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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06
Holding Up a Truck.

One OF the most amusing incidents
imaginable was the hold-up of truck
in lower Broadway. 1t was one of
those stout vehicles that are provided
with a windlass and rope for elevating
heavy merchandise. The rope had
escaped from its moorings and was
trailing fifty feet behind the tailboar11
as the giant Percherons lazily poked
along. Pedestrians crossing the street
stepped over it and said nothing, ex-
cept to themselves. Presently two
able seamen from United States ves-
sci lying in the Wallabout came rolling
along with their sea legs on, and one,
espying the rope, made dash for it.
Near by was hydrant. 1t took him
but the fraction of a minute to make
n round turn and half-hitch, stepping
forward to get some slack. Then,
with his messmate, he stood aside to
see the fun. The consequences came
near being serious, for the giant grays,
feeling tug, laid their weight
against the obstacle and probably
would have pulled it out of the ground
had not the sleepy driver aroused him
self and stopped their progress. And
what "cussin'" and "swearin
there was when he found himself
anchored to a fire plugl The crowd
yelled and chaffed and the sailors dis
creetly disappeared.-New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06
Badges Of the South and West.

It is not difficult to tell by their
clothes from which section of the
country senators hail. Perhaps not so
much by their clothes as the way they
wear them, one should say, to be ac-
curate All the string ties, for IN
stance, come from the west and south
Eastern senators wear stylish scarfs
almost without exception. Eastern
senators button their frocks and cut
aways; westerners and southerners
leave them open. The western and
southern members have low-cut vests,
usually with one or two buttons un-
buttoned. Two finely groomed sena-
tors are Platt and Depew, whose
clothes are made by the best tailors
in New York and London. Where will
you find more neatly dressed man
than Aldrich of Rhode Island? And
Wetmore-one of the 400? His
clothes cost him the larger part OF
his salary.-New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

and girl is forgotten In twelve years,
when her friends have passed away
into the silence of the hereafter.
She went onto the stage with PEN
sive loveliness in her face and when
she sang there were those tears in her
voice that she dared not shed, the
tears of the heart for the days that
were gone.
A girl again in her simple gauze
gown and hanging hair, she carried
away her audience because she seemed
one with them. In the ballroom scene
she was alien to the time and place.
They resented the attitude, the hour,
the glowing crimson roses. Breathless-
ly they watched the mimic escape as a
gypsy girl longing for her home, joy
ously saw her return to her wildwood
haunts and her lover. Then the audi
ence rose in applause, and the hour of
great triumph had truly come to
Milly Ellis.
Her heart swelled when she went,
with her jubilant manager, before the
curtains. She longed to cry out:
4 am little Milly Ellis, who was born
and brought UP here, obscure enough
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06
How Birds Hide Their Eggs.

Some curious photographs repro
duced In Pearsons show in a remark
able manner the difficulties Of egg col
lecting on the seashore, where eggs
are laid so cunningly that they can
hardly be distinguished from the shin
gle. "In photographing birds eggs in
situ," says the author of this article,
"all kinds of precautions have to be
taken. To obtain a picture of Little
Fern setting, the camera was covered
by khaki-colored cloth, set up within
a yard or two Of the nest, and then
the setting bird was photographed
from q distance of 100 feet, with the
aid of a pneumatic tube. Unless these
precautions had been observed the
bird would have been too frightened
to approach her nest" - Pearson's
Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

most delicate perfume, with the subtle
wood scent, with the message Of eter-
nal hope of springtime.
Thank God, there is something
left" whispered the woma2's heart,
Something sweet and unchanged"
She stood apart with the flowers on
her breast until her call, stood alb
sorbed In the dreams of an old house
in the grove, of flashing waters, of old
and gnarly lilac bushes. of silent
stretches of field and meadow, Of peace
for Milly Ellis, with her clear bird
voice, had been only simple country
maiden ere she went away to learn to
sing.
Gone were the days Of her training,
her struggle in grim New York; van
ished the Paris life where her voice
had been perfected; like dream were
the tours In small Italian towns to test
her powers and to become confident In
her work. Gone, gone. nothing left.
nothing worth while save the spring
mornings In front of an old wooden
house in grove, the odor of lilacs, the
calls of birds answering her own clear
notes, mild and sweet beyond belief.
No one knew-for she was ever re-
served as to her personality. No one
knew that tonight she sang before her
home audience 1t was twelve years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06
Five Generations in One Family.

Representative Livingston, Of Geor-
gia, is one of the few men who can
boast Of belonging to q family that
has living representatives Of five gem
erations. Mr.. Livingston's father aged
ninety eight years, is now living in
the South in good health. Between
the age of this oldest member Of the
family and the youngest there is a
difference of ninety-ive years, the
baby and sole member of the fifth
generation being lively boy of three
years who is living in this city. This
young American is the son of Mr. Liv-
ingston's granddaughter, who in turn
is the child Of his eldest daughter. The
five generations have been photo
graphed in group and the picture is
cherished by every member Of the Liv-
ingston family.-Washingto Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06
TONSORiAL ECONOMY.
Dry Shaving Responsible For the Beard
less State of NJ ost Chinese.

Dry Shaving Responsible For the Beard
less State of Most Chinese.
DRY shaving has been a blessing to
China, and in less than 300 years has
almost removed boards from the faces
IF the men of the empire" observed
an intelligent Chinaman to a Star re-
porter. "Originally the Chinese had
heavy boards. This is easily verified
by an examination of any of the old
prints of Cinnamon, for all OF them
show long bearded men. In time the
people found out that there was no
particular use for a beard and that
the wearing of it was expensive, out
side of the time actually occupied in
trimming or shaving it. How many
Americans of to-day are forced TO
spend several hours a week in bar
ber's chair? Many men that I know,
Americans and Europeans as well,
spend twenty minutes in q barber's
chair every day.
1.-THE Chinaman of the olden times
the kind of Chinaman who figures as
q pirate in your prints, for the good
Chinaman never seems to have got his
picture in your books at all, until
within the last fifty years at most
always wore long beard in reality
as we'll as in the pictures. But even
he found out that there was no neces-
sity for 1t. The learned men of the
empire were asked to consider the
matter, and they arrived at the con-
clusion that dry shaving was to some
extent q remedy. Anyhow, official
edicts were issued giving this informa-
ton. The old fellows who had boards,
of course, were not in it, and they lived
out their days and passed out of ex-
istence with full boards, but the young
were asked to dry shave Thus the
reform started, and in five or six gen.
erations of people the beard has prac-
tically disappeared, so that the aver
age Chinamap of to-day does not have
to devote over one-half hour in q
month to keep his face hairless. In
the next two generations boards are
expected to disappear absolutely. 1t
took time to bring this about, but In
the life of nation such thing as
century should not be allowed to count
much. I think boards would disappear
from Americans and Europeans in five
generations of people if the people
wanted to have them disappear. -
Washington Evening Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06
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An Effect In Rosemary
BY ELIZABETH CHERRY WALTZ.
Autbar s.rTha Snread of Fire"

BY ELIZABETH CHERRY WALTZ.
Author 1.-The Spread of Fire"
Copyright. 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
The maid tied the last knot of rib
bon and adjusted the last fold of gauze.
Contrary to custom they were quar-
ter of an hour too early.
Milly Ellis, on the programs Miss
Millicent Devereaux, laughed little
sarcastically.
mo flowers? We are, indeed, in
strange land. Run out the call boy
anybody-there is yet time. There
should be florist near"
"And the flowers, madame, what
shall they be?"
A seconds thought, then rush Of
memory. For the sake of the past,
Milly Ellis said, hastily:
'Lilacs-white or purple. There will
be plenty this time of the year. See,
they will suit my gown!"
The maid snatched a cloak from the
wall.
Il will go myself. will not trust
youth. 1t Is matter of taste"
Then Miss Devereaux went up the
steps that led to the green room and
to the stage in front. She wished to
see the audience before the play be-
gan. She walked slowly and haught1ly
through the laughing, impatient throng
of chorus girls and villagers and took
refuge in the wings until she saw an
opening in the curtains through which
she could look. There was sea of
% ND hllt naWhpra
one familiar face although Milly Ellis
had been born and grew up In this
great city and now returned to 1t, the
star of an opera troupe.
The bran new chandelier of electric
lights threw its beams over tho clean
paint and gay draperies of the sum
mer theater.t There were rows upon
rows of heads and faces, but nothing
familiar to respond to the fond long
ing in her heart
A voice sounded beside her.
"a great audience-a real triumph
and you are quite at your best to-
night. Miss Devereaux.'
Beside her. bowling low enough, was
the new tenor.
Surely success-but perhaps Miss
Devereaux will accept the flowers she
can SO we'll carry in the ballroom
scene"
He held a splendid armful Of hot
house roses, red and glowing. Miss
Devereaux flushed somewhat angrily.
1t would not be polite to refuse.
81 will carry them in the one scene,"
she said coldly," but they are too
sumptuous for the village maid must
wear or carry simpler flower with
this gown"
In the wings Felice waited with an
odoryus bunch, white lilacs with the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

Controller Coler believes in the
adage ITO save time IS to lengthen
life" When busy in his Office he will
say to an attendant:
Bring me a shave"
In a few minutes the attendant will
appear with razor, shaving cup and
brush ready. In his private Office
Controller Coler dashes the lather over
his face, and, without looking in a
glass, shaves one side of his face with
his left hand while signing checks
with his Fight hand.
II had to get used to this way Of
shaving while travelling in Western
railroad trains" said Controller Coler.
when asked for an explanation OF his
hirsute feat.-New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06
Moro Opinion.

The man who elbows past women
for the purpose of getting a seat in the
car never crowds lady out Of her
pew in church.
Woman was created out Of one Of
mans ribs, and in good many cases
she seems to have his backbone too.
Some people keep so busy looking
out for the rainy day that they don't
know the sun ever shines.
Woman will never be able to have
herself placed upon an equality with
man as long as her letters are deliv-
cred at the house.
"Distance lends enchantment to the
view" A rich man can see many ad-
vantages in being posr.-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06
A Naval Haven of Rest.

Commander William Fl.
Scheutze, United States Navy, the
officer who Travelled the desolate delta
OF the Lena River with the party that
went to Siberia to bring back the bod
les of De Long and his unfortunate
companions of the Jeanette eXpedi-
ton, has recently returned to Was =
ington after a tour of sea duty eX-
tending over the Santiago campaign,
in which he participated, and later
taking him to the Asiatic station. He
Is one of the most robust officers in
the service, and comes back from Asia
bronzed and vigorous and full of ad-
miration of the climate and the attrac-
tions of the station. "It is the ideal
station" he says, with no hard blows
and just enough occupation to keep
up an appreciation of a naval haven
of rest. Good fortune sent me to Sa-
moa, and the island over which the
Government of the United States has
been extended. While Apia, on the
German island of Upoki, continues to
be the port of call, and Iutuila, the
American island, has fewer people on
it than Upolu, the popularity of our
management is drawing the inhabit-
ants to Tutuila, and if it was big
enough it would probably get them all
in time. Pago Pago, which the ma
tiyes call Pango Pango, will become
more important when the Spreckels
steamers begin to stop there instead
five square miles of territory there,
while there are $50 square miles in
Upolu. New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06
STRANGE IMPs IN THE SEA.
Capt. Moody Caught One ON Cape
Charles Light@hip.

Sapbs moody SauRhD Oue Shpe
Charles Lightship.
Capt. William Moody of Baltimore
believes there are strange imps in the
sea, because he caught one recently
while fishing off Cape Charles light
ship. Capt. Moody is commander OF
the lightship, and 1t is his habit to
keep baited hook, attached to an ex-
tremely long line in the water at all
times. Occasionally this persistency
is rewarded with cod or other tooth
some fish of deep water The captain
happened to be near the line when the
pull 1t in. and then ensued as pretty
a battle as ever warmed the heart OF
fisherman. Several times the creature
was brought to the surface, and on one
occasion 1t leaped ten feet in the air
After battle lasting fully an hour the
monster was harpooned and pulled on
deck. The fish weighed about eighty
pounds. The imp" has wings, which
are of the thickness of sailcloth, and
are mottled with blue checks or
squares. The mouth is filled with par
allel rows of conical teeth, the rows
varying from two, in the back part of
the upper jaw, to eight in front with
twice these numbers in the lower jaw.
The tail has three rows of spines, re-
sembling the teeth running its whole
length. The imp" has no scales.
creature has been shown to govern
ment expests, but as yet remains un-
classified.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06
"BuffaIo Bits" Amiabie Weakness.

Buffalo Bill" once allowed himself
to be put to shame by falling to shoot
a couple OF deer at an easy distance
Every one has his little weakness" :"
he exclaimed; "mine is a deer's eye
I don't want you to say anything about
it to your friends, for they would laugh
more than ever, but the fact is l have
never yet been able to shoot a deer If
it looked me in the eye. With buf-
faIo or bear or an Indian it is differ
ent. But the deer has the eye of a
trusting child-soft, gentle and confid-
ing. No one but a brute could shoot
a deer IL he caught that look"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

Lawndale. Kan, town of 1000 in
habitants, boasts of a police depart
ment that has not made a single ar
rest in the last eight years.
A single sturgeon was recently cap
tured in the Yolga by an Astrakan
fishing firm, and it was valued at $400.
The fish weighed 100 pounds, the
head alone counting 400 and the roe
220.
A camel can carry 40U pounds weight
forty miles a day, and work from the
age of five years to thirty. An OK can
not carry more than 200 pounds on his
back, nor travel over twenty-four miles
u day.
A runaway horse in Denver, Col,
the other day finished his flight by
landing in the interior of a rapidly
moving trolley car, where he rode for
nearly a block before the vehicle could
be stopped.
Snails are not only regarded as
great delicacy in Paris, France, but
are reckoued as very nutritious. Hy-
gienists say that they contain seven
teen per cent. Of heterogeneous matter,
and they are equal to oysters in nu-
tritiVe properties.
A tank holding forty thousand gal
Ions of water became too weighty for
the beams which supported it on the
roof of the Galbraith building, in Chi
cago. 1t crashed to the cellar, making
n hole of about forty feet square
through six stories of the building.
The first teapot made in England is
still in existence and shows the Lon
don hall mark, 1857. Most of the early
teapots seen in England were melon
shaped and fitted with feet. Such a
one Is worth $125. Tea caddies a GEN.
tury or more old are also valuable
possessions.
The phrase, Hes a brick" meaning
a good fellow, has been traced to a
King of Sparta four centuries B. G.
A visitor to Lacedaemonia, the Spar
tan capital, was surprised to find the
city without walls and asked the King
what he would do in case of invasion.
Sparta has $4,000 soldiers" replied
the King. "and each man is a brick"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

The German Antarctic expedition.
which will start for Kerguelen island
in a few months. will give special at
tention to the study of sea life and its
economic aspects. None of the useful
varieties of fish Is yet known to exist
in Antarctic waters.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

A woman minister who married a
Nt.,.. .-'.-1-.,s't "a iit4s - 1N ~ ,
couple in Pennsylvania recently (and
it is said to be the first marriage cere-
U'ssG@'s II iass'5''5fasssSie
mony ever colemnized by q woman in
that state) at once turned the mar
s''@-S3> --.-rs, =. ~. ~, -. - -
ters' wives have so long been accus-
toned to receive the wedding fees that
the act seems to be quite just to the
sterner sex.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

The views of Massachusetts and
Texas on the subject of railroad taxa
tion are at variance. In the former
state taxes are collected on both the
tangible property and the franchises
of the railroad companies, in the lat
ter, the supreme court has held that
this is double taxation forbidden by
the state constitution. 81, 4 l7,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06
Rare Chinese Books Rurned.

During the siege of the legation at.
Pekin vast numbers of Chinese books
were burned. Professor Giles, author
of '"The History of Chinese Litera-
ture," who tells the story in the Nine
teenth Century, deplores above all the
destruction of the unique copy of the
Yung Lo Ia Tien, the great encyclo-
pedia of literature or history and
science composed In the fifteenth cen
tury. Professor Giles describes this
work, the composition of more than
1000 scholars. as extending to 1900
volumes, each half an inch thick. By
the side of an encyclopedia which
would require shelf $50 feet in
length, the Britannica is dwarfed into
insignificance.-Current Literature.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

The United States government
gives it's sailors only 80 cents day
each to live on, but the American
navy is better fed than any other
navy in the world.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

A young Iowa lady saved her es-
cort from drowning the other day.
There ought to be no question about
her reward. She should have the
escort-that is, if she wants him.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

Civilization advances in some direc-
tions at a compound-interest rate. so
to speak. For instance, the popula,
tion of the United States increased
a little over so percent in the 20 years
from 1880 to 1900, but in the same pc
riod the business and revenues of the
postoffice increased 300 percent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

Prominent women in various cities
are organizing themselves into socie-
ties for the inspection of streets and
alleys. Affairs have not yet come to
such pass that neglected husbands
feel called upon to organize societies
for the inspection of homes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

Another French duel has been
fought in Paris, and this time with
results. The duel lasted for two
and a half hours, and the results were
that both the combatants were tired.
French duels used to make other peo-
pie tired. =.-;ssas !
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

Senator Hoar, in his estimate Of
great orators that he has heard, in
Scribner's, places Edward Everett
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06
Milkweed
q Sarah Avery Faunosp

Thousands OF beautiful rosy stars
Came tumbling down from the sky,
And dear Dame June she gathered them
UP
In clustering family.
The sun fell hot and the world was
strange
To the little frightened things,
Until August came to enfold them
With a pair of sheltering wings.
You will shine again with brighter rays,
Sweet wanderers from the skies;
The days are bringing you sure reward
In a wonderful surprise.
For Autumn carries the magic key
To unlock milkweed pod,
And thousands of starry angels VIII
Fly back to their home with Ged.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

door of her heart. She clutched at his
hand. She wet it with her tears.
1T was art or life," she said, broken
ly, "and life won, John, life has won"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

A Vassar girl has jumped 13 feet
seven and a half inches-and it wasn't
at a man either.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

The French Minister of War has
ordered that all French troops EN-
ployed on foreign or active service are
FOR the future to wear khaki d.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

Entered at the Postoff1ce at Freeland. Pa
as Second Glass Matter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

The woodpeckers are friends of the
farm and should be protected, ob-
serves a writer in the American Cul-
tivator. They have remarkable ton
gues-probes they are. The bird has
a keen ear and locates his prey by
this sense. When he hears the chip
ping of wood-boring beetle in an ap-
pie or other tree, and dislodges it with
his sharp chisel bill and probe, 1t is
likely that on his next rounds he will
find colony of ants enlarging the
burrow of the dead grub. The bird
now brings into use the same tools
used in catching the beetle, and the
ants are drawn out and devoured.
Both insects are injurious to the tree.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-06

A recent report from the census
bureau shows that Rhode Island is
still the most densely populated state
in the Union. Little Rhody" has 4o7
inhabitants to the square mile. Mas.
sachusetts comes next. with not quite
349 inhabitants to the square mile.
New Jersey is third, with a little
more than $50 inhabitants to the
square miles. and Connecticut Is
fourth. with little more than 1877
inhabitants to the square mile The
other states which have more than
100 inhabitants to the square mile are
New York, with 1926; Pennsylvania,
with 1901; Maryland. with 1905; and
Ohio, with 102. Nevada has only four.
tenths of one person to the square
mile; Alaska. cae-tenth.