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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

For moment she stood still, irreso-
Lutte A soft wind lifted the loose hair
that lay about her hot forehead, and
cooled the fierce throbbing of her TEN.
pies.
She leaned her head in a tired little
way against the great, sympathetic
trunk of an aged oak, and hugged Lis
beth close to her breast. Just then the
breeze blowing in that direction, again
bore her husbands voice to her, and
she strained her ears to catch the
words-the last she should ever hear
from his lips. The sound of the famil.
lar tones that had been dearer than all
others to her caused the scalding tears
to rain down the womans face and
burn her very soul, but with a sudden
access of pride she controlled herself
and-waited |ir.,! ':;''a''-,.'s@ - '''-
"Here is all the money 1 have-take
it and go, and Tor Heavens sake-for
your own sake-try to live right God
knows 1 am not the man to kick a
woman because she is down, and my
own sister at that. Good-by, Margaret,
try to be woman"
Priscilla heard, and her breath came
and went in quick sobs of relief; her
heart beat wildly in her bosom and a
great flood Of thanksgiving poured in
upon her soul. She realized it all now,
and understood. Gathering their child
| closer in her arms, she turned and fled
noiselessly across the lawns that sepa-
rated the summer house from their
home.
Ten minutes later Jim came in, and
for many a day-made his great kind
heart throb with a new joyousness.
He disappeared for moment to
change his linen for dinner, and Pris-
ella dropped on her knees by the chair
he was wont to occupy, and kissed the
arm where his hand would rest.
"The truest, kindest, noblest man in
all the worldp' she told herself softly,
as she set the steaming, fragrant
dishes on the table. "Anu to think
that for one moment cocbted him
my husband"
When Jim came in and took his place
opposite to her, she threw him q ra-
diant smile and leaned over to kiss the
baby.
ut is nicer even than our wedding
day. dear" she said, as she fastened
'Lisbeth's bib about her throat.
Jim's eyes met those of his wife in
an answering smile and ne took up tie
carvers.-Home Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

For years it has been known that
some African elephants have unusually
long and heavy tusks, but it is not
easy for foreigners to get any Of them,
since they are highly priced by the
natives, who use them as ornaments
for their houses and temples and as
decorations for the graves Of their an
eestors.
For this reason exceptional interest
attaches to an elephants tusk, which
is said to be the longest that has ever
been imported into Europe.
1t is nearly nine feet in length, and
was purchased by Hamburg mer-
chant in Tabora, who was informed
that it had come from the Tanganika
regiCn, in Central Africa. In this
region the elephants are noted for their
fine tusks. and higher price is asked
than for any others. Moreover, dur
ing the past few years the price has
advanced considerably, for the reason
that in Tanganika elephants are by
no means SO plentiful as they used to
be.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08
England's Hired Levies in 1854.

This is the third year of the war,
and the reinforcements Of 21,00C Brit
ish soldiers, not TO mention contingents
of colonial born, are about to be des-
patched to the front, contrasts pleas
antly with the sorry remedy to which
the Crimean war drove England. For
after sending out the first army of
10000 men under Lord Raglan, the
government declared that no more
British warriors were available, and
appealed to Parliament for authority
to enlist $4,000 foreigners to fight the
Russians. This was In November,
1854, within three months Of the wars
commencement. Despite some opposi-
ton the bill became acts 1S and 10
Vic, c. 2, and recruiting agents were
despatched over Eurore to enlist men,
as remount officers are now searching
the world for horseflesh, for the Brit
ish arrly.-London Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

On his way to his midday luncheon
the drug clerk met the postman on his
neon round. There was nothing eX-
t"aordincry in this, for the two met
nearly every monday in the year, and
had come to exchange q friendly nod
and word or two in greeting, as they
passed. On this occasion, however,
the drug clerk stopped and stared at
the bulging mail pouch on the others
shoulder, and then exclaimed:
"Whew! l should think it was Christ
mas or Valentines Day; what you got
In your bag, invitations to the Subur-
ban racer"
The postman smiled a weak smile
and answered: 'Oh, no, sonny. 1t
rained yesterday, that's ALL"
well, you see. when it rains on
Sunday, people having nothing impera-
tive to call them out, stay at home
and write letters by the dozen. Along
about Monday noon the mail pouches
begin to grow mighty heavy. 1 some
times have to make double trips on
my noon and o'clock round in order
to deliver oil the mail. Can't carry
such a lot at one time"
Say, that's hard luck, too, for yes
terday was the first Sunday in the
month"
And what about tnatT asked the
postman, hitching his plethoric nail
pouch, preparatory to moving on.
"Oh, nothin', only 1t will rain every
other Sunday but one in this month; at
least that's what grandmother says
lots of times, and everybody up New
England way, where she comes from;
believes 1t. So for you the outlook for
busy Mondays looks promising"
The postman's face seemed to take
on an added inch in length as he re-
suned his weary round.--New York
Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08
HIS TABLOID LUNCHEON.
No Lost Time, No Indigestion, No Tips
to Walters.

No Lost Time, No Indigestion, No Tips
to Walters.
II have solved the luncheon prob
lem." said W. S. Webb, of the Mis-
souri, Savings Bank recently. Il dine
every noon, yet l neither have my
luncheon sent in to me nor do l go out
for it. Neither do l carry full din
ner bucket, as we did in the last Presi-
dental canvass"
How do you do it?" was asked.
This way 'and he took from his
pocket little tin box, in Chich there
were a score or more of little tablets.
Each of these is composed of concen-
trated food. They are mixed with
matted milk. Three or four OF them
venient to 90 out for luncheon in the
middle of the day, because that is our
busy time. I don't like to have one
sent in, and l cannot go without.
Therefore, these. I take three or four
of them every noon, and perhaps eat
satisfied.
"Yes, know that sounds funny"
he went on, "but that is the twentieth
century way Of doing things. Soon
we will do all our eating on the tab
loid plan, and the doors of the kitchen
in fact, the kitchen itself-will be
obliterated. We will carry our meals
about with us in our pockets, and when
we are hungry, We will eat. There will
be no long dinners, no waits, no quick
lunches. We will take tablets and save
all worry over burned or underdone
steaks, and will not have indigestion
over heavy pies and batter cakes. Ban
quets will become thing Of the past.
Instead Of stuffing guest with half
a hundred different things at one sit
ting, we will say: "Have a tablet|
and then light our cigars and be done
with it It's the coming way"
And Mr.. Webb cooked his feet up
on his desk and took another tablet
kansas City Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

The best simple preservative for
keeping eggs is a solution of water
glass (silcate of soda) and water. 1t
has been tried repeatedly by expert
ment stations and poultry keepers, and
with generally satisfactory results.
Last year 1 put down twenty dozen
fresh eggs in April in n sixty-pound
butter tub and poured over them one
quart water glass mixed with ten
quarts soft water. The eggs were
placed large end up and the tub set in
a dark place in cool cellar and the
wooden cover put on. The eggs We're
used as needed, and the last taken out
March 1 We're as good as when put in.
The white was of natural color and
consistency and beat up nicely, while
the yolk hung together when the egg
was broken.-Edwin G. Powell, in New
England Homestead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08
The Feeding of Hogs.

Sucking pigs take nourishmelt fre ID
the dam about every two hours, and
we may accept natures guidance for
the frequency Of feeding very young
animals. At weaving time the pigs
should receive food at least three times
daily, with water always accessible.
Since the digestive tract of this ami.
NAL is of limited volume, probably the
best results in fattening can be OBJ.
tanned with three feeds daily. But
the habit controls here as elsewhere,
and stockmen can easily accustcm
their animals to expect feed morning
and evening only, meanwhile being
content.
Since meal when dry is more slowly
masticated than when moistened, it
might be supposed that the greater ad.
dition of saliva would increase the d.
gestibility of meal so fed, but the trials
so made favor mostenipg the feed with
water.
Observations show that the pig does
not take kindly to dry meal, eating 1t
very slowly, and often roofing much of
it out of the trough. On the whole,
sloppy feeds are best for the pigs.-W.
A. Henry, in Rural World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08
THE MAN WHO WINS,

The man who wins is the man who works
The man who tolls while the next man
shirks;
The man who stands in his deep distress
With his head held high in the deadly
press
Yes, he is the man who wins.
The man who wins is the man who knows
The value of pain and the worth of woes
Who a lesson learns from the man who
fails
And moral finds in his mournful walls;
Yes, he is the man who wins.
The man who wins is the man who stays
In the unsought paths and the rocky ways;
And perhaps, who lingers now and then,
To help some failure to rise again.
All! he is the man who wins.
And the man who wins is the man who
hears
The curse of the envious in his ears,
But who goes his way with his head held
high
And passes the wrecks of the failures by
For he is the man who wins.
Henry Edward Warner, in Baltimore
News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

A mule deliberately committed sui
eide by drowning in the Hoffman mine,
near Frostburg. The animal was
hitched to post in the mine, but broke
away and ran down the incline TO the
water, the mine being partly flooded,
and plunged in. All efforts of the
driver to get the mule out were una.
vailing, and the animal stood in eight
feet OF water. with its nose ON the
bottom until life was extinct. -Balti.
more Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

There is more or less discussion as to
the proper kind of seed, the best way
to plant it, and especially as to the
size Of the seed. Shall old tubers be
planted, or shall larger ones be cut
down to two or three eyes, and then
planted? This may be taken as a
truth: If we plant small potatoes
with many eyes, we will get many
sprouts and many small potatoes in a
hill, which we do not want. Pota-
toes Of the ordinary market size cut
down to two or three eyes for each
hill will produce the most vigorous
plants. Some farmers prefer to fer
tilize their potatoes in the hill, while
others sow 1t broadcast. With a given
amount to apply, the Proper thing
would seem to be to put half of the
FERTILIZER In the drills, and later apply
the other half broadcast. Some have
excellent results in planting quite
thickly IN drills and then mulching
the ground with old straw or hay to
the thickness Of about a foot. This
prevents the growth of weeds. and the
vines will soon show through. OF
course no cultivation can be given the
crop, but then the moisture prodrced
by the mulch and the prevention Of the
weed growth insures, almost always,
good crop.-New York Tribune
Farmer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

Only once she turned her head over her
shoulder to glance back. Her hand
went to her breast in little gesture of
despair that women employ when all
the light seems to Gle out of their life
at once. She did not even stop to
think, but sped on-on as fast as her
feet could carry her, TO the old-fash-
ioned lounge in the dining room whero
'Lisbeth still slept her pure sleep. The
woman's breath came in quick. dry
sobs, and for the first time she broke
down, as she bent over the child She
paused, wavering. The next minute
Jim's false eyes looked up into her own
through the baby's guileless ones, and
her resolution was taken.
For a moment she closed her eyes
to shut out all the happy past forever.
and prayer for the future for
strength. endurance-went up to the
God she had worshiped in hours of
ease as well as in those Of pain. Then
she locked her white lips determineGly
bed room. 1t was the work of an in
slant to snatch up hat and wrap for
herself and something for the child;
to find the little pile she had laid aside
for rainy day-for her and Jim and
the baby-and pass out alone into tho
world.
Some irresistible thing seemed to
impel her to take the path that led
around back of the vine-screened sum.
mer house and to look for the last
time, unnoticed, upon the face of him
who had been her world-her very life
now irrevocably lost to her. As she
neared the familiar spot, something
seemed to clutch at her throat and a
strong rush of feeling made her shiver
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08
Napoleon's Mistake.

A correspondent of contemporary
calls attention to passage in Fritc.-
ott's How England Saved Europe"
which he rightly describes as curiously
appropriate. September, 1S1O-The
attacks of English newspapers and the
criticisms of English orators dill not
shake Wellington's steadfast temper,
but they curiously deceived Napoleon.
de was persuaded that he read the
mind of England In the leading articles
of the opposition papers. Ee reprinted
most of them, indeed, in the 'Moniteur'
for the consolation OF French readers,
and his belief that the English Cabinet
must soon withdraw Wellington, or it.
self be overthrown, made him regard
the Spanish War us a trivial thing
which could be safely neglected.
This extract surely points its own
moral.-LonGon Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08
Very Cheap Publishing.

Ore of the greatest publishing bust.
nesses in the world is run by a mis-
sionary society Of the Presbyterian
Board Of Foreign Missions, and man
aged at a cost that is almost infinitesi-
NAL compared with the work done.
Last year the Presbyterian Board is
sued from its presses in China, Persia.
Syria, Mexico, Siam and Taos more
than 96,000,000 pages of printed mat
ter at cost to the board of only $6500.
that is, only seven-one-hundred-thous-
andths of a cent page. From its Bel.
rut press the board has issued 675, 5,000,.
600 pages Of religious matter, princi.
pally in Arabic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

The young women at the University
of Indianapolis contended in a debate
with the young men that "pie is not of
greater service to mankind than ice
cream" When these young women be,
come experienced wives they will feel
shame that they should have decried
the value of pie. When there are big
bills for spring hats and spring dresses
to be paid they will fill their husbands
with pie, knowing that under its be-
nign influence all the genial and gen
erous impulses will be awakened, ex-
claims the Philadelphia Record. The
fancy for ice cream is a mere passing
characteristic of young womanhood;
but the passion for pie which fills the
breast OF every normal man is an en-
during source Of happiness to the tact.
full wife.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

The Census Bureau figures that the
area of the United States and it's in
sular possessions aggregates 3,690,S22
square miles, which makes 1t fifth
among the nations of the earth in terri
torial size. Great Britain leads with
11,25S,277 square miles; Russia comes
second with an area of S,644, 100 square
miles; China third, with 4,234,910
square miles, and France follows with
3,944092 square miles. "'- -"''..,.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08


In Scotland they are having a con-
troversy over the question of whether
or not the boy is assisted in getting
an education by a judicious applica-
tion Of the strap once in while. The
controversy is getting hot. One party
to it says to another: "Your contention
that it is the purest kindness to ad-
minister a flagellatory stimulus to the
vicious or disobedient child, irrespec-
tive of sex or size, lucidly displays
either that you are sadly lacking in
knowledge OF educational science, or
that you speak the excuses OF the in
competent teacher"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

1t has come at last-the hitching-
post for the automobile. If the ma
chine is guaranteed to stand without
hitching, that may be only another
way of saying, that-like the horse
David Harum sold to the deacon-it
balks, states the New York Post Or
dinary iron hitching-posts are used, or
rings in the sidewalk, and the hitch
ing-rope, which no automobile should
be without, is a wire cable with n
paddock. So many persons have
learned to operate these machines that
1t is now considered unsafe to leave
them free and unmatched in the
streets
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

Careful experiments have shown that
the liberal feeding Of foods rich in pro-
tein-which is the so-called flesh form
ing matter of the food-greatly in
creases the growth Of pigs. The rea-
son for this is quite evident and simple
1t is that this food so encourages the
development of muscular tissue, OF
which the vital organs mostly consist,
that the digestion and assimilation of
the food are made much easier and ef-
fective; that the food is eaten with
better appetite, and is far better di-
gested. In fact, the machinery OF the
pig is so much improved by this feed
ing that its work is done much more
effectively and consequently SO much
more profitably.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

To call another man liar in parlia-
mentary language is no less an art
than a science, and statesmen should
make study of it. Senator Black
burn, of Kentucky, holds the reputa-
ton of having made signal success
in the Senate when once he said of
a statement just made by a colleague
that "It goes without saying that the
truth is innocent of any appearance in
that statement"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

A Missouri court has decided that
teacher has the right to whip pupil.
Education in Missouri will now pro-
ceed with the confidence which comes
from the possession of all sorts of re-
sources
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

manency, and fence once thrown out
of the ground is very hard to get back
into place. The cut shows a way to
build a fence upon the surface of such
ground. Enough stones can be put in
it to anchor the fence very solidly. If
the ground heaves and inclines the
fence somewhat, it will come back into
place when the ground settles. Amer.
lean Agriculturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08
Interesting Inscriptions.

II the historical subterraneous prison
of Titerius, in Capri, some inscriptions
have been discovered which prove that
this was the prison Of Commodus's
wife and sister, fact which increases
the interest in this already famous
prison.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

About 632S out of over 100000
persons in Pennsylvania are lawyers
or judges. They are distributed in
about 2S4 places, nearly half of them
being in Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

H. NJ. S. Terrible seems to be the
Oregon of the British Navy. She
holds the record for target practice,
and now, according to a story from
Hong Kong, she has made new coal.
ing record-25OO tons in nine hours
and ten minutes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

The scarcity of steeple-climbers is
delaying work on the new Chicago
postoffice, and this fact has led to the
discovery that there are only fourteen
human flies" in the United States.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

Every time an automobile breaks the
record on the public highway, the
sentiment of the average citizen is
divided between a feeling of admira-
ton and an impression that the own
er ought to have been arrested.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08
Weight of American Pine.

American pine when green weighs
forty-four pounds twelve ounces to the
cubic foot. When seasoned its weight
is reduced to thirty pounds eleven
ounces.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

J. Pierpont Morgan has Europe pret-
ty well frightened Uy his schemes of
capitalization and control. There is
some satisfaction in feeling that the
apprehensions on the subject are not
to be confined to the United States.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

Andrew Carnegie is quoted as saying
that wealth does not bring happiness.
The towns that have been presented
with libraries may dissent from this
opinion
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

A Harvard astronomer is going to
Peru to study Eros. Eros, like some
Of the poets, has waited long time
to get studied.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

There are rods of fence on almost
every farm that are thrown down every
spring when the frost comes out of the
ground. Stakes cannot be driven into
such soil with any assurance of per-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08
Feminine Fair Mindedness.

Some women are 81 fair minded that
Wien they know they were in the
wrong they will accept an apology
from you for it.-New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-08

Automobiles across tie Caucasus for
carrying the Russian mail are to sup.
plant the present transport post horses.
with changes every ten miles.