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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
Montana's Lost Cabin.

A Frenchman came into Helena,
Mont, many years ago, bringing with
him thousands OF dollars worth of
gold dust He told his friends that he
had found some placer ground richer
than any ever worked. The dust he
brought down had all been panned
out With sluice-boXes thousands OF
dollars could be washed out in day.
OF course this news created the great
est excitement. His friends prepared
to accompany him back, but ere the
day for their departure arrived the
Frenchman was taken i'll and died.
Just before his death he managed to
gasp:
"Blackfoot country. two small lakes,
cabin between them l built"
Now this information was very in
definite. There are two Blackfoot
countries. One is the great eXpanse
of forest in which rise the Big Black
foot River and its tributaries; the
other was, in those days, the eastern
slope of the Rockies, from the Mis-
souri, to the Saskatchewan. The min'
ers wondered which one he meant.
Party after party was organized to
search for the Lost Cabin Mine. Both
countries have been explored again
and again. Year after year has gone
by and parties are still searching for
it, undaunted by the failure of their
predecessors, hoping ever that the NOR
row will reveal to them two little
10 hnnthc
forest, and, between. a rude little
cabin, long since in ruins, perhaps, but
still the evidence of untold wealth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26

Lately in n small town in Germany
the school inspector arrived on his tour
of inspection too soon after his last
visit to please the Mayor, who was
asked to accompany him.
II should like to know why this ass
has come again so soon? muttered the
Mayor to himself as he put on his hat.
The inspector overheard the remark,
but pretended to ignore it, and was
soon busy examining the pupils in
punctuation. The Mayor told him;
1--WE don't trouble about commas and
such like here"
The inspector told one of the pupils
to write on the blackboard, "The May
or of Ritzelbuttel says the inspector is
an ass"
Now" he added, put comma af-
ter RitZelbuttel and another after I'M
spector."
The pupil did so, and it is believed
that the Mayor has altered his opinion
as to the value Of commas.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26

In the latest Australian mining news,
says the London Daily Chronicle, there
is an account of the discovery of a val
liable golden reef in curious fashion.
A dog out walking with his master, q
farmer, chased and caught kangaroo.
In the struggle the ground got torn up,
and when the farmer arrived on the
scene his eye detected some exposed
specimens of golden quartz. Further
search revealed n rich reef. and the
farmers bank balance has been con-
slderably increased by his dogs fight
with the kangaroo. Thirty years ago
a long productive Australian gold field
was discovered through Il short-tem-
pered settler selling the nearest stone
and throwing it at his dog. Returning
good for evil the dog brought the stone
back TO its master in its mouth. The
man looked at 1t. 1t was a lump Of
quartz thickly studded witE gold.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
WISE WORDS.

"A lost opportunity seldom finds its
way back.
To impart happiness is to increase
your supply Of it.
1t is better to be good imitator than
a poor originator.
Life is worth living a great deal bet
ter than most of us live ii.
Anything you get for nothing u.s.
daily is not worth that much.
By pinching off many buds few
very large flowers are obtained.
Ragged ground and tattered gar.
ments are both sowed in patches.
If you want to live long,--don't try
to live more than one day at time.
The laws of society prevent men at
both extremes from showing what they
really are.
Because q thing is extremely disa'
greeable does not prove that it is good
for us, although many people would
have it so.
Truth is always a constant factor,
The grass may wither and the flower
fall from its stem, but Gods word re-
mains the same.
1t is well to remember in our judg
ment of others that many persons who
have become the lowestperhaps started
out with the best intentions.
When we underestimate the strength
of an antagonist we are very apt to be
defeated. When we overestimate his
strength we defeat ourselves.
Be slow in choosing a friend, and
slower to change him; courteous to ALL
intimate with few; slight no man fol
his poverty, nor esteem any one for
his wealth. -,
All who truly desire and seek it may
love God with all their heart and
soul, mind and strength, and their
neighbors as themselves-this Is entire
sanctitication.
Never give in to growing old, and you
have the secret of keeping young. Hold
on to your activities and to your en-
thusiasm. Work keeps one young.
Work with hand and heart and brain.
Youth is filled with hope, with faith
in self and in human kind, therefore he
who would be young must keep the
spirit fresh.
An act of kindness, q word of sym
pathy, may render the whole line OF
life different from what it would other
wisa have been. There are crises III
many life when the course it shall
take for veal or for woe depends upon
slight inhuence-almos Il single
word. How careful, then, should we
be that our influence may at all times
be in the right direction!
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
HOLLOW BUILDING BLOCKS.
A Saving of One-third the Material Here.
toiore Used.


A Saving of One-third the Material Here-
tolore Used.
A house Of artificial stone blocks,
two-thirds of which are material and
the rest hollow. will soon Ea built in
New Orleans, says the New York
Evening Post. The mould in which
the blocks are built is q simple con-
trivance. 1t consists of a foundation
provided with three rectangular col
umns, that may be elevated, whose
dimensions are those of the cavities in
the blocks; to the foundation of the
mould are hinged its ends and sides,
which let it down. When the ends and
sides of the mould are in position, it is
merely a box: plate is let down upon
the bottom of the mould: then the coll
umns at the bottom of the mould are
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26

There are comparatively few Japan
ese in the United States. There are
but 100 in Chicago, and many Of them
are students in various schools. Sew
eral merchants and foreign representa-
tivcs are here, while from one to Il
dozen pass through Chicago every day.
There is no disposition OH the part Of
the Japs to emigrate to the United
States as the Chinese do. - Chicago.
Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26

A novel type of storage ge-battery car.
which in English tests has run 100
miles on Il single charge, has motors
that, when travelling down hill, are re-
versed and become generators for re-
storing the battery charge. An inter
esting feature of this change of motors
into generators is a brakinG effect that
is usually sufficient to check the cars
speed without apply ing the mechanical
brakes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
A TerribIe Tale.

An extraordinary story comes from
Rome. The police have Just discov-
cred at Dolcedo, near. Porto Maurizio, Il
Young woman belonging to rich fam
i!y. who for the past three years has
been chained and confined i'll a sutter-
ranean den, with nothing to eat but
herbs. When discovered the unhappy
creature was in terrible condition
and quite unclothed. Two persons
have been arrested.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
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sc|EiCE,6IIIIElHgN|cs
~

Ine main reason WHY TallfOauS are
abandoning the use of oil as n dust
preventive on their roadbeds appears
to be that the roads are now using
better ballast that is comparatively
dustless. Moreover, many passengers
have complained of the bits of greasy
mud that have flown into the cars
from oiled roadbeds.
A summary of the views of clectri-
city derived from the latest expert
ments and discoveries has been pub
lished in the London Electrician. 1t
agrees with the earliest experimenters'
theory that electricity is a part of
matter, and considers the electron, or
electric unit, as a chip from an atom
of elementary substance.
Professor Z. ]. McWeeney, of Dub
lin, recently demonstrated the distri-
button of bacteria. He selected micro
organisms not normally present in the
Dublin air, and scattered them with
a spray over refuse heap. He then
placed culture dishes to windward 500
feet away, and some of them sixty
feet in the air. After three hours he
found that bacteria had been carried
on floating particles of dust to every
one of the dishes.
Electricity is now being used after
the manner of the divining rod to dis
cover metallic veins underground. Ac-
cording to some particulars given in
an American technical paper, wires
are run across the land which is to
be surveyed, and the resistance be-
tween contacts placed at the ends OF
the wires is measured. A fall OF re-
sistance indicates proximity to vein.
On a certain occasion, it is stated,
q resistance of $4,000 ohms fell TO So
ohms, and there was found beneath
q rich vein of copper.
The streets. yards and parks of New
York, on both sides of the East River,
contain many ailantus trees, which
were first brought from China in the
last century But although this tree
Is familiar object to New Workers,
it contains something which very few
recognize, namely, Chinese silkworms.
Their cocoons in the winter time re-
semble strings with stones tied to
them hanging from the branches.
"Many years ago" says Professor w.
e. D. Scott, of Princeton, "an insect
collector named Akhurst. received
from friend in China some cocoons
Of this species of silkworm. He kept
them in his room, but when they
Matched out several moths escaped, and
they attached themselves TO the allan
tus trees, because they felt Mt home
there, and now this silkworm is about
as common in New York and Brooklyn
as in its native environment.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26

long. long hours l would st and pom
der on a way out. There were things
lands, for instance, but they were for
the rich, and l was poor. So the years
dragged by and 1 tried many things,
and my lawlessness grew and grew,
and then"
"Yes?" She leaned forward, forget.
full of the hour, the circumstances, of
everything but the quiet, monotonous
voice, with its ring of absolute truth,
the vote that seemed to be giving her
kaleidoscope glimpses Of a strong soul,
hopelessly hampered; a soul that had
somehow lost its way in time and
space, and strayed into a wrong CEN
fury.
"And then-I met a woman and
loved her, loved her as such a man
would, but l left her. l was an ele.
mental person.; she the product Of an
overripe civilization"
He paused, but she sat silent, spell
bound.
FINALLY 1 took to burglary, because
for me it was the one way out. 1t
responded to the two strongest chords
in my nature, lawlessness and love Of
danger. Oh! / don't say it was the
best. but it was the second best, and
one mostly has to be content with that.
l soon became a power, and for twenty
years now l have planned and helped
+D oil 10
berries that have startled the social
worlds of Europe. For the wealth it
brings l care nothing-for the danger
and excitement, everything. When 1
am Carshalton, 1 am bored to death.
That gives me the stimulus for devils
ing new schemes. And the end? Well,
1 have plan for that, too"
"And the woman:" asked his listener,
quietly.
There was a just perceptible pause.
Then he said slowly, hesitatingly:
81 don't know. Yet to stay meant
inevitably to break her heart. And she
was young. 1 hope, 1 have always
hoped, that she learned to forget You
are woman-do you think she has for.
gotten?'
81 pray she may have" said Janet
Kimbolton softly. "Yet-women do not
forget-easily. 1 could tell you a tale
of woman who tried hard to forget
for twenty years. But she didn't
succeed"
"Tell me-" he whispered.
"He had the double curse-ambition
and poverty. So he left her. And
week later she came into fortune.
But it was too late. He had gone,
why or where she never knew"
"And the end?" queried the burglar
huskily.
"There Is no end. She is just going
on loving him. That is ALL"
The man turned and moved unstead-
lily to the door.
"Good-by," he said, "your jewels are
there"
AS he stepped outside the street door
he turned and taking her hand rever-
emily in his, kissed it. At the same
moment q ray of moonlight fell across
his face.
"Dickw
He dropped her hand and fled down
the broad, shallow steps.
"Too late" he groaned. "Good-by,
little Jean, good-by"
Come back! Come backw she
sobbed, stretching out her arms to
him.
He turned white and haggard face
to her
81 can't"
The words floated back to her in
stihed cry as he fed through the
square.
And she understood. He had gone
back to his life. She must go back
to hers.-New York News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
lie Drnppcd the Subject.

He was talking to the pcsSimistir.
sharp-tongued damsel
Have you noticed" he asked. "that,
rs n general thing. bachelors are
Weather than married nenY
81 have" she replied.
''How do you account for it?" he in
Quired.
1.-THE poor man marries and the rich
one doesn't" she answered. 81 man
is much more disposed to divide moth
ing with woman than he is to divide
somethipg."--Chcago Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26

One of the chief industries OF
Switzerland is the care of pleasure
seekers. There are 1911 hotels devoted
exclusively to strangers, with 92,3333
beds. Twenty Of these hotels have
more than 300 beds, $50 have between
fifty and 100, $40 from twenty to fifty.
Lucerne has 4675 beds, Interlachen
4149, Geneva 3439, Dayos 2S1G, Rigi
2O34. Zermatt 1858, etc. Counting the
smaller and more modest hotels. there
are 1896 places for strangers in addi-
ton to the 1871 larger notels, with 10l,-
ST6 beds. The capital invested is over
S110,0O0,000. The hotels employ 27,00o
persons. In 1890, the year of the latest
report, there were 2,559,000 arrivals
registered at these hotels, which cor
responded to between 100000 and 400,-
600 tourists 1t is estimated that thir.
ty-four per cent were Germans, twenty
per cent. Swiss, seventeen per cent.
English, eleven per cent. French and
eighteen per cent. Of various other
nations.-New Yor! Commercial
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
A Cheerful Soul.

Hanks always looks OH the bright
side OF everything. Do you know what
he said when he lost his job the other
day."
81 haven't heard"
"He seemed to be quite cheerful over
it. You see,' he explained, 4 applied
for raise Of salary nearly six months
ago and didn't get it. Think of how
much more I would have had to lose if
they'd given ME the increase. Chi
cago Record-Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
As She Reasoned It.

"It is but natural" said Mrs. Van
Scadders, that those who possess
wealth should consider themselves the
best people"
Il don't quite follow you%"
"It is an axiom that everything is
for the best"
"Yes."
"And the people with money are
the only ones who have q chance to
get everything."-Was Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
ORIENTAL SERENADES.
BY CLINTON SCOTLAND.

BY CLINTON SCOLLARDs
The flush has faded from the mountain's
brow;
Hearken, Zuleika, to my true-love vow!
The evenings violet vesture folds the vale;
Hearken, Zueika, to my true-love tale!
There burns the lovers passionate star
above;
Hearken, Zuleika, hearken unto love!
Rose of the fair rose garden, o my Rose,
pose
Dies on the air the last muezzin call
And khan-ward now the weary pilgrim
goes.
The fountain murmurs; soft the south
wind blows;
1t is loves hour, as every lover knows;
1 cry to thee; cry thou antophonal,
Rose of the fair rose garden, o my Rosel
The Criterion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
How to Eutton Your Coat.

Most people start buttoninS their
coats from the top, which is quite the
wrong way, and must more or less pull
the coat out of shape. The majority
OF women. too. don't know that new
coat should always be worn buttoned
the first few times of wearing. so that
the collar may "set" properly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26

A story is told of a certain English
clergyman who had for his curate a
tall. cadaverous looking individual.
One Sunday, according to custom, the
vicar made an appeal for the curate's
stipend fund, but, unfortunately
glanced over at his co-worker as he
concluded with these words: "The col
lection will now be taken for that OBJ.
ipct -
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
SRtiric.

"Don't you think that some people
In society are very deficient in man.
ners?" said the man who had been am
noyed by box party.
Perhaps" answered Miss Cayenne;
"but possibly they are not to blame.
They have to meet SO many customs
house inspectors, you know."-Wash-
inGton Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26

She-I should like to know what
good your college education did you?"
He-"Well, it taught me to owe a
lot Of money without being annoyed by
it."-Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
A Conclusive objection.

poverty is no disgrace" said the
young woman with ideas of her own.
mo" said Mrs. Cumrox; "it's no
disgrace. But it certainly is extremely
nfashionable." e."-Washing Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26

Wilson-T lost that fine silk um-
brella that carried in town today"
Mrs. Wilson-"Oh, what pity!'
Wilson-"There is one consola lion.
1t wasn't mine."-Somerville Mass.)
Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
Another Advance.

She-"So you think the necessities Of
life are constantly advancing in price?
For instance?"
He-"Well, the average fine for auto
speeding has advanced from $40 to
$50 within year."-Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
No Cause For Him to Complain.

''See here" remarked the guest to the
new waiter, "there doesn't seem to be
any soup on this menu card"
"Oh, no, sir" replied the waiter,
nervously, 81 didn't spill it at this table
it was the one on the other side of
the room." -. Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26

$50 you are going to get an automo-
biler'
YES" answered the man who is
always thinking of his health. 1.-THE
doctor says 1 must walk :nore."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
The Influence.

Jerry-"How do good clothes make
a man a gentleman?"
Joe-'They make him feel as il he
was expected to act like one."-Detroit
Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26

Mrs. Knicker-"Mrs. Smith seems
very proud Of her diamonds"
Mrs. Bocller-"Yes she refers to them
as her white coals."-New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26

Gabbleton (effusively)-"Why, hello
Grimshaw! Glad to see you're back"
Grimshaw (coldly)-"This is my face
you are looking at, Gabbleton. New
York Journal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
3 be + amy
~ ode o.
Life.
Point of View.

When fellow has spent
His last, red cent,
The world looks blue-you betl
. But-give him a dollar
I And you'll hear him holler:
"There's life in the old land yeti"
Atlanta Constitution.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-26
Told i'm the Dark
The Old Story, With a Thread of
Crime.
'NE~~1I1E~I~

T HE clock in the hall had
chimed 2 a. m., but Janet
Kimbolton still fingered by
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-12-31
INSULAR.

Secretary Roots letter to Senator
Proctor on Gen. Woods career, just
made public, declares no officer under
the grade Of major general has rem
dered greater service.
Colonel G. E. H. B. Davis, corps or
engineers, has been relieved from
duty as division engineer In tho
Philippines and ordered to Detroit, In
charge Of the river and hnrbor work
. In that vicinity
by special permission of the war
department Mrs. Wood, the wife OF
General Leonard Wood and her g.
year.old son sailed on the transport
Fitzpatrick, which leaves New York for
Manila carrying the second United
States calvary.
Representative Cooper Of Wisconsin
hgqtroduccd concurrent resolution
Eroviding for the free transportation
~ COO teachers OF the public schools
OF Porto Rico to the United States
atad return, to allow attendance on
tine summer schools In this country.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-12-31
DESECRATERS
OF FUNERALS
UNION PICkETS so DESCRIBED
BY GRAND JURY.
IRRESPONSIBLE PARTIES
Organized Laborers Scathiney Re-
buked and the LawIess Acts OF
Pickets Recited-Careful ExamIna-
ton Invited for Next Grand Jury
Scenes of Disorder.

Chicago, H., Dec. 25.-A scathing
criticism of the ersons who have dis
turbed funeral professions in Chica-
go was made by the grand jury, which
also criticised an irresponsible or
ganization," the union, for creating
disorder and defying the law. The
report says;
1--WE find that for several months
irresponsible organizations have been
creating disorder in this city, de
stroying property and defying the
law. We have found that ordinary
subpoenas and subpoenas duces
tecum made forthwith" and issued
by this court have been evaded.
at is public report that at present
in this city houses of worship and
houses of mourning are made scenes
of disorder by men calling themselves
union pickets, and that the bodies oil
the dead are deseTated We believe
these conditions justify careful exam
nation and we respectfully suggest
that the conditions we have rectet
be made special subject by the
January grand jury"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-12-31
GRAFT.

John A. Benson, wealthy San Fran.
cisco real estate dealer was arrested
on bribery charge in connection
with public land deals.
State Senator George Il. Green of
Binghamton, N. " was held by the
court to have paid for George W.
Beavers Endorsement Of postofiice
supply contracts.
The Kansas City (Mo) grand jury
was told by John Boddington, con
tractor, that aldermen are paid so
cents a thousand by brick companies
for awarding contracts.
The investigating committee ap'
pointed by the Butte, Mon, city council
two months ago to Investigate the
affairs of the present city administra-
ton reported that Mayor Mullins
should be impeached for gross
malfeasance and misconduct In office
and fragrant violations Of his oath OF
office"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-12-31
LABOR.

|. Eighty funerals were held In Chi
cago with undertakers wagons in
place OF hearses because of the livery
drivers strike.
Cabs for the christenings of Roman
Catholic babies were refused by the
striking Chicago livery drivers, and
street cars were used.
AT meeting of 200 porminent bust.
ness men of Salt Lake City, it was
decided to organize the Citizens al
lance to combat labor unions and
discourage strikes.
On account Of the refusal of skilled
laborers of the New Haven Iron and
Steel company to accept 10 per cent.
reduction in wages the mill at New
Haven closed for an indefinite period.
About 400 men will be thrown out of
work.
The first open revolt against the
general wage reduction which Is being
followed out by the large and small
corporations in Pennsylvania occurred
when 100 skilled mechanics in the
employ Of the Connellsville Manu-.
featuring and Mining company re-
fused to accept 1212 per cent. reduc-
ton and struck, suspending all work.
Upon receipt of a telegram announc-
ing that the American Type Founders
company refuses to reinstate its Bos.
ton workmen unless they sign in
,liVldual contracts the ROstOn strikers
voted to stay out indefinitely. They
are members of the international
union. 1t is said the union officials
may order strike in foundrles of
the company in other cities. The
trouble arose over the refusal of the
company to recognize the jurisdiction
of the union.