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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-10-12
PAMPHLET ON BoER WAR.
Portuguese Consul Places England
In Bad Light.

In Bad Light.
Viscount de Matelha, formerly con-
sui general and special plenipotentiary
for Portugal in the Transvaal, says the
London special correspondent Of the
New York Tribune, has issued pam
phlet reviewing the administration in
South Africa during the last quarter of
a century. The viscount throws little
light on the political intrigues of the
Boer government. He states that
Conyngham Greene, the British repre-
sentative at Pretoria, was kept well
Informed Of the doings of Mr.. Kruger
and the preparations that were being
made by the Beers for war. Mr. Greene
was also supplied by friends with the
correspondence of the TransvaaI rep
resentatives and agents in Europe with
Pretoria detailing their interviews with
different foreign ministers on the Eu-
roEean continent, besides copies of of
fetal and secret correspondence that
went from Pretoria to Europe.
1t is only fair to assume that Mr..
Greene forwarded all the documents
Iudl Cdule luIO LIS 1lduuS W IuG
ish government, so that it becomes
more difficult than ever to understand
England,s unpreparedness for this war.
Copies of the secret correspondence are,
says the yiscount, still in existence for
all that is known to the contrary. Be
fore hostilities broke out one of the
parties who held the information sent
the particulars out of the country for
safety and future use. On the arrival
of Lord Roberts at Pretoria an order
was given to send the papers back to
the Transyaal capital. Directly after
ward it was deemed fit to counter
mand this order, but lest the papers
should be lost the ciphers were confd-
ed to Major Poore, provost marshal at
Pretoria
The writer Of this pamphlet express
es the hope that when the time is ripe
and seasonable the press will be in
position to publish this correspondence.
With regard to the future, he thinks
that if there was a Laurier in South
Africa, one whom the Dutch people
could implicitly trust and believe in,
always close to the high commissioner,
there would be chance soon of Great |
ing the desired harmonious whole by |
making the able proconsul better I'm |
derstood and appreciated.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-10-12
want Pay For Pnuper's Board.

The poor directors Of Wilkesbarre,
Pa. have decided to ash fol. $4,000
from tire estate Of $4,000 left to Mrs.
Minnich. who diedaa pauper after being
in the a,rnshouse eight years. She died,
before she knew she was wealthy.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-10-12
Eel stona an Elevator.

An empty elevator in The Eagle
building in Brooklyn, N. Y, took a
drop CT a few stories without ini1ry to
its occupants the other day, but 1t re-
Gulred several hours wearisome work
to fad the cause of the troubR. and
thci /; developed that a twelve fneIs. eel
was vaaght in 9 stlEee-quaffor SAeh
ya.ss and cut Of he water slpnSS
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-10-12

lay, while on other days he always had
more or less company. Probably 81, 600
would be conservative estimate for
the cost Of entertaining his friends
during his stay here. His expenses for
the race, then. may be tabulated APP
proxiElately as follows:
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-10-12

Mentions Several instances In the Rec.
ords of the Court Where Direct Ale
cations Were Made Against the Con-
duct of Admiral sampson-No New
Points Brought Out In the Examina-
tion of Witnesses.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05
Shot Dead by "a Corpse.

A Boer commando retook those
lines where those who died for us
were lying, and as they marched
among our dead they saw sergeant
lying at full length, shot through the
brain, yet even in death the man
looked like some fighting machine
suddenly gone out of order. His rifle
was pressed against his shoulder, his
left hand grasped the barrel on the
under side. the forefngers of the right
hand pressed the trigger tightly. the
barrel rested out upon rock and his
death-dulled eye still glared along the
sights, for dissolution had come to
him Just as he bent his head to fire
at those who shot him, and now his
hands had stiffened in the unbendable
stiffness of eternal sleep. A Boer sol
dier saw the sergeant as he lay. and
with rude hands grasped the rife by
the barrel and tried to jerk it from
the dead mans grip, but as he pulled
he brought the rifle in line with his
own breast. and the unyielding finger
on the trigger did the rest. the rifle
spoke from the dead mans hand, and
the bullet, passing through the Beers
heart, laid him beside the Briton.
Sounds like journalistic lie, does
it not? Read it in a novel, and you
would laugh, would you not? But it is
the eternal truth. all the same, for the
comrade of the Boer who died that
day, killed by a dead man, told me the
tale himself.and he was one of those
who planted the dead Dutchman on
the slope of Spion Kop.-London
| News
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05
The Cars Tenor Voice.

1t is not generally known that the
c%ar himself has very excellent
tenor voice, which, although not par
tcularly strong. is very sweet and
clear. A short time ago, during a
small party. at which only members
of his own family and few of the
highest court officials were present,
the czar delighted all his guests by
singing Massenct's "Mignonne, voici
rAvril," and another song, in such an
excellent manner that it called forth
genuine and rapturous applause. The
czar bowed his thanks in the approved
professional style, and then said
laughlingly: my opponents, as a rule,
deny me the possession of those good
qualities which they believe they
themselves possess; but not one of
them can sing romance as l cam
Mainly About People.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

1t must be admitted that Mr.. Cham
berlain enjoys great power and engen-
ders sympathy. He came to Italy when
all the Italian papers contained ar
ticles against him on the question Of
the Italian language in Malta. Never
theless, he showed himself with the
greatest nonchalance in the streets Of
Naples and Rome. He made known his
views on Italy and on her future, and
explained the Maltest language from
his point of view. And now he has
left the Italians with an entirely SYM
pathetic remembrance of his visit
Rome II Pungolo Parlamentare.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

A boy Is made up of mind and body.
These two elements. mysteriously
bound together, yet separated by the
widest gap in the universe, jog on side
by side, each dependent upon the
other, says Henry d. Sedgwick, in the
Atlantic. Education must take this
union into account; it must always
remember that the body is animal,
and that it has received two great
commandments; Thou shalt live"
and Thou shalt multiply" The edu-
cation of man must be shaped with
reference to these two fundamental
commands.
Our civilization has reckoned with
the first. The desire for life has been
deepened, broadened. and transform.
ed. Under the control of edu-
cation, the desire for life seeks salts
faction in ever greater knowledge,
ever greater dominion over nature.
College assumes that this desire is a
noble want of noble things, and teach.
es it to be such.
But when we consider the second
| imperious command. what do we find
| Civilization has established the insti-
tuition of marriage, it has decreed that
a man may lawfully have one wife
only, but 1t has done little else. Civi.
lization is great brute force that
needs to be led. What does educa.
tion? 1t halts timidly to see what civil
liZation will do; and the desire to null
tiply roams at will. Shall not educa.
tion tame it, train it, and manage it?
Shall not that desire be deepened
broadened, and transformed till it, too
help make life far nobler than it Isl
With this passion for lever we might
uplift the world. but education AZ
afraid of 1t.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05
cases will Of necessity be infinitely

cases will of necessity be infinitely
more painstaking and conscientious iu
this part Of his work to get satisfac-
tory results. In diseased mind the
emotions are as often affected as the
reasoning faculties. Hence to succeed
in this class of cases, it is quite as es-
sential to avoid hurting the feelings
of representative patient as to feed
or clean him. A little carelessness in
this point is often the cause of the
difficulties in managing insane pa
tients, and frequently is the provoking
cause of violent outbreaks or injury
to both patient and nurse.
THE majority of the more intelli-
gent lunatics will at one time or an
other either attempt suicide or attempt
to injure some one else The chief re-
sponsibility of the nurse is absolutely
to prevent this. The attempts come in
the most unexpected and sudden ways.
1t IS often unwise to keep suspicious
patient tied or drugged. Hence the
necessity at rare intervals of using
what seems to be personal violence in
blocking any sudden attempt at sui
eide or murder. The injuries to pa
tient or nurse result usually in one
way only. The force of nurses is so
small that one or two nurses try to do
the work that four or five are barely
able to do safely. Four nurses can
hold securely and bind the most violent
patient without harm If less attempt
it they may have to use violence that
approaches brutality. York
Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

which he had outraged, and to God,
whom he had so greatly offended but
did not wish to make it public until
his only surviving relative should be
beyond the reach of the shame of the
exposure.
But the curious chapter in this
crime was not yet complete. A few
years after the publication of this
statement, a man known as Thomas
Chambers died in the Massachusetts
state prison. Before his death he
confessed to the chaplain that his real
name was George Martin, and that he
was the murderer of Mr.. Haywood,
for which MIR. Tinley had suffered
death.
He stated that he had occupied 8
room on the same floor as his victim,
and having heard him state to his
companions that he had consider
able sum of money. he determined to
get possession of it.
He entered the room, and was
searching for the money when Mr.
Haywood partially woke. Frightened
at the danger of exposure, and in
censed at the prospect OF losing the
coveted treasure. he sprang upon him,
stifled his outcry. and inflicted the
wounds from which he died. This
done, he secured the dying mans
pocketbook and hastily eft the room,
having only just closed the door be-
hind him few moments before Mr..
Tinley entered and found the unhappy
man dying. The proof against Tinley
was so overwhelming that no one
ever thought of looking elsewhere for
the assassin. so the real criminal was
never uspected.-New York Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05
MR.. KRUCER'S HANDS.


What They Signify, According to Fa-
nous Chironancer of Paris.
Weary of cheering and snapshot
ting him. the continental admirers of
Mr.. Kruger have been examining his
hands with view to obtaining fresh
food for alteration. The Paris Vie
lllustree publishes photograph of
Mr.. kruger's hands, as well as the
professional opinion of famous Pari-
sian chiromancer thereon. The left
thumb is missing, a gun accident de-
priving Dom Paul of that useful mem
Der early in life.
Nine. de Thebcs. the chiromancer
after a lengthy examination of the
photograph, sent in the following
comments:
These two hands resemble each
other very little, and prove that the
theories of the ancient peoples were
right when they said that the left
hand was the hand of fate, the right
the hand of will.
"Kruger's left hand is almost the
hand of an animal The nails are
broad and indicate action and force.
The foretinger is longer than the 9TH
ers, showing a terrible authority with
out reasoning, a desire for command,
everything by brute force, a primitive
hand if ever there was one.
"As to his intellectual culture, he
has turned toward the soil, for he is
countryman before everything. He
lnUpc tbn coil.
and understands nothing else. His ma
ture, which has remainedb upright and
loyal-the primitive form of the left
hands indicates that to us-only
thinks of keeping its independence,
and in defending his country he de-
fends himself.
Nov look at his right hand. What
a change! How this man is well in.
formed! How this square hand indi-
Gates reflection! The forefinger,
which represents intuition and inspir-
alton, is as long as the middle finger;
intuition which exercises control,
which analyses before acting, which
conceives clearly and justly, and
which goes forward with the flXity of
fate. Note these two fingers of equal
length, which is very rare. 1t is pre-
destination.
'And these two fingers are close to-
gether and indicate the man with
whom we have to deal. He goes
against fatality. He commands it,
he resists it, he battles with it, and
he overcomes it. for the long thumb,
which almost reaches the first pha-
lange of the forefinger, shows will
of iron. The left hand indicates that
he does not feel physical suffering
The right hand shows that moral sui.
fering does not affect him.
These fingers, which are longer
than the palm, are those Of an ideal
list, hence, his love for the Bible. This
man, who has little intellectual cul-
ture, has found there an outlet for his
mysticism-it finds it's outlet in chant
| ing and reading the Psalms. have not
unfortunately the lines written in
these two hands. but | can affirm that
they are not of clay. They are of
| brass.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05
TRANSPORTATION.

AS one who looks out to the West
when shadow-time's begun,
And sees in splendor ON the hills the
pageant of the sun,
So we will look at life, maybe, when
life is all but done:
And find old aims, vain dreams, mad
hopes touched with a kindier light,
Flash with glory all unguessed upon
the straining sight
Aye, and be glad TO know there waits
the long reward of night"
-Ainslee's Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05
England as yet is without a qualified

England as yet is without a qualified
woman lawyer. In the reign of Henry
VIII, however, woman acted as
judge. She was one Lady Anne Berke-
ley of Yate in Gloucestershire, who
had appealed to the king to punish a
party of rioters who had broken into
her park, killed the deer and fired the
forage. King Henry thereupon granted
to her and others a special commission
to try the offenders. Lady Anne. armed
with this high authority opened a
court and empanelled a jury A YER
dict of guilty was entered, upon which
her ladyship pronounced sentence.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

Honey bees give the best possible
exemplification of the results of in
dustry. Five thousand of them. as
they leave the hive, weigh one pound,
but when the insects return from their
visits to the flowers, freighted with
honey, they weigh nearly twice as
much.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

The sleeping of fishes, if they may
properly be said to have such habit,
is as yet a puzzle 1t is altogether prob
able that they do sleep, though they
never close their eyes, simply for the
reason that they have no eyelids. Prob
ably many fishes slumber while swim
ming in the water, reducing the exer-
else of their fins to an automatic mini
mum. But it would be a mistake to
suppose that fish does its sleeping at
night necessarily. On the contrary,
many species are nocturnal in habit,
feeding in the night time.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

Left-handedness is said to be very
common in animals. Parrots seize OBJ
jects with the left claw by preference
or exclusively. The lion strikes with
the left paw, and Livingstone stated as
his opinion that all animals are left
handed. The parrot has been found to
make reader use of the left claw for
climbing than the right.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

The American quail imported into
Sweden some time ago seem to thrive
and increase in number. 1t remains to
be seen, however, whether the birdn
can stand the long winters there.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

There will come a day when the
people of the close of a century will
look back at the close of the 10Th and
smile at the unique absurdity of the
stovepipe hat; but make no mistake.
Man is welded to his idols. That time
is yet long way off.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

In time Alaska may be counted in
the agricultural belt of the United
States. Her season is short, but the
soil in her valleys is rich beyond COM
prehension, and the sun, during his
reign, is hot. All that is necessary
is to know how to utilize locations
and conditions.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

Miniature Bibles are worn as watch
charms in Russia. They are each one
inch long, three-fourths of an inch
wide, and three-eighths of an inch
thick, and contain the first five books
of the Old Testament. The text is in
Hebrew, and can be read with the aid
of a magnifying glass.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

Thick skin is not always a protec-
tion against the stings of either out
rageous fortune or lie attacks of in
sects. 1t has often been wondered why
elephants so constantly throw hay and
grass over their backs. This is ex-
planned by the fact that they arc thus
protecting themselves from all sorts
of insects. Notwithstanding his thick
skin the elephant suffers more from
insect bites than many thinner skinned
animals.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

Through the efforts of its state
board of charities. Illinois has made
beginning toward the establishment
of a suitable institution for its de-
pendent epileptics. The institution
will be a genuine colony, planned on
the cottage system. There are 5000
dependent epileptics in the state.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

An article in Harper's Weekly con-
tains some remarkable figures on the
fruit growing industry in America. In
1914 only one-half barrel of raisins
could be found in New York City to
make pudding to celebrate the peace
treaty. The previous year California
alone shipped over 1OO,O00.OOO pounds
of raisins. Only 20 years ago all the
strawberries eaten in New York City
were grown in Long Island and New
jersey. Now the strawberry country
includes Florida. and the strawberry
season begins in November and ends
in August. A single Georgia peach
orchard numbers as high as 10000
trees. Tho government has never Sc.
cured an adequate census of the entire
fruit trade of the United States. The
author oc the article in question thinks
$1,000 100000 a year a moderate est..
mata
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

In Turkey the disappearance of the
sun at night is accounted for by the
periodical retirement of that pious lu-
minary for prayers and religious re-
Election.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

Entered at the Postofice at Freeland. Pa.
as Second-Class Matter,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

A writer in the Yale Review esti-
mates that the United States is in
debted to foreigners in the sum of
1880, 100000 and that foreigners owe
us SJO0.O0O.OOO. This writer is of the
opinion that this country began the
Goth century owing not much over
$4,000, 100000, with net annual inter
est of about &9OOO0,OOO, Americans
travelling in Europe spend s5O,OOO,OOO
annually, and the loss by expatria-
tion according to this writer. is
$10,0O0000. But in a few years the
United States will have wiped out it's
entire Indebtedness, provided large ex-
ports and small imports continue.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

When all freight traffic has been
banished to underground railways and
the automobile has displaced the
horse for surface travel, nearly the en-
tire street between the pavements can
be devoted to green turf muses.
the St. Louis Globe.DisDatch. Cities
of the Goth and following centuries
may be free frc:l dust and the vile
odors arising from animal traffic. The
automobile moving machine may be
substituted for the sweeping machines,
to the great improvement of health
and increase of enjoyment of citizens.
the St. Louis Globe-Dlspatch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05

Cold storage has made Australia,
next to the United States, the largest
source of dressed meats Wheat-im,
porting countries usually look to her
to supply a part of their bieadstuffs;
and between the Transyaal war and
the vast development of gold mining
in West Australia the southern conti-
nent in 1899 led the world in produc.
ing gold. Australia is a great country,
even though two-thirds of it is desert.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-22
BIKE RACE A FEATURE
OF PARK THEATRE BILL.

Harry Elkes defeated Tom Butler in
a three mile home-trainer race at the
Park Theatre yesterday afternoon, the
first time these two riders have APP
peared together in Worcester. The
contest was one of the closest ever
seen in a trainer race, Butler
leading by few yards from the start,
and during the last lap Elkes creeping
up and passing just at the last mo-
ment. The machine on which they
rode is a new one, built by E. ]. Kerns
of Worcester. The dial is large and the
arrows of such proportions that small
shades of difference can be readily no.
ticed. The mechanism is practically
the same as that used last year.
Besides the cycle race the bill at the
Park is very good. Milton and Dolly
Mobiles make a hit in their sketch,
why Walker Reformed" AL Shea
and Charles Warren have an extremely
funny act called "Quo Vadis Upside
Down." in which Is shown the bull
fight scene from the play. The fight is
in two rounds and Ursus is given the
decision. Dorothy Neville and Edward
Percy have a melange of fun and mu-
sic Talbot and Dawson appear as
Henry Ir Vim and Jean De Whiskey,
and sing some and "act" a little. The
four Collins dancers do some novel
steps and acrobatic dances and have
a pleasing act Bennett and Young
give an illustrated song act and Man
ming and Ducrow the well-known one
legged experts on the horizontal bar,
are seen with pleasure.