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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-05
General Dissertations

Observations taken by Uaited States
weather bureau at ,. m, seventy fifth
meridian time:
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

Thank ye, miss! but can't stay to-
night, and ye needn't be nervous, for
I'm just after seeing Mr.. Vernon look
ing out of the studio window"
Mr.. Vernon has been gone two
hours said.
We'll, certainly it was some one else
in the studio, for | certainly saw a
mans head by the window when I
came in, half hour ago"
His assertion made me doubly ner-
vous.
"It is very strange" said; and then
| told him what had happened.
Let me go up and look, Miss Lor,
ing, he suggested.
Consenting, | led the way. but stood
back that he might enter alone-Jenny
meanwhile bringing up the rear.
1t was now quite dark. Tom struck
light. The room was silent and
empty.
Had some ghost been playing us
tricks? Doubtless if Tom had had
only my story he would have been at
once satisfied that my imagination
only was at fault. AS it was, he looked
about him puzzled and perplexed. Sud-
denly he made spring forward.
Don't. don't!" l cried. "You Will
disturb the model"
But too late. He already had
clutched it by the throat, and, to my
intense CONSERVATION and amazement,
it, too, became endued with animal
life.
For few moments the two struggled
for the mastery, Jenny and | mean
while screaming at the top of our
lungs; but before the police arrived
Tom had bound the mans hands, and
stood triumphant over his PROSTATE
form.
He soon made piteous confession.
1t was not his fault. He had been
hired to open the door at midnight to
Mr.. Algernon Vernon, and was to as
sist in carrying off the booty.
"Mr. Algeron Vernon?" 1 gasped.
The fellow smiled a hideous smile.
"Yes, miss" he said. His real
name is Jake Brown, however. He said
there'd be no trouble in fooling the
old woman, and that he had sure
thing of it,
The old woman! l would almost
rather they had taken my silver and
my bonds. Algernon! Algernon! Still
my heart echoes the desolate cry! Still
it is empty! Jake Browni
| yet believe the name, at least, was
basest SANDER on the part of his ac-
complice, whose term of Imprisonment
has just expired.
Algernon escaped detection; but
have the wooden models and the un-
finished painting Judges pronounce it
a chromo) to recall the one romantic
episode in a old maids life.-Saturday
Night.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

Erastus Hall is 65 years of age, and
lives in an old-fashioned dwelling Is.
miles west of here. on the Danville
and Springfield turnpike. in Washing
ton county, KY, and. remarkable as
the statement may seem. he has not
crossed the threshold of his own resi-
dence for 35 years. notwithstanding
he had always enjoyed the best of
health. He was born of wealthy paren-
tage and received substantial acade-
mic education. His father was the
owner of great many slaves before.
the war. the most notable of whom
was Uncle Henry" who still lives
at the old homestead with the seclud-
ed son Of his former master Erastus
Hall was sober. Industrious young
man, and taught two or three terms
in the public schools of Washington
county.
During the closing days of the civil
war his father and mother both died,
and considerable property was left as
his share of the estate. Among other
property inherited by him was the
old homestead of his mother-Cincin-,
natl Enquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

Several particularly pathetic cases
within the last few months have been
the cause of reviving the old agitation
In England for the modification of the
law which requires that the sentence
of death shall be pronounced in each
case Of woman convicted of infan.
ticide. This law is regarded by the
majority of thinking Englishmen as
a crude and cruel relic of those days
when in the early part of the last cen
tury persons were condemned to death
for stealing a few cents worth of can
dies or flowers. For many years no
woman has been sent to the gallows
for this crime; in fact, the term of inn
prisonment is being continually less
ened. But in the matter of the pro-
nouncement of the death sentence,
there is absolutely no discretionary
power given to the presiding justice.
Knowing full well that the Home
Secretary will change the sentence to
a comparatively short term of impris-
onment, still he must so through the
ghastly form of sentencing her to be
hanged by the neck until she is dead.
AS those interested in the proposed re-
Form saw this fS maraIv n form, of
exquisite torture, as cruel as it is un-
necessary. An empty formula, it is
contrary to all the modern notions of
justice.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05
Iafayette's Rose-Ieaf Red.

Mrs. Sarah II. Bradford, mother of
the wife OF Admiral Crowinshield, tells
an amusing incident of Lafayette's
visit to New York in 1924, which al
most became tragedy for the hero.
Some of the society bellies and their
smaller sisters, among them Mrs.
Crowninshield, resolved that he should
have bed of roses to lie on, and for
days before his expected visit they
busted themselves gathering rose
leaves, and, having filled white silk
sack with them, conveyed it to the
house at which he was to spend the
night
When, however, the Marquis made
his appearance next morning he was
suffering with influenza of the most
pronounced character. With French
tact he endeavored to ignore his condi-
tion, the horrid concomitants mean
while proclaiming 1t, and the anxiety
of his friends being equally hard to
silence, the truth of the matter was
gradually revealed. Lafayette was
subject to a malady known as rose
cold, and the odor of the flowers tor
tured him. In an effort to escape from
it he rolled himself in a blanket upon
the floor, 1t pursued him, and the
draughts from the doors aggravating
the situation a cold was the logical Sc
quence.-Phuadelphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

A Washington traction company re-
ports that its system of allowing the
conductors to retain from their daily
receipts the amount of their daily
salaries, as we'll as that of their motor
men, is working quite satisfactorily to
the men and the company alike. Each
conductor in making up his daily re-
port deducts sum sufficient to cover
his own and the motorman's salary,
so that the company is thus relieved
of the expense and trouble OF making
up large payroll.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05
Restoration of the Moose.

Thirty years and more have passed
since the kingly moose was driven,
through lack of proper protection,
from his grand ancestral home in the
forests of the Adirondacks; and now,
after this long lapse. the royal exile
is about to be reinstated in his ancient
domain. No project will be watched
by sportsmen with keener interest; /;
nor has there ever been movement
set on foot relative to the wild game
which means so much to SO many
Field and Stream.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

With a navy already about equal to
The combined navies of any other two
powers, Great Britain has ordered
work begun during the present year
on three battleships, six armored cruis-
ers, two third-class cruisers, ten tor
pedo boat destroyers, five torpedo
boats, two sloops of war and five SUBJ
marine boats. That Hague disarma-
mcnt agreement seems to have acted
like movement to reduce the cot
ton acreage.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

The bicycle may pass, but 1t will
pass only when the cycle of human de-
velopment which produced it has run
its full course and the people that
made 1t marvellous in human annals
have passed away forever. For,
looked at from any point of view,
whether from that of service or pleas
ure, or the result of human thought
and skill, or adaptation to popular
needs, the bicycle stands to-day as the
consummate achievement of our me-
chanical development.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

At least one cooperative colony
that located in Dickinson county, Kan
sas-seems to be thriving. 1t was
formed three years ago and has made
money from the start, clearing 1882
last year. The colony has a ranch, a
general store, bank and an insurance
feature.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

Elongated ear-lobes are considered a
mark of beauty in Borneo. Girls with
this feature reaching down to their
elbows are not uncommon.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

Entered at the Postoffice at Freeland. Pa,
as Second-Class Matter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

A jeweler of Humboldt, Neb.. is said
10 have built for his own use an au-
tomobile which weighs but 149 pounds.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

The British Medical Journal says that
a valuable ram, the property of a
grazier in New South Wales, lost it's
front teeth, and being unable to nibble
satisfactorily, was slowly dying from
semi-starvation. The services of a
dentist were secured and artificial
teeth were inserted so successfully that
the ram is now thriving as we'll ss
ever.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

The new star in Perseus has dimin-
ished to the third magnitude. 1t evt-
IDENTIFY needs new press agent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

Congress is said to contain one
member who is opposed to all legfsla-
tion on the ground that there are al
ready too many laws in existence. He
favors repeating laws already exist
ing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

London has 600 acres OF docks; Liv-
erpool, $50 acres
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

When General Wolfe fell on the
plains of Abraham, before Quebec, in
the war known to Americans as the
French and Indian war, the regiment
with which he had long been identi-
fed, the Fortyseventh Loyal North
Lancashire regiment, went into mourn
ing, and has not abandoned it in the
nearly century and half since. The
officers still wear black blended with
their gold braid.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

In Japan poor children have labels
with their names and addresses hung
around their necks, as safeguard
against being lost.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

In India, China, Japan and adjacent
countries are about 400, 100000 people
who rarely eat meat; yet they are
strong, active and long lived. Darwin
is authority for the statement that
the Andean natives perform twice the
work of ordinary laborers, and sub
sist almost entirely on diet of ban
anas.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-05

The Isar river is one of the curiosi
ties of Munich, Bavaria. 1t is chiefly
noted for running rapidly and for be-
ing nowhere near the battlefield of
Hohenlinden, the poet to the contrary
notwithstanding. 1t is river some
times white as milk, at others green as
grass, and it is probably the only river
of it's size in the world which has no
boats on it. Nor may one battle in it
on account of the swiftness OF the cur
rent. Its principal use seems to be for
people to drown themselves in; but it
also serves real purpose, because its
waters are diverted to flush sewers.
After performing this service the
waters run as babbling brooks in the
city park and are utilized by the wash
erwoman for laundry purposes
Connecticut western news., 1901-10-17
Garter SuperntftI0us.

A worn garter Is regarded by some people as quite valuable present. for 1t brings to It's new wearer luck. or. at any rate. Is supposed to do so.
 A bride should always wear n blue silk garter at her wedding. Her garter Is often given her by a friend who has taken away its newness by wear ing 1t few times. says Home Notes The wearing of the garter does not end the ritual concerning 1t. After the wedding ceremony It is either cut into pieces or hidden. When It Is hidden. the bridesmaids hunt for 1t. and the finder Is assured of being happily mar ried before the year Is out. When 1t Is cut. 1t Is divided among the brides maids to give to each good luck and a devoted husband. Sometimes the bride bestows her garters on the first brides maid. and In Germany each bridesmaid Id receives pair of blue white silk gar ters from the bride.
Connecticut western news., 1901-10-17
A D,scoyerer.

Bobby burst into the house In a state of high excitement His hands and clothing were smeared with a liberal amount of some sticky substance. and his face wore a glow of triumphant satisfaction.
 '1 say. mamma, those new people across the way don't know much" he exclaimed. They've got a sign on their front door that says Wet Plintr"
 And you are covered with 1t. You ought to be ashamed of yourself." said his mother severely. ''rhat sign was put up to warn people to keep away from It."
 "Yes. mamma" persisted Bobby. with the enthusiasm of richly re- warded scientific investigator. but 1t wasn't paint. and I knew 1t. It was varnish.'-London King.
Connecticut western news., 1901-10-17

stooo ana sympathized with the ditn- crlties of her position.
 Decides happiness in her little fam. fly was of short duration. Three Of her kits fell asleep md refused to be awak- ened. The fourth was found on exam. nation to be reduced from his original rolly poly shape to mere skeleton. ! diyined that there was something wrong with the food furnished by na- ture and took the little fellow in hand myself. He soon showed that my dag nosis of his case had been correct. and responded to an unlimited diet of cows milk by resuming his round shape.
 In the meantime John Bull. neglected by Deedie and utterly scorned by Cat sic, had found himself to be so unmls- takably In the way that he had disnp- peared; his absence, together with Dee die's bereayements, brought about the longed for reconciliation.
 One morning I came down stairs ear Her than usual, and there was Catsie sleeping in the nursery box with Dee dle, the grandbaby kit cuddled up be- tween them. all three purring happily .egether just as we used to find Catsle, Fol and Deedie in the happy days gone jy.--Byrd Spilman Dewey In Vogue.
Connecticut western news., 1901-10-17
sfGrnHInR DoMuv

Everybody has noticed that in ex- treme old age people grow rapidly shorter. so that person formerly of average height grows down" into quite diminutlve man or woman. A German contemporary points out that this decrease of height begins as early as the age of 35 years. At 30. we are told, the human body has reached it's full height. which Is retained for few years. after which the growing down. process begins. At first and for many years the process Is so slow as to be almost imperceptible. but at the age of about co It begins to be noticeable. and after 70. even though veteran does not stoop at all. the fact that he Is growing down" becomes apparent to one and all.
Connecticut western news., 1901-10-17

TIME FOR A GRAND RECONCILIATION. mother country Is that of the affection ate federation one feels for the short comings one sees in the members of ones own family circle.
 Johnny Bull recognized and accepted bis name with an encouraging intelli- gence and soon learned to adapt him self to the cooked food which lie at first found to be so puzzling. Catsie's scorn of him went to the extreme of refusing to recognize Deedie when he was with her. 1 found 1t was neces- sary to feed her separately as she would not touch even tie most tempt Ing food if she found that Johnny Bull was to share 1t. He hung around with a guilty air watching his chance to make friendly overtures to me when Tatsie's back was turned. and soon showed he understood that my good will to him depended on his keeping to he rule We made that lie was to kill 10 more birds. This Is always the first hing our cats are taught and they are ed with such unfaillng regularity that emptation is reduced to n minimum.
 So matters stood when Decides four kits appeared on the scene.
 "Now," said l, lis the time for a grand reconciliat.onw
 But instead of welcoming the little yrandbaby kits Catsie's bristles all turned the wrong way and she spat at them in manner tl.at left not a shadow of doubt as to Ter feelings on he subject. .e.
 Her meals had 10 be served 10 her on mother porch.
 Deed.e was very happy with her young family. The only fly In the oint- ,nent was her mothers disapproyal. often reasoned with Catsie about 1t. and she showed that she felt herself to be Il tEe wrong. She tried to ogert one her dislike for tic little creatures. go- ng tentatively to look at them from time to time; but as soon as they would begin to squirm or to stretch their little mouths open, her distasie for them would conquer Then splitting at them n disgust and shaking dlsdainful aaw. away she would Ey!
 l knew she was surprised and dis ;resscd to hn1 herself in this state of nind. Che often hears masculine statements as to the puzzles of the feminine heart. The simple truth Is that tie reason no man can understand woman Is because she does not under stand herself She Is constantly sur prising uncxrlorcd corners In her own nature which cause her to stand aghast. cxclalm!ng with the old woman In Mother Goose's Melodies
 'Lavk a.massy. OF my soul. tlis is noae Of IT"
 Poor CatsIc was passing through one of these spiritual crlses. ana she made it plain to mo that she knew I under
Connecticut western news., 1901-10-17

pen iEoSe vEo Lad lestrcy@d tE
 elbows. D:d they reform? l was to, hey were in the places of iniquity tha light after my friend wGs laid In Oak yocd cemetery. and they blarphemcC md they drank. Oh. how merciless .nen are. especially after they have de strcyed you! Do not look to men for omfcrt CT help.
 But there is a man who will not re- form. He gays. II won't reform" Well. then. how many acts are there in a tragedy? l believe there are five acts in tragedy.
 Act the first of the tragedy: A young man starting off from home; parents md sisters weeping to have him go; wagon rising over the hill: farewell kiss flung back. Ring the bell and let !he curtain fall.
 Act the second: The marriage altar; full organ. bright lights; long white reil trailing through the aisle: prayer and congratrlation and exclamation of. How well she looksp'
 Act the third: A woman waiting for staggering steps; old garments stuck into the broken window pane; marks of hardship on the face: the biting of the nails of bloodless fingers; neglect and cruelty and despair. Ring the bell and let the curtain drop.
 Act the fourth: Three graves In a dark place-grave of the child that died for lack of medicine. grave of tho wife that died of d broken heart. grave of the man that died of dissipation. Oh, what blasted heath with three graves. Plenty of weeds. but no flow CTS. Ring the bell and let the curtain drop.
 Act the fifth: A destroyed souls eternity: no light, no music: blackness of darkness forever. But cannot look any longer Woe! wool l close my eyes 10 this last act of the tragedy. Quick. quick! Ring the bell and let the curtain drop. Rejoice, o young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart rejoice in the days of thy youth. but know thou that for all these things God will bring you into judgment ''There is way that seemeth right to a man. but the end thereof Is death."
 lCopyrisht 1901. Louis Klopsch. N. VI
Connecticut western news., 1901-10-17

refrain of each verse" came back to me from the limbo of forgotten nursery delights when found what sort of ad- mirer Deedie had picked up and brought In for our approval Naturally I investigated his past and was rather aghast to learn that he was a genuine robber cat. But. unlike the robber kit ten of nursery lore, he was not so from a determination to never more be good" He had been forced to become bandit by circumstances.
 Inquiry developed these facts as to his kittenhood: His mother. who was owned by the family of colored man having charge of one of the pineapple fields back of us, had become disgust cd by the adoption Into the family of an indiscreet young dog and had car ried her young kits of 10 the woods to rear in corcealment So many dan gers had been encountered there that Decides friend was the sole survivor of this cat family. He was not beauty. but he had wicked eye and a rakish swagger calculated to ensnare the fancy of the Illogical young per son. Catsie repudiated him with the utmost scorn and gave me to under stand that she wished me to refuse him the privileges of the screened porch with its little swinging door which we call the cat room. So I reasoned with Deedle until l saw that If he were driven away she would go with him, then I succumbed to the inevitable and concluded 1t would be better plan, to reconcile Catsie to his presence and to try to reform the poor robber cat whom we knew to be the victim of an unfortunate early environment.
 To begin in this plan of adoption. we formally christened him Johnny Bull. l prefer not to tell why this name was chosen for him lest the reader should be led to imagine that I am averse to the typical Briton. I should regret to convey such an impression. By going back only very few generations find myself wandering over ancestral acres under English skies. So my attitude toward any unpleasant characteristics that are admittedly typical of the
Connecticut western news., 1901-10-17

Trains stop anly on signal. or when conduo- tor is notified. Daily except sunday
 Additional trains leave Pnup hkccpsi fns fItuh- land and New paitz tsi25. at0 I0lh IRIS a m i:n0 2:O0 2.s0 ( is. 5'S0, ih D m
 trains leave Nex PaiiE Tor Highland ana Poughkeepsie tTslh, sM 1000 HOO a m, lala l45. 24s S00 [ is 5O0p m.
 Train No caves Mlnsted a m No faik sos Canaan $ g. salisbury s s6, tRkeville sa Arrive at Mile too & ss m. New York ii.sln m Train No 10 leaves New York sSA D m i, Mil. lerton or, Lakeville 8.i2 Salisbury c 1R Canaan 6.sI. Nolfolk ( b7. Arrive at winstod IS p m
 Trains and 10 carry through coach between wtnsted and Grand central station, New furk via Mierton and Harlem Disleion YC.
 Trains leave khineclin goo a m, 2ei D. m. arrive at Sivernails 10 4s a m, sRi m.
 Trains leave Sllyernails II 4ha m a Os p m arrive at Rhineclin i2 ba D m, M m
 Trains leave pouRhkeepsie for Hopeweil Junctions 42 a. m, 10 and $ os ?. m. sunday sfsp. m.
 Trains leave Hopewen Jet for Poughkeepsis 10 80 a m., ( 10 and 43 D. m. Sunday ( dks b m
 Passengers for Miilerton on tho iQ:t0 p m train from Ha tford will change nt State iIne arriving at Milierton at as D. m
 western Express, train 1, makes direct con- nection at Campbell Hall with fast express viA Ontario Western Ky for the West. due Chicago following day pD D, m. Special attention given to western travel Rates Of fare si to 6 lower than any other lino.
 Tickets to all points in the west at reou0e3 rates sold at the roughkeepsie offce.
 ". ]. Martin, Gen Pass Agent, Hartford. n
Connecticut western news., 1901-10-17
Cuban Elections.

Governor General Wood of Havana recently promulgated the Cuban cleo ton law. Several changes have been made in the draft adopted by the con- stitutional convention. The provision making 1t necessary for uninseribed Spaniards to get from the secretary of state a document showing themselves eligible to vote has been stricken out. The date of the elections has been changed from Dec. 31, 1901, to Feb. 24, 1902. The president and senator cleo tors will assemble in the capitals of the provinces to elect the president, vice president and senators.