FREELAND TRIBUNE. Published Every Thursday Afternoon -BY— TITOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS, - - SI.OO PER YEAR. AJ>lress all Communications to FREELAND TRIBUNE, FREELAND, PA. | OSlice, Ilirkbcck Brick. M tl""r. Centre Street. | Entered at the Freeland l'uetoffice an Second Claw Matter. FREELAND, PA., MAY 7, 1801. THE report of the New Orleans Grand Jury, which refused to indict the Mafia lynchers, will be approved generally by all. If Blaine stands by their report Italy can begin the per formance at once. THEDemocrntic Legislature of Ohio comes to the Ti out with the passage of the genuine Australian system of vot ing, making the twenty fifth State to adopt ballot reform with some essen tials of secrecy. Poor Pennsylvania! MCKINLEY, of tariff robbery fame, has high hopes of capturing the G. O. P. nomination for Governor of Ohio. Perhaps he wants a vindica tion for being sat on last fail by the voters of his district. If that is his i game thero can be 110 doubt he and 1 his humbug hill will be vindicated —a la Delamater-tjuay fashion. Hui Job waited to be relieved from his burdens and afflictions as long as the people of Pennsylvania have wait ed for ballot reform, it is questionable whether he would have come down through time as the patriarch of patience. Job's trials and tribula tions were great, hut he never had a Republican Senate to contend with MIOHKIAN lias passed a law to choose Presidential electors from Cong res sional districts, instead of voting for them as a whole. This gives to the minority party, which may be Demo j cratic or Republican at the next elec tion, a representation in the Electoral j College, and is a step toward the proper way of electing a President by tlie majority vote. GOVERNOR PATTISON, in compliance j with an act passed by the Legisla j ture, lias appointed a commission to j confer with similar bodies from other I States iu reference to establishing ] uniformity of legislation on mar riage, divorce, insolvency, etc. Unless i they accomplish more work than the ! average commissions of this Legisla ture they will not amount to much. Their object is a worthy oue, but j Pennsylvania has had such a surfeit J of these junketing tourists that little 1 good is expected from any of them. I THE bill creating an additional law judge for Luzerne County was apiece j of legislation that was much needed. If Governor Put I ison will make the ap pointment quick, the Luzerne County Criminal Docket may be relieved of a ; great number of cases. As it stands j at present it is impossible to clear the docket of any given term of court, | and a great deal of hardship and ex- ] pense is incurred by the parlies interested, in having to come to the | court 011 the days set down for trial j only to find out that their cases can-! not be heard. IT was necessary to compel the Re | publican party to iigbt tlie tariff battle i last November on the lilies of protec- i tion vs. tariff reform. The overwhelm ing defeat it received at the polls then makes the party suspicious of what the result w ill be in '92, and its mana gers would gladly change the issue if the Democrats would let them. The Republicans will do anything to check the march of education aud enlight ment, but tariff reductions and reci procity or any other half way measures cannot stop the victorious advance of the army whose slogan for '92 is "free trade with all the world." AT least nine tenths of the voters of this State want to see the Baker bill passed. It is not all that some may desire, but it is all they can have and they need all they can getiu that line. ! In the House every Democrat voted ! for it and their Senatorial brethren are as a unit in its favor. The bill is j pigeon-holed 111 the Senate, where it will probably be smothered. A hand j ful of Republicans whose actions arc ' controlled by the machine, whose j record is one of bribery, perjury and ! debauchery, who are owned body and soul by the corporations and lobbyists, I out of whose bodies corruption oozes I from every pore - these are the unjailed 1 scoundrels who thwart the will of a million citizens. CHINA has shown its good sense in declining to receive us Minister to that country Ex Senator Henry W. Blair. It is a deserved rebuke to tlie Administration for trying to palm off ou any nation this played out politi cian. Blair could no longer be toler ated iu America, for there is no place here for such pronounced big its, and it is unjust to force him upon any other country. An example of his ignorance and mental incapacity to rank as a statesman can be found iu one of his leading fads, which he never missed an opportunity to air, that "the Jesuits had control of tlie press of this country, and that in every leading newspaper office there is a Jesuit in disguise." Statesmen of Blair s calibre will never be missed, and the few remaining types left of that standard should take time by the forelock or the public will assist them in making an exit. Give Freeland Free Delivery. The experiment, mentioned some time ago in the TRIBINK, of extending the free delivery system to small towns, to make which ti"' last Congress appro priated £l",O(H>, seems to he so successful as to indicate that universal free delivery" I may be possible at an early date in this country _ On Friday the Postmaster General ex tended the experiment to twelve offices, which will bring the number at which the experimental free delivery is in operation up to thirty. The Pennsylvania offices which come under this experiment are Jenkintown, Terre Hill, Kutztown, Shoemakersville, Emporium and Berwick. Several of these towns are insignificant little vil | lages when compared to a hustling place , like Freeland, and if sufficient pressure ] can he brought to bear upon the author i ities at Washington to give us a chance, | Freeland would show them how suc -1 eessful a free delivery experiment would I he here. j Only those offices that were started in February have been in operation long ; enough to make the reports significant. It is universally shown that the increase i of business done by the post offices will ! almost, if not quite, pay for the extra | expense to which the department is ; put by furnishing the extra facilities. The problem before the postmaster in i each place is, of course, to make both I ends meet in this way; and if he finds i out that that is going to be impossible, there is nothing to prevent him from in- I quiring whether the natrons of his office would not pay something in addition to tiieir regular postage, for the extra facili ties. Postmaster General Wnnnniaker has received preliminary reports from many offices, and has also watched the local j papers carefully, to see what records of the experiments they have chronicled. Detailed and careful reports will no doubt form the basis of a section of his next annual report, and no doubt, too. Congressional action, looking to the fur ther extension of a free delivery will he asked for. At Jenkintown the total number of pieces delivered and collected in Febru ary and March was 215,471, ami the local postage amounted to $45. The post master in his report says: "The people are so pleased that if they are ever obliged to go back to the old system they will be greatly disappointed. It grows in approval daily." Jenkintown is a little village near Philadelphia and con tains only a few hundred people, but every man in the town feels about six inches taller since the introduction of the neat little letter boxes. The convenience I , of the system is too well known to be I described, and what a metropolitan air the postal patrons of this town would ; assume if they could sit in their business places and residences and have their mail delivered, and what a line appearance it would give the street corners to see a letter box attached to each lamp post. Freeland is more entitled to be in this experimental class than any of the back wood hamlets that have been selected. A little push by the business men of town would get it. There is nothing to be lost by trying, ami the TRIBUNE is of I t lie opinion that Postmaster Fowler would lend his assistance to the project if those who would reap the benelit will make n move to secure free delivery. Before establishing the experiment at any place the Post Olliee Department obtains information on the following points: 1. Do you propose one or two deliveries and collections? 2. How many hours will be required for each delivery and collection ? 3. Have you a clerk in your employ who can be spared to perforin the service? 4. What would be the expense for two deliveries 011 each week day ? 0. How many letter boxes would be required ? 7 What suggestions have you to make in relation to tire proposed service ? The postmaster is also informed that the continuation of the experiment will depend largely upon the smallness of the expense. When it is determined to establish the service at an office, an order is signed by Hie Postmaster General, I making that office an experimental free- j delivery post office, and the following j letter is written to tire postmaster : "The Postmaster General has desig nated your office as an experimental free-delivery office, and you are author ized to employ a carrier, at an expense not to exceed $212 per annum, the ser vice to begin, * * * Street letter boxes with locks and keys will be sent you to be put at convenient points for the re ception of mail, also a satchel for the use of your carrier." (live Freeland free delivery. Young Democracy unit Tariff Reform. Dwight M. Lowrey addressed the Tariff Reform Club of Philadelphia re cently 011 the subject which forms the ; title of this article. The following is an i outline of his remarks : Political sentiment in the United j States is divided on two different lines of cleavage in away which makes our ! party politics incomprehensible to for j eigners. As to the terms "Republican" j and "Democratic," the youthful orators . of the former party define the latter as j coming from the days when a wise and I virtuous Greek minority were oppressed Iby mob rule. While tlie word "republi can" calls up Hint dignified and self contained Roman republic, of whose well ordered virtues the Republican party of the United States is left the sole residu ary legatee, Jefferson lias said : "We are all Republicans." Of our two great questions, the social and the constitu tional, the former is the important one. Democracy stands in this connection for social and local freedom. Yet American slavery was abolished by the party of centralization, and in Europe those priv ileges which democracy opposses are so entrenched behind local authority that the liberals are almost without exception centralists. Mistrust of the constitution was t lie origin of the Democratic party. That party, while champions of equal rights, allowed slavery to grow up hut tressed by the doctrine of state rights. Then a new organization, whose sole purpose was the overthrow of that evil, became necessary. It appealed to Jeffer son on social questions and Hamilton on constitutional. It was a democratic party, though appealing for aid to a cen tral government. But the time lias now passed for the discussion of constitutional questions. The time to quarrel over the report of the committee 011 style of the Congress of 1777 has gone by forever. No party in this United States is seriously bent 011 revolutionizing the government, and American common sense will keep tlie politicians in rough adherence to the constitution. If the Democratic party exists simply to preserve the constitution 1 it had better disband at once. The real question is economic, one which existed j before the constitution and which will outlast it—the fight of tlie unorganized many against the organized classes. We are Democrats as Jefferson and Sumner and Lincom were Democrats — as Gladstone and Cleveland are now. Here stands the young Democracy of j to-day. Grover Cleveland, the greatest of our living statesmen, saw no hope in old issues and therefore took his stand upon new lines. The young Democracy were in the cradle when Lee surrendered. 1 hey take the government and tlie con stitution as founded and say those ques tions are not only settled, but settled rightly. The question brought forward by Grover Cleveland is one which inter- ' eats the young Democracy, while it ac- 1 cords with the traditions of the veterans, j At the outset Jefferson advised free com- : merce with all nations, and this is Dem- ! ocratic doctrine from the beginning of j ► the government down to the present da v. Fortified thus, the young Democracy ! challenges protection "as a delusion and ! a snare, and asserts that there is abso- | I lutely no protective argument, and we may as well come out boldly and say it. Ami we sav also that the revenue tariff with its incidental protection, is of itself j a burden and a tax. Don't get alarmed , at free trade, for it is only natural trade. When the housewife buys goods at the grocery store, that is free trade. Free trade is no thoory; it is a fact. There is no trade except free trade; for, in so far I there is a limitation, so far there is a destruction of trade. It is protection : that is the theory—the nostrum. There | is no way to produce weath but by labor; there is 110 way to acquire wealth but by gift, by exchange or by spoliation. An act of Congress cannot produce wealth or make foreign nations give wealth to us, or make up the trade which it destroys. The whole thing is a hard phantasma- 1 goria on pure theory. The fundamen- I tal proposition that mind and muscle ! cannot produce the highest prosperity ! unless aided by act of Congress is absurd. How' can you make a nation prosperous , as it is made more difficult to get wealth ? j (Here followed a vigorous exposition of the tin plate swindle as perpetrated through the McKinley tariff act.) The whole protective system is a tax laid 011 the many for the*benefit of the : few, and can have no effect on labor but | to diminish its earnings. The policy of j protection combines all those elements \ which makes robbery odious and mental ; imbecility contemptible. To-day 250,000 I of the 16,000,000 families in the United States own three-fourths of the wealth of the country. If you are not satisfied | with this condition of affairs, of which this is typical, including Grandfather's! Hat and the McKinley hill, hut desire to bring hack the old days of governmental ! economy you will vote in 'O2 for Grover j Cleveland, who is leading us now up out | of the wilderness. When such victory j and its result are secure, you may say with truth that the United States is a \ great country. When such results are j accomplished then, and only then, may every man sit under his own vine and fig ' tree secure in the equal protection of the law. Special AnnouncemenL We have made arrangements w:*h j Dr. 11. J. Kendall Co., publishers ot j "A Treatise on the Horse and his Diseases," which will enable all our j subscribers to obtain a copy of that , valuable work free by sending their! address (enclosing a two-cent stamp j for mailing same) to D . 11. J. KEXDAI.L I Co., KNOSBIKG FALLS, VT. The hook j is now recognized as standard authority j upon all diseases of the horse, as its phenomenal sale attests, over four mil- ! lion copies having been sold in the past | ten years, a sale never before reached by j any publication in the same period of time. We feel confident that our patrons 1 will appreciate the work, and be glad j to avail themselves of the opportunity j of obtaining a valuable hook. It is necessary that you mention this | paper in sending for the "Treatise." j This offer will remain open only a ! short time. TJHDR SALE.—One lot on Chestnut Street.! 1' South ili'bcrton, size LOxlfiO. For terms apply t T. A. BUCKLEY, j Freehold, Pa. j r P\vo LOTS FOR SALE, SITUATED ON i Washington Street, Five Points, Freehold. 1 For terms apply to PATKICK MCHAIIDKN, I Ee k ley. Pa. SALE—A house and lot situated at ! 1' Alvunton, near Freeland, house 28 feet 7 ! inches by 22 feet 0 inches; lot 40x150. For , terms apply to FRED YOST, on the premises. TT'Oll SALE.—A house and lot situated 011 1 L' DonopStreet, Pine Knot Hill, near Free hold. liOt ;xl50; house 24x2", containing a I rooms ami Wash-house. For terms apply to JEROME KIMSHA, on the premises. i j l/MMt SALE.—A property in South Heberton 1 I consisting of a lot UUxIOO feet with adwel- i ling of six rooms and large storeroom thereon; j also a barn and all necessary outbuildings. I Will be sold on reasonable terms. Inquire at ' this ollicc. IJXHI SALE.—One lot 40 feet, o inches front by : I" lfiOfcct deep, containing one largo double block of buildings and out-houses 28x02 feet, 1 also one house on rear of lot 14x24 feet and , stable 14x14 feet, all in good condition and ! fenced, situatod on lower Main street, near the ! Cottage Hotel. The property of Frank Mir- ! Shea, a good title guaranteed. For further par- i tlculars and terms apply toT. A. BUCKLEY, Freehold. Pa. Hirkbeck Brick I Washington House, 11 Walnut Street, above Centre. d. Goeppert, 'Prop. The best of Whiskies, Wines, Gin and Cigars. Good stabling uttachcd. ARNOLD & KRELL'S Beer and Porter Always on Tap. JOHN SCHNEE, CARPET WEAVER, SOUTH HEBERTON. All kinds of carpet, double and single, manufactured at | short notice and at lowest j rates. DANIEL J. KENNEDY, DEALER IN i PINE CIGARS AND TOBAC- i CO, TEMPERA NCE DRINK, CONFEC TIONARY, ETC. Centre Street, Freeland, Pa. Where to Find Hind Patrick Carey has removed from the Ameri can hotel to John MeShea's block, 95 and 97 Centre Street, where lie can be found with a full line of Medical Wines, Gin, Brandies, hum, Old Bye and Borbon Whiskey. Any person who is dry and wants a cold, fresh large schooner of beer will be satisfied by calling at Carey's. Good Accommodation For All. SIX DIFFERENT KINDS OF BEER ON TAP. Wm. Wehrmann, WATCHMAKER, I Moran's Block Front St., Freeland. j Cleaning 8 Day Clocks, 50 ets. " Alarm " 25 " " Watches, 50 " ; Main Springs, 40 Cts, to SI.OO [ Jewelry repaired at. short notice. All Watch Kepairing guaranteed for one year. ®FREELAND ! IN: iin PIII ! J. C. BERNER, Propric tor. Flour, $2 85 percwt j Corn Meal, Gold Dust 2$ "!b I Oat Meal 5 " " Oat Flakes 5 " " Farina 13 11 pk. Rolled Wheat 13 " " Tapioca 9 "lb Buckwheat Gritz 9 " " Wheat Gritz 9 " " Corn Chop 1 75 Mixed Chop 1 70 j Whole Corn 1 70 Screenings 1 70 Middlings 1 50 Hay, per 100 lb 75 Straw, " " 75 Straw, bundle 25 Granulated Sugar 201bfor$l Standard A " 211b " $1 C " 221b " $1 J Rice, best 8 per lb. Rice, broken 5 per lb Barley 5; 51b 25c Beans 8 Dry Corn, 7; 41b 25c j Peas 5; sqt. 25c Lima Beans 8; 411) 25c ( Valencia Raisins 7, 8 and 10 I Muscatells " 13 per lb i Dry Peaches 10, 12$, &c Dry Apples 12$ per lb ! Dry Pears 18 " " Citron 20 " " Lemon Peel 20 " " Prunes, Fiench 10 and 12£ Currants 7; 41b 25c No. 1 Mince Meat 10 Jelly, pail 95; lib6c | Jelly, 51t> jars 40 Jelly, small glass 10 Apple Butter 35 per jar I Lard, home made 9 per 11) j Hams, small 11 " " ■ | California Hams 8 " " Long Cut Shoulders 7$ " " I Green Bacon 8 " " i j Dry Beef, chipped 18 " " | ' Smoked Bacon 10 " " j Bologna 6$ " Fresh Pudding 10 " " j Scrapple 8 " " | Tripe 8 11 " j Pigs Feet, sour 7 " " j Cheese 12$ | Saur Kraut 3 per lb ! Tub Butter 25 "lb | Roll " 28 I Baking Butter 15 " 41 | Codfish, Large 8 " " | Codfish, boneless 8 " " Mackerel, No. 2 10 " " >. " 1 15 " " j " 101b tubs, No. 2.. 1 25 " " 1.. 1 60 Smoked Herring 25 per box Hollander Herring 90 " keg Russian Sardines, 1 keg 50 Salmon 12$ 14 15 | Soueed Mackeral, 31bs 30 Sardines 5;5f0r25 Canned Herring 15 " Oysters 15 , " " small 10 FRESH FISH OF ALL KINDS. Others as They Come in Market. Potatoes, fine cooking $1 20 per bu j Onions, scarce 50 " " I Canned Beef 15 " can ' Roasted " 22 " can Oranges 15 " doz Lemons 20 and 25c English Walnuts 15 " *' i Filberts 15 " " I Mixed Candy 15 " " j Gum Drops 10 '* " j Clear Toys 12 " " | Rock Candy 16 " " j Mint Lozengers 20 " " I All kind of box candy.... 60 per box CANNED GOODS. j Canned Corn, good 10; 3 for 25 " " best 12$ and 15 • Tomatoes, Burner's Brand. lOcpercan " Peas 10 " " " " best 12$ " " I String Beans 10; 3, 25 I Canned Peaches 25 " " " Pears 25 " " Baked Beans, canned 20 " " Gloss Starch 8 Corn Starch 9 3 for 26 Loose Starch 6 Hops 20 per lb I Stove Polish, Rising Sun... 5 | Stove Polish, Electric Paste 5 : ('offee, loose .... 25 per lb Coffee, prize 25 " " Coffee, Rio 25 " " Coffee, Java 32 " " SOAPS. Soap, 31b bar 13; 2, 25c Soap, lit) bar, full weight.. 5; 22, $1 Octagon Soap 5; 11,50 Tom, Dick & Harry Toilet Soap, 3 bars 10; 30, $1 SALT. 200It), coarse $ 00 1401b, coarse 70 I 81b, fine 6 I 51b, fine 4 j 1 peck of Salt 10 i Washing Soda, 21b 5 i Gold Dust, 41b package.... 22 ; Soap Powder, 41b package. 20 | Soapine 11 j Ivorine, spoon in 12 Soap Powder 10; 31b, 25c I I Lye Balls 8 j Lye, Bed Seal 12 i Canned Lime 10 I Lye, Borax lOe a can i All Kinds of Cooking Ex tracts, Etc. WOOD & WILLOWWARE Buckets, 2 hoops 15c 3 " 20 Baskets 10 Wash Tubs 75 Syrup No. 1, perqt 10 per qt Molusses, per qt 15 " " 121 Soda Biscuits, loose, by bhl, 5 per lb. " " " 25 for 41b Coffee Cakes 9; 3, 25 Ginger " 10 per lb Mixed " 9 " " Oyster Biscuits 7; 5, 25 3000 rolls wall paper 9 " roll 2000 rolls wall paper 11 " roll 1000 rolls wall paper, gilt... 15 and 18 Tinware—All Kinds. Complete Line of Stationary Reduced. LADIES' and < IIILDREN'S SUMMER COATS. Dry Goods and Notions. Everybody knows what we keep. This spring we will endeavor to suit everybody in style and at prices away down. Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes. Cannot tell you prices in this paper; it would take up the whole paper. Carpets and Oil Cloth I have 70 rolls of CARPET up stairs. Do you need any FURNITURE? Well my room is 110 feet long, 2.") feet wide and loaded down with new goods. We can please you if in need. If you need anything not men tioned in here call and you will find it here. FRATERNALLY YOURS, J. C. BERNER, Cash Merchant. PENSIONS THE DISABILITY HILL IS A LAW. Soldierß Disabled Since the War are Entitled Dependent widows and parents now dependent whose sons died from effects of army service are included. If you wish your claim gpcedily and successfully prosecuted, 1,l w JAMES TANNER. Late Com. of Pensions, Washington, i>. c. HENRY STUNZ, Boot and Shoemaker Cor. ltidgc and Chestnut Sta., Freeland. Having purchased a large stock of BOOTS & SHOES I am prepared to sell them at prices that defy competition. Repairing a Specialty Call and examine my stock. Cor. Ridge and Chestnut Sts. If WINTER IS GONE —BUT— Wise's Harness Store Is still here and doing busi ness 011 the same old principle of good goods and low prices. The season changes, but Does not change with the seasons. He is no winter friend, hut a good all the year round friend to everybody "who needs HORSE: GOODS. Blankets, Buffalo Robes, Har ness, Whips, Dusters, Fly Nets and in fact every thing needed by Horsemen. Good workmanship and low prices is my motto. GEO. WISE, Jeddo, aid No. 35 ('en re St., Fieeland, Pa. THE EARTH MTIItLLT IIS And so do all kinds of Ready-Made Clothing, Dry Goods, Carpets, Hosiery, Gents' and Ladies' Furnish ing Goods, Notions and all Kinds of Fancy Goods. We keep the largest stock in town and in the region, at JOSEPH NEUBURGER'S BRICK STORE, GOODS MUST SELL At the prices we make to all that deal with us. WE BUY FOR CASH ONLY And we are therefore enabled to get large discounts for the benefit of our patrons. To sell for cash is 110 mystery, but to sell cheap for cash we can do, because we buy for spot cash only. Our prices will compare favorably with city cash buyers' prices. Dry Goods Department. Clothing Department. Yard wide unbleached muslin, Good suits for men, 85.00. 5 cents per yard. , Lancaster Gingams, best qual- Boys Suits, 84.00. ity, 1 cents per yard. Children's Suits, 81.00. Small checked bonnet gingams, , 5 cents per yard. Children's knee pants, 25 cts. Good calicoes, 5 cents. TT . ... . . . .. Shirting flannel, 20 cents. Undershirts and drawers in all White checkered flannel, 124. sizes, 40 cents. J yard wide Cashmeres, 124. ' Velvet and Velveteens from 40 Sweet. Orr & Co.'s Overalls as cents per yard upwards hag th inferior mak( . Taped lace curtains. 81.00 per * pair and upwards. can be bought for elsewhere. UU Hi EXAMINE 01 STOCK BEFORE BIYISO ELSEWBERi. JOS. NEUBURGER, QR\GK STORE, Centre Street, - - Freeland, Pa. BOOTS AND SHOES. A Large Stock of Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers, Etc. Also HATS, CAPS and GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS of All Kinds. A Special Line Suitable for This Season. GOOD MATERIAL! LOW PRICES! HUGH MALLOT, Corner Centre and Walnut Sts., Freeland. "Wo 4ft IttituiUrs And Hardware of Every Description. REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE, We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most improved manner and at reasonable rates. We have the choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil, selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot be surpasssed. Samples sent to anyone on application. Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goods. Q\RKBECK'S, CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA.
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