111 fin i '♦ ~ ♦ ! I The Minnesota agricultural experi- | ment station, after a long series of tests to discover the relative cost of producing a pound of dressed beef and one of butter, has come to the follow ing conclusions: I* First.—With 100 pounds of grain and an equal amount of hay and roots four steers made a gain of 24.19 pounds, and four cows with the same amount and kind of feed produced 12.04 pounds of butter. Second.—The four steers consumed feed valued at SS.SI and gained 424 pounds, being an average daily gain of 2.52 pounds, costing 2 cents per pound and returning a pound gain for 8.2 pounds of dry matter. Third.—The four cows consumed feed valued at $11.84 and yielded 255.48 pounds of butter fat, being a butter equivalent of 297.99 pounds, at a cost of food of 3.97 cents per pound, produc ing a pound of butter to 10.28 pounds of dry matter consumed. Fourth.—Type has not so much sig- | nlflcance with a steer as it has with a dairy cow, for the reason that a steer not of good type may be a large feeder and a good digester and convert all the food taken over his needs for mainte nance into gain, while a cow not of the dairy type has the alternative of con verting food into either milk or gain, and she may choose the latter at a time when the owner wants only the former. Seed Wheal, The experiment stations nnd fanners who have trained themselves to close observation of cause and effect have given evidence many times that the amount and quality of the wheat crop and of other grain crops depend large ly upon the quality of the seed used. The larger and plumper seed gives the most vigorous growing plant. It stools out more, usually has a stiffer straw, If it Is not forced by the use of too rank a fertilizer, by which we mean one too rich in nitrogen, and therefore the better the crop. Hut there are oth er things desirable In a good grain crop. One Is to secure large heads well tilled, and It may also be desirable to have the grain grow rapidly and ma ture early either to obtain the best re sult in a short season or to escape In sect attacks. The best way to secure this would be to select the earliest ma turing large heads to be found nnd re serve them for seed. The farmer who sows large areas may think this too much trouble to get all the seed he needs, but he should remember that If there Is a profit In doing so for one acre there would be n greater profit In doing so on a hundred. A modification of this plan Is to select In this way enough to sow a small plot very thin, so that each plant will have a chance to do its best, and then reserve a piece of the best land to sow that on it to produce seed wheat. A continuation of this process for a few years would result In the production of an extra early, hardy and prolific wheat. Winter Work. Winter Is coming soon, and the farm er should rejoice not because It will be a season of rest, but because It will give him an opportunity to do so many things that he has neglected in the hurry of planting, cultivating and har vesting. says The American Cultlvntor. We fear that we should not make a success of farming if we were in a re gion of perpetual summer. We should hinder our work by trying to do too much and leaving undone the work that should be done. There are many little things for which there seems to be no great haste. They can be done at any time, and that means that they are never done or done in great haste when they reach the point where they must be done. When we were farm ing, we used the days when It was not suitable weather to work out of doors In putting all tools and machinery In good condition, including farm wag ons and carts, and they were painted, if they needed it, which most of them did even after one year's use. The work might not have been done very artistically, but the paint served to protect the wood from the weather. Then harnesses were cleaned, mended and oiled and repairs made on gntes, fences, etc., while during the pleasant days manure was drawn out and the summer wood brought home. All this helped when the spring work began, iA Tenant Farming. Why should not the American sys tem of tenant farming be abolished? asks a correspondent of The ITalrle Farmer. It is already a fruitful source of wrong nnd a menace to free institu tions, dethroning the goddess of Jus tice and supplanting her with the god dess of greed, keeping in a state of servility our disinherited fellow farm ers, many of whom were robbed of their birthright before they were born when their rightful heritage was given to the railroad magnates, who in turn have robbed and now continue to rob their beneficiaries, the people, by ex orbitant rates. We, the surplus land owners, both rural and urbun, hold in our grasp the destiny of this republic for weal or woe. Then why not heal the mortal disease that is gnawing at her vitals? My 25 years under mon archy convinces me that the landlord and renter system Is the blight and deathknell of republics and the bul wark of monarchies. The Kansas land lord paid only $'1.25 an acre 40 years ago for the land that now brings him on annual rental of from $2 to Jo and upward. The system begets an impov erished soil, Impoverished peasantry and poorhouse and penitentiary candl vlulvs.- :x :■ - THE SPORTING WORLD. Yale has a young man whom it pre sents this year as a claimant for the ti tle of champion American all round athlete. Yale leaders challenge any other college to show an athlete who has been a regular member of Ave var sity teams. The Yale star who has made this record is Albert 11. Sharpe of Chicago. At present his attention is taken up with the task of playing left half back on the football eleven, a position he filled last season. Sharpe is the best place and distance punter on the Yale eleven and is also its best drop kickor. He did all of Yale's drop kicking last year, his goal from the 45 ALHEKT H. SHARPE. yard line in the game with Princeton giving Yale a lead which the college held till young Poe's phenomenal goal, with 33 seconds to play, won the game. lie was last year Yale's varsity first base man, leading the varsity team in fielding averages and standing next to the top at the bat and in base running, lie Is a clever pitcher, but he confined his energy to covering first base dur ing the past season. Sharpe is also one of the strongest oarsmen in Yale. lie was too busy playing baseball last spring to row during that season, but on the previous season he was a mem ber of the freshman eight which de feated Harvard, 'O2, at New London in the annual eight oared race between the class eights of the two universities. Sharpe has not yet decided whether to row or play baseball next spring. For obvious reasons it is impossible to do both. During the summer for two or three years in the past Sharpe has been instructor in rowing at the Chau tauqua assembly at Chautauqua Lake, N. Y. Sharpe Is one of the best basket ball players in America. For three years he has been a member of the Yale team. Last year he was its captain and scored more goals than any other player. He will be a leading player on the team during the coming season. lie is also a first class all round gym nast. For two years lie was a member of the Yale gymnastic team. lie is also one of the best tennis players and track athletes in the university, but does not compete regularly in these events because of lack of time. Sharpe is in the junior class in the Yale Med ical school. He will make a specialty of athletic pathology and surgery when he begins his professional work after receiving his doctor's degree. He weighs 18(5 pounds, stands 0 feet 2 inches tall and is 21 years old. M*<; inn it >• Says Snrely Retire. Pitcher McGlnnity of the Brooklyns has made a definite statement regard ing his plans for next year. "I am not fooling," he said, "when I say that aft er this season I am done with profes sional baseball. There is no bluffing about this, for I mean it, and I have figured out that I can do much better at home than in the baseball business. Two of my brothers and myself own a machine works out in Indian Territory, and we have the patronage of one rail road, and there is not another factory like ours In the territory. This means that there is a great deal of business to attend to and lots of money as a result of attending to it. My brothers want me there, and 1 think It will be much better for me financially to go home and attend to business. 1 have no fault to find with anybody, but I pre fer to leave the business when my star is in the ascendant. If I remain two or three years more in it, I may be played out and then I will be forced to leave. I think it is better to leave amid glory I than to be forced out of the business." A Novel Ilnce. A unique novice cycle race took place on the track at Vincennes, France, re cently. The field included 110 starters, many of whom had never been on a wheel before. Sixteen men rode in each qualifying heat. In the first heat eight men fell in a heap, and while the other eight men were riding for the fin ish the dismounted men engaged in ft fist fight. One of the heats was for fat men. There were but 13 men in the final heat. w_ _ . . 4 . THEV SLEEP HANGING UP. j Sloths and Data SnNpenri Themselves Without Kxcrtlou. There Is one animal which lives en- I tirely In trees, but is able to maintain Its position during slumber without the least exercise of muscular force. This is the sloth, common In the forests of tropical America. Its long claws are so I bent that they hook over the branches and allow the creature to hang upside down like an animated hammock. Cu riously enough, the hammock appears to be a South American Invention and is universally employed by all the In dian tribes of the Amazons. Perhaps the primitive human dwellers In this region took to sleeping In hammocks after observing the habits of the sloth. The great ant eater, which Is both a kinsman and fellow countryman of the sloth, has an enormous tail, which It uses In a very remarkable manner. I recently saw two of these strange ani mals lying together asleep, and they had arranged their tails so cleverly that their whole bodies were hidden from view. Moreover, it was evident | that this caudal covering would afford excellent protection from the weather, for the central solid part of the tails j acted as a kind of ridge pole over the highest part of the sleepers' bodies, so ) that the long fringes of hair sloped j downward on each side like the thatch upon a roof. Like the sloths, many kinds of bats I sleep suspended by their hooked claws without any muscular exertion what- | ever. Some of the large fruit eating | bats of the tropics, which do not sleep In holes like the species common In i southern latitudes, but which hang sus pended to the branches of trees in the open air, adopt a position which it would be difficult to beat for economy and comfort. Gould's fruit eating bat, common In the warmer parts of Aus tralia, suspends Itself upside down by one bind foot and wraps Its body in the tentlike folds of its wing membranes, which extend light down to the an kles. Its shoulders, to which the mem brane Is attached, are humped up so as to act as eaves to shoot off the rain, and when asleep It draws Its head un der their shelter and nestles Its nose j among the warm fur of Its chest. SAVED BY PALMISTRY. Tattered Individual Proves Ills Case I*y Showing: Ills Hands. "Reasoning from antecedent proba bility," said the Justice to a prisoner with a soppy hat and a turned down mouth, "I would say that when this policeman accuses you of being a tramp he Is speaking with a high re gard for the truth." "Knowing little about logic," the de fendant replied, "I am unable to say whether I am guilty on that proof. But by palmistry I am Innocent. My life line is good, my capacity for hard work Is simply astonishing, and my confidence In my own ability Is su perb." "Score one for palmistry. Now bold up your hands." They went up. "I can't tell whether you have work ed by the looks of those hands," said j the Justice. "But In the Interest of the spread of knowledge I will digress and say to you that an article known as Boap was Invented some years ago." "Never heard of it," said the prisoner cheerfully, "and I know Just as much about my guilt or innocence as 1 do ] about soap. You might try me by a Jury of my peers." "Your peers are too busy telling fairy | tales to bartenders 011 this muggy morning to come out to help the ends [ of Justice. The dollar they'd get for Jury service would make them die of heart disease." "A doctor told me I'd never have that," the prisoner snid. "I'm not intensely interested In the state of your health," the justice said coldly. "1 don't know whether you're a trainp, and neither do you. I am in clined to the opinion that you are, but I guess 110 policeman will arrest you between here and the corner." The prisoner made the trial trip suc cessfully aud was seen no more.—Chi cago Journal. "low Neck Dinners." A few days ago a lady in pursuit of a cook was interviewing and being Inter viewed at a certain employment bu reau. "1 shall want you to go into the country with me," she remarked to the mighty personage, who was eying her from head to foot "Yez, mam; and do yez have low neck dinners, mam?" Mrs. Cook Inquired. " 'Low neck din ners!' What do you mean by that?" said the lady. "Well, mam, do yez eat yez dinner in low neck dresses? 1 hev a fri'nd who says she'll not take no place unless the family eats In low ! necks, an 1 thought I wouldn't cither." i So this is what we are all coming to! j Not even our domestics will endure "plain living," and If one wants a .f(i ! cook she can't have her without prom ising to "eat In low necks."—Boston ! Herald. The Dog's Wnlrhfulitewfl. The dog's watchfulness, so much and so thoughtlessly lauded as the expres sion of his devotion to man, Is merely I the instinctive watchfulness necessary to hts safety In a wild state and Is a | characteristic which he would exercise i quite as readily for his own kind and I the preservation of his lair as he would for the benefit of man. When he barks at strange dogs or gives warning at I sight of the approach of strangers. It should not be overlooked that he con siders his own home Is disturbed, though It may be the home of his mas ter. Much depends on the point of view.—B. Waters In Forest and Stream. Aflont and Ashore. "How about that Atlantic liner?" "Oh, she'B safe enough. There's a rumor ashore that she's afloat." "That's good. I heard there was a ' rumor afloat that she was ashore." AMANDUS OSWALD, dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries and Provisions. FRESH ROLL BUTTER AND EGGS. A celebrated brand of XX flour always in stock. Latest Hats and Caps. All kiuds of household utensils. N. W. Cor. Centre and Front Sts., Freeland. Groceries, Provisions, Green Truck, Dry Goods and Notions are among the finest sold in Freeland. Send a sam- j pie order and try them. E, J. Curry, South Centre Street. P. F McNULTY, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. I Embalming of female corpses performed j , exclusively by Mrs. P. P. MeNulty. PREPARED TO ATTEND CALLS DAY OR NICIIT. South Centre street. Freeland. Wm. Wehrman, atcliraaker. | Watches and Clocks for sale, and repairing of all kinds given prompt attention. Centre street, below South. - I COUNTY FAIR NEWS. Two Con vernations Overheard by Your Dear Old L'nele Eli. I As he reached home ami stood be fore his wife there was a look on his I face she had never seen before. He seemed to be a foot taller and a ton heavier, and his general air was that of a man who had a million dollars in the bank. "Jo—Joel, what is it? What has hap pened?" exclaimed the wife In tones of fear and anxiety. "I've struck It at last," he replied as he swelled with importance. "Found a gas well?" "Noap." "A gold mine?" "Noap." "Any one died and left you a for tune ?" "Noap. It's sunthin a heap better. I've taken fust prize at the county fair fur the best bushel of carrots growed in all this county!" "Waal, Jim, I hoard you was over to Charlotte, and I thought I'd stop and ; inquire how -things went." j "Who you calliu Jim?" "Why, you, of course." j "Then, sir, I'd have you know that my name is James Johnson Jones." 1 "But we've bin nayhurs and friends fur the last 15 years, and I've alius called you Jim." "Yes, I know, hut things are differ ent now. Sunthln's happened." "Good Lord, hilt what kin It he?" "You know that red calf of mine— the one you said was a wlioosher? Waal, I outercd him at the county fair, and he took the blue ribbon." "Jim Johnson, you don't mean it!" "It's a cold fact." "Then, by gum, If you'll run fur president of the United States, I'll vote fur you all day long!" M. QUAD. When the stomach is tired out it mu t have a rest, but we can't live without food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure "digests what you eat"fjsothut you can eat all the good food you want while it is re storing the digestive organs to health. It is the only preparation that digests i all kinds of food. U rover's City drug store. Among the boatmen on 'the Lehigh canal, between New Hope and Mauch ; Chunk, is a Canadian boy, 17 years old. ; who measures 0 feet 7* inches in his ] stocking feet. He is still growing j rapidly. j The most effective little liver pills : made are DeWitt's Little Early Risers. | They never gripe, drover's City drug store. ' 81.50 a year is all the TRIBUNE costs Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It, artificially digests the food and aids Nature la strengthening and recon. structing the exhausted digestive or gans. It lathe latestdiscoveroddigest ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach It in efficiency. It In stantly ralievesand permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Headache, Gastralgia,Cramps and all other results of imperfect digestion. PrlceSOc. and sl. Larue site contains Btt times small size. Book all about dyspepsia mallodtree Prepared by E. C. DeWITT ft CO, cb'cago. I Grover's City Drug Store. Boots and Shoes. Rubber Goods. 1 Styles, Mils ad Prices. Latest Desips, Larpst Stasis, Lowest Prices. McMenamin's Gents' Furnishing, Hat and Shoe Store. . 86 South Centre Street. / State Jcioo East SlrouiUlHirg, I'u. "~ The Winter term of this popular institution for the truining of touchers opens JHII. 2, 11*01. This practical tmilling; school for teachers is located in the most healthful mid charming part of the state, within the great summer resort region of the state, on the muin line of the I). L. & W. Railroad. Unexcelled facilities; Music, Elocutionary, College Preparatory, Sewing und Modeling departments. Superior fuculty; pupils coached free; pure mountain water; rooms furnished through out; GOOD HOARDING A RECOGNIZED FKATU RE. We are the only normal school that paid the state aid in full to ull its pupils this spring term. Write for a catalogue aud full information while this advertisement is before you. We ; have something of interest for you. Address, GEO. P. BIBLE. A. M.. Principal. ! iiiir Beautiful Complexions Come from pure, untainted blood. No com plex lon can be muddy, mottled or sallow il the blood Is pure; no complexion can be clear of blemishes if the blood is not pure. More than this: disease cannot exist in a body sup plied with pure blood. This is the secret ol the success of Celery King. It makes pure blood. Celery King cures constipation, and Nerve, Htomach, Liver and Kidney diseases. 3 DePIERRO - BROS. CA.FE. Corner of Centre and Front Streets. Gibson, Dougherty, Kaufer Club, Rosenbluth's Velvet, of whieh we hive EXCLUSIVE BALE IN TOWN. Mumm's Extra Dry Champagne, Hennessy Brandy, Blackberry, Gins, Wines, Clarets, Cordials, Etc. Ham and Schweitzer Cheese Sandwiches, Sardines, Etc. MEALS - AT - ALL - HOURS. Condy 0. Boyle, dealer in LIQUOR, WINE, BEER, PORTER, ETC. The finest brands of Domestic and Imported Whiskey on sale. Frosh Rochester and Shell andoah Beer and Youngling's Porter on tap. 98 Centre street.. Bs#t Cough Syrup. Tuiei Good. Use ■ In time. Sold by druggUta. K BBBHSEiaaEne g i RAILROAD TIMETABLES LEHIGH VALLEY KAILKOAD. November 25, 1900. ARRANGEMENT OF I'AHSKNOEK TRAINS. LEAVE FHKELAND. 6 12 a in for Weather ly, Munch Chunk, Allentown, liethlelieni, Fusion, Phila delphia una New York. 7 40 u in for Suudy ltun. White Haven, Wilkes-Banc, I'ittston and Scrautou. ,l 8 18 ii in lor Huzicloii, Muhuiioy City, [ Shenundoub, Ashland, Weatlicrly, Munch Chunk, Allentown, Bethlehem, I East on, Philadelphia and New York. • 9 30 ain for Hazleton, .Mahanoy City, Shen andoah, ait. Curincl, Shumokin and i Pottsville. 12 14 l> in for Sandy Hun, White Haven, \v likes-Buire, scrautou and all points 1 20 P in for Weatlicrly, Maucli Chunk, Al lentown, Bethlehem, Lust on, Philadel phia una Now York. 4 42 pin lor iluzlclon, Muhunoy City, She n andoah, Mt. Curiuel, Shuiuokin and PottsViHe, Weutiieriy, Maueh Chunk, Allenlowu, Hethlehein, Easiou, i'hilu delphiu and New York. 0 34 P in lor Sandy Hun, White Haven, Wilkes-Barre, scruuion und all points West. 7 29 p m lor Jluzlcton, Mahanoy City, Slien audoah. Ml. Curmet aud Shumokin. AHHIVK AT FKEELAND. 7 40 a in from Weatlicrly, l'ottsville, Ash laud, Mioiiaiidouh, MaUuuoy City and iluzlotou. 9 17 u in from Philadelphia, Euston, Hethle hein, Allentown, Mauch chunk, Weutii eriy, Huzleton, Mahanoy City, Shenan dcuh, Mt. C'arinel and shumokin. 9 30 a in from aeruutou, Wilkes-Harre and While llaven. 12 14 p in from l'ottsville, Shuraokiu, Mt. Cariuel, Shenandoah, Mahanoy City und llu/.leion. 1 12 p in lrom New York, Philadelphia, Euston, Betblchuin, Allentown, Maueh Chunk and Weuthcrly. 4 42 P in from Sorauton, Wilkes-Barre and White Haven. 6 34 p in from New York, Philadelphia, Euston, Hethlehem, Allentown, Putts ville, Shumokin, Mt. Carmei, Shenan doah, Mahunoy City and Huzlctou. 7 29 p in from Sciunton, Wilkes-Barre and White Haven. For turthcr mtormatlon inquire of Ticket Agents. UVALLIN B. WlLßUß,General Superintendent, 20 Corciuudt street, New York City. CHAB. S. LEE. General Passenger Agent, 20 Cortlandt Street, New York City. J. T. KEITH, Division Superintendent, Huzleton, Pu. THE DELAWAKE, SUSQUEHANNA AND SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Time table in cllcct April 18, 1897. Trains leave Drifton lor Jeddo, Eokley, Ha/.le 1 Brook. Stockton, Heaver Meadow Hoad, Koan ! and Hazietou Junction at 6 80, tt UO a m, daily , ; except Sunday; and 7 03 a in, 2 3b p in, Sunday. , Trains leave Drilton for Harwood,Cranberry. I i 1 omhiekeu and Deringer ut 5 JO, OUU a m, duily except Sunday; and 7 Oil a ui, 2 88 p in, Sun day. . Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction, Harwood Hoad, Humboldt Hoad, Oneida und Miepptou at 000 a in, daily except Sun day; und 7 OJ a m, 2 88 p m, Sunday. 1 ruins leave Hazleton Junction for Harwood, Cranberry, Tomhieken and Deringer ut 6 35 a in, dully except Sunday; aud 8 6il a m, 4 22 p ui, Sunday. 1 Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida Junction, Harwood Hoad, Humboldt Hoad, Oneida and Sheppton at b ;i2,11 10 a in, 441 p in, daily except Sunday; and 7 87 a in, 8 11 p m. Sunday. Trains leave Deringer for Tomhick <n. Cran berry, Hai wood, Hazleton Junction aud Hoan at 2 25, 6 40 p in, daily except Sunday; ana J 87 a in, 5 07 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt Hoad, Harwood Hoad, Oneida Junction, Hazle ton J unotion and Houn at 7 11 am, 12 40, 522 p m, daily except Sunday; and 8 11 a m. 8 44 P m, Suiiday. Trains leave Sheppton for Beaver Meadow Hoad, Stockton, Ilazlo Brook, Eekley, Jeddo and Drifton at 5 22 p m, daily, except Sunday; and 8 11 a m, 8 44 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver Meadow Hoad, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eekley. Jeddo and Drilton at 5 45, 62b p ra, daily, except Sunday; and 10 10 a in, 5 40 p m, Sunday. All trains conncot at Hazleton Junction with 1 electric cars for Hazleton, Jcanesville, Audcn ried and other poiuts on the Traction Com pany's lino. Trains leaving Drifton at 6 30, 6 00 a m make uouueetion at Deringer with P. It. It. trains for wjlkesbarro, Sunbury, llarrisburg and points For the accommodation of passengers at way stations between Hazleton Junction and Der inger, a train will louve the former point at ■l5O p in, daily, except Sunday, arriving at Deringer at 5 00 p in. LUTHER c. SMITH, Superintendent
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