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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14
Mere Opinion.

We can forgive a man for good
many other shortcomings if We know
he is a slave to the bathing habit.
1t is hard to imagine anything any
more contemplate than the man who
howls when he is beaten at his own
game.
A woman will dress for three hours
to appear for twenty minutes at re-
ception, and never notice the waste of
time.
They say bad boy may develop into
useful man, but most of us are will
ing to have good boys and hope for the
best.
Anyone can be the foolish half of q
gcnius.-Chicago Record-Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

Referring to the difficulty Of civiliz'
ing Sioux Indians, Miss Annie B. Sco-
vile, writes: "The Government tried
to civilize these Indians by issuing
wagons, and they used them to feed
the ponies from; stoves, and they
knocked off the tops and used them
over the camp-fres; cows, and the In
dian saw in them what he had in the
buffalo-meat-and ate them up"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14
Winter in the Sierraa.

The pines are black on Sierra's slope,
And white are the drifted SHOWS;
The flowers are gone, the buckthorn bare,
And chilly the north wind blows,
The pine-boughs creak,
And the pine-trees speak
A language the north wind knows.
There's never track leads in or out
OF the cave of the big brown bear;
The squirrels have hid in their deepest
holes,
And fastened the doors with care.
The red fox prowls,
And the lean wolf hows
As he hunts far down from the lair.
The eagle hangs on the wing all day,
On the chance of a single kill;
The little gray hawk hunts far and wide
Before he can get his fill.
The snow-wreaths sift,
And the blown SHOWS drift
To the canyons deep and still
Mary Austin, in st. Nicholas.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

W. T. Harris, United States Com
missioner of Education, says: "The
excuse for the introduction of the school
the right of country children to get the
benefit of the educational advantages
embodied in their environment" That
is, things are teachers as well as books.
Book knowledge at best is secondhand
information.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14


~ looking, pretty little old
NJ woman, with white hair
smoothed down over her
ears, and strangely fashioned old
gowns of antique pattern. A slim,
blue-eyed, low-voiced, loving little
spinster with the queer manners Of
an elder day and the appearance of
one of those old-fashioned bisque
court ladies that our mothers stood
on the what-not till the rising genera
ton made dolls of them and put them
out OF fashion by the strong hand.
Even so is poor Aunt Celeste, with her
antique courtliness, her gently radiant
soul, and her relics of lace and flow
cred silk, passing gracefully and swift
ly and perhaps sadly into the dim cor
ners of the old home, where already
her grand-nieces and grand-nephews
are sitting in the light.
When little Marie and her brother
Tom came up from Boston last week
Aunt Celeste made great ado about
them. She was always fond of chill
dren, never admitting that she had a
favorite, but winning them all with
the pretty old stories of her girlhood
and fairy tales SO unbelievable that
the little ones laughed until them cried
over her preposterous giants and ogres
Perhaps it was because she fancied
in little Marie the reincarnation of
her own childhood, perhaps because
of the girls singular gentleness and
grave department; perhaps it was be-
cause the poor old soul yearned at last
to tell something Of her own heart
aches, but for some reason that doesn't
matter Aunt Celeste gave little Marie
the only glimpse that ever found the
gray, old, simple secret of her story.
They were searching her faded treas
ures for scr of ribbon and lace to
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

The Postoffice Department no longer
regards free rural delivery as expert
mental. The farmers have most en-
Enthusiastically welcomed the service,
the demand for it is widespread and
Congress for several years has made
very liberal appropriations to extend
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

Great Britain with her colonies owns
nearly one-half of the total tonnage
belonging to the marine of forty ma
tions, or 100000 tons out of a total
of 29,OOO,OOO.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

1T is very unique but most valua-
BILE pamphlet, and is worth fifty times
the selling price. Every Afro-American
of race pride, and every patriotic Ameri-
can should buy one" and retain it in
their homes as an ornament, as the cause
which it is sold for is good one.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

Santos-Dumont has won the prize
but it will be long time before his
dirigible balloon is ready 20 take
freight and passengers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

No sooner was the automobile exhi-
bition closed in New York City than
boxes for the Horse Show were sold
to the amount of $4,000, or $4,000
more than last year. Hoofs hold their
own against wheels.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

The Gathmann gun did not realize
expectations, but no doubt some other
invention will realize the hopes Of CIV
ilization for a more expeditions means
of killing people.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

4
p. Allison, of the United
States Navy, who was ON his way
home from Manila.
Speaking Of the massacre Of the
members Of the Ninth Infantry in So
mar, he said the natives had grown
to like the negro troops, and when tile
Ninth arrived, it was thought the
same friendly feeling would be shown
to them, and the guard was not as
strictly kept as 1t otherwise would
have been.
The night before the massacre the
village president went to Captain Con-
nell and before the padre declared that
1t would take 100 more bombres (na-
tive laborers) to do certain pioneer
work, and he had not sufficient
Captain Connell said: DO the best
you can. Get any native who will
work, but clear away the underbrush."
Just after daybreak." continued the
Lieutenant, natives with bolos to cut
underbrush began coming into camp.
Then the massacre began. The last
underbrush man killed the sentry; the
church bell rang; the soldiers were at
breakfast below the floor that held
their arms. The insurgents divided,
half going upstairs and shooting down
and the other half going into the mess
room and numbering the unarmed SOL
diers.
mot one of the survivors turned his
back upon the scene until all was lost,
their officers fallen, their comrades
slaughtered and a terrible vengeance
executed upon the enemy. Then they
saved themselves and their wounded
mates.
Captain Connell apparently was
awakened in his quarters by the at
tackers pouring in. He jumped from
the window, but his guards had all
been slaughtered. He was struck down
by many bolos almost as soon as he
reached the ground. The assassins
hacked his body into bits severing the
head, upon which they piled paper and
wood, setting them on fire to render
the face unrecognizable. The body,
however, was identified by Lieutenant
Drouillard's detachment, which came
down from Basey.
"The bodies of Lieutenant Bumpus
and the doctor were found upon a
bridge leading up to the quarters over
little stream. The Lieutenant had q
bolo cut horizontally across the fore
head, amost severing she top of the
head, and a deep cash down each side
Of the face. The doctors body was
not so badly mutilated.
Separated from their weapons, most
Of the rank and file fought like heroes
with table knives, stones, clubs and
such rude weapons as chance threw in
their way. 1t was a bitter fate that
befell those who closed with the Amer
leans before they received their death
wounds. Some of the native dead
were buried by their own crew before
they fed, but Colonel Derussy Or
dered 160 more to be thrown into a
trench.
"a rifle in the hands Of the first SER
geant of the company did terrible exc
cution. The sergeant, who is now in
the Tocablan Hospital, killed the faith
less president who led the attack.
With six men he fought his way to
the headquarters building to try to
rescue some Of the men. Despite the
rounded them, they We're able to Sc
cure the post colors. Then they cut
their way back to the beach, where
another little knot Of comrades were
defending the barotos and their
wounded companions"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

Make all money orders, checks. eta. ,pny1bh
10 he Tribune Printing Company. Limited
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

Entered at the Postof1oe at Freeland. Pa.
as Second Glass Matter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

Stations on the Russian Railway IN
Manchura are placed 18 miles apert
without reference to the location of
towns.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

It is an open question at times which
will be smashed, the record or the auto
mobile.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

Water sufficient to cover one acre one
inch deep will weigh 1O1 tons.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14

X MONG the recent arrivals on
n the Empress Of China from
NJ the Orient was Lieutenant +.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-14
G5)tEXz Eg!!!5l5z5555 2 81 S.

" UNIT CELESTE is quaint
~ looking, pretty little old
NJ woman, with white hair
copntbnJ down oyar bnr
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-25
ITALIANS IN DRAMA.
Interesting Play Which Pleased the
 Large Audience.

Last night the intelligent class ot the Italian colony witnessed the great production of four act drama entitled .L'Onore Perduto,' by Riccardo Cor diferro, thus known in the literary world. He, for several years has been the bright, energetic editor of the we'll circulated periodical La Follia of New York The play was a triumph i'll all the particulars; well written and care fully executed by prominent actors and actresses. A. Maiori, the protago- mist of the drama, was insuperable, and acted almost like Ga1vfni, the fam ous actor of Italy. The people shed tears at every word, so sad was hls part, that every human heart could not stand at such a realistic dramatic ac- ton. Also was F. Rapone, the prom inent comic, who, for many years has diverted the Italian colony of New York with his facetic parts, accom- panied by a fine and adapted mimic. Oh what contrast! While the protas- onist made all the people sad, he, Rapone, relieved them with his humor- ous words. The women, Mrs Maiori and Mrs Pazri, were well applauded, we'll liked, and they acted very good 1TOH DeSlHHlHS 10 Jue euu NeNeE De fore did the Italian colony enjoy bet ter play, but it was q play of reality. whose characters are almost living ill the wide and unknown spots of New York metropolis. The author has writ ten this drama very carefully, with a full description of various life happen ings. There we see how the Italian bankers escape. bringing with them aIl the amounts of the poor people, who have worked hard to accumulate a sum for their family. It is a masterpiece of dramatic art of modern age. The author has met with success all over the United States, especially in New York and Boston. MT Riccardo Cor diferro is a poet of great fame ai- though young yet, he has won q good many laurels and glory for his poetical and literary works. I am very glad ot his success; he has been my companion in art. true friend ill the vast and thOrny literary field. Many more sue cesseS, 1 wish him.
 A. T. D'ANDREA.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-25
ARBoR DAY.
Board of Education Has Suggestions
 for it's Observance.

Board of Education Has Suggestions
 for it's Observance.
 Arbor and Bird day will be one week from today, in accordance with Gov ernor McLean's proclamation, and the state board of education has issued a little pamphlet with suggestions as to programs for the observance of the day by the school children of the state. The program laid out is the reading of the governors proclamation, an account of Arbor day, something about the schoolhouse and grounds, shade trees, and the reading of appropriate selec- tions with planting of trees. The trees recommended are the sugar maple, the soft maple. poplars and cottonwoods, beecnes, birches, catalpas, oaks, lin- dens, hickories. walnuts, 1ocusts, syca- mores, chestnuts, the ash, buckeyes, and tulip-poplars, but the American elm is not named, possibly for fear of raising a crop of elm tree beetles. The selections for recitation are from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Longfellow, Ruskin, Byron, Washington Irving, Lucy Lar com, with q list of titles and authors from which other selections can be made.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-25
INTERESTING STATISTICS
Regarding Missionary Work of All Dsnomina- tions....What the Diocese of Hartford
 Has Done For the Missions.

The current number of the interest ing pamphlet printed every other month by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith is well worthy of careful perusal on the part of all who desire some information from a reliable source regarding missionary work the world over by denominations of ali creeds. To people who have always lived in Christian communities it seems almost incredible to think that at the dawn of the twentieth century but lit tie over one-fourth of the human fam fly of this day and time are Christians. It is estimated that the populaIi0D of the whole world amounts to something in the neighborhood of fifteen hundred millions. Of these four hundred mil liens are Christians and the others be- lieve in about every other kind of creed one could mention.
 With these facts before us, there is little room for argument relative to the need of missionary labors and this ad- mitted it must be plain to all that funds have to be raised to carry on such enterprises. that is if the work is to be pushed and every man given an lO huOM StlIu SSIAS lllo CAS- ator. People who imagine that they are not in position to help others will find much encouragement from study of the history of the society For the Propagation of the faith. The plan of the organization was conceived by Bishop Dubourg of New Orleans in 1915, but was not founded until seven years later. During the interval, how ever, young woman named Miss Jaricot of Lyons, France, demonstrated what could be done along these lines 1 by enlisting the cooperation of the good women of that place, and raising large sums of money for the foreign
 missions in Asia. The report states that within the last half of the year 1920 the women of Lyons raised and forwarded the sum of $400 to the mis- sions in the East
 The society was organized under it's present name in 1922 and since
 that time it has received and paid out the following amounts:
 Received by the Society.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-25
WHEN WILL TT STOP.
Price of Meat, Coal and Other Com
 modities Are Going Up.

Price of Meat. Coal and Other Com
 modities Are Going Up.
 Housekeepers are beginning to feel doleful about the future, with living expenses increasing at rapid rate in almost all eatables, says the Hartford Courant this morning. Yesterday an- nouncement was made that potatoes had advanced to $1.25 q bushel, which comes on top of the great advance in the price of meats, butter, etc Now the coal dealers announce that their customers had better place their orders for next winters supply within two weeks. The price of coal will be S65O a ton for a short time only, then there will be an advance of at least 9 cents a ton, probably in the month of May. and successive monthly advances until by early winter coal will be worth by the ton at least $7.50. And this will be when the poorer classes, who are unable to lay in a stock of coal in advance, are compelled to buy in small quantities.
 A coal dealer said yesterday that the retailers were entirely at the mercy of the coal barons who regulate the price as we'll as the output, so that the Sndu Acf0I Dc OfeTSlOCkcus He had placed a large order for coal, but 1t would be delivered only at current rates at the time of shipment. He could not buy pound of coal at pres ent rates for future delivery.
 Bread stuffs, meats and groceries are many families in this city than before up and water is likely to cost more ia meters were installed. Air is free for a little time longer. Through the ad- vance in the price of living necessities, the cost of living, it is estimated, is about 2 5per cent more than year ago, and considerably above 9 per cent more than three years ago, and there are no present indications of re- lief. Many working people feel the need of more income and at the same time employers find their expenses in- creasing.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-25
We Are Recognized
 Leaders of Fashion.

Waterbury's smartest dress CTS and style critics have not only admired our line of Cloth ing, Ladies' Tailored Suits, Skirts, Waists and Millinery, but sealed their admiration and paid tribute to it's super iority by purchasing their Easter attire here. To know what is newest, smartest and most stylish to wear means to see our showing, which is conceded by discriminating and knowing ones to be Waterbury's foremost display. This position we have att tained through our unremit- ting and successful effort in supplying distinctive, individ- ual and superior style crea- tions. Every garment pos
 sesses ultra-fashionable out lines and excellence of work
 manship that touch the acme
 of perfection in the coStum-
 CTS art. Even in the low priced there is that artistic fln- ]! ish that attracts the attention.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-25
Iotal SoO, ,O3O.OI Distributed to the Missions.
s65.6aO.O17

In this country we are often remind ed that while we are constantly send ing large sums of money to Rome we rarely, 1f ever. receive any from that source. The figures quoted puts the matter i'll different light. The head quarters of the society are at Lyons and Paris, but it works in cooperation with the cardinal prefect of the Propa- ganda at Rome. Collections for the organization are taken up in the Cath ollie churches of this country generally about Pentecost, and no doubt many have contributed small sums to it's aid from time to time who never before fully understood the scope of the so- ciety and the vast amount of good it is doing i'll all parts of the world. It gives no money to Catholic countries so that France. Spain, Belgium, Austria and other nations receive no aid from it, although they render it generous support
 The diocese of Hartford, from 1S45 to 1S66 when it was considered no longer in need of aid, or to be nearer correct. when it was found that the demands of others were more pressing received from the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, $51 OPS. Up to the year 1900 it had paid to the society for missions throughout the globe, S23. .399 %. From this it can easily be seen how much our own great diocese with all it's con tributions to works of charity at home and abroad still stands indebted to this wonderful organization. We some times comment on missionary offerings sent to the Holy Father. but it would be always well to see both sides before passing opinions.
 Although we hear but little of them in this country, still the society has sent forth thousands of missionaries into all quarters of the earth to preach the Word, many of whom suf- fered martyrdom and others were forced to pass through untold priya- tions. The story of the lives of these
 missionaries is known only to Him for whom they have labored and died. Once these missionaries leave their
 homes and start out on their errand of mercy they become in a sense dead to those whom they leave Behind.
 St Francis Xavier, whom our own townsman, c. A. ColIey, who is mak- ing a tour around the world, speaks
 of as having preceded all other mis- sionaries in spreading the light in the far east, is the patron of the society,
 and those who are conversant with his labors can form some idea of what it means to be missionary in coun- try peopled by human beings where
 the gospel of Christ is practically un-
 known. The story of his life is much the same as that of all others who have taken up a similar work and we are not surprised to know that even to this day Mir Colley came across his footprints in his journeyings through the far east. This is but brief out line of the society. It would require more space than we can spare to re- view it's work in detail.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-25
POLICE COURT DoINGs
Judge Burpee Was the Dispenser of
 Justice This Morning.

Judge Burpee Was the Dispenser of
 Justice This Morning.
 James Hurley got drunk yesterday. He was going to work, or intending to go, when it happened, for he was ac- companied by his dinner pail which was full to the brim But he was full of contempt for the slogan of which he was a walking illustration and happening to see a fierce bi- cycle rider on East Main street he threw his full dinner pail at him, but never struck him. Hurley did not know whether or not he was drunk, but guessed he had little in. He was fined $50 and costs.
 Hugh Gallagher and Mrs Lizzie O'Brien, the latter stranger in the town, were charged with improper conduct Two children gamboled by the woman's side in the pen and a third, a few months old, she held in her arms. Gallagher was fined $I and costs. and sentence was suspend- ed in the womans case. Judge Bur pee presided.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-25
GIRLS WANTED. Novelty M'f'g Co.
 4-25-3
TIMELY TOPICS.

ssTommy leases for. low shoes like pas" Well, all you have to do is 10 bring him to Dodge on Center street.
 You might as well get the latest cuts in coats or suits, and the Upson, Single ton Co keep them.
 Read the Mammoth market prices Oh meats or fish for tomorrow. Fine butter and tea. 4
 At the weekly Saturday sale at the Brass City Shoe store, $1.75 shoes will go at 99c. Repairing free.
 Muslin underwear. skirts corset covers, gowns and ribbed vests special ly marked at Reid -& Hughes.
 Simon Bohl, proprietor of the Peoples market, will serve you with the best meats and vegetables.
 $. Forman makessa special offer of ladies' tailor made suits, blouses and silk waists. See the prices.
 Those $3.5n patent feathers at Colby Sherwood's are fine values They have others, higher or lower,
 Those children's dresses and sailor suits at A. Mailhiot's are made to Iii as well as to wear well.
 Stylish sailor blouse suits for boys, for strenuous action or dressy wear. at Jones, Morgan & Co.'S. Negligee shirts from the plain kinds at 4Sc to silk ginghams at S2.75 al Miller X Peck's.
 Tonight and Saturday legs lamb will be 14c q pound at Castles. Sirloin steak 15c pound. 
 Specials in ladies' hosiery and under wear at Currans tomorrow. Negligee shirts for men and boys from 25c mp
 It would be a wise move for rent payers to see that two family house Phelan has to sell. Ladie s and Misses summer vests cotton, isle, thread or silk, at k Dougherty's.
 Swell oxfords at S1.9S at J. G. Jackie $ Sons, 1875 Bank street, the very l latest. Read their ad. Furniture buyers are attracted to the k big show at the auditorium. Go-carts refrigerators, etc.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-25
r,onu,s Last omcin1 Dinner.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The sec retary of the navy and Mrs. Long, who will leave Washington next week on the retirement of the secretary from his present position, entertained at thes. last cabinet dinner last evening on board the United States steamer Dolphin, now anchored at the. navy yard The ship was brilliantly illu- minated from stem to stern by tiny stars of electric lights. The guests in- cluded President and Mrs. Roosevelt.