HOKE SMITH'S STARR
It Soon Makes the Unwelcome
Visitor Uncomfortable.
llow Mr. Cleveland's Secretary of the In
terior Subdues and Humiliates Ur
gent lieggars for the Spoils
of Office.
The term "Hoke Smith stare** has
got to be the familiar designation of a
certain expression of countenance with
which congressmen have become ac
quainted through frequent visits to the
interior department. Hoke Smith
stands next to Mr. Bissell in the num
ber of callers he receives each day and
he has a most expeditious way of get
ting through business. He has away
of greeting his visitors with a smile,
giving them the benefit of the doubt
until he knows they are going to bore
him. Then he hastens to find out what
their business is and to dispose of it as
speedily as possible, saj*s the Washing
ton correspondent of the New \ork .
Commercial Advertiser. By being smil
ing and courteous on the start he opens
the way to get through the business
without loss of time iu suavity during
the rest of the interview. If the case
in hand proves to be one he does not
desire to devote any of his valuable
time to, the stare follows quickly in
the wake of a smile, and the individual
stared at soon acquires an uncomforta
ble feeling which hastens his departure.
If the matters being pressed by the
visitor are of a character to command
attention, the stare is later in its ur
rival, but in nine cases out of ten it
comes sooner or later during the inter- j
view. The stare has individuality, but
no character whatever, for it is a mere
concentration of expressionlessness.
The only qualities it has are penetra
tion and steadfastness. Yes, one other
quality, novelty. It is the obliteration
of expression and an exodus of intelli
gence. It indicates an absolute done
ness. It is painful and gives the im
pression of a demand or an appeal for
something to be done. The only time
I ever saw anything like it on another
countenance than Iloke Smith s was
In traveling through the south.
An old darky, as black as coal, with
white hair and sparse white whiskers
on his chin, in the threadbare broad
cloth of a house servant of ye time j [
befo' the wa', and a high hat of the j
block of forty years ago, stood looking
into the windows of a Pullman while i
the train waited for half an hour at a
junction. There were fifty young
darkies begging and selling berries or
dancing for money. They were male
SECRETARY HOKE SMITH.
and female, half-clad heathens, and
the most importunate set the holder oi
a copper ever came across. But the
old man stood apart from the rest and
they kept from him a respectful dis
tance. His dignity was impenetrable.
He was too proud to beg. He just
stood there and stared. For twenty
minutes his face never changed ex
pression, or, rather, never acquired j
any expression. He just looked and
looked and looked away through that I
coach of comfort to the traveler until
every one in the car began to fidget
about and to wonder what lie wanted
thera to do. The stare told them
that there was something wrong
about them individually and collective
ly. It was the "Hoke Smith stare,"
or it was from that darky that Hoke
got it. They are the only two who can
get it off. One man breaking the spell
by the donation of a dime, that old
darky about cleaned up the small
change in the car without saying a
word or indicating in any ordinary
way that he wanted aid. Hoke Smith
with the same stare clears out his room j
without giving other indication that I
he would like his visitors to hurry.
A Wcll-Ilulanceil Head.
Jacob Myers, who was last heard of
on the Pacific coast, delights in scaling
dizzy heights and performing all sorts
of foolhardy tricks. His wonderful
feat on the electric light tower at Tip
ton, Idaho, is still remembered by most
of the people of Cedar county, if not of
the entire state. The tower is a pointed
affair, 120 feet high, with an iron rod
an inch in diameter extending 7 feet
above the platform. Myers mounted
this tower and stood upright on one
foot upon the rod for twenty-one sec
onds. \V. 11. Barber, a photographer
of Fortuna, Cal., has a photograph of
Myers dancing a jig on the sawed-off
top of a redwood 178 feet from the
ground.
The Auiitro-llung arlan Crown.
The Hungarian crown worn at their
accession by the emperors of Austria
as kings of Hungary is the Identicul
one made for Stephen and used at his
coronation over 800 years ago. The
whole Is of pure gold (except the set
tings), and weighs nine marks six
ounces (almost exactly 14 pounds).
The settings above alluded to consist
of 53 sapphires, 50 rubies, 1 emerald
and 838 pearls. It will be noticed that
there arc no diamonds among these
procious adornments. This is account
ed for by the oft-quoted story of
Stephen's aversion to such gems be
cause he considered them "unlucky."
The Mighty Kenneltec.
The people of Maine contend that
the Kennebec pours into the bea a
greater volume of water than any
other river on the Atlantic or gulf
coast from the St John to the Miasia-
M PPL J
CRIME AND CRIMINALS.
SOCRATES was tried and put to death
for disbelief in the national religion.
THE average cost of criminal prose
cutions in England at present is £33
each.
TIIE Romans had a jury system, the
jury being drawn from the roll of citi
zens.
THERE are over 5,000 assassinations
or attempts at murder every year in
Ituly.
OVER 08 per cent, of the whole num
ber of English criminals are unable to
read.
CAPITAL punishment was abolished
in Switzerland in 1874 and restored in
1870.
IN 1881 there were 120 convictions for
murder in France and but four execu
tions.
CHILDLESS and unmarried men form
75 per cent, of all the criminals of
France.
HANGING in chains was abolished,
with many other cruel punishments,
in 1834.
ITALY has the greatest proportion of
criminals, 5,140, to the million of poj)-
ulution.
IRELAND has the least proportion of
criminals to the million of popula
tion, 050.
IN 1531 the British parliament passed
an act punishing poisoners by boiling
to death.
UNTIL 1830 an English murderer was
hanged ou the second day after his
conviction.
ONLY 3 per cent, of the murderers of
this country have received a higher
education.
NINE women were legally executed
for murder in England in the ten years
ending 1888.
FAMOUS AMERICANS.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND never wears
gloves, whether the weather be (Sold or
.warm.
VICE PRESIDENT STEVENSON follows
the example of the president and pays
his hotel and railroad bills wherever
he goes.
N. C. CREEDE, the founder of Crecde,
Col., has taken up his residence in Los
Angeles, Cal., and* bought a residence
there for forty thousand dollars. Hav
ing amassed a fortune he will devote
the rest of his life to taking care of his
health.
IT is rumored in New York that Miss
Helen Gould, eldest daughter of the
I lute financier, is planning the erection
jof a hospital for women. Miss Gould
is probably the richest heiress in Amer
ica, her fortune being estimated at
from ten to fifteen million dollars.
GEORGE VANDERBILT'S purchase of
the Paul Cameron estate near Ashe
ville, N. C., for seventy-five thousand
dollars, it is thought, will make him
the largest land owner in the state.
This property is in the iinmediato
vicinity of his great chateau and hunt
ing preserves.
I SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS.
, BY mixing a saturated solution of
carbonate of soda with ordinary car-
I mine ink, red lines may be successfully
drawn on blue prints.
ON a clear day an object raised one
foot above a level can be seen 1.81
miles; one ten feet high, 4.15 miles; one
twenty feet high. 5.80 miles, one 100
feet high, 13.1 miles, and one a mile
I high (as the top of a mountain), almost
00 miles.
TOUCH the convex side of a watch
glass upon water so as to leave a drop
hanging- on the glass. Pour a little
ether into the concave side and blow
upon it. The rapid evaporation of the
other will render the glass so cold that
I the drop of water will be frozen.
ENTIRE combustion of smoke is se
cured by a German invention by an en
tirely new process. The coal is pulver
ized by machinery and injected into
i the furnace by an automatically rcgu
j latod current of air. The carbon is said
to be entirely consumed and there is
! no smoke and no ash. Besides, the fire
is under complete control and can be
instantly started or cut off.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
IT is said that there have been two
hundred Christian martyrs in Uganda
since the entrance of Protestant mis
sions into that country.
AT a recent convention of the synod
of China the question of Presbyterian
union was thoroughly discussed, and
i the outlook is said to be hopeful.
| THE synodical missionaries of the
Presbyterian church complain of the
lack of well-educated, self-denying
and devoted men to preach the Gospel ;
in the southwestern territories and
states.
Miss MELTON, a Presbyterian mis
sionary at Mosul, was recently attacked
by fanatic Moslems and narrowly es
caped death. The Turkish govern
ment has promised to punish the as
sailants.
THE Free Church of Scotland claims
a total of nine hundred and seventy
five mission workers, Scotch and na
tive, and last year the home contribu
tions amounted to three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
FOR THE HOME NURSE.
ONLY bright, happy, healthy subjects
should be discussed in the hearing of a
sick or ailing person.
DISTRESSING vomiting ina}* he relieved
by applying to the stomach a hot
shingle or woolen pad brought from
the oven.
THE quickest way to treat a burn or
scald is to cover it with carron oil und
flour and bandage with linen. In case
of prostration from either accident ad
minister a mild stimulant.
WHEN a delicate person is fatigued
and has no appetite sponging the body
with bathing whisky, diluted alcohol
or milk will nourish the system and
produce rest or refreshing sleep.
A HUO in the ear may he drowned out
with a little warm water. Apply with
a sponge or syringe, and after each in
i jection incline the head with jerk so as
to thp contents of the cavity.
Why It Was C'hf-ap.
"This is as good lemonade as I want,"
said the economical citizen from the
outskirts, smacking his lips and set
ting the glass down. "The bo.v on the
other side of the street is selling his
lemonade at five cents and it doesn't
look any better than yours. I don't
see how you can afford it."
"I'm gittin' do trade, ain't I?" said
the youthful merchant on Stony Island
avenue, with a scowl at his rival across
the way.
"Yes, you seem to be doing a good
deal better business than he is."
j "Betcher life I am! His- pup fell in
my lemonade tub awhile ago, and I'm
gittin even wid him."—Chicago Trib
une.
Traveled Incog;.
I irst American—Have a good time
abroad?
Second American—Fine. I traveled
incog. Went where I pleased and es
caped the vulgar curiosity of the gap
ing crowd.
"Eh? llow did you travel?"
"Incognito, I said. I didn't let 'em
know. I was a rich American. Just
pretended I wasn't anybody but an or
j dinary English lord."—N. Y. Weekly.
HEROIC TREATMENT.
Dawson—l shall die if I'm not soon
relieved of these hiccoughs. Do some
thing to frighten me.
Mrs. Dawson—Booh! Scat! There's
a snake under the chair! There's a
mouse—
Dawson (in disgust)—Oh, pshaw!
That sort of tiling wouldn't frighten 8
baby.
Mrs. Dawson—Well, here's the bill
from the dressmaker, for my new fall
dresses!
Dawson (as he recovers from the
shock) —Thanks, dear; they've gone!—
Puck.
Disenchantment.
Sho climbed upon a street car
And Hoemed surpassing sweet
To everybody till she'd stepped
On everybody's leet.
—Detroit Tribune.
Cruelty to alloy.
Little Boy—Sister isn't sisterly a bit.
She don't care how much she makes me
suffer.
Auntie—Why, what has she done?
Little Boy—l was awful hungry at
breakfast, and enioyin' my oatmeal
like everything, and she went and told
me it was scorched, and after that It
tasted horrid. If she'd go to Sunday
school reg'lar, maybe she'd get kind
enough not to tell me till I was
through.—Good News.
Matrimonial Item.
Mr. Morris Parke—llow are you and
your wife coming on?
Mr. Westside—l can't stand it much
longer. Sho is the boss.
"Well, my wife only demands three
things."
"What are they?"
"She insists on having the money,
the latchkey and the last word."—Tex
as Sittings.
A Nearer Relation.
Teddy—Mamma dear, what relation
is my now papa going to be to me?
Mamma—He is going to be a good
stepfather to you, dear.
Teddy—And are you going to be a
step nearer, mamma?
Mamma Yes, darling. Harper's
Young People.
A Matter of Etiquette.
"Ilicks is crazy about etiquette. He
saw in the paper the other day that in
the best circles the wife ladles out the
soup, aud he has consequently given
up soup."
"Why?"
"He has no wife." —Harper's Bazar.
• Solitary Hliss.
First Little Girl—We went to the
picnic, and you wasn't even invited.
Second Little Girl—No, but mamma
gave me a whole lot of money to buy
candy, and cake, and ice-creara, and
'emonade for myself, and I'll bet I
was sieker'n you were.—Good News.
A Parent's Hope.
"\\ hat's papa's boy going to be when
he grows up?"
"Policeman."
"And what'll he do when he's a great
big policeman?"
"Club the stuflin' out of papa."—
Texas Siftings.
Carried It a I.ong Tlrao.
Hotel Clerk —Your face looks famil
iar, sir.
Uncle Ilumsted Likely 'nough,
young man. It's the only one I ever
had.—Truth. *
A Conclusion.
Mr. J. Howard Bragg—Yes, I told
him to his face he lied.
Sho—Did you? Why, I had no idea
there was that much difference in your
sizes.—Life.
Hreak It to Him Gently.
The baggage-smasher's Joy Is gone;
His occupation's sadly shrunk—
A Boston man has patented
A nonrosisting rubber trunk.
—Detroit Tribune.
CLOTHING
p or nvciEiiisr, IBOYS
OHIILIDIRIEnsr.
Now is the time to purchase a new suit for yourself
or your boy. Clothing is cheap in our store at pres
ent and we guarantee everything to be of the best
quality. We will show you the largest variety in
town and assure you the privilege to make your se
lections without dictation. We have a nice lot of
Collars, Cuffs, Shirts, Neckwear, Hosiery,
Underwear, Boots and Shoes.
CALL AND INSPECT THIS STOCK.
JOHN SMITH, - BIRKBECK BRICK.
ORANGE BLOSSOM
IS AS SAFE AND HARMLESS AS
JBL Flax Seed Poultice,
It ia applied right to the parts. It cures all diseases of women. Any
lady can use it herself. Sold by ALL DRUGGISTS. Mailed to any
address on receipt of sl.
Dr. J. A. McGill & Co., 3 and 4 Panorama Place, Chicago, HL
Sold. Toy Amandus Oswald, lEVreelam-cL.
MISSING LINKS.
A MAN in Wisconsin is the possessor
<vf a curiosity in the shape of a horned
hog.
IT is estimated that lust year 1,285,-
000,000 bananas were consumed in the
United States alono.
TUB United States has a lower per
centage of blind people than any other
country in the world.
NORTHAMPTON (England) people con
sider it an omen of misfortune if three
butterflies are seen together.
FEMALE spiders are much larger and
more ferocious than the males, and
generally devour their husbands.
THE Lacrymce Cliristi is a Portuguese
wine made from the juice which first
flows without pressure from the grapes.
THERE is a haunted tree at North
Searsport, Me., which shelters a spot
where a murder had been committed.
Moss has formed the initials "W. B."
on the bark. *
IN Westphalia and Saxony the un
fortunate mortals who happen to be
beaten with a broomstick firmly be
lieve themselves doomed to die of con
sumption.
THROUGH EUROPE.
SINCE the beginning of the century
Franco has fallen from the second to
the fourth place in point of population
among European countries.
THE Greek style of building, modi
fied to modern needs, has been most
successfully used in Paris, whore many
palaces are seen of this construction.
LAW in England provides that no
person under eighteen years shall be
employed about a shop for more than
seventy-four hours, including meal
times, in any one week.
ACCORDINO to the method which is
now adopted for reckoning leap years
in England December, January and
February will be the summer months
about 720,000 years hence.
DUELINO in Russia has become so
common that the government has just
decreed a severe code of punishment.
Killing an antagonist will cost six
years in prison; severe wounding, three
years; duel without injury, six months;
provoking a duel, six weeks to three
months.
PEOPLE ACROSS THE SEA.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN expects to visit
Amerieu again this fall.
PRINCE BISMARCK'S rheumatism is
still so acute that ho is unable to leave
Kissingcn.
M. CIIAUVIN, the barber of the Thea
tre Francais, has been elected to the
French assembly by a close shave.
QUEEN VICTORIA is said to be a skill
ful knitter, and works at it indefati
gably. She has knitted, with her la
dies, many quilts for the use of the
wounded in hospitals during the cam
paigns of the British forces.
MR. GLADSTONE astonished some of
Ills auditors in the house of commons
the other night by using the word
"gumption," yet who could employ it
more appropriately, seeing how much
of the quality the G. O. M. possesses
himself?
Discouraging.
"How are 3 T ou getting along with
that red-headed wife of yours?" asked
Gus Do Smith of an intimate friend.
"My wife gives me a heap of trouble.
After wo have a row and Just get
through having p monkey and parrot
time of it she doesn't give me any
piece or quiet until we have started a
fresh fuss."—Texas Siftings.
Making It Clear.
Eivingston—l didn't know that you
aud Miss Featherspray were so well
acquainted.
Nina—Oh, yes; we are distantly re
lated.
Livingston—now?
Nina—We are both sisters to tho
same young man.—Vogue.
When Baby was rick, wo gave her Castorla."
When she was & Child, sho cried for Castoria.
When sho became Miss, sho clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
GEO. CHESTNUT,
LEADER OF GREAT BARGAINS,
bus a line line of
Boots and Shoes.
Every Variety.
Best Material.
Good Workmanship.
Reasonable Prices.
NOVELTIES, TOYS, Etc.,
OF EVERY KIND.
Sec our handsome stock of footwear—the
largest and beet in town. Custom-made work
u specialty and repairing done 011 the premises.
93 Centre street, Freeland.
CITIZENS' BANK
OF FREELAND,
CAPITAL, - $50,000.
OFFICERS.
Joseph Birkbeck, President.
H. C. Koons, Vice President.
11. R. Davis, Cashier.
John Smith, Secretary.
DIRECTORS.—Joseph Birkbeek, Thos. Birk
beck, John Wagner, A. Rudewick, H. C. Koons,
Clnis. Dusheck, John Smith, John M. Powell, 2d,
John Burton.
W Three per cent, interest paid on saving
deposits.
Open daily from 9a.m.t04 p. m. Wednesday
evenings lroin 0 to 8.
A BIG STOCK OF
WAGON UMBRELLAS,
FLY NETS,
LAP SHEETS,
EAR NETS, Etc.,
on hand at WISE'S.
-£>-11 Xiiiclß
of
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From $6.00 Up.
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1 1 Biliousness, Dyspepsia, i,
, Indigestion, Diseases of ,
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Rheumatism, Dizziness, 1
1 1 Sick Headache, Loss of ' 1
1 1 Appetite,Jaundice,Erup ' 1
M tions and Skin Diseases. 11
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—AND—
SPECIAL SALE of thousands of dollars worth of men's, boys'
and children's unexcelled custom-made line clothing
and overcoats, which we secured at a large sheriff's
sale in New York city, and now offer it at 60 cents
on the dollar. Call and see the tremendous assort- •
ment our immense clothing stock contains and the
slashing bargains we are offering in the above and
other departments.
OUR CLOAK DEPARTMENT contains the largest and most
complete line of up to date styles in ladies', misses'
and children's cloaks and jackets ever displayed in
this region, which we bought for cash at hard-time
prices, and therefore we are enabled to sell them
fully 40 per cent, less than you can buy the same
goods elsewhere.
OUR FOOTWEAR DEPARTMENT is now complete with
boots, shoes and rubbers at hard-pan cash prices,
while in dry goods, underwear, blankets, com
fortables, notions, etc., you will find our enormous
stock to contain the most complete assortment of the
various lines, at prices lower than ever offered before
in this vicinity.
i
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greatest of our fall openings is in progress and
secure some of the special bargains we are offering at
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Bargain Emporium.
In the P. O. S. of A. Building, - - - Freeland, Pa.
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