Freeland Tribune . PUBLISHED EVERY M NDAY AND THURSDAY. THOS. A. BUCKLEY, Editor asp Protrietoii. OFFICE: MAIS STREET ABOVE CENTRE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year 50 Six Months 75 Four Months 50 Two Months go Subscribers are requested to observe the date following the name on the labels of their pipers. By referring to tilts they can tell at a P lance how they stand on the books In this office. For Instance: Grover Cleveland SSJunePt means that Grover 1b paid up to June 28, 1 Mb. Kcop the figures in advance of the present date. Deport promptly to this office when your pa pel ts not received. All arrearages must, be paid when paper is discontinued, or collection will l.e made In the manner pro: id.-d by law. FREELAND, PA., APRIL 12, 181 M. "It is quite eviilent to the casual observer," remarks the Wilkes Barre Jh am/, "that Congressman iliucs tvill not have to worry about adminis tration patronage next y< ar." Quite evident, indeed. The worry and disap pointments he i • meeting hear heavily upon him, and for his own sake, as well as that of his constituents, he will be excused next November from further public service. Luzerne county is wealthy and large enough to build a courthouse that will he a credit to it, and the recommendation of the grand jury to erect a new building in place of the present barracks will meet with the approval of the people at large.' There are too many important docu ments and records lying at the mercy of the first lire that may occur in the courthouse; if for nothing else hut to protect them the county needs a building in which such papers can be lett with safely. A new courthouse should he erected without delay. Somebody ought to remind Sena tor Hill that lie once made a great speech and his introductory remark to the same were, "I am a Democrat." He appears to have overlooked his protestations of Democratic fealty, if one is to judge from the buncombe arguments he used against (ho Wil son hill in (he senate on Monday. As a Republican, Hill would he a phen omenal success; as a Democrat, he is the most miserable failure the coun try has yet produced. And such a man is laying wires for '.lie next Democratic presidential nomination! The recent elections in Rhode Island and other states are certainly not very encouraging to Democrats. The Republicans have made heavy gains in many localities where it was I least expected, and Democratic defeats i followed one another rapidly. An analysis of the vote shows that while I a considerable portion of their sue cess is due to the part taken in the elections by the A. P. A., a political religious society with Know Nothing principles, the most important factor in changing the results was a desire on the part of Democrats themselves to rebuke (ho inactivity of the men they sent to congress to represent them. The Democratic party today con tains by far more independent voters than were ever grouped together since political parties were formed, and these men will not bo fooled twice with false promises of reform. If the Democratic leaders want to save the party from disruption they must car ry out fearlessly the platform adopt ed at Chicago. That platform said protection was unconstitutional, and if the Wilson hill is altered to suit the whims of protectionists the party will have suffer the consequences. There has been too much cowardice and faltering already displayed ou the tariff question, hut all will he forgiven if the bill is passed in accordance with the views expressed in the par ty's platform. It is a col.l day for violets when Congressman Mines fails to tumble iuto trouble of some kind. There is a popular suspicion in Luzerne conn ty that Mr. liittes cannot endure the dispensation of peace under any con ditions. lie may be a little man, but bis belligerent attitudes have been as numerous as the crown iu spring time. (If course, it is amusing to find Mr Hines tackling the entile department over which Postmaster General Bis sel presides. It would be unnaturil for him to train the howitzer of oratory iu any other direction and not employ wind to gain conquest and prizes. The new postmaster at Kings ton was appointed to take office. He will do that very thing, and do it without delay. Mr. Hines may fume about it and send out interviews and engage in the usual pyrotechnics, but the fact will still remain that the post master general consulted die best public interest in making the selec- i tion, and set aside Mr. llines solely I on the ground that Mr. Hines'man was not the man Kingston should have. This leaves Hines a martyr to his own reflections, with aeh ,j co nr . ray of thoughts on hand for the next occasion.— l'hila. Tinas. Fancy night shirts, 75c at McDonald's. JOURNALISTIC. Very fine four-page illustrated supple ments are issued every Saturday by the Hazleton Sentinel. They are excellent specimens of the printers' art. The Mauch Chunk Times is twelve years of age. Considering the size of the town where it is published the Times I is away ahead of its surroundings. Readers of the Newsdealer found that paper adorned with a new spring dress of type on Monday. The change makes a decided improvement in Mr. Lloyd's paper. The Shickshinny Democrat has com menced its third year. It grows better as it grows older, and the publisher has already made it a power in the second | ! legislative district. I.OllellllPfM. First Girl Freddie toolc a good deal [ of wine at dinner yesterday. Second Girl—l noticed it. First Girl -It went to his head. Second Girl —Dear me! What a lone ly place for it to go to!— Washington Star. Woman's Way. Upon her neighbor's hat she gazed Awhile with look lntout, Anil in these terms the structure praised: It's grand—magnificent." Upon Niagara she looked An 1 to her lovor said, As to his arm lior own sho hooked: "It'spretty, ain't It, Ned?" —N. V. Press, j End of u Chicago Itiimsnce. "The engagement between them is broken, then?" "O, yes." "Did they quarrel?" "O. no; they discovered yesterday that they had been married to each I other before."—N. Y. Press. Knew the Brother. Struggling Pastor—Brother Skinflint intends to give our new chapel a beautiful memorial window. Wife—lie probably wants something i to look at when the contribution box goes around.—N. Y. Weekly. Not the Only Tiling That Iloos. "Money talks, does it?" soliloquized Mr. Dreffleshort, absent-mindedly tap- j ping something he held in his hand. "Humph! So does an empty pocket book. And what a hollow voice it has!"— Chicago Tribune. Bad limes. Traveling Salesman (despondently) —liy Jingo! times are bad. Why, they don't even throw mo out of the houses T visit as they used to do. —Hallo. TAKING HIM DOWN A PEG. If! I 'f 1 -Truth, j Not the Right Alan. Twickenham—Doesn't young Picker iy call on your daughter any more? Yon Hiumer—No. I told him not to come. Twickenham —What was the trouble? Von ltiumer—He was too short to turn down the gas.—N. Y. Herald. The Whole Truth. "Were you discharged from your last place?" "Yes, sir." "What for?" "Good behavior." "How's that?" "Well, sir, it toolc two years and six months off my term." —Hallo. lienors Even. Mr. Chugwater—l'm hungry still, but the biscuits are all gone, there's no more cream for the coffee and the steak is all gristle. Samantha, you'll die of enlargement of the heart! Mrs. Chugwater—l don't know, Jo siah I've never been exposed to it in tliis house.—Chicago Tribune. ■There is more catarrh in this section of the country than ail other diseases put together, and until the last few yours was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pro nounced it a local disease, and prescrib ed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pro nounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional diseaao and therefore requires constitu tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney k Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional enre on the market. It is taken in ternally in doses from ten drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys tem. They offer oue hundred dollars for any case It fails to enre. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. | C2T'Sold by druggists, 75c. The secretary of the Elkhart Carriage and Harness Mfg. Co., of Elkhart, Inn., | informs us that their prices will Is: lower j for ls'.H than ever, lie wishes ustousk j our readers not to purchase anything in rhe line of carriage .. wagons, bicycles nr harness until t!i y have sent 1 cents ill j st:i in lis to pay postage en their 11:; page j analogue. \Ve advise llie readers et tills vapor to rm< mlierhis suggestion. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla.' When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla. When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla. When sho had Children, sho gave thorn Castoria I THEY'RE AFTER HIM. Jml£e Jenkins May Ite Invest UcH by n Commit i e. Judge James CJ. Jenkins, whose ac tion in issuing an injunction iv irain i ing Northern Pacific employe-- from striking may he investigated by a spc i cial committee of congress, lias be n , for years one of the prominent demo crats of his adopted state of Wisconsin, lie has a high reputation as a lawyer, and was many times honored by his party with nominations to post, of honor. The only elective office he ever held, however, was that of city attor ney of Milwaukee, which position 1; • I occupied from ISO 3to 18d7. Judge , Jenkins was born at Saratoga Sprin r - N. Y., 011 January 18, 1884. His father . was a cousin of Gen. Worth, one of the I heroes of the Mexican war. and his j mother was the daughter of Chancellor Reuben 11. Walworth, one of the ili . tinguished lawyers of New York .stato. Judge Jenkins studied law in New York city and was admitted to th" bar Jiero in 1855. Two years later lie re- ! C \ /•. M # /f / JUDGE JAMES G. JENKINS. j moved to Milwaukee and took up the 1 practice of his profession, in which lie i soon acquired a high reputation. In 1 18G' he was elected city attorney. 111 j ! 1875 lie was nominated by the demo- j erats for county judge of Milwaukee. ■ but declined. In 1877 ho was offered 1 I the democratic nomination for gov ernor of the state, but declined. In 1879 he accepted the nomina- ' lion for the same office and received a j large vote, reducing considerably the ; usual republican majority. In 1880 j I he was voted for by the democratic I members of the legislature as United | I States senator from Wisconsin. In the j I same year he was nominated by the j | bar of the state as a member of the j | state supreme court. In 1880 President j Cleveland tendered him a place 011 the j ! bench of the supreme court of the Dis- 1 1 triet of Columbia, but this honor was j also declined. In 1887 he accepted the j appointment by President Cleveland as United States judge for the eastern j district of Wisconsin to succeed Judge I Charles 10. Dyer, who resigned. When I .Judge Walter Q. Greshum accepted j President Cleveland's invitation to en j ter the cabinet as secretary of state, j Judge Jenkins was offered the seat on 1 the bench of the seventh judicial cir I e.uit thus made vacant, and lie accepted it. His decision on tlie question of closing the world's fair on Sunday caused much comment, both favorable and adverse, throughout the country. Judge Jenkins isanmn of wide culture and profound learning, both in the law and in science ami literature. His wife was the only daughter of Judge Miller, and their home is one of the ccntr, of culture and refinement in Milwaukee, j C.'JAhJ LiUKc GuOiiuL. 1 The C/.ir's Second Son Sii!l to lie s Vic tim of ('Oll Mimptlon. Grand Duke George of Russia, the second son of the czar, wlioin his dash ing young cousin, Prince George of Greece, saved from the knife of the assassin in Japan a couple of years ago, seems likely to succumb to an agency as deadly as the assassin's knife. During the tour of the young princes the grand duke fell ill while on the Red sea, and had to return to litis sia. It was at tirst believed that he was suffering from incipient typhoid fever caught on board, but the malady subsequently proved to be corn-amp tion-an atlliction here litary in the Romanoff family. Thus the present f-^il n ffl '1 ~ tdl (0, ' ■ > / grand Di k:: gkogot: or r.r. :a. czur's eldest 1 r.• '•.• rai d l.eir to tin ! throne. Miilii.iMs. !■-vim-ibed at tli ! orty ll!.-c <>r I ' ■ to th' n.;i 1- • j tfaffed t<> tlie prc ut i-zarlna, hocoiu] sister <.f the pi-incass of Wale j whom on his ,h ■ till e I he psitheti I cully hrlrothi' l to 1,:. hvoth-.-r. Tin | poor Grand Dukc' Y ••• . ! :: . • ji.- . | ; . | return, be eel to reiddo in th j balmy, but at times al > i-risj a.id I bracing, air of the Can .1 „ an i the Crimea, far away from his bclovc 1 par I ents and brothers and si: t t-, who his friendliness by gamboling 1 with them till he tired them out. Rustycoat, who was nearly fourteen ! i years old, became so badly crippled with rheuniat ism a few months ago that j he could hardly walk when he crawled | | out of his pen in the morning. After j j lie had hobbled around for awhile he ! ; got limbered up a little, but he was so ' ! stiff and lame that it was impossible for him to trot or run. The faithful ! i old hunting dog grew worse right I along and he suffered so muchthntMi. j Levalley finally decided to put him out i of his misery. On Saturday of last week Mr. Leval- ! ley and a neighbor set out to dig some j | building-stones from an old quarry j near the bank of tlie creek. Mr. Le val ley took the lame old dog down to I j the creek for the purpose of killing | p ( ~ It* I SiL'.s. x \ jSrtyw? m lj} , i ■' ly BS ? OLD RUSTYCOAT KEPT HIS QOT.D. him. When lie got to the creek he didn't have the heart to kill the poor old dog, so he put off the undesirable job till the afternoon. Ru- tj'coat be gan to bobble and sniff along tlie bank and it wasn't a great while before Mr. Levalley noticed that he had lain down close to the stream, with his nose over a root, as though he was watching for something. The soil over the layer of stones was frozen solid and Mr. Levalley and his neighbor drew some coal to the spot and built a lire on it to thaw it out. Then they eut brush till dinner time and when they started for the house the old dog was still watching at the root. Mr. Levalley called tv the dog, and Rustycoat wagged his tail, looked wistfully at his master, but didn't stir. When they returned from dinner the old dog was in the same position. Within half an hour they heard the water splashing, and looking toward the creek they saw the old dog strug gling with an otter under tlie root. The old cripple had evidently dropped upon the otter the moment it stuck its head from under the root, for lie had it by the neck, and, although the otter was biting him viciously on the shoul der, he hung to it and tugged and twisted to drag it out of the water. The neighbor seized a club and started to help tlie old dog, but Mr. Levalley insisted on letting the animal fight it out. The otter tore the old dog's hide ; terribly, but Rustycoat kept his vise- j like hold without flinching, and j inch by inch the old crippled dog lugged his antagonist along the bank until he reached the edge of the blazing coals, when he gave the otter a fling and threw it upon the fire. The otter squealed and sprang out, but the dog caught it. and after another long and fierce tussle, in which the dog's nose was torn open, he again flung the otter into the fire. This time the otter had its teeth set in Rusty coat'h neck and it took the dog with it, both landing on the bed of coals. Then Mr. Levalley undertook to rescue the dog, but he was too late. Roth Rustycoat and the otter crawled out of the fire still clinched, but they hud been fatally burned, and, after a few gasps, both stretched out and died. Domc-Htic I><*clHion ill Franco. I It is well to know just where one ! stands, and it might save some domcs ; tje broils if our courts would come to i the rescue and authoritatively estab -1 lish tlie position of the "head of the house" in this country. The French ! courts of law have just rendered a do- | | cision which is of interest to every do mestic establishment. Having been called upon to determine whether it is the master or tlie mistress of a house who is entitled to discharge the serv ants, the judges pronounced in favor of tlie master, on the ground that a "wife's rights are necessarily limited by tlio e of her husband, who is the i head of the community and not ex- j I pected to yield to every caprice of the I woman." MRS. LEASE A MASON. she Know* Alt t!u- Secrets and Will Initiate Other Women. Mrs. M. K. Lease, of Topeka, Kan., has announced that she was a mason in good standing, a Knight Templar and a member of Hugh de I'ayne Com mandery of Fort Scott. She wears in a conspicuous place a Knight Templar charm with the keystone and other .in signia of tlie order and declares she is as much entitled to display it as any male member of the order. She has talked with a number of masons to whom she has demonstrated that she knows all the signs, grips and pass words of the blue lodge and chapter, and she claims that she came into pos session of t hem in legitimate manner. Speaking of her membership in the order recently she said: "If masonry is good for men it is bet ter for women, as we are more in need of protection than men. Once by giv ing a sign of the order 1 was saved from personal violence, and from tha* MARY KI.LKN LEASE, moment I resolved to give to all de serving women the advantage of ma sonry that 1 enjoy. 1 have other plans for my future aside from politics and the lecture field. I propose to devote a large share of my time to initiating women into the secrets of masonry. As I am thoroughly informed in tlie details of masonic work to a high de gree, it will not be necessary for me to obtain the permission of any masonic body before beginning work in this field, and if the men decline to recog nize my converts to masonry we can act independently of them and time will force them to cooperate with us." While Mrs. Lease admits it is con trary to the laws of masons to initiate women into its mysteries, she insists that she became a mason in a strictly legitimate way, but declines to give particulars of the manner in which she acquired the secrets of the order. Mrs. Lease challenges any mason to test her knowledge of the secret work of tlie order. NEW SUPREME JUSTICE. Short Skntcli of FiiwtirU BougltftHS White. Hdward Douglass White. t of Louis iana. will take his seat on the supreme bench as the youngest of the justices, and with tlie exception of Justices Field and Harlan he will have en tered at an earlier period in life than any of the other justices, and will have the-exceptionally long term of twenty one years to serve before retirement. He was born in the parish of La Fourelie, La., and was forty-eight years of age last November. Ho was educated at Mount St. Mary's, near Kmin. ttsburg. Md., at the Jesuit col lege in New Orleans, and finally at Georgetown college, lie entered the confederate army, and after the war was admitted to the bar by the Louis iana supreme court, and practiced his MS G EDWARD DOL'OI.ASS WHITE. profession during the troubled years following the reconstruction period. In 1874 he began his political experi ence as a state senator. Lapsing into the law again he became associate jus tice of the supreme court of Louisiana in 1878, but again turning to political pursuits he was elected to the United States senate to succeed Senator Li.-.- tis. at present ambassador to Franc takii g his seat March 4. 1891. IJy liis appointment he will leave a vacancy oi full two years in his senatorial term. A Simple BHi-omi'tor. About the simplest barometer that (•ne eau have and, it is said, one of the most efficient—is made of two botlles and some water. One of them should be an ordinary wide-mouthed pickle jar, tilled with water to near tlie top. The other should be a long, slim lhi.,k. which will go into the neck of the jar. This should be inverted and plunged into the jar, so that it will not reach the bottom. This arrange ment gives a complete barometer. In line weather the water will rise into the neck of the flask higher than the mouth of tho pickle bottle. In wet or windy weather it will fall to within an in each; 25 cribs and cradles, folding cribs and swinging cradles, 81.50 to 88.00; 1000 different chairs, cane seat, wood seat, leather seat, with high backs, etc; 35 different rocking chairs, 81 to 810; 12 different styles of lounges and couches. CARPETS jiihl OIL CLOTHS. 40 rolls ingrain carpet, ranging from 17c to 80c per yard; lb rolls stair carpet, 20c to Bbc per yard; 35 rolls Brussells car pet, with or without borders, 50c to 81.35; 0 rolls rag carpet, 30c to 60c per yard. 25 different patterns of oil clotli and lenolinne, prices sis per quality. Smyrna rttgs, wool rugs, rugs of Brussells and ingrain carpets. Bed springs, mat tresses, piilows, feathers, etc. MY FURNITURE STORE is a wonderland of novelties, and ' I invite everybody to pay it a visit. If in need of any goods you will be more than paid by doing so. as our prices are the lowest the market affords. GROCERIES. 21lbs grunuluted sugar $1 m 10 lbs No. I eurruiits 25 10 lbs gold dust uicul 25 J lbs o.it llukc 25 0 lbs ont meal 25 5 lbs soda biscuits 25 3 lbs mixed cakes 25 5 lbs raisins 25 5 lbs rice 5 lbs barley 25 3