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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-15

"The Decline of the Amateur" would
be a good title for paper for one OF
the magazines, says Black and White
Twenty years ago a girl who could
sing a simple song simply, or could
play a waltz or a drawing-room piece
correctly, with a light touch, was re-
garded as an accomplished woman. A
man who could occasionally make a
thirty or forty break at billiards was
looked upon as fine player. The
man or woman who could draw Oh
paint little better than boys and girls
draw or paint who have been taught at
school, was described as an artist
Now, however, the drawing-room song
or piece, the occasional thirty or forty
break at billiards-lengthened by the
frequent assistance of fortune-and
the homemade artist do not acquire
any reputation. Most men and women
are supposed to be, and are, now well
grounded in the theory Of wEHtever
they take up; they approach the matter
from the professional side, no longer
from that of the amateur. 1t is curious
that as the standard all round has been
SO greatly raised there are so few
who surpass their contemporaries SUI
ficiently to become permanently fam
OllS
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-15

He was a man who was making 500
week and was having luncheon with
his fiancee in an uptown restaurant.
The lady ordered chicken salad, fol
lowed by black coffee and waters. The
man, who could have ordered every
thing on the bill and not felt hole in
his pocketbook, had consomme and
Little Neck clans and drank water.
The waiter got ten cents.
A clerk who was kept busy earning
his salary of SIS a week took his
sweetheart to an expensive seaside re-
sort. 1t took twenty minutes to decide
what they wanted to eat. Finally the
order came, heaped high up on large
tray.
At the lady's place the waiter depos-
tied roast beef, mashed potatoes,
chicken croquettes with peas, salad
of lettuce and tomatoes and cup of
coffee.
The man, wondering how he could
get winter overcoat, ate a porter
house steak with mushrooms, fried po-
tatoes, green corn and coffee.
For dessert they had ice cream and
fancy cakes, with more coffee. The
waiter got quarter.-New York Her.
aid.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-15
Water of the Underworld.

! The amount of water within the
crust of the earth, says Professor
Slichter, in a recent paper, is enor-
nous, amounting to 565,000 million
million cubic yards. This vast accu-
mutation, il placed upon the earth,
would cover its entire surface to n
uniform depth of from 5000 to $500
feet. This estimate is based upon the
supposition that the average depth
which waters can penetrate beneath
the surface is six miles below the land
and five below the oceans floor.
Experiments have shown that not
only sands and gravels are porous, but
rocks supposed to be solid and COM
pact may be traversed by water. even
so hard a rock as Montello granite,
selected for the sarcophagus OF Gen
eral Grant on account of its great
strength, shows porosity of a Q,:arter
of one per centum. The most p; duct
I've water bearing rocks are founG TO be
ksandstones.
' The great mass of ground water
slowly percolates through sand and
gravel deposits, sandstone and other
porous material under a wide extent
of territory. Though its motion carries
it but a fraction of mile in year,
this ground water is so wide9 9pread
and often so accessible as to be of the
greatest economic Importance.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-15

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way to curs deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inhamed condition of the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is in
famed you have a rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when 1t is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal ccnditien, hearing win
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out OF ten
are caused by catarrh which is nothing but an
inflamed condition Of the mucous surface.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Cir
culars sent free. FL J.CEENEY l. Co., Toledo. OF
Sold by Druggists 75c. g.. ,."-r.s ..,.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-15
WISE WORDS.

The fairest without may be the foul
est within.
The big sword does not make the
brave soldier.
The workers. pay may be the shirk
er's punishment.
Right ends are never furthered by
wrong agencies.
Great sorrows expand the heart to
receive great joys.
Foes without are less to be feared
than faults within.
No man becomes wise until he has Of
ten called himself fool.
Humility is the secret Of the steady
head on the giddy heights.
To return good for evil is to make a
flower bloom from a weed.
When the evolution of history is held
back it results in revolution.
To take the fuel of lust into the heart
is to invite its fires to consume the life
Men are valued by others in about
the inverse ratio of their own valua-
ton.
Happiness depends not on the things
the heart has, but ON the heart that has
the things.
The first thing some people do when
troubles fly into their lives is to clip
their wings.-Ram's Horn.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-15
RENTING FROM WOMEN.
An Observant Mnn Tells of His Exper
ences With Them.


Speaking Of the want column" said
an observant man, Il noticed peculiar
thing in this connection a few days
ago, and there is a good bit of philos-
ophy behind it in these days when
women are playing such conspicuous
part in the affairs of business. Some
person, whether man or woman
do not know, advertised for small
furnished cottage, and he tackled this
sentence on to the end of his adver-
tisement Prefer to rent from a man.
Here is a lesson for you. When
read that ad. thought of few little
things which have happened to me
during my own career as renter.
do not like to say it, for fear of Offend
ing, and yet it is a fact that l have
never been able to conduct satisfac-
tory rental relations with the female
owner of a house. 1 might go further
than this and say that 1 have never
made any sort of satisfactory business
deal with woman. Plainly, they have
all been blunt, fiat failures. frequently
ending in a perfect whirlwind. of un-
pleasant loquacity, bordering on denun'
citation, and in bad feeling generally.
"They are plausible renters. They
make fine promises, but rarely keep
them. In business women are not re-
liable, so far as my experience goes.
1 do not mean to say that they are
wicked and designing in these matters
They simply promise too much. 1
suppose it is because they talk too
much. Speaking much while making
trade is unwise if you want the
deal to stick. The short, categorical
answer is the thing in business. But
you can't hold woman down to this
rule. She is too fond of talking. One
cannot talk all day without committing
oneself in some way. but women do
not seem to realize 1T.
"Of course, there are some excep-
tions. But, looking at the thing in a
general way, am inclined to commend
the wisdom of the man who put the
sentence, prefer to rent from a man.
after his advertisement. He's right
about it and evidently speaks by the
card."-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-15
Tanning the Tiger.

A Cossack was recently hired at
Moscow by tho French lion tanner
Pezon to clean the cages of his wild
beasts. Being ignorant of the French
language, understandings were ar
ranged by means Of gestures. The
2ext morning the Tartar began his
new duties by entering, not the cage
of a tame beast, as his master had
done, but that of an untamed tiger,
which lay asleep on the floor. The
fierce animal awoke and fixed its eyes
upon the man, who calmly proceeded
ito wet his large sponge, and, unterri-
fed, to rub down the tiger The ami
NAL, apparently delighted with the
cold water, showed no resistance, ljut
rolled on its back and offered every
part of its body to be washed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-15

The red deer Of New Zealand are es-
timated to number between 1000 and
5000 individuals, the offspring Of two
stags and six kinds that were turned
out in 1868.
Many cotton mills are now in opera"
ton in Bombay, and others will soon
start. 1t is said that the whole yarn
supply of India, and a great part Of
that of China and Japan, is furnished
by Bombay mills.
Coffee has been cultivated in Vene-
zuela only since 1879, and yet it is
now that much-talked-of country's
chief commercial product About 200,-
900 acres are under cultivation. Agri-
culture is the leading industry Of the
country, at least one-fifth Of the popu-
lation being engaged in it
The vomiting of fishes from vol
canoes is no new experience, and it
seems more startling than mysterious.
M. J. Girardn explains that in the
: interval between two eruptions-often
d Ceululy VI SlatNlo pCSOlhC
filed with fish-stocked lakes, and the
next eruption blows out the water and
its contents.
California figs and grapes, at low
prices, have been flooding the London
market, and the dark plums Of the
same State have met with so much
fbat h. w lieh har
actually let their fruit rot on the trees
because it would not pay them to come
In competition with the imported. The
California fruit is packed so well that
1t reaches England in prime condition.
The city of Los Angeles, Cal, was
deprived of light and power for several
hours recently in singular way. The
electric plant is situated in canyon
thirteen miles from the city, where 1t
lis operated by rapid stream. and in
! vestigation showed that a bald eagle
had become entangled in two Of the
wires in the canyon and short-circuited
the current. Traffic was at standstill
and lights were out, while fifty men
searched for the cause Of the trouble.
In his balloon experiments, J. M.
Bacon has been able to see the sea
bottom from a height of 500 feet, all
waves seeming to be blotted out, with
no apparent scattering of light from
the surface. At 1000 feet or higher, all
water, whether deep or not, seemed
opaque. Photographs taken during the
ascent on a clear day became gradually
blurred until at 1000 feet good pictures
were made impossible by the dust par
ticles that reflected the sunshine, the
definition over water being better than
over land.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-15

The most miserable creature in the
world is a young girl getting over her first
love affair.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-15
His Famc without Flaw,

Washington inspiring order and spirit
into troops hungry and in rags, stung
by ingratitude but betraying no anger
and ever ready to forgive; in defeat
invincible, magnanimous in conquest,
and never so sublime as on that day
when he laid down his invincible sword
and sought his noble retirement. Here
indeed is a character to admire and
revere; life without a stain, fame
without a flaw. Quando innerries
panem!-Thackeray.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-15

Young mothers naturally feel anxioue
cbout the baby's bath. 1t is best to begin
at six weeks to put the little one in the
water, first folding a soft towel in the bot
tom of the basin. Use only Ivory Soap, as
many of the highly colored and perfumed
soaps are very injurious to the tender skin
of an infant.-Eleanor r. Parker.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-15

There are people who seem to think
that poverty is no disgrace, as long as
they can borrow from their neighbors.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-15
of the Skin and Blood
Should Begin NOW

DLOOD HUMOURs, Skin Hpmours, Scalp Humours Baby
y Humours and every kind of Humour from Flmpes to
Scofula Loss of Hair, be speedily
permanently economically cured Cucua Resovent greatest
Purifiers assisted by the external OF Cutlcua
Ointment and Cuicura Soap
Thousands of the worlds best people have found instant relief
by the of Cuticua Resoven Ointment and
Soap in the tourng and dsfgurng Of 1TCHlNG BURM
ING, and SCALY HUMOURS, ECZEMAS, RASHES, ITCH
INGS and INFLAMMATIONS.
Tired Fretted Mothers, of Skin Tortured and
Dshgured all and conditions have certified to almost
miraculous Remedies when the best medical
skill has failed to relieve, much less
Cuicua Treatment local and constutonal-compee and
perfect pure and wholesome Battle the affected surfaces
with Cucur Soap the skin of Crusts and
Thckened Cue dry without hard rubbing,
apply Ointment freely aay Itching Irritation and
Cool and Cleanse Blood and function
a state of healthy activity
To those who have suffered long and hocess from Humours
Blood Skin and Scalp and who have lost faith DOCTORS
medicines things human, Cuicua Remedies appeal with
hardly be realized Every hope expectation awakened
than fulfilled More of Simple
Hereditary umous daily made by them than
Blood Skin Remedies combined single being
often the distressing when all else falls
dn form COY.
box. and
OF the BlOosk nnds
all including Japanese
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-18
YELLOW FEVER STILL
RAGING IN TEXAS
Total Number of Cases at Laredo 7sa,
With 81 Deaths, Since Sep
TENDER "a.

In spite OF the most heroic efforts on
the part of the State authorities and
the Marine Hospital Service. yellow fever
is stiu raging in Texas. A few isolated
cases have been reported from Califor-
MA and Mississippi. but it is only in the
Lone Star State that the scourge is con-
sidered a menace.
According to the last public health re-
port, eighty-one deaths occurred at Lar
redo between September "A and Novem-
Der 10 The total number of cases re-
ported was 1872. At Mineral, a mining
camp near Laredo, there were 10 cases
and nine deaths during the same period
and twenty-seven cases and seven deaths
at San Antonio.
DR.. Murray. at Laredo. who made a
TWO days visit at Monterey on orders
from the Marine Hospital Service, re-
ported that yellow fever has existed
there since August /. and that more than
half of the population of $1,000 had suf-
fered with the disease. Five hundred
persons were down with yellow fever
at the time he was there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-18
LINGOLN'S CANE SOLD
TO HIGHEST BIDDER
Once Presented by President to F. B.
Carpenter, Who Painted Signing
Emancipation Proclamation"

NEW YORK, Nov 1s.-At public auc-
tion the cane Of President Abraham Lin
coin was sold for $145 to n II. Wibert,
of 81 Broadway. The cane. which had
been hypothecated, was put up at auc-
ton
The cane was presented to Lincoln by
his friend. S. Strong Mrs Lincoln gave
the cane To Frank B. Carpenter. an ar
fist. 1t is OF wood with knots running
along its length. Each knot has a top
of silver. and on each knot on the sill
yer is a letter. The whole series Of let
tiers from handle TO ferrule spells "Abra-
ham Lincoln. The handle is Of horn.
Where the handle joins the main stick
Is metal band upon which is engraved
words that the cane was presented TO
Abraham Lincoln by mis- odd friend, s.
Strong, 1860" On the top OF the handle is
a plate Of metal upon which are en-.
graved words showing that the cane
was presented TO Mr.. Carpenter by Mrs.
Lincoln
Walter Underhill. of 149 Broadway.
who represented the seller OF the cane.
said that his client several years ago
advanced 500 on it to Mr.. Carpenter.
who executed a painting Of President
Lincoln signing the emancipation proc,
lamation. as vel as a number of por,
traits OF Mr.. 5Ancoln.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-18
THIS SUIT DEPENDS
ON THE AGE OF ANN
Superior Court of the Nutmeg State
Must Decide the Question
Judicially.

NEW HAVEN, Nov. 1s.-The Con-
necticut superior court mas taken the
first steps toward deciding judicially
the awful question. How old Is Ann
Ann Murphy died In this city recently
On February 2. 1851 she TOOK out a life
policy in the Mutual Reserve Fund As
ISOLATION. The Ee=eficiar,-, of course,
was Mary-Mary Yincert, who still lives
here
When Mary presented AIMS inSHrance
policy for collect on She insurance COM
pany preached ne Oft-repeated inter-
rogation, and not getting an immediate
answer as TO the age of Ann refused to
pay the money, asserting that Ann was
took out the policy.
Mary says that Ann surely gave her
right age becauFe she, Mary, is now
twice as old as Arm was when she took
out the insurance policy, and that AIMS
age is recorded IN the parish of Kill
cock. Ireland. Of which the Rev. James
Herman is the pastor. Judge Case, in
the superior court, issued yesterday
morning an order for taking the deposit
ton Of Father Herman, who will pro-
da5c the records of the parish. which
said she was wnen size had her life in
sured, and If fi'fs-4y is really twice as old
as Ann was a that time.
The insurance company will produce
experts who viii either assist the court
in figuring the real age of Ann, OF add
to the perplexity of the cobwebby riddle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-18
REMOVAL OF FARR CASE
ARGUED BEFORE COURT

United States Commissioner Arson S.
Taylor viii announce, on November &C..
his decision In the case Of William Farr.
charged with fraudulent use Of the
mails. The question is upon the appli
cation for a certificate OF probable cause
or which TO predicate a second appIica-
ton to the District court for warrant
Of removal
Assistant United States District Attor-
ney Jesse d. Adkins. representing the
Government. made a three-hour are-u-
ment before Judge Taylor
Charles C. Cole. formerly justice of
the District Supreme Court. represents
Mr.. Farr, who is said 10 have sold bo-
gus degrees for a bogus college Of law
the National College Of Law, also said
20 be known as the Nashville College OF
Law.
Should the application for a warrant
of removal be granted, the case will be
tried by the Federal court of Tennnes-
see
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-18
FRENGHhEN SCARED
BY LABOR UNION MEN
Fled From Work When Delegation Came
at Night With Lanterns to See
What They Were Doing.

GREENWICH, Conn, Nov, 1S.-Harry
Hardness. son Of l. V. Hardness,
STANDARD OIL man. who during the sum
mer Ivss in his mansion in Greenwich.
which he purchased from William
Rockefeller. is interested IN building au-
tomobiles for speed. He has made many
fast runs. a short time ago he brought
three Ere lchmen here expert drafts
men and mechanics. who could not
speak English. He installed them in
cottage at the rear of his fathers
Greenwich residence, and provided them
with necessary tools for drafting
& lot a. lumber was sent there and
men. supposed TO be representatives of
lab unions. went there with lanterns
10 see what was going on. The French
men were scared and ran 10 the Hark-
ness residence and made known what
had happened through the French chef
They SAID that four men with clubs and
lanterns hid surrounded the house and
they feared they would break in.
/. V Hardness notified the police and
armed the Freuchmen and sent them
back 10 protect the property. He was
angry al the conduct OF those ne took
10 be ieaor union delegates and said
that they should have come TO him for
Information. He would then have told
them that the Frenchnlen We're making
something which no mechanic in this
country could do.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-18
ALL ARE INTERESTED IN
TIMES WORD CONTEST
Many Letters Received by the Puzzle
Editor Asking Questions or Offer
ing Suggestions.

The third week of The Times Uord
contest shows that the interesting proo-
ositiOn Is growing in popularity with the
citizens OF Washington and vicinity. and
now they have realized that Il IS nor
merely a competition OF word building.
but a genuine puzzle, where everyone
has an equal chance. the number OF
people who are working out solutions
is steadily increasing. A good many
who sent answers the first week have
gone over the chart again and found
that they could improve upon their first
effort. Some contestants have submitted
three and four lists, and, as one who
brought in his fourth list this morning
said. IT seems that no matter how often
one goes over the chart he never gets
the same result twice. One man thought
the chart must have been changed II
has not. however. A subscriber at Lang.
don writes:
Enclosed find my second list Of words
Who can beat it2 I worked 1t out on the
principle that what is worth doing at
all is worth doing we'll +"
A Second Street citizen says:
resolved &c try your word puzzle
and so tnclose 80 cents with a list OF
words. I have been a reader of The
Times for over two years. and think It
Is great paper hope / will be among
the lucky ones, but II not. 1 will not be
anything oue. as the paper is worth
good deal more than the subscription"
An Alexandria girl sends in a list, and
says she has found making the words
the most interesting puzzle she ever
worked on.
A Mount Pleasant subscriber suggests
that he hopes The Times will find his
spell Of words a little better than
the spell OF weather we are having
just now.
a prospective contestant who resides
on II Street northeast, writes TO ask II
such foreign words as "agmen" and
'.mu" viii be admitted Under the
rules these words viii not be permits
sible. The INTERSECTIONS "ah," 10"
oh etc, will be admitted. as they
have a distinct definition and are in
general use.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-18
old MAN SHOOTS WIFE
At THE CHURCH DOOR
Had Been Refused Admittance to Home
for Three Years by Her and
His Children.

NEW HAVEN Nov is-Broodiny
over what he said was iIl-treatment BY
his wife and children, who haven't al
lowed him TO enter their home In three
years. John Tracy. aged sixty-six. n
blacksmith. stood in front OF the Church
OF the Sacred Heart, this morning after
early mass with two loaded revolvers
waiting for his wife to come out When
Mrs. Tracy appeared he opened fire from
the pistol in his right hand.
The large congregation of worshipers
back Of Mrs. Tracy wasn't long in scat
tering. Mrs. Tracy was so near her
husband when he fired one of the shots
that her clothing was burned by the
powder. One shot entered her left side
Just above the hip. She made her es-
cape into DR.. Torrance 8. McDermott's
house near the church just as her hus-
band was leveHng the second revolver
at har.
Tracy walked down the street some
distance and then backed up against a
tree. He pointed both revolvers at the
crowd that had followed him. James
Brady. a railroad brakeman. stole up
behind Tracy and. grabbing him about
the arms. pinned him until the revolvers
were taken from him. Then Tracy was
turned over to the police. He is held for
murderous assault on his wife
The bullet was extracted from Mrs.
Tracy's hip. She Will recover. When
Belle Smith. nine years old. who was
standing near Mrs. Tracy during the
bombardment. reached k1er home she
found a fiattened bullet IN her hair 1t
was one OF the stray bullets from
Tracy's revolver that had first struck
the sidewalk and then, spending it's force
bounded into the girls hair. Tracy's
wife is ten years his senior.