MIXING THINGS UP.
THE OPEN ENEMY, THE HYPOCRITE
AND THE FOOL FRIEND.
It In Doubtful If Labor Doe* Not Suffer
More from the Latter Than from Either
of the Others—Terse Comment I'pon
Some Recent Utterances.
It is a hard matter to determine
whether the open antagonism of the
tools of capitalism or the hypocrisy
which vice pays to virtue or the blun
dering of fool friends is the greatest
stumbling block in the efforts toward
labor's emancipation. lam almost con
vinced that either of the two last named |
do more to prevent progress than the (
former. The hypocrite in the pulpit,
the editorial chair or on the platform,
who pretends to be the friend of the
workingman, deludes him by advice
which has weight with the untutored
and unthinking, because the cloven foot
is hidden behind an ambush of words
that on their face sympathize with ac
knowledged grievances. The politician
not only admits that the workingman
has just cause for complaint, but be de- J
nounces the enemy of our "bone and
sinew" in the strongest of terms. The
gudgeon sits open mouthed drinking in
the denunciation of his enemy and praise
of the worthiness of his own horny
handed self until, blinded by the dust
the wily trickster throws into his eyes,
he sees a Moses come to lead him out of
bondage. And the worst of it is he
comes up punctually in every political
campaign for his handful of eye dust.
Though he gets the dirt out of his eyes
regularly the morning after every elec
tion, he becomes nuts for the flimflam
mer by the time the next campaign
opens.
It is only necessary for a newspaper to
say a word of praise of some labor or
ganization which for the moment may
be at peace with organized capital, or to
denounce some trust as illegal, for the
gullible workingman to be ready to
swallow yards of sophistry and to (fuiet
ly submit to ridicule of bottom principles
and infamous misrepresentations of the
claims and aims of the general move
ment. P. T. fiarnum said the people
loved to be humbugged. What would
he have said had he been acquainted
with the modern workingman of Amer
ica? Not only does he love to be hum
bugged, but he seems to delight in being
skinned and flayed. If not, then why
has he so long suffered from ills that he
could remove if he would turn a deaf
ear to the siren's song and work out his
own salvation?
These thoughts were induced by read
ing an editorial from the Columbus
(O.) Press. The paper pretends to be
friendly to the cause of labor, and says
some good things in the article in ques
tion; but one is inclined to the belief that
it is attempting the confidence game
dodge when one reads in the concluding
paragraphs about the importance of the
tariff question. But let that pass out of
our minds and we will find that the best
that can be said of the writer of the ar
ticle is that he is ono of the fool friends.
The way in which he mixes up truth and
fiction and error stamps him one whose
efforts, if successful, can result in only
sympathy for the workingman, who
wants not tears and alms, but justice.
As the article in the Ohio paper is
very like many others that come under
the eyes of the reading workingmen, I
want to give it a little consideration and
see if I can point out wherein it does
the cause of labor harm, while on its
face it reads like the expressions of
friendship. Take the following extract,
for instance:
Capital is labor 6torcd away, and it is in
largo part the accumulation of those who are
dead. There should not exist, nor does there
exist, a natural hostility between the rich and
the poor. Whatever hostility exists is brought
about by designing persons, who hope for some
selfish advantage by the strife.
The definition of capital is nearer cor
rect than what is usually given by the
newspaper editor, but why confuse it by
changing the terms capital and labor to
rich and poor, as is done in the next
sentence? There can be no hostility,
naturai or otherwise, between labor and
capital, but when capital becomes the
rich and labor the poor the case is dif
ferent. There is a natural antagonism
between the laborer and the capitalist
so long as they are two distinct classes.
And there is a natural hostility between
the rich and the poor. It does no good
to attempt to disguise this fact; it is too
apparent. It must be admitted, and the
only point open to discussion in connec
tion therewith is whether the hostility
is natural or not.
Now I claim it is. If the natural
condition of unity between labor and
capital were not perverted by a system
which makes two classes of the laborer
and capitalist, there would not be the
distinctly rich and the distinctly poor.
Hence it seems to me natural that a re
sult of the capitalist system which places
the "labor stored away" in the hands of
one class—that is, gives to employers all
the surplus of production—and allows
to the actual producer only barely
enough to keep him in condition to pro
duce, must necessarily create antago
nisms betweeu the two. As the laborer
becomes more intelligent he sees more
clearly the injustice of such a system,
and while he realizes that the rich are
becoming richer oil of the results of his
toil the rich man understands that his
pecuniary interests are in the direction
of continuing the system. Do such con
ditions conduce to harmony and broth
erly love?
The editor of the Columbus Press de
clares that "every man has by nature a
right to eat the bread which he earns,
and no man has the natural right to cat
the bread earned by another. He has
neither the right to seize it by force nor
by cunning." How he can make this
declaration fit in with the admission
that there are rich and poor, and that
riches are "labor stored away," passeth
the understanding of the man from Pike.
But this is where the "fool friendship"
J comes in. Then, again, take the follow
j ing extract from the same article:
Every natural right which belongs to man
kind and the enjoyment of which would briug
happiness, prosperity and peace is secure to
every person iu the United States by the con
stitution. These rights existed before the Dec
laration of Independence and were reaffirmed
by it. These ualurul rights by individuals are
affirmed in the constitutions of each of the
states. But the old barbaric instiucts of op
pression and cunning have been at work sinco
our government was formed, so that these
natural rights have by statutes too frequently
been abridged.
Without entering upon a discussion of
the constitution of the United States,
which does not "secure" the things
credited to it, though it may be treason j
to say so, it is well known that it is 110 !
infrequent occurrence for the tools of
capitalism and plutocracy to take refuge j
behind that document when measures
looking to the return of the people's nat- j
nral rights are proposed. The abridg- (
ment of natural rights brought about by i
instincts" manifested in
"statutes" have been declared "constitu- I
tional" by the high courts of the land.
Therefore either the supreme courts are |
barbaric or the constitution is not the j
great thing it has been cracked up to be. |
Our Columbus friend admits as much
in the following paragraph:
The only reason for tho existence of any
law is that right and justice shall prevail,
that each shall have his own. But will any
intelligent citizen contend that there are not a
multitude of laws, both state and federal, tho
operation of which is to enrich some at the
expense <>f all?
Have I shown that the Columbus
Press has so mixed truth, fiction and
error as to damage the search for the i
true light, and that because of its appar
ent friendliness for the workingman it
has helped to befuddle and deceive
him?
Passing from a teacher—which every
editor is, to some extent—let us see how
one of the rich men looks at this subject.
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, a billion
aire, was recently interviewed by the
Paris Figaro, and some of the things he
said were so much like what the average
editors say that one is inclined to the j
belief that he and they understand each
other pretty well. Said the baron:
With a few unfortunate exceptions, inevita
ble accidents, each one in general has that
portion of capital which he merits by his in
telligence, his energy and his work. Certainly
chance and luck meddle sometimes with the ;
fate of individuals. Unworthy people are often
favored by chance, while men of merit are
sorely tried, but the same law exists for all,
and it is the same at all the steps of the social
ladder, and the only Just law is the law of labor
for all.
Reporter—The present social organization is
criticised because it makes thousands of men
work all their lives to enrich a single one. The
division is perhaps not equitable.
M. de Rothschild—lf it is not equitable, if
the workmen consider that they are under
paid, they can strike. They have the right
to strike. It is legitimate, and nobody dreams
of taking it away from them. Let them
exercise it, and indeed they don't deprive
themselves of It. But is it not natural that
the man who puts in the first indispensable
force, capital, and in addition gives his in
telligence, his powers of organization, of in
vention and all the force of his intellect, should
be better recompensed and have more luxuries
than the coarse and brutal workman who
brings merely the unintelligent help of his
arms?
| The Baron is not BO careful in his lan
' guage as the American type of million
i aire. In this country they do not speak
j of the workman as "brutal and coarse"—
' that is, not publicly.
It is real kind of the baron to admit
the right of the discontented "brute" to
strike when conditions become unbeara
ble. Andrew Carnegie makes the same
admission, but he hires a gang of thugs
and puts guns into their hands to see
that the strike doesn't avail the discon
tented anything. But the barou also,
like the American lord at the banquet
and the plutocratic editor, is assured
that only a few agitators are dissatisfied
with the condition of working people:
For my part, I have no faith in this work
inginen's movement. I am sure that the work
men—l speak in general—are satisfied with
their condition; that they do not complain.
Certainly there are agitators who try to make
all the noise possible around themselves, but
they have no hold upon the honest, reasonable
aud industrious laborers, and no influence
over them. But we must make a distinction
between good and bad workmen. Now, for
example, it is absolutely false to state that the
good workmen want eight hours only for a
day's labor.
The fellows who make the demand aro the
lazy and the incapable. They reason in this
May: "It is tiresome to work ten or twelve
hours a day, and. moreover, there are men
among us who are less lazy aud more expert
than we are. They produce more in the same
space of time, and consequently they earn
mere. Let us endeavor to make them work
less. Our interest and our laziness will bo
protected thereby." That's about the amount
of it. But the others, the fathers of families,
the sensible and steady men, don't want to bo
prevented from working as long as they please
lor their own benefit and that of their families.
But let us admit that they should bo forced to
work eight hours and no more. Do you know
what the majority would do? They would
drink. They would spend more time in the sa-
I loons, and that's all. What else could they do?
If this rich man really speaks in ac
cordance with his understanding ho
hasn't sense enough to dig ditches. And
he is a fair representative of a class
which rules the destinies of millions of
j men, and whose superiority is constant
j ly dinned into the ears of those who
| protest against the injustice of present
inequalities.
Again we turn to the columns of a
newspaper. The Chicago Post, discuss
ing the refusal of the Trades assembly
of that city to parade on the opening of
the Columbian exposition, says:
I>abor Is not hostile to the fair. And why?
Because It is labor's fair. Every brick and
Itene and timber in the structures in Jackso:i
|>ark is a monument to what labor has dene to
illustrate its own performance in subduing a
continent and building a nation. Who are the
laborers? The American people. This is a
nation of toilers. The drones are few and they
are not in high esteem. A few of them sit in
high places and clog the wheels of govern
ment with their excesses. But by far the
greater number are in the ranks of labor, Im
peding with hands that know not toll the
noble, the heroic work which makes the C'o
, lumbian fair possible and gives to it a signifi
cance. One hundred and nineteen of these
I drones have for a moment throttled the voice
of the majority their betters. But that is all
I they have done—it is only for a moment.
The 119 drones referred to ure the
members of the Trades assembly. But
is the Chicago fair "lubor's fair?" If
because labor made the brick and hewed
the stone and timbers used in the great
buildings ft is labor's fair, then every
railroad, building and every other thing
into which labor has gono belongs to the
laborer. The Post will hardly admit
this. The fact is that the World's fair
is a private enterprise so far as the re
wards of its success are concerned. The
Interest labor has in it is like the inter
est it has iu a state or county fair or a
museum controlled by private capital
ists or a corporation, where money is in
vested to make money. Of course we
must admit that the residents of a com
munity or country have a sentimental
pride in any extraordinary display, even
if they do have to pay to see it. But it
is arrant nonsense to say that the Colum
bian exposition is "labor's fair" because
it is to show in buildings constructed by
labor the results of 400 years of indus
try. If the laborer was the possessor of
all the wealth he has created the case
would be different; but when we look
to see his share in all this wonderful |
progress our vision is blurred by the
sight of tenement and rags, tramps,
strikes and the bristling bayonets of the I
militia.
The Kansas City Star says Mr. Pow
derly is stupid for Advising workinginen
to keep out of the militia, and then goes
on to say:
Tho one hope of economic emancipation en
joyed by the laborer who is really oppresed is
in a thorough and everlasting comprehension
of the fact that this is a democratic govern
ment. If he holds the idea that the govern
ment is of and for the rich, a something of
which he is no part and of whose blessings be
is no possessor, the laboring man—the poor
man, for instance—is hopeless. And when he
believes his case a hopeless one the peasnnt of
Europe and ho lock through tho same blue
glasses.
It depends, in a great measure, upon
what Tho Star means by "this govern
ment." It is generally understood that
the spirit of our institutions is demo
cratic, but the form certainly is not.
There is a wide difference between a
representative and democratic form of
government, and ours is of the repre
sentative kind. But the workingman
has not studied this part of the subject.
What he is beginning to understand,
however, is that our government, not
withstanding its glittering claims, is
fast becoming a government for the
sole benefit of plutocracy. I know that
such declarations are set down as the
vaporings of demagogues and anarchists
by the "better class" and the unthinking,
hilt facts are facts, and they cannot be
gotten away from.
Leaders of strikes at Homestead and
Cceur d'Alene are indicted—and in the
latter case already convicted—for trea
son because tltey met the force of armed
hirelings of capitalism as only men fit
to he called freemen could meet it. On
the other hand, the employers of the
private army, whose acts are in direct
violation of the laws of the land, are
left to go scot free, and are even lauded
by representatives of government and
furnished the citizen soldiery to further
overawe workingmen. It is not to he
wondered at that American laborers are
beginning to look through the "blue
glasses of the European peasant.'
Glasses or no glasses, what is seen does
not differ much on the two continents.
Jos. K. BUCHANAN.
A Voice in the Temple.
A dispatch from Chicago says: "Rev.
T. G. Milsted, pastor of Unity church,
has for some time entertained the idea
of erecting a bethel for the sailors who
frequent this port. This morning he
made the matter the subject of an ear
nest appeal to the members of his congre
gation. He dwelt at length upon the
great need of such an institution in Chi
cago, and said: 'We must do something
to save these men. They now have no
place to go except to the dives and sa
loons. What wonder, then, that they are
so disreputable?
" 'You're a liar!' yelled a voice in the
back of the church. 'l'm a sailor,' yelled
the owner of the voice, 'and we are not
disreputable. We do not want any
bethel home. What we want is more
wages,' and the toiler of the seas deliv
ered to the congregation his personal
opinion of the pastor, which was neither
flattering nor couched in polite language.
All efforts to pacify him failed, and the
profane, argumentative son of Neptune
was hustled through the sacred portals
by an array of ushers. No attempt was
made to arrest him."
Sweating In Chicago.
Mrs. Florence Kelly, special agent of
the Illinois bureau of labor, says of Chi
cago: "There are 2,000 sweating shops ;
in this city, and in each shop are little j
girls and boys, Bohemians, Germans, j
Russians and Italians, all huddled to- I
gether, the girls from twelve to fifteen |
years old working at the machines and
the younger childrefl sewing on buttons.
It is terrible, and for this state of affairs
we are indebted to the philanthropic
Marshall Field, 11. W. King and others.
They are the abettors of the sweating j
system. The government is also to '
blame, fori consider it the foster mother '
of the system. Laws should be passed i
by the city government making it an i
offense for clothes to be made in any '
place which is used as a place of habita
tion. This is only right, for in the
houses where Jhese cloaks and other
garments are made there is often ma
lignant and infectious diseases. The
disease is thus spread into the homes of
wealth and culture."
Modent Mr. Arthur.
At a recent meeting of Altoona (Pa.;
i division of the Brotherhood of Locoino
tive Engineers Grand Chief P. M. Ar
thur was a visitor and the principal
speaker. He began his remarks by say
i
The misfortunes of organized labor of the
present day have in most cases been due to the
selection of leaders. The Brotherhood of lAJ
c.motive Engineers has given the railroad
j companies trustworthy, reliable men.
Many will agree with Mr. Arthur's
opening sentence, but well informed
: labor men will make an opposite appli
cation of the words to that intended by
the chief. The modesty of Mr. Arthur
I is appalling to one who remembers that
I the gentleman himself has for some
I years represented all that the engineers
I have "given the railroad companies."
A Very Clone Shuve.
I "I believe I got into the closest place
during the civil war that a man ever
got out of alive," said E. N. Harper, the
Mulhatton of Michigan, now stopping
at the Laclede. "I had been detailed
! to obtain information regarding the
strength of a detachment of Confederate
| troops stationed on the Tennessee river,
; near Decatur, Ala. I got the informa
tion, and was working my way back to
camp when I was discovered and pur
| sued by a scouting party. I had con
cealed a skiff in the brush on the banks
of the river, but a sudden rise had swept
it away, and there was nothing to do but
; surrender or swim the swollen stream.
I plunged in, but the current was
stronger than 1 had anticipated, and by
the time I readied midstream my
! strength was about exhausted. I man
j aged to get hold of the end of a floating
| log and drifted down stream, while the
Johnnies made the water around me
; boil with their bullets.
I "I soon drifted out of range and
crawled up on the log, only to discover
i that it was already occupied by a big
water moccasin, who was inclined to
dispute possession. I had no weapon
but a water soaked pistol. If I staid on
the log I would get bit; if I got off 1
would be drowned. While debating
what I should do the log drifted within
range of the Union pickets, and they
appeared to think I had been raised up
by a special providence as a practice
. target. The first volley killed the moc
casin, and before they could reload 1
made them understand that I was not
trying to pull any feathers out of the
tail of the American eagle. Since my
escape from that position of fourfold
peril I have been something of a fatalist."
—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
English Policemen.
The police regulations in England are
very different from those common in
lliis country. The policeman there is
not nearly so autocratic as he is here
and would never think of using a club
or striking a man, except in self defense.
J. Gilmer Speed gives this story of their
mild sway:
Upon one occasion a man came into
iny office and created a disturbance. 1
ordered him out. He declined to go, so 1
sent for a policeman. A sergeant came.
I said to him:
"This man does not belong here and
refuses to leave my office. Will you
please take him out?"
I expected the sergeant to tell the man
he must go, and then if he did not move
on I expected to see the officer remove
him by force. Not at all. The sergeant
said, "You had better leave here, sir,"
and his tone was as respectful and civil
as though ho was asking a favor.
The man manifested no intention of
leaving, and the police officer began an
inquiry as to his reasons for wanting to
stay. This so exasperated me that I put
the man out myself, greatly to the
astonishment and apprehension of the
officer.
He explained to me that I had no right
to interfere in the matter I had brought
I to his attention, and that doubtless the
j intruder would get out a warrant against
' me and have mo arrested for assault.
I
A Mexican Hat in a Illrtlrage.
i In a little out of tho way alley not far
from Stuyvesant square there is a small,
dingy barroom. It is the favorite drink
ing place of a dozen or more old men,
who are cronies and have met ami played
chess there for many yeaiH. Tho aged
proprietor of tho place has filled the
room with curiosities—strange stuffed
birds, autographs of old New Yorkers,
theater tickets of a quarter of a century
ago, a few old fashioned collars, etc.
Tho old gentleman is facetious occa
sionally. He has been chuckling over
his latest joke for a week or two.
Hanging from the ceiling directly
over the bar is a bamboo birdcage. The
four sides of the cage are covered with
cloth curtains. On one of these curtains
is printed this inscription, "A Mexican
Bat." Of course every customer wants
to see the animal, but on lifting the cur
tain one sees nothing but a brick sus
pended from the top of the cage by a
string. The experiment generally costs
the curious person at least the price of
five flagons of ale.—Now York Tribune.
A Scliemo That Works.
When you go into the Marble C'ollegi
atechurch, at Fifth avenue and Twenty
ninth street, yon will iind in the book
rack of each ]>ew a curd of the size of a
fashionable envelope. It is an "ac
quaintance card," bearing the pastor's
name and church address on one side,
with a nice little square in the upper
right hand corner in which is printed,
"If mailed, two cent stamp here." On
tho other side is printed: "In order that
the pastors may have the opportunity of
seeking personal acquaintance and ex
tending to you the courtesies of the
church, please write your name and ad
dress below, drop the card in the pas
tor's mail box, hand to an usher or return
by mail. Signed, David James Burrell,
D. D., pastor; Rev. Palmer S. Hulbert,
Rev. Alfred E. Myers, assistant pastors."
It is a sort of a drop-a-card-iu-a-slot-and
receive-a-pnstoral-call scheme, and they
say it works well.—New York Times.
l&ttiniudiiig llim of Fact.
A few days ago an elderly gentleman
and his wife came down Broadway to
gether. A lady crossing the street fell
down. The old gentleman rushed to her
assistance and helped her in every possi
ble way. When he returned to his wife
she shook her fist at him. "It's all right;
it's all right," he whispered. "Yes, 1
know it's all right," she replied hotly.
"Here's an unknown woman falls down
and you plow across the street to help
her, and the other day I fell down stairs
and you wanted to know if I was prac
ticing for a circus."—New York World.
An Innovation.
A south Georgia schooluia'am has in
troduced a new feature in her school.
When one of the girls misses a word the
boy who spells it gets permission to kiss
her. As a result the girls are becoming
very poor spellers, while the boys are im
proving. —Atlanta Constitution.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
I ) ETHEL BAPTIST.
-!_•> Ridge and Walnut Streets.
Rev, C. A. Spaulding, Pustor.
Sunday School 1000 A M
Gospel Temperance 2 30 I'M
Preaching 0 00 1* M
HEAVENLY RECRUITS.
Centre Street, above Chestnut.
Rev. Charles Urown, Pastor.
Morning Service 10 00 A M
Sunday School 2 00 P M
Love Feast 315 PM
Preaching 7 30 PM
J EDDO METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
In charge of Rev. E. M. Chilcoat.
Sunday School .2 00 P M
Preaching 7 00 PM
gT. ANN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC.
Rev. M. J. Fullihee, Pastor; Rev. F. P. McNally,
Curate.
Low Mass 8 00 A M
High Mass 10 30 A M
Sunduy School 200 PM
Vespers 4 00 P M
Mass on Weekdays 7 00 A M
ST. JAMBS* EPISCOPAL.
South and Washington Streets.
Rev. J. P. Buxton, Pastor.
Sunday School 1 30 P M
Prayer and Sermon 7 00 P M
QT. JOHN'S REFORMED,
k? Walnut and Washington Streets.
Rev. H. A. Benner, Pastor.
Sunday School 9 00 A M
German Service 10 30 A M
Praise Meeting. 7 00 PM
English Sermon 7 30 P M
Prayer and touchers' meeting every Saturday
evening at 7.45 o'clock,
T. KASIMEIt'S POLISH CATHOLIC.
Ridgo Street, above Curbon.
Rev. Joseph Muzotus, Pastor.
Mass 1100 A M
Vespers 4 00 P M
Mass on Weekdays 7 30 A M
ST. LUKE'S GERMAN LUTHERAN.
Main and Washington Streets.
Rev. A. Hcimullcr, Pastor.
Sunday School 9 00 A M
German Service .1000 A M
Cutocliial Instruction Goi> PM
ST. MARY'S GREEK CATHOLIC.
Front and Fern Streets.
Rev. Cirili Gulovich, Pastor.
Low Mass 800 A M
High Moss 10 30 A M
Vespers 2 00 P. M
r pit IN IT Y METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
-L Birkbeck Street, South Heberton.
Rev. E. M. Chilcoat, Pastor.
Preaching 10 00 A M
Sunday School 2 00 PM
Prayerund Class Meeting 7 00 PM
Epworth League meets every Friday evening
at 7.30 o'clock.
WELSH BAPTIST. (Donop's Hall)
Walnut and Ridge Streets.
Sunday School 10 30 A M
Prayer Meeting 0 00 PM
TirMTOZbT-ST,
BOTTLER
AND DEALER IN
All kinds of Liquor,
Beer and Porter,
Temperance Drinks.
Geo.Ringler&Co.'s
Celebrated layer Beer
Put in patent sealed bottles
here on the premises. Goods
delivered in any quantity,
and to any part of the coun
try.
FREELAND BOTTLING WORKS,
Cur. Centre and Carbon Streets.
PERSONALITIES.
Mrs. McGeady and Gallagher, of
Jeanesville, spent a few hours in town
on Saturday.
John Hell and James Barton will leave
on a business trip to llarrisburg to-mor
row.
Alias Nellie McLaughlin spent Sunday
visiting in Uloomsburg.
District Attorney John A. Garman, of
AVilkes-Barre, was here a few hours on
Saturday.
Fred Ilollacher, of Slatington, was
among the visitors in town on Friday.
SutlHfuctorily Adjusted.
District Attorney John M. Garman, F.
Ilorlacher and Deputy Sheriff Robinson
came to town on Saturday, armed with
a writ of replevin on the property of
John Houston, bottler, of Ridge street.
An inventory of the stock and fixtures
was taken and bail enterred by Mr.
Houston in the sum of $1(1,000.
Eater in the day the matter was so
adjusted by Messrs. Ilorlacher and
Houston that Ilorlacher will, in a few
weeks, take charge of the whole business,
having made arrangements to pay up all
arrearages on the transaction to Mr.
Houston.
All Allentown Drunk.
The Mauch Chunk Democrat says the
entire male population of Allentown, ex
cepting Keck, was drunk on Wednesday
—the Republicans in that way drowning
their sorrow and the Democrats mani
festing their joy.
Thank., Milt We Are Not In the Race.
Turn about is fair play. Therefore,
we suggest for the Freeland post-office,
Editor Thomas A. Buckley, of the
TRIBUNE.— PIain Speaker.
When Baby was nick, we gavo her Castoria.'
When she was a Child, Bhe cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she bad Children, she gave them Castoria.
A single trial of Dr. Henry Baxter's
Mandrake Bitters will convince any one
troubled with costivness, torpid liver or
any kindred diseases of their curative
properties. . They only cost 25 cents per
botttle. Sold by Dr. Schilcher.
To-day! To-day!'
NEUBURGEIIS BEGIN THEIR
Fall Opening in Dry Goods
Department, -wlxicli is mere complete in
variety ana q.-u.antity tlian. ever.
We Are Offering During This Week:
Very line 4x4 unbleached muslin at 5 cents per yard; would be 4
cheap at 8 cents.
Good tea toweling at 4 cents per yard.
Good apron gingham at 5 cents per yard.
The very best apron gingham, namely Amoskeag and Lancas
ter, at 7 cents per yard.
Good canton flannel at 5 cents a yard.
The best cheviot shirting at 7 cents a yard.
Out-door cloth, in the newest dress designs, at JO cents a yard.
It will pay you to inspect our handsome assortment of Bedford
cords, chevrons and Henriettas, which we are selling at 25 cents
per yard; cannot be bought the world over under 40 cents
Extra tine black Henrietta, 40 inches wide, 00 cents per yard;
actual price should be 85 cents.
A large assortment, comprising all the newest shades, of extra
fine 54-incli all wool habit cloths at 00 cents per yard; sold else
where at 90 cents. y
MANY OTHER BARGAINS
Too numerous to mention, as our stock is more complete than
ever, therefore giving you better opportunities to make
your selections. Prices are astonishingly low.
OUR - BLANKET - STOCK - IS - COMPLETE.
Call and examine it and be convinced. See the line
silver gray 10x4 blankets, which we are selling at 75 cents
a pair; just one-half what they are worth.
SliocK ! SiuMvs ! Shoes !
We can give you the biggest bargains you ever carried home.
We are now selling children's good school shoes, with heel, or
spring heel and sole leather lips, sizes 8 toll and 12t02, at the as
tonishing low price of 75 cents a pair; their actual worth is $1.25.
In Overcoats and Clothing
We carry the largest stock in the region and sell at prices on
I which we defy competition. Bring your boys and secure one of
SI.OO OVERCOATS for them, as they are stunners for the price.
If you want anything in the line of
Ladies' and Cents' Furnishing Goods,
Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises, Underwear and Notions,
You will find our stock the largest and most complete
and prices far lower than elsewhere.
Jos. Neuburger's Bargain Emporium,
Corner Centre and Front Streets, 4
P. 0. S. of A. Building, Freeland, Pa.
Wt Alt
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 he surpasssed.
Samples sent to anyone on application.
Fishing Tackle and
Sporting Goods.
QiRKQECK'S,
CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA.