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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
Triclsed Out of Her Girlhood.

Angelina had attended all the term
with exemplary egularity-therefore
it. was more than annoying that she
should drop out of the class just as the
examinations We're coming in. Her
work had reflected credit upon her.
"If she was a stupid girl" her teacher
said, shed be sure to be on hand to
disgrace me. You go right up to An
gelna's house and tell her mother
she must send Ange to school to take
her examinations" 'Yes'm." said the
class Mercury, and departed. please
IN now Angels mother says she amt
got no say no more about Ange's
comm to school an l asst her husband
an he says she's got to stay home an
cook his macaroni." Her husband"
gasped the teacher "Yes'm yestidy
was her birthday she got 10 years old
on yestidy, an her mother let her get
married" But the teacher wasn't lis.
tening. She %as thinking sadly of a
black-eyed, bright-faced child who had
been tricked out Of her girlhood.--
New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
FAMILIES GROWING SMALLER.
American Birth Rate Has Been Declining
Since 1000, Says DIR, Engelmann.


Dr. George J. Engelmann of Boston.
has been gathering statistics regarding
the size az American families, and has
sent tho result to the Journal Of the
American Medical Association. His
conclusion is that the number of births
in American families has been steadily
declining ever since 1900, and is now
rapidly approaching the statistical level
of France.
Dr. Engelmann's observations are
based upon 100 cases in private and
dispensary practice in st. Louis and
the study of 203S cases from the genoa.
logical records of Massachusetts. These
are his conclusions:
Among the laboring classes 21.2 per
cent. of American-born married women
are childless, and among the so-called
higher classes 23.6 per cent.
While the number of childless women
is great the average number of children
born to each woman is small, and has
been steadily growing smaller. From
1000 to 1850 the number of children in
each family averaged 6.7 from 1904 to
1871 it had fallen to 4.27. At the pres
ent time, among the laboring classes,
CT St. Louis, at any rate, it has fallen
to slightly over 90, and among other
Americans it is only Is.
Stin another Investigator in Massa-
cEusetts has been figuring on the same
subject. Taking the census Of 1895 as
basis he estimates that among Ameri.
can-born married women in that State
2o2 per cent are childless. Among the
the foreign-born married women the
childless proportion is only 11.02 per
cent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
NEW IN STREET CAR TRAVEL.
Toledo Merchants Provide a Passenger
Station to Help Their Trade.

u fieip ileiI
One of the novelties of street railway
travel in this country is a passenger
station provided rent free by the mer-
chants of Il certain street in Toledo. 1t
has a newsstand in it and a parcel
check room adjoining.
Through this particular street five
car lines run, and they bring to the
city on an average 5000 passengers a
day. The merchants doing business in
the street, realizing the advantage to
themselves of having these passengers
alight there wanted the railway COM
panies to establish the station.
The companies didn't see why they
should. So the merchants have done
it for themselves.
They have rented a large store for
three years and provided it with
benches and lockers. Any citizen may
rent locker for five cents a day and
have packages sent there, to be put in
his box Then when the time comes
for him to go home he can start with
his purchases without having had all
the trouble Of Juggling them about with
him all day.
The experiment, though a new one,
has been so successful already that it
is likely to be initiated elsewhere
New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
A Substitute For Sleep.

A London paper says that the health
Of people in fashionable society is being
dangerously threatened by new drug
which is popularity regarded as a SUBJ
stitute for sleep. Very discreetly it
declines to name this dangerous sub
stance When tea was first introduced
into Europe it was commended for the
same virtues, and it was believed that
It would no longer be necessary to
waste seven or eight hours in sleep.
But extended experience has shown
the disastrous results of cutting short
the period of natural rest and keeping
awake by the help of tea. and there is
no reason to suppose that chemists will
ever be able to devise any substitute
for sleep which will not in the long
run bring nervous breakdown.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
Insoluble Phosphates.

The use of insoluble phosphates,
whether in the form of phosphate
rock or of the so-called Thomas Stag,
has long been q bone of contention
or debatable matter, not only among
the scientific men, but the practical
farmers. The former have questioned
whether the insoluble phosphate could
be Of any value as plant food, and
some Of the farmers have claimed that
their crops We're very much benefited
by it. Although we have not tested
1t, our opinion leads us to believe that
the farmers are right, and those who
rely only on scientific principles may
be wrong. We do not place sufficient
confidence in the power Of the soil
and the action of frosts, rain and sum-
mer heat upon what are sometimes
called insoluble fertilizers. We know
little of the power that these elements
may exert, and when to the natural
elements Of the soil there may be added
the effect OF decomposing vegetable
matter, either as stable manure or as
green manure plowed under, we can
only say that we think they have much
effect in making soluble not only phos.
phatlc but other mineral elements in
the soil. Those who have used the
finely ground rock or Thomas Stag
upon fields which had received lib
eral dressing of stable manure, or
had been treated with green crop
plowed under, are so unanimously in
Its favor that we cannot doubt but
that the so-called insoluble phosphates
do become soluble in the soil under
certain conditions, depending upon the
soil or the treatment it has received
American Cultivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

The petunia in its habit of blooming
partakes of the constancy of other ten
der perennial bedding plants, being
much more continuous in blooming
than most of the true ANIMALS. On
this account petunias in a fair state of
cultivation will be found to bloom con-
tinuously from June to fall, great ad-
vantage in home embellishments.
There is special pleasure for the
home gardener in growing the free
Towering single strains. In adaptable
ity petunias have an advantage owes
Almost every other seed grown flower.
Do you want fine pot plant for the
window sill? The petunia will fill the
bill second to no other kind.
Do you require something suitable
for continuous bloom in a large vase
or in a veranda box? The petunia
will perfectly meet your wants. Is it
fine mass of flowers on the lawn or
lively contribution to the mixed flower
border than is desired? Nothing will
meet the need as will the various
petunias,
bo SOu " uiSpldy tuole III
training flowers over trellises or to
form pillars, cones or balls? Then we
counsel the use Of single petunias.
They are perfectly adapted to such
purposes.
A trellis of light stakes and wire is
so simple that child can make it.
One plant is set at each of the stakes,
these being about fifteen inches apart.
The training is a delightful task. To
cause branches to spread, pinch back
the leaders; to elongate the growth in
any given spot nip back the lateral
shoots
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
The seventeen.Ye Year Cicada.

The seventeen-year- cicada, or locust,
as it is more generally but wrongly
called is now in full possession of the
territory in which it is due. In all
probability succeeding broods will be
less destructive, as the areas over
which it occurs are less favorable for
egg-laying than formerly. Another
important factor in its destruction is
the English sparrow. This is particu
larly true in public parks and other
pieces near cities and towns. The
sparrow is very fond of these insects
and devours them greedily as soon as
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
THE BLACKBERRY PATCH.


The blackberry patch near the garden
What marvels its depths may hold!
And far in its jungle what strange events
Await, to challenge the bold!
What cosy corners which none can see
Who chances to know them not!
And oft from the cares OF the day flee
To visit the friendly spot.
And lol when ! gaze at the tangled rows
Where a thousand times I've been,
A queer little boy, with freckled nose,
Appears and leads me in.
Together we crawl on hands and knees
Through a barbed and winding way,
And here, in the midst of the ants and bees
To our hearts delight we play.
He shows me his treasures, one by one:
The nest of the old black hen,
The web by the monstrous spider spun;
The terrible bandits den;
The cunning retreat where Iowser hides
When he wants enjoy bone;
And many curious thing besides,
Conhded to me, alone.
Have you guessed the secret? Why, don't
you know?
That queer little boy is l!
And he takes me into the Long Ago,
Where the realms of Childhood lie.
We play at the wonderful make-belleve
We often have played before,
Till the dawn arrives, and from morn till
eve
l am only man once more.
Edwin l.. Sabin, in Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

hypnotic state under which suggestion
acts very strongly on them, That ID
found in all religions. The perma'
nence of the conversion in the real
criminal depends on the hypnotic con.
dition and the suggestion being fire.
quently renewed. Take these away
and the man goes back again. he is
no more reclaimed than L am
"1hat's not my version of it at ALL
sadi the philanthropist.
"No?"
"And look here You think the pres.
ent penal system all wrong. You
seem to have no faith in wide-minded
religious and philanthropic endeavors.
What is left?"
Science The study of the correla.
tion of mental and physical abnor-
side the map of the brain is very in
complete. There are some splendid
things in their early stages. If we get
on as fast this century as We did last
in our study of the human double
dumping we shall have practically
settled the criminal question by the
end of it."
Its awful-this idea of that ire
sponsibility of the criminal"
"On the contrary, it's most hope.
full"
"And how is the brain of the criminal
to be altered?"
How should 1 know? I'm not a
oil hn OH Of
the blood supplied to it, 1 suppose.
Possibly by operation-the. tendency
nowadays seems to be toward more
knife and less pill-box. OF course,
where nothing else can be done the
criminal will be killed. I personally
ought to be killed, and should be if
We're in n civilized country. l am
the real thing. But we hang only
murderers, who nearly always are use
full people, and ought not to be killed
at all. It's funny world. But am
afraid l shall never make you see
these things my way. In any case 1
must be off. 1 am going to-I shall
be rather busy tonight, and 1 want, if
can, to get few hours sleep first.
Good-by. Charmed to have met you."
He shook hands warmly with the
philanthropist and left quickly.
Extraordinary case" the philan-
thropist thought to himself. "Must
have had some smattering of educa-
ton. Well dressed, too. Wonder if
there is any time to make a note Of it
before l go to dress for the annual
dinner"
And then he noticed that little bit
of his watch chain was hanging loose
from his buttonhole. The rest of II
had gone. SO also had the very hand
some gold watch presented to him by
the committee, with the pretty in
scription about twenty years of de-
voted and voluntary service. Barry
| Pain,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

Gall, in the present use of the term,
is persistent determination to do.
1t is a twin brother to Grit. 1t is a
business springer that brings. 1t is the
bell-wether that jumps the fence and
gets fat on the clover. 1t is the Gall
that wins when the other man has
dealt his cards from the bottom of the
deck. Gall is the anti-fat of fate. 1t is
the safest substitute for brains-it is
many a politicians capital stock. In
this new century rush to win you must
be brave. Therefore be not ashamed
Of your Gall. Add to it Grt--and
you'll win!-Richmond Missouriar
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
cent.

That physical rest may be obtained
by bringing into play a different set
of muscles from those previously in
use is illustrated in the old story of
the pugmill mule that was found to
step off briskly in the afternoon if
allowed to reverse the motion of the
mill. The child who produces incipient
giddiness by twisting up swing.
brings the unequal congestion of the
centres of equilibrium to a balance by
rapid untwisting motion. Absolute
rest of mind or body scarcely exists,
relative rest or modification o. the
mode Of activity gives sensation OF
rest at any rate. After long day of
close visual application, when the
hands press the tired eyes although
this particular mode of stimulating
visual sensation may be harmful,
how delightful to many persons are
the subjective sensations of color-the
Kaleidoscope effects that come and go
with slight variations in pressure! The
brain finds rest in an objectless play
of color; so the tired mind seeks rest
from the stress of routine duties, not
in the unconsciousness of sleep, but in
the frolcsome vaudeville, or the per-
usal of light literature or the news
paper Perhaps this explains to some
extent the wonderful demand for books
of fiction and magazines, as well as
for the plotless stage performance so
characteristic of these days of strenu
Gus intellectual life.-American Medi-
cine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

The sixth annual reunion of the Rev
w. l.. Meese Matrimonial Association
was held in Noel's Grove at Lagrange,
Ind, and a very large number was
present. The members of this associa-
ton are the hundreds of couples mar
ried by Mr.. Meese. The latter keeps
an accurate record of the couples mar
rled by him, and no other preacher can
show an equal number. OF all his
marriages II is claimed that no one has
ever been divorced.-Cincinnat Com.
merciai Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

"Miss Gloriana," said the college ath-
lete in the outing suit, resting on his
oars moment, 'let us co-educate a
little in rowing. Leave the tiller, come
and sit by me and take this other
oar.'
"But this is not co-education, Mr..
McCorkle," she said, noticing that they
were a long distance from all the
others. "This is segregation"
And she put the boat about.-Chicago
Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
they come from the ground.

they come from the ground.
An adult cicada is shown in our
illustration at C. The female deposits
her eggs in twigs and ends of trees
and shrubs. The eggs hatch and the
young fall to the ground, bury them
selves and remain below the surface
for seventeen years. They then ap-
pear as shown at a. Crawling upon
some object near where they emerge,
they transform, leaving the skin, as
seen at b, clinging to the object where
it was fastened. The next appearance
of this particular brood will occur in a
less restricted area in 1919.-American
Agriculturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
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Trees that have been whitewashed
are attractive, as they present a con-
trast with the green tinge of the leaves
and grass, but the whitewash should
be applied several times during the
season, or whenever it is washed off
by rains.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

"Do you think perfection is ever
actually attained in this life?" asked
the serious youth.
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne;
"some people become perfect bores."
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
The Disappointed Boy.

"Gracious Bobby" said the second
Mrs. Jencks, nee Ann Teek, to her step
son; "what are you crying about?"
"Boo-hoow sobbed the boy, papa
promised me new mamma, an you
amt new at l''-Philadelphi Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

"Ah, Reginald, dearest" she sighed,
"but how can be sure that you will
not grow weary of me after we have
been married little while?'
II don't know" he answered, "un-
less We get married and see."-Chicago
Record Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
Sing to Their Oxen.

In France the oxen that work in the
fields are regularly sung to as an en-
coura cement to exertion, and no peas
ant has the slightest doubt that the
animals listen to him with pleasure.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

Hewitt-"That plumber claims to be
q public benefactor."
Jewitt-"How is that?"
Hewitt-"He says that it is a dis
grace to die rich, and that he has saved
a good mny men from disgrace. New
York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

First American Boy-"My papa lives
like prince"
Second American Boy-"That's 10th
ing. My papa lives like the president
Of q trust. Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

"What is the matter with Bills?"
"Worring over business affairs"
81 didn't know he had any business.
"That's it. He hasn't, t,"-Indianapolis
News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
Stationary,

"There's no progress about him"
"No? But he's still doing business at
the old ill.-Philadelphia Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

Talk about centenarians! A Welsh
correspondent informs us, says the
London News, that the following in
scriptiOn on tombstone in Amroth
churchyard, near Tenby, has just been
brought to light:
Here lieth the body Of John Rees,
who departed this life
October II, 1924,
Aged 249 years.
Reader, prepare to meet thy God"
John Rees is not Sin it, when COM
pared with the following Irish record
of longevity sent us by 81. b.: 'In the
Daily News of the Sth inst. an inscrip-
ton from Wales records the death of
one John Rees at the (over) ripe age
of 249 years. John was only youth
in comparison to Dennis Grady, whose
gravestone in the churchyard of Bally-
sallagh, near Charleville, County
Cork, reads:
IS HIS
HERE LIES THE 30
DY OF DENNIS GRA
DY WHO DEPARTED
THE 9TH OF MAY BEING
THE 4S0TH YEAR OF
HIS AGE. 1921"
But, of course, we know even the
laws of nature are inverted in the dis
tressful country"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
Quite Easy.

Quite Easy.
It's easy enough to laugh at trouoles
unless they happen to be your own.-
New York News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

Father-"Another foolish question
and you go to bed!"
Willie-"But this amt foolish!
only want to know what holds the
sky up an why ducks don't bark, and
if-w-New York Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

Easy Proposal.
"If 1 only had an ambassador at the
court of love" sighed the bashful
swain.
"a minister would be good enough
for me-" replied the demure maiden.
"Arabella!'
"Herbert!
And so they were married.-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
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An Exceptional Accomplishments.
She didn't know much Latin;
, She had never studied Greek;
Yet she met with admiration
Which she didn't have to seek.
For in getting off a street car
She created no delay;
She didn't travel backward,
But stepped out the proper way.
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

"What is vacuum, MAJ"
"That part Of your father that is di.
rectly under his hair."-New York
Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

Corn oil, made from the germ, forms
the basis of substitute for rubber
when vulcaniZed. This substitute COM
pounded with sixty per cent. of COM
mercial rubber is used in the manufac.
ture of rubber boots, linoleum, wheel
tires, rubber blankets and many other
articles.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31

Two great Minneapolis flour mills
will soon be burning Texas oil instead
Of coal A street railway company
operating in that city, rs well rs st.
Paul, is also conducting experiments
with oil for the same purpose.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-31
THE CRIMINAL AND THE
PEILANTHROPIST.

you really are that cele'
i brated-I should say no
torious criminal, Louis
= Dn,rnn nn a,i q ncl.nd tho mill.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
CANNOT INTERVENE TO
AID JEWS IN R0UMAMlA
Victims of Persecution and Discrimina-
tion Are Not Citizens Of the
United States.

The State Department has had occasion
to consider number of requests for in
reference in behalf of the Jews in Rou-
mania. who have been prohibited from
engaging in certain professions. trades
and occupations. According TO the repre-
sentations made by the department. which
come from Oscar S. Straus. former United
States minister to Turkey, and many
leading Hebrew citizens of this country.
the treatment Of the Jewish people in
Roumania amounts to persecution of the
most bigoted character, resulting some
times in violence.
After carefully considering all the in
formation at hand. the department holds
that this is not a case in which this Gov
ernment can interfere. One of the OFF,
cials of the department. discussing the
matter yesterday, said that the situation
is similar to that which would result If
some foreign government would interfere
in our exclusion of the Chinese. This.
OF course, would not be tolerated.
The specific complaint is that in Rou-
mania the Jews are excluded from GER
tain positions and certain trades. and the
State Department has been asked to have
the discrimination removed or ameliorat-
ed. The persons affected are not Amer
lean citizens, however. and the depart
mont holds that ii is out of the question
for this Government to interfere in any
way.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18

w, Fl. Hackett; N. t. johnson. second
Time. IL seconds. ~
Shot put-won by F. a. Prince. E. l.
Distance. 81 feet AZ. inches. Fl. II. Curtis
second. Distance. "a feet inches.
Running broad jump. Intermediate
Won by W. Hackett: N. T. Johnson. Sec
ond. Distance. IA feet inches.
220-yard dash. seniors-First heat. won
by II. N. Keene, z. L.: J. f. Brownlow.
second. Time. 26 1-5 second. Second heat.
won by II. Diamond. E. L.; I. Davis. sec
ond. Time. "a 4-5 second. Final. won by
Fl. Diamond; I. Davis. second. Time. 20
seconds.
Running high jump. senior-won by w.
X. Rice. F. a. A.: W. II. Waggaman.
second. Height. 4 feet 101s inches.
22O-yard hurdle race-F'irst heat won
by p. E. Oberndorf: A. Hume. second
Second heat won by B. Magruder; v.
Powers. second. Final won by %. Ma
gruder; T. E. Oberndorf second. Time.
0:29 1-5.
Junior relay race-won by team B.
composed OF A. Norton. C. Sharp. J.
Calvo. and I. valdevanter. Time. 0:5S rs.
Running broad jump. seniors-Won by
w. II. McCaully. Emerson Institute; dis
tance. IL feet Sia inches. W. X Rice.
Friends Athletic Association, second; dis
tanee. IL feet inches
220yard dash. lntermediate-Won by W.
Hackett. Fl. Dewitt second. Time, 0:2s 4-5.
440-yard run. seniors-won by B.. w.
Geyer: C. Fl. Farrell. second. Time.
0:55 2-5.
Running high jump juniors-won by III.
Harrison: X. Bradford. second. Height.
3 feet Tx inches.
SS0-yard relay race-wou by Emerson
Institute team. composed OF Geyer. Keene.
Diamond, Prince. and Warman. Time not
Piyen