FREELAND TRIBUNE. 1381. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. BT TBI TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. Orncx: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. J LONO DISTANCE TKLKPHONB. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. FREELAND.— The TRIBUNE IS delivered by : oarriers to subscribers in Freeland at the rate of 128 cents a month, payable every two months, or $1.50 a year, payable In advance. ; The TRIBUNE may be ordered direct from the carriers or from the ofllcc. Complaints of irregular or tardy delivery service will receive prompt attention. BY MAIL.—The TRIBUNE is sent to out-of towu subscribers for $1.50 a year, payable in advance; pro rata terms for shorter period*. The date when the subscription expires is on the address label of each paper. Prompt re newals must be made at the expiration, other wise the subscription will be discontinued. Entered at the Postofflce at Freeland, Pa., as Second-Class Matter. Mahe att money orders, checks, etc., payable to •he Tribune Printing Company, Limited. FREELAND, PA., MAY 13, 1901. in the present bouse of representa tives of the .7 a pan diet there are 130 farmers. 23 l>arristers, 12 officials, 2*l merchants, 0 newspaper editors, 3 doe tors aud 70 members without fixed pro fessions. The average coat of land in southern Germany suitable for tobacco culture Is 9127.?V0 a Hessian morgen, which is equal to three-quarters of an American acre. The total cost of production is 935.33 a morgen. Coal is tha latest discovery iu Yukon. It has been found In unlimited quanti ties, and the great trading companies are supplying it at reasonable rates. The chief deposits are in Hock Creek, only 20 miles from Dawson City. The official report shows that during 1900 the number of pilgrims to Lourdes was 008,000, among whom were 4 cardinals and 30 archbishops and bish ops. Of water from the grotto 103,000 bottles were dispatched to all quarters of the globe. The servants in some of the best places in Shanghai club together and pay a cook to provide and prepare their food for them at a cost of $2.50 Mex ican a month, or about $1.25 a month in gold, or a fraction over 4 cents a day in our money. During 1899 the total value of mules exported to all foreign countries was 9510,000, while during 1900 the figures reached $3,019,000. Memphis used to be the great distributing point for mules, but Louisville has recently tak en precedence. At a small village near Namur a discovery has been made of 900 pieces of Itomnn money In a perfect state of preservation belonging to the third and fourth centuries and bearing effigies of no fewer than 15 different emperors and ompresses. Autograph letters of famous men will be far rarer in the future than now. Great men of today content themselves with signing their names, often with rubber stamps, to typewritten docu ments, and it will be hard to get much sentiment from typewritten manu scripts. The ancient Spanish mission of San Buenaventura was established in Cali fornia in 1782. The mission books show that in 55 years the monks of San Buenaveutura had brought inside the fold 3,873 Indians. The fine stone structure of the mission built in 1809 still stands. In consequence of emigration there is a greater preponderance of women in Norway than In almost any other coun try in Europe. The census of 2801 showed that there was an excess of women over men of almost 70,000, while iu 1870 this excess only amount ed to 43,000. The government has created some large forest reserves in northern Ari zona ami promulgated rules for their regulation with a view to prevent their spoliation aud to preserve them from fire. The principal lumber mills of Arizona are situated at Flagstaff aud Williams, in Coconino county. Btrcct trees, properly plauted and cared for, work a remarkable change In the value of residential property. Any one with doubts on this subject should look into the history of Washington, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Buffalo and other cities where a comprehensive system of street planting has been car ried into effect. Tlie bank notes Issued by the Ves terbottens Enskllka bank of Sweden and other private banks must be pre sented for payment within one year or they will be forfeited. Swedish banks have hitherto Issued bank notes as gen eral currency, but now a law has been passed which gives the national or statg bank this privilege alone, as is the case In Denmark. The author of a book which has sold well has adopted a novel scheme for advertising It. He has had a large quantity of excellent Egyptian ciga rettes made, and on the wrapper of each In gold letters Is stamped the name of his book. He has sent pack ages of these cigarettes to his friends with the request that thoy scatter them where they will do the most good. The official flag of the Pan-Ameri can exposition at Buffalo wns selected from 300 designs and Is the production of Miss Adelaide J. Thorpe. In the upper corner is a single white star on a blue field, typifying North America. On a red field In the opposite corner are four stars, representing the South ern Cross constellation and South America. The center of the flag Is a diagonal white bar bearing the golden eaglo of liberty, with a green scroll 10 Its talons, Inscribed, "Pax, 1U01." FIGHTING A WILDCAT AN ADVENTURE THAT MADE ONE MAN SHY OF THAT KIND OF BEAST. He In Willing to Go m Long Way Aronnd to Avoid Ferooloaa Ani mals, Evra Tliuagh Melenee Sy They Will Flee at Man's Approach. "I liave read In the papers certain Bcieutifle assertions that no wild ani mal will voluntarily attack or pursue a human being, but that, on the con trary, the fiercest of them, as tradition and the tales of woodsmen classify them, will make haste to escape the possible sight of man, unless, In des perate canes, hunger may urge It to ap proach him. Its most dreaded foe, such cases being extremely rare," said a matter of fact and veracious New York business man. "If that is so, I had a little experi ence ooce with a wild animal that must have been the most desperately hungry beast that ever longed for food. The occurrence was in northwestern Penn sylvania, where one winter I had some business thnt called ine ton miles from the county towu to one of the back woods districts. It was late In the uft ernoon when 1 started on my return to the village. The way was over a lone ly, narrow, crooked mountain rood, bor dered by deep woods much of the dis tance. Toward dusk, as I was round ing a short turn In the road, my horse, which bad a good deal of spirit, shied suddenly and sprnng forward on a furious run. "At the name lu.stant an animal with glaring eyas plumped down from some where and lauded In the sleigh at m.v feet. It had evidently leaped from a tree at the horse, the quick movements of which nervous animal had defeated that purpose, and the attacking animal had alighted with Its fore feet on the robe that lay across my lap. It glared furiously at me, with Its face not more than two feet away, as It clung to the robe with Its sharp claws, growling fiercely. I had never seen a wildcat, but I knew Instantly and Instinctively that I had one to deal with here, and It seemed to be a very large and sav age one at that. I had no weapou, but fortunately the whip that stood In Its socket on the dashboard was loaded at the butt. "Clinging to the reins with my left hand—the horse was running away—l quickly drew the whip from the socket and struck the wildcat on the bead with the heavy butt. That caused the animal to loosen Its hold on the robe and drop Into the snow at the Bide of the sleigh, but the agile and furious beast was up In the fraction of a sec and and with one bound sprang on the back of the sleigh, which had a low body. "Although the horse was running madly away along the narrow and crooked road, throwing the sleigh from side to side and threatening It con stantly with destruction against some rock or stump, I was obliged to drop the reins and leave the result of the runaway to chance, for the wildcat was struggling desperately to gain a foothold in the sleigh and light me at close quarters. I knew that If the sleigh should happen to come Into col lision with any obstacle heavy enough to wreck it I would be no match for the catamount, now wrought to the ut most ferocity, fighting It on the slip ping snow, even If I were unharmed by the colllslou, so t strained every nerve to conquer the determined beast while I still possessed the advantage of foot hold In the sleigh. "Once I thought It was all up with me, for as the sleigh was carried abruptly round a short turn In the road by the speeding horse one runner struck a stone or a root, and the sleigh careened and run at least SO feet on the other runner alone. I mechanically threw the weight of my body toward the upper side of the sleigh, all the time raining rapid blows on the head of the wildcat with the butt of the whip, and forced tbe sleigh down to its balance on both runners again. A few more blows after that, and I was re joiced to see the determined and tena cious beast first loosen one claw, hang for a second or so by the other, while It tried to seize the top of the back of the sleigh again with Its teeth, and then tumble to the road and lie motionless In the snow. "I dropped back on the seat limp and weak aud too mueli unnerved to make the least effort to obtain control of the runaway, which was still rush ing wildly along the uncertain road, mode still more uncertain by the gath ering darkness. The horse ran at least three miles farther and then began to slow up and at last stopped half way up a long and steep hill from sheer exhaustion. I had by this time recov ered sufficiently to take charge of the horse again and drive the rest of the way to the town, which wasn't far, and where 1 arrived with the horse covered with foam, a sleigh splintered and covered deep with sears and scratches made by the desperate wild cat and myself so badly used up by nervous shock that it was three days before I was nble to get about again In anything like good condition. I never hoard whether the wildcat was killed by my blows or not, but 1 have an idea be was. I hope ao. Science may be all right 111 declaring that wild animals will hasten to Hoc at the very suspicion of man's approach, but If ever I am going anywhere a nl hear there are wildcats in that direction I'll go around some other way."—New York Press. Peers of Great Britain have the right to be banged with silken cords Instead of hempen ropes. Few avail them selves of the privilege. Lignum vltip Is the toughest wood known. It cannot be worked by split ting. GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. Leaaon to Be Learned From the Com blnatlon of Many Lines. Mr. Stuyvesant Ftsh declares that tho combination of many railroads 111 the hands of one man will he a very good thing for the railroads. Mr. George Gould, a hereditary owner of rullroads, Bays: "I predict other and greater com binations than have yet taken plaee. I believe the public will be benefited thereby. The unity of Interests among railroads Is desirable primarily for the reason that a uniform and equitable rate basis can be maintained." These two men, and especially Mr. Gould, are experts In railroad manage ment. They, together with many other men, Plerpont Morgan, Vander lillt, etc., have formally expressed their conviction that the old Idea of competition being necessary In Indus try Is all nonsense. They declare that the days of competition have gone by and are to be replaced by days of com bination. Tliese men unconsciously are the strongest and ablest advocates of gov ernment ownership. If there Is no harm In combining all the railroads under one management, paying all the profits to one set of men, why not combine the rouds under government management, UHing the profits to re duce the taxes and Increase the public advantages of all citizens? The value of the railroads consists entirely, apart from Individual man agement and competition, In the grow ing population of tho country. Its re sources, agricultural and Industrial products. In other words, a railroad Is a valu able property because there are mil lions of human beings who travel on It and other millions whose labor em ploys the railroad In hauling freight. The old theory was that Individual owners and competitors Improved the railroads and reduced the cost. Hut Mr. Gould and the other great authori ties assure us that there Is nothing In this theory. We wish they would tell us If there Is any good renson umler such conditions why the people who make the railroads valuable should not own them. This Is of course no suggestion in the line of confiscation or any other extreme or Impossible Idea. We merely suggest that public properties should he publicly owned and that steps to this end should be taken at once, either by national pur chase gradually or by laws which at the end of a certain number of years shall turn the public franchises over as government property. It ennnot he said that the govern ment would be Incapnble of managing the railroad systems, for those systems are managed by Intelligent men who, under the present trust arrangement, all work for salaries. These men could be hired by the government as well as by Mr. Gould. As regards the minute workings of the system and the eco nomical management there should be no question, for the management of our postofllce Is far superior to that of any private concern In the world, more re liable, more economical, more public spirited. In fact, the only big leak in the postofflce is due to private owner ship of railroads. The meu who own the railroads bribe the officials, directly or Indirectly, and compel the people to pay for moll cars and for mail trans portation an utterly dishonest, extrav agant rate. If the railroads were own ed by the government, nobody would be Interested in overworking the meu, thus causing wrecks, or in underpaying the men, thus causing strikes and riots. The service would be better and cheap er. and the employees would he better paid.—New York Journal. Labor Men Protest. A dispatch Riiys that the Federated Trades and Labor Council of Montreal has passed the following resolution: That the Federated Trades and Labor Council protests against the action of the city council in voting SIO,OOO to entertain tho Duke of Cornwall, believing that the.money might be better spent in establishing a free library or home for incur able*. That thia council is of tba opinion that the en tertainment of this gentleman should ba left to privato in tore .its, thereby giving the rich men of Montreal a chance to show their loyalty. And. further, that we petition the gov ernment to deprive the city council of the rigiil to vote money for such purpose. Tills Is deemed to be an tntlmntlon that the masses of the people are not likely to be as complaisant In their submission to King Edward VII as they were to Queen Victoria. It Is snhl that when the spring drills are be gun many of the members of the mllltla will refuse to re-enllst and swear allegiance to the king. t'oasreii la Deaf to Labor. In a letter to the Federation of La bor Senator Wellington, replying to a request that he use his Influence lu be half of the I'etllgrew eight hour hill, says: "I will take pleasure In voting for the Pettlgrew resolution. I am very frank, however, to say that It tins not a chance of passing. Every indication now points to the stern fact that for nt least four years legislation will be in the hands of those who disregard the principles of our government and defy the constitution In order that they may legislate the more effectively for the great combinations of capital which now control the country." The Prevailing Itnte Aaltntlon. The New York Central Federated union has decided to start a gigantic movement of nil labor organizations In the state to bring about the adop tion by the people of an amendment to the constitution In place of the pre vailing rate of wages law, which was declared unconstitutional by the court of appeals. ITessure will be brought to bear lu Albany for the passage of concurrent resolutions In both houses of the legis lature In favor of the proposed amend toeht FOR THE FARMER The location of the well on the farm Is of the greatest importance, sa.vs The American Cultivator. In many In stances the fanner starts his well near the buildings and yards and selects the lowest point as a location, with the Idea that he will not have to dig as deep as he would upon higher land. This Is often n mistake, as we kuow of several places In a village where the wells near the top of the hill are not as deep and are not ns much af fected by a drought as those on the lower land at the foot of the hill, though there may he 50 or 100 feet dif ference In the elevation. Hut the chief objection to the well on the low ground Is that It receives the surface drain age from the higher land, and thus the water soon becomes so contaminated as to he unfit for use either by the Tamlly or the anlmnls, for to he healthy they must have pure water. In these days of driven wells a pipe can often l>e sunk on the highest gravel knoll or sand hill on the farm more cheaply than In the low land, and when water Is reached It Is pure and will con tinue so, because the surface water runs away front It and not toward It. If a windmill Is erected, the wind power Is better, and by tank and plites water can he brought to house, barn and yards or carried to Irrigate the garden and strawberry bod in away to make It doubly pay for Itself, first In saving of dally hard labor at the pump and next in increased crops by having a water supply when needed. Get Sice In Horaea. Some of the clnsaeH at our horse RhowH and Rome of the prices paid for winners in these classes are very mis leading to the average breeder. We refer to classes for small horses, say 15.1 hands or less, says The Nation al Stockman. Phenomenal horses, so far as conformation and action are concerned, have been developed for thcße classes, and high prices have been paid for them. Rut the breeder must not conclude from this that horses of the same size are generally Halable at remunerative prices, for they are not. The high priced little horse is a rare exception, the fair priced little horse is not numerous and the low priced little horse—his name Is legion. The average horse on the regular market must have size. Get every other good quality and lack this and nine times out of ten the breeder of the animal will have to sell him cheap. Rut get tlie other good qualities and size and the horse pays for his oats every time. Let the ranges furnish the small horses. They can do it cheaper than the farmers can. Root Crop*. In England the root crop for stock feeding has been and yet is considered of greater importance than the hay crop. Not only are the Rheep expected to feed upon the turnips from the time when they are large enough, but tur nips and mangels are no small part of their feed from the time they begin to make growth until the next spring, when the roots are exhausted. The English farmers claim that they can grow five times the weight of roots to the acre and that a pound of hay fed with roots Is of much more value than when fed alone, because of more per fect digestion. We always tried to have some roots for sheep and young stock in the winter, but that was be fore the days of silos and ensilage. Apple Growing. When apples are grown for profit, the best authorities agree that no other crop should he grown on the land. Clean and shallow cultivation should be kept up from spring until midsum mer, when a cover crop of clover, win ter vetches or alfalfa or, If the land Is too thin for legumes, oats or rye may he sown to hold the soil during winter. If apples are only a side issue, well fertilized hoed crops, such ns po tatoes, beans and garden vegetables, will keep the soil 111 order and not ex haust It unduly. It would be well to experiment with the earliest varieties of cowpeas, putting them tu In early June. Oats and peas and corn do well for cattle and rape for hogs and sheep. —ltur.nl New Yorker. Hanllna H.mrartl Manure. Fnrmers who try to keep an account of the cost of their crops often charge the crop with barnyard manure made on the farm at the same price manure would cost If bought at a stable and then add cost of men and teams In drawing It out. They seldom stop to think whether It Is more or less valua ble because of the food given and bed ding used than that they would buy, and still less do they consider that If their manure ns a waste product could not he used to promote plant growth they would be obliged to draw it away as a nuisance or as western farmers used to do—move the baru away from the manure heap. The Potato Crop. Potatoes that are fully ripe will nev er gain In ijuallty by being left 111 t he ground a mouth or two, hut will sure ly lose In quality and dryness. If grown on moist soil or wet with fre quent showers, dig early potatoes and store them In the cellar, as that is the best place for them. If the weather Is hot, pick up as fast as dug. Do not let them get hot, or they will surely rot If I'iled together In any great quantity. Borer. In Fruit Trrca. Cut them out and paint the bodies of the trees with lime wliitcwSßli Col orcd with Venetian red. The Kind Yon Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signatnro of and has been made under his pcr f AZ. v . sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are hut Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. 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Ijoxnkola for Mother*.—lt is particularly valuable and useful to women, especially mothers, as It is a gentle and safe remedy to UHO during all conditions of health whenever their peculiar and delicate constitutions require a mild and cfllclont laxative and tonic, while to nursing JBvy- mothers, worn out with tho euro of infants and whose sys- AJ m terns therefore nro particularly susceptihlo to disouso % jj Laxakolu particularly appeals. n It clears thocoinplexion, brightens the eye, sharpens the Ymßr appetite, removes muddy and blotched condition of the skin v/ and cures sick he -adocho to a certainty by removing thecause. To women suffering from chronic constipation, head* aches, biliousness, dizziness, sallowness of tho skin and dyspepsia, Laxakola will invariably bring relief. liitxakola for Old Folk*.— In the Autumn and Winter of Life, when tho various organs through long : """ comes necessary to stimulate them by some romedy best adapted to that purpose. That Laxakolu is such, bus been proved beyond all question. Its gentle warming, soothing notion on the iiowcls, liver and kidneys, stimulates them to \ y increased activity, cleanses tho blood, quickens tho circu* lution, and puts the whole system in a condition of health and enables it to ward off disease, while its tonic propertiee tone up the system ami keep it healthy. Laxakoia Does It. I.axakola is not only the most efficient >f family remedies, but the most economical because it com* bines two medicines for one price, tonic and laxative. No other remedy givea so much for the money. All druggists, 25c. and 50c , or free sample of The LAXAK.OLA CO., 133 Nassau St., N. Y , or 356 Dearborn St., Chicago. FACTS IN A FEW LINES. A new ordinance In Seattle, Wash., prohibits aide entrances to saloons. Tickled pigs' heads are sent from Denver to Ireland as the food of the poorer classes. Arrests in Cleveland last year num bered 10,023 as compared with 15,074 In 1800 and 14,452 In 1808. In southern France, where beer costs 20 cents and milk 15 cents a quart, new wine has been lately on sale in un limited quantities at 2 cents a quart. Arizona newspapers declare that deer, antelope and mountain sheep will soon be exterminated there unless immedi ate steps are taken for their preserva tion. The legal rate of interest in Canada is now 5 per cent, the reduction from (1 per cent having been made by a stat ute of the Dominion which went Into effect Jan. 1. California's presidential electors cast i their vote in the largest hall in Sac ramento in the presence of an im mense assemblage, including the pupils of the public schools. Cotton has ranged in price from SI.OO a pound during the war to less than 5 cents a pound in 1808. In the i last two and a half years it has risen from 5 cents to 12.75 cents. A Different Point of View. Willie (crying) Mamma boohoo— | Joe hit me with a great big brick. Itoo | hoo! Mamma-And what did you do to him. dear? Willie—l hit him gently with that same little brick he threw at me.- j Harper's Bazar. SiKon of Appropriation. "Mr. Slmpkins and our daughter 1 must he engaged." "Do they seem fond of each other?" "No. but he has begun to find fault With bef."—Chicago Record. And other (.Allien. After making out a list of its awards of medals nml prizes one of the Juries of the I'nrls exposition of 1900 decided to celebrate the completion of Its la bors by giving ail informal little dinner at which the members of the jury, rep resenting uiauy nationalities, could meet far more agreeably as private in dividuals; hence It was decidedly un expected when, after they had reached the stage of cofTee and cigars, the Brit ish member of the jury rose with great solemnity and said, "Gentlemen, I pro pose the health of her majesty the queen." This staggered everybody for a mo ment; but, innate courtesy overcoming national prejudice, they quickly pulled themselves together and drank the toast with all the honors. No sooner, however, had this been ae- I colli till shed than the American member , rose and, poising his glass in the air, | said simply, "And other Indies." J Needless to say this equally unex- I peeted toast was received with en thusiasm by all.—Argonaut. Kbdof Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It, artificially digests the food and aids .Nature in strengthening and recoil, j structlng the exhausted digestive or gans. It lsthe latest discovereddlgcst aut and tonic. No other preparation : can approach It in efficiency. It lu i stuntly relievesand permanently cures I Jiyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, IJi latuleuce, Sour Stomach, Nausea Sick Headache, Gastralgia.Crampsand all other results of imperfect digestion. I Prepared by E. C. DaWITT A CO. Cb'eaga. | Grower's Citj- Drug store.