FRffiliND TIME. Published Every Thursday Afternoon -BY THOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TEEMS, - - SI.OO PEE YEAR. Address all Communications to FREELAND TRIBUNE, FREELAND, PA. Office, Birkbeck Brick, 3d floor. Centre Street. Entered at the FreelandPostojflice as Second Class Matter. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. STATE. For Treasurer E. A. Bigler, of Clearfield County. COUNTY. For Judge Edwin Shortz, of Wilkes-Barre. For Sheriff George J. Stcigmaier, of Wilkes-Barre. For Recorder Joseph J. McGinty, of llazle Township. For Coroner Wm. F. Pier, of Pleasant Valley. For Surveyor James Crockett, of Ross Township. Democracy IH Pledged To Reform. We hold the Republican party responsible for the notorious corruptions which have for many years prevailed in the management of the state treasury, for the system of depositing loans without interest, enriching favorites of the ring by the use of the public money and for the flagrant violation of Jaw by the com missioners of the sinking fund, and we pledge the faith of the Democratic party that the can didate this day nominated will, if elected, re form these wrongs.— Damtcratic State Plat form. FREELAND, PA., OCTOBER 24, 1889. EDWARD H. AMMIDOWN, an eminent protected manufacturer and importer of cheap labor, has resigned the presi dency of the American Tariff League. The vacancy can be readily supplied, as there are in the League plenty more left of the same sort. THE strength of the Democratic ticket is in its candidates. Each and every one of tliem are men of known integrity and ability, and the people will make no mistake when they place in their keeping the offices to which they aspire. Vote for them and urge your friends to do likewise. EDMUND A. BIGLER will serve the people, as did that noble reformer, Ex-Governor Kobert E. I'attison. Henry K. Boyer will serve the politi cal bosses, as Governor Beaver does at present. Let the people vote for Bigler and serve themselves, or vote for Boyer and keep in power the ne farious state treasury ring. GOVERNOR HILL'S eulogium before the New York State Democratic Clubs of the Cleveland administration was a pleasing and magnanimous utterance. Now, if Citizen Grover Cleveland would pronounce a eulogium on Gov ernor Hill's administration both wings of the party in the Empire State might flop fraternally together in good earnest. HARRISON should be a proud man now. For the first time in twenty-six years his home is in a city that will soon be ruled by a Democratic mayor, and the laws of that city will soon be made by a Democratic council, the firr" ,'.u fifteen years. The Hoosiers are moving onward with the inarch of civilization and both Benjamin and Indianapolis are to be congratulated. THERE is one factor in the state campaign that is making itself very conspicuous by its absence, viz., the silence of Republican organs upon Boyer's legislative record. And well they may he silent. His record at Harrisburg as a corruptionist and tool of monopoly stands without a rival in the history of Pennsylvania. Will you, as a workingman, vote for such? THE Emperor of Germany in his speech at the opening of the Reich stag gave cold comfort to the people of his realm. He has 110 better plan for preserving the peace of Europe than to make his army bigger. To keep his empire safe he will keep his people poor. It is some relief to think that a people who readily consent to be so ruled deserve to have such a ruler. Bv the death of Ex-Govemor Hart-! ranft last week Pennsylvania is left without a representative among the j prominent commanders of the rebel lion. One by one they who did so j much to uphold the dignity and brav- j ery of this state have passed away, [ but the memory of McClennan, Meade, j Hancock, Reynolds and Hartranft will live in the hearts of their coun- j trymen. IT appears an impossibility for a campaign in this county to pass over without resort to personal attacks on the candidates. To bolster up the candidacy of It. P. Robinson, Repub licau nominee for sheriff, his friends bring forward the claim that he and his parents are native Americans, while Mr. Stegmaier's ancestors were born in Germany. What an awful crime it is in the eyes of some people for a person's parents to be born in a foreign land 1 But the day is long since past when such a movement or claim would meet with popular favor. Know-nothingism was buried thirty years ago, and the sooner its would be revivers discover that fact the bet ter it will be for all. A word to the wise, etc. Another railroad with a terminal at Harrisburg is to be built. Will Democrat* Consider This Subject? There ought to be an earnest, active and permanent Democratic club organiz ed in this borough, that would include as well all the Democrats living conven ient to the borough. Such an organiza tion properly directed could do much toward spreading the truths of Demo cracy and giving them greater voting strength even in this Democratic vicinity. Such clubs or societies exist, or are being formed in all important towns and af filiating themselves with the state or ganization, of which Hon. Cliauncey F. Black is president. The purpose of such clubs is largely educational and their work is done, not in the heat of a political battle, but when the minds of men are at rest and they are willing to make every question of public inter est stand upon its own merits. They are, as one of their advocates says, a revival of an institution which existed in Jefferson's day, and whose under- c lying principles were embodied in the great truths uttered by the author of the Declaration of Independence. The Democratic societies of that time did noble work in crushing out the monarch- - ial and centralizing tendencies of the Federalists. And since the Republican party, under its present management, is actuated by the same motives as those which dominated Federalists, and in its practices and methods closely follows them, it has again become the duty of all patriotic citizens to band themselves together in defense of our institutions and resist the efforts of those who would convert the government in effect, if not in form, into a centralized despotism. Let us have a Jeffersonian Democratic Society in Fieeland. Joe Is More Popular Than Ever. Joseph J. McUinty, the present recor der of deeds and candidate for re-elec tion on the Democratic ticket, is one of the few men whom praise does not spoil nor prosperity curse. He is to-day the same plain, honest and unassuming man that came out of the mines in Ebervale three years ago and received such a magnificent support at the hands of all the nationalities and creeds of I.uzernc County workingmen. He has the rare faculty of keeping his friends as was clearly proven by all his old neighbors and former associates coming up from the lower end to the late convention and calling for his renomination with a unanimous voice. Three years ago he swept the Fourth District with a rush and there are fast accumulating proofs that he will do the same thing again on the fifth day of next November. We congratulate Joe McGinty on these things and upon the splendid reputation he has made as a public officer. The rewards of such men are always sure to follow upon the honorable pathways which they follow, and we are glad that it is now so evident to all that Mr. McGinty's reward will be his retention in his present position by such a majority of the votes of his fellow citizens as shall leave no room for the possibilities of a doubt.— Ex. He IH Worthy of Your Vote. The Democratic nominee for state treasurer is a man without a stain upon his name. His integrity is a household word wherever he is known and his moral and political virtues stand forth prominently as examples for others to follow. The name of Bigler ought to cause a thrill to stir the hearts of the democracy, especially the older portion of them who so well remember Mr. Iligler's father, the governor. At the time he was governor of Pennsylvania his brother, John Bigler, was governor of California. Both were {winters and self-made men, and the two great com monwealths, the "Keystone" nnd the "Golden State," were never better governed or managed than under the administration of the Bigler brothers. Hon. William Bigler, the Pennsylvania governor, and the father of Edmund A., was afterwards United States Senator at a time when the senate comprised many of the ablest and most brilliant men in the nation, and served with high credit to himself and state. The nominee for state treasurer has never held any public office, except the one he has just retired from, that of I revenue collector for the twenty-first ' afterwards the nineteenth district, with j headquarters at Allegheny and Pittsburg, the duties of which he discharged in the most capable and honorable manner. Mr. Bigler is a clear-headed, able man, possessing strong common sense of the ; highest order. He has been an active Democratic worker for the past twenty years and merits the warmest support of the party. lie was a delegate in the convention that nominated General Hancock for presiident and served as a member of the national committee in 1884. Ho is a man in the prime of life, being but 40 years old. Complimenting the Great Unterrlfied. The meeting of the Democratic Socie ties of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia last week has afforded new proofs of the courage of the Democratic party in maintaining its "revenue reform" faith, | and, as well, of its confidence in and j respect and affection for Mr. Cleveland, says the Public Ledger. The opening address by Mr. Black was the masterly effort of a brilliant orator, and a heroic declaration of Democratic principles. Even those who disagree with its gen eral purport cannot fail to recognize and acknowledge the brave sincerity of the general bearing of it. Mr. Black did not go around and about the tariff ques tion, but, with a courage which gave dignity to error itself, grappled with it j as if he were the leader of a crusade against a public wrong. Their over whelming defeat at the polls last No vember upon the only issue they now so Stoutly defend has not apparently dis mayed the Democracy a whit. Wher ever two or three of them meet together, whenever their newspapers oxpress an opinion, it is in defense of their plat- form of 1888, which the Democratic party is evidently determined shall be made the platform and issue of 1892. And just as evident is it that Mr. Cleve land is still their first and best found choice for the presidency. That is the general opinion, and it is one of the most remarkable of political inconsis tencies that Mr. Cleveland, a once de feated candidate, without power or in fluence of any kind, with nothing but his record of honorable service as presi dent, grows stronger daily and hourly in the confidence and affection of his party. The mention of his name at any meet ing of the Democracy, or any public place, elicits not only applause, but ex cites the most spontaneous enthusiasm. What a Vote for lligler Mean*. We can occassionally find an out-the- ' way country voter who is willing to barter his vote for money, office, or other improper influence, but such cases are exceptional. This, however, is not the case in the great cities and manu facturing districts, where thousands of voters are dependent upon a single in dividual or.firm for employment, and the consequent means of subsistence for themselves and families. The man who has the courage to vote as his conscience and judgment may dictate, feels that he is at the mercy of a heartless employer, and may be left in enforced idleness if he should refuse to follow the orders of his superiors. The working people of the state made a strong effort at the last state legislature to have a bill passed introducing the Australian ballot system into this Btate, but we regret to say the Republican leaders, through the influence of Speaker Boyer, strangled it before it could be properly placed before that body. The measure received the support of the entire Democratic side of the house, except one member from Philadelphia. At the recent Democratic state conven tion, which placed the name of Edmund A. Bigler in nomination for state treas urer, a resolution WUB passed declaring in favor of the Bystem in order "to I secure the freedom and purity of elec tions menaced by the combined power of Republican rings and bosses." The Democratic party holds out to the dis franchised workingmen of the state the promise of absolute emancipation from the intimidation of bosses or employers, and every vote cast for Bigler at the ' coming election will be a vote in favor of the new system. The Single Tax in Wilkes-llarre. The lecture of Dr. McGlynn at AVilkes- Barre last week was the subject of a communication in the Newsdealer on Tuesday, in which the writer, Edmund B. Ogden, endeavors to make an attack upon the theories of Henry George and single taxists. One of his leading state ments is that "the workingmen of the coal regions are educated above these theories, and if Dr. McGlynn comes here five years hence he will see no ad vance of his crusade." It is poor policy to deal in conjectures—five years hence may bring many wonderful changes or we may see nothing but the existing conditions of to-day—it is one of the mysteries which time alone can solve; but at present it certainly cannot be claimed that the workingmen of the coal regions are educated as they should be, and we dare say that there is no more than one miner in every one hun dred that can give even a meagre des cription of the single tax theory. We would rather see it otherwise, even if it would place them, as Mr. Ogden claims they are already, above this theory. Continuing the writer states the "su preme fallacy is that absolute ownership of the land is a wrong because the land is a natural bounty." That is the su preme fallacy of single tax men. llis next sentence is : "The right to owner ship of the land is so obvious to us in this enlightened age that to discuss it seems like arguing seriously with some crank who believes that the earth is flat." Those two quotations are in sub stance the most potent arguments used by critics of the system, and the follow ing concise paragraph of undisputed truth, from the pen of Henry George, will be found sufficient to uphold the assertion that absolute ownership is wrong: To this manifest absurdity does the recognition of individual light to land come when carried to its ultimate—that any one human being, could he concen trate in himself the undivided right to the land of any country, could expel therefrom all the rest of its inhabitants; and could he thus concentrate the indi vidual right to the whole surface of the globe, he alone of ull the teeming popu lation of the earth would have the right to live. While such a calamity is not probable, there is nothing on earth (except the single tax) to prevent it from being pos sible. Again, he says, "It is perfectly natural, | seeing that the present system was a gi gantic wrong, that the next step should be to cry for a redress of this wrong." That is very good and pussy comes very near making her appearance, but Mr. Ogden frightens off the cat with the "confiscation bugaboo." "My comrades in the mines know that such an idea (confiscation) is repugnant to the Ameri cans who work and thus acquire an ab solute title to their little parcel of land." Here is one of the most common errors into which those who do not understand the system fall. Whether intentional or not we cannot say, but Mr. Ogden's language conveys a very false impres sion. No one intends to question his right to the parcel of land, little or big, and he will have the most unlimited privilege to buy, sell, bequeath, build a wall around, keep out of use, or do with it just whatever pleases liim, provided he pays to the state the equivalent of the annual rental value of that parcel of land. This appenrs to be the only ob stacle of any account in Mr. Ogden's way, and with a litile further investiga tion thoße "confiscated scales" will drop from his eyes, and then another recruit will join the increasing army of "cranks." We Shall Hold a Grand Reception. BY HAYES ELTON. We shall hold a grand reception when he comes ucross the sea, It will be the largest gathering that was ever known to be; The procession will be gorgeous as the rainbow in its hues, Not a shade or tint be wanting that can gayety diffuse. We shall march us out in columns, full a score in every row, We shull march to lively music that shall sot the soul aglow. And the lights shall almost emulate the sun. so bright they'll be,— Ohl we'll hold a grand reception when he comos across the sea. First we'll bring the rightful owners of the land he holds by law, And we'll clothe them up in majesty that will the gazers awe. Wo shall dress them up in garments that no monarch ever wore, To atone for all the dirty rags they wore out heretofore. All the jewels in the nation shall adorn their costly robes. And we'll ornament with ribbons every house where Want abodes, And we'll sing out, "Hallelujah I 'tis a time of jubilee!" Ohl we'll hold a grand reception when he comes across the sea. Next we'll bring the starving miners that have felt his cruel hand, They will carry banners telling all the tyranny he planned. And we'll muster out behind them the com panions of their woe, And their hollow cheeks and haggard eyes will keep along the show. Next we'll bring the bent and aged he evicted in the cold, The feeble gray-haired miner and his wife dis eased and old, In their hands we'll place the stars and stripes, "the emblem of the free." Oh! we'll hold a grand reception when he comes across the sea. Next we'll bring the miner's children, gnawing crusts of hardened bread And shouting out how often they went supper less to bed; And we'll cover up with carpets ev'ry inch of ev'ry street That the rugged little creatures may not hurt their shoeless feet. And the last shall be a banner telling all his noble deeds As the papers print them daily and a simple public reads, And we'll all sing, "Hallelujah! 'tis a time of * jubilee I" Oh! we'll hold a grand reception when he comes • * across the sea. We shall have displays of flre-works all along the pugcant's line, We shall decorate the city as the mind can best design; We'll have speeches aud orations that will startle them that hear, And we'll tell them how he started, ere he dried, the orphan's tear. Oh! we'll tell him of his noble deeds —his cha racter, how grand! He was sent unto America to ornament the laud— And we'll tell them we revere him just as much as we are free,— Oh! we'll hold a grand reception when he comes across the sea. We shall finish with a banquet, and we'll break the stony crust That the children kept a-gnawing lest their little teeth should rust, And we'll sip from cups of silver too the dear est kind of wine, Having got it from the hungry in the form of tears of brine, And we'll all rejoice to see him who was far across the waves In u land where Freedom slumbers and the poor are only slaves, And we'll bare our licuds beforo him, knowing well that we are free,— Oh! we'll hold a grand reception when he comes across the sea. —HazleUm Standard. Correspondence From the Capital. Washington, October 22,1H80. The State Department is now engaged in the delicate duty of preparing for the reception of the Chinese minister by the President. This would seem not to be a difficult task, but the public is not generally aware of the degree of preparation required before a foreign represen tative is formally presented to the President of the United States. The simplicity of our form of Government htm done away with much of that which is patterned after regal customs, but we are not much behind the effete mon archies when it comes to receiving a foreign minister into the diplomatic corps. Every one is familiar with the practice which requires a minister to make an address to the President in the Blue Room, and to which the President re plies. These addresses always abound with graces and courtesies, but they cannot be said to be very pointed, other than in the expres sions of good will. WASHINGTON AND ITS NICKNAMES. Washington is sometimes called the Capital City, because the President lives here and Con gress meets here; sometimes the Sylvan City, because its streets are embowered in 70,0 CX) trees; sometimes, facetiously, Whoelerville, bocausc a hundred miles of smooth asphalt pavements make it the bicyclers' paradise; but it best deserves the pseudonym of the As sembly City, because almost every day in the year some national convention is in session here. OIFTS FOH THE NEW CHDISERS. All the new cruisers are receiving appropriate christening gifts from the cities in whose honor they are named. Boston presented her name sake with a set of colors, Chicago hers with a service of silver plate, and Philadelphia is get ting ready a library. Baltimore's gift is not yet announced, but it will unquestionably be something novel and good, as our neighbor city never does such things by halves. Come to think of it, though, if this sort of things keeps on and the navy grows apace, what room for I originality of choice will there be by the time j the list gets down to Spokane Falls and Kala- I inazoo ? THE INDIAN AND HIS BALLOT. The Indian as a political factor is a feature of politics which is likely in the near future to attract public attention. By recent acts of Congress every Indian over twonty-one years of age who receives an allotment of land in severalty becomes a voter, clothed with every attribute that attaches to citizenship. The suc cessful termination of the negotiations with the Sioux Indians, by which they surrender a large part of their reservation in Dakota, will, it is estimated, by next year throw into the j politics of the state the uncertain quantity of 4,fU7 voters. This vote, thrown solidly, as it probably will be in both state and national elections, is likely to l>ecoine an important factor in that state. Negotiations now in progress with other Indian tribes will soon make many thousands more Indian voters. At the Interior Department it is thought that upwards of 20,000 Indians will be entitled to vote in the next Presidential election. How the "Ked Man" will conduct himself as a part und parcel of the nation, and not as its ward, will bo watched with interest by all who are interested iu the solution of the Indian pro blem. OUR I.ONO SLEEP ENDED. With the return of the President and his Cabinet the city once more assumes a busy as pect. This is the first harbinger of the busy season. Congressmen aro fast returning in search of winter quarters. The real eetatemen are wide awake, the tradespeople are laying in their winter stock, winter equipages are seen on the avenues, the inarketmen wear benignant smiles, all this indicates a ohanged condition of things, and we soy good-bye to summer. Then, hist but not least, we have the legions of office seekers, and no better proof than their presence Is needed that Washington is at last awakening from a six months' sleep. It. THE LIME-KILN CLUB ON CRIME. Its View* Revised to Salt Modern Circum stances. "X hold heah in my hand," said Brother Gardner as the meeting open ed, "a letter from Chicago inquarin' of dis club if it believes in hangin' fur murder. We used to so believe, but we doan' any mo'. We has cum to de conclusion dat it is wrong to strangle a pusson to death simply because he hApponed to kill somebody. We be lieve dat a murderer should be softly arrested, locked up in the jail parlor until he kin be tried, and dat de ver dict of de joory should be not guilty on account of self-defense or insanity. On leaving the court room de prisoner should be given an ovation an' a wine supper, an' at the next 'lekshun he should be given a fat offis. Murder am all right. If you doau' like a man kill him off an' git him out of de way. If you git down on a fnm'ly wipe 'em out wid de ax. Punishin' a murderer is all wrong, speshually hangin' him by de neck. If by some blunder de joory convicts, do jedge should make de sentence about six months in an orphan asylum. Dis would gin do murderer time for reileckshun, an' he'd probably dun sorry dat he killed somebody. "De seckretary will answer to do effeck dat dis club has undergone a change of opinyun, an' dat it no longer believes in hangin' fur murder. It held to dat opinyun fur ten y'ars, an' steadily lost friends. It has come to pass dat not one of de fo'ty or fifty murderers walkin' around de state of Michigan will speak to a member of dis club, an' we feel dat a change of sentiment on our part is highly neces sary. De status of dis club until fucher orders will be: "1. De embezzler didn't mean to, and his victim orter settle fur 60 cents on de dollah an' gin he a certificate of character. "2. De highway robber an' burglar war' driben to it by stern necessity, an' instead of arrestin' 'em de police orter take up a contribushun for deir benefit. "3. De murderer was temporarily insane, or he reckoned the victim was gwine to shoot fust, or he did it in his sleep, or ho felt it his dooty towards society. In anv event he should not be convicted." — Detroit Free Press. DAKOTA DIALECT. "The Mortal Cinch." "(Jettingon the Hand Wagon," and "Hustling." Colonel John Ely, the Mouse river stockman, has improved upou the use of "cinch," says a Dakota letter to the SL Louis Qlobe-Dcmocral. llis cx pressiou is "the morLal cinch," which can only be translated as "a dead sure thing." The Dakotan "hooks up" his team. He never "harnesses" unless he is a tenderfoot: Hillß in ranges are "co teaux." Depressions which are water courses when the suow melts or wheu the rain fall is abundaut, but which are dry most of the year, are "coulees," in the Dakota vernacular. "Getting on the baud wagon" is the Dakota synonym for success in politics. To "rustle" is both agood aud a bad verb. The grand jury of Ramsey county recently tried to get a defini tion of "rustling" out of "Nigger Joe" of Devil's lake. "Nigger Joe is one of the characters of his satauic maj esty's couuty-scat. A man was sus- Seeted of stealing a coat aud "Nigger oe" was the chief wilnuss. "Now, Joe,' said the foreman, "toll the jury all you know about this coat businoss. You saw this man, didn't youPP" "Ya-as, sah, I seed him, suali," drawled Joe, slowly, for he was not an altogether willing witness. "Well, did he have anything with him?" asked the foreman. "Ya-as, Bah," said Joe. "Ho had a bundle under his arm; suah, sah, he did." "Do you know what was in the bun dleP" "Ya-as, sab, I know what was in that bundle, sah, fur be done showed it to me; he did, sah.' "Well, what was in it, Joe?" "It was a coat, sah; snuah, sah." "Did ho tell you whore he got itP" "Ya-as, sah, h-he done tole me. He said he rus-selt it." "He said he rustled it?" "Ya-as, sah, tli-thal's what lie said, shuah. He said he rus-selt it." "Well, now, Joe, tell the jury what you understood he meant when he Baid he rustled that coaL ' "Ya-as, sah. I seed the coat. He done tole me he rus-selt it. I spec rus-sel'n jest menus to rus-sel, that's all." CHLOROFOR MISTS. A Dangerous Clans of Criminal* Who Oper ate on European Hallways. A correspondent of the St. Louis Olobe-Democrat gives the following in teresting description of the methods adopted by a band of criminals known in Franco as chloroformists: The chloroformists administer with great skill, either with the aid of a sponge or that of a handkerchief, that poison ous, powerful, tenacious, aud always dangerous substance, which, given uu skillfullv, may prove fatal. They are shrewd, adroit, and well posted; they are met with on the railway trains, on steamboats, and at the hotels. Essen tially cosmopolitan,they spend the ma jor part of their existence in traveling. They talk like guides and are thor oughly acquainted with the watering places and sea baths where the aris tocracy aud wealth gather. The chloroformist is generally an old hand,having frequonted the schools of medicine, where lie learned the use and efficacy of narcotics. A man of the world, 'intelligent and good com pany, his conversation is captivating. He speaks soveral languages and claims to belong to the nobility. Ho has an agreeable presence. An ex cellent daucer and somewhat of a mu sician, young ladies are delighted with him. This is the WAY he operates on a railway train: lie stations himself in the depot and watches the purchasers of tickets. Having chosen as his vic tim the man with the best filled pocket book he buys a ticket aud gets into the same compartment. In his travel ing-bag he carries a reserve of pro visions, good wine, extra cigars, play ing cards, and everything such as an experienced traveler would have. He adroitly engages his victim in conversation, speaks of the inconven ience of railway station restaurants, the crowd, the long wait to be served, and the small time allowed to passen gers. In a winning manner he then offers to share his bill of fare with his companion. A friend was going with him to Switzerland, but at the last moment wired him that he could not go, and that is why he is so amply provided with provisions. If necessary WANTED! FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE! Five thousand people are wanted to come and see our stock and prices of ladies' and children's coats. We have all the latest styles and our prices will surprise you. We have just opened three cases of blankets, which are going from 75c up to $7.00 per pair. Dry goods: We have our cloths in now; come and get samples and compare the prices with Hazleton. A full line of hats and caps. Muffs for ladies and children. Carpets and oil cloths : We have Hemp for 18c, Ray for 30c and Brussels for 55c and up. Furniture and beddings: * Have a good bedstead, only $2.50; a royal plush lounge, $0.00; mattresses, $2.75 up, and a good spring for $1.25. Notions, etc., of every description. We can make you comfortable in underwear: Children's, 15c up; men s, 50c up; all-wool scarlet, 75c; get a pair before they all go Gloves, mitts and thousands of other articles. Wall paper and stationery, also window shades; we have everything in that line. We suppose everybody has seen our latest prices in groceries so all we will say is to invite you to come and give us a trial. Save money by trading with the cheapest man in town. Yours truly, 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. AVe Invite You to Call and Inspect Our New Store. GOOD MATERIAL! LOW PRICES! ETCTGH: MAIiOY, Corner Centre and Walnut Sts., Freeland. A. RUDEWIGK, GENERAL STORE. SOUTH HEBERTON, PA. Clothing. Groceries, Etc., Etc. Agent for the sale of PASSAGE TICKETS From all the principal points in Europe to all points in the United States. Agent for the transmission of MONEY To all parts of Europe. Checks, Drafts, and Letters of Exchange on Foreign Banks cashed at reasonable rates. O'DONNELL & Co., Dealers in —GENERAL— MERCHANDISE, Groceries, Provisions, Tea. Coffee. Queensware, Glassware, &c. FLOUR, FEED, HAY, Etc. We invite the people of Frceland and vicinity to cull and examine our large and handsome stock. Don't forget the place. Next Door to the Valley Hotel. ne snows the dispatch. hiiouia tne victim refuse to partake lie proceeds with the repast and afterward offers him cigars prepared as was his wine. They chat, time flies, and the monoto nous noise of the traiu, added to the cigar smoke, plunges the victim into a torpor which he can not conquer and by which he is finally overcome. The chloroformist then opens his vial aud places it for several seconds beneath the sleeper's nostrils. At the same time ho gently puts over the mouth a sheet of very line parchment to prevent the breathing of the exter nal air. This parchment is called the "stiller;" it is shaped like the lower part of a carnival mask. The man is in a sound sleep, almost a corpse; the chloroform vapor lias done its work. Then the thief leisurely rifles the vic tim's pocket-book, taking care to leave one or two bank-notes in it, after which lie restores it to the owner's pocket. He does not appropriate any of the sleeper's jewelry. The robbery committed, the thief quits the train at the next station. Two reasons actuate the chloroformist in not absolutely depriving his victim of money. Having enough left to pay his expenses the latter is in less haste to make his com plaint. The second reason is that, should the man die under the iufluenco of the chloroform, being in possession of liis jewelry and money bis death will be attributed to natural causes and the authorities will not suspect that a crime lias been committed. His With Was Hard to Please. President Lincoln had beon during our most stormy weather to visit the camps of the generals in Virginia and taken a violent cold. Mrs. Lincoln was in despair, and ouo day said to Secretary Stanton: "I do wish you would lock Mr. Lincoln out of the rooms for a week! He is ill enough to be in bed now. and suffers agonies witli his arm from acute rheumatism. 1 don't know what to do! Ho goes out and keeps at work every moment. Mr. Lincoln waved his long arm at the Secretary, sayiug: "Well, Stanton, there oug >t to be one comfort for my poor wife, anyhow—the same that the poor man Jefferson had, whose only sou died. Hid you ever lieur the story? "His friends, family, neiglibors, and church lamented, extolled, and grieved over the loss at the funeral, when Jef ferson himself arose and said: "My dear friends: We have the blessed consousolation of knowiug that every thing was done that could be done. He was bled no less than twenty-four times in twenty-four hours! But he had no strenglh aud had to die!" "Now, I've been wrapped in no less than twenty-four pieces of red flannel and liniment since yesterday, and still mv wife isn't satistied."— Wide Avinke. J. J. POWERS has opened a MERCHANT TAILOR'S and GENTS' FURNISHING ESTABLISHMENT at 110 Centre Street, Frceland, and la not In partnership with any other establishment but his own, und attends to his business personally. Ladies' outside garments cut and fitted to measure in the latest style. B. F. DAVIS, Dealer in Flour, Feed, Grain, HAY, STRAW, MALT, &0., Best Quality of Glover & Timothy SEED. Zemany's Block, 15 East Main Street, Frceland. PATENTS Caveats und lie-issues secured, Trade-Mark* registered, und all other patent causes In the Patent Office und before the Courts promptly and carefully prosecuted. Upon receipt of nuslel or sketch of invention, I make curclul examination, und udvisc us to patentability/ree of charye. With my offices directly across from the Patent Office , and being in personal attendance there, it is apparent that 1 have suiierior 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 care, in the shortest possible time. KKETi MODERATE, and exclusive attention ytren to patent Inutincss. Information, advice and speclul references sent on request. J. K. LITTELL, Solicitor and Attorney in Patent Causes, Washington, D. C>, (Mention this paper) Opposite U.S.Patent Office. Question* About Railroads. 1. How many miles of railway in the United States? One hundred and fifty thousand six hundred miles; about half the mileage of the world. 2. How much have they cost? Nine billion dollars. 8. How many people are employed by them? More than 1,000,000. 4. What is the fastest time made by a train? Four hundred and twenty two and six-tenths miles in 7 hours, 23 minutes (433 minutes;) one mile be ing made in 47 11-29 seconds, on the West Shore Railroad, New York. 5. What is the cost of a high-class eight - wheel passenger locomotive? About $8,600. 6. What is the longest mileage op erated by a single system? Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe system, about 8,000 miles. 7. What is the costof a palace sleep ing car? About $15,000 or $17,000 if "vcstibuled." 8. What is the longest railroad bridgo span in the United States? Cantileverspan at Ponghkeepsie bridge —548 feet. 9. What is tho highest railroad bridge in the Uuitod States? Kinzua viaduct, on the Erie Road, 305 feet high. 10. Who built the first locomotive in the United States. Peter Cooper. 11. What road carries the largest number of passengers? 'Manhattan Elevated Railroad, New Yolk; 525,- 000 a day, or 191,625,000 yearly. 12. What is the average daily earn ing of an American locomotive? About SIOO. 13. What is the lougest American railrond tunnel? Hoosac tunnel, on the Fiteliburg Railway, (4| miles.) 14. What is the average cost of con structing a mile of railroad? At the present time about SBO,OOO. 15. Where and when was the first sleeping car used? Upon the Cum berland Valley Railroad of Pennsyl vania; from 1836 to 1848. 16. What are the chances of fatal accident in railway travel? One killed in ten million. Statistics show more are killed by falling out of windows than in railway accidents. 17. What line of railway extends furthest east and west? Canadian Pa cific Railway, rtiuning from Quebec to the Pacific ocean. 18. How long does a steel rail last with average wear? About 18 years. 19. What road carries the largest number of oqnimutnrs? Illinois Cen tral, 4,828,128 in 1887. 20. What is the fastest time made between Jersey City and San Fran cisco? Three days, 7 hours, 80 min utes, nnd 16 seconds. Special the atrical train, June, 1876.— Scribner't Magazine.
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