FREELAND TRIBUNE. Estaclisbttl 1883. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY ANI> FRIDAY. BY THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. LONQ DISTANCE TELEPHONE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. FREELAND.—The TRIBUNE IS delivered by carriers to subscribers in Frecland at the rate of 12H cents a mouth, payable every two months, or $1.50 a year, payable In advance. The TRIBUNE may be ordered direct from the carriers or from the olßoe. Complaints of irregular or tardy delivery service will receive prompt attention. BY MAIL.—The TRIBUNE is sent to out-of towu subscribers for $1.50 a year, payable in advance; pro rata terms for shorter 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 subscription will be discontinued. Entered at the Postofllce at Freelaud, Pa., as Seeoud-Cluss Matter. FREELAND. PA., JANUARY 3, DHL'. THEATRICAL. When Mildred Holland appeared in Freeland last season presenting her powerful romantic drama, "The Power Behind the Throne," she created a most favorable impression In response to the emphatic demands of patrons, the management of the Grand opera house have again booked Miss Holland and her strong supporting company for a return appearance on Tuesday evening, Jan uary 7. The actress will again bo seen in the role of "Aria" in "The Power Re hind the Throne," u part which she has made famous, and which enables her to display with impressive effect those versatile qualities as an emotional actress that have gained her such dis tinction. Her supporting company this season is even better than it was last year, and Miss Holland herself, refreshed and in vigorated from a summer vacation in Europe, acts, if possible, with more lire and force than she lias ever done before. The scenery and costumes of this pro duction will be remembered for their ex ceeding beauty. The principal members of the cast are Lillian Norris, Rita O'Neal, Camile Por ter, Til lie Thompson, llose Gads by, Wright M. Lorimer, Samuel Lewis, Wm. H. Pendergast, Del Do Louis, Carter Weaver. Kenneth Davenport, Edward It. Lewis and a number of others. X x x "It was a good play" was the unani mous verdict of tho audience at the Grand opera bouse last evening, when Deniuan Thompson's "Our New Minis ter" was presented for the first time in Freeland. The play Is one in which the interest of the audience is held from start to linish, and in the hands of a strong company, such as was here last night, it deserves to live many years. While not a religious drama, "Our New Minister" is a play which teaches reli gion on a broad scale and shows that all the real Christianity in the world is not con lined to the "meeting-house." In its alternations between humor and pathos, it depicts many phases of life in rural communities, and no audience can view it without being entertained and in structed. HISTORICAL MYTHS. That Lycurgns taught the Spartan youth to steal. That residents near the cataracts of the Nile are all deaf. That in the school of Pythagoras the disciples kept silence for live years. That the army of Xerxes drained the river in its passage to satisfy its thirst. Among the "historical" yarns upon which modern research casts a cloud of doubt are the following: That iEschylus was killed by being struck on the head by a tortoise which had been dropped by an eagle. That in the combat between Aetius and Attila blood flowed in such tor rents that the dead and wounded were carried away by the flood. That Columbus used an egg in dem onstrating his proposed voyage. An egg was used, it is said, to illustrate the plan of the dome of St. Peter's, Rome. Tlio Almospliero of Comet*. Several attempts have been made to determine the refractive power of the atmosphere surrounding the head of a comet by measuring the change of the apparent position of the star be fore. during and after its occupation by tlie comet. Observations mude at Geneva in ISSI by Dr. Meyer were in terpreted to show an appreciable re fraction. Observations by Burnham and Barnard at the Lick observatory in 18111 on a comet that traversed the Pleiades showed, on the other hand, no such effect. Mr. Perrine, at the Lick observatory, has lately repeated similar observations and found no trace of change of position of a star during its occupation by the comet. The spec troscope showed the comet to be gas eous. The light from the star must have suffered souie refraction. The ob servations prove that the amount was Inappreciable and that the gas was of extreme tenuity. OASTOniA. Bear.tbe J* ' he K'nd Ynj Have Always Bought '"••r ANSONIA'S LABOR MAYOR. Stephen Charters* Humble Home and the Kind of Man He IN. A reporter of the New York World has this to say of the new mayor of Ansonia, Conn., Stephen Charters, un ion carpenter: In a modest little homo, not far bo youd Hill Crest, the reported found Mayor Charters. The very location of the house—very far indeed from the fashionable quarters of Ansonia—was eloquent of the recent revulsion in An sonia's politics. It is just such a place as an independent man working for the carpenter's wage of $2.50 a day would select for a home he wished to own. The first thing you note about the mayor is his head. It's a big one. Then you notice that his eyes are very large and luminous and intelligent. You like his general appearance because it's honest. His manner is cordial, but it has the dignity of thoughtfulnoss about it. lie talks well and measures care fully what he says. You judge at once that he could make a splendid public speech, and in that the people of An sonia will bear you out, for all agree that he has "the gift of the gab." The mayor will tell you that lie is thirty-eight years of age, that he was born In Limerick, Ireland, and that he was brought to America "when he was old enough not to know anything." fl? weighs 142 pounds and is 5 feet 5 inch es in height. lie has been married for eleven years, but has no family. "I didn't want this office," he said. "I never looked for the position, but they nominated ine by acclamation, and so I entered the flglit. I have sur rounded myself with labor men be cause I believe the people who sup ported the ticket expected that labor men would receive the various ap pointments. "Not one of the old faction will b left—not one. We expect to give the city an honest, fair and impartial ad ministration. and we want to be held to a strict accountability. I have made in one sense no political distinctions in my appointments. The principal offices have been divided almost equally be tween Republicans and Democrats, but of course all are labor men or labor sympathizers. "I believe, though, that this is the be ginning of a permanent movement iu municipal politics. Already the matter has assumed definite shape throughout the state of Connecticut." Wealth IN Not Worth. If there is anything disgusting or in congruous to be seen in life, 'tis the vulgar display of wealth by those whose personalities lie very close to the brute—who are undeveloped, coarse and repulsive. llow often we see refined and beauti ful character and charming personality shown by a servant in the family of a brutal, vulgar millionaire! There are servants in thousands of wealthy American homes who are infinitely su perior from every possible standpoint of real value to those they serve. Those servants are often compelled lo live in hot and ill ventilated kitchens and to sleep In stifling, unattractive rooms. They are the only pearls perhaps in the entire household, and yet they are un appreciated, unrecognized—trampled in the mud by the hoof of the beast who has managed to grasp and wrench from others his vulgar millions. Many a hodcarrier is superior to the owner of the bricks he staggers under, muny a coachman on the box is worth a thousand times more than the man or woman inside the carriage, when measured by every moral measure ment. We shall never have a true measure ment until we cease to gauge a man's worth by his bank account or his busi ness or to estimate a woman's real standing by her apparel, her jewels or the cost of her entertainments. Ruffians often wear broadcloth and sensual wo men frequently rustle in silks and blaze with Jewels while real worth does its work in coarse serge or cheap calico.— Success. I.ahor Theories Applied. A practical application of advanced theories has recently been made in a cotton factory situated near Moscow. Three years ago the proprietor of this factory abandoned it in payment of a mortgage due to the Imperial Bank of Russia. The governor of the bank then intrusted to a young engineer the task of reorganizing the establishment on a new basis. The eight hour day was introduced and, to the great surprise of the au thorities, gave excellent results. There was a steady Increase in production, while at the same time the number of, accidents decreased in a noteworthy manner. A hundred of the more intelligent work!ngmen—that is to say, one-half of the employees have recently re ceived a share in the profits, the result of which has been an increased pro duction of 15 per cent. The engineer director has now established a co-op erative society for feeding and clothing the employees. Great Growth of Federation. Secretary Morrisou's report shows an unprecedented growth of the American Federation of Labor in the past year, 804,000 members having been added to the rolls of affiliated unions since the convention at Louisville in Decem ber, 1900, and the total membership of the federation being now more than 1,000,000 wageworkers. Connected with the body there are at present 87 national and International unions 20 state branches, 827 city central coun cils, 800 federal labor unions and 750 local trades unions which have no na tional bodies. Eight hundred and twenty-eight organizers and business agents of the federation look after the Interests of these unions and report every month to the general headquar ters at 425 G street, Washington. (lood D(ll)IO vJ MOST LITTLE BABIES DIE, either from bowel troubles or trom diseases which they contract because they are in a weak and feeble condition from bowel troubles. Mothers who sire seeking the ideal and proj>er medicine to give their little ones for constipation, diarrhea, colic and simple fevers will lind LAXAKOLA the great family reinedy. It is the lH?st and most effective laxative for children. BEST 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 LAXAKOLA. A few drops can be given with safety to very young babies, and will often relieve colic by expelling the wind and ga 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 diarrhoea, accompanied with 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. LA X A KOLA 11 i s 9 rn,l , e an(l sa, ! e remedy to use during all conditions of health of the gentler sex whenever their pet uliar anil deli, ate constitutions require a mild WAN ■> LVA IF V AND E ! ,ILIEN, C '"alive and tonic, and is invaluable in assisting to relieve ol r OK WO M. L> . structions wliii h otherwise would lead to more or less severe pain or Illness. It improves the < omplexion, brightens the eves, sharnens the auoetite • luickens the . imitation, removes muddy and blotched condition of the skin and cures sick headache to a ier tainty ly removing the raute To women suffering from chronic constipation, lieadac lies, biliousness, dizziness, sallow nessof tlie skin and ilyspepsia, Laxakola will invariable bring relief and a speedy cure. At druggists, cs and 5.,. .. or scuJ lor free sample to THE LAXAKOLA CO., 13a Nassau Street, N. Y.. or 156 Dearborn Street, Chicago. MISLEADING MAXIMS. Some That Are True Actually, bnt Often Paine Metaphorically* Perhaps no maxims are so mislead ing to the judgment of those who im plicitly believe them as those which assert what is absolutely true actually and very often false metaphorically. For instance, "Where there's smoke there's fire" and "Straws show which way the wind blows." If by smoke we understand scandal and gossip, then there is often a good deal of very nas ty smoke and no lire at all. Neither, metaphorically speaking, do straws show which way the wind blows, for such are the cross currents of charac ter tlint you can seldom judge of its general trend by a trivial action. A man may save a*penny and yet not be mean or throw away a pound without being generous or even habitually ex travagant. Take, for instance, the coiumou York shire saying, "When in doubt, do nought." Ilow very seldom the princi ple hefeln contained can be applied with advantage! How many weak wills, we should like to know, lias this pesti lential little proverb contributed to par alyze? "All things happen to those that wait." And so they do wait, till the only thing which is sure to happen to every one does happen, and they die. Could they but have realized that "he who hesitates is lost" contains far more truth than its opposite they might have done something in life. Not that tllls energetic assertion of an occasional fact is by any means a sure guide. Who is not familiar with tlie man who never hesitates before any decision and nearly always laments his i precipitation, usually aloud? Who has not got tired of imploring such a one to make the best of a bad job or of suppressing the obvious comment of "We told you so?" All the same, believers in a motto which spurs them into foolish action seem to do better in the race of life than those who rely upon one which preaches nothing but caution. And I hasty people generally seem to arrive at their goal, in however bad coiuli- I tiou.—London Spectator. XVii Tlnw Fuiitf'a FiifHlah. Some Washington ollicials were re cently conversing with Wu Ting Fang, when one of them said to the Chinese minister: "Pardon me, but may I ask if you learned English in America or at home?" "I learned the language iu China," re plied the minister. "It is wonderful," said the question er. "You use it as well as I do." "I use it better than you do," replied Wu Ting Fang, "because you who live in this country do not use pure Eng lish." The native born American hesitated a moment at the frankness of the min ister and then said, "I know we do not, but 1 mean that you speak it as correct ly as if you had learned it at Harvard college." "I speak purer English than I should if I had been taught anywhere in this country," tin* minister said. "In China when we learn English we learn pure English. At Harvard every one has some Yankee dialect." (*u 1 i uln 'n c;nl ley*. • Prince Orsini, who is the owner of the beautiful Lake Neini, near Home, ' has facilitated in every possible way | the efforts of the Italian government i to raise the two galleys of Caligula 1 which were sunk A. I). 41 off the shores I of this lovely sheet of water. Suilicient has been recovered at present to dis close the astounding fact that the ves sels in question measure respectively 225 feet and 2117 feet in length by 00 feet and 75 feet in width. Their decks ; were evidently covered with splendid mosaics, and already an immense nurn ! ber of magnificent bronze objects, among tliem a beautiful head of Medu sa, are to be seen at the prince's villa, j where eventually a museum is to be organized of objects iu connection with the sunken galleys. THE HOBART MAUSOLEUM. Flnnl ItcMting Place IlnllillnK Fop tin* Lute Vice Pre*ilent. The Ilobnrt mausoleum, in Cedar Lawn cemetery, Paterson, N. J., Is now well under way and will be completed during the winter. It will be an imposing structure, twenty-six feet wide and forty-four deep, including the porticoes, front and rear. Its design is that of a Doric tem ple, simple and plain as can be, free from all ornamentation, solid and mas sive, and a pure example of Greek architecture. The structure will rise 22 feet 7 Inches from the ground, and the ma terial will he granite, from Rarrc, Yt. The front and rear roofs of the porti coes will be supported by four massive fluted columns of granite, the mauso leum Vicing in the form of a double temple, with columns front and rear, modeled after the form of an amphorl style temple of the Grecian Doric or der. The columns will he surmounted by Doric caps and will rise 12% feet from the base course of steps. Four wreaths will be carved on the front and rear of the frieze over the porti coes and two on each side. Otherwise the building will be entirely free of all carving. The entrance will be through double bronze doors, and the interior will be lined with marble and will have floor and ceiling of the same material. The floor of the portico will be reached by three granite steps, this odd number being in keeping with the Greek ideas of architecture. The ancients held to the belief that the foot placed on the first step must also lie the one placed on the temple floor. A study of old temples shows that they always car ried out this idea by placing an odd number of steps leading to their tem ples.—Newark Call. A Tree SuKe*tlon. A Philadelphia man suggests that trees planted in public squares and on streets should be of the nut bearing va riety. He believes that a sense of lion or would be cultivated in boys, even in the worst neighborhood, if it were ex plained that the nuts belonged to them and that they would only damage the!) own property if they interfered with them before the proper time. Then when the nuts were ripe they would be taken from the trees under the di rection of the city forestry depart ment and a new festival day be inau gurated, marking their distribution. A Mornliitf ltaliilMw. The appearance of a distinct rainbow in a clear sky the other morning ere ated a sensation in Richmond, Va. The bow was visible for more than an hour Dr. Taylor, the state chemist, explains the picture as the reflection of the sun's rays upon minute particles of ice crys tals that had been carried high in the sky and by the cold snap of several days' duration. The licat from the sun is sufficient to drive the light through the icy bank, and in this penetration the colors that cause the resemblance of the phenomenon to a rainbow are generated. Fine confectionery at ICelper's. 'YOUR FAITH ours if you try Shiloh's Consumption a and ours BO strong m ■ -111 r* guarantee a cure or rciund V** money, aud we seud you free trial bottle if you write for it. SHIL/OH'S costs 25 cents and will cure Con sumption, Pneumonia, bronchitis and all Iung Troubles. Will cure a cough or cold in a day, and thus prevent serious results. It has been doing these things for GO years. 6. C. WEM.S fc Co., LC Roy, N. Y. Clover Root Tea corrects ibc Stomachy Mid-Winter Bargains in Hats, Caps, Rubber Goods, Winter Furnishings. Fine Lines of Men's and Women's Shoes, Men's and Boys' Hats, Caps and Furnishings, Boys' Knee Pants, Neckwear, Collars, Cuffs, Etc. McMenamin's Gents' Furnishing, Hat and Shoe Store, South Centre Street. pi $ WILL BUY A If ASK THE HAN BEHIND THE CASE W. K.QRESh & SONV ; Rakers • \ The Cure that Cures i p Coughs, S V Colds, J I) Grippe, (k \ Whooping Cough, Asthma, 1 Bronchitis and Incipient A Consumption, Is roTJOs] P OXJ j A THE GERMAN REMEDY" £ tr CurestVroA vtA Who J jh s>t\& a\\ 258^50a l lsA "HEADACHE" At all drug stores. 25 Dotes 25c. HEADACHE JUjfl^rugjtorM^ FJRIN TI JSTG- Promptly Douw at tlie Tribune Office RAILROAD TIMETABLES L' EHIUH VALLEY RAILROAD. June 2, 1901. ARRANGEMENT or PASSENGER TRAINS. LEAVE FREELAND. 0 12 B m for Weatherly, Muuch Chunk, Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Phila delphia and New York. 7 34 u in for Sandy Hun, White Haven, Wilkes-Barre. l'ittston and Scranton. 18 15 a in for Hazleton, Weatherly, Muuch ('hunk, Allentown, liethlehem, Easton, Philadelphia, New York, Delano and Potteville. I 9 30 h in for Hazleton, Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenandoah and Mt. funnel. 11 42 ain for Weatherly, Muuch Chunk, Al lentown, llethlcheiu, Fusion, Phila delphia, New York. liuzletou, Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenandoah and Mt. i Carinel. 1 1 5 i u in for White Haven, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and the Went. 4 44 Pin for Weatherly. Mauch Chunk, Al lentown, liethlehem. En*ton, Philadel phia, New York, Hazleton, Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenandoah. Mt. Carmel ami Pottsville. 0 35 P m for Sandy Hun, White Haven, Wilkes-Uurre, Scranton and all points j West. I 7 29 P in for Hazleton. AKKIVR AT FREKLAND. I 7 34 a iu from Pottsville, Delano and Haz leton. 9 12 a in from New York, Philadelphia, Eas ton, liethlehem, Allentown, Mauch Chunk. Weatherly, Hazleton, Mahanoy City, Sheuaudouh und Mt. Carmel 9 30 a in from Scranton, Wilkes-liurre and White Haven. 1151 a in from Pottsville, Mt. Canned, Shen andoah, Mahanoy City, Deluuo and Hazleton. 12 48 P iu from New York, Philadelphia, East on, liethlehem, Allentown, Muuch Chunk and Weatherly. 4 44 P in from Scranton, Wilkes-Harre and White Haven. 6 35 P ni from New York, Philadelphia, Easton, liethlehem Allentown, Mauch Chunk, Weatherly, Mt. Cartnel, Sheimn douh, Mahanoy City, Delano and Hazle ton. I 7 29 P m from Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and White Haven. For further information inquire of Ticket A (rents. KOLLIN n.W'il BUR.General Superintendent, 20 Cc rt'iindt street. New York City, j CHAS. S. LEE. beneral Passenger Airent, 2> Cortlandt Street. New York City. U.J. GILDUOY, Division Superintendent, Hazleton, Pp.. DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA AND X SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Time table in effect March 10, 1901. Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley, Hazle Brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Hoad, Koan and Hazleton Junction at 600 a in, daily except. Sunday; and 7 07 a in. 2 3k p m, Sunday. T rains leave Drifton for Harwood,Cranberry, 1 omhickcn and Dorlnsrcr at 600 a m, dmlv except Sunday; and 707 a m, 2 38 p m, Suri | drains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction. Harwood Road, Humboldt Hoad, Oneida and Sheppton at 600 a m, daily except Sun ! day; and 7 0i a m, 2 3H p m, Sunday. ; Trains leuve Hazleton Junction for Harwood < ranborry, Torabicken and Deriugcr at H35 a m, dally except Sunday; and 8 63am, 4 22pm 1 Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida Junction, Harwood Hoad, Humboldt Hoad. Oneidu and Sheppton at 0 32.11 10 am,441 nin daily except Sunday; and 7 37 a m, 3 11 d m' I Sunday. 1 ' Trains leave Derinirer for Torohicken, Cran berry. Hai wood, Hazleton Junction and Roun at rn ' r . dai, J* except Sunday; ana 337 , a m, 5 07 p ra. Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt Hoad, ItHrwood Hoad, Oneida Junction Httzle ion Junction and Roan at 711 am, 12*40 6 '6 p m, daily except Sunday; and 8 11 a m! 3 44 pm, Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for nearer Meadow Hoad. Stockton. Hazle Brook, Ecklev Jeddo and Drifton at 5 26 p m, daily, except. Sunday; and H 11 ii m, .144 p m. Sunday. Trains leave Htirlelnn .1 unction for Beaver Meadow Hoad, Stockton. Hazle Brook, Kcklcy ■leddo and Drifton at 6 41) p m. daily except. Sunday; and 10 10 a m, B 40 p m.Sunday All traina connect at llarleton Junction with electric cars for Hazluton, JcancsvUle Auden rleii and other poiuta on the Traction Com limy a line. Train leaving Drifton at 600 a m makes oonneotlon at Derlnger with P. R. R. traina for WRkeabarre, Sunbnry, HarrUburir and polntn LUTUBB 0. SMITH Sjp.rtntsnd.nt.
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