PICKED UP BY THE WAY. THINGS SEEN AND HEARD IN THE TOWN AND VICINITY. of Local Nature Commented I'pon and Placed llcfore the Headers of the ••Tribune" In Large Letters—Some Paragraphs May Interest You. The increased attendance at the opera house each evening during the three nights the Boston Opera Company played here should be proof enough to induce some of our local capi talists to get the idea into their heads that an opera house in Freeland would be a paying investment. I mean, of course, a real opera house, one in which the average kind of a play can be properly presented and in which the audience will feel more comfortable and see more of the players than can be done in the present build ing. To remodel the structure at Front and Washington streets and bring it ui> to the requirements of Freeland would necessitate the outlay of a very large amount of money by Mr. Yannes. It is not prob able that this will be done, although I understand he in tends making a change in the seating arrangements of the house. Every little helps and the opera chairs ought to give better satisfaction than the straight-back boards, but the inclined floor, enlarged stage, remodeled gallery and other changes proposed last sping have been postponed until some time in the dim future. Manager Welsh informs me that he has a number of very fine attractions booked for the season of ISD3-91, and lie pro poses to bring here the very Lest talent on the road, or rather as much of the very best as will condescend to honor the town with a visit. It is no easy matter to get good com panies here, unless the advance agent or some of the players have been here some previous season. Managers usually look up the population statistics of a town when asked to play, and, of course, Freeland natur ally makes a profound impres sion upon them when they see it credited with 1,730 inhabitants. This is the borough's popula tion, according to the census of 1800, but the fact that the borough has less than one third of the people of the town within its limits is not known to the managers and conse quently they give Freeland credit for about 2,000 people when it has almost 0,000, to say notliing of the surroundings. However, Manager Welsh is booking some very good draw ing cards and is doing what he can to avoid being caught by any of the "snide" shows that are after him for dates. A walk through some parts ! of the town might convince j the hoard of health that every body is not obeying as obedi ently as they can, the recent or- j dinance passed by the council. | The violations are not many, neither are they of such a character as to be termed dan gerous, yet the time may come when a too flagrant violation might he reported and an effort to enforce the provisions of the ordinance would he met with the question, "Why not make eveyhody live up to it?" I do not anticipate any trouble in the matter, and mention it only because the hoard of health, after doing such good work as it has this summer, ought not lay itself open to any charge, however small, of neglecting to enforce impartially every section of the health ordinance. The Hazle Brook Hungarian who is living at the county's expense up in Wilkes-Barre since Monday for the part he took in the carving affair last Sunday was one of the coolest fellows I have ever met. The placing of him under arrest did not disturb his serenity in the least, and without a tremor he told a little knot of Hunga rians how the trouble began and how he did up his victim, who was then lying for death in the room above where he was speaking. About the only thing that did give him any anxiety was the length of time it would take the authorities to acquit him. He had not the least doubt hut that he will go scot free, and his claim of self defense is said to be a strong one. When arrested lie had slsl in his pockets, and intend ed to return to Europe next day. He was a cousin of the man he stabbed. On Sunday I strolled into the ball park while the Tiger-Sliep ton game was going on and I noticed that several changes have taken place since the days when the Freeland club was the undisputed amateur champion of the coal fields. It is not two years since this town had more than a state reputation through its ball club, and the excellent contests that were played here gave Freeland more advertising than everything else combin ed. But what a change is to be seen now? The enthusiastic public which greeted the play ers and games of other seasons was entirely in the background on Sunday, the local cranks were seated here and there along the shady side of the fence and their countenances denoted general displeasure. Displeased they are—not at the boys who are keeping alive the sport, for without them the town would forget all about the national game—but be cause of the great opportuni ties that are allowed to pass by to bring fine clubs here and to have a semi-professional team that would be a credit to the community. When the average lover of base ball looks backward and commences to trace the causes that led the downfall of our club his indignation cannot be easily expressed in words. The causes, which began with the first season of the Sweeney & Moore club, are so numer ous and of such a character that it would require a hook to hold them, and a book upon the same subject would make mighty interesting reading. Broadly speaking, it was a case of mismanagement in the fi nancial department of the Freeland Association, hut to resurrect the past will not benefit the future, so about the only thing to be done is to pro fit by the experience of former days and commence over anew. This can be done in several ways and without any extra ordinary amount of trouble. It is not possible to have a team of home players able to compete with clubs from tho leagues or the Cuban Giants or nines in that class, and it is useless to attempt to revive the game and attract the atten tion of tho public unless first class hall is played. By im porting two or three good men and judiciously selecting the host of the local players. Free land can have a team which I believe will make base hall go with all the vim and enthusi asm displayed in the days gone by. The town and vicinity has some real good hall tossers and under the direction of pro per persons can make base hall as hot as it ever was here. In scanning the matter over closely 1 find two hall parks, Freeland and Drifton, in the immediate vicinity of town that seem going to loss for the want of management. In Drif ton are two gentlemen, Messrs. Daniel Coxe and Daniel Gal i lagher, who have shown much ability as base hall managers. Now what would he the mat ! ter with these two and perhaps | a few others of Drifton coming i together with some of tho j Freeland people, make a con- I solidation and run both parks [ under one management, the : players to be chosen from both | towns and a few from outside I to strengthen them? If these gentlemen can lie induced to | come together I feel sure that | Messrs. Coxe and Gallagher, with the assistance of a few j from Freeland, could get the J game on its feet in a short while and make it go on a j gallop before the season is out. j The game would then he run jon a business basis, and as j soon as that is done base hall will come into public favor I again and receive the patron age the people are willing to give it. Saunterek, PLEASURE CALENDAR. , July 29—Excursion of Owcna Council, No. 47, Degree of Pocohontas, to Glen Onoko. Fare: Adults, 80 cents; children, 50 cents. August s—First annual picnic of the Shamrock Drum Corps, at Eckley Groye. August s—Excursion of Freelaud Citi j sens' Hose Company, to Oneida park, I via D. S. &S. Fare: Adults, 50 cents; | children, 25 cents. August 15—Picnic of the Garibaldi Bene ficial Society, at Freeland Public Park. August 19—Picnic of the Fearnots Ath letic Association, at Drifton park. COUGHING LEADS TO CONSUMPTION- I K drop's Balsam stops the cough at once. A BRAIDED BALL OF SNAKES. A Htory that KCCUIIH and Almost Excel* tho SccauctiH Classic. From the town of Montvillo, some six miles south of Norwich, Conn., comes u stran&c snake story, as far above the average New Jersey or Ken tu iky legend as the eagle of the em pyrean is above the waddling duck of the barnyard. According to the latest account of the Montvillo marvel Mr. Henry Dolbeare and Mr. Frank Raker of that place "went to the extreme end of Henry's house lot" to clean an old well, which is described as a "deep, dry one." Some rubbish had been thrown out and the workers removed a couple of broad boards, when, in the language of the veracious correspond ent, "the bottom of the well rose up, heaving and billowing beneath their feet." Furthermore it is stated that as they "hopped about with trembling legs on their serpentine perch" they soon dis covered that "they had struck a sort of a solid stratum of well snakes, deep, convoluted, and inbraided, a great round ball, as big as a school globe, of hibernating reptiles." Even as they gazed "the sphere of slim snake strands, which had been wound into a hard mass like a ball of wrapping twine in criss-cross fashion during the winter, had instantly burst into multi tudinous and nimble consciousness and activity under the tread of the farmers' cowhide boots; then it began to unravel itself, and scores of serpent tails and red-forked jaws detached themselves from the mass and shot upward, twin ing themselves about the men's legs and slapping them viciously." Clearly in such a case the heroic Montvillians had but one course of ac tion. If the snakes had been weak, sickly things perhaps they might have been left undisturbed; but as they were "well snakes," and as they averaged ] five feet in length, some being seven feet long and as thick as a man's—per haps an ossified man's —forearm, both Mr. Dolbeare and Mr. Raker seem to have entered upon the task of turning the rascals out in good Jacksonian fashion. In a brief space of time, eight minutes by a stop watch, "the attack ing column of serpents, the first onset of which was like the roar of a mad river advancing from subterranean re gions, had dribbled away to a mere rivulet of reptiles, and the men as speedily disposed of the rivulet." Ry arithmetical computation it was dis covered that one hundred and fourteen reptiles had been made to bite the dust. The two men who are credited with the slaughter seem to have escaped without any injury except a slight of the arms, resulting from the energy displayed in the work of exter mination. Tho thrilling experience of Mr. Dol beare and Mr. Raker almost deserves to rank with that of Mr. Cornelius Van derhook, of Secaucus, N. J. While we cannot vouch for the truth of Mr. Van derhook's statements, it is only fair to note that the latter claims to have killed the more snakes. It is claimed that the New Jersey episode took place just after an election in Rergen county, and it is just possible that liquor was used in that contest, but on the day 011 which Mr. Vanderhook set out to mow the marshes near his domicile he was probably as dry as the Montvillo well Mr. Vanderhook began his task in a listless fashion, but soon became con scious that the scythe was meeting with great resistance. Upon looking more closely arounu him, he was astonished to see that the whole meadow was literally a loath some field of snakes, which were so close together as to hide the grass ab solutely from view. Their repulsive heads, alive with awful fury and ma lignant anger, swayed and trembled in waves of Medusa-like motion as grass before the wind. A thousand hisses chilled Mr. Vanderliook's blood to col orless serum for the moment, but with a frenzy born of desperation lie began striking madly on every side with the mad recklessness of a descendant o! the Berserkers. lie also used a scythe. After forty-three and one-half seconds had elapsed lie had disposed of on hundred and suvonteen serpents, male ing a record which will stand as tin best, in spite of the excellent perform ance of the Montvillians. In three and one-half minutes he hau covered nearly half an acre, but was compelled to pause for a brief space because the dying snakes in their agony had so twisted themselves around each other and around his heavy boots that lie was powerless t<> drag the contorted mass, which meas ured some nineteen feet across ami nearly one and-half feet deep, any further. However, ho solved the diffi culty by stepping out of his boots and continuing the fight in stockinged feet. Soon afterward the biado of his scythe broke off against a stone, and he was compelled to finish his task with mere ly the handle. After the last snak had been killed he counted one thou sand one hundred and sixty-two and one-half snakes, the body of half a snake having wriggled away out o< sight.—Boston Advertiser. How to Clenn llottleH. Water bottles, decanters, vinegar and oil bottles often become discolored and require careful treatment. Nearly al ways the stains could be removed if cloth and soap and water could be ap plied to the inside of the bottle with the same ease that they can be to the outside. Yet one can get a very satis factory control of the inside of these vessels by using a bent wire and a long strip of soft linen. Take a piece of an old table-cloth, about an inch and a half wide and half a yard long. Partially fill the bottle with strong suds. Wet the cloth, and soap all of it except one end. Hold this unsoaped end in the left hand, and put the other end in the bottle, pressing in with the wire all the cloth save the fimall piece held in the left hand. Now \ise the wire to carry the cloth about the inside of the bob tie, rubbing until it is clean. Draw out the cloth and rinse with clean water. Wipe the outside and then turn the bottle upside down to drain.— Ladies' Uomc Journal. KELLMER r uoTooiupjii] n The Finest Specialties in the Photographic Art. For Finish We Can't lie Beat. \T7TT T ( TT A1) A \ T TT?T? BETTER WORK THAN CAN BK IIAD V XIJIJ UUAIIAIT X Jli ±U AN YWHEISE ELSE IN TIIE REGION. 13 West Broad Street, Hazleton. BASE BALL. The Cuban Giants play at Hazleton tomorrow. The game commences at 3.30 o'clock. Hazleton will play at Lansford on Saturday. Mahanoy City scored 3 runs against 1 for Hazleton in a six-inning game yes terday. Jeanesville plays tomorrow at Ash land, on Friday at Pottsville and at home with Piitston on Saturday. I>. S. & S. BASK BALL. The office clerks defeated the car run ners at Laurel Hill grounds Saturday afternoon in a hotly contested game. Both teams played very good, the score being tied three times. The clerks won, 18 to 12. Ilincer made a very good umpire, not one of his decisions were questioned. Chas. Frye is an excellent coacher, but Charles must not run into the dia mond ami coach. I'arager's homo run .with three men on bases was a prominent feature of the game. Dipplo pitched a good game. A return game will bo played next Saturday afternoon when both teams will be strengthened and a good game can be expected. Albert Ocksridor has been appointed manager of the office team and is now open for dates with any railroad office team in the county. Scores of games played by office team vs. car runners and D. S. & S. vs. L. V. trainmen arrived too late for insertion. BUSINESS BRIEFS. Try Fackler's home-made bread and rolls—baked fresh every morning. Picnics supplied witli ice cream, cakes, etc., by Laubach at reasonable rates. Purify the blood by the occasional use of Wrights' Indian Vegetable Pills, the best of family medicines. "Orange Blossom," the common-sense female remedy, is sold and recom mended by Amandus Oswald. To bake good broad only the best flour should be used. Washburn brand leads all others. Sold only by B. F. Davis. Baxter's Mandrake Bitters cure indi gestion, heart burn, costiveness and all malarial diseases. Twenty-five cents per bottle. Sold by Dr. Schilcher. If you are troubled with a "hacking cough," Downs' Elixir will give you re lief at once. Warranted as recommend ed or money refunded. Sold by Dr. Schilcher. Hill's chloride of gold tablets are not a substitute but a positive cure for the tobacco or opium habit. Thousands tes tify to their efficiency. Ask your local druggist for them or write to the Ohio Chemical Co., Lima, Ohio. Church ServiceM. The members of St. Paul's P. M. church, Fern street, will hold services fit 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. m. on Sunday. Rev. Weightman, of Allentown, will ofliciate. An open air service will be held in the Freeland Public park at 2 p. m., at which Rev. W. F. Nichols, of Hazleton, will preach. The public are cordially invited to attend each service. FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS. —Fried Bananas.—Pare and slice in halves. Roll in Hour thoroughly. Place in a pan in which a generous bit of butter has molted. Brown on both sides. Serve as soon as done.—House keeper. —Drawn Butter. —Boil half a pint of milk, and stir into it as much wheat Hour mixed with cold milk as will thicken it. Take it off the fire and beat in gradually three ounces of but ter. Add a little salt.—Boston Budget. —Creainod Beef.—Scrape perfectly lean beef to pulp, mince, put in a pan with salt, pepper, one tablespoonful of water, two tablespoonfuls of rich cream, butter the size of an egg. Cook two minutes, stirring constantly. Add one tablespoonful of crackcrdust, one tea spoonful of made mustard.—Good House keeping. —Mayonnaise Dressing.—Put. the yolks of two eggs in a deep dish, with a little salt and white pepper; into this stir briskly some pure olive oil, which must be added very gradually, and alternated every little while with a few spoonsful of vinegar. This dress ing should have an agreeable Havor and a rather stiff consistency.—Home. I.nae'fl Medicine Moves the Ilowela Each l> y. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Subscribe for the Tribune. THE SPECIAL BAP.GAINS STILL GOING at J. C. Berner's. 1-yard- wide dress goods, 6 1-2 cents. 1-yard-wide dress plaids, reduced from 25 cents to 12 1-2 cents. Cashmere satines, worth 20 cents, for 12 1-2 cents. Rugs, Mats, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Furniture and Beddings—the largest stock in town. t * Avail yourself of the bargains. Groceries and Provisions below market price. •T. C. BEKIVEK. |a| |p I s|*| *H EIBJ Double Chloride of Gold Tablets JViy. .the dojsiryorTOir\OCO in from 3 toßdiys. t Perfectly harm- edge vii ti.e patient, wlu will voluntarily atop smoking ore Lev/ing in 7r w 1 A* E! 4 BBCKKEH3K3S SM MORPHINE HABIT + E <,'.! iho patient. t,y tliouseof our SOCIAL FORMULA OOLD CURE TABLETS. S4& ™ jT |fl ' iinrln.'ftrnulmnnt patleHts aro allowed tho froo nco of Liquor or llcr- <<*■*'■*?■£ A I'FHf WS . -.inin j until -i., !i tmi--ajtiiuyelr.il voluntarily (jlvo tno:n up. 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LIMA, OHIO. wJTMwi e ■ i ■ a j iwmTm ■ ■ ■ i ■ u a a H <1 Kow Is Your Time — To buy your CLOTHING, DRY GOODS and BOOTS and SHOES if you want to save money. Come and see what NEU IIUBGERS can do for you, and en joy the full purchasing power of youi 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 oifer 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: 26-inch fast black gloria, silver handle, 40 cents; never sold before under SI.OO. 28-incli 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 tliese goods. They tire 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 find them at greatly reduced prices at Jos. Nenburger's Bargain Emporium, In the P. O. S. of A. Building, - Freeland, Pa. ORANGE BLOSSOM IS AS SAFE AND HARMLESS AS ik Flax Seed Poultice. It is applied right to the parts. It cures all diseases of women. Any lady can use it herself. Sold by ALL DRUGGISTS. Mailed to any | ad Areas on receipt of sl. Dr. J. A. McGill & Co., 3 and 4 Panorama Placo, Chicago, lIL Sold. 1037- Amandus Oswald, Fresland. It will be to your interest to call and inspect OUR FINE DISPLAY OF NEW NOVELTIES and reliable standard grades in M.OII'K sulci, Boy# Hints mill Ctapflk Our seasonable stock lacks nothing but buyers. They will come; they will be satisiied; 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 iind styles, quality and price that hit your ideas of a good thing exactly. MC.RGMTZ BELO W CENTRE. WEIDER & ZANG, Tiillnt'S, Wo nro located above Meyer's jewelry storo and have on hand a line line of Roods, which will be done up in the latest styles at a very moderate price. Our aim is to satisfy and WE ASK FOR A TRIAL. Repairing Promptly Executed.
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