FREELAND TRIBUNE. Published Every Thursday Afternoon -BY TIIOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIKTOB. TERMS, - - SI.OO I'Elt YEAIt. Entered at the Freeh i nd Postoffice as Second Class Matter. FREELAND, PA, MAY 5, 1892. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. STATE. Judge of Supreme Court, Christopher Hcydriek Venango County Congressmen-at-Large, George Allen Erie County Thomas I'. Merritt llerks County IT seems to us that if there is one person for whose welfare the commu nity as a whole has no need to specially concern itself, it is the indivdual who buys a large tract of unimproved land, and withholds it year after year from use, in the hope that the exertions, not of himself, but of the community, will in time give to it a value that it would not otherwise possess.— Jloston Herald. ABSENTEEISM is one of the worst faults of the members of congress, and it has become so prevalent of late that business is often suspended on account of no quorm being present. The suggestion of the Philadelphia Record that the members be docked for time lost is good. The rule of "no work, no pay" would make vacant seats very scarce in both tho House and Senate. THERE is a small faction in tlie Democratic party who are doing- nil that could be done to prevent the party from committing itself to absolute freo trade. This faction consists of a few prominent men who like to pose as leaders, but the rank and file of the organization are not ashamed of the doctrine and are willing to make the coming campaign a battle between protection and free trade. THE prospects of the House bill to put the single tax in actual operation in tho District of Columbia are very bright. Tho commissioners of the district have unnnimosly approved the measure, after giving a'lengthy hear ing to its friends and opponents. It is still in tho hands of the com mittee to which it was referred, but will be brought up in the House in a few days, backed by a favorable re port. The District of Columbia is an excellent place to put tho theory in actual operation. THE grit possessed bp the average newspaper publisher was well illustra ted by the burning- of the Times' $350,000 building in Philadelphia last week. The tire occurred when about one-third of the work had been done for the next day's paper, and the employes had to flee for their lives without saving a dollar's worth of material, but in less than half an hour the editors, reporters and prin ters were busy at work in another office and the Times appeared on schedule time, as bright and cheerful j ns though it's publisher had not lost a i cent. NOTWITHSTANDING the quietness that exists in ilepublican circles regarding their candidate for President, there is ; a very still game being played by j Harrison's opponents to prevent his I renomination. Alger is in the race j and intends to stay until the conven tion knocks him out, and McKinley is ] in the hands of his friends. It is j hoped that the party will not bo so foolish as to refuse Benjamin the j nomination, for it will bo a sad dis- j appointment to the Democrats if they 1 are not given the opportunity to lay j him so flat next November that hie j will never be heard of again. .THE greatest political humbug the United States ever produced is Ike New York >Sun. It claims to be a Democratic newspaper, but is really one of the best organs the Republi cans could have. It is opposed to a reduction of the tarifl in any way, and if Editor Dana had the power he would sink every vessel that dared bring foreign goods to this country. The Sun fought desperately against the election of Tilden in IH7G, against Cleveland in 1881 and 1888, and gave Hancock only half hearted support in 1881). Yet that sheet is classed as a Democratic newspaper by some edi tors. THERE is one man in the United j States to day probably in a position to "make" the next President of the United States. Senator Hill, of New ork, is the man is the man who Las that power. If he should attend the convention at, Chicago and place Gro ver Cleveland in nomination it is safe to say that that body would name the ex President and the next President by acclamation. It is a wonderful opportunity which Senator Hill has, an opportunity to correct all his past errors and make his party as trium phant in the nation ns he lias made it in the State of New York.— Omaha World. A Slilfrlf Petition. The irrepressible Henry George men are now to the front with something new in the way of congressional petitions. For two years they have been quietly gathering signatures requesting the House of Representatives to appoint a special committee for the purpose of mak ing a full inquiry into and report upon the expediency of raising all public revenues by a single tax upon the value of land, irrespective of improvements, to the ex clusion of all other taxes, whether in the form of tariffs upon imports, taxes upon internal productions, or otherwise. This is the single tax, and, as nearly everybody about here is well aware, it is also free trade. Each signature is on a separate slip of paper containing the petition in full. The slips number 115,503. They come from all parts of the Union, and are signed by people whoso neighbors, in many cases, would be surprised to loarn of their sympathy with Henry George ism. But it is the form in which the petition is arranged that makes it the most unique thing of its kind. The original slips are bound together in books of which there are 091, arranged by .States. The books number as follows; Alabama, 3 books; Arkansas, 4; Arizo na, 1; California, 46; Colorado, 14; Con necticut, 9; Delaware, 3; Florida, 6; Geor gia, 4; lowa, 25; Illinois, 52; Indian Ter ritory, 3; Indiana, 10; Kansas, 15; Ken tucky, 8; Louisiana, 5; Maine, 5; Mary land, 7; Mississippi, 1; Montana, 3; Massaachusetts, 43; Michigan, 26; Min nesota, 19; Missouri, 38; New York, 115; Nebraska, 11; Nevada, 1; New Hamp shire, 3; New Jersey, 24; New Mexico, 2; North Carolina, 1; North Dakota, 1; Ohio, 39; Oklahoma Territory, 1; Oregon, 5; Pennsylvania, 47; Rhode Island, 8; South Carolina, l;South|Dakota, 16; Tennessee, 9; Texas, 22; Utah, 2; Vermont, 3; Vir ginia, 5; Washington, 7; West Virginia, 5; Wisconsin, 6; Wyoming, 1; miscellan eous, 2. These books are arranged by States in I a series of drawers set in a handsome \ oak cabinet. On the top of the cabinet I is an enlarged copy of the Blip signed by Henry George, showing his signature in fac simile, and stating that the petition printed on it is signed by 115,502 others. The cabinet, with its contents, was sent to Hon. Tom L. Johnson, the congress man from Cleveland, Ohio, who is to j present it in the House, and who expects support from a considerable number of congressmen, who were elected on account of their sympathy with the George idea, and from others who are in favor of a systematic official inquiry into the principles of taxation, regard less of its results. Tho originators of the petition say that they will have the matter brought up in congress every year until they accomplish their purpose and obtain the appointment of a committee of investiga tion. Prosperity Despite the Tariff. j Our country lias the most boundless ; wealth in agriculturp and in minerals of any country in the world; has the widest diversity of soil surface and protection, and it has the most intelligent and self reliant people to develop it. If we add to this that ours is the greatest free-trade ' country in the world, we complete the reasons for our prosperity. We have free trade within ourselves that compre hends more of variety, importance and value than the trade of any other coun try of the world. To our own people, our own resources and our own free trade among ourselves in view of them, we owe our enviable condition. 'No possible tariffs can pre vent it. The tariffs have increased in unreasonableness for a hundred years, until they have culminated in the most ( unreasonable one of all—the tariff that now burdens us; but the country has I grown in capacity even more steadily to resist their baneful effects. It takes now upon itself an unneces sary, an unreasonable, and, in the prin ciple of injustice to the many in the in terest of the few, a demoralizing burden; but it has the inherent power to prosper in spite of all.— Boston Herald. Opportunity, Not Charity. The State has laws to punish the poor fellow who steals a loaf of bread. Why not have a law to furnish work at re munerative wages to all idle people and thus save them from the temptation to steal.— Cincinnati llcrald. Because that is not the province of government. The purpose of govern ment is to secure justice, protect the weak and restrain the strong, and see that all men have equal opportunities. Suppose the government should under take to furnish employment to the un employed—it would have to do one of two things, either put them in competi tion with other laborers, thus throwing other laborers out of employment, or else create work for the sake of having something for these men to do, and then their "liberal wages" would have to be paid by other workingmen. What the government ought to do is to stop the monopolizing of God's gifts, so that all men may have an equal oppor tunity to apply their labor to God's gifts and so secure a livelihood. Opportunity, not churity, is what the people need.— Hcacon. Cleveland I lie Democratic Choice. The Dcmocartic situation remains un changed. That Cleveland is the choice , of the vast majority of the member? of the party is conceded. He is likely to receive on first ballot most of the votes of the delegates already elected, exclusive of the State of New York. The fact that "the favorite sons" are busily burnish ing their lightning rods is really a sign in his favor. It iB safe to say that no man looms up who could take his place in the affections Of his party, or supply the courage, stam ina and patriotic contempt for intrigue which his name represents. Outside of Hill and Gray, which is the ticket pro posed by a few newspapers which seem to have a personal hatred for the ex- President, there is no candidate who does not declare himself warmly for Cleveland. Governors Pattison, Boies and Russel, ex-Governor Campbell, Senators Palmer and Gorman, and ex-Secretary Whitney, each of whom is more than a Presidential possibility, have expressed themselves as believing Mr. Cleveland to be the log ical candidate, and with the possible ex ception of Senator Gorman, all are out spoken advocates of Mr. Cleveland's nomination. Electricity from Coal. A French chemist, who has been giv ing considerable attention to the problem of heating and lighting from a single source, has devised a novel stove, which in appearance resembles an ordinary heating stove. It is so arranged inter nally that the waste of heat is utilized for the generation of electricity. This is secured by a number of rectangulai boxes of sheet iron, containing the nec essary metallic elements for furnishing the current. These elements are in sulated by asbestus, and the cooling is effected partly by the shape in winch the metallic alloys aro cast and partly by a circulation of air. The current obtained is not great in amount, but the result of this attempt seems to he favorable. Accumulators are used for storing up the electricity, and as the heating is required for a much longer period than for lighting, the elec trical energy, which would be lost dur ing the hours of daylight, is saved. A point of considerable moment is that the heat utilized in this way is waste heat, so that any portion that can be recov ered in tho form of electricity is BO much gain.—Philadelphia Record. The Brain Jur of the Military Step. Dr. Colin, regimental physician in the French army, has published the results of his investigations into the effects ol regular marching in disciplined bodies | upon soldiers. The regularity of the Bfep causes the indefinite repetition of a shock-of the liones and brain, infinitely more deleterious than an irregular walk, and to this regular repetition of the shock to the same parts of the body are duo the peculiar aches, pains and illness es of the troops. In a one day march, ho says, this shock is repeated 40,000 times, and often tho strongest men, who can walk the same distance without difficulty when not in line, succumb to the strain in two or three days. Dr. Colin's preventive is a rubber heel inall military boots. This I heel has been tried at his instance in the J French infantry, ho says, and tha result has been found to be a groat relief to ! the soldiers. The experiments with tho j rubber heol aro still in progress.—Medi cal Record. A Mule Incident. A characteristic incident occurred yesterday afternoon in connection with Isaac Cochran's sale of horses at the Eagle hotel. A pair of mules were brought out, hitched to a wagon and driven by Harry Cochran. "This is a fine pair of mules," said Auctioneer Mc- Farlan. "Just drive them up the street to let the people see how nicely they can travel." After going a short distance they were no longer of one mind, but one wanted to go one way and one the other. In their efforts to part company they nearly ran into a colored man, who, trying to get away, fell into the water trough. Then they displayed their speed by running off out East Gay street, throwing their driver, Harry Cochran, out and badly breaking tho wago*. They were caught out near the nurseries. The mules were not sold that day.— West Chester (Pa.) News. A lli'lle Marries a Brave. Honey C. Holt, a full blood Winne bago Indian, has just been married to Miss Maud C. Williams, of New Boston, Ills. The couple met and loved while he was traveling with a number of his tribe advertising a patent medicine. He is not a bad looking young man, has a magnificent physique and is fairly well educated. The bride is a very pretty young lady, and was quite a belle in her neighborhood. She could have selected a husband from among a dozen thrifty young farmers, but preferred to become the wife of the red man, who, she says, has not a single bad habit. The couple left to join the band at Abington, Ills.— Cor. Chicago Times. Lobster Story from Maine. Lobsters are going into the freak busi ness quite largely this winter. An East port fisherman secured a white one the other day and now a man at Peak's island has found an even greater curiosity—a veritablo blue lobster. It is a beautiful specimen of the crus titcean, and the bright cerulean has ex tended even to the ends of its long feelers. The lobsters have evidently been at tending a fancy dress party.—Bangor (Me.) Commercial. It is said that many of the German colonists on the Volga river who are sufferers from the Russian famine, in order to save fuel, have dug holes in the ground, subterranean shelters in which they burrow like foxes. There is a lad in Whitingham, Vt., eighteen years old, who is 0 feet 10 inches tall and still growing. He weighs 200 pounds. THE REAL LOBBYIST. THE WOMEN ARE NUISANCES JUST j THE SAME AS THE MEN ARE. There HUH Been a Greut Deal of Romance 1 Circulated About the Lobbyist** and It Id Time That the Truth Wad Known. The Real Thing I* Very Disappointing. "Show me a lobbyist" was the request of a friend who was walking through ( the Oapitol with the writer. This visitor was a reader of the newspapers, a man of intelligence, and a believer in most of , the interesting stories he had read about j the number, ingenuity, boldness, skill i and usefulness of the body of lobbyists 1 that is supposed to be almost a necessary part of the legislative machinery, i I showed my visitor a lobbyist. lie was one of the best known of the lot I about the Capitol. He was leaning back against the corridor wall, opposite the entrance of the house of representatives, | with his hands thrust into the pockets of i a pair of trousers that were so raveled about the heels that they might be said j to wear whiskers without provoking the I remonstrances of the most thorough de- I tester of slang. If this man had an overcoat it was hung up somewhere, but the dusty con dition of his rather thin frock coat, which carried the polish 011 its back that ought to have been on his very disrepu table looking shoes, justified the conclu sion that he was not finding an overcoat necessary this winter. He was a spare man, with a gaunt face, crossed by a white mustache stained at the ends with tobacco juice. His shirt was not clean, and he showed a good deal of it, but he wore a white tie, which only added em phasis to his otherwise forbidding lack of neatness. When ho moved away from his place against the wall to meet a member of congress who had come out of the chamber upon the call of one of the doorkeepers to see him, his gait was a slouching one, and he might have been mistaken for any other loafer about the hall if he had not been so much more re pulsive than the others. My friend was disappointed. He could not understand when I told him that this man was one of the best of the lot of lobbyists about the Capitol, that he had been a member of congress, that he was, therefore, entitled to the privi lege of the floor, and that the house of representatives has never yet had the sense to makes its rules so strong as to keep out this man and several others just like him who are well known to be nothing more than strikers and lobbyists who linger here to pick np odd jobs to help them hang on to a miserable exist ence. They do not, one ought to be thankful, thrive as they are popularly supposed to do. If the public knew what a mistake the professional lobbyist is they would bo driven to sawing wood or working 011 the railroads, or into doing some other useful and laborious busi ness. j Then I showed my friend another lob ' byist. This was a thin, sliding fellow, | with a gray close heard, who toed in as ] 110 walked quickly along the passage, and who glanced furtively about as he went, as if watching to pounce down upon some one. This man was not an ex-member of congress; but he had been an employee of the house many years ago, and had been caught taking money to enable a corporation to reach, through the door of which ho had charge, the men who were to be pur chased to get through a' subsidy bill. He was dismissed, and ho at once went into tho service of the corporation that had led to his disgrace. He is in that employment still, and he associates with a great many senators and representatives who do not know, or have forgotten that others know, his odious history. Ho is an errand runner and a sneaking watcher of members . who are to be encouraged to vote this | way or the other 011 bills to be reported or killed. Ho would buy a member without hesitation if it were safe to buy him, hut he is cautious. He finds out his venal man before taking any risks. He is not ingenious, nor is ho l>old. 'He follows the instructions of the corpora tions that keep him hero, and he gets off in the course of the year very well in deed if he does not get kicked out of a gentleman's house more than half a dozen times. Tho female lobbyist is, generally speaking, a myth. The women who come to the Capitol as promoters of the bills for pensions or for claims, come on their own account, and the only skill they exhibit is that which consists in so persistently bothering the members who have introduced their bills for them that they undertake to have them passed in order to get rid of terrible afflictions. Tho marvelous woman of charming manners that cannot be resisted is to be found only in the syndicate stories. Tho womon who undertake to promote legis lation are, almost without exception, bunglers and failures. Few women know enough about the ways of legisla tion or the ways of the legislators to qualify them to undertake lobby work or to approach members to direct their actions, except by the most vulgar spe cies of blackmail made possible by con tributory immorality. Generally speaking, the lobbyist is a fraud and an unnecessary nuisance. He exists mainly because most people do not know anything about the methods ef legislation, and because nearly every body interested in a bill not public be lieves that the lobbyist is a creature who can tide over difficulties and remove them. As a rule the employment of one of the throng of disreputable lobbyists, and most of them are disreputable 011 their faces, is prejudicial to the legisla tion they are employed to promote. They thrive on account of the general ignorance about the legislative methods of procedure.—Washingson Cor. Provi dence Journal. Breakers Ahead. "Yes, I shall embark on the sea of matrimony myself before long." "Then you'll soon be a-marryin her, Won't you?"— Kate Field's Washington. Mai Readj PajJ Flour $2.45 Chop SI.OO Bran 50c Ham lie per lb Cal. ham 8c 44 44 Shoulder English wall nuts 10c 44 44 I Mixed nuts 10c 44 44 I j llazle nuts 12£ c 4 4 4 1 I Chestnuts 10c 44 qt i Hickory nuts 8c 4 4 4 4 i Pea nuts 5c 4 4 4 4 j Buckwheat flour, 25 lbs for 00c j 1 quart peas 5c 1 quart beans 8c 1 pound barley 5c ! 1 can sardines 5c j 2 dozen boxes matches 25c j j 1 piece sand soap 5c ! | 4 pounds currants 25c i 300 clothes pins 25c j I 3 pounds good raisins 25c j 4 pounds raisins 25c i 1 pound coffee 20 and 23c j 1 pound good tea 20c j 5 pounds soda biscuits 25c j 5 sticks stove polish 25c j 3 pounds mixed cakes 25c 3 pounds coffee cakes 25c 5 pounds best sugar 25c 6 pounds rown sugar 25c ! 5 pounds lima beans 25c 3 rounds bologna 24c ! Scans lime 25c 3 boxes axle grease 25c 3 dor.cn pickles 25c 2 quarts baking molasses 25c 2 quarts best syrup 25c 3 quarts cheap syrup 25c 3 pounds corn starch 25c 3 pounds bird seed.: 25c 6 pounds oat meal 25c 6 pounds oat flakes 25c 1 pound hops 25c 2 packages ivorine (with spoon in).. .25c • Muffs for 40c up to any price you want; all have been reduc ed to cost. All wool blankets have been reduced to wholesale price. Ladies' and children's coats for half price. Drop in and get some of those bargains. J. C. BERNER. Washington House, 11 Walnut Street, above Centre. jl. Goeppert, Prop. The best of Whiskies, Wines, Gin and CiKnrs. Good stabling attached. ARNOLD & KRELL'S Beer and Porter Always on Tap. Where to Find Him! Patrick Carey has removed from the Ameri can hotel to John McShca's block, ir> and 97 Centre Street, whore he can be found with a full line of Medical Wines. Gin, Brandies, Hum, Old Bye and Horbon Whiskey. Any person who is dry and wants a cold, fresh laryre schooner of beer will be satisfied by calling: at Carey's. Good Accommodation For All. SIX DIFFERENT KINDS OF BEER ON TAP. | j 1 1 CURE THAT ! j || Cold j; 11 AND STOP THAT II ii Cough, i! iiN. H. Downs' Elixir ]| I! WILL DO IT. 11 j | Price, 25c., 50c., and SI.OO per bottle.)) i I Warranted. Sold everywhere. () j . HENET, JOSNSOH & L 025, Props., Burlington, Vt. { \ )#•########## Sold at Schilcher's Drug Store. What is Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays fcverisliness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas toria is the Children's Panacea—the Mother's Friend. Castoria. " Castoria is an excellent medicine for chil dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its good effect upon their children." DA. G. C. OSGOOD, Lowell, Mass. • 4 Castoria is the best remedy for children of which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not far distant when mothers will consider the real interest of their children, and use Castoria in stead of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves." DK. J. F. KINCHELOE, Conway, Ark. The Centaur Company, TT Murray Street, New York City* eai mil 111 hhi ii mi wmmmmmmmmmm 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! HUG-H MALLOY, j Corner Centre and Walnut Sts.. Freeland.l S. RUDE WICK, Wholesale Dealer In Imported Brandy, Wine And All Kinds Of LIQUORS. THE BEST Beer, Porter, -A-le And Brown Stout. Foreign and Domestic. Cigars Kept on Hand. S. RUDEWICK, SOUTH HEBERTON. PETER TI MOIMY, BOTTLER. And Dealer in all kinds of Liquors, Beer and Porter, Temperance Drinks, Etc., Etc. Geo.Rlngler&Co.'s Celebrated LAGER BEER put in Patent Sealed Bottles liere 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.) A. RUDEWICK, GENERAL STORE. SOUTH HEBERTON, PA. Clothing, Groceries, Etc., Etc. Agent for the sale of PASSAGE TICKETS From all the principal points in Europe to all points in the United States. Agent for the transmission of MONEY To all parts of Europe. Checks, Drafts, and Letters of Exchange on Foreign Banks cashed at reasonable rat s. Castoria. " Castoria is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior toany prescription known to me." H. A. ARCHER, M. D., 11l So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 41 Our physicians in the children's depart ment have spoken highly of their experi ence in their outside practice with Castoria, and although we only have among our medical supplies what is known as regular products, yet we are free to confess that the merits of Castoria has won us to look with favor upon it." UNITED HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY, Boston, Mass. ALLEN C. SMITH, Pres., E. M. GERITZ, 23 years in Germany and America, opposite the Centra! Hotel, Centre Street, Freelaeu. Tlie Cheapest Ke|)airing Store ill town. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. New Watches, Clocks and Jewelry 011 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, Opposite Central Hotel, Contra St., Fr jland. GO TO Fisher Bros. Liver;/ Stable FOR FIRST-CLASS TURNOUTS At Short Notice, for Weddings, Parties and Funerals. Front Street, two squares below Freeland Opera House. C. D. ROHRBACH, Dealer iu Hardware, Paints, Varnish, Oil, Wall Pajter, Mining Tools and mining Sup plies of all kinds, Lamps, • Globes, Tinware, Eto. Having purchased the stock of Win. J. Eckert 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. H. M. BRISLIN, UNDERTAKER AND
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