12 MILITIA ALL RIGHT. PLUTOCR/CY CAN DEPEND UPON IT TO SHOOT STRIKERS. Labor Sympathizers Carefully Weeded , Out —Only Those "Closely Allied to Property Interests'* Trusted—lnforma tion Straight From Headquarters. It is customary for the plutocratic press to brand every man who advises I workingmen to keep out of the inilitia as "a wild eyed enemy of law and order," j one who would manufacture an un founded belief that tho authorities stand j ready to employ tho national guard in the suppression of labor at tho behest of capital. To say nothing at this time of the mass of evidence showing that such has been tho course in tho past, it is enough to quote tho recent utterances of the head of New York's inilitia to show that hereafter the prime purpose of main taining the national guard of that state will bo to have a body of armed and 1 trained men who can he counted upon not only to obey orders, bnt to take nat urally to the business of shooting strikers, j There is a feeling pretty generally prev alent that at some time during the com ing summer there will bo a strike of the workingmen of the country. No one lias clearly defined views upon the sub- j ject, but the majority appear to believe , that the'trouble is to begin with the j railroad men. A New York newspaper says that "military men say that the re ports from the western section of tho state indicate that considerable uneasi ness is felt by the authorities and by mil itary men over the prospect of a labor , uprising." Tho "military men" are es pecially concerned, it is said, because of the reported claims of certain labor lead- | ers that in caso of trouble tho state mili tia cannot bo depended upon to put down tho uprising, for tho reason that "the main strength of the militia lies in the : laboring class, and that they will never j obey laws made to benefit tho rich." If any labor leader has made such a j claim and really believes it, ho had as i well disabuse his mind now, for no less j an authority than Adjutant General Por- i ter, high muck-a-muck of tho militia of j New York, has come to tho front in an j interview with statements of such clear- j ness that they should settle tho matter. A Mail and Express reporter asked Gen eral Porter what ho thought of the re ports of impending labor troubles. Ho said that it was true that both tho civil and military authorities in tho western part of the state felt that thero would be troublo after tho World's fair opened in Chicago. Ho said that ho had no means of verifying tho reports of an uprising by tho labor men, but that lie had the fullest confidence in tho men composing the national guard. Upon this point the gcmjjhi Said: There fnay be ono man hero and thero who is in sympathy with tho labor agitators, but tho captains of tho various companies know their men so well that ono who is not to be thor oughly trusted would soon bo weeded out. This is done, however, all the time. A man who will not obey orders, or whom tho captains cannot trust, is quickly got rid of. At tho . present timo I would have no hesitancy iu call- J ing out any regiment or company in tho guard j to go to Buffalo or any other place where their presence was required. Tho men composing tho guard aro a repre- | (tentative class of men whoso very enlistment means that they aro in favor of tho mainte nance of order. By a great majority they rep resent tho property holders of the 6tate. Many of them are business men, and others are so closely allied with tho property interests that they may be implicitly relied upon to do their full duty. Thero have been comments made because cer tain regiments in this city have not been called upon to act in labor strikes, hut I'll warrant that thoso same regiments would muster in as great strength as any other at the first call to In tho western part of tho state the compa nies are composed of men of sterling quality, and to my knowledge there havobeen no desertions. We have at headquarters in Albany an accu rate account of tho men, who they nro and where they came from, and in addition the cap tains of companies know their men so well that anyone who Is likely to prove disloyal would bo quickly disposed of. General Porter said that these reports wero not for publication, but were kept for the benefit of the officers of tho de partment. Ho also said that he had been informed by an officer who had com manded a company that was sent to Buf falo last year that ho had detected signs of discontent among his men and had taken prompt measures to get rid of thoso who wero undesirable. Could any thing bo clearer than the language of General Porter? lie boldly declares that tho policy of tho New York military au thorities is to allow no one to remain in the militia who cannot be "thoroughly trusted" to do what? To support the "property interests" of tho state. It is not a question of right and wrong, nor of justice and injustice, nor of law and i lawlessness, but simply, On which sido is "property?" "Wo shoot from that side." I The whole scheme of tho national guard today is plutocratic—is for the up holding of a money aristocracy. Tho regular army is really nearer tho people; it is more in accord with our supposed democracy. And I want to say to tho workingmen of tho country that if they are looking for friends among tho sol diers they must turn their eyes toward the regulars. I know whereof I speak. The conditions here aro very similar to thoso of Belgium, and you will remem ber that during tho recent uprising in that country tho aristocracy placed reli ance in tho militia, while it was gener ally conceded that the regular army was in sympathy with the working j>ooplo | and would fight on their sido when it be- 1 came necessary. The militia of Belgium is mado up largely from the sons of well to do families and officered by aristo crats. Practically the same is true of this country. We h*vo the word of General Porter that great majority of the militia represent the property holders of the state" and that ''many of them aro busi ness men and others closely allied with property interests." We know that the militia is potted by "society," and that the commissioned officers move in "se lect ciroles." In a word, the national guard has now becoirio tho protectors of the "divine right" of the "robber barons" to deal with tho country's producers in accordance with their own sweet will, and tho order has gone out, "Put no friend of the common peoplo on guard!" Joe. R. BUCHANAN. Berry Wall Iu Wall Street. Not much has been heard of Berry Wall of late, but he is very much in evi dence in Wall street, where bis talents, which are of no mean order, are being guided in ono of the largest brokerage houses, lie still displays his old charm of dress, although his waistcoats are not so stunning as they used to be, and he only changes his clothes once a day now. lie is really very well informed in In dustrial securities, and one morning lately ho sent a group of brokers into convulsions of laughter when lie was ap pealed to by an operator to go into a lit tle speculation in ono of those stocks. Berry Wall straightened up, looked sternly at the man who dared make this proposition and then said, "I have been sweetened with Sugar, I have been stupe fied with Gas, a few weeks ago I was j strangled with Cordage, and I have been paralyzed with Whisky, and if you sup pose there is anything left of me for fur ther experience of this sort you know me better than I do myself." And there was quite as much of truth as there was of sarcastic humor in this comment, and the experience has not been peculiarly that of Berry Wall. Some of the brokers think that the time is com- | ing when the famous deposed king of the dudes will cause quite as much comment upon the street as he did in tho old days 1 upon tho avenue.—Cor. Philadelphia i Press. Saving For tho Government. The fervor of economy which recently i agitated congress recalls an incident of | the government printing office which oc- j curred during the Rounds administra- ! tion. A chief of a division in that big workshop had had a good deal of diffi- ! culty in getting requisitions for supplies ! filled. Tho amount of lead pencils he j had called for had been criticised as ex- | cessive, and ho put his wits to work to ; devise ways and means to avoid clerks carrying away those useful articles. Ho j made a rule that a clerk should be issued but ono pencil at a time and that he ; should return the stump of his old pen- j cil upon receiving a new one. This pro cess was continued during a couplo of years. It never seemed to occur to the chief I that a clerk could gather in stumps of i pencils from his friends, if ho were in clined to cheat the office, and the method was regarded by its promoter as an evi dence of tho inassiveness of his brain, j I Finally, when his successor was ap-1 ! pointed, among tho effects of the office \ i turned over to him were two good sized , I boxes of stumps of pencils, each stump averaging less than an inch in length. The curious collection took up a good leal of room, and the new chief lost but i little time in sending it out of tho office and in taking away the economical safe- ; guard. —Exchange. Sentence of a German Usurer. The judge of the Dettmold court of I justice had before him tho other day tho | caso of Moses Lipper of Blomberg on a | charge of usury. Lipper had in one case ! for tho U3O of 200 marks charged the borrower 12 marks interest, and for a 1 further indulgence of three months 20 I | marks. | In another case Lipper, for a loan of | 1,500 marks, had charged 045 marks for interest. A cow which Moses Lipper had sold for 180 marks, but which turned ! out to ho an indifferent animal, was I bought back for *OO marks. This cow j proved a profitable investment for Lip- ] per. The animal changed hands again, ; and for payment a bill was tendered and accepted. For prolonging this hill fivo days a sum of 050 marks was charged, i and for 25 days longer tho sum of 760 marks was deemed necessary for tho con- j venience. In another caso Lipper had, according to tho statement of his son, turned a bill ! of 10 tlialers, by the addition of a cipher, i I into 100 tlialers, and ngain another hill was transformed from 100 tlialers into a : debt of 1,000 thalers. The judge sen- j teuced the defendant to one year's im-1 prisonment, 3,000 marks fine and two years' loss of "civil rights."—Saalo Zei-1 tung. KnibuK.surior aiul Minister. Y/o do not see tho need of giving tho ! title of "embassador" to any of ourmin- i istera to foreign countries. They can all do their business, in obedianco to orders, under the title of minister as well as un der any other title. Thero is less fustian in the politics and diplomacy of our times than there was in tho times of our respected progenitors. Truly embassa dor to tho court of St. James has a high er sound than minister to England, but it is less descriptive. An embassador, ac cording to modern usage, is the personal representative of his sovereign at the court of another sovereign. Our minis ter to England has no business dealings with the sovereign or at court; his proper business is at tho foreign office. Guess it is likely that tho title of minister will servo all useful purposes, and it is orna mental enough. Besides, an embassa dor would want to get a bigger salary than a minister gets. That is a serious thought for us.—New York Sun. Death of a Noted Bohemian Oats Man. Jay M. Orcutt, the widely known Mich igan Bohemian oats schemer, is dead. Orcutt operated in the country from 1883 to 1885. The scheme was to sell 50 bush els of seed oats to 15 farmers in each ! township at $lO a bushel, taking ono 1 I year 7 per cent notes in payment, the tellers bonding themselves to sell double | that quantity from their crops at tho j , same figures, keeping 25 per cent. It is j estimated that the Bohemian oat scheme j netted SIOO,OOO profit, Orcutt's share be- j ing about $25,000. Ho was extravagant ; and spent his money as fast as received, j | —Chicago Inter Ocean. A Ilard Winter For Adirondack Deer. , Those who have recently visited the j Adirondacks say the past winter has been a severe one for deer, owing to the heavy falls of snow, and that many have died in consequence. A gentleman who came from Harrisvillo on the railroad says he saw a largo buck lying exhausted in tho deep snow beside the railroad track. | Deef are reported as in very poor flesh. —Utica Herald and Gazette. FREELAND TRIBUNE, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1893. BOUND TO FINISH. After TThirh Tie Was Content to Tnko tho Usual Course. The young man moved his chair a little closer, cleared bis throat and began: "Now that I have the opportunity, Miss Millsap, I trust you will pardon me for speaking of a matter that has lain near my heart until it has become a burden too in tolerable to be borne. The avowal that I am about to make may appear to you to be unwarranted by the length of time we have known each other and the nature of our acquaintance thus far, but this is matter of the heart and" "If I conjecture rightly, Mr. Burken hcad," interposed the young woman, "the avowal you seem to be on the polut of mak ing will certainly appear to me to bo un warranted." "Exact ly. I was about to say. Miss Mill sap," he rejoined, "that this is a matter of the heart and is not subject to the rules that govern the ordinary course of acquaint anceship. Since I have come to know you, my life has seemed to have a wider horizon. Ambitions that have long lain dormant have sprung into activity, and every fiber of my soul lias thrilled with visions of a golden future in which"—r— "Mr. Burkenliead, have I ever given you any reason to suppose that T' "Of a golden future in which wo two shall he the Central figures and all the forces of nature that tend to make the earth the abode of peace and joy for mankind shall be at our command. Hand in hand: through the smiling valleys, hand in hand as wo eliiub the rugged slopes or wander through the leafy glades bearing In our breasts the key that unlocks tho mystery of happiness" "I beg of you, Mr. Burkenhead, not to pain me by any further" "Tho enchanting prospect has seemed to beckon me irresistibly on, and I can no longer withstand the forces that impel me to put my fate to the touch and" "Once for all, Mr. Burkenhead," firmly spoke the young woman, "let me say that the idea of any nearer relationship between us than that of friendship is utterly im possible. You will oblige me by putting an end at mice to this unpleasant" "That impelled me to put my fate to the touch and win or lose it all," said the young man, speaking with increasing en- i ergy and rapidity, "and this is why I have j dared to lay before you the hopes and as- i pi rat ions that I have been overbold per haps to cherish, but the burdened heart, j Miss Genevieve Millsap, must have its say. j The language of love and hope cannot be j stifled, even in the hour when dark despair broods over the scene, until the message it has to convey has been delivered. That, I believe, is all," be added, putting on his gloves and looking about for his hat. i "When I begin the avowal of a passion like this, Miss Millsap, it is my invariable habit . to complete it regardless of interruptions and discouragements. Having done so on this occasion," he continued, with his hand on the doorknob, "with the success that has usually attended me in affairs of this kind, it only remains for me to add that it , looks like rain and to wish you a very good . evening."—Chicago Tribune. Sacked. I. 111. —Brooklyn Life. Two Statements. Tho following advertisement was printed in a small western paper some years ago. The firm in question was the first estab lished in a Mississippi town: "Messrs. Brown, Jenkins & Waterbury, dealers in sewing and knitting machines, stoves, scales, smut machines, cotton gins, pumps, church bells, gongs, gravestones and oil. Office for life and fire insurance. "Wanted—A few live agents to sell pop ular books and maps, for which payment will be received in rags, beeswax, brass, old iron, copper and dried fruit."—Youth's I Companion. Between Two Fires. ■ "It seems to me," said Uncle Silas Sas safras as he read the rules and regulations tacked on the door of his room at tho Hy prise hotel, "that these hotel people just ; systematically try to bleed peoplo." "What is it, father?" asked his wife. "Why, one of these dinged rules says, 'Don't blow out the gas,' and another says, i'Gas burned all night will be charged ex j I ra.' Now, what's a fellow to do?" Life. lfow to Treat- u Motlior. When peoplo are excited, they do and say -ome strange things. A Harlem gentle | man, Mr. Jones, overheard one of his boys | giving impudence to his mother. "I'll teach you how to treat your mother, vou young whelp." And seizing tho boy liy the neck he cuffed his ears and shook l.im until his hair began to drop out.— Texas Sittings. Bather Misty, i Country Child—People who live In city | Sats have lots of company, I s'pose. i City Child— No, indeed. It's awful lonely, j "I don't sets hwv." j "Why, folks won't 'sociate with the fam ilies above them 'cause they isrbelow them, 1 and they can't 'sociate with the families below them because they is above them."— !3ood News. None Left. She—l am EG passionately fond of rare I :hina. He—Your family is puch an old one that i ( should think you would have some beau iiful pieces handed down. J fcihe—Unfortunately one of my ancestors Ajos a servant girl.—Vo^ue. ( Getting Around It. It used to be the law in California t justices of the pear** had no jiirisriic' cases involving more than S2OO. ()u --an old Californian, A sued B !>_•. squirv in the ('oast 1 lango for $4<X). I ed up to the next town and consul". "limb of the law," S. "We'll go d and throw him out of court on 'no juris.' I tion,'" said S. The day for trial came, a:. | B and his attorney were on bund. Just to | see how far be would go, S let him enter | judgment against him and then called his attention to the fact of "no jurisdiction." "Ah, yes," said his honor, "Mr. S., the court has thought of that and discovered a remedy. The court enters judgment against your client for S4OO and issues two executions for S2OO each!" And he did it.— New York Tribune. An Invitation. "Come here, pard; I've got a bone to pick with you."—Truth. Too Much. "Willie," said Bob one evening as wo were unostentatiously seated upon a friend ly lamppost (I think that's how wo were seated; anyhow we were seated without any ostentatiouslyness). "Willie," ho re peated meditatively, "we have missed our vocation and ought to take another shot at it." "How's that, Bob?" said I interrogative ly. "As long as we are able to run into debt we should be satisfied." "Willie," said Bob very severely, "do not speak in such trifling terms of the greatest American institution in America." Then he added philosophically: "Debt is like a short, interminable hill. It's easy to run down, but you have to walk back." I made a few incandescent remarks to the effect that I'd rather stay at the bottom or take the car back. But Bob interrupted me I and favored mo with one of his superior I looks. "Willie, said he theatrically, "I care not for riches." Then in a burst of | generosity: "You may have them as long i as you lend me an occasional V. But what Ido want is fame. Now the only way for ■me to acquire fame is to train my voice I and become a singer." ! "But, Bob," said I. | "No. Every singer is famous." "Oh." j "Yes. Is not every singer a person of note?" "Yes, Bob," and I fell lifeless on the cold, I hard curbstone.—F. Charles Hoy. A Sign. "That was Mr. Skidds who called on you I last night, wasn't it, Amy?" I Amy nodded, and Mabel went on. I "I was sure of it." j "What made you sure?" "Because when I went into the parlor ! this morning the two armchairs were in ! front of the fireplace and just as close to ! gether as they could be." j "Well, I think you are real mean," Amy : declared, "but I just know that it was Mr. j Spatts who spent Monday evening in your company." "How do you know?" "Oh, I can tell," "I'm sure you didn't find the chairs close togethor." "No, but I found just one armchair in ! front of the fireplace."—William Ilenry i Siviter. What It Was. i Detroit lias a minister, as have other | towns for that matter, who doesn't always I preach as short sermons as he might, yet i who has many admirers. The other Sun day one of theso took a visitor to church with Him. After service ho wanted to know the visitor's opinion, "What do you think of that sermon?" ho inquired with considerable pride. "Very good sermon," responded the visit or calmly. "You're right; it was all wool and a yard wide." The visitor sighed just a little. "It wasn't the width I noticed so much," he said slowly, "as the length."—Detroit Free Press. Ilriglit rrospectg. Old Gentleman—Little boy, why are you idling around the street during school hours I and, still worse, smoking and chewing to bacco and acting like a young tough gener | ally, instead of studying your lessons and j trying to bo a little gentleman? I Boy—Wot yer giviii us? Old Gentleman—Remember the time Is not far distant when you will have to earn | your owu living. j Boy—That's nil right. I'll live in u Fif nvernuo house an have a steam yacht. I'm goin inter polytics.—Good News. A Wonderful Knowledge. ! The Single Man—No, sir. You might | hunt the wide world over, and you would not find a more sensible, reasonable little | girl than the one I urn going to marry. | The Married Man—l guess you haven't known her very long, have you? I The Single Man—Known herl Why, man, ' I have been with her constantly for three j weeks! —Life. A Correct Inference, "Have a cigar, Gus?" said Hostetter Me ! Ginnis to Gus Snobberly, holding out u 20- i center. ! "No, I thank you. I've given up smoking entirely. It's not healthy," replied Snob ! berly. ! "You don't tell me so. Why, when did you get married?"— Texas Sittings. Just One. Treetop— Do you take fotygrafts here? Artist—Yes, sir. Twelve dollars for a I dozen. i Treetop—l couldn't bring the hull fam- I lly. How much'll you tax fer just ra&f— --j Truth. She Was a Woman. "He used to say there was nothing too food for her, but It seems there was noth ! ng too bad for her either." I "How so?" j "She accepted him." —New York Press. That Is Trouble Enough. Mr. Bull—Why does the advance in stocks irorry you, Bruin? Mr. Bruin—Because I can't bear them.— Cogue. B', 'V STOON. lu a 1 -id the mist and foam of \ as once a wooden spoon. i t. -l .i many wooden Spoons in i. (>••; . irs, but this was a spoon with a!... : .. and a history. It hod been in the kit chen of a nobleman's house for many, many years. It had helped to stir Home toothsome dainties for wedding feasts, for christening festivities, for the yuletime gatherings. It had helped also in the preparation of "funeral baked meats." Down the long hall had floated snatches of song, gay laughter and echoes of sighs and sobs as well. It hud heard the waiting maids describe the beauty of the daines and the gallantry of the cavaliers. Still the spoon was content with its lot. These tilings were not for wooden spoons. It was well. But one day by some chance a silver spoon was brought down to the kitchen, where it jostled against its humble rela tive. Apologies followed, and a brisk conversa tion was entered into. The silver spoon painted its gay life in such glowing colors that the wooden spoon felt a twinge of en vy and longed for those unknown pleas ures. "Alas!" it sighed, "why should I be doomed to stay forever in this humble place when you spend your life in the midst of such elegant surroundings? We aro about the same in size and general appear ance, except that you aro brighter and more polished than I, which comes of course from your contact with well bred people. Do ask the butler if he cannot give me a chance to see the world and improve ray self." The silver spoon promised, and the butler was persuaded to listen to the entreaties of the wooden spoon, but he told it at once and frankly that no amount of friction with the up stairs people would ever bring it up to the standard. "Your appearance is against you," said the butler; "you can never shine with the family plate." "Can nothing be done," inquired the am bitiousspdbn, "to remedy the defect? Can I not get something to put on that will make make me appear all right?" "Well, you might be plated, I suppose," ' said the now interested butler, "but that would only make you look like the others. You can never be the genuine article, you know." "Oh, please make me like the others," cried the silly thing: "that will beall I shall ask." Sothespoon was sent to the silversmith's, whence it emerged bright and shining —altogether too bright and shining, in fuct—and though it felt very important in its new position the servants who had charge of the silver knew it was the wooden spoon plated over, because it looked so new, and slighted It by forgetting to take it to the table. Once more it appealed to its friends, who proposed that it retire to the serving room for a time, where use would rub off some of its pristine freshness. The advice was followed, and after a time the plated spoon made its appearance in the dining hall along with the family plate. But the lord of the osstle wquld pick it up and say: "What makes this spoon so light? Surely it Is not one of our belongings." And at length he ordered it not to bo brought to the table. And so the servants refused to take it in, as they could detect it at once by its light weight. "Well, well," said the butler, "there is but one thing to do; you must ho made heavier, and that can only be done by pour ing lead into your handle. Are you willing to submit to the operation?" "Oh, yes, anything," answered the up start spoon. "Now that I have gone thus far I will draw back from nothing." • So another visit was made to the silver smith's that it might be brought up to the standard weight or the family plate. But evidently he did not understand the anat omy of wooden spoons, though thoroughly posted about silvei*ones, for he made such a deep incision that the lead penetrated to the bowl, just where the heart of the poor spoon was located. It looked all right now, and the weight made it pass muster with both master and servants. It was only occasionally that one of the old pieces of plate recognized It and drew slightly away. It had achieved its ambition, but what did it avail with a lump of lead in its heart? The laughter and jests seemed like mockery to the poor thing, always heavy hearted. It could not ask for sympathy without revealing its true position, which would never do. After a time it implored the butler to send it back to its old place in the kitchen. But here it was shunned as an upstart too fine to be useful and too pretentious to be taken back into the confidence of former friends. One day, the butler coming near where it lay apart from the others, it im plored him to strip it of Its showy metal and make it a wooden spoon again. "That cannot be," answered the butler, "you would never survive the fiery ordeal, and even if you did you would still have tho lead in your heart. Nothing can re move that. Better come up stairs and make the best of it." So it went and heard the jests, nnd the laughter, and the light talk, hut as it thought less of itself and became more ob ; servant of others It saw that it was not I alone in keeping up appearances. Its heart I was heavy, but it was not the only one in ! the guy throng.—Pittsburg Dispatch. The First American Book. It Is a remarkable fact that in a year after the first printing press was established in Cambridge, Mass., or in 1040, aii American I book was issued from it (being the first published in what are now the United States), which was soon after reprinted in i England, where it passed through no less than 18 editions, the last being issued in 1754, thus maintaining a hold on English popularity for 114 years. This was the 1 "Bay Psalm Book." It passed through 22 editions in Scotland, where it was exten sivcly known, the last bearing date 1759, and as it was reprinted without the com piler enjoying pecuniary benefit from its sale we have irrefutable proof that Eng land pirated the first American book, being in veality the original aggressor in this I lint, TMs first American work enjoyed a j more lasting reputation and had a wider circulation than any volume since of Anieri , can origin, having passed in all through 70 editions, a very remarkable number for the oae in whi*h ft fl<*rtshe<tf-Philadelphia : Record. Eyes With Double Pupils. I Cicero says that "tho glance of all women with the double pupil in tho eye is noxious, blighting and withering." Cadmus tells us that such persons would not drown; still ■ others say that if they did drown the body | would never sink, neither would it decay. I They could cure the disease of the chest— consumption—by rubbing their perspirar tion on the affected parts of tho individual, | and In cose the double pupils were red in- I steai 1 of Jilack they could cure the lepers and the bilnd.—St. Louis Republic. GEMS IN VERSE. To the Hoys. You'll never discover new lands, my boys. If you always follow the beaten track. You'll never stand Arm on the mountuin height If you're always halting and gazing bock. Strike out for yourself, but bo sure the path Is not girt with the noxious weeds of sin. That no sharp edged rocks of some deadly vioe Or pitfalls of folly bo found therein. Choose the path of honor and virtue, boys. And let no one tempt you to swerve aside; Its guide boardß—temperance, purity, truth— Who follows their guidance few dangers be tide. There may not be wealth and fame at tho end. But wealth and fame do not constitute bliss. A pure, perfect manhood, and noble life— There's nothing worth striving for, boys, but this. The Shipinan's Tale. Listen, my masters. I speak naught but truth. From dawn to dawn they drifted on and on. Not knowing whither or to what dark end. Now tho north froze them, now tho hot south Bcorched. Somo called toOod and found great comfort w; Some gnashed their teeth with curses, and some laughed An empty laughter seeing that they lived, So sweet was breath between their foolish lips. Day after day the same relentless sun, Night aftor night the same unpitylng stars! At intervals fierce lightnings tore the clouds. Showing vast hollow spaces, and the sleet Hissed, and tho torrents of the sky were loosed. From time to time a hand relaxed its grip. And some pale wretch slid down into the dark With stifled moan, aud transient horror soized The rest who waited, knowing what must be. At every turn strange shapes reached up and clutched The whirling wreck, held on awhile, and then Slipped back into tho blackness "whence they Ah, hapless folk, to be so tost and torn. So racked by hunger, fever, fire and wave. And swept at last into tho nameless void- Frail girts, strong men, and mothers with their babes! • And were none saved? My masters, not a soul! Oh, shipman, woeful, woeful is thy tale! Our hearts are heavy, and our eyes are dimmed. What ship is this that sufforod such ill fate? What ship, my masters? Know ye not? The World. —Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Where Are Wicked Folks Buried? "Tell me, gray haired sexton," I said, "Where in this field are the wicked folks laid? I have wandered the quiet old graveyard through And studied the epitaphs old and now. But on monument, obelisk, pillar or stone I read no evil that men have done." The old sexton stood by a grave newly made, With his chin on his hand, his hand on a spade. I knew by the gleam of his eloquent eye That his heart was Instructing his lips to reply: "Who is the judge when the soul takes its flight? Who is to judge 'twixt tho wrong afld the right? Which of us mortals shall dare to say That our neighbor was wicked who died today? In our journey through life tho farther we speed Tho better we learn that huinaulty's need Is charity's spirit, that prompts us to find Kathor virtue than vice in tho livosof our kind. "Therefore, good deeds wo record on these stones. Tho evil that men do, let it die with their bones. I have labored as sexton this many a year. But I have never burled a bad man here." The Sunny Heart. A boon from heaven is tho sunny heart That can light those days so dreary When tho flesh is worn and weary And so assuage tho keenest smart. It may not know what the.year will bring Of gladness or of sorrow, Nor what the near tomorrow Athwart its sky at dawn may fling. Yet 'neath the strain of grief intense. Under all stress whatever, Tho bravo trust faileth never That for each loss comes recompense. It could not play tho common scold. Fuming, complaining, carping, And on this ono string harping Till tuneless, dark and cold. God made it for the nobler wor Of fountains fresh unsealing And beauties now revealing. Though by old 1 mat en ways they lurk. And its bright song, with glad refrain. Lightening tho lowliest mission. Shall nearer bring fruition Schemes that would paradise regain! —Springfield Republican. The City and the Illver. A river flowing 'thwart a town I saw, Whero many a wharf pushed out from either bank. With many a warehouse, gabled, grim and danlc. Wedged in between, whilst, 'mid the night air Turrets and domes loomed dimly, and the maw Of some huge Jail uprose whose chains must clank, Dirgelike, mcseenied, o'er roofs, set rank on rank, Of palace homes and cots of mud and straw. And, lo! inverted, 'midst the misty night. Their million scintillations In that wave Tho city lamps reflected, all alight. And then ono boat, like to a pilot brave, Forsook its quny and seaward bent its flight. While to its prow those spectral sparkles clave. —William Strutliers. True Merit. To praise true merit do thou bo the first, Nor stay till others loud declaro 'tis right. Who waits till all commend is like the bird Who mocks the songs of those of greater might. Tho first loud peal of yonder deep toned boll Is worth a thousand echoos of its tone. Tho voice that loud proclaims a deed is great. Is praise Indeed, e'en though it be alone. True merit well deserves tho praise of all! And often ho who does not say 'tis well, j When noblo deeds are deno by humblo men. Within his heart hides sin, if truth you tell. Bo slow to charge another with an act That you yourself would never stoop to do, i Lost your own conscienco sting you in the end, Should your unkind suspicions prove untrue. Give unto each his due, whate'or it be. Nor tremble at your voice should you not find, W hen once you'vo said what honestly you think Your own words echoed from another mind! —Florence Bailey Farnsworth. Why I Sing. I sing. Oh, what elso should Ido Whilo heart keeps fresh and life keeps new, Whilo spirit pulses beat within. And there are victories to win? I sing. Imprisoned songs grow sad. It is their birthright to be glad. Their birthright to be freo and fly. As happy birds in air and sky. Who nestle low or seek the stars. But wero not made for prison bars. I sing. Perehanco my song will be A song of tender ministry. Somo listening ear may bond to hear- Some weary heart feel life more deaf, And overmore the echo hold Of what in simplest song I told. —Rosalie Vanderwater. What is the boasted good That wealth, that power, can own? Better be loved a slave . Thau hated ou a throne. / /CHARTER NOTICE.-Notice is hereby given \J that an application will be made to the governor of the state of Pennsylvania on Mon day, the nineteenth day of June, A. D. IWKI, by Eekley B. Coxe, Alexander"!!. C'oxe, Eckley B. Coxe, Jr., Henry B. Coxe and E. B. Ely, uuder the act of assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "un act to provide for tho incorporation and regulation of certain corporations,'\approved April 20, 1874, and the supplements thereto, for the charter of an in t iidcd corporation to be called "Coxe Brothers and Company, Incorporated." The charter and object whereof is the mining, preparing, shipping and selling of coal, and for these purposes to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits and privileges of the said act of assembly and its supplements. 8. P. Wolverton, Solicitor. CHARTER NOTlCE.—Notice is hereby given that an application will be made to the governor of the state of Pennsylvania on Mon day, the nineteenth day of June, A. I). 185*1, Eekley 11. Coxe, Alexander 1!. Coxe, Eekley I'-jr Coxe, Jr., Henry 11. Coxe and E. B. Ely, under the act of assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "an act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corporations," approved April 2ft, 1874, and the supplements thereto, for the charter of an In tended corporation to be called "The Coxe Iron Manufacturing Company." The character and object whereof is tho manufacture of iron or steel, or both, or of any other metal, or of any article of commerce from metal or wood or both, and for these pur poses to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits and privileges of the said act of assem bly and its supplements. 8. P. Wolverton, Solicitor. / CHARTER NOTlCE.—Notice is hereby given vy that an application will bo made to the governor of the state ofrennsylvania on Mon day, the nineteenth day of June, A. I). 1803, by Eekley B. Coxe, Alexander B. Coxe, Eckley 11. Coxe, Jr., Henry 11. Coxe and E. B. Ely, under the act of assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "an act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corporations," approved April 1874, and the supplements thereto, for the charter of unin tended corporation to be called "The DrifnCu Water Company." The character and object whereof is the supply of water-to the public at the townships of ilazle and Foster, iu tho county of Luzerne, and to such persons, partnerships and eorporu iions residing tlu-ivin and adjacent thereto as may ddsire the same, and for these purposes to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits and privileges of the said act of assembly and its supplements. 8. P. Wolverton, Solicitor. /~!IIARTER NOTlCE.—Notice is hereby given vy that an application will le made to the governor of the state of Pennsylvania on Mon day, the nineteenth day of June, A. I). 1803, by Eckley B. Coxe, Alexander B. Coxe, Eckley B. Coxe, Jr , Henry B. Coxe -and E. B. Ely. under tlie act of assembly of the commonweulth of Pennnsylvuuia, entitled "an uct to provide for the incorporation and regulation of eeriain corporations," approved April 29, 1874, and the supplAuents thereto, for the charter of an in tended corporation to be called "The Toiu hicken Water Company." The character and object whereof is the supply of water to the public at the township of Blaokoreek, in the county of Luzerne, and to such nersons, partnerships and corporations residing therein and adjucent thereto us may desire tho same, and for tiiese purposes to have, possess and oujoy all the rights, benefits and privileges of the said uet of assembly in id its supplements. 8. P. Wolverton, Solicitor# / CHARTER NOTlCE,—Notice is hereby given Vy that an application will be mude to the governor of the state of Pennsylvania on Mon day, the nineteenth day of June, A. D. 18U3, by Eckley 11. C'oxe, Alexander B. Coxe, Eckley li. Coxe, Jr., Henry 11. Coxe and E. 11. Ely, under the uet of assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "an act to provide for the incorporation aud regulation of certain corporations," approved April 29, 1874, and the supplements thereto, for the charter of an in tended corporation to be called "The Beaver Meadow Water Company." The character and object whereof is tho supply of wuter to tho public at tlie township Of banks, in the county of Curium, and <• BUCQ persons, partnerships and corporations residing therein and udjacent thereto as may desire the same, and for these put poses to have, possess aud enjoy all tlie rights, benefits and privileges of the said act of assembly and its supplements. 8. P. Wol\ erton, Soli< ilnr. / CHARTER NOTlCE.—Notice is hereby given vy that an application will bfe made to tho governor of the state of Pennsylvania on Mon day, the nineteenth day of June, A. D. 1U, by Eos ley B. Coxe, Alexander B, Coxe, Eekley li. Coxe, Jr., Henry 11. Coxe and E. B. Ely, wader the act of assembly of tho commonweal Pennsylvania, entitled "an act to pro vims for tlie incorporation and regulation of certain corporations," approved April 29, 1874, and tho supplements thereto, for the charter of an in tended corporation to be called "The Oneida Water Company." The character and object whereof is tho supply of water to the public at the townships of North Union and East Union, in the county of Schuylkill, and to such persons, partner ships and corporations residing therein aud adjacent thereto as may desire tlie same, and for these purposes to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits ana privileges of tlie said act of assembly and its supplements. 8. P. Wolverton, Solicitor. APPLICATION for unnexution to the bor ough of Freeland.—Notice is hereby given thut an application will be made to the court of quarter sessions of Luzerne county, on July 1, A. I)., 1803, and to the grand jury of said county, which meets ou September 0, 1803. by a number of the owners and residents of adjoin ing!property for the annexation of certuin lots, outlets, etc., to tlie borough of Freeland, now situated in the township of Foster, described as follows: Ist. All thut portion of the Woodside addition bounded by the alley east of Adums street on the east; tlie light ot way of the Lehigh Valley Uailroud Company on the south; the ulley west of Ridge street, and part of the alley west of Centre street, on the west, and by the sttjuiiern boundary of the borough of Freeliunl®sb tho north. 2nd. All that trrct of land known us "The Park," situutad oust of the borough of Freo luiul. 3rd. All that portion of Burton's Hill bound ed north by lands of the Aaron Howey estate; east by the borough of Freeland; south by lauds of the Cross Creek Coal Company, uud west by land of Tench Coxe estate. John I), lluyes, Solicitor. Accidentally Knocked Down by a Panther. On tho anniversary of Washington's birth Alexander Rawles, a prominent landowner and stockman of Anderson valley, was accidentally knocked down by a large 8-foot panther. Rawlos' braises are iiow roported serious. Ilia dogs had treed tlie beast, and Rawles went to a neighbor's for a gun. He could find only ono cartridge, but with this ho returned and shot tho panther, but only slightly woundod it. Tlie animal Bprang from its perch midst the dogs and soon stretched one in death. Once in bound ing backward to avoid the ofchor dogs tho panther accidentally came in oontact with Rawles, who was knocked down! I Tho panther- entirely ignored Rawles throughout the fight, giving its undivided attention, although before and aftor his fall Rawles vigorously bela bored the beast with his gun barrel, which was ruined in the conflict. The panther's death finally resulted. When Rawles was knocked down, his side struck a stone, producing serious- inter | nal injuries. s - "" ' "■*— Saved by a Oulok Hair Cut. A young woman was saved in an al most "miraculous" manner tho other day from almost certain death. She was walking through an ill at Lewis ton, Me., whoq, her hair ill down in : front of a piece of heavy machinery and the ends of the hair caught in some slow ly revolving cogwhoels. The woman screamed, but did not have tho presence of mind to break away at once before more strands of iiair wero canght and dragged in. She stood there almost mo tionless screaming, while her head wag drawrf nearer and nearer to the fatal wheels. Presently her cries V'racted the attention of a man, who rnJhed to her assistance and severed her hair with i a knife just as her head was approach ing the wheels.—Exchange,
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