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. 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!
HUGH: MAXT.n'Y,
Corner Centre and Walnut Sts., Freeland.
A. RUDEWICK,
GENERAL STORE.
SOUTH HEBKRTON, 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.
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.
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.