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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16
Whereupon everybody laughed and

Whereupon everybody laughed and
repeated Mayor Jenkins's joke. Then
the wags out Grants way began to
put up jobs on Jethson. They
would stop by and ask casually if he
wanted to lease any more land, and
when they realized that he was dead
in earnest about getting more acres,
that he wasn't particular about the
quality of the land, so long as it was
near Pinly. and could be leased for
ten years or longer, they began to
get q vague idea that "mebbe Pete
was up to suthin'." Then for while
old man Grant was waylaid on the
corners in Pimly and at intervals
along the road. by farmers who want
ed to know what Pete was to do with
his leased lands. When Grant said
he didn't know, they either disbe-
lieved him or pitied the necessity Of
yelling his son-in-law's mental frailty
and went their ways. But the old
fellow was now bent on knowing. He
refused to accept the theory that Pete
was "daffy," preferring to estimate
his eccentriclties as pure ornery lazi-
ness" AT last he got the young man
into a corner OF the stting-room, when
Sophie was away, and quizzed him re-
lentlessly.
Now l kin keep n secret. Pete" he
concluded; folks is beginnin' to think
yore daffy and it's agoin' to hurt Sofe
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16

Sand painting by the Navajo Indians
Is great religious rite. Sand for the
ground work Is carried in blankets.
The fire which has burned through
other ceremonies is first removed and
all traces of 1t covered with sand
The colors used are made from
ground pigments sprinkled on with the
thumb and forefinger. Pieces of barli
serve as paint cups. The colors are
yellow, red and white from sandstones,
black from charcoal and a grayish blue,
formed OF white sand and charcoal.
with a very small quantity Of yellow
and red sands. The eye usually IS
the only guide for drawing lines, al.
though sometimes n weaving stick Is
used.
The pictures represent gods and god
desses. The gods carry In their right
hands a rattle and in their left sprigs
of plnon; The goddesses carry pinons
In both hands. The rattle and the
pinon bring the rain. After the paint.
ings are completed the priests sprinkle
them with sacred meal and water
When the ceremony is finished the
people hasten to take sand from the
hearts, heads and limbs of the figures
to rub upon themselves. The sand is
gathered into blanket and deposited
at the foot Of plnon tree.
These sand paintings are begun al
sunrise and often not finished until
late in the afternoon, although the
artists work with great rapidity. The
mingling Of the colors is most beauti
full, some of the work having the ap
pearance Of Florentine mosaics.-New
York Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16
An Underground Henlth Resort.

In n recent address on ventilation,
to lack Of which he attributed inost
human ills. DR.. A. Wynter Blyth, an
English physician, after discussing the
excellent meteorological conditions
which obtain in the new London "un-
derground." said: "One could imagine
a Jules VERGE cavernous city, where
the sky was the ever-white changeless
chalk, where no rain fell, where no
frost penetrated, where the light never
failed, and where dry. warm, filtered
pine-ozonized air bathed the lungs
and famed the checks of its denizens
in the constant white glare Of q never
dying summer day."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16
HOW PERKINS SAW THE KING.
Che California Senator Tells of His Meet
ing With Oscar of Sweden.

The California Senator Tells of His Meet
ing With Oscar of Sweden.
Senator Perkins, of California, who,
to quote his own words, is sailor by
profession, a merchant by necessity.
and politician by accident. has had In
his life more adventures than fall
within the experience of an ordinary
man. Perhaps this is because Senator
Perkins followed the sea for so many
years. One of Mr.. Perkins most in
teresting adventures was his meeting
with King Oscar Of Sweden and Nor
way.
Il was quite boy then" said the
Senator, telling the story yesterday
II had sailed in the good ship Luna
from New Orleans to Sweden with
a cargo of cotton, and while the ship
was in port l thought l would Ike
to see the royal palace in Stockholm.
One Sunday afternoon, in company with
sailor named Harry Branscombe,
an Englishman, we went up to the pal
ace. Boy like, we wanted to get into
the grounds, and SO we crawled through
waste pipe which ran through the
walls around the palace park. As soon
as we got inside, however, We were
arrested by the gendarmes, and as
we did not know word of Swedish
we were in sad plight.
Presently" continued the Senator,
"a party of distinguished people came
along and seemed interested in our
trouble. One person in the party spoke
English. He asked us what We We're
doing in the Kings park. told him
that 1 was an American boy, who
wanted to see the King and how the
King lived.
"'But don't you know he said, that
you might be put into prison for tres
passing?
ooh l said, L don't want to hurt
the King; l only want to see him.
"'I am King Oscar was his reply,
and then" added Senator Perkins, Il
learned that 1 was really in the pres
ence of the monarch"
What happened to you them" asked
his listener.
1.-THE King" he replied, sent SOL
dier with us to show us the palace,
and we had splendid time. But that
wasn't the sequel to the story. Thirty
years later, when l was Governor of
California, I went off on a little cruise
on a yacht, and who should be Il sailor
on the yacht but harry Branscombe.
He knew me and l-neW him, although
we had not seen each other for thirty
years. 1 took him up to San Francisco
and gave him place ON one Of my
ships" ."-Washington Post
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
King Oscar of Sweden possesses
medal for life saving.

King Oscar of Sweden possesses a
medal for life saving.
Mayor Crane, of Denver. Col, has
invented a rotary ore-working machine
for use in the gold mines.
w. w. Astor has given 100000 to
endow those professorships in the Uni,
versity College of London which are
to-day without endowment.
Jacob A. Ris has declared that he
would decline the position of Governor
of the Danish West Indies unless Pres,
ident Roosevelt strongly insists upon
his acceptance.
Senator Hanna now possesses the
pen with which r. B. Reed, when
Speaker of the House of Representa-.
tives, attested the passage of the Nc.
Kinley Tariff act.
Gong Gee, a Chinaman, who is a
practical electrician, graduated from
the Portland (Ore.) Technical School.
is writing book on electricity in the
Chinese language.
Sir Henry Strong, Chief Justice OF
the Supreme Court of Canada, has no
titled the Department of Justice that
he wishes to retire in September. Jus
tice Taschereau will be promoted to
the Chief Justiceship.
DR.. Heyman, Mr.. Kruger's physician,
enters an emphatic denial that the for.
mer President of the Transvaal Repub
lie is not in good health. The physi-
clan says that Mr.. Kruger is very well
despite his advanced age.
Colonel John Mosby, the leader of
one of the most important Confeder
ate cavalry commands during the Civil
War, is in Government service in Colo
RADIO, charged with preventing the pri.
vate inclosure of public lands.
Professor James Parker Hall, as
sociate professor of law at Stanford
University, has rendered his resigna-
ton to the trustees. He will go to
Chicago University, where he will hold
full professorship in the new depart.
ment of law that will be opened there
next October.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16

First in order il activities Of this
kind come cleanliness Clean streets
and public places, clean private prem
ises-with these secured, the first great
transformation in the community takes
place. When breeding rub
Lish heaps are cleared away, and va
cant lots covered with all sorts Of lit
ter are cleaned up, everybody notes
the improvement and is Interested IN
seeing it maintained. Orderliness, O;
course, goes hand in hand with clean
liness. The latter cannot be secured
with good order And with good
order there is an aspect Of neatness
that commands popular respect. 1t
pleases the public eye. Nearly every
body will desist from throwing rubbish
in well kept place, and from scatter
Ing torn up paper, or other litter in n
clean street Public sentiment is easily
cultivated in favor of public cleanll-
ness and order. A notable instance
of its growth Is to be found in the
agitation against splitting in public
Places, since 1t was determined that
the practice was q danger to public
health. The posting Of notices with
regulations against 1t, and the fire.
quent discussion of the subject In the
press, have made a strorg Impression
upon public sentiment, and i, consc-
quence the offense is not practiced to
anything like the same extent in COM
mu1ities where there has been such
agitation.-Sylvester Baxter, in the Cen
tury,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16

didn't. Pete leased the west eighty
from his father-in-law and built cot
tage, declaring that he meant to make
bis fortune right there. He started
by bringing from his old home in the
East all his books, fishing tackle, guns
and other impractical effects. When
the Kansas winter vanished before Il
matchless spring he began to roam
over ''our farm"
"What you going to do first, Pete p
Sophie would ask.
Just look around for while, So
phie," he would say, and march Off
whistling toward the creek or down
into the timber, where he counted the
walnut trees and shot an occasional
squirrel. Then he riggcd up a shop
near the barn and bought lot of
secondhand gas pipe, iron rods and
queer implements that had nothing to
do with farming.
"What ye goin' to do naow, Pete"
the old man asked eyeing him with
unexpressed wonder.
"I'm going to make a WELL" salt
Pete. smiling like willful child.
"Well? You don't need no well;
you got one an cistern. There's
the pond and the creek. an it's good
an rainy in Hoke. Well, fiddle! Amt
you goin' to put in no crap?"
Later maybe. I'll get around to
that later" And Pete would saunter
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16

Everybody round Pimly set up
laugh when Peter Jethson and his
wife moved over on old man Grants
west eighty and set up for farming.
Peter was always regarded as some
thing Of joke in Hole County, and
the fact that he had married Sophie
Grant the prettiest girl for miles
around, didn't save him. He was
sort Of second cousin to the old mans
first wife, and, of course, when he
came to Kansas his kinsman took him
in.
The objections to him were good
natured but numerous. He was al.
ways dressed up, he had no more
knowledge of horses, cattle and pigs
than Kansas City dude, and for the
first year of his life in Hoke County
he didn't do anything but court
Sophie. Old Grant never would have
agreed to it If he didn't know that his
son-in-lawelect "had money" for the
youth was quite worthless from n
bucolic point Of view, and after six
months trying to interest him in farm
ing the old man gave in with:
"Well, We kin have her. Pete, but
goll darn ye, how you all goin' to
make out?"
Peter grinled quietly, saying,
"Guess we won't starve," and went
away to tell Sophie. They were mar
ried at Christmas, spent week in
Kansas City and then came home to
settle down. Everybody thought
they'd open a store in Pimly, but they
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16

away whistling. while Sophie in the
kitchen smiled confidently and her
father grumbled in his whiskers.
1t was like that all summer and fall
Pete didn't do anything in the way of
work except what he did secretly in
his shop OF ON his well. The neigh
bors would stop at his road gate some.
times and shout at him: "Hey, Mis-
ter Jethson, struck waiter yitT'
Whereat he would smile gently, shake
his head and answer, mot yet"
Sometimes, if they happened to ask
him, How ye gettin' along% he'd
crack his little Joke by answering,
"Getting long well, thank you," and
then he'd laugh like a pleased boy.
And so 1t came about that the folks
at Pimly and roundabout in Hoke
County came to talk about Peter Jeth-
son as Poor Pete" the women plying
Sophie and the men plying old man
Grant, who had given his pretty
daughter to a "half-wit."
1t was along in the spring when
everybody found out that Peter had
taken q ten-year lease on the Brown
son place adjoining his own untitled
acres. Mayer jenkins of Pimly voiced
the public sentiment about this trans
action when he said:
"B-ownson has just took advantage
O. pore Pete. Them hundred an sixty
acres O. Eisn amt wuth two dollars
n year. Won't raise nutlln' an yit,
come t think, they can't raise no lessn
Pete's eighty"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16
Railways to Be Built in Montenegro.

Montenegro-the country Of the black
mountains-is the only country ON the
European Continent which has no rail
ways. The Prince of Montenegro has
now given concession to syndicate
to construct a narrow gauge railway,
some 700 miles in length, to the Ser.
Wan border 1t Is reported that the
survey has already been made, and
that work ON the railway will be
started in the near future.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16

an the baby when that comes. Jest
own up, what is your idea O. making
,, leases when you amt SO much as
farmin' truck?"
"Gas, dad,' said Peter, quietly.
"Just keep 1t as secret as you can, but
there's gas under every foot Of this
ground"
1t was not very satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION to Grant. He didn't see
and the next time he saw DR.. Jewett
In Pimly he let slip the secret about
Peters idea- From the doctors Of
flee the story spread, reaching ears
that were not Indifferent ito the story
Of possible gas belt under Hoke
County. Strangers who had snick-
cred at Jethson began to cross-ques-
tion him. but he put them aside with
q childish smile and a harmless joke.
"How you go.n' to git the sas?" they
asked him.
dig for it." he would say, laughing.
"An' If you git 1t, what them"
"Then it's up to you," grinned Jeth.
son, as he walked away.
Some of them did Gig, or rather bore
Into their farms. Ashamed Of their
enterprises. they kept them secret
from each other. bu. when they had
vainly gone down 200, 900 and 500 feet
through rock and clay and water. rage
against the innocent Peter took hold
of them, and they watched for a
chance to get even. George Hough
set the pace By actually leasing the
"gas privileges" Of his farm to Jeth-
son for ninety-nire years for the cash
sum Of $1C0, which was paid the mo-
ment the deed was signed. After that
there was rush to "do business" with
Peter. The malcontents who had spe.-t
work and money sinking for gas
wanted revenge, but they were afraid
to give the victim "long terms" for
fear when his mental condition was
discovered his engagements would be-
come valueless, so they old business
with him on q cash basis until his
money was gone and he had "the gas
privilege on every farm and free
holding near Pimly.
what air you goin' Z do racw?"
groaned Papa Grant when Pete aGrlit.
ted that he'd like to borrow a hundred
dollars.
"I'm going to give Pirly q fire.
works exhibition" he answered naive
ly. "Tm going to town now to put
card In the Banner announcing q show
over at my place."
And he did. The erratic announce
ment drew every man, woman and
child for miles around. The fire.
works" was all gas, 1t Is true, but
from hundred jets along the drive.
around The lawn, in the house and out.
side, 1t flared in clear white glory.
Peter showed them his lathe and his
pumps all run by burning gas. The
men who had ridiculed him aside, ad-
mitted that they had dug for gas too,
"just on his say So" but that "they
want no gas within five hundred feet,
an, Pete, eff We want to stan from
under that lease. why all right"
But Peter didn't want to "sta1d
from under"
Digging for gas, boys" snid Peter.
radiantly, "is like sizing Up your rel-
low men. It's no use unless you go
deep, say q thousand feet or So"
And they smiled with him, but they
didn't mean it.-John II. Raftc-y, n
the Chicago Record-Hcrald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16
LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT.

How often in our busy life
We speak bitter word;
We care not who the listeners are,
We care not where tits heard.
We do not know within our heart
To what it may amount,
And truly, it is only one
OF little things that count.
We often wound the trusting heart
BY being insincere.
We do not think that which we do
May cause lonely tear.
We give it but a passing thought,
And bother not about
The little things that rise and cause
The trusting heart to doubt.
We often wrong within ourself
The ones who love us true,
Because they tell us of fault;
We're all impatient, too,
And do not down the angry words
That to our lips may mount,
But watch and wait; tits only one
OF little things that count.
Kathryn C. n
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16

How often from our very heart
We let our anger rise,
And never mind the pleading looks
That come from soulful eyes;
We crush, we bruise, in passions hour,
And scorn the falling tear;
Little things, oh, little things,
What sorrow wrought you here!
You count, oh yes, you little things,
You count, but not for gain;
You count to sadden trusting hearts,
You count for naught but pain.
You count as clouds in some ones sky,
You darken some ones day;
o cruel little deeds and words
We can't undo, unsay!
Then ever speak the kindly word
Instead of one of pride;
Twill Danish sorrow from a soul,
And anger turn aside.
The loving word and deed and glance,
Is borne on angel wings,
And angel voices echo true:
Be kind in little things!
'ay, in the Hartford Daily Courant.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16

Mrs. William Taylor, an aged
woman who lives up Stone Coal
creek. near Weston, found some
strychnine which some one had
placed in her well bucket with the
apparent purpose of poisoning her.
Two local capitalists at Sistervllle,
Henry w. Mccoy and E. A. Durham,
are soon to commence the construc.
tion of three story brick |. o. o. F,
temple on the ground on Wells street
recently purchased by them.
A new bank, with capital of s25,'
900, is to be established in Martins
burg.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16

An automobile truck is now EN-,
ployed for moving iron safes. 1t has
two propelling motors and a third
elevates the safe to its place in the
building.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16

The court language of England Is
English; the royal family is said to
speak it with strong German &C.
cent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16

A banker and municipal treasurer
In an Italian town disappeared, ,leav'
ing a deficit of 100000. The authori-
ties proceeded to open his strong-box,
which was found to contain a piece OF
paper inclosing thirty-six cents and
stating that the money was for the
locksmith who should be 1eputed to
break open the safe.
An extremely funny sfs Iation has
arisen in Marienberg, small town In
Prussia. Three friends of a Russian
living at the town gave him 100 marks
to shave off his beard. But his wife
lnterfered with a police notice to the
effect that she claimed part proprie-
torship. The other friends are now
suing the husband for non-perform-
ance of his contract.
An elderly man, having the appear.
ance of laborer, was walking down
Blackfriars road, London, one Sunday
night recently, when his wooden leg
caught in grating, and about a foot
and half of it snapped Off. To the
amazement Of the passers by there
rolled out from a cavity several SOW
ereigns and some silver, for which
there was at once a scramble, and
some of the coins were stolen. How
ever, the old man received back most
of his hoard, and he was placed in q
cab and conveyed to his home.
The latest development in surgery is
the molding Of noses in paraffin, which
Is now being practiced in Austria. II
the deformity known as saddle nose
the most remarkable results are said
to be obtained The process consists
in the subcutaneous injection OF par,
afiin, which before it completely sets
Is nodded into the desired shape. A
warmed syringe is charged with the
melted compound and the needle is
inserted between the eyebrows, just
above the root of the nose. Then the
compound is injected into the subcu.
taneous tissues as the needle is slowly
withdrawn.
The body of child appears to have
lain in London for fourteen months
as an unclaimed parcel in the cloak
room at London Bridge Station. II
formed at last the subject of inquiry
at the Coroner's Court, Southwark
The Coroner said that he understood
that the parcel was left at Victoria
Station on December 3, 1900, and moi
being called for, was sent to the Lost
Property Office for the annual rum
mage sale, and so the nature Of the
contents was discovered. The body
was Completely mummified The wit.
nesses could shed no light on the mat.
ter, and the jury returned an open
verdict.
The aborigines of the Malabar ISL.
ands employ a perfect whistling Ian.
guage by means of which they can
communicate with each other over
long distances. A stranger wandering
over the islands Is frequently sur.
prised to hear from the hilltop the
sound Of loud whistling, which is
quickly repeated on the next hill and
so is carried from summit to summit
until 1t dies away in the distance.
But perhaps the most curious means
of communication In the world is the
drum-language of Kongo tribe.
These queer people can talk to each
other with large drums made of BAN.
boo hoops, over which the skin OF
some animal is stretched. Tho drum.
however. is used only on important
occasions.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16

The bill collector says he has no de.
sire to dwell In the land Of promise.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-16

Make all money orders, checks. ets. payable
10 he Tribune Printing Company, Limited
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-05-16
SIX MONTHS OF ROOSEVELT.
The Strenuous Policy of the Repub-
Ifcan Chief Is Getting His
Party Into Trouble.

President Roosevelt has been in Of
dee a little more than six months.
He is the fifth vice president who
came into the Office of president un-
der the constitution by the death of
the president regularly elected.
John Tyler succeeded President
William Henry Harrison, Willard Fill
more succeeded President Zachary
Taylor, Andrew Johnson succeeded
President Abraham Lincoln, Chester
A. Arthur succeeded President James
A. Garfield and Theodore Roosevelt
succeeded President William McKin-
ley. Tt is a grewsome record, says
the Chicago Chronicle.
From present indications Mr..
Roosevelt will experience as stormy
a time in the presidency as that of
any other vice president who sue
ceeded to the presidential office. He
is on the verge of quarrel with the
most influential members of the re
publican national committee.
He is always attempting to force
his policy on the republicans in
congress with the same vigor which
Andy" Johnson displayed in his at
tempts to enforce his reconstruction
policy in opposition to the recon
struction policy of the republican
congressional majority. Other vice
presidents who became presidents
except, perhaps, Arthur-tried to es-
tabf1sh personal policies different
from the general policies of their
predecessors and of their party.
Mr.. Roosevelt had peculiar quail
ties of character fitting him to en-
counter differences between himself