Hsaassftl
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insuring j
cleanliness and comfort.
ARRANGEMENT or PASSENGER TRAINS.
MA V. 15, 1895.
LEAVE FREELAND.
0 05, 8 2">, 9 33. 1U 41 a m, 1 35, 2 27, 3 40, 4 25,
0 12, 6 58, s 05, 8 57 p in, for Drifton, Jeddo, Luni
bcr Yard, Stockton and Hazleton.
0 05, 8 25, 933 a in, 1 35, 3 40, 4 25 p in, for
Mauch ( hunk, Allentown, lietblchein, l'hila..
East on and New York.
0 05, 0 03, 10 41 a in, 2 27, 4 25,0 58 j> m, for
Mahunoy City, Shenandoah and Pottsville.
7 20, 0 10. 10 50 a 111, 11 54, 4 :>4 |> m, (via High
land Brunch) for White Haven, CSleii Summit,
Wilkes-Barre, Pitts ton and L. and 13. Junction.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11 40 a m and 3 45 p in for Drifton, Jeddo, Lum
ber Yard and Ha/.lcton.
3 45 i) m for Delano. Mahanoy City, Shenan
doah, New York and Philadelphia.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
7 20, 9 27, 10 50, 1154 am, 12 58, 2 13, 4 34, 5 33,
0 58, 847 pin, from lla/.lcton, Stockton, Lum
ber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton.
7 20, 9 27, 10 50 a m, 2 13, 4 134, 0 58 p in, from
Delano, Mahanoy City and Shenandoah win
New Boston Branch).
12 58, 5 33, 8 47 pm, from New York, Easton,
Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allentown and Mauch
Chunk.
9 27, 10 50 am, 12 58, 5 33, 6 58, 847 n m, from
Easton, Philu., Bethlehem and Munch chunk.
9:13, 10 41 am, 2 27,0 68 pin troin White Haven,
Glen Summit, Wilkes-Barrc. l'ittston and L. and
B. Junction (via Highland Branch).
SUNDAY TRAINS.
1131 a m and 331p m, from Huzleton, Lum
ber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton.
11 31 a m from Delano, Hazleton, Philadelphia
and Easton.
3 31 p m from Delano and Mahanoy region. •
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
CHAS. S. LEE, Gcn'l Pass. Agent,
Phi la.. Pa.
ItOLLIN 11. WILBUR. Gen. Supt. East. l)iv.
A. W. NONNEMACHEIt, Ass't G. P. A.,
South Dclhlchcin, Pa.
' | MIK DEI. AW A HE, SUSQUEHANNA ANI
JL SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.
Time table in effect January 20,1895.
Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eeklcy, Hazle
Brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Itoad, Roan
and Hazleton Junction at 000,0 10am, 1209,
4 15 p m, daily except Sunday, and 7 03 a in, 2 38
p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Drifton for Harwood,Cranberry.
Tomhickcn and Deringer at i (*) a in, 12 09 p in.
daily except Sunday; and 7 03 a in, 2 38 p in.
Sunday.
Trams leave Drifton for Oneida Junction,
Harwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and
Hheppton at ti 10 a m, 1209, 4 15 p in, daily except
Sunday; and 7 03 a in, 2 38 p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Harwood.
Cranberry, Tomhickcn and Deringer at 035 a
in, 1 58 p in, daily except Sunday; and 8 53 a m,
4 22 p in, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oncidu
Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road.
Oneida and Shcppton at >• 47,9 37 a in, 12 40, \ h,
p m, daily except Sunday; and 7 37 a m, 3 08 |
in, Sunday.
Trains leave Deringer fur Tomhickcn, Cran
berry, Harwood, Hazleton Junction, Roan.
Beaver Meadow Road. Stockton, Hazle Brook.
Eeklcy, Jeddo and Drifton at 2 55, 007 p in.
daily except Sunday; and 9 37 a m, 5 07 p in.
Sunday.
Trains leave Slieppton for Oneida, Humboldt
Road, Harwood Road, Oneida Junction, Hazle
ton J unci ion and Roan at 8 18, 10 15 am, 1 15,
5 25 p m, daily except Sunday; and 8 09 a in, 3 44
p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Shcppton for Beaver Meadow
itoad, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eeklcy, Jcdde
and Drifton at 10 15 a in, 5 25 p in, daily, except
Sunday; and 8(/. a m, 3 44 D m, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beavei
Meadow Road, Stockton, lla/.le Brook, Eeklcy.
Jeddo and Drifton at 10 38 a m, 3 20, 5 47, 0 40 |
in, daily, except Sunday; and 10 08a m, 5 :I8 p m.
Sunday.
All trains connect at Hazleton Junction with
electric ears for Hazleton, Jeanesville, Auden
ried and other points on the Traction Com
pany's line.
Trains leaving Drifton at ti 10 a m, Hazlctoi:
Junction at 9 37 a in, and Shcppton at 8 18 am.
connect at Oneida J unction with Lehigh Vulie>
trains east and west.
Train leaving Drifton at 0 00 a in makes con
nection at Deringer with P. 11. R. train l'oi
Wilkes-Barrc, Suubury, Harris burg and point
west. DANIEL COX R,
Superintendent.
f EH 1G 11 TRACTION COMPANY.
.1 J Freeland Branch.
First ear will leave Freeland for Drifton.
Jeddo, Japan, oakdale, Eoervale, Harleigh.
Milnesville, l.attimer and llazletou at 0.12 a
in. After this ears will leave every thirty
minutes throughout the day unHI 11 12 p. m.
On Sunday tirst ear will leave at 0.40 a. in.,
the next ear will leave at 7.35 a. m., and then
every thirty minutes until 11.05 p. m.
L/M)R SALE, RENT OR EXCHANGE. The
_P Glen Hotel,located at RoekGlen, Luzerne
county; on Penn'a It. It.; licensed for several
years. Will sell or rent at once or will ex
change for property in Freeland or Hazleton.
Possession given immediately. Apply or write
t.. Mrs. K. Mycin, H.wk Oku, or J. 1). Myols,
Freeland.
IJXHi SALE (.'HEAP. A house and lot on
_P Centre street, Freeland; 10t,25x 125; house.
2:1x32. For further particulars inquire of
Frank MeDcrinott, Drifton, or at this office.
The Third Term ltumor.
Our reliable Washington correspon
dent has tilt; following to say about the
third term rumor:
Of this third term business, which
some Republican editors seem disposed
to make a standing nightmare out of,
there is nothing in it. While an oc
casional Democrat of prominence has
expressed a willingness to support Presi
dent Cleveland for a third term, no per
sonal friend of li is has ever encouraged
such an idea, and it can bo stated on
excellent authority that he has never
made a suggestion to any member of his
cabinet that could bo construed, even in
the most indirect manner, to mean that
lie. desired another nomination. A
gentleman who is known to enjoy the
president's confidence said on this sub
ject: ''it is too silly to be seriously dis
cussed. I am satisfied that Mr. Clove
land would long ago have said that he
would under no circumstances accept
another nomination had lie not thought
it to bo entirely unnecessary to do so.
You may depend upon it that lie will
stop it quick enough should it at any
time between this and the holding of the
Democratic national convention become
evident that a serious attempt was being
made to nominate him again. He is
proud, as ho lias a right to lie, of the
three nominations given him by the
Democratic party, but if he lias any
ambition for a fourth nomination his
closest associates have never discovered
the slightest evidence of it. You cannot
find a single man whose relations with
him are close who believe that lie would
allow his name to go before another
national convention."
When Baby was sick, wo gave hor Castoria.'
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave tliein Castoria
Suits to order, 812 and up, at Rofo
wich's, Freeland.
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Luzerne's Hopeful Democracy.
From the Wilkesbarre Leader.
The careful political observer will not
deny the fact that if wisdom is exercis
ed in the coming Democratic convention
next Tuesday, there is great reason to
hope for a clean Democratic victory in
Luzerno this year. In the whole history
of county politics there never was a time
when the Republicans were so divided as
they are at present and as they are
likely to bo later. Ilositle factions are
arrainged against eaeli other and the bit
terest, feeling exists. The discordant
conditions in the state are reflected in
tliecounty. Whatever happens at Harris
burg next month, it is certain that
nothing can appease the wrathful ele
ments. Here in Luzerne the Democrats,
fortunately, are united. They are not
ipiarreling among themselves. They are
keeping their own counsel and letting
the other fellows talk. The llecord , find
ing no iise for argument resorts to ridi
cule and contemptuously refers to the
Democratic campaign as being listless
and uninteresting. The Record may
continue to think that way if it chooses,
with the assurance that nobody will in
terfere to call its attention to the grave
mistake it makes in its professions of
knowledge of the Democratic status in
Luzerne.
One tiling our contemporary seems not
to consider. That is the important fac
tor that will have influence in the com
ing elections, and which is involved in
the widespread revival of good times all
over the country. It evidently takes not
kindly to the suggestion that the mass
of hard-listed toilers are crediting to the
Democratic party the happy tilings that
are taking place in the industrial world
just now, and which means so much to
the workingmen everywhere. That the
toiler knows what lias wrought the re
cent change, and is willing to acknow
ledge it, is undeniable.
11<' understands the promises made by
ooui political parties, ue lias not for
gotten the assaults that were made on
the Democrats because they were op
posed to high tariff on the ground that
such taxes only benefitted the gigantic
trusts, whoso money was continually
poured out to keep Republicans in
power. For a long time lie feared that
the Democratic promises of better times
under low tariff taxes would prove false,
and because of this he frequently voted
witli the other side. But he lias lived to
see the truth, and he is satisfied.
Within a month the coal trade, the
last to feel the effects of reviving condi
tions, will be on its feet and entered
with other industries in the great ac
tivity race. Then the toilers in the
mines hereabout will begin to realize the
joy that profitable employment gives,
and will turn to the Democratic party,
through whose efforts hard times have
been driven off, and will acknowledge
the great debt they owe to its superb
power and influence in awakening to
active energy the slumbering industries
of the land.
This it is that make the future promis
ing for thr Democratic party, especially
in every labor district. There is no need
of speeches or brass bands. The facts
are the best arguments and these are all
arrayed on the side of Democracy.
Here in Luzerne the workingman may
be counted on to give liis support to the
party he sees, with no misty vision now,
has been his best and truest friend. He
is not ungrateful and this well be hand
somely revealed in the ballots that will
be cast for the Democratic candidates in
county and commonwealth in November
next.
When an individual attempts to break
down another individual's credit by mis
representing his business affairs the
libeled individual can appeal to the
courts and by proving the libel have the
libclor punished. Hut the United States
government has no such redress. When
an apparently concerted attempt to in
jure the credit of the government and
bring on another financial panic, such
as is now being made by those Republi
can newspapers which are printing sen
sational, and in many instances entirely
false, accounts of the government's
financial affairs, the government can
only appeal to the common sense and
fairness of the people. There is nothing
either alarming or unexpected in tin;
present condition of the government's
finances.
(fcnoral Master Workman .f. U.
Sovereign, of the Knights of Labor, has
issued a proclamation to the members of
the order to refuse national bank notes
when tendered as payment for wages,
produce or in ordinary business trans
actions. In this maimer he expects to
bring the silver question more to the
front. The boycott is to get into elfoct
on September 1.
Buy your clothes of Refowich.
TOLD BY FAMOUS MEN.
Congressman Hermann Relates
a Thrilling Story.
A VETERAN SCOUT'S BRAVE DEED.
llie Capture of Mrs. Geisel and ller Haby.
The Hansom—Congressman Jerry Simp-
BOH'H First Speech—How He Saved the
Ship and Cargo.
[Copyright, 1505.]
Congressman Hermann of Oregon tells
an Indian story with which he was per
sonally connected. It is a very good story
too. "Back in 185(5," begins Mr. Her
mann, "a German family named Geisel
lived near the mouth of Roguo river, Ore
gon, not far from the frontier of Califor
nia. They kept a sort of inn and trading
post and were very nice people. Geisel
panned out some gold from the surround
ing streams when business was dull in the
store. The family consisted of the father,
the mother, three hoys of 12, 10 and (syears
and an infant daughter. The farm was on
a high bluff, the base of which was lapped
by the waves of the Pacific ocean. In tho
rear rose the majestic mountains. It was
a most beautiful spot. Plenty of Indians
lived hack in the mountains, hut they were
peaceful. Many of thorn used to come into
our settlement—for I lived there myself,
you should know, and was an eyewitness
of the scenes I am about to describe—to
get odd jobs of work to do for tho whites.
The Geisel family had in their employ an
Indian named Komlux, and he was free
to come and go as he liked. Ho often slept
in a shed in tho rear of tho houso. Tho
family had every confidence in him.
"On the night of Feb. 22, 185(5, Wash
ington's birthday, the settlers were to cele
brate with a dance at tho fort, which was
then under command of Colonel Ben
Wright, an Indian agent, and afterward
famous as a participant in the Modoc mas
sacre. Ben Wright was one of the hand
somest men I have ever seen, hut at that
timo he was living with an Indian woman.
Well, the Geisel family had for some rea
son decided not to attend tho dance. They
had retired for tho night, when about
midnight there cuino a rap ut their door.
'That must he Komlux,' said Geisel; 'I
will let him In.' He had scarcely unlatched
tho door when it was thrown violently
open, uud eight or ten Indians in full war
% HON. JEUHY SIMPSON,
paint pushed iii, with their tomahawks
uplifted. Geisel was thrown buck by tho
suddenness of tlio onslaught, and had no
timo to defend himself before the foremost
Indian aimed a blow at his head with a
tomahawk. It grazed his temple. His cry
aroused Mrs. Geisel, who sprang out of
bed with the baby in her arms and rushed
to the assistance of her husband. As the
socond blow of the murderous weapon de
scended upon tho head of its victim Geisel
fell back into his wife's arms, and the
blow which killed the father cut off the
little finger of one of tin* baby's hands.
"Mrs. Geisel was tied hand and foot.
Then tho red devils went into the sleeping
rooms and brought, out tho hoys, one by
one, and while the little fellows were rub
bing their sleepy eyes and trying to realize
what it was all about, the Indians butch
ered them over the body of their father and
before the eyes of their distracted mother.
The marauders looted the store, carried off
everything they could lug, including a hag
of gold dust containing SI,OOO, and set tiro
to the buildings. Then they escaped to the
mountains, adistancoof about seven miles,
carrying with them Mrs. Geisel and the
baby. The poor woman begged to be
killed, but was reserved us n captive, tho
property of tho chief of tho tribe. She was
clad only In lior nightdress, without shoes
or stockings on her feet, and in this plight
was compelled to walk over the rough roads
1 and paths to the mountain recesses.
"The flames in tho sky informed all of
us at the fort that, tho Indians had arisen,
and messengers wore at once dispatched to
San Francisco for troops. Although it was
decided a handful of settlers could not at
tack the Indian stronghold with any hope
of success, there was a general opinion that
some effort must ho made to rescue Mrs.
Geisel from her fate. What we could not
do by strength of arms we hoped to do b/
strategy, and fortune favored us in this.
Tho next day one of our scouting parties
captured an Indian woman, who turned
| out to bo tho wife of a chief, and atonco
the suggestion was made that sho might,
he exchanged for Mrs. Geisel. A council
of war was held, and soon tlio question
was asked, 'Who will make tho attempt to
effect an exchange of prisoners?' Old man
Brown, a veteran scout, with his rugged,
bronzed features, his buckskin suit, his
rough speech—may God bless him I —was
i the first to speak,
i " 'l'll do it,' ho said simply.
I " 'But tho Indians are likely to prove
treacherous and to kill you,' said tho chair
i man of tho council.
j " 'lt don't much matter If they do, 're
plied the old scout. 'l'm not afraid of 'cm.
I'll take the Indian woman along, and I'll
exchange her for Mrs. Geisel and tho hab
! by.'
"In a short timo Brown started on his
errand. The Indian woman was with him.
Wo watohod him as long as wo could see
him. Finally he approached tho Indian
position ami displayed a white flag. Tho
Indians knew well enough what that
meant, and they sent a chief out to meet
him. This chief proved to he a man of in
telligence and of pretty good character for
an Indian. Ho recognized the amenities
of tho situation and promised to deal fair
ly. .rust the same old Brown would not
permit him to come nearer than 20 foot to
the spot where he and the Indian woman
were standing. Brown told this chief that
his business was to exchange an Indian
woman for Mrs. Geisel and the baby, and
that if any harm were done to Mrs. Geisel
ir the child or to him every Indian in the
I f. ibe would bo killed as suon as tho sol
dlers could coino from the south. lie also
said Mrs. Geisol was to bo brought out to
meet him by ono Indian, and that if two
came ho would not consent to the exohango.
These terms were agreed to and carried
out to tho letter. Tliosamo Indian brought
Mrs. Geisol and tho baby down to tho
meeting place, and the exohango was made.
"I'll never forget tho scene which wo wit
nessed that afternoon," continued Con
gressman Hermann, "when old Brown
comedown the mountain side carrying tho
woo baby in his arms and heading poor
Mrs. Geisol, still attired in her torn and
tattered nightdress, by the hand. A great
shout went up in tho settlement, and a
party of us rushed out to meet them and
escort them to tho fort in triumph."
CongreHHinan SimpHon In a Shipwreck.
Storm and shipwreck led Jerry Simpson
to make his first public speech. It was
away back in 1878. Jerry was in command
of tho barge J. H. Rutter, which, in tow
of tho stcame# V. H. Ketcham, left tho
port of Chicago Oct. 20 and ran into what
is remembered to this day as ono of tho
worst storms that evor swept over Lako
Michigan.
"The nor'wester struck us off Point
Betsey," said Jerry Simpson, in telling
the story to some of his congressional
friends last winter. "Tho seas began to
run mast high. We went on with difficulty
till about midnight, when tho hawser be
tween my boat and the steamer parted in
tho strain. Tho barge immediately swung
into tho trough of the sea and broke her
steering gear. She was well nigh unman
ageable, but I ordered out the anchors, and
we succeeded in dropping them and in get
ting a hold some miles off Liulington. A
lifeboat tried to reach us from the shore,
but was unable to do so account of the
heavy sea. Next morning tho storm had
moderated to some oxtent, and a govern
ment tug came out to us from Ludington,
bringing with it a barge with which to
save some of our cargo.
"Then the tug carefully approached us
on tho leo side and put aboard 81 men who
had boon brought out to transfer our cargo
to the barge. I set thorn to work shifting
the load in order to help tho vessel ride out
the waves, when the storm broke out again
with redoubled fury. Our anchorage gave
way, and wo were set adrift. Tho waves
rolled over us, and I know that if wo did
not run aground pretty soon wo should
founder, and thorowasnot much choice of
evils. Our cargo consisted of 10,000 hush
els of rye, and any sailor will tell you that
is about tho slipperiest and most treacher
ous sort of a cargo a skipper can have in
his hold in rough weather.
"Tho rye kept running to ono side till our
ship was frightfully listed, and, in fact,
the water was standing ankle deep upon
tho lee side of our deck. The seas wero now
running pretty high, and it looked as if
wo were in a tight llx. I ordered tho long
shoremen to take to tho rigging and to
hold on with a death grip in order to avoid
being washed away. In a few minutes
the crew and I had to do tho same thing.
We climbed into tho upper rigging with
the sens boiling through and over our poor
craft below us. I felt particularly sad when
I saw my trunk and all inybest clothes go
floating by. By this time the ship was
pounding very hard on the bottom, and as
every big sea st ruck her I thought it would
be the last, and that sho would break in
two and go to pieces.
"Fully 5,000 people wero gathered on
the shore watching our struggle against
tho elements and wondering if wo should
bo able to reach tho shore alive. Twenty
four hours we stuck to the rigging, and
pretty dreary work It was, you may imag
ine, hut wo knew the gallant crews of tho
life saving service wore coming, and we
had encouragement to hold out. Finally
the lifeboat reached us, and the longshore
men were sent ashore on the first trip.
Then tho crew and I followed. When we
stepped upon tho shore, the people gave us
a royal welcome. They gathered about us
with dry clothing, wit h hot coffee and food.
Nothing was too good for us. As soon as
we had been warmed and fed they insisted
I should tell them all about tho shipwreck.
Tlioy led the way to a public hall, set mo
upon tho platform and told 1110 to go ahead.
In this way I was induced to make my 1
first speech in public, and I think it was
the best speech I ever made. 1 know my
heart was full, and there is nothing like
sincerity and fooling if you want to im
press an audience."
Jerry Simpson is too modest to toll all
of tho story of that shipwreck, and there
are to this day records In Chicago and tra
ditions along the great lakes which speak
of tho manner In which he saved his ship,
of his bravery and good seamanship and
of the fact that, like a true sailor man, he
was the last to leavo the threatened craft.
For 21 hours, with all hope apparently
gone, tho future congressman held the
ltutter to his anchor in the fury of tho
cross seas, and ho eventually saved the ship
and most of her cargo.
WALTER WELLMAN.
In Man Dead After lie Is Electrocuted?
It can scarcely be a pleasant reflection to
physicians who have examined the victims
of electrocution to realize that they have
probably been operating upon a person
who was merely physically stunned. There
Is nothing that goes to show that death
took place in tho case whore men have suf
fered the penalty of tho law in tho electric
chair. The situation has some rather
creepy suggestions, and the up to date doc
tor will hardly feel justified Inputting tho
knife into a human being who Is only in a
condition of bodily insensibility from an
electric shock. It bus been proved that thu
mind may he quito as active during such
periods as at any other, and tho thoughts
of the victim when tho surgeons arc cut
ting him up must he anything but agree
able. After all, while It has its elements of
brutality, tho old fashioned neck breaking
process of hanging may have points of
grace and Is perhaps much more sure as a
method of taking life than any of the more
modern inventions. The g iillotino had
its compensations and it might be revived
rather than take tho risk of the halfway
process that tho electric current as now
applied may bo guilty of.—New York
Lodger.
An Indian Magistrate.
Wuhan in Newton was named from an
Indian chief of that name. He was a mag
istrate, and the following is handed down
as a warrant issued by him: "You, you big
constable, quick you catch urn Jeremiah
Offscow, strong you hold um, safe you
bring 11111 afore me. Thomas Waban, jus
tice peace.''
When Waban became superannuated, a
younger magistrate was appointed to suc
ceed him. Cherishing for age and long ox
perionco that respect for which Indians are
remarkable, the new officer waited on tho
old ono for advice. Having stated a variety
of cases and received satisfactory answers,
ho at length propounded the following:
"When Indians get drunk and quarrel and
light and act like tho dlvvil, what you do
don?"
"Hah, tie um all up and whip um plain
tiff, whip um 'fondant and whip 11111 wit
ness."—Boston Truuscript.
NATURAL GAS GOING OUT.
Ooal Again th 3 Fuol In tho Largo
Pittsburgh Foundries.
Tho Supply of Gas Has Also Failed In
Other States—Since 1888 the De
mand for Coal Has Been
Increasing.
The first rolling mill that used nat
urn I gas exclusively was the Etna iron
works, in Allegheny county, a few
miles above Pittsburgh, and this es
tablishment has been one of the last to
abandon tills fuel in tho Pittsburgh dis
trict. After twenty years of dependence
upon natural gas, says tho Philadel
phia Record, tho proprietors of this
plant have removed the pipes and are
now returning to the use of coal, long
after most of the other mills had sur
rendered to the cheap bituminous fuel
which bad always been the cheap foun
dation of Pittsburgh's great industrial
prosperity. The diminishing supply
and the consequent increase in cost
have necessitated the abandonment of
natural gas by most of the large manu
facturing establishments in the Pitts
burgh district, and its use is being
more and more restricted to domestic
purposes. Pittsburgh has again be
come the smoky city of fifteen years
ago, alleviated in some measure by the
use of fuel oil and manufactured gas,
which have assumed importance with
the decline of natural gas in the last
four or five years. Natural gas was
not a factor of very great importance
in the Pittsburgh district until early In
the 'Bos and the point of greatest con
uumption was reached in 1888, after
which the decline began. It lins never
been feasible to ascertain with accu
racy the quantity of natural gas con
sumed each year, but Joseph D. Weeks,
of Pittsburgh, has prepared for the
United States geological survey an es
timate of the value of the coal dis
displaced by natural gas, which has
been accepted as the most practical
measure of the consumption of gas. In
the period of its largest use the natural
gas consumed in Pennsylvania, meas
ured on this basis, was valued as fol
lows: 1885, $4,500,000; 1886, $0,000,000;
1887, $14,749,500; 1888, $19,383,375; 1839,
$11,593,989; 1890, $9,551,035; 1891, $7,-
854,010; 1893, $7,870,381; 1893, $0,480,000.
In Ohio the supply of natural gas has
failed even more rapidly than in Penn
sylvania. The largest consumption in
Ohio was in 1889, when it amounted In
value to $5,215,000, but in 1893 it had
fallen to $1,510,000. The suddenness of
tho failure of tho supply has .''used
much inconvenience and loss to manu
facturing establishments, which in
many instances were deprived of fuel
almost without warning. While tho
supply of natural gas in Pennsylvania
and Ohio has been diminishing a new
productive region has come Into promi
nence in Indiana, and interest in nat
ural gas is now centered in that state.
In 1880 the value of tho gas consumed
in Indiana was estimated at only $500,-
000; in 1888 it was figured at $1,320,000,
and in 1893 the value was placed at $5,-
718,000. The opening of this new field
has stimulated the development of iron
and steel aud glass enterprises in In
diana in a marked degree. Notwith
standing the abundance of the present
supply in Indiana there is no assurance
of its continuance for a longer period
than in other states, and a return to
fuels more stable, if less convenient, is
merely a question of time. In fact, it
is claimed by geologists and gas experts
that tho point of greatest supply has
been reached. While it lasts there is
no fuel that possesses so many advan
tages as natural gas. The uncertainty
of its duration is its only disadvantage.
A GREAT TIMEPIECE.
A Watcli That Hus ltun Since 1704 ami
Ih Still a Good Timepiece.
Judge Frederick W. Moore, of the
superior court, is the possessor of an
heirloom in the shape of a watch that
no amount of money would buy, says
the St. Louis Republic. And, besides
its value as an heirloom, it has a hisj
toric interest.
Tho timepiece is of the open-face
bull's-eye pattern. As with all old
stylo watches of the pattern men
tioned, the outer case must be removed
before it can be wound. The outer
case of this watch is of hammered
gold, and all the work 011 it was done
by hand. While this is apparent from
the workmanship, it is further proved
by the date 011 the inside, which is
1754. There is an inscription on the
inside as follows: "Daniel De St. Leu,
Servant to Iler Majesty, London." Her
majesty then was the queen of George
11., tho then reigning king of England.
The authentic history of this valu
able timepiece is this: In tho years pre
ceding 1754 William Augustus, duke of
Cumberland, the second son of George
11., was the commander of the British
armies. In the Scottish campaigns and
in the campaigns against the Prussians
and the Russians, and when he was at
the head of the British, Hanoverian
and Danish forces of fifty thousand
men, l)r. Frederick William Schwartze,
a Hanoverian, was on his staff as sur
geon. At tho close of tho campaign
against the Prussians and the Russians
the duke had three watches made like
the one Judge Moore has, and of which
it Is one. The watches were presented
to three, officers of the duke's staff by
him as a mark of his esteem. One
went to Dr. Schwartze, as a Hano
verian. one to a British officer and one
to a Danish oflicer. The presentations
were made in 1755. After the doctor's
services had ended in 1757, and the
duke had returned to London, it was
expected he would succeed to the
throne, but the birth of a son to liis
elder brother cut him out.
IllarU I.uko In Mexico.
In the midst of the volcanoes of Mex
ico is tho "Lake of Ink," which covers
about an acre of ground. The body of
water, or ink, or whatever it is, is so
covered with ashes from the adjacent
volcanoes as to appear a part of the sur
rounding ground, which is all of the
same dull gray tint. Where this liquid
comes from, what its chemical proper
ties may be or what tho supply is, are
matters of conjecture.
Mid-Summer
CLEARING SALE!
All summer goods at less than the cost
of manufacture, while we are still
in the midst of the hot weather
season. The money-saving
opportunity of your life.
OUR ENTIRE STOCK IS OFFERED YOU AT THE
MOST SWEEPING REDUCTIONS.
In Dry Goods:
Our entire line of challies and pongess, ranging in price
from 124 c to 18c, go now at 5c the yard.
All 18c dimities go now at 10c the yard.
Our entire line of 15c suiting duck, now 8c the yard.
Best black and white calicoes, 4c the yard.
Columbian skirting cheviot, 7c the yard.
P N 75c summer corsets, during this sale 40c each.
Ladies' 124 c undervests, during this sale sc.
Our entire line at equally as low prices. Such an array of
barganis were never before offered you. Our mammoth stocks
of elegant
Clothing*, Boots,
Shoes, ladies' and gents' furnishings, etc., are included in
this sale which will continue during this month only. Our
lines of ladies' waists and muslin underwear excels anything
ever shown in the town.
JOS. NEUBURGER,
Leader and promoter of low prices. P. O. S. of A. building.
Are the only HIGH GRADE and strict
ly first class pianos sold direct from
the factory to the final buyer.
Are the only pianos on which you can
save the dealers' profits and enor
mous expenses, agents' salaries and
music teachers' commissions.
Are the only pianos every ag-ent
corua.em.n.s, for the natural
reason that NO AGENTS are em
ployed by us.
Are the only pianos which are not sold
in a single store in the United
States, because we closed all our
agencies over a year ago, and now
sell only to the final buyer, at the
actual cost of production at our
factory. We have no store on
Broad street, but the factory ware
room is open every day till 0 p. m.,
and Saturday evenings from 7 to 10.
Kellmer Piano Co.
II
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FACTORY:
CHESTNUT STREET,
BETWEEN
CIIURCH ANB LA UREL,
HAZLETON.
Harness!
Harness!
Light Carriage Harness,
$5.50, $7, $0 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.
WAVERLY Bicycles.
Lead the World!
Do not bo induced to pay more for mi inferi
or machine. See the Waverly before you buy.
it is the lightest, strongest and most durable
wheel made, atnl is warranted lirst-elass. Call
and inspect them. 11KAN1) NKW IIJCY
CI-KS Flit) m $13.00 Ul, for ladies, gents,
or children.
A. A. BACHMAN,
Next to Central Hotel, - - Freeland.
FRANCIS BRENNAN'S
RESTAURANT
151 Centre street.
EXCELLENT LIQUORS,
BEER, PORTER,
ALE, CIGARS, Etc.
All kinds of
TEMPERANCE DRINKS.
COTTAGE HOTEL.
Washington and Main Streets.
ISAAC FRY, Prop.
First-class accommodation for permanent
and transient guests. Goi.d table. Fair rates.
Bar finely stocked. Stable attached.
WASHBURN & TURNBACH,
Builders of
Light and Heavy Wagons.
REPAIRWO OF (VERY DESCRIPTION.
FRONT BIURET, NBAB PINE, FREELAND.
35,8
PHILIP : GEEITZ,
LEADING
Jeweler and Practical
Watchmaker In Freeland.
Corner Front and Centre Streets.
Fortunes Made and Saved
by following the advico of the
Wall Street Daily News,
(established 1879)
In speculating or investing in
Railway Stocks and Bonds.
Subscription, $5 per year. Sample copies
free. Address E. Martin Black, editor, No. 49
Exchange I'lacc, N. Y.
GEORGE FISHER,
dealer in
FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL,
MUTTON, BOLOGNA,
SMOKED MEATS,
ETC., ETC.
Call at No. Walnut street, Freeland.
or wait for the delivery wagons.
VERY LOWEST PRICES.
Dr. N. MALEY, ~
Second Floor, Birkbeck Brick.
OVER 111 UK BECK'S STORE,
ALEX. SHOLLACKT"
BOTTLER.
Beer, Wine,
a-ircl Liquors.
Cor. Walnut and Washington streets, Freeland.