FREELAND TRIBUNE. Establish*! 1833. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. OFFICE: MAIN STKEET ABOVE CENTRE. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. FREELAND.—The Tin BUNK is delivered by carriers lo subscribers in Freehiud ut the rate of 12g 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 ollice. Complaints of irregular or tardy delivery service will receive prompt attention. BY MAIL.—The TRIBUNE is sent to out-of town subscribers for $1.50 a year, payable in advance; pro rata terms for shorter periods. The date when the subscription expires is on the addivss label of each paper. Prompt re newals must be made at the expiration, other wise the viibscriptiou will be discontinued. Entered at the Postollloe at Frceland, Pa., as Sccoud-Cluss Matter. FREEIv A NI). PA., NOVEM BER 22, 1901. A BUDDING HUMORIST. Merry Memories of a First Meeting: Willi Artemus Ward. On going into the Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial rooms one morning 1 saw a new man, who was introduced to mo as Mr. Browne. He was young, cheerful In manner, tall and slender, not quite up to date in style of dress, yet by no means shabby. His hair was flaxen and very straight; his nose, the prominent fea ture of his face, was Romanesque— quite violently so—and witli a leaning to the left. His eyes were blue gray, with a twinkle in them; his mouth seemed so given to a merry laugh, so much In motion, that it was difficult to describe. It seemed as though bubbling in him was a lot of happiness which he made no effort to conceal or hold back. When we were introduced, be was sit ting at his table writing. He gave his leg a smart slap, arose, shook hands witli me and said lie was glad to meet me. 1 believed him, for he looked glad all the time. You could not look at him but lie would laugh. lie laughed as lie sat at his table writing. When he had written a thing which pleased him, ho would slap his leg and laugh. I noticed that George Hoyt and James Brokenslilre at their tables were pleased with his merriment and in dulged in broad smiles. As I bade him and the others good morning he said, "Come again, me liege." I thanked him, said I would and went my way, thinking what a funny fellow he was. Within a month thereafter appeared in the columns of The Plain Dealer a funny letter signed "Artemus Ward." The writer said he was in the show business, had a trained kangaroo, "a most amoosin' little cuss," some "snaix" and a collection of wax fig ures, which lie called a "great moral show." As he was coming to Cleve land to exhibit, he made a proposition to the proprietor that tliey "scratch each other's hacks"—the publisher to write up tlie show vigorously and the showman to have the handbills print ed at his office and give him free tick ets for nil ids family. So I found my young friend of the gurgle and hay colored lialr to be an embryo humorist just bursting into bloom. Artemus, us from that time he was best known, soon had a city full of friends, myself and family among them.—James F. Ryder in Century Magazine. RAILWAY TIES. The Swedish government is disposed to adopt electricity on its entire rail way system. Prussia's recent action in making all railway return tickets valid forty-five days has been promptly followed by Saxony and Baden. Tourists in Egypt can now take a trolley car in the main street of Cairo direct to the pyramids. In a short time a line will be built, equipped with American cars, .to run from the ocean front at Piraeus to the Parthenon at Athens. The Pennsylvania railroad proposes spending millious to extend its line to Moutauk Point, at the eastern end of Long Island, so that the ocean voy age may be shortened. The tunneling of East river and the bridging or tun neling of the North river are enter prises included in the scheme. HAPPINESS. Man makes his own misery. So does woman. Happiness depends upon the attitude of mind. The highest forms of happiness are the easiest obtainable. Men understand much better the art of happiness than women. We cultivate our misery at the ex pense of our capacity for happiness. The kindness of men is oftener the expression of their own satisfaction than the desire to please. The power to please comes with prac tice ouly. Everybody knows bow to be disagreeable.—Sarah Grand. Tlifew I p Ihe Sponge. His Loving Spouse (who lias been talking for five minutes without a break)—l'd like to know, now, what you've got to say for yourself. When you went down town I told you exactly the kind of bath sponge I wanted, and you wrote it down, and now you bring me this miserable, pitiful, good for nothing. What are you throwing that sponge tip in the air for? Mr. Meeker—My dear, it's the only .thing I tan do.—Chicago Tribune. WASHINGTON LETTER [Special Correspondence.! Dr. P. M. Rixey continues to visit the White House d*'.ly, as lie used to do (luring tlte administration of President McKinley. President and Mrs. Roose velt have made no selection of a family physician, and Dr. Rixey occupies that position. Whether he will remain in that capacity when he becomes sur geon general of the navy is not known. The late Dr. Bates, surgeon general of the army, was the first physician to President and Mrs. McKinley. When lie died. Dr. Leonard Wood, now Gen eral Wood, was designated to the posi tion. He remained until the breaking out of the war with Spain, when lie went to the front as colonel of the rough riders. Dr. Sternberg, surgeon general of the army, was next looking after the health of President and Mrs. McKinley, but only for a short time, when he was succeeded by Dr. Rixey. The latter called at the White House daily for three years. Currency to Semi Through Mail*. The recent robbery of tlie Chicago nostoffice and the possibility that the robbers will dispose of #74,000 worth of stolen stamps has called attention afresh to the need of some kind of sub sidiary currency which can lie sent through the mails. It was never in tended that stamps be used as money, yet the enormous growth of the mail order business has really brought that result about. The mail order con cerns accumulate large quantities of stamps, and to convert them Into mon ey often have to sell at a discount. Thus a "stamp trade" lias sprung up which enables burglars to dispose of stolen stamps with little danger of de tection. The next congress will doubt less be called upon to consider plans for relieving tills situation. Mis* Roosevelt's Chum*. Miss Harriet Wadsworth of New York, daughter of Representative WadHworth, will lie a close contempo rary of Miss Roosevelt, as will be also Miss Helen Mackay-Smith and Miss Mathilde Townseiul. Miss Mackay-Smith is the eldest daughter of Rev. Dr. Mackay-Smitli, who is In charge of the quaint colonial church at Washington, St. John's, which has been the scene of so many historic ceremonies and is one of the principal places of Interest to all sight seers in Washington. Miss Townsend will make her debut In December, and has Just returned from Europe, where, witli her mother, she lias spent the past six months, having been much admired in Paris and at the German baths. The Dlntrict Bndßet. The District commissioners have transmitted to the secretary of the treasury their estimates of the appro priations that will lie needed for the support of the government of the Dis trict for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903. The sum asked is #10,439,881.87. The sum asked for the preceding year was $9,080,703.94, and the sum appro priated was $7,532,519.31. The secre tary of the treasury will forward the estimates to congress. In making public the estimates Com missioner Macfarlaiul stated that the commissioners had followed this year, as last, the policy of asking for what is really necessary, regardless of the pos sible deficit due to the diversion of Dis trict funds by congress to street exten sion purposes. Isthmian Canal Commission. The isthmian canal commission got together here and is now hard at work finishing up its report, which it prom ises to have in the president's hands long enough in advance of the meeting of congress to enable him to make use of it In preparing his annual message. The president of the Panama Canal company is here trying to get the com mission to report in favor of buying ids canal. It will lie remembered that in Its preliminary report made to Pres ident McKinley last year the commis sion declared against such a purchase. President Garfield'* Widow. Word comes from the Mentor (O.) farm of the Garfields that the widow of the former president, who is now well on in years, is In a serious condition of ill health. Iler only daughter, the little Mollie of the White House years ago, now Mrs. J. Stanley Itrown and the mother of several children, lias gone with her family and mother to Califor nia for tlie possible benefit of the latter. They have leased for the winter a beau tiful cottage on Orange Grove avenue in Pasiylcna. The Donnpnrte*. Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte and her son, Mr. Jerome N. Bonaparte, arrived at their Washington home the other day, after a visit of several mouths to the Count and Countess de Moltke-lluit feldt, at their estate in Glorup, Den mark. Mr. Bonaparte is the third of that name to be known in this country and is the great-grandson of Jerome Bonaparte, the Corsieau, and younger brother of Napoleon 1., who, in 1893, married the beautiful Baltimorean, Miss Elizabeth Patterson. By building some bedchambers in the attic for women servants the presiden tial family have contrived to settle themselves comfortably in the White House and reserve one commodious chamber for guests. Doubtless there will be times when it would be conven ient to have two or more guest cham bers, but tlie Roosevelts may lie trusted to get. ulong with such domestic diffi culties without complaining. CARL SCIIOFIELD. SifTfr Touched Hint. Shorts—The papers misstated some details of that accident, today. Longs—How so? Shorts—They stated that the tramp who stole a ride on a mud scow was washed overboard. He wasn't. I saw him when they pulled him out, ag.l he was just as dirty as when he left the boat.-llarlem Life. ©Veiifete© /T u "PI J • t^oodMmsJ MOST LITTLE BABIES DIE, either from bowel troubles or from diseases which they contract because they are in a weak and feeble condition from bowel troubles. Mothers who nre seeking the Ideal and proper medicine to give their little ones for constipation, diarriioja, colic and simple fevers will find LAXAKULA the great family remedy. It is the best and most effective laxative for children. BKBT because it is safe and made entirely of harmless ingredients. BEST because it is non-irritating and never gripes or causes pain or irritation. BEST because it is sure and never fails. BEST because " Children like it and ask/or it." It is a dangerous thing to give little babies violent remedies that rack and rend their little bodies. DON'T DO IT—give them LAXAKOI.A. A few drops can be given with safety to very young babies, and will often relieve colic by ex|ielling the wind and gas that cause it, and it also will check simple fevers, break up colds and clear the coated tongue. Great relief is experienced when administered to young children suffering from diarrhiea, accompanied witli white or green evacuations, from the fact that LAXAKOLA neutralizes the acidity of the bowels and carries out the cause of fermentation aids digestion, relieves restlessness, assists nature and induces sleep. LAX AKOLA ! rr\e rwl?r u liar "an. l' VjeU^at'i' 'Tilt"'™ hM " h ° f the EOIt WO MEN. quickens the circulation, remove, inildd iml'wntfcSldS&rf'Mw NMT tainty by removing the cau. To women suffering fr..m chronic constipation, headaches biliousnessdi/ziness sallownessof tlie skin and dyspepsia, Laxakola will invariably bring relief and a speedy cure. jgp,''Chicago'' Sen< "'' rCC sam f' e *° Tllli LAXAKuLA CO., 132 Nassau Street, N. V., or THE WAY OF A TORNADO. One That Wo Remarkable Doth In Aiienrunce and Action. "A tornado that was remarkable both in appearance and in action was one that traveled from Texas across Okla homa and Indian Territory in May, 180t>," says Earl W. Mayo In Ainslee's. "A man in Sherman. Okla., who had ex ceptional opportunities for observing the storm, inasmuch as he was caught up in it and carried several hundred yards before descending to earth again, is certain that it was not funnel shaped. He says of it: " 'lt looked to me like a great ball of vapor rolling over and over toward me. When I first saw it distinctly, It was at a hill perhaps nil eighth of a mile away. It seemed to be about L\">o yards wide and 1(M) feet high. The mo tion was that of a ball rolling over and over, not spiral, and it came on rather slowly, perhaps thirty miles an hour. Whatever the ball of cloud struck was lifted right oil' the ground. " 'I saw it pick up house after house between the hill and me. and the cloud seemed to be full of (lying boards and timbers. When the ball reached Mrs. CVs. the house nearest me, it went straight up off its foundations. The house remained intact until It was about twenty or twenty-five feet from the ground, then It burst open and the fragments flew in all directions. It looked like an exploding bomb. The corn and cotton standing a hundred feet ou either side of the storm's path were uninjured, but whenever the cloud struck the higher ground it spread out, covering a wider strip of the surface. 14 'When the cloud struck me, I went up lightly and easily and the sensation was not unpleasant, but I came down hard and was badly shaken up, al though not seriously injured. On the highway north of Sherman fence wires were torn from the posts and pounded into the hard surface of the road a dis tance of two or three inches.'" THE WOMAN WHO FAINTED. A liCnnon on Courtesy In a Crowded London Theater. Here is an example of the courtesy and good feeling of the twentieth cen tury. llow are we to account for it.? The worst of it Is that in such a case the innocent suffer for the guilty. When a woman does really faint, there will he some hesitation before she receives a seat, consolation and brandy. in an overcrowded pit of one of the London theaters the other night a lady, who was standing, suddenly became very faint, and another lady sitting near kindly offered her her seat. Not only this, hut, seeing that she did not recover quickly, she went and fetched some restoratives from the refreshment room, whereupon the lady quickly re covered and began to thoroughly enter into the spirit of the play, apparently quite oblivious of her benefactress. As time went on she was asked by her benefactress if she would object to her sitting down again. But the other would none of it. "Now I have a seat 1 mean to keep it!" she replied. Where upon her benefactress gently reminded her that she had paid for her seat and thought that she hud every right to re turn to it. But no amount of talking would apparently move the former. A gentleman sitting near, having watched the episode, leaned forward and said, "Do you intend to give up your seat?" "No," was the reply. Up he sprang and gently lifted her out of It. An onlooker said to a lady next to her, "1 like that man." "Thank you," was the reply; "he is my husband." There seems to he no limit to tin* re sources used by some people to secure what they have not paid for. The lady was no more faint tlmn any one else In the audience. London Free Lance. Tlic Kecpmltr of Salt. Although in treaties on dietetics salt figures as a condiment, it is universally recognized to bo something more; in deed it is an indispensable element of the food of man and animals. A well known authority usserts, Bays The Medical Press ami Circular, that when ever the annual consumption of salt falls below twenty pounds per head of population the public health is likely to suffer. The deprivation of salt does not produce a definite disease, but re duces the vitality of the organism as a whole, so that the victims of adminis trative measures which restrict the consumption of salt more readily fall prey to prevailing epidemics, us well as to endemic maladies. FLOWER AND TREE. Never buy a plant in bloom. Never water plauts in flower from above. In planting out an orchard do not plant more than can he manured and cared for well. A yard or lawn always looks barren without some choice ornamental trees and shrubs. On this account every lawn should contain a few choice speci mens of these ornamental trees. I Scale Insects on plants, such as the oleanders, the fragrant olive, roses, etc., are among the most difficult pests to overcome. A mixture of white helle bore powder with dissolved soap rub bed in is a good remedy. Keeping all young trees carefully staked leads to the formation of clean, straight steins. These in their turn are conducive to the growth of large, healthy, fruitful heads. One stout i stake should he placed by encli tree i when it is planted. I Crocus must he planted in October to insure spring blooms. It makes a fine appearance If thickly planted upon a lawn. Make a cut with a spade three or four Indies deep in the sod, tuck in a couple of bulbs and press the : sod hack into place,with the foot. llabltn of SPUIH. The habits of seals are very interest ing. The very young seal is helpless in the water until he Is taught by his mother to swim. She takes him into the water daily on her tin and dumps him in, and wlieu he gets tired of floundering about places him on lier fin again and returns to her camp. When tlie young seals are well grown, they suddenly disappear with their mothers and tin* hull seals. No one knows where they go. and their return I is equally as sudden as their departure. | The hulls are the first to put In an ap ' pea ranee at the camping ground. When they arrive, they commence at once to prepare n camp for their mates, which they stake off. and for which they fight until they die. In the mean time the female seals remain quite a distance from laud, floating lazily on the water and seemingly having a good time. Ronnil to Sound Tlielr "H." The English middle classes have had so much fun poked at them for drop ping the letter "h" and for carrying it forward and placing it where it should not he, possibly thus to obey the laws of compensation, that they have lie come sensitive on the subject, and many aspirate the "li" with double force when the letter should he aspi rated. Instead of saying "before him," as Americans do, with a light aspira tion, they will say "before him," taking a full and deep breath when they utter the second word, shooting it out as if it came from a popgun. Dropping the "h" is not new for ordinary English folk. It Is a new trick to aspirate it with double the force required.—New York Commercial Advertiser Oyster Shells. One thousand bushels of shucked oysters leave about 1,100 bushels of shells, which accumulate in great heaps about the shucking houses. The oyster shells landed on tlie shores of Maryland during tlie last ninety years have been reckoned at 12.00b,000 tons —a quantity twice sufficient to over load and sink every sailing vessel, steam vessel, barge and canalboat In America. Soda water—all flavors—at Keiper's r :' ' '1 DRIVING commonplace shoes out of tlie m arket is what the /y All America shoe \ ' s doing. How would you a rJc-A/r like to reduce your shoe f want s to two pairs a year? How would you like to wear the custom-made $5.00 kind for $3.50 a pair? XHI Made in the custom way, of Vto choicest selections of leather, they are the snappy, thorough ly ' t s a pleasure to show them. Other Styles and Prices. Our Assortment of Men's and Boys' Underwear embraces every variety in tlie market. We have all weights and qualities and can suit you at any price from $1.51) per gar ment down. In Hats and Caps and Furnishing Goods our stock is by far the largest in the town. We carry tlie latest styles in these goods and sell at reasonable figures. All people pay the same price at this store, and the child receives the saine service us tlie man. McMenamin's Gents' Furnishing, Hat and Shoe Store, South Centre Street. VThe Cure thai Cures i jp Coughs, \ Colds, 1 Grippe, \ Whooping Cough. Asthma, J Bronchitis and Incipient /I af Consumption, Is [oHo's] $ THE GERMAN REMEDY" £ \ tures WwoA at\& J O™ a\\ ZPIRIUST 'TTNGr Promptly T)one ut the Tribune Ofliee. RAILROAD TIMET AbLES LEHIGH VALLEY HAILROAD. .1 une 2, 1901. ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS. LEAVE FKRELAND. 0 12 m lor Weatheily, Mauch Chunk, Allentown. Bethlehem, Huston, Phila delphia and Now York. • 7 34 a m tor Sandy Uun. While Haven, Wilkes-Ham-. Pittaton and Scran ton. i 8 15 a in tor Hn/.leton, WeaMierly, Mauch ('hunk. All nt- wn, Bethlehem. Easlon, Philadelphia, New York, Doluno and Pottsville. 9 30 a in lor Hnzleton, Delano, Mahanoy City, shciiandoali and Nit. ('arinel. 1 1 42 a in for Weal In rly, Mauch Chunk, Al lentown, Bethlehem. Huston, Phila delnhia. New York. Hazletou, Delano, Maluinoy City, Shenandoah and Mt. Curmel. 1151 a in for White II avon, Wilkes-Barre, Scran ton and the West. 4 44 pin for Weuthorly, Mauch Chunk, Al lentown, Bethleheiu. Easton, Philadel phia, New York, Hazlcton. Delano. Muhunoy (%y, Sheiiaiidoah. Mt. Carinel and Pottsville. 0 35 P ni for Sandy Uun, White Haven, Wilkes-Burre, Scrunton and all points West. 7 29 p iu for Hazleton. AHHIVE AT FBEELAND. 7 34 am from Pottsville, Delano and Ilaz leton. 9 12 a in from New York, Philadelphia, Eas ton. Bethlehem, Allentown. Munch ('hunk. Weuthorly, Hazlcton. Muhunoy City, Shonandoah and .Mt. Carinel 9 30 a in from Scrautou, Wilkes-Barre and While Haven. 1151 am from Pottsville, Mt. Carmel, Shen andoah, Mahauoy City, Delano and Hazlcton. 12 48 P in from New York, Philadelphia, Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Munch Chunk utid Woatherly. 4 44 p m from Scrauton, Wilkes-Unrre und White Haven. 0 35 P m from Now York, Philadelphia, Easton, Bethlehem Allentown. Mauch Chunk. Weatherly, Mt. Carinel, Sheiiao doali, Mahanoy City, Dclauo and Hazlc ton. 7 29 I" m from Scranton, Wllkes-Burrc and White Haven. For further information inquire of Ticket A fronts. KOLLIN H.WILBUR,GeneraI Superintendent. 20 Cortiaudt street, New York City. CH AS. S. LEE. General Pawenjrer Ajient, 20 Cnrtlandt Street. New York City. G. J. GILDItOY, Division Superintendent, Hazlcton. Pa. THE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA AND SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Time table in effect March 10, 1901 Trains leave Drifton tor Jeddo, Eekley, Hnzle Brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roan and Hazletou Junction at 000 a ro, daily except Sunday; and 7 07 a m, 23s ~ m Sunday Trains leave Drifton for Hhrwood, Cranberry loiuhickcn and Dcrinarer at. 600 a m daily except Sunday; aud 7 07 a m, 2 38 p m. Sun- Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction, Harwood Hoad, Humboldt Hoad, Oneida and Sheppton at 600 a m, daily except Sun day; and 7 07 a m, 2 38 p m, Sunday Trains leave Hazletou J unction for Harwood. Cranberry, Tomhicken and Derlngor at 6 35 ii m, daily except Sunday; and 6 63 a m. 4 22 D m Sunday. 1 Trains leave Hazleton .function for Oneida Junction, Harwood Hoad, Humboldt lload, Oneida and Bhc|>ptnn at ns, 1110 ani44l n m daily except. Sunday; and 73" a m. 3 11 !, Sunday. - Trains leave Ilerinaer for Tomhlckeo, Cran berry Ha. wood, Hazleton Junction and Bonn 5 TITATHAVTO^RSIIR.'SN^U'RU'^II?,:'^" tori Junction and Roan at 711 am 12 40 p m, daily except Sunday; and bll a m 344 p m,Sunday. ' ° M Trains leave Hazlcton Junction for Hnovnr Meadow Road, Stockton. Hazle Brook Eokiot Jeddo and Drifton at 54U i'm dall I" except Sunday, and 10 10 a ra, r, 40 D m, Sunday' All trains connect at Hazleton Jiuiction itb o eetric cars for Huzloton. JeantavllJe. Audcn. Pany*B Hno. P ° lnta on Traotib? Com- Train leavina Drifton at 600 a m makea oonnection at Deringor with P K R Sunhury, Uarrisburg and£ofjti Luru&u a SMITH Bu&©ridWhddni
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