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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07

since that part of the eye which struck
the edge of the water was not used,
and could not be used while the fish
was swimming thus. This band has,
therefore, by slow degrees, become
more and more permanent, until now it
is firmly fixed, and destroys the
sight of that portion of the eye over
which it extends. While very young
the band is not on the fishs eye. This
fact helps to prove that the band was
not always on the eye of these fish,
pbut it has been formed by their habit
of swimming at the surface.
Some scientists do NOT call this fish
four-eyed, for they say there are no
. four-eyed fish. They say this eye is
exactly like any other eye, except for
the band across it, and that the human
eye would represent like condition
were one to fasten a narrow band
across it. Other scientists elaine that
each of these two parts of the eye can
lie contracted or expanded independ-
entity Of the other.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
Art of Backing Shoes.

'The art of backing n shoe is more
complicated than it used to be, and
the trade is not learned in day." said
the proprietor of a Dootblack stand.
ANYONE can black shoes, but it takes
an artist to give the polish that is
essential now. No less than three and
frequently four or five ingredients are
used on each pair Of shoes. First there
is the backing, which is applied lib
orally. Then follows clear colored
oil, which is sprinkled from bottle
and then well rubbed in by hand.
after this the first polishing takes
places with big brushes. Next pol,
shing paste is smeared on with the
fingers, and then the shoe is polished
with bands Of cotton flannel rubbed
briskly over the surface. This is for
calf-skin shoes.
For enameled or patent leather
shoes and for the russet or tan shoes
4 different preparation is used and
the skillful bootblack knows at a
glance just what is most needed to
give the highest lustre. Philadelphia
Record
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
Desirable Royal jobs.

"One of the most desirable posts at
Windsor Castle" says a correspondent
of the Chicago Record-H Herald, 'is
that of the kings INNER who in an
cient times decorated books and manu-
scripts with initial letters, and who
now prepares the parchment commits
sions when his majesty is pleased to
confer knighthood or some other honor
upon one of his subjects. The man
who now fills the post has extraordi-
nary skill with the pen and the brush,
and his diplomas and certificates We're
greatly admired for their exquisite
taste and skillful execution. He re-
ceives salary of S2500 year. The
clockmaker at Windsor Castle receives
the same compensation, and it is his
business to keep all the timepieces in
repair. The historiographer, who Is
supposed to keep a record of events,
holds a hereditary Office, with a salary
of S2500 year. The master of music
received $1,000 and arranges concerts
for his majesty's diversion. The sur
veyor of pictures is paid $500, the
librarian receives $25O0, the examiner
of plays $1,000, the keeper of the swans
is paid $500, and the bargemaster, who
looks after the boats used by the royal
family, has a similar compensation"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07

for food, to see above the surface with
part of the eye and below the water
with the other part. The band which
divides the eye into two equal parts,
striking the surface or edge of the
water, divides the line Of vision. OF
course, this is great advantage to the
fish when seeking food. And since the
band seems to serve no other purpose
than to enable the fish to swim thus
at the surface of the water, it is but
reasonable to suppose that it has been
formed there because of this peculiar
way Of swimming. No other fish are
known to swim at the surface in just
the same way as do these fish, and il
they were to do so, it may be supposed
that they, too, would sooner or later
get a similar band on the eye, for it is
quite likely that this habit of holding
the eye at the surface of the water
while seeking food, extending through
centuries with this fish, very gradually
caused a gristle or blurred band to
form ON that portion of the eye which
struck the water, OF edge of the water.
Now, as it is custom of nature to
take away the usefulness Of any men,
ber or organ of the body never used,
she has caused this band to form here,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
First Justice to Wear Gown.

"Few people, l venture to say even
in high official positions, know what
justice first Wore the gown in the
Supreme Court of the United States"
said Hannis Taylor, former Minister
to Spain, who is a recognized authority
among the writers of law books.
when Justice John Jay took the office
he thought the members of the Su-
preme bench should Wear Il gown of
some sort. Accordingly he appeared in
his own academical gown, which he
wore by virtue of having received a
degree from the University of Dublin,
or, as it was then known, Trinity Col
lege.' 1t was tricolored gown, too.
Such a garment would look peculiar
now, since the black gown has been
adopted, Washington Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
CAPTURING A PYTHON.
Travellers Tale of Methods Adopted by
Moros of Mindanao.

A man who had been in the Far
snakes. Says he: "The natives of
one of our new colonies, the Moros of
Mindanao have a curious but effective
way of capturing the huge pythons
that infest the jungles and morasses
of their country. Almost all the
larger houses there have stone walls
built about them to prevent wild ami
mails from entering the yards to prey
on the fowls or live stock belonging to
the family. These same walls are also
made to serve the purpose of serpent
traps. A hole about fifteen inches in
masonry near the ground. Shortly
after dark the natives tie sucking pigs
to stakes on each side of the wall, not
far from the hole. Then they go in
side the house, smoke their pipes and
patiently wait for something to turn
up. Nor are they often disappointed.
The occasional cries, and more eSpe-
cially the odor of the pigs attract q
python from the nearby swamps. Cau-
tiously he crawls up to the wall until
he reaches the first pig outside the hole
In twinkling he has thrown his jaws
about the pig, and, struggling, the
poor animal glides down the snakes
body alive and whole. The serpent
feels good, although the pig was not
large meal for him. So when he
hears and smells another such meal on
the other side of the fence, he naturally
shoves his head through the hole to in
vestigate. There is another scream
and the second little pig is on its way
down the snakes throat.
Now comes the critical moment.
The natives inside the house rush
out, and, flashing n torch in the pyth-
on's eyes, blind him long enough to slip
small leather strap over his head.
The python struggles hopelessly, for
each pig he has swallowed is like a
knot in his body that prevents him
from Slipping through the hole either
way The natives soon have him Sc
curely bound by stout ropes to stakes
in the ground. Then they remove his
leather collar and force him to disgorge
the last pig he has swallowed. The
other is cut out, still alive, and neither
of the pigs is much the worse for their
experience. Thus the python is not
only captured, but also cheated out of
the meal which led him to his mis-
fortunes"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
A Mixed Recipe.

A fashionable young lady visited a
cooking school the other afternoon,
where her attention was equally di-
vided between a new dress worn by
an acquaintance and the directions for
making cake. Upon returning home
she undertook to write down the re-
cipe for making the cake for her
mother, and the old lady was paralyzed
when she read the following:
Take two pounds of flour, three
rows of plating down the front, the
whites of two eggs cut bias, pint of
milk ruffled round the neck, half
pound currants, with seven yards of
bead trimming, grated lemon peel with
Spanish lace fichu; stir well, and add
semi-fitting paletot with vlsite
sleeves; butter the pan with Brazilian
topaz necklace, and garnish with icing
and passementarie. Bake in a mod
erately hot oven until the skirt is
tucked from the waist down on either
side, and finish with large satin
rosettes."
Her mother said she wouldn't eat
such cake, and she thought these
newfangled ideas in cooking ought to
be frowned down.-Michigan Badger.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
Where the G,uepot Came In.

There was the usual collection of
commercial travellers in the hotel, and
the inevitable quiet man was one of
them. They had been asking conun-
drums, many of which had been re-
ceived with roars of laughter, as being
particularly clever. Then the quiet
man spoke:
sit is easy" he said, ''to think of such
riddles as, why is your hat like q
baby?' which contain one simile, but
those with two are far more difficult
For instance:
"What are the differences between
the son of a millionaire, an organ and
a gluepot"
Il give it up" said the mustard trav.
eler presently.
THE son of millionaire is an heil
to millions, while an organ has 9
million airs! Dye see?"
But what about the gluepot?" i'll
quired the hosiery representative.
"Oh, that's where you stick!'' re-
turned the quiet man. And the waiter
smothered a guffaw behind tray he
was busting, while the hosiery repre-.
sentative howled for soda water.-Lon
don answers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
Arkansas Cordiality.

J. 3. Rutherford returned from Little
Rock and says that Jeff Davis is the
biggest man in the State.
"The State House." said Mr.. Ruther-
ford, "was just crowded with people
congratulating the Governor on his
nomination. l sent in my card and the
first thing 1 knew Davis came out in
his shirt-sleeves and said:
"'Say, Jim, you don't need any card
when you come to see me. If the other
fellow had been elected you might have
needed a card, but when you come to
see me, just walk right in, and hang
your hat ON q peg, and unpack your
trunk "-Arkansas Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
Lablal Movement in Reading.

EITHER l am becoming more OBJ
serving as 1 grow older or else there
are many more things to observe"
said the man with the red moustache
'At any rate, L see a good deal more
nowadays than l used to. For in
stance, it was only recently that | no.
ticed how very many people move
their lips reading to themselves. When
/ was youngSter | was taught that
the labial movement was peculiar to
the poorly educated, who could make
no sense out of what they were read
ing unless they pronounced each word
But the appearance of many of the
people whose lips are constantly on
the go while reading tends to refute
that theory. Certainly not half the
street car passengers whom | see por-
Ing over their newspapers night and
morning are in any wise illiterate, vet
fully that proportion move their lips
In silent pronunciation.
Several suggestions have been Of
fered in explanation of that fact. One
is that the manifold noises of ths
street so confuse the mind that in or
der to concentrate his thoughts upon
the printed page it becomes necessary
for the reader to give form to the
words. Another person advances the
opinion that as large percentage of
our population is foreign born they are
not sufficiently familiar with the Eng
lish language to read it without
tussle, hence the visible if not audible
expression of their thoughts. l doubt
If either of these guesses hits the
mark. If it does not, and anybody else
has a more plausible theory ON tap, L
wish he would stand up and make it
known. New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
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Es@0 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The first automobile used in America
was constructed by Chicago man. In
1884 Edwin +. Brown, then q We'll
known bicycle rider. evolved the idea
of steam-propelled vehicle for use on
ordinary roads. His first machine was
built on the running gear of an old
style tandem tricycle., with a boiler in
front. He managed to operate it with
some success and was encouraged to
undertake an improvement.
After season of experiment he pro-
duced second vehicle on totally Diff
ferent lines, it having four wheels in
stead Of three, and with the weight
hung below the wheel shafts. This
was operated successfully, but no great
speed could be attained, as the boiler
was still mounted in front and the es-
Gaping smoke and steam blew directly
into the face Of the driver, binding his
range Of vision and making it danger
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07

A certain colonel somewhere in the
South no matter where) was in the
habit of telling yarns and greatly eX-
aggerating. He had negro servant
who corroborated everything his mas
ter told. One day the Colonel had
some gentlemen to dinner, and they
were enjoying some fine venison very
much. The Colonel said: "Yes, went
hunting the other day and saw a fine
buck. took a good sight at him and
shot him through the head, and the
bullet went through his hind leg"
The gentlemen looked at each little
mystified. The negro scratched his
head and at last said "Yes, indeed,
gemmen, just as massa raised the
gun to shoot de buck he raised his
hind leg and scratch his ear, and the
bullet went through the head and right
through de hind leg" The gentlemen
looked more satisfied. After the guests
had left the negro said to his master:
"Gorry mighty, massa, next time you
tell one Of dem yarns do get the ends
closter togedder. l had hard work TO
make both ends meet."-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07

In the Postotfice Department there
is a book that is always kept under
lock and key. 1t is one of the most
treasured articles in the department.
The book contains a set of postage
stamps of every country in the world.
These stamps come from Berne, Switz-
erland. Seven hundred and fifty sets
of each United States postage issue
are also distributed from that point.
Each country comprising the Interna-
tional Postal Union when a new issue
Of stamps is out sends certain num-
ber of sets to Berne. The officials at
that point then distribute the stamps
to the different postoffice departments
throughout the Notwithstanding
Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
A Soldiers Reply.

A soldier Of Marshal SaXes army, be
ing discovered in a theft, was con
demned to be hanged. What he had
stolen might be worth five shillings
The marshal, meeting them as he was
being led to execution, said to him
What miserable fool you are, tC
risk your life for five shillings!' "Gen
eral," replied the soldier, 81 have risked
1t every day for my pay, five pence
This repartee saved his life.-Boys OF
the Empire.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
Re ReEcSfHufac,eAMs y.

GUS to run faster than six or eight miles
an hour unless he was certain the road
was clear.
The idea Of placing the boiler at the
rear Of the vehicle did not occur to Mr..
Brown until 1889, when he made rad.
ical change in the body of the carriage.
mounted it on pneumatic-tired wheels.
and for short distances operated it at
a speed Of twenty miles an hour. All
these machines We're constructed en-.
tirely Of bicycle parts.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
The Pear.

The pear is undeniably the favorite
fruit of modern times, indeed, we be-
lieve the pear of modern times, thanks
to the science and skill of horticultur-
lists, is quite different morsel for the
palate from the pear Of two or three
centuries ago.
So long ago as the earliest time of
the Romans the pear was considerably
cultivated. 1t was common in Syria,
Egypt and Greece, and from the latter
COUNTRIES was transplanted into Italy,
and from there into Germany and
Holland and eventually into the United
States.-New York News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07

The term infantry" was first used
by the Spaniards in the wars with the
Moors to designate the bodyguard Of
royal prince or infanta. 1t was ex-
tended to the entire body of foot SOL
diers and finally adopted throughout
Europe Boston Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
Wands of Office.

In some of the Lithuanian villages in
the extreme northeastern corner of the
German Empire, says the New York
Herald, the Mayor, or Chief Magis-
strate, still uses wand of office. The
use of this symbol of authority can be
traced back to the conversion Of the
Lithuanians to Christianity at the end
of the fourteenth century.
These wands are appropriately called
"krywuls," or crooks, for they are
made Of the most strangely contorted
boughs and saplings that can be
found. The more fantastic the shape
Of the krywul, the more highly is it
valued. Many are made by training
young shoots into queer forms.
The krywul is carried by the MagiS-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07

1t has been the custom lately to fast
en- wire ropes and chains at perilous
places on the Alps to assist climbers.
Some of these are to be seen ON the
upper tower of the Matterhorn, where
the climbing is most dangerous. But
last summers experiences have indi-
Gated an unforeseen peril arising in
unsettled weather from the wires and
chains themselves. A number of tour
lists were severely shocked and stunned
by charges of electricity passing
through the safety guards, which act
as lightning conductors. Any one who
has been on the Matterhorn can easily
understand how shock of that kind.
experienced at certain points, might.
without being severe enough in itself
to produce fatal results, cause a terri,
BILE disaster.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
ON SPARlNC THE ROD.
Public Education Association Discusses
the Whipping of Children.

Public Education Association Discusses
| the Whipping of Children.
"Is it worse to spank another wom-
ans child than your own?" asked the
President of the Public Education AS
sociation, apropos Of members as
sertion that mo person has a right
to whip another woman's child" A
discussion on corporal punishment had
| been brought about by an incident re-
lated by the speaker of the day, Mrs.
A. J. George, of Brookline, Mass.
! Mrs. George was asked il corporal
punishment is permitted in Massachu-
setts schools, and replied that State
laws do not refer to it, every city
and town making its own regulations.
in Brookline the practice was dis
continued some years ago." she said,
but it has been found necessary to
resume it in slight degree" The ad-
mission created Il stir, as the Presi-
dent, Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer,,
had just stated that Frederick Olm-
sted. the landscape architect, told her
that he had selected Brookline for
his home, because it is "the most CIV
ilized place in America" A member
was heard to remark, soto voce: "If
the cream of American civilization
can't get along without whipping boys,
expect to do it?"
| Animated arguments followed, some
advocating the moderate use of the
rod, and others denouncing it in any
and every degree. One quoted teacher
| as having told her that he had whipped
certain boy every day for six months,
and the boy lived to thank him for
| it, Somebody asked what became of
the boy, and the answer was, He
went on the police force" The Presi-
dent told the advocates Of whipping
| that this horrible example should be
warning.
Mrs. Georges subject was, 1.-The
! Home and the School," She said that
| in Brookline the conditions are wholly
different from those in New York, as
there the best home life is represented
in the schools. In all places. how
ever, Tic luuoI ScCh W Noih WIN
the school and to strengthen the infiu-
ence of the teachers.
mo school can be higher than the
average of the homes represented in
! it, she said. zone of the difficulties
! experienced by teachers is the lack of
home cooperation. Sometimes this
takes the form of allowing children
to pursue social pleasures for which
they are not old enough. The girl or
boy sits up late at theatre or party,
and has to work harder to keep the
| pace in The school, End when he OF
she breaks down unGer the strain it
is called the result of modern educa-
tionn"
Mrs. George asserted that high sal
aries should be paid in order to secure
teachers of high culture for every
| grade, as the best is needed nowhere
more than at tie beginning Of school
life. She urged that mo social at
tention should b. paid to teachers by
the families Of pupils, as many of them
come from distance to the city and
| have no social ties, thus narrowing
| their outlook upon life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07


gate in a German village: Cyclists
and hens are forbidden to wander
round the churchyard.'
Government engineers have found
that the amount of solid matter car
ried in suspension by the Mississippi
River past Vicksburg is sufficient to
make square mile block house of
earth 300 feet high. This would make
a solid river of earth five feet deep
and nine feet wide flowing as fast as a
man can walk. 1t would make 25,000,-
900 wagon loads every year.
The following advertisement recently
appeared in London paper: wanted
Loan of fifty pounds for few years
by man of integrity and ability. Idle
inquirers and weak minded Christians
need not apply, but persons of phi
lanthropic turn Of mind and willing
to act the part of a good Samaritan
may find this q profitable investment
Apply By letter only to Aristides."
A remarkable case of man, still
living, with a bullet in his heart, was
brought out in the thirtyfirst congress
of the German Chirurgical Association
which convened last week at Berlin
After the bullet penetrated his body
the wound healed quickly. Subse-
quently X-rays revealed the bullet ly-
ing in the left ventricle, bounding with
each beat. 1t now causes no inconve
nience.
A unique method has been adopted
by the Council of Miamsburg, Ohio,
to determine the speed of electric cars
ON its streets. The city ordinance
places the maximum rate of speed at
six miles per hour, and it is stated
that man who can walk at that rate
has been engaged to keep watch on
the cars. He walks along the track,
and, if he cannot keep up with any car
he reports the fact to the Council,
which takes up the matter with the
railway company.
There is tree that grows in Mexico
called the "chijol," or stone tree. 1t
is of enormous proportions, both in cir.
cumference and height. 1t has a num-
ber of branches spreading out widely
and carrying leaves of yellowish.
green color. The wood is extremely
fine and easily worked in a green state
1t is not given to either warping or
splitting. The most remarkable thing
about it is that after being cut the
wood gets gradually harder, and in the
course of a few years it is absolutely
petrified, whether left in the open air
or buried in the ground. From this
timber houses can be built that would
in few years become completely fire.
proof, and would last as though built
of stone.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07

Don't burn your bridges behind you,
under the impression that you are set
ting the world ON IRE.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
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s A DIVIDED EYE. !
q A Fish Which Sees Above and Be- y;
low the Surface.


the shore waters and rivers Of
Central America there are thou
sands of little fish with very Gu
rious eyes. They are called four
eyed fish, and the eye is very much
like a double eye; and then, too, it
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07

Most women seem to think there
are no secrets worth keeping.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-07
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The smallest known bacillus has
been discovered at Buenos Ayres. 1t
is only Just discernible when magnified
1900 times. 1t causes cattle disease
known as manquea.