They Received Here Was Not
What II Should Have Been.

There is no doubt that the Yakima
people treated the Roslyn excursionists
in shabby manner, but there is an ex-
PLANTATION to it all. Roslyn had fooled
the people here once or twice before by
not coming when they sent word they
this time because nobody believed the
excursion would be pulled off. However,
here is what the Cascade Miner has to
say on the matter.
Arriving at Yakima about a. m. we
were greeted by two hotel buses farther
than that the good natured crowd shut
| fled for themselves. There might have
been committee appointed to meet us
and welcome the strangers within their
gates, but ii SO, they forgot the date.
The Roslyn Citizens band discoursed a
few choice selections upon arrival at
Yakima to let the people know the Ros.
lyn delegation had really arrived, while
the balance hustled for hotel accommo-
dations. While the crowd in most part,
were successful in securing lodgings, a
number were not so fortunate, and had
| it not been for the kindness of the night
~
pie use the fire hall as lodging place
they would have been compelled to walk
the streets all night. Had crowd of
600 or 700 people gone down we would
have been compelled to camp out, as
there seemed to have been no one in
Yakima appointed in any capacity to
look after the comfort OF these strangers,
ii so, they didn't put in an appearance.
The forenoon was spent in looking
over the town and admiring the many
beautiful homes of which North Yakima
abounds. 1t is certainly beautiful and
thriving city and is growing at such a
rapid rate a person hardly knows the
place after being away from there year
or two.
While the excursion from financial
point of view for the band boys was a
failure, as they scarcely cleared them
selves, leaving nothing for all their hard
work, the people here had an outing and
they left at least $1,000 hard cash in
Yakima to pay for it, besides what the
n P. received for tickets. The people
of this town when they go out for a
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-09-19

Watts-I wonder if dyeing ones hair
is really as dangerous as the doctors say?
n. Peck-You bet it is. An old uncle
OF mine tried it once, and in less than
three months he was married to widow
with four small children.
DIR. LOYAL FORD'S DYSPEPTI.
eide is cure, not mere relief from
indigestion. 1t digests the food and
makes the stomach right. North Yaki-
ma Drug Store.
Mrs. Nebb-l am going to an observa-
ton party this afternoon, dear.
Husband-An observation party?
What sort of party is that?
Mrs. Quizzer's next door neighbor is
moving, and Mrs. Quizzer has invited a
few friends to watch through the win
dows and see what they have"
Ulcers, open or obstinate sores, scalds
and piles, quickly cured by BANNER
SALVE, the mosts healing medicine in
the world. North Yakima Drug Store.
The late executive head of Chill not
only died natural death, but he died
in Office. This is long stride toward
stability in the South American repub-
lie.
Morris Silver, North Stratiord, n. ii. /:
81 purchased bottle OF One Minute
Cough Cure when suffering with cough
doctors told me was incurabie. One bot
tie relieved me and the second and third
almost cured me. Today l am a well
man." Yellow Drug Store
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-09-19
THE SAN JOSE SCALE.
Prof. Webster Of Ohio Tells How the Pest
Spreads and Gives q Remedy.


Prof. +. NJ. Webster of the Ohio ex-
perimental station and also United
States entomologist gave some valuable
information relative to the spreading of
the San Jose scale before the Indiana
state horticultural society at South Bend
recently. He said the scale looks a
great deal like fly speck. If very
abundant they will crowd and overlap
one another. The insect itself is yellow
in color and will be found under black
covering. These insects are distributed
in many different ways; by clinging to
the feet OF birds or by being brushed off
upon the horses with which the orchards
are cultivated or upon the clothes of i'm
dividuals passing through among the
trees. This occurs before the insect is
4S hours old. After that it loses all
power of locomotion and it settles upon
the bark to remain there and suck the
sap from the tree. The insect has been
introduced into new localities BY means
of nursery stock. 1t has not yet been
ascertained that it has been introduced
by infected fruit. ii the scale gets start
ed in the east or south side OF an orch
ard the wind carries it through the whole
orchard very much as it carries prairie
fire. An Usage hedge is prolific means OF
the distribution of the insect. Birds will
nest in the hedge and carry it from there
to the orchard while hunting for their
food. Or they will visit infested ORCH
ards, bringing the insect back to its nest
in the hedge, from which it is distribut-
ed to all the trees that are in reach of it.
In regard to treatment whale oil soap
has been used in the proportion OF two
pounds of soap to gallon of water, and
without damage to the trees. But it
should not be used upon peach trees in
the winter or there will be no peaches
the next year. Twenty tons OF soap
have been used for this purpose in the
state of Ohio since last December. This
treatment has been given to trees in
orchards, cemeteries, parks and streets.
Nurseries are inspected carefully and if a
tree is found infested with the scale the
trees near it are examined very careful
ly. If an infested tree is found 10 feet
away all the trees within radius of 10
feet are condemned and burned. Whole
nurseries are not condemned unless it
becomes absolutely necessary. But all
stock sent out from nurseries in which
infected trees have been found must be
thoroughly fumigated before it can be
sent out. The material used for fumiga-
ton is hydro-cyanic acid.