Holiday Goods at J. C. Berner s Cheaper Than Ever. Selling dress ginglmm at 5c per yard. Plaid dress goods, 5c per yard. Sterling calicoes, 44c per yard. Kcmiiaut calicoes, 4c per yard. Kcmnant outing flannels, 41c per yard. Remnant linings, 4c per yard. White cambric, 8c per yard. Homespun blankets, 70c per pair. Gray blankets,6oo per pair. All-wool blankets, $2.00 per pair. Horse blankets, $1.25 per pair. Sheeting, two and one-half yards wide, 17c per yard. Good muslin, 5c per yard; twenty-one yards, SI.OO. Good quilts, for children's beds, 45c each. Boys' suits, SI.OO. lloys' overcoats, $1.15. XT nderwear Very Claeatp. Men's fine calf shoes, $1.75; worth $3.00. Ladies' shoes, from SI.UO up. Boys' overcoats, live to thirteen years, $1.25. The best bargain of all! Selling fifty-cent dress goods for 25c for the balance of this month. Good double shawls, $2.50. lleaver shawls, $3/25. Luce curtains, 49c; worth 75c. Children's grain shoos, numbers ten to two, slllO. Wall paper very cheap—sc double roll. All colors of window shades, 25c. Curtain poles, 25c each. Furniture and carpets. Look at this! A good couch, $4.00; tetter, $4.50 up to $15.00. A large oak bedroom suit, eight pieces, $25.00. Large center tables, solid oak, $1.25 to $3.50. We carry complete lines of all kinds of furniture, and will give ten per cent off to cash buyers. Did you see our $10.75 oak side boards? Carpets, from 25c a yard up. G-roceries and lE'ro-vision.s. Six bars Lenox soap, 25c. Six pounds oat meal, 25c. Five pounds ginger cakes, 25c. Two cuus salmon, 25c. Five euns corned beef, SI.OO. Good oolong tea, 25c; five pounds, SI.OO. Four pounds good raisins, 25c. Three pounds mixed cukes, 25c. Four pounds oyster biscuits, 25c. Sodu biscuits, by the barrel, 4ic. Yours truly, J. C. BERNER. CITIZENS'BANK OF FREELAND, CAPITAL, - $50,000. { OFFICERS. ' Joseph Birkbeck, President. ') . H. C. Koons, Vice I'resident 11. It. Davis. Cashier. , DIRECTORS.-Jos. Birkbeck, H. C. Koons, Thos. Birkbeck, A. Kudewick, John Wagner, Chus. Duaheok, John Burton, Michael Zem&ny. PT Three per cent. Interest paid on saving deposit*. Open daily from 0x m. to 3p. m. Saturdays el OHO at 12 noon. Open Wednesday evouiiigs from 6 to 8. Dr. H. W. MONROE, Dentist. Located permanently in Birkbeck brick, second floor, rooms 1, 2 and 3, over Smith's shoe store, Freeland, Pa. Gas and ether administered for the pain less extraction of teeth. Teeth filled and ar tificial teeth inserted. Reasonable prices and ALL WORK GUARANTEED. d. Goeppert, proprietor of the Washing-ton House, 11 Walnut Street, above Centre. The beat of whiskies, wines, gin cigars, etc. Call In when in that part of the town. Frosli Beer and Porter on Tap. CHEAP WATCHES. A Chance to Get a Good Watch. Wehrman, the reliable watchmaker, is sel ling watches at the lowest prices. Clocks, jewelry, etc., are all away down. This is your opportunity to purchase, first-class goods at extraordinary low figures. Call now. REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS. CONDY 0. BOYLE, dealer in Liquors, Wine, Beer, Etc. The finest brands of domestic and ♦ imported whiskey on sale ut his new and handsome saloon. Fresh Roches tor and Ratlcntinc beer und Yeung ling's porter on tup. Centre - Street, - Five - Points. COTTAGE HOTEL. Washington and Main Street*. FRED. HAAS, Prop. First-class accomodation for transient guests. Good table. Fair rati*. finely stocked. Stable attached. , -L* V 15332?. V r . LEHIGHVALUY Anthracite coal used exclusively, insuring cleanliness ami comfort. ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS. NOV. 18, 1804. LEAVE FREELAND. 0 05, 8 25, 9 33. 10 41 a in, 1 !, 2 27, 3 40, 4 25, 0 12, 0 58, 8 n Junction and Koan at 8 31, 10 10 u m, 1 15, > 25 p in, dally except Sunday; and 8 14 u m. 3 46 p in, Sunday. 'lVains leavo Sheppton for Ik-aver Meadow Bond, Stockton, Bazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 10 10 a in, 525 p m, dully, except Sunday; and 814 am,345 pm, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver Meadow BoudL Btocktou, I la/Jo Brook, Eckley, Jeddo und Drifton at 1038 a in, 3 10, 6 47, 638 p in, dally, except Sunday; and 10 08 a m, 5 38 p in, Sunday. All trains connect at Hjizlctnn Junction with electric earn for Hazleton, J canes v Hie, Audcu ried and other points on Lehigh Traction Co's B. R. Truios leaving Drifton at 8 10 a in, and Shepp ton ut 831 a in, and 115 pm, connect at Oue.ua Junction with la. V. K. 1L trains cast and west- Train leaving Drifton utOUO a ui makes con nection at Deringer with P. lb 11. train for Wlikea-liurre, Buubury, llarrlsburg, etc. E.B. OOXB, DANIEL COXE, President. Superiutenueut. DR. N. MALEY, DENTIST, Located permanently In Birkbcck's building, rooms 4 and 5, second floor. Special attention paid to all branches of dentistry. ALL OPERATIONS PERFORM ED WITH CARE. All work guaranteed. Office hours: 8 to 12 A. M.; 1 to 5 P. M.; 7 to 9 P. M. FRAHCIS BRENHAU'S RESTAURANT 151 Centre street. EXCELLENT LIQUORS, BEER, PORTER, ALE, CIGARS, Etc. All kinds of TEMPERANCE DRINKS. Harness! Harness! Light Carriage Harness, $5.50, $7, $9 and $10.50. Heavy Express Harness, $10.50, sl9, S2O and $22. Heavy Team Harness, double, $25, S2B and S3O. GEO. WISE, Jeddo and Freeland, Pa. A new stock of blankets, lap robes, buffalo robes, etc., just arrived, are selling cheap. DePIERRO^BROS -CAFE.- Corner of Centre and Front Streets, Freeland, Pa. Finest II 'hiskies in Stock. Gibson• Dougherty, Kuufer Club, ltoßcnbilltli's Velvet, of which we have I EXCLUSIVE SALE IN TOWN. Mumm's Hxtrtl Dry Chuuipugno, Hcnncssy Brandy, Blackberry, Gins, Wines, Clarets, Cordials, Etc. Imported and Domestic Cigars. OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE. Ham and Schweitzer Cheese Sandwiches, Sardines, Etc. MEALS AT - ALL - HOURS. Ballentiiie and Hazleton beer on tap. Baths, Hot or Cold, 25 Cents. Advertise is the TBIDUKC. FIFTY-TIIIIU) CONGRESS, | To Meot in Short Session Monday, December 3. Somo Interesting Farts At.nnt the Work to 11© Performed I let ween Now and March 4—yuoor Way* of Unsuc cessful Candidates. ISpeclaJ Washington Lettcr.l The congress is about to convene and a number of the representatives of the j people are already here making' prepa rations for the winter. The Fifty-third ' congress will expire by constitutional limitation on the 4th day of next ; March; and therefore the ensuing ses sion, which will last but three months, ! will be called the short session. A1- 1 though the first session of the Fifty* ! tourth congress will not convene until the first Monday of December, 1895, un- 1 less especially convened by presidential proclamation, the life of that congress will begin on the 4th day of next March, at noon, when the life of the present congress will expire. That is to say, although the next congress will not constitutionally convene until Do- j comber, 1895, the terms of all the mem* bers elected to that congress in the re* | cent elections will commence on the 4tli day of next March, and their sala ries will begin on that date. During the nine months intervening ! between the 4th day of next March ' and the first Monday of the following | December each member of congress j will be entitled to the sum of $4 Id every month, which he will draw from the Kergeani-ut-arin# of the house of representatives. During that period of inactivity, so far as legislation ! concerned, each member of congress will draw the sum total of $11,744. I There arc 350 members of the house of representatives,and the total sum to bo drawn in salaries by the members of the house during the nine months of legislative inaction will be $1,232,804. There are eighty-eight senators, each of whom will be entitled to the sum of $3,744, so that the total amount to bo paid in saiurics to the members of the senate the nine mouths of legislative inaction will be $329,372. Consequent* ly, the sum total to be paid to the mem bers of the senate and house of repre sentatives in salaries during the nine < months of legislative inaction will bo j $1,562,236. The reader will be astounded ut first ' with the figures, which show that more ; than one and a half millions of dollars j Will be paid to members of the senato and house during a period of uino months when they are not in session, and are therefore apparently receiving compensation from the government for doing nothing. As a matter of fact, ulthough the senators and representa tives will not be in Washington, ex cept as a few of them may como indi vidually to look after departmental af fairs, each and* every one of them will be diligently engaged in rendering the best possible services to his state and congressional district. Although they may remain at their homes, every mail will bring to them letters from soiuic of their constituents relating to pub lic business, and it will be the duty of the senators and representatives to at tend to the wants and desires of their constituents as expressed in their let ters. . Although tlio senators are entitled to annual clerks to look after the routine part of their business, each and evertg one of them will be kept busy durfiß that period of seeming inactivity in tending to the wants of their pcoplfl The representatives are not entitled to clerks, except when the house is in session, and therefore there will fall, upon each of them an abundance of work of a routine nature which may be presumed to be a great deal more exacting than the labor required of the senators; but inasmuch as each state pompriscs several congressional districts, the burden of public duty will be about evenly divided. Fortunately, under our system of government the senators and repre sentatives are the servants of a some what exacting people, and if they de sire to remain in public life they can not and will not be sluggards and lag gnrds in their work. Therefore, although it is true that a large sum of money will be thus drawn from the treasury for the payment of the sala ries of the senators and representa tives, when we remember the magni tude of the country and the important interests which require the attention of these public servants, we may natu rally conclude that the money thus disbursed is properly placed. It is fair to anticipate that during the short session of the congress which is about to convene a number of our public servants may be indifferent to national legislation and local interests. Only where a man's treasure is may it Ixs said that there is his heart also. The many men in public lifo to-day who failed of renomlnation last sum mer, or who recently failed of re election at the polls, feeling that their race is run politically, may prove in different to the wants and wishes of their people, and therefore recreant to the trusts which have been com mitted to them. This is always t&e case during the short sessions of oon gross, and it is fair to presume that in difference and lassitude will mark the course of at least a few of the unfortu nate statesmen during the coming win ter. It is not an uncommon thing for men who have thus politically fallen by the wayside to pack up their traps, leave Washington ostensibly for the Christmas holidays and devote their entire time, attention and energies to the preparation of plans for the future. It is probable, however, that the so called "docking law," which deprives members of congress of their salaries unless they are actually on duty, may, during the coming short session, pre vent a great deal of that absenteeism which has been so prevalent upon sim ilar occasions in the past. There are thousands of bills upon the calendar of the house, or in the custody of the regular committees, the ma jority of them representing claims against the government—and proba bly a larg-e percentage of them art) just claims. They have been intro duced by members of congress in com pliance with the wishes of their con stituents, and there is great anxiety concerning them in every congressional district in every state of the union. Very few of them will become laws. It might almost be said that none of them will ever run the gauntlet of both houses of congress and receive the ap proval of the president. During tho short session of congress the commit tees ou appropriations consume tho greater portion of the time of both houses, to the almost total exclusion of other business. It is primarily neces sary for the present congress to con sider and pass bills making appropria tions for the expenditure of the govern ment from July 1, 1805, to June 30, 1890. If this were not done, there would be no money available for the purposes of government expenditure after the 30tli of next June; and con gress will not be in session to make ap propriations until the following De cember. Therefore, persons interested in private bills may as well dismiss all hope of their passage during the Fifty third congress. Except in rare in stances nothing of this can be done. The short session of congress will oc cupy only 01 days. Under a provision of the constitution, on the first Monday of December the vice president and tho speaker will assume the gavel in tho senate and in the house, the chaplains will offer prayer in each place and tho session will begin. There will be 28 days of the session in December, 31 days In January, 28 days in February INVOCATION BY THE BLIND CHAPLAIN. and 4 days in March, making a total of 91. Hut congress always adjourns for 10 days in order that the Christmas holidays may ho uninterruptedly en r joyed, and thus there will be but 81 days of actual legislative work, In cluding Sundays. In that brief space of time the committees on appro priation must consider and place before the senate and the house for discussion and final passage hills appropriating in the aggregate about $500,000,000. This enormous amount of money must not be carelessly granted. It must be dis tributed wisely, so that each bureau of each executive department shall have sufficient, but no more than sufficient, for the actuul expenditures required by an economical administration. It is a great trust, a wonderful responsi bility which the people commit to their public servants. Naturally, there fore, the subject of appropriations will occupy nearly all of tho time of the statesmen during the coming Short, session. Private bills, the matters in which single individuals aro^^ital ly interested, must be laid ; osier of years. FREELAND OPERA HOUSE, JOHN J. WELSH, 'Munngcr. Thursday, Dec. 6. at 8 p. m. HAZLETON BIJOU COMPANY. WALLICKER The Great Untamed Lion. Kinif of the forest, see him, licor him roar, see him attempt to eat his trainer, SCO tin* man CO quor the kin# of beasts. PIT RICHARDS the A'. I". }\'orl KIV STORET NEW (iOODB! GILL'S CENTRE AND SOUTH STREETS, FREELAND. BEFORE BUYING YOUR WINTER GOODS CALL AND EXAMINE MY STOCK, ALSO THE PRICES. YOU WILL BE CONVINCED THAT MY STOCK CONSISTS OF THE NEWEST STYLES IN DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS, MILLI- I NERY, WOOLENS, Etc. RESPECTFULLY YOURS, mm* PORTRAITS! Christmas will soon be here and you will need to make a present to your friend or relative. What can you give better than a nice portrait of yourself : TREVASKIS, the photographer, is making the best class !of work that is being sent out from any place. It is all high class and artistic. WHEN IN IIAZLETON call at his studio and see the line | display of portrait work. 11. TMMYABMKB? 21 i West Broad Street, - Hazleton, Pa. GREAT BARGAINS IN Dry Goods, Groceries and Provisions. Notions, Carpet, Boots and Shoes, Flour and Feed, Tobacco, Cigars, Tin and Queensware, Wood and 11 'iltomca re, Table and Floor Oil Cloth, Etc. A celebrated brand of XX Hour always in stock. Roll Butler and Eggs a Specialty. My motto is small profits and quick sales. I always have l'resh good 9 and uin turning my stock every month. Every article is guaranteed. AMANDUS OSWALD, N. W. Cor. Centre and Front Sts., Freeland. GEORGE FISHER, dealer in FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON, BO LOON A, SMOKED MEATS, ETC., ETC. Cull ftt No. 0 Walnut street, Freeland, or wait for the delivery wagons. VERY LOWEST PRICES. LIBOR WINTER, BESTATJEAKTT AND OYSTER SALOON. No. i:s Front frtruet, Freeland. The finest liquors and 6igars served at the counter. Cool beer and potter on tap. Read - the - Tribune. Philip Gerilz, Corner Front and Centre Streets. I am the oldest jeweler in town. I have had the largest practical experience in repairing and will guarantee you thorough work. I have always In stock the largest assortment of Watches, Clocks, Bil vcrware. Plated ware. Kings, Diamonds and Musical Instruments. 1 will do ENGRAVING FREE OF CIIAItGE on any article pin nln - Single Tax Courier, KATWfAL SI AD UC TAX"NEWSPAPER. It gives the single tax news of the world weekly, single tax diseapons and the very i best of propaganda mutter. Foreign corrcs i pendente in Japan, Australasia, France, Eng. ! land, Canada and other countries. The Courier is a 10-pagei 64-column paper, in very clear print, on fine tinted paper, it is a valuable champion of the cause which U at tracting so much attention throughout the world. W. E. IUWKA W, Editor. I utjflshed by THE COUIUEU PUBLISHING COMPANY, 810 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. Ull.oo I'Eft ANNUM,