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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Books Are Mans Best Friends.

The very company of books Is efu-
eating. AS one sits before the book
cases and glances at his favorite vol
umes 1t is as if each said a word or
two or suggested a thought. Thus
boys eye may fall upon his copy of
TON Brown at Rugby" and in his
mind rises the remembrance of the
great hare and hounds run in which
Tom and East and the Tadpole strug-
gled so pluckily, and at last held that
delightful little interview with Dr..
Arnold; or visions of lasts tricks on
old Martin. There Is no need to open
the bOok-one breathes its healthful
air at the mere sight of its title. So
from each old favorite there comes a
friendly greeting, and we recall the
pleasant hours spent in its company.
A great orator said: Books are the
windows through which the soul looks
out. A home without books is like
room without windows. No man has
a right to bring up children without
surrounding them with books If he
has the means to buy books"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
How New Jersey Does 1t.

The New Jersey law is well worth a
trial in the Southern States. 1t pro-
vides that the roads of a township be
placed under the management Of the
township committee, and money be
raised by township bonds for grading,
macadamizing and improving the
same; bonds to be authorized by vote
Of the annual town meeting.
The Board of Chosen Freeholders
of any county may designate certain
roads as county roads, and improve
the same by the issue OF county bonds.
The State shall pay one-third OF all
cost of road improvement so authorized
by the Chosen Freeholders, within
certain limitations.
Whenever the owners OK two-thirds
of the lands fronting on any public
road will undertake to pay one-tenth
of the cost Of improving such road. 1t
is the duty of the Board of Chosen
Freeholders to cause such improve
ments to be made.
All road taxes are paid in money.
Under the operations of this law
New Jersey has built more good roads
In proportion to population than any
other State in the Union.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Steam a Hundred Years Auo.

On July 5 the London Times printed
the following item from its issue of
corresponding date in 1901: "An ex
pertinent took place on the River
Thames last Wednesday for the pur-
pose Of working a barge or other
heavy craft against the tide by means
Of steam engine on very simple
construction. The moment the engine
was set to work the barge was
brought about, answering the helm
quickly, at the rate of two and a half
miles an hour" This was six years
before Fulton's construction of a prac-
tical steam vessel which went from
New York to Albany in "a hours. The
crude experiments of century ago
gave but the faintest forecast of the
marvellous mechanical developments
of the present day; and the story from
the London Times moves the New
York Commercial Advertiser to sag
gest that perhaps 100 years from now
the accounts of the successful venture
Of NJ. Santos Dumont's airship over
the roofs of Paris will sound as
strangely Ontiquated as this expert
ment with a steamboat which preced-
ed the airship by a century and two
weeks" This is not an improbable
forecast except in Its intlmation that
100 years may elapse before its VERT
fication. 1t will be surprising. in this
inventive age, If the Paris experiment
does not seem antiquated within the
life OF the present young generation.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Some Relics of Calhoun.

A sideboard made out of the mahog.
any which once formed part of the
cabin Of the old Constitution is one Of
the most priced possessions Of John G.
Calhoun, the grandson of the great
statesman of that name, and now resi-
dent of the city of New York. This
sideboard was presented to John G.
Calhoun by Henry Clay, and, like the
lamp under which the great South
Carolinian wrote his work on the Con-
stitutional Government, the leather
backed chair in which he sat and the
gold pen with which he traced the
manuscript of that treatise-declared
by Gladstone to be one of the ablest
works upon the subject In existence
is cherished heirloom of his descend
ant. 1t is no more highly valued than
q unique dinner-set which the EN-
peror of China presented to John G.
Calhoun on the expiration of his term
as Secretary of War, each piece of
which has upon it the American eagle,
the original thirteen stars, and the
motto E Pluribus Unum. Calhoun
died in 1850 in Washington. His eld-
est son. Colonel Andrew Pickens Cal
houn, was born in Alabama, where the
present bearer of the historic name
saw the light on the Fort Hill plan
tation in the Pickens district. A part
of Calhoun's library is now in the
State collection in the Agricultural Col
lege which South Carolina prosperous
ly maintains In the old Fort Hill man
sion.-Harper's Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Era of Sport N Healthful Sign

This is the era of sport. Practically
every man and boy, every woman and
girl, takes part, or wishes to take part,
in some branch of 1t. And 1t is fortu-
nate that the field is broad enough for
all. And in all this variety OF sport,
in all this eager devotion to it, there
is nothing harmful. nothing that points
Il warning. On the contrary, 1t is for
individual and national good. 1t gives
health and tone to the system. it
clears and freshens the mind by bright
exercise and competition in the clear.
open air, and 1t drives the cobwebs
from wearied brains. And thus it is
that this era of enthusiastic devotion
to sport is good.--Philadelp Satur-
day Evening Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Where We Are Lacking.

In almost every material thing tho
United States takes first rank except
in the matter of roads. In this respect
it is far behind the most enlightened
nations. In all the States some good
roads have been built, but would 1t
not add immensely to the growth and
prosperity of this country to have its
highways improved so as to be in har-
mony with all its other great improve
ments2 1t is the one thing in which
we are still lingering In the unrelieved
darkness Of the Middle Ages; it is the
one blot upon our escutcheon of mate
rial progress; 1t is the one thing that
would benefit every man. woman and
child in the United States, and yet we
hesitate to do II.
Objections are made by many that
1t is not the duty of the General Gov
ernment to aid In building roads; that
If it did it would place upon the Gen
eral Government the responsibility for
the welfare of the people. But is not
the General Government responsible
for the welfare Of the people? The
Constitution gives authority to build
roads for postal service, Why not,
tEcn, build them? The improvement
of our rivers is done for the welfare
Of the people. Why should not roads
be built for their greater welfare?
Both are highways, one by water. the
other by land.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
The Fiction Side OF Golf.

One of the latest lost golf ball
stories is that one afternoon n couple
of players were on the Penarth links,
when mighty drive by one of them
sent the ball away out of sight, and
1t could not be found. Next morning,
whilst taking his ante-matutinal stroll,
the golfer was attracted by the pite-
Gus cries of a small bird that kept fly
ing backward and forward in front
of him. He followed the bird until
he was led to a small bush, in which
he found nest. The biu flew into
it and appeared to be trying to scratch
something out, hopping in and out,
repeating the action two or three
times, In a state of acute excitement
all the time. The golfer raised him
self to look into the nest and there
was his lost golf ball!
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

The captain of an ocean steamer is
often warned of the proximity Of ice
bergs by the men in the engine room.
When a ship enters water considera-
bly, colder than that through which it
has passed its propeller runs faster.
and as such water surrounds the
vicinity of icebergs for many miles
the engineers know when the propell-
er's action Is greatly accelerated with
out any increase of the steam power
icebergs may be expected. OF course.
the thermometer is the most useful in
dicator of icebergs.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
A Tiny Maple Trec's Narrow Escape.

THE maple had one or two exciting
adventures and narrow escapes during
its babyhood," writes William Day.
export Hubert in THE Story of the
Maple Tree" in the Ladies' Home
Journal. CLOSE beside 1t stood a tiny
beech tree One afternoon deer came
by, lifting his feet and putting them
down again as lightly as if he were
afraid Of stepping on eggs. There
were no eggs there to be stepped on,
but there were other things just as
fragile and helpless. The two baby
trees stood right In his path.
and now his left forefoot came
straight down toward them. One,
at least, must surely perish. Which
would it be? Or would 1t be both?
They stood so close together that even
that dainty little hoof could easily
have covered both of them at once. In
another second the deer had passed
on, and the beech lay in the pointed
hoof-print, its stem broken and it's life
- ushed out, while less than half an
inch away the baby maple stood un-
harmed"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Bosr's Lack Of Ethics His Strannih.

The Boer cares less for his reputa-
ton than Ire does for his natives soul.
He husbands life and let's his reputa-
ton take care of itself. If he does
that which we would call disgraceful
he is not kicked out or his club. be-
cause he has not got a club. He won't
be cut in the Row, because he has no
Row, and his friends have not yet ac-
quired the gentle art of cutting. If
he Is riding along in the vicinity of
railway line with few pounds Of
dynamite in his holsters he does not
'have the honor to request" the per-
mission of the Hoofd dCommandant 10
blow up the next troop train that pass
es. He just blows 1t up and casually
mentions the fact the next time he
meets his chief.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Hidden Titan Brouuht to Liuht.

A few months ago the Venetian
painter Brass bought four pictures for
500 from Dalmatian peasant named
Braidotti, who had picked them up
when u neighboring villa was dis
mantled. Recently Brass found that
one of the pictures had been painted
over another on the same canvas, and
on cleaning off the top one he discov-
cred a Saint Sebastian by Titan,
which had been stolen from Italy by
one of Napoleon's Generals. Brass
has sold the Titan to the Count de
Castellane for $4,000.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Economy OF Good Roads.

How shall we secure good roads?
How shall we save the immense sum
now being worse than wasted? Man
ifestly it will require a great outlay,
but the outlay will not be greater than
we are now paying without receiving
any benefits whatever. Take the
amount we now pay by reason of bad
roads and apply it to the building Of
good ones, and we will have an invest
nent that will yield greater returns
to the many than any other that can
be made. This improvement Of our
roads ought to be done by the States
by the counties, by the districts, by
individuals, by the General Govern
ment or by the united action of sew
eral or all Of these agencies. If this
work Is to be done by appropriations
of the Legislature, these appropria-
tions must be made on q liberal
scale. Mississippi appropriates nothing
directly for this purpose, because pro-
h bited by the Constitution, but au-
thorizes the counties to do so. Some
counties levy few cents on the $1OO,
about enough to pay the salaries of
the officers intrusted with the man.
agement Of the fund. A certain num-
b"r Of days work is also levied, run
ming from five to eight, and those
upon whom this tax of labor is levied
usually have the least interest In the
betterment of the roads, and work in
a perfunctory manner so as to dis
charge as easily as possible the obli-
CATION. Districts may not levy a tax
under the Constitution of the State of
Tennessee. however much they may
desire to do so. Under the operation
of our road laws there is enough
waste Of time and money to build
section Of good roads every year. If it
was all levied in money and it's eX-
penditure properly directed by compe-
tent road builders. But it may be set
down as certain that we will never
get goodroads under rMississippis laws
unless these laws provide for tax
by the State, by the counties, by dis
tricts and one the individuals mostly
benefited by tho construction of the
roads.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

Locomotive building is sharing with
all the other industries of the country
in the great business boom. Last
year there were turned out Of the
American shops 3,153 engines, the
largest number ever built in the his.
tory of the country. The production
showed an increase of $50 locomotives
or 27.5 per cent. over the production
of 1899, when the building record was
also broken. In that year 2,4I3 loco
motives We're turned out. In 1858 the
American shops produced 1879; in
1897, 1,zol in 1896, 1,175.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Ihrea londnns.

While building the London Ex-
change the workmen came upon n
gravel pit full of oyster shells, bones
Of cattle, old sandals and shattered
pottery. Two pavements were dug up
under the French church in Thread
needle street, and other pavements
have been cut through in several parts
of the city. Authorities on the sub
ject say that all the soil seems to have
risen over Roman London at the rate
of nearly n foot in century. Still
farther must the searcher dig to find
the third London, the earlier London
of the Britons. 1t is supposed to be
buried under the London of Roman
days
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Origin Of q Celebrated Jesk.

When Mr.. Evarts, who was my near
relative and man with whom could
take liberty, came into the Senate. l
said to him that we should have to
amend the rules so that motion to
adjourn would be in order in the mid
die of a sentence, to which he replied
that he knew of nobody In this coun-
try who objected to long sentences ex-
cept the criminal classes. - Senator
Uoar, II Scribner's.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Couldn't Lose Him.
was late. and getting later.

1t was late. and getting later.
However, that did not stop the sound
of mufIled voices in the parlor.
Meantime the gas meter worked
steadily.
The pater endured 1t as long as he
could and then resolved Oh heroic
measures.
Phyllis" he called from the head
of the stairs, has the morning paper
come yet?"
mo, sir" replied the funny man on
the Daily Bugle, 1--WE are holding the
form for an important decision"
And the pater went back TO bed
wondering If they would keep house
or live with him.-Colorado Springs
Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Lake Vessels Launched Broadsids On.

Shipbuilders on the great lakes have
devised the most ingenious scheme in
use anywhere for showing a great,
ponderous steel vessel into the water
when she is well-nigh completed. The
shipyards of the great lakes are not
located on the banks of the fresh wa
ter seas, but upon contributary rivers
on artificial slips. None of these
waterways are more than half as
wide as u modern lake cargo carrier
is long, and so, instead of sliding the
vessel into the water endwise, as is
the custom all over the world, these
giant leviathans toboggan down a
monster slide and take the water
broadside on.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

They do not kiss in Ashantee. There
the suitor, in pledge of his love, in
token of soul affinity, swipes his ina
morata with his club.
More hygienic, this, but that is an
other story.
Where. in the silvery moonlight, the
plantain casts its deepest shadows,
blows, fervent and fast raining, may
be heard.
"Oh, Mbwki. amt you turrible" n
sweet, maidenly voice falters.
They're about the spoonieet couple
everv eXclaim the neighbors, in no
very good humor, for the hour Is late.
Detroit Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
A Friend to Horses.

A Parisienne has opened a small
office in Paris, from which she dis
tributes straw hats for the horses of
all drivers who apply. They are all of
the most approved model, with
sponge for moisture in the crown. Last
summer the philanthropist stood on
the steps Of the Madeleine and gave
them to all who passed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Danger SIGNALS for Alpine Climbers.

All the Alpine clubs of Europe have
just agreed to a uniform set of danger
signals drafted by the French Alpine
Club for use by mountain-climbers In
peril, says a Paris correspondent. Sig
nails of distress are to be given by
shouting, whistling, waving handker.
chiefs or firing guns during the day,
and by lantern or other lights at night.
A signal repeated six times indicates
extreme peril, and its return three
times by the receiver signifies that
its meaning has been understood.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
my case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. J.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able TO carry out any
obligation made by their firm.
West TRUAx Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALD1NG, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

There is something horrifying In the
way in which the city takes its annual
toll of victims from the public schools,
dumps them down on high stool and
sucks their blood. Why is it that the
flowers of school athletics are born to
blush unseen and waste their sweet
ness OIL an office stool ?--London Public
School Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Joen Bull Can Sill Exact Toll.

1t will take some years for us to
capture the seas as well as we have
the land-granting that we ever do it,
for of the 2S,200 ships of all nation
alities afloat to-day-ships of over 200
tons-Great Britain possesses about
11,000. We have got a lot of John
Bulls commerce, but it is certain that
we must continue TO pay him toll for
a whole to help us deliver the goods.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

1t is said that the Bank of France
has an invisible studio in a gallery
behind the cashiers. so that at given
signal from one of them any suspected
customer has his photograph taken
without his knowledge.
With the exception of n few small
concerns in Warsaw there is only one
large shoe factory in Russia. This
concern does an enormous business,
and is one OF the most prosperous
stock companies in the empire.
The skin of the whale is from two
inches to two feet thick, and the skin
of large specimen weighs thirty tons
The rhinoceros is the thickest skinned
quadruped. with a hide so tough as
to resist the claws of lion or tiger,
the sword. or the balls of an old-fash-
toned musket.
F Women in China have the privilege
of fighting in the wars. In the rebel
lion of 1850 women did as much fight
ing as men. At Nankin in 1858, 500,-
600 women from various parts of the
country were formed into brigades of
$1,000 each, under female officers. OF
these soldiers 10000 were picked wom-
en-, drilled and garrisoned in the city.
A dwarf orange tree in porcelain
Jar of Oriental design is the latest nov
city designed to replace the jardin.ere
of ferns which has so long done duty
on the dining room table. The idea is
Frenchy, and it bids fair to take well
here. 1t is said that the fashion was
introduced by Count Boni de Castel-
lane, who brought on the table a dwarf
cherry tree with a dozen ripe cherries
depending from its branches. When
the fruit course was in order each
guest clipped his or her share with
silver fruit scissors.
A queer annulment of marriage has
just been decided in Paris A French
man named Decourdemanche married
a Turkish woman thirty-one years ago
and settled sum of money on her.
She went mad and was put in an asy-
lum, where q male lunatic named
Questel kept asserting that she was
his wife. No one paid any attention
to him. He died and recently the
woman died. Her relatives demanded
the money settled on her. whereupon
the husband discovered that his wife's
mother had written a book called
"Thirty Years In n Harem," in which
she spoke of her daughters marriage
to Questel. He hunted up the records
in London and procured a certificate
granted him a post-mortem annul-
ment.
A little Russian girl named Tyna
Helman became a pupil in the Wells
Grammar School. of Boston, last au-
tumn. She did not know a word OF
English, but she could speak little
French and Spanish and her own ma
tive tongue fiuently. She was placed
in the lowest grade in the school, but
in n very few weeks her teacher
thought that she would probably gain
more in the next higher grade. This
was repeated until the principal ad-
vanced her to the highest class in the
school. When it came time for the
last examination and the diploma list
was made out, the name of this little
girl, who entered the Wells School in
the fall in the lowest grade, was
among the list OF graduates, and with
honors, too. Thus she made the four
--o,,.et oo,,pco II, npn
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. 1t makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweat
ing. aching feet. insrowing nails, corns and
bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores,
25e. Trial package FREE by mail. Address
Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02
Fest For the ssS,yeIs.

10 matter what ails you, headache 10
cnncer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAscARETs help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain. produce
easy natural movements, cost YOU just 10
cents to start getting your health back. CAS-
cARErs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put II,
In meta! boxes, every tablet has C.C.C.
stamped on it. Beware of imita tions.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

Sheboygan, Wis, is a pea-raising
district and recently all the clergy
men gave written permissions to their
focks to gather a crop on q Sunday
to save it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken o.
ss cough cure.-J. W. u'BnsES, 500 Thir
Avenue, N. Minneapolis, Miun., Jan. q, 19J).
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

When the head aches and one is weary, a
Garfield Headache Powder is needed. This
liynple remedy will cure the pain and impart
vigor to the system. Send to Garfield Tea
Co., Brooklyn, N. Y, fer sample powders.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

The early inhabitants of the Nile
valley had excellent roads, paved
somewhat in the macadam style of the
present day.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

A celebrated English physician as
serts that The increased height and
weight of English and Americans in
the last half century are chiefly due
to the increased consumption OF sugar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

Over 1000 men deserted from the
French army last year. Great Brit
aims record for desertion is under 300
in one year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

Two electric mountain railroads have
been constructed to operate on the French
slope of the Pyrenees.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

From 1903 to 1912 many attempts
were made to fasten metal points to
quill pens.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

Etymo.ozists declare that the sugar.
cane has 81 varieties of insect enemies.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

The butter output Of Minnesota this
year will exceed that of any previous
year.