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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18
Moral.


No satisfactory determination has
been made of the reason we wink.
Some suppose that the descent and re-
turn of the lid over the eye serves to
sweep or wash it off; others that
covering of the eye gives it a rest from
the labor of vision, if only for an in
appreciable instant. This view borrows
some force from the fact that the rec
ord of winking is considerably used by
experimental psychologists to help
measure the fatigue which the eye
suffers. In another line of investiga-
tion Herr S. Garten has attempted to
measure the length of time occupied
by the different phases of a wink He
used a specially arranged Photographic
apparatus, and affixed a piece of white
paper to the edge of the eyclid for
mark. He found that the lid descends
quickly and rests little ct the bottom
of its movement, after which it rises,
but more slowly than it fell. The
mean duration of the downward move
ment was from seventy-fve to ninety
one thousandthS of a second; the rest
shortest durations being 15 hundredths
OF a second with one subject and seven
teen hundredths with another; and the
third phase of the wink, the rising of
the lid, took seventeen hundredths of
second more, making the entire dura-
tion of the wink about forty hun
dredths, or four-tenths of a second.
The interruption is not long enough to
interfere with distinct vision. M V.
Henri says, in LAnnee Psychologique,
that different persons wink differently
some often, others rarely some in
groups of 10 or so at time, when they
rest while; and others regularly, once
only at a time. The movement is mod
flied by the degree of attention. Pc
riods of close interest, when we wink
hardly at all, may be followed by a
speedy making up for lost time by
rapid winking when the tension is
relieved-Appleton's Popular Science
Monthly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18
An
Elecfriciar1'S
WondeCul
Tnxjev1ffOr1

Honolulu to Manila it is about 1000
miles. If that is too great distance
over which to operate the wireless sys-
TEN then a way station. might be es-
tablished on Wake island, little piece
of property something more than half
way over to Manila from Hawaii,
which the United States owns
Work OF the Government.
In fact, the possibilities of the sys-
tenn, if Marconi keeps his promise, are
almost infinite. The war department
of the United States has been for some
time experimenting with wireless tel
egraphy independent of Marconi, whose
system, the officials thought, did not
meet the requirements of the service.
So successful has the signal corps been
that now all the forts around New
York are connected with each other by
a wireless system, which is constantly
being experimental with and improv
ed. The weather bureau, also recog-
nizing the advantages which would re-
suit to navigation by the establishment
Of a wireless electric communication
between vessels at sea and exposed
points on our lakes and sea coasts,
and also between islands along the
coasts and the mainland, has made a
systematic investigation of the various
systems Of wireless telegraphy. Tho
progress made has been eminently sat
isfactory. New appliances have been
devised by the bureau experts for tho
transmission of signals and receivers
have been constructed that are prob
ably more delicate than any heretofore
made. Messages have already been
sent and received over so miles Of land
which presented a rough and hilly sur
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

Oi course, they are benighted set IN
Paris, but when it comes to telephone
convcniences they are a triiie in advance
OF us. For instance, everyone who Is
subscriber there is furnished with a
ticket which entities him to use any
public telephone at any hour OF the
day or night and for as long time as
it suits his purpose. Every instrument
is attached to a desk, has metal cir
cult and is provided with most con
vcnient receiver and transmitter com
bined which enables the user to sit in
whatever position he prefers and to be
Tree to write when necessary.-Intcrna-
tonal Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18
Deer OceGrs
WQg)e

Great things are promised for the
new century by G. Marconi, the au-
thor OF wireless telegraphy, says the
New York Press. Before the first
Christmas in the goth century he will,
he declares have England and Amer
lea on speaking terms without the aid
of submarine cables. One big pole
erected at Southampton and another at
Montauk Point will, he says, be all
that is needed. The cables which now
copnec. Europe with America will. If
Marconi fulflls his promise, become as
obsolete as the stage coach became
when the railroad came in.
Confidence in the Work.
The optimistic electrician is confident
that he can establish telegraphic COM
munication between the eastern and
western worlds by his system at hun
dred-thousandth part of the cost of
laying a cable and maintaining it.
Marconi says he has discovered a meth
Cd OF controlling the sound waves SO
that the messages from continent to
continent will be flashed back and forth
close to the surface of the ocean over
tie whole distance.
Heretofore the curvature of the earth
has presented dreaded difficulty to be
overcome in the transmission of wire
less messages over long distances.
Marconi's new control of the sound
waves, it is asserted, has obviated the
difficulty. How it is done Marconl
does not explain-that is his secret
but he says that ne is confident he has
found a method of doing it. He con-
tends that the masts erected at Mon
tauk Point and at Southampton need
not be higher than New York "sky-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18
SIS. NAV fill your future wears

weakness, may fill your future years
with healthy joy.
When l began to take Lydia f.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound l was
not able to do my housework. | suf-
fered terribly at time of menstruation.
Several doctors told me they could do
nothing for me. Thanks to Mrs Pink
hams advice and medicine | am now
well, and can do the work for eight in
the family.
~ would recommend Lydia E.
Pinllham's Vegetable Compound to all
mothers with large families. - MRS.
CARRIE BELLEvu.LE, Ludington, Mich.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18
To Mothers Of Large Families.

In this worltaday world few women
are SO placed that physical exertion
is not constantly demanded of them
in their daily life.
Mrs. Pinllham makes special appeal
to mothers of large families whose
work is never done. and many of
whom suffer, and suffer for lack OF
intelligent aid.
To women, young or old, rich or
poor, Mrs Pinllham, of Lynn, Mass.
extends her invitation of free advice,
Oh, women do not let your lives be
sacrificed when word from Mrs
Pinkham, at the first approach of
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

Two officers escaping from Pretoria
were about to cross river, when they
saw on the opposite bank a troop of
balloons coming down to drink
They were so sensible of the danger of
irritating these beasts, or of making the
troop utter their barks and yelps of
alarm, that they remained for two
hours up to their necks in water until
the troop retired. Some surprise was
expressed that the officers should pay
regard to "a troop of monkeys" Any
one who shares this feeling may see
at the Zoo, probably for the first time
in Is years, a full-grown male Chac-
ma. A soldier writing home from the
front described locust as something
between bird and a fly" This bab-
Don is something between a monkey
and boar" It's head, shoulders,
tusks and muscles show immense
strength, and its size is greater than
the measurements given in a recent
work on South African mammals. 1t is
three feet eight inches long from the
nose to the end of the body, and when
it stands upright its head is four feet
four inches from the ground. The ba-
boons have maintained their place in
South Africa against all enemies, in
cluding man, and are likely to do so
for some years to come---The London
Spectator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18
Stood All Night In Water.

The allied column marched to the at
tack of the walled city of Tientsin on
the morning OF July 13, and after a
very hard days fighting, the brunt of
which fell on the japanese, the latter
found themselves in the evening at a
distance of about zoo yards from the
walls and without any hope of captur-
ing the place that night. Maj.-Gen.
Tukushima then issued orders that the
men were to hold their position, neither
retiring nor advancing a yard. His
Dellef, derived from his knowledge of
the Chinese, was that after the losses
they had suffered during the day they
would probably abandon their posts
under cover of darkness, provided that
they did not detect any sign of retreat
on the part of the assailants. The
ground then held by the Japanese
troops was almost wholly under water.
Only narrow causeway leading to tho
gate of the city stood above the level
of the water, which covered the area
on either side to a depth of some two
feet In that water the japanese had
to stand the whole highland thew
stood.-Chicago News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18
AN ITALIAN FABLE.
About the Poet, the Brain, the Pen and
the Inkstand.

About the Poet, the Brain, the Pen and
the Inkstand.
A poet obtained prodigious success;
seated at his table, he indulged in the
glorious idea of his triumph. This
love of glory, common to all men,
klndled in his heart secret fire. The
idea of the praises bestowed upon him
made the blood circulate with violence
through his veins; joy filled his entire
being. His brain, stung with jealousy,
thus addressed him: you are indebted
to me for your success. 1t was | who
furnished the ideas which have gained
you so much honor. Surely. without
me you could not have written a single
word"
The pen overhead this claim to ex-
elusive praise, and, full of indignation,
thus addressed the brain: What van
ity, Without me what could you have
done with all your fine ideas and fine
imaginations? 1t is to me he is in
debted for them; to me who have COM
mitted them to paper"
The inkstand then put in its word:
without me you could have written
nothing. What could you have done
had | not bathed you in my ink?" The
poet, stunned by these clamors, which
would tear from him all the glory that
he had acquired, said to them: Il am
equally obliged to you all; to you, my
brain, for suggesting ideas; to you, my
pen, who wrote them; and to you, my
inkstand, who supplied the means to
do So" Thus the dispute ended.
A few days later the poet published
new work; but its fate was the re-
verse of the former. Everybody
turned their back upon him; some
wrote satires, others made invectives
against him. In a short time he be-
came the laughng-stock of the world
The poet then complained of his brain
for having suggested The nonsense. He
flew into a passion against the pen
and inkstand for having contributed to
put it to paper; but they all denied
that any blame attached to them. The
brain said he did not know how to
choose among the ideas which it had
suggested. The pen and inkstand re-
preached him for being a bad poet,
alleging that they had done nothing
but obey his will, and written only
what he pleased. The poor, unfor-
tunate poet had no other resource but
to hold his tongue and weep over his
disgrace in solitude
Moral.
Such Is the common fate of man.
When an undertaking succeeds, all
are anxious to claim a share in the
event. But does it fail, everybody
abandons him; nobody admits that he
had any share in the business, and all
maintain that the fault was entirely
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18
Best For the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAsoABETs help
nature, cure you without II gripe or pain,
produce easy natural movements, cost you
just 10 cents to start getting your health
back. CAscARETs Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tab
let has U.C.C. stamped on it. Beware OF
limitations.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18
FATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, =,

y,
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
senior partner of the firm of f. j. CHENEY ~
Co., doing businessin the City ofToledo, County
and State aforesaid, und that said firm will pay
the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DoLLt RS for each
and every case of CATARRH that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE
FRANK j. CHENEY.
~ presence, this 9th day of December
( SEAL A. ID. 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
- NOidrU PIlbiic.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous su rfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials free.
+. j. CHENEY 81 Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the hest
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

Marconi also promises that before
long ships at sea will be able by the
use of his system to communicate with
the shore. Nayies are now experiment
Ing with his system and considerable
success has been obtained. Meantime
in England they are trying to telegraph
without the use of wire from Dover to
Belgium. 1t looks as if in a short time
message might be sent around the
world without the use of wires and that
all the parts of the earth and the sea
would be in telegraphic communication
with each other. Deserts, mountains,
oceans, time and space all seem to be
dissolving before the advance Of sci
ence. The world could not desire a
better Christmas present for 1901 than
the fllfillment of Marconi's promise.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

Texas is comparatively very sparse
ly cultivated State. In several counties
there are very few inhabitants. Bailey
county has but four residents, Cochran
has 25, Anderson has 81. Lynn has y,
and Dawson has 80. twenty-five other
counties have populations OF less than
900 each
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

Back taxes to considerable amount
have been collected in various parts Vt
Iowa through the employment OF tax
ferrets." In Polk county alone 5000
was dragged from delinquents in the
month OF December last, and twice that
amount is expected to be realized this
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

During the year 1900 there were built
in the United States and officially num-
bered by the Bureau OF Navigation
I ,Io2 merchant vessels.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

A Missouri judge has hit upon an ef-
Iective plan for getting tramps to leave
town. He sentences all brought before
him to 80 days work on the streets and
gives them half an hour to get their
tools. That half hour sees them well OIL
their wav
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

A 4o-foot channel is to be dredged
in New York harbor. and the work will
be done by the two largest dredgers
in existence
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18
The Herb Cure For Headaches.

Garfield Headache Powders represent the
latest most scientific and est cure for head
aches; they are guaranteed to be free from all
harmful drugs; they cure quickly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18
For the Cure of Headaches.

z Garfield Headache Powders commend them
selves to all thinking people because of their
eedom from harmful drugs-they are made
IRON simple Herbs-and because they cure.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18
Hard Coughs

No matter how hard your
cough is or how long you have
had it, you want to get rid of
it, of course. 1t is too risky
to wait until you have con-
sumption, for sometimes it's
impossible to cure this disease,
even with
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

Sheep growers find that the finer the
wool the poorer is the skin for tanning
purDOSeS
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

The city oil Grand Rapids, Mich, has
Expended nearly 100000 for improve
nents during the past year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

of the system effective. He has in
vented new appliance by which he
says ne can lengthen the air waves
20 an almost unlimited extent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

In New York 5000 poolroom men are
idle. The reform crusade drove them
out OF business.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

The interest bill OF the city OF New
York amounted to more than $4,000
eco
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

To Cure Gold in One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE TABLETS. An
druggists refund the money If it fails to cure.
Z. W. GROVES signature is on each box. Doc.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

face-conditions most unfavorable to
the transmission of electro magnetic
waves.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

The standard cure. 90 yrs.' trial; no fail
ure. The chidrens friend. pc. Druggists.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

II your druggist cannot supply you, send us one
dollar and we will express large bottle to you,
all charges prepaid. Be you give your
Lowell Mass
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

Unless you have faith in your ability
you can never win a battle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-03-18

20 an almost unlimited extent.
A Commercial Proposition.
If Mr. Marconl can fulfill his prom
ises, what a revolution there will be
in the commercial world! The mil
lions invested in cables would become
lost capital, for no one would use a
cable at the rates charged for mes
sages when for fraction of the cost
he colld telegraph by the wireless sys-
TEN.
IL not only costs millions to manu-
facture and lay cables across the At
lantic, but keeping them in repair
costs hundreds OF thousands of dol
lars. Cable ships are kept in commits
sion all the time, and they find CON
tinually something to do in the way of
repairs on the great oceanic telegraph
lines. Repairing cable is a work of
skill, science and money. A defect in
the cable having been located by means
known to the telegraph experts, the
cable ship steams away to the part of
the ocean where the difficulty is and
drags for the cable with its graphing
irons. When finally the cable is picked
up the repairs are made and 1t is again
deposited upon the oozy bed of the
sea. The initial expense and the cost
Of maintenance make it expensive to
talk with Europe, but it does not cost
much to erect two poles and buy
Marconi outfit. 1t is obvious that if
the great Italian keeps his promise the
cost OF talking with the old world
will be tri1ing compared with what it
is now.
California 10 Manila.
The United States is now preparing
to lay cable across the Pacific ocean
from the California coast to Manila.
If Marconi can make his promise good
of telegraphing without wire across
the Atlantic then there would be no
need for laying the cable. The wire
less system could be used and all the
tremendous cost of establishing cable
communication obviated. The distance
from Montauk to Southampton is over
5000 miles. From San Francisco to
Honolulu is only $500 miles. From
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1901-09-30
rantizada., a condicion de anali.
La pOda de Yi1a

De un notable artlculo sobre Ia
po6a de las ceIas, escrito por nm
inteligepte vinicultor americana, tot
mamos las conclusiones que ST
guen:
81 No Sc debe nunca polar una
cepa, cuando el desarre 10 aru.l 40
sea mayor de 20 centlmetros de lon
gitud; defense, pues, srscsr todos
los v&stagos, y no So quite a los
pampanos mas que los etol1os indti-
les Que descansan en- ell tronco.
2p P6dense por el contrario,
8 tres ojos, todos los sarmientos que
tengan &c 80 a so cent1metros de
longitud
3n Apliquese q continuation
de esa poda una fuerte cantidad de
estierco de invierno al pie de cada
cepa dsbil; en- dichos abonos debe
dominar la potasa. Los rasultados
obtenidos Sc veran claramente en- la
siguiente epoca del desarrollc, y
confirmaran la exactitud de estas
instrucciones..
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1901-09-30
DeSde Washington |
NOtiCiaS VariaS.
ARCO COMMEMORATIVE.


Algunos vecinos de Chicago, en-
tusiastas admira 1o1es del d,funto
Pres deate, han tomato la in.ciativa
pa.a abrir una su cripcion cuyo pro
ducte, que e esperA slc mara 4 un
million de dollars, 50 desiina & la
onstrucci6n de un arco conmenora
two ea homer Nc Kioley
Et sroo Sc levantara en- a]gdu si
to apropis do de Washington, la ca
pital ne cional, y IA suscrif CO., para
Ia cusl 8 aceptan donativt $ de cual-
quier montante, per indmo que fue-
1e, serA tambien naciona1
A cada donante Sc ls reg alara
uu soatve'air, para que 10 conserve en-
memoria del hombre que tanta popu
lardad suoo conquis arse en- Ell
pals.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1901-09-30
ECOS de Ponce.

Conforme con la aplicaci6n de
su presupuesto el Munici
pio hA declarado cesantes varies
empleadoe, me licos practicantes, es
cribieutes y 2 hermanas de 10 carl
dad del Hospital Tricoche.
~.
Continue cada roche nm amago
de incendio y siempre quedan vesti-
gios que prueban es intenciona' :.
Ell del Mercedes en- la noche fue en-
lA Gale de la Villa casa de Da Margari
ia Cap6 y Sc quem6 parte de la esca-
lera. Fue sofocado por los vecinos.
Contindan tambien los suicidios
La joven Clorinda Carmoua if1tento
contra su vida tomandose una fuer-
te dosis de ceb adilla, fue conducida
al Hopital y SD estado es grave.
Han comenzado las obrss de un
muelle en- Guanica en- el que Sc en-
plean 800 peones. Tambien la STEM
bra de cana en- la <Gnanica Cent? a.
les donde tienen t-abajo numerosos
jOrnaleros.
Hoy sslsn EN- el Vapor <Califor-
nias las ultimos expedicionaries pa
ra ell Hawaii. Ell citado vapcr toca-
raen Mayaguez q fin de enbs rear ell
resto de la emigracion.
La cor strucci6n del puente pa
rA ell trAnvfa lectrico que unira la
ciudad con la Marina, va & paso de
tortuga. .trabajan siete carpinteros y
apuest.n q yer quien hace menos ira
bajo en- IN dia
e csl lor es intens ISL mo alca.zan
do el II. .rnometro durante e. dia ele
vadas Temperatures.
Sc ha hecho cargo nuevamente
del Vice Consulate iDg,es D. Fer
nRndo Toro.
El Corresponsal