FREELAND TIME.
Published Every Thursday Afternoon
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TIIOS. A. BUCKLEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS, - - SI.OO PER YEAR.
Address all Communications to
FKEELANP TRIBUNE,
FREELAND, PA.
onico, ItiJ KIMk Brick, M lluor. Centre Street.
Entered at the Freeh ml Pastoffiee as Second
Class Matter.
DEMOCRATIC TIC K KT.
STATE.
For Treasurer E. A. Bigler, j
of Clearfield County.
COUNTY.
For Judge Edwin Sbortz,
of IVilkes-Barre.
For Sheriff George J. Steigmaier, 1
of Wilkes-Barre.
For Recorder Joseph J. MeGinty, 1
of Jlazle Township.
For Coroner It m. F. Pier,
of Pleasant Valley.
For Surveyor James Crockett,
of Ross Township.
FREELAND, SEPTEMBER 20, 1889.
EVF.RY Democratic state convention
held this year invariably declared for
turitl reform nud ballot reform. Those I
who expected a backdown on the po- j
sition the Democrats took on the |
tariff have been sorely disappointed, j
It is encouraging to see state after
state proclaiming the necessity of,
these two reforms. They are coming.
EVEN the most enterprising Ameri
can newspapers were "beaten" by I
their English contemporaries in ac j
counts of the recent storm on the At
liuitic coast. London Public Opinion J
publishes a telegram, in which it is j
stated that thirty-seven thousand per-!
sous perished by the wrecks of vessels j
on the coast. A few more telegrams
of that sort would entirely depopulate j
the country.
LUZERNE COUNTY politics appear to
be dead. The indications at tlie be- 1
ginning of the campaign were those
of a hotly contested battle, but the
drift of public sentiment in favor of
tho Democratic nominees was too
strong and the opposition candidates
wisely refrain from entering the con
test, except as mere figure heads. A
clean sweep from Shortz to Crockett
on November 5.
THOUSANDS of petitions were sent to
tho last legislature, asking for the
passage of an election law which
would guaranteo to tho voters of
Pennsylvania a pure and honest bal
lot. "When such a law was before the
house of representatives Henry K.
Boyer, Republican candidate for state
treasurer, voted against it, thereby
placing himself on record as in favor
of bribery and corruption.
THE different Republican county
conventions lield so far in this state
have been a series of quarrels and
disputes, the opposition to Quay being
the direct cause. Although Quay is
yet master of the field his political
prestige is on the wane. When the
independent spirit of tho Republican
party succeeds in overthrowing this
"boss," politics will be freed from one
of its most contaminating factors.
THE new state of Wyoming has
adopted as part of its constitution a
female suffrage chapter, giving women
the privilege to vote at all elections.
Among the qualifications required to
vote are that all electors shall be able
to read English and reside six months
in the state. The constitution also
provides for the appointment of a
state board of arbitration, to settle
differences between employers and
employes. This has proven a miser
able failure in other states and will
fare the same in Wyoming. Bills
have been passed prohibiting the em
ployment on public works of any but
fully naturalized citizens and prohi
biting corporations from bringing into
the state any armed police or detec
tivo force unless authorized by the
legislature or by the governor, if the
legislature be not in session. The
latter act will prevent the mobilization
of Pinkcrton's thugs in caso of strikes.
ONE of Minnesota's laws provided
for the inspection of cattle on the
hoof, and it was unlawful in that state
to sell beef which was not inspected
in that manner. This law prohibited
the importation of dressed beef, but
on Monday it was decided unconstitu
tional by the United States Circuit
Court, which held that this law was
in plain violation of the free trade
commercial clause of the constitution
of the United States, which provides
that congress alone shall have control
of the commerce between states, and
also in violation of the clause which
provides that the citizens of each
state shall be entitled to all the privi
leges and immunities of the citizens
of the several states. A bill somewhat
similar to this one was before Penn
sylvania's legislature hist winter and
was defeated through the influence of
Chicago beef companies. However,
it is just a sample of what the high
tariff Republican states would lead
the country to do. Were such laws
constitutional the next step of each
state would be to levy duties of its
own upon imports, and the United
States would soon be dis-united.
Free trade between the states is the
secret of Americn s success.
The rate of wages to be paid .Schuyl
kill County miners for the last two weeks
of August and the first two weeks of
September will be i per cent, below the
Jk'.-iU basis.
New Lwt Should l>e Published.
Consideration is now being given to
the manner in which the people get a
knowledge of the laws enacted by the
legislature and approved by the gover
nor of the state of Pennsylvania. As
soon as the legislature passes a bill and
the governor approves it, the law goes
into effect. Not one out of every hun
dred men in the state have any know
ledge of such a law, nor is it possible for
them to get information for its provi
sions, because the pamphlet laws are
not as a rule issued until months after a
legislature has adjourned, and even
when this volume is distributed to the
proper officers knowledge of its contents
is not disseminated freely among the
people. It is claimed in legal practice
that ignorance of the law excuses no
man of its penalties, if he violates it. If
proper channels were afforded the peo
ple to become acquainted with the law
it would be just to hold men sternly
amendable to its injunctions, but where
the multitude has no means of learning
what the law is, there ought to be some
leniency in dealing with those who vio
late it, until they can become informed
of its behests. In some quarters it is
suggested that a publication of certain
laws directly affecting the public should
be made in the newspapers of the state,
which is without question the proper
way to meet this needed dissemination
of knowledge, while by still others it is
recommended that no law go into effect
until after the pamphlet laws are pub
lished and placed in the hands of offi
cials and magistrates where they can Ire
consulted. There is no doubt of the
good sense and justice in all these sug
gestions. The people should be afforded
more opportunity to know what the law
is than they have ever enjoyed. One of
the reasons why wholesome acts are not
enforced as they should be is because
they are not understood and their exis
tence not known by the masses of the
people. This is a fault of the govern
ment, and a very serious defect it its
machinery. Whether or not it will ever
be remedied is hard to forecast, but that
it should be no reasonable man will
I deny.
Democratic Societien.
The resolution offered in the Democra
tic state convention by Hon. J. Irvin
Steel of Schuylkill County, and unani
mously adopted by that party, recom
mending and urging the formation of
Democratic Societies, touches a very
important point in the matter of Demo
-1 cratic organization. It should be ob
served and acted upon throughout the |
state. The Democratic Society is not a
mere campaign club. It is a permanent
organization intended to disseminate
Democratic truth. It cannot be used for
the advancement of the political ambi
tion of any individual, for the principles
on which it is founded are purely
Jeffersonian, before which one Democrat
j is as good as another provided he behaves
himself like a Democrat. The Republi
can party relies for success very largely
upon organizations bases upon various
isms and plays upon the ideas, fancies
and antipathies of bodies of men banded
; together for this or that purpose. The
Democratic Society is the antithesis of
| all such factions and bigoted associations,
j The citizen who is affiliated with the
Democratic Society is educated out of
| the narrow groove of prejudice and
; stands upon the eternal principle of the
: "fatherhood of God and the brotherhood
|of man." Forward, the Democratic
: Society ! —Wilkes-Barre Lender.
Protection vs. Free Trade.
! There never has been such an oppor
tunity to make a fair comparison of the
I advantages of free trade and protection
as that afforded by the two Australian
colonies of Victoria and New South
Wales. In other countries there are
differing conditions which affect the
value of the comparison. These two
colonies adjoin each other. The popula
tions are alike. The natural advantages
and resources, the climate, soil, and
productions, are practically of entire
similarity. For the last twenty-two
years Victoria has sought to build itself
up by the adoption of a protective policy.
New South Wales, on the contrary, has
adhered to free trade. The result is
very briefly told in the following extract
from an article in Macmillan'a Magazine.
We commend its perusal to those stu
dents of political affairs who are in doubt
as to the effects of a tariff policy of this
country in interfering with our sym-1
metrical growth as a commercial as well
as an agricultural and manufacturing
nation:
New &outli Wales and Victoria have
furnished the world with a great lesson
in the merits of the rival fiscal policies
of freedom and restriction. Starting to
gether as free trade colonies, Victoria,
after twenty years of freedom, adopted
a policy of commercial restriction. At
the time she made the change, in 1800,
she had every advantage over the older
colony. She was 200,000 ahead in popu
lation ; she had £1,000,000 a year more
revenue ; her external trade was £8,000,-
000 a year larger; her area of cultivated
land was larger by 150,000 acres; she
was the equal of New South Wales in
shipping, and far ahead of her in manu
factures. Since 1800 the two colonies
have pursued their courses along the
same lines in nearlv all respects, except
as to their fiscal policies. The conditions
I <>f the comparison are considerably in
favor of Victoria. Yet what is the re
sult? Victoria, who when she was a
free trade colony was in everything
which indicates material progress ahead
j of New South Wales, has been steadily
j falling behind in the race since she
I adopted protection. In 1800 the Victo
! rian revenue was one million more, in
: 1888 it was one million less, than that of
I New South Wales. In 1800 the imports
into Victoria were valued at Ave millions
more than those into New South Wales;
I last year the imports into Victoria only
i exceeded those into New South Wales
by one million. In 1880 the exports
i from Victoria were valued at three mil
lions more than those from New South
| Wales; last year they were seven mil
, lions less. In 1800, under free trade,
i Victoria had already a considerable
■ manufacturing industry, whereas New
South Wales could hardly be spoken of
as a manufacturing colony. Vet in 1887
New South Wales employed in her man
ufacturing industries 45,783 hands out of
a population of 1,000,000, with a machin- i
ery of 20,152 horse-power, while Victoria 1
employed 45,773, with a machinery <>f
21,018 horse-power, showing a surplus in I
favor of New South Wales —small, it is
true, but still a surplus. It is impossible, ;
indeed, to resist the conclusion that the ;
progress of one colony has been ham
pered by protection, while the progress
of the other has been furthered by free
trade. Should good seasons return, and
the affairs of the country be carefully
and economically managed, there is no
fear that New South Wales will ever
give up the policy under which her prog- !
less has been so plk#iioraenal.
Jm Laltor Becoming; 111 different ?
Commenting upon the convention of j
N. T. A. 135, held at Wilkes-Barre last
week, the Newsdealer has the following !
to say, and it cannot be denied that is,
unfortunately, too true: That the con
vention was a success we haven't the !
least doubt; but just what impression it j
will leave upon the miners of this section ;
time alone will tell. Strictly speaking it!
was a foreign body; that is to say its j
representatives were "foreign," but its j
principles were not. It was a gathering I
of men interested in the mining of i
bituminous coal and the manufacture of j
coke. The anthracite miners were with
out representation and the new officers
elected for the ensuing year are all soft
coalmen. In calling attention to these
facts we do not wish to create the im
pression that there has been any dis
crimination in the distribution of offices. I
Not at all. On the contrary we would
call the attention of our own miners and '
laborers to their apathy and indifference, j
The fact that they were without repre-!
sentation in the convention is convincing j
proof in itself that they arc dead to the !
great principles that United Labor ad vo- j
cates. The mass meeting at Nanticoke
on Thursday evening, which was attend- j
ed by a corporal's guard, when it should i
have been attended hv thousands, was
not only humiliating to the officers of the ;
convention who went there in a friendly |
spirit to give their advice and experience i
to their brother toilers, but it was an |
insult to labor itself. The only explana-!
tion we can give for the indifference dis-j
played on the occasion is that the work- j
ingmen of this part are not in sympathy j
with organized labor. Probably the i
theory is correct that the men of this I
section of the anthracite region are dis-1
heartened over the failures of the past I
and are determined never to enter a
miners' union again. Or probably the
statement which Representative Wil- I
liams made at the meeting gives a clue
to the cause of the non-attendance of
the toilers. Mr. Williams said that he
had heard two laborers remark "that
nobody but fools would go to the meet
ing." If such are the sentiments of the
laboring classes of this community—and
. we hope for the cause of labor that they
are not—then it is about time that the
. wise fools made a contract witli the coal
p companies to deliver themselves over to
t their grasp, body and soul. If it is fool- j
s ish for labor to agitate for its rights, 1
then let agitation come to an end. Let!
. us hear no more about the giant powder
j monopoly, let us hear no more about the
. much-abused docking boss who strains
I his conscience every hour in the day to
4 give the toiler the benefit, let us hear no
C more about the rapacious boss and un
derstrapper who rules with an autocratic
3 will in the breast. Let us turn a deaf
p ear to all of them. Only fools will med
j die with such questions. Labor in the
3 anthracite coal region wants no protcc
j tion. Labor lias said so itself. It's
, only the fools who are looking for pro
tection.
Correspondence From the Capital.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 1880.
"What will be the tendency of legisla
-3 tion this session?" asked your corres
! pondent of a member of the coining
! Congress, whose prominence in the
, Democratic party makes his views worth
. reporting. "Your question cannot be
. answered very satisfactorily," said this
> gentleman, "until we see what the
President recommends in his message,
i hut there are several matters that lam
certain will be before Congress for its
action. The Army and Navy both re
quire a good deal of legislation. There
is a very general sentiment among Demo
crats that one of the tilings thisaduiinis
; tration must continue to do is recreate
the naval service. Yes, I used the word
recreate advisedly, the work must not
stop and it must he overhauled com
pletely and restored to the position it
occupied among the world's fleets before
the war. The Democratic party has
always been the friend of the two
services. I will tell you what I am in
; favor of, and 1 presume I may fairly
say that the average Democratic Con
• gressman feels about as I do. In the
first place, we intend, if the Administra-
I I tion will permit it, to rebuild the Navy.
All these ideas have to grow. We Demo
l crats have declared in Congress and to
t the people for the past ten years that we |
\ believed a navy such as the dignity of |
the American Republic demanded was !
an absolute necessity, and that if we j
• ever came into power this was one of
the first things we meant to have done. 1
[ There is not a Democrat of any promi- j
- nence in either House who has not made j
1 this declaration some time or other. It
I might have been attempted before we I
, did if the naval experts could have ;
i agreed upon the kind of ships wanted. ;
" I That seems to he settled at last, and now j
J j we are ready to go to work and aid a
' | Republican administration to complete
i what we began. I am in favor of the
| construction of thirty more new ships of
war, in addition to those being built, j
That would give us a fleet of sixty men
i of-war of the best kind."
1 The mayor of Williamsport, having
s I learned that the money raised in Man- j
s Chester, N. 11., for the Conemaugh suf
" ferers had been drawn upon, writes to
' the mayor of Manchester, appealing for
a portion of the money, lie says the
• people of the Williamsport section have
' been badly treated; that their losses will
. exceed $8,(MX),000; that they have re
. ceived but SIOO,OOO from the $2,000,000
' donated, and that much suffering exists. )
THE NEW PHONOCRAPH.
A View of It* Operation* When In Ful'
ItliiMt In tlie Newspaper Ottloe.
Etlison claims that his new phouo- I
graph, a few of which arc now on the
market, is going to work a revolution
in newspaper oflices. The editor or
reporter will talk what ho has to say
right into the phonograph. The metal
strip which receives the remarks,which
Mr. Edison calls the phonogram, but
which probably should more properly
be called the gilder-iluko, is then re
moved aud sent to the composing
room, where it will be inserted in the
compositor's phonograph, lie will press
a lover with his foot, and the machine
will casually mention ten words, and
then relapse into deep thought, till he !
sets them and ropoats the perform- j
auce. If ho doesn't catch the remarks
he kicks another lever and the ma- j
chine repeats.
All this has a very interesting ap- ;
poaranco at a distance, but it does not j
seem as if the composing-room will be
altogether free from trouble, even
when there is au able phonograph
wearing a swallow-tail coat and opera
front vest, sitting up on every case,
dictating scholarly editorial and graph
ic descriptive matter. It will make
the composing-room partake some
thing of the nature of an anarchists' j
meeting to have half a dozen phono
graphs in au elocutiouary voice talk
ing oif editorials, while twice as many
aro rolliug out editorial matter,
and another gang are making very
oarncst remarks about tno markets,
and still another lot are roaring out I
the advertisements. When one of the
editorial machines begins to get deep
ly in earnest and puts one baud under
its coat-tails, swells out its breast and
throws back its head and begins to
talk very loud about "A Crying Need
of the Hour, 1 ' it will only help to con
fuse matters. So also will the Gov
ernment chemist in the baking powder
advertisement, and the reduction sale
dry goods announcements; when these
phonographs begin to paw tie case, !
and howl and occasionally shootout an |
electrotype cut of a new summer suit i
or something, and take the compositor
in the ear, aud knock him down and \
then get mad because he isn't up and I
at work, it is going to make exciting j
times.
While the unsuspecting phonograph |
is leaning over and pouring its ten i
words in to the compositor's ear he j
will forget, and make his well-known j
and heated remarks abouL the lean- |
ness of the type or unsatisfactory
character of his •Make," or he will
make overtures to another compositor j
looking toward the loan of some to
bacco, ami the phonograph will take ,
it and mix it up with an editorial
on '•The Progress of Church Work,"
and he will set it this way and subse
quently the earnest, glowing swear
word of the proof-reader will bo noted
as it tloats out from another room.
Then one of thoso excitable nervous
men will be working on a case with a
! quick, impulsive phonograph, aud the
foot lever will break, or somothiug,
and the phonograph will go right on
talking, aud he will try to set as fast
I as it can talk. The casual spectator
; will observe a tall, round-shouldered
man, with no suspenders on, humping
I down over the case and making des
i perate and lightning-like grabs after
1 letters out of two boxes at oneo. The
air wdl be filled with type Hying in all
directions, and above the roar of the
phonograph, galioping along on a ca
ble dispatch full of Russian Generals 1
names will bo heard the red, molten
remarks of an excitable, nervous com
positor. The type in the air will grow
j thicker, pieces of the partitions bo
i tweeu the boxes will join the cloud,
the nervous man will double over still
j more and clutch whole handfulls of
' "e's" and throe-em spaces and hurl
1 them up to the ceiling, scrape down
! the upper-case, tearing away the
boxes, all the time yelling "stopper
'erl" to which the machine will only
reply with a hoarse, hollow laugh, till
at last he will seize it, aud tear it from
its place, and beat the floor with the
helpless raachanism till it becomes a
shapeless mass, and hasn't a word to
say, and till the tall, excitable com
positor has to bo bo carried away to
the hospital.
Such scenes as these will tend to
disturb the harmony of the composing
room and cause friction.
Again, when the editor is pour-
I ing his tale into a phonograph, per
| haps a door will slam, for instance,
and the faithful instrument will record
it; and when it is repeated for the
compositor, if ho doesn't happen to
fully understand the thing, lie will
stand there all night trying to set that
slam.
This will cause loss of time, and
more friction and profanity, and on
the whole there is going to be more
trouble with the phonograph in the
composing room than there is now
with the dark, mysterious, unknowa
ble specimens of penmauship at pres
ent turned out by the editor, who
claims that he used to set type with
Horace Greeley,and has been frequent
ly roused out of a sound sleep in the
middle of the night to And the elder
Bennett standing by his bedside wait
ing with a perplexed air to ask his ad
j vice on somo knotty journalistic point.
A careful estimato of the Chinese in
San Francisco places the number at
I 40,000. The effect of this population
upon the prosperity of the city is thus
stated by a local paper: "Theso 40,-
000 Chinese earn at least one dollar a
day each, over and above their board.
That is $-10,000 per day, or $1,400,000
for caeii month of twenty-six days.
That is over $12,000,000 per year which
is being dfained through various
Chinese channels from a city of 800,-
000 inhabitants. The most of this
money each year, directly or indirectly,
goes to China, uovor to return."
There is an old colored cobbler in
Hartford, Conn., named A. I®. Clog
gett, who has for twentv-fivo years
devoted himself to collecting and
studying the history of rare copper
coins. Ilis son is the champion check
er player of the state. Mr. Cloggett's
collection of coins comprises a nearly
conipleto set of pennies issued from
1793 to 1856. His collection is very
valuable aud contains many coins al
most impossible to obtain. His group
of British coppers is very interesting.
Some of them date as far back as 1700,
Mr. Cleggett is always glad to wol
i come a well-informed numismatist.
In the Auditorium.
Mrs. Sharp (after first act): "Whore
are you going hubbyP" Mr. Sharp:
"Er—out to see a man, you know."
Mrs. Sharp.: "All right" Mr. Sharp
(after second act as Mrs. Sharp rises
to go out): "Where are you going,
dearP" Mrs. Sharp: "Kr—out to see
a man, you know." Mr. Sharp: "Wait
till you get home and look under the
bed, as usual."— Epoch.
MISSING LINKS.
A tree was cut down at Ortiug, W.
T., that measured 310 feet long.
Laborers are arriving in large num
bers to work on the Nicaragua Canal.
Roversiblo pants, to correct the
"bagging," are propose by a beneficent
tailor of Akrou, Ohio.
A young lady in Wheeling claims to
have refused forty offers of marriage
during the past year.
An Akron plumber found sixteen
dead rats in a house which, the owner
said, "smelt of sower gas."
A society lady of East Liverpool,
Ohio, puts her pet poodlo dog's hair
up in curl papers every night.
A strange and fatal disease has ap
peared in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Vic
tims fall in the street, vomit foam and
blood, and die.
The agent of a Broome county,N.Y.,
Bible Society has discovered that there
are 124 families in the county who do
not possess a Bible.
David Campbell, a puddler of Lan
caster, Pa., has a ferret farm, and sells
a good many of the animals to persons
who want them to kill rats.
Lawrence Barrett is annoyed because
he is growing fat. Hois uot a tall man,
and he cannot afford to weigh much
more than he does at present.
At a concert in Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
while every one was applauding, a
littlo child exclaimed: "Oh, mamma,
see all the big men pattycaking."
A watermelon farm at Adams Park,
Ga., consists of 800 acres and produces
400 car-loads of melons, is said to bo
the largest watermelon patch in the
world.
There are five girls in one of the
Humphries families of Fleming county,
Kentucky, and their names are Arkan
sas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida and
Virginia.
It is reported that the Russian gov
ernment intends to buy all the Polish
railways and transform them into state
railways on account of their strategical
importance.
The cemetery at Sea Cliff, N. Y.,
has been closed because there is so
little use for it—only fifteen burials in
four years, and the receipts not equal
to the expenditures.
An Eastou paper says Charles Zinc
has an amorpnophallus plant, the only
one of the kind in that sectiou. The
i odor of the llower is that of stale raw
meat, but its color is beautiful.
James Buchanan, of Ashtabula
1 county, Ohio, cuts his hair in a very
peculiar manner. Ho shaves all his
head short, except a ridge from his
forehead to the back of his neck.
On the death of Jacob Kimes, of
Columbia, lately, his hunting dog
would touch no food until the funeral
was over, and his parrot, which had
; been garrulous, has not spoken a word
since.
Tlio Paris dressmakers aro said to
bo determined oil the complete annihi
lation of tlio bustle. The simplest
drapers are now the most stylish.
Fashion at least accords with common
sense.
A richly decorated sign on Howard
street, leaning against the chair of
one of the many street "professors" of
tlio city, informs passers-by that there
is "the only artistic ebonizcr of foot
gear in Boston."
A tramp called at an Oil City, Pa.,
blacksmith shop, frankly asked the
price of a drink, wns givun 25 cents,
returned shortly with 16 cents change
and disappeared without waiting fur
commendation of his conduct
It is said of a Canadian mother who
died the other day: "She was a truo
wife, a fond mother, and so managed
affairs as to marry off her nine girls
beforo any other female in the neigh
borhood could even get a beau."
Recent Australian papers announeo
the liudiug of a nugget weighing 336
ounces and valued at £1.360. It was
found near Wedderburu, Victoria, by
a young Australian named Costa Clo
vich, who had only recently arrived in
the colony.
The English languago is pervading
the earth. Most of the large cities of
Europe, and many small ones, now
have their English newspaper. Nice,
Dresden, Munich, Berlin, Paris, Rome,
Naplos, Geneva and many others have
one or two.
Phonograph parties aro novel enter
tertainments at the summer resorts.
Dancing is carried on by music pro
duced by the instrument, and when
that is wearisome speeches and reci
tations through the phonograph en
tertain the company.
An lowa man advertised in western
papers that he wanted good reliable
men to sond him $1 each, for which he
would send "5 ones, 3 twos, 2 lives
and 1 ten." He kept his agreement,
but sent postage stamps iustead of
dollars. Now he is in jail.
A "railroad regiment" has now been
added to the French army, and tho
minister of war is about to set it at
work constructing an experimental
line within a given time. The regi
ment is oxpocted to do everything con
nected with the laying of the line.
Tho jawbone of a huge monster has
been unearthed recently at tho
Wauohula, Fla., phosphate beds. It
measures eighteen inches in length,
and about seven in width. Some of
tho teeth are six or scvon inches long
and two or throe inches in diameter.
A Philadelphia dealer, not being able
to sell even a single pair of shoes of a
certain grade at sl, thought to mark
thorn down to cost. Instead of doing
so, however, he took the advice of his
crand bov and added 25 cents to tlio
price and they went off like hot cakes.
It has boon calculated that tho rail
roads of the world aro worth nearly
$300,000,000,000, or about one-tenth of
tho wealth of the civilized nations, or
more than a quarter of their invested
capital. At this rate all the ready
money in the world would buy about
one-third of them.
An old farmer on tho coast of Maine,
in tho vicinity of Bar Harbor, watched
with deop intorest the projects of a
wealthy land owner, who had built an
elegant summer cottage and was buy
ing up real estate right and left. "I
declare," exclaimed he, "I don't bo
liovo but what ho won't bo satisfied
till he buys up all tho land that jinets
him."
The Osage-tribo of Indians is said to
be the richest nation in the world.
Tlio tribe numbers 1,501 men, women
and children. They have in the United
States Treasury $7,758,694 of theirowu
money, drawing 6 per cent intorest.
But bosides this they have 1,470,000
acres of land, equal to just 1,000 acres
apiece. This land would sell for $lO
an acre, or SIO,OOO for each individual
portion. This makos each Indian
worth $15,171. This wealth is a curse
10 them and the trine JS CJO"
LOST! LOST!
Anybody needing Queensware and
won't visit our Bazaar will lose money.
Just See!
0 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 tit and suit them all. In boots
and shoes we can suit you. Children's spring heel, 50c; ladies'
kid, button, £1.50. Come and see the rest. I 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 Yon to Call and Inspect Our New Store.
GOOD MATERIAL! LOW FRIGES!
HUGH HVC.A.I.LO'X",
Corner Centre and Walnut Sts., Freeland.
BE JUST ANI) FEAR NOT.
J. J. POWERS
has opened a
MERCHANT TAILOR'S mid
GENTS' FURNISHING
ESTABLISHMENT
at 110 Centre Street, Freeland, and is not in
partnership with any other establish men t but
his own, and attends to ids business personally.
Ladies' outside garments cut and fitted to
measure in the latest style.
k. RUBEW3GK,
GENERAL STORE.
SOUTH IIEBERTON, UA.
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
iTo all parts of Europe. Checks, Drafts,
' and Letters of Exchange 011 Foreign
i Banks cashed at reasonable rates.
B. F. DAVIS,
Dealer in
Flour, Feed, Grain,
HAY, STRAW, MALT, &c.,
Rest Quality of.
Glover & Timothy
SEITD_
Zemany'a Block, 15 East Main Street, Freeland.
O'DONNELL & Co.,
Dealers in
—GENERAL—
MERCHANDISE,
Groceries. Provisions. Tea.
Coffee. Queensware,
Glassware. &c.
FLOUR, FEED, HAY, Etc.
We invite the people of 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
: call at the
TRIBUNE OFFICE.
Posters,
Hand Pills,
Letter Heads,
Note Heads,
Bill Heads,
Raffle Tickets,
Ball Tickets,
Ball Programmes,
Invitations,
Circulars,
By-Laws,
Constitutions,
Etc., Etc., Etc,
Oa.ll and See XJs.
XjllsrGj- LEE,
CHINESE LAUNDRY,
Ward's Building, 49 Washington St.,
FREELAND, PA.
Shirts one, 10 Bosoms 8
New shirts 11l Coats 15 to 50
Collars J Vests 20
Drawers 7 l'ants, w001en.25 to $1
Undershirts 7 Pants, linen—2s to 50
Nightshirts 8 Towels 4
Wool shirts H Napkins 51
Books 51 Table covers. • .15 to 75
llundk'ivh'fs.R; 2for 5 Sheets 10
Cuffs, per pair 5 Pillow slips.... 10 to 25
Neckties 51 Bed Ticks 50
Work taken every day of the week
and returned on the third or fourth day
thereafter. Family washing at the rate
of 50 cents per dozen. All work done in
a first-class style.
Pi#
consumpT |oH '
It has permanently cured THOUSANDS
of cases pronounced by doctors hope
less. If you have premonitory symp
toms, such as Cough, Difficulty of
Breathing, Ac., don't delay, hut use
PISO'S CURE FOR CONSUMPTION
immediately. By Druggists. 25 cento.
Piso's Cure for Con- E9
ESI sumption is ulso the best KHI
ra Cough Medicine.
Pi If you have a Cough Eg
H without disease of the H
CS Lungs, a few doses are all Ef
H you need. But if you ne- fcg
C 3 gleet this easy means of Wl
safety, the slight Cough Kf
U may become a serious Br-Sj
EJ matter, and soveral bot- Em
13 ties will be required. UJ
■ Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is the |B
Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. Kg
■ Sold by druggists or sent by m&U.
60c. E. T. llazeltine, Warren, Pa.
Advertise in
the "Tribune."