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FREELAND. PA.. JUN 10 6, 1896.
Climate and Consumption.
That cliiunto has a distinct bearing
upon all lung diseases no ono will deny.
What, then, is ne* ossury In order that
cliunite may bo helpful in tho treat
ment of consumption? This query is
Ixvst answered by a study of the disease
Itself. In consumption more or loss of
the lung substance is absolutely do
ktroyed. This fact lss doubly danger
ous, not only because the breathing
urea is appreciably diminished, but bo
cause the cavities arc constantly liable
to give rise to hemorrhage. This being
true, the consumptive needs an atmos
phere that is sufficiently bracing, with
out being over-stimulating. If tho air
IN too rarefied, tho circulation is immedi
ately quickened, with the result thut
more work is put upon the lungs, and
the danger from both exhaustion and
hemorrhage Is increased. Again it in
necessary to avoid a treacherous cli
mate, one fhnt exposes the patient to
alternate days of high and low tem
perature, and also one that is perpetu
ally damp. It is not so essential thut :
tho place shall have just such a !
temperature, as that it shall be
free from changes and dampness.
But no one can bo expected to j
?njoy a climate for itself alone, or j
,o be contented to remain where '
:he entire occupation consists in breath- |
jig the air. There must bo something j
•o render each hour of the day 9ufll- j
iently interesting for the mind to be ,
diverted from itself, and sullicicntly fa
■ igulug to necessitate early retiring and !
Insure sound sleep. Outdoor exerciso ;
should bo regulated according to tho
climate and the stage of the disease, \
jmd while being quick and active I
should never bo exhausting. On no ao- j
count should exposure to thi night air j
bo risked. After all wo have said about !
tho influence of climate in consump
tion, it is Bad to know that any benefit
which may be derived from n change of
climate will accrue only to a ccrkfln
few of those who are alllicted with tho
dread disease. No amount of breath
ing pure air will bring back any por- |
t ion of a destroyed lung. No amount |
of money or sacrifice will rcstoro tho '
blood which has been lost by repeated j
hemorrhages. It is all-important, i
therefore, that we should appreciate
early the character and severity of tho
disease, and the new relation which is
thus established between the sufferer
and his environment. It is only while
the disease is in its incipient stage that
any permanently g xxl result can be ex
pected to follow a chango of climate.
IN spite of all the talk about tho wis
dom of paying as you go, many persons •
find themselves treated with greater
respect when tin y have on account ut
a shop than when they pay cash. Clerks
aro obsequious to credit customers and
ready to exchange articles for them to
make up for any defect in an article
sold. One retail house of tho highest
repute prefers to havo its regular cus
tomers run six months' accounts, and
will gradually and even insidiously ex
tend the credits of now customers until
the six months'limit is reached. Costly
bridal trousseaus aro bought there
often on a full year credit. The theory
on which this policy is based, says an 1
eastern exchange, is tho well-known I
human weakness which leads a man to
feel when he buys on credit thut ho !
gets something for nothing, and to buy
freely so long as Immediate payment is
not demanded Only a very wise man
knows to-day how lie will feel when a
bill falls due six months hcnco.
Beware of Ointments for < atarrh
that contain mercu y as mercury will
sural} destroy tho sense of smell and
completely derang' the whole system
when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never bo
used except on prescriptions from roput
ablu physicians, as tho damage they will
do i- ten-fold to the good you can possi
bly derive from them. Hall s Catarrh
( ure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co.. Toledo, (i contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh
< ure "be sure you get the genuine It is
taken internal!v. and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J." Cheney A Co. Testi
monials f roe,
i # Sold by druggists; price. 75ca bottle.
When Baby was sick, wo gavo her Castor! A."
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorio.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorio.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Huy your clothes of Rcfowich.
! lIARRISIM! LETTER
This la tho Lasit Week of the Preß
ont Legislative Session.
THEQUAY OOUNTY BILL WILL PASS
The Female Teachers Bave Not Given Up
| 1 the right for Equal Pay with Men Teach
( 1 crs The Porter School Bill lliut No
C. Intncc lor Passage.
| (Special Correspondence.)
HAKRISBURG, Juno B.—The oloso of this
1 week will sue the close of the state legis
lature. The legislators have beon work
ing day and night tho past two weoks,
preparing for the flual adjournment. In
the house nearly all the appropriation
bills have been passed. Tho house appro
priation committee lias cleared Its calen
dar of house bills, and at its meeting to*
I day the senate measures will be taken up
; for final consideration. Tho legislators
will get very little rest from now until
j tho close of the session. The calendars
i ure loadod with bills, many of which oan
1 novor be reached. This Is especially tho
case with tho house. The seaato is up
with Its work and hus nothing to do but
consider measures messaged to it from
j the lower branch of tho legislature.
I The Quay county bill will be called up
in the house tomorrow for final passage.
Bonutor Quay Is anxious that tho bill shall
pass, and there seems to be no doubt but
i that It will go through by a comfortable
majority.
The general appropriation bill will bo
passed finally this afternoon In tho houso.
The bill has already gone through second
reading, and is now in the appropriations
, committee to be porfoctod. There will bo
n fierce fight iu tho senate over tho prop
osition to reduce tho school appropriation
$l,0u0,l)00 for the next two yours. It was
luteiuled to report tho bill from tho house
committee with an Item giving tho schools
$11,000,000, but this plan has boon abun
doned. Tho program Is to attempt to scale
down the appropriation 111 the senate and
then send the bill to a conference com
mittee.
The Beer Tux Bill.
Tho Cochrane beer bill, taxing brcwors
twenty-four cents a barrel of thirty-one
gallons for all malt liquors browed iu tho
state, will come up In the senate this
week for final passage. Thero is much ob
jection to the measure in its present form,
and it will probably bo amended so as to
glvo tho auditor general authority to ap
point collectors to sell stumps to tho brew
ers and enforce tho law.
Tho state conference bill, which makes
a complete ehaugo in the state revenue
system, is still in the hands of the senate.
Tho fate of the bill cannot bo predicted,
j On the surface there Is no serious opposi
tion to the measure, yet it is the general
impression of those who have given the
matter attention that the bill will nover
: go through the senate.
The religious garb bill will come up in
the houso this afternoon for concurrence
in the senate amondiuont which places
the penalty for violation of the proposed
act upon the sohool directors employing
teachers who wear any religious garb or
Insigniu iu the school room, and riot upon
the teachers themselves. The friends of
tho measure havo no fault to find with tho
change, and tho bill will go through with
: practically uo opposition.
Thero will bo a conforeneo between a
joint committee from the senate and
house on the two judicial apportionment
bills. Tho house bill Is not to tho liking
of tho senators, while tho representatives
will have nothing to do with tho senate
j measure. Tho result will likely bo that
the committee will not bo ablo to agree
on u bill satisfactory to both branches of
the legislature and that there will bo no
change in the present judicial districts.
The time of the houso during the re
mainder of the session will be takon up in
considering appropriation and sonato bills
■ and the reports of conference committees.
Talk <>r an. Extra Session.
With tho defeat of apportionment thero
is renewed talk of the possibility of the
governor calling an extra session for logls
lat lon on that subject and to consldor tho
question of revenue, as it Is almost an as
sured fact that no rovonuo bill will bo
passed this session. In view of tho de
pleted condition of the treasury thero are
few who sorlously oxpeotsueh amovomont
on tho part of the governor, as the present
legislature has clearly indicated that it
wants no opposition.
The appropriation bills are all in ex
cellent shape and can easily bo passed in
time. Tho general appropriation bill has
passed second reading in tho house, and by
this evening it will bo ready to go to tho
senate. After today the senate will con
i sidor only houso bills and tho houso only
senato bills.
A bill which, If passed, will be worth
! over SIOO,OOO to the city of Philadelphia Is
now hanging firo in the senate, having
i pnssod the houso. Under the prosont law
the state pays one-half the cost of main
j tabling the indigent insano of the various
counties 111 the state hospitals Whon tho
| counties have moro indigent insane than
' can bo oared for at tho state hospitals
they bave to caro for thorn thomsolvos.
Outside of Philadelphia the number of
indigent Insane supported entirely by tho
counties Is very small. Philadelphia,
| however, has 1,300 patients in the Norria
town Asylum and supports In addition
; 1,100 patients in the county usylurn. If
1 the state pays one-half tho maintenance
of some of tho Indigent Insane, Superin
tendent Lawrence, of the Philadelphia
Almshouse, contends she should help sup
port all, and ho has drawn tho ponding
bill to meet that point. It provides that
a county shall l>e credited with paymonfc
for as many patients in the state hospitals
us she earns for herself.
Senator Quay as a Peacemaker.
1 The visit of Senator Quay has bad won
derful effect in clearing tho legislative at
-1 mosphore, and there will now he no trouble
whatever in winding up by Friday night,
*0 as to adjourn finally at noon 011 Satur
day. The calondar, too, will bo nearer
cleaned up than at any time for years, and
the indications are that no Important bill
will go down in the final crush. The ap
portionment bugaboo Is safely out of the
way, tho intermediate court bill is through
the house and likely to pass the senate
with but little trouble since Senator Quay
' has come out in its favor, and the Quay
i county bill is also In a fair way of becom
ing a law This practically removes all
tho bills over which big fights were ex
pected, as the judges' retirement bill is
not likely evor to see the light of day again
in the senate. President ProTem. Thomas
says he has it on the best authority that
Ithe governor would veto the bill should it
ever reach him. Under those conditions
the country members do not want to take
any risk by voting for the bill only to have j
it negatived by the governor.
Friends of Senator Quay say ho Is likely !
soon to transfer his residence from the j
western to tho eastern end of the state. |
lie recently purchased from Judge Penny- j
packer the historic Moore Hall, near I
Pbiunixvlllo, which originally belonged to ;
one of Senator Quay's ancestors. Tho
place Is rich in historic associations and
many distinguished revolutionary heroes
and stutosmou have boon entertained be
ncuth Its roof, and George Washington
has slept there more than once. Tho place
Is admirably located on a slight elovation
about two miles out of Phconixvlllo. The
old family associations, with its natural
advantages in tho way of railroad facili
ties, location, etc., aro believed to havo in
duced Senator Quay to select it as his por
munont home.
Tho mule and female touchers of Phila
delphia will lock horns before tho senate
committee on education tomorrow even
ing over the Seyfort bill to equalize tho
salaries of the two classes of teachers.
The women stated their caso last woek,
and the men arc to havo the chance to
give their reasons why the womon should
not got as much money as thoy, when
they do exactly the same woik. The fo
mulo touchers are plucky, and they don't
want the men to say anything without
having tho chance of contradicting them,
and thoy will again be on hand tomorrow
night to look after their Interests.
No Chance for the Porter School 111)1.
The people who aro anxious to havo tho
Porter school bill, abolishing tho sectional
school boards, passed at this session might
as well make up their minds to be disap
pointed. The bill will never got out of
committee, whore it has been buried for a
month or moro. Only one more day re
mains in which a bill could be roported
from committee and have any chance at
all of being passed. With tho opposition
to this bill It could never, however, bo put
through, oven If reported, which It never I
will bo.
Legislation visitors to Harrisburg havo [
boon treated to tho unusual sight of a ;
trolley funeral. The company here ap
pears to be a hustler, and having laid its
tracks right into tho cemetery it is no un
common sight to sets a trolley car with its
sad passengers gliding through tho gates
of the city of the dead The movo is a
very good one as far as the people of lim
ited means are concerned. A car will cost
only $5, and it will frequently carry an
entire funeral party, which would other
wise havo to use eight or ten carriages.
The company is now having constructed
a special funoral car, equipped with all
modern appliances for holding dead bod
ies. It will combine tho features of u
hearse, with all the comforts for tho
mourners. The plan is looked upon as a
good one by everybody except the under
takers and tho livery men, and there is
talk of having tho idea adopted in other
cities.
The proceedings in the house will close
with the usual farowell exorcises, at which
Speaker Walton and the clerks will bo
romomborod with handsome testimonials
as a reward for the faithful and consclen- ,
tlous manner in which they have per
formed their duty. W. M It. I
Negro Baseball Dodger Held for Murder, j
SHENANDOAH, June 3 —William Plim
inor, a negro, 47 years old, whose home is
in Baltimore, was committed to Jail, '
charged with tho killing of Michael Hertz, !
a lad of 13 years. Pliminor was doing tho '
baseball dodging act at a picnic. He
held his head through an opening in
a pioco of canvas and for live cents per
mitted men and boys to throw throo base
balls at it. Hertz and othor boys throw
stones at tho negro, and iu u moment of
rago lie throw a hatchot, which struck
Hertz and inflicted a wound from which
he died.
Four Feet of Suow In Colorado.
DENVER, Juno I.— The storms in Colo
rado on Thursday wore tho worst known ;
for years. Tho entire country has boon 1
soaked with a heavy rain. Thero is four j
feet of snow at Dillon, a mining camp in i
the mountains. Wator is so deep in the f
streets of Holyoko that a rowboat lias
made trips up and down thostroots. Small |
lakes havo been formed noar Akron, and I
the streams aro swollen. The storm means |
millions to tho farmers, coming at a most |
opportune time.
Mine Fire Breaks Out Again.
WILKESBARHE, Pa., June 3 —Tho firo in I
the Port Bowkley nine, which was gotten
under control Friday night and extln j
gulshed early Saturday morning, broke |
out in another part of the mine yesterday. I
Two hundred men are at work fighting !
tho lire. Plpos were laid from tho Susque |
hanua river to tho mouth of tho colliery,
and tho lower levels of tho inino will bo '
iloodod, so as to prevent tho spread of tho
fire to othor sections of tho mlno.
Alleged Absconder Returns.
CONBHOHOCKKN, Pa., June B.—Calvin
W. ltigg. Jr., who In March left his wife
and children, and also an alleged shortage
of 1450 in his accounts with Conshohooken
council, Junior Order United Amorican
Mechanics, ot which he was treasurer, has 1
returned. He appeared before Magistrate
William F. Smith and waved a hearing j
for his appearance at court. Ho refusoß to !
say whore ho has boon.
CrUMhed by an F.levatnr.
READING, Pa., June 3.— Charlos lIotT- J
man, an elevator boy, aged 14 years, in |
Dlvos. Pomoroy & Stowart's store, died J
from injuries reeoived while running tho j
elevator. One of the employes ontorod the ■
lift and started it and the boy in attempt
ing to get in while It was going was 1
caught at the second floor and, so badly
crushed that he died. *•
Baby Butchered by a Boy.
BALTIMORE. Juno I.— Tho ft-inonths-old
baby of George Simpson, who resides near
Marlon station, Somerset county, was hor- j
rlbly butchered by a colored boy. Tho j
parents of the child had engaged a colored i
girl to nurse It,and while thoy were absent
the oolorod girl took it to her hoino, where
a small negro cut It nearly to pioces with a
knife. _
Wllkesbarre Firebugs Still Busy.
WILKESBARHE, Pa., June B.—Two In
cendiary fires of minor dimensions wore
started In this city yestorday. Not a night
hus passed without ono or more similar
occurrences during tho past week.
Browned In the Susquehanna.
SUSQUEHANNA, Pa., June 3. Frank
Riley, a young mechanic, was drowned
while bathing in the Susquehanna river
at Lanosboro yesterday afternoon. Ills
body was recovered.
Wife Slayer* to Go to the Gallows.
PITTSBURG, June B.—James MoMullen,
the wife murderer, wagon Saturday sen* <
tenoed to be banged. Daniel Werllng, i
another wife murderer, will be executed i
here tomorrow.
PRETTY MICROBE EXPERT.
Mias Anna Williams, of New Vork, unci
Her I'ecullar Work.
Such a shy, diflident little woman,
only five feet high, witli hands just big
enough to lift tho big bottles off the
shelves, apd bright eyes which look as
if they could seo the friskiest of mi
crobes even without the aid of a mag
nifying glass! This is Miss Anna Wil
liams, the young woman who assists
Dr. Briggs, of the bacteriological labor
atory of tho board of health, to find
out whether the germs of tuberculosis,
cholera or diphtheria arc most ram
pageous within tho city limits.
She was very busy when a New York
Advertiser man went to see what a
feminine bacteriologist accomplished.
She was whisking about tho sunny
room, with Its broad windows and
rows of long tables. First she would
fill a great bowl with water
and wrinklo up her brow and draw her
mouth down at tho corners to discover
If it was pure and unadulterated; then
she would fly to tho incubator, big
shining metal cases, where in hot water
and ever steampipes the suspected mi
crobes were boing roasted into activity.
A bottlo of microbes of diphtheria, con
fiumption—your choico, in fact—neatly
sealed and labeled, is undone, and a
well-nigh unseeable qiuintit}' is poured
on n bit of glass, already prepared with
oils—for the names of which the reader
is referred to tho laboratory—then tho
miserable microbe is seen through the
magnifying glass, and anti-toxino is
promptly forwarded to the doctor who
sent the little bottlo as a contribution.
Miss Williams deserted her occupa
tion for a minute, when the curious
caller uslced her how she liked her
work.
I "It Is very absorbing," said tho littlo
j bacilli expert.
j "Do you like it better than other
branches?"
"Well, I don't know," said Miss Wil
liams guardedly. "Of course it is only I
one branch of the study of medicine." I
"Were you chosen because you were J
a woman?"
"No, indeed. It was a competitive i
examination. There were fivo or six, I
believe. I was not chosen. I don't ,
think people ought to look upon women
in the profession as they do. There j
should be nothing more remarkable in
iny being here than if I were a man. I
am an expert bacteriologist. I passed
iny medical examinations and received
| my degreo of M. D. at tho woman's
medical college, In Eighteenth street,
three years ago."
"Do you intend to make buctoriology
a specialty or will you be a general
practitioner later on?"
"I can say nothing about my practlco
—that is not tho public's business. Tho
j work here is not a private one, but
my practice is different," and the difli
dent little doctor went back to her polly- j
wogs.
Such a nervous, shy, slender littlo j
bacilli expcrtl Why, how she can face
I MISS ANNA WILLIAMS IN TIIE LABORA
TORY.
the germ of diphtheria, boldly wipo out
of exlotenco the essence of phthisis, In
terview cholera microbes and take mi
nute examinations of yellow'fover germs
i is moro than tho caller of the other day
j can imagine! But bacilli don't ask ques
| Hons and microbes of tuberculosis dout
| care whether it Is a woman or a man
who views them through the micro-
I scope.
| Miss Williams is twentv-flv© years of
age, a bundle of nerves, big sleeves and
shyness. She Is appointed for a year.
| Tho assistants in the laboratory are
! paid from 61,200 to 61,800 per annum.
, Sho receives 61,200. And she has a fa
miliar acquaintance with overy kind of
a microbe 1
THE BICYCLE CRANK.
Itlako Ilim Run a Sowing Machine While
lie U Getting Exercise.
j A new contrivance for making a hus
, band and his wheel both useful and
| agreeablo is suggested in tho Album
TIIE CRANK MADE USEFUL.
Industrial. Lot tho bloyole bo securely
fastened to tho celling, and raised suffi
ciently to allow tho wheels to turn in
tho air. Then conneot the wheel worked
ly tho pedals with tho wheel of your
wife's sowing maohlno by means of a
strop, and when she says "Go!"start off
; ut a breakneck poco and ring tho bell
furiously, until she shouts "Whoa!" Iu
this way a husband can make himself
of the greatest use to his wife, and at
tho sntno time keep his muscles In
splendid condition.
A Vory Pretty Laundry Bag.
I A vory pretty as well as useful laun
dry bag Is made by sewing up a piece
of coarse linen 84 by 21 inches. Work,
j first, all over with detached daisies in
j one shade, filled in with herringbone
lin another bhudc. Make with a deep
hetr reaching nearly to the draw-string.
An (InrmiiMiahle Itoquont.
"Would you die for me, dearest??
asked her lover, pressing l her to hi in
fondly.
"Yes, George," she answered, "I
v ould do anything for you."
"Well, then," said George, "give up
wearing bicycle bloomers."
"George," said the beautiful girl,
arising, tremulous with indignation,
"you have sought to trick me into a
promise which I can never make. All
is over between us!"— Chicago Tribune.
The Caan of Mr. Spudklns.
t'umso—They say that poor Spudkins
left his family in want.
Fangle—lt's true. He belonged to
BO many protective orders that it im
poverished him keeping his dues paid
up.
"Didn't they do anything for him
when he died?"
"Yes, indeed! They gave him the
finest funeral this vicinity has seen in
a year."—Puck.
What They llavc.
The dog has his day—
To tho oat night falls;
The dog has his konnel—
Tho oat hcr-walls.
AGE TELLING ON IIER.^
Miss Kittlsh—Miss 'Thinly has blos
somed out into a new woman.
Miss Giddy—Gracious! Is she old
enough for that?— Truth.
Stupidity In u Beginner.
"Say," said the new boy, "there ain't
enough berries here to till all these
boxes."
The fruit dealer came to see what
was wrong. He picked up one of the
filled boxes, looked into it, and then
under it.
"No wonder," ho said. "You have
got them upside down."—lndianapolis
Journal.
O bed lent Doll.
The Christian Register prints tho say
ing of a littlo girl whoso doll's arm had
come off, exposing the sawdust stuffing.
"You dear, good, obedient dolly. I
knew I had told you to ohew your food
fine, but 1 didn't think you would chew
it so fine as that,"
A Great Trouble.
"llow is your wife?"
"Ural Her head has been troubling
her a good deal this year."
"Nervous headache?"
"Not exactly. She keeps on wanting
a new hat every four weeks."—Phila
delphia Times.
Not Hid Kind.
"Here's the latest thing in watches,"
said the dealer; "a warranted water
proof ease."
"I believe," said Mudge, "that one
that could be soaked would be better
suited to mj T needs." lndianapolis
Journal.
A Slight Diaadvantage.
Mr. Bridie—Then you don't like this
place, dearie?
Mrs. Bridie (with a shudder) —Oh,
dear, no; it's so gloomy and lonesome
I'm sure I'd commit suicide three times
a week if I lived here.—Brooklyn Life.
A Dismal Outlook.
Gus De Smith —I saw you with a
young lady in the theater last night. Is
she your sister?
Hostcttcr McOinnis—Not yet, but I
reckon that's what she will say when I
ask her to marry mc. —Texas Siftings.
Pins High This Year.
Wife—My dear, 1 want four hundred
dollars for pin-money.
Husband Humph! Pins must bo
high this year.
Wife—Yes. Diamond pins are.—N.
Y. Weekly.
A Reduction.
Landlady—l'm always forgetting -
do you take cream in your coffee, Mr.
Spluds?
Mr. Spluds (a pessimistic boarder) —
Very seldom In this house, madam.—
Detroit Free Press.
A Natural I .OHM.
Cholly—l can't think of his name. It
was a long one. It seems to havo
popped out of my mind.
Miss Caustique—No wonder. It must
have been frightfully cramped.—Phila
delphia Record.
FOIIOWM the Utile.
Tipple—l haven't much faith in a
girl who is always fishing for compli
ments.
Sibyl—No; like all anglers, she is
sure to He al>out what she caught.—
Brooklyn Life.
CoiiHtant Action.
Quigley—What kind of a mouth has
your baby, old man?
Wigley—Why, you'vo seen her a doz
en times.
Quigley—But I've never seen it In ro
poso. —Judge.
A Soft Thing.
Dobson—Say, Perkins lias struck a
snap.
Jones—You don't say?
Dobson—Yes; stepped on a rat trap
in the dark last night.—Texas Siftlngs.
(iavc lllm All She Could.
lie (a practical economist) —Darling,
do you return my love?
"Well, it's the only thing you have
ever given ipe that. I can rQturn."—Life.
TIRE OF LOOKING AT LILIES.
bo Many In Bermuda the Hi?ht Grown
Wearisome to the Eye.
It is the popular impression that the
production of lily blossoms for tho
Vaster season in this Country is an im
portant industry in the Bermudas.
Tho fact is that tho blossoms are only
a by-product incidental to the growing
of lily bulbs to bo sent to Europe and
America. Tho exportation of the
blossoms is small except at tho Easter
season, and at any other timo of tho
year when tho plants arc blooming tho
blossoms aro given to visitors. The
same is true of frecslos, which aro
grown in great numbers.
The soil and climate of the Bermudas
are especially favorable to the growing
of the lily, and the bulbs are an im
portant product, sharing with onions
and potutoes tho attention of cultiva
tors. The lily grower separates the
bulb into parts, and plants each part.
The now bulbs aro not exported the
first year, but are tho second. It takes
four years to produce tho great bulbs,
three inches in diameter, from which
spring the tall stalks Crowned with
many blossoms. The grower has boards
with four holes of different sizes, and
the bulbs are sorted by passing thom
through these holes. One sees in
Bermuda lily fields covered with plants
varying in height from a few inches to
two or three feet. The small ones are
the stalks from young bulbs. Tho
tallest are tho ones sent to this coun
try ui Easter. The bulbs are removed
from the ground in summer and set out
again in the autumn.
Bulb growing is profitable and cer
tain. The grower can bo reasonably
sure of the price from j*car to year, and
he usually hopes to make a profit of
almost two dollars per thousand on lily
bulbs sold in lots of one hundred thou
sand. Gen. Hastings, of this country,
who finds the climate of the Bermudas
peculiarly suitable to his constitution,
has managed to evade tho law forbid
ding alien ownership of land in tho
islands, and has become one of the most
notable growers of lily bulbs. Work in
the lily fields Is done largely by ne
groes, though whites, men, women and
children, are also seen in the little
patches. The Bermuda negroes aro
better educated and seemingly more in
telligent than the negroes of this coun
try, and their bearing is markedly dif
ferent.
The Bermuda negro has the broad
English accent and rather less of what
is supposed in this country to be tho
negro dialect. The ground for the lilies
is broken first with the plow and after
that the cultivation is entirely with
hand implements. A large matloclc
like hoc is used. Although the snowy
fields of lilies and frecsias have often
been described, no ono quite realizes
tho abundance of these and other flow
ers in the Bermudas. Lilies are seen
everywhere, growing or cut and placed
In water. Frecsias aro gathered and
given away by the hundred. Children
on the road throw great bunches ot
blossoms into passing carriages. Tho
number of lilies is almost cloying, and
visitors tiro of the ever-present odor.
THE TEACHER CHEWED GUM.
Other Methods Had Failed to Ilroak Hp
an Epidemic Among the Pupils.
Just before the spring vacation a
West side grammar school suffered an
epidemic of gum chewing. The disease
manifested itself in mild form at first,
and the teachers thought they had
stamped it out by tho time-honored
method of compelling the children to
throw the gum out of tho window.
Just as the teachers began to congratu
late themselves on their success tho dis
ease all at once broke out again in vio
lent form. It is comparatively easy to
deal with ono culprit, says tho Chicago
Timos-llcrald, but when there aro
tliirty-flvo law-breakers among forty
pupils, the situation becomes delicate
and requires a high degree of diplo
macy. Some of tire teachers tried des
potism with nothing to back it up,
others ridicule and sarcasm, another
arbitration. With the latter the com
promise consisted in giving permission
to leave tho gum in tho cloak room. So
each girl put her hat on her own par
ticular hook and stuck her gum on tho
wall above it, and her rights were re
spected.
But one day one of tho boys who was
sent to stand in the cloakroom made a
collection of wads of gum, and the girls
were bereft. After that they brought
their gum Into the schoolroom and
stuck it on the ink-wells, llaviug tho
tempting morsels under their eyes all
day long was too much to bo resisted,
and they soon relapsed into a more
hopeless state than before. In another
room tho gum chewing had gone on
uninterruptedly for a couple of weeks,
the teacher apparently taking no notice
of it. This was all tile more astonish
ing, because she was a strict disciplina
rian. One morning when tho class was
called to order tho teacher was sitting
on tho platform as usual, but with tho
absent-minded, vacuous expression
characteristic of tho confirmed gum
chower on her face. She was chewing
gum with variations—all the variations
she had seen in the schoolroom. She
kept this up tho whole day, laying her
gum aside with a sigh of rogrot when
she had to hear a class rocito and put
ting it into her mouth again as soon as
tho lesson was finished. Not a word
was said about it. The pupils looked
at each other in silent amazement, but
never smiled. At noon they discussed
the matter among themselves. In tho
afternoon some of them appeared with
out their gum. They watched the
teacher, and it gradually dawned upon
them that she was giving them an ob
ject lesson. Did they look llko that?
The next morning there wus no gum In
the schoolroom, but the teacher asked
the pupils to spare her as much as pos
sible from talking—her jaws wore tired.
Biggest IXoohlvo in the World.
The largest beehive in the world is
probably that at Bee Bock, Cal. It is
a granite bowlder, rising abruptly from
the bod of a little affluent of the Ar
royo Alcade, and it is seamed and
scored with fissures of divers sizes.
They are ajl inhabited by a vast popula
tion uf henjfi and overflow with honev.
I Anthracite coal used exclusively, insuring
cleanliness and comfort.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
NOV. 18, 181)4.
LEAVE FKKELAND.
6 05, 8 25, 8 38. 10 41 a in, 158, 2 27, 3 40, 4 25,
6 12,6 58, S 05, 857p m, for Drifton, Jed do, Lum
ber Yard, Stockton and lla/.leton.
6 05, 8 25. 833 a m, 1 35, 3 40, 4 25 p ni, for
Maucli Chunk, Allciitown, llrthlchcin, l'hihi.,
Eiistou and New York.
6 05, 8 83. 10 41 am, 2 27, 4 25, 658 pm, for
Mahauoy City, Shenandoah and Pottsville.
7 26, 8 16. 10 56 a in, 11 54, 434 p in, (via High
land branch) lor White Haven, Glen Summit,
Wilkee-Barre, Pittston and L. and B. Junction.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11 40 a in and 3 45 p in for Drifton, Jeddo, Lum
ber Yard and Hazleton.
345 i) m for Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenan
doah, New York and Philadelphia.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
7 26, 8 27, 10 56, 11 54 a ill, 12 58, 2 13, 4 34, 5 33,
6 58, 847 pin, from lla/Jeton, Stockton, Lum
ber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton.
7 26, 8 27, 10 56 a m, 2 13, 4 34, 6 58 p m, from
Delano, Mahanoy City and Shenandoah (via
New Boston Branch).
12 58, 5 33, 8 47 p m, from New York, Easton,
Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allentowuand Mauch
Chunk.
8 27, 10 56 a m, 12 58, 5 33, 6 58, 8 47 p in, from
Easton, Philu., Bethlehem and Mauch Chunk.
8 33, 10 41 a m.2 27,6 58 pin Irom White Haven.
Glen Summit, Wilkes-Burro, Pittston and L. anu
B. Junction (via Highland Branch).
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11 31 a in and 331 p in, from Hazleton, Lum
ber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton.
11 31 a in from Delano, Hazleton, Philadelphia
and Easton.
3 31 p in from Delano and Mahanoy region.
For further Information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
CHAS. S. LEE, Gen'l Pass. Agent,
BOLLIN 11. WILBUR, Ge;i. Supt. East.' Di'v! *'
A. W. NONNEMACHEfi, Ass't G. P. A.,
South Bethlehem, Pa.
HTHE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA ANL ±
i- SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.
Time table in effect January 20, 1885.
Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckloy, Huzlo
Brook. Stockton, Beaver Meadow Bond, fioan
and Hazleton Junction at 6 00, 6JO am, 12 00,
4 15 p in, daily except Sunday, and 7 03 a in, 2 38
p in, Sunday.
Iruiiiß leave Drifton for Garwood, Cranberry,
Tomhicken and Deringer at 6 (JO a in, 12 08 p in,
daily except Sunday; and 7 03 a in, 2 38 p m,
Sunday.
Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction,
Ilanvood fioad, Humboldt fioad, Oneida and
Sheppton at 6 10 a m, 1208, 4 15 p in, daily except
Sunday; and 7 03 u in, 2 38 p in, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Garwood,
Cranberry, Tomhicken and Deringer at 635 u
in, 1 58 p m, daily except Sunday; and 8 53 a ui,
4 22 p in, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneidu
I Junction, Garwood fioad, Humboldt fioad,
i Oneida and Sheppton at 6 47, 8 37 a m, 12 40, 4 46
p m, dally except Sunday; und 7 37 a m, 308 p
in, Sundav.
, Trr ins leave Deringer for Tomhicken, Crun-
I berry, Garwood, Hazleton Junction, fioan.
Beaver Meadow fioad. Stockton, llazle Brook,
! Eckloy, Jeddo und Drifton at 2 55, 607 p in,
daily except Sunday; and 8 37 a in, 507 p m,
I Sunday.
Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
| fioad, Garwood fioad, Oneida J unction, Huzlo
| ton Junction a"d fioan at 8 18, 10 15 am, 115,
5 25 p in, daily except Sunday; and 8 08 a m, 3 44
| p in, Sunday.
Trains leave Sheppton for Beaver Meadow
I fioad, Stockton, llazle Brook, Eckloy, Jeddo
| and Drilton at 10 15 u m, 5 25 p m, daily, except
! Sunday; and 8 09 a ni, 3 4-1 p in, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver
Meadow fioad, Stockton, Huzle Brook, Eckloy,
Jeddo and Drifton at 10 38 u in, 3 26, 5 47, 6 40 p
in, daily, except Sunday; and 10 08a in, 5 38 p ui,
Sunday.
All trains connect at Hazleton Junction with
electric cai*s for Hazleton, Jeancsville, Audcu
ried and other points on the Traction Com
pany's line.
Trains leaving Drifton at 6 10 a m, Hazleton
Junction at 937 a ni, and Sheppton at 8 18 a in,
connect at Oneidu Junction with Lehigh Valley
trains east und west.
Train leuving Drifton at 600 a ni makes eon-
I nection at Deringer with I*. fi. fi. train for
| Wilkes-Barre, Sunbury, llarrisburg and ixiints
! west. DANIEL COXK,
Superintendent.
I T EIIIGH THACTION COMPANY,
j 1 -J Freehold Branch.
! First car will leuve Frcclund for Drifton,
| Jeddo, Japan, Oakdale, Ehcrvule, llarleigh,
Miluesville, Lattimcr and llazletou at 6.12 a.
' in. After this ears will leave every thirty
minutes throughout the duy until 11.12 p. m.
On Sunday llrst ear will leave at 6.40 a. in.,
! the next car will leave at. 7.35 a. in., and then
j every thirty minutes until 11.05 p. m.
COTTAGE HOTEL.
Washington and Main Streets.
FRSD. UAAB, Prop.
First-class accomodation for permanent and
transient guest*. Good table. Fair rates. Bar
finely stocked. Stable attached.
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 S HOE ri?
CORDOVAN,
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A?4*35P FINE CAL/ &KANGAROQ
WmMim *3.S_O POLICE,3 SOLE 3.
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Over One Million People wear the
W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes
All our shoes are equally satisfactory
They give the best value for the money.
They equal custom shoes In style and fit.
Their wearing quulitics are unsurpassed.
The prices are uniform,—stamped on sole.
From $■ to $3 saved over other makes,
if your dealer cannot supply you we can. bold by Mfilloy,
Mfilloy, Centre aiul Walnut Sts.
PHILIP : GERITZ,
I.EADJNfi
Jeweler and Practical
Watchmaker In Freeland.
Corner Front and Centre Streets.