FREELAND TRIBUNE. Published Every Thursday Afternoon -BY— TIIOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS, - - SI.OO PEE YEAE. Address all Communications to FREELAND TRIBUNE, FREELAND, PA. Office, Birkbcek Brick, lid floor, Centre Street. Entered at the Vrcclaml Postoffice as Second Class Matter. I>EMOtRATIC TICKET. STATE. For Treasurer E. A. Bigler, of Clearfield County. COUNTY. For Judge Edwin Short,z, of Wilkes-Burre. For Sheriff George J. Stcigmaier, of Wilkes-Barre. For Recorder Joseph J. McGinty, of llazle Township. For Coroner Wlll. F. Tier, of Pleasant Valley. For Surveyor James Crockett, ; of Ross Township. FREELAND, PA., OCTOBER 31, 1880. AT l : iON, DEMOCRATS our enemies admit tliat have ttti even eliance lo carry e Wtntc. Kciiienilicr tlie clay, vember sth. BESIDES failing to vote next Tuesday the next worst tiling a Democrat can do is to split his ticket. Every man on it has an unblemished character, public or private, and let them all stand or fall together. Put your ticket in straight. TIIEY have no agitation about get ting wires underground in Plymouth, hut there will probably bo a plant ing of some Poles before the sheriff gets through with the mob that is defiantly holding a church and paro chial residence at that place.—Phila. Ledger. THE IV. of L. assemblies of the Wyoming region are experiencing a revival of membership ami interest in the order. This is in conformity with a general movement throughout the country, and, while not in the nature of a boom, shows that the seeds sown by the recent educational campaign are already at work. DEMOCRATIC defeat is impossible this year if tlie full party vote is polled. Each and every vote is abso lutely necessary in order to overcome the trickery and boodle business of the opposition. The corporations of Luzerne cannot afford to have Judge Eice defeated, lienee there is no lack of money to be used in attaining vic tory. Therefore it is to your own interest to see that Edwin Shortz is elected judge. Iu the Republican party can't elect their ticket without rolling their car wheels all through the county they ought to step down and go out of business. Freeland's consignment is reported to have arrived this week, but let those who received them take care of how they use them. A few of our citizens may change their resi dence to Pennsylvania's free boarding house in Philadelphia shortly after election. This is not buncombe, but a little note of warning. MINERS, mechanics, farmers and in dustrials of all classes will decide next "month whether the state shall have boodlers' bondsmen or an honest man for treasurer. How would it do to elect to such a resjionsihle office a man who would cover up the records and prevent full proof aud investiga tion ? That is what Boyer did in the proposed Wherry investigation of the sinking fund transaction by which the state loses annually SOO,OOO. Place the hooks of the treasury in the hands of a man who has no connnec tion or sympathy with the boodlers who have invested the state treasury funds. The workingmen of the state must decide this election. Orn Republican neighbors in Lack awanna have lots of trouble on their hands, and all account of one man refusing to be bossed by Joe Scran ton Dr. Donne was nominated as the regular candidate for coroner, but because lie refused to bow to tbe powers that be, the lUpublican bolted and demanded his resignation. Fail ing to secure this Boss Scranton called a convention and nominated another candidate. The Scranton Blade claims that Boss Scranton's reason for opposing Donne was because he was a Welshman, and asks Joe to resign his seat in congress. Between them the Democratic candidate will have a walk-over. THE Republican party in Pennsyl vania began to shake very perciptibly during the past week, so much that Chairman Andrews, Quay, Cooper and a score of the bosses found it ne cessary to go to Washington to see if Benjamin wouldn't do something to keep the wavering element in line. The result of the trip was that Har rison unceremoniously bounced sev eral postmasters on Tuesday, among them Wm. F. Harrity of Philadelphia, whose term will not expire until No vember 17. By this means they ex pect to save Buyer, the defender of boodlers, and thereby keep the treas ury from passing into honest hands. Will the voters of Pennsylvania up hold such flagrant violations of civil service reform laws, which Harrison swore to defend and enforce ? Get Out the Full Vote. Every Democratic voter should make himself a committee of one from now until next Tuesday evening to aid in getting out the full Democratic vote. Don't be carried off with the idea that because this is an "off" year with only a state treasurer and a few county officers to be elected, that you are not vitally interested in its result and that the future of the party does not largely de pend upon it. The wise, economical and honest handling of the state funds is a matter of moment to every citizen, of as much concern to the voting tax payer as the chosing of a governor or any other state official. And so in county affairs. The direction and man agement of the business of Luzerne County in a manner that will best serve the public with the least expenditure of time and means are not trifling consider ations to be given only a passing thought. They come home to every citizen's pocket, to his fireside, in the protection of it by well enforced laws and the judicious expenditure of the taxes which are yearly collected from him. lie should weigh "well the merits of those who ask his suffrage and make his choice calmly but positively. lie should go to the polls himself and see that his neighbors go also. The Dem ocracy can win this fight this year and make the county solidly Democratic; or they can be indifferent and make com ing contests all the harder to wage. It would be an inexcusable blunder to have the latter result occur. Don't peril success by indifference and a belief that there will be enough votes without yours. Go to the polls yourself when the time comes, but in the meantime see that every Democrat is worked into that state of mind which will insure his vote being polled also. '..ROU i&KFORItI, varticrs of Peiuisylva •J askL'il Henry R. Hover lttl liis Republican legislature *st winter to give you these laws: he Seml-uioutlUy Pay law t the lockage Hill; the Company Store :illj the Australian Itallot Bill; j •ie law to make eleetlon day a i eiral holiday, and a number of tler l.abor Reform bills. Henry j t. Iloyer helped to defeat these , 'ills! Go to the polls on Novem ber sth and vote against him. Taxation In a Nutshell. The one self-evident truth should be constantly kept before the people that all taxation is laid upon labor, indirect ly, if not directly. The corporation tax paid into the state treasury, to the amount of a hundred thousand or more, by the railroad company, is and must be assessed by the company upon the busi ness of the community. It is paid by the manufacturers, merchants, mechan ics and even printers when they pay their freight bills. And where or how <lo the manufacturers, mechanics and business men get the money to pay such freight bills, high enough to cover the corporation tax? The working people in their employ must earn it for them. llow and where do the hanks get the money to pay their corporation tax? The answer is, from those in business who employ laboring people who must earn the meney. Who pays the land lord's tax of SSO a year on his property up street? It is paid by the occupant, fully calculated and included in the monthly rent. And where and how does the occupant get the money to pay the landlord's tax included in the rent account? If he carries 011 shoe-making, or tailoring, or printing, the working people earn it for him. Every dollar of taxation, whether direct or indirect— national, state or local, comes from labor. It cannot be otherwise. Therefore tax-. ation can only be justified as a necessity,' and it should he as low as possible. To tax the people more than is necessary to run the government honestly and econ omically administered is robbery. The Republican party openly supports and defends the highest tariff taxation, whilst the Democrats contend for the lowest.—Mauch Chunk Democrat. Tlie Single Tnx in Curboit County. District Attorney W. M. Rapsher of Carbon County, in a late issue of Justice, gives forth his views 011 the single tax question as follows: Since the recent presidential election a powerful political force has been brought upon the political stage. It is boldly aggressive, commanded by the best brains of the country, and is revolu tionary in its economic effects upon pre sent methods and systems of taxation. It demands "the abolition of all taxes upon industry, and the taking, by taxa tion upon land values, irrespective of improvements, of the annual rental value of all those various forms of nat ural opportunities embraced under the general term, Land; and that, as a result, involuntary poverty will be abolished, and the greed, intemperance and vice that spring from poverty and the dread of poverty will be swept away." The term single tax does not really express all that a perfect name would , convey, says its leading advocate. It only suggests the fiscal side of the ques tion. And, in reality, the single tax is not a tax at all. But it is a tax in form, mul the term is useful, as suggesting method. But, like all reform and prog j ress during the past, the single tax men are now fought step by step. As a notable illustration, I beg leave to briefly quote Prof. T. 11. Huxley, from an article in the Nineteenth Century, | entitled "The Struggle for Existence." , He says: "One of the most essential conditions, if not the chief cause, of the struggle for existence is the tendency to multiply without limit, which man shares with all living things. So long as unlimited multiplication goes on, no social organi zation which has ever been devised, or is likely to be devised; no fiddle-faddling Willi tlie distribution of wealth, will de liver society from the tendency to he destroyed by the reproduction within itself, hi its intensest form, of that strug j gle for existence the limitation of which is the object of society." It was in quite another age when the celebrated Malthus laid down a similar doctrine. Is it a case of the "survival of the fittest?" To stay the persistence of poverty, amid advancing wealth, labor-saving machinery and highest de velopment in the arts and sciences, the remedy of the single tax party is to res tore the common and natural right of land to the people; and so as to cause as little political disturbance as possible, it proposes to do this by the simple method of gradually placing all taxation upon lund values. The new party rightly in sists that there is something radically wrong in a governmental organization that leads to such an unequal distribu tion of wealth, with such unequal oppor tunities as everywhere stare us in the face. Will our statesmen and political economists persist in the old-time theory, that all things are ordained for the best, and that there is no practical remedy for our dangerous social ills? The people are ripe for a change. The greatest difficulty that the single tax party encounters is not in its moral, eco nomic and legal aspects, but it is in get ting the people to understand its theory and practical application, and to make common cause to right their wrongs. Will the remedy proposed by the new party bring about happiness and remove from humanity that dreadful fear of want which it so ably contends that it will? It is a grandly sublime and at the same time an intensely practical ques tion, and well worth considering. It is a rapidly growing social and political problem—by far the most important po litical questton of the age, and it is here to stay until it is solved. TREASURY REFORM. Partners of Pennsylvania! A ! vote for Edmund A. Hitler for j State Treasurer Is a vote lor treas ury reform, a step toward equal- ! zatlou of taxation, and his elec- j tloii will be a decisive victory in your war against monopoly and rlntc rule. C*o to the polls on No vember sth. Why Reform Is NecoHHftry. 1. Because under Republican rule taxa tion has largely exceeded the needs of the state, and vast sums of money have improvidently gathered into the treasury vaults. 2. Because Republican officials have failed to use or invest these moneys as the law directs, and the state has lost a large sum, amounting to nearly one quarter of a million dollars in two years. 3. Because, at the command of a poli tical boss, these surplus funds of the state are deposited with favorite banks, corporations and firms, in sums ranging from ten thousand to six hundred thou sand dollars, to be used for his private political advantage, and their private gain. 4. Because, in these transactions, the state has only one-half million dollars security for more than two and one-half million dollars thus deposited. 5. Because, with more than one mil lion and a half of uninvested surplus in the sinking fund and no loans due or re imbursable, the Republican sinking fund commissioners (of whom a Republican state treasurer was one) sold a million of Uuited States bonds that were earning four per cent, interest for the state, and added the proceeds to the already swollen treasury. G. Because, not counting the proceeds of these government bonds, which were sold at less than market rate, and after these Republican officials had purchased eight hundred and two thousand dollars worth (par) of undue state loans at a price above the then market rate, there remained in the treasury over a million dollars in cash. 7. Because tlie Republican majority in tlie legislature refused to stop this ffow into tlie sinking fund when it was shown to be enormously greater than the requirements of said fund. 8. Because the sinking fund commis sioners, to-wit: C. W. Stone, secretary of state; Thomas McCamant, Auditor general, and W. B. Hart, state treasurer, are all Republicans ; and it would he for the best interests of all the people that the taxpayers, half a million at least in number, who have named Edmund A. Bigler for state treasurer, should he represented, (in obedience to the well established principle of minority rep resentation,) in the management of tlie moneys belonging to all tlie people. 9. Because tlie safe-keeping of the public moneys raised by general taxa tion upon tlie property of the citizens of all political beliefs, is a matter not of private hut of public concern, and should not he connected with partisan politics, and much less he made tlie personal and private affair of a factional boss; and tlie election of Mr. Biglor would be a wise step in the direction of a much needed reform, to-wit: Non-partisan manage ment of tlie state treasury. IN view of the fact that it is impos sible to recover the SOO,OOO and more that have been annually loßt for sev eral years to tlie state by tlie mal administration of the treasury and tho investigation of which HeDry K. Boyer prevented, it would be folly to elect him to tho state treasurersliip. A man of his training and disposition in the office would only make bad matters worse. AMONG the postmasters whose heads were decapitated this week by Harri son was that of Editor Bartholomew of tho Catosauqua Record, who is succeeded by Editor Randall of the Dispatch. In this case the position is kept within the fraternity and in 1893 we hope to see "P. M." attached again to tho name of our tariff' reform friend of the Record. THE Shenandoah Sentinel is rapidly becoming the best one-cent daily in the coal fields. An Inappropriate Season for Thanks. The near approach of the time for the annual Thanksgiving proclamation of the president and governors suggests again the inappropriateness of the last Thursday in November for such an occasion. The fact that the pilgrim Puritans set apart this date has heen sufficiently honored in a century of conformity to it. These people took even their festivities solemnly, and there was a certain ap propriateness in their choosing the end of the bleak and dreary November for their season of thanksgiving and praise. But the cosmopolitanized America of to-day is of a more cheery humor, and is entitled to a more suitable day for its official festival. One of the religious journals recently made the sensible suggestion that, "instead of the last Thursday in November, which has no significance in itself, October, 12 be designated. It is the anniversary of the landing of Columbus. Pumpkins are ripe, and turkeys can be taught to prepare for the guillotine a month earlier. And as for the weataer, mid- October is much more conductive to thankfulness than the tail-end of bleak November." The beautiful days of October would lend themselves perfectly to an occasion of thanksgiving. Even late October is better than late November. Cannot this holiday be redeemed from its depressing surroundings? BAI.LOT REFORIH. Uo tile people asks tlie Pliila delplila " ICecord ") of Pennsylva nia really want liallot reform? Would tliey like to liave tlie root- Ilia of the election returns ex press the unboughl, unlnttmldat ed will of the voters? There will be an excellent opportunity to make a reeord on November sth. j Kdmuud A. illgler and the Ileni : ocratlc party are for ballot re form i Mr. itoyer and his party are aitaiiist It. ( Correspondence From the Capital. WASHINGTON, October 29,1889. While our world-famous avenue, well-named for the Keystone State, is interesting at any season, in the soft evenings of Indian Summer days, now coming on, it is one living panorama of grace and beauty. To see it at its best you should walk at about the hour of sunset. The last rays of the declining day-god gild the great dome of the Capitol till it gleams as though it were a deini-globe of the finest burnished gold. The tall Smithsonian towers to the southward stand out in sharp relief against the hazy autumn evening sky, and a living human tide pours along the broad street. Here during the Three Americas Conference and the late Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar one might see a type of man or woman from almost every section which com poses the great Republic. This stout man with the diamond solitaries in his shirt front is a mine king from the far off Pacific Slope; next is the tall, lithe dweller on the distant prairie lands, whose every step marks the man whom free, open-air life has made familiar with Nature and its mystic soul. There goes a group such us one might meet under the linden arbors of Berlin, or near the shady walks of the Lung' Arno, where the dwellers of Italy's greatest art centre enjoy the evening breezes by the swift river's rushing stream. The fuces are of the purest Italian east, aud the language is that soft-syllabled tongue that has made the Tuscan the synonym for graceful musical speech all over the world. English, Italian, the resonant Spanish and high-keyed French, that may all be heard within the space of a half squre, remind the stranger of lands a thou sand leagues aeross the sea, but to the dweller in the Cupitul City they are as familiar as the lofty dome itself. Rut to the student of American womankind is the avenue also interesting, for here it is where the afternoon shadows grow longest and the occasion is propitious that every region (.from the .St. Lawrence to where warm summer seas lap the sandy bench of the islands of the Carolines and Georgia and the pine-shaded coast of the great Mississippi Sound) has its most perfect and fittest representations. WHAT IS HE DOING? There is mueh wonderment and some offen sive emphasis of speech, not unmingled with profanity, at the order last week of Harrison that hereafter Congressmen and Senators will be received an hour and a half in each day, "and no other time." The question with the faithful is, "What in" (my letter being adapted lor a family journal I cannot possibly repeat the full sentence as usually expressed) "is he doing?" lie canuot be preparing his message, for it was understood that his almost five months' sojourn at Deer Park was for the pur pose of composing his mind to this work amid the hills and dales of the idea-inspiring moun tain ranges to lofty and statesmanlike thoughts. What upon earth is he doiug then? is the in quiry going up, more or less mixed with pro- j faulty, from one hundred and fifty Congress men, thirty-six Senators, and Heaven alone j knows how many thousand ofllce-seekers. Democratic postmasters in several of our \ great cities are still drawing salaries Uepubli- i cans would fain enjoy, and yet Harrison can only be seen an hour and a half each day, "and j no other time." Here is meat indeed for anger ! and wailing, and it is going on. THE PHI I. A DEL I'LL IA POSTMASTER. The appointment of John Field as postmaster of Philadelphia, which involved the removal of William F. Harrity, struck the city like a bombshell to-day, inasmuch as the incumbent had but a short while to serve out his four year term. The removal is considered by politicians here as a bad break and will not elevate the : occupant of the White House any in the esti- I ination of those who are trying to purify ap pointments from the contaminating inlluenccs that now surround them. Many Republicans condemned Mr. Harrity's removal and the civil servicers wear a groomy smile. Rut the horde of hungry office-seekers look at it in another light, and confidently expect that it is the open ing of u new policy, one that will eventually break ull the barriers that now restrict so ! many appointments. The departments wore I crowded this afternoon by those seeking situa j tions, and several applicants acted like so i many famished wolves, as they went about ; howling for positions. THE I)RITI8n MINISTER. j The return of Sir Julian Pauncefote, accom j panied by his wife and daughters, to make J their home in the city, has proved a source of congratulation to the resident and political society of the place, as it is generally uuder i stood among the large circle of friends made by the Minister since his arrival in our midst that he intends to enter largely into all the . social festivities of the winter months and in all respects to become identified with the coun ! try. It is a pretty sight to watch the flne-look j ing old gentleman, accompanied by his trio of I handsome daughters, taking their daily roorn l ing walks in the neighborhood of Connecticut avenue, engaged in animated conversation while walking at the brisk rate so customary among English men and women when enguged in their favorite exercise. THE NEW PENSION COMMISSIONER. Gen. ltaum's appointment was the surprise of the day. His name had never been men tioned in connection with the Pension Commis sionership in any public way, and it was gener j ally thought in Washington that the recipient j had finally retired from public official life when ; he left the Internal Revenue Bureau. Rut the i surprise quickly gave way to general commen dation, and but few appointments of recent j years seem to have given such unqualified sat j isfaotion to politicians of both parties. R. ] My Little Maid. Crimson clover-blossomed dapple All tho meadows, while the apple Trees drift rosy snows beneath tnelr bending boughs On a little maid who passes Thro' the rippling ranks of grasses In the gloaming as she goes to call the cows Pretty, dainty, dark-oyed Phyllis, Tho* nor manner coy and chill is As she hastens on to where the cattle browse. Tho' she scarcely seems to notice Me, the girl on whom I dote is This little maid who goes to call the cows. As tho twilight shadows darken, E'en all nature seems to barken For her footsteps, and that bird that s half adrowse Pipes to a sleepy little ditty Just to tell me that my pretty Is coming back from calling of the cows. Here and there a glow-worm grazes Tho wtiite robes of nodding daisies. Betraying where with king-cups tbey carouse; Stars above begin to twinkle, As I hear the "tinkle, tinkle!" Of the bells upon my little maiden's cows. She is come, still coy and colder Than before. But, love, grown bolder, Bids me speak. And, oh, she listens to my vows; Lets mo tell her that I love her, And the happy birds above her Hear the answer of my maid who calls th cows! —Boston Globe. lIIS MOTHER'S COOKING. Four girls sat around a pretty lunch table on which wus spread a very nice little meal. The room tastefully fur nished and the dress of the hostess— the last thing in tea-gowns —proved that she had an ample purse at com mand. So, in fact, did tho china, the silvor, the damask upon the board. Tho lea-gown, the little cap perched upon tho lovely hair, all tho matronly atl'i'i'tiims of dress, as well as the wed ding-ring and keeper upon her finger, were tokens that she had now heen married a year. But as her guests studied her face they became aware that it wore a worried, puukored look that they had never seen upon it in the days of her single blessedness, and being near relations and very intimate they did not make any pretense of not noticing it. "You don't look well, my dear," said her cousin Persis, breaking the Bilence. "You don't look comfortable, some how," said her sister Fannie. "I know that look of old." "You look cross," said Fleda, plump ly taking another tea-biscuit from the plate. "That is the long and short of it, Penelope." "Thank you," said Penelope, tossing her head. But suddenly she set the plate she was about passing to her quests down upon the table again, fished a little scrap of lace and linen cambric from some mysterious rceess of tho tea-gown, and appliod it to her eyes. "He hasn't takon to heating you, has lieP" asked Persis. "Why, what a question! Of course not!" screamed Penelope. "At all events," said Persis, "I had as soon bo lashed with a whip as with a tongue." "Laurence is iucapablo of scolding," said Mrs. Chapoue. "But is it LaurenceP" said Fannie. "It is always the husband when one is married," said Persis. "Yes. I confess it is Laurence. He —he—lie is always talking about his mother's cooking." sobbed Penelope, fairing breaking down. "He really did love the things his mother made for him. Now. I deal with a good baker; I have Vienna bread; I vary the sorts, all light and good, and I think I know about meat and vegetables, and I like fruit dessorts. I can buy so much that is good, hut it is that old New England home-made cookery that Laurence pines for. The other day ho said in quite a tragic way, 'Oh, for oue of those dear old boiled apple pumplings.'" " "Awfully indigestible," said Persis in her doctor's voice. I went to visit dear Mrs. Chapone before I was married," said Penelope, "aud you went with mo, Fannie." "How kiud she was," said Fannie. "She was always cooking something good " "GoodP'suid Penelope. "O Fannie, I love and respect my mother-in-law. She is the salt of the earth. But everything swam in grease." "The bread came to the table from tho oven," said Fannie. "Four kinds each meal," said Pene lope. "Coffee, tea, chocolate, pies, waffles, for breakfast. Bacon, fried potatoes, fried everything " "And she mado one taste it all," laughed Fanuie. "When we got home," said Pene lope, "we went to bed and had a bilious attack apiece. All that time Laurence lived in the country, out of doors all the while on horseback, in the open air fur hours, rowing, fishing, superintending the farm work, lend ing a hand himself. You know lum bermen up in Maine can live on fat pork and beans. But now he comes front his office to the flat or walks a block or two after tea. If lie takes me anywhere wo ride usually. I know ho would not like the same things, but it has gotten to he a mania with him. "Just so," said Persis, "and you suffer." i "Why dou't you tell him all thatP" asked Fannie. I "Why, if I were to hint that his mother's cooking might not be the best known on earth we should quarrel." said Penelope. "Already I am so sick of that continual repetition of home-made bread that I want to shriek when 1 hear it. I tried to make a batch, and Bridget tried to make another; the result was not encourag ing." j "I don't know what you are to do, Penelope," sighed Faunie. "Resist tyranny from tho first," said ! Persis. "1 know what you ought to do," said Fleda. "Ask his mother down. Lot her cook for you a mou*li. She'll do I it. She'll just know how her poor boy i suffers from want of proper nourish moul. She'll come and you will see." "1 don t know hut what you are right," said Penelope. "My sister-in law knows all her ways now and is old enough to be left in charge and Ms Chapone just adores Laurence. Per haps I can learn how to do all those greasy things and make four kinds of hot bread every day. I'd do anything to make Laurence happy." "Remember, I put it into yourhead," said Fleda. "If I am rather young yet, and don't like Mrs. Ilatoman's lectures, and do read fairy tales I have an original idoa or two now and then." And shortly after the three girls tied on their bonnets and went home and Mrs. Laurence Cha pone sat down to write a letter to her mother-in-law. "Your mother is here," said I'ene lopo one afternoon as her husband entered the dining-room. 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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 invito the people of Freelund and vicinity to call and exumine our large und handsome stock. Don't forget the place. Next Door to the Valley Hotel. uunr moiner, wnat a periect wo man she is! And if you can approach her in cooking " Then he rushed out into the kitchen, where, amids't the steak and a smell of frying shone his mother's round and rosy face. "We're just dishing the pot-roast, dear," said she, "and it's beautifully larded with the pork. And you shall have apple fritters to-day. There wasn't quite time for apple dumpliugs. Wheat bread and biscuit, Indian and rye, all turned out well. And Pve just tossed up a cheese pudding and got the chocolate right. Biddy is as smart as can be to learu." "With an illcgant cook like yourself to the fore it's a pleasure, niarm," said Biddy. "I haven't seen such lashings since I come from Ballybofay." And so, with smiles and pleasant talk, the four weeks' visit and the meals his mother cooked began. It occurred to Penelope sometimes that they principally lived on butter-, lard drippings, and sweet oil. The ▼erv soup was covered witli little globules of fat The hiss of the frying pan awoke her at dawn. There "were jars of "oily cooks"—vulgarly called doughnuts—on the shelves. Before she went to bed Mrs. Chapono cheered her son with chocolate of the richest sort and Welsh rare bit or with lobster salad and coffee with beaten eggs. Penelope took her lessons patiently and lived in a world of smoko and frizzle, devoted the hours she had spent over her muslius to beating eggs or stirring plum puddings, adopt ing cooking aprons permanently, and was never free from a headache. Laurence also complained of his bead, but his dovoted wife never hint ed that a whole mince Die after fried scallops galore for breakfast might be the cause of it. "We haven't seen anything of Pene lope for an age," said Cousin Persis one day. "Can't you run over, FledaP you have nothing to do." "Oh, as to nothing to do," said Fleda "But I'll go. And she went. When she reached Penelope's flat the door was ajar and she entered un announced. There was no one in the Sarlor, but from the dining-room she eard Penelope's voice: "Can't you eat anything, dear?" "A little weak tea aud a slice of dry toast—no butter," replied another voice—that of Laurence—but never had it been so lugubrious. "But Laurence, dear, I can cook everything inyourmother'sstyle now," said Penelope. Won't you have a few frittersP" "Fritters!" cried Laurence, with an expression of disgust. "And there is still a mince pie, loan heat it at once." said Peuelooe. J. J. POWERS hns opened a MERCHANT TAILOR'S and GENTS' FURNISHING ESTABLISHMENT at 110 Centre Street, Freeland, and is not in imrtnership with any other establishment but his own, and attends to his business personally. Ladies 1 outside garments cut and fitted to measure in the latest style. B. F. DAVIS, Dealer in Flour, Feed, Grain, HAY, STRAW, MALT, &c., Best Quality of Glover & Timothy S IE IE ID. Zeraany's Block, 15 East Main Street, Freeland. PATENTS Caveats and lie-tssues Becurad, Trade-Marks registered, and all other patent causes in the Patent Ollleo atal 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 charye. With my ollices directly across from the Patent Office , and being in itcrsonal attendance there, it is apparent that I 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 care, in the shortest possible time. FKEB MODERATE, ami exclusive attention given to patent business. Information, udvice and special references stmt on request. J. It. LITTKLL, Solicitor and Attorney in Patent Causes, Washington, I>. C., {Mention this paper) Opposite U.S.Patent Ofllco. "Don't mention mince pie," said Laurence. "My dear, this is excel lent." "And for dinuorP" said Penelope. "Some plain boiled mutton, stale baker's bread, and some oranges," said Laurence. Fleda smothered a laugh as she made her appearance in the diuing room. Laurence was very yellow. His nose was red and thero were pimples at the corners of his mouth. Penelope's skin was a little roug > and her eyes not as bright as usual. "How do you do, LauronceP" Floda said. "Not well," said Laurence. "Nor I," said Penelope. "We are both bilious," said Laurence; "hut we are in the doctor's hands and shall get over it no doubt. Good-by, doar; don't go into that hot kitchen to day; Bridget can quite manage our plain dinner. Remember—no sweets nor fats—none of those greasy messes. We must diet." "WellP" said Fleda looking at her cousin. "I look your advice, dear," said Penelope, "and Ma Chapono has been cooking for us for a month, and so kind, so sweet she has boen, and I have learned all her receipts. The principle is easy—soak everything in fat and eat everything red hot. "Yes," said Floda. "WellP" "And now tie Won't let me eook any thing," said Penelope, "He spoke of 'greasy mcssos' to-day, Floda, his mother does not dream of it. I wouldn't have her know for the world; but he has had enough of the old-fashioned cooking he used to bemoan." "1 know ho would," said Fleda; "that is why I proposed that you should ask her to come. •Fleda!" cried Penelope," "I thought it was that I might learn to please him." "Not a bit of it," replied Fleda. 1 'Fleda, you are vcrv young to be so depraved," sighed Penelope. "Ingrate! you ought to thank me'' said Fleda. "You will never hear about his mother's cooking again." And Penelope never did! Beating the Slot, The bell-boys in the hotel Albe marle in Pittsburg got hold of theslot and-nicklc cigar machine, and by turning it upside down they got all the nickels out. Then they fed these to the slot till they got all the cigars out, after whio i t ey proceeded to gut it of all the nickels, as before. In the night they tilled the hotel with a per fect orgy of cigar smoke. Tee owner of the machine hns chaiued it to the tloor and is seeking to discover the
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