FREELAND Tin RUNE.
PUBLISHEL> EVERY
MONDAY AND THURSDAY.
TIIOS. A. BUCKLEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS, - - SI.OO L'EU YEAR.
FREELAND, PA., AUGUST 29, 1592.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
NATIONAL.
President,
Grover Cleveland New York
Vice President,
Adlai E, Stevenson Illinois
STATE.
Judge of Supreme Court,
Christopher Heydrick Venango County
Congressmen nil-Larpe,
George Allen Erie County
Thomas P. Merritt Berks County
We denounce jrrotection as a fraud, a
robbery of the gnat majority of the Ameri
can jteojile for the benefit of the fete.—
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
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received by the TRIBUNE at the rate of SI.OO
per year, strictly In advance. Present sub
scribers, by paying any existing arrearages
and SI.OO, can avail themselves of the advan
tages to he derived from this offer. After
September 1 the TRIBUNE will be SI.OO per
year, strictly in advance.
THE Plain Speaker is very much afraid
that the Democarts of the North Side
will do some "dirty work," as it calls it,
on election day, because one of the can
didates from this side was not nom
inated for the legislature. These fears,
we think, are groundless. North Side
Democrats are not yet so low as to stoop
to "dirty work," although it would not
be surprising if they had reached that
stage of degradation, considering their
proximity and necessary intercourse
with Ilazleton Democarts. The law
however, gives them the privilege of
voting as the wish, and as the North
Side believes it is entitled to the repre
sentative this year, the Democrats of
Foster and Freeland can be relied upon
doing their duty by electing tlie candi
date who will represent their interests
best. One thing is certain, they will
not do any "dirty work." Whatever is
done will be done openly, and newspaper
dictation will not frighten or prevent
them from doiQg just as they please,
without regard to the wriggling tr
squirming of Ilazletonians.
IT is said that Bardsley, whose steal
ings were Ihe talk of the nation about
a year ago, is getting tired of peniten
tiary life, and would like some of his in
fluential friends to bring liim in a par
don. Bardsley must wait just a little
longer, until 1895, when Pennsylvania
may have a Republican governor, before
he can get out and join the select group
of Philadelphia's prominent politicians
who used liim as a catspaw. But out he
will get as soon as the executive power
is intrusted to a Republican, for Mr. B
knows a great many things about the
Sunday school people of that city and
they wouldn't look nice in print.
IN Tliursday'B issue of the K. of 1..
Journal T. V. Powderly made a strong
and convincing argument against work
ingmen enlisting in the state militia or
the regular army. Since Pinkertonism
had to succumb to the protest of the
public, employers find it cheaper to
liavo the troops called out for every
little scrmmage around their works,
and as the expense is borne wholly by
the tax-payers it is cheaper than hir
ing private police.
IT is hoped that the convention which
meets at Wilkes-Barre to-morrow will
select a ticket that can command the
support of all elements of the party and
all portions of the district. It is im
possible to suit everybody and some
must he disappointed, but if the delo
gateß show any disposition to make a
good, strong ticket they can rest assured
their work will be ratified at the polls.
Voters nowadays are imbued with an
independent spirit, ami the party cannot
afford to neglect the claims or interests
of any section that is entitled to con
sideration.
Goon for Chancellor McGill, of New
Jersey, who has decided the Reading
deal illegal so fnr as it relates to the
Central Railroad of New Jersey. The
decision, however, will make no ap
parent change in the operation of the
road, as the Reading owns a controlling
interest in the Central, and a change of
officers will bring it within the limits of
the law again. But it goes to show that
over in New Jersey the people have
officials who are not afarid of McLeod
and the other conspirators, and if every
state affected by the deal had a few Mc-
Gills in office they could make the com
bine wince.
IF the Democrats in every legisl itive
district of the state have their nomina
tions controlled by a few men, as in the
fourth Luzerne, there will not be much
hope of electing Governor Pattison to
the United States senate in place of
Matt Quay. If Ilazleton politicians are
really anxious to change the political
complexion of the next legislature, or of
this district, they have adopted a queer
method to bring about that result. But
they claimed they knew what they were
doing, and as they would not tolerate
any interference with their plans so far
they are welcome to carry the burden
alope until the day after election.
AMERICANS INJURED.
TWO-THIRDS OF THE HOMESTEAD
STRIKERS ARE FOREIGNERS.
Protection Pulls Down (Everything Ameri
can (Except Millionaires —Why Wages
Are Higher in the Protected Indus
tries Than in the Unprotected.
The word in the English language
that protectionists use oftenest is
"American." They appeal to our selfish
and patriotic feelings by linking to
gether as often as possible "Protection"
and "American." On a banner dis
played at the Minneapolis convention by
the Boston Home Market club was tlio
following:
: American Wages for American Workmen!:
: American Markets for American People! '.
: Protection for American Homes! !
Is, then, "protection" the conservator |
of American workmen, markets and
homes? Does it keep out foreigners 1
who come here to compete with Ameri
cans and lower wages? Dqgs it make
home markets where the American peo
ple can supply themselves with goods at
the lowest possible price? Does it pro
tect American homes by reducing the
expenses of running them, and thereby I
encouraging their foundation and mak
ing it possible to bring up and educate !
tho children, which are the necessary j
sequence of American homes? Let us
examine history a little.
Our present "protection" period began [
with the high tariff act of July 14, 1862,
and was perfected on June 30, 1864 !
that is, until tho genius of McKinley
took up the subject. On the 4th of July, j
1864, l*:fore real "protection" was a i
week old, congress passed and the presi- ]
dent signed the "contract labor law," |
entitled "An act to encourage immigra- {
tion." Its object, as explained by Sena
tor Sherman at that time, was "to en
courage, facilitate and protect foreign
immigration to and within the United
States." The avowed object was to I
keep wages down by importing foreign- j
ers to take the place of American work- I
men who were then absent fighting for |
their country, and who on their return j
would thus find their jobs permanently
gone, unless they could underbid the
foreigners whom their bosses had im
ported. That's the way our tariff was
planned to work; certainly not much
"American wages for American work
men" in it.
Laws in regard to "contract labor"
have been changed since 1864, but the
customs of protectionists in importing
under contract the cheapest and most
degraded labor of Europe and Asia has
not changed. There has probably not
been a year since 1864 when protected
manufacturers did not have agents
scouring the Old World offering to ad
vance passage money to those who were
so poor and miserable that they were
willing to make any change. It is upon
this importation of miserable wretches
that manufacturers often rely to win
when American workmen strike for
American wages. Not that this class of
workmen are always or generally cheap
! ur, but that they are useful to lower the
wage scale, after which American work
men will be taken back into the mills to
work at European or Asiatic wages
alongside of foreign workmen. This is
one explanation of why wages are lower
in protected than in unprotected in
dustries.
A typical illustration of the class of
men brought over by protectionists is
found at Homestead, Pa.: "The total
population of Mifflin township, which for
all practical purposes is nothing more
than Homestead, is 11,144, and the total
number of foreign born and native white
of foreign parentage is 7,712. Of foreign
born males eighteen years of age and
over there are 1,773; of native born males
of the same age limit there are 1,747. A
precise division of the native and foreign
born in the total population shows that
in the former classification there are
7,525 (78 of them colored), in the latter
3,619."
But many of the males over eighteen
that are classed as Americans are the
offspring of foreign parents, and in their
habits and customs are as much foreign
its their foreign born brothers. Thus
nearly two-thirds of the "American"
workman at work at "American" wages
in this leading protected "American" in
dustry, located at Homestead, are virtu
ally foreigners.
Next, does "protection" make markets
where American people can get the full
worth of their money? On the contrary,
a tariff, whenever effective, always en
hances the cost of goods, increases the
cost of living, and therefore virtually
lowers wages. Prices of all protected
articles are always higher in protected
than in unprotected markets, whether
or not there is any economic necessity
for it. Often when goods are mado |
cheaper here than elsewhere our manu
facturers utilize their protection ami
sustain high prices at home, though they
sell much cheaper to foreigners. This
is the case with axes, saws, agricultural
machinery, cartridges, etc. Drawback
duties also enable foreigners to procure
our manufactures at lower figures than
we must pay for them. Never, nnder
any circumstances, doos "protection" in
crease the amount of goods that can be
purchased for a certain sum of money,
j Many of the leading advocates of pro
lection hold that cheapness is a curse,
that it is un-American, etc.; hence it is
not strange that they so legislate that
neither our own nor foreign manufac
tures may be sold cheap here, though
both may be sold very low abroad. Pro
tection, then, makes the worst market
l imaginable in which to buy.
| Now as to this "American home"
| question. Just how does a high tariff
j protect American homes? Is it by en
! conraging the importation of contract
j labor to lower the wages of American
labor? This might build up some for
eign homes here, but they would occupy
the ruins of American ones. Is it by
I increasing the cost of running a home
by making dearer nearly every article
1 from the wedding outfit to the funeral
shroud? Not a bit of it. Many couples
would establish homes earlier in life if
competition were less severe in the labor
market and more severe in the goods
I market. Not only this, but there would
bo more life, health and happiness and
j less sorrow in American homos if the
I curse of protection were removed from
[ the land.
I In every sense Republican protection
' injures everything that is American and
[ discriminates in favor of foreigners. It
is also largely a foreign institution, and
! prevails in most of the miserable, low
wage foreign nations from which wo
! get our present supply of immigrants.
And yet we are told that "protection" is
the "American system." Was there
ever a greater travesty on facts got up
with greater ingenuity to befog the
senses and tickle tho vanity of the vic
tims of a great conspiracy?
PROTECTION IN PRACTICE.
Th Tariff on Steel Kail* IIHH Enabled
the Maker, to Fix the l'rlee.
The Engineering and Mining Journal
; gives an exceedingly valuable illustra
tion of the manner in which a protec
tive tariff raises its beneficiaries above
the operations of tho natural law of
trade.
i The illustration concerns steel rails,
which are now $4 a ton higher than they
were in 1885, although the cost of pro
duction and the tariff tax are less and
the demand is Blight. Tiie command
of the market, by reason of the tariff
on rails and the ownership of the Besse
mer patents, has enabled tho ruilmakers
to fix arbitrarily the price of their prod-
I ucts.
| The American manufacturers make
much of the fact that improved ma
chinery lias greatly increased their out
put, and The Journal estimates that the
cost of producing steel rails, when the
manufacturer makes his own pig, can
not exceed ifdiO a ton. In 1885 steel rails
sold at $26 a ton, and the cost of Besse
mer pig alone was sl6. AL£3O a ton
the profits on tho annual outjwit of steel
rails is necessarily between $10,000,000
j and $12,000,000.
j That the protective tariff gives this
1 enormous dividend to the makers, who
| instead of increasing wages aro trying
j to cut them down, is shown by an ex
amination of English prices. In May.
1892, English rails sold for $19.44. The
duty on this, $13.44, would make their
price $32.88, not counting freight and in
surance. It is clear therefore that S3O
is the price at which the English rails
can be kept out. While the English
price has fallen since 1885 from $23.17 a
ton to $19.4-1, the price of English pig
has risen from $10.69 a ton to $12.15.
In other words, the English maker
pays $1.43 more for his pig and gets
$3.73 less for his rails. At the same
time, while the price of American rails
advanced fx-om $26 to S3O a ton, tho
price of American pig fell from sl7 to
sl4 a ton, so thnt the American maker
paid $3 less for his pig and got $1 moro
for his prodxict.
This gain he keeps for himself.—New
York World.
Sherman'. Democratic Frocll vJ ties.
Senator Sherman is one of several
Republican congressmen who had to
struggle with their consciences when
they voted for tho McKinley bill. That
his conscience is not yet fully at easo as
regards the matter is evident from the
following, spoken in the Benate in July:
Indeed I have no doubt tho result of
the policy of protection does always
bring alxout some results which would
probably not be desirable. The enor
mous development of these industries
has made tho aggregation of vast
amounts of capital and great corpora
tions, and thore may be more or less
danger growing from their ambitious
desires and sometimes from their un
fairness and their disregard of the rights
of the poor and of the laboring man.
There are dozens of articles in the
tariff which, if I myself were to frame
a tariff bill looking only to tho interests
of the people of Ohio, I might Btrike
down here antl there. I certainly would
admit coal duty free and I would admit
lumber duty free. I would do a great
many things that our Democratic friends
want to do; but in a system like this you
have to observe impartial justice to all
interests alike. If you protect the in
terests of Illinois you must also protect
the interests of Minnesota, and do what
is fair all around. A tariff bill, after
all, we all admit, is a struggle of oppos
ing interests. Every man, taken by
himself, is opposed to something in the
tariff. If he wants to buy he wants to
buy as cheaply as possible, and if ho
wants to sell he wants as much protec
tion as possible. In the nature of a
tariff law there must bo some general
rule applied to all sections and to all in- j
terests, and the result has pi-oved by
actual experiment in the last thirty years
; that of all our interests this protective
system is the greatest and most iinpor
' tant of our financial operations.
A Pauper Imlu.try.
j The tariff of 1890 deals out govern
ment licenses to its favorites to take
that which is not their own, against the
protest of other industries demanding
the right to keep what they have earned,
and a strife is thus inaugurated between
: domestic industries more subverting to
general prosperity than any possible en-
I croachment of foreigners,
j The contest which ended in the in
j creased duty on tinned plate was a
! novel interference with 6,000 selfsup
t porting established industries built up
. ! by the use of cheap tinned plate as their
, | raw material in order to favor an In
. | dnstry non-selfsupporting, and which
t J very fact was urged as an excuse why
public charity should be extended
' | toward it.
f | The government in thus granting
. privileges to ccrtuin industries, at the
t expense of others, is encouraging a prec
, j edent which, in its simplest definition,
. : means robbery, and which in its results
, involves burdening the people to natural
ize a pauper industry at the blutant ap
, i>eal of those whose sole object was to
j j profit by selling supplies to the indus
1' trial poor house thus set up.
AN ABSURD POSITION.
THE HIGH TARIFF STAND UNTEN
ABLE IN ANY CASE.
Vlie Protection Orator* Assert Fact*
Which Arc Fxuctly the Reverse of
What the McKinlcy Hill Ih Alleged to
AccompllHlt—lletvveen Two Fire*.
The speech of Senator Aldrich, "The
Tariff Act of 1890 Defended,'"merits the
comment conveyed by the 'laying of
Shakespeare, "The lady doth protest too
much." Senator Aldrich endeavored in
it to show that the tariff act of 1890 was
not only a successful embodiment of
Republican principles, but also a won
derful illustration of practical states
manship. As he said in his sj>eoch, its
purpose was "to provide for the better
security and the greater development of
American industries," and ho insisted
that it had "quickened the pulsation of
trade, giving a new impetus to agricul
ture as well as to manufacture and com
merce."
A part of his address was taken up by
an effort to demonstrate that the prices
of commodities are lower in this year,
1892, than they were in 1889 or 1890; and
to furthermore show that the popular
opinion concerning tlio formation of
combines and trusts was delusive, and
that the manufacturers themselves were
believers in low prices, he had sent a
large number of letters to the repre
sentatives of different classes of indus
try, asking whether the business in
question was controlled by a trust, and
what tho effect of such a combination
had upon competition and tho prices of
product.
Now it seomß to be sufficiently evident
that if the effect of the McKinley law
has been to reduce the prices of commo
dities to tho American consumers, it has
failed of tho project that its promoters
intended.
To give a few illustrations: Of castor
oil it is said, "The margins of profit in
the manufacture of the article are at
present not only about nil, but in many
cases the article is sold at an absolute
loss." "Buttons," one of the manufac
turers does not hesitate to say, "were
never lower in our market than at the
present time."
Of edge tools it is said "they are lower
than ever in price." The manufacturers
of glass admit that they have combined,
but this action was forced upon them to
save themselves from bankruptcy. The
manufacturers of galvanized iron assert,
"Wo are worse off now under the Mc-
Kinley bill than before its passage."
The representative of the Strap and
Hinge association asserts that they "ai*
Belling goods at the cost of manufac
ture." "Lime," we are told by a repre
sentative of the Rockland makers, "ha.-
f-old 10 per cent, lower ever since the
duty was increased." Of linseed oil the
statement is made that "the prices are
so low that for some years past little if
any money has been made by its manu
facturers."
Of locomotive ties, another of Senatoi
Aldrich's correspondents asserts, "Prices
have been ruinous for a good many
months." Sanitary pottery ware "is
lower than it was in 1891." Of starch
we aro told "tho present prices are too
low to afford any profit to the manufac
turer." The prices of steel and iron
tubes are "lower today than ever before
in the history of our country," while
window glass "bus been sold at less
prices than before the McKinley bill
was passed."
If this is the way the pulsations of
trade are to be quickened, a new im
petus given to manufacture and com
merce, and the claims anil expectations
of the framers of the measure are more
than realized, it might well be asked
what different results would a protec
tionist expect to onsue from the odup
tion of a system of free trade? These
various great and prominent industries
are having under the McKinley regime,
wo aro officially informed, a struggling
and on the whole disastrous experience.
The conclusion is forced that either
the McKinloy law has proved, in the
caso of a largo number of domestic in
dustries, a highly objectionable meas
ure or that the statements made by
these various manufacturers and printed
as a part of Sonator Aldrich's speech,
are —well—misleading. One's confidence
in tho ingenuousness of these gentlemen
is a little shaken by tho statements
made by a number of them concerning
their participation in trusts or combina
tions. The representatives of nearly a
hundred alleged trusts were written to.
There were some omissions—such, for
example, as sugar—but only one of the
repliors had tho frankness to state that
a combination had been formed by his
trade for the purpose of putting up
prices and making money.
With the others there was either a de
nial of any combination whatsoever or
it was said that theirs was an associa
tion formed for tho purpose of obtaining
statistics, acquiring information, regu
lating tho standard of goods, discharg
ing superfluous agents and clerks, and
all this with the main object of lower
ing prices. In fact, the lowering of
prices seems to have been the chief ob
ject of solicitude on the part of Senator
Aldrich's correspondents. This is so
completely in accord with the dictates
of human nature and the experiences
that ono has in everyday business life
that we congratulate tho senator from
Rhode Island on the highly satisfactory
and representative character of the gen
tloinen from whom he has obtained such
valuable information.—Boston Herald.
JiiHt Plain, Downright llohbery.
The worst feature of tariff protection
is that tho schemers who are to bo bene
fited are called in by the ways and
means committee and consulted as to
the amount and kind of taxes they want
on the foreign goods that might com
pete with theirs, and the people who
do not get any benefit have to pay the
tax in ignorance. It is robbery. The
robbery will continue just so long as the
sufferers allow it. The beneficiaries
I would never move its repeal.—Des
i Moines Leader.
QUOTATION!
Best family flour - - $2.35
Corn and mixed chop, - 1.17
22 p'nds granulated sugar 1.00
3 cans tomatoes ... .25
5 pounds raisins - - .25
Home-made lard - - - .10
fl bars white soap - - - .25
IDry Csrcod.©:
Challies, best, 4J cents per yd.
Some dress goods reduced from
50 to 25 cents.
Scotch ginghams, worth 35
cents, sell for 20 cents.
"V\7"a.ll Paper:
Thousands of different patterns
5 cents double roll up to any
price wanted.
Carpets
and
Oil OlottLs:
Carpets, 17 cents per yard.
I carry the largest stock in
this town.
H l- u.rnit"u.re:
Anything and everything.
Good lounges for $5.00.
0 round-hack chairs for $3.00.
Black hair walnut parlor suit,
$29.50.
Xjad.ies'
Siammer Coats
Are reduced from $3.75 to $2.50.
Some as low as 75 cents.
Straw Hats:
30 per cent, less than last year.
Some at one-half price.
Slroes
and
Pcctwear:
We are headquarters.
Every pair guaranteed.
Ladies' walking shoes for 75
cents; worth $1.25.
I can save you money on any
thing you may need, if only 5
cents worth. Call and see our
equipped store, We have ela
borate rooms from cellar to
third floor, National cash regis
ter, Lippy's money carrier sys
tem, computing scales, the
finest in the world, and six men
to wait on you. Yours truly,
J. C. BERNER.
TTHtlt SALE.—A double dwelling situute 011
X 1 Smith Washington street; also vacant lot
adjoining, next to Chicago Meat Market. The
neeesaury outbuildings to dwelling all neurly
new. W ill be sold at a very low tlgurc for
cash. For particulars apply to owner, J. 11.
Ziegler, Freelaud, Pa.
TjiOll SALE.—A new two-liorse truck wagon,
X 1 one set of light double harness and one
set of heavy harness. For further information
and prices apply to John Shlgo, Centre street,
Freelaud, where the articles can lie seen.
A Remarkable Tree.
Upon the east side of Nortb Seventh
itreet, about midway between Poplar
itreot and Girard avenue, stands a strik
ingly curious tree, which attracts the
attention of every passer by. It stands
just in front of a stable yard, and the
employees of the plnce say that dozens
of people come to them every week and
make remarks or ask questious about
the strange growth. From the thick
ness of the trunk at the base the tree is
probably about forty years old, but its
branches and foliage are new and fresh,
and look as though they were but the
growth of a year or two. The trunk
runs straight from tho ground to a height
of about fifteen feet.
Above this for a short distance is a
thick, globular mass of foliage, the
leavee appearing to grow directly out of
the wood. Above this growth run up
three thick stalks or stumps six or eight
feet high, also covered with a denso,
close mass of foliage. When the tree is
viewed from the north side it presents a
startling resemblance to a giant human
hand protruding from tho oarth. The
three big stumps at the top represent
the three middle fingors, and upon
either side of these can easily be seen
configurations of the surrounding foli
age which correspond to the little finger
and thumb.
Tho explanation of the phenomenon is
a curious one. Tho tree wus once full
grown and vigorous, tut was attacked
by blight or some othor disease and the
dead trunk was pruned down to its pres
ent proportions, whereupon the present
new growth developed.—Philadelphia
' Inijnirer.
HUMS MUM SYSTEM
fW^r-s- — 7 LEIIIGH VALLEY
lljftj,/ DIVISION.
ARRANGEMENT OF
PASSENGER TRAINS.
MAY Ift, 1H92.
LEAVE FREELAND.
0.15, 8.45, 9.40, 10.35 A. M., 12.25, 1.50, 2.4.1, 3.50,
5.15, 0.J15, 7.00, 8.47 P. M., for Drifton, Jcddo,
Lumber Y urd, Stockton and Huzloton.
0.15, 0.40 A. M., 1.60, 8.50 P. M., for Maueh
( hunk, AUcntown, Bethlehem, Phlla., Gaston
and New York. (8.45 lias no connection for
NowVork.)
lor Bethlehem, Euston and Phila
delphia.
7.20, 10.50 A. M 12.10, 4.39 P. M. (via Highland
Hrunch) for White Haven, (Hen Summit,
>V likes-Harre, Plttston and L. and It. Junction.
0.15 A. M. for Itluck ltidge and Tomhleken.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11.40 A. M. and 3.45 P. M. for Drifton, Jcddo,
Lumber Yard and Hazleton.
3.45 P. M. for Delano, Mahanoy City, Shen
andoah, New York and Philadelphia.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
5.00, 0.53, 7.20, 9.15, 10.56 A. M„ 12.10.1.15, 2 31.
4..W, 0.50 and 8.87 P. M. troiu Hualeton, stook-
X ll,d ' Jddo and Drifton.
(.20, 0.15, 10.50 A. M., 12.10,2.38, 4.89, 0.50 I'. M.
( f v r rN^ I fa,^'iSs, City aud
14V 1 .ill! i 1 1? **;, M. tr° ln New Y'ork, Gaston,
U ' A Hen town and
9.15 and 10.M A. M from Gaston, Philadel
phia, Itethlehein and Maueh Chunk.
9.15, 10.35 A. M., 2.43, 0.35 p. m. from White
Haven, Lien Summit, Wilkes-llarre. Pittaton
and L. and B. Junction (via Highland Branch).
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11.31 A, M. and 3.31 P. M. from Hazleton.
Lumber Y urd, Jeddo and Drifton.
11.81 A. M. from Delano, Hazleton, Philadel
phia and Gustou.
3.31 P. M. from Pottaville and Delano.
tor further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
A. A. McLGOD, Pres. & Hen. Mgr.
C. G. HANCOCK, Gen. Puss. Agt.
A. W. NONNGMACHEIt, Ass't o!'P. < A l . , ! l,n, Ptt *
South Bethlehem, Pa.
CITIZENS' BANK
OF
FREELAND.
15 Front Street.
Capital, - $50,000.
OFFICERS.
JOSEPH BIIIKRECK, President.
H. C. KOONS, Vice President.
B. It. DAVIS, Cashier.
JOHN SMITH, Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
Joseph Ilirkbeck, Thomas Blrkbeck, John
Wagner. A Hudewick, H. C. Koons, Charles
Dusheek, William Kemp, Mat Idas Sell waive,
John Smith, John M. Powell, 2d, John Burton.
%2f~ Three per cent, interest paid on saving
deposits.
Open daily from 9 a. m. to 4p. m. Saturday
eveuings from 0 to 8.
Have You Seen It?
Our elegant stock of
l and SHOES.
Whicli we are selling at prices as low as
any dealer in the town. A full assortment
of everything in the business. Special at
tention given to ladies' footwear. No rent
to pay or family to support. Therefore we
invite you to
Examine Our Goods
ANI> Get Our Prices.
We are also well supplied witli HATS and
CAPS for men and boys. The latest styles
at moderate prices. W hen you need any of
the above goods call on
WM. EBERT,
55 Centre Street, Freelanil.
WONDERFUL
The cures which aro*bolng effected by Drs.
Starkey & Palen, 1529 Arch St, Philadelphia,
Pa., in Consumption, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bron
chitis, Rheumatism, and all chronic diseases,
by their Compound Oxygen Treatment, are in
deed marvelous.
If you are a sufferer from any disease whieli
your physician has failed to cure, write for in
formation about this treatment, and their book
of 20(1 pages, giving a history of Compound
Oxygon, its nature and effects, with numerous
testimonials from patients, to whom you may
refer for still further information, will lie
promptly sent, without charge.
This l>ook, aside from its great raxrlt. as a
medical work, giving, as it does, the result of
years of study and experience, you will find a
very interesting one.
Drs. STARKEY & PALEN,
152U Arcli St., Philadelphia, Pa.
120 Sutter St., San Francisco, Cal.
Plense mention this paper.
I p. Mill,i).
Centre ami South Streets.
Dry Goods, Dress Goods,
Notions,
Furniture, Carpets, Etc.
It is sufficient to state our stock throughout,
is the most complete to Im* found in the region.
We invite you to call and judge for yourselves.
We will compare prices with any dealer in the
same lino of goods in Luzerne county. Try us
when in need of any of the above articles, and
especially when you want
LADIES', GENTS' AND CHILDREN'S
BOOTS and SHOES.
In every department we offer unparalleled
inducements to buyers in the way of nigh class
goods of quality beyond question, and to those
we add unlimited variety In all new novelties
ajid the strong inducements of low prices by
which we shall demonstrate that the cheapest,
as well as the choicest stock, is that now for
sale by
j. p. MCDONALD.
Old newspapers for sale.
PETER TIMONY,
BOTTLER,
And Dealer in all kinds of
Liquors, Beer and Porter,
Temperance Drinks,
Etc., Etc. •
Geo.Ringler&Co.'s
Celebrated LAGER 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 Sta., Freeland.
(Near Lehigh Valley Depot.)
8. HUDEWICK,
Wholesale Dealer In
Imported Brandy, Wine
And All Kinds Of
LIQUORS.
TIIE BEST
ZE3sex,
rFcrter,
-A-le -A-ind.
Brown Stont-
Forcign and Domestic.
Cigars Kept on Hand.
S. RUDEWIGK,
SOUTH IIEBERTON.
E. M. GERITZ,
28 years In Germany and America, opposite
the Centra I Hotel, Centre Street, Freelaeu. The
Clicuprst Repairing Store in town.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
New Watches, Clocks and
Jewelry on hand for the Holi.
days; live 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 Srt.oo; New Watches from
<4.00 up.
E. M. GERITZ,
Opposite Central Hotel, Centre St., Frf aland.
GO TO
fisher Bros.
Live^Stable
FOR
FIRST-CLASS TURNOUTS
At Short Notice, for Weddings, Parties and
Funerals. Front Street, two squares
below Freeland Opera House.
C. D. RCHR3ACH,
Dealer In
Hardware, Paints, Varnish,
Oil, Wall Pajier, Mining
Tools and mining Sup
plies of all kinds,
Lamps, Globes, Tinware, Etc.
Having purchased the stock
of Wm. J. Eekort and added a
considerable amount to the
present stock I um prepared to
sell at prices that defy compe
tition.
Don't forget to try my special
brand of MINING Oil',.
Centre Street, Freeland Fa.
H. M. BRISLIN,
UNDERTAKER
AND
A. W. WASHBURN,
Builder of
Light and Heavy Wagons.
REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
PINE AND JOHNSON STS., FIIEELAND.