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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
Odd Titles of Rulers.

Among the seyenty-one titles of the
sultan of Turkey are abdul Hamid,
the Eternally Victorious" "the Eternal
ly Smiling" the Eternally Invincible" !"
"Distributer of Crowns to the Heroes
Seated on the Thrones" and "Shadow
of God on Earth"
The shah of Persia has also many
pompous titles, among them being "Lu-
minOus Star of the Firmament," "The
One Star That Gives Light to the Ter
restrial Planet" "Pivot of the Uni
verse" and Magnetic Center of the
Globe"
The funniest title, however, is borne
by the ruler of Ava, Il small kingdom
on the borders of Afghanistan. This
monarch signs all his DEGREES as fol-
lows: Signed and sealed by the king
of kings, whom all the world should
obey, because he preserves life in all
human beings, because he regulates the
seasons, because he is the father of the
sun and because he is the king of the
twenty-four umbrellas"
In order to convince the skeptical that
these are no unmeaning words twenty
four umbrellas are always kept in the
kings private closet.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
He Should Demand an Inquiry.

"If General Jacob H. Smith is man
jealous of his honor he will ask for
court of inquiry to disprove the allega-
ton made by Major Waller that he,
General Smith, supplemented his pub
lished orders with oral instructions to
kill and burn indscriminately. If he
does not ask for it the War Depart
ment should order t."-Commercial
According to recent report, General
Smith is to be recalled to this country
and given a comfortable home COM
mand in which he can enjoy life after
his strenuous service in the Far East.
What sort of feeling must the people
among whom he will come have for
him if he does not disproye the charge
that he gave the inhuman order to
kill everybody over ten years of age"
in the island OF Samar? He denied at
the Waller court martial that he gave
orders to butcher prisoners, but sew
eral witnesses swore that he did.
The grounds upon which Waller was
acquitted have not been made public
as yet. He admitted that he killed de-
fenseless prisoners in Samar without
trial, and acknowledged that he did
the same thing in China, as was done
after he was succeeded in command by
another officer. These are horrible
things for the American people to con-
template. But, so far as known, the
chief point of Major Walters defense
was that he acted under the orders
of his superior, Gen. Smith, an old
regular army officer. If Gen. Jacob II.
Smith does not ask for an investiga-
ton he should be required to submit to
one.-BuRalo Courier.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
CURRENT COMMENT
Brief Discussions of Political and
Other Matters of Public Interest.
ANDREW j. PALM.

ANDREW j. PALM.
The demand for the nomination of
good men for the legislature on the
part of the Democratic party was never
more urgent than at the present time.
If all those elected as Democrats to
the last two sessions had been faith
full to their party trust and true to the
principle of honest manhood, the polit-
ical situation of the state at the pres
ent time would be vastly different
from what it is. Quay would have
been relegated to private life, where he
should have gone thirty years ago. The
state would have been saved the dis
grace of having Marshall as speaker
of the house and Garvin as chief clerk
Men, who according to the sworn tes-
timony of their own chief stenographer
falsiiied the records to pass some bills
and defeat others. There would have
been no ripper legislation destroying
the rights of citizens, no franchise
grabs; and Quayism, which has be-
come a disgrace to the state and a re-
proach to the nation, would have re-
ceived its death blow. If there are not
enough honest Democrats in every
county of the state to select candidates
who will not sell their souls for the
money or the favors of the enemy,
there are certainly enough of them to
join with the Republicans to defeat
the rascals who are nominated Better
elect a good Republican or even bad
Republican than a crooked Democrat,
whose vote like some of those at the
last session, will be in the open market
for the highest bidder. Every honest
Democrat owes it to himself to his
country ard to the state to see to it
that no man who has once played the
party false is again nominated for the
legislature, and that no one be named
who may not be safely trusted not to
perjure himself, at least. Several men
are seeking denomination who should
not be permitted to enter a Democratic
caucus. 1t is not necessary to name
them, for their names have repeatedly
been held up to the public gaze as
worthy only of execration. Hit every
such head as soon as it appears, and
let the next legislature be free from
villains elected under false pretenses
as Democrats.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28

China is making arms at a great
rate, all the Yangtse arsenals being at
work full time. At Hankow over 200
workmen are employed in making field
guns, Mauser rifles and all kinds of
ammunition, including smokeless pow
der, and at Shanghai an equal number
are employed in turning out like
product. AS treaty stipulations pro
hibit the importation of foreign arms
into China, the home production, par
ticularly in view of the recent expert
ences, is stimulated to Il degree of ac-
tiVity not often witnessed in any Chi
nese industry.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
Assyrinn SenIs,

The ancient Assyrians nearly 6,0OC
years ago put in moist clay their seals
engraved in intaglio upon precious
stones, on chests and doors, in order to
prevent their being opened. There were
no locks or keys in those days If they
wished to send a private letter, they
would often seal it with hippogriff,
which fabulous winged horse was re-
garded as the emblem Of secrecy. Cen
turtles later the Greeks and Romans
adopted similar devices for the same
purpose.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
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GRIM COURTSHlPS.
Kidnapping and Murder Stiu Extant
In the Caucasus.

kidnapping and Murder still Extant
In the CaucnsUs.
The mlnners and customs of the peo-
pie of thu Caucasus have not changed
to great extent since the country
was subdued by Russia. One of the
relies of the good old times to which
the Caucasians especially cling is the
custom of kidnapping the women whom
they desire to make their wives. Re
Gently u case of this kind resulted in n
tragic end. \ prominent inhabitant Of
the little Caucasian town of Katuhagan
named Ismail Ogli Oki tried to kidnap
the sister of his best friends wife
while his friend was absent from home.
The girl resisted his attempt to carry
her Off, aided by her married sister.
The baflled lover drew his sword and
inflicted dangerous wounds on both the
ladies'. At this moment his friend re-
turned and. enra %ed at finding what
had occurred, killed Ismail on the spot.
Then he cut off Ismails head and car
ried it around to show the neighbors
what Il fearful revenge he had taken.
In the same district a young noble
man desired to marry the daughter Of
a neighborlng landowner and invited
the girl with her parents to a grand
ball given at his castle. During the
evening he found an opportunity of
decoying the girl into secluded part
of the house, where she was seized by
his men and placed in carriage. The
prince joined her and, in spite Of the
girls entreates, started out to drive to
a place where they could be married
without much delay.
The girls father, on finding that his
host had disappeared with his daugh,
ter, gave chase and, being ON horse
back, overlook the carriage. He shot
the nobleman without ado and took his
daughter home. The nobleman, how
ever, had won her heart during the
drive, and the girl was reluctant to
marry the man of whom her father ap-
proved, but the stern parent insisted
on the wedding taking place at once.
The bride appeared in the church pale,
but cool and collected. During the GER
emony she drew dagger and stabbed
the bridegroom to the heart. After
ward she committed suicide.-London
Mail
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
OLD MAYAN SCULPTORS,
How They Carved the Great Monu-
ments OF Prehistoric America.

HOW Ihey carved the Great MOnu-
ments OF Prehistoric America.
Many persons have wondered at the
excellence of the carving which orna-
ments the prehistoric monuments that
lie scattered and in ruin&over Il large
part of Mexico and Central America,
ancient peoples who erected them were
unacquainted with the use of iron and
had only roughly shaped tools of OBJ
sidian to work with. Mr.. George B.
Gordon of the Peabody museum at
Harvard. However, who has spent a
large part of the last ten years in
studying the remarkable ruins of the
prehistoric Maya city of Copan, in Hon
duras, and who has given particular at
tentlon to the methods of the ancient
scuptors, has brought forward n num-
Der of facts which seem to throw light
upon a question that has long inter-
ested the archpologist.
In his recent report on the great
hieroglyphic stairway, which is one of
the chief features of Copan, Mr.. Cor
don points out that, contrary to the
methods of much of our modern work,
it is probable that the elaborate cary
ing of the stairway was done not be-
fore, but after the various blocks of
stone had been set in place. In illus
tration Mr.. Gordon cites the careful
way in which a piece of carving oc-
cupying two or more blocks of stone is
fitted together, often with a skill which
would do credit to the most up to date
stonecutters.
The hieroglyphic stairway takes its
name from Il series of "glyphs," or pic
ture writings, which run all the way
along the face of the steps. Here, Mr..
Gordon notes, the carving is very per-
feet and regular until one reaches the
ends of the stairs, where the balus-
trades apparently interfered with the
freedom of the workmen, and the carv-
ing. therefore, is distinctly inferior, a
fact which apparently proves Mr. Cor
don's contention conclusively. since if
the glyphs had been cut before the
steps were laid no such irregularity
would be noticeable.
The stone used at Copan is variety
of trachyte and was brought from the
hills surrounding the valley in which
the city of Copan was built. 1t is a
rather soft material and corresponding
ly easy to carve. but weathers easily.
The Mayan sculptor. however, got over
this difficulty by covering his carvings
with n layer of stucco, which could be
more perfectly modelled when soft and
which soon hardened into a surface
which was afterward richly colored in
accordance with the character of the
design.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
Fooled His Relatives.

A rich and eccentric man who died
the other day in Berlin left a will
which was TO be opened Immediately
and a codicil to be opened after the
funeral. The will said, EVERY mem
Der of my family who shall abstain
from attending my funeral is to receive
800 marks" AS result the funeral
was attended by his housekeeper, dis
tant cousin. On the codicil being open
ed it was found to enact that the resi-
due of his fortune was to be divided
among those who, Notwithstanding the
loss Of the 800 marks, attended his flu
neral. Hence the housekeeper gets all,
but the heirs threaten to dispute the
will
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
A Windy Tale.

Because the umbrella is the most un-
popular article in ordinary use the an
nouncement that it is doomed to go
will be of universal Importance and
qualification. 1t is by means of small
boxes containing compressed air that
the umbrella is to be superseded.
These boxes are made to fit inside any
hat. having a small tube adapted to
the center of their summit, says the
Scottsh-American. BY the simple pres
sure Of Il button placed at the side of
the hat the compressed air may be al
lowed to escape from the tube, and by
n most ingenious arrangement in
stead of flowing upward it is made to
expand all round, like those fountains
which form like ball. The rain fall
ing on the compressed air is of course
compelled TO rebound according to the
well known laws of gravity and re-
sistance and, as it does with the UNI
brella, falls around the happy possess
or of this most useful contrivance.
After the rain is over another touch at
the button deprives the compressed air
OF its outward expansion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
NE DELAWARE, SUsQUEHANNA AND
SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.


Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley. Ha2le
br4ok; Stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roam
and Hazleton Junction at 500 M daily
except Sunday; and Z OF Il m, IS p m, SUNDAY.
IralDs leave Drifton for Oneida junction
Harwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and
sneppton at oO IN, daily except Sun
nsn: and W m, 3S IN, Sunday
Trains leave Hazleton junction for Oneida
Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road
Oneida and Sheppton at 32 il 10 m, Al M
Sunday. III
Trains leave Deringer for Tomhicken, Gran.
berry, Han wood, HaZleton Junction and Roan
al W on n, daily except Sunday; ana 3 81
:, Irains leave Sheppton for Beaver Meadow
hoad, stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
9 an9 i'riIton at ~ m, daily, except Sunday;
apa IL m, y ~ m. Sunday.
nSn arsins ieawe Rad Hazleton Junction for Beaver
Jeddo and Drifton at $40 M. daijy'
except sunday; and 10 10 m, 8 40p m, Sunday''
All trains connect at Hazeton Junction viii,
electric cars for Hazeton, Jeanesville. Audenl
ried sna other points on the Traction Com
LTTHRR n. aHIrU srro-,,.ers,,.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
T EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
IL May IS 1902,

LEAVE FREELAND.
8 y m for Weatberly, Mauch Chunk
Allentown, Bethiehem, Easton, Pha-
delphia and New York.
z "a a an n for Sandy Run, White Haven,
Wikes-Barre, Pittston and Scranton.
8 m for Hazeton, Weatherly, Mauch
Chunk, Allentown, Bethlehem, Enston,
Philadelphia, New York, Delano and
Pottsvlle.
80 m for Hazleton, Delano. Mahanoy
City, Shenandoah and Mt. (armel.
AS IN for Weathery, Maucb Chunk. AL
lentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Phila-
delphia, New York. HaZleton, Delano
Mahanoy City, Shenandoah and Mt.
Carmel.
ll4l "A m for White Haven, wilkes-Ba
Scranton and the West.
A A m for Weathery, Mauch Chunk, AL
lentown, bethlehem; Easton, Philadel-
phia, New York, Hazleton. Dclano,
Mahanoy City, Shenandoah, Mt. Carmel
and Pottsville.
6 35 p. m for Sandy Run, White Haven,
Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and all points
z 20 p IN for Hazleton.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
z "a m from Pottsville, Delano and Haz-
8 l2 a m from New York, Philadelphia. Eas.
ton, l'cthlehem, Allentown, Mauch
Chunk, Weatherly, Hazeton, Mahanoy
q on City Shenandoah and NJ; Carmel
y 30 IN from Scranton, Wilkes Barre and
White Haven.
l / 5 ! IA IN from Pottsville, Mt. Carmel, Shen-
aand9ah; Mahanoy City, Delano and
l2 35p IN from New York, Philadelphia,
Easton, bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch
Chunk and Weatherly.
A p IN from Scranton, Wilkes Barre and
White Haven.
8 35 2 m from New York, Philadelphia,
Easton, Bethlehem Allentown, Mauch
Chunk, Weatherly Mt. Carmel Sbenan-
doah, Mahanoy City, Delano and Halle
ton.
z 20 p m from Scranton, Wilkes Barre and
White Haven.
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
ROLLIN H.WlLBUR, General SUPERINTENDENT.
20 Cortlandt Street, New York City,
CHAS. 5. LEE. General Passenger Agent
20 Cortlandt Street, New York City,
q. }. GlLDROY, Division Superintendent
Hazeton, Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
Notice to Patrons.

In order to give the employees Of the
Tribune a holiday on Memorial Day, no
paper will be issued from this Office on
Friday. Instead, the Tribune will be
published tomorrow at the usual hour.
Carriers, advertisers and others whom
the change may concern are requested
to be governed accordingly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
IF YOU ARE SICK
And Need Medicine for Your
Kidneys, Liver, Bladder or
Blood, Get the Best.
DR.. David Kennedy'S FaYOrite Remedy.

If you are suffering from kidney or
bladder disease, the doctor asks: "Do
you desire to urinate often, and are you
compelled to get up frequently during
the night? Does your back pain you?
Does your urine stain linen? Is there a
scalding pain in passing it, and is it
difficult to hold the urine back? If so,
your kidneys or bladder are diseased" :"
Try putting some of your urine in a
glass tumbler, let it stand twenty-four
hours. If there is sediment, or a
cloudy, milky appearance, your kidneys
are sick
Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Rem
edy will surely relieve and cure the
most distressing cases of these dread
diseases, and no physician can prescribe
medicine that equals it for kidney, iv-
er, bladder and blood diseases, rheu-
matism, dyspepsia and chronic constipa-
tion.
Walter D. Miller, of Delhi, N. Y,
writes:
81 suffered for years with kidney
trouble and severe pains in my back,
at times it was so bad | could hardly
walk. My stomach also troubled me
and frequently had twinges Of rheu-
matism. | suffered great deal and
received no benefit until | began
the use of DR.. David Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy. After taking it a
short while it cured me-"
DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite Rem
edy, is for sale by all druggists, at 81
bottle, or bottles for $5-less than
cent a dose.
Sample bottle-enoltgh for trial, free by mail
Dr.D.Kennedy Corporation n, ,Rondout,N.Y Y.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
4 Now Money schemc.

y plan TO simplify the postoflice mon
ey order system is now proposed The
scheme is to reprint all one dollar two
dollar and five dollar treasury notes,
coin or silver certificates now in cir
culatioH and have the faces of the new
bills provided with blank lines and
spaces. This would be the ordinary
money of the day. Then. when one
wishes to send money by mail he takes
such a bill from his pocketbook, writes
on its face the name of the person or
firm to whom it is to go, the city and
state and aitiXes Il two cent stamp in
the square indicated canceling it, with
his initials and date, and signs his name
on the back. The bill, which previous
ly was negotiable money, is instantly
transformed into personal check on
the United States government, as safe
for transmission as any bank check.
This is inclosed in letter to the per-
son or firm desired and can be collect
ed by the receiver upon Identification
at the postotlice named. .-ArgonauI.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
The Politicians Friends.

81 never went back on friend" said
one politician.
Il never found it necessary to do So"
said the other "As soon us / was not
i'll a position to favor him my friend
always went back on me. Washing
ton Star
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
Rhodes Quoted Tennyson.

In spite of the vast numbers who
have read I'm Memoriam," how many
have recalled Il passage which Cecil
Rhodes may or may not have had con-
sciously in mind when he said as he
lay dying, 80 little done; so much to
do" In the "In Memoriam" we find:
So many worlds, so much to do;
So little done, such things to be.
Hartford Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28

To Mauch Chunk aud Glen Ouoko On
May 80 the Lehigh Valley Railroad will
sell tickets at the low rate OF one fare for
the round trip from points Easton to l..
& b junction, inclusive, and from Maha-
noy and Hazleton Division points, limit
ed to date of issue only, and will be hon
ored on any train, except the Black
Diamond express.
Consult Lehigh Valley ticket agents
for furthur particulars.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
Decoratinn Day at NIAGARA FnIls

Special low fares via the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad. Tickets sold and good
going May 20, limited for return to June
/, inclusive. and will be honored on any
train, except the Black Diamond ex-
press. Consult ticket agents for particu-
lars
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
How 1t Sounded.

GLOW is the board down at your
placer asked the ribbon clerk.
ooh, we have nothing but health
food every meal" responded the lace
clerk.
"Then l don't think I'll come"
"Why not?"
I'm not looking for the board of
health. h."-Chicago News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-28
sU BsCRIPTIoN RATES.
FREELAND, PA, MAY 2s, 1905

Make all money orders, cheeks ETC., payable ia
the Tribune Printing Company, Limited.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-10
MAYOR HUGHES REBUKED.
Elks Say Condition of Detention Hos
pital Is Deplorable.

BY order of the Elks' lodge letter
has been written to Mayor Hughes con-
veying to him stinging rebuke for the
condition of the Topeka detention hos
pital, which is described as generally
deplorable." The letter is signed by L.
]. Graham, DR.. l. H. Mum, DR.. J. p.
Lewis, John F. McManus, Chas. L.
Wood and DR.. H. B. Hogeboom.
The occasion which called forth the
letter was the case of member of the
Elks' lodge, who was recently sent to
the hospital with smallpox. 1t was as
certained by the lodge that this mem
Der was not being properly cared for;
that he lacked the comforts which
should be provided to inmates of a, hos
pital. So the lodge sent to him a bed,
a mattress, pillow slips, sheets, COM
forts, blankets, washstand, and in
fact the complete furnishings for sick
room.
The patient for whom these comforts
were provided has since been released.
and the letter to Mayor Hughes states
that it is the desire of the lodge that
the furniture be used in the woman's
ward of the hospital, in whatever way
may be found best.
Mayor Hughes has not yet replied to
the letter of the lodge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-10
.FRIGHTFULLY BURNED.
Mrs. VIM. Bergman Victim of a
Lamp Explosion.

Mrs. William Bergman was terribly
burned by the explosion of a lamp at
her home in Tecumseh, Wednesday y
night. The house was totally de-
stroyed, and her two daughters barely
escaped from the house in their night
clothes
Mrs. Bergmann was writing a letter.
She took up the lamp and went in the
next room for something, about IL
O'Clock at night. Just as she entered
the bedroom the lamp exploded. The
burning oil was thrown over her. The
bed in the room took fire. Mrs. Berg
mann ran from the house, her clothing
all on fire. There was no one in the
house but her two daughters, who were
in bed. Mrs. Bergman ran to a neigh
boris house, nearly a quarter of mile
away.
She was so frightfully burned that if
she lives she will lose the use of her
left arm, which was so badly burned
that the flesh fell from the bones. The
fire spread rapidly over the house. The
children barely escaped Nothing was
saved Mrs Bergman is the wife of
William Bergman. an employe of the
Oakland wooden mill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-10
PACIFIC CABLE.
House Committee on Commerce
Takes Up Subject.

Washington, Jan. 10.-The house COM
mittee today took up the subject of q
Pacific cable. The main question is
whether the cable shall be constructed
by the government, or by private par
ties. The hearing today was devoted
to an explanation by G. ]. Ward, vice
president of the Commercial Pacific Ca
BILE company of the plans of that organ
ization. He stated that contracts had
been made for the manufacture and
laying of a cable to Honolulu by No
vember l next and the company intend
ed to extend the cable to Manila within
two years from next November. The
manufacture of the cable was now pro-
ceeding, he stated. at the rate of 24O
miles per month and this rate would be
increased to $50 miles per month. He
gave the cost OF the project as between
10000, 900 and $12, ,000,0 900. The cross
Questioning by Chairman Hepburn and
Messrs Corliss and Mann tended to de-
velop the question whether or not the
company, by having an exclusive field,
would maintain high rates.
Mr. Ward gave the expected rate to
Manila at 81 and Honolulu 80 cents to
so cents word. The hearing Will con-
tinue tomorrow.