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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19

Gray squirrel has become fad OF
the season. 1t is to be found in the
trimming Of hats, the decoration of
gowns and as collars. One fancy neck
piece in squirrel skin is large fiat col
lar falling over the shoulders with
stole ends which reach almost to the
feet. Another particularly charming
design which is shown by one of the
best furriers, is fiat collar with stole
ends. These are bound, however, about
four or five inches back, with loosely
drawn silk cord. from which hang
fluffy balls Of fur. Squirrel skin ap-
pears in entire jackets and in large fiat
muffs to match any of the above gar
ments.
For dresses. one of the most satisfac.
tory colors in combination with the
gray Of the squirrel skin is rich dark
blue. Squirrel skin, though light in
color, is somewhat trying to most conf
plexions, but this is easily overcome
by suitable combinations in the color.
ing Of the suits and the neckwear.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
Habit of Inanity,

A student of child life and develop.
ment devotes Il considerable portion of
n volume embodying the result of his
Investigations to the subject of ques-
tion answering. He does not advocate
the encouragement Of silly and inane
questioning, in which children some
times persist. But this he says results
from lack of proper mental occupation,
and the child's mind should be at once
directed to something interesting OF
puzzling, as there is such a thing as
forming a "habit Of inanity." But any
reasonable desire for information
which shows itself in the thousand and
one questions asked by the normal
child from dawn to dark it Is criminal
to disappoint. 1t would be less unkind
to refuse bread and water. Perhaps
it is wearying to go patiently over fa-
miliar ground-the b c's of life, not
once only, but again and again, but the
parent who Is too indolent or selfish
to do this Is in reality starving his
child, and no later acquisitions ever
quite make up in the mental develop.
ment what was denied it in its early
expanding years; just as lack of ply
steal food when the new bones and tis.
sue most need it will result in q stunt.
ed body which no amount of later
feeding will ever bring up to normal
size
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
A Happy Bridegroom at 1Oe.

What is probably the most peculiar
marriage license ever issued by State
official was prepared by the County
Clerk Of Gloucester, Va. The pecul-
iarity of this instance lies in the ex-
treme age of the contracting parties,
the man being 102 years of age, and
his intended wife eighty.
The newly welded pair are Solomon
Lewis and his wife, both respectab BILE
colored people of this county. The
ceremony was performed at New
Mount Zion, in the upper part of the
county, by the Rev. James Smith, a
colored pastor. Solomon was slave
and belonged to the estate of Thomas
Fauntleroy. of King and Queen Coun-
ty. His first wife died two years ago,
after a married life of seventy years.
His grandmother was born aboard a
slave ship while crossing to this coun-
try from Africa, and lived to be 40
years old. His mother, who died in
1868, was 101. He has a brother now
living in Piney Swamp at the great
age Of 107. whom he remembers as
driving beef cattle to Gloucester Point
for the American Army during the
War of 1912.
Solomon claims to have been born in
November 1893, and thus was one
month old at the death Of George
Washington. The OLD man is some
what bent by age, but with the aid of
a stick can walk and carry himself
as erect as if he were only twenty one.
The marriage of the aged pair was
matter of great interest to the sur
rounding county and was witnessed by
large concourse of white people, as
well as vast crowd of negroes.-Rich-
mond Dispatch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
The Law Business.

Overcrowding is the motto Of the
day. The factories are overcrowded.
The theatres are overcrowded. The
only reason why one does not say that
the street cars are overcrowded, is that
they are something worse. All such
overcrowdings, however, are sparse
ness and loneliness compared with
the overcrowding of the bar. In 1891
there were fifty-eight law schools with
G073 students. Now, according to an
estimate made by Professor Huffcutt.
of Cornell, there are 100 schools with
$4,000 students. Meanwhile the mum.
Der of full tiedged lawyers in the
United States is said by the last census
to be about 114,00O No other profes-
sion, with the exception of teaching
and of medicine, is SO populous.-Chl-
cago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
Signet Rings For Women.

Signet rings are now popular with
women. While the rings are not so
large, they are of the same style as
those worn by men-a plain gold ring,
with large circular band in the cen
tire, on which the initials are engraved.
There is little ornamentation, and the
ring, when worn with others on a
womans fingers, is conspicuous by its
plainness.
Yes" said John street jeweler, "L
have nearly dozen men busy making
and engraving these rings, and they
are all for women. How the fashion
started l don't know, but not so long
after they had been adopted by the
men the women followed and took
them up also. 1 presume the simple
ity of the ring Is what took their fancy.
Everything in the jewelry line has been
so elaborate in style and make the last
few years that l suppose women were
glad to take up something plain for a
change.
"These signet rings are great things
for presents. They are not expensive,
and when you are in quandary as to
what to give a friend for birthday or
Christmas present It Is not at all inap-
propsiate to present him with neatly
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
In Jail, But Still % Son.

Sentimentalists in song and come
dians in ill-timed jests have not sue
ceeded in cheapening the mother"
idea out of its beauty and pathos. 1t
is an idea that will outlast all the jests
and jolts of time.
The newest mother story-in which
there is neither a joke nor any senti-
ment but the truest-comes from West
Virginia. Edward II. Williams is in
the Jail at Hinton, convicted and SEN
fenced to a twenty years term for
murder. bis aged mother lies ill at
Princeton. Once transferred to prison
he will never see her again. The other
night Williams broke Jail. He worked
his way through the mountains to his
old home and babe his mother fare
well. Then, six days after his escape.
he presented himself again at the Jail
door.
One may wonder well at the CONTRA
dictory weakness which makes a vio-
lent criminal of man so strong in
gentler ways.-New York World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
To Avoid Losing Rings.

A good rule to remember when one
has costly rings and the habit Of taking
them off when the hands are washed
which, by the way, should always be
done if one wishes to take the proper
care of the stone--is always to place
them between the lips. If the habit be
once formed, it becomes second nature,
and prevents adding another item to
the columns of loss relating TO the
rings left in hotels, strange dressing
rooms and other places.
Said woman who has magnificent
collection of rings and who has wisely
exercised this habit since its inception:
II have never lost one or mislaid 1t,
and, what is just as important, 1 have
never been through all the worrying
anxiety of believing l had lost some
one or all of them"
The woman whose fingers are clothed
with fiashy brilliants up to the joints
may demonstrate that she has no room
between her ruby lips. in which case
there are two remedies: one to enlarge
the mouth, the other to reduce the
number of rings.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
Care of the Eyebrows.

In caring for the eyebrows they
should never be brushed or rubbed ex-
cept from the roots to the ends. After
rubbing them the wrong way they will
never lie as they ought to do and will
bristle in unexpected places. A tiny
comb and brush should be used daily
on them to keep them soft and smooth.
They should be carefully washed every
day, and the same care must be taken
about the direction they are rubbed in.
They should have yaseline gently
smoothed over them once or twice a
week. This will keep them in perfect
health and serve to strengthen and
thicken them. Where they are scanty
and coming out very much there is
nothing better to use than few drops
Of castor oil in a little paraffin. They
are apt sometimes to be little scurfy.
When this is the case vaseline must be
put on the spot, and 1t must be bathed
with hot water and little soap till it
is cured.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19

"Tlose whose palms persist in hav-
ing yellow and brown tips on their
fronds should try the eXpedient of CIV
ing them Il daily and thorough BATH"
says woman who has always been
most successful with her winter palms.
"A sponge dipped in warm water and
rinsed az often as it becomes dusty
should be used to cleanse every crevice
and both the under and upper side of
the leaves, as otherwise the plant can
not breathe, and breathing is as essen
tlal for plants as for people. Then in
stead of pouring water on the top of
the earth set the pot, If not too large to
handle, in bucket or the bathtub over
night, two or threa times a week. In
either case the water should not be
above the Level Of :he pot, so that the
plant may drink the moisture up and
the porous earthenware vessel become
thoroughly saturated. In this way no
earth or sustcnance is washed from the
roots."-New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
BRAZILIAN AvOCADCS.
Increasing Popularity of the Alligat
Pear.

Increasing Popularity of the Alligator
The increasing popularity of the avo-
cado, or alligator pear has brought the
Brazilian variety into great prominence
of late. As a matter of fact. the fruit
is not pear at all, but belongs to the
laurel family. The chief authority on
the subject is a picturesque West In
dian, who imports these exotic dainties,
and who is an enthusiast on the sub
ject.
1.-The avocado" he said, sis food and
medicine, as well as refreshment.
When nature made it. she intended it
as the highest development of the vege-
table world. 1t is delicious, but not
cloying. 1t has its own characteristics.
but will gratefully accept all other
flavOrs. For this reason it is the only
fruit which can be eaten plain, with
pepper and salt, with lemon juice and
sugar, or with a salad dressing.
New Englanders have made it
into a successful pie, which,
to be candid, / do not recon-
mend, because l think pies are bar
barous; and Brazilian cooks convert
it into marvellous custard pudding.
The popularity of the pulp is that it
contains large amount of fixed oil.
which gives it a nutritive value supe-
rior to the olive and the peanut and
makes 1t almost equal to the egg.
Though a stranger in New York, 1t
is known and loved in every tropical
and sub-tropical city. 1t is grown in
the West Indies, Central and South
America, Hawaii, the Far East, North.
ern, Eastern and Western Africa.
Some enterprsing Frenchmen have
small orchard not far from Palm Beach
on the Florida Coast, and in Southern
California there are hundreds of trees
now bearing. The finest variety is not
the Mexican or the Venezuelan, or
even the Chinese, as is claimed by trav-
elers, but the Brazilian, and of these
the very best come from the Island of
Marajo. at the mouth 81 the Amazon,
just opposite to Para. The fruit is of
lustrous, almost vitreous green. The
skin is very tough rather than hard,
so much so that it should be cut with
Il hard steel knife. New York Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19

Very pretty buttons made in china,
oval, round and square, are to be
bought following the designs of differ
ent kinds Of china, Dresden, Sevres
and Staffordshire. Crystal and paste
ball buttons are effective, and these
often form the tassel to narrow loops
Of ribbon, which have been run
through tiny paste buckles, and replace
the small flower tassels, which have
been good deal worn one way and an
other. Knots tied in ribbons and in
stocks require an education. A series
Of three or five chains festooned be-
tween bars is fashionable form of
necklet. not to wear tight round the
throat, but to rest on theneck. Brooches
are worn very small, and some are
beautifully painted. Some of the pearl
brooches have very pretty pearl-shaped
pearl drops. Peacocks with diamond
tails are new, and small feather in
diamonds makes an admirable brooch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
Indian Rugs Need Disinfection.

A woman who knows the West and
its Indians gives n word Of caution to
those who are collecting Indian bas-
kets and rugs. Any one, she says, who
has ever been among the Indians real
ICES the unsanitary conditions prevail
ing in their wick-i-ups or hogans. Filth
and disease of all sorts are much more
apt to be the rule than the exception.
Among the aborigines Of the Southwest
particularly water is almost an un-
known quantity. They have to de-
pend upon the irrigation bitches
through their reservations, and "two
hours run" of water every eight or ten
days with no vessels to conserve the
precious fluid for use in the meantime,
gives small leeway for water to be
used for cleansing purposes. The beau
tiful Pinea and Apache baskets will all
bear good scrubbing with some dis
infectant in the water. The Navajo
rugs, if new, may be disinfected with
sulphur or formaldehyde-bu IL they
show signs Of any wear-wash thor
oughly. The native wool blankets col
ored with vegetable dyes are improved.
not injured, by washing. Those dyed
with mineral dyes are apt to shrink
and fade. The Navajo rugs honestly
made are not only practically lnde-
structible, but rarely beautiful in de-
sign and coloring.-New York CONNER.
cial Advertiser.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
ECIPES

Baked Squash-Quarter the squash
and remove the seeds; place in bak-
ing pan; pour on it few spoonfuls OF
water. just enough to keep from burn
Ing, and bake in very moderate oven
until tender and merely scrape the soft
portions from the shell; mash, season
well and serve very hot.
Egg Salad-Cut hard boiled eggs in
thick slices or into quarters; arrange
each portion on leaf of lettuce partly
covered with mayonnaise; arrange in
circle on fiat dish or platter, placing
the stem Of the leaf toward the centre
OF the platter; place bunch of nastur-
tium flowers in the centre.
Vanilla Sauce-Scald two cupfuls of
milk in the upper part OF a double
boiler. Cream together two table
spoonfuls Of sugar and the yolks of
four eggs and stir them into the boiling
milk. Stir the custard until it thick
ems. Remove it from the fire, add
teaspoonful of vanilla and stand away
to cool.
Clam Soup-Chop fine a cupful of
CLAIMS and add to them their own
liquor, strained. Put in one cupful of
water, one slice of onion, q blade of
mace, and simmer for thirty minutes.
Thicken two cupfuls of milk with two
tablespoonfuls of flour and two table
spoonfuls of butter. Strain the liquor
from the clans and stir it slowly with
milk. Season with salt and a dash Of
paprika. Just before the soup is sent
to the table, and as it is removed from
the fire, stir in the well-beaten yolks
of two eggs.
Stewed Celery-Scrape and wash the
green stalks of the celery; cut each
stalk into inch pieces; let them stand
in cold water ten minutes; put them in
steam pan; cover with boiling water
and add one tablespoonful Of salt;
cover the pan and let cook until celery
Is tender; then drain off the water and
cover with cold water; put one level
tablespoonful of butter in frying pan
when melted add one tablespoonful Of
flour; stir until smooth; add gradually
ole cupful Of milk; stir over the fire
until boiling and thickened; add half a
teaspoonful Of salt, little pepper and
the stewed celery; serve in a vegetable
dish very hot.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
Doctor With 1900 Patients.

At an inquest held on an old man
who was found dead in bed at the Rem
frew road workhouse, Lambeth, the
medical evidence showed that the man
had died some seven or eight hours be.
fore being discovered. DR.. Easton said
there were 1900 inmates, and he was
the only medical officer. The night
nurses, each of whom had 800 persons
under their care, went through the
wards once every two hours. The Cor
oner said: 81 cannot see how one med
ical officer can examine such large
number of inmates. There seems to
me to be false sense of security"
The jury expressed the hope that the
press would make this dlsgracefut
state Of things known" ."-London Mall
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
NReTTY@&
.ETAlNGs ~
TO VICAR IN w

Lace boleros are much worn.
Painted sashes are feature of the
bridesmaids costume for fall wed.
dings.
Green silk boleros on white muslin
gowns are pretty form Of the green
craze.
Old English embroidery promises to
be much worn during the coming
months.
Tiny gilt buttons are enjoying an ex.
ceptional degree of popularity as orna.
ments for tailored costumes.
Some of the new short coats are
finished with short shoulder cane
pointed at the back; others have Capu.
chin hoods.
The newest buckle is made of plati-
mum, and some Of the more elaborate
designs in this metal are tinted and
studded with coral.
Wells that match the hats with which
they are worn are considered very
smart. Golden browns, castor and ma.
room are the favorite colors.
For trimming purposes lizard green,
orange and old rose are the new colors,
and they dispute suprema with the
vivid blues and greens that have held
sway for so long.
Tan and gray are the most popular
shades in the Isle suede gloves now SO
much worn. and those that are but
toned are considered better form than
the clasped ones this year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
Lavender-scenred Sheets.

Lavender-scented sheets are the de-
light of dainty housewives, and it is
claimed that they induce sweet slum-
bers. The odor is exceedingly fresh.
clean and wholesome. and old-fash-
ioned housewives always scented their
linen and napery with sprigs Of the
sweet flower.
Italian orris root is sometimes SUBJ
stituted for the lavender if the latter
cannot be procured, but there is no rea-
son why the farmers wife or any one
who has plot of ground large enough
TO ra vegetable or flower garden should
not raise quantities of lavender and
keep the linens deliciously fragrant.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
THE WORLDS GREATEST
WOMAN PHIL LANTHRO OPIST


There is not costermonger living
veneration for her who Is known as
"The Baroness" She has been their
best friend for many years. has fought
their battles when Bumbledon in its
newest form threatened their partial
extinction, and they are not likely to
forget that as body they owe their
continuance Of favored positions and
many other benefits to her ready liber-
ality.-New York World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
ALexANpRIA's OLD TOWN CLOCK.
Price of n Gambler Sold at Auction Paid
For 1t in Days Before the War.


Perhaps no clock in America has a
more interesting history than the one
in the City Hall and market house at
Alexandria, Va. 1t was installed as
the purchase price Of gambler.
In the days before the war Alexan-
dria was known by the sporting fra
ternity as pretty rapid place. But in
these good old days it was square
games and no cheating in the town.
Once, however. Alexandria was visited
by several professional gamblers from
the Southwest in search for dupes, and
a respectable citizen, in an evil hour,
fell into the snare they set for him.
After a series of adverse games he
found himself fieeced out of something
like $4,000.
He paid without any pickering, but
not very Willingly. Then a lucky
thought enabled him to take his re.
venge on the chief blackleg. Some.
how or other he learned that there
was an old law in Virginia, established
while she was yet colony, in which it
was provided that if any man could not
show that he was pursuing some 'law.
full means of obtaining livelihood" he
should be sold or hired out at auction,
to prevent his maintenance becoming
chargeable to the town.
Going before a Justice of the Peace
the citizen entered complaint against
the gamester. The man was arrested,
tried and condemned to be sold at pub.
lie auction. At first he was disposed
to treat the matter as huge joke, but
he found out his mistake when he was
taken to the public stand and put up
for sale.
The victim started the bid with:
"One hundred dollars"
1.-TWO hundred" said the gambler
And so gamester and victim went on
bidding until the amount had reached
$4,000. Then the gambler begged to be
let off, pleading poverty, but he pleaded
in vain.
There was no alternative. The
gambler must either be forced to labor,
under the supervision of the man who
had small cause to love him, or he must
go on bidding for himself. He was ac.
tually compelled to do this until the
sum had reached $500. Then he was
knocked down to himself and per.
mitted to leave the town. The citizen
gave the proceeds Of the sale to the
city to be used for putting a clock in
the Town Hall.
The building was torn down a few
years ago to make room for larger
and more imposing one. Not many of
the citizens knew the peculiar history
of the clock and steeple, but Captain
Edward Dangerfeld was one who did
He told the building committee that
he was particularly desirous of having
the old clock, which had done faithful
service for so many years, repaired and
placed in the steeple of the new build.
ing, and he was willing to foot the eX-
pense. His wishes were carried out,
and to-day the people Of Alexandria
still have their famous clock.-New
York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19
MARVELS OF DESIGN.
How the World is tansacked to Furnish
Forth the Stylish Women.

tOrCn tne Stylish WOuehs,
By the courtesy of the manager of
one Of the great West End dressmak-
ing establishments, says London wri-
ter, 1 was permitted to look through a
portfolio of designs, not one of which
had cost less than $1,000 to produce,
and ON some of which had been ex-
pended nearly $4,000 each. This, be 1t
noted, for the design alone! The port
folio was fastened with two heavy
combination locks, was only allowed to
be seen by two persons in the business,
and when not in use was jealously
guarded in strong room.
1t is not so much the actual design
as the inspiration which costs the
money. The designers Of the dresses
are almost invariably men, and the
majority of their great successes are
attained through extensive travel. For
one design-the most expensive Of the
designs in the aforementioned port
folio-ideas have been taken from the
native dress of no fewer than seven
countries-from Italy to Japan.
The head-dress "shape" was Of white
Yedda straw, the main idea of it being
a copy of the hat commonly worn by
the italian peasant girl. There was
nothing very striking about the sleeves
except the cuffs. These, strange to
say, We're modelled on the cuffs Of a
Balkan military tunic, and the differ
ence they made to the general appear
ance of the whole dress was most re-
markable.
The skirt was a production which
could not fail to rivet the attention of
even the most disinterested person. AL
though it was not a copy of any CO.'S
tune ever heard of, the designer had
the main idea suggested to him by the
balloon-like neither garment of a Chi
nese mandarin. This skirt, when
"built"-high-cla dressmakers speak
of building" skirt-greatly resem-
bled four bells, enc telescoped over the
other; and each of these bells was COM
posed of what looked like twelve elon-
gated balloons upside downfall is to
say, with the round end of the balloons
forming the rim of the bell
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-19

-<--Matters


If your brass bed is furnished you
can relacq it yourself at small cost.
Buy ten cents worth of gum shellac
dissolved in alcohol. and apply 1t with
paint brush. Other household artl-
cles made of brass may be treated in
tie same way.