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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22
LABORS OF ROYALTY.
Manner in Which King and Queen Dis
charge Their Duties.

charge Their Duties.
Before Mayfair is astir the king is
at his desk, debating through tele'
work in another rom, writing such let
ters as demand an autograph reply and
attaching his signature to those docu-
1nents which are ever present with the
monarch. 1t used to be the boast of
William ". that he never retired for
the night until he had signed every
thing which awaited his signature
each day, and he would persevere in
his task even when forced to allay
the cramp in his fingers by bathing
them in hot water.
King Edward is not less conscien-
tious than King William, and signs
documents with extraordinary dis
everything quickly and promptly, and
will see through thing before other
people have begun to discuss it. After
state documents and correspondence
have been dealt with the king receives
ministers, ambassadors and official
personages in audience, or there may
be a levee to hold or function to at
tend, or in these days, some corona
tion matter to consider.
The afternoon and evening frequent
ly bring public duties and always So
cial ones, while in between whiles the
king manages to dovetail little pure
ly family life. Too mr.ch emphasis
cannot be placed on the fact that the
royal family preserve a real home life
amid all the calls of state and public
duties.
1t Is less easy to tabulate the vari-
Gus demands on the queens time and
thought than to describe the details OF
in villa, it is the many Titles which
occupy woman's time and make her
day arduous.
Apart from those hours which the
queen must give to matters of dress
she undoubtedly may claim to be a
hard-working woman in virtue of the
unfailing graciousness with which she
accompanies the king to all public GER
emonials, the ready ear which she
has for the demands of philanthropy
and the kindly patronage she extends
to art, music and the drama.
The queen must often perform her
social duties in London when rest
at Sandringham amid the simple coun-
try life which she loves SO well would
be more agreeable. But duty first
must ever be the royal watchword.
1t is not easy to be always bowling and
smiling and saying the gracious thing,
even though the body may feel weary
and the head ache, and think it must
be in justice admitted that the queen
and all the princesses show fortitude
in this matter which few women
would care to emulate.-London Mail
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22

the long arm raised and lowered that
it is accounted slow work if more
than five minutes be consumed in
loading car, and not frequently cars
are fully loaded and pushed out of
the way of the shovel at the rate of
one every two minutes. From eight
to a dozen men are required to
operate shovel of fair capacity, and
by steady work they can place fully
1000 tons Of ore aboard the cars in a
single working day. In order to
make such a record as this, however,
it is necessary that the men have an
opportunity to work on the side of a
pit or mine, where it will not often be
necessary to resort to blasting toloos-
en- the ore, SO that it may slide down
to the shovel, and it is further essential
to shift the cars as rapidly as they are
filled, thus preventing delay.
New types of steam shovels are to a
considerable extent displacing the fam
iliar locomotive crane in many manu-
featuring establishments. Some of the
machines put to such use are operated
by electric motors instead of by steam.
Numerous improvements have of late
been made in steam shovels in general.
One of these gives greater latitude Of
movement to the dipper. The old-fash-
ioned steam shovel dipper was limited
to verticle thrust, but in the newer
machines the big scoop is not only
enabled to revolve in complete circle,
but the dipper is fitted with a sliding
trolley, to which is suspended by an
adjustable arm, and about which it ro-
tates. Indeed, the present mechanism
even renders it possible to remove the
dipper entirely and make use of the
machine as a locomotive crane. In the
new-style machine all the movements
are controlled by levers so arranged as
to be operated by one man stationed
on a platform at the front of the ma
chine. Within the past year or two
many steam shovels have been ex-
ported to Europe, where they are COM
ing into extensive use for railroad and
canal excavation, as well as for trans.
ferring material in manufacturing es-
tablishments.- ts.-Philadelphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22

A lawyer who has won some distinc-
tion through his success in comprom-
Using suits for damages by accident
says his most interesting client was
Swedish farmer from Delaware county,
whose wife had been killed here in
Philadelphia by a train crossing the
street at grade.
The widower was simply inconsol-
able, and having been told that he
could get $4,000 if he insisted on push
ing the case, refused for months to
talk compromise. The lawyer, of
course, did all possible to keep the
hearing back, in the hope OF discour-
aging the Swede; and at last he was
rewarded by an offer to settle at
reasonable figure.
The Swede called, the lawyer said
$500, and the bereaved one quickly ae-
cepted. As he folded the check and
pocketed it he observed:
well, l deed not do so padlee! Tfe
got flf' hoondred tollar and goot teal
better wife than I had before. She
and me was married yesterday."-
Philadelphia Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22
A Jumbo lightning Rug.

What is believed to be the largest
phosphorescent insect known to exist
has just been shipped to Prof. Charles
w. Woodwork, the University of Cal
ifornia entomolgist, from MADEIRA by
woman who discovered it and has
been in correspondence with the agri-
cultural department in regard to her
valuable find. The insect is 3 1-2
inches long exceeding all other phos-
phorescent varieties that have ever
been studied. The largest one pre-
vious to this was a specimen two
inches long. found in the eastern
states. Neither the name, species nor
genus of the new insect can be deter
mined. 1t comes at an opportune time,
however, for scientists are at present
making careful investigations in phos-
phorescence in the hopes of discov-
ering the secret of obtaining light
without heat-San Francisco Chron-
icle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22
Rude Awakening for "a Fisherman.

George Chaffee Of Lyndonville was
fishing in the lake this week. He was
anchored a short distance from shore
when his sport was disturbed by an
angry steer charging down toward him
at fearful rate jumping into the
water and swimming directly toward
him. Chaffee did not have time to
raise his anchor or to get away from
the enraged creature, SO he yelled at
the top OF his voice and beat off the
attacks with his fish pole, finally head
the steer toward shore. The animal
climbed up the hank and dropped down
as If dead. 1t appears that the steer.
which belonged to Dewey Denyon,.
was pasturing about mile away, be-
came cra2ed and charged through the
barn, across the fields and over fences,
not stopping until he was out in the
lake some distance. After awhile the
beast returned home, apparently moth
ing the matter with it-Rochester I'm
ion and Advertiser
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22

One of the enjoyable features of
Greenfield's celebration was a long re-
miniscent letter from the Hon. John E.
Russell, which opened as follows:
"He who can remember the events
of 60 years has marked greater changes
in modes of living than were made in
the previous 1000 years. The world
has been rapidly shrinking in size so
that the daily paper contains yester-
days news from every part of it, and
a man in Greenfield can now send a
message to the shores of the Pacific
and get and answer three hours by
message left Greenfield.-Boston
Transcript.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22

Next to being manly is to appreciate
manliness. Next to being womanly is
to appreciate womanliness. There is,
indeed, measure of the high quality
in a man or woman that makes one re-
cognize it when exhibited in another.
1t is the lack Of the high quality that
makes one undervalue it as it stands
out in it's commendableness. In view
of this truth, we must remember that
we disclose ourselves by our estimate
Of others.-Suuday School Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22
THE MAN WITH A $1,000 BILL.
He Secured Smaller Money by an InGen-
ious Scheme.

He Secured Smaller Money by an InEen-
ious Scheme.
Of man with a $1,000 bill in his
pocket and no smaller amount of mon-
ey, a story has been written that
traced him through many experiences
and took him to the verge of starva-
ton. But, as q matter of fact, one
man who had nothing smaller than
$1,000 bill got through his difficulty
very easily in this city few nights
ago.
Ten of these coveted promissory
notes of the United States had been
paid to him in the afternoon. In the
pursuit of business and modicum
of pleasure he had, after the receipt
of his $4,000, spent the last dime he
possessed other than the big bills.
He was with some friends, any one of
whom could and would have accommo-
dated him with sufficient money for
his needs, but a discussion arose about
what he would do if he were stranger
in the city and had no money other
than that which was in his pocket.
Il wouldn't care if | were dressed
as a beggdc," he said. 81 can get all
I want so long as have a $1,000 bill
in my pocket"
you would be arrested or turned
down If you tried to use it" said one.
There are not many places where
$1,000 in change is kept handy. Be
sides, most people would be shy Of TAX
ing such a bill from any of us. We
don't look as though we carried $1,000
bills around in our pockets"
WELL" said the man with the S10,-
600, "Tll bet basket of champagne
with the bunch that l can spend my
money as freely as though these were
S. bills instead Of what they are, and
| won't have any trouble about it,
either I'll get change the first time
I try, too, or lose the bet. And l
won't go to any man who knows me-"
The wager was accepted, and the
man with $4,000, taking one friend
with him, walked out to a pawn shop.
He said to the clerk only this:
81 have received $4,000 in 10 bills.
They are mine and were come by hon
estly. 1t is difficult for me, a strang-
er, to get $1,000 bill changed Here
are the 10 bills. Look at them. l
need some money, and want to pawn
one Of these bills for $25. If you are
afraid of me, call up police headquar-
ters and I will satisfy the people there
by papers that l can show that I am
honest. Or. if you like, cafl up Mr.,
who paid the money to me, and ne
will tell you If I am all right"
The pawnbroker looked at him keen
ly for a second and then said:
81 never took money as a pledge,
but you are sober and seem all right,
and you can have the s25. Give me
the $1,000 bill"
The pawnbroker examined the bill
carefully and then, to the astonishment
Of the others, took another $1,000 bill
out of his safe and compared them.
Then, just as he would make out a
ticket for a ring or watch, he issued,
a ticket for $1,000 BILL" turned over
the $25 and closed the transaction
New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22

A recent decision of the New York
court Of appeals has placed the trolley
on a par with steam railroads as re-
CARDS the carrying of freight. lit was
contended by trolley company that it
had a legal right ito effect a junction
OF its tracks with those OF neighbor-
ing railroad, which right was denied.
The court decided in favor of the troll
ley company, affirming their right to
make connection with any railroad
and to interchange freight with same,
in accordance with the rules govern
ing railroads. The court stated that
inasmuch as 1T is neither profitable nor
practical for steam roads to connect
with every village and hamlet or pro-
ductive district in the country and
since the rapidly increasing network of
trolley lines does afford an outlet for
trade products, it is due the farmer,
mill owner and merchandise vendor in
distant places, that they should be able
to avail themselves Of the trolley sys-
TEN running before their doors. In
commenting editorially on this impor-
tant decision, the Street Railway Re
view declares it is one Of the most far
reaching that has been rendered in this
country. 1t is apparent. says the same
authority, that the court does not con-
slider the interest of the two classes of
roads to be antagonistic to any serious
degree, but regards the electric lines
as filling a need which the steam rail-
roads have as yet been able to supply
with advantage to their own stock
holders.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22

A st. Petersburg medical student, NJ.
Kolomaizeff has just completed Gu
rious scientific experiment; he has
hatched out turkeys egg by carry
ing it about for IS days under his arm.
In consequence of his success quite a
crowd of people in st. Petersburg are
now endeavoring to hatch out geese,
hens and ducks in the same manner.
1t is a healthier occupation than hatch
ing plots.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22

Pennsylvania was originally settled
by Swedes in 1927. They were forcibly
subjugated in 1856 by the neighboring
Dutch of New Amsterdam New York; 4,
who themselves passed under English
rule in 1864. Philadelphia and Penn
sylvania proper were founded by Penn
in 1852,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22

Statistics show that one out of every
% Danish emigrants to the United
States becomes q Mormon.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22
FROM DAY TO DAY.

Still we reap, from day to day,
Thorns, with roses, on the way;
Yet, in even the darkest night,
Cometh dreams and CLEANS OF lighti
Sorrow-coming to destroy,
Is foreshadowing OF JoyI
Atlanta Constitution.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22

The average woman writes a large
hand just for the pleasure of turning
over a new leaf.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22
The dwarfs as well as the giants are

The dwarfs as well as the giants are
caught in the net of French compul-
sorry military service, and the last con-
scription has brought out a recruit Of
very diminutive size. His name is
Francois Finas; he comes from Mont
meillan; his height is three feet three
inches; he weighs only four stone
three pounds; he cannot carry flag
or keep step with his comrades, but
trots after them as they march
through the town.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22

The horses of the Pilgrims were all
alike in form and size. After cutting
down trees and saving logs of suitable
length the men dragged them by hand
along the ground-for there were no
horses or other beasts of burden-and
laid them one upon another, thus form
ing the walls. Probably the chimneys
and fireplaces were of stone, crevices
being plastered up with mortar, made
by mixing straw and mud, and oil
paper taking the place of glass for
windows. At the best, these Lighthouses
were poor makeshifts for dwellings in
the severe winter along the bleak New
England coast For furnishing these
simple homes, the Pilgrims had
brought over such articles as large
arm-chairs, wooden settles, high-posted
beds, truckle-beds for young children
and cradles for babies. The cooking
was done in a big fireplace. Here the
housewife baked bread in large ovens,
roasted meat on iron spits, which they
had to keep turning in order to cook
all sides Of the roast alike, and boiled
various kinds of food in large kettles
hung Over the fire.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

A curious coin used by the Gauls
about 200O years ago was shaped like
a horseshoe or the capital letter u,
and was about a quarter of an inch
thick and two inches across.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-22

At one time, if Japanese girl mar
ried foreigner, she was instantly de-
capitated. A Portuguese was proba-
bly, the first European to marry a
daughter of the land of the chrysan-
themum with impunity. He went there
80 years ago, and fell in love with a
Japanese girl. Her parents warned
her of the fatal consequences of mar
rying him. but she persisted, with the
result that the Mikado decided that
she must be beheaded. However, after
a correspondence of over five years
duration between the Portuguese and
Japanese governments, she was per-
mitted to live.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-16
The End of the Benu.

Beau Nash, like Beau Fielding and
Beau Brummel, was to eXpiate his con-
temptible vanity in an old age of OBJ
security, want and misery. As he grew
old he grew insolent and seemed insen-
sible to the pain he gave to others by
his coarse repartees. He was no lon
ger the gay, thoughtless, idly industri-
Gus creature he once was. The even
ing of his life grew cloudy, and moth
ing but poverty lay in the prospect be-
fore him. Abandoned by the great,
whom he had so long served, he was
obliged to fly to those of humber sta
tions for protection and began to need
that charity which he had never re-
fused to any and to learn that life
of gayety finds an inevitable end in
misery and regret.
\ new generation sprang up to which
Nash was a stranger. His splendor
gradually waned. Neglect filled him
with bitterness, and he lost thereby
the remainder of his popularity. His
income now became very precarious, SO
that the corporation voted him an al
lowance of 10 guineas, to be paid him
on the first Monday in each month. He
long occupied house known as Gar
rick's Head. subsequently occupied by
Mrs. Delaney, but he died in a smaller
one near by.-Nineteenth Century.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-16
Smoking Under Water,

SdNS du
1t looks very strange to see a man go
under water with lighted cigar in his
mouth, smoke calmly at the bottom
and come to the surface with the cigar
burning as nicely as if he were smok-
ing in his easy chair. Apparently he
defies all natural laws, but of course
he doesn't.
1t is a simple trick, but it requires
practice. Just as l throw myself back
ward to go down l flip the cigar end
for end with my tongue and upper lip
and get the lighted end in my mouth,
closing my lips water tight around it.
A little slippery elm juice gargled be-
fore going in prevents any accidental
burning Of the mouth. Going slowly
down backward, lie at full length on
the bottom of the tank and blow smoke
through the cut end of the cigar. Just
as | reach the surface again another
flip reverses the cigar, and there l am
smoking calmly. The reversing is done
SO quickly that nobody notices it.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-16
Japanese Fern Balls.

The lack of success of which some
people complain in the care of fern
balls is due probably to one of the fol-
lowing causes: Either a cheap and
worthless ball was purchased or it has
not been kept properly damp, says
Home Notes.
1t is no good to give the fern an oc-
casional soaking and then let it get
bone dry. 1t must be kept steadily
damp. a good plan is to put up hook
over the sink in the buffers pantry and
to hang it there to drain after its daily
tub The daily tub of lukewarm water
is necessary for the well being of a
fern ball kept in the dry air of living
room, and care should be taken to Sc
cure it a place where it will have plen-
ty of light, but little or no sunshine.
Even in the hottest weather it should
not be kept out of doors, and drafts,
be it remembered, will ruin 1t.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-16

TOMATOES TRAINED TO SINGLE STEMS.
careful attention. Some of the requi-
sites to success and methods used have
been stated by the Geneva (N. " sta
tisn. as follows:
The grower must have vigorous,
healthy plants to withstand the artifi-
cial conditions of forcing house life
but he must not feed his charges too
richly or too heavily lest his harvest
prove nothing but leaves" until the
oncoming cf Florida grown tomatoes
makes his ripening crop proftless
one The problem he must solve is to
check growth sufficiently to cause ear
ly setting and ripening of fruit without
lessening the vigor necessary for full
crop.
Various plans are used by growers to
accomplish these purposes. Some set
the plants in limited amounts of soil to
retard their growth until fruit is set,
then stimulate with commercial ferti-
lizers or liquid manure. others limit
root development by grown the
plants in pots or small boxes, and 9TH
ers check the growth of the main stem
by leading out the first shoot upon
each side.
From tests at the station mentioned
it has been concluded that single stem
training is clearly superior to three
stem training for winter forcing of to-
matoes. The fruits on the single stem
plants are heavier and greater in num-
Der for equal areas, so that the total
yield per square foot of bench surface
Is decidedly larger. 1t was found also
that the amount of fruit ripened dur
ing the first six weeks of fruiting Is
much greater for the single stem
plants, although in many instances the
first fruits ripened were upon the three
stem plants.
In comparing plants grown in pots
and on benches very slight differences
were found when the plants were
trained to single stem, but with the
three stem system retaining the pots
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-16
RESISTANCE TO FROST.
A Study In Strawberries-Nines Strong


A study In Strawberries-Nines Strong
Varieties.
Throughout large proportion Of the
strawberry growing localities light
frosts often occur in the late spring,
killing variable percentage OF the
flowers and recently set fruit of the
strawberry. The injury from such
frosts appears first in the blackening
of the pistils, which occurs within
few hours after the frost. Fruit upon
which the pistils have been injured by
frost either fails to develop or produces
a small berry of irregular form.
On the grounds of the Montana sta
ton it was observed that IA consider-
able variation prevailed in the resist
ant power of different strawberries TO
frost
In general 1t was found that injury
to such fruits was confined to the
achenes or seeds of the strawberry.
The pulpy mass or receptacle was in
no case injured, and the surface Of the
pulp did not become blackened or show
any other changes which would indi-
cate injury from the frost The seeds
In varieties which suffered injury We're
killed 10y the frost and rapidly showed
discoloration and a decomposition Of
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-16
No. 3



Upon studying thin sections Of in
jured and uninjured strawberries OF
different varieties at the same imma-
ture stages Of development 1t was
found that in those varieties which did
not suffer from frost the seeds were
more deeply imbedted in the substance
of the pulp than was the case in those
varieties which were injured. In those
varieties in which the seeds were SO
deeply imbeddcd in the pulp that they
were protected from the frost by lay
er OF tissue the protruding styles or
tips OF the pistlls were killed by the
frost. as in the case of varieties where
the seeds were also killed. 1t was
noted however. that, although the sur
face of the berry at first exhibited the
blackened tips of styles. the fruit pro-
ceeded with its development, and ulti-
mately all trace Of the injury disap-
peared.
In the varieties which were most
damaged by the frost the seeds were
most exposed upon the surface, and
they were least exposed In those varie-
ties which suffered least. In general 1t
was found that somewhat regular Sc
ries of gradations prevailed extending
from varieties which were uniDjured
to those which were most damaged
1t was found during this study that
nine varieties of strawberries had es-
capped all injury from the frost These
vcrieties were Bisel, Crescent. General
Putnam, Princeton Chief. Parker
Earle. Robinson, Stevens, Shuster
Gem and Warfeld, all of which have
tie seeds deeply imbedded in the pulp.
Varieties with short fruit stalks and
long leaf stalks are less liable to injury
from late spring frosts from the fact
that their flowers are to some extent
protected by the foliage
1t may be found upon further investi-
cation that the conditions reported for
Montana do not prevail in all localities.