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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,