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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
Don't Spare All the Trees,

There is no slight ignorance in the
cry that is so often raised with regard
to the removal or cutting down Of trees
in the parks, and it has recently been
displaying itself with certain trees
that have been already, or are to be,
got rid Of in the course of carrying
out the Piccadilly widening. AS a
matter Of fact, most Of them We're so
close together that their branches In
termingled. and any one acquainted
with the subject knows that this is
most injurious to the proper growth
Of the individual tree. The truth is
that In the public parks. as In most
private properties, plantations require,
from time to time, to be thinned out.
1t is rumored that it has been found
necessary to remove some 120 odd
trees from the gardens OF Buckingham
Palace, and in Lord Rathmore's time
drastic measures had to be taken with
the overgrowth in the Chestnut ave-
nue. in the Regents Park with splendid
results that are now abundantly ap-
parent on Chestnut Sunday.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
and asleep. 1t was five miles to Bris-

and asleep. 1t was five miles to Bris-
coe and raining hard; no horse could
make the distance in time to give the
alarm. And hundreds of sleeping men
and women We're speeding to certain
death.
The young operator felt an uncon-
trollable WEAKNESS and lethargy creep
ing over him, but he pulled himself to;
gether with a desperate effort that
made every nerve tingle and vibrate.
He was speaking aloud, although alone
in his Office.
Margaret Margaret! Margaret!
| Get your fathers red lantern; so
down to the Briscoe River and swing
danger signal for the 2.20 express.
Go at once, 1 command you, my dear
love! Go, go, go! In Gods name rise
from your sleep, Margaret, and gow
The night express came rushing
on to Briscoe station when Engineer
Preston saw far ahead of him n tiny
red spark glowing. Instinct In the
man read Its meaning before it had
grown to proportions that signaled
danger. The train slowed up with
such unwillipgness of steam and driv.
ing wheel, such a mighty groaning and
grinding of the whole outfit, that the
stubborn resistance threw passengers
out OF the berths and brought the
throbbing, shrieking engine to a stand
still on the very brink of destruction
where a whlte-robed figure with un
bound hair swung with persistence
and monotonous repetition the red Ian
tern that had averted death.
The train men wrapped Margaret
in blankets and carried her bewildered
distraught, almost lifeless to her hom,
where she fell unconscious into nel
mothers arms, while the grateful pas
sengers filed the hours they mus
wait with plaudits of her brave deet
and talked of the medal she should
have some day.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
he Had the Best of 1t,

Professor Blank is something of a
crank in the matter of correctness of
speech, and occasionally makes him.
self unpleasant, not to say disagree.
able to those about him by calling
attention to their lapses from good
English.
what is the use, Cornelius" said his
wife to him on one occasion, "of your
trying to reform peoples way Of speak.
ing? A language is like great river.
1t takes its course, and you cannot con-
troll it,
"Ah, but you canr' replied the pro-,
fessor "You can-at the mouth. Look
at the Mississippi ietties."
This effectually closed the mouth of
bis good wife.-Youths Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
Are Worth Paying Tor.

The Good Roads organization of the
State Of New York has at last
reached the conclusion that good roads
cannot be achieved except by paying
for them. and has therefore decided to
press for an appropriation from the
Legislature of $1,000,000 for the cur
lent year, the full amount to lie eX-
pended upon the highways of the
State.
AS starter, and in the absence of
securing anything better, it is to be
hoped the efforts of the organization
may prove successful. If the appro-
Ir!ation Of million dollars per annum
could be made continuous for Il suf-
cieni number of years, undoubtedly in
due time the State would find itself
in possession OF first-class highways.
Coutir uous appropriations, however,
cannot be counted upon, and In the
meantime the sporadic millions ap-
prcpriated will be so spread out over
the State as to really accomplish no
practical or permanent results.
The great State Of Ohio years ago
solved the good roads problem, when
Its Legislature passed n law divid-
ing the State into districts and max
ing it compulsory upon each district
to build it's own roads and keep them
In repair, the lands themselves being
taxed for the cost in proportion to
the benefits received. The owners Of
the lands put up an energetic kick
against the scheme, but tile law stood
the test, with the result that Ohio
to-day has the most perfect system
Of public roads Of not only any State
in the Union, but Of any equal area
In the world.
The roads cost the farmers good
round sum, and for several years the
burden upon the land seemed almost
too heavy to bear, but the end justi-
fed the means, and now no farmer
would be willing to surrender the
roads and take back his proportion
of the cost.
The good roads have more than re-
imbursed the lands for their cost, and
they are there for all time to come, the
keeping of them in repair being to a
very large extent labor of love-
st. Louis Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
The RUSSIAN SOLDIER.
Dull Routine and Poor Fare of His Daily
Life.

Life.
The newly-hedged Russian soldier.
when his corners have been knocked
off, is drafted into a regiment and pre-
pared for the severe training he will
soon be forced to undergo in camp.
If he is in the cavalry he will have to
rise at in the morning to look to his
horse; if IN the infantry he must be
out and about by a. M, cleaning and
mending his clothes as the first duty
of the day. Early morning inspection
is followed by q call to prayers, and
then the soldier, hungry enough by
now, eats his morning black bread and
rusks and drinks his tea, il prepara-
tion for the real work of the day.
Every morning and every night the
Russian soldier is summoned to pray
ers. The services are as much part
of the everyday routine as breakfast
ald supper. No other army observes
SO many religious ceremonies.
With drilling and riding, gyn1as-
tics, fencing and shooting, according
to his regiment, the soldier works hard
until the tine for dinner arrives, be-
tween II and IL. Afterward. until
o'clock, he may sleep or rest. Two
hours drilling is followed by tea. Be-
tween and the illiterates of the reg
iment study the arts cf reading and
writing in large classes, for in every
regiment they fern goodly company.
The teaching is undertaken by officers,
and considering the simplicity of their
pupils their duties are hardly enviable.
At Z o'clock comes supper; at 0'the
men are again summoned to prayers.
and afterward may seek their hard
and by no means luxurious beds.
The Russian soldiers diet is largely
vegetarian. Favorito dinner dishes
include "stche"-a cabbage soup-po-
tatoes, peas, beans, rlacaroni and va
rious kinds of porridges, eaten with
onions and lard. Only half-a-pound
OF meat is allowed each man daily,
and the Russian pound is ten per cent.
less than in this country. Mushrooms
are consumed in great quantities when
in season. Three pounds of black rye
bread are included in the daily rations,
and If any is left over, the men are at
liberty to sell the remains. AS the SOL
dier's bread is very nourishing and
purer than the ordinary bakers, the
extra rations sell well. In the way of
drink beer is too great a luxury for
Ivan Ivanovitch, so quenches his thirst
with "qvas," cheap substitute, made
from fermerted black bread, and very
wholesome. On high days the soldiers
are regaled with vodka, often at their
officers expense.-Pearson's Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
NINE. PATHS GOSPEL OF HEALTH.
Great Prima Donna Lays Down Some
Reasonable Rules.

ureat Prima Donna Lays Down Some
Reasonable Ruleh
The following is printed as the
famous prima donna's code:
ITO be healthy is the natural state,
and disease is, in nine cases out of
ten, our punishment for some indis-
cretion or excess.
Every time we are i'll it is part Of
our remaining youth which we squan-
der Every recovery, whether from
headache or pneumonia, is accomplish
ed by the strenuous effort of vitality,
and is therefore waste Of your capt.
tai of life.
Therefore, don't let yourself be i'll.
1.-THE Jest plan to avoid illness is to
live regularly, simply, with frugallty
that stupid persons alone will seem
painful or eccentric.
sleep eight hours in every twenty
four.
'Ventilate the rooms in which you
work and sleep. Very few people, even
among those who think they are
well up in modern ideas, have any con-
ception of what ventilation means
Even when my voice was the only
thing 1 had in the world l slept with
my windows wide open, summer and
winter, and never caught cold in that
way.
Examine seriously into your list of
Bocial obligations, have the good sense
to recognize that there is neither
pleasure nor profit in most of what
you regard as essential in that line,
and simplify your social life simplify
it all you can.
Make your home a pleasant place
cheerful, but well within your means.
Drink nothing but water or milk
especially drink lots of water. You
can never drink too much of it.
"On the other hand, remember that
alcohol is a poison which does untold
damage within you; that beer, wine,
coffee and tea are poisons, too. Shun
all of them as would diluted vitriol.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13

halpn MasSOn WAS COuSulupllNe.
You knew it by the bright hopeful eye,
the dull pale skin. and the nervous IT.
ritable cough that accentuated his
slightest speech and racked his at
tenuated frame. And his tempera-
mental vivacity was due to the same
dread disease that while consuming
life dazzles the senses with golden WIS.,
ions Of longevity.
Mason was night telegraph operator
at small station ON the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad between Chicago and
New Orleans. in locality where pine
of balsam for hurt lungs and the dry,
sandy soil furnished a chance for open
air exercise. Mason owned @ good
horse and at hours when he was duty
free he rode his race for life with zeSt
and satisfaction. Like all consump-
tives his spirits increased as his nealth
declined, and he saw with feverish in
tensity a long vista of future pros
perity.
Something peculiar In the mental
makeup of the young operator was
both interesting and battling to new
acquaintances, but it was merely the
expression of a cult which is not yet
one Of the exact sciences, but which
has immense undeveloped possibili-
ties.
Ralph Mason was student of
psychic phenomena, firm believer in
telepathy and an ardent investigator
into every new occult theory. He was
himself hypnotist, possessing q ma
tural gift, cultivated and developed by
study and practice. At Harvey Sta
ton he had small opportunity to i'm
prove this faculty, but there was one
family living few miles down the
line where he found a willing convert
to his peculiar views, and what was
more important valuable subject to
carry them out successfully.
Margaret Lansing, girl of eigh-
teen, became infatuated with the
strange new power and gave Mason
her intelligent cooperation when at an
evening entertainment at the little dis
trlct schoolhouse, before he went On
duty, he gave an exhibition of his skill
and easily sent her into a profound
hypnotic sleep. Her family and
friends We're present and gave their
consent, looking upon it as q part of
the evenings entertainment and sec
ing nothing serious in the perform
ance. They were merely amused and
incredulous when, laying his hand on
her forehead with light touch, he
said:
60 over to the station, go into the
ONCE, and tell me what you see there. !,
He did not know that she could or
would submit to the test; she had
doubtless been there at some time and
might describe it from memory, and
the test would be of no value. She
dld not respond quickly, and he re-
peated the command. After moment
she began to shiver as with fear.
What do you see?"
Two men who look like robbers.
Ihey are breaking open a desk"
Gan you describe the 1nen?"
'one is young and one Is old. They
wear caps and have handkercbiefs
tied over the lower part of theil
| faces"
Look through the handkerchiefs
and tell me what you see."
"The one who is young has q red
mustache and one eye is gone. The
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
A Now Emergency Brake.

A new emergency brake for electric
cars is described in recent issue OF
the London Electrical Review. 1t con-
sists of four shoes, Of oak or beech,
two being placed between the wheels
just over the rails on each side of the
car. A Small compressed-air cylinder
is maintained by pump run from
one of the car axles. When it is nee
essary to apply the brake suddenly the
motorman simply touches a lever; in
stantly all four of the brake shoes arc
jammed strongly down against tho
rails. 1t Is claimed that this brake
has stopped trolley car going at the
rate Of twenty miles an hour down q
steep grade, within two of its own
lengths.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
THE DAYS WORK.
o the work OF the day as well

Do the work OF the day as well
As you have the wit to do;
Try for the best--for the best will tell
What was the end in view.
Always your best-it is cheap to shirlSj
The best makes the worker glad;
And people remember the better work,
Forgetting the weak and bad.
They remember the careful tool
As well as the perfect song.
Scant is the memory for fool,
Or him who is idle long.
People remember the honest few
Who gave Of the best they had.
They will remember the good you do,
And always forget the bad.
Do the work of the day as we'll
As though it would close your toll.
He who a sermon in stone would tell
Must chisel and carve and mol.
Weak and lifeless, or firm and true,
The work of the day is set.
People remember the good we do
The bad they will soon forget.
Yesterday is record made,
Changeless, for good or i'll;
Hands to-day must be unafraid,
Ready to work your will.
Useless, tomorrow, to sadly rue
Plans that were far from sure.
People remember the good you do,
And they forget the poor.
w. d. Nesbit, in Baltimore American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13

A London journalist tells the busi-
ness men Of that community that tho
surprising success Of Americans in
placing their products among the Eng
lish people is chiefly due to the skill
and courage with which the Americans
advertise. "They prove" he says.
1.-THE tremendous influence Of advertis-
ing in its effect on the success of an
industrial nation" The article is n
striking tribute to the Importance of
publicity to business. = Philadelphia
Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
AUSTRALIAN SEA FISHING.
Angling For schnapper, Nnnnygai, Nor.
wong and Shark.

Angling For schnapper, Nnnnygai, Nor.
wong and Shark.
Sea fishing is the Alpha and Omega
of most fishing in Australia. We leave
Sydney harbor about midnight in q
small tug, SO as to be on the further
fishing grounds at daybreak. Now we
are out between the heads, and at last
a chilly dawn creeps over the sea. We
are at rest, too, broadside to the rollers,
and 1t is good to go up the narrow
companion and on deck and find the
lines we left neatly coiled In corners
over night. The two deck hands are
busy cutting up the bait, score or so
of mullet, yellowtails and squid. We
are ready. and our eight leads go al
most together over the side, all on the
same quarter, so that the lines may
stream clear Of the tug and of each
other. Down they so, and still down,
a good forty fathoms, and the moment
the lead touches bottom we hold on. A
moment or two passes and some one is
into a good fish, which is hauled and
played on the thin line with great care
and patience, and proves to be a sill
very morwong of six or seven pounds
weight-a handsome enough fish to
the stranger, yet dubbed, with a sneer,
wrong color" by its captor and his
Australian friends.
The discontented one seems in luck's
way, for no sooner has he again baited
his hooks-each line, l ought to have
said, carries two and heavy lead
that he is once more fighting with aE
even larger fish, but the line sheers
away ominously near the surface, and
there is general cry Of "Sharkw as it
is indeed seen that one of these white
bellied, shovel-snouted brutes has both
his hooks. But the tackle is strong;
there is nothing in reason to part so
long as the shark cannot get the line
between its teeth. and it is at last
lifted bodily on the deck. five feet and
more Of 1t, and soon clearing breath
ing space with the great sweeping
strokes Of its tail.
The first fish that I am destined to
catch in these strange waters is as Gu
Iious III Hulue as Ill appearances.
"Nannygai" 1t is called, which irresist-
IDLY, though doubtless good aboriginal,
reminds one OF nannygoat. and it is OF
a brilliant scarlet, with huge protrud-
ing black eyes. Very good eating is
this same nannygai, but more valuable
on account of its invariably indicating
the presence Of big schnapper. No
sooner, indeed, have hauled my nan
nygai than one or two of the party in
stantly haul in their lines to see that
the bats are right, and that good op.
portunity may not be lost. For we are
not anchored in one spot. The Pacific
is too deep, the ground too rough, the
swells from the south too sudden and
violent to admit Of such a plan. On
the contrary, we drive with the tide
over the reefs, kind of schnapper bat
tue, and are thus enabled to go to the
fish when they will not come to us.
Good schnapper are now caught on all
sides, and l must say that my first
really heavy schnapper warrants all
the hopes that had based on a some
what long and intimate acquaintance
with his feebler cousin, the red Dream
of the English channel.-London Tray.
eler.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
Baggage Rights of q Corpse.

dead man has the same rights cs
live one. This question has been
passed on by the chief baggage master
at the Union depot, and it was done
in hurry, too. There We're five live
persons and q deal man waiting for
the decision. The coffin was placed in
the baggage car and then the trunks
Of the five persons were weighed.
The weight exceeded the $50 pounds
for each, but If the dead man were
allowed baggage, this would solve the
difficulty. The clerk had never heard
o. such thing before. He refused
to check trunk on the dead mans
ticket.
"he train vas ready to start. The
five persons did not care to pay for tic
excess baggage, neither did they like
to allow the body to so alone. The
whistle OF the train footed its crst
warning.
Just then the chief baggage master
arrived. lie took II the situation at
q glance.
"Check the trull-s," he exclaimed,
and the five hurried off il time to
catch their train.
Then he explained to the clerk that
the General Traffic Managers Asso-
citation had passed on the question.
This organization decided that when
full fare ticket is paid for, for the
transportation of a corpse, the ticket
carries with it the regular baggage
pri-ilese Of mot to exceed $50 pounds"
Denver Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
: WASHOUT AT BRIS-
: COE; WARN go EN-
/: PRESS. THIS OFFICE
: CANNOT REACH THEM. :

= : : : - : : : : . . . -
1t was signed with the name of the
night operator at Rawlins, and there
was hardly a half hour before the
train was due at Briscoe. Margarcts
father was station agent at that point,
but the express did not stop there, and
he probably knew nothing of the
washout, and, no other train arriving
until morning, he would be at home
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13

And Ralph Mason? When his as-
sistant relieved him at the office at
early morning his hand was on the
key, but his head was bowed and
he neither moved nor spoke. In that
supreme effort he had found release
Mrs. NJ. L. Rayne. in the Chicago
Record Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13
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other has white hair and smooth
face. They are working in hurry.
Ah-h-h. they are caught!'
The girls breath was indrawn with
. sob. The hypnotist made q few
passes over her and she came to her.
self weak and exhausted.
"Some of you fellows 60 over to the
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13

Blessed is the peacemaker, for he
always gets the worst of it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-13

Entered at the Postoffce ct Fresland. Pa,
As Second-Class Matter
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-12-26
FRUITS AND FLOWERS,

Do not let rubbish Of any kind lie un.
derneath the trees. 1t harbors vermin.
A yard or lawn always looks barren
without some ornamental trees and
shrubs.
AS an apple or pear orchard will last
lifetime. particular care must be tax.
ell In the selection Of varieties.
If currants and gooscberries are prun.
ed in tree form. they will bear larger
and finer fruit. Frune every year.
To have good garden the land must
be kept rich l:y liberal use Of manure.
During the winter is the best time to
apply it. 80! ''' -" -.
Nearly all house plants will be bene.
fted by having the blossoms that ap-
pear Immediately after planting in pbts
pruncd Off. Let the plant get well es-
tablished before towering.
The rose is hearty feeder and will
therefore bear annual manuring, but
only well rotted and thoroughly fined
manure should be, used. taking care to
work 1t we'll intD the soil early in the
winter g. "a. ...r
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-12-26
Killing In Tenness.e.

Knoxville. Tenn, Dec. ga special
to The Sentinel from Middlesboro. XIV,
says that last night near Turner bury.
Ing grounds on Benefits Fork creek.
Chris Turner killed Will Miils. aged
ID, and was wounded himself mortaiiy
by Turner. The shooting was the
elimination Of trouble between Mills
and Chris. Press and wes Turner.
Mills took up for Bob Yeates, a small
boy who 1t Is claimed was being i'm.
posed upon by the Turner's. Last
night Mills was going coon hunting
with some friends when he met the
two. Turner boys in the road. Mills
and the Turner's we're touching each
other when the firing commenced.
Mills was shot twice. being mortaliy
wounded by his enemy, Mills created
q sensation less than d month ago
when he eloped with Miss Alice Yoak.
um. only IA years old. Mills belongs
to leading Kentucky family. Rev.
Henry B. Mills. pastor OF Metbodist
church at Waltop, Ky. y his bpsthes.