ORION STROH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW and NOTARY PUBLIC. Offloo: Room, land a, Blikbuck Brick, Freeland JOHN M. CARR, .ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. All leßttl business promptly attended. Pnatoffice Building, ... Freeland MCLAUGHLIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. LeyiL Bwnne.nn of Any Jtencription. BrennanY Building, So. Centre St. Freeland. R. J. O DON NELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Campbell Building, . - . Freeland White Haven < >lHce, Kane Building.Opposite Fostoffloe; Tuesdays, Saturdays. JOHN J. McBREARTY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Legal Business of every description. Fire Insurance, and Conveyancing given prompt attention. McMeuaruin Building, South Oentro Street. N. MALEY, DENTIST. OVRII 111 UK lIKCK'S STOIIR, Second Floor, - - Birkbeck Brick M RS. S. E. iIAYEs, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT. Washington Street. None hut roliuhle companies represented. Also agent for the eelchrnteu high-grudi Pianos of Haze!ton Itros.. New York city. S. H HESS, DENTIST. :I7 South Centre Street-. Second Floor Front, - Kcfowtoh Ituildimr iS. A. BUCKLEY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. All buxine** given prompt attention. Tribune Building, - - Main Street • Condy 0. Boyle, dealer in LIQUOR, WINE, BEER, PORTER, ETC. The linest brands of Boinestic and Imported Whiskey on sule. Fresh Rochester and Slien- RiehtHh lleer and Ytinu , on tap Wm. Wehrman, "XX7~ atch.maker. Repairing a Specialty. Thirty-four Year's Experience. Next to NeuHurger's Store. Geo. H. Hartman, Meats and Green Tinck. Fresh Lard a Specialty. Centre Street, near Central Hotel. FACTS IN FEW LINES Tho skin of the Canadian black bear brings from sls to ,SSO. Kansas wants 100 acres of St. Louis fair space for an alfalfa exhibit. An American desk factory is about to commence operations in London. Steam dredges costing $250,000 are being introduced in Alaskan gold re gions. Vast forests of rich yellow and sug ar pine are being opened up in eastern Washington. The first fire engine used In this country was brought from England to New York In 1751. To commend anarchist crime In a public place Is a punishable offense according to French law. The New Zealand government is raising the wages of Its railway em ployees to the extent of SIOO,OOO. The Belgian government is drawing up a hill providing for the total sup pression of .Sunday newspapers. The assessed valuation of the state of Idaho has Increased $4,049,580 in a single year, and, the total now Is $52,195,486, The government agricultural exports are hard at work trying to evolve au orange tree that will prosper under cold weather. Tho ink of the Greeks and Romans was merely lampblack mingled with gum in the proportion of three parts of the former to one of the latter. Dundee, Scotland, has started an electric street sweeper and watering machine. It Is worked by a trolley arm which runs on the tramway wire. C ffoe merchants figure out a world's supply of coffee this year of 24,000,000 bags, with a demand for only 15,000,- 000 bags, and they do not know what to do. lllllty. The big musttnebe Isn't merely orna mental.—ChicagoNews. Itotf'J?, t V iy np A T. E ÜbO fij § The Drumbeats § §Of Liberty § ft ...By M. QUAD, g © Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Lewis. © SoOOOOG(y^C^OGOOOOOOOGOOOQ Tbey bad brought him bome one day, that loyal and stout hearted pa triot, Jacob Van Brunt, with bis vision gone forever. A Hessian's bullet bad blinded him, and' a comrade walked band in band with him and warned him of obstructions in the road. One night months later, as the blind mail slept, there was a gentle tapping at his window, and as he opened the sash and asked who was there a pa triot sergeant replied: "Ilist, Jacob! I have been with oxen and wagon for muskets, powder and lead. I have had a long pull of it, and the oxen can go no farther, and there is a Hessian picket 011 tlie road to the south. We must, hide the munitions and come for them again." Ten minutes later the blind drummer and his three daughters were assisting the soldiers to unload the wagon and hide its contents in the dark and emp ty cellar of the barn. In all haste and yet with due caution the work was speedily finished and the vehicle driven back over the road, and by and by when a patrol of cavalry came trotting that way 110 man saw or heard any thing unusual. And when the muskets had been oil ed and the lead east into bullets which gleamed bright as silver there was a drill on the bare tloor of the old barn. With drum at his side, but the sticks beating softly, and with Uutli, Mary ujul Esther in line before him, the blind man wliisperlngly commanded: "Attention, company! Right face! Left face! Order arms! Shoulder arms! Ready—aim—recover! It-r-r-r! Rat-tat-tat!" And there came a November day when the snowflakes fluttered dowu uow and then, and the skies were dark with winter's warning, and the gale whipped the dying leaves off the apple and pear trees and tossed their branch es about in wild disorder. The blind drummer was nodding in sleep In his chair, and his daughters were in the field searching for potato hills which might have escaped the raiders. Of a sudden the man roused up and peered into vacancy with his sightless eyes and listened with beating heart. The daughters found him standing erect, with drum at his side and sticks in his hand, as they came running in. "Aye, they are coming, the enemy," he said as the panting girls essayed to speak. "They have heard of the arms and are coming to take them away. You, Ruth and Ulary, to the barn and bring as many muskets as you can carry, and you, Esther, lead me to the lane and stone wall. Forward steady—forward, march! "Attention,company!" cried the drum mer as he ceased to rattle his sticks. "Load each and every uiusket. Let them come half way up the lane before you tire. Tell me, Esther, what do they do?" "They have halted, father, and ap pear surprised and confused." "R-r-r-r! Rat-a-tat! Rat-tat-tat! They are brave men and will come on, but they are enemies of llberiy. Aye, I hear their tramp 011 the dying grass. Steady, girls—steady! When they are even with the wild cherry tree, fire at them to kill. Tell me. Esther, tell me"— Bang! bang! bang! roared the three muskets, and with pulses jumping the blind man grasped his sticks and made the drum rattle till the half dozen horses down in the road reared tip and plunged and whinnied at tlie sounds. "Fresh muskets! Fire again! Tell mo, Esther, tell me if any of them are down!" "Three, father!" Bang! bang! bang! "Five, father—five are down now, and one is leaning against the wall! We have stopped them! They halt—they waver—they give buek!" The enemy fell back, rallied and ad vanced for the third time. Now some of the troops left the narrow lane and advanced upon the flanks of the de fense. They crept along the stone walls or skirmished across the fields, and the firing became brisk. "R-r-r-r! Rat-n-tat-tat-tat!" rattled the drum, and the drummer shouted above the noise: "You are using but two muskets now! What has become of Ruth?" "Oh, father," replied Esther, "Ruth- Ruth is dead!" "Rat-a-tat-tat-tat! Attention, com pany! Load—ready—aim—fire—recover! Tell me, Esther, can we hold them?" "No, father! They are in front—to the right—to the left! 1 see them aim ing at you, father! Crouch down be side me or you will be killed!" "I cannot see. I cannot shoot, but I will stand to the last! R-r-r-r! R-r-r-r! Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat! 'Tis the drum beats that called the minutemen to gether at Lexington. You are usiug but one musket now. What has become of Mary?" "Dead, father—dead as-she rested her gun barrel over the wall!" "Attention, company! Only a blind man and a girl, but the muskets in the barn belong to Washington and liber ty, and we must die for them! Are you afraid, Esther?" "I—l am not afraid!" "Then fight 011! 'Twas thus that the drums rattled at Bunker Hill—r-r-r-a-a lat-tat-tat-tat! And 'twas thus they stoutened our hearts as we slowly fell back from Brooklyn Heights—r-r-r-rat a-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat! You have ceased firing. Tell me, Esther, is the powder gone?" There was no answer. "They are dead," groaned the blind man—"Ruth. Mary and Esther—all dead! Aye. shout and cheer and fire, ytiu hirelings! 1 face you—so! And here Is the way the drums beat at White Plains as our ragged patriots cauie swinging into action—r-r-r-r! Tat tat-tat! Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat! ltat-a tat-tat-tat-tat! And when we crossed the Delaware and broke the British center at Trenton it was—r-r-r-r-at tat" The blind man swayed and tottered ! and sank to earth, and there were cheers from the walls and fences and | hillocks. "Ami at Princeton," he whispered as he clutched the drumsticks with fin gers of death, "the drumbeats were— tat—tat"— ! "How did they know? Ilow could we tetl?" asked man of man as they stood leaning on their muskets and looked • down on the dead. They could not have told. They could not comprehend the depths of patriotism. In Hit* Slllll m—The Moron. The M< ro is a great talker, always returning: to the same p int. Practical ly nothing of consequence can lie ob tained from him in conference, and the less of him the better. In his religion j he is naturally a fanatic. He Is a wiry, sinewy, athletic fellow, very different I from the Visayan or Tngnlo and quite 1 different from the Filipino generally. In physical appearance he is a distinct type in the orient. He has a bold and haughty benrfhg and freed; m of man ners extending to an almost deiiant carriage. Ho dresses in fantastic garbs of bright and brilliant colors and is as gay in manner as gaudy in garb. A va riegated, uniquely folded turban, a | highly colored silk sash to hold his deadly, handsomely carved and adorn ed borong or krise, a short jacket or namented with bright metal clasps or filigree work or buttons and very bright striped silk trousers that are tight in fit make him the most pictur esque of barbarian people. He lives in simplicity. He is brave to fearlessness, a born pirate and essen tially a fighting man, ever at war with somebody in some part of the sultan ate. never happy unless on a maraud ing expedition and stealing from his neighbors, friends and foes alike. The chief who is the most successful thief is the most respected and most power ful among chiefs.—Lieutenant Colonel Sweet, U. S. A., in Independent. Aiitm tin Minor*. Ants commonly are regarded as nui sances, yet they have their uses. If : you dig lip a nest of common brown ants, you will notice by putting your face close to the hill a pungent odor | arising. This is the vapor of formic acid, the principle of nut poison. Now, formic acid has the property of mak j ing plilnts grow as hardly anything ; else will. Therefore the mold of which the ant nests are composed makes a valuable dressing f< r the market gar den when spread on while it is fresh. Another little known benefit to be de rived from ants is the collection of their eggs for fish food. In the late I summer a good many people make a ! living by gathering ant eggs in the nine woods of Surrey and Berkshire, England, and selling them to the Lon don fish dealers. In the west ants are sometimes used us miners. There is a large species of Rocky mountain nut which builds its nest neither of wood nor earth, but of ! stone, and it prefers stones brilliant in 1 :*olor for this purpose. Miners are said lo transport whole nests of these in sects to places where garnets abound, mil when the ants have built their new homes all the best crystals within a ra il us of many yards will be found in it ind appropriated by the garnet seek ers. A "Bauare" Alderman* "I happened to be out west," said a IMttsburg architect, "when a certain town decided to erect a city hall. Architects were invited to send In plans and specifications, and, though I hadn't fully decided to compete, I dropped iu on a boss alderman one day to secure some information. I had been told that he was at the head of a ring, and it didn't take me long to dis | cover that such information was cor rect. We had scarcely passed a dozen words when lie said: " 'Mr. Blank, this building is to cost : $800,000.' j " 'Yes.' I " 'And there must be at least $200,- 000 to divide up among the pickings.' ! " 'Yes.' "'('an you plan an SBOO,OOO building which will yield $200,000 worth of pickings?' j "'I never have done so.' ! " 'Then don't begin here. You'd not only muddle your plans and specifica tions, but you'd tempt us to steal your whack of the stealings* and we want j to get out of it with a little honor left to tackle some other job with. Try a railroad water job or something easy, ami good morning to you.' " Gout Chop*. "The man who goes in for Angoras." says an authority, "will find that it is true they will Jump anything under 100 feet high and climb a They will get at the neighbor's wash as sure as it goes on the line, and there will be lingerie to pay for. But if you would he on the safe side and keep the billy there turn him up and cut away the little creeper that you will find at the bottom of the hoof. It will not hurt him to lose it, hut it ruins his ambi tion as a mountebank. It will save lots of trouble to have a chiropodist get at the Angora with a nail trim mrr." (loot meat cannot he distinguished from mutton ordinarily. In every car of sheep that comes from New Mexico there are sure to be from two to a doz saqio block at the packers', and tlie same block at the packers,' and the good wife who takes home goat chops for lamb chops Is never the wiser, nor Is the butcher. A goat is only a goat when he has bis pelt on; • After that he Is a sheep. J K , f/QMAN AND FASHION AM Attractive Tea Jacket. rim tea jacket shown in the illustra tion is of pale blue cloth edged with a white guipure lace frill and adorned with a largo, stylish lace collar to match. Blue ribbon confines the full- BLUE CLOTH AND LACE. noFR at the waist and trims the sleeves. The upper sleeve is of cloth, and the full underslecve and chemisette are of white liberty satin, while the collar band is of blue velvet.—Philadelphia Ledger. Tan Root* and Shoe*. Brown boots and shoes are Invaria bly, let it be remembered, the most cor rect and convenient footgear when traveling, for obvious reasons, and, when well made, can no longer have the reproach leveled at them of being clumsy or apparently increasing the size of the foot. The American Shoe company—and, indeed, most of the best bootmakers—have now brought the brown shoe and* boot to a point of per fection In shape and color which leaves nothing to be desired by the most fas tidious, aoid in this connection it Is worth remarking that brown stockings should always match the tone of leather in one's hoot or shoe, the union of color in both being one of those de tails which a well dressed woman will be careful to consider. Fnlirlcn Must 110 Furry. Many fabric* known ns ilrap -lo 7.H>- dine lire exaggerated in their silky nnd furry appearance to an exceptional de gree, while one or two colors are .Inter mingled ou ground colore of grays, inits tle, Sevres blues, frnise cernssees and browns. Long white or black hairs ap pear to float over the whole mixture, and Indescribable checks, broken stripes, colored knotted woolen spots, are Interwoven ou this novelty. A short pile satin faced beaver clolb known as drap do panne is equally favored with a coarse canvas cloth. fllonsp nml Norfolk Jacket*. Taking the place with many women of the Eton and bolero, which still, however, hold favor among autumn robes, are the blouse jackets with turn down Napoleon collar, or one in Aiglon shape, with or without the skirt pep luiu, cut in circular form, or the new Norfolk jacket, made with silk stitch ed, adjustable plaits that taper from beneath the edges of a shaped yoke to the waist. A narrow stitched belt de lines the slight dip at the front, and the close sleeves are made with two seams. A Stylish Gray lint. vlr The illustration shows n largo gray and white felt hat made of interlaced folds of felt and velvet and trimmed with two large gray plumes. A Worth Creation. One of Worth's most exquisite crea tions of this season is an evening gown of vicux rose miroir velvet. Beautiful guipure d'lrlaude forms the quaint col lar, shaping in a sloping fashion over the shoulders and further embellishes the skirt. The princesse front is of a paler shade of vicux rose satin, the cor sage being slashed with velvet strings. A large black chapcau de style com pletes the picturesque toilet. RH Large variety o! styles and prices. Some people don't like rubbers. For these we have good honest stout shoes for street wear. The foot often looKs better and feels better this way. All America iig is solid leather made on custom shoe lasts and as near weather tight as a shoe can be. Trim in appearance, too. They are the "What's what" in shoes lor fall and winter. Come in and see them. • McMenamin's Gents' Furnishing, Hat and Shoe Store, South Centre Street. \ The Cure that Cures i p Cesu&glis, <s\ V Gafds, j I) Grippe, ik \ Whooping Cough, Asthma, 1 Bronchitis and Incipient A Consumption, is f 1 The German remedy* S~ Cures WwoA AXseases. J a\\ At all drug stores. 25 Doses 25e. l EAPAC^^ At all drug stores. ■ 25 Doses 25c. PEI2ST TX3ST Gr 1 Prom|>tlj Done 111 Hie Tiil'inii- Ollice. RAILROAD TIMETABLES LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD. .hi ne 2, 1901. ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS. LEAVE FIiKELANJ). 10 12 a ni for Went lie rly, Mauch Chunk, AUeiitown, Bethlehem, Euston, Phila delphia and New York. 7 34 ii ni l'or Sandy Bun, White Haven, Wilkes-Burre, I'iltston and Scranton. 8 15 a m lor Ha/.leton, Weatherly, Mauch Chunk, Allenti wn, Bethlehem, Esbton, Philadelphia, New York, Dcluitu and Pottsville. 9 30 a in lor Hazleton, Delano, Malutnoy City, Shenandoah and Mt. < armel. 1 1 42 u ni lor Weatherly, Mauch Chunk, Al lentown, Bethlehem, Euston, Phila delphia, New York, Iht/.leion, Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenandoah and Mt. Carmel. 1151a ni for White Haven, Wilkes-Bar re, Scranton and the West. 4 44 Pin for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk, Al lentown. Bethlehem. Eastou, Philadel | phia. New York, Hu/leton. Delano. Mnhunoy City, Shenandoah, Mt. Carmel and Pottsville. 6 35 P in for Sandy Bun, White Haven, Wilkes-Barre, scranton and all points West. ! 7 29 P m for Hazleton. ARRIVE AT FREEHAND. I 7 34 n m from Pottsville, Delano aud Haz leton. : 9 12 am from New York, Philadelphia, Eus ton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch Chunk. Weatherly, Hazleton. Mahanoy City, Shenandoah aud Mt. Carmel | 9 30 a in from Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and White Haven. 1 1 51 a in from Pottsville, Mt. Carmel, Slien unduuli, Mahanoy City, Delano and Hazleton. 12 48 p ni from New York. Philadelphia, Euston, Bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch Chunk and Weatherly. 4 44 ]> m from Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and White Haven. 0 35 P m from New York, Philadelphia, Euston, Bethhhem Allentown, .Mauch Chunk, Weatherly, Mt. Carmel, Shenan doah, Mahanoy City, Delano and Hazle -7 29 P m from Scranton, Wilkes-Burre and White Haven. For further information inquire of Ticket \ wonts. KOLLIN H.WI LJU'K,General Supcrlntendcnf, 20 Cortlandt Street, N< w York Citi . CHAS. S. LEE, General Passenger Agent., 20 Cortlandt Street, New York City. G. J. GILDROY, Division Superintendent, Hazleton, Pa. R PHE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA AND A SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Time table in effect Murcb 10, 1901. Trains leave Dritton for.leddo, Eckley, Hazlo It rook. Stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roan and Hazleton Junction at 000 a ui, dally except Sunday: and T 07 a m, 2 38 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Dritton for Harwood, Cranberry, I'omhicken and Dcringer at 600 a in, daily except Sunday; and 707 a m, 238 p m, Sun day. Trains leave Dritton for Oneida Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and -heppton at 000 a m, daily except Sun lay; and 7 07 a m, 2 08 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Harwood, 'ranherry, Tomhicken and Deritiger at otto u m, daily except Sunday; and 8 63 a in, <1 22 p ui, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and Sheppton at 32. 11 10 a ni, 141 p m, daily except Sunday; and 737 u m, 311 pm, Sunday. Trains leave Deringor for Tomhicken, Cran berry, HHI wood, Hazleton Junction and Rouu at 600 ji in, daily except Sunday; and 237 a tn, 5 0, p m, Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt Road, Harwood Road, Oneida Junction. Huk ton Junction and Roan at 7 11 am. 12 40, 620 p m, daily except Sunday; and 8 11 a m, 3 ;t p m, Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for Heaver Meadow Road, Stockton. Hnzle Brook, 1 ckh y, Jrddo and Drifton at 5 20 p in, daily, except Sunday; and 8 11 a in, 3 14 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver Meadow Road, tiu/;< brook, Evkiij, Jeddo and Drifton at 640 p m, daily, except Sunday: and 10 10 a m, 5 40 p m, Sunday. All trains conned at Ha/.leton Junction with electric care for.Hazleton, Jeauesville, Audeti ried and other points on the Traction Com pany's line. Train leaving Drifton at 600 a in makes connection at Dcringer with P. K. R. trains for Wiikusborre, Sunbury, Harrisburg and points Test. LUTHICK 0. SMITH. Superintendent.
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