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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07
SONG FOR THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

We tread a better earth to-day
Than that the fathers knew;
"A broader sky line rounds away
To realms of deeper blue
More ample is the human right,
More true the human ken;
The law Of God has been a light
70 lead the lives of men.
He led our generations on
In mist of smoldering fire;
To more than all the centuries gone
=. The marching years aspire,
Across the onward sweep of time
We strain our vision dim,
And all the ages roll and climb
To lose themselves in Him.
We gaze upon the aeons past
A blind and tumbling surge,
And slowly, from the weltering vast
Behold a law emerge.
The water seemed to heave and sway
In chaos undenied,
Yet not foam flake drove astray,
For He was wind and tide.
o purpose of the stumbling years,
o wistful need and hope,
Whereby in all the woven spheres ~-.
The atoms yearn and grope;
Flow through the wandering will of man
A tide of slow degree
And merge our strivings in the plan
That draws the world to Thee.
Frederick Langbridge, in Chicago Stand
ard
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

Rice, Baked with Dates-Two even
tablespoons rice, one quart milk, one
cup of dates, stoned, one saltspoon salt.
Bake very slowly, with just enough
heat to keep mixture bubbling gently.
Stir once or twice; then allow to
brown. Bake one and half hour, or
until rice is thoroughly soft. Serve
very cold.
Potato Pancakes-Pare, wash and
CRATE four large or six small potatoes
into bowl and add quickly to them
the beaten yolks of two eggs, half a
teaspoonful Of salt, and a tablespoon
full of fine bread crumbs. Beat in
gradually the whites of the eggs, beat
en- to froth and saute by spoonfuls on
a wel-greased, smoking hot griddle.
String Beans with Cheese-This is
not common way TO cook beans but
once tried it will become q fayorite
way. Cook the beans as usual. after
slicing them lengthwise in fine strips:
drain. Put tablespoonful OF butter
IN frying pan over hot fire; when
melted add the beans, half a cup of
milk, teaspoonful OF salt and a dash
OF cayenne pepper, and lastly stir in
heapins tablespoonful OF grated Par
mesan cheese. Let all cook together
for five minutes and you will have
delicious dish.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07
To Reach From Sea to Sky.

Diamond Shoal Lightship, No. n.
Captain Tawes, arrived in Baltimore
from her station to be installed with a
new electrical apparatus, which is to
send a thirteen-inch beam Of light
from the ships deck to the clouds.
The clusters of lights now at the tops
Of the two masts are visible thirteen
miles at sea, but it is expected that the
pillar of light rising to the skies may
be seen thirty and forty miles at sea.
This new marine signal is the de-
vice of Commander Albert Ross, in
spector OF the Fifth lighthouse dis
trict. It is expected that the sky
piercing shaft of light will also be
adopted at Fire Island, Sandy Hook
and Nantucket Shoals lights. 1t is
not proposed to abolish the present
masthead beacons. AS a guide TO mar
iners coming in from sea, the thirteen
inch electric beam, reaching up in the
dome OF night, will be as far ahead of
big electric beacons OF the first order
as the beacons We're ahead of oil
lamps. This innovation is not only Of
local but worldwide interest.-Balti-
more American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

In an official report submitted to
the war department the statement is
made that the magazines of nearly all
the forts upon the New England coast
are damp and unfit for use. 1t is not
likely that these shore defences will
ever be required to repel invaders, but
of what use is a citidel in which the
first maxim of successful aggression
or of formidable resistance is constant
ly disregarded? To keep your powder
dry is good rule here and now as it
was in the Ironsides army of Crom-
well 250 years ago, and every fortress
of ours should be dismantled and aban-
doned, or waterproof and thoroughly
protected magazines must be construct
ed
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

Pounding person on the back until
his ribs cave in Or the spine is dislo-
Gated may be an interesting method
to treatment for the administrator.
but there is q more sensible and ef-
fectual way of relieving the sufferer.
Frequently the obstruction is not be-
yond the reach Of long, slim finger.
Forceps Of some kind, however, will
prove more effective. If these are not
within reach, a small wire with nook
bent on one end may be used to adj
vantage on some obstructions. In this
and similar emergencies carry firm
hand, but work lightly and deftly.
During the operation, the head of the
person afflicted should be thrown well
back and the tongue depressed, SO as
10 permit Of the freest possible access
to the throat. If the obstruction is so
low as to be invisible or has passed
into the windpipe, it constitutes case
tor a good surgeon. Fortunately,
enough air can usually be inhaled to
prevent immediate suffocation.-Home
Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

Nine. Hubertine Auclert, a French
woman who favors equal rights for
women, has hit upon a novel way of
preaching the gospel The new
French postage stamps represent a
young woman resting her hand on a
tablet which bears the words, THE
rights of man." Nine. Auclert has
caused to be made a quantity of blue
stamps which show young man rest
ing his hand on tablet with the
words, "The rights of woman" She
recommends persons who believe in
equal rights to afIix one of these
stamps to each letter, side by side
with the official stamp of the govern
ment.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

The game laws have been prepared
SO juiiciously in many of our states,
especially in New England, in New
York, and generally in the northwest
ern part of the Union, and these laws
have been enforced with so much
energy that the reports from many
quarters of excellent sport with
beast and bird are gratifying.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07
Speaking about "Rubber Necka. "

A surgeon in Lyons, France. has
supplied a rubber larynX and glottis
for patient that works perfectly.
The rubber neck now has q distinct
and assured standing in the world OF
medicine New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

| as tney neard the Deat or his onc0m1ng
hoofs. He had heard them call to
him in the night when he beat himself
against the corraps timbers.
-
He reused the rattlesneke from its
| dusty bed; he left the blowsnake puff
ing and blowing far behind. The jack
| rabbit coursed with him, and distant
| antelope raised their heads, gazed and
We're not afraid. That which is free
| fears not freedom In others. The sun
went down, the night came and the
black slaked his thirst in n stream al
| most on the border line of Nebraska
| and South Dakota. Then he swung on
again, stronger, freer. From distant
Buffalo Gap the breath of the noun
tains came to him; the grasses and
wild flowers spurned beneath his fly
| ing feet sent after him a sweet per-
fume. Wolves howled about him, but
held off. No terrors had they for him.
He was coming to the White River
| country and the waiting mares OF his
breed. Not SO many had been the
years of his captivity that he did not
| know just where they would be linger-
ing in the shadows of the valley. Few
there were left uncaptured by the
white man, but these few, dauntless,
| unconquered, still roamed where, as n
child, he had been part of their child
days. Every glittering star told him
when it was midnight, and he poised
himself ON the great roll of land above
the valley where the mares waited.
He listened, but the grasses gave no
| warning of pursuit He had out
stripped all men. He listened for
sound from the valley, but there was
none. Then he called, the wild chal-
lenge Of the full-blooded range horse
to the female of his breed. The cry
went up and down on the night air.
1t rang back from other rolls of land,
| and it burst through the shadows of
the valley and reused the mares. One
-two-three-they all called back. Be-
low him was the sound Of rising ami
mails, the patting Of hoofs on range
grass. He had found his own.
He could not see them, SO far be-
low were they, but they, looking up,
could see him silhouetted against the
sky. His name was blowing free; he
was a something carved out of the
night; he was flesh and fire and blood,
and he was free. Again he called, and
again he was answered, and this was
repeated several times. No need for
him TO wait longer. He leaped from
his eminence, and he dashed down the
| rough way to where he knew he would
be awaited. Needless of rock and
shale, needless of gashed waterways
ROW dry, he leaped on, spurning all
earth beneath his feet, coming with
the wind of the plain. A rock turned
beneath him; he was quick and did
not fall; shale slid with him, he
bounded ahead Then for one instant
there opened before him horrible
gulch, unsoundable, unknown. 1t had
not been there when last he was in
this valley. The mares We're beyond
calling to him. Surrender? He drew
off and went at it, rising in the air
for frightful span to cover, screaming
again his wild song OF freedom as he
| leaped.
The pursuing ranchmen found him
in the gulchs bed the next day, back
broken, blood at his lips, dead. He
| was free.-H. 1. Cleveland, in the Chi
cago Record-Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07
His Tongue Was SAFE.

A little three-year old of Newton has
frequently astonished his parents by
rather witty remarks. One day re-
Gently his mother was busy preparing
to go away, and Willie camt into the
house and made a great deal of noise
running about with his heavy shoes.
His mother told him she was so tired
that she would like to have him go up
stairs and take his shoes off and put
his slippers on. Willie obeyed, and,
returning to the room where his moth
er was, talked necessarily. Several
times she had to stop in the midst Of
her work to answer his questions.
Finally her patience became exhaust
ed, and she said: "Willie, will you
stop talking? You have me crazy"
He stopped minute, then replied:
"Well, you made me take my shoes
of, but you can't make me take my
tongue out, anyway. Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

Notwithstanding the carpings of
the doubtful and the finical, football
seems to maintain more firmly than
ever this year it's hold on public
favor as stirring, wholesome and
manly sport.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

wild beasts were their companions.
He had dreamed much of those days
since his capture. Not that he had
ever failed in a duty put upon him by
his man captors, but the dreams of
what had been, what he still longed
for, would cling to him, and carry him
away with such wild surges of blood
that he would bound against the cor
RAILS side and make deep means as if in
Iain. No horse was ever made upon
whom harness lay naturally; the herit-
age of the horse was the free plain,
from which he could only be sum
moned by the call OF his companion,
man. If he responded it was because
he too loved and was not captive
All this the black knew, and he curv-
eted in the afternoon sunshine, threw
his dainty legs far apart, blew the
warm air from his noStrils, and gal
loped away-lorth, north, to where the
Kcyapaha flows through Indian land
Mares with silky names and tremulous
nostrils were waiting for him there
Mares with eyes that would soften
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

In the department Of mechanical
engineering our American technical
schools lead the world. Europe is
sending her boys to them in consider
able numbers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

The department of agriculture has
decided that certain cereals can be
grown with marked success in Al
aska. 1t is a great deal to ask a
man who has started out for mil
lions in gold to settle down to farm
ing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

There are now in London and its i'm
mediate neighborhood $50 public rec
reation grounds, varying in size from
Epping Forest, which with Wanstead
Flats, is over 5000 acres in extent, 10
little city gardens and Fairgrounds
measuring an eighth or tenth Of an
acre. These include 100 plots Of
ground which have been used for in
terment, parish churchyards, and 9th
er disused burial grounds, of which
the largest is II acres and the small
est few yards square.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

Id A II t e l op e
Ranch of North
eastern Nebraska
went out of eX-
istence with n
great many other
things during the
season of the "big
drought" Every
cattlp country has
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

The estimate that the population Of
the United States and its possessions
will reach a total of 10O,O00,0OO at the
end Of the first 10 years of this cen
tury has a rounded fulness which may
puff American pride unduly. 1t may
be prudent to moderate the screams of
the eagle and not to count too many
chickens years in advance. Some Of
the eggs may be adaled. This is a
wonderful nation, and it is growing
amazingly. In fact, we grow so fast
that we should beware of vainglory.
1t is time to take heed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

Entered at the Postofice at Freeland. Pas
As Second Glass Matter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

" Nbitit NOuhliy mas
had historic drought. Local events are
marked from thatperiod and as is said in
the South, when one isreminiscent,, "be-
fore the war;" so they say in Nebraska,
before the dry spell" But when the
Antelope was in its prime there was
kept in one of the corrals black
horse that was never used for any but
special service. If Il child was sick
at the ranch house and needed a physi-
clan, out came the black, and furious
ly he covered the distance as no other
horse on the range could. When the
Sioux rose in the west of the State
it was the black that carried the warn
ing through Keyapaha and along the
Niobrara, where the sparsely settled
villages were. He even in Il day at
that time journeyed 100 miles and
flung his proud head high in the air
whinnying as il he could joyously
cover that distance over again without
rest. OF course, he was Il range horse;
no thOroughbred's blood in him, off
spring from no mother coddled under
the trainers watchful eye, but child of
the range mare and stallion, facing
blasts Of ice and sand fighting for
food while the blizzard ragged above,
swimmer of swollen streams, COM
panion Of the coyote, the rabbit and
the antelope, nature-born and nature
bred ....
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

The Rev. Mr.. Sandford, Of Shiloh,
Me-, recently baptized 21S persons in
cne hour and thirty-seven minutes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

The black lived long and well at the
Antelope Ranch after he was tanned
somewhat, but one day he broke the
bounds of his corral by some chance,
and, standing where the dip of the
plain land came up to the bars of his
late prison, he gave a triumphant
scream and plunged into the wilder
ness before him. The ranchmen heard
his cry, they came running, come just
In time to see him arch himself on q
distant elevation and scream again.
He was free. Once long before this
time he had been free. That was
when he grazed with his mother, far
out on the Elkhorn, when no strap OF
halter lay upon them. and only the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-07

The pursuing ranchmen found him
in the gulch's bed the next day, back
broken, blood at his lips, dead. He
was free.-H. l. Cleveland, in the Chi
cago Record-H Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12

the Atlantic only by ridge of lime
stone, being on their eastern boundary
about five miles distant from tidewa-
ter.
The task of reclaiming the Ever
glades presents no insuperable or very
difficult engineering problems. The
land is nowhere less than ten feet
above tide level, and the natural drain
age is toward the ocean, which is sep
arated from the swampy region by Il
strip of soil only few miles in width.
Through this strip a number of
streams--the Mama, Hillsborough. Cy-
press, New, Little, Arch and Snake
rivers-have forced their way by nat
ural pressure The falls or rapids at
their present heads are gradually work
ing westwardly, and in time these riv
ers would unaided effect the drainage
of the primeval swamp.
The object of the present efforts is
to assist the rivers by removing the
barriers at their heads and thence run
ming channels into the heart of the
Everglades. In this way the entire
region will be rendered dry and ara
ble. Nine canals in all will be con-
structed. with a total length of IA
miles. and eight of these will be Il
miles in length. each 30 feet in width
and II in d pth. The ninth, or main.
canal will be IS miles long. 30 feet
wide and of the same depth as the
others.
When completed. these canals will
be used not only for drainage pur-
poses. but also for carrying materials
TO the new grounds and for transport
ing the produce from the plantations
TO the coast for shipment to foreign
countries and by rail to home markets.
The time necessary to complete the
work. according to the engineers and
contractors having 1t in charge. will
be about five years. and the total cost
is estimated at about $S50.000. The
cost of reclaiming the lands and pre-
pairing them for planting will be about
$2.75 per att.. which is considerably
less than the expense of clearing for
est lands of average density.
The Everglades basin is filed with a
soil of extreme fertility and produc-
tiveness. being composed of drift. or
alluvium. mixed with decayed vegeta-
BILE matter, and is generally underlaid
by deposit of mari. a source of much
fertility and a corrective of acidity
The soil is from two to twelve feet deep
"a black mold underlaid with marl
1t is the purpose of the people having
the work of reclamation in charge to
plant cane, erect mills and promote
other agricultural and industrial en-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12

SCENE on NEW RIVER, FLORIDA EVER
GLADES.
ical and commercial. The purchase Of
sugar cane delivered at its central
mills will he one of the prime objects,
and growers who desire to plant small
areas Of cane-10 to 10l acres VIII he
offered the highest prices
The larger part of the Everglades
is still terra incognita, exploring the
vast tract of swamps and impossible
streams being an impoSsibility. Many
efforts have been made to penetrate
the region. but only tAree white men
have been able to traverse the interior
The only inhabitants at present are the
remnants Of the Seminole tribe of In
dians, few hundreds in number,
whose reservation is situated in the
Everglades. Hunting parties are COM
PEELED to rely upon these Indians for
guidance, since attempting to visit the
region without their assistance would
be foolhardY in the extreme. The
streams which cross and recross the
swamp NdlS III NiNpNiI lloiil Nll' " SiN
feet, and many of them end in pockets.
leaving the explorer without the knowl-
edge or means of proceeding or return
ing.
But, of course, with the draining of
the waters this uncertainty will al be
removed. and in time even the portion
of the Everglades laid apart for the
Seminole will he invaded. The Indian
is not at all in favor of the drainage
scheme.
There is said to be fascination
about the Everglades which leads one
on and on into its fastnesSes--the de-
sire, or, rather, the expectation. of
new scenes further on which leads to
the losing of ones way. Many hunt
ers have spoken of this. The draining
of the glades will destroy happy
hunting ground of white men. for the
rivers teen with fish. alligators. otter,
etc. On the larger islands there are
many deer and thousands of birds.
The present flora of the Everglades
consists of saw grass, flags, rusheS,
willows, gum, cypress, maple, etc, to-
gether with palmetto, rubber trees,
ferns and other tropical growths. Al
though it might easily be thought that
the climate is unhealthful it is, in fact
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
CAPITAL TO BE GAY
WASHINGTON PREPARING FOR A
BRIL- LIANT SOCIAL SEASON.

Renovated White House VIII BE the
Mrs. Roosevelt and Her Social RuI-
inEs-New Faces In Highest Circles.
When the repairs and alterations to
the White House, now being made, are
completed, that historic mansion will
be, even more than before, the focus
of Washington social gaySty. During
the coming winter Mrs. Roosevelt will
have at her disposal more room for do
mestic life and social activities than
any other White House mistress ever
possessed. Judging from present indi-
cations, she will make the greatest
possible use of the renovated, stately
old mansion, and the social life of the
White House during the coming sea-
son will be brilliant in the extreme.
For some time it has been believed
that the Washington social season
would open this year at an unusually
early date. The latest report. how
ever, is to the effect that, although
Mrs. Roosevelt and her family will re-
turn TO the executive mansion during
the early part of October, there will be
no great formal entertainments before
the opening of the official season. on
the 1st of January. 1t is authorita-
lively announced that Mrs Roosevelt
has informed the ladies of the cabinet
that their assistance Will not be re-
quired before the date Of the great
New Years reception.
Although Washington society has lost
by death, retirement and other causes
some of its most popular leaders. new
faces have appeared, and the life of
the capital promises TO be gayer than
ever For one thing. the gloom east
over last years season by the death
Of President Mckinley has been re-
moved. Another new cause for social
activity is ,hc Fact that tie invalid
wife of the late president las been re-
placed by Mrs. Roosevelt. who is an
energetic. brilliant and exceedingly
able social leader. Tho latter state
ment may. perhaps, be challenged by
those NLo Hold Ina, She has injured
ler popularity by her Limitation of the
/ entree TO the more exclusive of the
| White House entertainments Some of