FREELAND IJME.
Published Every Thursday Afternoon
-BY
TIIOS. A. BUCKLEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TEEMS, - - SI.OO PER YEAR.
Address all Communications to
FREELAND TRIBUNE,
FREELAND, PA.
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Entered at the Freeland Postojiee as Second
Class Matter.
FREELAND, NOVEMBER 14, 1889.
IN case a large manufacturing com- I
pany could be induced to locate its j
plant in Freeland would Coxe 15ros. '■
& Co. donate sufficient land, free |'
gratis, for the manufacturing purposes :
of the company ?
THE Republican journals last week
were profuse in their explanations of
the decisive and sweeping victories
made by the Democrats outside of
Pennsylvania. They were willing to
attribute it to anything except the
onward march of tariff reform, which
was the solo and direct cause of the
victories.
NEW YORK has scarcely half enough
money subscribed for the World's
Fair to enable it to go before congress
anil ask that it shall be appointed the
site of the Exhibition of 1892. It will
have to do better during the remaind
er of this month, or the session of
congress will open with Chicago as
the only city ready to make a definite
proposition.
UNDER the Australian system of
voting the protected manufacturers
of Massachusetts could not place lie
publican tickets in the hands of their
employes and compel them to vote ac
cording to dictation. The conse
quence was the wonderful Republican
majority, uphold by coercion and mis
representation, has been blotted for
ever from the fair name of the Bay
State.
SAMUEJ, J. TILDEN was a great
lawyer, but the Supreme Court of
New York decides that he did not
know how to make a will leaving his
estate in trust for the founding of
free public libraries in New York.
The Supremo Court in that state is
not supreme, however, and there will
probably be an appeal and a further
dissipation of the estate before the
case is finally determined.
WHEN the Republican party of this
state ceased hurrahing for their empty
victory they listened and heard the
echoes of Democratic cheers which
passed over the country like a sudden
and unexpected thunder clap from
Massachusetts to lowa. It struck
terror to their hearts and they stand
tremblingly awaiting the final shock
of '92, when the scattered remnants
of what was once a powerful factor in
American politics will be laid at rest
alongside the most iniquitous method
of taxation ever saddled upon free
and enlightened people.
POOR OLD PENNSYLVANIA ! She was
the last state to fall into the Repub
lican ranks, and she will be the last
state to fall out. She didn't fall in
with alacrity, because the Republican
party in its infancy and innocency
was opposed to the dogma of protec
tion. She is in no hurry to fall out,
because the Republican party has
been seduced and corrupted by the
protectionists. But the leaven of
tariff reform is working. Taxed
wool, taxed coal, taxed iron pre, taxed
lumber, and the beautiful object les
son of cheap Alabama iron and steel
laid down in Pittsburg and Philadel
phia, are doing the work of reforma
tion.—ltecortl.
A WEST CHESTER man, who acci
dentally killed a young woman by
pointing a gun at her which was dis
charged, though he "did not know it
was loaded," has been arrested and is
to be tried under the act of Assembly j
which makes it a misdemeanor to!
"playfully or wantonly point or dis- i
charge a gun, pistol or other firearm
at any other person." The penalty j
may be a fine not exceeding SIOOO j
and an imprisonment not exceeding
one year or either or both, at the
discretion of the Court. This law i
was passed in 1870, and abundant j
warning has been given by accidents
with guns supposed not to be loaded
to justify the punishment of any one
who violates it.
THE election held some time ago in
Montana is still in dispute, owing to
alleged irregularities in the returns
from Silver Bow County. The su
preme court of the territory, which is
Democratic, was the proper tribunal
before which the trouble should be
settled, but Harrison, seeing that the
inevitable result of the count would
make the legislature Democratic and
give that party two United States
Senators, issued a proclamation last
week admitting Montana as a state.
This was done in violation of the act
of congress which provided for the"
admission of the four new states, and
places the power of deciding the elec J
tion in the hands of the Republican
supreme court. That any man, filling '
the position of president of the United
States, would take part in such a des
picable, frndulent and scandalous pro
ceeding seems almost impossible ; but
when it is remembered that Harri
son's son is one of the prospective
senators, the reason is plainly dis
cernible. The end, however, has not
come yet, and a repetition of 187(1 will
never again be tolerated by the Dem
ocratic party.
The I'fle of Kintl Words.
There are few, if any, who do not
sometimes use kind words, and as few
who always use them. Occasionally we
meet with a man who seems so stern
and cold, or so rough and unfriendly,
that we cannot imagine kind words issu
ing from his lips; yet there is, doubtless,
some secret corner of his heart which
compels such utterances, though it may
be only at rare intervals. A great many
people, however, use them freely at cer
tain times and within certain relations,
while at other seasons and to other per
sons they discard them from their voca
bulary. AVe see, for instance, a man
who always speaks kindly to his family
and friends, but who seems utterly
changed directly he enters his place of
I business. There he is gruff and stern,
j giving orders with austerity, or receiv
| ing them with moroseness. No pleasant
i greeting or kindly word escapes his lips
through the day; yet, when lie returns
to his household at night lie is gentle
and tender. Another is all smiles and
suavity to strangers, while for his own
family lie has few words but those of
command and complaint.
Very few indeed have the disposition
to utter kind words at all times and
under all circumstances. Perhaps, in
deed, very few would consider it a wise
thing to do, even if they were so inclin
ed. There is a general feeling that they
I are sometime out of place anil tend to
neutralize the effect that should be pro
duced. Yet we doubt if experience could
show even one sucli case. Of course
there is much misplaced softness, weak
ness and pliability where firmness and
force are required, but kind feelings and
kind words should never be mistaken
fortliese. They are essentially different.
Firmness and weakness are contradic
tions, but firmness and kindness can
dwell together, each really helping, in
stead of hindering, the other. On the
other hand weak people are by no means
the kindliest. There are some, a very
"much of concession," who can yet say
uncharitable and even malignant things.
The truth is that kind words have a
much larger and more important mission
than is usually supposed. They are
much more than mere sweetness of
daily life; they prepare the way for
every kind of intercourse that may be j
necessary, and facilitate its aim. Take,
for instance, the case in which it is often
thought best to dispense with kind words
—that of one who is called upon to
! criticize or to reprove. The manner of
j doing this delicate task frequently makes
| all the difference in the way it is receiv
ed. Given with kindly feelings and
couched in kind words, it carries with it
a power on the heart that can never be
exerted by cold severity or hot anger.
If the purpose of reproof be the good of
the offender, not the outlet of indignant
displeasure, 110 medium can be found so
favorable as the earnest and kindly
. ! speech that betrays sympathy, compas
, sion and hope.
[ f Yet it is not only as a means of secur
i ing desirable results that kind words are
valuable. Few realize how largely the
; j happiness of the world is wrapped up in
[ j them. It is impossible to estimate how
; many quarrels they prevent, how much
i ill-nature and bitter feeling they subdue,
1 how many hearts on the verge of separa
t tion they reunite, how many pleasant
1 surprises they often occasion, how many
' sad hearts they comfort, how many
timid ones they reassure, how much
delight they bestow. If only a part of
j all this were fully realized, surely there
is not one among us who would refuse to
- his fellow men a blessing so inestimable
, to them and so easy for him to bestow,
i For kind works cost only a little thought,
• a little self control, a little effort, but
their fruits are manifold and weighty.
I ' The AVelfare of the Town Demands It.
. j Freeland needs and should have a
I board of trade or some similar organiza-
i tion to work for the material welfare of
| the capital and labor of this vicinity.
[ Such an organization should comprise
. 1 men in all the different lines of business.
. | Such an association need not cost much
; as to formation and conduct, at least un
i til sufficiently definite prospects are
' before it to warrant investments. Every
I business man should be interested to
I promote the welfare of the town by
some means, and each citizen will find
his own prospects improved thereby. A
move should be made promptly by our
business men in the direction indicated
ere Freeland is left still further behind
in the race for prosperity.
The Country Itouil Agitation.
The country papers are just now dis
cussing the country roads and making
suggestions, wise and otherwise, for
J their improvement. That improvement
is needed everyone compelled by busi
ness or other reasons to travel over the
public highways of the country can
feelingly testify. Aching bones and
bruised muscles combine to declare that
the average country road is anything
but a highway of pleasure.
There is no use in trying to deny the
fact that the roads have not kept pace
with the general development of the
country. The stride from the settlers
cabin and the primitive clearing in the
forest to the finely cultivated farms and
the comfortable and even luxurious
homes of to-day is a much greater one
than that from the bridle path blazed
through the forest of the ordinary mod
ern highway. liad the roads kept pace j
. with the farms and homes they would !
have been macadamized thoroughfares
instead of the dirt roads which choke
the traveler with dust part of the year
and plunge him into a succession of
sloughs of despond during the remaind- j
er.
The first cost of good roads is the rock
upon which every real endeavor to j
secure permanent highways worthy the
: name is destined to split. A tax heavy
enough to make creditable and durable j
b highways would amount to practical
1 confiscation in many parts of the coun
- try. The proposition to bond towns and
i counties for the money necessary to |
macadamize the principal roads will not
meet with favor either with tax-payers
or investors. The former will object to
double taxation to pay principal and in
terest and the latter have not forgotten
the wholesale repudiation of township
railway bond which has disgraced a good
many localities within the past quarter
of a century.
The agitation for better roads is a good
sign, however, and should be kept up.
Better methods of applying the money
raised by taxation for this purpose can
certainly be devised than those in vogue
at present. Necessity, which is the
mother of invention, will certainly teach
some one in time how to throw away the
taxes applied to this purpose.— Phiki.
Times.
Pointers for Coining Candidates.
An exchange goes for the obnoxious
system of "puffing" candidates for local
offices in the following sensible manner:
Hardly is one election over till prepa
rations are made for the holding of an
other. The country "statesmen" are
now laying for the spring election. The
only prizes—but they are big prizes in
the eyes of the township people—to be
drawn are those of school director and
road supervisor. We have already re
ceived several communications from can
didates for these offices urging their
claims. We decline to print any of
them for the reason that they are not
accompanied by the cash. It coHts
money to set type, and the printers, as a
class, are not over wealthy. At the end
of every two weeks they look for their
pay and they get it. But we do not pro
pose that our printers' bills shall be in
creased solely to benefit a lot of men
who want to nil public office for private
gain. These candidates for public office
realize the power of the press, as is
shown in their anxiety to curry favor
with it, but at the same time they seem
to forget one fact, viz: that they are un
grateful. They will take SSO to some
saloon in the hope of propagating votes,
hut never a red cent to the newspapers.
Candidates cannot but consider them
selves in the same light as any other
class of business men, and why they ex
pect the press to give them any more
free advertising than it gives to others is
something that we cannot understand.
The advertising rates of the TRIBUNE
may he known upon application and
local notices will be inserted at the rate
of ten cents per line. We cannot dis
criminate between legitimate business
men and candidates—each of whom are
in it, for what they can get out of it—and
the latter must pay for their advertising
as well as the former.
Correspondence From the Capital.
Washington, November 12,1889.
It is stated that the civil service commission
has evidence which establishes conclusively
unmistakable violations of the law concerning
the solicitation of political contributions. If
this bo the case, there will happily bo no occa
sion or temptation to resort to the strained in
terpretation of the law which some enthusi
astic civil service reformers and the shrewd
spoilsmen alike advocate. The law is designed
to protect the government clerks against the
solicitation from them of political contribu
tions by co-employes in any place, and by other
persons in the buildings where the clerks are
employed. The government docs not intend
that compulsory tribute shall be extorted from
the clerks by a request for money for political
purposes from a superior In office, whose sug
gestion is equivalent to a demand, enforceable
by removal of the disobedient. It does not in
tend thut official duty shall be associated with
political contributions by a conversion of the
departments into the unrestricted hunting
grounds of the campaign solicitor. It lay s
down certain regulations concerning the con
duct of its employes in their relation to one
another, und it restricts aiso the right to enter
for certain purposes upon government real
estate. Hut, as the Supreme Court of the
United Stutcs lius stated, it does not make the
general giving or receiving of political contri
butions illcgul. And the invitation to contri
bute is also itself an innocent act.
The section of the law in reference to solici
tation of assessments by and from officeholders
receives |>er)iaps the most vigorous straining,
but a stretching of the section concerning soli
citation in government buildings is also threat
ened in construing the mailing of a circular,
giving information where contributions niuy
be received, to the department addresses of a
clerk, as a solicitation in the building and as a
misdemeanor.
A SURPRISING ANNOUNCEMENT.
There is a rumor (which comes with unusuul
weight in fact, it cmauates from certain per
sons very near the Boss himself) to the effect
that Harrison has Anally determined to make
William llenry Harrison Miller of Indiana, at
present Attorney General, as Associate Justice
of the United Stutcs, und to transfer the Secre
tary of the Navy to the Attorney General's
Office. Did not the story come with such murks
of truth I should incontinently say it was im
possible for such a tiling to be. The proposi
tion to put the present Attorney General on
the bench of the Supreme Court lias been suffi
ciently discussed. Harrison knows already
what the country would think of such an ap
pointment, and if he lias the capacity he is ere- j
dited with he understands at what cost to his
own reputation such an appointment would be
made. As for General Tracy, he is in the right
place now. He is the ablest uinn in the Cabinet
ut this time, and he is doing übout the only
work that reflects much credit upon the pre
sent administration. He is the first thoroughly
cupable Republican Secretary of the Navy
since the end of the civil war. He is u worthy
successor of the Democrat, William C. Whitney, j
To the great work which Mr. Whithney began i
Mr. Tracy has applied himself with un energy ,
and intelligence that promise the results the I
people want. Political friends and political j
opponents of Gen. Tracy agree us to this. Ho
is in the right place now. To move him out of
it in order to put Mr. Miller into a place he lias
no iltness for would be such a blunder us few
men ever inukc in a lifetime.
TO PROTECT THE NIGGERS.
The Attorney General of the United States
out-Dogberrys Dogberry in his reply to the de
mand of the Reverend William Gray's colored
delegation from the recent Generul Baptist
convention. The delegation alleged ussassinu
tion of colored voters in the South, intended
murder of colored witnesses in an election trial
to take place in Jacksonville, Fla., and de
manded Federal protection. Mr. Miller's offi
cial reply assures the colored brother in every
particular—after death ! As the delegation did
not see the use "in enforcing the law" for their
protection after they hail been amiSHinated,
they concluded that Mr. Miller's assurance was
rather cold comfort, and left wondering what
the "grand old party" was coming to, anyway!
DESERTIONS FROM THE MARINE COllI8.
Desertions in the Marino Corps seems to lie
even more prevalent than in the army. The
commandant of that amphibious body reports
that out of a total of 1828 enlisted men, 515 de
serted last year, which Is equal to 28 per cent,
of the entire force. The commandant believes
desertion is due mainly to overwork, the num
ber of enlisted men in the corps not being sufll
-1 elent for the performance of the required duty.
He says that at least 400 additional men are
needed to meet the demand for guards for the
new vessels, and ut the same time leave men
' enough for shore duty at the stations. B.
The Catholic University at Washing
ton was dedicated yesterday with im
| posing ceremonies.
The Mlwr'i Lament.
BY IIAYEB ELTON.
Oh, why does the coal baron press me so
And lessen my scanty wages!
The want that Is mine docs he ever know,
Does he know of the grief that rages
Within my soul when I see my kin
In woeful misery dwelling;
Does he know of their hungry forms and thin,
And the tearful bosoms swelling?
Does he ever think of the life I lead.
Of the torture I am bearing;
Does lie list to my children, hear them plead;
Does he see their eyeballs glaring;
Does he hear their cries when hunger's pangs
Are tearing each little bosom;
Does he see my tears when the dreadful fangs
Of Famine make me lofce them ?
Does he see me punish myself to give
The nourishment they are needing;
Does he question the miner's right to live;
And laugh at his mournful pleading;
Does he hold it right to trample down
His fellowinen underneath him;
Does he yearn within for a golden crown,
Must starving infants wreathe him ?
Does he know ot my hard excessive toil
For the pittance I am getting;
Would it make his cruel soul recoil ♦ I
To hear my endless fretting;
Does he know the love a father bears,
Has he got a father's feeling;
Does he know that the soul that once despairs I
Scarcely ever knows a healing ?
Must the miner toil and sweat and slave
At his tyrant master's orders;
Shall he know no rest save within the grave.
On whose verge he ever borders;
Must he toil and sweat and slave and fret
For a scanty doleful measure.
While the lowest cur in that master's set
May share that master's pleasure ?
—Hazlcton Standard.
SERVED HIM RICHT.
A California Millionaire Overreaches Him
self and Pays for It Dearly.
"Speaking of cables," said a man on
the ferry-boat in tlio hearing of a San
Francisco Examiner reporter, "reminds
me of a good oue 1 heard the other dav
on the late Charles Crocker. You
know he was at the head of the great
Market street cable system and was a
closo figurer in financial matters. Well,
when the Market street cables were
put down the contractors employed
Henry Root to superintend the con
struction. There was lots to learn
about cable roads in those days, and
eveu after the contractors had turned
the road over to Crocker and his asso
ciates overv day's run suggested some
thing in the way of improvement.
Without any particular understanding
ltoot was kept along to look after
things generally, and especially to se
cure patents on the devices which the
| construction and operation of the road
had suggested. He was paid a small
salary, only about SIOO a month, but
so loyal was he to tlio company that
when an oiler came to him from Den
ver urging him to take charge of that
city's new cable road at a fat salary he
refused it, and went on until ho had
about perfected his patents.
"When he had been thus employed
some seven mouths Mr. Crocker came
back from the east and at once began
looking over the expense account and
! pay-roll of the cable company with a
■ view to retrenchment and a more rigid
economy. After a time ho came to
' Hoot's name.
' "'See here,' said he to his manager,
1 'what's'that man lloot doing on our
1 pay-roll?'
1 "'Oh, wo've kept him along looking
" aftor various things and arranging
' about patents.'
'"Well, ho has no business hero at
' all,' said Crocker, sharply. 'He was
J employed by tlio contractors and When
' they turned the road over to us his
employment ceased. Now 1 want you
, to tell Mr. Hoot that not out}' will we
no longer pay him anything, but that
I I shall expect him to returu to us all
. the salary he lias received since we as
. sumed control of the road.'
"Perhaps you don't think Hoot was
astonished. Thereto had refused a
permanent position at a good salary
■ just because he felt it his duty to stay
i by the Market street company, and of
, course ho had spent the S7OO which he
had received from the company in the
■ way of compensation for six months'
i work. It was a big wad of money to
the Hoot of those days, too, aud lie
1 had a heap of trouble to raise it. But
1 he stood up all his friends, mortgaged
a lot, and dually managed to square
himself with Crocker, taking a receipt
1 from that gentleman showiug on its
' face that ho was not in the cable com
pany's employ for tho seven months,
t and that the money had been wrong
, | fully paid to him.
"Then he went on and took out
, his patents in the name of Henry
, I Hoot.
"By and by Crocker, Hnllidie, and
the rest of the cable men bogan the
organization of their big pool. When
they got well along with it Hallidie
! said one day: 'See here, Crocker,
where are your patents on theso im
frovements which you people operate?
don't see your showing.
"•Oh, we've got 'cm somewhere,' re
plied Crocker conlidently, but when
he came to look into the matter he
found he didn't have 'em by a long
shot. Ho found the patents for some
of the most important devices in use
ou his system wero in the name of
Root.
"He sent for Koot.
"When that thrifty mechauic ap
peared before the magnate the latter
said: 'Koot, there are a lot of devices
which wo use and which I seo are pat
ented in your name. I wish you'd
just make them over to the company.'
"•Way?" asked Koot simply.
"•You worked them out and patent
cd them when in our employ, and of
course you kuow that the laws of the
state provide thut when an artisan
takes tho time for which an employer
pays him*to work outa patent the pat
ent belongs to the employer.'
'"Certainly; 1 know that's the law,'
replied Koot, in his most respectful
toue, "but here's your receipt, Mr.
Crocker, which shows that during the
time I was at work on those oatents I
was not in your employ. Sow, my
dear Mr. Crocker, you can have those
patents for just $25,000.'
"Crocker paid.
"From Root's connection with the
road be learned of the projected ex
tension out Haight street, put his $25,-
000 into lands along that highway, re
alized on them when tho boom came,
made enough to keep the wolf work
from his door, thus found time to per
fect a cablo system of his own, forced
them to take him into tho pool, and
is enjoying a rajah's income from it
now.
'•There's a man absolutely kicked
into a fortune."
He Couldn't Head:
A Portland man tells a good story
on Gen. Gibbon, the gallant comman
der of the department of the Colum
bia. The story runs, says the San
r rancisco vnu, mat lien, (ribbon ana
a party of friends were fishing in the
Tualatin, nbout eight miles from Gas
ton. The general was standing on a
rock in midstream when a farmer ap
peared on tho scene, rake in hand, and,
addressing him, said:
"Mister, you know that we don't
allow trespassing here." As he spoke
the farmer pointed to a placard read
ing that trespassing was prohibited.
"Very sorry, but I did not know it,"
responded Gen. Gibbin, trying to
maintain his equilibrium.
The cool auswer tired the farmer.
"Can't you read? Don't you see the
signs?" he roared.
"I can see the signs, but I can't
read. I had an idea that they went to
show that tile farm was for sale."
i his retort kuocked the farmer
speechless and he retired from the
field. His wife then came to see what she
could do with the hero of Gettysburg.
She began by giving him a scowl that
came near transfixing him to the rock
upon which he stood. Then she bawl
ed out:
"You had hotter go to school and
learn to read."
"Madame," replied the general very
politely, "I am most too old to learn
to read. I "
Ged. Gibbon never finished his sen
tence. If he did the remainder was
drowned in the roaring waters of the
Tualatin. He unfortunately lost his
balance and plunged head-foremost
into the cold stream. When he came
to the surface the first thing he saw
was a woman breaking her heart for
joy aud dancing a Comanche war
dance.
"That's good for you." she exclaim
ed exultantly. "Next time you will
learn to read. Hurrah!"
Aaron's Wedding Suit. "~
Parents are sometimes loath to re
linquish their parental authority, even
when their sons and daughters are
men and women, and ought to be learn
ing to think and act for themselves,
says the Youth's Companion. A tall,
awkward, and painfully diffident
young man of 21 or 22 years weutinto
a clothing store, accompanied by a
short, active, and keen-eyed little wo
man, whose self-possession was per
fect.
"Let us see some black suits of some
kiud, something not too high, not yit
so cheap as to bo good for nothing,"
said the woman to the clerk.
"Yes, ma'am. Is the suit for this
young man?"
"Yes, it's for him. 'Ve you any idea
'bout what you want in the way of a
suit, Aaron?"
"I'd like one of them shiny black
suits," replied Aaron meekly.
"Well, I don't know," said the
mother, with a shake of her head.
"I'm doubtful 'bout them wearin' well,
an' I believe I'd better git you a good
cassimere."
The clerk had led the way to a coun
ter piled high with inexpensive black
suits, and tne mother bogan: "How
do you like this, Aaron?"
i "I don't know."
"Well, look at it, boy, and see
whether you think you'd like it."
"I guess so."
"Do you like this one any better?"
"Don't know as I do."
"Well, I wan't you to make upyour
I mind now, and not go to wishin you'd
got something else as soon as you git
home."
The amusement of the clerk was in
creased when, after carefully examin
ing suit after suit without coming to a
decision, tho old lady said: "You may
show me something a loetle mitte bet
ter'n any of these. I wouldn't be so
pertickler, but it's his weddin' suit I'm
gettin' an I feel as though I'd like him
to look a little half-way decent on
sueh an occasion. D'you think you'd
be satislied to staud up in this one,
] Aaron?"
Losing a Big Fee.
Ex-Gov. Watts, the newly elected
presidont of the Albany State Bar as
sociation, is an Alabamian who has
helped make history as attorney-gen
eral of the confederacy and governor
of the state during tho war. He tells
some good stories on himself, says the
Birmingham (Ala.) Chronicle." He
and Col. John A. Elmore were the at
torncys for the southern Express com
pany against Agent Maroney at Mont
gomery, who stole an express package
containing $40,000 before the war.
They got retaining fees of SIOO each.
It was hard to obtain evidence until a
Pinkorton dotective got into Maroney's
confidence. Maroney agreed to give
I him the stolen money, except S4OO
which he had spent, for safe keeping.
On tho day of the trial the detective
walked into the court-room with Ma
roney's sachol containing the money.
Maroney wilted pleaded guilty, and
was sent to the penitentiary. The
next day Col. Sandford of the express
company called at the office of Watts
& Elmore to ascertain their fee. After
a consultation the governor says they
decided to ask $1,500 each.
"Fifteen hundred dollars!" repeated
Saudford.
"Yes, sir," replied the governor,
"but if you think it is too high we are
open for debate."
"Oh, no," replied Sandford. "I had
filled out and brought checks with me
for $2,500 each."
"And so," tho governor tells it, "our
modesty lost us just SI,OOO each."
The Conductor Made Hlin Happy.
He bad been going it very strong,
says the San Francisco Chronicle , and
be bad come out of the last spell with
vague hallucinations of a most un
pleasant kind, lie did not tell any
body, but be feared it might be true.
Wherever he went he always seemed
to have another man with him. He
dared not ask anybody, and he could
never feel quite s ire whether this was
the result of drinking or an actual
fact. He never spoke to this man who
was with him, but he felt he was
there. On the street, in the house,
everywhere, this fellow was by his
side. A hundred times he felt like
making a break to discover the truth.
It was gettiug serious when he stepped
into a car to go home. The man sat
doun beside him. He kept looking
down sideways at him, but he did not
want, if there was nobody there, to
give himself away to the other passen
gers. The conductor came along,
lie handed him a dime. The con
ductor. from force of habit, said as he
raised his bell-punch:
"Two, sirP"
Without a word the passenger arose
and threw his arms around the con
ductor 8 neck. The conductor does
not know to this day what his af
fectionate embrace meant.
By the Hoots.
Young husband/ "1 believe my hair
is gottiug thin. What is good to bring
out the hair?" Old husband: "Get a
sectiid wife." " 1
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 uj> to
$7.00 per pair. Dry goods : We have our cloths in now; come
and get samples and compare the prices with Hazieton. A full
line of hats and caps. Muffs for ladies and children. Carpets
? bk cloths : W e have Hemp for 18c, Ray for 30c and Brussels
for o.ic and up. Furniture and beddings: Have a good bedstead,
only $2.50; a royal plush lounge, $(5.00; 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, .0c 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.
We Invite You to Call and Inspect Our New Store.
GOOD MATERIAL! LOW PRICES!
HTTGH: MAT,T,N^R J
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 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 invito the people of Freelund and vieinity
to call and examine our large and handsome
stock. Don't forget the place.
Next Door to the Valley Hotel.
WIT AND HUMOR.
Beating a retreat—jumping a board
bill at a summer resort.— Puck.
An Electric spark—Making love by
telegraph.— Washington Capital.
A towering passion often leads to
monumental wo.—Boston Gazette.
Old Sol—"So you have been say
ing there are spots on me, have you?"
—Life.
She—"What's the matterP You look
flushed." He—"l'm hot! Just got
my ice-bill!" Life.
The peace problem of Europe—"l
wonder if the other fellow's gun is
really loadedP"— Puck.
How much sooner it gets too dark
to saw wood than it does to play lawn
tennis.— Atchison Globe.
You don't look for motes in the eye
of your summer girl; you look for the
beams.— Lawrence American.
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip, but the mustache never
fails to got into the soup.— Puck.
When a vessel hugs the shore what
followsP Why, a little smack on the
beach, to bo sure.— Baltimore Ameri
can.
"Yes, I am the victim of a maiden's
sighs," said a young man who married
a 180-pound beauty.— Kearney Enter
prise.
Mrs. Hardcastle looking up from
the comic weekly—"Mr. Phunnyman's
jokes are better nowadays." " Hard
castle -"Yes; his wife's down at the
shore."— Philadelphia Inquirer.
Christianity and soap go hand in
hand, says a manufacturer of the
cleansing article. Just present a friend
with a cake of soap and see whether
they do or not— Boston Courier.
"What are the wild waves saying,
•later, the whole day long?" They are
doubtleaa telling somo other sister to
wear more modest bathing dresses for
exhibition bathing.— New Orleans Pic
ayune.
Jones—l say, Smith, what's the mat
ter with Brown? He limps as badly
as if he had smashed all his toes.
Smith—He's breaking in a new pair of
the pain less-fitting shoes.— Philadelphia
Inquirer.
The wise youno man copies his fer
vent love letters before ho sends them
to his darling. Then by simply chang
ing the mimes he can make them do
for several successive gills. Somcr
villt Journal.
"All your show cases are upright
ones, I sec," said a customer to a
Broadway storekeeper. "Yes, sir,'
was the proud reply; "we aim at con
sistent rectitude all through the estab
lishment."— New York Sun.
J. J. POWERS
has opened a
MERCHANT TAILOR'S ami
GENTS' FURNISHING
ESTABLISHMENT
at 110 Centre street, Freeland, and is not in
partnership with any other establishment but
his own, and attends to his business personally.
Ladies' 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
SEED.
Zemany's Block, 15 East Main Street, Freeland.
PATENTS
Caveats and lie-issues secured, Trade-Marks
registered, and all ether patent causes in the
Patent Olllce and before tne Courts promptly
and carefully prosecuted.
Upon receipt of nuslel or sketch of invention,
I make careful examination, and advise as to
patentability free of charge.
With my offices directly across from the Patent
Office, ana being in personal 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.
FEES MODERATE, and exclusive attention
given to patent tnlsiness. Information, advice
and special references sent on request.
J. It. LITTKLt,
Solicitor and Attorney in Patent Causes,
Wuslilngton, I>. C.,
(Mention this paper) Opposite U.S.Putont Office.
Peoplo who ntako most fuss at the
watering-placo hotels are mostly snobs.
After a man has been married a few
years he never dodges when his wife
throws anything at him. — Lawrence
American.
He—"What would you do if I were
to offer you a kiss?" She—"See if my
little brothor is uudor the sofa."—Bos
ton Herald.
It is easy enough toshut the saloons;
but thore seems to be no effectual way
of closing tliu drunkards.— New Orleans
Picayune.
Flattery merely consists of having
one's secret opinion of one's self ex
pressed in the language of others.—
Troy Times.
The difference between ryo whisky
and chloroform is thnt one makes a
man stagger and the other makes him
limp.— Puck.
Usher (in Hados, announcing)—An
association umpire. His Satanic Maj
esty—O, well, let him go; ho got his
on earth.— Life.
The claycators are never satisfied
with any hotel fare, no matter how
good it is. They want the earth.—
New Orleans Picayune.
The world may owe you a living,
young man, but the accouut caunot he
turued over to an attoruey for collec
tion.—Jamestown News.
"Popularity is evanescent." says a
philosopher. It is indeed. Just see
how quickly the popular subscription
dies out.— Boston Courier.
St. Peter—l do not recognize you.
What is that bundle under your armP
Mortal—Only the earth. 1 . St.
Peter—Walk right in, Mr. Gould!—
Life.
"I hear that Harry has left his wife.
What was the matter, I wonder?
Couldn't he support her? "No; she
was insupportable." Boston Tran
script.
Mr. Phunnyman—Why does a widow
become sucli au object of interest?
Mrs. Phiinuyman—Because she is left a
loan." Mr. I*.—That's capital!— Phil
adelphia Press.
Briggs—Young Smitliers seems to
be quite a favorite in society. Braggs
—Yes; lie has the knack of saying in
delicato things iu a delicate way.—
2'erre Haute Express.
Accepted suitor —"Won't you find it
awkward when you meet your other
two husbauds in lieaveu?" Interest
ing widow —"X do not expect to moet
either of them there."— Life.
When the young woman with the
gored dress falls iu lovewitli the young
man with the gourd head it's another
example of tho eternal fitness of
things.— Terre Haute Express,