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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04
Chinese Take to Cigarettes.

In the Foreign Office report on the
trade of Chefoo (Northcrn China for
the year 1900, which has just been is
sued, a rather novel item appears in
the shape of the import of aerated
waters to the value of $4,000 and
cigars and cigarettes to the value Of
nearly $4,000. Large quantities of
these luXuries found their way to the
north for the use of the foreign troops.
The ordinary native looks with GER
tain amount of awe on bottle of eX-
plosive water, and does not indulge.
Cigarettes, however, are now to be
found on every hawker's stall. They
are largely made in Shanghai from
American tobacco. The pictures OF
female beauty enclosed in each packet
enjoy much favor, and they have beer
seen adorhng the stand of vendor
Of religious articles at the door of Il
native place Of worship.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04
A Baby Cana yy's Music Lesson.

In the account of n pair of canaries
and their offspring, which is published
In the Ladies' Home Journal, Florence
Morse Kingsley tells how the oldest
baby bird, as soon as he learned to
futter from one perch to another and
to reach for n seed and crack it, was
put into a cage by himself and hung
out on the veranda near the father
bird, who was named Wee Willie Win
kie, and was superb singer. Then
the baby birds education began. First,
he learned to jump fearlessly into his
china bathtub and flutter his wings
and get himself gloriously wet, just as
father did. Next, he cuddled himself
into delightfully."- comfortable little
bunch on his perch and listened at
tentively while Wee Willie Winlie
sang his wonderful song. The second
week we heard funny, sweet little
chirping and gurgling. 1t was the
young canary; he had begun to study
his profession in earnest. Hour after
hour the little fellow practlced, happl-
ly and patiently. One day he trilled n
little trill, and the next day he had
learned three new gurgles, and the day
after that he wove the trill and the
gurSles together and added longer
trlll on higher key. In three weeks
time we were asking, sis it Wee Willie
Winkie who is singing, or the baby:"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04

Vegetarians have been attending
the annual congress of their Federal
Union at the Memorial Hall, Farring-'
don street, London, and hoping FER
vently for the reclamation of the car
nivorous millions outside. In accord
ance with the custom at these annual
gatherings, there was an exhibition
of preparations from which every ves-
tige of the hateful meat was rigorous
ly excluded.
A hardened unbeliever who visited
the exhibition was little astonished
to discover at one of the stalls plate
OF what looked like outlets. 1t was
reassuring, however, to learn that they
were absolutely innocent of meat and
that, like the rissoles on another dish.
they might be eaten without blush
by the truest disciple of the turnip.
Nut foods, moulded to counterfeit
the shameless sausage; countless ex-
tracts and preparations warranted to
impart more bone, brain, blood and
muscle than an entire herd of prize
rattle, and innumerable tabloids, pow
ders, syrups, desiccated foods, breads,
oils, biscuits and soups, all suggestive
ly named and attractively put up, were
on show for the delectation of the
faithful and the conversion of those
who wander in the darkness Of unbe-
uef,-New York Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04
Soda as Fire Extinguisher.

druggists generally realize the
value OF soda fountains in eXtinguish-
ing fires" said Chief Musham, of Chi
cago, the other day TO an Inter-Ocean
reporter. 'They have not, however,
carried the idea very Far. II each drug
store which has q fountain We're sup
piled with a slender line of hose,
which could be attached, many small
tires which afterwards grow to large
ones could be eXtlnguished promptly.
An average soda fountain can force
small stream of water ten CT twelve
feet. 1t carries n pressure of 125 to
$50 pounds, which is enough for fire
eXtlngulshing purposes.
MANY an inciplent blaze has been
eXtlnguished by the use of soda
siphon. The great point is to get at
the flames at the beginning. Ii hose
were provided, with attachments by
which it could be coupled to the foun-
tain, a saving of thousands Of dollars
in small fires could be effected each
year."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04
"Thackeray Street."

Another new Kensington street
name, says the London Chronicle, has
literary interest. The improved street
between Charles street and Kensing-
ton Square has been named Thackeray
street, in honor of the author Of 'Vani-
ty Fair" who lived for eight or nine
years in Onslow Square, close by.
AT the house which he had built for
himself at No. Palace Green, Ken
s.ngton, he died ON Christmas Eve,
1863. Apparently there is 10 other
street in London bearing his name,
though large temperance hotel t.
the Bloomsbury district has been
named the Thackeray, and has been
followed by u kingsley.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04

They have begun to pave the streets
of Paris with glass, and it is found
that the substance, while practically
indestructible, is admirably suited to
the feet of both man and beasts; and,
as it neither hclds nor makes any dirt,
it is absurdly easy to clean. Its only
faul. is that it somewhat increases
the noise Of the traffic, but even this
might, by and By, be overcome
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04

Cattlemen in Greenwood county,
Kansas, are making hard times for
lawyers. They have established a
Gystem of arbitrating differences.
Three men are chosen as an arbitra-
tion committee. They investigate the
trouble and make decision which is
final. A fuss involving 100000 was
settled in Eureka the other day by an
arbitration committee.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04

There is German movement
against pessimism. A society has been
formed to look for the real things in
art, science literature and life, ana
inspire people with the joy of free
dom.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04

UnI Gle Sam has footholi in Japan.
That country has just executed
lease in perpetuity for the site of the
new American hospital at Yokohama.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04

Parsee Maharajah, mill-owner. mil
lionaire and philanthropist-Sir Din
shaw Manockjee Petit-has just died
in western India and his name and
memory deserve to be perpetuated.
He spent a large part of his fortune in
the establishment of hospitals and in
the erection of drinking fountains in
the cities of his native country. The
sick and women, without respect to
sect or race, AMI dumb brutes were
his special beneficiaries.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04

Consul Mahin, of Reichenberg, in
n communication to the state depart
menat at Washington, rays that a
Belgian engineer his discovered a
method by which smoke can be turned
into light. The inventor collects the
smoke from any kind Of fire and
forces it into a receiver. 1t is then
saturated with hydro-carburet AMI a
brilliant light results.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04
FROM SUFFERING.

The most beautiful songs that ever were
sung,
The noblest words that ever were spo-
ken,
Have been from sorrow and suffering
wrung,
From human lives heart-broken.
The harp is meaningless and dumb
Till the strings are strained; then the
pure notes come.
Home Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04

The succession to the italian crown
is governed by the Salic law. Hence
the newly born daughter of the Ital
Ian King cannot inherit it. 1t must
follow the male line. The Salic law
prevails in Austria and Russia as
well as in Italy.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04

London is variable term; its
boundaries being different for differ
ent administrative bodies. Greater
London" the district under the Metro
Dolitan and City Police. has a popuIa-
ton of G,57S,7S4 according to the
new census. an increase of 961 ,552
since 1891. The district is made up
by aiding to the London of the ad-
ministrative county, II populous sub
urbs which between them have
2,042, $50 inhabitants.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04

Tennessee has a law prohibiting
the employment of children under IA
years of age in factories. mines and
shops.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04

The disciples of Isaak Walton will
be interested in knowing that the
dolphin is credited with a speed of
considerably over 20 miles an hour.
For short distances the salmon can
outstrip any other fish, accomplishing
its 20 miles an hour with ease. The
Spanish mackerel is one of the fast
est of food fishes, and cuts the water
like a yacht. Predatory fish are gen.
orally the fastest swimmers.
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Entered at the Postof1lce at Freeland. Pa,
as Second-Class Matter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04

Professor Standfuss, Of Zurich, has
been studying the effects OF solar heat
and temperature on butterflies. More
than forty thousand butterflies were
subjected to close examination. Some
degrees more or less change the nature
and looks so much that they take on
every appearance of having been born
in q warmer or colder climate. On one
occasion, it being very cold in Switzer-
land. q butterfly common there sud-
denly began to look like q butterfly
from Lapland. Others subjected to a
higher solar temperature changed and
looked like butterflies from Corsica or
Syria. The experiments, which are
to be continued, led to the production
Of butterflies of an entirely new type,
some being Of q very beautiful de-
scription.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04

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A Paris newspaper announces the
invention of an instrument called the
topophone, which registers sounds too
faint for human hearing, and which
will enable navigators to determine
the exact position of other vessels In
4 FOG. =,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-04

A Paris newspaper announces the
invention of an instrument called the
topophone, which registers sounds too
faint for human hearing, and which
will enable navigators to determine
the exact position of other vessels In
q fog. -,
One Of the simplest, cheapest and
best sterillzers is sunshine, and it Is
important to allow as much sun In
a sick room as possible. The same
rule Is applicable to the rooms Of
healthy people. The good effects Of
'sun bathing" In the treatment Of con-
valescents Is ample proof Of the utili-
ty of the rays of the sun for therapeu-
tic purposes.
One of the professors at the Pasteur
Institute in Paris has discovered a
microbe that breeds q pestilence
among rats. Specimens of 1t have been
tested on farms and In warehouses
with success. In one-half the cases
the whole colony of rats were de-
stroyed; In other cases, the number
was greatly reduced. Thus science
will take the place Of nature, and the
occupation of the cats will be gone.
An instance of the transformation
by scientific means of a deleterious
into q useful substance is furnished
by a process recently invented in
Germany, in connection with the
manufacture Of superphosphate fer
tilizer where apatite is used. The
large volumes of hydrofuoric acid that
are given off seriously contamlnate
the atmosphere, but by the new pro-
cess these gases are recovered in the
form of fluosilicic acid, which is used
in the manufacture of artificial stone
for hardening soft limestone and sand
stone, and for other purposes.
Under certain conditions there may
be seen In the night sky, exactly op-
poslte to the place where the sun may
then be, faint light, rounded in out
line, to which the name "gegenschien"
has been given. 1t has always been
mystery TO astronomers, but Pro-
fessor Pickering has suggested that it
may be cometary or metoorc satel-
lite Of the earth. He thinks it may be
composed Of cloud of meteors, 1,O00,-
900 miles from the earth, and revolv-
ing around 1t in a period Of just one
solar year, SO that the sun and the
ghostly satellite are always on oppo-
site sides Of the earth.
been studying the effects OF solar heat
The age-herald., 1901-04-21
WIRELESS TELEPHONY.
The New Invention is Being Rapidly
 Perfected.


 The evolution of the wireless telephone Is making rapid strides in the hands of the German physicists, says the Electri- cal Review. Herr E. Runner, whose ingen- uity seems to know no bounds, has modi- fled both the transmitter and the receiver in 8 radical manner, says one of Mir
 Fournier's d'Albe's abstracts. After rent intensity in the speaking arc'' is bad for for acoustic effects, speaking arc" Is bad for acoustic effects, but very good for the fluctuations of lu- minous intensity used for transmission, he proceeds to dispense with the arc alto- gether and substitutes for 1t chalk or zircon block mounted on the telephone diaphragm itself and heated In the usual way by means of an oxy-hydrogen flame. The slight vibrations of the telephone disk suffice to alter the position of the luminous body in the flame, and thus to vary It's luminosity in a manner suitable for the transmission of speech. At the receiving station, the high resistance of selenium cells has hitherto presented a difficulty. The author gets rid of 1t by substituting for the selenium cell a 'radiomicrophone, kind of carbon coherer mounted in the focal line of a parabolic mirror. The differences in tenn perature produced by the impact of the light upon the carbon are sufficient to &C., tuate telephone receiver The author also suggests a bolometer as receiver.
The age-herald., 1901-04-21
CROWS LIKE TERRAIN EGGS.
One Reason Why the Maryland Crop
 of Diamond Backs is Short.

The crow is the evil genius of the tur- tie just as the diamond-back and other terrapins When the warm days of spring come and the female terrapins and tur- ties leave their beds in the marsh, the crow goes on guard, knowing that sea son of fea sting is at hand. Both terra pins and turtles seek the warm, sandy uplands near the shore to deposit their eggs.
 A hole is dug several inches deep and from twenty to thirty inches oblong, white eggs are deposited. and then the nest is filled up or covered with sand. Having neatly piled the sand over the eggs, the turtle raises himself just as high as is possible, then comes down with a heavy thud on the sand. This Is con- tinued until the sand is quite hard, when the eggs are left for the sun to hatch.
 In he meantime the crow has been on guard and by means of his sharp bill and strong claws the work of breaking into the, treasure-house of the unsuspecting turtle is quickly accomplished and the feast Is soon over. The crow is consider ed by many to be the greatest enemy the has. It is an easily estab- lished fact that the crow destroys thou sands of the eggs of all kinds of terra pin, not making an exception of the dia- mOnd-back.
The age-herald., 1901-04-21
TRAMP LOCKED
In a Car With Two Big TarantuIas
 Jumping Around.

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 They were talking abou. queer ex- periences In their several vacations, told this story:
 q was laying of at Tucson, Ariz.. one day several years ago." he said, land to kill time had strolled down to the tracks to have chin with the yardmaster. While we were talking a through freight pulled in from the
 West and went into siding; and, no sooner had it come to a standstill, than we were surprised to hear a muffied pounding and yelling, appar- ently inside of one of the cars. We ran down the line and in a moment located the uproar in sealed box car loaded with oranges from fruit ranch in Southern California Help Mur- der' shouted somebody behind the
 aoor; Let me out! Let me out!' and
 then came a terrific volley of kicks.
 Whats the matter? called the yard
 master. too much astonished to know
 what to do. Murder. Murder! Lem- me out quick!' screamed the voice. By that time quite crowd had collected. and, of course, everybody had diff ferent suggestion. Better be mighty careful about opening the car,' said one man excitedly; If somebody's be- ing murdered the other fellow is go- ing to make rush, and the chances are he has a knife That caused a general falling back, but the yard master was game, and it took him about five seconds to twist off the seal and push back the door. As he did so, the toughest looking tramp I ever saw in my life tumbled headlong into the yard. There was no doubt about his being scared; his lips were as blue as indigo and his eyes were stick ing out of their sockets Ike hard boiled eggs Look out for the other fellow yelled the crowd. There aint no other fellow groaned the tramp; it's tarantulas! There's two big tarantulas in the car, jumpin' all over everywhere!'
 That explanation was ample for every man on the ground, but if you never saw the hairy spider on his na- tive heath you can hardly understand the horror it inspires. To begin with. it is nearly as big as your fist, and to see that monstrous, ugly, sprawling tnlng suddenly leap into the air like a cat Is enough to give strong man heart disease. It's bite, as you know. IS certain death. Well, as it turned out, the unfortunate hobo was trying to beat his way to El Paso in the sealed box car and was having pretty time of It when he hap pened to look toward the door, and there, in streak of daylight that came through the bottom, he saw two enormous trantulas squatting on the floor. He had knocked around South ern California long enough to know them at a glance, and came near top bling over rom pure fright. While he was staring at the things they dis That was on the morning of the day the .rain reached Tucson, and for eight or ten mortal hours he roosted there in the dark, expecting every minute to feel one of the horri- ble hairy brutes on his hands or neck.
The age-herald., 1901-04-21

dition of the blood, and local
 applications, while soothing and cooling, and may to some extent relieve the infia1nma- ton and itching, cannot be considered cures, because external remedies do not reach constitutional or blood diseases. Salyes, ointments,
 powders, lotions and soaps do more harm than good, by sinearing over and scaling up
The age-herald., 1901-04-21
Society Women's Health.

Dr. Grace Peckham Murray, in Harper's
 Bazar
 The influences which undermine the have thus far been considering are those which act upon her nervous sys- tenn, such as her money anxieties,. her lack of time to carry out her ambi- tious projects, her great exertion-if she is a parvenu-not only to achieve her position, to mount the social lad. der, but to become acquainted with all the properties and actions to carry out her new role-all of which bear heavily upon her nervous system, and tend to a nervous breakdown. There are other circumstances peculiar to the society woman which undermine her health, such as her manner of liv. ing, her late hours, her ways of dress ing and her unhealthy diet, which pre- sent themselves for consideration, and are often enough the subjects for pub. lie discussion and apprehension.
 The society woman turns night into day. The late hours which entertain ments, operas and balls institute are not in themselves injurious, provided the sleep Is made up, but 1t is not pos sible to burn the candle at both ends without serious injury to health. The bed demands very nearly if not quite one-third of the twenty-four hours. Re- pose is essential in order that the waste products of activity can be re- moved. Sleep not only "knits up the travelled sleeve of care," but it re- news the ravages made by the wear and tear of life. Nerves, glands, or gans and muscles are renewed in this period of repose and prepared to re- sume their activities anew. It Is said of even inanimate things that the atoms and molecules of which they are composed need intervals of ces- sation from the work to which they are applied. The complex being, with her delicate nervous, adjustment, the society woman, must have her periods of repose regularly and of the usual length; they may not occur at the ordinary time of common folk, but they must be taken in full measure.
 Loose-leaf ledgers made by Roberts & Son, only manufacturers in Alabama 1909 Second avenue. 4-2-7t
The age-herald., 1901-04-21

being indifferent after
 
 
 pro the at times that seabs or c5usts form which dtrouble Rd The dry form usually aacts the head cracking bleeding itching poisoned
The age-herald., 1901-04-21

I don't wonder he was scared clear out of his wits-in fact, I've often thought it was just about the worst position l ever knew a man to be in. We opened botn doors, goo some sticks and found the spiders without much trouble. Of course, we made short work of them. How they got there, heaven only knows. The chances are .ney were hiding in a fruit crate, but I never knew such a thing to happen before or since. when I last saw the hobo he was footing it eastward. He said walking wasn't hls speciality, but he preferred it to box cars in the spi- der zone.''.
The age-herald., 1901-04-21
Mail Advice Is Always Good.

Who own stocks now? We answered questions April 20, 190O By special iet- ter showing stating that the biggest men in the country were the owners of the stocks The average of twenty stocks then was 75.77. It is now 112; our special issue Monday, April 22, 1901. Under the same title will tell you why the people who own stocks now will put them high CT. Sent free Lewis A. May & Co. bankers and hrokers members New York Produce EXC. ..ange, 31 and S3 Broadway. New York. Send for our book, Wall Street Illustrated"
The age-herald., 1901-04-21

Loose-leaf ledgers made by Roberts & Son, only manufacturers in Alabama, 1909 Second avenue. 4-21-7t
The age-herald., 1901-04-21
SPECIAL ONE-WAY. Second Class colonists' Excursion To
 California.

The Alabama Great Southern Railroad will sell one-way second class colonists' tickets to San Francisco. Los Angeles. San Diego and intermediate points. from Birmingham, Ala, at the rate of ss0 & Dates of sale March 4. Il. IS. 25. April 1, s. 15. 22, 29, 1901. Particulars and informa- tion cheerfully furnished on application. J. c. LUSK, Travelling Passenger Agent.
 2-27-tf s01s First avenue
The age-herald., 1901-04-21

 pons circulation all impurities pure skin becomes soft smooth and and efectuay does this S. the only inforaen e adyce you may ds Medical
The age-herald., 1901-04-21

MT. L. Marno, Escondido, San Diego County, Cal, writes: "My body broke out with . rash or eruption which in spite of all efforts to cure continued to get worse. The itching, especially at night, was simply terrible; 1t would almost disappear at times, only to return worse than ever had tried many highly recommended preparations without benefit, and hearing of s. 8. s. determined to give it 2 fair trial, and was inexpressibly delighted when few bottles pf1nple from my body. shall not fail to recom- mend 8. s. s. whenever opportunity occurs.
The age-herald., 1901-04-21
Not superstitIous, But =

From the Somerville (Mass.) Journal
 Hicks-You say you haven't single su- perstition. Would you ever start on a journey on Friday?
 Wcks-Never Saturday is pay day