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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03
Paris Under Arms.

One night last week there were four
organized battles in the streets OF
Paris, where the revolver was used and
the pavements Uttered with empty car
fridge cases. No value was set on the
life OF passer-by The rowing bands
of scoundrels had issued challenges
and come into the very heart Of theS
city, within sight Of the Comedie Fran
caise. The CONSERVATION that prevails
in Paris is noticeable, and to this Is
added the fact that the street lamps
are turned out little after 1 o'clock.
There is not a soul on the terraces OF
the cafes after midnight, and people
walk home in the middle of the streets.
The leaders of the different bands, who
bear the most fantastic names, kindly
assure the public that they have moth.
ing to fear, that the warfare is purely
between one clan and another. and all
they have to do is TO keep out Of the
line of fire.-Sketch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03

Stamps have been found in England
which have been shown We're used by
the Romans to stamp remedies for pro.
ducing clearness of vision, or for doing
away with dimness Of sight. The OBJ
ject aimed at by the medcament was
specified in the stamp. 1t is notewor-
thy that the stamps SO far discovered
were designed for remedies for ocular
diseases. The preparations were hard.
stance, and were thus ready to be
liquetied at any time. Thus our sup
posedly very modern device Of tritur-
ates or compressed tablets is only re.
yival Of an ancieht Roman custom. Z
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03

DR.. Vaughan Cornish in the Geo.
graphical Journal treats of the snow
waves and snow drifts of Canada.
From Montreal as far west as Port Ar.
thur, that is to say for 1000 miles, he
found the snow moderately dry, as in
the Pentlands and Highlands of Scot
land, but from Winnipeg to Medicine
Hat ii was dry, granular and rough on
the surface. Parts OF the prairie were
swept bare of snow in the neighbor-
hood of snow banks, and the landscape
resembled a white desert. In the Rock
les the snow was moister, and at Gla-
cier House in the Selkirks, a stump oty
tree two feet thick supported cap or
snow nine feet across the caves pro.
jecting three feet six inches all around
the pedestal, and the whole resembling
a gigantic mushroom or toadstool. An.
other broken tree four feet thick had
a snowcap twelve feet across, the caves
projecting four feet all around. Some
OF these "snow mushrooms" must have
weighed a ton. The layers of snow in
them bend with gravity downward,
leaving hollow about the trunk.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03

Fossil horses of the three-toed type
have been discovered by the exploring
party supported by the William c.
Whitney fund now in quest of the re.
mains of these animals in the West, ac-
cording to Professor Osborn, OF the
Museum of Natural History, who said
that the fossils included a herd of tivea
One skeleton is nearly complete, butT
the others are fragments. Hitherto
only pieces of skulls and limbs have
been found. The fossils have been
shipped to the museum, and will, Pro.
fessor Osborn says, add an important
stage to the history and development
of the horse in America.-New York
Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03
A MATTER OF DOUBT.

] love to read of daring deeds,
I OF clash and clamoring of war;
To learn of one who bravely bleeds,
Defending what he's fighting for,
But South America is much
Too mingled for my mind TO hitch
The tangle they are in is such
; don't know which is fighting which.
They're skipping out with treasures,
And blowing public buildings down,
And every city quakes and sees
Some doughty leaders fighting frown.
The cable brings the thrilling news
OF men who die in some last ditch
To grasp it must my mind refuse
l don't know which is fighting which.
The clang of swords, the clustered boast,
Are ringing now both night and day;
The troops are battling on the coast;
By sea and land they run away.
/ wonder if they know the truth,
Or if to fight they simply itch.
I wonder if they know-forsooth,
If they know which is fighting which.
w. d. Nesbit, in Baltimore American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03
Cuyier's Collection Doomed.

The splendid cabinet OF comparative
anatomy in Paris begun by Cuvier,
the distinguished naturalist. in 1896,
and the completion Of which occupied
twenty-one years, is to be demolished
by the authorities Of the Jardln va
Plantes. Among the numerous valu.
able specimens gathered and classified
by Cuvier are the emhalmed remains
of the huge .rhinoceros brought to his
Versailles menagerie by Louis XIV.
and which the gay monarch used to
visit each week attended by his Court.
The carcass thus honored by the King
and his sycophants was saved with
difficulty by Cuvier in 1893 from the
incensed revolutionists, who desired
to burn it because it had been one Of
their "tyrant's" amusements.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03

Japanese authors receive so little pay
for work in their own country that
native writer says there is no hope
for any remarkable japanese work to
be produced. A japanese man of let
ters, in order to live in bare comfort,
has TO produce at least four or five
long volumes year. and it is seldom
he receives as much rs two hundred
dollars for yoluminous novel. In or.
der 10 live decently he must earn at
least seven hundred dollars year. 1t
will be seen from these figures that he
can scarcely be expected TO do any
fine work at that rate of production.
The only professional japanese author
in America at present is Onoto Wa
tanna. Miss Watanna's striking sue.
cess in this country ought TO encourage
other japanese novelists to learn Eng.
lsh and come to America.-Harper's
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03

The British Medical Journal ventured
IN estimate Of the average income that
might be expected by the general prac-
titloner in England, and put'it at $4,000
to $2500 The estimate was copied into
several daily papers, and has produced
a large crop of correspondence, teem-
ing with ridicule and indignation. The
general practitioners, who ought to
know, declare that only a small pro-
portion of their number earn so muc'f
even after years of arduous work. The
competition brought about by the over
crowded state of the profession is, they
declare, so great that it is cruelty to
induce men, by inflated estimates, to
enter il.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03
Cupid and the Coal Famine.

However loving and trusting two
young hearts may be, says the Phila-
delphia Saturday Evening Post, it is a
foregone conclusion that they can in
no way affect the price of coal this
winter, and it is brave young man
who would take his fair young bride
by the hand and face the whole world
with coal at $40 ton. Therefore the
weddings are being postponed by hun
dreds Of thousands until more auspi-
cious times, and everybody knows
what that means. That there is many
a slip is nowhere more truly spoken
than in reference to engaged couples,
and wedding postponed has but one
chance in five of ever coming off.
Worse than that, the coal strike and
the consequent boosting of prices are
going to have a similar blighting effect
upon next springs crop of engage.
ments and weddings, since only the
fabulously wealthy can afford this
winter to allow Cholly and Araminta
to hold down the sofa in the warm and
cosy parlor until all hours of the night.
Stern papas will enforce the early clos.
Ing rules with unheard of rigidity when
$40 coal is being consumed in the fur.
mace. Parlor duets will become an un-
known quantity, impecunious young
men will have to go TO bed immediate
ly after dinner in order to keep warm,
and there will be no engagements fol-
lowing the winter season OF tete a
teteS.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03
MoLAssEs AS CATTLE FOOD;
Horses and Mules Have Thrived on 1t in
Louisiana For Two Years.

Molasses has for two years been in
general use in Louisiana for the feed
ing of horses, mules and all stock, and
probably nine-tenths of the draught
animals in the sugar district get this
food, either alone OF mixed with oats
or corn.
The animals like it, and are kept in
splendid condition by it. Sugar
mules" which are fed on molasses
mainly, are worth from twenty to
twenty-five per cent. more than the
mules on cotton plantations, which are
fed generally on cottonseed and cot
tonseed meal.
Molasses has been a waste product in
Louisiana ever since the improved
processes in the manufacture of sugar
have extracted more of the saccharine
from it than formerly. 1t has been a
problem how to get rid Of it. The dis
covery therefore that it could be used
as a food for stock was of double
value.
Six months ago factory was erected
for the manufacture Of cattle food
from molasses. The process is very
simple.
The molasses Is mixed with corn or
oats in nearly equal proportions. The
mixture is pressed into a solid mass
and dried and then ground into a fine
powder.
1t is like the cottonseed meal with
which cattle and horses are fed
throughout the world The horses,
mules and cattle are very fond of the
molasses, and they do better on it
than ON any other food fed to them.
They keep fat and are capable of ex-
traordinary work in hauling heavy
loads.
This one factory turns out $50 tons
Of molasses preparation a day; and
the stuff is being rapidly substituted on
the plantations for the raw molasses,
not because it is any better, but be-
cause 1t is more conveniently handled.
So far the use of molasses for feed
Ing horses has been confined to New
Orleans and the sugar districts, but
by this process, which enables it to
be handled easily, it is likely to be
shipped elsewhere.
Only a small part of the Louisiana
molasses crop, which runs to from
30,00o,O00 to 5O,000,OOO gallons year,
is used for horse and cattle food or in
any other way; and large proportion
of it is thrown away or burned in the
furnace with the bagasse and other
waste and refuse.-New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03
Old Bridal Customs.

There used to be a custom of strew-
ing flowers before the bridal couples
as they went to the church and from
the church to the house.
Suppose the way with fragrant herbs
were strewing,
All things We're ready, We to the church
were going,
And now suppose the priest had Joined
our hands,"
is quaint old verse that refers to
this custom. The Persians introduce a
tree at their marriage feasts laden with
fruit, and it is the place of the guests
to try to pluck this without the bride
groom observing If successful, they
must present the bridal couple with a
gift hundred times the value of the
object removed. In Tuscany brides
wear jasmine wreaths, and there is a
legend that a once reigning Grand Duke
who at great expense procured this
flower for his own particular garden,
gave orders to his gardener not to part
with any flowers or clippings; but the
gardener, who was in love, took a
sprig to his sweetheart as gift. She,
being shrewd, planted it and raised
from it several small plants which she
sold to the Dukes envious neighbors
at a great price. In short time she
had saved enough money to enable
her lover and herself to marry and
start housekeeping, and so the Tuscans
have saying that "The girl worthy Of
wearing the jasmine wreath is rich
enough to make her husband happy"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03
UniforIns in Hospitals,

The decision that every orderly and
attendant in hospital under the con
troll of city authority shall wear Il
neat and suitable uniform has every
thing in its favor, and there can be
no valid argument against it. Would
any intelligent person now advocate
n return to the old unsatisfactory sys-
TEN Of many years ago, when the con-
ductors and brakemen on railroads
wore clothes not different from those
of the passengers? What endless con-
fusion and trouble We're caused in
those days by the lack of distinguish
ing garb on the part of the men who
had charge of the trains! And the
employees of hospitals should, of course,
be easily recognized even at distance,
by doctors. surgeons, superintendents
and patients. 1ndisputably rules can
be enforced, discipline can be carried
out, the standards of the institutions
kept up and peace and quiet MAIN
tanned in the wards more effectively
and with less friction by orderlies who
wear uniforms than by those who are
clad in the ordinary attire of private
life. Hospital uniforms must be adopt
cd wherever they have not yet been
insisted upon.-New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03

The body of Captain Richard Mars.
den, who was for nineteen years Har.
bor Master at Gravesend, England
was committed to the deep off the
Goodwin Sands the other day. Cap
tain Marsden was born and married al
sea.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03

"Your Honor and Gentlemen of the
Jury, l acknowledge the reference OF
counsel OF the other side to my gray
hair. My hair is gray, and it will con-
tinue to be gray SO long as live. The
hair of that gentleman is black. and
will continue TO be black so long as lie
dyes" New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03
Some Men Who Ride Hobbies
Good Thing For Farmer to Know How TO Do One Thing Well
.-Some Examples Of SUCCESS in Specially Farming,
LYNN BROWN. oxFoRr OHIO.

they found that he could dispose or
forty bushels of seed from an acre at a
price close to the dollar mark, and at
the same time have lots of good feed
left. they began to initiate him some
what.-New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03

The addresses in Persian upon letters
which go through the postoflice at Cal
cutta are often quaint and puzzling.
An Indian paper recently translated
one as follows: "If the Almighty pleases
Let this envelope, having arrived in
the city of Calcutta, in the neighbor-
hood Of Calootolah, at the counting
house of Sirajoodeen and Ilahdad, mer-
chants, be offered to and read by the
happy light Of my eyes, of vlrtuous
manners, and beloved of the heart
Meean Shaikh Inayut Ally. may his life
be long. Written on the tenth of the
blessed Rumzan, Saturday, in the year
1866 of the Hegira of our Prophet, and
dispatched at Bearing. Having with.
out loss of time paid the postage and
received the letter, you will read it.
and having abstained from food or
drink, considering 1t forbidden to you,
you will convey yourself to Jaunpoor,
and you will know this to be a strict
Injunction"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03

OF those sentenced by English courts
as habitual drunkards more than one.
third are women.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03

Deep-sea water for study is procured
by means Of specially prepared bottles.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03

Curious marriage customs certainly
prevail in China Thus, charming
lady was not long ago married with
great pomp to red hower-vase, rep.
resenting deceased bridegroom who
died few days before his wedding.
His inconsolable betrothed declared
that she would never marry any one
else, but would devote herself as a
widow to the dead mans family. So
the ceremony with the iower-vase was
gone through to enable the girl to enter
the family. and the town proceeded to
build a granite arch to commemorate
her devotion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03

Japanese auctions are conducted on
the silent plan. Each bidder writes
his name and bid upon a slip of paper,
which he places in a boz. When the
bidding is over the box is opened by
the auctioneer and the goods are de-
clared the property of the highest bid
der.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03

An old Spanish war ship has been
lately discovered 200 feet under water
off Messina. She was probably sunk
in some naval engagement in the sew
enteenth century. Six guns were re-
covered, including two sister guns,
seven feet long, bearing, under the
royal escutcheon of Spain, the date
1852.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-07
Illumination in Human beings,

Illumination, or cud-chewing, in hui
man beings seems to have been known
since 1918. and it is thought that con-
siderably more than 100 cases are now
on record. A German physician recent
ly reported three cases in one family
"a father and his two sons. The father,
always rapid eater, began the act
at the age of six and continued it until
death at So rumination being COM
menced Is or 90 minutes after the meal
and lasting half an hour to an hour.
Food was returned to the mouth at
intervals of three or four minutes,
when it was masticated and reswal-
lowed. The substances had their nat
ural taste, without the acidity they
would have had if digestion had begun,
and meals were only enjoyed during
and after this process. This case was
typical, except that after death the
stomach was found to have a very I'M
usual hOur-glass form.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-07
MEXICAN sACRIFICIAL STONE.

L depression II inches long and ten
inches wide. In the bottom of this cup
are carved the emblems of the ancient
god Tezcatlipoca, the patron of war
riors. The tiger was doubtless placed
N some temple erected to that deity.
ArchaeOlogists believe that it served as
a vase to receive the hearts of human
sacrifices. The entire stone, which
weighs four tons, was probably paint
ed in the colors of living tiger.
Two of the most famous objects re-
covered on the site of the City of Mex
leo more than century ago resemble
colossal millstones in shape. They are
round and fiat. One, which has been
mounted in the Mexican museum in a
vertical position, is covered with carv-
ings which are interpreted as intended
to represent the zodiac. 1t has some
times been called the calendar stone"
but crock of the sun" is considered a
more appropriate title. The huge disk
is eleven feet and eight inches across.
The other stone is eight feet across and
nearly three feet through and has
been mounted horizontally. This sec
ond monolith, composed of trachyte
(another volcanic rock) has been
called the "sacrificial stone" In the
center on top is now a cavity. whose
origin has not been determined. One
set of archaeologists believe that it
served to hold the blood of victims.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-07
In the World of Stars.

There are now estimated to be about
120,OO0,00O stars in the visible heavens,
but the ratio of fainter ones is not
what might be expected were the uni
verse unlimited, so that, after all, the
universe may have really definite linn
it's. This is question that we would
like to have some evidence wherewith
to found definite belief. Then, are
there other universes far larger than
our own? We have the barest hint
that there are. A single star in the
heavens of the southern hemisphere,
the runaway star" is moving with a
velocity of 200 miles a second. This
is a greater speed than all the attrac-
tions of all the known stars could give
it, and the question is, is there larger
universe which is drawing it away
from us?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-07

whereas others Gncludlng a recent
writer in Records of the Past'0 sus-
pect that it was the work of the Span
iards, who in their religious enthusiasm
destroyed many monuments of native
idolatry and cruelty. However. con-
corning the purpose of the Drinking
Cup of Tizoc (as it is originally calIed)
there can be no doubt. That is fully
revealed by sculptures in relief around
its periphery.
The carvings remind one of sculp-
lures on Assyrian and Egyptian tombs
and temples. Warriors, wearing
strange headdresses, and captives
whose former residence is indicated by
special symbols, are there represented.
Besides the chief warrior is a HERO
glyph, meaning Tizoc, one of the an
cient kings of Mexico; and near each
of dozen victims is a mark which has
been identified as the name of a town.
Still another stone that may have
been associated with the same horrible
practices was brought to the City of
Mexico in 1885 from an open square in
Tulai Hidalgo, with other curious
relics. Among them were portions of
colossal pillar, the most interesting
feature of which was capital, carved
in the form of a vase. In its rear was
hole to let the blood run out.-N. Y.
Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-07
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SACRIFICIAL STONES.
cient Art and Cruel Religion
Unearthed in Mexico

While eXcavating for the foundations
of the new palace of public instruction
and justice in the City of Mexico year
ago last December the worlkmen came
upon a huge stone tiger, which was
subsequently removed with great care.
1t is one of many relics of the religion
and people which dominated that re-
gion before the advent of Cortez The
image just mentioned is carved out of
black basalt, kind of lava, and is seven
feet six inches long and three feet
through. In the hollow of the back is
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-07
Judging by Appearances.

What is this?" asked the crusty
boarder, poking at something in his
dish, while he turned a glazing eye
on the landlady.
THAT, Mr.. Sasseigh," explained the
chatelaine of the fcedery, ''is one of
the new predigested foods. thought
my boarders might appreciate the in
PRODUCTION of a novelty of some sort"
"Predigested, eh?" growled Mr. Sas-
sleigh. ut looks prehistoric to mel"
N. Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-07
Behind the Scenes.

Its like this" said the would-be
actress, 81 can't quite make up my
mind to-
"Oh, that'll be all right" interrupted
the manager. 1T doesn't matter about
a little thing like that if you can make
up the rest of yourself according to
the requirements of the part" Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-07
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An Elaborate Reasoner.

"You are base enough to confess that
you love her for her wealth."
My dear SIR" answered Count
Fuscads, that is not baseness; that
shows my democratic breadth of ideas
combined with consistent respect for
tradition"
You should love her for herself"
MY dear sir, beauty, intellect and
refinement are mere accidents of birth,
but money is an evidence of ancestral
and possibly hereditary foresight and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-07
A Gentle Hint.

Hungry DISQUALIFICATION me, ma am,
but I'm clock regulator. If your
clock runs fast or slow can set it for
you. It's exactly 1890 now.
Mrs. Hauskeep-Indeed! And how
do you know?
Hungry Higgins know cause L
always gets hungry at 12:3O.-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-07

~ HCAGO physicians deeply which
#a DR.
- f. De NJ Sajous that he discovered
ton OF the pituitary body which
scientists have but little understanding Until few
but recently
renal glands
In the disease known
diseased condition of pituitary
Academy OF Medicine considerable
recent giant which established theory
their extraordinary
that controlling The
brain specialists however,
reached definite understanding
dence his discovery.
"Ihe blood the
Chicago Tribune reporter and animals with pituitary body plenty
in
hair, the
DR. high the
writer Dr. Arthur
that medical
Although little of the pituitary think
Importance than has been generally supposed Dr. Harold
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-07
Lost Advertising,

"Why does she weep"
'She notified the papers that she
wished no mention made of her di-
vorce suit
"And they ignored her requisite"
mo; they ignored the suit, and now
the manager says it would be waste
of time to try to put her forward as ID
tar.'-Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-07

Band Leader-You wants us 10 play
init der funeral? Ees it a military
funeral?
Stranger-No; it's the funeral of my
brother. He was private citizen. He
requested that your band should play
at his funeral.
Band Leader (proudly)-My pand
Ell? Wy he shoose my pand?
Stranger-He said he wanted every
body to feel sorry he died.-Tit- Bits.