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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14

1t has been frequently stated that
the editor of country newspaper
works harder for less pay than any
man of similar ability in his commu-
nifty. There is no doubt some truth
in this, but it is far from being fair
statement of the case.
A similar statement might be made
to apply to the country doctor or law
yer, and with quite as much truth.
There are poor editors, poor lawyers,
poor farmers, poor merchants and SO
on along the line, but as a rule we do
not have to look far to discover the
why's and wherefores.
Just mans ability to get a few
hundred dollars together for printing
machinery does not make him an edi-
tor, any more than the purchase of a
few bottles Of pills and boxes of pow
ders makes man a doctor. There
must be something more than mere
name.
No doubt the country editor does
work hard, and in very many in
stances he works in the dark. If he
gets out poor newspaper he must
expect to be i'll paid, and generally it
is the editor of poor newspaper that
does the hardest work.
Fortunately there are very many
editors of country newspapers who
do not come under this head, and in
every instance it will be found that
they are live, hustling men who run
their papers on business principles.
and are not satisfied with putting
"any old thing" in type just SO long
as 1t will fill the required space.
Backed up by brains there are hard
er roads to. travel than publishing a
country newspaper, but without at
least a normal supply Of gray mat.
ter" It is tortuous and full of snares
and pitfalls.-Fourth Estate.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
Prepared For Summer.

In the late spring after the ground
has settled, the roads should be pre-
pared for summer travel by being
shaped up With the road machine" or
road grader" When this work is
done, the ground is comparatively dry,
and consequently the heavier road
scraper is required and can be handled
ON the roads. 1t is somewhat unfor-
tunate that this tool is ordinarily
called a road grader, since the name
has possibly led to misconception
as to an important use of the machine.
AS an instrument of road construction,
this machine is used to give a crown
to the road; but as an instrument Of
maintenance, it should be used only to
smooth the surface and restore the or
iginal crown. Apparently some opera
tors assume that the machine is not to
be used except to increase the crown
of the road. Employed in this way
the crown is made too great, and big
ridge of loose earth is left in the mid
die of the road which only slowly con-
solidates and which is likely to be
washed into the side bitches to make
trouble there. Since the Introduction
of the road machine there has devel-
oped strong tendency to increase the
crown of the road unduly. Doubtless
the object is to secure better drainage
of the road bed, but piling up the earth
is an inadequate substitute for the
drainage. Side slopes sleeper than
just enough to turn the water into the
side bitches are n detriment. Other
things being equal, the best road to
travel on or to haul load over is q
perfectly fat one.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
John Chinaman's Easy Raiment.

Those who understand the subject
have to admit that when it comes to
the question Of rational dress the Chi
naman has very much the best Of it.
Who is there of us, arrived at a cer-
tain rotundity Of figure, who can COM
fortably pick up nickel FROM the
sidewalk without risking the integ-
rity Of many vital points of his raj
ment? American clothes are not made
for the performance of much STOPPING
or domestic gymnastics, but the Chi
naman, in his loose, easy fitting
clothes, is as free to stoop, jump, run
or turn handsprings as a small boy in
bathing. In Chinese suit of clothes
you can lie down and sleep with the
same amount Of comfort that you can
stand up and walk.-Broolllyn Eagle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14

With many expression of apprecia-
tion for the warm hospitality extend
ed by the business men of Philadel-
phia, the convention of the Southern
Industrial Association adjourned to
meet next year in Memphis, Tenn.
Before adjourning the following reso-
tion was adopted:
Whereas. The territory of many Of
the Southern States is entirely or
largely remote from water navigation,
and,
Whereas, The more prosperous coun-
tries of Europe have realized from the
earliest periods the vital Importance
Of good roads, and that much of their
prosperity depends upon q system Of
fine roads, and,
Whereas, We of the South realize
the great disadvantage under which
we are marketing our valuable pro-
ducts; therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That we, the Southern In
dustrial Association in convention as
sembled, do hereby earnestly urge
upon the attention Of all good citizens
of the South the Importance of the
improvement of the roads, and do
hereby memorialize the Legislatures
of the various Southern States to take
up this important matter and to enact
such laws as will tend toward the bet
terment of the roads of their respect
I've St8te2
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
Value of Chess as a Game.

The mental breakdown of three of
the worlds greatest chess players
suggests queries as to the value Of
chess as game. and especially as to
the evil of exhibitions and match
games. There Is something highly
abnormal in the powers demanded in
championship games. Clearly the
game of chess is not worth the candle
of sanity and life. The military. me-
dieval and royal types of life upon
which the imitation battle is founded,
IRE, moreover, no longer desired in
modern civilization. Evolution has
gone beyond all that, and the CONNER
cial, scientific and democratic ideas of
civilization are so different that the
mental exercises that mimic and stim-
ulate the old and outworn phases Of
human activity are precisely those
that do not conduce to progress and
success. Peasants are no longer
pawns, castles are in ruins, and If
king is checkmated, why, there are
thousands of better men fitted to rule
under the title of president, governor.
etc. Physiologic or biologic problem
solving is not helped by the peculiar
mnemonics and ingenuities of the
chestnut solver.-American Medicine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
Waiter Helped the Orchestra. .

One of the walters at the Kaltenborn
concert the other night unwittingly
helped out the orchestra quite appro-
priately. They were playing a Lizst
rhapsody and the fireworks were at
their best when he got an order. He
walked over to get his tray, which
was leaning against a post, and acci-
dentally kicked it hard. The tray fell
over with bang, but, as it happened.
the noise Of the kick and the noise of
the fall were in exact accord with the
orchestra, and came in just the place
where the score might have called for
cyElbals.
Herr Bernstein, the veteran kettle
drummer man, looked up in surprise,
for he knew the notes were not in the
score, but he had to smile when he
saw what had happened.-N York
Mail and Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
Penalty For Neglected Highways.

HTHE Postoftice Department is
trying to use the rural free
delivery experiment as an
argument in favor of good
roads, and where the experiment has
failed to improve the bad roads along
the routes the service will have to be
abandoned.
The department has gone over the
records to see how many routes were
interrupted by the condition of the
roads last spring, and has sent out
notices that unless the roads are i'm
proved to prevent similar interruption
this spring these routes will have to
be abandoned. The records show that
a great many routes were interrupted
from one to seven days last spring.
There were forty Of these routes in
Iowa, twelve in Illinois, ten in Wis
consin and n less number in other
Western and Southern States. The
record against Iowa is not so bad as
it seems because that State has 4
great many more rural free delivery
routes than any other State, and, like
Illinois, the State suffers at times
from bad roads which cannot be i'm
proved.
The department admits that it will
have to give some consideration to the
difficulty in building roads in Iowa and
Illinois, where the depth Of the soil
makes it almost impossible to con-
struct roads that will be passable at
all seasons of the year. 1t is admitted
that there are routes In Illinois and
Iowa where everything possible has
been done to make good roads for the
greater part Of the year, but during
the spring freshets these may be i'm
passable for a few days.
The order is meant to apply to those
routes where the people are Indifferent
to the condition of the roads and have
allowed them to become impossible
through neglect. The inspectors will
report ON the routes that are inter-
rupted this spring, and where the in
terruption is due to neglect of the
roads they will be abandoned. Where
the interruption is due to conditions
which cannot be overcome the depart
ment will make allowances and con-
tinue the service. ..s'cfss: 'r-'-r~ -.'.-V-
But the department regards rural
free delivery as an argument and an
inducement to build good roads, and
wherever the people are indifferent to
the advantages of the service the de-
partmnt holds that the experiment Is
failure. The demand for rural free
delivery is greater than the depart
ment can meet with the appropriation
by Congress, and it will favor those
communities which show most appre-
citation by building roads over which
the Government can send mails with
the least possible interruption.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
The First Year of Baby's Life.

The newly-born child has, during
the first month of its life, the senses
of taste and smell, while sight and
hearing begin to develop.
During the second month the child
becomes sensitive to sound, and OBJ
servation is born.
When the sixth month is reached
feeling has developed, and grief and
pleasurable emotions are exhibited.
In the eighth month displeasure
may be manifested. and in the ninth
the power Of imitation. When ten
months are reached child shows
memory, and at eleven, intelligible
words are uttered. while at twelve
months the habit Of obedience and
other qualities show signs of greater
mental activity, which at birth practi-
cally does not exlst-Americap Queen.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
Heard in an Open Car.

People talk in open cars with Won
derful appearance Of security. Nobody
seems to think anybody can hear in
the seat in front or the seat behind,
especially in the evening, and if cleo
trio light were not as good conductor
of private conversation as daylight.
Two women were running down mu-
tual acquaintance volubly in an open
car the other night, when one of them
summed up the case in these final
words:
He is a seifsh, cynical pig
A cynical pig would have been Gag
erly advertised by Barnum. il he had
had such an animal in the greatest
show that used to be on earth.-New
York Mail and Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
MINES OF CRUDE WAX!
Facts About Ozocerite, q Mineral Foune
in Ga1icia-Its Uses.

in Ga1icia-Its Uses.
United States Consul #. W. Hoss-
field, at Trieste, Austria, sends to the
State Department, Washington, long
report on ozocerite, or mineral wax, a
resinous substance resembling bees
wax, which is found in Russia, Ru-
mania, Egypt, Algeria, Canada, and
Mexico, as well as in AustriaHun-
gary, but which is found in quantities
sufficient to pay for mining only in the
district of Boryslav, Galacia, and to
q limited extent on the west coast of
the Caspian Sea. Concerning the min
ing of Czocerite, Consul Hossfeld says:
Mining operations are commenced by
sinking a shaft and connecting 1t BY
galleries with the beds, or 'nests,"
containing the wax. Sometimes it hap
pens. when nest is being opened.
that the enormous pressure of gases
shut up in the same causes the soft
mass of wax to be forced out with
great vehemence. Such occurrences
greatly imperil the lives of the min
ers, who are compelled to flee to some
higher part of the shaft for safety. In
some cases the pressure is so powerful
that even the deepest shafts are filed
with wax up to the surface. Previous
to 1884 the average yearly deaths from
such accidents were nine per 1000. In
recent years. however, measures have
been taken by the Government to pro-
tect the miners lives.
An official investigation made in
1898 showed that during the previous
cred an area of 956,9S5 square metres,
and that there were forty-two differ
ent mining concerns, employing 5413
operatives. The output in that year
was 775S6 quintals, equal to 17,067.-
92O pounds.
Mineral wax is never found in pure
state, and such of the crude material
as is intended for export is usually
freed from foreign matter near the
mines. 1t is for this purpose put into
tanks, which are heated either by a
direct fire or by steam.
The greater part of the ozocerite
consumed in Austria, the Consul says,
is manufactured into ceresin. Some
is also used in the manufacture of
shoemakers' wax and parafin. Ceresin
and beeswax are used in the manu-
facture of wax candles. Ceresin is
also used for Photographic cylinders,
and in galvano-plastic printing and
other arts. In 1899 the exports of
ozocerite from Austria reached H.
970,S60 pounds, valued at $S72, ,494. The
shipments to this country, however,
are Insignificant. -
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14

"IIenry is BRUTE" said Mrs. Just
wed to her mother. to whom she had
gone for sympathy.
why, what has he done, my poor
child?
"Why, he-he says that my new bon
net-the one that Is trimmed with
those lovely cherries, and things
boo-hoo-he says-he says it looks like
4 boiled inner."-Baltimore American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
: lNhGV OUR R0A01 4
gMhUnoRSsAi|

In Old, Old, Old Story - An Inference -
News For Papa-A Factor-Extremes
The Waving O't-Facts in the Case
A Kindly Warning, Etc, Etc.
A little boy, little match,
A little hesitation,
A little smile, little scratch,
And childish CONSERVATION.
A little scream, little gleam,
And then the sparks and crashes;
The end of some ones happy dream
A little pile of ashes.
Chicago Record Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
The Worlds Longest Mile.

The Swedish mile is the longest mile
in the world. A traveller In Sweden
when told that he is only about a
mile from a desired point would bet
ter hire horse, for the distance he
will have to walk IL he chose in his
ignorance to adopt that mode of travel
Is exactly 11.100 yards.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
Like Our Little Georgie.

Papa (severely)-"Did you ask man.
ma if you could have that apple"
Five-Year- -Old-"Yes, papa"
Papa-'Be careful, now. I'll ask
mamma, and if she says you didn't
ask her I'll whip you for telling n
story. Did you ask mamma"
Papa, 1 asked her.
"a pause.) She said 1 couldn't have
it."-Tit-B Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
What Hurt Him.

"I shall sue him for libel" said the
man who is making large sums of
money out of the credulity Of the
masses.
For what"
"He called me a common swindler.
It's pretty hard for a man who has
worked as hard as I have to be orig
inal to be referred to as common -
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14

"Mister Gubbs, you'd ort t. raise my
pay"
Raise your pay? You make more
mistakes than any other clerk in the
office"
"Well, but I've heard you say that
lots of my mistakes had saved you big
money."-Chicago Record-Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
PerilousIy Attractive.

Rag Doll-"1m stuffed with cotton;
what are you stuffed with"
China Doll "Sawdust, 1 think;
maybe it's BRAN"
Rag Doll-"Bran? Goodness-if you
see a mouse come out of that hole
you'd better run like the mischief
Chicago Record Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
Warming.

81 shall tender my resignation and
make a test case of this matter" ex
claimed the politician hotly.
"All right" answered the friend.
"But you want to be careful how you
go about IT, This thing of resigning
has been occasionally know to cost an
officeholder his place." - Washington
Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14

The animal world has to-day sur
gical science quite its own, says a
London newspaper. These are dogs
with artificial teeth, pigeons and cows
with wooden legs, dogs with glass
eyes, and other animals with false
hair, false tails and false limbs of all
kinds. There is, indeed, hardly limit
t. the possibilities of animal surgery.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
In Colonial Days.

"Whatever happens" said the young
man, dutifully, II shall bear myself as
becomes scion of a worthy stock"
do so, my son." said the sturdy old
settler "Act the man always; for,
mark We, there is no telling which Of
us may one day figure in an historical
noyel."-Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
News For Papa.

Miss Innocence-"Papa, how do the
weather observers find out what sort
of weather we are going to have?"
Papa-"I was not aware they did,
Baltimore World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14

EVERY few minutes she would say,
'Oh! go 'long!"
"Well?"
"Then, when l would start towards
the door, she would say, oh! sit
down! You aren't in any hurry -
Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14

Mrs. Witherby-"I had to wait four
cable cars before one would stop"
Witherby-"And then was there a
blockade e"-Harper's Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
Watch Was Safe.

Fond Mother-"John, do look at that
child; he has your watch in his mouth
and will swallow it!'
John (who is a bachelor brother-ir-
law and very fond of babies)-"Oh,
don't be the least bit alarmed; l have
got hold of the chain. 1t can't go far"
--Tit-Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14


in the world, is Lee Trickey, of Glen
wood, Wis, who tips the beam at 500
pounds.
In Algeria, river of ink is formed
by the conjunction of two streams, one
of which is impregnated with iron
and the other, which drains peat bog,
with gallic acid. The mixture of the
iron and acid results in ink.
1t Is the custom on the birth of a
japanese baby to plant u tree. This
is carefully tended until the party is
about to be married, when it is cut
down and made into an article of
furniture for the new home.
Northwich, the centre Of the salt in
dustry in Great Britain, is one of the
queerest towns in the world. The
whole underlying country is simply
one mass of salt. The mining of the
salt constitutes the staple industry Of
the districts, and from Northwich
alone 100000 tons of salt are shipped
annually.
In Brazil has now been found the
most curious frog in the entire world.
1t is known as "Hyla faber," and tue
| difference between it and other ba-
tranchians lies in the fact that the fe-
| males of this species regularly build
| nests in which they lay their eggs.
their object being to preserve their lit
tie ones from the enemies that con-
stantly threaten them.
There Is a curious combination tree
IN West Stockbridge, Mass. 1t is prim-
arily a maple which measures, foot
| from the ground twelve feet three
| inches in circumference. Fifteen feet
from the ground there are one or two
| birch limbs growing, and higher up
are currant and raspberry bushes
which bear fruit each year. The tree
is very old, and bids fair to stand for
many years longer.
On sand island in Dublin Bay
new kind of mouse has been found. 1t
resembles the ordinary mouse in all
except its color, which Is that of the
sand, and the naturalists attribute
that popularity to an interposition of
nature for its protection from the owls
and hawks on the island. 1t is sup
posed that they are the descendants Of
castaway mice, and that the protec-
tive coloration is n gradually acquired
result of their surroundings.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
Facts in the Case.

Wife-"John, l wish you would have
a new clothes wringe" sent up to-day"
Husband "a butcher) MY dear,
that isn't exactly in my line"
Wife-"Then whose line is it in?"
Husband-"In the ciothesline proba-
bly."-Chicago News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
Extremes.

Teacher-"Edmund, define the words
refuse and refusal
Edmund-"Refusal is what fellow
finds in a summer girl, and refuse is
what he finds in the streets of Chi
cago."-Chicago News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14

The Father-"How many detectives
do you think will be enough to guard
the wedding presents?"
Chief-"About how many guests will
there be?-Harper's Bazar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
A Kindly Warming.

'I never can love you, Mr.. Simpson
II never can love you; l never can
-
"Well. please don't dwell on the sub
ject so, Miss Perkins; l am one of
those dangerous, excitable beings tc
whom opposition is encouragement"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
Mans Love and woman,s.

A mans love can be beckoned, but
not commanded; a womGn's love can
be commanded, but not beckoneL.-
New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
Tommy's Labor Saving Device.

Tommy was much interested in hear
ing for the first time in his language
lesson the other day about pair Of
little dots that the teacher said meant
ditto" How his soul-a curious mix
ture of laziness and thrift-thrilled at
learning that if he We're to write "a
cat" or five boys" or $50" on one
line and wanted to repeat the same
words or figures on the next line all
he had to do, instead Of writing the
words in full, was to put the ditto
marks, and everybody would know
it was "a cat" or five boys" or
"S1O" (as the case might be- that was
meant. Some time after this Tommy,
while away on visit had occasion to
write home. He simplified the hated
task by turning his latest knowledge
to account.
The letter looked like a literary
polka-dot.
Dear father" it began:
81 hope you are well.
" mother Is g
" sister I" :"
Dick "
" " grandma
wish you were here.
" " mother was IS
" " sister I"
" Dick
" grandma 80
you would send me some
money.
"Your affectionate son. TOM"
New York San.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14
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The heaviest man in America, if not
in the world, is Lee Trickey, of Glen
wood, Wis, who tips the beam at 500
pounds.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14

In Algeria, river of ink is formed
by the conjunction of two streams, one
of which is impregnated with iron
and the other, which drains peat bog,
with gallic acid. The mixture of the
iron and acid results in ink.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14

1t Is the custom on the birth of a
Japanese baby to plant tree. This
is carefully tended until the party is
about to be married, when it is cut
down and made into an article of
furniture for the new home.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-14

.HE Postoffice Department is
trying to use the rural free
delivery experiment as an