SHARING PROFITS.
EXPERIENCE OF A BOSTON PUB
LISHER WITH THE SYSTEM.
Udwin (ilim la HII Kntliulatic Advocate
of Tliia Style of Co-operation—llo Makes
and Supports the Claim That It Is Good
for Both Labor and Capital.
For many years I have been thinking
over the profit sharing principle with a
view of trying it practically in the pub
lishing house of Ginn & Co. Last year
we informed our help that we would
share with them to a certain extent the
profits for the coming year, and at the
close of the year we divided with them
a sum that raised their salaries some
thing over 6 per cent. We have received
in return for this division the most cor
dial recognition from our people, as will
be seen from letters submitted below,
samples of the many that come to us,
and the assurance on their part that the
firm will lose nothing by its action.
The basis on which we made the di
vision was wholly in favor of the clerks.
They were to share in the profits but not
in the losses of the business. Any scheme
that does not include both to some ex
tent, it seems to me, has not a safe foun
dation. We are trying to work out some
scheme that shall include a slight risk
in the loss, as well as a sharing of the
profits, giving even a larger chance of
advantage than our present scheme,
something like the following: To limit
the loss or gain of the clerks to sor 10
per cent, of their present salaries, or to
place them all on the basis of partners,
allowing the total amount of their sala
ries as the amount of money they con
tribute to the business, and taking their
full share of the profits, in accordance
with the same, on this basis. As an
illustration, suppose the expense of the
business, including the manufacture of
the goods, amounted to a half million
dollars, and the salaries of the help
amounted to $50,000; the help would re
ceive one-eleventh of all the profits, as
they contribute one-eleventh of the cap
ital.
I feel more strongly, I think, than Mr. j
Farwell that in some adjustment of the |
profit sharing with all classes of laborers
will be found the solution of the much
vexed question between labor and cap
ital. Now capital hires its labor as
cheaply as it can, and labor on its side
contributes only as much as it can afford
to for the amount received. The great
majority of laborers are dependent on i
their daily earnings for the necessities j
of life and therefore cannot remain idle, J
but must accept such wages as they can
obtain. Capital has a decided advan
tage in this respect. In other respects I
it suffers great disadvantages, for the ;
laborer that feels that he is contributing j
more than he is paid for is not a profit- I
able workman. Capital cannot afford to J
have this antagonism with its labor, j
The only way out of it will be some ad- ;
justment whereby a portion of the risk j
in the profit and loss of the business will
depend upon the laborer, which will act
as a stimulus for him to put in his best
work every hour. One of the most com
petent and honest men we ever had in
our employ once told me that since he |
had commenced business for himself he
made longer hours and worked harder |
than he used to on salary, "and yet," !
said he, "if you had even hinted that it j
was possible for me to do more con
scientious work than when I was with
you on salary I should have felt in
sulted."
"I thank you most sincerely for this
substantial check which I have just re
ceived," writes another employee, "and I
wish to assure you that your generosity I
in thus sharing with us the profits of the
business is deeply appreciated. You i
surely have the right to feel that you j
can count upon our earnest, loyal devo- I
tion to the interests of Ginn & Co., and j
to expect that the results of the coming I
year will be even more satisfactory than
those of the year just closed. I hope to j
contribute my share toward this suc
cess."
Here is another: "I have received my |
share of the profits and wish to thank
yon for your generous gift. Aside from
all personal interest, I believe the ex- |
periment has been undoubtedly produc- |
tive of great good, making as it does j
eaeh employee feel that he or she has a
direct personal interest in the welfare
and success of Ginn & Co."
"I am in receipt of your letter of the \
17th inst. with inclosed check. It came i
in the nature of a surprise," writes a
third, "for though I looked for some- i
thing I was not prepared for so generous j
a gift. Please accept my most sincere
thanks.
"You ask for an expression of opinion j
as to the continuance of the plan for j
another year. Undoubtedly the thought i
that the success of the company means I
the success of the employee acts as an
incentive. Identity of interests cannot I
fail to bind every member of the force
to you. It did not need the extra
amount received today to make me loyal
to Ginn & Co. and command my best
ability, but I do feel now like redoubling
my efforts to advance their interests.
"I happened to be in the office today
soon after the clerks received their
checks. If you could have seen their
pleased faces and heard their expres
sions of delight it would have been
worth a good deal to you. Indeed one
would be sadly lacking if he failed to
appreciate the gift and the motive which
prompted it.
"It is a frequent remark of superin
tendents and teachers everywhere that
the generosity of Ginn & Co. in the dis
tribution of their books is in great meas
ure the cause of their popularity and
success. This last act of thoughtful
consideration is in keeping with the
general policy of the firm and will
doubtless bear its fruit in due season."
I should be glad to contribute more to
the solution of this problem, but my ex
periment is yet too recent to give me
any degree of certainty as to the right
basis of profit sharing. Perhaps I ought
to say, in justice to the situation, that
this last year the success of our business
perhaps was not so much influenced by
j the profit shoring as by the conditions
lof the book trade. There has been a
| consolidation of nearly all the large pnb
i lishing houses in the United States,
threatening seriously the interests of
j our schools, which has in many instances
: obliged the people to look into this mnt-
I ter and see to it that the proposed mo
nopoly shall not become complete. They
have therefore given us probably a larger
share of patronage than would other
wise have come to us, under the strong
belief that the success of their schools
demand of them free competition in the
matter of schoolbooks. —Edwin Ginn in
| Chicago Post.
A MORAL VICTORY.
The Prosecution of Homestead Laborers
in the Light of History.
The prosecution of the Homestead la
borers for treason is a moral victory for
them. They may now exclaim with
| Patrick Henry, "If this be treason, make
I the most of it." It throws grave sus
| picions on the cause of the masters j
j that they have been driven for vindica- J
J tion to conjure up the ghost ef that j
j sanguinary old fantasy known as "trea
! *on," and in sarcastic harmony with all
the other parts of the serio-comic play it
has been ordered that the Homestead
men shall he tried by a "king's jury." j
j Every forward step taken by social and !
j political civilizations since governments !
j began was an act of treason in its time, j
! and there never was a scarcity of judges j
| to declare it so. The law of treason has
J to be dug out of moldy statutes and the
! antiquated uud foolish decisions of hired ;
! courts.
A great newspaper, complimenting j
the charge of the chief justice of Penn- j
sylvania, wherein he expounded the
Tory law of treason, says, "It is essen-!
tially the ruling of the judge in the Chi- |
cago anarchist cases, which ruling was I
, sustained by the supreme court of Illi- j
' uois." The compliment is deserved, but
! it might he made stronger by saying also j
that it was essentially the ruling of
Judge Jeffries at the trial of Alice Lisle,
when that "distinguished jurist" went
the "bloody circuit" in the west, a little
more than 200 years ago, which ruling, !
by a happy coincidence, "was sustained"
by King James 11.
The attainder of Alice Lisle was re
versed in the next generation, as the
American attainders of this generation
will be reversed in due time. Alice Lisle
was put to death, but King James him-1
self was driven from the throne a few j
years afterward for tyranny, which, ac- j
j cording to Lord Byron, is "the worst of |
j treasons." And our own Lowell, with I
j the heroic blood of historic traitors
i coursing through his veins and inspiring |
his genius as he wrote, has told us that
j "the traitor to humanity is the traitor !
[ most accursed; man is more than consti- |
j tutions."
| The great newspaper aforesaid insinu- |
| ated also that "the time has come when ]
; heroic treatment is necessary, and that j
| the Homestead affair must be used to I
teach disorderly strikers that they must !
I obey the laws." This has ever been the j
cant of kings. It was the exhortation ■
of Strafford to King Charles, urging him
| to that career of tyranny which brought
' king and minister to the block, although (
j instead of "heroic" Strafford used the j
| word "thorough." It is the excuse cgn- j
j deinned by grand old Milton, himself a
traitor, where he says:
Necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
—M. M. Trumbull in Open Court. |
Money versus Flesh and ISlood.
A bookkeeper in a Cleveland manu
factory made the following statement
recently:
Now I'll give you these figures and j
I'll stake my left hand they're correct. !
But don't put my name in if you print j
them. It would make me more trouble j
than you think.
There is, when yon divide the whole J
amount of capital invested by the whole j
number of men, boys and girls em
ployed, about $1 ,'250 put into the iron !
bnsiness in Ohio by some capitalist to 1
every one working person employed.
That is, some capitalist puts up $1,250 5
[ and some man or hoy or girl puts up his ;
or her labor against it in this game of
! getting rich through manufacturing 1
iron. Twelve hundred and fifty dollars
to play aguinst perishing flesh and blood.
Those are the terms of the game.
Now go a step further. Divide the
aggregate of all the wages paid by the
whole number of people at work and
| you will find that the average wages foi
a year is SB3O. Divide the aggregate of
profits by each $1,250 and you will dis
cover that the yearly dividend on it to
the capitalist is $470. That sounds toe j
j big, but it isn't, and the books of any
j rail or wire mill in Cleveland properly j
j worked out will show the truth. This \
i is better for the manufacturer than slav j
| ery and cheaper than owning niggers, j
Fight Hours and Solomon's Temple. !
Two thousand years ago, when Kins ■
Solomon's temple was being erected,
eight hours constituted a day's work I
among the then operative masons. It is
a notable fact that this structure—one
of the grandest pieces of architectural
art the world has ever known, one of
the most intricate structures in its form
and diverse as to material that the in
genuity of man has ever created —was
erected witli the least friction. Not
even the sound of an ax, hammer 01 I
other metal tool was heard, and yet this !
was accomplished under a rigid eight
hour law. To how many entered ap-1
prentices does this fact present itself as
they are invested with the working tools
"of the degree—the gauge and gavel?
The gauge, divided into twenty-four
equal parts, emblematic of the twenty
four hours of the day, "which wo are
taught to subdivide into three equal
parts," wherein we find eight hours for
our devotions, eight hours for refresh
ment and sleep and eight hours for our
usual vocations.
If operative masons of today would
divide their time according to the rule
of speculative Masonry and follow its
tenets in this respect, both they and the
world would be much happier.—Froe
irm guns' Journal. _
The Indian Summer.
Bright autumn days, the dying year's last gift,
Liko ripe fruit garnered up by careful iiands,
Oh, stay, nor, like impatient swallows, lift
Your wings to bear you to soft southern lands.
These fallen leaves I tread with scarce a pang.
Remembering all their kindly summer
shade-
How here the music of the thrushes rang—
Though leaves may wither, memories will
not fade.
These rocks, so cold and bare to other eyes,
Are written o'er and o'er, and as I read
Did scenes, old friends on either hand arise.
And bid me on my onward course godspeed.
For onward still through autumn days 1 toil.
Though storms may break on homesteads
white with snow;
Though wintry Death should lay me in the soil.
My soul, a migrant bird, would heaven
ward go.
—Beatrix L. Tollemache in London Academy.
A World's Psychical Congress.
For the first time in history there is to
be a world's psychical congress. Ghostly !
| visitations, visions, dreams that come j
: true, presentiments that do or do not I
; come true, clairvoyance, hypnotism and j
| thought transference are some of the
matters this unique assembly will dis
: cuss, sift and weigh, as though they
were to be tested on the evidence for
.and against their reality, just as things
seen and heard by the material eye and
ear are. The congress will meet in Chi
cago during August, 1893. Some of the
most distinguished men and women in
Europe and America will take part in
the deliberations. The chairman of the
American committee of arrangements
is Professor Elliott Coues, of Washing
ton. Dr. Richard Hodgson, of Boston, j
secretary of the American Society for
Psychic Research, is vice chairman, i
There is also a woman's psychical con
gress committee, composed as follows:
Mrs. Mary C. Buiuly, chairman, Chi- '
cago; Mrs. Eliza Archard Conner, vice
chairman, New York city; Mrs. J. J.
Bagley, Detroit; Mrs. Myra Brad well, j
Chicago; Mrs. Mary E. Coues, Washing
ton; Mrs. E. E. Crepin, Chicago; Mrs.
J. M. Flower, Chicago; Mrs. Marcia
Louise Gould, Chicago; Mrs. S. E. Hib
bert, Washington; Mrs. S. A. Under- (
wood, Chicago; Mrs. A. V. H. Wake- j
man, Chicago; Mrs. Lillian Whiting, i
Boston; Miss Frances E. Willard, Evans
toi?, Ills.; Mrs. Mary H. Wilmarth, Chi
cago.
Spending Money at Home.
Those persons who believe that ex
travagance, like charity, should begin
at home will derive much satisfaction
from the theory advanced by Mr. Henry
Clews that the cholera scare may yet be
worth a great many millions of dollars
to this country. "Asiatic cholera is a
disease naturally foreign to our coun
try," said Mr. Clews to the writer. "It
is epidemic only in foreign lands. The
cholera scare is therefore likely to impel
people on this side of the Atlantic to
forego their annual foreign traveling
and sightseeing and 'do' their own
country instead of undertaking the dan
gerous tour of Europe. If Americans
can he made to realize that to leave their
own country is to incur the danger of
getting cholera bacilli into their sys
tems, the aforesaid cholera scare will
have served a good purpose and be a
■ great gain to this country. I do not
hesitate to say that the army of Ameri
can travelers abroad each year spends at
least $100,000,000. If this amount can
be cut down one-half that sum, which
should be done to restrain our national
extravagance within the hounds of rea
son, immense advantage would accrue.'' |
—New York Times.
Siiplio and Her Son.
The latest odd character to appear in
the city is known in the down town sa
loons as Sapho. Sapho is a black wom
an of unusual height, and her powerful
figure is that of an Amazon queon. She
dresses rather fantastically, and carries
a banjo of the largest size, on which she
plays with power and no inconsiderable
skill, and she sings strange, weird Af
rican songs in some native tongue as she
strums out the refrain upon the instru
ment. Sapho is always accompanied by
a little colored boy of exceptional black
ness and the most timid and nervous
disposition. He clings to her skirts all
the while she is playing, and when ho
passes liat for money seems afraid ho j
i will be cuffed. Sapho will not be drawn
into conversation, but scowls at all who i
address her, and altogether is a strange j
j and unique character among the human I
oddities of the city's surface life.—Phila I
! delphia Record.
The Death ltuta In December.
Each time we reach the end of Decern- j
ber we should think with satisfaction
that we have got over the most danger- ,
ous month, since in this country more !
deaths are said to occur in December
than at any other time of the year. A
subject for serious reflection is it that
85,000,000 of people die every year—few
of these from old age. In a doctor's i
opinion, nearly as many peoplo shorten 1
their career by overeating as from ex
cessive drinking; while in England 300
persons are annually cut off through ac- j
cidental poisoning.—Chambers'Journal. !
An Ingenious Lord.
The late Lord Essex, of England, was !
quito a mechanician, and some years ;
ago, when the croquet fever was at its
height, he made thousands of pounds
from a mallet which he invented. A
light open hearse constructed by him
was used at his funeral, and his coffin
was of open trellis work, after a sketcli
I which he drew.
At an agricultural fair held at North
ampton, Mass., lately a baby show was
made a feature, and the infant industry
drew five times more of a crowd and
about ten times more money than the
agricultural exhibit.
A hansom cab "warranted to last a
lifetime" broke down In Manchester,
England, after a month's use. The pur
chaser sued for breach of contract and
was awarded thirty pounds.
A New York oyster house keeper has
discovered in a Little Neck clam a pearl,
for which ho has already been offered a
good price.
LABOR LEADERS' WIVES.
| Noblo Women Who Are of Such Assist
j ance to Throe Brave ltrltihem.
I I know very well, writes a contributor
[ to Woman, that every man who ad
dresses a strike meeting claims to be a
labor leader. Therefore I say at once
that the leaders whose wives form the
subject of this article are John Burns,
member of parliament; Tom Mann,
labor commissioner, and Ben Tillett,
alderman of the London city council.
To his wife John Burns owes no small
amount of his success. She is not only
a peculiarly beautiful and ladylike
woman, but she has qualities both of
head and heart which under other cir
cumstances would have made her a
heroine. Every one during the great
dock strike heard of John Burns and his
straw hat. Comparatively few knew
that while he was parading the streets
and addressing the dockers she was at
the Wade Arms battling with accounts
and feeding starving women who crowd
ed daily into the offices. Often she was
there for twenty-four hours at a time,
and sometimes when work was done it
was too late to get any conveyance other
than the expensive cab. Upon such oc
casions she would walk from Poplar to
Battersea.
It need hardly be added that John
Burns is very proud of his wife. At
labor meetings she is constantly to be
seen by his side, and if for a moment
he misses her his cry is instantly,
"Where is my wife?" He believes that
he can confer no greater honor upon his
comrades than by introducing them to
her, and there are cosy little tea parties
arranged in the home at Battersea,
mainly that she may know his friends,
If Mrs. Tom Mann is less seen in pul>-
lic it is because she has, what Mrs. Burns
has not, children. There are four little
girls in the home in the Mile-end road.
Had Tom Mann chosen almost any other
profession than that of labor leader his
abilities would have placed him in a
position of independence, but the little
money he had formerly received from the
Dockers' union, on which he was largely
dependent, did not suffice for a servant.
Mrs. Mann has worked just as hard, just
as conscientiously and just as bravely as
Mrs. John Burns, although her work
has been altogether different. She is the
home loving woman, sweet and silent.
As she said, it would not do for husband
and wife to be both talkers, and Tom
Mann chatters to his children even when
he is writing. One of his girls is a born
orator. She is never happy unless upon
a chair making a speech. When she has
exhausted her limited vocabulary she
begins, "Golly, golly, golly, golly, golly,
golly," and stamps her tiny foot and
brings her clinched fist down upon the
table in imitation of her famous father.
Unfortunately, unlike him, she is not
robust, and has only just recovered from
a serious illness, which it was at one
time feared would have fatal results.
Tom Mann's children inherit the
dogged determination which is charac
teristic of both him and his wife. In
early years he was anxious to visit
America. Ho accomplished bis wish,
and paid the passage money by living
for a month upon bread and water.
Mrs. Ben Tillett is philosophical. She
does not worry very mucli over what
she cannot help, and usually takes things
quiotly. Evidently in earlier years, both
before and after her marriage, she
worked very hard. She is by no means
silent, but a tireless talker and singer,
with a voice which, had it been trained,
might have brought her fame and for
tune. Of the seven children she has had
only the two youngest survive. Partly
for this reason and partly because in the
Mile-end road Mrs. Tillett was subject
to unceremonious calls from dockers at
all hours of the day and night, the fam
ily recently removed to the liealthiei
suburb of Leytonstone. There Bhe is
very much alone, for her husband is
nearly always in some distant portion of
Great Britain. Once when told that a
friend was about to be married she said;
"I'll congratulate her if she isn't going
to marry a public man. If any of my
children were dying I should not dare
to call my husband away from the work
ho was engaged upon, for who knows
what might be dependent upon his pres
ence. Half the time I do not know
where he is. I would never like any
friends of mine to marry a labor leader."
Big Railroad Strike in 1803.
Railroad employees are said to be
planning a general uprising in 1893
when the World's fair is in progress and
traffic is heavy.
A leader among the union men in the
Erie yards at Jersey City said recently:
On nearly every road I am acquainted
with, and certainly the eastern roads,
there is a general feeling of dissatisfac
tion among the men. We know it is
the intention of superintendents to break
up the unions if possible, and I believe
they would welcome a strike at this
time and so get the matter over before
the World's fair travel starts up.
It was this knowledge that made the
grievance committee of the Erie and the
heads of various unions so conciliatory
with President McLeod when the trou
ble on the Reading a short time ago was
under consideration. We recognize the
absolute necessity of forming a federa
tion of all branches of employees in the
railroad business if we are to be success
ful, and a movement is on foot to bring
this about as speedily as possible. We
know the difficult job we shall have on
hand if a strike is necessary, but by next
summer we believe our organizations
will be so complete and the conditions
so much in our favor that the companies
will hesitate before they engage in any
conflict.—New York World.
A reception and banquet will be ten
dered by the United Labor league, of
Philadelphia, to the delegates to the an
nual convention of the American Feder
j ation of Labor at Maennerohor hall,
i Franklin street and Fainnount avenue,
Dec. 15.
Laundry girls at Louisville struck
for higher wages, got their beaux and
friends to boyoott the concern and won
easily.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
H ETHEL BAPTIST.
Ridge and Walnut Streets.
Rov, C. A. Spuulding, Pastor.
Sunday School 10 00 A M
Gospel Temperance 2110 P M
Preaching l 6 00 P M
LI EAVENLY RECRUITB.
-II Centre Street, above Chestnut.
Hev. Charles Brown, Pastor.
Morning Service 10 00 A M
Sunday School 200 PM
Love Feast 3 15 P M
Preaching 7 30 P M
JEDDO METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
In charge of Rov. E. M. Chilcoat.
Sunday School 200 PM
Preaching 700PM
gT. ANN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC.
Rev. M. J. Fallihoe, Pastor; Rev.F. P. McNally,
Curate.
Low Mass 800 A M
High Mass .....10 30 A M
Sunday 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 130PM
Prayer and Sermon 7 00 P M
ST. JOHN'S REFORMED.
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 PM
Prayer and teachers' meeting every Saturday
evening at 7.45 o'clock.
GT. KASIMER'S POLISH CATHOLIC.
Ridge Street, above Carbon.
Rev. Joseph Ma/.otas, Pastor.
Mass 1100 A M
Vespers 400 PM
Mass on Weekdays 7 30 AM
GT. LUKE'S GERMAN LUTHERAN.
O Main and Washington Streets.
Rev. A. Beimuller, Pastor.
Sunday School 9 00 A M
German Service .10 00 A M
Catechial Instruction 5 00 PM
GT. MARY'S GREEK CATHOLIC.
0 Front and Fern Streets.
Rev. Cirill Gulovich, Pastor.
Low Mass 800 A M
High Mass 10 30 A M
Vespers 2 00 P. M
TRINITY MBTHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Birkbeck Street, South Hcberton.
Rev. E. M. Chilcoat, Pastor.
Preaching 10 00 A M
Sunday School 200 PM
Prayer and Class Meeting 7 00 PM
Epworth League meets every Sunday even
ing at 0.00 o'clock.
WELSH BAPTIST. (Donop's Hall)
Walnut and Ridge Streets.
Sunday School 10 30 A M
Prayer Meeting 6 00 PM
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SUPERVISOR
JOHN METZGER,
of East Foster.
Subject to the decision of the Democratic
nominating convention of Foster township.
XjXTO SUPERVISOR
JOHN O'DONNELL,
of Eckley.
I Subject to the decision of the Democratic
| nominating convention of Foster township.
T7X)R SALE.—One house, 24x34 feet; stable,
l 1 20x20 feet; lot, 25 feet front; also good will
and fixtures of saloon. Michael Welsh, Five
Points, Frecland.
WANTED.— A partner with SBOO or SIOOO in
the stove and tinware business. Man
with some experience in the trade preferred.
For further particulars apply or address this
ollice.
TPOR SALE.—Two lots situated on east side
1 of Washington street, between Luzerne
and Carbon streets, Five Points. Apply to
Patrick McFaddcn, Eckley, or T. A. Buckley,
Frceland.
TjX)R SALE.—A new two-horse truck wagon,
J? one set of light double hurncss and one
set of heavy harness. For further information
and prices apply to John Shigo, Centre street,
Frceland, where the articles can be seen.
LTD It SALE.—A two-story frame shingle-roof
1' dwelling house on Burton's Hill, lately
occupied by Jcnkin Giles; the lot is 65 feet wide
and 150 feet deep; it is all improved and has
many fine fruit trees growing thereon. Also a
lot 31x150 feet on the west side of Centre street,
above Chestnut. Titles Guaranteed. Apply to
John D. Hayes, uttorney-at-law.
PATENT I
A 48-page book free. Adderss
W. T. FITZ GERALD, Att'y-at-Law.
Cor. Bth and F Sts., Washington, D. C.
PETER TXIMIOISr-Sr,
BOTTLER
AND DEALER IN
All kinds of Liquor,
Beer and Porter,
Temperance Drinks.
Geo.Ringler&Go.'s
Celebrated lager 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,
Cor. Centre and Carbon Streets.
YY'ashburne's celebrated flour is the
finest in the world. You can buy it at
B. F. Davis' store.
Downs' Elixir will cure any cough or
cold, no matter of how longstanding.
Sold by Dr. Schilcher.
Lane'. Medicine Move* the Bowel* Kacli
lluy. 11l order to be healthy this Is necuseury.
When Baby wa. sick, we gave her Castorla."
When ahe was a Child, die cried for Castorla.
When Bhe became Misa, she clung to Castorla
When Bhe had Children, she gave them Castorla.
November Sale
—or l
CLOAKS,
OVERCOATS and
"WOOLBIsr GOODS
of all descriptions now going on at
Neuburger's - Bargain - Emporium. -
"\X7"e are daily receiving- large con
signments cf ladies', misses' and
children's clcalrs and jaclcets, and
are selling them at very lew prices.
In the Overcoat Department
WE HAVE THE LARGEST and
MOST COMPLETE STOCK
IN TOWN.
We can sell you a boys' good overcoat at $1.00; which will cost
you double anywhere else.
Our men's $4.00 overcoat was formerly sold at $7.50.
Our men's $1.50 working coats we will place alongside of any
$2.00 coat in town.
We are also selling men's black and brown fine beaver overcoats
at $6.50; which would be cheap at $9.00.
Our stock all through we are now selling at prices on which we
defy competition.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF ANY
Flannels,
Dry Goods
of any description,
Clothing,
Ladies' and Gents'
Furnishing Goods,
Give us a call and be convinced that when you want to buy
j good goods at reasonable prices the place to buy them is at
i iNi
; BARGAIN KM to HUM
in the
P. 0. S. of A. Building, Erecland, Pa.
Wf Aw t Ottiqu.istoYft
FOR
And Hardware of Every Description.
REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE."
We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most
improved manner and at reasonable rates. We have the
choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil,
selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot be surpasssed.
Samples sent to anyone on application.
Guns, Ammunition and
Sporting- Goods.
B\RKBECK'S,
CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA,
j Boots and Shoes,
Blankets,
| Comfortables,
Hats,
Caps, or
Notions