Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, August 06, 1900, Image 3
FILIPINOS VERY ACTIVE. Many Americans Ambushed and , .... Captured. NEW GOVERNMENT BEGINS SEPT. 1 On That I)te tlie Tuft Coin M INN lon COIIIOM Into Power-(icnernl MacAr tliur to Ileiuuin lOxccutive Head of the I N lun VIM* Manila, Aug. G. —There has been an Increase of insurgent activity during the last three weeks, especially in the way of ambushes and attacks upon small par tics. First Lieutenant Alstaetter of the engineer corps, with an escort ol' 15 men, was taken in ambush in the province of Nttevu Ecijo, Luzon, by a large force. The Americans fought until their ammu nition was gone, and, as they were sur rounded. there was nothing to do hut surrender. One man was killed and three Were wounded. 9 General Lacuna, who was in command of the insurgents, returned the wounded with a letter promising to treat the pris oners well. Lieutenant Bocton liulesberg (?) was ambushed and killed near Santa Cruz, province of Laguna. Five men of the Twenty-fourth infan try were captured in Nueva Eoiju, but Sergeant Schmidt of tin* Twelfth infan try. with seven men, trailed the captors and killed live. Captain Lara of the Manila native po lice was dangerously shot by an unknown assailant Saturday while on the street, lie had been effectively enforcing regula tions and had made enemies among the Filipinos, some of whom have long threatened vengeance. Lara bad been generally accused of gross corruption in office, and specific charges were tiled against him by an American officer. On Sept. 1 the commission headed by Judge Taft will become the legislative body of the Philippines, with power to take and appropriate insular moneys, to establish judicial and educational sys tems and to make and pass all laws. No money will be permitted to be drawn from the insular funds except by authorization of the commission. Judge Taft and his colleagues will also exer cise certain executive functions. For in stance, they will appoint judges, officials in the educational department and offi cers of municipiifities. which the commis sion will establish pending elections. General Mac Arthur will be the execu tive head to enforce the laws of the com mission, and he will conduct the govern ment in accordance with the same until the commission recommends to President McKiulcy the appointment of a civil gov ernor. flryun'a Trip to Iml in tin polls. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 0. —Colonel John I. Martin, sergeant-at-arms of the Dem ocratic national committee, arrived here yesterday for the purpose of escorting Mr. Bryan to Indianapolis. The two went over the details of the proposed trip, but no important changes were made in the programme. The party will leave Lincoln at G o'clock this evening on the regular train on the Burlington road. There will he no special train. No arrangement has been made for speeches on the way, hut it is considered not improbable that Mr. Bryan may lie called out at different places. The par ty will consist of Mr. ami Mrs. Bryan and their son, Colonel Martin, Governor and Mrs. Charles S. Thomas of Colo rado, Mr. Bryan's secretary and a few newspaper men. Twenty I'rlsoiicrn Break .full, Pcnsacoln, Fin., Aug. (i. —Twenty pris oners. among them six murderers, have escaped from the jail at Marianua, Fin. One of the prisoners was Raymond West, who is charged with killing four men. The jailer went into an inclosure guard ing the cells preparatory to dishing out the noonday meal, when Dallas Miller, a forger, crept up behind and overpowered hint, procured the keys and liberated the other desperate prisoners. The crimi nals then proceeded to the jail office, armed themselvs and hid in a swamp, where they have beeu surrounded by a sheriff's posse. I''in hi Willi >1 onnmlilnern. Pauls Valley, I. T„ Aug. o.—ln a pitch ed battle with moonshiners near John son, 120 miles from Pauls Valley, one deputy marshal was slightly wounded. Another, Schrimpsher of Pauls Valley, is missing. The hand escaped under cov er of darkness. Schrimpsher is believed to have followed the hand and been kill ed. A second set of re-enforcements was ; sent from here. The outlaws are part of a hand that was raided near Center a few days ago, when five of its members, j together with a still and a quantity of liquor, were taken. liloti'm Defer to Courts. Baleigh, Aug. (i.— When the naval mi litia division from Newborn, ordered by Governor Russell to Bayhoro village to stop rioting, arrived there, it found the town quiet. The rioters had left the courthouse, having decided to allow the county returning hoard to complete tic canvass of votes and declare the result and then leave it to the courts to decide which party is entitled to the offices. A Democratic factional fight started the row. „ Female InnrclilMt SiiNpeot. New Yoik, Aug. G. The Italian consul in New York has sent a telegram to Cap tain I dicr of the West Uobokcn police* asking him to search for a woman who is suspected of being concerned in some way with the plot to assassinate King Humbert. Chief McClusky has taken the matter in hand and began today a systematic search for the woman among the Italian colony. The chief declines to give the name of the woman at pres-* ent. Four Killed In a itliMNonrl Feud. Farmington, Mo., Aug. G.—Four were killed and one fatally wounded in a shoot ing affair between William Dooley and his four sons on one side and the four. Harris brothers on the other as a result of a feud at Dee Run. one of the mining towns of S\ Francois county. William 1 Dooley. Wess Harris, James Harris and John Dooley are the names of those kill ed, and Frank Harris was fatally wound ed. _ Iluliy Oatn III L IN. Chicago, Aug. G.—Charles Sehnakol is out SIG because his 2-year-old hoy Otto swallowed two $5 hills. Schnakel had laid the two hills on a bed while he was making his toilet. The baby was play- ' ing on the bed and seemed to think the money was there for bis personal use. I REUNITED. 1 Let us begin, dear love, where we left off; ' Tie up the broken threads of that old dream And go on happy as before and seem Lovers again, though all the world may scoff. Let us forget the cold, malicious fate W ho made our loving hearts her idle toys And once more revel in the sweet old joys Of happy love. Nay, it is not too latel Forget the deep plowed furrows in my browl Forget the silver gleaming in my hair; Look only in my eyes! Oh, darling, there The old love shone no longer then than nowl Tic up the broken threads and let us go, Like reunited lovers, hand in hand, liack.and yet onward to the sunny land Of our To lie, Which was our Long Ago. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. PERFUME AND DISEASE. Nntnre Practical, Xot Poetical, In Scattering Sweet IUONMOIIIH. A French physician lias decided that perfumes prevent people from taking certain diseases. During an epidemic his attention was attracted to the fact that persons who constantly used per fumes escaped taking the disease. But he found that the more delicate per fumes, like violet, lavender, attar of rose, were more efficacious than musk and strong, rank essences. Becearla, the famous Italian botan ist, long ago advised city officials to plant trees and shrubs with odorifer ous blossoms or fragrant leaves along the highways, courts and parks of cities, because these strong odors pro duce ozone, and thereby purify the air and make the city more healthful to human beings confined to city streets or narrow, sunless courts and alleys. Indeed nature teaches us some of her delicate mysteries and fa trenching processes when she plants tuberoses, orange trees, the night blooming ce retis and other shrubs and blossoms with such rich and oft well nlgli over powering odors In tropic lands to neu tralize the danger of fevers and mala ria arising from dense vegetation or damp, unwholesome marshes and riv ers. M ho of us can resist the charm to the senses of great masses of white and purple lilacs with countless bees murmuring round the fragrant spikes of blossoms -the pure, delightful per fume not too strong in the open air under the radiant sun of May? And lilacs are so vigorous, are easily grown on any soil and very long lived. Only an expert could tell how old some lilacs on a great-grandfather's old place are, witty the gnarled trunks and vigorous masses of green and blossoms in May. —Boston Transcript. BLAMED THE GOVERNMENT. But find the Lettern In Illn Pocket AH the Time. "See here, young fellow," shouted an angry visaged business man with his head up close to the stamp window in the post office. "You are a pretty lot of incompetents that the government hires to transact the nation's mail business." | "What's the matter, sir?" asked the clerk, calm by long familiarity with such outbursts. "Why, I mailed a letter to Cleveland ; last week that was of the utmost im portance, and it has not reached its destination yet. I have come here to kick, and to kick right hard." "You're in the wrong pew, my dear sir. Go to the superintendent of mails, and he will tlx you up." The ludignant "business man" was passed on from department to depart ment until he finally ran up against the authority competent to handle the mat ter. "Such things do sometimes happen," he was informed in the conciliatory words of the superintendent. "We'll j send our tracer after your letter. To whom was it addressed? Tell us where and when you mailed it." "It was a plain envelope," explained tlie still angry customer. "I usually use a 'return' envelope, but had rea sons for using a plain one in this in stance. Here Is one (fumbling In his pocket) like It. By George, let me look at that again. I'll be hanged If that isn't the very letter. 1 haven't even addressed It yet." " As he vanished down the corridor there was no suggestion of apology left behind.—Detroit Free Press. A MlftniidcrmandliiK. "My dear," said a gentleman to his wife, "where did ail those books on as tronomy on the library come from? They are not ours." "A pleasant little surprise for you," responded the lady. "You know, you said this morning that we ought to study astronomy, and so I went to a bookshop and bought everything 1 could find on the subject." It was some minutes before he spoke. "My dear," he then said slowly, his voice husky with emotion, "I never said we must study astronomy. I said that we must study economy."—Pear son's Weekly. The Same Old AVay. Curious Old Lady llow did you come to this, poor man? Convict—l was drove to it, lady. Curious Old Lady—Were you really? Convict—Yes; they brung me in the i Black Maria, as usual!— Collier's Week- j iy. A Truthful Man. Miss Plnlnface (earnestly)— But if I had not all this money do you think you could still be happy with me? Mr. Scekrox (startled, but equal to the emergency)—A— a—a —happy is not the word for it!— Brooklyn Life. The oldest German coal mines wore first worked in 11D5. They are near 1 Worms. England did. not begin to mine Its coal until the fourteenth cen-1 tury. ' It cannot be too often repeated that It Is not helps, but obstacles, not facil ities, but difficulties, that make men i and bring final success.—Success. I A WARM DISCUSSION. JERICHO AGITATED ABOUT A SCHOOL HOUSE LIGHTNING ROD. Pap Perkins, the Postmnnter, Telia About the P'intn That Were Made oil Doth Slden and lIov the nuild -lUK Itnelf Settled the Question. [Copyright. 1900. by C. B. Lewis.] It was a liglitnln rod man who start ed the sehoolhonse discussion. lie came along the other day and saw that the schoolhouse was without a rod, and he went to the town board and of fered to put one up for so much. The town board wrastled over it all day without comin to a conclusion, and when it got to be known all over Jericho | n big crowd assembled at the postoiilce j in the evenin to talk the matter over, j It was Deacon Spooner who called the crowd to order and said: "As it appears to me and to a major ity of the citizens of this town that an epoch in the history of Jericho lias ar rived, I call upon the lightiiiu rod man to state his case." "There ain't much to state," replies the man. "I've offered to put up two rods on the sclioolhouse and warrant it a good job for S4O. Hein as a school house is an emporium of knowledge and boin as the cause of education may be said to be the bulwarks of liberty, I've knocked sls off the reg'lar price." "I take it that lie's made a p'int," says the deacon as he tunks on the floor with liis cane. "Emporium ol ed "nE'S MADE A P'INT." tieation and bulwarks of liberty seem to come In jest right and Hit the school house oil nil sides at once. I fur one am standin neutral in this bizness, aud I'd like to bear both sides of tlie ques tion. Mebbe Silas Laphum, who lives next door to the schoolhouse, would like to make a few remarks." "As fur me," says Silas as lie rises up, "I'm ag'in the idea of a liglitnln rod. That there schoolhouse was built 13 years ago, and durin tliein 13 years we've had 72 thunderstorms. If she's dodged 72, why can't she dodge 200? Why ean't she keep right on dodgin till she tumbles down of old ago? Forty dollars fur a liglitnln rod means more taxation. Tliar's sieh a tiling as an emporium of education, hut thar's also sicli a tiling as an emporium of taxa tion. Jericho is out of debt and no one klekin, but let the baud of ex cessive taxation clutch her throat, and j how long would it take to struugle tlie life out of her? I'm askin you to pause and ponder afore it is too late." | "Silas, you've made a p'int and a strong one," says tlie deacon when tlie applause has subsided. "If the school house has dodged 72 thunderstorms, tliar's no reason to tliiuk she won't keep up the record. Yes, It's a p'int, and liiebbo tlie liglitnln rod man would like to answer it." "I don't tliinlc much of tlie p'int," says tlie man as he gits up ng'lu. "Tliar's 80,000,000 people in these Unit ed States, and because none of 'em fell down stairs last year It don't fuller that a heap of 'em won't tumble down this year. I've known a man to go on dodgin a mule's heels fur 10 years nud then git 'era both In the stomach at once. Mebbe your sclioollionse will dodge a hundred more thunderstorms, aud mebbe we will sknsslv bev sought our virtuous couches this night before a thunderbolt as big as a bar'l will go drivln through her nud leave nuthin hilt a heap of splinters to mark tlie spot where your emporium of educa tion once reared its proud roof to the blue vaults of heaven. I said S4O to tlie town board today, hut in order to show my Interest in the cause of edu cation and to prove to you that my baud Is ever stretched forth to uphold tlie prestige of a nation of freemen I'll make the price $38." "He's made a p'int, gentlemen—he's made a pint," says the deacon as lie whacks on the stove and looks around. "Yes, sir, when he talks about our sclioollionse rearin it's proud roof to tlie blue vaults of heaven lie's made a p'int, niul I'm more favorable to tlie lightniu rod tliau I was. I think this crowd would like to hear from Enos Williams." "I'm with Silas Lapham," says Enos as lie sliets up ills jaekknlfc and gits , liis feet under him. "I'm fur lettiu sartin things dodge or bust. They wanted to Insure tlie meetin house 24 years ago, hut my advice was to let her dodge. Slie's tliar ylt. I've got a barn 30 years old, and she's never had a liglitnln rod or been Insured—jest had to dodge or bust all these years— nud she's tliar ylt Seventeen years j ago, when I built my house, I put a hell on tlie front door. Nobody has rung that hell to this day. It would he tlie same If we put a liglitnln rod on the schoolhouse—you wouldn't see a I thunderstorm nround here fur the next I 15 years. I'm all right on the empo rium of education bizness, and I enn i see that tliar sclioolhouse rearin it's proud roof to tlie blue vaults of heaven as plain as if It wasn't 0 o'clock at ' night, but I don't see no call to pay out S3B. Let her dodge or bust!" "Thar's a p'int thur, Enos—thar's a p'int," says the deacon as he hits a cracker bar'l with his cane. "Yes, sir, thar's a good deal In your theory about dodgiu. When all the cows around here was hevin tlie lump Jaw, a feller offered to protect mine ag'in it fur $3. I said I'd let her take her chances, and | she come through all right. I obsarvo Moses Forbush among the audieuce, and, as Moses built the fence around tlie sclioolhouse, niebbe he's got sun thin to say." "I ain't ag'in liglitnln rods," says Moses in his slow way—"l'm not ag'in 'em fur what they are. It 'pears to me, however, tliat we'd better begin at the bottom instead of tlie roof. Thar's about 20 bogs nestin under the school house, and thar's about 20 boles lu the floor. I sorter like tlie idea of a liglit nln rod, and I sorter like the Idea of a new floor and drivln tlie lings out. One idea sorter balances the t'other, and I don't want to cast my vote either way," "You lievn't made a p'int," says tlie deacon, "but nobody expected you to. I take it, however, that you go lu fur an emporium of education, boin you got the job of bulldln the fence and liev seven children goin to school." "Yes, I think I do," replies Moses. "I've alius felt that it was my duty to uphold the Magna Charta of liberty, and when It eouics to hoostin the wheels of progress and civilization I'm good to lift a tou." It was then suggested that the liglit nln rod man might want to say sunthin more, and he went at It and made a reg'lar Fourth of July oration. He pic tured George Washington, John Han cock, Thomas Jefferson nud half a doz en more goin to school to learn how to spell such words as "liberty," "free dom" and "bulwarks." He pictured them sehoolliouses hein struck by liglit ulu fur tlie want of rods, and lie had tears In Joali Warner's eyes in less'n five minits. Then lie pictured the hap py children of Jericho crowded Into the sclioollionse on a summer's day. Among them was future lawyers, doe tors, editors, statesmen and poets. They was drlnkiu In deep drafts of education when a black cloud appeared over Jim Taylor's barn, a rumble of thunder was heard, and a minit later a thunderbolt shot out nud struck the sclioolhouse, and thar was a tragedy to convulse tlie world. The town had I saved S3B on a liglitnln rod, hut whnr was the sclioolhouse, tlie schoolma'am aud 44 scholars? Some was slioutiu nud some was wiplu their eyes when tlie man sot down, and after Deacon Spooner had declared it the strongest p'int lie ever heard he made ready to put tlie question to a vote. Jest then in comes Idsh Hillings, uuil the deacon turns to him and says: "Dish, we are hevin a meetin about that liglitnln rod ou the sclioolhouse. As you painted tlie bulldin iuebhe you'd like to say sunthin. Aro you fur it or ag'in it?" "Neither one," answers Lish after awhile. "Are you stnndiu uoutral?" "Not exactly." "Then, how do you make it out?" "Why, the darned old bulldlu fell down about an hour ago of its own self, and I don't reckon thar's any call to waste any breath about the mat ter." M. QUAD. Talismans In Clllnn. Tlie belief in the potency of charms, etc., is very widespread among tlie low er class Chinese anil the Shuns in parts of Yunnan. The latter In particular have all kinds of amulets to ward off evil, tlie gem of their collection being one which confers invulnerability on the wearer. This useful quality may also be obtained, I was informed, by undergoing a very painful process of tattooing. During iny trip I was Rliown a "dragon's nost," which looked like a lilt of tlie horsehair Stalling from a for eign saddle, guaranteed to render the purchaser's house safe from Are, anil a "female deer's horn," which would ena ble tlie fortunate owner to walk a great distance without fatigue. Not being a landed proprietor or a professional sprinter, I had no use for these tilings, and though I entered into negotiations with several people for the talisman which would render me invulnerable none of them was willing to stand the test of western skepti cism—a revolver at 3U paces—even though I offered tbum an enormous sum and a handsome funeral In case of accident.—Geographical Journal. Tlie First \ntionnl Convention. Wliut may lie culled the first national convention was not held by cither of tlie great parties. It was conducted by what was known as tlie Anti-Ma sonic party and was held in Baltimore in September, 1831. Delegates attend- ' cil from every state (not chosen, how ever, on a basis of electoral strength), a president and vice president were nominated, and a platform was adopt ed. The Democrats held their first na tional convention In Raltlmorc In May, j 1832, 313 delegates being present. AS I tills year, tlie only contest was over I the vice presidency, General Harrison having a walkover for first place. His | opponents convened in Washington and named Henry Clay, 17 out of 24 states | being represented. Since then uouii- I listing conventions have been the rule. —New York Sun. Llvtnir on Hie Bylaws, Rufus CUoate once by overwork had shattered Ills health. Edward Everett expostulated with him ou one occasion, saying: "My (lcnr friend, If you are not inoro self considerate, you will ruin your i constitution." "Oli," replied tlie legal wag, "the con- I stitutiou was destroyed loug ago. I'm living on the bylaws." Some of the greatest fishing grounds | of tlie great lakes are In the Georgian | hay district. From tlie cold, deep and clear waters of Georgian bay tliou- 1 sands and thousands of rocky islets rise. I THE HOUSEHOLD. Rhkr For the nininK Doom—A New Device For Cleanlnir Kul rem— What to lluve For Luncheon* Every dining room should have its rug. The quality of this rug must, however, vary with the purchasing power of the individual. Two things ought to be remembered: The rug must not be so thin that it rolls up with ev ery chair that is drawn 'across it nor so thick that no chair enn be drawn at all. The rug may be laid over a bare floor, a carpet, a tilling or a matting. J Rugs made of pieces of carpeting, ' with a border, are never possible In ■ really beautiful dining rooms and aro only to be considered when questions of economy have to enter in. It must not be understood by this that these rugs are In bad taste, but simply that they are a confession of weakness, as it were, of the necessity of using some thing which a salesman sometimes tells you, "though cheaper, is exactly as good as the other." Rugs of every j kind are manufactured today. The housekeeper has only to take the i dimensions of her room, state what price she can afford to pay and then choose the best that comes within tlio range. Rugs ought always to be lower in color key than the rest of the room I or they seem to jump up ut you and make a most unpleasant effect. Knife Cleaner. The devices introduced to supersede the old fashioned application of ashes and water, with a liberal amount of elbow grease, for the cleaning of knives have assumed many novel j forms. One recent device consists of j two parts—a knife handle holder In ! which the handle is grasped between i two rubber lined jaws, provision being HOW TnE CLEANER WOIIKS, made for handles of different sizes, as, for iustnnce, table and dessert knives and carvers, ami a cleaning device re sembling two razor strops hinged to gether at the cuds. These cleuners j consist of pads mounted on wood and ' covered with canvas. In operation some emery or other polishing powder is applied to the cleaner, which is then j closed and pulled backward and for ; ward over the blade. The knife holder, J it should be added, is rigidly attached to the table or shelf. TVhnt to Ifnve For I.uiiohron. It is one of the easiest things in the world to decide what to have for lunch | eon in warm weather as well as in j cold. For one tiling, says The Ilouse i keeper, it doesn't so much matter what j is served at that meal when the men of the family are away. For another thing, there are more appetizing lunch eon dishes within easy reach than there aro desirable dishes for the more difficult dinner or the most difficult breakfast. That first meal of the day I is a veritable stumbling block of doubt In the housekeeper's mind. One must oat in spite of the fact that most things seem too heavy for the morning meal these days. The healthiest persons, j the fact remains, are they who scorn the solace of a mere roll and a cup of j coffee and demand a reasonably hearty : meal upon which to begin the day. Ad vice about what to serve should prop erly begin with that not to serve, j Avoid heavy meats, such as beefsteak j and fried ham, for the breakfast table with tlie utmost care, and so far your breakfast will be a success. Tlie "I,idle Yellow Doclor." ; It Is at this season that the "little yellow doctor," as the head of a large sanitarium aptly dubs the lemon, finds ■ abundant appreciation by young and | old alike. No summer drink Is more wholesome or refreshing than plain lemonade made of the pure juice of die fruit and served Ice cold to the ac companiment of tlie clink of ice against the glass. An old Virginia cook whose lemonade was pronounced perfection always allowed a tablespoonful of sug ar and a cupful of balling water to the juice of each leuiou. A few bits of the yellow yellow rind were usually j steeped In Just water enough to cover anil added to the big pitcher which held the cooling drink. Sometimes, yielding to tlie prayers of tlie children, : pink lemonade showed Its color in the glass, a result obtained by adding a , little currant or raspberry Juice. An IngenloiiN Arrangement. An ingenious arrangement of pea cock feathers lias been applied lately to a plnuo back screen. The ends of tlie feathers are cut off and lapped ever one another, so as to represent the plumage of the bird's breast. All tlie greens are cut away, nud tlie bronze colored parts of tlie feathers only are left, so that a rich Iridescent effect Is produced. The feathers are sowed on a soft stuff material, so as not to lie too flat and even. With the green parts of the feathers one or two butterflies are made and fastened loosely on the bronze giound. The bottom fringe is made of tlie loug thin parts of the feather, near its root, and are fastened on the screen fts an ordiuary silk fringe. 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