FPVEELAND TKIBUNE. PUBLISHED EVEHY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. Tlios'. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. SllllSCltll'TlON' KATES. One Year SI 50 fix Months 75 Four Months 50 Two Months 25 Subscribei-a are requested to watch the date following the name on tho labels of their papers. By referring to this they can tell at a , glance how they stand on the books in this cilice. For instance: Grover Cleveland yß.luneo3 means that Grover is paid up to June SB, 1803. By keeping the figures in advance of the pres ent date subscribers will save both themselves and the publisher much trouble and annoy ance. Subscribers who allow themselves to fall in arrears will be called uj>on or notified twice, and, if payment does not follow within one I month thereafter, collection will be niudc in the manner provided by law. } KKKLAND, I'A., MAY 11, 181):). The "baby King" of Spain Las ceased to amuse and entertain bis subjects by bis infantile graces and lias become a weakly and uninterest ing child of larger growth. As he becomes more mature he gives evi dence that he has inherited the weak nessess of proiligate ancestors. Offi cially he is Alfonso XIII., and many think that there is an omen in the unlucky number. Statistics in regard to murder, which return 2184 homicides in 1888, 35(57 in 188'.), 4290 in 1890, and 590(5 in 1891, are being widely quoted as showing a great' increase in murders in this country; but what they really is a very rapid advance in the collec tion of these statistics, which are col lected by a newspaper and which im proved very rapidly in their efficiency. This does not prove in the least that murders were increasing. They may have been and they may not. A minister was standing in a public office when another approached and took him by the baud, which he seem ed to be shaking very warmly. Sud denly the first raised his left hand and struck the other a terrific blow upon the right hand. Instantly his grasp was loosened, and looking up, the friend who had been thus struck inquired: "Why this?" "When a man," replied the other, "squeezes my hand hard enough for me to feel the bones grate in my fingers, I pro tect myself without regard to cere mony as soon as I can." The report that it will cost S3O .in admission cha*ges to see all tho de partments and divisions of depart ments of the the World's fair may possibly be an over statement, but all overstatements should once for all be put out of the question by the man agement, through its bureau of pub licity, makiug general proclamation of the full charges. A half-dollar took a visitor everywhere in tho cen tennial exhibition, and if the Colum bian exposition is to be a costlier sight the people should have warning of the fact before passing 'hrough the gates. The base ball season opened only a few days ago down South, but al ready the mobbing of umpires has begun. One umpire is laid up in Savannah by the injuries ho received from a lot of hoodlums in thai city and another umpire in Macon had to he protected by the chief of the po lice and the citizens from the rowdies who did not like his decisions. Evi dently the only way to keep base ball alive down South will be to organize shotgun clubs, whose duty it will be to escort the umpire to and from the grounds and protect him while he is giving his decisions.— l'resa. No one need hurry to the World's fair. They will save money, temper and comfort by postponing their visit until everything is in its place, the weather has settled and aceommoda tious and rates adjusted to the public wants. The exhibits are yet in n state of disorder. This is the fault of the exhibitors delaying shipments and in the delay in completing tho build ings to receive the exhibits. The facilities of communication aro not yet equal to any great World's fair demand on them. Of course, all these defects will be cured in a few weeks. June and September promise to be the favorite months for tak'ng in the exposition. Some of the "bon ton" aristocracy of Hazleton propose to hold a charity ball next month for the benefit of the miners' hospital at that place. The Sentinel voices the sentiment of the public when it says: The suggestion should be thrown out and kicked to death. There should be no charity 1 business at a state hospital. An in-' jured man who may go to the hospital should not go in the light of a beggnr. It is the duty of the state to provide such institutions. It is not a charity and should not be so considered and the sickly and maudlin "charity" that must find expression in "charity balls" for an institution that should take no "charities" should bo frowned at. If there be an overflow of charit able feeling among the people who want to dance it ought to find a better object than the miners' hospital. Agricultural Depression. In this century tlie price of wheat has not ruled so low as it has done this spring. Cotton was down to the bottom last year, although it is a little better at present. Petroleum and corn are alike depressed in price. All the raw prod ucts which America ships abroad share the same fate. The feeling of dullness in agricultural circles is only relieved by the upward tendency of the beef and pork market. If fanners had now only as much value in fat beeves and hogs as they had excess of wheat last fall, they would be collectively better off by many hundred thousand dollars than they are. The low price cf grain and petroleum is due, economists say, to overproduc tion. Russia is our most formidable com petitor in petroleum, not to speak of the vast wheatfields which she pits against ours. Hungarian wheat is considered in European markets of superior quality to ours. Egypt and India pour tho wheat wliich their low priced labor has pro duced into the European market. Ameri can elevators are ttill gorged with wheat awaiting sale. Enough of it will un doubtedly be consumed during the World's fair to make an impression on this store. Undoubtedly, too, in another generation our population will have grown to near tho lino of tho country's wheat producing capacity. But meantime the remedy is for farm ers uot to raise so much wheat and corn. Tliis country is varied enough in climato and soil to grow almost anything that will grow. If the agricultural experi ment stations do not teach farmers how to vary production and make land pay, they will not be worth the money they cost. When overybody raises potatoes, all the world gets sick of potatoes. Tho way out of tho present agricultural stag nation is in varied production, and it ought uot to take moro than two years to get out. If farmers will use their brains and intelligence, every man can decide for himself on something that will help him out. A Side Wipe. We learn incidentally from the para graph below what that astronomical ro mancer, Camille Flammarion, thinks of newspapers, in his mathematical novel, "Omega," begun in The Cosmopolitan, he predicts what would happen to tho earth if a great comet should strike it. Tho time of his story is tho twenty fourth century. All the astronomers of the globe could communicate with one another in an instant, and the main ob servatory was in the Himalaya moun tains. Mankind traveled whither they would by airships, and every house had its own telescope. Plain working peoide were intelligent in the sciences of the stars. It was one of these who discov ered tho comet that it was feared would destroy the earth. The comet grew larger and larger. Calculations were mado where it would hit. If a comet of tho size of the one in question should hit our earth, then earth and comet together would explode and burn up in fragments. If, however, in stead of striking our world it went into Jupiter, it would raise the temperature of that planet so immensely that Jupiter would become a second sun, warming and lighting tho earth by night. At length what was the consternation of the twenty-fourth century people to discover that this monstrous comet was coming straight to the earth head on! All the astronomers in various quarters agreed on this. What tho twenty-fourth cen tury newspapers did Flammarion tells us thus: The daily papers sowed broadcast this alarm ing news, embellished with sinister comments and numberless interviews in which the most astonishing statements were attributed to sci entists. Their only concern was to outdo the ascertained facts and to exaggerate their bear ing by moru or less fanciful additions. As for that matter, tho journals of the world had long since become purely business enterprises. Tho solo preoccupation of each was to sell ev ery day tho largest possible number of copies. They invented false news, travestied tho truth, dishonored men and women, spread scandal, lied without shame, explained tho devices of thieves and ninrderers, published tho formula) of recently invented explosives, imperiled their own readers and betrayed every class of soci ety for the sole purpose of exciting to the high est pitch the curiosity of the public and "sell ing copies." Leaving No Stone Unturned. "Take all my beanl off and give me a short hair cut," said the man in the ad joining chair as he threw himself upon the mercy of tho razor wielder. "What, take off all dat tine beard?"in quired the barber in astonishment. "Yes," replied the customer. "I have been cultivating this beard for over 20 years, and I hate to part with it. It must go, as I am after a job in the interior de partment, and I got a straight tip from a Georgia friend that Hoke Smith is par tial to men who do not wear any hair on their faces. Take it all off," he added as he leaned back in the chair and in dulged in mental speculation over his prospects for obtaining employment in Uncle Sam's vineyard. Washington Post. Shingles liy the Carload. The northwest is sending immense quantities of shingles to tho east just I now. Fifteen to 20 carloads a day was j the average freightage of this commod ity passing through Seattle in the first | half of the month, and one day a solid I train of 30 carloads of shingles left that • point for the cast. John W. Bookwalter, the Ohio mil | lionaire, said the other day, "I cannot I iell you how much money I have spent trying to build a machine which will fly, | but I think that I have a model under i way now that will solve the problem." | It is said that a large hotel for tho ac commodation of colored people is to bo I 1 milt iu Slater, Mo., by colored capital- I ist. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, D. C., May 9. There have been so many erroneous statements printed about the amount of gold in the United States that tho offi cial figures in the latest statement, issued tliis week, are herewith presented. The total amount of gold coin known tb be in this country is $532,513,105, and of gold bullion, the most of which is in the U. S. treasury, $80,529,774, making a grand total of $013,042,879. Of this gold national banks hold $190,751,183, and private firms $358,922,385, according to tlie last report of the director of the U. S. mint. . Senator MoPherson, who is a member of the senate finance committee, has been watching the situation very closely, and he says of it: "I do not believe there is anything in the money situation that will necessitate the calling of an ex tra session of congress earlier than tlie president intended—about September 15. The financial condition of tlie country is all right if the people will only let it alone. The secretary of the treasury has the confidence of the public, which believes that he will be able to meet any contingency that may arise." Congressman John Be Witt Warner, of New York,'isn't one of those who think it will require six months or more to get the new tariff bill through con gres. He said: "I see no reason why a tariff bill should not be put through in a month or six weeks after theoganization of congress. The people put tlie Demo cracy in power with a definite purpose, and that purpose should be carried out. If you hired a contractor to build a house within a specified time, and he failed to keep his agreement, would you not look around to get somebody else to finish it? Of course a reasonable time should be allowed for debate on a tariff measure, but all efforts at obstruction should be, and I believe will be prompt ly squelched." The Chinese minister claims to have information which leads him to fear that a conspiracy exists in the Pacific states to do violence to the Chinese residing in ihose states, in connection with the enforcement of the Geary ex clusion law, and in accordance with ill's request Secretary Greshaui has wired the governors of those states, asking them to take precautions for the preser vation of peace. No steps will be taken by the treasury department to prosecute those Chinamen who have failed to comply with the Geary law, by legister ing, until the case involving the consti tutionality of that law shall have been decided by the Supreme Conrt, which has designated tomorrow to hear the arguments. President Cleveland has made a few general appointments and appointed a a large number of postmasters this week, and it is believed that lie is now consid ering the claims and qualifications of the long list of candidates for the very im portant position of public printer. The lucky man who gets it will have about three thousand places, outside of the civil service rules, at his disposal. S. Died In 11 Strange Land. During the Barauin & Bailey circus parade Saturday morning a pretty Ital ian girl, Celeste Clnesa, appeared on one of the floats as a Chinese woman. She was dressed in rose colored tights, and very thin clothing covered the uppei part of her body. Celeste wns only 15 years old. She was much pleased with her exalted position and scattered smiles all along tlio route until as the proces sion neared the close of its journey the chill wind began to pierco her frail form. She shivered like an aspen leaf. Return ing to the Garden she complained of se vere pains in her chest, but stuck brave ly to her work and filled her part as a ballet dancer in the spectacle of "Colum bus and the Discovery of America." She grew worse as the evening wore on and was taken home by Tody Ham ilton in a hack to the humble apartments at 220 Thompson street, where she roomed with several other members of the troop. She suffered intensely dur ing the niglit and died next day of pneu monia before a physician could be sum moned. She came here three weeks ago on the Paris with Kiralfy's corps of dan cers. Her home was in Turin. She had no friends in this city.—New York Ad vertiser. Forbidden to Swear by a Chicken's Head. The trial of William Walsh, charged with robbery in the first degree, was be gun in the criminal court yesterday. The defendant was represented by Ben Clark. All umusing scene ensued when Clark demanded that Jou Hon Yee, a Chinese interpreter, who was present to interpret tlio Chinese witnesses, be sworn in the Chinese fashion, and that, tlio same rule be pursued in regard to all the other wit nesses. Judge Edmunds inquired what was the Chineso oath, and Clark replied that the head of a live chicken must be cut off in the Chinaman's presence while he uttered cortain words, unintelligible to the American ear, which signified that he hoped he would be treated in the same way if he told a lie while giving his tes timony. Humane Agent Holmes here interposed and objected to any chicken decapitation 011 the ground of cruelty. Judgo Edmunds stated that ho could think of 110 precedent in the law books for such a proceeding, and did not think he would countenance it. Judge Ed munds, after explaining to the China men that they were liable to be sent to I the penitentiary if they did not tell the 1 truth, allowed the trial to proceed.—St. Louis Ropublic. Lnne'd Medicine Moved the lloweld ICach I Day In order to be healthy this is necessary. EVEN THE CHILDREN. LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS OVER- ! WORKED AND UNDERPAID. The Future Men and Women of America Dwarfed In the Treadmill of Commercial Life—They Are .Sluveg and Help to Fiuten Chains on Their Parents. The senate judiciary committee of tho j New York legislature gave a public "hearing" on tho Saxton bill for the reg- ! ulation of the employment of women and ; children in mercantile establishments, i and addresses pro and con were made. I Miss Woodbridge of New York city fa- • vorod the bill, and in tho course of her speech mado use of tho following inter- | esting language: Visit our charitable institutions, our police stations, our lodging houses, and learn how many women depend upon them for shelter; women who are out of work, respectable women, not tramps nor beggars. Upward of 15,000 women lodged in our station houses last year. Seven institutions gave 1,000,000 meals, j Eight lodging houses sheltered 145,000 people. Over 800.000 cases were treated in our dispensaries in New York city last year. About $7,000,000 was spent last year in public charities. Our almshouse ! at Blackwell's island sheltered 8,941 women, many of whom were willing and capable of working if the opportunity ■ were given them. These people do not I as a rule accept charity because they pre- ! fer it, but because they are obliged to ac- I cept it. It is not women alone who are affected f by the employment of young girls and 1 boys. Men are being rapidly driven out 1 of their positions. Every year notes an increase in tho number of young girls as saleswomen and a proportionate decrease j of salesmen. There are many men em- ! ployed as salesmen in New York city 011 1 a salary of $8 per week; men who have families depending upon them. Except , in heavy dry goods and the departments j of men's wear there are few men em- j ployed in dry goods houses save as floor- 1 walkers and superintendents. The re- ! suit is that tho few who remain are, to- j gether with tho women and children, ; simply slaves. What are they who have j no say as to what they shall receive for j thoir labor and how long they shall work but slaves. There are in New York city about 20,000 children employed as cash and | stock girls and boys. Of these fully 5,000 j are under 14 years of ago. The work re- j quired of them is more arduous than j that of the majority of men. The cease- I less running to and fro through the | crowded shops, the climbing of long j flights of stairs bearing heavy burdens, | tho sharp rebuke if their tired feet lag, tho long, weary hours, are enough to | break the strongest constitution. These j children work from early morning until . late at night during the busy season, ! and in some shops they are obliged to re- ' main after hours to sweep. In others j they are not allowed to leavo the room after 9a. in., not even for lunch. They | are fined for tardiness and all mistakes, I and it often occurs when Saturday comes that the full amount of the week's pay is I withheld for fines imposed. The average salary of casli girls and 1 boys is but SI.OO per week in this state. There are children employed in this state ; for 75 cents per week. Tho argument j has been made that these children help to support families, but this becomes ridiculous when tho amount received is known. One dollar and sixty conts per week will not pay for the raw material which a healthy child should consume. Another statement lias been made that these children are employed be cause of tho benevolence of the merchant rather than because they are desirable, but as fast as possible merchants are dis pensing with cash girls and substituting pneumatic carriers. Tho truth is that tho girls are employed because they work for low wages and can be dis pensed with at tho convenience of tho merchant. These young girls and children are a menace to all wage earners, as well as to tho manufacturer and producer. The time has come when we must be initiated into a different school of economy than that of tho past if we would be prosper ous, and it is incomprehensible that we are so blind to the fact. The question of the prosperity of the individual and the nation depends not upon how little peo ple can exist, but how fast we can adapt ourselves to the luxuries which inven tion makes possible to us. The invention of labor saving machinery has made it possible to produce not more than peo ple need, but more than they have money to pay for. At present the averagfc wages of all employed at mechanical industries in this country is but $0 per week. With our 05,000,000 people we purchase but $480,000 worth of clothing, or $7 yearly for each person. The sum spent in bread amounts to but $4.50 yearly to each per son. Does this mean that all have suffi- I cient bread and clothing? Not at all. Saturday night usually finds the work ingman in debt for his Sunday dinner. Trusts are formed to prevent the pro duction of more than people can buy, ! not because it is possible to supply more ; than people need. If the working people I had a fourfold increase in wages, it would | only mean a proportionate increase in ! trade to the merchant. | The only way to remedy it is to shorten j the hours of labor and to take our young | people out of shop and factory and force 1 them into schools, where they can bo ed i ucated to that higher standard of living ; which is necessary for the prosperity of j our nation, and into the kitchen, whore they may learn tho household duties so I necossary to and so neglected by our ' present generation. 1 Perhaps 110 stronger argument can be used in favor of this measure than the fact that the number of 'mployed adults in this country ab'- equals the number of children under 1G years who are employed.—New York World. A convention for the purpose of form ing a national union of blacksmiths will bo held in Philadelphia Monday, May 15, under the auspices of the A F. L. SHAMEFUL IF TRUE. Th Woman's Christian Temperance Union Charged With Maintaining it Sweat Shop* Before the Woman's temple Avas erect ed the offices of the organization were located in the Mercantile building, 101 and 103 La Salle street. Every one was crainjKid for space, but a change was promised when the temple was com pleted. Finally the last stone had been laid, and the grand edifice to woman's la bors was complete. All the offices were ! at once given quarters in the structure j and many of the departments. But 110 ! one thought of granting the poor victims ; who are dying by inches in the sweater j shop a new lease of life by a change of quarters, and to this day there has been 1 no Btep taken looking toward succor for them. In the basement of the old Mer cantile building among coils of steam pipe and hugo crates of worthless paper is a filthy little room about 12 by 12 feet. The ceiling is hardly as many feet re moved from the foul smelling floor, and the place is indeed a veritable deathtrap, yet hero is where this modern "reform" institution quarters its bindery girls and expects them to do full duty. Strong in the belief that the members of the temperance union were well able j to care for every outside sweater shop , that might materialize, a reporter for | The Dispatch determined to look into that den to which personal interests re strained the ladies of Mrs. Carse's insti tution from drawing public attention. Going down a loose board stairway into the basement of the Mercantile building, the reporter found himself in a long, narrow hallway. To the left was a ' saloon and to the right a small hole in the wall which led to a stuffy pressroom. Passing through this apartment the vis itor at last found himself fairly in the pest hole. And it was a sight indeed. Crowded closely around half a dozen wornout in candescent globes were 12 girls, whose pinched features told only too plainly of the want of fresh air. Not a gleam of daylight ever reaches the little hole, though there are three windows opening on thef alley. These, however, are below the level of the ground and serve only one purpose—the admitting of a current of foul air from the filthy passage. Overhead are strung great masses of steam pipes, which, when in full blast, make Jrho place so warm that the girls have frequently found it necessary to steal to the street entrance for a breath of fresh air to prevent a fainting spell. On the other hand, the flooring is of ce ment, and it is said that during the chil ly "Weather this was absolutely too cold to stand upon. As tho reporter stood taking in the re ally disgusting surroundings there was a shrill scream, and then a piping voice ex exclaimed, "For the Lord's sake, girls, there's another rat!" Then there was a lively scrambling on top of chairs and tables until the foreman told the fright enod girls that the rodent had gone. One of the workers was asked if this was a common occurrence, and sho replied: "Oh, yes. They run over our hands when we are working." Tho foul smelling den has made it im possible for a girl to work there any length of time without becoming ill. Whenever an employee is taken ill the only notice these reformers and charita ble workers take of it is to shut off her pay. There are strango stories told by ex-employees of the place about the pe culiar methods employed by the women running The Union Signal to get their work done at the lowest rate possible. When the reporter was leaving, four of tho girls followed him into the corridor, and taking his mission for granted begged that something bo done to allevi ate the sufferings of the poor girls who 1 eke out a precarious existence as bindors for. tho reformers in the Woman's Cliris- I tian Temperance union.—Chicago Dis patch. President Ashley's Remedy. J. M. Ashley, Jr., vic3 president of the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan 1 railroad, discussing tho trouble on his 1 road with a New York reporter, said he ! believed in more stringent laws relating to tho railway service. "I submit the following as a basis for legislation," he ! said: "First—Entrance into the railway serv ice should be by enlistment for a definite ; period. "Second—Examinations as to the men tal and physical qualifications of all the applicants should be made, and an hath taken to supx>ort the constitution of tha United States and to obey the laws of the state and nation and enforce the rules and regulations of the company to the ! best of their ability. ! "Third—Resignations and dismissals from tho service shall be governed by I fixed rule. In case of inefficiency endan gering the public summary dismissal : shall be enforced. In all other cases (50 days' notice shall bo given by either par | ty desiring to terminate the relation. "Fourth—Compensation to be fixed at | tho time of enlistment, to be changed 1 only by mutual agreement or in caso of i great financial changes in the country's monetary system, such as a change from a gold to a silver or paper basis, by arbi tration. "Fifth—Promotions shall bo made un der a uniform system of rules. "Sixth—Tho boycott and black list to bo prohibited and made a felony, with proper punishment." Convict Labor. In two states of the Union the qties tion of employing convict labor will not down. In Illinois the contract system has been abolished, but it seems that ob jection is raised to the plan substituted by the state. This plan is to work the convicts upon the "piece price" system under state direction and to manufac ture about the same articles as were made under the contract system. Un doubtedly the change is for the better, , but the feature of competition with free i labor still remains. Tennessee has been i wrestling with the problem ever sine a the Coal creek uprising, but has failed to find a solution. What appears to be I a good plan is the suggestion that con- Wets bo employed at roadmaking. HOMES FOR WORKINGMEN. riie IVabody Donation Fund In Great . Britain—Philadelphia and Boston. T .10 question of providing homes for the workingmen of Philadelphia has been largely solved by our building as- j sociations. Tho result is that this city ■ has the largest number of houses owned ( by workingmen in any of the great in dustrial centers of this country or abroad. There still remains, however, a large class of men either too poorly paid or too improvident to own their own homes or even to rent a house for their families. To meet their case and to raise tho "slums" from their wretched condition the Beneficent Building asso ciation and a few good men and women have been working to supplant hovels and crowded tenements by decent homes. Recently it has been proposed to build a large apartment house on the plan adopted in Brooklyn, in which workmen can rent apartments at moderate rates and get decent homes for less money than they pay now for insanitary hovels in tho miserable streets and alleys where i they are obliged to livo to be near their j work. This plan has naturally attracted | attention to the efforts made in other i cities to find the best solution of the I difficult question of how to provide de cent, comfortable homes for the poorest people, within their narrow means, yet healthy and cheerful. Tho largest and most important as well as the most successful operation of this kind is that of tho Peabody flona tion fund, endowed by the late George Peabody, for London. Begun during his lifetime in 1865 it has gone steadily on in its beneficieut work, and from Mr. Pea body's own munificent endowment of £2,500,000, with one generous gift of over $50,000 from an anonymous friend and the increase in the capital, due to its careful management, the fund at the close of 1891 represented an expenditure of over £6,000,000, with which the Pea body trust has provided for the laboring poor of London 11,273 rooms, besides bathrooms, laundries and washhouses, occupied by 20,269 persons, living in 5,070 . separate dwellings—7s of 4 rooms, 1,788 of 3 rooms, 2,402 of 2 rooms and 805 of 1 room, at an average rent for each room of less than 27 cents a week, for each dwelling not much over £1 a week. Eighteen sections of London have thus been provided with homes, and the an nual reiK>rts show the employment of the tenants—their average weekly earn ings wore less than £6 —and the increased birth rate and the decreased death rate of these well appointed homes. This splendid benefaction is managed by six trustees, one the United States minister, the others friends and sons of friends and relatives of Mr. Peabody. A son-in-law of tho late J. S. Morgan suc ceeded that gentleman, who was Mr Peabody's successor in his banking house. An evidence of good management is the fact that tho expenses of caring for this great fund in 1891 were less than £7,000, while the income was £320,000, of which £150,000 was, added to tho capital, thus realizing Mr. Peabody's hope that his bounty would grow with the needs of the great city of London. The work thus set on foot by Mr. Peabody has been car ried on in other parts of London and in most of the great English and Scotch cities, often largely by municipal grants, for it is found that such investments prove to be of the highest value in ele vating the condition of the working pop ulation and in diminishing tho death rate, sickness and crime and pauperism. In Boston the Boston Co-operative Building company has recently issued its twenty-second annual report, giving tho details of its 50 houses in that city and 10 in tho neighborhood, and its new est operation, a hollow square of four blocks of houses, 24 in all, making 76 houses, with 960 rooms, in which there live 255 families and 799 persons, at week ly rents varying from 08 cents to £1.16. All this was done with a capital of £219,- 000 and loans of £113,000, against which tho assots amount to nearly £394,000, and out of the income of £34,000 for 1892 a dividend of 6 per cent was paid and near ly £5,000 carried to the surplus. In this, as in London, the best results have been obtained from buildings that gave the oc cupants the nearest approach possible to independent homes, and here in this city of homes those who are engaged in the work of reforming tho slums and elevat ing their inhabitants will do well to ad here to tho typical Philadelphia home. Every stfch plan needs for its success the help of the city government through all its various branches—police, health, wa ter, paving and other bureaus—and that once enlisted tho slums can in time be built out of existence.— Philadelphia Ledger. Asking Amnesty of Altgehl. At a recent meeting of the Chicago Trade and Labor assembly George Schil ling read an open letter to Governor Alt geld in reference to the Amnesty associa tion of Illinois, which, incorporated in a resolution asking immediate action, was passed. The letter, after asking calm and dispassionate judgment, says: We also wish to call your attention to the fact that the years of 1885 and 1886 were years of great turmoil in the labor world. Strikes and lockouts were the order of the day, In the heat of which, no doubt, many mistakes wore made by both employer and employed. If the bomb which exploded on the Haymarket "shook the world out of Its dream of safety," we must also remember that the balls fired from the rifles in the hands of Klnkertons sent many a worker to liiu doom wi'£.ut redress, thereby engendering feelings of bitterness that were impossible to avoid. It is now more than six years since that fate ful tragedy, and our people have had time for a sober second thought, and are, therefore, more capable of treating this subject In a humane and rational manner. There is not a person in Illinois that lias given this subject a fair con sideration who would attribute to Fielden, Schwab or Neebe the common instincts of criminality. In support of this wo call your attention to the letters of Judge Gary and Judge Grinnell to Governor Oglesby. asking for a commutation of sentence for Fielden and Soiyyab. ifKngland pan forgive the political conspira tor Michael lJavitt and nguin restore him to honored citizenship within its realm, if Ger many can open its hospitable arms and wel come back the revolutionists of 1848, if France can extend without stint amnesty to the Com munards of 1871", then surely the people of the state of Illinois can afford to forgive those men who have suffered so long for their fanaticism and excessive zeal. ____ MAUI RAILROAD SYSTEM LKTTIGH VALLEY DIVISION. Anthracite coal used exclu f slvely, insuring cleanliness ami j | comfort. ARRANGEMENT or PASSENGER TRAINS. DEC. 4, 1892. LEAVE FREELAND. 0 10, 8 35, 0 40. 10 41 a in, 12 25, 1 50, 2 43, 3 50, 4 55, 0 41, 7 12, 8 41 p m, for Drilton, Jeddo. Lum ber Yurd, Stockton and lluzlcton. d 10, 9 40 a m, 1 50. 8 50 p in. for Mauch Chunk, Alleutown, Bethlehem, Philu., Huston and New York. 8 35 a m for Bethlehem, Easton and Philadel phia. 7 26, 10 56 a m, 1216,4 50 p in, (via Hijrhlund Branch) for White Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkes- Barrc, Pittston and L. and B. Junction. SUNDAY TRAINS. 11 40 a m and 3 45pm for Drifton, Jiddo, Lum ber Yurd and Ha/.ieton. 345 p m for Delano. Mahnnoy City, Shenan doah, New York and Philadelphia. ARRIVE AT FREELAND. 5 50, 7 00, 7 26, 9 18, 10 50 a m, 12 16, 1 15, 210, 4 50, 7 08 and 8 37 p in, from Hu/.lcton, Stockton, Lumber Yurd. Jeddo and Drifton. . t. 918, 10 50 am, 12 10 2 33, 4 50, 703 p in from Delano, Muhanoy City and Sheiiundouh (via New Boston Branch). 1 15 and 837 p in from New York, Easton, Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Alleutown und Mauch Chunk. 9 18 and 10 50 a m from Kaston, Philadelphia, Bethlehem and Mauch Chunk. 9 18, 10 41 a in, 2 43,0 41 pmtrom White Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkcx-Burre, Pittston and L. und B. Junction (via Highland Branch). SUNDAY TRAINS. 1131 a m and 331p m, from Hu/.lcton, Lum ber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton. 11 31 a m from Delano, Hazleton, Philadelphia and Easton. 3 31 p in lrom Pottsville and Delano. For luther information inquire of Ticket Agents. C. G. HANCOCK, Gen. Pass. Agt. Philadelphia, Pa. A. W. NONNEM AC J1 EH, Ass't CI. P. A. South Bethlehem. Pa. a. wTwashburn, Builder of Light and Heavy Wagons. REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. PINE AND JOHNSON BTS.. FREELAND. Hardware, Paints, Oils, Miners' Supplies. Miners will do well to try our oil and get prices. We have also a complete stock of SPOUTING GOODS, including: Runs, am munition, fishing tackle, ete. ROHRBACH, WEIDER & ZANG, T ilopH. We are located above Meyer's jewelry store and have on hand a fine line of Roods, which will be done up in the lutest styles at a very moderate price. Our aim is to satisfy and WE ASK FOR A TRIAL. Repairing Promptly Executed. GEORGE FISHER, dealer in FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL. MUTTON, BOLOGNA, SMOKED MEATS,- ETC., ETC. Call at No. 0 Walnut street, Freelnnd, or wait for the delivery whkous. VERY LOWEST PRICES. A POINTER ft TO ft D BUSINESS D V MEN. V E E R R T T I I * SS E ITT THE TRIBUNE. HARNESS and HORSE GOODS of every description. We can furnish you with goods that will please the eye. and he of such quality that thej\ cannot be surpassed, at THE LOWEST PRICES OBTAINABLE. GEO. WISE * No. 35 Centre Street, Fr> t-'ii.e- Also Jeddo, Pa.
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