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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
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in this wise: one day in April
By Eudord Block.


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~ III tillS WISE one oay III April
A 'A'iiCeu 10 meet coupe
VI "''ii'i'H "no Aau peeh Fop-
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Noi"7 N"st Sou'' loI 'Ie farmers py
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coliiilel''S' ll'u long peleFed lhat
.ilc tio" was i'oI 81 placN us lie was
pNll'eu' anu lll't Iot every kernel OIL
coin ne Stoie he destroyed many Gfubs
nhu insecIs' "hlch WouId nave injured
nile crops Lar more thali 'he blrd could
AaIe zone win all oil ms depredatlons.
- soiiicr opJecl never saw lnan
ihiS poor hluhapeu papy crow crouch
lhS III tHe loius ol Il ragged and tat
lereu oiu nat He was very ugly in his
h"ii -neuSed leathefs' WIN large head
ana long beak' but lie looked so pitiful
tlat my heaft went out TO MN at once.
we soon mad made a bargain. The
poys theh ran OH with happy faces and
sun happier hearts, clutching few
"liiies III thelr niue hsts' While pro
ceeded homeWard with my newly
louhd pet wrapped i'll my handker-
ciiiei'
AS soon as h&d reached home l
placed MN III sood-Sl2ed chicken
crate uHuef lar%H pune tree Ill the
front yard Where l led MIN bread and
hhlih' Whlch he sulped down greedily,
anu IKE onVer twist Kept crying for
lhore' uhlll thought his appetite
never "oulu ne appeased. Kept him
an inc crate Tor several days, feeding
MN very olteh' Nheh he saw me ap-
pro"cniils ne would spread his wings,
open MS mouth ana shrilly Cav,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
Costly Eritish Nyarsllips.

The battleships and cruisers now
building in the Government yards in
England, except Devonport, are cost
ing more than the estimates, save in
the single case of the Albemarle, in
which a saving of $4,000 was effected.
This is not such an indictment against
Government building as it seems at
first sight. for the eight contract-built
hattleships now building will exceed
their estimates by 100000 and the
eleven cruisers by $s75,OOO. At Devon.
port a saving of $20,57O was made in
the building of the Bulwark and $21..
g85 In the building Of the Implacabls.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
Experience With Cornstalk Disease.

For many years l have had expert
ence with cattle in stalk fields. l
have purchased hundreds of acres Of
stalk fields in different localities and
moved my cattle from field to field
during the entire winter. l was care
full to keep them well sailed and al
ways gave them Il few feeds of corn
before turning into the first field. l
did not lose any. y great many farm
ers let their cattle become pretty hun
CRY before turning them into the first
field, and they gorge themselves with
dry husks and corn.-H. II. Oliver, in
Orange Judd Farmer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23

An experiment made by the editor
of Hoard's Dairyman showed that pigs
weighing one hundred pounds each,
fed for eight weeks on sliim-milk
alone, and sold at the same price paid
for them, had gained enough to make
the value Of skim-milk 22h cents q
hundred pounds. Another lot fed on
sllim-milli and cornmeal for the same
length of time made gains that would
warrant paying 80 cents a hundred
pounds for the skim milk. By other
experiments he found that one hun.
dred pounds of cornmeal alone made
ten pounds of pork, and one hundred
pounds OF sliim-milk and cornmeal
mixed and fed together made eighteen
pounds of pork. Combining them ill.,
creased their value twenty per cent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
A NicetY of Leave.Tak king.

A little nicely Of leave-taking that is
practiced by certain well-bred WON.
an, says the Dundee News, is to rise to
end the visit while she is the speaker.
Irr this way she is apparently leaving
while she is much interested. This is
better than TO start at the end of a
pause, or to jump up the moment your
hostess's voice drops. One way implies
boredom, the other waiting for a
chance to get away.
This may seem n tri1le of observance,
but it is worth while if only to train
ones self in the habit of easy leave
taking-a rare accomplishment even
among women with wide social eXpe.
rience. Once standing, leave promptly
and avoid spinning out second visit
in the hall.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
Fall Planting Hardy Roses.

In most localities autumn is much
the best time for planting hardy roses.
If the soil where the rose bed is to be
located is unpromising, at least two
feet of it should be removed and re-
placed with rotted sods mixed with
fine, friable old manure. If the de-
cayed sods have not been piled up
ready to hand. any good fresh garden
loan can be used.
II the soil of the bed is naturally
good the manure may be simply
spaded in until the whole bed is rich,
mellow and deep. Two feet apart
each way gives little enough space
for the normal development of fine
hardy rose. If the roses are grated,
set them so that the CRAFTS will be
several inches below the surface, and
press the earth firmly and carefully
round them. This protects the gratis:
gives the bushes n chance to becom2
"ownIootcd," and keeps the stock
from eXhausting the CRAFTS by sucker
ing its own shoots up to the light. In
planting, do not prune the roots unless
they are bruised or torn; all injured
portions should be cut away.
In cold climates it is a good plan.
after the first frost, 10 protect the
roots of the bushes with siXinch
mulch of leaves. To hold them in
place n few pine boughs, or n little
long manure, may be placed on top.
In March or April the buds will begin
to swell: Before this begins, the cov-
ering of leaves should be removed.
Few people prune their roses close
enough. The best method is TO prune
every year, and to keep the plants al
ways low, not higher than six TO ten
inches from the ground. This method
gives continuous new shoots of good
length and strength each topped by
a fine flower-L. Greenlee, in AmerisI
can Agriculturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
AT WATERLOO.
Woman Who Saw Napoleon Leave ths
Field Of His Last Battle.


lie Gaulois gives an interesting ac-
count of Il conversation with one of the
very few surviving spectators of the
battle of Waterloo, Il widow named
Giyron. the Tooth anniversary of whose
birth is about to be celebrated in the
little village of Viesyille Hainault.
She relates that on the morning of the
day of the great battle she ran away
from her parents and made her way
through the woods, being curious to
see what was going OH. She was close
to Hougomont when the place was at
tackled by the French troops. and re-
manned III hiding for hours, not daring
to move. The cannOnade having di-
minished she ventured toward the
sight, the ground, as she expressed it,
being red mud, so drenched was it with
blood. She ran across the fields and
reached the Bois de Plancenoit, where
she fell asleep, worn out by fatigue
and excitement. At dusk she was
awakened by the noise of horses hoofs
and saw troop of cavalry, headed by
Il man Of short stature mounted on
curvetting gray horse. He was riding
slowly on, as il in a dream, looking
straight ahead and paying no heed to
what went on about him. The girl
learned on the same evening from her
relatives, when she finally reached
home, that the rider was Napoleon.
Nine. Givron is remarkably active, and
is particularly proud Of her eyesight,
which, she declares, is as good as it
was seventy-five years ago. When her
daughter, Marceline. who, as she says,
is only seventy-two, sits down to sew.
her mother threads the needles for her.
The old woman had seven children and
her descendants number ninety-two.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
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Breeding In and In.

Breeding in and in may tend to fix
the characteristics OF certain strains,
or families, but sooner or later the re-
suits will be lack of constitutional
vigor. Those who adhere strictly to
pedigree are better able to avoid in
breeding of the stock than those who
do not While pedigree of itself adds
nothing to an animal rs an individual,
yet it distinctly points TO the family
to which the individual belongs, and
enables the owner to arrive at Il partial
knowledge Of its capacity as IL future
performer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23

The loss of the valuable constituents
of manure that is exposed cannot be
determined, but during some winters
1t is large. Fresh horse manure that
was exposed by way Of experiment
was found to lose value in several
ways. 1t lost in weight and absorbed
water, while the ammonia passed off
into the air. Computing the value of
fresh manure at $2.45 per ton loss
of $1.02 resulted, OF forty-two per cent
No farmer can afford such loss as
forty-two per cent. in his manure, and
it should therefore never be exposed
to SHOWS and rains unless we'll mixed
with an abundance OF absorbents, and
even then it is better to have 1t under
cover.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23

In planting orchards there are some
things that we may consider common
dangers that beset the orchardist, says
the New York Farmer. Among them
is the crowding of trees. When an Or
chard is planted we are liable to think
the trees so far apart that they will
scarcely ever need all the space al,
lowed them.
They seem so little and so far apart.
AS they grow older they begin to inter-
lock before we realize it. Pruning off
the dead and feeble branches does lit
tie good. What is wanted is more
room.
In procuring trees to set make great
efforts to obtain thrifty well-grown
stock. BY thrifty do not mean neces-
sarily large trees; in fact the size is Of
minor Importance.
A tree two years old, large Of its,
age, is preferable to a three-year-old
small of its age, for the reason that in
the latter case it has been starved
and stuntcd in growth. l have OBJ
served that trees that have made good
strong growth i'll the nursery rows,
when transplanted do better. and,
with equal care with those of an infe-
rior grade. have the advantage in the
struggle FOR existence and develop
nlent.
Moisture is essential and the most
important part of the conditions of
transnlanting. To lessen the require
mcnts of the tree we always shorten
the tops very much, only leaving one
half and often one-third of each
branch Our next consideration is to
put the roots in the best possible con-
dltion to absorb moisture.
This we do by cutting off the bruised
ends of all roots of any size, always
with a starting cut from the under
side, rs the fresh-cut ends will much
more readily absorb moisture than the
broken ends can, as they are left after
the process of digging from the nurs-
cry row. 1t is at the end of the
smoothly cut roots nearly all the new
growth takes place and where rootlets
fern to nourish the tree.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
AN INCONSI STENCY.

There's another thing l can't un-
derstand,' said Mr.. Sirius Barker as
he laid down the paper and took a
dyspepsia tablet.
What can it be-" asked his wife
in a well-feigned tone of surprise.
"Why woman will fuss over her
husband brushing his coat and fixing
he needs haircut. and then rave ad-
miringly over foot ball player. -
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
HIS PREFERENCE.

"Your hair isn't coming out as
strong and thick as ii should, Harry"
said the small boys mother. Your
father must take you down and have
it shingled again.
We'll" replied the boy promptly,
81 don't much like the feel Of those
grass-cuttin' machines that they run
over a feller's head, but if anything's
got to be shingled I'd rather it was
my hair than my pants."-Chicago
Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23

The Bordeaux mixture, which Is re-
ceiving attention as one of the RENE
dies for grape rot, is made by dissolv-
ing eight pounds of sulphate of copper
in fifteen gallons of water which has
been raised to the boiling point. In an
other vessel slake ten pounds of lime
with five gallons of water. When cool
pour the lime water in the copper So
luton, stirring the mixture briskly>
while so doing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
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THE BOASTER.

I'D like" said he, ITO see"-
And he said it boastfully--
The daughter of a woman who
could make a fool Of me-"
He turned and there she stood,
He knew full well she could,
And in his wildly beating heart he
fondly hoped she would.
The lady turned away
With not word to say,
Her laugh was like ripple and her
countenance was gay;
Forgetting all his pride,
He followed eager-eyed,
And let her make him foolish, though
she never even tried.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
LIFE.
PESSIMIST.

There is never thing we dream or do
But was dreamed and done in the ages
gone;
Eyerything's Old; there is naught that i:
new,
And so it will be while the world goes on
The thoughts we think have been thought
before;
The deeds we do have long been done;
We pride ourselves on our love and lore
And both are as old as the moon and
sun.
We strive and struggle and swink and
sweat,
And the end for each is one and the
same;
Time and the sun and the frost and wet
Will wear from its pillar the greatest
name.
No answer comes for our prayer or curse,
No word replies though we shrek in
air;
Ever the tactiturn universe
Stretches unchanged for our curse or
prayer.
With our minds small light in the dark
we crawl.
Glow-worm gimmers that creep about,
Till the power that shaped us, over us all
Poises His foot and treads us out.
Jnasked, He fashions us out of clay,
A little water, little dust
And then in our holes He thrusts us away,
With never word, TO rot and rust.
lis sorry play with sorry plot,
This lite of hate and of lust and pain,
Where we play our parts and are soon for
got,
And all that we do is done in vain.
oPTIMIsT.
There is never dream but it shall come
And never deed but was wrought by
And life is filled with the strange and
new,
And ever has been since the world be-
gan.
As mind develops and soul natures,
These two shall parent earth's mightier
Love is a fact and It's love endures
Though the world makes wreck OF all
other facts.
Through thought alone shall our age OBJ
tain
Above the ages gone before;
The tribes of sloth. of Drawn. not brain,
Are the tribes that perish, are known
no more.
Within ourselves voice of awe,
And a hand that points to balanced
scales
The one is love and the other law,
And their presence alone it is avails.
For every shadow about our way
There is glory of moon and sun:
But the hope within us hath more Of raw
Than the light of the sun and the moon
in one.
Behind all being a purpose lies.
=. Undeviating as God hath wiled;
And he alone it is who dies
Who leaves that purpose unfulflled
Life is an epic the Master sings.
Whose theme is man and whose music,
soul
Whore each is word in the song of things,
That shall roll on while the ages roll.
Madison 'Cawein, in Smart Set.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
A NECESSARY QUALIFICATION.

A school inspector in England ask
ed a child in primary school to tell
him as nearly as possible what he
understood a pilgrim to De.
"A pilgrim is a man who goes about
a good deal" was the reply.
This seemed not quite satisfactory
10 the inspector, and he said: Il go
about a good DEAL but 1 am not a pill
grim"
please, sir, l mean a good man.
was the eager addition.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23

attached to the wire and follows the
pole to its lower end, where the apple
falls into the hand Of the operator and
is placed into the basket. Heavy wire
is needed for the frame. Hook the
wire over the apple, then pull, and the
apple will come to you.-W. G. War
field, in The Epitomist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23

open in winter according to weather
conditions. Take the windows out in
summer and Il cool. shady place is
provided for hens or chicks to run
under. Such 4 basement can be
cleaned from the outside with long
handled hoe or rake so that the height
need not be more than two and a half
or three feet,-New England Home
stead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
HOW THE SWEET NOVEL ENDEI

IIelen-Why is it novels always
have good ending?
Sue--Well. the one read yesterday
didn't have a good ending.
Helen-lt didn't?
Sue-No; mamma threw it in the
f1re.-Philadelphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
CRUEL.

Il am willing to leave my work to
posterity," said the ambitious author.
We'll" answered the cold-blooded
publisher, you are running great
risks. Posterity isn't going TO read
any of the expensive and misleading
eulogies of your work that my adver-
tising department is getting out. -
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
HIS DIALECT.

mike" said Plodding Pete, did
you ever go to SCHOOL,"
Sure" answered Meandering Mike.
81 don't have to talk dis way If
showed off me literary accomplish
ments, folks would wonder why l was
not readin' de help wanted advertise
ments instid O. huntin fur hand
outs. s."-Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
RARY'S RACKMARDNESS

Young Mother (to herselG-I don't
see why it is that baby doesn't talk
better. He's very backward.
Same Mother Give minutes after
ward) )-Diddee ittee tootsie wootsie
waken up, zee tunnin' little petite. 50
he was.-New York Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
IMMUNE.

My" exclaimed the old lady who
was taking her first trolley ride, 81
should think it would be mighty dan
gerous workin' on these cars all the
time. Amt you feared O. the lee
tricity striltin' YEP
Nom" he replied, as he took her
nickel and neglected to ring it up on
the register. "you see I'm not good
conductor" r."-Philadelphia Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
STREET CAR SPEED.

Ever notice" asked the Street Car
Philosopher, how the speed of street
cars are regulated by our frame of
mind?"
In what way?"
Notice how slow q street car is
when you are in a hurry to catch a
train-and how fast it goes when you
run to catch Baltimore Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
GARDENING,
Mulberry Trees For Posts.

1t is claimed that mulberry trees
make durable posts. AS the mulberry
is a quick-growing tree, this advantage
in its favor of serving as posts should
not be overlooked in planting trees for
future use.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
A CUTTING JEST.

The Husband (during the quarreD
You're always making bargains.
Was there ever a time when you
didn't?
The Wife--Yes, sir, on my we'd
ding day.-Tit-Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23

Skinnum--I want to interest you
| in a mining proposition. It's a good
| thing.
Wigwag-Well I'm not.--Philadel-
| phia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23
A WORLD OF CHANGE.

Have you the same cook you had
when | was here in the Spring?
Not by seventeen. n."-Cieveland
Plain Dealer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23

This is an apple picker that can be
depended on not to bruise the fruit,
for each apple, as it is picked off gen.
tly runs down the cloth spout that is
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-23

A hillside sloping toward the south
or southeast gives fine chance to
have low, underground room, with
windows, that can be kept shut or
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-11-11

fT1HE next day every one was
4 talking Of Bits bluffing the
lF-SS7Ni church people. and there was
go much quiet chuckling over the
discontinue OF Robbie Muir and his
party.
The Pilot was equally distressed and
bewildered. for Bills conduct. so very
unusual, had only one explanation
the usual one for any folly in that
country.
Il wish he had waited till after the
meeting 10 20 10 Latours. He spoiled
the last chance I had. There's no use
now" he said sadly.
But he may do something" I suc-
geSted.
"Oh. fiddle. said the Pilot contemp-
tuouSly. He was only giving Muir :
song and dance rs he would say. The
whole thing is on"
But when I told Gwen the story OF
the nights proceedings she went into
raptures over Bits grave speech and
his success in drawing the cannv
Scotchman.
oh, lovely. Dear old Bill and his
cherished opinion" Isn't he just love
ly: Now he'll do something"
who: BnE"
NO; that stupid Scottie." This was
her name for the immovable Robbie.
Not he. I'm afraid. OF course Bill
was just blufing him. But it was good
sport"
"oh. lovely! I knew he'd do some
thing"
Who? Scottie?" I asked. for her
pronouns were perplexing.
NO" she cried. "Bul, He promised
he would. you know" she added.
so YOU We're AT the bottom OF it" I
said. amazed
"Oh. dear. oh. dearr' she kept cry
Ing. Shrieking with laughter over RiTs
cheriShinS opinions and desires. Il
shall be Ill. Dear old Bill. He said
he'd try 10 get move on TO him."
Before I left that day Bill himself
came 10 the Old Timers ranch. inquir-
ing in Il casual way if the boss was in.
"Oh. Biz" called out Gwen. Come
in here at once. l want YOU"
After some delay and some shutting
with hat and spurs Bill lounged in and
set his lank form upon the extreme end
or a bench at the door. trying TO look
unconcerned as he remarked: "Gittin'
cold. Shouldn't wonder if we'd have a
little snow"
oh, come here" cried Gwen impa-
tiently. holding out her hand. Come
here and shake hands,
Bill Swayed awkwardly across the
room toward the bed. and. taking
= L., Ii. ss
and hurriedly said.
Fine day. ma'am; hope l see you
quite We'll"
NO, You don't" cried Gwen. laugh
ing immoderately. but keeping hold OF
Bills hand, 10 his great confusion.
I'm not well a bit, but I'm a great
deal better since hearing OF your meet
ing, Bill"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-11-11

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