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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19

The position of messenger at the Brit.
ish Embassy Is n place much sought,
and is now, for the first time, held by
a colored man. 1t is usually given to
retired soldiers who have proved their
loyalty to the Crown. This qualifica.
tion is deemed essential because of the
responsibility Of the position. All State
papers, secret reports and private docu'
ments are given to the messenger and
he is held responsible for their safe
delivery upon a British vessel either
at New York or at some Canadian
port. Richard Donaldson, now de.
ceased, was the last messenger. He
served twenty years with the British
Army in India, and was appointed mes.
senger in recognition Of faithful ser.
vice in the field, and his unquestionable
loyalty to the British Government.
The messengers job can be termed
a sinecure. Once a week, or, perhaps.
twice or three times week, he goes
to New York, carrying the outgoing
mail and returning with that brought
over on the English vessel. This is
the extent of his labors. He is, how.
ever, held strictly accountable for the
safe delivery Of the papers. When an
English vessel Is scheduled to arrive
he must be on hand with his mail
and turn it over to the purser Of the
vessel. obtaining receipt therefor.
Then he is given the mail for the
Ambassador and Secretaries, for which
he receipts. This mail must not leave
his possession until it is placed in the
hands of the Ambassador or the First
Secretary Of the Embassy.-Washing.
ton Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19
Ono on the Omcer.

Officer Martin McNally, of the Sew
enth Police District, Is q most efficient
patrolman, and his memory for faces
is wondrous, it being claimed by his
brother officers that he rarely, If ever.
forgets q "phiz," no matter If he has
not seen it for years.
The other day Officer McNally hap
pened to met little boy in skirts near
PEBBLES Corner crying bitterly. The
big police officer loomed up over the
infant, who gazed up and in q fearful
voice said:
"I'm lost"
"Where do you live, little man"
asked McNally, kindly, FOR he has chill
dren Of his own.
"Boo, hoov' walled the diminutive
boy. gripping whip he held in his
hand tightly. 81 don't know. Boo,
hoo"
Come wild me-" said McNally.
"Pfat can tn fa-ather av ye be t'ink.
In av' E let a little wan av your
soize sthray away?"
And up the street went McNally,
resolved to find the parents Of the lit
tie one, and to administer a fitting re.
buke when he found them. After he
had proceeded a half square McNally
met officer pickles" O'Hearn coming
down the street with all sails set.
"Where y goin'?" asked pickles" ."
"Oim thryin' to foind this little vans
parents" answered McNally.
"Come OFF, said O'Hearn. "Don't
you know your own children?"
McNally stopped, astounded, and
took his first good look at the little
one Then, without a word he picked
UP little Master McNally and went
down the street to his home near by.
1t is not known whether or not Officer
McNally administered the threatened
rebuke to the parents.-Cincinnati En-.
quirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19
For Overstaying Her Leave.

"It's an old story that the United
States Treasurer, occasionally pays
warrants for the sum of one cent to
creditors Of the Government" said an
old department clerk the other day.
"but it's not so well known, but equal
ly true, nevertheless, that Government
clerks are sometimes docked for over
staying their annual leave a minute
or fraction thereof. In the Treasury
Department in particular the rule is
infexible that clerk who exceeds the
regulation leave even for a minute in
n year shall forfeit proportionate
amount of his pay. The taxation of de-
linquents requires eternal vigilance,
and careful calculation, but is regarded
as essential to the best interests of the
service. No fractions of a minute are
considered, and there is no penalty less
than cent. The salary per minute is
determined by dividing the annual sal.
ary by all the working days, which ex.
clude Sundays and holidays, and allow
ing seven hours for each day. On that
basis it is computed that the salaries
OF Government clerks average about q
cent a minute. OF course some get
more and others less, but that covers
the most of them. 1t does not seem
much to deduct ten cents from the
$1,000 salary Of clerk who has ex.
ceeded his sixty days leave by ten
minutes, but he invariably treats such
action as an outrage on his rights as
an American citizen. The other day a
woman in the Treasury upset the en-
tire office in which she is employed for
almost a whole day in her persistent
efforts to get back thirteen cents which
had been deducted from her salary for
overstaying her leave about a quarter
OF an hour. She nearly went into hys.
terics, but the authorities We're firm,
and she had to submit. it."-Washingt
Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19
The Impatient Woman.

The greater part of the disappoint-
ments Of life can be attributed to i'm
patience. An impatient woman should
never be the mistress of home Of her
own, for impatience robs a woman of
that loveableness which makes the at
mosphere Of home sweet. The wife
who easily sacrifices her serenity and
composure will soon find her hus-
bands love on the wane. A disturbed,
fretful look will mar the fafrest face,
and a quick, unkind retort, take the
charm out Of the sweetest mouth. 1t
is impossible to do any good for our
selves or others without patience. The
lack Of 1t either proves that our hearts
are not spiritually beautiful, or that
the medical theory is right in regard
to an unlovely temperament. The dis
agreeableness derived from connections
with impatient, high-strung disposi-
tions is one Of the many unhappy con.
sequences Of the sin of impatience.-
Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19
Beautiful Odd Bodices.

A "blouse" Of tinted Louisine
has the two fronts cut away from the
neck and down either side in scailops,
buttonholed over at the edges with
gold thread, to reveal an under chemi-
settle and front of white chiffon, finely
tucked to the waist, each tuck hand
sewn with gold thread. The Louisine
bodice part and the sleeves were hand
embroidered all over with dainty bou-
quets Of roses and violets in their nat.
ural colors, pouching at the waist over
deep belt of white silk elastic, en-
broidered in gold, and fastened with
an art nouveau buckle Of roses and vio-
lets quite eight inches deep. These
deep waist buckles are a feature on
most Of the belts of to-day.
An old bodice of black chine silk shot
with a rich brocaded pattern Of flow
ers in all shades was quite plainly
made, with gaugings of narrow black
gauze ribbon running from neck to
waist back and front and down the
sleeves, at intervals of about three
inches apart, with very good effect,
the collar being one Of the new ".
shaped ones sharply pointed in front,
of gauged black gauze.
A bodice Of tambour lace, with down.
ward stripes Of black velvet to meet a
broad piece Of Venetian guipure run
ming round the centre of the bodice, has
a knot Of black tulle placed to the
right side, the elbow sleeves being
finished with lace frills.
A blouse of pale gray taffetas, worked
with roses, is slashed down either side
of the front and down the sleeves, to
show creamy lace underneath, laced
across with black velvet, and bordered
with minute pearl buttons. The lace
yoke Is outlined with black velvet
lines to match the top Of the sleeves.
A pink flannel shirtwaist is pat.
termed with flowers in faint check,
the top Of the corsage and down the
front outlined by strapping of pink
taffetas, dotted with fiat gold buttons.
The yoke and cuffs are of stitched taf.
fetas, with black satin cravat, tucked
in at the top and reappearing below
the belt with fringed ends.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19
TIE SUBuRBAN DISEASE.
Victims of the Comm utation Period In
Our National Life.


Our National Life.
The city doctors do not know and
cannot be made to understand that
there is large and well-defned group
Of diseases peculiar to the suburbs, and
that these diseases cannot be treated
by the application of old methods.
Hence, it is suspected, the suburban.
doctors propose to talk the matter over
among themselves, behind closed doors,
and in what is to be practically an
oath-bound secret society.
1t is unnecessary to say that the
vast majority of these diseases are Of
the nervous order, and are superin-
duced by various causes. Fear seems
to be at the bottom of most Of them
fear Of missing the SIG train; fear Of
leaving ones ticket in the pocket OF
ones other vest; fear Of missing the
train that has the smoker that ones
whist party rides in; fear Of forgetting
cne's bundle, umbrella, overcoat or
baby.
But this is not all. There is the fear
of having indigestion if one has to hur-
ry at breakfast time; fear Of ones din.
ner spelling If one is delayed in the
evening; fear that the new conductor
will recognize ones wife's sisters hus-
bands monthly ticket, and demand full
fare; fear that Johnny will not meet
one at the station, when it is raining
pitchforks, with ones gum shoes and
macintosh; fear that, if Johnny does
meet one, Johnny will catch his death
Of cold; fear that the man in the next
seat who is fumbling in his pocket
will ask one to please have ones ticket
punched for him, and SO on.
The nervous diseases arising from
these fears are innumerable, and are
even more serious than those resulting
from the bundle habit, the don't-forget-
e-and-the-radishes habit, the
sprintingfor-the-train habit, and the
suburbanite habit of looking at things
from one side only, as a result Of rid
ing in and out on the shady side Of the
car.
The suburban doctors are probably
wise in forming an organization for
the discussion Of these problems. The
average suburbanite does not know
what ails him when he Is acting
strangely in the presence Of his friends.
He does not know what ails him when
he sends for the doctor. He is simply
victim of the Communication period
in our national existence, and only sci.
ence, as it is understood by the subur-
ban doctors, can devise means for over.
coming his illusions and hallucinations.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19
'YpcTTY e..
ETNlNGs @M
TO MGAR ~ W

Pearl cabachous as hat ornaments
are much newer and better style than
rhinestones.
Smart-looking belt buckles in silver
are designed in characters Of the Chi.
nese alphabet.
Hats of foliage, trimmed with grapes
or cherries, are among the smartest
and most exclusive effects Of the
spring.
A gown Of black and white striped
silk, gored and corded, and so arranged
that the stripes form zig-zags. is a
spring model.
Sterling silver belts, richly pierced
and chased, made with jointed sections
to render them flexible, are worn with
evening gowns.
Pearls are very popular for embrold-
cry decorations on satin and lace even.
ing gowns. Gray and black pearls are
both combined with the white most eff.
fectively.
All sorts Of things in old rose, verg.
oh thC OAblOOd ciadSS, iLt SOiho "
be worn by little girls this year. There
are many pretty things made up for
them in wash and other materials.
A big white hat which sets off the
face is trimmed with a big knot of
pale blue satin ribbon and a feathery
spray of white flowers, while there is
knot or rosette Of the ribbon over
the face.
Some ingenious mortal has intro.
duced an effective novelty this season,
namely, black velvet roses, about the
size of the palm of ones hand, ready
to applique onto silk, lace or chiffon.
There is an open circle in the middle,
through which the material can be
drawn. These roses make the most
effective sort Of decoration.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19
'sURRA" ATTACKS ARMY MULES.
Dreaded Fatal Indian Parasitic Disease
Mistaken For Chambers.

Dreaded Fatal Indian Parasitic Disease
Mistaken For Chambers.
The fatal and much dreaded "surra"
Of Indian Burmah has invaded the
Philippines and is destroying horses
and mules with amazing rapidity. The
disease was at first mistaken for CLAN
ders but failed to yield to treatment
and puzzled for months the best vet
erinarians. A pathological investigation
has now identified it as a parasitic dis
ease identical with "surra" of India,
Of English cavalry horses. 1t affects
horses, mules, camels, dogs, and mon
keys, and is almost always fatal.
In Manila alone the Quartermaster's
Department lost 800 horses within four
months. General Chaffee has issued
an order to the officers in the island
urging the isolation of all affected ami
mails, and giving the results of bacter-
lological investigations of the disease
made by the Manila Board Of Health.
1t is declared that the mortality of the
epidemic has been about seventy-five
per cent. for American horses and
mules and 100 per cent. for native
ponies. The official report says:
"This disease is caused by the pres
ence in the blood Of q fiagellated ami
NAL parasite, in length three or four
times the diameter Of red blood cell,
and in width one-fourth the diameter
of q red cell. 1t resembles a whiplike
worm, one end, probably the head, be-
ing represented by slender flagellum.
This parasite exists in the blood in i'm
mense numbers, and produces SO great
u blood destruction that the animals
almost invariably die.
''The mode of infection Is not yet
known, but there is strong proba-
bility that the parasite is introduced
through the bite Of some suctorial in
sect, probably either fly or a mos
quito.
1.-THE pathological change caused by
this parasite is a rapid destruction
Of the red blood cells, causing an acute
anaemia. The change occurs in the
blood coincident with the invasion of
the parasite. In one horse, which had
been i'll seven days, the red blood cells
numbered 100000, the white 1850.
In another, i'll six weeks, the red blood
cells were 100000 and the white were
13,900 The blood Of a healthy horse,
taken as comparison, gave red blood
cells 100000, white, $500. There is
also slight diminution in the amount
Of haemoglobin-ab eighty-five per
cent"
The Army surgeons who have stud.
led "surra" admit that a remedy is yet
to be found and until this is done iso.
lation is the only method to be pursued
in stamping out the disease.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19

A large capital 9 cut out Of white
paper was instantly guessed at first
glance, and was down on every paper
as White Sea; its correct reading was.
however, Bearing c." Bering Sea. A
card on which was printed twenty
four letters of the alphabet meant "R
e gone," Oregon. A yellowish A cut
from cardboard and pinned half way
down a lady's skirt was "Buff-A-
low" Buffalo. Another young woman
confused the guessers with three .skele-
ton letters D q L, worn as a tiara
around her hair. Everybody promptly
put it down as indicating "Del-I-
Wear" Delaware. Instead. 1t read
Delhi. The contest made much merri-
ment, and is particularly suited to a
company of young and old, as children
fresh from geography lessons are quite
as apt as the elders, If not more SO, at
correct guessing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19

A hindrance to industrial growth,
second in Importance to that Of the
demand of the war-chests, is the lack
of coal. All the coal used on the rail
roads and in the factories is shipped
from other countries, and Italy's trade
balance is reduced each year by the
full amount of her fuel bill. This not
only has most unfavorable effect
on her balance of trade, but it means
that the cost Of fuel in Italy is very
much higher than is the cost in any
of the countries with which she must
compete industrially. At italian sea.
ports the price of coal ranges from 81
to $40 ton. In Milan manufacturers
pay $12 ton for coal for which Ger
man manufacturers pay SO, which the
English manufacturer can get for 81,
and which is laid down at many fac.
tories in the United States at $3.50
a ton.-Frank A, Vanderlip, In Scrlb-.
ner'k
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19

"Pat" was assistant cook on one Of
Road running into st. Paul. He was
obstinate and ill-tempered. The chef
was equally so, and as a result, con-
stant warfare waged between them.
One day last summer Pat was max
ing ice cream, and in spite of the chefs
warnings, insisted upon sitting in the
doorway OF the pantry while he turned
the freezer.
The train, going up grade, made a
sudden lurch, and Pat and his can of
ice cream fell out the door, as his su-
perior officer had predicted.
Frantic with fright the chef in his
white cap and apron tore through the
train looking for the conductor.
"Mon Dieu, Monsieur Conductairew
he cried, wringing his hands, when he
found that person, "ze ice cream freez.
aire, he fall off, and Pat go wiz heem;
stop re tram-way or we will haf pas
dessert pour lie diner Trouble, trouble
always wiz zat Irish man"
The conductor pulled the bell and
stopped the train, but it had already
gone two miles past the spot where Pat
had rolled out.
They backed the train, fully expect
ing to find Pats mangled body beside
the track. Instead, they saw him com.
ing over the ties on run, carrying on
his back the ice cream freezer.
He climbed on the train, looking fool
ish, but all he ever said of his miracu.
lous escape was, "Be sosh, it Jared
me some, it did tbot.' - Lippincott's
Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19
Novel Form of Entertainment.

A geographical party was the
form which one Of the holi-
day entertainments assumed Ev-
evrybody was asked to come rep
resenting by costume or decoration
"some place on the map" When all
were assembled, time was called, and
every member Of the company provid-
ed with piece of paper, bearing num-
bers l to 4S, the number assembled,
each paper in addition being desig-
mated by one of the numbers as the
identity of its owner. One hour was
allowed for guesses, each guess to be
set against the list number correspond
ing to the number Of the person whose
insignia was thought to be deciphered.
"A strict enforcement of the rule Of mo
assistance" was made, that the contest
might be perfectly fair. At the end of
the hour papers were signed, and all
were collected, q committee of two
taking the count. Prizes were awarded
to the man and woman making the
greatest number of correct guesses,
and consolation prizes for the least
number. A part of the fun was to Sc
lect emblems that were misleading.
One young man carried around box
of soil with large capital r partly
imbedded in 1t. "F-in-land," Fin
land, was what he intended to repre-
sent, but number Of guesses read 1t
"F-earth." Firth. Af'ender glass bot
tie, half full of water IN which 1oated
a holly berry, was correctly guessed
Waterbury by some, but by others
was read Clearwater and Springwater.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19
Abandoned Cars.

What becomes Of old tram cars? The
increasing favor OF electric tramways
all over the country, and the conse.
quent sale Of large numbers of by no
means worn-out stage carriages" of
the horse traction type, gives point to
the inquiry. The London United Tram.
ways Company, for instance-at pres,
ent the only electric undertaking in
London-has just sold its old cars at
q nominal price," and it appears that
the uses to which they can be and are
put are very numerous indeed. A tram
car that is only technically old can be
turned into a tiny bugalow. or a sum.
mer harbor, or wCchingman's cot.
tage-in the fashion of Il dilapidated
railway carriage-or, best of all, II
will, when fitted upon small barge,
make a capital, if modest, houseboat.
In the ordinary way, the houseboat is
a luxury of price, but, on the barge
and tram-car basis, it might be brought
''within the reach OF all"-London
Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19
Resisting Inevitable Changes,

How little We realize the changes
that are going on and how stubbornly
we resist them! We hate the motor
car as cur grandfathers hated the rail.
way. Think of the police in rural dis.
tricts being drawn off all their ordi.
nary duties in order to time motor cars,
as if safety depended on speed, and
not on the capacity of the driver to
guide, stop, and control his vehicle.
We work on the false analogy of the
horse and probably shall continue to
do so for a generation; but the con.
sequence of course, is that the auto.
mobile trade goes to France and
America. Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19
Kentucky Puts Up Price of nIatrimon.

Matrimonially inclined couples who
Kentucky to get married, will do well
to put an extra half dollar in their
pockets, because the license has been
raised fifty cents. The former price
was So license, but County Clerk
Yates of Covington received a notice
from the State Auditor that an extra
fifty cents will be charged in future
for the seal on the document
natl Commercial Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19
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fItN FACTS ~

To make canned fruits, the West
Indians first cut the fruit into cubes.
They leave the cubes several days in
sea water and then immerse them
in hot syrup.
Mr.. Edison's "toy," the phonograph,
is said to be growing in use as a
substitute for stenographers in the die
tation of correspondence. 1t was used
recently as q witness in a coroner's
inquest.
Among the fishing population of Ian
cashire coast there exists strong
prejudice against learning to swim.
the belief being that swimming only
serves to prolong the agony Of death
by drowning.
Town Council at Yarmouth, England,
employs a band to play twice daily
in the Wellington Gardens. An admis-
sion of a penny head is charged.
Last season the receipts were S13,500.
Professional shoppers are employed
by a large London firm Of diapers
to test the ability Of shop assistants.
This firm owns over thirty large shops,
and employs nearly 1000 assistants. To
find out whether every customer is
politely served, number of women
cfo MI IN 1f
the various shops. They are told to
give as much trouble as possible, and
sometimes to leave without making n
purchase, after looking at nearly every
thing in the shop.
cay has long been famous, and cedar
fence posts often last for generations.
A remarkable instance of the inde-
structibility of cedar has been noted in
the State Of Washington, where for
est of hemlocks, near Acme, has grown
lying in the moist soil, have been al
most perfectly preserved for at least
$50 years, the length of time that the
rings Of growth show the hemlocks to
have been growing above their fallen
predecessors.
Among the birds that are living a
higher life, it is the female bird who
carries the hod during building time.
The husband sits about on twigs and
tells her how to do it. A woodpecker
should be very pariah among decent
birds. The moment woodpecker's
mate gets through nesting, he tells her
"to take her clothes and go"-then he
establishes himself in the house she
has built-and she goes and builds an
other for winter. She is fool enough
to take another woodpecker to boss
the job, If she can find one willing,
but as a general thing all the male
woodpeckers at that time are as COM
fortably provided for as her legitimate
spouse, so she has to work without
getting kicked for it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19

To make canned fruits, the West
Indians first cut the fruit into cubes.
They leave the cubes several days in
sea water, and then immerse them
in hot syrup.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19

Mr.. Edison's "toy," the monograph
is said to be growing in use as a
substitute for stenographers in the die
tation of correspondence. 1t was used
recently as q witness in a coroner's
inquest.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-19

Among the fishing population of Ian
cashire coast there exists strong
prejudice against learning to swim.
the belief being that swimming only
serves to prolong the agony of death
by drowning.