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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

All goods are alike to PUTNAM FADELEss
DYES, as they color all fibers at one boiling.
Sold by all druggists.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

The largest locomotive works in the
world are in Philadelphia.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

Mira. Win,low's Soothing Syrup FOR children
teething, soften tho guns, reiuces indamn,-
tion. aiiays pain, cures wini colic 25, a DO .c..
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

The man who says he would share his
last dollar with you somehow or other
never gets down to his last dollar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

The greatest railroad in the word is in
the United States
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

Women were first permitted to bo-
come employees in government Offices
in 1862.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

The favorite flower of the fortune hunt
er is marigold.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

A gallon of water weighs 10 pounds.
a gallon of mercury 1857 pounds.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

The United Kingdom has $50 blast
furnaces; France $40.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

A man in Calaveras county, Cal, is
hatehing pheasants in incubators.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

Brazil grows about half the coffee GRO.
of the world
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

New Zealand crown lands are now
disposed of for 900 years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

The number OF emigran.s who le:. Ger.
Waay in 1870 was ooo.3U9.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

Every woman who marries feels that to
q certain degree she is a reformer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

TheTe are too many people who enjoy
wearing borrowed feathers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

Immigration for the IL months end,
ing with May increased 460T3.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

Frey's Verinifugc For Worms.
Tho standard cure. 90 yrs trial: no fail
ire. The children's friend. csc. Druggists.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

The skin of the whale is from two
inches to two feet thick, and the skin
of large specimen weighs thirty tons.
The rhinoceros is the thickest skinned
quadruped. with hide so tough as
to resist the claws of a lion or tiger,
the sword. or the balls Of an old-fash-
toned musket.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

With the exception of a few small
concerns in Warsaw there is only one
large shoe factory in Russia. This
concern does an enormous business,
and is one OF the most prosperous
stock companies in the empire.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

1t is said that the Bank of France
has an invisible studio in gallery
behind the cashiers. so that at a given
signal from one of them any suspected
customer has his photograph taken
without his knowledge.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

' Women in China have the privilege
of fighting in the wars. In the rebel
lion of 1850 women did as much fight
ing as men. At Nankin in 1853 800,
600 women from various parts of the
country were formed into brigades of
$4,000 each, under female officers. OF
these soldiers 10000 were picked wom-
en-, drilled and garrisoned in the city.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-02

The sauee that made West roin, fam eu-.r
VI McllHENNY'S TA3ASCO.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
Taking Too Great a Risk.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 A New York doctor was talking to me of a death that had just ocourr., In Brooklyn from hydrophbia.
 "I never see an account of some one being bitten by a dog, and followed by the statement you see so often: "Dr Blank cauterized the wound and 1t is doing we'll without having a cold shiver run down my back" said he.
 'Now, what right has any doctor to take chances like that? We know thai there is such a thing as hydrophop:a, and the most of us believe that thel @ is safety in the Pasteur treatment. The very doctors who merely burn the wound and let the patient go, show that they believe in it. for again and again do we read of their asking Ielp from the PaSteur Institute when rabies have come upon their patients, and it is too late.
 Far better to send a hundred cases to that treatment. where it may not be needed, than to let one man suffer this awful fate. No physician has d light to let his patient run he r;sK Give them the treatment; it cannot dc them harm, in any case.
 I have no interest in his beyond that of humanity. But I never intend to be one of tho Sc who 'cauterlzed the wound and let the patient go. It's a risk I am not inviting
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
The Pope's New Poem.

London Pail Mall Gazette:
 Although Leo XIII. is never allowed to feel the cold of the winter months his mental and physical activity is much greater during the summer. when he lives in the open, as for him it is never too warm. At present he goes into his garden only for a limited time each day as during his leisure hours which are not so many as might be expected in a man of his age, he is understood to have the Seasons" as theme.
 The Pontiff has three private secre- taries. and to them he dictates as he composes the lines. very seldom put ting pen to paper himself, because his hand is now very unsteady, and also because he has a horror of autograph hunters. and especially of any traffic which might be made of his writing after his death. It Is said that in for mer years. when he himself drew LID the drafts of his encyclias. after they were copied for printing he most painstakingly tore them up into small pieces. which even the patience of Job could not have put together again.
 It is. apparently, little effort to his holiness to write and think in Latin, but sometimes when the phrase does not come at once, he consults other Latinist scholars, his intimates. ex- blaming his thought Thus they work until the form is perfect, but it is all ways the pope who gives the final and effective touches.
 His new poem is almost completed but that does not mean that the world will soon enjoy it, as it is a peculiaritv of the venerable author only to publish when the spirit moves
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
Women Lighthouse Keepers.

woman nome companion.
 For great many years women have occupied positions as lighthouse keep CTS. until now there are few States with coast line that do not number at least one woman among their light keepers, and frequently a greater num- Der.
 The accommodati iore Cr ~ ''~'-.'---.-~ station are. of course. varied. Some- times they are simple. but in the case of the new structures they are very elaborate. In the ordinary building there are usually service room, living room. bed room, oil room and a store room.
 The first woman to act as a light house keeper was probably Eliza beth Smith. who in 1880 kept the light at Old Field Point. l.. l.. and had full charge of it for twenty-five years Nancy Rose was appointed in Novem- Der 1857. as lighthouse keeper to sue ceed her husband at Stoney Point. on the Hudson River. She is the first wo- man keeper whose appointment is on official record In her 77th year Mrs Rose still climbed the ladder to the light with no uncertain step. faithfully keeping her vigil under stormy and starry skies.
 Another one of these heroines is Mrs. Martha A Keeler who has spent 24 years in various lighthouses along the North Carolina coast. Nine years of this time she was IA miles from land but she had her birds and flowers and books, and between them and the per formance of her duties she never had time to be lonesome Mrs. Josephine
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07

from the exeprience of the recruiting committee with conscripts ordered up to join the colors this year, the aver age French youth is a very poor spect- men of humanity despite the increased attention paid to athletics and the rapid extension of sports in recent years.
 M. Gascon Mery, an ultra patriot of the new nationalist order, end conse- quently not likely to overdraw the picture, makes melancholy reflections upon what he saw the other day when acting as examiner of several hundred young fellows called for service in Paris. They were all country bred, and. coming from all parts of France, may be considered fairly representative of the nation. Out of S00," says M. Mery, "who passed before me, not ten could be rightly termed well made. Pigeon chested, round shouldered. and weak legged were nearly all: while when they had no particular deformi- ty they were wanting in muscle.
 Tt sems the Perais bred boys are even worse. Alcohol. smoking and overindulgence have done their deadly work. No need to look further for the cause of such decadence. How can a nation increase and multiply with a rising generation such as this? We hear a great deal in France of what Is done for the improvement of horse breeding; if you ask my advice. it Is time-ay high time!-that we sAt about finding some means of improving the human race, or at any rate that DOT tion of 1t represented by young France!'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
PAY THAT LAWMAKERS GET.
Legislators of Europe Not in Danger
 of Getting Rich.

There is little likelihood that the members of the several legislative as- semblies of Europe will become wealthy upon tine salaries they receive. The most expensive parliament in Eu- rope Is that of France, which costs S1.500000 a year. The French people are very we'll represented. There are 3ce Senators and 5s4 Deputies. a total in excess of S0o. Each receives a sal ary of $1, 500 a year.
 In the United States the ninety Sem ators and 300 Congressmen are paid g. 500. 900 in salaries
 The members of the British Parlia- ment serve without salary. The incl were but s26O. GOO. The German Reich stag, with it's two branches. costs the voters on an average $1000nO a year.
 Russia has no Parliament in the American or French sense. 50 that this item is entirely caved. The les:s- lators in the Italian Parliament re- ceiVe no salaries. but have free trans- portation on railroads. The cost If the Italian Parliament last year. nev 4rthe- less. was $420,0o0.
 The salaries of law makers in many parts of Europe seem trifing, accord ing to American standards. In LonLcn, for instance. there are 15D members in the upper and 250 in the lower branch. The former get no pay at alI anl tne latter but $500 a year. Ami # any ses- sion lasts longer than four months they are paid al the rate of S2.50 a d1" ad- ditional. The Parliament of Hollard comprises 150 members in two houses Members of the upper house receive g. a day and the second body $500 a year and mileage. The Parliamen. of Hol- land costs $300000 a year.
 The most scantily paid of any of the regularly salaried law makers are t.>use of Austria. There are two legislative bodies for Austria, one meeting in Vi- enna and one in Budapest. 'rh- total cost is $s00,0o0 a year. An Austrian law provides that the members le- ceive 10 f1orins or $2 d,y.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
IN THE WRONG COAT.
Tale Illustrative of German Official
 Punctiliousness.
London Telegraph.

London Telegraph.
 In regard to forms and ceremonies of everyday life, such as the taking off of hats lowing to strangers etc, the German i5 much more particular than the English who, because of their omission to say Good morning" on en- tering .d public room or to bow when taking a seat at a hotel dinner table, are sometimes described by chauvinist Germans as devoid of manners. TO what lengths tnls punctiliousnesS may run in official circles is illustrated by the following story:
 It appears that in Spandau. the fortress town not far from Berlin, where Prussia's war treasure of coin are stored for future use If needed, the registrar is obviously of opinion that persons duly united in wedlock must mend their ways after uatrimony in regard to their clothing. whether they have tune to do so or not. A working man recently went 10 his office to mo- tify the birth of a child. The official in question refused to accept the re- r0rt on the ground that the workman was in his working attire and not in Sunday black, The laborer naturally did not see the thing from the same point of view. Time being money 10 lT11, IL Was ODNIOuSly q lOSS CI money to him 10 be obliged to so to the reg istrar during the hours of work to per form this citizen duty, and he iid not see why he should lose more hy hav- ing to deck himself ou. in his Sunday clothes for an hour in the midst of his mornings work. He accordingly did not go again to the registrar. The po- lice retortad by fning him } =hlIlipgs. He appeared in the courts, but tlIe Judge took the view of the official. and he has had to pay his mo ley. At Spandau, therefore, fathers have to put on their best clothes when they report the births of theIr children; on the other hand, 1t is said that n offi- cer of the army always goes in his undresS working" costume. and not in full dress with helmet. etc. T;e op- eratives cannot comprehend the regis tral's distinction nor the decision of the magistrate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
ORIGIN OF FAMOUS HYMNS. Inspirations That Led Devout Peo-
 pie to Compositions

The origin of many of the popular hymns that are sung with zest Wner- ever Christian people assembleHto offer praise to their Creator greatly deepens the interest in both the songs, and the singers and reveals that mighty kin ship of human souls. that divine sym pathy, that confers deathless fame on a few simple verses, soul biographies living in song.
 Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me" This greatest of hymns was written in 1775 by Rev. Augustus Toplady, a very learned English divine, who died at the early age of 3S. The hymn has the rare, wondrous spiritual ecstasy he re- illness he said: II cannot %ell the comforts that I feel in my aoul; they are past expression. It will not be long before God takes me. for no nor tai man can live after the glories which God has manifested to my soul" The marble tablet overshis grave says: He wrote Rock of Ages, Cleft For Me-
 Mrs. Vanalstyne, better known as Fanny Crosby, the blind poet. wrote the hymn Safe in the Arms of Jesus' for music in twenty minutes, but into it was put the essence of her whole life of faith. Miss Crosby, after a days jostling through the city streets. guided by some loving hand. returns to her little room and pours forth her soul in song.
 Of the many hymns written by Mrs. Sarah Flower Adams, the only one that has survived is the humn, Nearer My God. to Thee" based on the Bible story of Jacobs vision at Bethel. the imagery of which narrative it follows most faithfully.
 One day Charles Wesley was sitting by an open window, looking over the beautiful fields, when he saw a little bird pursued by a hawk. The poor thing. weak and frightened, in seeking to escape from it's enemy. flew into the room and found refuge in Wes- leys bosom. As the poet was then in great trouble and needed the safety of refuge, the consolation of help from a higher power than his own, the incident seemed to him a divine mes sage. and, thus inspired he wrote the famous hymn. Jesus. Lover of My Soul.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
GETTING A TAGGING"
Experience is a Terrible One. Ing Sing Convicts State That the

Experience is Terrible One.
 Sing Sing Convicts State That the Sing Sing Star of Hope:
 The amelioration of prison discipline III the last twenty years has been su marked &lat even those persons who rarely observe anything have noted the change. The abolition of the contract system. although not general in the United States. is practically so in some of the Northern States, and no longer exists in any European country. It's abuses were so varied and incurable that 1t was necessary to root 1t out en- tirely. and this has been done except in few States in the South, where the hocial conditions are such as to prevent any radical changes unless pushed with persistent effort. That was the most important step made in prison reform, and its good effects up- on the prisoners are so obvious that they cannot be questioned. There is however. little harmony of method in the prisons of different States. the management of each institution being the author. for the most part, of its body of rules and regulat tions. al though in New York long step in the centralization of authority has been mace and in the similar methods of
 
 It is possible that. with the frequent improvements made in the condition of conVicts in recent years, those who profit by them may be interested in the methods employed in Great Britain where the discipline is stern and un- yielding. and every day of a sentence has twenty-four hours of time in it. It has fallen to my lot to do long Tagging" in a public works prison in England. and the experience has no al leviating memory. It was simply un- alloyed hades. On conviction and sen tence the prisoner is taken to county prison to do nine months of separate confinement. This is spent in large cell. well warmed. lighted and venti- lated without a bed for the first three months. with bed two nights in the week for another three months, and then with increasing frequency, until a last month a bed. with sheets, rug and pill low is given every night The work is sewing bags and weaving. and the task Is as much as green hand can do with industry. The food Is simple. but unVaried. twenty<three ounces of bread
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
MAKING OF A COMEDIAN.
Early Days of Jimmie Powers - A Boy That Always Lost His Job,

Richard Duffy in August Ainslee's:
 II was lucky in getting jobs when I was boy" MT. Powers said. but I was just as unlucky in losing them. Compensation. I suppose. I got so ac- customed to hear my doom in the words. James. you are discharged, that from the time I went to work in a place I used to live in expectation. That's a good while ago. but I think if somebody suddenly said those words to me now in the same old way, I'd look for my hat and move>on.
 Tt was just because I was on the wrong track, but I couldn't understand it. Nor colud any one else. With every job I got l felt my self respect de- crease. I remember the first place worked in It was in a tea company'S s store over on Grand avenue. I had been there about a week when I was told to go down in the cellar and fill a large measure with molasses from a barrel. I put the measure under the spigot and turned 1t on. You know how swift molasses Is. I thought had time to do anything. I began to practice tumbling. I was just getting nicely limbered up. the molasses was moving as slowly as ever, and 1 took the spring for another tumble.
 When I came to I was lying on the floor almost drowned in molasses. Some of the men were standing around ready to laugh. only the superintendent was there. They showed me the beam against which l musct have struck my head when I asked them what had happened to me. As soon as I could walk they sent me home in my sweet ened condition. My new suit of clothes was a wreck. and the next day another boy brought my pay to the house. The tea company made up their minds to do without me.
 Yes, I was a messenger boy for awhile. but I suppose I was too much like the ones you see in comic papers. It doesn't do to be too artistic. Run away to go on the stage? No. sir. 1 had to go on. my mother forced me to. And she was a sensible woman. But she only decided on this when she came to the conclusion that If I was to dance and tumble my way through life I had better be in business where dancing and tumbling were in demand. I made my first appearance at the Sans Souci Garden in Long Branch. I was end man, did a song and dance. a jig dance and a pedestal clog. Sometimes Iplayed in the after clog. l slept in a loft over the wings and got $4 a week. But I was happy. The night of my first appearance sent two copies of the program to every relative. friend. acquaintance and ene- my had. I kept about twenty copies of 1t for myself packed among my things. My name was on it."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07

more, for there is just as much care and skill required in the one case as in the other. They are kept in posi- tion by means of attachments to the inside of the mouth and teeth.
 "The most common of all artificial organs is the eye. Though artificial optics are usually described as glass eyes, they are not made of that mate rial. but of a special metallic enamel. Usually makers keep in stock thou sands of eyes of every size, shape, and color.
 One thing which makes the demand for eyes greater than that for any other kind of false organ of the human body is the fact that an artificial eye only lasts about a year-often only nine months-owing to the action of the tears upon 1t. Another reason for their production in such quantities is that at regular intervals the man who be- gins to wear such an imitation eye has to have one of larger size. You see. when he begins-generally from some accident-to supplant his natural with an artificial orb the eye socket is nearly closed. and so only small enamel eye can be fitted into 1t at first. As this causes the socket to enlarge somewhat. a little later larger eye is fitted in, and so on till the wearer has got one the same size as his real one.
 "As a rule it takes five or six persons to make such an eye. globe is formed of the enamel and then the eye coloring is burnt into this by specially clever workers. This coloring may be of any shade generally found in eyes. Afterward the globe has to be cut and shaped to the pattern given, and the edges are then 'annealed' or fired to prevent breaking. Last of all the whole eye is polished. A very curious thing about these artificial eyes, nearly akin to a mans feeling a pain in his wooden leg, is that when fitted they will often show themselves susceptible to the mo- tion of the socket and so will turn in various directions like a real eye. Eyes range, according to quality, from $1.50 to s6.
 Legs and arms are made with move able joints, the hands on the latter capable of grasping and lifting a glass. The manufacture of artificial parts of the human body has become. indeed, as nearly perfect as would seem pos sible.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
The Good Work.
New York Life:


 It was morning in South Africa.
 The commander-in-c chief of the Brit ish forces put his head through the flap of his tent and called to his order ly to have the major commanding the advance division summoned.
 An. major" he said. as that func- tionary approached. have my instruc- tions been carried out?"
 They have. sir" replied the major.
 Have you issued an order that every Boer village will be pillaged and neither men. women nor children shall have shelter?"
 'I have. sir"
 And did you burn down all those farm houses that you told me about?"
 Every one"
 And have you left nothing undone to impress upon these half civilized wretches that there will be no quarter of any sort as long as they try to pro- tect their homes?"
 'I have"
 Then" said the chief. turning to his secretary. write out a dispatch to the home papers saying that 1t will be only a short time now before the honor of old England will be completely Vindicated."
 The best cure for pessimism is to learn tn n NuinHnW
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
Free Ticket to Buffalo.

How would you like to have one? Well. The Advertiser is going to send school teacher, a clerk and a police man or fireman. to the great Pan American Exposition. Free railroad ticket to Buffalo and return and $25 spending money given to each of the three successful contestants. Full particulars elsewhere. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
MAKE EXCELLENT SOLDIERS.
New French Army Law Reduces Prescribed Height of Recruits.

New York Telegraph.
 The new law reducing the accepted height for service in the French army to an inch or so above five feet is already being put into practice. and will probably result in 5000 more men being passed into the ranks per an- mum.
 In France as in England doctors claim that short men if sturdy and in good health, will prove as good and capable soldiers as their taller brethern. There seems no reason why