FREELiD TRIM. Published Every Thursday Afternoon -BY THOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ! TEEMS, - - SI.OO PEE YEAE. f Address all Communieutions to F REEL AND TRIBUNE, FREELAND, PA. i Office, liirkbeck Brick, 3d floor. Centre Street. Entered at the Freeland Postofflce as Second Class Matter. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. STATE. For Treasurer E. A. Bigler, , of Clearfield County. COUNTY. For Judge Edwin Shortz, of AVilkes-Barre. For Sheriff George J. Steigmaier, i of Wilkes-Barre. For Recorder Joseph J. McGinty, of llazle Township. For Coroner Win. F. Pier, of Pleasant Valley. For Surveyor James Crockett, of Ross Township. Democracy's Pledge. We favor the Australian ballot system as I adapted to meet the requirements <>f our eon- i stitution, and the special wants of our people, j iu order to secure the freedom and purity of elections menaced by the combined power of i monopoly and the corruption of Republican j rings and bouses.- Democratic State Platform, j FREELAND, PA., OCTOBER 10, 1889. I TVANAMAKER'S new-fangled postal cards seem eminently well calculated j to swell the government outlays for the benefit of contractors, and to aug-! inent labor and create confusion in the postal service. THE elections held recently in Mon- j tana and Connecticut, where the Aus-1 tralian system of voting is in opera- j tion, has again demonstrated the | superiority of that method over! Pennsylvania's bungling and bull- j dozing manner of casting votes. THE Connecticut fanatics had the | voters of that state put to the expense I of holding a specinl election last Mon day to decide the question of adding a prohibition amendment to tho consti tution. The amendment was over- j whelmingly defeated, thus driving I another nail in prohibition's coffin. IF Burns of London could see the | size of an American workman's pile after the pluck-me store-keeper has had his monthly whack at it, ho would be able to understand why the "pro tected" labor of America was so back ward in tendering pecuniary assis tance to the London strikers. — Ex. j Two of the new states, North and South Dakota show a commendable desire to get into the union as soon as possible. They have had copies of their constitutions already submitted and will expedite the sending of cer-: tificates of election to Harrison, so that the latter may proclaim the ad mission of the states by tho close of the month. NOTWITHSTANDING the defeat of the Democratic ticket last year the signs of a great victory next month are ! making their appearance in every I portion of the county. The lower end will send up an old-time majority, ! not only for its own representative, ; but for every man on the ticket, j Just keep an eye 011 the figures that will come from the old reliable Fourth. 1 PASTEUR, the authority on hydro- ; phobia, is said to have declared with j emphasis before a medical society in Paris lately that rabies is never spon taneous ; that no dog can go mad un less first bitten by an animal already infected. But how about the original caße'? This is like the bewildering problem of whether the first chicken was hatched, and, if so, where the egg I came fi'om. PROVIDING politics in this country J ever returns to that better basis in } which honesty, capacity and self respect arc considered the chief re- I commendations for office, wonder will i reach to amazement in nearly all ; minds that any political party could ever have been found to suport such a boodle-tainted and corrupt demogogue as Henry K. Boyer for the exalted j position of treasurer of the second state in the union. THE denominational newspapers generally are advocating a change of \ Thanksgiving Day from "bleak No- j vember to golden October." It is! claimed that November was chosen by the Puritans to bring the day nearer Christmas, that it might in time take the place of that festival, to which they were strongly opposed. But now that all Christians observe Christmas, there is no reason for j appointing Thanksgiving so late in j the year. Tm; I' ciio. Smith Dakota, lwiH Ix'f'ii ct'lt'l>r:it ni<r \s illl j/reat oil thusiosin tho choice of that place as the capital of the new state. There is ft question, however, us t 0 whether '. it is ft real advantage to he a capital city. Sometimes it seems an though a legislative body throws a blight over 1 a place. It is certain that Harris burg and Albany, both well situated cities, have not grown and prospered as one might have reasonably ex pected them to grow. Pierre may learn to regret that it spent so much for a bauble. Subcrilie for the TRIBUNE. The Aufttrnllan System. Minnesota had its first test of the Australian ballot law, which was passed by the legislature last winter, in Minne apolis the other week. There was only an alderman to he elected in one of the | wards, but a good opportunity was offered to initiate the voters into the system of ' balloting. The trial was a marked suc cess, all parties being pleased with the i good order maintained about the polls and the smoothness with which the new metliod worked. The law allows each voter to occupy a booth ten minutes for preparing his ballot, but it was noticed at one precinct that only one voter took over three minutes. The conclusion drawn was that 500 votes can be easily polled a day at one box. If this is a fair estimate the opponents of the Australian system, who have contended that it : would result in delaying the voting ! greatly, will be robbed of one of the j I strongest arguments they have brought against the new method. A similar law j was proposed for Pennsylvania, but Ilenry K. Boyer stamped his disapproval upon it, and the bill failed to pass. How Ungrateful We Are. The "annual value" of pensions has ; been steadily increased, so that the i i aggregate annual value, which was $25,- ; 1117,907 ill 1880 ami $34,456,G00 in 1884, j was $56,707,221 in 1888. Vast sums have j also been paid for arrears—perhaps over i $200,000,000 thuß far. The roll is con j stantly increased by additional names, ! the net increase of the last twelve months being more than 37,000. In I hose and other ways we have readied the prodigious annual expenditures now j made. And yet Tannerism calls out j that the people of the United States are j close-fisted in their treatment of the i veterns of the war and of their depen j dent relatives. If a billion dollars paid thus far as pensions, with eighty or | ninety millions still going out every i year, is ingratitude, what would lavish 1 generosity be?— New York Timet. Kmlorsetl ily tin Independent Journal. | The Democratic party of Luzerne lias ; placed in the field this fall a strong | ticket and one that commands the sup i port of, not alone every Democrat, but j the Independent and liberal Republican, not alone for political affiliations, hut for their efforts in ttie bent interests of the \ majority—those who earn their bread ! by the sweat of their face.—Hazleton I Standard. The •'l'reHu" flight for Once. It won't do—this scheme to boost Grover Cleveland up into the congres \ sional seat vacated by the death of j Sunset Cox. The irresistible force of j gravitation is taking Mr. Cleveland in the opposite direction.—Philadelphia ; I'rei is. Correct! There is no place for him in congress. The opposite direction is the direction of the White House, and that venerable building is fairly aching for an occupant who is big enough to fill it, without calling in ail the rest of his family, his wife's family and the families of all liis relations to help him. The Press is right. Let Mr. Cleveland rest for three years. He has another period of hard work before him after Marcli 4, 1803. Won't Thi'y Also Cook the Rice 7 ' The Democrats of this county are pre j paring to give their Republican friends a Boyle.—Ashley Observer. Can It lie Remorse 7 I What has become of Congressman | Osborne's little boomlet for the guberna ] torial chair? Less than a year ago lie . was spoken of more prominently for that position than any man in the state, but j his insignificance and usclessness was so glaringly portrayed in his short official j career that the natural order of events j finds liim in the silent depths of political I oblivion. Theclnmmoringof his hungry j constituents fails to rouse him from his lethargy and the office-seekers of this district are turning their attention to more productive channels of patronage, j His ill-gotten honors have failed to bring him tiie recognition he desired so much. Read It Next Week. The next issue of the TRIBUNE will j ; contain an excellent exposition and des- j i eription of the Australian system of vot- 1 ing, which was defeated in this state by ' our Republican legislature, with Henry \ j K. Boyer as chief officer. The Tariff a Boomerang. i From the ramparts of protection there J comes a voice weekly that is earnestly endeavoring to undo what it assisted in doing last November. The trade journal , of the woolen and worsted manufact urers— Wade's Fibre aud Fabric —has | found that the policy of protection pro tects neither manufacturer nor laborer. The change of front in this instance is ! not very remarkable ; it is but one of the many that is occurring daily. If protec-1 tionists fail to see any cause for men to | change their views we would ask them to give the question a couple of hours serious through! daily for a few weeks, and if they are not on the free trade ■side of the political fence with botli feet by that time they should be classed among tho unconvineibleites of the nation. Fibre and Fabric gives forth these truths for the masticution of pro | tectionists: The strength of a country is in its "yeomanry" its brawny laborers, j ' its bono and muscle. Even the natural resources are of no value unless a country | lias good, healthy labor at command. ! This being the case, it is but common sense to protect that which is of the greatest value to us. Whatever of pro- i lection may he found necessary should be so arranged as to protect our labor. Any otticr method that schemers may devise will very likely prove to be a ] boomerang; we see this in the present j ; condition of our tariff. Things have changed, and those who thought their j j |? rifT l )lttl,k would make them ricli find | tnemselves struggling for existence as j manufacturers. I MA KING TEN TWENTY. It wns a gem of a house with a sweet, homelike air pervading every nook and corner, far enough removeit from tho great thoroughfare to avoid thu glare and dust of the city, but not too far to be easily accessible. A stately group of magnolias cast their shadows and fragrance over the open bay-window where Mrs. Audrcws was engaged in setting to rights after the house-warming of the night before. Something else evidently occupied her mind more than the bisque orna ment she was dusting, for she paused, and looking dreamily out, said, half aloud: "What could lie have meant? there ho comes now, I will ask him," and she fluttered through thu wiudow down to the entrance. "What did you mean, doctor?" she said, after they had exchanged greet ings, "when you prayed last night that wo might uso our houso for God's glory?" j "What did the faithful servant do' with his lord's talents?" was the seem- j ingly irrelevant reply. "But you don't mean that a house is I a taleut?" •'What is?" saiil the pastor. "Why, something that we can serve Him with." "Aud why not a house, then?" "Why, I dou't know—but a house is just to make a happy home." "Exactly, aud that home is to radiate in all directions, till the increase is like the ten other taleuts." "But how?" she asked, while Iter eyes shone. "That I can't tell; you will iind ways enough if you look for them." All day Mrs. Andrews went arouud among her pretty belongings with a preoccupied air. The books, the pictures, the curiosities from far-away i lands, all seemed to say, "How are you ] to use us?" Mr. Andrews' busiuess as a cotton buyer and broker had taken him abroad, and now, tired with wander ing, they had come back to their old homo on the Chickasaw Bluffs, as Mem phis used to be called, to settle down again to quiet life. "There is nothing like home, after all, is there?" said lie, as they sat on the mooulit veranda. "No, indeed," she replied, "and 1 hope nothing will come to mako us leave it again. But did you notice what Dr. Martin said about our using the house for Cod's glory?" "Yes, I noticed it, but it passed out of my mind." "Well, he says a house is a talent, and you must use it to multiply it; but how can one do it?" "You'll find away, I don't doubt," he laughed. "I've been thinking," she said, slow ly, "as God has given our darlings a happy home, perhaps He means us to open it to some one else's dear ones." ."Do you mean to adopt a child?" her husband said. "No. I wasn't thinking of that." j "Well, is it a gospel feast? Case of i the lame, the halt etc. ?" | "No," she answered; "that would be a party, rneroly. That might come in, though." I "1 give it up then. lam no CEdipus. | You must road the riddle." | "1 am not quite sure I know myself, but my idea was to take one evening in tiie weok, hunt out those who are in need of home influences and have none, and bring them into our home, and make them feel that they belong some where. 1 don't want to bo a visionary, but don't you think it might be done, so as to brighten some cheerluss lives and lighten some sad hearts?" "My dear," her husband answered, "I should have thought such a place the 'garden of Eden' if it had been opened to mo when I came here, a for lorn and homesick boy, with not asoul to care whether I lived or died. But that reminds mo of a card put into my 1 hands as I left the elevator." He stepped insido the hall, road the note, then laughingly put it iuto his wife's hands. "Dear Andrews," it ran, "I wish you would do something for Wright tonight. I don't think there is much the mat ter with him uow, but he looks badly, and will be ill if somebody don't look after him. I can but feel that we are responsible for the clerks, so take him in haud if you can. lam off to New Orleans in the morning." "There, Nan is something for you to begin on. I will seud him up to morrow." The afternoou sun blazed on the pavements as a young man came wearily down the street. "I don't believe 1 11 go in after all," ho muttered. "What does she care about me, and my head aches uow," and he turned buck; but the idea of his steaming third-story room made him hesitate, until the cool shadows und the tinkle of the fountain drew j him ou. The faint bell-pull was not answered, and, really unable to stand, lie dropped on tlio sofa in the hull and there Mrs. 1 Andrews found him asluep. i "Oh!" he exclaimed, startiug up and coloring furiously, "pardon me." "It is I who must beg pardon for keeping you wnitiug, but here is my apology," and she handed him a great branch of Marcchal Neil roses. "Oh, how delicious!" he exclaimed, inhaling the frugrauce. "How tired you must get in the hot city!" she said—noting his pallor, now that the flusli had faded, and his tremu lous hand. "Can't you get a vacation and go home to your mother?" "I have no homo and no mother?" "My poor boy!" was the answer she made; but her eyes, which filled with tears, and the gentie clasp of her hand, spoke more than words. "Now, lam going to give you a curious prescription, and seud you off to take a bath before tea—there is nothing so refreshing. Mr. Audrews always has oue when he comes from town." Half an hour after, rested and refreshed, Calvin Wright came out on tlio veranda to find a tempting lunch of strawberries and cream, in spark ling glass dishes, awaiting him, and he dropped into a soft cushioned chair with a sigh of pleasure. Ambrosial berries they were to him, at least he told the boys that night thut he had been in paradise. The dainty tea-table with its excel lent drapery, and its quaint, dolicate, old china, was a revelation to the boy who hud known nothing but third-ratu boarding-house fare, to >,ay nothing of the white-robed figure at the head, and thu oaruest-souled man who heaped his plate with delicacies and brought forth his rich conversational powers to en tertuin his guest with us much interest us if hu had been the highest one in the land instead of the youngest clerk ill the elevator. "Oh, well," thought the boy, "they aro rich, and have always hnd every thingthey want; it is all luck any ■_." I nut in tne long taix tnat came anei ! tea, Mr. Andrew told him how he had | come to Memphis with a suit of butter i nut jeans aud $1 in his pocket; how he had steadily worked his way up, stayed ! on through tho terrible years of pestil ence, and had the fever himself in a hospital. "So you see it is not all luck." "Did I say that, sir?" "No, you did not say it, but that is what you young ones all think. It is courage, determination, persevercnce, and above all, it is God's good hand upon you—and that you can havo for the asking—that makes a man's suc cess iu life." "Thank you, sir," said the young man, involuntarily holding out his hand. The older grasped it cordially, saying: "God bless you, my boy, and give you tho true success which"may uot bo measured here." '•Good night, Mrs. Andrews," said Wright, as the clock gave a warning stroke. "You will never know what this evening lias bcou to me. May I come again?" "Come whenever you can. Thurs days are to bo my reception days, and if you havo any tired, homesick, sad or discouraged friends, bring them with you. Wo will find some way to help thorn." It would take many pages to tell ol that Bummer; how many tired shop girls, seamstresses, aud school-teach ers, us well as clerks, found a haven of rest iu the beautiful homestead of "Sweet Content," as it was aptly named. Tho pictures, the grand piano, the curios, all played their part. The story is not all writteu yet; its circles are still widening, and onlv eternity will reveal the whole. "She is au augel," said the young men; but she is not, only a consecrated servant doing her Master's work, and using to the best advantage that which her Lord has committed to her trust. Are there not others whom He has blessed with homes aud lands who will go aud do likewise?— New York Observer. THE BIRCH TREE. And tile Various Substance* That ara De. riveil from It. , A casual glance at the surrround ings of any timber country, notably aloug the creeks and ravines, reveals tho fact that at least some birch twigs havo withstood tho onslaught of coun try pedagogues, who from time remote , hare been identified with the legend of birch oil and elbow grease as an \ accelerator to the sluggish school boy as ho stumbles along over tho obsta cles on tho side of science hill. Many twigs remain, aud outside their legend ary historic value suggested in tho foregoing, tho twigs aud bark of the common birch ( lictnla alba) have real ly an intrinsic value not second to many of the most valuable plants. Even tho leaves and young shoots secret a resinous substance, haviug an acid reaction, which under the long legged names of the pharmacist, is sold as a medical preparation for as high as sl6 per fluid ouuee. The in ner bark secretes a bitterish alkaloid not unlike cinchona in its nature, and is used largely as an adulterant for i quinine in many parts of Europe. Tho so-called "Cinchona Mixture" has been found by analysis to consist iu many instances, of the alknloid found in the inner bark of the humble birch tree. Tho outer bark, subjected to dry distillntiou, yields a peculiar empyreu niatic oil, having tho peculiar odor of Russia leather, aud the secret of preparing skins, and that, too, of the very poorest quality of skins, being taken from cattle that have perished j on those barren, desolate plaius, is the only obstacles, thus far, to prevent American artisans competing with Russia and Austria in tine leather goods. It is not necessary, however, to go into chemical techanicalitios and de tails in order to arrive at a protitablo solution of tho uses of birch twigs and birch bark, when tho larger timber is being cut away and hauled to the saw mill or the turning lathe. When it is stnted that the oil of wintergroen (Oleum gaultheria) so useful, fragant, aud expensive, is nearly always adul terated with birch oil; much of it even is birch oil pure and simple, but it is sold as wiutergrecu oil, aud is winter green oil to all intents and purposes, having, when properly prepared and relineu, tho same properties, viz., specilic gravity, 1.173; boiling point, 412 degrees, aud mixos readily with alcohol, chloroform, etc. The appliances necossary for the preparation of this oil are neither in tricate nor costly, being simply a large tub supplied with a coil and steam eounectiou. Of courso we are not ex pected to go iuto all the details of manufacture. Only brief outliues can be given. The birch limbs, twigs, bark, and even tho leaves, if a mere commercial oil is to bo made, are gathered and placed in this large tub containing the coil for steam heating, and as fast as the mass accumulates it is kept cov ered with water, and the tub, beiu" 1 supplied with a tight-titling lid, or manhole, should bo opened as little as possible. After becoming nearly full, steam is turned oil, aud the batch kept about blood warm for twenty four hours. This will dissolve nearly all the oil and resinous matters, which, being precipitated, causes tho mass to assume a very sticky consistency. Steam may now be turned 011, aud tlio mass brought to a boil for a moment or two. With a wooden connection, with a small barrel or keg, tho tank is made tight and brought to a boil; tho steam having previously dis solved the oils, etc., will now vaporize them, and will condense in the last named keg. After a few hours the job is douc, the keg is buuged or corked up, aud is ready for shipment as commercial wintergroen oil, though made from birch refuso coutinually'lll tho way. New York lumber Trade Journal. The Fair Pokerlst. The fair poker-player was pleased with the (tame, hotting was free and tho limit was lint affected reluctant to bet all tho same A nd pushed hi her chips with a bit of a alvh, till, 1 his 1 h ir poker-player was wonderful sly I then she looked uu the pot with a smile that was bland, Broke iutou laugh when they made tho last raise, llaked the board with four aces she held lu her hand, Aud then had u Hush on her beautiful faco. —Now York Herald. A Suggestion. Old Kichfclln (desperately)—"lfyou refuso me, what is there left for tue to do?" Sweet girl—"Well, I read the other da) about a rich mau who made his will in favor of the womau who refused him, and then weut out and hanged himself "- Vs N— V MARRYING FOR MONEY. Reflection of a Young Atlanta Man on the Poor Society Oirls. A young mau in Atlanta, talking on this subject, said some very sensible things against marrying poor girls, says a writer in the Atlanta Constitu tion. "I don't know." he said, "any poor girl in society whom I could afford to marry. Though they havo no money that gives them an income, none of them know any more about work than their wealthy sisters. I speak of the poor society girls, not of poor girls who make thoir living. The former you will invariably find has her gowns made and knows nothing of the prac tical economy of liviug. Now, how could I, just makiug a start in life, possibly support such a wife?— It makes me sick to think of it, for I hate to see a woman poor. I hate her sad economies and self-sacritices, and I hate to think of the lines beneath her eyes and about her brow that the stinted years would draw. I couldn't ask a woman like myself and with no means of helping me to pend the bright days of her youth in meager liviug and little economies. A poor girl, reared in idle luxury, as are all poor society girls, should herself marry a man of means if she wishes to bo happy. For my part, I shall marry a girl who has something be sides my income to support her during the early part of our married life. I don't want to marry a rich girl for sel fish motives. 1 would gaiu nothing by it. It's simply for the sake." "And you don't care who the girl is, just so she is richP" "Indeed 1 do. She must bo a wo man I cau love and admire; a pure, sweet woman, pretty and attractive." "But suppose you should meet and fall in love with some poor girl?" "I won't do it. I don't pay any at tention i.o poor girls or allow myself to become interested in them. 1* say to myself, when I see one of this class unusually winning, 'yes, you are very delightful, but you aro not for me and you've plenty of wealthy sisters who are just as bright, aud out of whom I might liud one to suit me aud whom I suited." A very cool way and not a nonsensi cal one either of regarding the tender passion, provided it bo carried out. 1 have often seen this theory proven sat isfactorily by just such young men as the one I've quoted. Tnis is the high est type of fortune-hunter, a type who woufdu't murry without love and equality. But the typical fortune-hun ter careth not whether the girl be stupid, illiterate and homely—if she hath money it niatlereth not; he is so anxious to marry a fortune that ho takes the first he can get with it. And the fact that there arc so many more women thau men in tho marriageable market to choose from makes a man's marriage for moucy an easier aud surer venture. A Mistaken Millionaire. A very rich business man of Boston told an interviewer the other day how he begau his business life on $1 a week, aud how he advanced from that point to his present position by being tem perate, industrious and honest. He ended by saying. "Any young man can do as well as I have done if he only will." Young men know that this is not true. Teus of thousands of young men, during the forty years of that mer chant's successful career, have been as virtuous as he, without making much headwuy in busiuuss. They have been puuetual, diligent, faithful aud well skilled in their vocation; but there they are, about where they were years ago, workiug hard for moderate compeusation, aud seeing no prospect of much change. It is not possible for many men to found great stores and make great for tunes in them, for the simple reason that the largest city does not furnish business enough for many such. These prizes fall to the lot of the few individ uals in each trudo who combine in themselves great talent for business with great tonacity of purpose. They passionately want to succeed, and they know how. If our merchant had said thut many young men could do much better than lie hud done, he would have come nearer the truth. In most of our great and famous places of business there are clerks who have douc a great deal better than their employers. We saw the other day a young man of 29, salary $650 a year, whose father died ton years ago, leaving a wife and four children with little provision. This clerk was the eldest boy: lie accepted the sacred diity which dovolved upon him with cheerful courage. Ho has carried it gayly along ever since, and has won in it a really" brilliant success —happy himself, and a cnuso of happi ness to those dearest to him. There are men whose natural voca tion it is to control millions of dollars, and own a todious superfluity of other things. Happily, most of us are spared this great trouble, and have a chance to discover how little is re quired for a truly successful aud joyous existence. — Youth's Companion. A Scientific Kxplunulinn. "How do you account for these showers of live tislios we read of once iu a while?" "Well, there are occa sionally showers of live augle-worms, aud 1 fancy the tishes come down after the worms, dou't you know."— Tuck. Tales from the Gum Arabic. In the visions of the night Malek Ak Drawbar lay upon Ids bed, aud saw all peoples of the earth hastening togeth er, to bo assigned to their future abid ing places. As he looked olf to the left he saw a vast multitude, whom no man might number, flocking by them selves, aud at short intervals large crows came from various directions to join themselves with this great throng. He noticed, also, that all these people regarded each other with strong but ill-coucealed suspicion. "And who are these," asked Malek Ak Drawbar, "who outnumber the sands of the sea shore for multilude?" "Oh, those fel lows?" replied his guide, "those are the meu who discovered Artemus Ward and brought out Hill Nye." "Aud what will be done with them?" asked Malek. "Can't toll," replied his guide; "they're not all iu yet; they'll be coming iu uloug fur the next ceu tury." Aud then Malek Ak Drawbar, remembering that he had onco written to the (Joomtr Uabbeek tliut lie was the first man to find Mark Twain and developed his humor thut was theu latent in him, gave a cold shiver a fool long. "It was a close squeak for me," 110 said, and he resolved that during the rest of his life he would tell the truth, so fur as it was compatible with editorial writing on a He for in paper, LOST! LOST! Anybody needing Queensware and won't visit our Bazaar will lose money. Just See! C 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; lbs. rice, 25c; 4 lbs. prunes, 25c; 4 lbs. starch, 25c; etc. Dry (roods: Bazoo dress goods, 8 cents per yard; calicoes, 4c to 8c and white goods 5c per yard up. Carpets, 18c per yard up. r nrniture! We have anything and everything and won't be undersold. Straw hats! Hats to fit and suit them all. In boots and shoes we can suit jjpu. Children's spring heel, 50c; ladies' kid, button, $1.50. Come and see the rest. I will struggle hard to please you. 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Don't forget the place. Next Door to the Valley Hotel. Correspondence From the Capital. WASHINGTON, October 8, 1880. Sauntering about the lobbies and parlors of the Arlington and Norinandie and strolling through the streets of Washington this week, were a number of distinguished-looking men, with that indescribable air übout them which at ouee stami>cd them us foreigners and visitors to the city. They were the newly-arrived del egates to the Three Americas' Congress, and they were busily discussing the prosi>ects of j the success of the Congress. Most of the del egates are diplomats of prominence, having passed the greater portion of their lives in the diplomatic service of their respective countries. Many of them have attended notable interna tional conferences and are peculiarly fitted for the present duty. The #ongress was called to order Wednesday morning uud proceeded to the Stuto Department and presented creden tials to Secretary Blaine, and a formal invita tion was extended to the delegates to make a tour of the principal cities of the United States. The invitutiou was ut once accepted and the trip begun on Thursday. The truin which car ries the delegates is believed to be, in its aji pointincnts and in tiie arrangements for its Journey, without precedent in the history of railroading. Congress appropriated $125,000 for the expenses of the convention. Under this authority, and as preliminary to the conven tion, the State Department organized this tour of the commercial and manufacturing cities of the United States, with the prime object of showing the visitors the great nutural resources of the country. The amount of labor required to bring this about will be appreciated when it is known that in its forty-two duys' Journeying the train will pass over the main lines of thirty different railway corporations, passing through the states of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsyl vania, New Jersey, New York, Khodo Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Con necticut, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wis consin, Minnesota, lowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kentucky—twenty in all. The Congress will re-convene on November 18, when the trip will be completed. WHITNEY'S INFLUENCE IN THE NAVY. "What's good enough for William Whitney is good enough for me," is the remark which Secretary Tracy made to a friend of ex-Secre tary Whitney when they were discussing the affairs of the Navy Department recently. Sec retary Tracy, energetic and independent as he is, has had the wisdom to see that he could do no better than follow up Secretary Whitney's plans for the building up of the American Navy. The relations between the two inen urc most cordial. If Mr. Whitney wants anything at the Navy Department he knows that he can got it. He sent his secretary all the way from New York to Washington to secure the re-in statemcnt of a young man who had been re moved at the Navy Yard early in Mr. Tracy's administration, and an order was promptly issued putting the young man back iu his place, and there he is likely to remain as long us Tracy is at the hood of the Navy Depart ment. KNIOHTB TEMPLAR CONCLAVE. W ushingtou is to have a procession and n crowd of visitors of inaugural proportions to day. Banners bearing the legends "In Hoc Signo Vinces," "Magna Est Veritas et Praeva leblt," will be as numerous on Pennsylvania Avenue as were the nationul colors at the re- J. J". POWERS has opened a MERCHANT TAILOR'S and GENTS' FURNISHING ESTABLISHMENT at 110 Centre Street, Freeland, and is not in partnership with any other establishment but his own, and attends to his business personally. Ladies* outride garments cut and fitted to measure in the latent style. B. F. DAVIS, Dealer in Flour, Feed, Grain, HAY, STRAW, MALT, &c., Best Quality of Clover & Timothy SEED. Zemuny's Block, 15 East Main Street, Freeland. PATENTS Caveats and Re-issues secured, Trade-Marks registered, and all other patent causes in the Patent Ollice and before the Courts promptly and carefully prosecuted. Upon receipt of model or sketch of invention, I make careful examination, and advise as to patentability free of charge. With my offices directly across from the Patent Office, and being in ncrsonul attendance there, it is apparent that 1 have superior facilities for making prompt preliminary searches, for the more vigorous and successful prosecution of applications for patent, and for attending to all business entrusted to my cure, in the shortest possible time. FEES MODERATE, and exclusive attention given to patent Inisiness. Information, udvice and special references sent on request. J. R. LITTELL, Solicitor ami Attorney in Patent Causes, Washington, I). C. (Mention this jxi per) Opposite U.S.Patent Office. cent iuuugural ceremonies, and for the time being the Cupital of the Nation will be turned completely over to the Knights Templar who are here HO,OOO strong for their Triennial Con clave. Residents along the line of march have duplicated the decorations of inauguration. The capacity of Washingtonians as entertainers has been put to a fresh test. Not only is the event worthy of the heartiest hospitality, but preliminary discovery has been made of what the capital can do in the handling of such crowds as will accompany the world's fair of IMtt. ll * High Speed on Hull roads. There are many thiu<rs connected with hi£h speed on railways which tax the ingenuity of the engineers to the utmost. The lines have to be made strong enough to withstand the heavy blows of the locomotive, for the other portions of the ruuning plant are light in comparison. A railway train at sixty miles an hour may bo com pared to a huge projectile and subject to the same laws. The momentum is the product of the weight of the train multiplied by the velocity in feet per second; and if we allow a train of 120 tons, traveling at a speed of sixty miles an hour, theu the work required to bring it to a standstill would be 14,- 400 foot tons exerted through one minute, or nearly 1,000-horse power, which gives some idea of its destruct ive force if, unhappily, it should come iuto action; and yet this terrific power is so entirely under command that the strength of a child turning the small handle of the vacuum brake can bring the train to a stand in a few seconds. Chambers' Journal. The Cranks We Have Always with Us. The crank who knows it is sure death to do this or that is around this year in the usual numbers. When the hoi spell struck us in early July he shouted at the top of his voice that no meat should be eaten until fall. The peo ple, remembering, perhaps, that au cients ate meat regularly, and that a few of them, at least, escaped prema ture graves, weut on eating meat as if nothing had happened. After waiting for a time the crank changed his tune. If the people were fools and wanted to eat meat in the summer time he couldn't help it: but he didn't intend that they should breathe night air. He showed by figures and theories without end that every man who breathed night air was morally cer* tain to die. Many of them had an ticipated that end, and so they went right on breathing night air as before. It was the only air they could breathe at night, and they reasoned that it would be better to breathe that than to suspend operations until morning. As a general thing the people have more sense in such matters than eve the prankiesf, crauks.
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