PICKED UP BY THE WAY.
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD IN THE
TOWN AND VICINITY.
Matter** of a Local Nature Commented
Upon and l'laced Ilefore the Header** of
the 4 Trlbuno" In Large Letter**—Some
Paragraph** May Interest Von.
The drop in railroad fares to
Chicago has awakened interest
anew among a number of peo
ple in town. Many who nad
intended to visit the fair aban
doned the idea under the im
pression that the railroads
would not reduce the rates, but
the move of the presidents of
the trunk lines last week has
set them again figuring up the
probable expenses of the trip.
The curtailment of privileges
011 the excursion tickets seems
to be a large obstacle to some
who want to get there as
cheaply as they can. yet they
would like to stop off at Nia
gara Falls and other noted
places along the line, which is
not permitted by the com
panies. Nevertheless, the re
duction is quite an inducement
to parties of limited resources,
and I would advise my friends
to buy an excursion ticket, if
they can't reach a first-class.
Get to Chicago before the show
is over by all means.
I have been trying to get
some information about this
suit William Kraut lias enter
ed against the police and bor
ough, but so far have been
only partially successful in it.
Nevertheless, it is certain that
be feels damaged to the extent
of $5,000 and has proceeded to
collect the bill through his
attorney. Now this poor de
luded man is under the impres
sion that to go howling through
the borough like a wild Indian,
as it is alleged he did at nearly
midnight on May 21, is the
only sure lottery to invest in,
where the prizes are big and
no blanks are drawn. This
get-rich-quick scheme has often
been tried and in many in
stances with disastrous results,
but it seems William and his
friends are in it to win.
On the night in question
when Mr. Kraut went up Centre
street the eagle on the P. O. S.
of A. building didn't get fright
ened, neither did the "cops,"
because they are not built on
the same plain as Snowden's
soldiers or the state's heroes—
the coal and iron men. On the
contrary, they gave William a
fair show. When he came
down the street again, sending
forth his peals of thunder, he
was taken under the wing bv
a "cop" and after a livelv scrap
was landed safely in the com
modious quarters which are
presided over by Janitor Boyle.
If Mr. Kraut can draw a $5,000
prize for this the Montana and
Louisiania lotteries are doom
ed.
There are at times a small
contingent comes from the
outside towns who feel as Mr.
Kraut did, that it is a man's
public duty to let the com
munity know they have a
"jag" on, and then to get
angry because things are not
run to suit their fancy. It
seems as if it was premeditated.
They heard of that little place,
Bxlo, known as Freeland bor
ough, where everything is sup
posed to go. They get here
onco or twice a month, accord
ing to the number of paydays,
and are always prepared to
slaughter anything with which
they may como in contact.
The methods of getting along
in the mining towns are upper
most in their brain. To shout
and yell at all hours of night
is their hobby and then whip
any of the residents who has
the audacity to question it.
As a rule they begin the
evenings "enjoyment" by skir
mishing outside of the borough,
but invaribly find their way
inside the limits about mid
night when there is always a
possibility to have a scrap
with a "cop." Generally from
a dimly lighted street a few
yells may be heard, then a
collision. It wasn't his neigh
bor in the mining town he met,
but a "cop." The next morn
ing Janitor Boyle has a new
guest who is glad to escape at
any price and go home and
tell his friends what a low
lifed crowd resides in Free
land.
I noticed that one of the
Hazleton papers used up five
or six inclws of it editorial
space to inform mo that the
phrase "moth-eaten city on
props," when applied to Hazle
ton, is not orginal. It says I
ehould have given crcdU to
Lawyer Halsey, of White
Haven, who coined it during
the anti new county campaign.
Well, to tell the truth I didn't
know who was the originator
or possessor of the expression,
but I will take my Hazleton
friend's word for it that Mr.
Halsey is its author and 1 here
by extend to that learned gen
tleman my humble apology for
using it without credit, and I
also tender him my congratu
lations for the good judgement
and sound sense shown in
giving Hazleton that very ap
propriate title. "Moth-eaten
city on props" is good.
A letter from Michael Mul
ligan. Jr., of Upper Lehigh,
came under my observation a
few days ago. Mike is doing
duty as one of the Columbian
Guards at the World's fair and
had a narrow escape from ex
termination at the great fire
out there last week. It ap
pears he was in the thick of
the fire from the start, but for
tunately was sent with some
other guards to procure more
hose. While away on this mis
sion the danger to the remain
ing guards and firemen became
apparent and he arrived back
at the burning building late
enongh to escape the terrible
death of so many others but
also soon enough to receive a
slight scorching and to lose his
cap and a shoulder knot off his
uniform when the tower fell.
The names of all who were on
duty at the fire have been
placed on file in the Chicago
city hall, and visitors from
this section can call there and
see that the above is true.
A more liberal display of
signs at the intersection of
streets would not be out of
place by our borough council
men. The use of street names
in defining places of business
and residences is coming into
vogue, more and more every
day. yet when strangers and
people from the towns about
Freeland come hero looking for
a certain street they experience
a great deal of dfficulty in ob
taining the required inform
tion. It is true that sign
boards are to be seen upon
some corners, but these are not
enough. Two at least should
he visible at every point where
one street crosses another.
Another matter that was |
called to my attention recently !
is the fact that a few of the
streets have names that are
not at all appropriate to their
location. Let us take Front for
example. It is situated almost
in the centre of the town, and
I can find no reasonable excuse
for its claim to the name it
bears. South street is another
of these. It was, years ago,
the most southern street of the
town and is yet of the borough,
but it is a long way now from
being what it was when it re
ceived the name. These are
not very serious things, still
it is as easy to have them right
as wrong. Sauntkrkk.
ECKLEY CLIPPINGS.
Miss Annie Weeks lias returned to
her home at Plymouth after spending a
week in town with relatives.
Alex Treible, of Lattimer, spent a few
hours in town .Sunday eyening.
G. M. Ilufford and wife, of Drifton,
wero here yisiting on Sunday.
Miss Annie McHugh has returned
from Philadelphia and intends spending
the summer with her parents here.
We are glad to note that Mrs. Shell
hammer, who has been very ill, is in a
fair way of recovering.
William Eroh, of Hazleton, drove
through town on Tuesday evening.
Miss Mattie Snyder, of Silver Brook,
is visiting friends in town.
Walter Fernau and George llartman
spent Sunday in Weatherly.
Mrs. Dominic Kelly returned on Tues
day from a Philadelphia hospital, where
she had been under treatment for sev
eral weeks.
Misses Jennie and Lizzie Phillips, of
Drifton, visited in town on Sunday.
Misses Ray and Lizzie James, Gertrude
and Jennie Freeman, accompanied by
Messrs, Werbaugh, James, Moore and
Reynolds took in the opera at Freeland
on Tuesday evening.
Miss Kate Wyatt is visiting Pottsville
friends.
Mrs. John Evans has returned after
spending two weeks witli relatives at
Scranton.
Miss Annie Lutz has returned from
Reading, where she lias been visiting.
Osmond ltickert, of Silver Brook,
spent Sunday in town.
Scott Young and wife, of Freeland,
Sundayed here.
A party was held at the residence of
D. W. James Saturday evening. Danc
ing was indulged in and all sorts of games
played. Refreshments of every kind
were served and a good time had by all
in attendance. Among those present
ware Misses Jennie and Gertrude Free
man of Scranton, Clara Bierly, Rebecca
Aubrey, Annie Hoffman, Ray and Lizzie
James and Maggie and Tinnie llimcHof
Kckley, Stella Smith, Elwood ami Stan
ley Rickert and Harry Allen of Hazle
Jirook, Harry Brown and J. H. Curry of
Hazleton, Ben Reynolds of Freeland,
Wm. Moore, Win. Werbaugh, John
Davigs and John James.
How Illun Paper Was Discovered*
It was by the purest accident that the
simple process of tinting white paper
was discovered. It was the result of
sheer carelessness in a woman. The wife
of an English paper maker named Wil
liam East, accidentally dropped the''bluo
bag," a small bag full of bluing wltb
which she was about to bl uo her washing,
Into a vat of pulp, where It lay long
enough to give the entire mass a bluish
tinge before, to her consternation, she re
covered it. So terrified was she at the
result of her gross carelessness and its
disastrous result that she dared not men
tion tho fact to her husband, whose dis
may at what he considered the discolors
tion and destruction of the entire lot of
paper made from tho mass was his worry
for months.
Ho considered the paper spoiled and
an entire loss, but suffered it to remain
in an out of the way place as unsalable
stock for four years, when, in ordor to
get it out of the way and to mako room
for bettor Stock, he sent it to his agent
in London, asking lilm to get rid of It at
any price. To the paper maker's utter
surprise, in a short time he received from
his agent an order for a great quantity
of the bluish paper and found upon in
quiry concerning the sanity of the agent
that tho bluish paper being a novelty
had taken wonderfully with tho public.
But East was in a dilemma, for he had
no idea as to how to give the blue tinge
to tho paper ordered by his agent and
wearily tried without result for many
days and nights.
Mentioning bis trouble to his wife one
day she admitted her carelessness and
told of tho way in which the pulp hap
pened to becomo spoilod by tho bag of
bluing. Tho paper maker was overjoyed
at the revelation, found it an easy task
to give the tlngo to his white paper and
until the time of his death, which oc
curred many years after, ho was 1 unable
to supply tho great demand for blue pa
per, so acceptable and relieving to the
eye of tho writer.—Boston Herald.
Au Old Woman'* Cure For Dy*i>e|i*la.
"The most remarkable thing that has
ever occurred to mo in my earthly ca
reer," said Eugene HcKelsey, "occurred
some years ago when I was afflicted with
dyspepsia. I had a bad case, I assure
you. Oh, I was all broke up. Food was
disgusting. I had no appetite, and I
just walked around looking for some
place to lay down and dia Some time
passed, and I grew worse. I saw myself
a physical wreck, and try as I might I
simply couldnt revive appetite nor am
bition. Finally I ran into an old woman,
a kind of witch I guess—old women aro
always witches when thoy dress in faded
garments and prediot to you—who said
that I would got well if I should go to a
certain farm and three times a day cast
an ear of corn to a white pig and then
listen to it eat Ido not believe in such
rites; but, dear mo, I was so sick that I
was willing to try anything.
I "So I bought a white ptg, secured a pen
! for it within the mentioned farm limits,
I and daily made three Journeys with an
1 ear of corn that I threw in and then
; watched the pig eat. Weli, do you know
the sound of that pig crunching and suck
ing those corn grains n>ade me hungry.
| Oh, I enjoyed- the sensation so much. It
made mo ravenous. When I returned
I from my walk I wanted to oat. So I
i continued visiting tho white pig and eat
ing three good meals a day until I was
myself again and as healthy as I am
now. I don't care to understand the
whynoss of it now. lam only too glad
to be well."—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Getting Dead Man Out of a llotnl.
"I was at the United States
hotel in New York several years ago,"
aid Mr. William L Montague, "and
while there formed a very pleasant ac
quaintance with the chief clerk. We
were chatting one afternoon when a
j bellboy came to him and stated tho man
In No. 86 was dead. Ho had been ailing
I for some time and had probably died of
! what doctors now call heart failure. The
hotel was full of guests, and how to re
move tho man without arousing their
suspicions was a puzzling question. The
deceased had 0 sister living on Thirty
first street, and it was decided to carry
tho body to her homo. A hack was
called, and two of the stoutest porters
were called upon to dress the body in
everyday costume, and with one on each
side walk him down stairs as if he was
in a maudlin state of intoxication. Ev
arything worked to perfection, and in a
half hour the dead body had been seated
In the hack and driven away, none of
the guests being the wiser for what had
happened."—St. Louis Republio,
Tho Place of Meeting.
One of the Salvation Army recruits,
sent to a certain Inland town of Califor
nia, was a young lady of fine social posi
tion and savoir faire. She was also very
beautiful. Her arrival greatly agitated
j the chappies, who flocked to the stroct
j meetings. Finally one young blood
made a liet that he would secure an ap
j pointment with the beauty for that same
| night, and approaching her after tho
meeting ho 6lippod into her hand a if3o
! goldpieoe. She put it In her pocket,
j "And—ah—where shall I meet you by
and by?" pursnod the masher. "In
heaven, I hope," placidly answered the
lassie us she walked away with the
: golden double caglo.—San Francisco Ar
! gonaut.
Obeying tho New Immigration Law.
All the agents of tho transatlantic
j steamship companies which carry steor
| age passengers to this port have now
! agreed to respect the new immigration
rules, and to do their sliaro in tho on
j forcement of them. It will assuredly be
1 to their advantage to perform this duty
faithfully and to co-operate properly with
! Dr. Jenkins and Commissioner Senner.
i They are liable to heavy penalties for
negligence. Those of them who have
striven to ovado tho new regulations
must not ho permitted to trifle any longer
with tho public safety. Instead of their
interests conflicting in any way with
ours, the interests of both parties are the
same.—New York Sun.
Advertise in tjhe Tkidcnk.
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Tlio Finest Specialties in the Photographic Art.
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13 West Broad Street, Hazleton.
Women In a Photograph Gallery.
"If you wnnt to nee some of the vani
ties of life, just pass a week in a photog
rapher's gallery," said ono who has grown
gray in the art that immortalizes. "That
the bulk of our patrons is of tho class of
handsome people is a common belief, but
not a correct one.
"Of course pretty women of a certain
class got an enormous number of pictures
taken, which they use almost as some
people do cards, to give away to every
body. But a largo number of orders
come from people who are positively
homely. Photographers rarely do a
pretty face full Justice. Wo cannot flat
ter nature without spoiling tho effect
entirely, but wo can help out a homely
person wonderfully, and tho shrewd pho
tographer doesn't neglect to do it in
overy possible way. I have seen com
monplace looking womon go into ecsta
sies over pictures of themselves.
"The painter who can use the modifi
cations of light and shade in colors has a
big advantage over us, but we have
pretty well balanced things by touching
up photographs in water colors. It's
wonderful what exalted ojdnions some
women liavo of their personal beauty.
I have seen somo of them who have been
dealing with mo for a quarter of a cen
tury, and they expect that their pictures
of today shall show as attractively as
those of decades ago."—Now York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Wordsworth 011 Womon.
Wordsworth indulges not infrequently
in caustic remarks on women who write,
toward whom ho always retained a root
ed objection. It is said that after Miss
Martineau took up her residence in his
neighborhood this abhorrence to author
esses sometimes took such activo expres
sion that tho deaf lady was frequently
obliged to seo what she could not hear
and perforce to recognize that her pres
ence was unwelcome at Rydal Mount.
She herself, however, makes no mention
of anything of the kind when alluding
to tho WordswortliH and her intercourse
with them.
On one occasion, after unsparingly
condemning a work by Miss Sedgwick,
he concludes his criticism thus: "Such
productions add to my dislike of literary
ladies—indeed make me almost detest
the name." And further on again I find
the rather sweeping announcement that
"blue stockingism is sadly at enmity
with true refinement of mind." This
last is said in reference to Sara Cole
ridge, whom he rather pettishly accuses
of monopolizing Mr. Quilliuan's atten
tion on ono occasion during tho time of
the letter's engagement to his daughter
Dora. Perhaps as the remark is made
in a letter to Qullliuan himself something
in the nature of a tacit reproof may bo
Included in it for him also.—Conihill
Magazine.
What the Growing Generation Wants.
There is one great fault with the grow
ing generation. The young men want
to got rich too fast. With wealth going
to waste all around them they cannot
find it in their souls to be patient. They
aro not content to plod along as their
fathers did before thom and slowly lay
up a fortune. Thoy must have it now,
today, this instant. When they go into
an enterprise, they want capital and lots
of it. They want to begin on a big scalo
and electrify the world.
It is not tho ago of saving, but of
spending. Speculation is the craze of
the hour. Every man wants to make
more than ho can earn by the sweat of
Ids brow. Ho must double his money in
a night and quadruple it tho noxt day.
It is an altogether artificial existence.
Contentment is not sought nowadays.
All that men want is excitement.—Now
York Tribune.
Trece In French Cities.
One of the chief beauties of the larger
French cities and second only to their
odiflces and monuments aro the trees.
Tho almost interminable vistas of chest
nuts and acaciaa stretching along tho
broad and well paved avenues as far as
the eye can reach, their bending branches
almost touching one another in an end
less arch of verdure, form not only a
delightful perspective for tho eye, but
serve to add beauty to cities already
beautiful and grace and symmetry to
whatever might be harsh and forbid
ding.
This, however, is not the rosult of na
ture's handiwork alone, for science and
art have lent their aid. Tho planting,
as well as tho maintenance of the trees
In French cities, is an item of no little
importance in the annual budget pre
pared by tho municipal council, which
does not look upon their preservation as
of less consequence than tho repairing
of tho roadways or the lighting of the
streets.—London Times,
A Wont.
Wanted—A burglar who does not "ef
fect an entrance and who does not
"overturn a chair, waking the inmates,
whose loud cries cause him to beat a
hasty retreat, making good his escape."
Apply to most any nowspapoif reportor.
—Silver Outburst. •
Tho tariff on lumber is an encourage
ment to the destruction of forests, and
at tho same time Uncle Sam, with his
usual consistency, pays a bounty for tho
planting of forests. Not only that, hut
It forces all our people to pay tribute
our lumber barous.
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BUBGERS can do for you, and enjoy the full purchasing power
of your dollar. We always endeavor to give our patrons
as Much for Their Money as We Can,
and the success we have attained through this motto has made us
all the more anxious to surpass all of our former successes, and
has placed us on the alert for whatever bargains we could buy to
offer our many customers.
By this way we have succeeded in securing about 800 SIL
VER HANDLED GLORIA UMBRELLAS, which we can sell
for less than half their actual value. We have them in three
sizes as follows:
20-incli fast black gloria, silver handle, 40 cents; never sold
before under SI.OO.
28-inch goes at 50 cents; regular price, $1.15.
30-inch, our price now is 00 cents; regular price, $1.25.
If you want an umbrella come and see these goods. They
are the greatest things ever offered at the money, and while this
lot lasts they go at the prices quoted above. This is an oppor
tunity of a lifetime to get a good umbrella for almost nothing.
Come and get what you want of them while you have the oppor
tunity. If you want anything in our other lines you will iind
them at greatly reduced prices at
Jos. Neulrarger's Bargain Emporium,
In the P. O. S. of A. Building, - Freeland, Pa.
ORANGE BLOSSOM
IS AS SAFE AND HARMLESS AS
A Flax Soed Foultlce.
ilt is applied right to the parts. It cures all disoasos of women. Any
lady can use it herself. Sold by ALL DRUGGISTS. Mailed to any
address on receipt of sl.
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Sold. To3 r -\X7\ -w, QEOVEK, rFreeland..
It will be to your interest to call and inspect OUR FINE
DISPLAY OF NEW NOVELTIES and reliable
standard grades in
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Hals ant! C/Rps^
Our seasonable stock lacks nothing but buyers. They will
come; they will be satislied; they will buy at the fairest prices
ever made for such qualities.
JOHN SMITH, - - BIRKBECK BRICK.
OUR SPRING LINE OF FURNISHING' GOODS must be
seen to get an idea of its many attractions. Expecting an unusu
ally active trade we have prepared generously for it, and show in
greatest variety the latest and best in
Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Hosiery,
Neckwear, Underwear, Hankerchiefs,
etc., etc. Come in and you will find styles, quality and price
that hit your ideas of a good thing exactly.
WEIDER & ZANG,
V^ilwo*
Wo arc located above Meyer's Jewel ry stew
and have on hand a line line of needs, which
will be done up in the Is test styles at a very
moderate price. Our aiin is to satisfy and
WE ASK FOR A TRIAL.
Repairing Promptly Executed.