THE OLD FARMER"B A LMANAVA
Now, Banner, 'tain't no um to tell what ,
them newspapers §ay
About the storms and winds and Hoods
that's comin' right owuv,
The cold waves that they harp about that's
brewin' in the west,
An' movin' east bout just so fast. 1 hain't
no confidence
In anything: of thut ere kind; it n the new
fangled w ay
Of rannin'tilings, nsirthe Lord Be wouldn't 1
hev' His say
About the weather any more. I ain't so
tarnnl green
As t' be tuk in by weather that's ground out
of a machine!
An' I look where I'll find it straight, for
snow, an' raih, an' hail,
In the good old Farmer's Almanac, that
hangs thereon the nail.
Them Proberbilities don't count; I want to
know- for sure
An sartin. when the winter'll come, the reaj,
Simon pure!
The kind of weather that we hod so plenty !
in my day,
When sleighin' in November come, an' some
times held till May!
In them times, Hanner, blizzards wuz a
thing we didn't know;
A snowstorm wuz u snowstorm, and a high
wind wuz a bow;
An' when it cleared away we didn't hat rer up
our souls
A-worryiu* about the storm that wuz liatch
iii * ut the Poles;
An' when we wanted weather new?, 'boil*
which there wuz no tail,
We looked in the old Almanac, that hung
there on the nail.
We trusted some to signs,you know, as how '
the wihl geese flew
A-goin' south, an' how the husks upon the
field corn grew,
An how the beavers built their dums.
whether they's high or low,
An' if the breast hone of the goose wuz
white. look out for snow;
But when my mother wanted for to set a j
bro.odv hen
She'd have to huve the signs all right for a
good hatch; an' when
My father wanted to find out if there'd be a
rainy May,
So's hecou'd raise his ealves, an' know he'd
have a crop of hay,
Bhy then they looked where weather calcu-!
lations did not fail,
In the old Farmer's Almanac, that lrnng
there on the nail.
The calendars may be all right for them as 1
thinks 'em so,
But they don't tell the farmer when his j
grass is fit to mow.
I like to know about the time the new moon
will be here,
An about the expected tantrums of the
planets through the year,
An' what time the 'clipses visible will be
along this way,
An if there 11 be some thunder-showers
about camp-rueetiif day.
I like to see the picters thut I've seen for !
many a year;
They bring me buck to youth again—an'
though some may think 'tis queer,
Them jokes in the last part is never old or
flat or stale,
In the old Farmer's Almanac, that hangs
there on the nail.
So, Banner, Hain't 110 use to try to beat it
into me,
Thut them "forecasts" in the newspapers
that every day wc see.
Is of any sort of consequence; why, there
bain t no kind of doubt
But what amun that undertakes to plan the
weather out
Must know the heavenly bodies, an' conjunc
tions, just as 1
Know all my cows an'horses, an' pigs that's
. in the sty!
He can't trust to them thermometers with
Aggers sot by rule,
Like the sums upon the blackboard w hen 1
went to decsti ict school.
An' when I want to know about the rain,
oil' snow, an' hail,
I'll look in tlio Farmer's Almanac, that
hangs there on the nail.
[Clara Augusta, in New England Magazine.
AN EASTER BONNET.
''The prettiest girl I ever saw in my
life 1" said Colonel Mnytield. .Just look
at her now, standing under the leaves of
that Illinium -tree, in the pale-green
dress, with the - silver threads running
through it, and the light shining on her j
hair! I only wish 1 was twenty years
younger, wouldn't I enter ihe lists I
against any dozen of you young men for
such a prize as thut!"
Mrs. Vanueck's "murdi-grus hall"
was in full tide. Hanks of palms ami
orange trees tilled up the angles of the
room, giant ferns waved their graceful
leaves aiotig the staircase, and gold
plumed acacias concealed the band
whose music thrilled the dancers' feet.
And Harold Ifartwick, looking across
the brilliant room to where Miss Kvorly ;
stood, could not but acknowledge the
justice of the colonel's remark.
"Yes," he said, quietly," -'she j s vcrv
lovely."
"And as good as she is pretty, I'll be j
bound criuil the old gentleman.
"Come. Harry, you've got to settle in i
life some time. Why not now ? Where
will you find a sweeter girl ? Ami an
heiress, too, I'm told, into the bargain:*
"That's the very trouble," said Hart
wick, shrugging his shoulders.
"Eh?"
"Theseheiresses--these ball-room belli
what sort of wives do they make
irst rate,' said the colonel, brisk Iv.
"Your own dear mother, Ham, was the .
best walt/.er of the year she came .ut
And you yourself know what a woman 1
she is."
"My mother is an exception to the'
world in general."
"That's what all young men think.!
Come, I'm a regular old fortune teller!
and I can read Ethel Evcrly's nature in !
those velvet-blue eves of hers. Any man
who wins her will win a treasure. Don't
boa laggard, Harry! Don't let any one 1
else carry off the prize, while vou stand
doubtingly."
Hut, to the colonel's infinite disinav. '
Harold Haitwh k asked Gratia Fielding
to dunce the next gcrman with him.
"That Fielding girl," said Colonel
May tie Id—Great Ciesnr! what are our
young men thinking about?"
Pretty Ethel Kvcrly went homo with a
heavy heart, after all her ball-room
triumphs. Harold Hartwick had not
danced with her once!
" What a fool 1 am to cure for a man
who evidently wastes very little thought
on me!" said Ethel,unclasping the pearl
ornaments from her round, white throat.
"Oh, dear, oh, dear! I'm quite ready
for Ash Wednesday now. I don't care
if I never go to another ball!"
While little Gratia Fielding's heart
was correspondingly elated!
"If I could only dress like that rich
I Miss Everly," thought she. "I might
! have some chance. Mamma must give
up the idea of her new black silk dress,
i 1 must have a stylish outfit for Easter.
| And I dare say Jenny can get aloug witb
i her old hat retrimmed. Ido need thos<
i bracelets, and I am positively afraid tc
i let napa know how much Mrs. Needle
I ford's dressmaking bill is in arrears. OQI
can't go into society without spending
money, and it's a life-and death business
with me."
Gratia Fielding was the family beauty
!—a selfish, smiling little fairy, who ig
nored everybody's rights but her own,
and kept her two sisters hopelessly
shabby to indulge her own passion foi
dress.
"I wonder," said Gratia, as the sofl
spring days crept on, ''what I shall hav<
1 for an Easter bonnet this year?"
j Mrs. Fielding looked alarmed.
" Isn't that new one with the white
s lilacs good enough?" said she. "Papa's
salary, you know—"
j "Gb, don't lecture mc any more!'
; said Gratia, petuautly. "Economize—
'economize! I am perfectly sick of the
j word. Of course I must have something
entirely new for Piaster. Nobody wears
| their old things."
"Except Jenny and Louise and--my
self 1" said Mrs. Fielding, bitterly.
I "Oh, but that don't signify, you
; know," declared heartless Gratia. "You
arc old, and Jenny has uo good looks of
J any consequence, and Lou is only a
schoolgirl. lam the one to be thought
of now. And a new bonnet I must have.
None of your home-made affairs, either
—a real Piris affair. Easter wouldn't
be Easter without a new bonnet. But
Lally Yigaroux says I musn't purchase
until the very Inst moment if I wish to
get a bargain. The milliners arc so stiff
in their prices at this time of year!"
And so. the very week the church
bells were ringing, and the florists' win
dows were abloom with white lily-cups
and snowy rosebuds, Gratia Fielding
scoured the fashionable thoroughfares of
New York for a bonnet that should
awaken the envy of all her friends.
"This is the very one I want," said
she, in Mudutn Plumcjeau's fashionable
atelier. "It's so simple, and yet so ele- i
gant. Oh, madam—"
"It is an order," said madam, com !
placently alteriug its position on the l
standard. " Miss Evcrly's own taste. |
White rosebuds aud fern leaves, and
hand-made Honiton lace in the regular j
Bermuda lily pattern. The lace alone
gives it a style that nothing else can ap
proach. It was made by one of our
young women—Estelle Dupont."
"You'll duplicate it for me, madam?"
coaxed Gratia. "Oh, I must have it!"
"Duplicate it? Certainly not," said
Madam Plumejcau, slightly drawing her- ,
self up. "Itis 4o be sent home to- j
night. We never duplicate."
Gratia's eyes fairly gloated over the
lovely creation.
She was no contemptible milliner her
self. The simple straw, the buds, the
leaves, she could manage, she thought;
but the exquisite Honiton lace—that was
the problem!
As she sauntered out, she incidently
asked one of the smart young women
behind the counter for Mi.vs Dupont's |
address.
" But it's no use," suid Miss Martin, as
she wrote out the direction. " She's at
tending upon a sick mother. She won't
take iu any work."
" But she shall!" said Gratia Fielding,
to herself, "or I will know the reason
why."
She went directly to No. 40 Falcon
Court, a dingy neighborhood, full of
dismal red-brick houses and piteous, lit
tle stores, when- nobody ever seemed to
come, and inquired her way to Miss
Dupont's room.
"I have come from Madam Plume
jeau," said she. "She wants you to
I make mc a piece of lioniton lace, in the
Bermuda lily pattern, exactly like Miss
; Evcrly's new bonnet, and to trim one
i precisely like hers."
Estelle Dupont, a pallid, slender, old
voung woman, shrank back.
" It is quite impossible," said she.
"But I must have it!" persisted
! Gratia.
Estelle pointed to the bed, where lay
< a yellow-faced little Frenchwoman, with
| large, fever-bright eyes, her head inov
| iug restlessly to and fro.
I "That makes no difference," said
Gratia. "You can be working while
you sit at her bedside."
j "A piece of pillow lace like that de-
I mantis time, mademoiselle," pleaded
J poor Estelle.
' "Well, you've got time enough. I
could do it myself if I only had the
knack. There are two days and three
nights yet. And if you don't choose to
oblige mc, why, there's an end of your
engagement with Madame Plumeje&u." j
Which was a considerable stretching !
of facts; but Gratia knew that a power- i
fill lever was needed to attain her object, I
and did not stick at a lie.
Poor Estelle wrung her hands. Madam
Plume jeau had already advanced three '
weeks' salary to her ; she was by far too '
autocratic a personage to be disobliged,
and yet the dying mother, who would
scarcely be content unless Estelle's hand
was in hers all the time
"If you could only wait a few days, 1
mademoiselle!" she pleaded, piteously.
"Wait, indeed! when it is for an;
Easter bonnet!" cried Gratia, irnpu '
tiontlv. "llow unreasonable you work- !
ing people arc! No, I must have it on j
Sunday morning without fail—and it
niut be an exact duplicate of Miss I
Evcrly's. I want to look my very best
on Sunday morning, and I want to see ;
how amazed that haughty heiress will be
when she sees nic wearing the very copv |
of her exclusive Paris i ca. You will ;
promise it to me ! You must promise
it !"
"If I can possibly get it done!"
"But you must!" repeated Gratia,
with a little stamp of the foot, "or lose
your place at Madam Plutnejcau's. Do
you understand?
"I think," she exultantly told herself,
as she went down the narrow wooden
stairs, "that I've got the screws on her
at last. That idea of losing her place |
seems to terrify her out of her senses, |
and thanks to that sick woman, she can't
have any opportunity of interviewing the |
Plumejcau before Easter."
But life's strands are braided together
wtth an exactness th.it defies all estimate;
and it chanced that the very next visitor
to old Madam Dupont's sick room was
—Ethel Everly herself.
She came on Saturday afternoon, with j
a bunch of spice-sweet lilies in her i
hand
"How is Annette?" said she—for
Madam Dupont had once been her
mother's maid. "Why. Estelle, what arc
you doing ? Not at work—with your |
mother so dreadfully ill ?"
Estelle looked up from the lac.c pillow j
with dim, tear swollen eyes.
'Mademoiselle will excuse my rising,"
said she. "Its an order that must be i
done, or I lose my place."
Miss Everly looked at her a minute,
then she drew tlie lace j. illow away with '
gentle but despotic hands.
" Estelle," said she, "you are commit
ting suicide. Besides your mother needs
you. What does all this mean ? I insist
upon knowing '."
The French girl told the whole story,
I and showed Miss Fielding's card.
"This is where it is to be sent," said
I she. "She wants it to be an exact j
1 duplicate of yours."
I "Indeed?" Ethel shrugged hei
• j shoulders. "It shall be better thnD
I that. It shall be the bonnet itself. 1
• will send it around to Miss Fielding. 1
would just as soon wear some othei
bonnet. One has something else to think
i of on Easter morning than a new bonnet.
Put up } our work, Estelle; your nijthci
needs you, beyond all other duty. I
will make it right with Madam Plume
jeau!"
Gratia Fielding wore the beautiful
bonnet to church on Easter—the bonnet
for which, as we may as well mention,
she had no idea at all of paying—and
secretly exulted to see that Miss Everly
I had on a pretty little confection of white
and violets, that she hud actually worn
three consecutive Sundays before.
I "If I were an heiress, I should do very
differently!" thought she, contempt
j uously.
But the next day Colonel Mayfield
called on his young friend, Harold Hart
wick.
I "Harry," said he, "I happen to own
J a tenement house in Falcon Court. I
was there to day. A poor old French
| woman has just died in the house, and
! Ethel Everly was there, watching over
| her, like an angel of mercy. The
daughter, an overworked young railli
| ner, told me the prettiest of stories—
j how Miss Everly had even sacrificed the
i glories of a new Easter bonnet to secure
: Estelle's time and strength for the sick
bed.
"And that, you know," he added,
with a satirical smile, "is a great deal
for a young woman to do. And who do
you suppose the merciless fine lady was
who would have kept a fellow-creature
from her mother's death bed to feed her
own silly vanity? None other than Miss
Gratia Fielding!"
It seemed as if the very stars in their
courses fought against Gratia.
Madam Plume jeau herself somehow
heard of the story, and hastened to bear
indignant witness against the part that
had been so unjustly ascribed to her—
and old Mrs. llartwick came to sec poor
Estelle in her trouble.
For Mrs. llartwick wasoueof madam's
best customers, and had never trusted
any one but Estelle to make up her
Quakerish little bonnets for her.
"Harry," said Mrs. llartwick, to her
son, as he came into her drawing-room
that evening, "does Miss Everly care
for you—especially, I mean."
"What a strange question, mother!"
he answered, evasively. " What makes
you think of it ?"
"If I thought she did care for me,
mother—"
Mrs. Halt wick laid her hand tenderly
on Harold's arm
"Go and ask her yourself, llprold,"
said she. " Were you a prince of the
realm, you could win no sweeter wife."
And Harold llartwick, being an
obedient son, did as he was told ; and
so the young people became engaged.
No bill was ever sent in for the pretty
piece of Honiton lace and the white
rosebuds that Gra*ia Fielding wore on
that Easter morning; and yet she knew
in her sacred heart that it was the
dearest bargain she had ever made.
| "I wish I never had seen the horrid
| thing!" said she. "It has brought
i me nothing but ill luek from beginning
to end!"
Big Ship With a Big Belt.
I l'p to the recent launching of the
British battle ship ltoyal Sovereign, the
l Italians had possessed the largest war
ships, the Italia and her mates, each
I being credited with a displacement of
13,900 gross tons. The latest addition
to the British line has a displacement
estimated at 14,150 tons, thus slightly
outweighing the rival craft. A radical
I difference exists, however, in the theory
| of construction, the British ship having
a protective belt of armor, with steel
face and iron back on the compound
system, the same with a maximum thick
ness of eighteen inches, while the big
craft of the Italian fleet have not any
i outside protection. At the first blush,
i it would appear that, in point of endur
! ance, the odds would be largely with
' the British ship, but first-class naval
authorities arc not by any means agreed
! that side armor is efficacious, for since
J even the six-inch rifle at short range
J can pierce the heaviest armor that can
be floated, there is a likelihood that
shells will break through and explode,
unshipping the guns and demoralizing
the crew, while in the case of unpro
tected sides it is likely to cut its way clear
through the ship and explode harmless
ly in the water.—[Scientific American.
"Friendship Tablecloths."
The idea of a "friendship tablecloth"
comes from England. Such a cloth is a
small affair used at five-o'clock teas.
The centre of ecru linen is encircled by
a broad border of linen canvas. On this
canvas ground various friends of the
owner are asked to embroider their in
itials in silk, crewels or cottons, as suits
their fancy, interlacing the letters or
making them separate. The result is a
sort of harlequin effect in coloring and
style, which, like a well-made crazy
rpiilt, has some pleasant surprises in
color. But do not imagine this is all
"'#it and miss" work ; nothing in needle
work requires the exercise of good taste
more than a well-made piece of crazy
work; so each person who embroiders
her initials on this rather foolish
"friendship tablecloth" must choose her
colors and the style of her monogram or
initials so as to make it appear at the
best advantage and produce a hafmonious
whole.—[ New York Tribune.
Pineapple Culture.
The cultivation of the pineapple is at
tracting much attention in Florida and
experiments made arc proving very pro
fitable. A correspondent of the Florida
Dispatch from Indian Kiver writes that
he has altogether about forty five acres,
twenty-five of which are fruiting. He
says: "I received in round numbers
$1,400 for the apples off two acres and
sold off the same land S3OO in plants;
and the prospect is as good for this year
as last, if not better. Some of my plants
arc very old and they do not make much
fruit, not more than S2OO to $250 per
acre. So with me they net from S2OO to
S7OO per acre." It is belieVed by some
who are familiar with this industry that
it can be carried on just as successfully
in the warmer portions of this Slate as
in Florida.
A PRACTICAL JOKE.
Tramp—You gave me a counterfeit $5
bill a few moments ago.
Practical Joker—He! he! he! ho! ho!
Found it out. eh!
"Yes, sir: and, on my information, an.
officer is now looking for you. Gim'me
| $5 in good money and I'll throw 'em off
I the track. Thanks. Ta, ta!"—[Good
I NCWB.
HOW THEY MARRY.
PHASES OF LIFE AMONG THE
BOERS OF AFRICA.
Engagements Dangerously Eav—
The Way Boer Ladies Press—The
Ostrich Industry—Hunting Lions.
You have, of course, never seen a
young Boer of South Africa when he
goes wooing, but he cuts quite a con
spicuous figure. Custom demands that
he rig himself out in a particular cos
tume when lie goes upon a courting
expedition, llis costume consists of a
neat-fitting pair of corduroy breeches,
fine, black cloth coat and vest, display
ing an immense expanse of frilled shirt
front, a nice pair of gaiters covers
his feet, and an immensely large hat
with high pointed crown, rests firmly set
on his head. He must mount a black
horse, using a brand new saddle. Ar
riving at the house where he expects
to make a conquest, he is cordially
invited in, where he joins in conversa
tion on current topics with the rest of
the household until bedtime, wheu all
retire to rest excepting young Adonis
and his inamorata. The former being
supplied with a pipe and an abundance
of tobacco, the two are conducted to an
apartment by themselves. Hgye they sit
as far apart as possible and silently con
template each other. Meanwhile Adonis
fills the room with clouds of smoke from
his pipe. After a lapse of several hours
spent in this manner the wooer takes
courage and says: "Gretchen, gy wetek
hevt gy bynje leif"—(Margaret, you
know I love you dearly)—and she replies
with a simple 4i Ya." Another spell of
silence, until toward morning he asks
the momentous question: "Gretchen,
will gy mcin vrouw warden?" (Mar
garet, will you be my wife?) The answer
is again "Ya." Nothing more is said
until the family assembles for breakfast,
when the preliminaries are settled and
the wedding day set. Bather too
platonic away of courting, I fancy, to
suit the tastes of youug America.
The Boers do not have long engage
ments. They last three months at the
most, during which time the young
couple may be seen walking in public
hand in hand or riding together. The
Boer ladies are great horsewomen, using
a man's saddle on which they sit side
ways (if in a country, they assume a
man's position 011 the horse), balancing
themselves with perfect ease and grace.
The wedding is a sccue of rejoicing and
genuine festivities. The ceremony is
lirst performed at the magistrate's office,
and then at the church follows the re
ligious exercises in the presence of a few
friends. After church the party adjourns
to the house of the bride's father, ap
proaching which may bo seen, in addition
to the church party, a long line of carts
and men 011 horseback, galloping and
tearing along in wild disorder, singing,
drinking and playing musical instru
ments, everybody being more or less
under the influence of intoxicants. Ar
riving at the house, feasting, drinking
and dancing are indulged iu until the
morning sun breaks in, revealing and
dispersing a motley group of haggard,
weary and headachy revelers. The Boers
are, as a rule, good dancers. Besides a
variety of square aud round dances they
excel in step dancing, the Irish jigs and
sailors' hornpipe being favorites.
The ladies are handsome, tall and
of good figure ; inclined, however,
towards corpulency at middle age.
Blue eyes and light hair predom
inate. Feet and hands arc large.
The ladies' dress is a fantastic style. A
Boer young lady considers a dress of five
or six colors, a headgear in which are
blended the most startling contrasts —
green, yellow, red, brown, etc.—with a
handkerchief to match, tied over the
face to serve as a veil, de rigucur. The
cliruate being always moderate, they
dress in lignt garments and seldom wear
stockings. A Boer young lady is u flirt.
Many are the simple blandishments she
uses to bring her beau to her feet. A
very slight marked attention on his part
may be construed into something far
more serious that he intended, and the
unlucky swuin may have a big brother
or cousin to settle with before he is
aware. Your correspondent once, at a
dancing party, showed some attention
to a young lady—a 200-poundcr, but a
splendid dancer—by dancing with her
above the average times usually allotted
to mere friends. After that she entirely
appropriated him, until lete in the even
ing, wishing to escape her, he made his
way out of the house and lay down in
one of the wagons. Being somewhat
fatigued he fell asleep. However, the
fair damsel was not to be outdone or so
easily eluded, and on waking up he found
her seated on the wagon quietly waiting
his awaking. Not being inclined to
enter into the holy stale of matrimony
at that time and wishing to avoid any
trouble, he discovered that a trip to an
other part of the country would be very
beneficial to his health. [Atlanta Con
stitution.
Depression of Agriculture.
The working force in the United States
is about twenty-three millions, with ion
millions engaged in agriculture; with
sixteen billions capital invested. I think
it would be safe to say, maintains C. W.
Carpenter, that the profits hardly pay
for the labor, leaving nothing for the
use of the land, for keeping up the
buildings, fences, machinery, teams,
taxes, insurance, etc.
From 1870 to 1875 the average value
of tiu acre of wheat was $111.00; corn in
1870 $15.54, in 1881) $7.03; wheat in
1880 $7.03. while the acre value of the
oat crop has dropped in twenty years
from $12.78 to $7.24. The average
yield in bushels has varied but a trifle.
Is the depression from scarcity of money,
high freights, gambling or overpro
duction ?
For the last twenty years the popula
tion has increased sixty-six per cent.,
while the grain crops, in fact, nearly all
farm crops, have increased, on the aver
age, over one hundred per cent.; thus
production has outstripped population
from thirty-live to forty per cent. Like
wise, we And a decline in values from
thirty-five to forty per cent.,not including
the short crops of 1830. It is plain, if we
could cut down production thirty-flvc or
forty per cent., we should get as g< o 1
prices as we did from 1870 to 1875, when
a small sujplus was raised, which was
readily taken by tlie foreign demand.
Our surplus lias been crowded onto
foreign markets, depressing prices all
over the world. Why this overproduc
tion ?
A great many farmers arc deeply in
volved in debt; every nerve is strained
to produce niouey crops to live, pay
taxes and high interest, with the ulti
mate hope of lifting the mortgage;
while those who are not in debt, are
forced into increased production by low
prices, in order to keep out of debt and
keep their heads above water. The
harder they work, the more they pro
duce, and the less they get. It is like
struggling in a mire of quicksand; the
more you struggle the deeper you get.
The way out 1 cannot see.-— [Farm and
Fireside.
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Broadway,
LIBOR WINTER,
RESTAURANT,
OYSTER SALOON,
No. 13 Front Street, Froeland, PH.
The finest Liquors and Cigars served at
couuter. Cool lieer always ou tap.
~ YOU YsfilKT I
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jj iaie WANT 7 to SELL you ONE, j
STADERMAN.
U SUPKltlOll CONSTRUCTION 1!
[I STYLE ANI) FINISH.
[AGENTS WANTED EZS&X:
Iff wo will offer special. inducements
direct to purchasers.
FIRST-CLASS YET MODERATE PRICED.
Send for Circular aud Prices.
STADERMANh FOX, BPFFALO, N. Y,
S. RUDEWICK,
Wholesale Dealer In
Imported Brandy, Wine
And All Kinds Of
LIQUORS.
THE BIST
Beer,
Fcrt&r,
_A.rrd.
Brown Stcu.t.
Foreign and Domestic.
Cigars Kept 011 Hand.
S. RUDEWICK,
SOUTH HEBERTON.
Tho Most SuccoHHful Remedy everdlscov
ared, as it Is certain In its effects und does not
blister. Read proof below:
KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE.
BELVBUNOX, Pa., Nov. 27, *9O.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO. :
Gents-1 would like to mnke known to those who
nre u I most persuaded to use Kendall's Spavin Cure
the fuet that I think it. Is a most excellent Liniment.
I have used It on a Blood Spavin. The horse went on
three logs for three years when 1 commenced to
use your Kendall's Spavin Cure. I used ten hot |
ties on the horse ana have worked him for three
yeura since and has not been lame. __
Yours truly, WM. A. CURL.
GERMANTOWX, N. Y., Nov. 2,1889.
DR. 1). J. KENDALL CO..
Etiosburgh Falls, Vt.
Gents: In praise of Kendall's Spavin Cure I will
say. t hut a year ago I had u valuable young horse lie
come very lame, hock enlarged and swollen. Tho
horsemen about here (we have no Veterinary Sur
geon here) pronounced his lameness Blood Spavin
or Thorouglipln, they all told mo there was no
cure for if, he hecame about useless,and 1 con
3ldcred him almost worthless. A friend told me of
the merlt9 of yoar Kendall's Spuvln Cure, so I
bought a bottle, and I could nee very plainly great,
improvements immediately from Its use,and beforo
the bottle was used up I wns satisfied that It was
doing him a great deal of good. I bought a second
bottle and itefore It was used up my horse was
cured and has been In the team doing heavy work
alt the season since last April, showing no more
signs of It. I consider your Kendall's Spavin Cure
a valuable medicine, and It should be In every
stable iu the land. Respectfully yours,
EUGENE D F.WITT.
Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for All drug
gists have It or can get it for you, or It will be sent
to any address on receipt of price by the proprie
tors. I>H. 11. J. KENDALL CO.,
Knosbu t'gli Fallc. Vermont.
SOI.U BY ALL DIUUOISTS.
PETER TIMONY,
BOTTLER,
And Dealer in all kinds of
Liquors, Beer and Porter,
Temperance Drinks,
Etc., Etc.
Geo.Ringler&Co.'s
Celebrated LAGEIt BEER put
in Patent Sealed Bottles here
on the premises. Goods de
livered in any quantity, and to
any part of the country.
FREELAND BOTTLING WORKS,
Cor. Centre and Carbon Sts., Freeland.
(Near Lehigh Valley Depot.)
JERSEY
GALVANIZED STEEL
F/mri IdWN
1S JUS", , gg \ ' ;
THE THING '
where n I.ABTINO, &J
--PEIIIOa fence U deVrod.
U OUN \AIKNT Vl*, does not t.mrrnl yvl
be. nil. Delie- wind, time, un.l water.
All Intending Purehu?ierH
übmild gel our (Ifiwtrnted pr|>* list, showing
the superior twist and weave. UIMI othe*
point-, of merit. -Apply to your ilealur, ui
Tim Few Jersey Wire Cloth Co., 'TT'
H. M. BRISLIN,
UNDERTAKER
EMBALMER.
Also dealer In
FURNITURE
of every description*
Centre Street, above Luzerne, Freeland.
W OOiIISQ
WUnsfldcArVu.
Sure, Safe ami Speedy. Thin medi
cine ill remove Worms, Dead or Alive,
from Horses ami Cattle. Will purify
the Hlood, correct and tone up the
stomach, and strengthen the Nerves.
DR. EMERSON'S "DEAD SHOT"
for Worms in Horses. Is the heal general
Condition Powder in use. Dun-: One
tablespoonfui. Directions with each
box Sold by nil Druggists, or scut by
mail upon receipt of liltv cents.
Chas. B. Smith.^VsllTN^Vw.N'j 4
A. RUDEWIGK,
GENERAL STORE.
SOUTH HEBEKTON, PA.
Clothing. Groceries. Etc., Etc.
Agent for (he 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.
I "Nothing \
\ Succeeds & \
I Like v !
! SUCCESS" I
I ..t„ *. soap. I
■ HOUSE KEEPING A SUCCESS. -
ABSOLUTELY PURE \
; HI6H GRADE LAUNDRY SOAP. ;
BUY 5
A soap free from lmpur* 2
ity. that will not Injure
hands or fabric, and that la 5
in every way a proven *
I SUCCESS. |
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO THE TRADE. S
R. H. MEAGLEY'S SONS, F
BINGHAMTON, NfY." •
YOU ARE INVITED
To call and inspect our im
mense stock of
DRY" GOODS,
Groceries, Provisions,
FURNITURE, Etc.
Our store is full of the new
est assortment. The prices are
the lowest. All are invited to
see our goods and all will be
pleased.
J. P. McDonald,
B.W. Corner Centre and South Sta., FreeiitcC.
FERRY & CHRISTY,
dealers In
Stationary, School Books,
Periodicals, Son# Hooka, Musical
Instruments,
CIGARS and TOBACCO,
SFOIRTUfcTCa- GOODS
Window Fixtures and Shades, Mirrors,
Pictures and Frames made to order.
Pictures enlarged and Framed.
Crayon Work a Specialty.
41 Centre Street. Quinn'a Building:
MUMPER
IOVEETISIIRsmSSSH
the nuine ol every newspaper published, hav
ing a circulation rating in the American News
nuper Directory of more than £3,000 copies each
issue, with the cost per line tor advertising in
them. A list of the best papers of local circula
tion, in every city and town of more than MM*
population with prices by the inch for om
month. Special lists of daily, country, villagi
and cla<s papers. Hainan: ,tiers ,>1 vhliihi
small udvertisers or those wishing to experi
ment judiciously with a small amount of money.
Shows conclusively "how to get the most ser
vice for the money," etc., etc. Scut post paid
to any address for HO cents. Address. GEO. P.
HOWLI.I. \ Co., Publishers and Denerul Adver
tising Agents, 10 Spruce Street, New York city.
JGT C. D. ROHRBACH,
—Dealer ia—
Hardware, Paints, Varnish,
Oil, Wall Paper, Mining
Tools and mining Sup
plies of all kinds,
Lamps, Globes, Tinware, Etc.
Having purchased the stock
of Wm. J. Eekert and added a
considerable amount to the
present stock 1 am prepared to
sell at prices that defy compe
tition.
Don't forget to try my special
brand of MINING OIL.
Centre Street, Freeland Pa.
E. M. GERITZ,
151 veurs in (icrmany and America, opposite
the < Vulval Hotel, Centre Street, Freelucd. The
Cheapest Repairing Sto' i in town.
Watches. Clocks and Jewelry.
New Watches, Clocks and
Jewelry on hand for the Holi.
days; the lowest cash price in
town. Jewelry repaired in
short notice. All Watch Re
pairing guaranteed for one
year.
Eight Day Clocks from *3.00
to *13.00; New Watches from
*4.00 up.
E. M. GERITZ,
OM losite Central Hotel. Centre St., Freeland.
GO TO
Fisher Bros.
Livery Stable
FOU
FIRST-CLASS TURNOUTS
At Short Notice, tor Weddings, Parties und
Funerals. Front Street, two squares
below Freeland Opera House.
D. O'DONNELL,
Dealer ia
—GENERAL—
MERCHANDISE,
Groceries. Provisions. Tea.
Coffee. Queensware,
Glassware. &c.
FLOUR, FEED. HaY, Etc.
We invito the people of Freeland and vicinity
to call und cxuininc our large and handsome
stock. Don't forget the place.
Opposite the Valley Hotel.
The undersigned has been appoint
ed agent for the sale of G. B. Markle
& Co.'s
Highland Goal.
The quality of the Highland Coal
needs no recommendation, being hand
picked, thoroughly screened and free
from slate, makes it desirable for
Domestic purposes. All orders left
at the TRIBUNE office will receive
prompt attention.
Price $3.75 per two-horse wagon
load. T. A. BOOKLET, Agent.