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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06
WISE WORDS.

Love asks faith, and faith firmness.
The man who minds his own busl-
ness has constant employment.
The earnestness of life is the only
passport to the satisfaction of life.
Do the duty that lies nearest thee;
the second duty will have become
clearer.
A fool may throw stone in well,
which one hundred wise men cannot
pull out.
Every tomorrow has two handles.
We can take hold of it by the handle
of anxiety, or by the handle of faith.
1t is the close observation of little
things which is the secret of success
in business. in art, in science, and in
every pursuit of life.
The people who, on misinformation.
dilate with the wrong emotion, do
harm just in proportion to their ear
nestness and sincerity.
Resolutions ought to be made when
they are needed. Those which are
made to order. to fit date, are sell
dom adopted in conduct.
Whoever looks for friend without
imperfections will never find what he
seeks. We love ourselves with all our
faults, and We ought to love ourselves
in like manner.
Let every one keep steady, bear his
own responsibility and do his own
duty, and the right thing will be done
by everybody. But, il every one at
tends to the duty and the responsible,
ity of other people, the right thing is
done by nobody.
If there is any one power in the
world that will make itself felt 1t is
character. There may be little culture,
slender abilities, no property. no posi-
ton in society yet il there be a
character of sterling excellence it will
demand influence and secure respect
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06
A Convict's Daring Act.

Byron Murphy, q convict fireman,
who made a desperate dash for liberty
ON the locomotive used in the prison at
Folsom, Cal, has been recaptured and
is once more in his cell. The escape
of Murphy on a prison engine was
most daring. Murphy was fireman,
and Edward O'Brien, citizen, was en-
gineer of the prison train. Aldrich, a
prisoner, served as brakeman.
The locomotive was switching in
the prison yards, and Murphy was in
the cab alone, O'Brien having stepped
down. Murphy, perceiving that the
track was clear to the main line out
side the prison walls, pulled the throttle
wide open. In second the machine
bounded forward. leaving O'Brien be-
hind. Aldrich, the brakeman, sought
to prevent the escape OF Murphy. He
leaped to the pilot, ran along the run
ming board, and tried to break into the
cab. With an iron bar Murphy told
him to deslst, or he would brain him.
There was mad dash down the
track for five miles. Then Murphy
brought the locomotive to a standstill,
alighted and bade Aldrion goodbye.
The latter ran the engine back to the
prison.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06

Dave Harrigan has only one arm,
but he used it to excellent advantage
when he rescued from drowning a
woman named Maxwell. The latter
would have perished had it not been
for the prompt assistance rendered
by Mr.. Harrigan. When he saw Mrs.
Maxwell in the water he jumped in
without divesting himself of any of
his clothing, caught the drowning
woman and held her head out of the
water until n rope was thrown to him
from thesteamer City of Ghent. 1t was
an heroic act, performed by man
with one arm. Harrigan lost his arm
in an accident, and he is now endeav-
oring to obtain sufficient funds to pur-
chase an artificial limb. A man like
Harrigan. who did not hesitate to leap
into the harbor when he saw fellow.
being in distress and who has not
means to defray the expenses of an
artificial arm, deserves assistance.
Halifax Mail.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06
BOYS Have n Lark in Balloon.

Paul and Roy Knabenshue, young
sons Of S. S. Knabenshue, one of the
editors of the Toledo Blade, are the
lions of the city, and are thankful they
are alive. At the fair grounds during
the exhibition was large captive
balloon. During the day, when few
people We're about the place, the
this balloon.
They had neither of them any idea
about balloon, but they decided to
turn the thing loose and take chances
on a ride. They discussed the matter
briefly, then threw off their surplus
clothing, cut the guy ropes and jumped
into the basket.
Away the balloon scared. higher and
higher. until they got into an atmos-
phere that nearly froze them. Soon
the top of the balloon was hidden in
thick vapors and the boys were gasp
ing for breath.
Then the balloon began to drop with
an alarming rapdity Before leaving
the earth, Roy Knabenshue, who, dur
ing the aerial trip, acted as navigator,
had pulled the rope of the escape valve
to test it. The valve failed to close
tightly and consequent loss of gas
resulted.
Ballast was thrown out and when
opportunity came the anchor was
dropped and held fast. Then the bal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06
Placing Him.

The hero Of the historical novel
limped into the sixteenth chapter and
the presence of the heroine. His right
leg was braced by splints, one arm
hung in a sling, and his head was
bandaged voluminously.
What has happened, Eric?" shrieked
the heroine.
Fear not, sweet maiden" mumbled
the hero. But two hours agone l
was set upon in yonder street by six
lusty villains, armed with bludgeons." "
"And what did you do, my brave
knight?'
II drew my trusty blade and had at
them"
"And laid them low, the scurvy
knavesg"
Not so. They gave it TO me in such
wise as thou seest, and left me in a
corner bleeding, while they loitered off,
carrying my sword and purse, chortling
raucously.'
ut cannot be"' exclaimed the dam
osel, her eyes growing large with sur
prise. "It cannot be! Surely they
did not worst your
AN they did not, may I eat my
hatr'
Then get thee gone. This story
ends right now and quickly. You arc
not cut out for an historical novel, but
for page in the police docket.-W.
d. Nesbit in Lippincotts.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06
ORIGIN OF ACETYLENE.
1t Was First Discovered w Chance In .
Dump.


Dump.
To the owner of an automobile the
acetylene lamp which adds so much to
his comfort and his safety is so old a
story that it hardly seems possible that
it was Il thing impossible less than a
decade ago. The facts relating to the
discovery of acetylene gas are inter-
esting.
Some years ago n Canadian, Thomas
p. Wilson, was smelling for metallurgi-
cal purposes. From time to time he
used a good deal of rock salt in his
furnace stock, and also limestone as a
fiux. Whenever these two materials
were fused together the Stag produced
by the intense electrical heat included
a dirty grayish substance wholly un-
like everything else he had ever seen.
For weeks he noticed this substance
without giving more than a passing
attention to it, dumping it into the
stream upon the bank of which he had
built his furnace.
One day a curious thing occurred, AMI
at time when the pile Of Stag had be-
come so large that it's top rose above
the surface of the water A minute or
two after dumping the Stag as usual
into the stream, some of it going under
and part Of it remaining above the
water in a red hot state, the sizzling
and steaming was followed by bright
burst of flame.
The next time Mr.. Wilson used rock
salt and limestone the blaze again ap-
peared over the Stag after it had been
cast into the river, and, it being at
night, he was much struck by the bril-
liant white light produced.
On the first occasion thereafter when
he had a batch of the queer graylsh
residue to dispose of he did not waste
it, but saved it and poured over it some
water for experiment. To his surprise
there was no flame, but after puzzling
while over this feature he held a
lighted match over the pile, when in
stantly there was a white, glowing
flame, and Wilson knew that he had
found something worth while. His
discovery was acetylene gas, and the
automobilist is not the only man who
is deeply indebted to him for having
made it.-Automobile Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06
Dry Cleaning at Home.

The mother and housewife who has
to economic in her costume and those
of her children will be aided by the
following cleansing hints:
Laces or delicate materials which
are soaked in borax water do not re-
quire rubbing.
The daintiest neckwear, which it is
impossible to wash, if left over night
in an air-tight vessel of gasolene will
look fresh and new when carefully
dried.
To clean n white felt hat wash the
grease spots with hot solution of
soda or spirits of ammonia, cover with
n paste of pipe clay and water and pre-
cipitated chalk, and when dry brush
off.
A flannel wet with kerosene oil will
remove fly specks from brass. Polish
with chamois.
A woolen cloth dampened with gaso-
lene will make the dirt disappear as If
by magic when used for cleaning
porcelain sinks, bathtubs or marble
washbowls.
Gasolene is sovereign remedy for
bugs. 1t can be literally poured on the
mattress, springs and bed without in
juring the most delicate carpet, and
every bug will disappear.
To remove stains from and thor
oughly clean stone sinks they should
be sprinkled over night with chloride
of lime, which should be merely
brushed down with water the folloW~S
ing morning.
Glassware should be washed in hot
soapsuds, rinsed in cold water. A
clean glass towel does the rest. Use Il
brush for cut glass.-New York Ameri-
can.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06
JUSTICE.

However inexplicable may seem
Event and circumstance upon this earth,
Though tavors fall on those whom none es-
teen,
And insult and indifference greet worth;
Though poverty repays the life of toll,
And riches spring where idle feet have
trod,
And storms lay waste the patiently titled
soil
Yet justice sways the universe of God.
AS undisturbed the stately stars remain
Beyond the glare of days obscuring light,
So justice dwells. though mortal eyes in
VAIN
Seek it persistently by reasons sight.
But when, once freed, the illumined soul
looks out,
Its cry will be, 30 God, how could I
doubt"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in Brandur Maya
zine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06

The Northwestern Railway Company
of England has equipped some of its
trains with Il unique heating system,
says the Baltimore Sun, which employs
two concentric cylinders, the annular
space between them communicating
with steam pipe extending from the
locomotive boiler. The inner cylinder
contains acetate of soda, Il compound
remarkable for its qualities of liquify-
ing when heated and of cooling very
slowly. The radiators thus constituted
are incased in asbcstos-lined boxes
having hinged doors. By opening or
closing the door of box, the heat is
turned Oh or off.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06
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* RECIPES: RECIPES: {

Braised Fowl-Singe draw and wash
fowl; sprinkle with salt and pepper,
brush with soft butter, dredge with
flour; put it in a deep pan and brown
the fowl in quick oven; then put one
cupful of water in the pan, one onion
and teaspoon of herbs; cover the pan
and bake two or three hours, or until
tender; baste occasionally; thicken the
liquid in the pan with flour, after lifi-
ing the fowl on hot platter; add sea
soning; strain it, and add the giblet.
chopped fine.
Rye Bread-Take two pounds of rye
flour, one and one-half pints of warm
water, little wheat bread dough, Il
heaping teaspoonful of caraway seed.
IL you like them. Use half the flour,
the dough and water for making a
sponge, and let it rise three or four
hours, then add the salt and caraway
seed and remainder Of the flour. Mix
and stir thoroughly. Cover. set in
warm place to rise: when double its
bulk, after turning into wellbuttered
pans, bake for thirty-five or forty
minutes in moderately hot oven.
Apple Pudding-Peel and core eigh-
teen sour apples and cut them in
pieces. Stew them slowly, with lit.
tie water, piece of cinnamon, two
whole cloves and strip of lemon peel
until they are soft. Sweeten to taste
and push through a sieve. incorporate
the yolks of four eggs, the white OF
one. four tablespoonfuls of butter.
some nutmeg and the juice and grated
peel of lemon. Beat the mixture
thoroughly and fill into a pudding dish
which is lined with puff paste. Bake
half an hour. The pudding may be
covered with meringue.
Cucumbers with Chicken Forcemeat
Pare six large plump cucumbers: cut
off the stem ends and with a small
spoon scoop out the seeds. Place them
i'll cold water to which you have added
a little vinegar and let them stand
few minutes; then parbol them for n
few minutes in salted water then
drain and lay in cold water drain
again and stuff them with good
chicken and sweetbread forcemeat.
Line baking pan that will just hold
them with slices of salt, lay in the Gu.
cumbers. season with pepper and
minced herbs; baste well with melted
butter cover with buttered paper and
roast in hot oven for twenty or thirty
minutes. Serve with a brown piquant
sauce.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06
The Megaplione.

So Edison invented the mega
phone? What absurd rot. Just 800
years ago one six feet long was used in
an English town to call up the people
in case of fire or war. Nothing new
under the sun! The little metal clip,
patented few years ago, is an exact
copy of the bronze one used in Rome
twenty centuries back. The omni-
prevalent safety pin of to-day was
used by the Roman women to fasten
their dresses. New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06
To Clean a White Felt Hat.

Take little soda or spirits of am
monia. pipe clay and white precipi-
tated chalk. The grease spots should
be removed by washing or brushing
with n hot solution of soda or ammo
MIA. Then the hat should be entirely
covered with paste of pipe clay and
water tempered with precipitated
chalk. This paste should be left on un-
til it has become dry and then brushed
Off
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06

If in covering kitchen table with
oilcloth layer of brown paper is put
ON first, it will prevent the oilcloth
cracking and make it wear three times
as long.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06
ChiIdren's Wet boots.

Here is q wrinkle that may be worth
some dollars year in the house where
there are children. When wet shoes
are removed fill them with oats. The
oats, it is said, will absorb all the
moisture, leaving the leather dry and
soft.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06

The Poughkeepsle bridge is being
painted n slate color very similar to
the shade of United States battleships
when they have their war paint on.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06

There is an authentic record of nine.
ty-six sheep being killed by a single
lightning stroke in Colorado.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06

1t doesn't require stretch OF the
imagination to conceive of an elastic
conscience.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06
MaHoUSEHoLD
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Salt and vinegar will be found the
best for securing the copper preserv-
ing kettle, and lemon cut in halves
and dipped in salt will remove all
stains.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06

salary, while others work for a
raise,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06

loon slowly came down. The boys
had Travelled six miles in fortyfve
minutes.
A farmers rig was hired, the balloon
was rolled up and brought to the city.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06
woman's Fight with Eagle.

Woman's Fight with Eagle.
Mrs. Jackson, of Red Rock, Pa, Is
considered the greatest woman in all
that section.
For months the farmers about there
have suffered from the incursions of
a monster American or mountain eagle,
which has summered among the hills
and lived upon poultry. On Sunday.
while Mrs. Jackson was alone in the
house, the eagle, which has become
familiar object was circling above
the poultry yard. A little chanticleer,
which was no match for its antagonist,
had made a gallant fight. With one
swift stroke the eagle placed the little
bird hors de combat
Just then the avenger, Mrs. Jack.
son, appeared upon the scene, armed
with billet of wood. She struck at
the eagle, which at once attacked her
furiously with beak and talons, cutting
furrow in her face and tearing her
dress. The woman retreated to the
house, and, arming herself with a
hatchet, returned to the yard and
found the eagle preparing to fly away
with the now dead rooster. Mrs. jack
son made pass at the eagle, which
now resumed the fight.
With quick, deft movement, she
struck the bird full in the neck with
the blade Of the hatchet, and the battle
royal was won. The eagle died, it's
head being nearly severed, and its
blood almost covering Mrs. Jackson,
who, woman-like, swooned.
The farmers of the Red Rock section
propose to present Mrs Jackson with a
handsome silk dress for her bravery
and for her good work in ridding the
neighborhood of the foraging eagle
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Buried Alive While Charmed by n Snake.
Frank Saunders, Whittier (Cal)
man, stood still in the face of impend.
ing death from the caving in of a
bank, being unable to move on account
of the spell which huge rattlesnake
had thrown around him, and he is now
under the care of a physician at Ana
helm, having been perhaps fatally in
jured by falling earth.
The accident happened in Santiago
Canon, Cal, where Saunders and s. j.
Adams, also of Whittier, had gone to
inspect an outcropping of coal. AS
they were uncovering ledge the earth
above them began to split. and an i'm
mense cave-in was impending. Adams
called to Saunders to leap, and himself
quickly scrambled down the noun
tain. He supposed Saunders was fol-
lowing, but on looking back saw him
intently gazing at the ever widening
crevice above.
Adams was quick to detect the object
of his companions gaZe-a big rattler
which held its head steadily directed
toward Saunders. The next moment
several tons of earth fell, burying the
hypnotiZed man from sight. When
Saunders was eXhumed he was found
to be badly injured. He stated that
he was all the time aware Of his dan
ger, but could not free his gaze from
that of the snake, and was powerless
to move while the spell lasted. Adams
killed the reptile after he had dug
Saunders from under the fallen earth
San Francisco Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-06

The King OF Greece delights in tax.
Ing recreation in the fields.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01

ward off his attack, if she had wished to do he
reached mpulsvely forward, caught her off her horse
and held her in his if she child kissing
her wounded wrist her eyes, her hair, her lips.
"And now, do forgive me, Frances?"
Oh, willingly willingly. Trespass for trespass. AS
forgive them that trespass against But set me
my horse again, I beg of YOU
II can hardly believe you are here yet"
Cease this fooling. The moments are too precious
for it,
This no fooing never in earnest all my
life before. - @@as.s s@-S
will. Will implore Do not understand?
You jestng the brink of the grave. De Courcy
has craWed to Cromwell this and that man is
lighting the north against They now on our
track"
1.-THE is clear. There is one in sight and we
can outride them when they come.' Ssts
"They riding country to intercept u.s. Oh,
let not hold back for destruction. Crom-
well himself told he would hang you if he had to
take openly"
He dare not Have fear'
He dares anything. You do not know that man, and
your this document rests the heart
would STILL Cromwell will move the world to tear 1T
from If love let to the north
at once.' l4#.a
Well he knew the truth of warning, that he
understood the but reluctant to let her
more her horse Together they set off again, thu
land that seemed silent and at but it only
seeming -Es,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01

1T robbed you. your and robbed you.
carried original document to Cromwell him
self and it his hands 1t the price of my
brothers. life. My brother set your track by
Cromwell and being wounded, took up his task. Do
you understands That my mission to Oxford. To
delude YOU rob you, and have done it,
Girl you distraught.'
II am not Every tell you is true"
you are saying that to shield someone"
'Iook, William Armstrong. For two hours and more
last night you held by the wrist There is the brace
which presented black proof OF the black
guilt confess to you
She held her aoft and the sleeyefeH from
the white and rounded marred only by the dark
circles where his fingers had pressed.
"Do you did that?"
Eyes still you not believe measure your fn-
gers with the shadow they have cast
her hand to him, and he took it in his
left stroing with his right, but look
Ing into her eyes all the while
'Frances, it is this secret that stood between us?
Eyes"
..Is this that stood between us?"
it not enough? All! It is mountain OF
sin that bears to the very ground"
why dear lass did you not tell me?
'Te you? It from you, of all the world. I
must conceal it until now
He laughed very quietly, fondling her hand.
"Bess me, how little you know What is quarreling
king or rebelous country to me compared with you?
No wonder my beating heart did not awaken me with
your hand upon for it co-conspirator with
and wholly your Heaven mend my broken patri-
otisn but if you had asked me would have ridden
myself to Cromwell with the kings signature.
do you-can you forgive me, them"
Forgive you? You the bravest lass in all the
land" and with that, before she was aware sr could
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-14
GREENWOOD ITEMS.

Miss Edna Coughlin was the guest of
friends in Franklin this week.
Mr. John Freeman. of Brownstown. was
with friends here this week.
Miss Mabel Dean entertained at her home
on East Pearl street last evening.
Mrs. Elizabeth Browning, of Indianapo-
lis was with friends here this week
Mr. and Mrs. S. w. Van Nuys and son
were with relatives here the first of the
week.
Mrs Dudley Peek. of Franklin. was the
guest OF her sister, Mrs. John Van Dyke,
this week.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Spillman. of In
dianapolis. were guests OF relatives here
the first of the week.
Mrs George Stout of Trafalgar. was the
guest of her daughter, Miss Anna Stout,
the first part OF the week.
Miss Elizabeth Durham. of Indianapolis.
was the guest OF her brother, the Rev. w
B. Durham, and family this week
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rogers. of Column
bus, visited relatives here this week and
attended the wedding OF Mrs. Rogers S
brother. Mr.. Drake, and Miss Burton.
Miss Olive Creasey and Mr.. o. D Atkins
Will so 10 Indianapolis tomorrow as the
guests OF Mr.. Isaac King and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Myers and her two
sons were the guests the first of the week
OF Mrs. Myers's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
d. B. Stanton
On Wednesday evening at the home OF
the brides mother. Mrs. Burton. on West
Main street, the marriage of her youngest
daughter, Miss Carrie. and Mr.. Roswell
Drake took place The Rev. Z. p. Jewett.
OF the Methodist Church. oficiated in the
presence OF the near relatives and a few
friends