FREELANI> TRIBUNE. rUIIMSHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. TLIOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year $1 CO Six Months 75 Four Months GO Two Months 25 Subscribers are requested to observe the date following the name on the labels of their papers. By referring to this they can tell at a glance how they stand on the books In this office. For Instance: G rover Cleveland 28JuneM means that Grover is paid up to June 28,181)4. Keep the figures iu advance of the present date. Report promptly to this office when your paper is not received. All arrearages must bo paid when paper is discontinued, or collection will be made iu the manner provided by law. A blue "X" on the paper is a reminder that your subscription is due. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. STATE. Judge of Supreme Court, Samuel G.Thompson. Philadelphia | Frank C. Osbourn Allegheny COUNTY. Treasurer, Roger McGarry Wilkes-Barre Register of Wills, Stanley Davenport Plymouth Controller, James W. Ray White Haven Commissioners, Thomas M. Dullard Wilkcs-Bnrre Thomas MoGraw Beach Haven Auditors, W. E. Bennett Wilkes-Barre John F. Noary l'ittston FREELAND, PA., OCTOBER 19, 1893. The vote of the women at the Con necticut town elections recently was somewhat curious. In tome towns none voted, in others very many. "Where they joined forces with the ex isting parties they proved a power, but where they tried to be a party by themselves they were by themselves, aud that was all. The Baldwin Locomotivo Works of Philadelphia, in employing only 2,500 hands, none of whom are on full time, against 0,000 hand nights and day a year ago, indicates the change which has taken place in that branch of in dustry, at the head of which these works stand. Perhaps a little more tarifi on locomotives is required. A practical test is to be made of the electric propulsion of canal boats. Tho state of New York provides $lO,- 000 for the trial, which will be made on the ltochester level of the Erie canal. Two wires will be suspended over the canal, exactly as trolley wires are suspended over city streets, and the current is brought down a trolley pole to an electric motor in the boat's stern, which runs a screw propeller. The Boston Herald points out that Wheeler's bill to enable the city of New York to hold a fair in 1900 to commemorate the beginning of tho twentieth century of Christianity should have tho date changed to 1901, which is is the year in which the twentieth century opens. The Herald is correct. The last day of 1900 complete the nineteenlh cen tury, and New Year's day of 1901 i begins the twentieth. Tho immigration bill introduced iu the house by Representative Curtis, of Kansas, is too sweeping. It is man ifestly impossible for the captain of every vessel bringing immigrants to the United States to ascertain, before sailing, the personal history, moral character, educational qualitlcations, financial condition and political views of each one who applies for passage, nor can inspectors on this side do this work satisfactorily. Wore it en acted into law, it would be a dead letter, because it is impossible of enforcement. No one expected that the McKin ley tariff would at oneo work out the | evil that is in it. Pike some physi cal disorders, the effect of this dis ease on the financial and industrial body was somewhat slow in dovlop ment, but now, when its ravages are manifest, eminent political doctors nssure the patient that he is not suf fering from the disease, but from the effort to cure it. The trouble, they tell us, is not in the McKinley tariff, but in a fear of the consequences of a reformation of its iniquities and abuses, Record. A bill has been introduced into con gress which declares that where death | follows the intended or actual derail j ment or robbery of a railway train' the parties causing tho disaster shall be adjudged guilty of murder. If the attempt fails, the guilty party, if arrested and convicted, shall undergo n sentence of twenty years' imprison ment at hard labor. The bill is good; and has so much to commend it, that it should become a law almost with out debate, for train robbery has be come so common that something should be done to check it, and it is very clear that only heroic measures will accomplish it. Costivness is the cause of the intoler able "bad breath" of multitudes. Dr Henry Baxter's Mandrake Bitters re move the cause and prevent the evil and cost only 25 cents. Sold bv lir Bchilchcr. CAPTAIN OF THE BEAR Ho la au Ablo Sailor and a Thor ough Gentleman. Since IHOS (Oiiiiiminlrr llcnly Has Been a Popular Olllccr In Uncle Nam's Revenue Service—What lie Has Accomplished. Until the question of the North polo has been settled, anything relating to Arctic exploration will have the most absorbing interest for the general reader. While Capt. Ilealy, who com manded the Bear, the steamer that represents this country in the seas of the frozen north, may have views of his own as to the most feasible way of reaching the pole, he has kept them to himself. But while others have been busy with the great problem, he h: not allowed his wonderful chances for observation to be idle. One of the first things he observed while cruising in the Behringsea was the fact that the Siberian Esquimaux were much more prosperous than those on the American peninsula. As the climatic conditions were almost alike, he became inter ested in this peculiar state of affairs, and his investigations soon convinced I him that the advantages of the Siberians were entirely duo to the presence of the reindeer. In the Arctic regions this useful animal not only serves as a beast of burden, but practically solves the question of liv ing, for it supplies the native with food, shelter and clothing. Its absence among the Alaskan Es quimaux accounted for the groat suffering that prevails when the fisheries fail, and the seal and walrus have been driven away by white hunters. As soon as Capt. Ilealy had completed his investigations lie peti tioned congress to appropriate the sum of 815,000 for the purpose of introduc ing reindeer among the natives on the | American peninsula. When the bill failed in the house, after twice passing the senate, he did not lose faith in his scheme. lie interested others in the undertaking, and succeeded in raising several thousand dollars. With the capital at hand an unforeseen diflicul ty presented itself. The Esquimaux, being of a low order of civilization, were full of foolish superstitions, and heir folk-lore had taught them to be lieve that an awful fate would over take the man who parted with his rein deer. Probably no one but Capt. Ilealy could have surmounted this obstacle; for, during the many years he has been among them, he has acquired great in fluence by the services he has rendered CAPT. MICHAEL A. HKALY. In times of need. In this delicate ne gotiation he was ably assisted by I)r. Sheldon Jackson, who was favorably known to the natives by his efforts to educate them. Last year the scheme was successfully inaugurated, and the first transfer of reindeer was made. Some 200 head were purchased at about 810 each. They were taken to Port Clarence, and placed under the charge of two experienced men, who are as sisted by four Siberian herders. Of course it will take some time to bring the Alaskan Indians around to the new mode of life; but ('not. Ilealy is con vinced that they will see the advan tages to be derived, and soon become interested in the breeding of reindeer. The Bear is not only the most in teresting vessel in our navy, but every year she is called upon to perform the most useful and dangerous service. The duties of Capt. Heaty, who is'the only representative of our government in the Arctic sea. are as varied as they are difficult. Last year there were fifty-two whalers in the Arctic, of which four were ! t In whalebone alone the fleet brought back over 82.0J0,000 worth All these vessels were under th protection of Capt. Ilealy. whoso duty it was to see that none of them I caught in the ice pack Bc:.i les this work, the Bear, in early summer, is commissioned to err.■ .e a 1 vit the seal i lands, nnd drive oil lh" poachers who are raiding the rookeries Another important duty performed by the Bear is to board and search each vessel entering the north ern sea Before the government was rcpr - rit >d in the .e waterc"the swin dling of the Alaskan Indian* was a recognised industry among unscrupu lous traders an 1 whalers. Not only were the natives robbed by these ras cals, who got valuable furs and ivory for a mere song, but they were fast be coming brutalized by the cheap whisky which they received in exchange. This enormity has now been almost wiped out, thanks to the Bear. Since Capt. Ilealy has been in command of this 1 important mission ho and his crew ' have rescued no less than three hun t dred shipwrecked sailors, and aided hundreds of sick and destitute miners and others. A New Kmokeletu Powder. A new smokeless pov.V.or, named plastomenit, has been tested with great success at Bucharest, it proved the best of smokeless pow lers for the small caliber Mannlieher i iflo, and es pecially satisfactory with the smooth bore sporting guns. The smoke is hardly perceptible, the noise of explo sion slight, and there is absolutely no recoil. Oldest French llullroad. Tlio oldest railroad in France runs between Paris and Ilavro. It was bni'lt more than half a century ago REID'S OLD W; Li lt Ground Wliut Oae Hundred and Fiftj Years Ao. One interesting landmark of the last century remains in a suburban region fast yielding its rural charm in face of the city's advancing vanguard. Be tween two and three miles northeast of New York's city limits, and perhaps a mile and a half beyond tho line of ambitious little Mount Vernon, stands Iteid's mill, overlooking the broad, flat marshes that edge the sound. The mill is approached by one of the most pic turesque roads of a picturesque region. It runs for a mile or more along the valley of a little wooded stream, and crosses the latter a dozen yards before REID'S MILL. it meets tidewater. A few hundred yards eastward is the rude beach and farmyard leading to the old mill. An old Dutcli house, still retaining its wide porch and broad, low-eaved gables, faces mill and mill stream. High tides rise all about the house, submerge its flower garden, and flood its cellar. The mill, a three-and-a-half-story shingled structure, overhangs the tide race in which its water wheel once dipped and turned. The mill was built in 1739 by Shutc & Stanton, local millers of that day. It was driven by the tide, and for several generations it ground the wheat from neighboring farms. Robert Re id became owner of the mill about the middle of the last century, and was reputed an honest though somewhat testy miller. One Wahlron afterward became owner or lessee, and in 1702 a town committee was appointed to regulate Miller Wald ron's toll charges. The old mill continued its work with various fortunes and successive owners until within the last few years. When the region round about ceased to be a wlieat-growingcountry the mill ground western grain into flour, and the crooked little stream leading to the sound brought upon its tide vessels that bore grain and grist. Reid's mill is now slowly falling into ruins. The wreck of its wheel and other machinery is visible at the rear. Many of its shingles near the ground have been torn off as relics or to kin dle fires. The great oaken beams re main seemingly sound. An oysterman now keeps his tools of trade in the large ground floor apartment of the mill, and in the water just outside he has fenced a space where newly-caught oysters may be fattened. Every high tide brings a mass of sea weed and marsh hay about the mill. The short, stone-built isthmian road that leads to the mill door still resists the action of the tides, and tho visitor of to-day may drive quite to the door step, as Westchester people were ac customed to drive a century and a half ago, when the new shingles of the structure were not yet weather stained. SIOUX PRIZE BEAUTY. I'rinoeKH Pretty Voice and the Romance of Her I.ife. One day in writing to a friend, an army officer out west who is stationed in the midst of Indians, I asked him to send me a photograph of a real Indian I beauty. I had to wait a long time, | writes Eleanor Waddle in the Chicago Record, but finally he sent me a pho- PRINCESS PRETTY VOICE. tograph of Princess Pretty Voice, say ing that the Sioux considered her the very highest type of beauty. The correspondent goes on with a story to the effect that it fell to the lot of the princess and her father to nurse a sick officer of the United States army. When he was able to travel, not being abl# to make a presentation speech in Sioux, he hitched his horse—a very fine animal— in front of the chief's tent as a token of his gratitude and went back to his barracks in n ambulance. The chief accepted this act as a proposal of mar riage, and so announced to his tribes, and he afterward paid a visit to the headquarters of the troop and formally accepted the officer as his son-in-law to bo. About this time the ofllcer de cided that the situation hardly admit ted of explanation short of the con summation of the "contract" or flight. He fled and afterward was regularly transferred to another post. The Sioux chief stormed awhile and want ed to go on the warpath, but was in duced to let the matter drop. Princess Pretty Voice, however, is a victim of melancholy, for she had fallen in love with the oilicer. Train Toads of Iron In Trusaoa. It required 000 flat cars to convey twenty-two trusses in the main roof of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts | building from the manufactory to Chi cago. AN noxo;i V.) ANN NIC A. John Fiako, tho PAUIDU3 Historian and Publisher. IIIH Kcinarhaliln Iloyhood —At Eight Yearn of Age II Had Read All of Shakespeare'H Plays Some of Ills Greater Works. Among the men of the present gener ation who by force and breadth of in tellect have won the respect of scholars and the admiration of tho public, few, if any, Americans stand higher than John Fisko. Possessing* a mind of ex traordinary strength and clearness, a tenacious memory that places every thing that lie has ever read at his im mediate disposal, and catholic and highly cultivated tastes, his equipment for the work of original investigation in history or philosophy is unusually complete. Added to these qualities is a style of marvelous flexibility, sim plicity and lucidity, which is the natural oingrowth of an orderly and logical mind and which has been one of the chief causes of the popularity of his writings. Mr. Fiske is now in his fifty-second year. Ilis father was a journalist. He died in 1852, and in 1855, when her son was thirteen j'ears old, the widow married Edward \V. S tough ton, once United States minister to Russia. Up to this time the lad's name had been Edmund Fiske Green, but he now took the name of his maternal great-grand father, John Fiske. He early showed that he possessed extraordinary intel lect. He had a strong taste for science and the languages. Before he was eight years old ho had read all of Shakespeare's plays. At eighteen, be sides his Greek and Latin, he could read fluently French, Spanish, Portu guese, Italian and German, and had gained a fair command of Dutch, Danish, Sweden and Anglo-Saxon, be sides making a beginning in Icelandic, Gothic, Hebrew, Chaldee and Sanskirt. In college the studies of which he was especially fond were history, philoso phy and comparative philology. He was graduated from the college in 1803 and from the Harvard law school two years later. Mr. Fiske. opened a law office in Bos ton, and found it a convenient place for studying history while he waited six months for clients. Then he made up his mind to devote himself exclusively to literature. Ho had already done something in that lino. In 1801, when he was a junior in college, he contrib uted to the National Quarterly Review an article entitled '-Mr. Buckle's Fal- JOHN FISKE. lacies," which is now included in his "Darwinism, and Other Essays." Mr. Fiske's first book, which was preceded by many essaj's in reviews, magazines and newspapers, was "Mj'ths and Myth-Makers," published in 1872. This was followed in 1874 by a work which immediately attracted the notice of many of tho keenest minds in England and the United States—"Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy." This work was based upon a series of lectures which Mr. Fiske had delivered at Harvard in 1809 and 1871, and which ho repeated in Boston, New York and London. During 1 the last ten years Mr. Fiske has devoted his time almost exclusive ly to American history, and the beauty of his style and the philosophical spirit with which he traces cause and effect in the development of political ideas give a fascinating interest to his historical works. These are four in number " American Po litical Ideas," "The Critical Period of American History, 1783-1789," "The Be ginnings of New England," and, in the Riverside Library for Young People, "The War of Independence." Since 1881 Mr. Fiske has delivered an annual course of lectures on American history at Washington university, St. Louis, and these lectures he has repeated in many towns and cities before publish ing them in book form. Mr. Fiske's home is in Cambridge, Mass., where he spends all of his time with his wife and six children when he is not traveling about the country lec turing. Since 1879 he has been a mem ber of the board of overseers of Har vard university, and from 1872 to 1879 he was assistant librarian in that insti tute. He has visited Europe several times, remaining for an entire year, and has lectured before the Royal in stitution in London and the Philosoph ical institution at Edinburgh. He numbers among his friends most of the men in England eminent in science and literature, who were first attracted by the skill with which ho expounded the philosophy of Spencer. f'olor B)ln in dally except Sunday; nnd 1187 a in, 507 !> in, i Sunday. ' 1 Trains leavo Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt! Itoad, Harwood toad, Oneida Junction, Hazh.-r ton Junction a-d Bonn at 7 62, 10 10 a 111, 115, 0 2. p m, daily except Sunday; and 8 14 a m, 3 45 p in, Sunday. wJ™ ,n uJ e, . l .! e Sheppton for Beaver Meadow o.w ii 'bizlo Brook, Eckley, Jeddo k and Drifton at 1010 a in. 525p m, daily, except V V., ' t m< * 8 R. h n, 345 p ni, Sunday. J rains leave ilazleton Junction for Beaver ( Meadow Uoad, Stockton, Huzle Brook, Eckley, , Jeddo and Drilton at 10 38 a m, 3 11, 5 47, 0 38 p ra, daily, except Sunday; and 10 08 a in, 5 38 p m, . Sunday. All truins connect at Hazleton Junction with electric cars for Hazleton, Jeancsville, Auden rietuina other points on Lehigh Traction (Jo's. Trains leaving Drifton at 610 a in, Hazleton Junction at 910a m, and Sheppton at 752 a in, , 1 15 p m, connect ut Oneida I unction with L. V. , It. it. truins oust and west. Train leaving Drifton at 0 00 ii m. makes con nection at Deringer with I'. It. It. train for Wilkes-Burre, Sunbury, Ilarrisburg, etc. E. B.COXE, DANIEL COXE, i, President. Superintendent.?'