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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

to much better advantage in Paris.
So the privateers seized the treasures
of the courageous salt and politely in
formed him that he might proceed
without fear of further harm.
Norton was ruined, and soon after
ward he saw an opportunity to re-
trench when the new government at
Washington was formed. He placed
his case before the state department
and was gratified to hear steps would
be taken for indemnity from the
French government. This indemnity,
according to the tradition Of the Nor
ton family, was paid to Uncle Sam,
and amounted to between $3,000,000
and S4,OOO,OO0.
But the money as far as the Nor
tons ever knew remained in the strong
box Of the United States treasury The
French spoliation claims have been be-
fore Congress for century, and some
of them have been adjusted, but the
one in which Mime. Nordica is inter-
ested is still pending, owing to the
inability OF the heirs to come to an un-
derstanding as to the relative demand
of each individual claimant. For two
years past Nine. Nordica's sister, Mrs.
Walker, has been endeavoring to ad-
just the differences of opinion among
the claimants, and they have at last
reached an agreement whereby the
claim when allowed will be distributed
among the heirs on basis already de-
termined.
Within the last two weeks the heirs
held meeting and employed counsel
to press the claim. Nine. Nordica ex-
pressed confidence that the claim
would be allowed as soon as all the
facts are properly presented.
Speaking further, Nine. Nordica said
that she could trace her ancestry back
to Sir Peter Norton, who came to
this country in 1900, and that she
was also a descendant of the Aliens,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

Great Singer
Seeks Fortune
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Lillian Nordica, the famous singer,
has retained Thomas Bracket Reed,
formerly speaker of the house OF rep
resentatives and now a distinguished
member of the New York bar, to ham
die suit against the government,
whereby the diva expects to obtain a
fortune of S4,000,000. Nine. Nordica
has just come from Sioux City, where
she met members of the Norton fam
lily. to whom she let out the secret of
her intended assault upon Uncle Sans
treasury.
Ichabod Norton, of whom Nine. Nor
dica is a descendant was great sail
or in colonial days. He was of the
type Of New Englander now SO fire.
quently used in the latter-day ro-
nance. Like the heroes in the books,
he sailed many seas, and, true to the
romantic notion, collected riches and
finery. About the time the Revolu
tionary war was begun the indomita-
Bile Ichabod risked every penny among
his numerous assets on far eastern
journey. He stocked his ships with
the choicest gewgaws, jewels and silks,
and then turned the prows Of his lit
tie feet homeward.
Nine. Nordica would not now be
paying Mr.. Reed a magnificent re-
tainer's fee, nor would she be forget
ting to acquire a new coon song in
her dreams of new luxuries, if Captain
Norton had not fallen in with col
lection Of French privateers. But this
was just his luck. The Frenchmen did
not know what the word America"
meant, and, not knowing, they did not
think it exactly wrong to inspect
American barques.
On looking into the holds of the ves-
sells they saw things that dazzled their
eyes. While bearing no i'll will toward
Captain Norton or his countrymen
the Frenchmen believed they could use
the fine things in the Americans boats
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

The table center was Parisian-bi-
zarre in the extreme-square of thick
white silk crossed by wovenlines of
turquoise satin toward the middle, and
broad bars of black splashed with
silken flower petals, mauve, red and
tawny yellow. A great silver bowl.
raised on stand of finely carved
ebony, held mass of zinnias of every
shade possible of that gay flower.
toned by trails of maidenhair. Maid
enhair was laid here and there upon
the table.
Candle shades, like the silk center,
hailed from Paris. On each of these.
in framed medallion, was painted a
dainty dancing lady, and each, when
lighted, changed from an etching to
brightly colored vignette by some
trick of the shade makers. The menus
too, were painted in trails of autumn
leaves, and the fruit, piled in high
silver dishes, was decorated with tint
ed Virginia creeper. Each Venetian
glass fingerbowl held leaf of scented
verbena and one blossom of blood-red
Gamma. The silk doilies were painted
like the candle shades, while the bon
bons, specially made, We're packed in
silver baskets, and repeated half the
colors of the table.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28
Lillian Nordica
ants Millions
From Unite d
States Treasury.

one of whom had married a daughter
of Miles Standish. The Nortons and
the Aliens had frequently intermar-
ried. George Allen was the first mis-
sionary ever sent out of England and
was man Of good repute and great
influence in the early days of this
country.
Fortune from Husband.
Nine. Nordica's fortune has twice
been increased by money from the es-
tate of her former husband Fred C.
Cover, to whom she was married in
Paris in 1882. He was reported to have
perished in an attempt to cross the
English channel in a balloon soon af-
ter his wife had begun suit for
separation in 1885. He was supposed
to have left a fortune of S500,000, but
was believed to have put most of it
out of the reach Of his wife.
Nine. Nordica was reported in 1894
to have relinquished all claims to the
Cover estate in consideration of
cash payment of $4,000 and in 1898
is said to have received $4,000 for
her signature releasing her dover
rights in an estate near Brookline,
Mass, near the Country Club proper
ty there.
Fred C. Cover has since been re-
ported as alive in India and elsewhere
and in 1894 he was reported to have
been seen in Boston.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28
SPANS IRON ORE.
She Sells Millions of Tons TO Other Lands
but Has to Buy Steel.

She Sells Millions of Tons TO Other Lands
but Has to Buy Steel.
The leading industrial journal of
Spain, commenting on the fact that
steamship had taken load CT iron ore
to the United States and had just re-
turned with cargo of steel rails, de-
plores the almost entire lack of steel
works in Spain and the consequent
necessity of importing steel into
country that is very rlch in iron ore of
rne best steel-makirg quality.
Spain has been the classic land of
the mining industry since the time of
the Phoenicians, and yet the main use
the country makes of its rich supply
OF metals is to sell them to other coun-
tries. The splendid iron ore among
the mountains of the north coast is
hematite OF the best steel grade. There
Is plenty of coal with which to reduce
the iron ore the coal output in some
years being worth as much as $30,000,-
90, but though Spain has every facil-
;ty for making all the iron and steel
the people need, most of the commodi-
ties are imported.
In recent years, to be sure, consid-
erable industrial activity has developed
in the Basque province among the
mountains where the iron ore is dug
out of the crust of the earth; and also
in Catalonia, in the extreme northeast
of the kingdom, mainly at the city OF
Barcelona and around it. The chief in
dustry is the manufacture of iron and
machinery but not nearly enough are
made to supply the demands of the
country. So Spain continues to ship
from Bay of Biscay ports thousands of
tons of her fine iron ore to Great Bri-
tain, Germany, France and Belgium,
where it is used for steel-making.
Great Britain buys more than one-half
of the ore and most of it is smelted in
South Wales, the chief seat of the Bes-
semer steel industry.
There is only one o.ner country that
is great producer of iron ore and yet
depends upon other lands to turn this
raw material into pig iron and steel.
That country is Sweden, which how
ever, has a good excuse for selling its
ore instead of making iron and steel
of it. Sweden has practically no coal,
and therefore it is at a great disad-
vantage, for it is without fuel to smelt
it's ores, while Spain has both ore and
fuel in abundance.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

The annual mortality lists of men
shot by careless hunters in the Maine
Foods are getting very tiresome. This
season twelve men were sh3c and five
of them died. In the Adirondacks the
case is very much the same. One
trouble is that the invading army of
city sportsmen include many persons
who are not fit to be trusted with any
firearm. Another is that the rifles
commonly used carry much too far.
There is a new law in Maine under
which sportsmen who shoot men may
be prosecuted, but it is not enforced.
Why not make every sportsman from
outside the State put up bond of
$1,000, to be forfeited if he hits any
thing human? queries Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28
The Man without Reserve.

How quickly man without reserves
goes to the wall, when anything unus-
ual happens to him! Like baby, he
is all right as long as nothing comes
in collision with him to expose his
weakness.
What a pitiable thing it is to see
bright, strong young men facing an
emergency or a crisis with no reserve
of education, character, or training
How quickly they disappear! Like a
rowboat on the ocean, when run into
by an ocean liner, or like frail bark
which strikes an iceberg, the weaker
vessel always founders in the collision.
"He had no reserve" might be writ
ten upon the tombstone of many a
man who has failed in business, in the
professions, or in the home.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

The average increase in the length of
railways Throughout the world is about
1000 miles per annum, equal to near
ly 21a per cent of the total lines eX
isting, which at the beginning OF this
century embraced nearly 100000 miles.
OF the increase during the recent years
400 miles per annum are added to the
European system, $500 miles per an
mum to the American system, while
the addition in Asia is at the rate of
250 miles, in Africa 100 miles, and in
Australia 100 miles per annum.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

Experiments are being made in Eu-
rope with alcohol which have been so
successful that certain enthusiasts de-
clare that it will be the fuel of the fu-
ture. There is 10 doubt that means
will be discovered TO make a better
use Of the heat-generating properties
of alcohol than hitherto. II so, we shall
have no cause for complaint, rs we
have the power to produce an almost
illimltable supply of the fluid.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

A marked increase in pauperism is
reported in London. Last year nearly
4J00 more than usual received aid at
the almshouses. No cause is assigned
for it. Perhaps we do not have to look
beyond the South African war for it,
because war always brings poverty
and destitution in their most aggra-
waited form to the thresholds Of the
moor
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

Even worse than usual must have
transforming theatrical company's
brass band on the streets of Clinton,
Mo-, the other day. Scarcely had the
discordant notes OF the first tune" be-
gun to be audible, when a country
horse hitched near by reared up in
agony and fell dead on the pavement.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28
women.

The indianapolis Journal thinks that
the transportation problem, already a
serious one, is likely to become far
more so in the near future. Consider
ing its relation to the prosperity Of the
country and the price of products,
there is no more important problem
for American craftsmanship and en-
terprise to solve.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28
JUST LIVE THY LIFE.

Just live thy life In full content,
Do all thy best with what is sent,
Thou but receivest what was meant,
Just live thy life.
Just live thy life. Be not in fear.
The strength of wrong shall disappear,
And the right is ever drawing near.
Just live thy lie.
Just live thy life. Seem what thou art
Nor from simplicity depart,
And peace shall come upon thy heart.
Just live thy life.
james Lenux Stockton, ia Boston Tran
script.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28
Kansas Has Woman Under,,,,s

Kansas is one of several states that
boast of woman undertaken. At a
recent undertakers' convention she
said that embalming was an especially
lucrative profession for women. and
that they would find cooperation from
the men of the union.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

a Michigan man climbed to the top
Of tall tree to shoot himself. After
taking all that trouble he might have
jumped and saved his ammunition.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

"Will you have some horseradish?"
said Mrs. Small TO her new boarder.
THANK you, no." replied the latter.
"I'm vegetarian. philadelphia
North American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

The cost of schools for Indian chill
dren to the government was s2,4S9, ,525
in 1900. The enrolment was 26,541.
Lucky is the girl who marries the
best man at the wedding. =
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28
A PAINTED DINNER.

Very Pretty Affair Devised by an Orig
inal Woman.
Apropos of dinners, woman, noted
for her originality and the courage of
her convictions, gave what she called
a painted dinner the, other day. She
dubbed it painted dinner because
the color scheme was so vivid and in
tense. like the hues of the painted lady
butterfly,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

In English insane asylums forty
seven per 100 of the inmates are men
and fifty-three are women. In Ire
land the proportion is reVersed-tifty-
TWO are men and forty-eight are
WON, on
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

1t has been said that King Edward
looks perfectly at home in whatever
he wears. This is a glad assurance
that his crown will be quite becom-
ing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

One of the main objects of the Arctic
expedition to be sent from Norway is
to determine exactly the magnetic
Eerth Pole.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

The London postoffice handled
S9,576,C61 messages in the last IL
months. Twenty thousand women are
employed in this service.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

The average height of the soldiers
in the Civil War was 5 feet 8h
inches.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

Entered at the Postofllce at Freeland, Pa
as Second-Class Matter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28

The first automobile ever seen in
Porto Rico has made Its appearance
IN San Juan.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-28
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PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Ssgges-
tiOnS Made.

J. l. D., Bonanza, Ore.-If testimony
called for by the Pension Bureau is sub
stantially covered by testimony already
filed, call the attention of the Pension
Bureau to the fact, citing the names of
witnesses. Your attorney should be able
to advise you whether the testimony filed
should be sufficient.
b. $. H., Pixies Peak, Ind.-The widow
not being entitled to Il pension under the
act of June 81, 1890. by reason of her
marriage to the soldier after June 26,
1890. the children of the soldier now under
IL may apply for and obtain pension
(under the act of 1890, but only from date
of filing application. The accrued pension
of the soldier will not be paid to the
widow until she has established by salts
factory evidence the fact that she is the
legal widow. If satisfactory evidence can
ever he furnished to show that the cause
of the soldiers death was due to the SER
vice, the widow can obtain general law
pension for the period of her widowhood.
Il. L. L., Austin, Minn.-Apply to Sur
geon<ieneral Z. S. A.. Washington, ID.
c." for communication in lieu of artificial
limb. The intervals of payment in each
case run from the time of filing first appli-
cation therefor. The War Department is
more liberal than the Pension Bureau in
cases where it is Il question whether Il
iIilb 10 Nuolls pltti dlloN iIiS
the communication i'll cases where the lOgi-
cally corresponding pension rate has been
denied. If the pensioner is drawing S2I
for disability equivalent in degree to loss
of hand or foot. he would not be likely
to obtain the commutation unless a foot
or hand were in fact disabled from causes
due to service. Naturally Il pensioner for
loss or total disability of hand or foot,
or of arm or leg. would obtain commuta-
ton on the evidence of his pension rating.
A pensioner drawing the $50 or $12 pen
sion rates would not be entitled to the
unless in fact practically to-
tally disabled in arm or leg.
w. r. D., Glasgow. Ky.-House Bill
S5S7. the Omnibus Bill for payment of
war claims certified from the Court of
Claims under the Bowman Act, became a
law May 2S, 1902.
The National tribune., 1902-09-04
Rest and Play.
Great Round Worldl

L know two fairly responsible men who
spent some hours of a recent holiday play
ing in the children's sandpile at country
place they were visiting. Before they got
through they had worked out compli-
Gated system of mountains and valleys,
and one of them had modelled an almost
recognizable house. / know two other
men who, ON sudden impulse, bought
some marbles and played with consider
able enthusiasm on a garden path In
each instance the day and the mood had
something to do with it. None of the
men was childish. They were striving
to catch once more a glimpse of 'the glory
and the dream'-to reattain. for time,
the old sense of irresponsibility. This was
not discreditable. | fancy that many a
parent secretly does the same thing when
he enters into the play room activities of
his children, or takes them to the circus
always to amuse them. And if, after ALL
we must sadly admit that we cannot
gather up the rainbow gold of childhood
it will not hurt us to be irresponsible once
in while along with the children In
the Catskill woods, on the water, or gal
Looping on country roads-wherever we do
not mistake hectic excitement for true
happiness, the play instinct is the same
a brief escape from responsibility; short
respite from the things that we must do
and want to do, but are willing to leave
now and then because we know we shall
love them the more when we return to
thnun
The National tribune., 1902-09-04
Work of the Pension Office.

The report of certificates issued for tn,
week ended Aug. % shows:
Army Invalid: Original, 6; increase. 232
reissue, 10: restoration, 2; renewal. 16
supplemental, 6; duplicate, 3; accrued, 40
Total. 394.
Army Widows, etc: Original. 80; in
crease. i; reissue. D; renewal, 12; dupli
cate. 5. Total. 142.
Navy Invalids: Original Z; increase, 3;
reissue. 2; restoration, /; accrued, l.
Total, IA.
Navy Widows, etc: Original, l.
Army Invalids (war with SPAIN: Origi
nal SO; increase. 10: reissue, /: restOra
ton, 1; accrued. 2. Total, 80.
Army Widows, etc. (war with SPAIN
Original, -.
Navy Invalids (war with SPAIN: Origi-
nal. ).
Navy Widows, etc War with SPAIN:
Original, 1.
Army Invalids (act of June 81, 1890:
Original 26O; increase. 273: additional. 80;
reissue, II; restoration, i: renewal. 13;
supplemental, 6; duplicate, 6; accrued, 154.
Total, SIT.
Army Widows, etc. (act of June q,
1S90j: Original 260: reissue, 2: supple
mental, 2: duplicate, 3; accrued. 4. Total,
271. -rt... .araa4 ~
Navy Invalids (act of June 81, 1900:
Original. 90; increase, 6; reissue, 2; ac-
crued, j. Total. 60.
Navy Widows. etc. (act of June 81,
1890: Original, 6: reissue, /. Total, Z.
Mexican War Survivors: Increase, 1;
reissue. 10; accrued, 2. Total, %.
Mexican War Widows: Original 8.
Totals-Original, III; increase. 526: ad-
80; reissue, 60; restoration, s.; re-
newal. 101; supplemental. IA; duplicate.
II; accrued, 21S. Total, 1,S13.
The National tribune., 1902-09-04
A Multi-Mill,onatre's Ranch.
[Collier's Weekly.l

The finest ranch property in the South
west, though not the most extensive, is
owned by Frank Rockefeller. the multi
millionaire, writes our Kansas correspond
ent. This ranch covers an area of H.
coo acres, and is located in Kiowa County,
better known as the short-grass country
of Kansas. The ranch lies along the val
ley of Soldier Creek and is traversed by
the Santa Fe Railway. 1t is indeed a
most picturesque property, and has been
converted into a magnificent country es-
tate. The Rockefellers spend much of
their Summers on this property, and Mr..
Rockefeller himself says he intends in the
near future to make it his principal place
Of residence.
The ranch house consists of several
large steel and stone barns, a house for
the wOrk-haDds, and magnificent country
house for the Rockefeller family. All
these homes lie in the valley. Soldier
Creek flows placidly through this valley,
traversing the barn-yards and pasture lots
near headquarters.
Each department is conducted by an ex-
pert in his line. The fine blooded Here
ford and Shorthorn cattle are attended
to by an Englishman formerly in the en-
ploy of the late Queen Victoria. The
fnebred horses are in charge of an expert
i'm horse training and breeding, while the
other stock is looked after by men who are
adopts in their lines. There are also any
number of fine hogs and sheep. In the
park. far up Soldier Creek. are four elk,
several buck deer. three buffalo, two or
three monkeys and Il score of parrots from
South Africa. In his barnyard at head
quarters are several buffalo cows; being
bred on the ranch. These are valued at
fancy prices. Mr.. Rockefeller has several
mich cows worth from 81, 900 to 81 800
each. He has a Hereford bull worth
$4,000 He also owns Haroldmont, a
trotting stallion valued at $4,000 There
are 375 blooded horses and $50 head of
bIooded cattle on the ranch, besides thou
sands of range cattle, which are raised
principally to make use of the thousands
of acres of pasture and alfalfa land. Suf
ficient grain is produced on the ranch to
feed all of the stock. He is now direct
ing his attention toward irrigating the
ranch, making every part of it good
enough to produce alfalfa.
The barns are kept as clean as the
rach-house itself In Winter they are
kept heated, as the wind sweeping over
the plains makes it very cold. The ranch
house where Mr.. Rockefeller and family
spend their time is model of Southern
architecture and is said to have cost $780,
600.
One of the features of amusement on
the Rockefeller estate is the big barn
dances at which all the cowboys of the
range country are entertained.