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' - - 1 -T Lake Wettern and Doden See. Lake Wettern. one of the links '.n the waterway between Stockholm and Gothenberg. la a beautiful sheet oi water, lying In the center of a group of lofty hills, and is noted for sev eral remarkable peculiarities. There Is no bottom at one place —at least, none has ever been found —and a be lief widely prevails that it Is con nected by an underground passago with the Bodcn See in Switzerland. It Is asserted that when there is a storm in one of the lakes the other Is agitated, and that when the water In one is low the same conditions ex ist In the other. There is also a story that corpses in Swiss costume havo come to the surface on Lake Wet tern, and that bodies of men who have been drowned in Wettern have been recovered in the Bodcn See. Other evidences are found in the occasion al appearance of timber and vegeta tion that does not grow in this local ity, but is common in Switzerland. Scientific men, however, dispute the theory and ridicule the stories that *are told by the peasants. It is ad mitted, however, by every one that the extraordinary phenomena of mi rage have frequently been observed upon Lake Wettern, so much so as to attract the observations of the entlro population for miles around, creating consternation among the ignorant peasants and awe and wonder amoug all thoughtful people. Marching armies of cavalry, infantry and artil lery. with banners and glittering weapons, have appeared upon the sur face of the lake; churches, palaces, castles and ships have been seen 'o rise from the water and remain for hours; caravans of camols have crossed from shore to shore within full view of multitudes of people in their right minds and without ordi nary superstitous. NOT A BADGE OF A POLICEMArc. Officer's Lons Hair Mystlfled an Intoxi rated Woman. George Innes, Jr., the son of the great landscape painter, tells a story on himself with great delight. Like Peter Newell, he has been connected with town government in New Jersey. He served on the town council In Montclair—in fact, he was the head of the police commission—the chief of pclice. "In this capacity," he says, "I had about six policemen under me, whom I sent forth to do their duty. I used, also to go about myself in search of wrongs to be righted and nuisances to be abolished. One day I saw coming up the main street a woman very much the worse for drink. I said to her: 'My good woman, have you no place to hide yourself in, no homo where you can conceal your shame?' " 'Sliure—and who the dlvil may you be?' was her retort. " 'Never mind who I am,' I answer ed. 'You will obey me and go home, or I will arrest you.' " 'You arrist me!' she cried in as tonishment. 'How kin you arrest mo whin you ain't no perlicemon ?' " 'But I am a policeman,' said I, ■ith dignity. "She looked at me a moment in as tonished silence. Then she said: 'Thin, if you are a perlicemon. fur hivin's sake go home and git yer hair cut!" —New York Tribune. ViiluiiMe New York Froporty. A piece of land on the corner of Wil liam street and Exchange place, in th heart of the New York financial dis trict, has changed hands at the third highest price per square foot ever re corded in the real estate history of the city—s3oC.o3 per each square foot. A part of the land occupied by the bank ing house of J. P. Morgan & Co. la Wall street, at its intersection with Broad street, was sold to its present owners for ?3iß per square foot, and another place directly opposite cost $330. These three are the highest prices yet paid. Tli- Ceremony of Knighthood. At the beginning of the eleventh century when a man, for some noble deed, was dubbed a knight, the cere mony of knighting him began by giv ing him a pair of spurs. The overlord in conferring the title attached the spurs himself to the heels of the new ly created noble and then gave him hit helmet, his horse, his sword and big lance. Foreigners In France. Between the years IS9G and 1901 sbout 10.000 foreigners took out natu ralization papers in France. Accord ing to the census recently taken the total number of foreigners now resl 4ent in the country Is 1,037.778. "HOWDY." ••Kind o* I.ke to hear 'em say it!— "Folks nil say it in Mizzouree!—- 'Howdy, howdy!' 'Wal, wal, howcjy!' Know who's who right there an' then. Hearty, honest, homely, gruff, That's the moral truth, now. men— Gentle, kindly, yard-wide stuiT— Put my trust right in hira when 9 Man that sez it's good enuff— Man sez, 'Howdy!* " *ol' boy, howdj'P "Yes, 6ir, sounds like ol' times comin'— "Yes, sir. like to hear 'em say it! 'Howdy, howdv!' 'Howdy, howdy!' Hez the heft, an' makes you feel Ilez a cheery, earnest ring, Like yore rely in the deal, No put-on, the A-l thing, An' yore friend kin sort o' 'spiel'— Gives yore own good-will a rwing, Sayin', 'Howdy!'" N you say, 'Howdv!'" —Charles W. Stevenson, in Lippincott's Magazine. ALEB SIMrSON is an old man I f now, and It Is with something VN of self-depreciation that he sometimes spins a yarn of the old days when he was in the circus business with Simouldes I'atroclus Price. A hot lunch and a few friends nearly as old as himself got him started the other night, and lie told ono like this: "There ain't any use going back to the particulars of how I got In the show business further than to say that I sold up old Pap Rockwell's show for a feed hill he owed mo, tried the game for three performances, and made so much money that I turned the store over to my brother and set out for a professional circus man. Rockwell cut out and left as soon as he'd introduced mo to his general mnuager—Sim Price. Besides being manager of the show, Sim was the clown, and, by the wny, to this day I think he was the funniest elown that ever wore grease-paint. He was a bit sore when he found out that I had seized the show, swore that he was ready to pay up all the old bills and assume the proprietorship himself. But I'd had a taste of the game—l was young then—and Sim's talk con vinced me that I had hit on a good tiling, so I resolved to freeze on. Sim got real mad then and sent me his res ignation. I couldn't afford to lose him for all the paper we had was splashed all over with his pictures. I agreed at last to take him luto partnership. We had a lot of new posters struck off reading: "Rockwell - Simpson - Price Great Triple Mastodon Circus, Mena gerie and Hippodrome," and with that high-sounding title we left Indianap olis one Saturday night and struck Into the backwoods for ten weeks of one day stands. Those were the days when circuses traveled by wagon only, and we weren't two hours on the road before I was blessing my sturs that Sim had come along. "He knew more about the show busi ness than I ever learned or could learn, and no dilemma was too difficult for him to wriggle out of. Then lie was a good and elevating influence with the thirty-six people we carried. I found out that he'd been educated for the ministry and had even conducted a church In some Interior town of Aus tralia. Ills morals were above re proach, and his wife—Mile. Du Barry, the equestrienne and bareback rider was the bright, particular star of the troupe. They were really an edifying couple, seemed to have plenty of money, traveled in a private carriage, and in every way added—lf such a thing Is possible—to what I might call the 'tone' of the outfit. Of course the whole buslucss was small compared with these big modern, three-ring cir cuses, but It was quite a model in its way, and I was pretty well through my first season of It before I found my self-respect In any danger. But that will come later. "As a said, besides being an excel lent clown, n good manager and a reg ular mhrtlnet for discipline, Mr. Price —I never called him Sim in those days —was always ready with the cash to /Ifer "#2IS i™ 'HERE'S TOPS BUNKO MAN.'" help us out of a tight placeT"loused to wonder at his success in lioldin" onto his money, but as his wife made a big salary, as salaries went, and as his earnings as clown almost equaled my two-thirds of the profits, it wasn't so unaccountable that he should al ways have ready money. His wife was perfectly devoted to him. aud no doubt they pooled their savings. "The only serious trouble we had at first wus In keeping our troupe to gether. Siui was everlastingly tiring somebody—mostly for drunkenness, 1 admit, but always for something. 1 thought he was too exacting with the men, but in spite of all I could say he wouldn't tolerate any kind of loose ness of speech, habits or manners. The preacher habit was so strong in him that he thought nothing at all of discharging a hostler for cursing one of the animals, and as for drunken ness—no man ever came back to tho tent drunk more than once. "Well, wo were down in West Vir ginia somewhere doing a one-day stand when the town marshal dropped in on Sim and me while wo were at supper after the show, ne said that one of our people had flim-flammed a number of tho townsfolk right in the shadow of our main tent Sim was furious, of course. I denied that any of our peo ple could practice such a fraud, but Price solemnly declared that he'd inves "WHEN I HEAIO THE FAKILIAIS I2LL OP 'DUMPY HUMPYI'" tigate the whole troupe for himself. And sure enough that night, when the vans were ail loaded he rounded up the whole company, read an awful lec ture about the marshal's complaint, and said that if he ever caught any of his employes engaged in any fraud ulent games, or oven any games cf chance he'd spend his last dollar prose cuting the culprit. We knew all of our fellows pretty well then, und I, for one, didn't believe that any of them were crooked. But Price was suspi cious. He used to slink around half the time spotting the men, but try as he might ho couldn't get any proof against them. He did catch Griff Whelun playing casino with a bar tender one night, and though Griff was a flrst-rato elephant man Sim dis charged him without hesitation. The worst of it was that overy town we made after that developed some kind of a complaint about the 'circus crook' who had cheated somebody. Some times three-cards was the game; some times tho shell game Was used, and again it was the flash-roll. Price was frantic. Ho used to hang around the dressing tent, peeking under the can vas, and he got his wife to come earlier than ever so that she could help him catch tho rascal. "It got so that I—l was ringmaster, you know—l never could tell when to expect Sim to gallop Into tho ring on his trick mule. While we were all per forming In the ring he'd be outside somewhere prowling after tho swind ler who was following us or who was cne of our own people, so closely did ho tag our trail. We had plenty of de scriptions of him, too; a half-dozen town policemen had described him the same way—short, stout, dark hair and drooping black mustache. We had at least three men who came near that rppearance, but incessant watching had failed to even hint of their guilt. Besides, they were nil acrobats, train ers or riders, and the frauds wore al ways committed about tho time wq were busiest in the ring. "Well, one day Sim loitered so long that it was nearly time for the chariot race nud he hadn't made his appear ance, I slipped out to tho dressing tent to see if ho was there, and cure enough, back of the little canvas par tition that he always kept for bis cwn and his wife's privacy ho was smear lug his face with grease-paint in hur ried preparation for Lis entree. 1 helped him onto his rnule and wa3 buttoning up tho back cf his baggy pantaloons when a stranger ducked | under the wall of the tent and laid his hand on iry a.m. " 'Where did (hat fellow go that just came in here?' he askej xc excitedly. X told him that nobody had come In, but he Insisted that 'a bunko mnu had skinned Dr. Schneider out of S2OO not flvo minutes ngo,' ond that he had seen the confidence mnu duck into the dressing room within the minute. "Well, sirs, poor Sim flew iuto a rage. He was for jumping off his mule then and there to help find the long- I looked-for swindler. I persuaded him to gallop cut into the ring by promis ing to do tho searching myself, and, aided by the oQccr, I searched dili gently. Tho bugler at tho ring en trance had seen nobody enter from the dressing tent. Wo opened all tho trunk 3 and hampers, kicked over piles of rugs, straw, canvas and properties, out found nothing. Finally we de cided that tho crook had slipped in at one side and out at tho other without being seen by Mr. Price, ivno was at tlia timo clone In his little dressing coll. Tho officer lcoked nonplussed, but ho left, after carcfulyy describing thn man's appearance. It tallied ex actly with all tlia previous knowledge wo bad of the elusive crcok, and there wes then nothing mere to do but re new our vigilance. "We were doing a three-day stand at that particular town, so Sitn and I sat up half the night discussing the scandalous doings cf the bunko man, who had now clung to cur route for two months. Sim was almost sicli with anger end tho sense cf hie disap pointment. Ho scratched his bald, shining head till it get red; he puffed out his fat, cherubic cheeks till he looked like an apoplectic, and then lis came as near swearing a3 I ever heard him. What made him so particularly mad was the fact that the confidence man always did his tricks right by the tent wall, oo that every village paper that had made a sensation cf his swin dles credited them to 'an attache of the Itcekwe'.l-Simpson-rrico Circus.' That fairly ate iuto the sensitive soul of Sim. "Well, sirs, just to show yon the au dacity of the fellow-, the very next af ternoon at the matinee, or rather just after It had begun, ho attracted a erotvd of men and boys to a clear spot rear the very dressing tent which aim Lad just left to cuter the ring, and shell-gamed a farmer cut of $lO. When Sim beard that I thought ho was going to faint He made up his mind to re frain from his work in the ring until he had caught the rascal, and, as I was beginning to realize the cdium at taching to our names, I reluctantly agreed that ho should not appear that night. lie stayed around the tent all afternoon looking distrait, pale and, lor him, venomously disagreeable. "I think that night was one of the best we ever had so far as the attend ance was concerned. I was obliged, at Sim's solicitation, to announce that Dumpy Humpy' (ills ring name) the famous clown would be unable to ap pear on account of a sudden, indisposi tion. Sim was such a stickler for fair -ealing be'd have returued every dcllar taken in if the people had asked 1L But it was a good-natured crowd and they stayed for the show. We never had less trouble. Every performer seemed to be on bis or her mettlo and even tho trained animals did their tricks with extraordinary success. Jllle. Du Barry was just at tho climax of her thrilling bareback act—the piece do resistance of tho whole show, when I heard tho familiar yell of 'Dumpy Ilumpy,' the clown, n3 lie galloped fu riously Into tho ring. In a flash I re alized that one of two things had hap pened—either he had already caught tho bunko man or ho was trying to surprise mc with a novelty of his own Invention. For, clinging to tho tall of his mule, came a stranger In street at tire, tugging like a demon as if to stop tho beast. Everything happened so quickly and so unexpectedly that I didn't have time to think that Sim was ruining the effect of his wife's act. - "Tho mule nearly collided with Mile. Du Barry's charger just in front of the reserved scats, and the next thing I knew the stranger had dragged the clown down into tho sawdust and was choking him. Mndemoisclle screamed and galloped out of the ring. The spectators laughed loud at what seemed to them the clown's grotesque entree, but when I pushed into the cloud of dust and sawdust raised by the seufflor's I found the town police man slipping a pair of handcuffs on my partner's wrists. '"Here's your bunko man,' he grinned, standing up and stripping Sim of his motley. 'Here's the shells and here's three cards, and here's " "The officer pulled out each article as he spoke. 'Here's the flash roll, aud—oh, look here! Do you want any more evidence? Here's his false mus tache and his wig!' "The audience wanted to lynch tho poor clown when thoy Lcgan to ece that ho wao lu the hands of the law, but wo dipped poor Sim out through tho dressing tout and left town that night. I never saw him again, but I understand that Ills beautiful wife stuck to him aud that they have been doing well without working ever Trust 'en for that."—John 11. Itaftery, in the Chicago Itccord-llcrald. L&oc-Mttklns in America. a serious and cstabllslicd factor In tba commerce of American arts and In dustries, writes Lillian M. Siegfried in Coed Housekeeping. Had Catherine Sijpcr—whs was considered the orig inator cf laca designs dating back to 13C3 A. D.—possessed the facilities of tto present day, the centuries cf un told labor and privation, when lajc mating was cr.ly in its infancy, might only havo been a question of a year or two to reach tbo present perfection. There never ha 3 been a reason why the American woman could not vie with the European pcasaa; (as near" 7 all imported laces are the work cf tho peasaai) In lace-making, if she on'y had the courage of her convictions uud ths lime and patience. j J 1 ■ V. m 3 Farm Topics!; Overchurnefl lSutter. When butter Is gathered in the churn In the granular form It Is never over churned, l'ouudlng It In a lump ot large mass Is what overchurns it. Ituying Dairy Cowti. When buying a cow for the dairy dc not give any consideration to her fu ture value as a beef animal. Dairy cows are not intended for producing beef, and any attempt to get a profit on beef from a dairy cow will result In loss of butter and milk. Protection For Sheep. Sheep are usually more exposed In the fields than other animals. During cold storms they require shelter. Iu an experiment made it was found that twenty sheep under shelter gained 273 pounds more than unsheltered sheep, and on less food, during one winter. A Good SiiKgefltlnn. .i Is suggested that every farmer should have his name over his farm gate. It is more difficult sometimes to find a farm in the country than a house in the city, as the latter 'is numbered. If every farm could he designated by the name of its owner, or even by number, it would be an improvement over the present system of using nothing at all. Fallow Crops I)o Not Pay. Fallow crops do not pay. Naked soils are more exhausting of the nitro gen of the soil than a summer crop. A crop of rag weed on a stubble soil may he a nuisance In one respect, but It protects the soil from the "heating rays of the sun in summer, at a time when the process of nitrification Is at the greatest activity. A green crop, to be plowed under. Is nn excellent protection to the soil at all times. Fattening Diet For Hogs. Iltvgs fed on milk or grain alone when on pasture do much better than hogs similarly fed lu small pens. Those fed on milk in the pasture gain more per day and require less dry matter than hogs fed in the pens. On the other hand hogs fed milk and grain in combination do better in pens, gaining more per day than those on pasture, and require practically the same amount of food to make a pound of fiesh. Sunflower Seeds For Lnyers. Dried sunflower seeds are egg pro ducing, and can be fed sparingly in place of meat scraps, as they contain a goodly supply of oil. The sunflower heads are a fine thing for fowls to peck at on a cold winter's day to ex tricate the seeds. Thus they get ex ercise that gives them wurmth and health. When one lias spare ground near the hennery It is a good plan to plant a plot of sunflowers for the fowls to work at during the fall. It will keep them out of mischief elsewhere. We break down several heads each day for the layers to eat. These seeds give the fowls a glossy coat, a rod comb, activity and a gen erous supply of eggs.—New York Tri bune Farmer. Corn I'lantlnc. Many of the tests at experiment sta tions have shown better yields from planting moderately early, rather than very early; front planting n larger uumbcr of kernels per acre than most good farmer think advisable; from planting sinnll growing varieties lit rows closer together than is Dost for largo varieties; from giving shallow and level cultivation rather than deep and ridged cultivation; from planting rather shallow early and deeper in late planting. Other trials have seemed to show that very frequent cultivation does not repay its cost; that it Is im portant to cultivate as soon as may be after rains; that deep cultivation while the stalks are small may he helpful, if followed by shallow culture, says the Hartford Times. It also adds that tho farmer will he better satisfied If he tries some experiments of this kind himself, and tries them more than one season, that he may be sure that the cliauge iu method and not the season has changed results. Combination of Fends llest. A good feeder Is always a good, successful business man, and, indeed, It Is half the battle. Hut a good feeder is one who knows how far to carry economy and when to stop. It means a combination of feeds that will give the greatest results for the least expenditure of money. Hay is by all odds this year in many parts of the country the cheapest food we can give to stock and dairy cattle. Good, bright hay., especially timothy, lias enough nourishment in it to keep the animals doing well when supple mented with a fair amount of grain. How much grain will suffice for a bal anced ration? I lmve found that about half as much grain in weight as good timothy hay produces most excellent results. That Is, to twenty pounds of bay ten pounds of grain of mixed va riety will keep the animals in fine condition. I should recommend about equal parts of wheat bran, corn and oat meal, and either oil meal or fine gluten meal, whichever is the cheaper. This makes a balanced ration which any one can mix, and by adapting it a little to the prices ruling for different foods, get economical results without in any way affecting the health of the animals or the yield of milk.—J. T Wooster, M. D., in the Cultivator. Contentment. Contentment Is that measure of hap ulness made by ignorance of wbat others enjoy.—New York Press. -HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS A Summer Living ltoom. A summer living room should have plenty of cane or wicker furniture, lots of cushions and India cotton hangings to make it ideal. Green stained woodwork is their best ac companiment, too. An Odd Tea Table. An odd new tea table for (he ver anda ot an out-of-town house lias the i chrysanthemum as its decorative- I motif. The stalks of the flower form the supports, and the flowers and leaves are delicately carved 011 the top. A Handsome Porch Shade. A new porch shade is something on the order of the old time Japanese shades, only instead of being made <>t reeds it is made of slats twice as thick; It is colored moss, green, red or mot tled, and is very effective. It is not only a porch shade, but makes a deco rative accessory to the summer home. They are shown to match blinds or shingles or any other color feature ot the house. New Asparagus Dishes. Asparagus dishes are gorgeous things ir. color, the body of the platter in green usually, and representing lung stalks o£ asparagus. In some of the dishes the eliiua asparagus stalks are curved up at the sides to hold the vegetable better, and in still other dishes this curved part is separate front the platter proper, and is perforated so that the asparagus may drain 011 the serving dish. One dish, having the stalks In green, lias a representa tion of red rosebuds at the sides, and at one edge of the platter there is a standard and a pitcher to match the platter for holding the sauce. Some Modern Convenience*. To keep pace with the modern im provements and conveniences for the home, one would need really to lniild a house every spring. Wanting that experience, it is a good plan to go through the new house of some friend Just as it is ready to be occupied. In one thus visited recently It was no ticed that In a compartment iu the refrigerator which was, of course, a cold storage box, and finished in white tile that was beautifully clean and attractive, a rack to hold eggs was fitted. This had round holes large enough to hold the eggs standing on end, and thus combat the careless ness of the average cook, who will put them in the Ice-box In a paper bag even, and will wonder to find them crushed against heavy jars and dishes. Another innovation iu tills same house does awny with shade cords, those torments of the house keeper, that have until recently been considered necessary evils. In every room ID the house stands a slender rod of wood, tipped with a brass catch, to be used when the shade Hies up to the top of the window. Those poles are neatly finished, the metal work highly polished. Their use permits a much neater handle or finish to the shade than when the ugly little ring and knotted cord must he relied upon for control of the spring.—New York- Post. RECIPES: '[ Curry of Lobster iu Rice Cups—Cook n cupful of rice iu salted water until tender, then line with it cups, or a large mold, If preferred. Fill centres or centre with lobster meat cut into small pieces and-mixed with a cup of seasoned white sauce to which is added a tablespoon of curry powder. I'ut in a dush of horseradish If liked. Cover with more vice and bake iu a pan of water thirty-live minutes, tiaruish with pickles and parsley, and, when fresh lobster is used, with lobster claws. Lemon Sandwiches—Trim the crust from a loaf of bread; put iu a large covered dish and surround with lemon peel. Take sufficient butter, cover iu grated lemon, cover In wax paper and put In the covered dish with the bread, allowing this to remain over night. Iu the morning take out and rub the butter down until it is a little soft;, spread on the bread, adding gradually a little piece of the lemon and a small quantity of finely-chopped parsley. Put two slices of the bread together and cut in the desired shape. Potato Omelet—Cut colli boiled po tatoes into dice a quartet oL' an inch square; mix them with enough white 6auce to well moisten theui. Place a tablespoonful of butter in a frying pan; when the butter is hot put in the potatoes and saute them until browned on the bottom, loosen them from the pan, and turn them like an omelet into a liat dish; or this preparation may be put In a baking dish, sprinkled with crumbs and grated cheese, then put In the oven to brown and serve In the same dish. Preserved Peaches—Plunge ripe but not soft peaches into boiling water and pate them by rubbing off the skins. Halve and stone them, and reserve about one-fourth the number of stones, which open and remove the pits Weigh the fruit, and to every pound allow three-fourths of a pound of sugar. Make a syrup by boiling the sugar with oue cupful of water to each pound. Skim until the syrup is clear, then add the peaehew and the pits, and cook until the former ire transparent, rack in glass jars and seal.
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