MAIAIID IRIBUNE
K.STAIILISifICI) I RSB
PUBLISHED EVERY
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.
NV THE
IRIEUNE PRINTING LOMPANT. Limited
OFFICE; MAIN STREET ABOVI CENTRE,
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE.
SUBSCRIPTION* KATES
FR EEL AND.-I"hc TRIBUNE is delivered by
oarriers to subscribers in Freclaudatthe rate
af l-Hj cents per month, payable every t\v*
mouths, or 8! year, payable in advance
The TRIBUNE may be ordered direct form tin
carriers or from tlio < fllo.o. Complaints of
Irregular or turddelivery eervioe will re.
ceive prompt attention.
BY MAIL —The TRIBUNE is sent to out-of
town subscribers for $1.51 a year, payable in
advance; pro rata terms lor shorter periods.
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 subsoription will be discontinued.
Entered at the Postofflce at Freeland. Pa*
as Second-Clasr Matter.
Make all money orders, checks, eto.,pay abb
Io the. Tribune J'rmting Company, Limited.
The best t-lng about Mexico's new
navy is it is to be built in the
United States.
Everything is coming our way
Even the mr.il from Australia to Lon
don will probably in future travel via
New York.
According to Printer's Ink, the one
dominant motive of American prog
ress is to continually advance, to do
something more and better than has
ever been done before.
King Edward realizes that there is
not much left for a monarch to do ex
cept to wear the gold lace and other
trimmings, and he desires to discharge
his duty as fully as lies in his power.
On the Pacific Coast ingenious
builders of locomotive engines are try
ing the experiment of setting the cab
at tne forward end. Does not that
suggest the putting of the cart before
the horse?
From 0703 in 1894, suicides in
France gradually decreased to 9438 in
189 S. Illness, poverty and drunken
ness led the list of causes in the order
named. Then came family troubles,
lo\e and jealousy.
The toll which the sea takes from
those who trust It for a livelihood is
pathetically illustrated in the an
nouncement that the fishing season
just closed has cost the single port of
Gloucester, Mass., the lives of no less
than sixty-two of its stalwart fisher
men.
Pittsburg's institute, with its endow
ment of $25,000,000, will represent
a larger investment of capital in tech
nical education than the combined en
dowments of all the distinctly tech
nical institutes now existing in the
country. It will be a truly splendid
contribution to the most practical
branch of twentieth century educa
tion.
The population of the United States
Is increasing faster than that of any
other country. This is the richest
country in the world—we are worth at*
least fifteen thousand millions more
than Great Britain. Our miles of rail
road track exceed by more than 10,000
all the tracks of Europe. We manu
facture more than Eugland, France
and Germany combined.
Airships and under-water craft have
done remarkable things in France in
the first year of this century, but the
vessels which have been careering
about the clouds like comets and the
boats which have been poking their
noses beneath the waves have not
yet achieved such triumphs that the
surface of the earth and the level of
the sea will speedily be abandoned l'or
purposes of travel.
In staid Connecticut a murderer who
was guilty of taking the life of a young
woman in circumstances of exceptional
atrocity lias been sentenced to life
imprisonment, observes the New York
Tribune. A peculiarly revolting fea
ture of this case has been the sending
of flowers and dainties to the assassin
by weak minded creatures who seemed
to think that the criminal should he
regarded as au object of sympathy.
When such things occur in the colony
of the Blue Laws what can be ex
pected in communities less Spartan
and severe in origin and nurture?
•Snatch-Cock" Explained.
Many people have been wondering
how the word "spatch-cocked," used
by General Buller, eomes to mean
"sandwiched in between." At a dak
bungalow in India you see a "chicken"
running about, and in ten minutes you
are eating him "spatch-cocked." He
has been slain, dipped in hot water
to assist the plucking, and has his
breast bone flattened down and is
grilled as flat as a chop, without the
flesh ever being allowed to cool. H6
is supposed to "eat" less tough in
that way than an £ other.
ij||| iiuiuma Ccaces ||j
Rustling:, quivering downward.
iSf
Drl ' tin * ovep f ° i rest pttths *
ThrouKh the autumn hours,
gjjl , Oh, leaves, whose fresh, young beauty
tii.h Burst bravely forth In May,
That now, with age grown yellow,
rSSj Clt Drift down in death today. js§><?s
Your life is done and over—
Falls, through the quiet hours,
For, with faint touch caressing,
October's sun still weaves
T* m Pl* More.
Looting of China.
BY CLARENCE L. BEALMEAR.
Wun Sock leaned over the hearth
and drew with his bow a melancholy
tune out of an old violin. Again and
again he drew the bow across the in
strument, holding a particularly deep
note, bending forward slightly and
looking intently at a spot on the
hearth. The room was dimly lighted
by a tallow dip. Weird enough were
the surroundings—the figures of drag
ons on the walls, Joss perched on a
shelf, the giant shadows cast by the
flickering light—without the accom
paniment of unearthly music. Twenty
minutes, half an hour, forty minutes,
and then, with an exclamation of Chi
nese disgust, he laid the violin down,
took up a large cork from the shelf,
fitted it in a hole in the hearth and
blew out the tallow dip, and, after a
few puffs at the resistless pipe, threw
himself on his cot and slept.
A few minutes later Chip In opened
the door of the little join, and tiptoed
softly in. Lighting the tallow dip and
seeing the violin lying there, he began
where Wun Sock left off, first taking
the cork out of the hole in the hearth.
Chip In drew forth the same monoto
nous tune, even more dismally than
his predecessor. Twenty minutes, half
and hour, forty minutes, and then,
with an execration, he repeated Wun
Sock's actions, throwing himself on
tho cot next to his worthy contempor
ary, while that gentleman emitted a
snort which may have signified gross
displeasure at the confusion aroused
by Chip In, or intense confusion at
some hallucination superinduced by
the pipe.
While Wun Sock was muttering in
coherent monosyllables to himself, in
Btalkel Sip Gin, and, judging from his
wavering gait and the reverse position
of his hat, he had been a partaker of
the cup that inebriates but does not
Inevitably cheer. He made his way
jM
'
From tho hole emerged an object—
unsteadily over the hearth by the light
of the street lamp, and looked about in
a bleared sort of way, accidentally
touching the violin with his hand. In
tuitively recalling a forgotten injunc
tion, he took up the instrument. Long
j he drew the bow across the strings and
U>ug he held the monotonous tone with
the tenacious bow, playing, however,
with somewhat more feeling than the
others. The light from the street
lamps 6hone dimly through the little
square panes of glass to the hole in
the hearth. Sip watched closely with
only the aid of this. The violin con
tinued to wail and moan. Then from
the hole emerged an object, moving al
most indiscernibly, first its head, then
neck, and finally writhing its whole
form out upon the hearth, standing
erect and almost touching Sip Gin with
its nose—a cobra of Immense size. Sip
continued to draw the bow as imper
ceptibly as possible. Suddenly, with
a movement as quick as the flash of a
sabre, he dropped both bow and violin
and grabbed the reptile just behind the
head. With a shriek he awoke Wun
Sock and Chip In, while the struggles
of the infuriated monster, together
with Sip's already too unsteady head,
nearly carried that gentleman off his
balance. A light being produced, he
regained his equilibrium, while his
compartiots uttered exclamations of
intense gratification at the victorious
although somewhat inebriated Sip.
In his rage the serpent's head was
flattened out, resembling a hood, 011
the back of which were the spectacle
like marks, and the brownish-olive
form wriggled in a desperate effort to
escape. Quickly it was thrust into a
box, and while it was venting its rage
on the interior Sip pulled himself to
gether and adjusted his disheveled rai
ment. The rest of the night they sat
up to discuss a conspiracy.
Wun Sock conducted a prosperous
laundry near the barracks, his busi
ness having increased with the influx
of the Americans. Sip Gin was an
all-around sport, who spent most of his
time and money in the gambling joint
which is at present the scene of this
narrative, and of which Chip In was
said to be the sole proprietor. Wun
Sock had by artful Competition forced
Hop Hi, a rival laundry man, to the
wall, for which piece of mercantile
courtesy he incurred that Celestial's
unmitigated enmity. Hop having mi
grated to Bombay, returned the com
pliment in the form of this cobra, neat
ly ensconced in a box, which Wun
Sock, in delight and ignorance of its
contents, took around to Chip In's to
open before that heathen's usually ad
miring eyes. Upon forcing the lid the
serpent made a pass at him, and but
for the tool with which he opened the
box, and which he still held in his
hand, the result would surely have
been fatal to Wun Sock. In the ex
citement, during which they all re
treated, the cobra made good his es
cape, taking refuge in the hole in the
hearth, which they promptly stopped
up with a cork.
Knowing the power of music to
charm these reptiles, a violin was pro
cured, and for six nights they met at
the joint and vainly extended an in
vitation to the cobra to emerge from
the hearth and be again immured
within the walls of his box. It re
mained. however, for Sip Gin, inspired
to sentiments of tenderness by the in
fluence of a soothing liquid, to draw
the bow with sufficient witchery to
charm the otherwise indomitable crea
ture and coax him from his lair. Once
out, it was a one-shot victory, a shoot
or-be-shot chance, and Sip had drunk
Just enough to give him a reckless
abandon and steady nerve to completi
the feat with glory.
With such a potent agency of death
in their possession and a means where
by to deal ah everlasting blow to the
enemy, of which a Chinese is never
entirely without, these Celestials im
mediately bethought how to use this
deputy of the devil to the best advan
tage. Each recited his list of those
whom he would be pleased to annihi
late, but it was difficult to select the
most eligible.
Lam Chop, the restaurateur, Just
then happened in and was let into the
secret. He smiled to himself. Wun
Sock with live enemies, Chip In with
seven. Sip Gin with three, while he,
Lam Chop, had oniy one—an enemy
who had spoken evil of him to all his
race—Chin Lip, the barber. "But be
not vindictive," said Lam Chop, as he
rubbed his sleeve across his face to
hide a smile. "Let your enemies live
and list to the chance of a lifetime.
The government of Uncle Sam will
give $5,000 for Aguinaldo, dead or
alive." Lam Chop knew his hiding
place and his disguise. "Think of
5,000 of Uncle Sam's big dollars, that
buy ten times as much us our brass
money! Back to China we can go and
live like Li Hung Chang."
Great was the idea, but how was it
to be executed? Lam Chop would tell
them. On the night of the full moon
Wun Sock was to carry his venomous
burden, boxed neatly, with the lid
merely latched, to a deserted hut on
the outskirts of Manila. There Aguin
aldo took refuge after nightfall and
slipped out early every morning dis
guised as a coolie. He would see the
box and naturally open it; death
would result and the reward be sure
to follow.
Wun Sock on the day appointed has
tened to do the bidding of Lara Chop.
At sunset he went to the house, de
posited the box in a conspicuous place
and decamped. Next morning three
Chinamen could be seen walking along
the road leading to the outskirts. Lam
Chop did not appear at the hour ap
pointed to bring the body of Aguin
aldo to the government of Uncle Sam;
so, after waiting half an hour, the
three decided to go without him. As
they approached the hut their counte
nances beamed with anticipation. Wun
Sock pushed open the door slowly and
peeped in. There Aggy lay stretched
out on the floor. The box open and
empty. Sip Gin then took a peep, and
lastly Chip In. Making sure the cobra
had escaped, they illed in and turned
the body over, when all fell bach
aghast. It was Chin Lip, the barber!
After their consternation subsided
they rifled his pockets and filed out.
A nice trick Lam Chop had played
on them! He, who had said "Be not
vindictive and let your enemies live,'
had used their weapon for his OWD
ends. It galled their Chinese souls
However, they would make Lam Chop
pay for his little trick. They looked
for him, but he was not to be found.
He had vanished. The accumulated
wealth of Wun Sock, Chip In and Sip
Gin had been detached from its hiding
places and had gone along, too. He
had sold his restaurant the day pre
vious to a mutual friend, who reported
that Lam Chop laughed so loud and
so long that it was only by chance that
* -\/ ( f
It was Chin Lip, the barber,
he caught his parting words, which;
referring to his victims, were, "Three
muchee gullible fools!"
House Ventilation In Bombay.
Most ot the new houses in Bombaj
have a fine show of windows on the
outside, but 110 corresponding opening
to allow a current of air to pass
through. The mean annual tempera
ture is 79.13 degrees Fahrenheit, and
the mean relative humidity 77 per cent
The mean annual range of temperature
is 46.9 degrees, hut there are periods
during the rains when the diurnai
range of temperature does not exceed
2 degrees, and, unless there is wind
ventilation i$ practically stopped, be
cause the outer air and that in the
buildings are reduced to nearly one
temperature. With the thermometei
at 82 to 84 degrees, and the air heav
ily charged with moisture, the surplus
heat of the human body escapes toe
slowly, and much discomfort ensues
As it is not possible to dry the air in
an ordinary house, the usual remedy is
to produce a current by means of a
punkah, and although the influence ol
this is very local, it has been found
that in the worst Bombay weathei
life is made tolerable in its current.
The chief drawback of the punkah is
the punkahwalla. He is dirty, unre
liable, especially at night, and hia
work, counting day and night, costs
24 rupees per month for a single pun
kah. —Collier's Magazine.
You might as well talk to an echc
as to a person who always .agrees wltl
you.
I SCIENCE AND INDUST3T.
With only one exception the gla
ciers of Switzerland are diminishing
steadily. Since 187G the Rhone glacier
has decreased in length at the rate of
over 31 yards a year.
The Italian government has estab
lished labaratories of micrography and
bacteriology and chemistry as depen
dencies of the sanitary bureau of the
minister of the interior. A depart
ment of the bacteriological laboratory
is to be devoted to the preparation and
control of serums and similar products.
Whatever may be the cause of the
aurora borealis its height does not
appear to be limited by the atmos
phere. The rays sometimes touch the
earth in Scandinavia, coming between
the observer and elevated places, but
Flogel, 30 years ago, obtained data
showing that a large aurora seen in
northern Germany must have had a
height of GO miles, and that the rays
often rise to 460 miles, their points
glowing with red light
Petrolan, says Parfumeur, is a min
eral soap, the active principle of which
is an ichthyol-like compound. It oc
curs in bituminous rock in the Cau
casus, is of a dark color and of the
consistence of an ointment, soluble in
ether, and does not turn rancid. It
finds application in the treatment of
diseases of the skin, such as eczema,
acne, psoriasis, etc. It acts as an anti
septic and drying agent without pro
ducing irritation of the skin.
The bird fauna of Iceland is credit
ed by Henry H. Slater with 103 species.
Of these three are residents, 27 sum
mer migrants, 21 occasional visitors
and 18 rare stragglers. The land birds
are few, including only seven residents
and five that come in summer to breed,
but the most interesting birds
now probably are the northern wren,
the great northern diver and the Ice
land falcon. Singing birds are few.
There are 10 species of duclcs and
geese and seven bird's of prey, but the
rock ptarmigan is the only game bird.
Ever since the 17th century it has
been observed that the sea near Jus
saro, Finland, acted on the needles of
ships' compasses in a very peculiar
manner. These erratic movements of
the needle were long suspected to be
due to a deposit of iron ore under the
ocean's bed. Until recently tills was
mere conjecture. Recently, however,
experts have drilled at the point of
greatest disturbance, and they have
been rewarded by striking a deposit
of pure iron ore at a depth of about 75
feet. A company is being organized
to work the deposits, as it is believed
they are very extensive, as compass
needles behave in an erratic manner
at several other points in the immedi
ate vicinity.
Prof. Becquerel carried in his waist
coat pocket for several periods,
amounting to about six hours in all, a
cardboard box enclosing a sealed glass
tube containing a few grains of radio
active barium chloride. In 10 days'
time a red mark corresponding to the
tube was apparent on the skin. Inflam
mation followed, the skin peeled off
and left a suppurating sore which did
not heal for a month. On the second
occasion a similar experience resulted
from carrying a tube of the same sort.
Other experimenters have had similar
experiences It is to be remembered
that the energy of these radio-active
emanations, whatever they are, is giv
en continuously and so far as we now
know, eternally, without any corre
sponding increment of energy from any
known source. The perpetual motion
seems to be realized in a novel form.
The most interesting problem of sci
ence, at the present time, is to discover
what is the source of the emitted rays,
and the exact nature of the emana
tions.
Klsctrlc Knorey from Wind.
Front long and careful studies of
the atmospheric conditions in north
ern Germany Herr M. G. Couz of Ham
burg has taken up the question of the
industrial application of the winds
which are always abundant in that re
gion. He has discovered a system of
electric regulators to obviate the in
convenience of the' variation in the ve
locity of the wind. To put his ideas
in practice Herr Couz appealed to F.
Neumann, a manufacturer of wind
mills at Wittltiel, who put a large
windmill at his uispositon. The wheel
had a regulator to keep its speed con
stant for a certain number of turns
when the minimum velocity of the
wind to keep it moving at that speed
had been exceeded. This wheel, which
in a tempest can furnish 30 horse
power, charges a large storage battery
for electric lighting and power at Witt
kiel. Some experiments were made
last September, and the results sur
passed all expectation. These experi
ments, which were admirably con
ducted, make it possible to hope that
small localities will be able to secure
electric light and power from the wind
at almost no cost. The expense of
establishing such an installation is
extremely small in comparison to the
immense advantages which it secures.
—Electrical Review.
Hydrogen un 111uininunf.
Oxygen and hydrogen are produced
on a large scale in Germany by the
electrolytic decomposition of water.
The hydrogen so produced is now
largely used for inflating military bal
loons, but it is thought that it may
soon find a new field as an illuminant.
Experiments have been made with it
to this end by compressing it in steel
cylinders. With a proper burner the
relative cost for equal illuminating
power of hydrogen and acetylene is as
25 for hydrogen and 59 for acetylene.
I
A Painty Peroration.
A dainty decoration for the dining
table is a masa of bright nasturtiums,
with their peculiar foliage. They are 1
especially beautiful when heaped in a
Venetian glass of graceful shape and
allowed to tumble over Its wide rim
in winning carelessness. A number
of the odd circular leaves should ac
company the flowers and droop over
tue glass.
How to Keep Kgc* Freah. n
One good housekeeper told me she J
always had perfectly fresh eggs when
eggs were not always fresh, and this
is the way she did it: When they were
cheap and fresh she dipped them for ) lit
an instant in hot. thin, gum-arabic
water, draining them in a wire plate
drainer, and then packed them away in
the lark.—Mrs. learned, in the Wom
an's Home Companion.
Th® Care of Hir I vnfthet.
No amount of washing of the hair
will keep it clean if dirty brushes are
used, yet persons otherwise fairly neat
are careless in this respect. A spe
cialist says that hair brushes should
be washed once a week, and if used
on hair in which there is much dan
druff twice a week is not too often:
The brushes should be washed in cold,
not hot, water, to which cloudy am
monia has been added in the propor
tion of a scant tablespoon ful to a quart
of water. Care should be taken not to
wet the backs of the brushes and when
washed and rinsed—a good way to j
rinse them properly is to use a shower
spray on them—they should be put on
edge in the air to dry. Dressing combs 7
too should be frequently cleansed, a I
comb cleaner being used for the pur
pose.
Color* in Furninhinigft.
In the furnishing of the house, or in
the arrangement of a single room,
many housewives do not give the at
tention they should to color effects.
It has ben prover that color and its
combinations may affect the mind in
almost any manner desired. For exam
ple, red gives the sense of warmth,
and is exciting, even to animals.
On the other hand, blue Is cold arid
quieting; it produces also the effect
of distance; it deepens a recess and
makes the ceiling on which it is placed
appear higher. Slue subdues all col
ors allied to yellow, orange, white and
red by absorbing their light. Its
strongest contrast is white.
Yellow conveys the feeling of light
and appears to advance toward the eye.
it will lessen the height of a room or
exaggerate the prominence of a mold- W.
ing or other objects on which it is ' .
placed. It is the most intense of all
colors.
Blended with semi-neutrals, yellow
imparts to them a radiance not their
own. It gives a particularly pleasing
deflniteness and brilliancy to the
opmpound colors, such as huff, chest
nut, hazel, dun, auburn, fawn, etc.
Green is in itself rather a dull color,
and the effect of a large proportion of
emeralds or bluish green in a combi
nation is apt to be harsh.
Red is the only color which remains
stationary.
Onions with Parsley—When the on.
ions are ready to boil place a dozen
little sprigs of parsley in the kettle ■ -±,
and remove when the onions are
drained at the finish. Make a rich
cream sauce and add to it a tablespoon
of chopped parsley ami one has a much
improved fish. Parsley is a necessary
accompaniment to onions, for it re
moves the odor and prevents their
disagreeable aftertaste.
Penny Tarts—Male a filling of one
cupful of raisins chopped fine, the juice
and rind of a lemon, one large cracker
lolled fine, or th* same amount of
bread crumbs, one cupful of sugar, one
tablespconful of melted butter ar.d one
egg. Make the usual pie paste and cut
it into pieces three or four inches
square. Put a tablespoon fill of this
mixture in the centre, pinch the edges
together and bake about 20 minutes in
a moderately hot oven.
Eggplant Souffle—Peel an eggplant v
and boil it until you can pierce it with
a silver fork; then drain and chop it
very fine, using always a silver knife
in handling it. Add to this pulp a
scant teaspoonful of salt, a saltspoon
ful of pepper, a tablespoonful of melted
butter, a teaspoonful of mushroom
catsup or sauce, a cupful of fine bread
crumbs and the beaten yolks of three
eggs, reserving the frothed white to
fold in the batter at the last. Bake in
either a large dish or individual souf
fle dishes.
Kenilworth Ranch Dumplings—Take
a quart of flour, one cup of good sweet
lard and half cup of butter; rub this
into the flour after it is sifted with
one teaspoonful of baking powder; add
enough milk to make a soft dough.
This is rolled out quickly into a sheet
an inch thick and then cut in squares.
Into each square is laid a half apple,
peeled and cored and the crust tucked
around It. Have ready in a dripping
pan a syrup made of one cupful of su
gar to one of water; lay the dump
lings in, hake in quick oven 30 to 40 -JL
minutes. Serve with an
molasses sauce.