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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19

Miss Pauline. But he was inspired
with an unwonted enthusiasm, and
when he got into his cab he told the
driver to take him to a newspaper
office. There he wrote out this adver.
tisement: For sale: 500 barrels of per.
feet winesaps from Shafers farm, near
Glare, Mich. Quick bargain. X So"
He got fifty or more answers the
next day and threw all but one in the
waste basket. 1t read: "K so. Dear
sir. If you call with sample at my
office, S14 Futurity Building, 1 will
make an offer. Pauline Davis, agent"
She was sitting at her desk, more ra-
diant than ever, when he walked in
with the little red apple in his extended
hand. He saw her blush furiously as
she stood up, but she said:
"Why, Mr.. Conkling! You didn't buy
those"
Eyes, Miss Davis, I bought them.
You see l wanted-''
"But you're not in the apple busi-
ness?"
"Oh, no. just happened to over
hear your conversation in the bus that
night and wanted to help you out"
'But 1 know you must have been
swindled. Did you pay more than two
fifty? Honest now, Mr.. Conkling"
She smiled ingenuously, then laughed
with delight as he lied:
mo, miss. Only two-forty. Will you
take them off my hands at once?"
"Take them off your hands? Why,
I'll share the profits with you"
''If you are pleased, I haYe already
collected my profits" he said, and she
blushed as her bright eyes smiled
again.
Owen Conkling didn't leave till he
had fixed up his first business deal to
the eminent satisfaction of Miss Davis,
but he went like a somnambulist back
to the depot and took train for Glare.
There he repeated his journey to Sha-
fer's, and when he came away he had
an invoice made out to Miss Pauline
Davis in which the apples were billed
at $2.40.
SPIN out just two hundred and
fifty" he smiled to himself as he drove
back to town, "but she'll never know
it. I'd give million rather than lose
her.
And when he came back to her with
that apple bill and she had compli-
mented him on his first buy" she
added:
why, Mr.. Conkling, you ought to
go into the business"
Il will, Miss Pauline" he answered,
quite seriously, "if you'll take me into
partnership"
And she looked surprised, but not
displeased as he whispered: Life part
nership, Pauline."-John H. Raftery,
in the Chicago Record Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19
A Slight misunderstanding.

A young man, whose gallantry was
largely in excess of his pecuniary
means, sought to remedy this defect
and to save the money required for
the purchase of expensive flowers by
arranging with gardener to let him
have bouquet from time to time in
return for his cast off clothes. So it
happened that one day he received
bunch of the most beautiful roses,
which he at once dispatched to his
lady love. In sure anticipation of q
friendly welcome, he called at the
house Of the young woman the same
evening, and was not little surprised
at frosty reception.
After pause the young woman re-
marked in the most frigid tones: '.You
sent me note to-day"
"a note-I?"
Certainly, along with the flowers"
ITO be sure, 1 sent you flowers;
but"
And this note was with the bouquet.
Do you mean to deny it?"
And the young man read: Don't for
get the old trousers you promised me
the other day."-New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19
A Story of Heroic Self Sacrifice.

The logs heaped upon themselves.
wedged and ground into one another in
what seemed to be an inextricablc
mass. A few individual logs were
drawn out with the rope and horses.
but the other logs only seemed to
groan, make little move and pack
the closer One, two, three, four days
they all worked and failed. The water
had risen considerably because of the
jam and was forcing other logs back
against the banks above the falls.
Almost distracted with his perplex-
ity, Mr.. George was carefully examin-
ing this backward action, when the
logs under him made move dropping
him into the water and pinning him
at the thigh between the logs and the
rocky shore. 1t looked as if his legs
would be crushed-such was the back
ward force of the water and logs.
Alarm was sounded. Men tried to
force the logs back and get the young
master out, but in vain. A rope was
tied around his waist, and they tried
to draw him out, but that also was in
vain.
The foreman, who had been making
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19

the aid of any tricks Of fashion. Her
personality so dominated both milliner
and modste that Owen, connoisseur
that he was, didn't know how she was
attired. He saw her walking along the
street with a speed that was swift
without haste, and as he watched her
face he felt something of the old ador-
alton of his salad days coming into his
eyes. At the corner she stopped to talk
to a brown-faced country woman, per-
haps a farmers wife, and as Owen
passed them he heard her say: "I'm
going tonight, Mrs. Krauss. VIII you
see me off? oh, thank you. It's the II
O'clock. I'm so disappointed =" That
was all he heard. The voice was as
gentle and penetrating as the luminous
eyes. He moped all afternoon, but
took the bus for the II o'clock train.
She was in it, with Mrs. Krauss
when it called at the hotel Conkling
sat in the far corner and tried to see
her face in the haff-light. She was
talking. II Just hate to leave without
those apples" she was saying.
lHey re out Ut SuaIer Dlace-SeVen
niles-the best, the only god crop I've
seen this trip. But the hateful old
thing wouldn't sell them or even give
me an option unless l planked down
$50. No; Monday will be too late. l
saw Peale & Seeds buyer up at the ho-
tel to-day. He's securing Michigan
for apples, and he'll have Shafer's be-
fore could get back"
"Don't worry, Miss Pauline" said the
other woman. "Fd loan you the money
If had it. Perhaps If you hurry
back"
"Oh, no! I know how quick that
other buyer isl could just cry"
And as they neared the depot Conk-
urg saw her crushing her little hand
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19
The Men and the Notes.

Two men went into the world to seek
their fortunes. While one was singing
with his eyes upturned the other was
looking on the ground for what he
might find, and was fortunate enough
to discover a ten dollar bill. His first
delight was turned to disappointment
when he thought that it might as well
have been hundred dollars. Then,
actuated by avarice, he dexterously
changed the figures, pasted &c" over
the ''X" and raised the note tenfold.
His companion continued to sing,
and endeavored to raise his high note
to G, and, after persistent effort, sue
ceeded. Both men were discovered,
AMI while the former is behind bars
without note the other is in front of
bars cashing his notes as fast as he
can utter them.
Moral-It makes a difference what
sort of notes are raised.-New York
Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19

A writer in the Contemporary Re
view discusses the growth of fraud.
He maintains that of late years
breaches of trust have been very nu-
merous in England. The newspapers
have reported case after case of fraud
by trusted professional agents and by
other persons, some of these rogues
being distinguished among men, and
notable for the assured effrontery of
their suave utterances of the highest
principles of professional conduct"
This proposition is supposed to be
demonstrated by official records. The
average yearly number of crimes, or
indictable offences, reported to the
police in England and Wales during
the period 1SS5-S9 was S6,9O3, those
classed as frauds numbering 1879.
During the period 1S90-94 the figures
were S3,S31 and 206S. From 1S95-99
they We're 79,459 and 2599. Thus it
would seem that, while crime in gen.
eral was materially decreasing, frauds
We're rapidly multiplying. Other
crimes fell off ten per cent. in number
in fifteen years, while frauds increased
more than thirty eight per cent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19

a new and careful survey Of the JAM
came up to report to Mr.. George that
he had found the key log, and that
there was no other way in which to
break the jam than by getting that
log out or by having some one go out
over the falls, in front Of that mighty
mass of timber and accumulated wa
ter, and cut That log. But he found
his young master pinned by the logs
and unconscious with pain.
He called some of his men for CON-
sultation. They all agreed that the
only way to break the jam and free
their master was to get that key log
started or broken. 70 this log the
rope was fastened, and with horses
and men another effort was made to
eXtricate it, but it would not move.
for the log.
Boys" said he, "look after Mr..
George. When the logs move, drag
him out quickly at all hazards. If
am killed, give him my respects"
And the noble, stalwart man, nimble
as cat, ran over the logs and began
chopping the key log in two. There
were men on the bank ready to help
him if he could be helped. Swiftly IL :
big chips few Suddenly, with 6
growl, crash, laundering roar, the !,
jam broke, and ere the brave man.
could reach the shore it carried him
among the tumbling logs and seething
waters TO an untimely end AT the
first movement of the jam the logs
that pinned the master We're loosened
and he was dragged up and laid on
the bank. bruised, but with no bones
broken. 1t was not, however, till after
four days search that the body of the
brave foreman was found, and then IT
was an almost unrecognizable mass of
pounded flesh and broken bones.-
Christian Endeavor World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19
Buried Twenty-three Hours.

Isaac Pitwood, of Needmore, Brown
County, Indiana, came near losing his
life few days ago, and he believes
nothing but miracle saved him. He
was cleaning out well on the Town
send farm, between Mahlesville and
Martinsville, when the walls caved in,
burying him alive. The well was sew
enty-two feet deep, and Pitwood was
twelve feet from the bottom when the
accident occurred. A derrick was Sc.
cured, and large force of men went
to work to take out the stone in order
to secure the body. The work lasted
all night and the following morning.
When they got within four feet of Pit.
wood they could hear him calling for
help. The excitement was intense and
the men worked like mad to release
Pitwood before it was too late Pit.
wood was taken from the well more
dead than alive, after having been
buried twenty-three hours. He was
not seriously injured.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19

kerchief into ball between her hands.
He got out first, aware of an absorb
ing desire to be of service to Miss Pau
line. She had alighted and said good
bye to her friend before he had collect
ed his wits sufficiently to help her out
of the bus. He was awed by this fas-
cinating woman, because he now knew
that she had a better excuse for living
than lawn parties and cotillions. He
knew her name was Pauline, that she
was sin trade" and in trouble. AS he
stood there watching her she suddenly
gasped "My valise" and ran to the end
of the platform. He was quickly be-
side her. his hat in his hand.
Il left my valise in the bus" she
said. "Would you, could you"
He was gone like a lackey, and in
two minutes she was taking the little
travelling bag from his hand. "Thank
you very much, Mr.. -"
"Conkling," he said.
"My money was in it. don't know
how to thank you. Goodness, here
comes our train. Are you going"
'Is this yours, too? found it in the
bus" And he held out n little red ap-
pie. But she laughed little sadly and
said: "You may keep it, MI. Conkling.
Are you going on this train?" She
raised her voice and spoke close to his
ear so that he might hear above the
Kissing engine.
"No." he said, putting the apple in
his pocket and helping her up the steps
as the train groaned away. She bowed
again, and he held his hat in his hand
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19

The oply church in America which
has the distinction of having been
dedicated by the man who became a
President of the United States is the
Disciple Church, at Wellington, Ohio,
which was dedicated by Garfield before
.he Civil War, and the pulpit Of which
he more than once occupied as a
nreacher
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19
WEN CONKLING was in that

J which idle young men begin
to fancy that they are al
ready blase. During the three years
that had elapsed since he left college
he had done nothing more laborious
than travel. He had an old-fashioned
reverence for women, but he began to
he conscious of an involuntary heresy
that included the whole sex except his
thother. Equipped by nature and train
Ing to shine In society, he had begun
BY running the whole gamut Of its pos
sibilities and ended by believing that
there was nothing in it." His healthy
Imagination and romantic spirit were
dominated by his disciplined mind,
and, though he didn't admit it even to
himself, he was coming to the belief
that the only satisfactory occupation
for wise man of vigor and ambition
LIS work. He was coming to regard
himself so seriously that it became
quite impossible for him to think Of
women without a smile of depreciation.
One by one he had put hundred to
the test-his test-and his well consid-
cred verdict in each case had been
"There's nothing to her."
He had now spent whole summer
m Clare, a quasi-fashionable resort in
the fruit region, and had catalogued
and double CROSSED" every woman he
mad met there. Then, just as he was
about to leave for the city he saw a
young woman who set him thinking.
She was bruno and beautiful without
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19
Captured by Moonshiners.

William H. Smith, n travelling sales
man for wholesale house in Chicago
which does a large business in the
mountain district of Eastern Kentucky,
was in the city recently and told the
following story of an experience sew
eral years ago, when the Government
officials were using their most strenu-
Gus efforts to break up illicit distilling
in the section referred to.
One of the stores ON Mr.. Smiths
visiting list was about six or eight
miles from the nearest railroad sta
ton, and it was necessary for him to-
make the remainder of the trip on
horseback. AS he reached bridge
which spanned a little mountain stream
about Il mile from his destination he
passed a solitary individual leaning
listlessly against the rail of the bridge.
Salutations We're exchanged, and Mr..
Smith passed on, but he noticed that
the stranger, who was armed with a
rife, eyed him rather curiously. He
had gone but a short distance when a
shrill whistle rang ont behind him,
which was almost Immediately an
swered by a similar note from some-
where in front of him.
The road curved at this point, 3ndI
when Mr.. Smith reached it he was hcy
costed by two men, also armed, who
ordered him to throw up his hands and
go with them. Considerably surprised
and very much alarmed at the sudden
interruption, he permitted his horse to,
be turned off the road into small
path, one of the men leading the ami
NAL while the other kept him covered
with his rifle.
Mr.. Smith began to question his cap
tors, but the only reply he got was,
shut up; you'll find out soon enough"
The captors and captured proceeded in
this manner for about fifteen minutes,
when they came to a log hut in small
clearing, about which several men
were gathered. Still keeping him GOV.
cred, the men marched their prisoner
up to the group with the remark, I'VE
got one of them revenooers, but didn't
see tother one" The men gaZed at
him with lowering glances that boded
ten tales which he had heard of the
fate that was meted out to revenue
officers by the moonshiners filed his
mind
While he was looking around with
the idea of making n dash for liberty
man who had hitherto been in the
hut came out, and as he approached,
MI Smith saw surprised look cross
his face. well, hello, Mr. Smith since
when have you been in the Govern
ment service" Then, turning to the
astonished men, the newcomer said:
Boys, you've got the wrong man.
This is Mr.. Smith, who sells goods up
to the store yonder"
Explanations and apologies We're in
order, and he learned that a couple of
officers were in the neighborhood and
that the moonshiners had resolved to
capture them. The man who recog-
nized him had often seen him in the
store and had remembered him.
Thanks to the recognition, Mr.. Smith,
was Observation-Disclosures Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19

Three days by modern ocean steam
ers from Seattle lands the traveller at
Skagway, Alaska; twelve hours by
rail over the mountains carries him to
the head waters of the Yukon. from
whence well-equipped river steamers
carry him to the gold fields of Central
Alaska or down the Yukon, which is
navigable for over 200O miles.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19

Census Bureau reports say that in
1900 there were 5,739,657 farms in the
United States, valued at S16,674,6 ,694,-
247. Farm implements and machinery
were estimated as worth $76l, ,261 $50,
and live stock at $3,O7s,050,O41. The
total valuation of farm property in the
republic was therefore rated at more
than S2O,OOO,OOO, 900.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19
THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD.

What avails the words of angels?
What avails the tongues of men?
What the gift of prophesying?
What our learning's farthest ken?
What the faith that moveth mountains?
What can charity secure?
What though we may die as martyrs?
Without love our souls are poor.
Love endureth, hopeth all things;
Love seeks not its own to gain
Turns with all the more compassion
Unto those who give us pain.
Mid the doubts that mock our knowledge,
Mid the clamor of our creeds,
There abides our surest safety,
In the love of kindly deeds.
Victor i. Southworth, in Denver News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19

A Russian court recently gave n
woman a $4,000 verdict for the loss
of five teeth in & Trans Siberian rail-
way accident. The court had evidently
never heard of our SS sets of rose pearl
SO popular in America.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19

All my youthful days fancied
saw plainly truth and right,
Dreamed, to me, ife's wondrous meaning
Stood revealed in clearest light.
Now l know see but dimly
Half the glory of the truth;
Put aside are childish fancies,
Vanished far the dreams of youth.
Now beyond my boldest vision
Signs OF what shall be l trace,
When no more by weakness hindered
| shall see as face to face.
] have gained higher wisdom,
Time has brought faith profound,
Eteadfast now my hope abideth,
Since by love my life is crowned.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19

Steadily and surely London's local
traffic is likely to come under Ameri-
can control, and it will undoubtedly be
changed for the better under American
management.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19
Poor Truth I!

Truth never runs race with fiction
without getting tripped up and beaten.
New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-19

There are now 100000 Mormons in
the United States. their number having
doubled between the last two deeadeA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-12
RECORD OF THE PAST.
No Stronger Evidence Can.
Be Produced.

Look we'll to their record. What they
have done many times in years gone by
is the best guarantee Of future results.
Any one with a bad back. any reader
suffering from urinary troubles. from
any kidney Ills, will find in the foiio"-
ing evidence proof that relief and cure
is near at hand:
Mr.. G. NJ. Myers. the well-known shoe.
maker Of Winchester avenue and Four
tenth street, Ashland. Ky, says: 'Doan s
Kidney Pills are like true friends, the
longer you know them the better they
are appreciated I can add nothing to the
statement I first made in 1896 after |
procured the remedy at the Ventura Drug
Company, and took q course of the treat
ment which cured me. I was absolutely
free from all backache for nearly three
years, then I noticed a slight ache, as
the result of a cold, in my back. "A box
Of Doan's Kidney Pills disposed of it.
I have recon1m ended this remedy to many,
and have never heard of one who did
not endorse the claims made for it
For sale by all dealers. Price. 80 cents,
Foste.-A1ilburn Company, Buffalo. n.
Y. sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and take
no substitute.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-12

the wedding of Miss Henningham Wat
kins Spil,nan to NJ. Otto Theodore Hess,
of New York, will be very quiet. lnvl-
tations will be issued only to relatives
and a few friends, and the ceremony will
be performed in the home of the bride.
Miss Leila Maude Hope and Mr.. James
C. Wood left yesterday morning fer
Washington. D. c., to be married.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
NJ. z. Hope. of 2315 venable street,
and is popular on Church Hill. The
bridegroom is connected with the Life
Insurance Company of Virginia and lived
in the West-End.
The marriage is not runaway, the
family and friends having gone to the
train to see them off.
The bride wore tailor made suit of
blue broadcloth and blue velvet hat
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood will be at home to
their friends after Dec. Is in 2315 Venable
street
Mrs. Duval and Mrs. Abbott. of No 3ol
East Franklin street, will be Informally
to p. NJ. in honor of their guests,
Mrs William "A. Anderson. Mrs. II. c.
Johnston. Mrs. George M. Harrison, Mrs.
Charles II. Page. Misses Anderson.
Crutclltield, and Whittle.
AT the card party given by Mrs. ]. Al
ston Cabeli "Wednesday afternoon to Miss
Martha Paxton, of Lexington, Va, Miss
Marie Lishtfoot Won the first lady's
honor, a beautiful turquoise belt buckle.
and gracefully presented it to the guest
Of the afternoon, Miss Paxton.
Misses Evelyn Gordon, Annis Howard,
nd
the second prize, a work-basket of In
dian manufacture, and Miss Gordon was
the fortunate recipient.
Delightful refreshments were served on
the tables after the games, and the coca
sion was one of the pleasantest of the
season.
a handsome memorial has been gotten
out by the Colonial Danes of America
of the monument to the soldiers and sail
ors OF the United States who gave up
their lives for their country in the war
of 1859 with Spain, erected at Airing
ton by the DANES
The cover is Of blue, with the shield
of the national society in gold The bro
chure is handsomely illustra ted and is
dedicated to Madame Justine Van Rens-
selaer Townsend. who was for eight years
president Of the national society Of the
SO!Dlllai Danes.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Kraft of Rich
mond. Va. announce the enga cement Of
their daughter. Miss Julia Amelia Kratz,
to Mr.. Louis Charles Denim. of Milwau-
kee, Wis. The wedding will be celebrated
quietly in the home of the BRIDE owing
to the recent bereavement In the family
of the bride. January 10th
Miss Viclsy McCune one of the pretty
and attractive young ladies off the East
End. residing at No. So north Twenty
seventh street. will be married on the
18th Of this month to Mr.. Rufus X. Hob
son. popular young man of Church Hill.
The ceremony will be performed at Hoge
Memorial church by the Rev. DR.. j. E,
Cook.
Dr. Harold Fender, brother of Mr..
D. Fender. of Norfolk, who for some
time has been at Syracuse University,
n. Y. has been invited by NJ. Poincare
TO conduct series Of axnsrinaAnta an