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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31
The Mule in Hypnotism.

Max CarnaveauX, who gives exhibi-
tlons OF his power in hypnotism, has
decided that in future he will be more
careful in the selection OF his SUBJ
Jects for experiment.
One of his favorte tricks was to per-
suade the man who tubmitted to him
FOR test that he was mule, and great
merrinent always followed the mulish
antics of the victim while he was un-
der the hypnotic influence.
But one day, down in Lyndon, Kan
sas, Mr.. Carnaveaux, feeling unusual
ly sprightly and jovial, presumed lit
tie too far on the good nature and
seniality Of the mule pro tenn, and
carried away by the strength of hyp-
notlc suggestion, the man under the
spell suddenly kicked out with great
violence and struck the hypnotist in
the hand, fracturing one of the bones.
For few weeks, therefore, there
have been no hypnotic experiments
OF any sort, and Mr. Carnaveaux has
made up his mind to give up the mule
trick and rely on animals of more
peaceable and reliable dispositions
Youths Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31
His Aim in Life.

People bother little boys so. All the
tourists to his island home used to
ask this one: what are you going
to be, boy? what are you going to
beT' and the boy had patiently replied
at every interruption of his important
undertakings: II am going to be 4
sailor and climb the masts.''
Last summer he took an ocean voy-
age and was very seasick, and the
third day his father asked: what
are you going to be, boy: what are
you going to be-"
II am not going to be q sailor and
climb the masts," he replied. Il am
going to be soldier and shoot can
nom"
a big uncle took the boy to see n
famous cyclorama, where the smoke
and carnage and realistic dead bodies
In the foreground shattered another of
his ambitions. TO the teasing quns-
ton. what are you going to be, boy?
what are you going to be-" came the
answer in Il burst of condolences;
Il am not going to be sailor and
climb the masts. | am not going to
be soldier and shoot cannon. l am
going to be n bachelor and marry
mamma."-Youth's Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31
A TRUE FISH STORY.
Peculiar Adventures of "A Wedding Ring
That Was Lost Overheard.

Ahub was LoSt oVefDOaru.
about the queerest fish story 1
know Of" said a highly truthful man
Indeed, he was clergyman-"hap-
pened to me at little lake in Wiscon-
sin, where 1 used to summer with my
family. One day my wife was out in
our boat with a party of friends. She
was letting her hand trail in the water,
without thinking about its shrinking
effect, and when she finally took her
hand In her wedding ring was gone.
The lake was deep at that point, and
although we made considerable effort
to recover the ring, it was not to be
found. Naturally It worried her a
good deal, and the next year she would
not go back to the same place. Nor
did we go the following year, but the
third year we went there again, and
one day I was in the woods, about
mile from the lake, with my boy, try
ing to get shot at some denizen Of
the forest or other. AS we went peer
ing around among the trees to get a
squirrel we had seen l noticed some
thing shining on twig in q tree about
twGntyfive feet from the ground. l
sent my boy up after it, and when he
came back l was more than astonished
to find that the shining thing was my
wife's wedding ring.
How it ever got there was q mys-
terry at first, but 1 was not believer
in fairies and that sort of thing so I
began to investigate for material
causes. The top OF the tree had dead
ened, and with suspicion in my mind
l sent my boy up to see what signs
might be above the green boughs. vile
called down to me presently that there
were remains Of a fish-hawk's nest in
the forks of the tree, and, putting this
and that together, l came to the con-
clusIon that the hawk had caught the
fish that had gobbled up my wife's
ring in the lake, and had taken it to
the nest for the young hawks. They
didn't care for jewelry and had left
that part of the fish in the nest, from
which, as the nest was blown to pieces
by the wind. and beaten by the storms,
the ring had dropped out and by
chance had caught on the twig where
l found it In any event, If that was
not the way it got there, how did 1t?
For 1t surely was there, and my wife
Is wearing it to-day" = Washington
Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31
Plea For "Clean" News.

From the Illinois yearly meeting or
Friends at Hoopeston comes plea in
the form of a circular which the Chi
cago Post does not hesitate to indorse-
1t is an appeal to the newspapers that
they send out clean news to the peo-
pie who are looking to them for the
truth"
This organization recognizes the pub
lie press rs the connecting link of the
masses, one of the strongest factors
in general education, powerful to en-
tighten and uplift, but equally potent
TO mislead and degrade. Therefore it
asks that "all who use this influence
of public power examine closely to
see that they send out clean news"
Continuing, the petitioners say: I'VE
greatly desire that every sheet of whit
paper sent out may not be blurred by
the poison Of the insidious influence
of vile matter, spreading moral decay
over the minds of our young people,"
From the tenor of this plea. evident
ly it comes largely from fathers and
mothers. They are asking the news
papers to help them in their erdeavor
to make of their children good men
and women. What self-respecting edi-
tor, reporter OR publisher can fail to
see the justness of their request or
can refuse to cooperate heartily with
them ?-Chicago Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31

coaxed and showed, with instructions
to hold on and keep still whatever hap
pened. A thousand other natives saw
them off, and all along the line We're
spread little groups of Alligator men
who screamed a welcome as the train
swept by.
1t was probably the strangest collec-
tion of passengers ever carried on a
railroad train. AS soon as the run
started the whistle of the locomotive
footed n joyful accompaniment to the
rattle of the wheels. The blacks be-
gan their peculiar shrill cries, partly
in fear and partly in admiration, and
waved their arms about their heads
as the speed increased. The children
munched dandelion seeds and clung
to their mothers, and two old women
crooned a solemn chant and held their
heads in their hands, afraid to look up.
At the head of the first car was on old
chief standing erect with his arms
folded and ready to meet the death
he believed the white people had
tricked him into.
Gradually getting used to the novel
motion and with an increased sense Of
security, the majority became reas-
sured and by the time Alice River
was reached nearly all were supreme
ly happy over the adventure. They
swarmed out Of the cars, sounded the
wheels, pointed to the position of the
sun in the heavens and marveled at
the distance they had come in such n
little time, and wound up with gen.
eral plunge into the cool waters of the
river.
There was no need to coax them into
the cars for the return trip. With the
exception of the two old women, who
deserted the expedition despite all ap-
peals and decided to walk back, all
clambered merrily aboard and were
run back along to Port Darwin singing
their corroborees and love hymns.
little while afterward fiat car
was attached to all trains, and the ma
tives soon came to know that it was
for their sole use. There was very sell
dom day when it was not full.-John
r. Rathom, in the Chicago Record
Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31

The new British census shows pop
ulation for England and Wales of 3D.
525,716, against 29,oo2,525 ten years
ago-an increase of 1898, ,191, or 1915
per cent. The gain is slow compared
with the American standard, but it is
steady, showing no decline from that
of previous decades, and is remark
ably rapid for such a thickly settled
country and one so constantly drained
by emigration. The density of popu-
lation in England and Wales is now no
less than 563 to the square mile, and
for England alone it is doubtless
above the enormous figure Of 600.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31
The SEA OTTER.

Cursed with a skin that charms the eye
All shot with satin sheen,
More worth than pearl or lazuli,
The pride of King and Queen.
A coat that not the equal heft
OF minted gold can buy
He lives to be of life bereft,
To seek a sanctuary.
A hunted thing, he breads the shore,
And shuns the haunts of men.
From Attu to the Chernaboor
He dwells without their ken;
He harbors where no harbors are,
Upon the oceans breast,
On seward RATS of weed afar
He snatches troubled rest.
But when the winter tempests lash
The sullen northern sea,
The leaping rips and races thrash
And herd him to the lee
OF ranks of surf-swept islets trailed
Athwart the swirling tides,
Where, by the huddling mist-wcaaths
yelled,
The harried otter hides.
Then to his guest the hunter hastes
Upon the dying gale.
To speed across the watery wastes
Of livid ridge and vale;
Part man, part water.imp, and part
The otterS neXt-of-kin
None other has the hard-won art,
To take the velvet skin.
In his bidarka, willow-ribbed,
And wrapped with walrus hide,
Iashed watertight and snugly cribbed,
He launches on the tide
Coward the snarling reeflets trimmed
About with milk-white surge,
Where, voiced by reeling waves, is hymned
His quarry's echoing dirge.
With net or club in stealthy strife,
With spear in open war,
The crafty Aleut seeks his life
By ocean, coast, and bar.
The changing pillows call to him,
Their long-drawn anthem peals
Whence over Saanak's fretted rim
The burgomaster wheels.
Banned with coat of glossy hair
A Gar may not despise,
A shimmering silk without compare,
The lust of princely eyes,
OF mandarin and potentate
The dearest hearts desire,
He only lives TO flee his fate,
A shelter to require.
j. S. Higgs.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31

81 had the honor of being one of her
NIajesty's dislikes. / do not suppose
that it was due to m. having opposed
so many Royal grants, but probably
had its origin at my having jeered at
the Battenbergs or some other of her
likes. And yet l have no doubt that l
had more sincere admiration for her
than most of the fiunkeys who bowed
and scraped before her.
What 1 admired in her was her
contempt for those who We're trying
to buy social distinction by means of
their money bags, and the simplicity
of her habits; while I always felt that
if she did occasionally interfere too
much in politics, she did so less than
any other of her predecessors and al
ways yielded to the advice rendered
to her by responsible advisers in re-
gard to policy and sometimes In regard
to less important matters. She would
not have been n woman had she not
acted on her likes and dislikes, and in
everything she was thoroughly wom-
anly."-London Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31

The Irish Court Of Appeal has form
ally decided the exact meaning of the
word "humph." The question came
up for judicial decision in case from
the Kings Bench Division, where
four justices had been unable to come
to n unanimous decision as to the
words meaning. Two of them held
that "humph" as used by Sir Walter
Scott and Miss Austen in their novels
was an expression of dissent and the
other two held that it meant only =.
dissatisfied state of mind. The Court
of Appeal has decided that it is "an
expression of doubt or hesitation" or
"a grunt OF dissatisfaction"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31

The African quagga is extinct, and
several families of antelopes have
been wiped out of existence Zebras
are scarce, giraffes are few in number
the rhinoceros and hippopotamus are
passing from view, and the American
bison, once roaming owe" the Western
Qrairies in herds of thousands and tens
of thousands, counts n few feeble
folk as pitifui survivors. Before this
century is half over big game will be
almost unknown. 1t is deplorable that
butchery on n gigantic scale has
robbed forests and jungles, plains and
valleys, mountains and meadows, to
such an extent of the fauna so well
worth study and preservation.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31

more strictly guarded than Humbert
was, but the Dowager Queen Margher-
tia goes wherever she chooses in car
riage or on foot, and scornS all idea of
surveillance.
The Empress Elizabeth Of Austria
was as democratic in her actions as
Queen Margherita and always object"
ed to public attendance, which was.
nevertheless, imposed. The Austrian
Emperor, whose life has not been at
tackled since he was nineteen, is care
fully guarded, and the late Empress
was always intensely anxious in re-
gard to his safety, though absolutely
unconcerned about herself.
The personal defence of the royal
family of Spain is intrusted to a
bodyguard of men from Espinosa, this
town having enjoyed the honor for
hundreds of years. These men of Es-
pinosa accompany the members OF
the royal family. One of them sleeps
at the door of each royal bedchamber
and the rest of the guard in noiseless
slippers pace the halls of the palace.
But the hardest worked police in the
world is the private force of the Sui
tan Abdul Hamid. A Frenchman,
NJ. Bonnin, is at the head of the serv-
ice, and, if ever Il policeman earned
his wages, he does.
The Sultan has Il firm and fixed be-
lief that he is to die a violent death,
and this cheerful certainty he con-
templates with anything but Oriental
calm. He refuses to move without
small army to protect him. When
he GOES to the Great Mosque 10000 SOL
diers are turned out to guard the route
and a troop of picked men surrounds
the carriage closely.
In his palace he has fifty bedrooms.
all with iron doors and complicated
locks, and he circulates around in
them like an Arabian Nights monarch
of guilty conscience.-New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31
IRRIGATION in New Jersey.

A private citizen of Southern New
Jersey, who owns considerable land
which is too dry during the summer
months for successful farming, has
determined to try irrigation, which has
proved SO wonderful in the dry lands
Of the West, and has consulted with
the Survey as to the best methods Of
laying out the work. This expert
ment will be watched witl interest
There is no doubt that many other dis
tricts in the East could be greatly
benefited and made much more pro-
ductive if the example of the West
were followed and systematic irriga-
ton practiced.-New York CONNER
cal Advertiser.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31
The Lives of 'Eus Horses.

The average working life OF 4 Lon
of tram horse is only four. He is the
same sort of horse: he comes to work
at the same age; he costs about the
same; and he works the same few
hours; but so much greater Is his ef
fort that it costs shilling week
more to feed him, and he is worked
out in four-fths of the time.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31

An excellent woman, whose married
sons and daughters have a way of 1it-
ting off every summer to seashore or
mountains, leaving their offspring in
her loving care, was delicately ap-
preached by one of them as to her
plans for the coming season.
Il suppose you will open the cottage
rs usual, won't you, mother? The chill
dren so enjoy being with you"
mo, l shall not open the cottage"
was the quiet but decided reply. MY
grandchildren will be abandoned to
the care of their parents this summer.
l am going abroad. Com
panion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31

In report to the State Department
United States Consul General Mason,
at Berlin, estimates that the worlds
total yield of copper last year amount
ed to 471,O00 tons, of which 26S,7S
tons Tor more than half was produced
in North America. The next largest
producers were Germany, with 31,950
tons; Japan, with $1,000 tons, and
Chile, with 25,7O0 tons. Australia, Tas-
mania and Spain contributed most
of the rest of the production. Besides
its own production Germany last
year imported $500 tons of copper,
of which GS,264 tons was sent from
the United States.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31

Does the typewriter affect literary
style? A writer in the Boston Tran
script thinks it does. He says: "As
a general thing the typewriter pro-
duces a sort Of staccato, disconnected,
jerky style; to change the metaphor, a
fleshless and bony style, and awkward
withal. What is written with the ma.
chine seldom has the ease and expires.
siveness that the same authors hand
writing might have possessed. The
special word-by-word planning that
goes with it, be it ever so slight and
even unconscious, does get in the way
of free expression; and there is Il ten
dency in the writer to think out his
sentence less thoroughly, and even to
use stereotyped expressions; which
fall in more conveniently with ones
practice" 1t might require genera
tions, he adds, for typewriting to be-
come instructive with civilized people
as handwriting is.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31

1t Is said that the Bank of France
has an invisible studio in gallery be-
hind the cashiers, so that at q given
signal from one of them any suspected
customer can instantly have his pho
tograph taken without his knowledge.
The camera has also become very use
full in the detection OF frauds, word
or figure that to the eye seemed com
pletely erased being clearly repro
duced in photographs OF the document
that had been tamperel with.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31

Counsel examining witness)-"You
say you saw the shots fired?"
Witness-"Yes, sir"
How near were you to the scene Of
the affrayT'
when the first shot was fired was
about ten feet from the shooter"
"Ten feet. Well, now tell the court
where you were when the second shot
was fred"
II didn't measure the distance"
Approximately. how far should you
say"
well. I should think that it would
be about half mile"'-London Spare
Moments.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31

The average annual total Of water
which falls as rain or snow in the
United States is 1907 cubic miles.
This amount of rain would more than
twice fill Lake Ontario. To raise this
water to the clouds from which it
fell would require the work of 50O,-
100000 horses working ten hours n
day throughout the year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31
The Outlook Tor Sport.

The summer may be long remem-
bered as season famous for it's
sports. Cycling, automoblling, golfing,
yachting, canoeing, horse racing, base
ball playing and every other kind of
game and pastime promise to be very
much in evidence during the season.
1t looks as if the next few months are
going to be we'll worth living.-Boston
Herald
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31
SUBSCRIPTION RATEs

FREELAND.-The TRIBUNE is sdelivered by
carriers 20 subscribers in Freeland at the rate
of l2l6 cents per month, payable every two
months or 81 sc L year, payable in advance
The TRIBUNE may be ordered direct form the
carriers or from the Office. Complaints OF
irregular or tardy delivery service will re-
ceive prompt attention.
BY MAI. The TRIBUNE is sent to out-of-
town subscribers for Sl.5J year, payable in
advance; pro rata terms for shorter periods.
The date when the subscription expires is on
the address label of each paper. Prompt re-
newals must be made at the expiration, other
wise the subscription will be discontinued.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31

Entered at the Postofllce at Freeland, Pa.
as Second -Class Matter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31
CURIOUS FACTS.

The word sunny borrowed its orig.
inal significance from astrology. 1t de-
scribed person born under the influ-
ence Of the sun, this luminary being
supposed to exercise a beneficial infiu-
ence on the character of the individu-
al.
A proud record for longevity is held
by Clutton, Somerset, England. Among
the present inmates of the workhouse
one is aged ninety-eight, another nine
ty-seven and three are ninety-three.
while the average age of fifteen in
mates works out at eiglty-seven and
one-half years.
French burglars are up to date. A
gang of automobiling house-breakers
operating in the Paris suburbs has
been remarkably successful. Their
plan of operation is to visit in the
daytime occupied mansions which are
for sale or to let, with the ostensibIe
purpose Of buying or leasing the prop
critics land, having secured an idea of
the "lay of the land" they make a
second and more profitable visit after
nightfall.
The Egyptian turquolses, so called,
come In reality from Mount Sinai. The
highly-valued Persian stones are OBJ
tanned from Nishapur in the most
primitive manner A wooden wheel.
operated by the feet Of two men lying
on their backs, brings the broken rock
to the surface in bags; the fragments
are smashed with hammers, and when
turquoise Is discovered it is put
aside and sent with the next batch to
MeShed, TO be cut.
Giles County, Virginia, contains
remarkable natural curiosity known as
Salt Pond, which is described as
lake of fresh water sunk in Salt Pond
Mountain at an elevation of 1900 feet
above sea level. 1t is fed by no vlsi-
bic stream. yet it is claimed to have
been gradually enlarging since 1904,
the date of It's discovery. Fish that
have been placed in Salt Pond have
mysteriously disappeared. Its depth
is unknown, experiments with q line
300 feet long failing to reach the bot
tom. The origin of the lake is un-
known
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-31

Housewifely talents do not promise
fame, but they teach thrift
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-10
HarrisonviIIe, Pa.
Pan-Amerlcan Exposition Now Open.

-
The Cumberland Valley Rail
road Company has now on sale
regular Summer Excursion tick
cts to Buffalo on account of Pan
American Exposition and to Nj
agara Falls. The rate from Mer-
cersburg is $500. In addition
special excursion tickets to Buff
falo, good to return within ten
days from date Of Issue, will be
sold every day until October 31st,
at rate Of SASS from MERGERS
burg.
For the accommodation of Wis
itors to the Exposition the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company has
put on two new trains in each di-
rection, between Harrisburg and
Buffalo, with which Cum berland
Valley trains make close connec-
tion at Harrisburg. Nos. A and 10
reaching Buffalo at 500 p. M.
and 7.35 A. M. respectively. Re-
turning leave Buffalo at 500 p,
M. and $50 a. M. connecting
with trains / and 8 respectively.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-10
Sale Register.

Saturday, October 26. George
Shafer will sell at his residence
J mile northeast of Waterfall,
Horses, Cattle, Binder, Mower,
Drill, Wagons, Sleds, Harness, &c.
Friday, November John Con
ner, AZ miles north of Needmore,
having sold his farm, will sell his
personal property, consisting of
Horses, Cattle, Farming Imple-
ments and Household Goods.
Nine months credit.
Thursday, Nov. 14.-Reuben D.
Warfield having decided to re-
linquish farming will sell on the
DR.. Carl farm at Warfordsburg
Z head of horses and colts--1 a
marein foal to Frank Ranks Jack,
imported Rowdy Boy; l four-year
old I standard bred, thoroughly
broken and a splendid driver, and
all the others good; also II head
of cattle and all his farming i'm
plements. You are invited to call
before the sale and examine this
property.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-10
A FiendiSh Attack.

An attack was lately made on
G. F. Collier of Cherokee, Iowa,
that nearly proved fatal. 1t came
through his kidneys. His back
got so lame he could not stoop
without great pain, nor sit in a
chair except propped by cush-
ions. No remedy helped him un-
til he tried Electric Bitters which
effected such a wonderful change
that he writes he feels like a new
man. This marvellous medicine
cures backache and kidney troub-
lie, purifies the blood and builds
up your health. Only SOC at w.
S. Dickson's Drug Store.