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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
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A little watch of gun metal Is set in
the centre of a bracelet of like mate
rial.
The omnipresent ping-pong racquet
appears on wells in various shades Of
brown.
Handsome and expensive are the
sashes and ties Of real lace to be worn
with thin gowns.
The popularity of new wrist bag
is n silver bracelet which slips over the
hand, the bag hanging from it by two
silver chains.
| A pretty thing in belt buckle is
made of two disks, each little larger
than a quarter, with feur de lys in
purple enamel.
A broad black satin belt studded
with rhinestones, has a buckle and
back slide in elaborate scroll design
closely set in rhinestones.
White silk stockings with open work
stripes running half way up the leg are
embroidered between the stripes with
small bow knots of light blue.
Hats Of pique or dotted muslin for
little girls have big tam crowns tied
about with liberty silk ribbon in some
delicate tint and forming large bow
in front.
To wear with light colored gowns are
pale gray and white shoes finished
with bows Of ribbon or fancy buckles
of gun metal; silver or steel or jeweled
buckles are occasionally seen.
Corset bags of silk or muslin are long
and narrow, edged at the top with lace
and drawn up with ribbon. Very elab.
crate ones are of white silk or satin
painted with sprays Of delicate flowers.
The bewitching black picture hat is
OF wide. fiat shape, all fashioned Of
tucked tulle, with bordering Of satiny
straw to follow the upward sweep Of
the wide brim at the left side, where
it curves high above the two grace
fully curling feathers which droop low
down over the hair from handsome
JET ornament, whose duplicate fastens
some long looped ends Of velvet ribbon
at the back.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
VALUABLE POSTAGE STAMPS:
Hawaiian Specimen Brings S7OO at Auo-
uon in Philadelphia.

ton in Philadelphia.
Seven hundred dollars was paid for a
tiny piece of paper. The transaction
took place in Lippincott's auction
rooms at IA South Seventh street. The
little slip was rather crudely engraved.
Two words, Hawaiian Postage" We're
printed at the top, and two other
words, namely, 1.-TWO Cents" were
printed at the bottom. Around large,
bold figure 5, which is stamped in the
centre of the paper, there is rough
scroll design. For this and nothing
housekeeping the fact that the lit
tie piece of parchment is sole survivor
of the first Hawaiian postal issue-an
unknown man was willing to pay 700
good American dollars. For another
and still smaller bit Of paper, one with
out any scroll at that some one was
ready to pay $131. 1t is a stamp which
has survived great many years and
belonged to the series of early Phila-
delphia carrier stamps, issued in 1S49
and 1850. The letters "U. S. p. or
are printed at the top of the document.
Then comes the single word Paid"
and under this the denomination, 81
cent"
When it came to buying a real pretty
stamp, one with the picture of bird
the American eagle-nicely engraved
on it, the numerous bidders who had
gathered in the auction room held their
hands on their pocketbooks and re-
fused to separate themselves from
sued years ago by Frazer & Co. 1t
was good for two cents when turned
into the city dispatch post. Scores of
other stamps, representing issues which
are not so rare as the above. We're sold
for prices ranging from $40 to $780,
Philadelphia North American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
A FlShERMAN'S LUNCH.
How the True Angler Broils Trout For
His Noonday Meal,

How the True Angler Broils Trout For
His MONDAY Meal.
In the deep shade of the tree the
baskets are laid, and now a fire Is
started nearby, one of Van Dykes lit
tie Friendship fires,' which shall also
cook a few trout. "Get two fiat stones,
Friend-and they'll be hard to find in
this boulder country, but they are
sometimes worn quite fat-while 1
gather some sufficient wood" Into the
fire the stones go, and the wood is
heaped about them. Soon the intense
glow of live wood embers indicates
that the time has come. The trout,
silver of bacon in each, are placed on
one stone, first well busted of its ashes,
and the other stone is laid upon them.
Now the hot embers are raked about
and over the stones, and the lunch is
spread on the big rock near the spring.
o, ye epicures, who think nothing good
unless served by Delmonico or
Sherry, go ye into the mountains, fol-
low brook for half day. get wet and
tired and hungry, sit down by an Ice
cold spring, and eat brook trout cooked
on the spot, and delicious bread and
butter literally spread with clover
honey. Not till then have We dined.-
From Trout and Philosophy on
Vermont Stream" in Outing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
A New Fire Escape.

A German invention in fire apparatus
has recently been tried with success.
1t consists of a telescope ladder, capa-
BILE OF being extended to a length Of
eighty-five feet, and worked by means
of compressed air. The ladder is at
tached to a heavy truck carrying an
air tank. The ladder can be directed
at a particular window, OF other place
in burning building that it is desir-
able to reach. A fireman lashed to the
end OF the ladder is shot up with it,
and rescued persons need not Chamber
down, as the ladder can be quickly
lowered with them on it.-Tit-Bits
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
woman's Position in Germany.

In Germany the economic, intellect
nal, and, in certain degree, also the
legal condition of woman is lately be-
ginning to take shape in accordance
with the principles Of the womens
movement.
The pressure of facts Is gradually
convincing the public mind that the
traditional ideal German woman, SO
ardently defended, is undergoing a
slow process of Transformation. Will
lingly or unwlllingly it is admitted that
economic and social conditions force n
continually increasing number Of Ger
man women to earn their own living.
The hope of turning the wheel Of bis
tory backward Is more and more disap-
pearing, and while mindedness
ridicules as preposterous the efforts of
well-to-do classes of women, and their
purely ideal motives, even in tenacious
ly conservative circles, it is recognized
that women in their battle for exist
ence can no longer be denied their only
weapon-a thorough, universal and pro-
fessional education.
mere is ilSO an lHtiSdSih5
ness to open to women professions
hitherto closed to them by law or cus-
tom. The overcrowded state of the ira
ditional professions for women clearly
demands this. Nevertheless, this Will
lingness relates only to those employ
ments which are considered q priGri,
suitable to so-called woman's sphere"
Therefore, all professions which give
their holder a position Of any social
power remain for the present and will
remain in the immediate future the
carefully guarded prerogative of men.
All positions with an official Govern.
ment salary attached, administration,
the police department, etc, are by Gus
tom reserved for men, nor can women
be lawyers, clergymen or teachers In
universities, and the opposition to the
demand for equal training for boys
and girls has its strongest root in the
dread that, after attaining an equal
standard in education women's profane
hands might be stretched out even to-
ward those employments.
The first breach however, has been
made. Since a year and half ago
women may take the State eXamina-
tions in medicine and r armacy at Ger
man universities. The long-projected
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

Despite the fact that very many of
the foulard frocks come supplied with
white cambric slip skirts, the woman
who can afford it prefers white taffeta.
In the matter of laundry bills alone
the extra cost of the taffeta may be
saved, since taffeta sheds soil that sim
oily sinks right into the loosely woven
cottons. Its crispness, too, and its
ability to hold its own in damp wind
that leave cotton skirts limp, Is another
feature; is, indeed, an item in its favor.
OF course, with some dresses an exqui-
site thing is sheerst white and quanti-
ties of daintiest lace is to be preferred,
but never, mind you, on the score Of
cheapness.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
Where Vegetation FIourlshes.

In Cuba cabbages frequently weigh
as much as twenty pounds. All vege-
tables do well. Radishes may be eaten
from fourteen to eighteen days after
sowing, lettuce in five weeks after sow.
ing, while corn produces three crops
per year. Sweet potatoes are per-
petual. The natives dig up the tubers.
cut them off and plant the old vines,
which produce a new crop in three
months. All sorts of fruit, horticul
tural and greenhouse plants and
bulbous stocks are also grown.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

at every point, or at intervals. The
familiar quitch, twitch, or couch, is of
this character; but the most striking
examples are to be found in maram
grass and sea sedge that occur on sand
dunes by the sea. These plants of
the seashore make ropes Of their enor-
nous creeping root-stocks wherewith
the sands are tied together, and many
banks that would otherwise wash
away with the first high tide are held
intact.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
Saline Gulf and Fishing.

The water along the entire Gulf coast
is much saltier than usual, and, as Il
consequence, salt water fish, which
could formerly only be caught by sail
now found Immediately off the shore
In other words, fishing is better as to
the variety, size and quantity Of the
ish.-New OrlSSns Times-Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
Adjusting Glass GIobss.

In fitting on gloves it is a common
error to screw them on to the gas fix
lures as tightly as possible. This is a
grave error, for if the globe has not
roo INTO expand it will surely break
when the gas is lighted and the glass
becomes hot. Many mysterious break
ages are due to too tight screws.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

Whenever "sour" grass is seen in
lawns it is sure indication that the
land requires lime, which neutralizes
the acidity of the soil. An application
of lime in the fall will sometimes make
very decided change in the grass the
following spring. All the clovers are
benefited by lime, and lime also gives
good results on Kentucky blue grass,
which is one Of the best varieties for
lawns.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

BESIDES harvesting peas with a NOW.
lnS machine anC raising asparagus in
beds OF 100 acres, Colorado now boasts
currant patch of eighty acres. the
largest in the world. There are 49,, 900
plants il all.-Philadelphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
Screen That VIII Not Scratch.

Rubber tips are used on the latest
screens to prevent their scratching the
highly-polished floors in vogue now.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

After fool has had a certain amount
of luck, people begin to respect him
for his wisdom.-Chicago Record Her
aid.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

The pitcher that goes often to the
well is likely to be broken, especially
IL the hired girl carries it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

The greatness that is thrust upon
people is likely to have a string tied
to it.
Some people say a man can succeed
IN this world without making money
but they seldom try it themselves.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-03
TIRED OF RELIGIOUS sHYsTERs

The papers have had much of late about
an Illinois evangelist who is going from
church to church announcing his terms
as $40 per week and fifty conversions
guaranteed or money refunded" Churches
engaging that shyster ought tc follow it
IN by advertising in the papers: Con
versions guaranteed at eighty cents a
head"
There is nothing to fear from such
shyster. Few churches will even answer
his letters and he will be soon in some
other calling trying to humbug the peo-
pie. The sensible people are getting very
tired of religious shysters and political
mountebanks. Their converts generally
turn out not unlike those told about by
a North Carolina preacher not many
year ago He held a revival-(and he
was a genuine old-time revivalist who
never saw a dollar for preaching)-in a
certain section where the people love to
look upon the wine-and something
cup" or the gourd, as the case may be.
There were so many converts that the
preacher did land office business re-
ceiving them into the church. The re-
vivalist went on his way. One day. at
great public gathering, the preacher
was surprised to see a drunken man
rd ii 4
and showing that he was very glad to
see him. The man was drunk enough to
be very affectionate but sober enough to
see that the preacher did not recognize
him, and he said:
"Why, Brother x, don't you know
met"
You have the advantage OF me-" said
the preacher, not relishing the company
of the drunken man.
"Why, Brother x" he said after a
pause, 81 am one of your converts"
II think you are" said the preacher.
"You look like just such a convert as
l might make. l am sure you are not
one of the Lords converts"
Under the preaching of the best OF
ministers, some men-(shall we say fall
from grace or baclIslide or slip up?-go
back to the world But that is no fault
of the preacher. If this is to be ex-
rected, what may we expect from the
so-called conversions at eighty cents
ahead?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-03

was raging, that he might relieve the
thirst of his wounded foes. 1t is even
finer than the magnanimity or sir Philip
Sidney at Zutphen. or than that OF the
French cuirassier at Waterloo. IL the
people of the South should ever forget
it. thew would be guilty of piece of I'M
pardonable baseness.
1--WE have often wished that some one
with competent literary skill would
gather up into a bright and attractive
volume the more notable instances in the
war between the States, in which the
better side of human nature found its
expression. Such a volume would do
more to abate the lingering prejudices
between the North and the South than
all the efforts of all our statesmen. Some
things should be cast into oblivion; but
whatever furnishes a lesson in forbear-
ance, in high mindedness, in Christian
courtesy, is an inalienable part of our
inheritance, and should be passed on to
our children"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-03
SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN

The best reading for a boy is bio
graphy. Nothing shapes his character
so much as to be inspired by reading of
the noble deeds of noble men. 1t is the
wise parent who fills the minds of his
children with deeds of heroism and no.
bility.
An Autobiography by General S. C.
French, of the Confederate Army, en-
phasizes an incident that should be wide
ly known and he adds wise observations.
He says:
MANY of our readers know of the
battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia,
which was fought on June q, 1854. On
that fateful day General Sherman made
a front attack on General Johnston's
lines, and was repulsed with awful
slaughter, leaving many thousands of his
dead and wounded on the ground, the
intrenched Confederates suffering COM
paratively little loss.
"It was during this battle, says Gen
eral French, that one of the noblest deeds
of humanity was performed that the world
has ever Witnessed and we are sure that
no one will be found to dispute the
statement. We follow the narrative
Colonel W. II. Martin. of the First Ar
kansas regiment of Cleburne's Division,
seeing the woods in front OF him on fire
and burning the wounded Federals tied
a handkerchief to a ramrod, and amid
the danger of battle mounted the parapet
and shouted to the enemy: Come and
remove your wounded; they are burning
to death: we won't fire a gun till you
get them away Be quick!' And with
his own men he leaped over the works
and helped in the humane work. When
this work was ended a noble Federal
major was so impressed by such mag
nanimity that he pulled from his belt a
brace of fine pistols and presented them
to Colonel Martin with the remark:
Accept them with my appreciation of
the nobility of this deed. 1t deserves to
be perpetuated to the deathless honor of
every one of you concerned in it; and
should you fight thousand other battles,
and win a thousand other victories, you
will never win another SO noble as
this
Us there anything in history that bet
ter illustrates the highest meaning OF
chivalry? 1t is fit to be matched with
the conduct of young Kirkland, of South
Carolina. who, at the risk Of his own life.
loaded himself with canteens full of
water, and climbed over the fortihca-
tions at Fredericksburg while the battle
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-03
CHILD LABOR IN NILS

During the last session of the General
Assembly, the attorney of the cotton
mills presented paper signed by nearly
all the cotton mill managers in the State
twelve years of age in their mills. We
have no doubt that most of them have
kept their promise, though Mr.. Warner
says that some have not. The Labor Com
missioner should be able before the next
Legislature meets to give the exact fig
ures, showing the age of all the en-
mills.
There is much interest manifested in
the question of child labor recent
issue OF the Atlanta Journal says:
I'm Alabama, as in several other South
ern States, the question of child labor in
cotton mills is causing much discussion.
committee which has organized
movement whose object it is to secure
legislation on this question has recently
published pamphlet entitled The Case
Against Child Labor written by Rev.
Edgar Gardner Murphy, the committees
chairman. According to his figures the
number of children employed in Southern
cotton mills increased 1903 per cent dur
ing the decade ending in 1880, and 1865
per cent between 1880 and 1890. Between
1890 and 1900 the increase was no less
than 270.7 per cent. OF the 1904 textile
operatives in North Carolina. 1896 are
under IA years of age, while the average
wage of the child has decreased from 81
to 20 cents per day in that State. In
some places in the South the daily wage
is as low as 8 cents day for II hours
of work 1t is estimated that there are
at least $4,000 children in Southern cot
ton mills, of whom between 5000 and 10,-
600 are under 10 years of age.
"A fact which has provoked much COM
ment is that the mills having the largest
proportion of very young children at work
are owned and directed by Northern men
who come from States which have strict
laws against the employment of child la
Dor in mills. They seem determined to
make the most of their opportunities
where no limitations upon child labor
have been established.
We doubt the correctness of some of
| these figures. If there are 5000 children
under twelve years of age working in
cotton mills of the South, it is con-
dition that ought not to continue a day
! In North Carolina there are very few
under twelve, and there ought not to be
single one No parent should be per-
mitted to live upon the toll of his babies
| by putting them in the mills before they
are strong enough to become wage-earn-
ers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-03
AN ANTITRUST POLICY.

The New York journal truly says that
the trust evil is due mainly to special
legislation and the inefficient enforce
ment of existing laws" 1t outlines it's
policy which it thinks will put an end
to these things:
New legislation should be expressly
and directly devoted to these ends
Il. Protect competition as the most
effective prevention of monopoly.
III. Reduce the tariff to a moderate
revenue basis, especially on products
dominated by large corporations.
iii. Reform State corporation laws
which now permit one State to openly
defeat the laws of another State. do
ing elsewhere acts unlawful within its
own borders.
NV. Reform legislation permitting
monopolies based upon patents and pub
lie franchises.
"V. Secure reasonable publicity in the
affairs of large corporations.
"VI. Secure national laws against
fictional capitalization of corporations.
"VII. Establish government supervis-
ion of real or national monopolies.
"VIII. Enact such laws as may be ne
cessary to prevent small rivals from I'M
just competition.
TX. Compel public officers to strict
er enforcement of existing laws against
restraint of trade.
tx. Oppose vigorously all legislation
leaning towards public ownership; pre-
ferring government supervision as safer
and more efficient than socialistic con-
troll"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-03

The death of Mr. Jacob Hicks at
Greensboro removes sterling and wor-
thy North Carolinian. He was splen-
did engineer for nearly half century,
showing capacity and nerve. He was de-
MED early educational advantages, and
was sixty-four years old when the order
was promulgated that all engineers must
learn to read. Some said they were too
old and retired, but Mr. Hicks with de-
termination applied himself to the new
requirement and mastered it. Such man
deserves to be remembered and his men,
DRY should be honored.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-03

Democratic minority offered a resolution
that Congress should, now that all ap-
preparation bills were out of the way,
remain in session until it had acted
upon the many antitrust bills that had
been pigeonholed, and labor to perfect
legislation that would put an end to
robbery of the people through the trusts.
But the Republicans, when opportunity
offered to do something, adjourned Con-
gress, and hurried home to employ trust
lawyers to write resolutions about the
terrible things the Republicans will do
to 1.-THE criminal trusts" If they are re-
elected. The criminal trusts" OF
course, are the trusts that do not con-
tribute heavily to the Republican cam
paign fund. THE best possible avowal
is In acts. not Words
During the early stages OF the cam
paign we hear much about the efficiency
of the publicity bill which is to up
root the trusts. And yet bill identical
with the one outlined by Mr.. Littlefeld
and the President was offered in the
Senate, during the session just ended, by
Mr.. Dubois, of Idaho, and every Repub-
lican Senator voted against it and pre-
vented its passage. Acts, not words, +"
are the best possible avowal."
The Republicans, through the late
President Mckinley and President Roose-
welt. promised reciprocity for Cuba. But
when the sugar trust objected, Congress
adjourned without an attempt in the
Senate to pass the bill. 1.-THE best pos
sible avowal is in acts, not words
The Republicans talk glibly of the big
speeches Attorney General Knox is going
to make against the trusts, and yet he
has done nothing to enforce the present
laws, which the late John Sherman said
are ample to destroy the trusts, against
the trusts. He has filed a bill in equity
against the beef trust, but it is asleep.
Fighting such trusts with such proceed
ure recalls the old farmer who thought
ne cOulu get the Dau boy 10 come down
from the tree by throwing tufts of earth.
He found that nothing but throwing
stones would dislodge the boy. Mr.. Knox
can get the trusts by enforcing the
criminal law. The sending of Rookie
Teller and Schwab to Jail would show
that he was in earnest. But who expects
Knox, who was the lawyer employed to
draw the papers in the steel trust or
ganization, to proceed against the trusts
The son will sooner turn against his
mother. THE best possible avowal is
in acts. not words"
These are but few of the "acts" of
the Republican party in it's dealings with
trusts which shows its attitude toward
trusts The Post is correct: 1.-THE best
possible avowal is in acts, not words"
Measured by that test-the only true
test-the man is smpleton who looks
to the Republican party to anything ex-
cept to strengthen the hold of the trusts
and increase its swig on the pocket
of the people.