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FREELAND, SEPTEMBI R 12, 1592.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
NATIONAL.
President,
Grovel* Cleveland New York
Vice President,
Adlai E. Stevenson Illinois
STATE.
Judge of Supreme Court,
Christopher Heydriek Venango County
Congressmen at-Large,
George Allen Frio County j
Thomas P. Merritt iterks Couuty
COUNTY.
Congressman,
William If. Mines Wilkes-Barre
Senator,
J. lUdgeway Wright Wilkes-Barre
Sheriff,
William Walters. Sugarloaf Township
Recorder,
Michael C. Russell Edwardsville 1
Coroner,
11. W. Trimmer Lake Township
Surveyor,
James Crockett Ross Township
We denounce protect/on as a fraud, a
robbery of (he gnat majority of the Ameri
can people for the benefit of the fete. —
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM .
A BIG hubbub was raised by the Re
publicans all through the country over
the letter written by Blaine, which was
published last Thursday. They thought
they had the old man solid for the ticket
again, but a careful perusal of that letter
shows the ex-secretary is not yet recon
ciled to the work of the Minneapolis
convention, lie did not even once men
tion the names of Harrison and Reid,
and did not, as they confidently expect
ed lie would, call upon his friends to
assist in their election. Blaine has given
nothing new to the public in his last
letter, and from all appearances he is
not going to exert himself in this cam
paign to further the ambitions of un
grateful party and a selfish man.
THE Associated Press has a correspon
dent in this region, with headquarters
at Hazleton. Scarcely a day passes
without several inches of his sensational
rubbish finding its way into the metro
politan newspapers. He is never at a
loss for news, and if the people don't
accommodate him with the genuine
article he kills them oft right and left in
his imagination. The blood-curdling ac
counts of every little fight around Haz
leton, as they appear in the Philadel
phia and New York papers, are giving
the new city a reputation which it does
not deserve at present, and the sooner
this class of correspondents is sat upon
the better,
Post Office Visitations.
Last year Postmaster General Wana
maker had the postmasters at the county
seat of each county make a visit to the
postoflices in their respective counties,
and confer with the postmasters about
improvements in the service and gather
information in regard to the postal ser
vice of the counties. So impressed with
the good results of the visitation has tin
postmaster general been that he lias
concluded to continue this annual visi
tation and lias sent to each postmaster
at the county seats a circular requesting
this visitation to again be made this
year. The work is to be done at the
convenience of the postmaster between
the Ist of August and the 15th of Do
cember.
It is stated that this is one of the best
ways of obtaining information as to tin
needs of the service and its improve
ment in the interest of the general
public, but isn't it asking just a little too
much from the postmaster at the county
seat? Because a man or woman holds a
Federal position and is under obligations
to John Wanamaker for that position, \<
it right that ho or she should he subject
to every whim or bobby which the post
master general may regard essential in
keeping up the standard of the depart
ment?
Luzerne county, for instance, lias
127 postoffices, and to make a personal
inspection of each will require consider
able time and expense, all of which
must he borne by the county seat offi
cial. To refuse to comply with Wana
makcr's request would probably he re
garded as showing a lack of interest in
postal affairs, and rather than complain,
the thousands who are subject to this
law will do the work to save their heads.
The last number of the Postal Guide
says:
"This department lias no means at its
disposal to enable it to furnish to county
seat postmasters or their assistants trans
portation facilities for the purpose of
making visits to the postmasters in their
respective counties. The only officials
of the department who are granted regu
lar transportation are the postofiice in
spectors. The postmaster general does
not think that a circular letter sent, or a
report received through correspondence,
would prove as satisfactory as a personal
yisit. He is very desirous of having all
the postolfices visited personally. The
postoffice department has no fund for
compensation or expenses in connection
with the visitations. The work, as
stated in the letter sent to the postmas
ters at the county seats, must be their
free-will offering for the good of the pos
tal service. A permit to ride in a rail-
I way postal car docs not carry with it the
right to free transportation. Such per
| mits ait- seldom granted."
The Vote May Decrease,
i An investigation among those of our
| citizens who are not conversant with the
. - English language will reveal the fact
that a number of them, probably the
. i majority, do not intend to vote at the
' approaching election. Heretofore when
they came to the polls all they found
; necessary was to take a ballot, present it
at the window and give their names.
Under the new system they will find it
much harder to vote, and very few, ex
( eepting those who are compelled by
their working bosses, intend to take any
interest in the election.
This, at least, is what is given out by
the more intelligent of the class, and
j when everything is considered there are
j many reasons for believeing it. Citi
! Zens though they are, the men are really
ign irant of what is represented by the
two parties, because they have not had
the opportunities to see and study for
: themselves the difference between Re
i publican and Democratic principles.
Very many of them are well edu -an d
in everything but our language and
1 politics, and rather than vote upon ques-
J lions they know nothing about they will
j keep clear of the polls. They are the
making of good citizens, for their re
fusal to vote now shows they want to
exercise their own judgement with the
ballot.
Unless the bosses insist on these, men
coming to the polls and going with
them into the voting booths, no one
need be surprised to find a large de
crease in the "foreign" vote at the next
election.
Their Honest Opinions.
The following views and opinions,
gathered by the Scranton Times, are
those giving public expression to from
time to time by prominent Republican
leaders regarding high tariff and Mc-
ICinleyism:
If you levy a duty on the raw material
you discriminate against A inerican labor.
11 UN I: Y L. DAWES.
There is not a section or lino in the
entire (McKinley) bill that will open a
market for another bushel of wheat or
another barrel of pork.
JAMES G. BI.AIXE.
What is true of wheat is equally true
of other grains. Therefore the farmer
has practically 110 protection at all.
WILLIAM B. ALLISON
A system which gives to a Vanderbilt
the posession of wealth beyond the
dreams of avarice, and condemns the
poor to a poverty which has no refuge
from starvation, the prison or the grave.
J. J. I so ALLS.
If the tariff on wool makes clothing
cost more, a person will get along with
one shirt where he would otherwise
have two. JAY GOULD.
The policy of protecting the wool
grower is to gradually reduce the price.
JOHN SMEILMAN.
GO on with your driveling idiocy.
BLAINE TO MCKINLEY.
When a gentleman stands upon the
floor and tells me that this high, this
extraordinary high tariff, is for the pro
tection of 'lie laboring man, I toll lam 1
do not understand him. ]do not under
stand how lie can possibly substantiate
such a theory. JOHN A. LOOAN.
Tlio manufacturers and the trusts get
thel protection and the profits of the
tariff; the farmer gets the hurts and the
humbug. BEN BUTTEUWORTII.
I The tariff bill should read—a hill to
prevent the diffused blessings of Provi
dence from being enjoyed by the people
of tiie United States.
Jons A. K ARSON.
I am for protection which leads toulti- I
mate free trade. JAMES A. GARFIELD.
An Adventure witli Turtles.
A hoy at Newark, N. J., found two |
snapping turtles 011 Sunday morning
and started to carry them home. In
crossing a garden he was inot by tlio I
| owner, who poured out a volley of
I broken English upon the lad. The boy |
| stood his ground bravely and returned
j vigorous language, but in doing so h r
i got all about the turtles and held one of
tliem close to his bare leg. The turtle 1
j seized the lad by the loft calf and held j
'] on with the tenacity of a bulldog. 111
■ writhing around tlio boy brought tho !
, j other turtle in contact with his right leg, ]
. ■ and he, too, took hold. The gardener for
, | got his anger and with tho aid of his j
_ j pruning knife managed to liberate tho
turtles from their hold. The muscles of
, ; both calves were badly lacerated.—Phil- !
I : adelphia Ledger.
Hydraulic Tenting.
1 j A plant for hydraulic to-ting purposes
. is to be installed near the town of San
. thia, Italy. The proposed establishment
; is intended for tho determination of
! many points at present more or less ob
scure in the flow of water through large
sluices. It is to lie located between the
Cavourand tho Cigliano canals, where
tho requisite volume of water for such
experiments can bo easily obtained, the
Cigliano canal being elevated about 88 " '>
feet above tlie Cavour canal. The pre
liminary plans provide for the construc
tion of a large and small sluice, measur
j. ing basins and weirs, and accommoda
tion for the testing of all kinds of hy
draulic apparatus.—New York Tele
-4 gram.
Belter Not Eat In Ilot Weather.
, We all eat too much in the summer
time. The man who begins a hot snm
-1 mer day with a cup of hot coffee, a big
• slice of beefsteak fried in grease, a cup-
I ful of boiled eggs and two or three hot
I soggy rolls fresh from the oven is sim
• ply firing up for tho day. A glass of
• water, a few sips of coffee, a little fruit,
( a cracker and a glass of milk constitute
nil the breakfast that is needed for sum
mer time in this climate, and during tho
intensely hot weather if a man eats
meat once a day that is generally once
■ too oftep.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
CAMPAIGN SONGS.
Best Effort* of Versifiers In the New
York World's I'rise Competition.
LAir— 1 "Bonny Havens, OI" or "The Wearing of
tho Green."]
Stand forth, ye friends of Liberty,
Tho hnglo call Is blown!
i Yo mighty throng who hate the wrong
> 1 Stand forth to claim your own;
Tho people's right to rule in splto
1 Of barons high or low,
'Tis what we claim, in Freedom's name.
With Grover Cleveland, O!
I CHOltl'S.
i Wit h Grover Cleveland, 01
With Grover Cleveland, O!
'Tis what we claim, in Freedom's name.
With Grover Cleveland, Ol
No tariff tax that robs tho poor
To pay tho rich man's debts.
But let them learn each man must earn
And own what'er ho gets.
Oh, yo who toil and till tho soil,
! Strike now a manly blow
For honest work and wages and
For Graven Cleveland, 01
They tax your toil and substance, and
Tho tariff barons dream
That bayonets they tax you for
; May yet be made to gleam
'Round boxes where your votes should fall,
Un tram moled as tho snow,
For free aud fair elections and
For Grover Cleveland, 01
O: -• i' id millions squandered and
At: .. left bare—
i < t ribution swift,
must all be there.
■ d and with Stevenson
■ ly step wo go
i laws, the people's cause
rover Cleveland, 01
In .orporatc trusts will save tbem not;
Their gold is red with guilt
And ruined lives and widowed wives
And lordly castles built
In foreign lands by alien bauds—
These are tho fruits they show;
Then strike like men and striko again
For Grover Cleveland, 01
Fair play for all who think and plan
Or humbly turn tho sod,
We care not which, for poor and rich
Are equal under God.
Protection true is each man's due;
The false we'll overthrow
And vote una wed by force or fraud
For Grover Cleveland, O!
For Cleveland and Reform.
(.Air—"Marching Through Georgia."]
Rally to the rescue, boys, and make tbo battle
Rally for Democracy, for freedom and reform;
Rally to tho ballot box aud take tho polls by
storm,
As wo are marching for Cleveland.
Hurrah! hurrah! for principle and rightl
Hurrah! hurrah! we'll make tho gallant fight!
Turn tho tariff barons down and send them
out of sight,
While we are marching for Cleveland.
Down with plutocratic rule that would usurp
tholand
With its labor platitudes and inconsistent
stand;
Hoar the people Join us in the popular demand.
While wo are marching for Cleveland.
Hurrah! hurrah! tlio Pinker tons must go!
Hurrah! hurrah! we'll lay the Force bill low
And down tho grusping office shark, the w
t ion's greatest foe.
While wo are marching for Cleveland.
Follow through tho issues which our loaders
have discussed-
Low taxation, less corruption, pensions fair
and just;
Holding public offieo purely as a public trust—
While we are marching for Cleveland.
Hurrah! hurrah! ten million voices strong!
Hurrah! hurrah! we sing the people's song
Ami cheer the answering echoes as they start
j tlio world along,
j While wo are marching for Cleveland.
Blow the bugle louder, boys, and lot tho torches
j flare;
f Sound the joyful tidiugs through tho nation
everywhere;
We shall want no "blocksof five," we'll win
the victory fair,
. Marching and voting for Cleveland.
Hurrah! hurrah! long live Democracyl
Hurrah! hurrah! 'tis fixed by fate's decree!
Sound tbo conquering slogan from tho moun
tain to the sea,
While wo are marching for Cleveland.
High Turiff.
LAir—"Tit Willow."]
Republican friends, have you tried long enough
This tariff, high tariff, high tariff?
| Don't it look to you now liko a big game of
bluff,
i This tariff, high tariff, high tariff?
Can you see where it's helped you to sell or to
buy?
Is it t ruth which they've told you, or Is it a lie?
And will you continue to vote till you dlo
For tariff, high tariff, high tariff?
The workingmen now have just opened their ;
eyes
To tariff, high tariff, high tariff.
Republican pledges they've learned to despise
On tariff, high tariff, high tariff.
McKii.' 1 talk bus turned out mighty
thi
! It am ! • • unions American tin;
It's \ i In •! •. but it's rotten within,
Li ■ "io, Li. h tariff, high tariff.
. f protection, you know,
h tariff, high tariff.
We i to i otect them—you all kuow
With tariff, high tariff, high tariff.
They urge us to vote, and, with promises fine.
Inform us we'll have a more prosperous time;
They gobble the fat and then throw us the
rind-
Thai's tariff, high tariff, high tariff.
Tho Force bill you know is another rank fraud.
With tariff, high tariff, high tariff;
How can any party such measures applaud,
Willi tariff, high tariff, high tariff.
It's a blot on tho nation such hills to put
through.
But Republican schemes of that sort are not
We il change tho whole plot if you'll only pull
Against tariff, high tariff, high tariff.
ith tariff reform wo will swamp tho whole
And tariff, high tariff, high tariff.
With Republican chaff lamest men have got
through,
And tariff, high tariff, high tariff,
i For Cleveland and Stevenson now clear tht
way.
Wo see through the mist tho bright dawning
of day;
We see better times and we see better pay-
Less tariff, less tariff, less tariff.
The White House Chuir.
Conic, rally, loyal Democrats,
Obey your party's call!
Our array with its solid front
Will our enemies appall.
We'll have tho rascals all turned out
And till them with despair
When we seat our honest leader
In the Whito House chair.
cnouus.
Then march! march! march!
To the White House march away!
The turiff is tho issue.
And on that we'll win the day.
With our courageous leader
No other can compare;
He'll represent the people
In tho White House chair.
From unjust taxes. Force bills and
Corruption we'll be freed;
No longer we'll pay tribute
To monopolistic greed.
We'll send Bon and Batim and Wanny
Up salt river for fresh air
When our president is seated
In tho White House chair.
Whitelaw'a rat in grandpa's hat
Can play with "blocks of five,"
And Benny's poor relations on
Us no'or again will thrive.
Dudley, Quay and all their "pals"
Will suro bo iu despair
When Qrover's firmly seated
In tho White House chair.
The Sun of Demoofacy.
LAir—"Tho Star
■ T7t\ frocmen, arise! see, the day dawn is nigh;
Now tho sun of Democracy 'wakes from his
slumber;
And soon will his splendor illumino our sky.
And soon o'er our land blessings shed with
out number.
Then orror shall hide.
Then truth shall abide,
I Wbilo justice and right shall bo found by her
side;
When Cleveland and Stevenson victors shall
I he,
Whon peace and fair plenty shall smile on the
free.
Oh, brothers, how long will you suffer and bear
Tho vampire that sucks the life blood of tho
nation?
What! will you bo slaves, who have breathed
freedom's air,
Slaves to plutocracy's foul combination?
Now the battle is on,
Tho cause must bo won,
Tho musses shall rule, let tho classes be gone!
Then, liko freemen and true men, arise In your
might.
For Cleveland and Stevenson, charge for tho
right!
Oh, hear you the murmurs that wako all the
land,
Tho cry of distress and tho groaus of our
tollers?
And hear you tho boast of that desperate
band,
Iligb tariff's defenders, tho people's depoil
ers?
They boust and declare,
They vow and they swear,
To fasten more firmly tho chains that you
wear.
Then p, men, for Cleveland, tried, trusted
and true,
Strlko home, men, for Cleveland and Steven
son too.
llark! hark to that cry as it swells to tho sky!
"l'is Cloveland and Stevenson, friends of the
people;
From mountain to son. a grand Jubilee-
Ring out tho glud tidings from church tower
aud steeple!
Each homo Is made light
And gladsome and bright,
And dead is tho Foreo bill and burled from
sight.
Thus the "Templo of Freedom" kept sacred
shall bo
In this land of tho bravo and the homo of the
freo.
That "Tender Mercy."
| Grover Cleveland—The tender mercy
I the workinginan receives from those
made selfish and sordid by nnjust gov
ernmental favoritism.—Chicago Herald.
The lleghiiilug of the Knd.
Mr. Frick is credited with saying that
ho recognizes tho necessity of getting
tho Carnegie works in all departments
upon a basis that will enable them to
dispense with protection, and that this
is the reason for tho reduction of the
wages and the contests with the labor
organizations that have occurred during
the last year or two. If Mr. Frick made
this remark it is ereditablo to his per
ception, and his conduct toward his
Homestead workiugmen is eminently
calculated to bring about the conditions
for which he claims to be preparing. It
is probable that the future historian in
; writing the history of the Nineteenth
| century will point to the Homestead
camago as tho beginning of tho end of
protection in the United States.—St.
Louis Republic.
"The rroof of the Pudding," Etc.
The People's party in Kansas need not
be alarmed by the announcement that
Governor McKinley is to take part in
tho campaign in that state. As long as
tho farmers of Kansas have to bny agri
cultural implements and nails and lum
■ ber and clothing, and their wives are
compelled to purchase carpets and
blankets and woolen fabrics and gloves
and tinware, all of the talking which
j even as slick an orator as McKinley can
do will not make protection popular,
i The quality of pudding in Kansas is al
ways determined by tho sense of taste.—
Kansas City Star.
A Very Had Well Enough.
Tho administration organ puts forth
the old plea of the sleek and contented
ins in favor of "letting well enough
alone." Whether the irony of this plea
be conscious or unconscious, it is great.
Is the highest tariff in the world, taxing
a thousand necessaries of the people at
more than war rates and breeding mil
lionairo monopolists and servile or strik
ing workiugmen, "well enough?"— New
York World.
A Decidedly Vulgar Ring.
Chairman Carter is flippantly spoken
of as "tho little wonder," and though
young is said to be a "hustler." Uncle
Jerry Rusk is reported as saying that
there aro "no flies 011 him." All this
would sound very well in ward politics,
but used in connection with the man
agement of a great national party it
certainly has a very vulgar ring.—Bos
ton Globe.
Give Thanks to McKinley.
When the duty of four cents a pound
comes to be laid on imported tin next
July the English owners of the Temescal
mine will he able to get that much more
for their little output from American
consumers, and for that blessing all
patriotic Americans will have to give
j thanks to McKinley and his associate
i patriots.—Chicago Herald.
OFF THE PITCH.
A lleiitibllcail Keynote Thut h Decld
eilly "QuavHriih."
Senator Carlisle's answer to Mr. Aid
rich has stirred up the Republican
brethren mightily, and they aro not so
contont as they professed thomselves to
let tho Rhode Island senator's speech go
out as the "keynote of tho campaign."
In f;tct, they now find that keynote to
be decidedly off the proper pitch, and
aro trying in various ways to sound it so
that it will be free from suspicious
quavers and crackings. Senator Sher
man reverted to the ancient melody in
praise of dear goods, and said that Mr.
Carlisle's demonstration that the McKin
ley bill had increased tho cost of living
had no terrors for him, inasmuch as ho
was far from sure that cheapness was
desirable.
Our own senator tried his mouth at
the keynote and took tho position that
since a large part of the increase of the
cost in living was due to enhanced prices
for agricultural products, the McKinley
bill could not be held chargeable for
that advance, because "the prices of
agricultural products are not really af
fected by tho tariff legislation of 1890."
This is rather hard on Sonator Aid
rich, Uncle Jerry and The Tribune, and
their assertions that McKinley had put
millions of dollars into the pockets of
the farmers. It is hardest of all on the
New York senator, who two years ago
developed such a consuming interest in
tho farming population, and so emphat
ically said that tho McKinley bill was
solely for their benefit, that he was at
onco dubbed "Farmer" Hiscock. Alto
gether the Republican choir is produc
ing a fearful discord in its efforts to
strike a keynote.—New York Evening
Post.
REPUBLICAN IGNORANCE.
A Touch of Comlo Journalism from Par
tisan Papers.
An afternoon organ of Republicanism
quotes the statemont of a Democratic
newspaper that "the French are leaving
Canada and coming to us because they
can earn a better living here," and calls
it "a frank confession." "What a re
buke," it exclaims, "to the free trade
advocates to find thousands of emigrants
rushing from tho domain of free trade
England in search of a better living in
the land of protection!"
As a touch of comic journalism the
suggestion that in leaving protectionist
Canada the French Canadians are run
ning away from "free trade" is only
equaled by the calm assumption tliat all
the advantages of climate, soil, inter
state free trade and business opportu
nity which this country offers are the
fruits of the two-year-old McKinley law.
This is a flight which even Puck has
not darod, a touch of humor which Life
has not ventured upon.—New York
World.
A Startling Record.
It is to be remembered that manufac
tures in this country have not been
prosperous during the past year, and
that the decrease in imports has not been
offset by home production. The enor
mous taxes levied have simply compel
led thousands of the people of tho Unit
ed States to do without these necessa
ries, while other thousands have bought
them at the cost of a heavy tribute
either to an extravagant government or
to pampered trusts. It is a record which
should make sensible men pause and
think.—Sioux Fulls (S. D.) Argus-Lead
er.
A Pleasing Condition.
The pleasing condition which con
fronts the Democrats is this: There are
Democrats who would vote for Cleve
land without tariff reform, and there
are Democrats who would vote for tariff
reform without Clevelund. Now when
they can have both Cleveland and tariff
reform it is beautiful and delightful to
meditate upon the multitude of joyous
Democrats who will press to the polls to
vote for Cleveland and tariff reform.—
New London (Conn.) Telegraph.
Destroy It Utterly.
But this time the force bill is to be
fought and beaten at the polls. Tho
issue is cloarly defined. It is for the
people to say whether they will give this
conspiracy against popular rights and a
free ballot a new lease of life or whether
they will once and for all break up and
utterly destroy the iniquitous alliance
between invested and protected cupital
and the Republican party.—Minneapolis
Times.
Ingenious, but Not Convincing.
The efforts of the Republican sooth
sayers to eliminate the force bill issuo
from the campaign are heroic. They
hold that because the Lodge schemo has
once been defeated, despite Mr. Harri
son's urging, it must not be considered
as a present issue. This is ingonious,
but not convincing.—Detroit Free Press.
High Priced Tariff Protected Fncl.
A Republican tariff is the primary
cause of this steady advance in the price
of anthracite. If the present prohib
itive duty was removed from bituminous
coal, consumers would find a measuro
of relief from the extortionate charges
of the Reading combine.—Albany Ai
gus.
It Will Not lie Forgotten.
It should not bo forgotten that the
bill passed by the Democratic houso foi
free wool and cheaper clothing has been
buried in a pigeonhole of the Republican
senate. The people will make the Repub
lican party shiver for this next Novem
ber.—Buffalo Courier.
A Peculiar Republican Disease.
If Rusk succeeds in his cure for lumpy
jawed cattle he will reflect great credit
: upon the administration. Maybe hecan
removo lumps from the throats of Re
publican candidates who quako at future
prospects of defeat.—Kunsas City Times.
There Are None Sueli.
The Republican campaign will not
grow very rapidly if the managers de
l>end on contributions from workmen
tvhose wages have been increased by
tie McKinley bill.—St. Louis Republic.
BEADIIG lAILBOAII SYSTEM
FTVX 7 LEHIGH VALLEY
|YTOK DIVISION.
|G ARRANGEMENT OF
PASSENGER TRAINS.
I# MAY 15, 1803.
LEAVE FREELAND.
6.15, 8.45, 11.40, 10.85 A. M., 12.25, 1.50, 2.43, 3 50.
5.15, 0.35, 7.00, 8.47 P. M., lor Drifton, Jeddo,
Lumber Yard, Stocktou and Hazleton.
0.15 9.40 A. M., 1.50, 3.50 P. M., for Mauch
Chunk, Allentown, Bethlehem, Phlla., Easton
and New York. (8.45 has no councctiou for
New York.)
8.45 A. M. for Bethlehem, Euston and Phila
delphia.
7.20, 10.56 A. M 12.16, 4.39 P. M. (via Highland
!?l7M ,ch L for "hite Haven, (ilen Summit,
Wi ikes- Bar re, Pitts ton and L. and B. Junction,
0.10 A. M. for Bluek Ridge and Tomhicken.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11.40 A. M. and 3.45 P. M. for Drifton, Jeddo,
Lumber Yard and Hazleton.
}'• t m - for Delano, Mahanoy City, Shen
andoah, New York and Philadelphia.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
5.50, 6.52, 7.20, 9.15, 10.56 A. M., 12.16. 1 15 2 23.
4.39, 0.50 and 6.37 P. M. from Hazleton, Stock
ton, Lumber Yard, Jeddo and Drlfton.
1.26, 9.15, 10.561 A. M., 12.10,2.33, 4.151, 0.56 P. M.
f':""' ■J'; 1 !'""; Mahanoy City an.l Shenandoah
(\ la New Boston Branch).
1.15 and 8.37 P. M. from New York Easton
Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allentown and
Mauch Chunk.
.nV 6 ,?"! 1 ?."™ A ' Huston, Phlladel
phia, Bethlehem and Maueh Chunk.
9.15, 10.515 A. M., 2.43, tt.35 p. M. from White
Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkes-Barre, Pitteton
and L. and B. Junction (via Highland Branch).
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11.31 A. M. and 3.31 P. M. from Hazleton.
Lumber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton.
11.31 A.M. from Delano, Hazleton, Philadel
phia and Easton.
3.31 P. M. from Pottsvilie and Delano
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
I. A. SWEIOAUD, Gen. Mgr.
C. G. HANCOCK, Gen. Pass. Agt.
A. W. NONNEMACHEK,
South Bethlehem, Pa.
is. p. MCDONALD.
Centre and South Streets.
Dry Goods, Dress Goods,
Notions,
Furniture, Carpets, Etc.
It is sufficient to stutc our stock throughout
is the most complete to be found in the region.
We invite you to call and Judge for yourselves.
We will compare prices with any dealer in the
same line 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 high class
goods of quality beyond question, and to those
we mid unlimited variety in all new novelties
and 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.
CITIZENS' BANK
OF
FREELAND.
15 Front Street.
Capital, - $50,000.
OFFICERS.
JOSEPH BIHKHF.CK, President.
11. C. KOONS, Vice President.
B. It. DAVIS, Cashier.
JOHN SMITH, Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
Joseph Birkbeck, Thomas Birktieek. John
Wagner. A Ruduwick, H. C. Koons, Charles
Dusheck, William Kemp, Mathias Schwa be,
John Smith, John M. Powell, 2d, John Burton.
Three per cent, interest paid on saving
deposits.
Open daily from 9 a. m. to 4p. m. Saturday
evenings from 6 to 8.
WONDERFUL
The cures which are being effected by Drs.
Starkey & Palon, 1529 Arch St., Philadelphia,
Pa., in Consumption, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bron
chitis, Rheumatism, and ull chronic diseases,
by their Compound Oxygen Treatment, are in
deed marvelous.
If you are a sufferer from any disease which
your physician has failed to cure, write for in
formation about this treatment, and their book
of 800 pages, giving a history of Compound
Oxygen, its nature uud effects, with numerous
testimonials from patients, to whom you may
refer for still further information, will be
promptly sent, without charge.
This book, aside from its great merit as a
medical work, giving, as It does, the result of
years of study and experience, you will tlnd a
very interesting one.
Drs. STARKEY & PALEN,
1520 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
120 Sutter St., Sail Francisco, Cal.
Please mention this paper.
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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 DcpotJ
S. RUDE WICK,
Wholesale Dealer In
Imported Brandy, Wine
And All Kinds Of
LIQUORS.
THE BEST
lE3eer,
Porter,
And
Bro-wm Stout.
Foreign and Domestic.
Cigars Kept on Hand.
S. RUDEWiGK,
SOUTH IIEBERTON.
E. M. GERITZ,
23 years in Germany and America, opposite
r.ho Centra 1 Hotel, Centre Street, Frcelaeu. The
Cheupcbl Repairing Store in town.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
New Watches, Clocks and
Jewelry on hand for the Holi.
days; the lowest cash price in
town. Jewelry rejiaired in
short notice. All Watch Re
pairing guaranteed for one
year.
Eight Day Clocks from $3.00
to $12.00; New Watches from
$4.00 up.
E. M. GERITZ,
Opposite Central Hotel, Centre St., Fit jlnnd.
GO TO
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Livery Stable
FOR
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At Short Notice, for Weddings, Parties and
Funerals. Front Street, two square*
below Freeland Opera House.
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UNDERTAKER
AND
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