RAILROAD TIMETABLES
THE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA ANL
SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.
Time table In effect December 15, 1895.
Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckloy, Hazlc
Brook. Stockton. Beaver Meadow Hoad, Roan
and Hazleton Junction at 5 JO, 8 00 n ui, 4 15 p
ra, daily except Sunday; and 7 03 a m, 2 38 p m.
Sunday.
Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry,
Tomhickcn and Deringer at 5 :*) a m, p m, daily
except Sunday; and 7U3 a m, 238 p m, Sun-
Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction,
llarwood Hoad, Humboldt Road, Oneida and
Sheppton at 6 00 a m,4 15 p ra, daily except Sun
day; and 71X1 a in, 238p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton J unction for Harwood,
Cranberry, Tomhickcn and Deringer at 635 a
m, daily except Sunday; and 8 53 a m, 4 i.2 p ra,
Sunday. , _ ~
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida
Junction, llarwood Hoad, Humboldt Hoad,
Oneida and Sheppton at a 20, a ra, 4 40 p in,
daily cxeept Sunday; and 7 37 a ra, 308 p ra,
Sunday. _ _ ~ , _
Trains leave Deringer for Tomhickcn, Cran
berry, Harwood, Hazleton Junction, Hoan,
Beaver Meadow Road. Stockton, lla/.10 Brook,
Ickley, Jeddo and Drifton at 2 25, 6 40 p ra,
daily except Sunday; and 937 a ra, 507 p m,
Sunday. ...
Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
Hoad, Harwood Hoad, Oneida Junction, Hazle
ton Junction and Hoan at 7 11 am, 12 40, 625
p m, daily except Sunday; aud 809 a m, 3 44
p m, Sunday. „
Trains leave Sheppton for Bearer Meadow
Hoad, Stockton, Hazlo Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
and Drifton at ft 25 p m, daily, except Sunday;
and 8 09 a m. 3 44 p m. Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver
Meadow Hoad, Stockton, llaxle Brook, Eckley,
Jeddo and Drifton at 3 09, 5 47, 6 20 p ra, daily,
except Sunday; and 10 08 a ra, 5 38 p ra, Sunday.
All trains connect at Hazleton Junction with
electric cars for Hazleton, Jcanesville, Auden
ried and other pointa on the Traction Com
pany's line.
Trains leaving Drifton at 600 a m, Hazleton
Junction at 6 29 a m, and Sheppton ut 7 11a m,
connect at Oneida Junction with Lehigh Valle>
trains east and west.
Train leaving Drifton at 6 30 a m makes con
nection at Deringer with P. H. R. train for
Wilkesbarre, Suubury, llarrisburg and points
west.
For the accommodation of pussengers at way
stations between Hazleton Junction and Der
inger, an extra train will leave the former
point at 3 50 p m, dally, except Sunday, arriv
ing at Deringer at 5 00 p in.
LUTHER C. SMITH, Superintendent.
LEIIIGII VALLEY RAILROAD.
November 17, 1895.
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insuring
cleanliness and comfort.
AKHANUKMENT OF PAHBENOF.II TKAINB.
LEAVE FREELAND.
6 05, 8 25, 0 33. 10 41 a m, 1 86, 2 27, 8 15, 4 34,
6 12, 6 58, 8 05, 8 57 p m, for Drifton, Jeddo, Lum
ber Yard, Stockton and Hazleton.
6 05, 8 25, 933 a m, 1 35, 3 15, 4 34 p m, for
Maueh Chunk. Allentown, Bethlehem, Phlla.,
Easton and New York.
• (J6, 8 33, 10 41 am, 2 27, 4 25, 658 pm, for
Mahanoy City, Shenandoah ami Pottsville.
726 9 18, 10 56 am, 1164,4 34 p in, (via H igh
and Branch) for White Haven, Glen Summit,
Wllkes-Barre, Pitts ton and L. and 11. Junction.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11 40 a ra and 3 24 p m for Drifton, Jeddo, Lum
ber Yard and Hazleton.
3 24 p ra for Delano, Mahanov City, Shenan
doah. Naw York and Philadelphia.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
7 28, 9 27, 10 56, 11 54 a ra, 12 58, 3 13, 4 34, 5 38,
6 58, 8 47 p m, from Hazleton, Stockton, Lum
ber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton.
7 36, 9 27, 10 56 a m. 2 13, 4 34, 6 58 p m. from
Delano, MAhanoy City and Shonandouh (via
New Boston Branch).
12 58, 8 36, 8 47 p m, from New York, Easton,
Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allentown aud Mauch
Chunk.
• 27, 10 56 a m. 12 58, 5 38, 6 58, 8 47 p m, from
Easton, Phlla., Bethlehem and Mauch Chunk.
9 33, 10 41 am, 2 27,8 .58 pin from White Haven,
Glen Summit, Wllkes-Barre. Pittston and L. auc
B. Junction (via Highland Branch).
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11 31 a m and 3 10 p m, from Hazleton, Lum
ber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton.
11 31 a m from Delano, Hazleton, Philadelphia
and Easton.
3 10 p in from Delano and Mahanoy region.
For further information inquiro of Ticket
Agents.
CHAB. S. LEE, Gen'l Pass. Agent,
Phlla., Pa.
ROLLIN IT. WILBUR, Gen. Supt. Eust. Div.
A. W. NUN N KM AC 11 EH, Ass'tG. P. A.,
South llethlehem. Pa.
E3LSCTION NOTICE.-Notice is hereby
J given that at the election to be held on
the third Tuesday of February, lH'.tfi, being the
eighteenth day of that mouth, the following
otleers of the middle coal Held poor district
are to be elected, to wit:
One person for director, to serve three years
from April 1, 1896, whose residence must be in
that portion of the district comprising the up
per or Hazleton district.
One person for auditor, to serve three years
from April 1, 1896, whose residence must be in
that part of the district which is composed of
the boroughs of Mauch Chunk, East Mauch
Chunk, Lansford and Summit Hill, ami tin
township of Mauch Chunk, in Carbon county.
Samuel Harlemun, J
A. 8. Monroe, -Directors.
James MeCready, )
NATURAL MODELS.
The flret needle was the bill of the
tailor bird, which sews together leaves
ID order to mako Its nest and form a
shelter over iU young.
Ths common garden slug has the
means of spinning a gelatinous thread
by which he con Jet himself down from
dangerous height*.
The swallow, in preparing its neat.,
drives Ha tunnel first upward and then
downward, in order that the nest may
be properly drained.
The flesh hook used by cooks to draw
pieces of meat from the pot is obviously
modeled after the daws of an eagle
or other bird of prey.
How to Cl+mn Cortl/ Fnrs.
1 Ermine and sealskin are best cleaned
with soft flannel. Rub the fur deli
cately against the grain, and when It
has been thoroughly lifted and re
versed dip the flannel into common
flour and rub lightly any spots that
look dark or dirty. Bhake the flour
well and rub with a clean, dry flannel
until the flour is all removed. Sable,
chinchilla, squirrel and monkey skin
may be very nicely cleaned with liot
bran. Get a small quantity of bran
ind heat It in the oven until it Is quite
wnnn. Rub stiffly into the fur nnd
leave for a few minutes before shaking
to free it from thm bran.
LIVE QUESTIONS!
"Society anrl the State"
•
John Sherwin Crosby,
of
Kansas City, Mo.
"Government Functions"
by
George Bullock,
of
St. Louis, Mo,
Monday Next, - February 24.
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FREELAND, FEBRUARY 17, 1890.
Equl table ltep resent at ion.
The contribution from the pen of Wil
liam Dudley Foulko appearing in this
issue merits careful perusal. Propor
tional representation is at present
among tho very liveliest of live ques
tions, and whether our readers concur
in or dissent from the views urged by
Mr. Foulko his article should bo care
fully read. It is not our purpose at the
prosont stage of the discussion to com
mit this paper irrevocably to any one of
the various schemes proposed by the
school of political reformers to which
our valued contributor belongs. At
the same time, in view of tho widespread
interest in this subject, we very cheerful
ly give place to Mr. Foulko's article, and
we hope all our patrons will read it.
While reserving judgment, therefore,
until all has been said that can well be
said we aro disposed to assist in spread
ing the light.
One fact must be evident even to tho
most casual observer—namely, tho ani
mated discussion which has been carried
on through the columns of various pub
lications is already beginning to toll oi
tho lawmaking bodies of this country
Measures which recognize, with more o
less clearness, distinctness and force
the principles contended for by Mr
Foulko and the political school to whicl
ho belongs, have been introduced intc
the last three congresses.
In Canada also tho friends of pro
portional representation are active and
alert, with quite astrong backing among
the loading journals, while in California,
Colorado, Connecticut. Massachussetts,
Nebraska and Texas bills embodying the
proposed roform have already been in
troduced into tho legislature or will be at
its next session.
We believe the frank discussion of
these various measures will bo produc
tive of good to the whole American peo
ple. Turn on tho searchlight and trust
the truth to care for itself is therefore
our advice at this stage of the movement.
Peculiarly Fitted for tlio Pont.
Fron tho Wilkesbarre Newsdealer.
No mistake will bo made by the elec
tors of the middlo coal field district in
casting their votes for John Schwartz,
to succeed Sandy Monroe as poor direc
tor. Mr. Schwartz is one of the self
made, substantial citizens of Hazleton,
a man of upright character, and tin l
care of the poor unfortunates would be
in worthy hands in tho event of his elec
tion. lie is a broad-guaged man, one
whose feelings, sympathies and means
aro always opened to the distressed, and
ho is peculiarly fitted to fill a post of
that kind.
Who Aro They? Puhliah tho Named,
From the Freelund Press.
What will the good and true Demo
crats, who a year ago were holding their
hands up in holy horror at the supposed
corrupt Republican school board think,
when we tell them that no person less
than a prominent officer of our Demo
cratic school board, is authority for the
statement, that upon the suggestion of
any change or any important matter to
bo brought before the board, two of its
members always inquire, "What is there
in it for us?" And they are not Repub
licans either.
JIM CAsn-CA9n, one of tho richest
and most influential of the civilized
Umatilla Indiana of Oregon, brought
suit in the Pendleton court the other
ilny for a divorce from his wife on the
ground that she paints her face. Even
tho red women of America are getting
"new woman" ideas into their heads.
May be the aboriginal gentleman with
the opulent patronymic objected to his
squaw's usurpation of an Indian
brave's right* in donning the war
paint.
IT is reported that plans are in prog
ress for tho settlement near Phoenix,
A. T., of a large Mormon colony. Brig
ham Young, of Salt Lako City, is now
negotiating for the purchase of tho
Buckeye irrigation canal and a large
area of land adjacent thereto for this
purpose. The cnunl heads on tho Gila
river, 25 miles from Phoenix, nnd 100,-
000 acres can be irrigated by extending
it across the II assay am pa.
"WHAT are the things that touch us
most as we look Lwick through the
years?" nsked u lady lecturer, impress
ively. There was a moment's awful
pause, and then a small boy in tho
audience answered: "Our clothes."
I A MAINE Yankee is figuring on a
! tldewnlk which can be turned up to
| dump snow into the gutter. There is
1 a man whom countless thousands of
1 busy benedicts will rise up and cull
| blessed.
LIVE QUESTIONS.
A fierles of Articles Contributed to These
Columns by Advanced Thinkers.
NUMBER III.—PROPORTIONAL REPRE
SENTATION.
In tho development of onr popular in
stitutions members of legislative bodies
are elected from "districts," because
peoplo do not yet realizo that there is a
better way to secure representation.
That this system was a clumsy con
trivance was evident from tho begin
ning ; it gave no security that the popu
lar wishes would bo represented at all;
a popular majority might bo so dis
tributed that it would uot control a ma
jorlty of the districts. Tho case is often
bad enough, even when no effort is
made to prevent fair representation,
but it is infinitely worse whenever tho
party in power seeks to intrench itself
by purposely dividing districts in such
a manner that the opposition cannot se
cure control of the legislative body, '
even if a majority of electors demand
a change. Again, tho different sections
of tho state or city continually change
in population ; hence frequent readjust
ments of tho districts become necessary.
But wo want a systom by which con
stituencies shall readily adapt them
selves to new conditions. If there woro
a fow large districts, the need of reap
portionment would bo greatly reduced,
while if there woro no districts at all
apportionment would bo unnecessary and
impossible. The palpable dofocts of tho
district system might be illustrated in
various ways.
Popular government (as wo know it !
today) is merely government by politi
cal parties. Men who think alike would
naturally act together, and their union
would form a party, hut the district
system, while it forces men into parties
with whose principles they do not agree,
tends to prevent the natural, healthy
union of persons who think aliko and
who desire to vote aliko. A largo ma
jority of all popular olectious turn upon
questions which apply to tho whole
country rather than to any particular
locality. A man votes with this party
or with the other merely becauso he bo
lievos or does not bolieve in free trade,
free silver, prohibition, etc., and this
is equally true oven when the real is
sue is purely local. Tho district system
separates those whoso interests are iden
tical, whilo uniting thoso who have noth
ing in common.
Another evil of the district system
arises from tho facilities afforded for
voto buying. Tho system of dividing tho
state and also tho city into districts,
from each of which a representative is
to be chosen, usually results in doubtful,
closely contested districts, where tho
change of a few votes must change the
representative and may consequently
change tho legislature und ultimately
tho national senate.
Naturally tho vote buyer confines liis
operations to such pivotal localities, but
if districts were abolished ho could
never securo any larger number of law
makers than woro fairly represeuted by
the votes thus bought. Again, even if
electors were perfectly free when casting
their votes, if tho votes thus cast ex
pressed tho real sentiments of tho voter,
it is obvious that, under present condi
tions, largo numbers of votes are really
thrown away and a largo proportion of
voters are systematically disfranchised.
Equally obvious is the fact that small
districts tend almost inevitably to tho
production of small men iu tho halls of
legislation, men of narrow mental cali
ber, who almost invariably lack the
courage of their convictions, and who
remain perched upon tho fence, touch
ing all questions where the constituency
is divided. This district system really
fastens servility upon tho representa
tive, while proportional representation,
on tho other hand, encourages the selec
tion of men of character and principle;
It stimulates independence and leader
ship, for the representative who can re
tain tho support of even a single quota
can afford to remain truo to his convic
tions. Tho proposed reform is sometimes
objected to for the alleged reason that it
would bo dangerous to allow tho advo
cates of wild, impracticable schemes
even a single representative in tho halls
of legislation, but a moment's reflection
will convince the reader that anarchists,
for example, are no more dangerous
to socloty when they uro represented
than when they are uot represented in
the lawmaking body.
It is the confined explosive that is
most deadly; give truth and error a fair
chance to fight their battles in the open
Held, and the former will take care of
itself. Tho objection most strongly
urged against the proposed reform is
that if each phaso of popular sentimeut
was allowed its proportional representa
; t-ion, the chances aro that legislative
| bodies would divide iuto groups; that
| no one group could control or would bo
1 responsible for tho legislative policy,
i We aro told, in other words, that a ma-
I jority must be secured, even though
; misrepresentation is resortod to in ob
taining such majority. But is it true
that an absolute majority is essential
or even desirable? It may bo truo in
tho exercise of administrative functions,
but as to purely legislative matters the
correct principle demands "plurality."
For myaelf 1 deny that an absolute
majority is desirable in a deliberative
i body, uulesfl there is such a majority
I among tho people at large. It is of tho
I very highest importance to the state
that all special interests should have
tho fullest, freest means of expression
in the halls of legislation; each phaso
of thought should be represented by its
own fairly chosen advocates, and then,
after a fair consideration of all argu
I ments, judgment should be rendered
in accordance with the just rights of all
concerned. But whatever might be
urged against this proposed reform as
to natlonul or stato politics, it would bo
obviously productive of unmixed good
in all municipal elections.
One great and growing evil of our
system of municipal government is the
lugging in of national issues; tho same
political lines are drawn in municipal
elections as thoso which divido parties
elsewhero; men are elected to tho city
council simply hecauso they are or are
not Democrats, tire or are not Republic
ans, and it will bo impossible to pre
vent this, so strong is tho force of party
usage, until the electoral system is radi
cally changed; then, and only then,
business administration will take the
place of political administration in mu
nicipal affairs.
In applying the romedy proposed for
tho evils thus briefly outlined three
measures have boon suggested—the
"cumulative vote," the "single trans
ferable vote" and tho "freo list sys
tem." Tho first is now in practical oper
ation in the state of Illinois, in choos
ing members of tlio lower house of tho
legislature ; tho second has for several
years been used in Denmark ; the third
is in successful operation throughout
Switzerland; it is an American in von
tion, having been advocated by Thomas
Gilpin of Philadelphia more than 50
years ago, and it is believed to be bet
tor adapted than any other to the needs
of an American community.
Under its practical workings district
lines are abolished, and members of tho
representative body are chosen at largo
upon a general ticket. The official bal
lot is used in the same manner as in
states where the Australian system pro
vails; each group of electors is required
to filo with the proper officer, previous
to tho day of election, a list of its can
didates; this list may contain tho
names of as many candidates as the
community is entitled to elect or any
number less than that. For example, if
10 councilmen are to be chosen, each
party may nominate 10 or any smaller
number. If the samo candidate is named
011 more than one ticket, ho must elect
between them, and if ho fails to do so
tho choice is made for him by lot. Each
elector has as many votes as there aro
officials to bo chosen. These ho may
distribute as ho pleases among candi
dates on the official ballot, giving no
candidate more than one. In tho caso
supposed be would have 10 votes and
would placo his stamp opposite the name
of each person whom ho designed to sup
port. 111 addition the voter may, if ho
so desires, designate one of tho parties
for which ho desires to vote, in which
event ho can only vote for tho candi
dates of that party.
On the other hand, the voter who
does not care to support a party ticket
may distribute his votes to suit himself.
Iu cauvassiug the returns all votes are
added together, the sum total is divided
by the number of ofllces to be filled, and
the quotient is termed the "quota of
representation," or number of voters
who are jointly entitled to one repre
sentative. Each party is then entitled to
as many officials as it has quotas.
Among candidates those who roceive the
greatest number of votes aro seated, and
if vacancies occur, whether from death
or otherwise, the candidate of the samo
party having the next highest vote is
substituted. This plan has been success
fully tosted by practical experience in
Switzerland and has been gradually ex
tended from one canton to another yoar
after year. In conclusion, the free list
system is an American device, but has
been adopted and demonstrated in a re
public whoso government is worthy of
imitation. It is a plan which elimi
nates and extinguishes the gerrymander.
It removes all incentive to vote buying.
It reduces the unrepresented minority—
the grand army of the disfranchised—to
the least possible minimum. It gives to
each voter the fullest liberty of choice.
It recognizes party affiliations and lines,
yet permits the utmost freedom of all
who wish to be independent of partisan
dictation. And, better than all else, it
contemplates and provides for a repre
sentative body that will be like an im
ago in the camera, every color, form,
light, motion, shado being oxactly re
produced—a body that is representative
in fact as well as in name. If wo have
any faith in popular government, any
faith in tho political integrity of our
peoplo, lot us givo this plan a fair trial
in the near future.
WILLIAM DUDLEY FOULKE.
Richmond, lud., Dec. 1, 1895.
The True FunctionH of Political Parties.
Let us not bo too superstitious about
parties. Political parties, rightly under
stood in this froe country, aro but
agencies employed by tho voters for
carrying their own will into effect.
There have been times, within our first
century of national life, when party
lines and party issues seemed to vanish
altogether. Nutioual parties groat iu
their day and with renowned leaders
have dissolved and disappeared, some of
them whoso very names aro doomed to
be forgotten, because tho pooplo needed
them as agents no longer. What, then,
should be tho fate of political or
ganizers who make a Frankenstein
monster out of this party machinery for
consolidating and monopolizing personal
power, pelf and patronage? Let them
be crushed under their own contrivance.
When any organized force compels
the voters and takes from the people or
from any popular party a fair right of
selection among men and measures, it
should, by whatever combination of
good citizens, be overthrown. The tyr
anny of an rbsolnte monarch is palliated
by glittering pomps and illusions which
stimulate a sentiment of personal loyal
ty, but a "boss" tyranny in a republic
is worso than any monarchy to live un
der, for it fosters 110 high sentiment
and has no veil of illusion ; its bare hid
eousuess is like that of a swinging skele
ton ; it is altogether vicious, and thrives
by poisoning the lifeblood of self gov
ernment.—Professor Scliouler in Public
Opinion.
LARGEST MIRROR IN THE WORLD
It Arrived In Thin Country from France
Recently*
The largest French plate-glass mir
ror ever brought to this country, and,
according to the importer, the largest
mirror in the world, was set up in the
dining-room of the new portion of the
Hotel Savoy recently. It took two days
nd a night, with over a score of work
• iien to get it from the steamer to the
hotel and to set it in place.
The dimensions of the mirror arc
358x158 inches, making about 174
square feet of glass. It is nearly half
nil inch thick. The glass alone weighs
000 pounds, and the combined weight
of it and the case it came in was over n
ton.
The mirror is not only the largest
but the most expensive in the world,
Its actual cost being in the neighbor
hood of $5,000. The cost of manufac
turing the one gluss would have been
about $l,OOO, but five different glasses
had to be cast before this perfect one
was mode. The expense of moving it
was fully $5OO.
The package was so large that there
ure but two steamships in commission
which could bring it across the ocean.
These arc the Friesland and the Ken
sington. It came on the Friesland,
which tied up at the Jersey City docks
of the Red Star line.
Sixteen men had hard work in hoist
ing the monster mirror out of the hold
of the ship, and after it had been landed
on the dock an unlooked-for difficulty
nrose. There is not a single ferry
liouse on the Jersey side of the Dud
son large enough to accommodore the
big package, and upon measuring all
the ferryboata it was found that it
could not be got on any of them.
The mirror was filially loaded 011 a
barge and taken across the North river
to the foot of West 49th street. It was
taken through that street to the Savoy
on a low float.
At the hotel another difficulty arose
It was feared that a part of the stone
walls of the building would have to be
torn down before the glass could be
taken inside; but this was averted by
removing the doors, transom, moldings
and all accessories to the mahi en
trance, and even then it was a tight
squeeze to get the box through. It.
took 12 men under the personal super
vision of Mr. Kahn nearly till night to
roll it through the corridor of the hotel
ond across the dining-room, where it
is to be set up, and all the following
forenoon to put it in place. All of the
guests of the hotel and many people
from outside watched to see if tho
huge glass would be damaged when
unpacked. It was perfectly sound.
The mirror was made at the old St.
Gobain glass fuctory in Paris, the old
est plate-gloss factory in the world. It
was, of course, made to order, and it
was a long time before the company
could be persuaded to undertake the
job. It was only through Mr. Kahn
going to Paris and making a personal
request that it be done that the com
pany consented. So large a mirror
could not possibly be made in tho
United States with the present facili
ties in this country.—-N. Y. World.
LEFT FOR DEAD.
A Horrible Hour Wuitlng for the Under
taker.
"Talking of peculiar experiences re
minds me of something that fell to mv
lot during my boyhood years," said
John 11. White, of this city, recently.
"I had been injured in an explosion
of fireworks and was sick for a time,
but had recovered and thought I was
well, when I was stricken with an at
tack that affected my bend and pros
trated me for several weeks. The in
jury caused me great pain and suffer
ing and at times I was delirious. The
climax of my trouble came one night,
after I had suffered terribly during the
day, and as the change took place in my
condition I sunk away until the watch
ers at my bedside concluded I was dead.
"I was hundreds of miles from home,
and the friends waited for morning to
dawn to send word to my parents.
They had sent word to the undertaker
and covered me with a sheet while wait
ing for him. They also tied my hands
and feet in position and fastened a
cloth under my chin and left me for
dead. As I was covered, they did not.
notice any other change, and so did not
see that I was reviving. I was very
weak and had not the strength to make
any resistance ot consequence. At the
time I awoke I found myself covered
with the sheet and my mouth closed
with the cloth and my hands and feet
tied, and 1 realized at once the mistake
that had been made. I was weak and
could not call to them, nor was I able
for a long time to move. The realiza
tion of the horrible blunder dazed in.3
so that I was powerless. I lay there
under that sheet more than an hour, and
it was the most frightful experience I
ever underwent. 1 wondered whether
the undertaker would come and finish
me, and then I wondered whether I
was really dead or whether I was in a
trance and would be buried in that con
dition. Then perspiration broke out
ull over my body and the nervous strain
continued until I shook as if with a
eliill. The tremor of my body attracted
my friends and I was relieved from my
grewsome predicament and given the
care necessary, and was soon on the
high road to recovery. It was weeks,
however, before I recovered from that
nervous shock so that I felt like my
self, and it makes mo shrink in horror
when I realize the condition I was in
and what might have happened had the
undertaker reached there during my
unconsciousness. If he had I would not
be here to-day telling this story."—Kan
sas City Journal.
I.nrge Flro Engines.
What, are claimed to bo the largest
fire engines in the world are the two
built recently in London. One is eapable
of throwing 1,400, the other 1,800 to
2,000 gallons of water per minute. The
machines weigh oi/ a tons each, and can
be readily drawn at full gallop by four
horses. . , ..... .
THE UNIVERSAL
30 E. Broad Street, 29-31 E. Mine Street, Hazleton.
Our Housekeepers' Opportunity.
The Great Sale Now On.
All Winter Goods will be Slaughtered
to give us room for our daily arrivals for Spring. The eco
nomically inclined will have a money-saving opportunity
of supplying all their wants at a scale of prices in many
instances not one-half of those prevailing elsewhere.
A Blanket or Comfortable at Your Price
don't overlook this fact; we have a good line to select
from. Table Linens and Damasks and Sheeting Muslins
at lower prices than ever before in your memory.
A Few Fine Fur Capes
that can be yours for almost one-fourth of value; and some
really pretty and stylish Jackets and Misses' and Children's
Gretchens and Reefers at merely nominal figures. Out
they must go.
Dress Goods Marked Down One-Half
to close out some choice fabrics. You cannot fail to find
in our stock something to suit your needs and at a price
that will surely please you.
of short pieces of Fine Dress Goods suitable
for waists, skirts and school dresses, marked down to one
half and even less. 4
Millinery Bargains Right and Left
final markdown to close; everything goes, preparatory to
opening our New Spring Styles, already purchased and
soon to arrive.
Embroidery and Underwear
sale continued; the stocks have been largely augmented
and comprise the newest and prettiest things to be found
anywhere. The department is worth an examination.
New Trilby Setts and Leap Year Setts
simply exquisite and for almost as little money as a single
piece has been costing you.
Night Gowns, unequalod specials, at 49c, 55c, G3c, G9e and 85c.
Carpet Samples, li yard each, for Rugs, at nominal prices.
ANDREW J. HAIRE. ,
5 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 agrexit
condemns, 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 (1 p. m., """
and Saturday evenings from 7 1110.
Kellmer Piano Go.
1
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FACTOIiY:
CHESTNUT STREET,
BETWEEN
CHURCh AND LA UREL,
UAZLETON.
T. CAMPBELL,
deulcr in
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Boots and Shoes.
Also
PURE WINES and LIQUORS
FOR FAMILY AND MKDICINAL
PURPOSES.
Cor. Centre and Main Streets, I
Freeland.
GEORGE FISHER,
dealer in
FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL,
MUTTON, BOLOGNA,
SMOKED MEATS,
ETC., ETC.
Call at No. fl Walnut, street, Freeland,
or wait for tho delivery wagons.
VERY LOWEST PRICES.
C'hlokeeer' F.ngllah Dl*an<l Rrantf.
PENNYROYAL PILLS
A udOnly Oenalne. t JK
aeaUd with'hfu'rihten!
1/ ,u,,th,u '
IT** ja " lUllaf for 111 hlUr, by rttarn
k/.- I < , hlcheeer4'licilcal<'o.,lln<lleon HnmiffL !
~ ' "1 Local . I'MladiL. I
Old nowapßpers for sale.
Tie leelej kite
Harrisburg, Pa.
FOR THE CURE OF
Alcoholism,
Narcotic Addictions,
The Tobacco Habit.
None but genuine Kocley remedies are'used.
No restraint. NO risk. The treatment abso
lutely removes all desire for alcoholic utiniu
| hints and drugs.
IV Literature froe. Correspondence confl
dentiul.
W. S. THOMAS, Mgr.,
P. 0. Box 504, IfarrieburgT*
Harness!
Harness!
Light Carriage Harness,
$5.50, $7, $9 and $10.50.
Heavy Express Harness,
$16.50, $lO, S2O and $22.
Heavy Team Harness,
double, $25, S2B and S3O.
GEO. WISE,
| Jeddo and Freeland, Pa.
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