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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

The strongest bees are put on duty
for guards, it is these guard bees that
dart out at you With the italian bee
or the milder Cyprian, if you do not
notice them they will merely buzz near
your face moment and leave YOU.
But often the cross black bees will
come at you with the intention of
stinging you, especially if there is rain
brewing, or they are short of resin in
the hive or your clothes are perfumed
with some scent they dislike, tobacco
for instance. On account OF these
guard bees, and the keen scent they
employ to single out enemies-as they
know every bee OF their own house by
this scent as well as sight-it is almost
impossible for strange bees to pass
them into the hive. But the cobber
bees do not come single handed. they
come when the worker bees are far
afield, and killing the guard and nurses
barring their way, they buzz in and
clean out the hive. Sometimes the
worker bees stay at home to resist the
attacks and the strongest side is victor,
but it usually ends in the demolition
of the colony and the fighting. rODbing
spirit spreads to other colonies. 1t is
strange about bees in this line; # they
find a starving bee they will feed and
care for it tenderly, but in case OF a
weak colony they are almost sure to
sneak in and steal their small store.
They are very much like NATIONS Of
human kind in this respect.
Ants and those fly bees which look
so much like bee that even bees
are sometimes deceived by them, they
usually rid themselves Of. But the bee
keeper must keep close watch. Ants
are bad in this country, and most bee
stands are made with tapering legs and
set in cans or crooks of water. Last
winter l saw a fine stand of bees
brought to starvation because the
owner neglected setting the stand legs
in water. In every hive the bees
starved before half the winter was
over, and all on account of the fall in
roads of ants.
AS the bee must go into over 100
blossoms to get just one load of honey,
1t would oe natural for big Drained
thing like a. bee, to get it some easier
way if it could, and often in the height
of the honey season the smell Of the
honey in other hives than their own
tempts them to threpe little from
them. The beekeeper in taking honey
from the hives sometimes leaves
enough dripping around to set them
wild to follow the trail en- into the
hive. About the only way you can
break them of the robbing habit is to
put screens over the entrance ways
Of the robbed hives 50 that not more
than one bee can go out or come i,
at a dme.-I. s., in The Epitomist
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

, My name and the date Of my marriage
are written inside of it."
The cure waited to hear no more. II
will go there myself" he said.
1t was showing that night when he
drove away, and all through the day
that followed the snow continued to
fall. Early the next morning the cure
returned. Marie met him at the door
and he saw at once that she had been
crying.
Madame is dead" she said. "She
died just little while after you went
away"
She led the way into the room, where
they laid her in a plain, pine-boarded
coffin. Some of the villagers had gath
cred there, as well as the cures SER
want, Paul
Paul" cried the cure, "ring the
church bell, and when they ask you
what has happened, tell them that you
ring for a marriage, burial and a
christening all at once. Tell them also
that the cure wants them here"
The cracked old bell rang out on the
frosty air, and the people, startled by
the unusual sound, hurried to the inn.
They crowded into the little room, men
silence as the cure took the cover off
the little cardboard box. A plain gold
ring lay inside of it, and he held it up
between his finger and thumb, SO that
all of them might see.
"Lookr' he exclaimed, as he read the
inscription on the inside Of the ring.
Here is her marriage certificate and
her Christian name: 'Rosie-Septem-
Der 20, 1900.' If any Of you do not
believe me, come and look for your
selves"
There was a dead silence throughout
the room as, after waiting for mo-
ment to see if any one would reply, he
walked to the coffin, and lifting the
little, cold, white hand, he slipped the
ring upon her finger. "See how 1t
fits" he said; "you must all call her
Madame now"
Presently he spoke to them more in
the tone which he was accustomed to
use in the pulpit.
"On Sunday the child shall be christ.
ened. We will name her Rosie, after
her mother, and Rougemont, after our
village. You know best whether you
owe anything to her or not" he con.
tinued, pointing toward the coffi1L
But in case your conscience pricks
you, Paul will stand at the church docs
after the christening to receive what
you may wish to give"
And that's how it happened that just
at the entrance of the graveyard,
where they laid Madame, there stands
plain white marble slab. There are
only three words on it:
Rosie was good. New York News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
SHADOW5.

r'Shadows we are; and shadows we pur-
sue."]
What are the shadows black that talk,
Mimicling llen in their daily walk?
We hear them not, feel not, nor long we
see
Are they the ghosts that the men shall be?
They idly glide to the darllling door,
To vanish there, and appear no more.
Do they hide away in the grave and night,
With their shady fellows to sleep or fight!
We shall go after our shadows soon,
No more to be seen by night or noon.
Like them shall we go, and leave no trace
On this earth where we ran our mortal
race?
Can our perishing hands find no work to
do?
Our lips no utterance brave and true?
May our future motions weave no welt
Of deeds and thoughts that shall long be
left,
A legacy rich, from our life outworn,
To the coming souls that shall still be
born?
When we HE to deaths open green room
door,
Shall we quite go out, and our act to be
Ger?
Oh, brother men, when your shadows you
see,
Think: How much is my shadow like to
me?
Springfield Republican.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
Thrilling Fight with a Shark.

Harry NJ. Speerman, of Fort Wayne,
Ind, was bathing almost a quarter of
mile out beside the Steeplechase
Pier in Atlantic City, N. j., the other
day, when he saw what he thought
was the body of man floating near
the surface. He swan to the object,
which was slowly sinking, and dived
down after it, clutching at the sup
posed body. To his CONSERVATION he
found he had grabbed a lively eight
foot shark by the tail. The fish resent
ed interference and turned to attack
Speerman, who struck out Justify for
the shore, the shark after him.
Fortunately the jaws closed with
Speerman outside by narrow margin
and he shouted for help and swan as
he never swan before The fighting
blood of the shark was up and its
appetite was keen, and it made another
rush for the bather, who was helpless
having no weapon but his hands to
6ght with.
Some of the affrighted spectators on
the pier and the beach ran to the life
guards station and told Slep Calhoun
and James Neill of the unequal combat
being waged, and they put out in their
lifeboat to Speerman's rescue They
We're none too soon. Speerman had re-
ceived several staggering blows from
the sharks tail, and was so weak that
he was keeping afoat with difficulty.
The shark made n final rush at the
bather turned on its back like flash
and this time caught him. The big
open jaws closed like wise ON Speer-
mans left arm and the water above
them was tinged with blood.
1t would have been all over with the
bathcr had not the lifeboat arrived just
at this moment. Speevman was sink
ing, faint from pain and loss of blood
as Neill leaned over the side OF the
boat and caught him by the hair. He
shark came on Calhoun stood with a
heavy boathook poised and skilfully
harpooned the monster just as he
turned on his side and made snap at
the boat.
Speerman was rowed ashore and re-
ceived medical attention. The life
| guards went out again with a towing
rope and brought the body OF the
| shark TO the beach. The man from
Fort Wayne, who will carry his arm
in sling for several weeks, claimed
| the shark, and said he would have II
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
Bear on the Hand Car.

The Railway and Engineering Re.
view has the following: Some years
ago Mr.. Jerry Sullivan, then of the
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, told Of
blowing bear out of a culvert with
sticks Of dynamite. After that no
other railroad bear stories were told
for a long time. The Seattle Post-In-
telligencer now relates the particulars
OF a meeting between grizzly bear
and a section gang of the White Pass
& Yukon Railway, which, while per.
haps not as violent in some respects
as the affair in Colorado, will neverthe.
less pass at this period of time. Ac.
cording to the reporters account the
men We're running hand car around
curve, when suddenly a large grizzly
was seen on the track. The car was
stopped about rails length from
Bruin, when the men jumped off and
gave the car push. When the car
struck the bear he jumped upon it
and held possession while it was get
ting up to speed on q down grade,
when he jumped off and let it go.
About this time hunter happened
along with n rife, but he had only
two shots left, and as these We're not
well directed, Mr.. Bear suited his own
convenience about quitting the right
of way, but he finally sid-stepped into
the snow and made Off. After the af.
fair was over it was "up to" the Sec
ton gang to find their car.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
Rats and Mice Easily DESTROYED.

Some years ago my attention was
called to granary in Maryland under
which large number of rats had bur.
rowed into the ground. The building
was double, set on posts raised about
eighteen inches above the ground,
with driveway between. The earth
underneath was completely honey
combed with burrows. Two pounds
carbon bisulphid We're secured. Wads
OF cotton, varying in size from hens
egg to ones fist, We're saturated and
thrust into every burrow that opened
on the surface. The holes were Sc.
curely closed. Only in two instances
were the holes opened by their occu-
pants, and these were quickly de-
stroyed by a second dose. Wherever
a burrow is found about any building
it can be treated in the same way
American Agriculturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
American soldiers, Bravery.

The War Department, at Washing
ton, has been informed of services of
unusual bravery performed by enlisted
men at Santa Rita barrio, San Luis,
Pampanga, Philippine Islands, re-
Gently.
A native, frenzied by drink, created
y panic in the barrio by WELDING his
bolo with such terrible effect that
three or four natives were killed, and
six or seven others wounded. Chief
Musician George S. Thompson, Twen-
tieth Infantry, and Corporal King, of
the Twenty-tifth Infantry, happened
to pass through the barrio in charge of
horses belonging to the regimental Of
ficers. In answer to the appeals of
the natives, both enlisted men used
their rifles, Thompson killing the mad
man.
Corporal King mounted his horse and
rode fifteen miles in the dead of night
through the roughest sort of country,
to the army post at Calumpit, where
Lieutenant Hennessy and DR.. Byers
were reused from their beds and,
equipped with surgical instruments,
galloped back to Santa Rita to minister
to the wounds OF the wild Filipino's
victims.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
River Rescue by r. Woman.

a rescue that was out of the ordinary
happened in the North River at New
York City, when Mrs. Thomas Simp-
son, with her street clothes on, jumped
in the river and pulled out a young
man and Il boy who were drowning.
Mrs Simpson, with her husband, con-
ducts a public bath house near where
the barge Birmingham was moored.
John Campbell, aged four, fell from
the barge into the water, and William
McDermott, seventeen years of age,
who was working on deck, went ever
the side after him. The child sank, but
McDermott dived after him and seized
him. McDermott rapidly became ex-
hausted and he began to drift down
stream when Mrs. Simpson went to
their rescue. She did not wait to take
off her shoes or any Of her clothes, but
jumped into the water just as she was
and struck out for the struggling pair.
Coming up to them she got hold of
McDermott with her left hand, and
then made for the pier, McDermott
still holding onto the child. The wom-
ans strokes were powerful, and she
towed her human burden to the pier
with seeming ease. Young Campbell
was unconscious, but he revived after
DR.. Wolff had worked over him an
hour.
Mrs. Simpson has saved number of
persons from drowning, among them
her own husband.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

I have spent much of long life in
the observation of horses. l have
reared them, broken them, trained
them, ridden them, and driven them in
every form from the plow to the four
INLAND. The result of these years Of
study is summed up in one sentence:
l believe the horse to be part maniac
and part idiot. Every horse at some
time in his life develops into homi-
cidal maniac. L believe any man who
trusts himself or his family to the
power of a horse, stronger than him
self, to be lacking in common sense
and wholly devoid of ordinary pru.
dencc. l have driven one commonplace
horse every other day for six years
over the same road, and then had hin
to go crazy and try to kill himself and
me because a leaf fluttered in front
of him. 1 have known scores of horses
apparently trustworthy, apparently
creatures of routine, go wild and in.
sane over equally regular and recurring
phenomena. No amount Of observation
can tell when the brute will break
out. One mare took two generations
of children to school over the same
quiet road, and then in her nineteenth
| year went crazy because rooster
crowed alongside the road. She killed
two of the children. If any one can
tell me a good reason why man should
trust horse, l should be glad to know.
-Harper's Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26


ter with an iceberg was told by Cap
tain Chester of the schooner Elwood
to San Francisco Chronicle reporter.
While the schooner was on a fishing
cruise in the northern waters Captain
Chester sighted an immense iceberg
exist just off Hoonia. ITS a lucky
find" thought the Captain, as he
headed the Elwood for the berg, that
he might fill the hold with ice to pre-
serve the fish that he expected to
catch.
When the schooner was within q few
yards of the berg the anchor was
dropped. The vessel swung around
until she came alongside the berg, to
which she was made fast with lines.
The tide was at the full; a gangplank
was thrown over to ledge ON the ice
and the men began breaking off chunks
Of ice and hosting them aboard. All
went well until evening, when thirty
tons of ice had been slowed in the
hold.
Meanwhile the falling tide had
caused the berg to settle upon the reef
and to tip toward the side opposite
the vessel. The gangplank rose in the
air and had to be made fast to a ledge
nearer the water to keep it horizontal
Captain Chester, suspectlng that all
was not going to be well, ordered the
crew to make sail. Before they could
man the halyards the iceberg. with a
grinding roar, rolled off the reef and
started to turn over.
A Jagged spur of ice, which had
formed the bottom of the berg, rose on
the starboard side of the vessel and
beneath it. The ice struck the keel
and the vessel, lifted out of the water,
rested in an ice cradle. Chester Or
1ered his men to get into the boats
and out of harms way. Cutting the
lines that held the schooner to the
berg, the men pulled to a safe distance
and waited.
The anchor held fast and the schoon-
er tugged at the chain. The tide
dropped a few more inches, the Ice
berg careened still further, and the
Elwoodo rose higher. This proved the
schooner's salvation.
The tendency of the iceberg to roll
over and raise the vessel brought such
an enormous strain upon the anchor
chain that something had to give way.
Something did, and to the joy of the
fishermen it was not the anchor or the
chain.
The iceberg lurched, and the schooner
was seen to slide several feet along
the crevice in which it rested. There
was another lurch and another slide.
Then the vessel reached q downward
grade and the next instant shot off
the iceberg and into the sea, bows on,
like rocket.
She shipped heavy sea as the re-
suit of plunging her nose beneath the
surface, but quickly rlghted, and after
stumbling over her anchor chain and
tugging viciously to get away, settled
down to her original state of tranquil
ity. to all appearances unhurt.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
stuffed and shipped to his home.-New
York World.



A huge black bear was brought to
Bluefleld, W. Va, recently and sold to
local butchers. Its weight was 43O
pounds and in capauring it a young
man sustained possibly fatal injuries.
For some time past the farmers liv.
Ing in the "Wilderness' in Bland
County, Va. have missed their sheep.
Thursday the partly devoured carcass
of fine eve was found. A party was
organized to hunt down the carnivor-
Gus animal. The country was secured
for hounds, and a fine pack was gotten
together.
The hounds soon struck the beasts
trail, and in a short while one of the
hunters, Charles Burton, got shot at
the animal. The bullet took effect, but
did not check the bears flight.
However, others Of the party fred
with equally effective air, and the
bear, after carrying ten rifle balls
around with him for over an hour, was
finally brought to bay by the hounds.
In his eagerness to be one Of the dis
patchers of the brute, John Burton,
aged twenty-five years. got too close to
the bear, and before he could get a
shot was bowled over by the bears
heavy paws. His face was badly lac.
Grated by the blow, and after he had
fallen to the ground he received an.
other blow which broke his left arm.
The bear then bit nearly through
Burton's left leg and was gnawing at
his stomach when the party came up.
A shot, fired by man named Ramsey,
ended Bruins earthly career.
The young man was removed to the
home Of his father on Klmberland
Creek, where he lies in a critical condi-
ton.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
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A SORTING BOARD.

always useless for Matching. If sent
to market, few big eggs do not in.
crease the value of the lot, but rather
seem to dwarf the appearance Of the
other eggs. Eggs packed in one box
should be of same size. The perfora-
tions in the boards should be made to
fit eggs weighing seven to nine to the
pound. To make the measuring holes.
bore with an augur and enlarge and
shape with keyhole saw.-New Eng.
land Homestead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

Skim milk may form the largest part
of the feed of young and growing pigs
with advantage and economy.
For the fattening of swine weighing
on the average over one hundred
pounds each, live weight, it is economi.
not exceeding five pounds a head per
day.
In every case the swine fed with part
of their ration of skim milk were
lustier, more vigorous and Of more
healthy appearance than swine fed
wholly on ration of grain.-Canadian
Experiment Station Report.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
Sorting Eggs.

In handling eggs, n contrivance of
the kind illustrated is useful. Eggs
above or below a fair medium should
be rejected for either market or for
Matching. Small eggs are often infer.
tile, while extra large eggs are nearly
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
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! Farm Topics !

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AS soon as the lambs will eat, give
them little ground oats, bran, shorts,
corn meal or mixture of all of them,
varying the composition of the feed
to suit the taste of the lambs. Only
a small amount will be eaten at first,
but gradually it will be better liked.
See that the feed is always fresh. If
any is left over give 1t to the pigs.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
The Longest Driver and the Rubber Ball.

l am told that Mr.. Edward Black
well, perhaps the longest driver living,
plays constantly with rubber-cored
ball. and finds that he has added great
ly to his length both with wood and
iron. This comedies with my own
recent observation, and therefore dis
poses of the other idea at first enter.
tanned, viz. that the new balls gave
no advantage to the long driver but
only benefited the short.-Golf Illus.
trated.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

The National City Bank of New York
City averages S162, 100000 of deposits.
The Bank of England a little more
than 100000 average deposits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

Nearly one-third Of the United States,
or about 550,000,00O acres, is vacant
public land.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

Artificial woodwork will probably
soon be made on large scale, as
process has been discovered for form
ing sawdust into solid substance
more durable than mahogany or eDcny,
and capable of quite as brilliant
polish.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26

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Several factories have been built in
Germany for the manufacture OF for
est wooi' out of pine needles. IL Is
used for making urderclothes and lof"
stufinS mattresses and furniture.
Artificial woodwork will probably
soon be made ON Il large scale, as a
process has been discovered for FORM
ing sawdust into Il solid substance
more durable than mahogany or eDCny
and capable CT quite as brilliant
polish.
Wire glass, it is claimed, adds much
TO the fireproof condition of buildings
In the presence of great heat the COM
mon glass OF a window will crack and
break and admit the flames into an
otherwise treproof building. Wire
glass, on the other hand, may crack,
but it cannot break and leave open
ings.
The use of heavy lubricating oils Is
made easy for automobiles by an OIL
can provided with an air-pump, few
strokes of which produce sufficient
pressure to cause the heaviest oils TO
flow rapidly and evenly. The flow OF
oil is governed in quantity by Il feed
valve attached to the base of the
spout.
Various objects usually invisible may
be seen under unusual conditions. The
flight of cannon ball may be viewed
by an observer favorably placed for
sighting along its course, and the sea
bottom along coasts can be studied by
persons in balloons. 1t was while try
ing to learn whether submarine vessels
can be seen from a captive balloon as
far away as a nile or two that
French officer lately fell into the sea
and was drowned, leaving his secret
yet to be revealed.
An analysis of the chemical proper
ties of the millions of tons of volcanic
dust which now cover the Islands ad-
jacent to Martinique has been made to
discover the effect which the dust will
have upon the soil. There is tradi-
ton that a similar dispersion of vol
canic dust in the eruption of 1872 was
wonderfully beneficial as fertilizer.
The findings of the Government labor
atory in Barbados, however, show
that the substance thrown out in the
recent ereuption is entirely deficient in
fertilizing value.
A Swedish Consul at Bombay, India,
SAYS that "because of their fear OF
sanitary inspection and modern meth
DDS of preventing and curing disease
the natives of India in vast numbers
are the victims OF plague. In conse-
quence of the hatred and fear OF hos
pitals and medical men the populationy y
of Bombay has decreased 10000 in the
last ten years. while the increase in
the whole of India in the same time
was about fifteen per cent. Bombay
now has 100000 people. The hospitals
and general medical service in India
are of the best and do much good in
the affected districts in spite of the
prejudice which prevails against such
things. The plague is generally fatal
without the most skillful medical atten-
ton. The natives in their ignorance
seek only to be left to die in peace.
The ancient traditions of the country
are extremely difficult. almost impos-
sible, to eradicate"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-26
|Abit Of Human
Experience.

OBODY knew where she had
come from or anything about
her beyond the fact that the
stage which brought the