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.