FREELAND TRUNK
Published Every Thursday Afternoon
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TIIOS. A. BUCKLEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TEEMS, - - SI.OO PEE YEAU.
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FREELAND, PA., AIRIEST 15, 18S9.
FIVE murderers of women are in
tlic Tombs prison, New York, with
the deatb-watcli set upon them, ns
tliey are under sentence to he hanged
on August 211. All committed the
crimes of which they were convicted
before tlio law* providing for execu j
tious by electricity went into effect. j
THE French Senate has found Gen
eral Boulanger guilty of conspiracy,
hut tlic verdict was a foregone con
clusion and lias therefore little weight.
It may serve to keep General Bou
langer out of France and cripple his
powers of mischief, hut that is the
most it eau do. If ho should ever
come hack to rule the country, it will
not ho by constitutional methods, and,
therefore, the disqualification to hold
office does not amount to much. It
is a pity that his prosecutors should
have made him appear to some people
in the light of a martyr by adding all
sorts of trivial charges against him to
that of conspiracy of which he was
convicted.
THE overissue of stock l>y Eben M.
Allen, president, of a surface railway
in New York City, develops a painful
story of dishonesty actuated by greed.
Allen started years ago as one of tlie
inferior employes of tlie company, and
through his own merits was promoted
step by step until be reached the pre
sidency. But, not satisfied with tlie
emoluments of liis lofty position, lie
entered outside speculations, and
finally sacrificed a well-earned reputn
tion by betraying liis trust and making
a false issue of seven hundred shares
of stock, the proceeds of which he ap
plied to liis own private benefit. All
tlie good work of years was wrecked
by that one act of unfaithfulness and
dishonesty.
THE location for tlie proposed inter
national exhibition to be held in this
country in 1892 is still a matter of
much doubt. Five cities—Boston,
New York, Washington, Chicago and
St. Louis—arc pressing their claims
forward, but the light will event fully
narrow down to New York and Wash
ington. Boston's claims are a mere
side issue for New York and St. Louis
is in the race because Chicago is there.
The claims of tlie Western cities are
even more inferior than those of Bos
toil, and the contest between the capi
tal and the metropolis of tlie country
promises to be very hitter. We would
not be surprised to see the Quaker
City selected as a compromise, and
that is the place where they can run
those exhibitions to perfection.
IN 1887 the Democratic candidate
for governor of Kentucky received a
plurality of 17,000. Last year Cleve
land had a plurality of 28,000. This
year, from the returns of tlio election
held last month, the Democrats have
a majority of .'15,000 and gain twelve
members in tlio legislature. In the
campaign just ended the Republicans
loudly proclaimed their intention of
abolishing the internal taxes. But
tlie verdict of Kentucky, in spite of
her large distilling and tobacco in
terests, is emphatically in favor of tnx
reduction through tariff' reform. The
shibboleth of free whisky ami tobacco
and war-taxed clothing, food, fuel and
shelter has no attraction for the
genuine Democrat, whether lie resides
in Kentucky or elsewhere.
THE discovery on the bottom of a
Maine lake of an immense bed of
silica, a substance of great commercial
value ns a non-conductor of heat,
opens the way to another tariff
fostered monopoly. This is said to
he the only deposit known to exist in
the United States —the only other
supply in the world being in Ger
many. This bounty of nature ought
to give America silica abundantly and
cheap, but if the usual course is
pursued the owners of the deposit
will organize a stock company—with
SIOOO in water to $lO in cash—and
then ask of congress a duty on foreign
silica, to give them control of the
"home market" for their "infant
industry." In this manner arc the
gifts of nature neutralized to enrich
monopolists.
ABOUT a year ago one of flic most
prominent persons in America WUR 1
Levi I'. Morton, who was Harrison's
colleague on the ticket that the people
rejected by more than one hundred
thousand majority. To day Morton
is scarcely ever thought of, unless it
be by his most intimate friends, while
Harrison's actions and whereabouts
are known to every politician in the
land. The cause of this difference of
respect paid to the two highest digna
taries in the country is solely due to
the difference of their powers of dis
pensing patronage. Harrison has full
sway over the thousands of office
hunters and his slightest wishes are
obeyed with alacrity, but tlic forsaken
old Moneybags of the last campaign
is seemingly contented to draw the
salary of his boodle-gotten office.
School elections were held in Kansas
Tuesday and the returns showed that
nearly 50,000 women voted. Many of
t hem wero elected to offices.
When .Silence Is Cruel. j
There are times when speech istinsea- 1
sonable, but there are also times when 1
silence is wrung and even cruel. If (
there is much said that should never 1
have been breathed, there is also much 1
that ought to have free utterance which *
is never spoken. It is impossible to v
estimate the amount of happiness and f
benefit that is suppressed by this un- 1
timely silence. A group of persons are (
j discussing the character of one, known, 1
perhaps, only slightly to most of them. 1
j Some one speaks disparagingly of him,
! or relates some incident tending to lessen
1 him in their esteem. Another who is
' present knows this to be incorrect, but,
| instead <>f vindicating him from the
: false charge, he says nothing. lie may
be shy of expressing himself; he may
j persuade himself that it is not his affair;
Ihe may dislike to appear antagonistic; '
i whatever be his reason, he does the
absent one an irretrievable injury by a
silence that must be deemed cowardly.
1 The unfavorable impression which he
might have corrected sinks into the
' memories of those who have heard it,
| and is probably never entirely effaced,
j Had he simply uttered what he knew to
i be true at the moment of need all this
I would have been prevented. In general
when the character or conduct of any
| absent one is assailed it is the path of
| kindness to refute it if possible, or, if
| this cannot he, to present some point in
j which he excels and which may turn
the scale of esteem in his favor. There
. | is in each one such a mixture of good
, : and bad, admirable and blamable, that
j the way he is judged largely depends
upon where the emphasis is laid. There
fore, all good-will and kindness demand
! that, while we bury his faults in oblivion,
' we should speak freely and fully of his
1 excellences.
I Not only to (he absent, but sometimes
to those present with us, is silence cruel,
j There is a wholesome dread of flattery
among honest people, which not infre
-1 (juently leads them into an opposite ex
treme of withholding praise where it is
due. Much discouragement and many
abondoned efforts may be traced to this
source. Of course, it is not the ideal of
manliness to require such a motive, but
few approach the ideal, and few can dis
pense with the motive. The young and
inexperienced, tlie humble and self
depreciating and all beginners especially
need every sincere word of encourage
ment that can be given. It is a stimulus
which no parent, no teacher and no em
ployer can afford to set aside. Has tlie
child been faithful, obedient, studious,
self-denying? Tell him so, and express
the real pleasure you feel. Has tlie
young man proved himself trustworthy,
indefatigable, intelligent? Let him have
tlic satisfaction of knowing that you
appreciate liis efforts. Has the timid
beginner in some enterprise done well
for a first attempt? Do not deny him
tlie incentive to further efforts that your
approval will afford him. Silence at
I such times is not a mere negative, a
blank, an omission; it is a positive injury,
a bar to improvement, a destroyer of
well-earned happiness.
"Free Wool 1" Cries tlie Republicans.
Tlie Board of Trade and Transporta
tion is quite right in thinking that we
ought to have a larger share in the
export trade to South American countries,
especially Brazil and tlie Argentine
Republic, but it seems to be groping in j
utter imbecility after tlie means by
which it is to be secured, when tlie way
is as plain as daylight. Take off the
duty on raw wool, which is one of tlie
principal things with which South j
Americans buy manufactured goods;
remove all taxes from raw materials of '
manufactures, so that we can make those
goods and sell them at as low prices as
England, Germany and France; then
cast off the antiquated restrictions upon I
shipping, so that our merchants can get j
vessels upon equal terms with those of |
Europe, and then tlie question of trade
with South America will solve itself. It!
would not be long before our manufact
ures would go to those countries in greatly
increased volume in our own vessels and j
under our own flag, to the vast benefit
not only of our South American trade j
and our shipping interests, but of our j
manufacturing industries as well. The j
only thing needed is to remove tlie!
obstacles which our own laws put in tlie 1
way. — New York Times.
One .Successful Boycott.
E. & A. H. Bachellor & Co. of Boston,'■
Mass., have failed; liabilities upward of
$1,250,000. The general community, ap- j
palled at tlie magnitude of tlie suspen-'
sion of tlie business of a single firm, and j
the various comments advanced by tlie
business men generally, attribute this |
failure to sharp competition and the i
speculative tendencies of this firm. We ;
are of tlie firm conviction, however, that [
tlie result of flic great smash that lias
startled the community can be justly at-1
tributed to the action of tlie Knights of
Labor in pushing a vigorous boycott of |
their goods throughout the South and
West. This firm took tiie initial stand
iii the Worcester County lockout of two ,
years ago, and were the first to introduce |
the celebrated iron-clad rules, calculated ;
to deprive workingmen of their manhood. !
They coerced their employes to abandon |
the Order of the Knights of Labor, and j
that all-powerful organization issued the J
mandate that has been enforced all over :
these United States over since. This 1
notice is familiar to all members of the
Order. It is as follws : "Re careful when
you buy men's boots and shoes. E. &
A. 11. Bachellor & Co. of Massachusetts
refuse to deal justly with their help."
Now this boycott has been enforced con-'
tinuously up to the present time, and the
firm, finding that the demand for their ■
special line of heavy boots and shoes,
bad almost ceased throughout the South
and West, introduced the manufacture
of lighter grades ; and in endeavoring to
compete with other manufacturers in this
line, and by a continual reduction of
their help, thereby rendering their pro
j duct less satisfactory, tlicy began to
speculate extensively in other enter
prises, and were consequently pressed to j
the wall. It is hut another illustration ]
of the futility of antagonism between j
employers and their employes. The
workingmen and women of Massachu
setts, contributing as they did upward of j
SOB,OOO to sustain the lives of their per- j
secuted brethren in Spencer, the Brook
fields, and other sections of Worcester
County, have no tears to sited for the j
embarrassment of this celebrated firm of
slave-driving autocrats. Though they
were successful in their designs for a
time, still the old adage has again been
realized, "The mills of the gods grind i
slowly, hut they grind exceeding fine." i
On calm, mature deliberation, the failure |
of this once prosperous and arrogant |
firm cannot he regretted, and it has met |
its downfall through the courageous and
dignified attitude of the Knights of j
Labor.— Advocate.
Truths From a Protection Journal.
Wade's Fibre and Fabric (a staunch
protectionist advocate) has this to say on
the subject of the wool tariff: "It is idle
to talk of any one section or country
producing profitably all qualities of wool
in quantity to fill the requirements of
this country. Those speakers and writers
who for political effect, or who by their
faith or pride in 'lite boundless resources I
of the country,' are led to claim that we
can grow all the wool we want, do not I
know what they are talking about.
They have evidently had very little j
experience in manufacturing the various
fabrics that our people insist upon '
having. Wo might as well claim that j
Massachusetts can grow all the food and j
timber its people require. The only
way to accomplish such a result in cither j
case would be to bring the wants of the i
people down to the supply, in entire I
opposition to the spirit of the age. The j
history of the past fifty years proves 1
that prices for our home-grown clip have ;
never been improved by increased duties I
upon tlie imported raw material; that |
the effect has rather been to curtail the |
demand from our own mills, the only |
customers they can possibly have under :
the adjustment of duties now in force.
The present tariff is not only most unjust
in its distinctions and restrictions, but
practically it is prohibitory on a large j
portion of the most desirable wools!
which are available to our foreign com-
petitors free from tax. It is protective
to the European manufacturer, and only
in name to the home wool-growers. ;
These prohibited wools, after being!
manufactured abroad, are exported to
this country, paying a comparatively !
low rate of duty, decreasingin proportion
to the labor expended upon them. This
is a discouragement to tlic improvement
of American fabrics, and on the finer
grades gives the foreign mills a monopoly
in our own markets. The above we
believe to lie facts, no one of which can
he ignored if we could have a settlement
of the question in tlic interest of wool- j
growers and consumers, which includes, i
or should include, every man woman |
and child in this country. Can we j
expect legislation equal to the occasion?"
Patti's Perpetual Youth.
Patti is fast becoming the rival of
the famous Niuon dol'Euelos, who pre
served her beauty to such an oxtcnt
up to her sixtieth year that the grand- !
sons of the men who loved her in her
youth adored her with as much fervor
i as their ancestors had done in their
; days. Patti is, to say the very least, a
: long way from "sweet and twenty,"
| more like "fair and forty," without
j the third qualification, yet people who
saw her the othor day in Paris could
see no visible change, no mark of tho
i last ten or fifteen years upon her. She
i was still as slim and rounded, still
without a grayhair in her head, or a
wrinkle upon her. There had not
come under her chin that small break
| in tho contour of the throat whioh is
the first knell of dead youthfulnoss.
| Her hair lay in rich, plentiful black
locks about a brow where not one lino
was to be seen, ller eyes were clear
■ aud bright as a child's, her cheeks j
smooth and pink, her tcetii snowy and
faultless, and the delicate lines of her
figure just exactly what they wore a
score of years hack. Some Impulsive
; woman seized her and demanded to be !
told the secret of her eternal youth,
■ and this is what Patti revealed to her.
She said: "When lam at home I go \
to bed early—at 10:30. I l iso early, ,
that is, early for singers, which means
j 10:30. So you see when I am not
singing I sleep nearly twelve hours in
| the twenty-four. Plenty of sleep, that
is the secret of beauty aud freshness.
I don't sleep until 10, of course, but I
j make it a point not to get up at once j
j when I wake, hut to take a glass of
hot water and a lemon and read my
j letters before I get out of bod. It's a [
j mistake to get up right away after
waking. I bathe in tepid water, and
| then sponge off with a cold sponge, j
j On singing days 1 take a light and j
early dinner at 3, and only a biscuit
and a cup of hot bouillon after tho
performance. No great quantity of
j food and plenty of sleep, that's tho |
way to keep one's complexion and
figure intact. I rarely touch wine, a
; liquor-glass full of whisky after luucli
! eon or dinner, sometimes a glass of
champagne. Nothing more.
! But the real aud main secret of Pat
ti's perennial youth, and the ono she
did not dwell upon, is the fact that
| she has never given away to any emo- j
j tions. She lias avoided all feelings of
f every sort, as far as possible—hate,
j love, everything that might make a
wriuklo on her fair face.
Growth of Hair After Death.
A remarkable ease of the growth of
j hair after burial came to light last
j week at the disinterment of the body ;
of Ainzi Coeyman, who died in Belle
ville over four years ago and was
buried in the old private cemetery of
the Coeyman family on the River road.
When Mr. Coeyman died Ins beard
; was about two inches long, and the
hair upon his head was the usual j
length worn during life. When tho j
coffin was taken up last week for re- '
burial in Mount Pleasant cemetery it
was discovered that the heard had
I grown to tho length of two feet, and
i that the hair upon the head had also
grown out of tho sides and front of the
face, completely obscuring tho latter
from view. When brushed back it was
found that not only tho face hut also
i the body was in a remarkable state of j
| nrauirvation,- Newark News.
THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT.
Perhaps no other feature of the Gov
ernment has provoked such general
criticism, or been so widely misrepre- j
seutod and misunderstood, as has the
ollice of President of the United States.
Its creation was the subject of singu-
I lar comments among those who framed
; the Constitution; it was violently de
-1 nounced when that instrument was
put before the people for their ap- |
i proval; it has been the target for sav- |
I ago and persistent assault from that j
i time to the present. And in regard to |
lno other feature of the Government,
|it may be added, have the dismal fore- i
! bodiugs of skeptics been so strangely
disappointed by the results of exper
j ieuce and practice.
: In theory, it may be true that, as the
the making and enforcement of laws
! is the great function of government,
the power that executes the laws should
be in perfect harmony with the power
that makes them and be directly under
its control—the executive being thus
, simply the arm of the legislature, act
! ing thus promptly and implicitly in
obedience to its supreme will. This '
idea, though to-day observed in the
workings of other governments, was
not accepted by our forefathers. In
lodiug the cxecutivo power in the :
hands of one person, the Constitution
aimed to secure energy and precision
i in the execution of the laws; but in es
tablishing the Presidency as an inde
pendent branch of the Government,
j removed as far as possible from the
meddlesome inlluence of Congress,and
endowing it with important special
powers, it suggested to many timid
folk a vision of royalty in its most j
i frightful shape. Nor were these j
1 thoughts quieted by events that fol
j lowed in the history of the Govern- ;
mcnt. Indeed, our third President lias
given it as his opinion that Washing
| ton himself believed the Republic j
would end in something like a mon
archy, and that iu adopting his stately j
levees and other pompous ceremonies
he sought, in a measure, to prepare '
the people gradually for the change '
that seemed possible, in order that it I
might come with less shock to the 1
public mind. This remarkable state
ment we need not take without proof.
Whatever may have been Washing
ton's secret fears, certain it is that his
devotion to the Republic shielded it
I from such a fate; aud had some of his
' successors in ofllce, or their advisers,
been nearly as wise aud as true to the
spirit of the Constitution, they would
j have avoided acts which served to
strengthen, rather than subdue, the
popular distrust.
That the actual power of the Presi
dent exceeds that of some of the
crowned dignitaries of earth is uni
versally conceded. The Constitution
did not intend that ho should be a
mere ligurehead, or "ornamental cu
pola, 11 to the Government. It not
only conlided to him the execution of
, the laws, but it armed him with a
power over the making of laws which
i he might deem improper. By this,
i we mean the provision that every
measure passed by Congress shall bo
j presented to him for his approval and
i signature, and that, if disapproved by
him, he may return it with his ob
jections. in which case it shall not be
come law unless again passed by the
vote of two-thirds (instead of a ma
jority, as in the first instance) of each
liouso of Congress. Whether this
; power was given to him solely as a
; weapon to defend his own ollice or the
I integrity of the Constitution itself
from attack by Congress, or whether
the Constitution designed that ho
should in this way have a voice in the
making of all laws, of whatever na
i turc, is one of the questions still un
settled. The weight of opinion aud
the practice at the beginning of the
| Government seem to sustain the former
view; the strict language of the Con
stitution is in favor of the latter.
The frequent exercise of the power in
recent years, in marked contrast with
its rare use by earlier Presidents, has
aroused harsh feeling on the part of
Congress aud some very sober think
ing on the part of philosophers; it is
plaiu, however, that the present Exe
cutive has no doubt upon the subject.
The power is certainly monarchical in
its nature, and at iirst sight appears
out of place in a Republic where the
will of the people, as expressed by
their representatives, should bo the
law. But here comes iu the deliberate
device of the Constitution. The execu
tive branch of the Government was
purposely so shaped as to act as a
check against rash behavior by the
legislative branch. The President is
not the arm of Congress; lie does not
owe his ollice to that body, nor is he
directly responsible to it for his ac
tions. Ho is elected, as is Congress,
by the people; and, like Congress, he
is answerable to the people. Unlike a
member of Congress, lie is chosen not
by the people of a particular State or
district, but by the people of all the
States. He is, therefore, as an indivi
dual, the only representative of all tho
people, and if, iu their Constitution,
they saw lit to give to him, as their
great national representative,this great
inlluence over national legislation,—
an influence equal to the votes of one
sixth of all the members of Congress,
—there is nothing in it contrary to the
principles of republican government.
From "The Routine of the Republic
by Edmund Alton, in St. Nicholas.
"Them Dudes is Cute."
Ho was what might be safely and
truthfully called a "howling swell."
A microscopic Derby surmounted his
smoothly-parted head of hair; a long,
pale - paleontological, gray checked
ulster swung gracefully from his slop
ing shoulders; his loosely-cut trousers
fell without a wrinkle over his bril
liantly varnished shoes, aud he swung
a Brobdignaggian cane with an airy
ease that would lead the ordinary ob
server to suppose he had the key to
tho gate in the high picket fence that
surrounds tho lour Hundred. He
stopped alongside the leader of the
usual string of cabs on the Madison
square side of Fifth avenue.
| "I say, cabbie, will you tako me to
the seventh house around tho corner
for a dime, you know? 1 '
The cabman growled a surly assent,
aud tho young man was whirled around
the corner in grand style, and ran up tho
stoop of an imposing brownstono man
sion after slamming the cab-door with
noise enough to rouse tho entire block.
"Do you often do that sort of thingP 1 '
asked a quiet citizen as the cabman
anchored himself on the avenue again.
"Do weP 1 ' was the reply. "Well, I
often picks up a dollar of an cvenin 1
holpin' them counter-jumpin 1 dudes to
keep up appearances. The ideaanT a
new one. Them fellers walks fifteen
or twenty blocks to save car fare, and
whisk up to their best girl's house in
away that would put a Vanderbilt to
the blush. O, you kin bet them dudes
is cute."— New York Sun.
I Subcribe for the TRIBUNE.
RIDING AN ALBATROSS.
An Ancient Mariner Helntes a Queer Ad
venture iu the Southern Ocean.
All the southern ocean birds can be
kept alive for any length of time in
cold weather, and with perfect com
fort to themselves, on a ship's deck,
says a writer in the Boston Commercial
Bulletin. They require some attention,
hut there should be no difficulty about
bringing the gigantic wandering al
batross to Europe iu a properly cooled
compartment to carry it through tho
tropics,
I kept an albatross for six weeks,
giving it a good batli every morning
and tying its feet up in constantly wet
flannel bags to keep the delicato mem
brane of the web from injury. It re
fused to eat at first, but I overcame its
objections by hitting it on tho beak
with pieces of pork until it snapped at
them, and getting a slice in its mouth
it swallowed it from mere force of
habit. I killed it when we reached the
tropics and found it the fattest alba
tross I ever skinned.
If the wandering albatross were in
troduced into our hemisphere it would
indeed be a noble addition to our
birds. I can see no reason why it
should not be; its lesser congener
thrives well enough.
There is a famous story of a man
having kept himself afloat, after fall
ing overboard, uutil picked up, by
seizing hold of an albatross that came
within reach. There is nothing im
probable in this. I have been over
board with an albatross myself and
found the bird quite manageable in
the water. I was one dav catch
ing cape hens and mollyhawts with a
fine twine line and light hook made
from a bent needle, when a large alba
tross plumped suddenly down on my
bait and was hooked before I could
prevent him. Tho ship was barely
moving through the water, so that I
was able after a long time to keep him
on and play the big bird right up to
tho stern. Now came the crisis—
would my line lift him out of the wa
ter? I thought it would. I raised his
weight gentfy, pulled cautiously up—
another foot, and I would have been
able to grasp the neck. At that moment
he gave a wave of his wings; the extra
resistance broko the twine anddown he
flopped into the water, wing extended,
but making no effort to leave tho spot.
For a second or two ho lay still under
me, almost within my reach and yet
free. Off I went onto to him, seized
a wing iu my right hand and found
myself having a regular rough and
tumble with the bird in tho water. It
nover offered to bite. I was able to
change hands and get tho struggling,
brute by the feet with my right hand;
then drawing my breast up over his
tail I grabbed the neck with my left
hand. I had a pretty hard tussle to
do this, for the bird was very strong
and fought from under me; but when
I had the neck in my left hand I let go
tho feet with my right and took hold
of the right wing close to the body. I
had only dropped about ten yards
astern in doing this, but now the bird
j swam with me on its back, and I was
able to steer it after she ship. I made
great way, overhauled the ship, and
; swam right alongside. A rope's end
was thrown 1110, and I made the bird
| fast, let it go, and saw it hauled on
j board, swimming with the ship. Af
terwards I went up the rope's-end my
i self, having aotuslly caught and raas
| tered an albatross in the water by
hand, a feat in bird pursuit to bo
proud of as an ornithologist or a
sailor.
A Calcutta Snakery.
i The late King of Oude had built a
snakery in the gardens of his palace
at Garden Beach, near Calcutta. It
was an oblong pit about thirty feot
; long by twenty feet broad, the walls
being about twelve feet high and per
| fectly smooth, so that a snake could
j not crawl up. In the center of the pit
there was a large block of rough ma
sonry perforated so that it was as full
of holes as a sponge. Iu this honey
combed block the snakes dwelt, and
| when the sun shone brightly they came
out to bask or to feed.
His Majesty used to have live frogs
put in the pit, and amuse himself by
j seeing the hungry snakes catch the
frogs. When a large snake catches
a small frog it is all over in an instant,
but if a small snake catches a large
frog, so that he cannot swallow it at
once, the frog's cries aro piteous to
hear. Again and again I have heard
them while out shooting, and have
gone to tho bush or tuft of grass from
which tiio piteous cries came—some
times in time, sometimes too late to
save poor froggy, though the snake
generally got shot. As a final story
lot me tell how a frog has been seen to
turn tho tables on the snako.
Two gentlomenin Cachar some years
ago saw a snake seize a small frog ami
attempt to swallow it. But suddenly
a largo frog jumped forward, seized
tho snake's tail, and began to swallow
the snake. How the affair might havo
j ended cannot be told, because my
1 friends imprudently drew near to
watch tho combat, when the frogs nnd
snake took alarm, and the big frog
disgorged tho snake's tail, and the
j snake released the little frog and they
j scuffled off. But the tale is perfectly
1 true, and both the gentlemen who saw
it are still alive; and I only regret that
it was not my good luck to see the
affair with my own eyes.— lndia hd-
I ler.
Dentils from I.iglitiiiug.
The majority ot deaths from liglit
i ning occur in the level, open country
j —trees, villages, and thickly built up
j towns and cities, by their projections
j iu the air, serving as conductors and
! thereby protecting the inhabitants
j from direct stroke. Tho loss of life
1 annually throughout the world is very
! great. In European Russia from 1870
to 1877 no less than 2,270 persons were
killed by this cause. Iu Austria during
j the same time 1,700 persons were liko
; wise killed. In Prussia it is reported
that seventy persons aro annually
killed. Ten thousand persons aro re
ported as having been struck during a
perio'd of 20years, with 2,252 deaths in
France, while in the United Statos
during 1870 alone 202 deaths from
lightning wero recorded.
The Outward Indications,
The little boy had come in with his
clothes torn, his hair full of dust and
his face bearing unmistakable marks
of a severe conflict. "Oh, Willie!
Willie!" exclaimed his mother, deeply
shocked and grieved, "you have dis
obeyed mo again. How often have I
told you not to play with that Stable-,
ford boy!"' "Mamma," said Willie,
"do I look as if I had been playing
with anybody?"
The dehorning of cattle is growing
in favor in Kansas.
LOST! LOST!
Anybody needing Queensware and
won't visit our Bazaar will lose money.
Just See!
6 cups and saucers, 25c; covered sugar bowls, 25c; butter
dishes, 25c; bowl and pitcher, 69c; plates, 40 cents per dozen up;
cream pitchers, 10c; chamber setts, 7 pieces, $1.75. Also grocer
ies: cheap jelly by bucket 5c per lb; fresh butter 20 cents per lb;
5 lbs. rice, 25c; 4 lbs. prunes, 25c; 4 lbs. starch, 25c; etc. Dry
Goods: Bazoo dress goods, 8 cents per yard; calicoes, 4c to 8c
and white goods 5c per yard up. Carpets, 18c per yard up.
Fnrniture! We have anything and everything and won't be
undersold. Straw hats! Hats to lit and suit theni all. In boots
and shoes we can suit you. Children's spring heel, 50c; ladies'
kid, button, $1.50. Come and see the rest. 1 will struggle hard
to please you. Your servant,
J. C. BERNER.
REMEMBER
PHILIP GERITZ,
Practical WATCHMAKER & JEWELER.
15 Front Street (Next Door to First National Bank), Freeland.
BOOTS AND SHOES,
A Large Stock of Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers, Etc. Also
HATS. CAPS and GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS of All Kinds.
We Invite You to Call and Inspect Our New Store.
GOOD MATERIAL! LOW PRICES!
HTXGKEI MA.X,LO"2",
Corner Centre and Walnut Sts., Freeland.
BE JUBT AND FEAR NOT.
J. J. POWERS
has opened a
MERCHANT TAILOR'S and
GENTS' FURNISHING
ESTABLISHMENT
at 110 Centre Street, Freelnnd, and is not in
partnership with any other establishment but
his own, and attends to his business personally.
Ladies' outside garments cut and fitted to
measure in the latest style.
A. RUDEWIGK,
GENERAL STORE.
SOUTH HEBERTON, PA.
Clothing, Groceries. Etc., Etc.
Agent for the sale of
PASSAGE TICKETS
From all the principal points in Europe
to all points in the United .States.
Agent for the transmission of
MONEY
To all parts of Europe. Checks, Drafts,
and Letters of Exchange on Foreign
Banks cashed at reasonable rates.
B. F. DAVIS,
Dealer in
Flour, Feed, Grain,
HAY, STRAW, MALT, &c.,
Best Quality of
Glover & Timothy
SEED.
Zemany's Block, 16 East Maiu Street, Freeland.
O'DONNELL & Co.,
Dealers in
—GENERAL—
MERCHANDISE,
Groceries, Provisions, Tea.
Coffee, Queensware,
Glassware, &c.
FLOUR, FEED, HAY, Etc.
We invite the people ol' Freeland and vicinity
to call and examine our large and handsome
stock. Don't forget the place.
Next Door to the Valley Hotel.
For Printing of any Description
I call at the
TRIBUNE OFFICE.
Posters,
Hand Bills,
Letter Heads,
Note Heads,
Bill Heads,
Raffle Tickets,
Ball Tickets,
Ball Programmes,
Invitations,
Circulars,
By-Laws,
Constitutions,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
Call and See Us.
HiILTO- LEE,
CHINESE LAUNDRY,
"Ward's Building, 49 Washington St.,
FREELAND. PA.
Shirts one, 10 Bosoms 8
New shirts 18 Coats 15 to 50
Collars 3 Vests 20
Drawers 7 Pants, w001en.25 to |l
Undershirts 7 Pants, linen—2s to 50
Night shirts 8 Towels 4
Wool shirts 8 Napkins 3
Souks 3 Table covers.. .15 to 75
Handk'rch'fs,3; 2for 5 Sheets 10
Cuffs, per pair 5 Pillowslips —10 to 25
Neckties 3 Bed Ticks 50
Work taken every day of the week
and returned on the third or fourth day
thereafter. Family washing at tlie rate
of 50 cents per dozen. All work done in
a first-class style.
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