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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-18

According to United States Consular
Agent Harris Palestine has shown un-
mistakable signs of progress during
the past decade. much of which is to
be attributed to German enterprise.
German colonists, merchants anu
horticulturists," says Mr. Harris. ARE
awakening that part OF the Levant
from a lethargy of thousand years.
Three years ago q German bank was
established in jerusalem, with
branch in Yafa, which exchanged $l5,-
600 600 in 1901. The waters of the
Dead Sea. where no rudder has been
seen for centuries, are now being piled
by German motor boats. direct nne
of communication has thus been open
ed M between Jerusalem and Kerak,
the ancient capital of the land OF
Moab which still commands the cara
van routes leading across the Arabian
desert. There is no doubt that Ger
man enterprise will also exploit the
phosphate fields situated on both sides
of the Jordan, when transportation
facilities shall have been sufficiently
developed to insure success to the
undertaking.
For many years Germany has been
looking to Asia Minor and other coun-
tries adjacent to Palestine as suitable
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-18
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and saw perched on its top wild COB
bier whose FURNISHED feathers shone
in the sun. 1t stood calmly with head
erect enjoying the air and the placid
river beneath.
Stribling laid the pipe down care
fully, walked into his bedroom, picked
up his rifle OF "A calibre. and went
back to the gallery. He knew that
he would be forced to go half-mile
downstream to the nearest ford, cross.
come back upstream, go back down.
stream, and come back upstream in or
der to retrieve, but did not purpose
to be insulted.
He shoots we'll. He leaned firmly
against the end post of the gallery,
got the tip OF the front sight on the
base Of the birds black beard which
hung from the gobbler's breast, held
it there for moment. smiled as 1t
occurred to him that the thing was
too easy and pressed the trigger firm
ly and steadily.
There was the usual sharp crack,
which sounded doubly loud in the still
ness of morning, but the turkey was
unmoved. 1t evinced no curiosity.
Stribling tried it again, a little more
carefully and with less confidence;
same result. He said: Il may be get
ting old and wrinkled in my face, but
I'll bet the farm and all it costs me
that | can make you move" Same
result
That was all the cartridges he had.
He walked to the bank of the river
and yelled at the bird. 1t looked down
at him and sailed away.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-18
When Bob Evans
Was Near Death

Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans, al
though he has seen plenty of sharp
fighting and has been often under fire,
once came nearer to losing his life on
board his own ship and when not en-
gagged with the enemy than during any
battle in which he ever had part. He
tells the story in "A Sailors Log" A
little before the destruction of Ger
vera's fleet he had gone below to his
cabin with Commander Kimball of the
torpedo fleet, who had brought dis
patches. They were sitting at the
cabin table studying the situation,
when a startled voice exclaimed,
''Look out, captain!"
l threw my head to one side, he
writes, to see what l was to look out
for, when there was tremendous
crash, and | was aware that | was hurt
and more or less daZed. My first i'm
preston was that one of the Spanish
gunboats had sneaked up on us and
put a shell into my cabin. l had been
thinking all the afternoon what fine
chance it would be for them that
night. But when | was really con-
scious I saw that that was not the
trouble.
My cabin was full of men, all star
ing at me, their eyes fairly sticking
out of their heads. They thought I
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-18
The South American Cowboy.

AS the freight shows them in the
darkness of the hour that precedes
the dawn, they are swarthy of COM
plexion, dark-eyed. slight of figure,
clean of build. They remind you OF
Gypsies, also of Moors, and in their
veins flows the blood of the Indians
who once owned the pampa and lost
it to the Spaniards. There is Spanish
blood in them, too. The flourish with
which he waves you to a stool made
of cow skull, the grave hospitality
with which he hands you the teacup,
the politeness with which he receives
your remarks about the weather.
everything about his when he is at his
best has Spanish suggestiveness.
But still the gaucho is not a Span
lard The pampa looks out of his
eyes, is in his voice. his dress, his
manner The wilderness speaks to
all who love it and teaches them
things which make them different
from other men.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-18
Famous Captain Tells .
of His Harrow Escape I
from Fatal Accident.

was killed, and | suppose they wanted
to see the last of the "old man"
was soon aware that one of the doc
tors was feeling and twisting my
right arm, and that my right shout
der was in pretty bad shape. Through
it all | was sorry for Kimball, who,
| thought was surely killed, and
was greatly relieved when / heard his
voice, which sounded a mile away.
The men were running in steel haw-
ser, and it had picked up the steel bat
tie hatch, weighing something over
400 pounds, which was lying on deck,
ready to be put on the cabin hatcn
when needed. The line had carried 1t
along until it came directly over the
hatch under which | was sitting, when
it slipped off, came down edge first,
and caught me on the shoulder in
stead of the head.
The man who called to me to look
out held on to it in his effort to stop
it, and came down with it.
My shoulder was badly mashed and
dislocated, but the excellent medical
men soon wiped the blood off, reduc-
ed the dislocation, bandaged my arm
to my side, and turned me in.
II my head had been four inches
further forward | should never have
had the pleasure of writing this book.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-18
A LONG SEA LIFE.
An Italian Brig Relic Of the Six
teenth Century.

The famous old Italian brig Anita
s., which had well earned the proud
distinction of being the slowest vessel
a!loat, will make no more of her ia
nous long voyages. A cablegram from
Teneriife announces her arrival there
after a prodigiously long trip from
Italy and her condemnation as old and
unseaworthy. She will be sold for
few dollars and broken up for fire
wood. No ship afloat ever took longer
time to make trip than the old Ital-
ian brig did She was 205 days going
from Brazil to Baltimore, Md. While
she was making this voyage other
ships sailed around the world. The
Rio clippers made three round trips
while the Anita S. was wallowing
along to Baltimore, and the China
packets sailed from New York to
China and back to Baltimore before
she completed the trip. While she
was wasting 1877 days at sea on a trip
to Montevdeo. fast clippers out of
New York eHcircled the globe, and
during the 95 days she took to cross
the Atlantic on her way home to Italy
ships and barks made two round trips.
The Anita S. is a relic of the sixteenth
century, and is the only square rigged
vessel aaoat steered by tiller in
stead of a wheel. She looked like the
Santa Maria in which Columbus
crossed on his famous voyage to
America. and she didn't sail half as
well. She is known the world round
as the Sea Snail" She was well
named.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-18
FULL.sLooDEp INDIAN BABIES.
6ut Few in Existence and the Number
Is Decreasing.

The present generation of full-blood-
ed Indian babies is interesting from
many points of view. In the first
place, says the Cosmopolitan, there is
no doubt that in few years there will
be 40 more full-blooded Indians born,
a.s men and women of pure Indian
blood are rapidly marrying either
white persons or Indians whose blood
is largely mixed with that of the
whites. Then, too, these little copper
brown babies are something OF an
anachronism, for many of them pre-
serve, to a great extent, the bringing
up and training known to their faith
ers, and at the age of 13 or IA find
themselves well versed in the charms
and incantations of the medicine men
and expert in the use of the scalping
knife, but with lamentable lack of
subjects upon whom to practice their
skill. Moreover, these pure -blooded
children inherit. in many cases, large
sums from the sale of lands to the gov
ernment, or own valuable reservation
property, SO that many of them have
more suitors than Penelope. 1t is
only on the reservations of the far
southwest that the curious little In
dian babies are to be found. There
are now among the 90 tribes only 5000
full-blooded Indian children. In these
same tribes there are more than 10000
children through whose veins courses
a stain of white blood. They are
healthy, fat youngsters, and despite
their rough usage, grow up to be
strong men and women.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-18
PAINTINGS SOLD BY MEASURE.
Disposed of London ut from so Gents
to &1.2B Per Inch.

Disposed of London Mt from 80 Genus
to $1.25 Per Inch.
Js the American spirit of CONNER
cialism invading even the Enshsn
market for artistic wares? poet
recent advertisement in the LONDON
Daily News. seeking a speculative pup
lisher for a TRANSLUCENT, attractive,
and apothegmatic lyric had already
aroused some comment, and now theE
appear to be selling the paintings o.
the leading contemporary artists py
the square inch. The announcement
of a sale at Christies says that
painting by the late T. S. Cooper, en-
titled "Sheep Shearing," and measur-
ing AS by ~ inches, was sold for olv
guineas, while another representing
"Six Cows on the Bank of River
and measuring 30 by A inches, paint
ed in 1877, brought 300 guineas.
This is interesting. 1t seems to In
dicate that good painting is worth
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-18
GOLD CORD 90 Per Share.

.antly driving tunnel Will cut many mines.
Also 6patented producers at Idaho Springs. May
lnining hook and mineral FREE. LANSFoRD +.
EVTILR, Seo'y, 4th floor, Quincy Bldg, Depveri Col
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-18

The wild turkey. called by Choctaws
and Cherokees in differing tongues
the ''wit Of the woods" is supposed
by old hunters to have intelligence
above that OF other birds. In general
it has. Yet sometimes it mods like
Homer, and sometimes it displays the
indifferent recklessness Of cross be-
tween D'Artagnan and dear old Ouida's
hero, BERTHE Cecil.
c. s. Stribling lives near the lower
part of the San Antonio river, few
miles above it's debouchment into the
Gulf OF Mexico. Wild turkeys are
plentiful in the region, and he kills
a good many of them.
In winter it is never more than
three miles from his house TO a roost.
When he wants turkey meat he sad
dies his pony before daylight, rides to
within quarter-mile of the roost, dis
mounts, walks stealthily to the bur-
dened trees, waits till he can see a
round black form between him and
the sky, knocks one over and goes
home.
Mr.. Stribling does not pretend to be
a sportsman in the finer sense of the
term; in fact, he raises cotton as a
means of keeping in debt, but he likes
turkey, especially when it is self-fla-
vorcd with nuts and wild pepper.
The river runs by his home and is
thirty yards wide. Directly across
from his front yard grows a solitary
cypress that is probably $50 feet high.
One forenoon. while sitting on his
front gallery and enjoying a cob-pipe
he had been blaclening for five years,
Stribling glanced toward the cypress
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-18
She Would Not be
Without 1t Now.

Neither would thousands of others. We
refer to Vogeler's Curative Compound it
does so much good and seems to reach
every form of stomach trouble, that people
have found that it is the one true specific
And what are stomach troubles? The easiest
answer is that three-quarters of all the dis
eases and ailments which affect us proceed
from one form or another of stomach
trouble.
Indigestion is one of the worst and most
prevalent forms, but Vogeler's Curative
Compound cures indigestion. Here is one
instance:
Mr.. w. Bowel, of "a, Priory Street, Win,
chester, Col, writes: 81 wish to state that
my wife has been taking Vogeler's Curative
Compound for a long time, and it is the
only thing that has done her any real good
for indigestion, in fact nothing would induce
her to be without. a bottle now"
When We stop to seriously consider the
fact, that this great remedy is made from
the formula of one of the most eminent living
London physicians, it is no wonder that
people who have happily experienced the
benefit to be derived from its use, will not
now be without it at any cost.
St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd, Baltimore, Md, will
send you free sample bottle. Write
them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-18
PALESTINE WAKING UP.
rany Signs Progress Which Are Due to German Enter
prise.

territories in which to develop Ger
man markets. The Bagdad railroad.
which will lead through Anatolia, in
tersecting the hcadwaters of the Tigris
and Euphrates, to the shores of the
Persian gulf is an enterprise of vast
Importance, not only to Germany, as
the promoter. and the Turkish en-
pire, but to the world at large. 1t is
the greatest commercial and civilizing
factor that could be introduced into
this region and will tap the rich terri
tories which composed ancient Meso-
potamia. Apart from new avenues OF
commerce, a land will be opened up to
students and tourists which, owing to
expense and unsafe methods of travel,
has thus far been practically inacces-
sible.
THE commerce of Palestine to-day
is not unimportant. The products of
the country are wheat, barley, Or
anges, OIL wine. nuts, figs, apples,
peaches, pears, pomegranates apricots
citrons almonds, cucumbers. lettuce,
onions, wild artichokes and aspara-
gus. truffles, tobacco, sesame and silk,
while potatoes and other European
and American vegetables are being
introduced by German and French
colonists."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-18

between thirty cents and $l.25 per
SQUARE inch in London; while. esti-
mated as live stock, the six cows in
the latter picture appear to have been
valued at fifty guineas each despite
their advanced age, which precludes
the possibility OF their being useful
for other purposes than landscape Or
naments-although this is perhaps
minimizing the value of the riparian
rights along the river. What wealth
of conjecture these facts suggest!
Think Of the prices that some of the
enormous Munkacsy canvases would
bring if sold on this basis, and of the
possible value OF Rosa Bonheur's
"The Horse Fair"-with stations at
Tattersall prices! Let the artist re-
member to stretch his canvas wide
enough, or, If he be an animal-painter.
10 put in sufficient number OF mar
ketable beasts, and there will speedily
be an end Of the cry of the underpay-
ment of artistic endeavor,- -Harper's
Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-18
Presidents Official Picture.

The engravers at the bureau of en-
craving and printing have completed
vignette of President Roosevelt
that will always be used as the Off
cial picture OF the president. After
his death it may be used on govern
ment money or securities, but not un-
til then. This vignette was made
from what was decided to be the best
photograph Of the president after
every photograph he has had taken
in the last ten years had been exam
ined.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-05
Parental Influence
On Child's Mind

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb g. A
strange case Of parental influence was
disclosed In the police court today.
when nine year old Willie HowelIs
who runs away to distant cities at ev-
cry opportunity, was sent to an
caster.
The little chap is not to be blam-
ed. said Judge Fielder. Il believe
the madness for railrad trains was
born in him. His mother tells me
that for months before his birth. she
sat In her little home, 10 York street
along side the railroad traces. and for
hours at a time watched the trains 20
by, II was her only recreation
Before Willie could walk, he
showed strange fondness for 'choo-
choo' cars, he played with no other
boys, and he stood at the window as
his mother had. as long as he was al
lowed aud watched the passing
trains"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-05
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY TO
ABANDON CO.EDUCATlON

CHICAGO. Feb 5.-~CoedueatIon In
10 be practically abandoned by the
University of Chicago. long one of
the leading exponents Of this form Of
education In the United States, A new
womans college. separate from the
main University, yet embraced with
In the general University grounds, is
To be erected, and here the young wo-
men of the institution are to be segre-
gated Pledges and easn for 81. 500. 900
have been secured by President Har-
ner for this important work. and con
struction of the new buildings will be-
gin shortly.
Helen Gould is guessed at as one OF
the donors of money for this new work
on the part OF the big midway inst:-
tuition. While the names OF those fnr-
uishing the new fund are Withheld by
the authorities. it Is known that Doc
tor Harper. in the past has pointed out
to Miss Gould the opportunities for
practical work to be found at the Uni
versity. II lis said by persons well In
formed that John p. Rockefeller is not
one of the contributors to this new
fund and his gifts recently have been
for endowment purposes.
The new woman's college Is to be on
some Of the new lots recently secured
by the University on the midway, and
IL is expected that the buildings will
he ready for occupancy In two years
at most.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-05
GEN. BEL WANTS H0MEE
IN The PHILIPPINES

WASHINGTON, n G.. Feb. 5~-One
American woman can contribute n1@Fe
tn the reformation of the Fllipsnos
than any company OF American men.
soldiers or civilians. according tn a
personal letter received by General
Corhin from Gen ]. r Bell. command
Ing the Department of Northern Luz
on.
General Bell says that he Ii strong
believer In permitting the wives of
American officers on duty In the
Philippines to join their husbands. de-
elaring that the women exert most
potent influence In our political pur
poses with regard to the islands He
says that In his old volunteer reRi-
ment. the Thirty sixth Infantry. there
were tweieve young women, wives OF
officers. He encouraged them to go
with their husbands to the towns the
latter were commanding. and the peo-
pie soon became SO devoted to them
that when the time came to depart for
the United States, the natives. irres~
pective of age or sex. wept like chill
dren.
American women, adds the writer.
exert their influence through the
Filipino women. and the latter have
more influence on pulic opinion than
the men of the islands.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-05
Shaw FaVOrs Sending
Surplus to Banks.

WASHINGTON. W ID. c.. Feb. 5.-Sec-
retary Shaw's plan for reducing the
surplus Is 10 increase the number Of
national banks designated as deposi-
tories for Government funds. Many
Senators and Representatives favor 1t,
and 1t is expected the national banks
and Wall street Will indorse the pro-
position.
The Treasury surplus now aggreg-
aates $l15 600 900, exclusive of the
$3.50. 900. 900 gold reserve. The plan pro
posed Secretary Gage regarded as a
possible expedient. but he bought
bonds In preference. Relief from bond
purchases cannot hereafter be expect
ed as the prices demanded cannot be
paid by the Department.
Secretary Shaw probably will indi-
cate certain number of banks with
the expectation Of reducing the sur
plus by $40, 900 900 or 10000, 900. Ii
this proves satisfactory other banks
can be designated and further reduc-
tions made.
Banks designated as repositories are
required to deposit Government bonds
to the value of the deposits they hold
Government funds now In the national
banks aggregate $l07, 100000.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-05
Operated by the Beers
Captured by
British.
OeWetts Lieutenant Meets With a
Reverse Ammunition, Mules and
Horses Also Raked Ia.

LONDON, Feb. 5-~The British pur-
suit of General DeWet has been sue
fessfhl 10 the extent that his last big
gun has been captured and Command
ant Vessels, one of his principal lieut.
enanis, has been routed.
Lord Kitchener sent the news In the
following dispatch from Pretoria.
"Byng's column while proceeding to-
wards l.lebenburg after night march.
attacked and routed a considerable
force Of the enemy under Commandant
Vessels We captured the fifteen
ponnder and the pompom taken from
Firman's column and also the Boer
pompom that was the last gun be
wet had. and three wagons OF ammuni-
tion. loo horses and 100 mules The
Hoers casualties were FIVE men killed.
six wounded and twenty ty~seven cap
inred. The enemy scattered Our
sasualty WAS slight
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-05
Raking in Old S. P.
Men for New
Service.
Report that Hon. ]. B. Finley May
Be Transferred From Tucson
to Los Angeles.

Los ANGELES, Cal. Feb. Col
Epes Randolph General manager Of the
Huntington suburban electric railway
system continues to select subordinates
for HIS road from among the army Of
employees OF the Southern Pacific. Col.
Randolph knows the men on the
Southern Pacific and as fast az he IL.
able to find suitable places he OBJ
tains the services of some of whose
qualifications he Is familiar.
Charles e.. Donnatin is the latest.
Il sever connection with The lormer
Huntington railway interests. He has
been appointed superintendent Of the
Mechanical Department of the Pacific
Electric and Los Angeles Railway
companies, and will have charge of the
huntington Hellman- Randolph rolling
stock. car, machine shops and store
rooms.
Domains appointment herame ef-
feeiiFe today. He began service Nith
the Southern Pacific twenty seven
scara aKo. az car inspector In the
eompanys shops at Oakland. and for
twenty-five years he was IN charge 1f
Southern Pacific shops In Tulare ana
Los Angeles. When he assumed charge
OF the company's = local shops in 1856.
Tho force of employees consisted Of
total of forty~iive men. The st has
siace swollen to $50
Mr.. Donnatlu organized the South.
ern California Loan Association and
vas president OF the corporation for
five years. His successor in charge of
The Southern Pacific eompanys Los
Angeles shops may be j. t. Finley.
who is master ear rcpalrer at Tucson.
Another Southern Pacific employe
aho has taken service with Mr. Hunt
tagton's new railway enterprise. is r..
r. Beahrsng. late of Tucson. where
for years he wes chief clerk - the
Southern Pacific resident superinten-
aens lie In 10 perfoi IN similar duty fsr
General Manager Ep1s Randolph.
Il The corweF nj se~oash street ira
Central avenue haa bmen selected by
the Pacific Electric Railway Company
as the site for a new ear house The
enterprise is to le rushed to compile
lion
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-05
The Tramp's Mistake
Up Against the Judge

NEW YORK. Feb. flames Bell a
tramp. entered the home Of Judge
Senior. In Patterson. this mort ng.
and demanded something to eat and
money The Judge anu the tramp
mixed 1t up together on the floor Of
the hallway A member OF the Jnd-
ge's family GATED the police by tgae~
phone.
Half an hour later the fellos was
arraigneti before Judge Senior on .
charge of yaKrancy. When hs saw
who was or the bench he colia psed.
He gave his name as James Bell. and
Judge Senior remarked
We'll, you won't ring my bell again
for the next thirty days. | ali at=nd
you TO jail for that time and s!irept
the Warden 10 feed you On breai and
water"
That's one on ms" the tramp ex-
planned to the pollcemsn who had him
i'm charge.
II saw chalk marks on the
fence and thought IL wss all right. |
fidmt know was runaing INTO the
court.
Then III developed that some other
tramp had cnalked an the 4..dge's
fence the cabailstic symbols meaning
%. X" 10 beg from instead OF sknll
and crossbones. which In proper In
trampaom tn place on the fence of
judicial Officer or one from whom
tramps may expect nothing