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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21

From 700 to 800 persons are killed
annually by lightning in the United
States, according to estimates made
by Alfred J. Henry, of the United
States Weather Bureau. In 1900 the
bureau received reports of 713 cases
of fatal lightning strokes. In the
same year, according to the reports
collected by the Weather Bureau, 973
persons We're more or less seriously
injured by lightning The loss of life
from lightning is greatest in the Ohio
Valley and the Middle Atlantic
States. If density Of population only
be considered it is greatest in the
upper Missouri Valley and in the mid
die Rocky Mountain region. OF the
713 fatal cases reported in 1900, 291
persons were killed in the open, 15S
in houses, 81 under trees and SO in
barns. The circumstances attending
the death of the remaining 151 were
not reported. This seems to dispose
of the old superstition that the safest
place to be In during q thunderstorm
is the open country and the most dan
gerous under a tree.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21

A too familiar story is told again in
a recent cable dispatch, remarks the
Philadelphia Times. A young Ameri.
can girl, who had gone to Paris to
study art, found herself at the end of
her resources and could get no aid from
home. Destitute and starving, she
sought out fellow student, n young
countryman, from whom she might
make a loan. She found him i'll in his
garret, without attendance and as poor
as She The girl sold what little be-
longings We're left to her and returned
to nurse the young man, and when he
recovered from his illness they were
married. But they had spent all they
had and were alone in the great capi-
tai, without means and without pros
poets. So the two poor creatures
closed the windows and door, turned
on the gas and died.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21
Over NapoIeon's Great March by Rail

The railroad from Warsaw to Mos.
COW follows almost exactly the route
of Napoleon and the Grand Army.
The country is still the same as in his
day, except for the railroad itself; and
as the dreary plain, broken only by
vast stretches of monotonous birch and
pine forests, slips by, hour after hour
and mile after mile, the greatness of
the man who crossed it with an army
looms ever larger on the imagination.
The military genius of Napoleon seems
more marvellous than ever before,
while the lone and level plain, the
marshes, the woods, the chill and slug.
gish rivers, silent witnesses of his
great march, stare back at the gazer
as the train runs slowly onward. 1t
was this same country that destroyed
his army on its retreat after the ruin.
GUS and inexplicable delay at Moscow
which insured q defeat that could
have been SO easily avoided.-Scrib.
ner's.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21
"Where?" said Pa Moberly, hesitat.

"Where?" said Pa Moberly, hesitat.
ingly, in his surprise.
Into the sitting room"
"Oh, l can't go in there, Polly; they
don't want me-"
"Yes, you can. l want you. You
wouldn't refuse me anything on this,
my first night home?"
Pa Moberly got up. The old wooden
chair was uncomfortable, and he rose
stifiiy, even with the aid Of Polly's
arm.
mo, I couldn't, Polly" he said.
"You-you're too like your mother"
AS they left the dark kitchen to-
gether Pa Moberly grasped Polly's
hand tightly. I'm afraid, Polly" he
whispered. "We'd better not"
But Polly only squeezed his hand in
reassuring clasp. and somehow Pa
Moberly felt stronger.
Polly opened the sitting room door,
and stream of light flashed out into
the little dark entry. The girls were
having a good time indeed.
young lady in a blue dress occu-
pied the piano stool. A young man,
with his hair plastered down over his
forehead, occupied Pa Moberly's arm.
chair. He had mandolin in his hand.
and was strumming it to the young
lady's accompaniment. Alice and Belle
and Harriet were sitting about with
the liveliest ar of enjoyment.
AS Polly and Pa Moberly entered,
their complacency suddenly faded into
establishment and dismay. What did
Polly mean, and what did pa mean.
by intrudlng on their company In this
| fashion?
Polly advanced steadily into the CEN
tire of the room, still holding her faith
ers hand.
How little and shy and bent pa
looked, the girls thought, and how de-
termined was the air Polly wore-llke
a young captain going into battle. 1t
was as if Ma Moberly had come TO life.
Alice rose The young lady at the
piano turned, the young man stopped
his mandolin. In all the months he
had come to the Moberly house, this
was the first time he had ever seen the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21

little, white-haired man who lived
there. And who was that pretty,
brown-haired girl with flashing eyes?
Alice broke the silence my sister
Polly, Mr.. Bryant" she said, little
nervously. "and-my father. And this
is our old friend, Eva Brent. Pa, you
know Eva?"
Pa nodded cordially; so did Polly.
But something unusual was in the air,
and every one felt it.
Polly led Pa Moberly up to the young
man reclining in the chair. DO YOU
mind taking another chair, Mr.. Bry-
ant?" she said. pleasantly. you see,
this one is pas favorite. Ma gave it
to him."
Alice and Belle and Harriet flushed.
but Polly was quite undisturbed. The
young man was astonished, but he rose
quickly, with a stammered apology,
but Polly calmly wheeled the chair
nearer the pleasant fire.
'Sit here, pa" she said, affectionate-
ly, "and let me turn the light so it
won't hurt your eyes"
She adjusted the light to her liking,
then pushed Pa Moberly gently into his
old place. His white hair shone in the
lamplight, and his lips trembled.
"There!" said Polly in pleased
tone. isn't that better?"
Regardless of all onlookers, she
stopped and kissed the withered cheek /;
then she turned to the others.
go on with your playing, won't
you, Eva?" she said gently.
Nobody spoke; then the young lady
turned to the piano and the restraint
was quickly over.
Pa Moberly's eyes grew moist. How
soft the chair was, and how pleasant
the fire, and how comfortable was the
touch of the little, firm hand upon his
shoulder!
And there was something else. He
knew and every one else knew, that
his lonely hours in the old kitchen were
over.
Tomorrow the straight
wooden chair would be pushed back, to
be occupied no more. The freight
could play on the dingy walls, the mice
could scamper at will over the old
floor. Pa Moberly would not be there
to see. Polly had come home to take
care of him, and Polly was brave. 1t
was as If Ma Moberly had come to life
again.-Youth's Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21
Boy-Struck Girls.

If "boy-struck" girl is tided over
she will make finer woman often
than her more phlegmatic sister. She
thrills with nerves, she aches with
longings, her spirit beats restless
wings against the contining bars of
youth and inexperience. She must
be tanned, as young eagle is tanned,
with infinite patience and love and
tact. She must be coaxed and petted
and soothed-never coerced. AS the
young eagle would resent harshness
and swoop away to dash out its reck-
less young strength ON the jagged side
of cliff, so will such girl in the
face of compulsion throttle all good i'm
pulses for the sake of freedom she
does not comprehend and is not wise
enough to use, only waking to her folly
when her bruised young soul lies dead
at her feet and her last hope of q
mistaken happiness has fed.-Medical
Talk
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21
re on the dingy papered walls, and the

ure on the dingy papered walls, and the
only chair he had to sit in was q
straightforward wooden one, in which
he could not rest.
He used to long sometimes for his
old corner in the sitting room. with its
lights, its laughter and its music, but
to his gentle hints the girls gave scant
encouragement. 'They didn't want pa
around" they told themselves.
The lonely, tired old man had many
thoughts as he sat in the kitchen night
after night in solitude, and he some
times used to ponder the question in
his gentle heart as to whether, after
all, it paid to bring up girls who We're
ashamed Of you after you were old.
Polly did not know about the changed
condition of affairs. Polly was the
youngest, and more like her mother
than any of the others, being small,
quiet and brown-eyed.
She had been staying for three years
out in Pennsylvania with an invalid
aunt for whom she had been named.
Poor Aunt Bassett was dead now, and
to-day Polly had come home again.
She was upstairs now, busy in the
small back room that the girls had for
gotten to make ready for her.
AS Pa Moberly sat alone in the
kitchen tonight he was thinking of
Polly. In his yearning, fatherly heart
there was faint stirring of hope.
There was a chance that he might
take some comfort with this, his young
est daughter. He had felt that from
the time she was born. She wasn't
like the other girls, and she had
seemed so unfeignedly glad to see him
He felt the pressure of her young arms
yet about his neck, and her kisses still
lay warm upon his furrowed cheek.
In the darkness of the old kitchen
he brushed a tear from his eye. He
was thinking of Ma Moberly, too, and
Of her gentle, tender, womanly ways
He wished the girls We're more like
their mother.
Just then Polly came in. She went
quickly to his side.
"Why, pa she cried, what are you
sitting in the kitchen for. and In the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21

Many a true word is spoken in Jest.
For years past we have known Chicago
as the windy City," an epithet which
had its source in a certain well-recog-
nized Characteristic of the citizens of
that town. Now the Weather Bureau
tells us that Chicago is the "Windy
City" literally as well as figuratively,
says the New York Commercial Adyer-
tiser. Last year the total miles of
wind movement were greater in Chi
cago than in any other city in the
United States and We're exceeded only
by those of two points on our coast,
Mount Tamalpais ON the Pacific,
dozen or so miles from San Francisco,
ard Block Island, in the Atlantic The
first-named point had total wind
movement of 163,203 miles; Block ISL
and, 152, 2,s39; Chicago, 145, 1913; Cleve-
land, 12s,566; New York, 127,2GT; Buff
falo, 25,O42; Boston, 9S,755 (but quail
fly here makes up for quantity; Phil
adelphia, 95,319; st. Louis, S4,4S2;
New Orleans, T4,299; Louisville TO-
SOC, and Washington, 63,620. The
quietest place in the country was
Roseburg. Ore. where the wind blew
onIv 40 TAI pilea
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21
AWAY OUT IN THE COUNTRY.

Away out in the country
Where the lilacs sweetly blow
People don't pay out dollar
To behold a ten-cent show;
Men are not looked on with pity
Just because their clothes don't fit,
And the women don't go mourning
When the servants up and quit.
Away out in the country
Where the waters cool and sweet,
And the knife's a useful weapon
When the hungry people eat,
There is not the constant jangle,
Nor mad changing that subdues
And distracts the city poet
When he seeks to court the muse.
Away out in the country
Where the funerals are few,
And the people keep apprised of
All the things their neighbors do.
Here and there some queer old fellow
May not banker to put down
The tools the farmer has to use
And move away to town.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21

Men have contrived artificial explo-
sive forces that go far to counterpart
the destructive seismic outbursts of
the troubled earth. Contemporaneously
with the earthquake and eruption of
belching volcanoes in Guatemala there
was an explosion of stored up dyna-
mite at Managua, Nicaragua, that was
almost equally destructive Of life.
Both the earthquake and the dynamite
explosion were curiously timely in Illus
trating the perils of canal building in
Central America.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21

"Our Public Untidiness" is a topic
with which Professor A. D. f. Ham
lin deals in the Forum. He finds in the
history of our national development an
explanation of past Indifference to the
virtue of neatness, but urges that the
time has come when we should Tree
ourselves from the reproach Of being
"the most untidy among all the great
nations of the world
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21
Wy HE girls were having a good


time in the sitting room. 1t
was well warmed and lighted,
and there was a sound of
laughter and the hum of merry voices.
Some one was tuning a mandolin to
the piano, and there was fiuttering of
music leaves. Company had come in,
as usual, to spend the evening. The
Moberly girls, that is, the three older
ones, all had light hair, blue eyes, and
lively, vivacious manners that proved
very attractive to the young people in
the quiet village.
"Pa" Moberly nobody knew much
about. He sat out in the kitchen most
of the time. 1t was dingy little room
and often in the evening he had no
light; only the dull glow of the stove
and the red sparks of his old-fash-
ioned pipe.
Pa Moberly was little, timid,
shrinking man. He had faded blue
eyes, bent shoulders and toll worn
hands. He had worked hard for his
girls. He had ungrudgingly given
ehSli ptot ~ 5ttlIcu lOU Duu Tia
now he was old and they were grown
to womanhood they did not care.
When Mrs. Moberly was alive, things
were different. He had his comfort
able chair then in the sitting room;
his slippers, too, ana there was the
lounge for him to rest on when he was
tired.
But as his girls grew up, pretty.
strong-willed and altogether selfish, Pa
Moberly found himself banished from
dis comfortable quarters. A number
of cushions too fine for use adorned
the old sofa, and his armchair had
three tides on it. He was soon made
to understand that he was not wanted.
1t was not long before he began to
stay in the kitchen, and by and by he
sat nowhere else. He knew every fig
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21
Away out in the country

Away out in the country
Where there is no clang and roar,
Where it's eight miles to the railroad
And it's three miles to the store,
There is peace and there is quiet;
Men are not contending there
For the powers that seem precious
To the greedy Millionaire.
Away out in the country T.
Surly teamsters do not try -
To run men down, unless they
Pass the crossing on the fly;
A schemer isn't waiting
Everywhere a man may look
To rush in and get his earnings
All away by hook or crook.
Away out in the country
Where the woods are full of joy,
And the hens are cacliling loudly
At the sunburned farmer boy,
There is never any crowding,
There is room out there to spare,
And the people aren't breathing
FLYNN rubbish with their air.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21
A Modified Word.

The word treacle has undergone an
odd modification. At first it was ap.
piled in such decoctions of roots or
other substances as We're deemed bene-
fetal in medical practice; then, as
these were frequently sweetened, it
came to mean any sweet connection or
confection, and, lastly, as molasses
was the sweetest OF all, this name
was exclusively applied to syrup.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21

The lines of no two human hands are
exactly alike. When traveller in
China desires passport the palm of
the hand is covered with fine oil paint
and an impression is taken ON thin,
damp paper. This paper. officially
signed, Is his passport.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21

If all the people of the United States
were formed into a procession march
ing five abreast, 10000 to the mile,
the procession would be 5000 miles
long. Marching at the rate Of twenty
five miles day, it would take them
nearly a year to pass any given point.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21

Petauma, California, is the largest
hennery in the world Every person
in town is in the poultry business in
some form. Last year 100000 dozen
eggs and 10000 dozen of poultry were
shipped from the town, the principal
market being San Francisco.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21

Nine. Calve says she will never re-
turn to make any farewell tours of
America. She must have her money
buried where moths cannot eat nor
rust corrupt it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-07-21

The Adirondacks are said to be full
Of bears. That is as it should be.
Where is the fun in a forest without
bears?
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-10

Prince Henry of Pless married in
1891 Miss Daisy Cornwallis-West. one
OF the daughters OF Mrs. CORVALLIS.
West. who was a noted English beauty,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-10
SATURDAY CLOSING
Y.W.C.A. WILL ATTEMPT
To MAKE 1T A GO NOW
MISS coMAN's LECTURE TO WON.
EN- WELL ATTENDED-puTY
OF CONSUMERS is
PLAIN.

A large audience Of women listened
10 Miss Catherine Conan yesterday
afternoon at the Y. w. c. A. rooms,
the subject of her talk being the civic
opportunities and duties of women.
The speaker exploited the uses of the
Consumers League which forming in
Boston had extended TO New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco,
and other large cities. The League is
an organization of women and has
done much to tighten the hours of la
Dor. increase the wages, and provide
better conditions under which work
could be done in the large cities where
thousands Of girls and women are wage
earners. She said the latest economics
hold the consumer responsible for the
conditions under which goods are pro.
duced.
The work OF Asiatics In the mauufac-
turing of wearing apparel was touched
upon by the speaker who condemned
the manner in which these people work
claiming that contagious diseases are
spread by the sweat shop system, In
San Francisco the League is refusing
to buy ready made clothing manufac'
tured by OrientalA Miss Conan
thinks the ban should be placed on
goods of this kind of Oriental manufac-
ture in this city.
Speaking of Saturday afternoon clos'
ing Miss Conan stated that this mat
ter should not be left to the st1re-
keepers and clerks but should be look
ed to by the consumers who in league
could soon show the merchants the
necessity Of closing and not leave 1t 10
an agreement of merchants, one with
the other but between the latter ana
the heaviest consumers who could do
more for the movement than any
others.
Working upon this plan another at
tempt will be made TO have the retail
stores close on Saturdays shortly after
noon.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-10
PRISON SEVEN YEARS
NEW SENTENCE PASSED
ON OLD JAlLBIRD
MA oUArS TElLTAlE POCKETS
DR.. sPiNoLA's GOATS MAKE
MUCH TROUBLE FOR
HIM.

Ma Quai, who was fined s125 and
costs for selling liquor without a IL
cense, on being removed to the police
station from Judge De Bolts court
was searched along with other prism
ers. His pockets yielded a parcel OF
Chinese lottery tickets, placing him
anew within the terrors Of the law.
The discovery explained great reluc-
tance Ma Quai had evinced 10 being
locked up while the money to pay his
fine was awaited from his store.
Manuel Naone was convicted Of bur-
glary In the first degree. Testifying
in his own behalf he told tale OF be-
front and knowing nothing until ar
rested. When asked by Judge De Bolt
II he had anything TO say why SEN
tence should not be pronounced, Naone
admitted his guilt together with the
fact that he had served two terms in
prison for larceny. He was sentenced
TO be imprisoned at hard labor for
seven years. The court might have
made 1t life for the offense.
A jury in Judge De Bolts court
found DR.. spinola guilty of malicious
mischief yesterday afternoon. The
doctor was charged with having per-
mitted his goats to run upon Captain
Blacks premises and destroy the gar
den. In a motion for dismissal Attor-
ney Vivas stated that the defendant
was easily able TO nav for any damage
done. and that the indictment should
not have been returned. He criticised
the Grand Jury for bringing in the In
dictment, while permitting those who
assisted Treasurer Wright to escape to
pass unnoticed. The motion was de-
MED by the court. Deputy Attorney
General Cathcart asked that sentence
be suspended until the next term of
court, the jury in returning a verdict
OF guilty having recommended the de-
fendant TO the mercy of the court.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-10

Berlin, Dec. '3.-In the event Of DR..
Won Holleben's retirement as Embas.
sador at Washington, which is con-
sidered possible within a year, En-
peror Williams choice OF his success
sor is Prince Henry OF Pless. The
Prince returned from the United
States, where he attended the opening
OF the new building Of the Chamber
of Commerce, keen for the appointment
at Washington II II occurs. His desire
was conveyed to the Emperor who ap-
proved of II. His Majesty attaches
considerable importance to the social
side of the Embassy at Washington
and considers that the wealthy Prince
and Princess of Pless are especially
fitted to dispense German hospitality
at that capital.
The Pless family is powerful and
the matter will not be allowed to rest
Prince Henry of Pless only left the dip
lomatic service because of Former
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-10

The Grippe. This can be avoided by
taking teaspoonful doses of PAIN
KILLER in hot water sweetened, as
well as by external application, full d.
rections are on each bottle. A bottle of
Pain-Killer kept in the house will prove
valuable not only for the Grippe, bu,
for ordinary coughs and colds. Avoid
substitutes, there is but one Pain-K'll.
er, Perry Davis. Price 25c. and soc.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-10

Chancellor Won Caprivis ruling that
anyone carrying foreigner must re-
sign his post. Chancellor Won Buelow's
candidate is DR.. Mumm Won Schwartz
enstein, the German Minister to China.
Another possibility is Baron speck Won
Sternburg. German Consul General at
Calcutta, who is not unfavorably re-
garded at the Foreign office. though he
is liable to attack from some quarters.
as he is supposed to be an unusually
warm friend Of the United States. Ba-
ron Won Sternburg's friends affirm that
President Roosevelt. six months ago.
expressed preference for the Baron
TO succeed DR.. Won Holleben when the
latter retired. Some such expression
from the President appears to have
been conveyed TO this Government.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-10
VENEZUELAN TROUBLE.

London, Dec. a. It is officially an
nounced here that Great Britain and
Germany are taking naval measures TO
secure satisfaction from Venezuela and
that for this purpose German war
ships have already assembled off the
coast of Venezuela and those of Great
Britain will shortly be there"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-10

The wireless telegraph service is now
open for business to Mahukona and all
points on Hawaii and Maui. Tele-
Irams will be received at the Inter-
'sland Telegraph Company's Office, IA
Kaahumanu street.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-10
FORT STREET.

We are now paying especial atten-
tion to catering to Family Parties. Re-
ceptions, Weddings. ETC., and the sue
cess that has attended our efforts to
please, together with our reputation
for serving the best that the market
affords, is sufficient guarantee that
we will give you perfect satisfaction.
We have the finest display Of the
better grade of BAKERY GOODS and
fine CHOCOLATES and BON BoNs
ever put on exhibit here; we also car
ry HuYLER's CANDIES and LOW.
NEY's CHOCOLATES and BoNBoNs
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-10
HoNoLULU LODGE sic, 3. p. o. E.
THEosoPHicAL SOCIETY.

On and after December lst the local
branches will meet in the new head
quarters, rooms Nos. l and 2, Progress
block. Public meeting Thursday even
ing.