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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18

Russia has adopted for its navy
system of flying machines of which
great things are expected. These are
not navigable balloons, but aeroplanes
which are attached to and controlled
by ships by means of piano wire. In
general features they are simply an
adaptation Of the box kites that are
flown for scientific purposes in this
country. These flying dragons" as
they are called. are chiefly to be used
for scouting purposes. By means OF
their own shapes when there is wind,
by means of the speed of the ship when
it is calm, they will rise rapidly into
the air to very considerable heights.
Five in conjunction will raise man,
and from this lofty elevation an i'm
mense area of water can be inspected
for hostile craft. 1t is hoped by this
means greatly to increase the efficiency
of destroyer fotillas at finding an en-.
emy.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18
Thrilling Rescue at Sea.

At the request Of the United States
Government the High Sheriff of Bel
fast, Mr.. Alderman Lowther, present
ed pair Of blnocular glasses to Mr..
Hill, third mate Of the London steam
ship Coronda, in recognition of his SER
vices in assisting to rescue the crew Of
the American bark Ella under circum-
stances Of great gallantry. When the
Coronda was on her way from New
York to Montevideo on January II last
on nearing Bermuda she sighted the
American bark Ella flying signals of
distress. The steamer bore down upon
her, although there was terrific gale
blowing, with mountainous seas. The
crew of the bark could be seen hud-
died together on the poop, the captains
wife and children being among them.
The steamers boat was launched, in
charge of Mr.. Richard Roberts, chief
mate, and manned by the third officer.
Hill, the carpenter boatswain, steward
and sailor. They We're unable to get
near the bark owing to the heavy sea-
but line with life buoy was foated
from the bark to the boat, and by this
means all the crew We're saved, the
captains children being hauled
through the water first, followed by
his wife and lastly the captain. The
secretary of the local marine board, In
reciting the circumstances, said that
the English Government had not rec
ognized the gallant action of the crew
of the Coronda, stating that as the
Ella was foreign vessel it was not a
usual thing to do, but the American
Government had sent gold watch and
chain to the master Of the ship, binoc-
ular glasses to Mr.. Robert and the two
officers and money to the seamen.
These presents were far from being
an adequate recognition of the services
rendered. Hill is a young County An
trim man.-Eondon Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18
Art in Hallway Bniltllng.

In the general plan, equipment and
application Of electric power to the
working OF the new electric under
ground and elevated railways in Berlin,
little is presented which can be re-
garded as novel or especially sugges-
tive. The one respect in which the
German constructors leave others far
behind and offer an object lesson worth
careful study, is in the artistic beauty
the architectural charm and sense OF
fitness which they have impaired to
the stations, the bridges, and even the
ordinary overhead viaduct sections of
the new road. In Germany the re-
quirements of public taste are never
permitted to be neglected or forgotten.
Where the new Berlin line passes
through a public square, 1t is on solid
and artistically designed masonry. The
above ground stations are of stone,
steel and glass, no two alike, but each
especially designed to fit, not only the
requirements of traffic at that point,
but the adjacent buildings as well
the architectural framework in which
it is set. The whole management
of the enterprise, from start to finish,
illustrates the wise, firm control which
the municipality OF Berlin maintains
over corporations which ask for fran
chises at its hands.-Cassier's Maga-
zine
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18
A Dangerous Shower Bath.

A story is told in the Worlds Work
of youth who, partly from ignorance
partly from q spirit of foolhardy ad.
venture, put his life in jeopardy. He
and his companions were spending q
vacation in the Yosemite Valley, and
had been fishing for mountain trout
on the Illilouette.
Tomorrow" he said, 81 shall take
shower-bath under the seventeen.
hundred-foot fall"
"You are a fool" said his com.
panion.
''Not at ALL" came the reply. "The
river is very low. What there is Of it
turns to spray in the first hundred
feet; it will simply come down like
rain. Why, you'd go under the Bridal
Veil yourself! Only that's prosaic.
This is something big. Come on"
Not l."
But was there to see. The water,
as he had said, came down, a consid-
cradle part of it, in rain and spray
that flew out incredible distances. But
to crawl down, dressed in a bathing
suit, CIOSSI W tne HILL slIcsilll tllul
falls to the pool and upon the rocks,
with murderous swish in the air and
roar in the ears like a railway train,
was daring to foolhardines. At any
moment a veering wind might swing
the whole mass upon the tall, slim
figure backing tentatively on all fours
down the jaggel talus slope, his eye
glasses glinting cheerfully. A steady
breeze kept the fall swung out little
the other way, and the spray bur-
geoned out far up the other slope. The
roar was deafening.
All at once the wind shifted. The
water swung back, and in flash the
human figure was blotted out in del
uge that turned me sick. For a second,
that seemed an hour, it played on the
spot fiendishly, it seemed to me, stand
ing Mortified there, and then slowly
it swept away.
And then there was a movement, a
painful, crawling movement down
there on the slope, and 1 scrambled
down the slippery rocks to help a
blinking, creeping, much-surprised
youth, bleeding from hundred cuts,
up to where his clothes lay. He was
still too dazed to speak. When his
breath returned and his extra glasses
were perched again ON his nose, he
said:
"The oceans fell upon me. Come
back to New England"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18
Heroism in Peace md in War.

When the New York pier of the new
East River Bridge was crowned with
an incandescent confusion of white hot
beams and blazing timbers, from which
showered an endless rain of half
molten bolts and fiery billets and
dropping entanglements of flame
twisted wire, it was deemed necessary
that firemeh should mount to the TOP
to fight the condagration $50 feet
above the river.
There was no calling for volunteers
or other particular recognition that
men were about to make a desperate
venture Of their lives. The foreman Of
an engine company bawled something
and the formena of hook and ladder
company echoed the cry, and the next
moment men OF both divisions Of the
fire fighters were racing up frail
wooden ladders through the hailstorm
of chunks of metal that We're so hot
that when they struck the heavy plank
Ing Of the piers far below they bored
right through it.
The most daredevil exploits of war
Il
heroism to this charge up the burning
ladders that was merely part of the
days work to the men who made 1t.
Hero Hobson's sailing into Santiago
Harbor and sinking the Merrimac be-
meath his own feet startled the coun-
try into applause that is not yet wholly
stilled. 1t was a gallant thing, and the
Et-1,N Il Ill
and advancement it obtained for him.
but who would not rather dare the fire
Of Spanish batteries, and risk drown
ing or imprisonment, than climb up
a hundred yards of trembling, narrow
ladder, exposed every yard to the un-
ceasing bombardment of falling debris,
dragging hose that in itself was n
source of added danger to get into an
inferno at the top?
The war hero does his daring under
the influence OF patriotism and with
the excitement Of fame; the fire heroes
| carried up their hose to save cables
and steel beams from being ruined, and
now nobody even knows their names.
81 don't know just who they were,"
says Chief Croker, who was up there
himself "They were members of En-
gine Companies Nos. II and II and
Hook and Ladder Companies Nos. 1G
| and II. l am going to try and find out
their names and try to get few days
| off for them"
The war hero earns promotion and
| everlasting honor for his exploit; the
peace hero may get two or three days
Off for his.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18
Welsh Rules For Street Cars.

Cardiff, Wales, has just started a
new electric railway service. A num-
Der OF bylaws have been framed by
the corporation for the regulation of
the traffic and passengers, and this is
how they are summed up in rhyme:
Thou shalt not use ouss words or swear,
Or play sweet music on the air
Or give out tracts or ask for aims, 4
Give way to cards or such like charms.
When drunk thou shalt in nowise ride;
No dog or beast shall with thee bide.
Thou shalt not cut or scratch thy name,
Defle the car, deface the same.
Thou shalt not smoke, thou shalt not spit,
No antics, mind, but merely sit.
Don't try to boss or interfere,
Or show the driver how to steer.
Just sit you down and take your rest;
The men must know their Business best.
And keep your hands off curious things,
The trolley rope, the bell that rings.
Upon or off moving car
Thou shalt not jump, so, friend, beware.
Nor carry gun or dangerous thing,
Nor with disease that risk may bring.
Pay up, nor grumble at the fare,
Before you quit or leave the car.
Such is the law, don't say it nay;
There's fines for those who don't obey;
Western Mail.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18
Wildcat Attacks Railroad Men,

A construction train on the Montrose
and Tunkhannock road came to q
standstill near Springville. Pa, Mon
day night owing to the engine slipping
an eccentric, and the engineer and his
fireman got out to repair damages. AS
they We're working they heard a ter.
rife yell, and then a wildcat sprang
from the bushes on the engineer,
knocking him down. The fireman hit
the cat on the head with wrench and
1t quit the engineer and attacked the
fireman. This gave the former time to
draw his revolver, and he put bullet
through the orute's head; killing it.
1t weighed forty pounds. Both men
were badly lacerated. - Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18


youngster is told about rep
tiles. Captain Golding, of the steamer
Afrldi, which arrived at New York
recently from Asiatic ports, is almost
ready to believe that their tails never
die, nor any other part of their bodies.
Had he had time to discuss the matter
yesterday he would probably have as
serted that they were possessed of rs
many lives as cat. He had an ex-
perience on this voyage which con-
vinced him of this.
Captain Golding collects specimens of
Asiatic animals when abroad and
brings them here for the New York
geological Society. He makes about
three round trips a year, and usually
brings in specimens of more than or
dinary value. On this trip he under
took to bring over a twenty-four foot
python. For good and sufficient rea-
sons he did not land the python yes
terday.
The python was a heavy one and
exceptionally vicious. 1t required ten
men to take it aboard at Singapore
and put it in its cage on board ship.
AT last the monster snake was secured
in its box, and the order was given to
start. The weather was superb when
the steamer slipped out of the harbor
at Singapore, and the voyage up the
coast OF the Malay Peninsula was be-
gun. About 10 o'clock the first night
out the silence was broken by q crash
The animals began to utter cries of
alarm, and the deck, in an instant, was
In hubbub. 1t was evident that some
thing was wrong. Captain Golding
quickly ran ON deck. He was just in
time to see the python, which had
broken loose from its box, coiling its
way up the starboard companion lad
der to the bridge, where the officer on
watch was navigating the ship. In an
other instant there was yell from the
bridge, and the figure of the officer
came flying down the port companion
way to the deck. 1t did not take long
for the crew to discover the state Of
affairs and to tumble below. The
Chinese cook, who was passing along
the deck with tray of rice, dropped
the tray, and, sprinting into the galley,
locked the door. Captain Golding tried
to get a blight of a line around the
snake, but the python was alert and
ready to throw his coils around him
If he came within reach.
"The mate was the only man who
had nerve enough to stay on deck"
said Captain Golding yesterday. "He
would not take any chances at close
quarters, but he got big bulls eve
lantern and threw bright light on the
scene. l armed myself with a broad
axe, and after half hour of skirmish-
ing for an opening 1 got crack at
the snake. The axe struck the snake
In the middle and cut clean through
him. Then 1 had two snakes instead
of one to fight. The two halves
wriggled around the bridge, and it
took me another half hour to cut the
sections into smaller pieces. I did not
succeed in killing him until 1 finally
got in good blow about three feet
back Of the head. That did the busi-
ness. When 1t was all over there were
twelve sections lying around ON the
bridge"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18
WISE WORDS.
Eloquence is not of the lungs.
Wisdom seldom runs in a rut.

Eloquence is not Of the lungs.
Wisdom seldom runs in rut
Man is ever greater than his tools.
The best self-help is helping others.
Altruism is the highest individualism.
The death of self is the life of the
soul.
To reject correction is to refuse wis
dom.
All methods fail without right mo-
tives.
The poor in goods are often rich in
grace.
Full gratitude is the spring Of free
giving.
The Internal must fall before the
eternal.
The grace to do small things may he
greater than the gift Of doing great
things.
He who is wise in his own conceits
is apt to be foolish in his own con-
Germs.
The wise man will hide his knowl-
edge where fools are laying out their
ignorance.-Ram's Horn.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18
MDutY md Death ~

Under the above title short para
graph recently appeared in Man
chester paper stating that Samuel
Short, aged fifty years, an engineer
at a colliery, while lowering twenty
four men down the shaft of his mine,
had an apoplectic seizure and died al
most Immediately. Before he fell,
however, with most wonderful grit
and forethought for dying man, he
stopped the engine and thus as his own
faded out saved the lives Of twenty
four others
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18
TERcENTENARY OF JOURNALISM.
To Be Celebrated Mt Antwerp in 1905
First Newspaper Issued There.

To Be Celebrated at Antwerp in 1905
First Newspaper Issued There.
After a painstaking and exhaustive
search it is said to have been ascer-
tanned beyond a doubt that the printer,
Abraham Verhoeven, of Antwerp, OBJ
tanned in 1905 from the Archduke and
Duchess Albert and Isabelle the privi-
lege of printing the first regular news
paper. Antwerp therefore claims the
distinction Of having given birth to the
first newspaper editor.
Abraham Verhoeven published his
paper every eight or nine days, accord
ing to the supply Of news he received.
and the slowness with which 1t trav-
eled and the absence Of all competitors
in the field enabled him to take his
time and edit at his ease.
For long time the honor of having
produced the first newspaper has been
disputed by Italy, France, Germany,
England and Holland, and for years
the British Museum exhibited a paper
called the English Mercury, said TO
have been printed in 1888, but which
proved to be practical joke of Lord
Hardwicke. AS the first German paper
only appeared in 1915, in Frankfortr
the first Dutch paper in 1917; the first
English paper, the Weekly Gazette, in
1922, and the first French paper in
1851, the priority of Antwerp in the
field is asserted and sustained, it is
declared, by official documents.
Shortly after the invention of print
ing, publishers from time to time is
sued placards giving some sensational
pieces of news, but it was not until
Abraham Verhoeven thought of max
ing these publications at regular inter-
walls that what is properly termed q
newspaper was issued, and it has taken
POT years for it to reach its present uni
versal extent and influence.
In 1905 Antwerp intends to celebrate
the 300th anniversary of journalism
in q fitting manner, and when this
city undertakes such celebration it is
believed it can outdo any other in the
artistic manner in which it organizes
its pageants, and thousands will flock
from all parts of Europe to participate
in its festivities.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18

hand l assured mysel' feverishly of the
safety of the IN" Papers, and then re-
membered with a throb of satisfaction
that when 1 fell the Prince had been at
the other end of the plateau. The melt
ing snow on the treacherous edge must
have broken under my weight.
What was that? In the clear air I
heard a chipping sound, and, looking
up, saw my wife alone on the preci-
pice, cutting each foothold. A move
ment might be fatal. l closed my eyes,
held my breath, and prayed for the
first time for years-prayed God to
give her steady head and hand-just
that, no moreover and over again.
A sudden blunt thud-Kirstine' ice.
axe had failed beside me.
In that supreme moment I met my
wife's brave eyes, as she stood cling
ing to rock about twenty feet above
me.
"Thank God, Maurice! I knew He
wouldn't let you dier
"Oh, Kirstine, Kirstine! Why did
you Gomez" was all could say.
Because Stephanie pushed you over.
I saw her do it. They are coming up
from below now. They never mag
ined l would climb down here! De-
stroy the papers-quckly, Maurice"
"All right. I'll manage. Only look
up and don't think OF jumping" 1
cried, with a bursting heart.
Frantically l tore at the parchment
will my taath Would II
yield? At last! At last! Holding the
papers in my mouth l wrenched them
with my hand, scattering the frag-
ments.
Some awful moments passed. 1t was
slow, torturing work.
Then Kirstine moaned, and 1 felt
rather than saw the Princes dark face
rise above the edge of the plateau.
Crushing the remaining papers in my
breast 1 clenched my hand over them
and set my teeth. Hideous with eager
ness the impostor leaned over me,
threw his weight on my chest and
seized my injured arm. Then all went
out in red, merciful darkness.
L
room at the SchwitZerhoff, and, thank
God! Kirstine was beside me. But my
Joy died out in the burning thought
that she was tied to a ruined, disgraced
man.
Maurice, don't you want to know
how we We're rescuedT said my poor
wife. 1 could not answer, and she told
me gently how they had seen her on
the precipice from the pension and
thought help was needed. "And, dear,
you have raved for days about the Sc
cret papers, and there is some one here
who wants to tell you about them
now"
Then-oh, the shame Of it!-the Chief
came from behind the curtainl
/ kept my face to the wall while he
spoke of diamond cross given to my
brave girl by the department-quite
right; and check for myself from the
funds as a recompense for injury and
inconvenience. Well. they bought me
out delicately, and with Goals Of fire,
too.
In my gall and bitterness 1 could
SCdlCtly lldllh Hlli but "AuI was
that he was saying?
"Say it again - say it again!' 1
shouted.
"My dear fellow, do not excite your
self! We were warned that unusual
precautions were necessary. The papers
you carried We're dummy ones, the real
"X" Papers We're safely delivered the
day you We're attacked"
But this is the best of all," whis-
pered my wife. "The doctors say you
will walk again." And the cheek she
laid against mine was wet with tears
-hers and mine-NeW York News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18
THE BRIBE THAT FAILED.

Again death stood beside his bed:
20 God" he cried out piously,
"Restore the vigor that has fled
And will build new fanes to Thee,
And make more orphans cease their cries.
But death bent down and closed his eyes.
And still the world has eager men
Who sin for gain till danger comes,
And piously endeavor then
To bribe the Lord with splendid sums.
Their God is one who waiting stands
With selfish hopes and itching hands.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18

One who was very rich one day
Fell ill and murmured piously:
"Restore my health, o God, pray.
And l will build church to Thees
"a thousand orphans shall be glad
If 1 may have the strength l had"
With health regained he strove once more
To be the richest of mankind,
And daily added to his store,
To all the rights of others blind.
He crushed the ones who barred his way
And spurned them where they weeping lay.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18
Church ReIIs Unnecessary.

Two churches in Neodesha, No., have
offered their bells for sale. The rest of
the churches have none. The church
trustees and the pastors agree that the
bells are an unnecessary annoyance.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18
A Natural Mistake.

A Wichita fisherman is in deep dis
grace with his daughters. He was in
vited out to luncheon a few days ago
and mistook piece of macaroni on his
plate for an angle worm.-Kansas City
Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18

And the wonder and the glory of II
is that the firemen do this sort of thing
day in and day out, and it never occurs
to them that there is any disparity in
the rewards.-NeW York American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18
Pluck and o @
O @ Rdventure.
Fought a Huge Python.

7 HE legend that a snakes tail
does not die until sundown is
one of the first things that
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-18
Y honeymoon had barely

bolt from the blue" in the