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, 1901-10-03

According to Raoul Pictet, the IA
nous Swiss inventor, his latest dis
covery in regard to the manufacture OF
oxygen gas will revolutionize the
metal trades of this country, and, in
deed. will have an important innuenc.
on most OF our industries. Briefly the
invention consists of taking oxygen
out of the atmospheric air by phys
ical means, and not by a chemical
process as at present. The inventor
claims that by this process the cost OF
oxygen will be very much less than q
farthing per cubic foot. which, COM
pared with present prices. is in the pro.
portion OF farthings to %shillings. The
process will be applied to metallurgy,
chemistry, lighting. and public health
For lighting purposes the oxygen will
be mixed with water gas, and, it is
said, will give n much better light at a
much lower price. 1t has great heat,
ing properties and can be used fol-
smelling all ore containing gold aud
other refractory ores. The process, II
is said, will be much cheaper thar any
present one for sanitary purposes. The
oxygen can be put into large rooms
schools. theaters. and go forth, and by
this means the air will be rendered
much purer.-Chicago Journal.
, 1901-10-03

Tall about money urn,ng holes in
peoples pockets" remarked an nh
servant stranger the other day "but
hero is a ease of nickels burning holes
in wood" He pointed to the front of
the ticket sellers window on one Of the
l. stations as he smoke, The wood
work was scooped out several incbss
deep where the intended n~asseneer
usually shoves in his fare and the cov-
ity was twice as wide as il was deem
That" said the ohseryant man .is n
more graphic illustration of what CON
stancy will do than all the lessons over
taught by the dripping of water unon
rocks. They used to tell us in school
that a drop Of waite wouId wear away
the greatest stons SUIT here we have a
mute picture of what the constant
showing OF coins in and ont nj that
ticket sellers window has done. You
will notice thai the wood is worn ont
as smoothly and evenly as If il were
lone by the finest kind of tools in the
hands of the fines kind of n carnenter
There isn't the faintest susuicion of a
splinter there. Millions of nickels and
dimes have passed and renassed
through thai window and been showed
along that hardwood board. which was
originally level and fiat as a street of
asphalt, until they wore that cavity
which you now see there 7 do not
, 1901-10-03

one place and breathing at tho other.
II would be difficult to estimate the
number OF times a wiggletail feeds dur
ing t~wenty-four hours. The amount
taken on at n one time. II estimated
in weight, would run high in,o the
fractions. But, as small as he l.. 1.
means much to him. The winged il-
sects that are put in screened cages ar,
easily fed. II is but little trouble to
raise a mosquito, as far as the food
is concerned. These insects also feed
e~xtenively on vegetable juices, con
Stunning greater quantities, OF course.
than the earlier member of the family,
the wiggletaiL find that sugar is one
Of the best things in the world for
mosquitoes. They are fond of sugar.
In fact. they seem to have what is pop
ularly called a sweet tooth The
sugar is nutritive. too, and. while not
answering all the purposes OF animal
blood in the mosquito life, they never
theless thrive and grow fat and saucy
on the diet. My own particular pets
are never without 1t, and | rarely lose
one until his natural time to pass out,
or until | decide to Stay him and
squeeze him into one Of the glass slides
in my workshop."-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
, 1901-10-03

There is a mistake very prevalent
among laymen that it is a hard matter
TO feed Gagged insects during the pro-
cesses of experimentation" said a New
Orleans bug expert recently; blu real.
ly II Is no hard task. OF course the
elaborate menu is out of the question
but we always give the insects all the
food necessary to sustain life, ana
sometimes they actually fatten. TAX
the wiggletail. This bit OF life has p
rayenous APPETITE. and feeds almost con
stantly. The juices of vegetables nor
only keep him alive, but they give HIN
strength and energy enough to develop
himself. Between the plgce In ~ ia
where he sucks the sustaining jlices
into his system and the top OF the
water where ne shoots his syph1n
soove the surface to get fresh ali. be
Is kept constantly hust.ing, feeding q.
, 1901-10-03

The Big Tree (sequoia ~gigantea) Is
natures forest masterpiece, and. as far
as | know, the greatest OF living
things. II belongs to an ancient stock.
as its remain in old rocks show. and
has a strange air OF other days about
it-a thoroughbred look. inherited
from the long ago. the auld lang syne
of trees. The Pacific coast in general
is the paradise of conifers. Here near
ly all of them are giants, and display
a beauty and magnificence unknown
elsewhere. The climate is mild. the
ground never freezes. and moisture
and sunshine abound all the year
Nevertheless, It is not easy to account
for the colossal size of the sequoias.
The largest are about 300 feet high and
thirty in diameter. Who of all the
jewellers of the plains, and prairies,
and fertile home forests of round
headed oak and maple, hickory and
elm, ever dreamed that earth could
bear such growths-trees that the ia
miliar pines and frs seem to know
nothing about-lonely, silent, serene.
with a physlognomy almost godlike,
and so old thousands of them still liv-
ing had counted their years by tens of
centuries when Columbus set sail from
Spain. and were in the vigor OF youth
or middle age when the star led the
Chaldean sages to the infant Savior's
cradle? AS far as man is concerned,
they are the same yesterday, to-day.
and forever-emblems of p~ermanence.
job Muir. in Atlantic
, 1901-10-03
Advertisement.

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lively the greatest American novel;
Written by Araminta Jeanette Feath-
erstone. with n hand tied behind
herl The nine hundredth thousand
sold before the author had given the
book a thought, or. indeed, before she
had written more than fifty chapters!
Profusely illustrated with nine thou
sand steel plates having nothing what
ever to do with the story. and twenty
seven thousand wood engravings only
remotely bearing upon the same! For
sale at all dry goods shops!'-Detrolt
Journal.
, 1901-10-03

ton for which all had been awaiting.
Judge Titus asked that the prisoner
be permitted to make a statement in
e~xculpation of his act.
Czolgosz leaned heavily on a chair.
He then spoke. saying he alone COM
mitted the crime. No one had any
thing to 10 with his crime but himself
he said.
Judge White Before the passing of
sentence you may speak on two sub
jects. First, you can claim that you are
insane; second, that you have good
cause to offer that judgment should
not be pronounced against you; third.
hat you wish a new trial.
Given Liberty to Speak.
These are the grounds specified by
statute. You are now at liberty to
speak"
, 1901-10-03
ANARCHISTS ARE INDICTED.
Charged With Sending AN Objectionable
Paper Through Malls.

Tacoma telegram: Charles Govan,
James w. Adams. and James e. Lar
kin. members OF the Home Anarchist
colony in this county. have been ar
rested under an Indictment found by
the federal grand Jury at Spokane
charging them with depositing in the
mails a lewd, obscene and lascivious
newspaper. The prisoners were brought
to Tacoma n committed to Jail pend
ing examination. An indictment was
also returned against G. Morong. who.
II is claimed, was the author OF the OBJ
jectionable article. Morong is now In
Massachusetts. but will be arrested
and brought here for trial. The news
paper in question is the official riga
at the Home and is called "Discon-
tent and advocates anarchy and free
love.
, 1901-10-03

The Lake OF Geneva is celebrated To-
its swans. Two OF these birds wer,
observed to be greatly attached to eacl
other. being inseparable companions
Their devotion was pointed out to Wis.
itors. Recently the park authoritie,
introduced to the lake a young femal,
swan of great beauty to whom tn,
male that had so long been noted fol-
his conJugal fidelity Immediately
transferred his affections. The desert.
ed female swan shortly aiterward com
mitted suicide by beating Its brains ouI
agains' the quay. The body Of the un.
fortunate bird has been stuffed and
placed in the Geneva museum,-De.
trolt Free Press.
, 1901-10-03

The hush as the solemn words were
pronounced was like the silence of the
tomb. For several moments the silence
was unbroken. The click of handouts
put a startling termination on the
strain. Like a great sob the emotion
of the court room welled up and were
lost in the shutting of feet. The final
scene of the historic trial was on
cluded.
Manacled to detectives who had
brought him into the court. the assas-
sin was conducted away Between the
wall of bailiffs. policemen and specta-
tors the murderer passed. He looked
not into a single eye. Justified by him
self or not, his deed lay heavy on his
head. A groan of eXecration followed
him down the broad court house stairs
to the jail tunnel below.
, 1901-10-03

Justice White-"Czolgosz, in taking
the life of our beloved president you
committed a crime that shocked and
outraged all the civilized world. After
learning all the facts and circum-
stances in the case. twelve good men
have pronounced you guilty OF murder
in the first degree. You say that no
other person abetted you in the com
mission of this terrible act. The pen
atty is fixed by statute, and it becomes
my duty to impose sentence upon you.
The sentence of this court is that on
October 2S. at the place designated and
in the manner prescribed by law, you
suffer the punishment of death.
Remove the prisoner"
Considerable surprise was expressed
that Justice White did not pronounce
the customary appeal to the Almighty
in concluding his sentence. "and may
God have mercy on your soul"
The court quit at the middle of the
customary formula in ~pronouncing the
sentence.
, 1901-10-03

Pearl is an important article of
in the Sulu archipelago. The
Gazetteer of the Philippine islands
gives these figures: The value of this
product at Sulu alone since January,
1900, according to custom house re-
turns, was 222 .S14 pounds of mother
of-pearl shells. valued at SIS, 7l2;
black shells. LIZA pounds. valued at
$40; and snail shells, 1907 pounds,
valued at 5000; total. ISL ,761. The
same amount was exported. approx
, 1901-10-03
MEXICAN CAVE JEWELLERS.
IA Explorer Says They Arc Superior to
American Indians.


A correspondent of the Associated
Press writing from Christiana, Nor
way, says that DIR. Carl Lumpoltz, the
traveller and explorer, who has been
spending the last five ears in the hith-
crtO unknown regions of northwestern
Mexico, in the interests of the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History of
New York and who is the first white
man who has lived among the cave
dwellers in those parts, made his first
appearance recently in public since his
return to civilization. leCturing before
the Geographical Society of Christiana
The lecture bristled with incidents of
the life and travels among the wild In
dian tribes of western Sierra Madrc,
especially Rmong the cav jewellers.
who still live ia Ii SAINT primitive way
as their forefathers many thousands of
years ago in these almost inaccessible
regions 5000 feet above the sea. In or.
der to study these people DR.. LumpOltZ
ordered the entire staff Of his cXpcdi-
tiun to return. He then commenced to
live alone among them. At first the
tribes resisted but eventually he gained
their confidence and was allowed to re-
main. He learned their ways, their
language and their songs and Joined in
their dances.
The Mexican Indians are munoGa-
mists ana lead on the whole a very
happy existence. Among many of the
tribes he found II higher degree of nor
atty than in civilized countries. They
are highly Intelligent and are, the lee,
turcr said, a race far superior to their
kinsmen in the United States and
South America. Theft and disease ar,
both unknown anon them.
, 1901-10-03

My soul is sailing through the sea,
But the Past is heavy and hindereth
me,
The Past hath trustee cumbrous shells
That hold the flesh of cold sea-mells
About my soul.
The huge waves wash, the high waves
roll.
Each barnacle clingeth and worketh
dole
And hindereth me from sailing,
Old Past, let go and drop T. the sea
TIL fathomless waters cover theel
For l am living. but thou art dead;
Thou drawest back, / strive ahead
The Day to find.
Thy shells unbind. Night comes be-
hind,
needs must hurry with the wind
And trim me best for sailing.
Sidney Lanier.
, 1901-10-03
the ASSASSIN HEARS DOOM
Leon CzoIgosz Is Sentenced to
Die in Electric Chair.
SAYS HE HAD NO ACC0MPLICES.
Murderer of Mckinley Tells Judge No
One Else Was in Plot ama
Scene In Court-Falters While Making
His Statements to Judge.

Monday, Sept. 16. - Czolgosz ar
raigned in court before Judge White,
charged with the murder of President
Mckinley on Sept. 7. He refused to
answer the Indictment.
Monday. Sept. 23.-Czolgosz placed
on trial. Pleaded guilty to charge. Plea
not accepted and trial proceeds.
Tuesday. Sept. 24.-Czolgosz is found
guilty as charged.
Thursday, Sept. 26.-Judge White.
who presided at trial. sentences pris-
oner to be put to death in the electric
chair at Auburn prison, sometime dur
ing the week beginning October 2s.
, 1901-10-03

his race paled at no time during the
proceedings. 1t was flushed with the
emotion II was costing him so much
strength to master. As the prsl,min-
airy to the pronouncIng of sentence
many questions were asked by the dis
trict attorney. Czolgosz evinced the
utmost willingness to answer all these
questions, but his utterance seemed to
smother in his throat.
Lawyer Offers Aid.
IL was only after an effort that each
reply was blurted out. AS he stood his
breast heayed, his eyes blinked rap
idly and once he almost reeled, so that
ex-Judge Titus. his counsel, held up a
hand to support him.
He did not need the proffered aid,
put Strengthened himself up of his W
o II was with a feeling of relief
that the assassin heard the words.
Remove the prisoner" pronounced by
Judge White. He heaved a great sigh
as he was manacled and was led away.
Tells Of His Life.
stand up. C~zolgosz. please said
Mr.. Penny, turning to the prisoner.
Nudged by bailiffs, the prisoner stood
up. the center of all attention in the
crowded room.
In answer to questions put by Mr..
Penny, Czolgosz said under oath that
he was born in Detroit. that he was
educated in the common and church
schools, that he had been a Catholic.
that he was a laborer. and tina he had
lived in Cleveland and in Buffalo.
The court clerk then asked the aues-
, 1901-10-03

tage of the opportunity to speak, but
he confined himself to taking upon his
own shoulders the blame for the great
crime of having murdered the presi-
dem of the United States. He advanced
no reason in justification of his mon
strous deed. Not a word did he utter
of anarchy, of his enmity to govern
ment or of the motives which prompt
ed him to the commission of his crime.
Hall Cleared by Police.
Greater crowds gathered for the SEN
fencing of the assassin than came for
any one session of the trial itself. Be
fore 1890 D.. m. a crowd had gath
cred in the corridor in front of Justice
Whites court room. By / y an. the
corridor vas jammed. Capt. Regan
then appeared on the stairs with a
squad of 100 uniformed officers and
cleared the hall. 1t was n case OF first
come first served after a line was
formed, and the tickets OF admission
issued for the trial were worthless. 1t
took less than ten minut for the
single file to fill the court and
then the doors were closed to be
opened only upon the arrival of Off
Gals, counsel and others connected
with the days proceedings.
Dramatic Scene In Court.
In a hush that was like the silence
of death Justice White pronounced the
prisoners doom. Physically tottering
under the ordeal, but sustaining him
self by sheer force of nerve, the muir
derer heard the words of death pro
nounced, was shackled and quietly sub
mitted to be led away.
In no brazen fashion did the pris-
oner face the court. Swaying from side
to side, boyish looking, trembling with
nervousness, but held mp by nerve, he
stood leaning on the chair in front Of
him.
FaIters In His Words.
F~alteringly, hesitatingly, he spoke.
inter having been asked each question
several times. He acted almost as II
the words were being wrung out of
him, 1t took him SO long to find utter
ance, and he spoke so rapidly when the
first word left his lips in response to
a question.
His voice was hardly heard ten feet
away, although every ear in the great
court room was strained to catch the
slightest sound from his lips.
, 1901-10-03

Czolgosz-'I have nothing to say on
those things
Judge Titus then consulted the pris-
oner.
Judge Titus-"I think he ought to be
permitted to make a statement In ex-
culpation of his family. your honor"
Judge White-'The defendant may
speak in e%xculpation of his father and
, 1901-10-03

May-"Hava you heard OF Clara's
hard luck?" Rele-"No. what t. IT.? e
Now that they are married. thy have
to retrerch awfully t. make up the
money he wasted while counting her.
Life.
, 1901-10-03

mately. from the port of SLASH. in the
Tapul group, which would make an ag-
gregate of 4s3.242 pounds. valued at
$l43,522, from the two Sulu points
alone. This does not include the value
Of the pearls taken from the mother
of-pearl shell. the finest OF which at
present go to the sultan of Sulu as
ROYALTY.
, 1901-10-03
brothers and sisters. II that is what
he means to do 1t is proper"


Czolgosz-"No other person had any.
thing to do with it. No other person
knew of this but myseir; my father
or mother or no one else knew nothing
about it. l never thought of the crime
, 1901-10-03

Marie-Why is Mr.. Puner In such q
hurry to marry Maud Arthur-HC
promised her he wouldn't smoke While
they were engaged.
, 1901-10-03

FITS fermanentlyCurod. NO nts 81 nervousness ATT 81
hrst day : use of DR.. khne's Great Nerve Restorer
send Tor FREE 5000 trial bottle aud tr.atise
, 1901-10-03
rre.ldenl lincoln. secretary Dl IS.

Washington telegram; John George
Nicolay. private secretary to President
Lincoln, died at his residence here.
aged 20 years, after an illncfs lasting
many years.
, 1901-10-03
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS AND
EVENTS.

Cavity III an Elongated Saucer Worn
In Ticket Window Lodges of the Ele-
waited Railways of New York Odd
object Lesson Here.
, 1901-10-03

De Funt Hond of COMMUNICATIVE
IL the difference between "A dignified man
and a stupid one? De Blunt-Nonc at all.
, 1901-10-03
DISTRICT ATTORNEY PENNEY.
(From a sketch made at Buffalo.D

until two days before | committed it
and never told nobody about it"
Judge Lewis-"He says he did not
make up his mind to do it until a few
days before its commission
, 1901-10-03

johnny said the teacher, can Feb
ruary March?' NO" said Johnny. but
Anril May
, 1901-10-03

Czolgosz was sentenced to death by
Justice Truman C. White in the Su-
preme court at Buffalo Thursday
afternoon. The assassin took adyan-
, 1901-10-03

Spinsters probably love cats becaus
cats are not afraid of mice.
, 1901-10-03

For children teethins. softens the gums, reduces I'm
Examination. allays pain. cures wind collie 2Jc a bottle
, 1901-10-03

My sou is sailing through the sea,
But the Past is heavy and hindereti
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-18

Our pet cat had three kittens of
which she was particularly fond. One
of them was unusually active and mis-
chievous and much given to climbing
up fenceposts, walls and trees.
One morning | heard a pitiful little
cat cry up in n tall cherry tree, and on
examination | found that the mischiev-
Gus kitten was near the top of the tree
clinging to branch, and its cries
showed that it was frightened and
afraid to come down.
Sitting on the ground little distance
off was the mother cat, looking as if
she was thinking what she ought to do
to get her kitten out of It's trouble
Suddenly she seemed to have made up
her mind, for she ran quickly up the
tree to where the kitten was, and,
pauslng there a moment as If to fix the
kitten's attention on what she was do
ing, she began to descend the tree
slowly and carefully. She was show
ing the kitten the easiest way to get
down.
When she reached the ground, she
sat down and looked up at the kitten.
calling to it with soft, entreatlng cries,
and the kitten, as If understanding ex-
actly what was expected of it, came
down just as the mother had done
Philadelphia Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-18
FOR THE CHILDREN


About an hours ride from Albany In
the Berkshire hills, is a farm where
boys are taught the science of farm
ing. and one of the strange rules con-
nected with the institution Is that
boy must be bad before he can be ad-
mitted to it. "A bad boy" says the SUI
perintendent, ''is one who is lazy, with
out ambition, inclined to waywardness
and more or less beyond the control of
his parents or guardian"
The purpose of the farm Is to make
good men of such boys. 1t is n big
farm of 1000 acres. The institution Is
known as the Berkshire Industrial
farm, and it Is supported in large
measure by benevolent and phlan-
throplc people. The boys are taught
the common branches, such as are
found in the higher grades of common
schools. A half n day Is given to study
and half a day to manual work. The
rising bell rings at 5:30 and each boy
must be in the dormitory within 10
minutes thereafter. After breakfast
the hours until - are devoted to les
sons. At 1 80 work Is resumed, and in
the evening there are recreation and
services In the chapel. Nine o'clock
sees every boy in good bed.
The boys can earn pocket money by
good conduct. Their good conduct is
credited to them and their bad Is deb
tied. Those who by their conduct get in
debt to the farm lose certain privileges,
have to eat their meals at the punish
ment table, where butter, sugar and
dessert are unknown and apple pie can
only be dreamed about.
There is an abundance of proof from
the records kept of boys who have
been discharged from the institution
that it makes wonderful improve
ment in bad boy.-Amerfcan Boy.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-18
THE DELAWARE, SUsQUEHANNA AND
l. SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.

Time table IN effect March 10, 1901
Trains leave Dritton for Jeddo, Eckley Halle
Brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Road Ropn
and H8zlcton junction at 500 m daily
except Sunday; and OF m, 3S % M Sunday
Trains leave Drifton for HarwOod, Cranberry.
Tomhlcken ana Deringor at q 90 IL M daily
except sunday; and 7O1 a IN, 23S p IN, Sum
lay.
Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction
uarwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and
,hcppton at 90 N, daily except sun
aay; ana U. a 10, ~ m, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton junction for Hsrwood.
cranberry, Tomhicken and Deringer at sag a
N, daily except Sunday; and So a m, 422pm'
sunday. "''
Trains leave Hazleton junction for Oneida
Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road
Oneida and Sheppton ut ~, IL 10 IN, Al d m
daily except Sunday; and 81 a m, 8 Ii o m
Sunday. ''
Trains leave Dernger for Tomhlcken. Cron.
berry, Han wood, Razeton Junction and Roam
at b W M, daily except Sunday; ana q37
IN, w m, Sunday. -
Trans leave Sheppton for Oneida Humboldt
TOAD, Harwood Road Oneida Junction. Halle
ton junction and Roam at IL m, l2 40 "a
IN daily except Sunday; and 5 Ii m, 3H
Trains leave sheppton for Beaver Meadow
TOAD, stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
and Drifton ut 5 ~ p IN, daily, except sunday.
and IL a m, 8 A p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton junction for Beaver
nnaS Meaaow Road, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley,
except Sunday ana 10 10 ~, 5 40 m. Sunday'
AN trains connect M Hazleton Junction with
electric cars for Hazlcton, .icanesyille. Auden-
ried ana other points on the Traction Com
Train leaving Drifton at 500 n m matos
connection ut Deringer with 7. H. K. trains for
Milsesoarre, Sunbury, Harrisburg and points
LUTHER C. SMITH, Superintendent,