Highest of all in Leavening Strength.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSOLUTELY PURE . _ FREELAND TRIBUNE. EsUtllshoi 18S8. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY 11Y THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. Make all money orders, checks, etc., payable to the Tribune Printing Company, Limited.. SUBSCRIPTION KATES: One Year SI-"*' Si* Months 75 ! Four Months 60 j Two Mouths ... .86 The date which the subscription is paid to is on the uddrcss label of each paper, the chuDK<* of which to a subsequent date becomes u receipt for remittance. For instance: Grover Cleveland SBJuneo7 means that Grover is paid up to June 28,1807• Keep the figures in advance of the present date. Report promptly to this office whenever | paper is not received. Arrearages must be paid when subscription is discontinued. FREELAND, PA., DECEMBER 7, 1800 Aebrasl• Which Are Not Uuitu So Horrible In Their Ex treme liurtmrlty HS to lie Unprintable. The following- is nn account taken from the British consular reports of t he I various torture* and punishment** in flicted on the Armenians by t.he miiUin uf Turkey. Some of thean Mre so horri ble in their extreme barbarity 'that they are unprintable: 'Hie Uvitcb is made of two pieces of wood with a cord passed through one 1 end and forming a loop. This used to be employed in Etigkind to hold u re j fnectory horse if it ww necessary to ad ! minister medicine. Wticu an Armenian is safely in prison aiwl will not speak ! >'it t lie t witch is applied in exactly the -nine way until tlie. cord cuts into the flesh and the blood spurts. Two pieces of flat board,with a couple of notches on each side of the board, a.re fastened together just like a pair of nut crackers and then used to compress certain parts of the body. Eggs are boiled hard, and while in tensely hot are inserted under the a ran | pits and between the legs of the ob I stinate Armenian. Ilis arms and legs I are bound Lightly and the eggs changed when they begin to cool. Mashers are the little tongs used to S lift pieces of charcoal from open fires in | mangols. These tongs are made red hot and applpied to the body in the name ! way that Edward 11. was done to death j in IJerkeley castle. | At the Turkish prisons in Constnnti i nople the chair torture is in doily force |as applied to recalcitrant Armenian'* i who will not speak out regarding the : wherealioiits of their fellow country ; men who are "wanted" by the officials. | There is a cell in every prison, in I which is a pit capable of holding water, j An armchair is placed in the pit and | the hack of this chair is mnde to lean j | forward by moans of screws. An Ar | men inn is put into the chair, and a band I ! of iron, the ends of which go through ' I the holes of the chair, is fastened across j ' his abdomen. The waiter is then let J I in and the chair screwed forward until j , the man's head and shoulders are forced k I * Wfffi TIIE IRON BAND TORTURE. together. When t.he man's head is un* ' der water lie must eitlrer speak or I drown. I I have seen in Constantinople an un i fortunate Armenian bound and thrust ! into a cesspool in the yard of the prison, i j The ordinary procedure of the Turkish officials is to leave the victim until he sinks and is suffocated or else makes a I slim in confession. Iron linn da are mode with a screw at , t'he back to go round the forehead, j trunk and limbs: then the ends are i screwed together and the unhappy Ar menian forced to speak. The man is j kept for a few days, until the marks ■ have worn oIT. and it is Impossible to say that he litis been tortured. ! Another method of torture is to sever ! the skin of the sculp and insert living ! vermin beneath it. Men have lieen j known to go mad under this frightful torture. This form of torture is one of the •>ost prominent in the whole lift, and j is probably used oftencr than any of the others: It consists of limbing the bare I sales of the feet f ilie prisoner, who ; tins been previously fastened to the ground, so that he cannot move u | muscle. The whip is laid on until the lionh is cut and bleeding, and the victim seldom goes through tlieordnal without I losing consciousness, i .The alleged father of the present sul tan was put to death by this method: i \ large V-shaped wedge wit h sharpened "dge is raised ten feet from tl;e ground. The victim is held suspended in the air. straddling the wedge. Huge weights are tied on each foot anil at the word i of command the rope holding iiiin is j cut. The weights pull him down and he is split in two halves. | It is a common occurrence when n | prisoner refuses to tell what is wanted the rented hand. "I'll lot you see it, suah. Come over lieuih an* I'll show yuh what it'll do." And tlie black man led the. way to Lbs , window of Michael Fewer's saloon, 128 West Madison street. There he be|*u KNOCKED OUT WITH A BUNG STARTER. scratching the plute glass to pro*e h.v claim that the article which he ev il eavo red to sell was the genuine article "Oh, it's a such 'miff di'xnon', Bah," lie said. At this juncture tire salooninnn np penned at the door and pounded the in offensive minister with a bung-starter. That stopped the dicker for the pur chase of the "diamond" ring. A j>oliceman took all hands to the Desplaines street station, where Jus lice Kehoe dismissed the charges. First White Hons* Whisker*. President Lincoln was the first to occupy the white house to wear n beard, and Grant was the first to wear a mws , laohe. It was reported at the time that | Lincoln in 1880 was induced to allow his beard to grow because a. little girl 1o whom he had upon request, sent his photograph wrote him that he would look much better if he would let his. j beard grow. Wandering Evangelic*. Two evangelistic workers are travel ing through Maine in a carriage orna mented with Bible texts and having an j adjustable platform from which exhor tations are delivered. Handy racks hold all sorts of tracts, and the wagon is equipped with sleeping accommodti Mons for the workers. Horse Killed by a Mouse. A doctor of Blackburn, England, has lost a valuable horse in n remarkable way. The animal was feeding in its stall when a mouse ran along the edge of the manger, startling the horse so terribly that in its mad struggle to escape it fell heavily and broke it? buck. IB MB HUB DAILY. As handsome a line as shown in the city. A lot of Tycoon Reps at IOC; never before sold under Just the thing for wrappers, A lot of new Outings just arrived; ioc is the prict. Carpets. One hundred remnants of Ingrain Carpet, one yard witlt and over, all wool, price, 25c each. They are bargains. Children's Caps. Children's Caps at prices only our own; cannot be beaten. Come and see for yourself. PETER DEISROTH. 41 West Broad Street, Hazleton. W. L. Douglas $2.00 SHOE TO fiSH # / BEST ™ TH * WORLD. A $5.00 SHOI FOR $3.00. \ It is stylish, durable and perfect-fitting, qualities ■ ISi* l absolutely necessary to make a finished shoe. The cos t of manufacturing allows a profit to dealers than any shoe sold at $3.00. I)ouglas $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00 Shoes are the productions of skilled workmen, from the best The "Belmont" and "Pointed KbBHH Y&ty) Toe" (shown in cuts) will be hHv Xjfoil; \ leaders this season, but any 1 s ECmkU °ther style desired may be ajjlf $2 ar |d r •■' obtained from our agents* men and $2.50, W si?ooin_AAJ ana (u culorc French I'iUui Celf. French for boy 3. Rnemel. \ lei Kid. eir.. greilfS te n*r- T*i, _ r tit'— t 11 spond with prices of the ihnH. I lie lull line tOi'sale by .3 lt dealer raunoteupply you.vrlte W. L. DOUGLAS, Irecktt*. Hm. ______ „„. . Cat A lows Yssa. JOHN BELLEZZA, Centre Street, Freeland. 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