FREELAND TRIBUNE. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY ANI) THURSDAY. TI-IOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CI IN THE. SUI JSC 111 PTIOX It ATI ;s: One Year sl."*) Six Months "• Four Months • .fiu j Two Months 2*" I Subscribers are requested to observe the figures following the name on the labels oi ( their papers. My relerence t< these they can ascertain to what (late their subscriptions are : paid. For instance: O rover Cleveland 28J unelHi means that Grover is paid up to June 88, 181X5. j Keep the llgures in advance of the present date. Report promptly to this office whenever you do not receive your paper. All arrear ages must be paid when paper is discontinued. FREELANI), I'ENN A, MAY .'l. I*9o. AII Issue That Will Not Down. It may not bo to the liking of the politicians, or to those who dabble occasionally in fourth district politics, to sec the shadow of a new county rise up in the distance. It was coulidcnth asserted less than a year ago that the new county was dead for keeps, but it is already showing signs of life which must make the purses of its opponents groan. The last pull upon that portion of their anatomy was heavy and painful, and it is not strange that they dread the. re surrection of that long-denied bill for self-government to which lower Luzerne is entitled. Rut apart from the pain it gives the men who oppose it in season and out, it is worse than a nightmare to those who desire to serve this district at Harris burg. Between the •"devil and the deep sea" is a comparison which cannot adequately express their dilemma. Whether 'tis safer to flirt with the mani pulators who claim to control the dis trict, and thou depend solely upon their influence for an election, or to take up arms against corporation rule and trust to fate and the independent voters, is a question which confronts them wher ever they go. and is one which, like the spirit of Shakespeare's Ranquo, will not down. It has been quietly given out that some of the candidates think they have solved the puzzle. Jt is said they are preparing to run the gauntlet by doing the "double-face," a piece of political trickery which at one time was worked quite successfully. It consists, in the present instance, of being an "anti" when talking in some localities, and a new county man elsewhere. The Tm HUNK does not believe the plan will be a success. An "anti" is respected by the people, so is the other kind by the corporations, but only when the candidates are sincere and the same to ail questioners. The juggler is suspect ed by everybody, and tin l aspiring states men who contemplate going into that business are making the mistake of their lives by trying to play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in this vicinity. A Talk on Franchises. Hon. 11. S. Julian, of Kansas City, who made an important record in the last general assembly of Missouri, dis cusses franchises in another column from the standpoint of a close observer and one who is zealously watching tin interest of the people. If franchise giving is to be changed to franchise sell ing or renting, the people should so instruct their representatives at the polls. The abuse has grown out of tin want of careful watchfulness on out part and the overreaching anxiety on the part of certain corporations to mak< money easily and rapidly. It is an un wise public policy to allow the represen tatives to vote away franchises without the indorsement of the people. Here wo find a strange question in morals —viz, that many good men will conspire to get a franchise from a town, city or state, offering no adequate return, who would not dream of asking individuals for any advantage whatever. This is unethical, and the public con science needs to be educated on the sub ject. The law of balance or cause and effect ought to be recognized in all busi ness transactions, and legislators, who are the business agents of the people, ought to be as scrupulously careful in do ing the people's business as they are in transacting their own. A careful report of all the transactions of each representative ought to be put into the hands of the voters in his res pective district, that accuracy and cart may he obtained. We see how inadequate are our govern mental business methods to prevent abuse, and we need to round out our system of getting the will of the people systematically and accurately. It is not unlikely that any of the pres idential candidates on the Republican side will be able to command sufficient strength to wrest the nomination from McKinley. The selection of him as the standard-bearer is now conceded by all but a few. and unless some unforeseen event occurs he will be the man whom the Democrats must try to defeat. There is no reason whatever why that cannot be accomplished. The prin ciple of a high protective tariff, of which he is the leading representative, has been overwhelmingly defeated twice, in 18110 and 1892. and with these vic tories over McKinley ism in mind, the Democrats should stand up manfully and do it again. The annua) march of the brush fire has begun. County commissioners have the power to stop this if they wish. They should do it. sno Will Got Along. ! Down in South Georgia there is n man j who has n strong admiration for one type of the up-to-date woman. "I don't Dike much stock in these new women," lie said the other (lay in the hearing of the Atlanta Constitution, "but 1 saw one to-day I would like to have in my cornfield in fodder season to pull fod der. Ray, that woman was a James D. She saw a street car about a block and a half away and made up her mind to catch it and she did, b'gosh! She made a plunge fur it nnd whistled for the con ductor to stop the concern. The con ductor didn't think slio would ever reach the ear and consequently did not stop. Rut that woman was one of the up-to-daters and she had different no tions from fl lose of the conductor. She ran like a rabbit and it wasn't long be fore she had planted her tiny foot upon the step of the retreating car. I felt disposed to applaud her for this feat, but about that time she reached up and pulled the bell-cord and stopped the car herself. The conductor and motorman looked up in astonishment. '1 simply want to wait for my dog to catch up,' she replied to their inquisitive glances. Now, all 1 have to say is this—that if that woman is a new woman, we need more of them to run this country. We need them particularly in the corn fields." TIIE other day a man in Bangor, Me., wished to send a dispatch from that city to Portland. Ry reason of the destruc tion of the bridge at Ren ton direct com munication with Portland was impos sible, but the Western Union got the message through all the same, and this is the way it was done. It was tele graphed from Ran go r to North Sidney, C. R., then to Heart's Content, N. F., thence to Valencia, Ireland, thence to Land's End, England; thence to Dover, thence to Rrest, France; thence to St. Pierre, Mcquelon; thence to Duxbury, Mass.; thence to Boston, and thence to Portland. This is an interesting story, but the natural query is why the. message was sent across the ocean when a little detour through Canada would have answered the same purpose. ( Possibly control of land and cable lines made the longer route the cheaper. The i display of enterprise was interesting, 'hough apparently not unavoidable. "WHY is it," inquired the hungry man, as he pushed his fork about in ' the salad dish and asked the barkeeper to "till 'em up again," "that men in tludr right minds shy at a good square meal at home and fairly revel in a saloon free lunch?" It is strange, yet o'er true, that such is the ease. Sometimes a man will look crosseyed at his wife's daintiest and best collation, every ar ticle of which suggests to his hollow interior some new torture, and go forth to some foul-scented becr-tunnel and furiously feed bis yawning counten ance with stuff that from its appear ance would seem to bid defiance to the I internal mechanism of a threshing ma chine. Consistency, thy name is not utunl APROPOS of the "new woman," some body resurrected an old story theothci day about Mrs. Julia Ward Jlowe that 1 may or may not be true. At all events, it was worth resurrecting. The story goes that Mrs. Howe was walk ing one fine morning down Deacon street, Goston, when she met a friend who asked her how Dr. flowe was. "Dr. Howe?" repeated Mrs. Howe, vaguely. Then, as if sud ( lenly recollecting herself: "Oh, he's |iiito well, I'm sure. 1 remember seeing in the morning paper that he presided at some meeting or other last evening.'' A LAWSUIT to recover pew rent was brought a few days ago by a church in I Saco, Me., says an eastern exchange. Certainly! and why not? How is a church to live if its income is not as sured? Because the church is the house of God it is no reason that it.s hospi tality should be imposed upon. If a pew-holder won't pay for his privileges I lie should be made to. AT A recent sale of the assets of a rid ing academy in New York city the sad lie horses brought on an average Jess ' han S3O apiece. This is said to be the low est price on record for horses of this s description, and the fae': wui generally , noted that in New York the market v alue of a horse is low er than that of a oieycle. A WOMAN who is an enthusiastic nat uralist suggests that the diminution in •he ntimlier of song birds of New Eng land is due not to the hostility of the English sparrow, or the small boy, or lie fashion of wearing dead birds in iKinnets, but to the general use by fann ers of Paris green and other poisons is insect exterminators. A MAN* near New kirk, (). T., tool; his neighbor's eat, saturated its 1 :iil in ker osene and set it on lire, thinking it would run home and burn the neighbor out. instead it turned and jumped into the torturer's own barn and burned it down. Retribution, swift and sure! DURING nine months of 1595 England exported $4,000,000 worth of bicycles. , Of this amount the United States took only $94,000 worth. The United States lias wheeled into the line of making better bikes than England turns out. NEAR LOS Gutos, Cab, Is a prune or chard which covdrs 380 acres and con '' tains 50,000 trees. The farm is pro • | vided with its own electric plant und waterworks. LIVE QUESTIONS. A Scries of Articles Contributed by Advanced Thinkers. THE VALUE OF FRANCHISES. A year or two ago I was going by boat up the historic and beautiful River Rhino from Bonn to Biugen. I had pointed out to ino an immense rock in the middle of the stream that had been converted at ono time into a kind of fort or castle. I was told that a few centuries ago the old German baron who held sway over that part of the world took a notion that there was an immense amount of commerce passing up and down the Rliiuo and through his domain, and that it ought to pay him tribute. So ho improvised a fort on this rock, and no cargo passed that way afterward unless it paid him a toll for the privi lege. The founder of this fort is the originator of customhouses, lie also in- vented the idea of a franchise. lie was a genius and has been followed by many alleged statesmen and lawmakers. A river is a natural highway, which men from earliest times have utilized for purposes of intercommunication and ex change of surplus produce. Where nal*.ro has not provided nat ural ways, such as oceans, seas and rivers, men have supplied roads, canals, railroads, etc. The state may build them itself and charge a toll or stipulated price to rec ompense itself for the expense of build ing and operating, or it may grant the right to private persons or a private cor poration to build the highway and equip it and allow it to charge a toll or a specified sum to reimburse it for its out lay. Such a grant is called a franchise. Kent defines u franchise to bo "a par ticular privilege conferred by grant from government and vested in individuals." Blaekstone says it is "a branch of the king's prerogative subsisting in tbe hands of a subject." By virtue of this governmental privi lege these persons or corporations can do the same things and exercise the same powers as the government itself in open ing up highways. So it is usually left to fix its own schedule of prices as to what it will charge for its services so as to reimburse itself. And the excessive charges that these corporations have collected area great burden to the people. Tho rail roads are the greatest sinners in this re spect, for they control and carry nine teen-tweutietlis of tho commerce of the country. There is an opinion that tho railroad companies own their roads and right of way. It is erroneous as a proposition of law. They no more own them than an overseer of a country road or a street commissioner owns them. They simply manage them for tho public. All that they have a right to charge is a reasonable amount to pay them for the expense of opening the highway and maintaining and operating it, but they have proceeded upon the principle of "charging" all the traffic will "bear." Our laws have, under the guise of a franchise, the same power to extort that tho old German baron took to himself, and our modern baron has perfected it in detail, filed off tho rough corners and made it more comprehensive. To give an example of how this "franchise busi ness" is utilized to extort from producer and consumer alike: A few men get a right to build a railroad. They can go through anybody's land, because they are opening a public highway. They further have a right to immediately take charge of tho highway, lay tho tracks and operate the road. Suppose it costs them $1,000,000 to do this, they would bo entitled to charge enough to pay them a good return for their invest ment and the operating expenses. Inves tigate any of these concerns, and you will find that little attention is paid to what is invested, but rather, what can the commerce along their route be mado to pay? The capitalization stocks and bonds usually run up to 5, 10 or 15 times the amount they have invested. This is usually termed "water," and it is equal to the value of franchises. Garrison and Gould bought the Mis souri Pacific railroad from the state of Missouri in 1878 for $0,000,000. Were they at all punctilious about, making it earn dividends only on $0,000,000? No. Th y had the power under the laws of Missouri to fix their own charters. So inside of five years they increased their capitalization to $70,000,000, the profits on which tho people tributary to that road have been paying ever since. The New York Central railroad, extending from New York city to Buffalo, a dis tance of 401 miles, was built for about $45,000 per mile, or $18,045,000, yet the owners have capitalized it for $152,000,000, or, in other words, the state, by giving them tho right or fran chise, made them a present of $134,- 000,000. Tho Western Union's plant can bo reproduced for $15,000,000, yet for years it has paid 0 j <> per cent on a capi talization of over and in 1890, I think, had a $13,000,000 sur plus. Estimate the cost of a plant, deduct the amount from the capitalization and the amount remaining is the value of the franchise. H. S. JULIAN, Kansas City. "WHY 13 CRIME INCREASING?" The timely article by J. W. Cald well, showing the discrepancy between the teachings of the last census report and those of President Cleveland's late missionary address, not only sets forth in plain light the lamentable weakness and sectional shortsightedness of the president of the United States, but closes with two questions, pertinent to the times, which the writer desires to Bee answered—viz: 1. "Why is crime increasing in the east more rapidly than in the west?" 2. "What shall we do to decrease crime?" Both of these questions are answered by answering the first one. If one can point out the cause of increasing crime, then the decrease of crime can be ac complished by the removal of that cause. To take up the first question, the general cause of crime is poverty. From actual conditions of poverty and from conditions which spring from these— such as tlvo fear of poverty and the false standard of life which the fear of it and a corresponding worship of wealth sets up—nearly all crime springs. Crime is greatest in the east because there is the greatest concentration of wealth, and because under our present system of wealth accumulation the in crease of poverty regularly accompanies the concentration of wealth. If evidence is needed in confirmation of this terrible fact we might, from among many oth ers who have given similar testimony, select the terse statement in "Progress and Poverty" mado by Henry George: "In the United States squalor and mis ery and the vices and crimes that spring from them everywhere increase as tho village grows to tho city and tho march of development brings the advSitages of the improved methods of production and exchange. It is in the older and richer sections of the Union that pauperism and distress among the working classes are becoming most painfully apparent." Or if 0110 wished to go farther in evi dence and to include England, where a similar concentration of wealth is tak ing place, and summon from thence such a man as Professor Huxley, who says in regard to his testimony, "I have no pre tensions to the character of a philan thropist, and I have a special horror of all sorts of sentimental rhetoric; I am merely trying to deal with tho facts," 110 might hear him saying in his "Social Diseases and Worse Remedies:" "Any 0110 who is acquainted with tho state of tho population of all great industrial centers, whether in this or other coun tries, is awaro that amid a large and in creasing body of that population la miscre reigns supreme. * * * And I | tako it to be a mere plain truth that , throughout industrial Europe there is ; not a single largo manufacturing city ( which is free from a vast mass of people i whose condition is exactly that de scribed, and from a still greati r mass who, living just 011 tho edge of the so cial swamp, arc liable to bo precipitated I into it by any lack of demand for their : produce. And with every addition to 1 tho population tho multitude already I sunk in the pit increase." I These conditions exist because they are the legitimate and necessary off spring of a system of business distribu tion and social production which has for its maxim "the survival of tho strong est," and which is even now adding to that, as if that were not demoniacal enough, "tho survival of the greatest consolidations of the strongest individ uals. " Every step gained in this select sur vival of the strong throws out a certain number of nonsurvivors to live as they can, and every step gained in the more exclusive survival of combinations of the strong doubles and quadruples the number already thus added to the ranks of poverty and the sources of crime. The east is increasing in crime more rapidly than tlio west because the east furnishes freest scope for the social sys tem of selfish individualism. On the shoulders of this brawny and promising child—but tyrannical adult—lies tho whole responsibility for tho increase in crime. To destroy crime we must de stroy tho system and put in its place some co-operativo effort in the produc tion and distribution of human necessi ties which would bo controlled by the whole people for tho public good. But this we cannot do. Destruction [ other than by nature's laws of gradual modification is dangerous and futile. Humanity cannot skip any spot in its development, even though it be beneath the tyrant's lash and over ground wet with the tears of human suffering. Tho present system must wear itself out of itself, and tho perception of threadbare garments, while announcing tho end, does not justify nakedness. In the meantime, however, evil may bo cheeked. Tho lover of humanity | must resist at every step tho encroach ment of tho asserted rights of paltry I gain upon the rights of human life. Life is the thing for which life's means i exist. Men are our brothers—all men are. There is something nobler in life j than the heaping of its tools. There is something better to develop in human nature than the greed for gain. ; Who are the sufferers from this? All of us. Not the poor alone, though that were bad enough. The idle son of the wealthy father is as great a curse to so ciety as the criminal and generally tho direct or indirect cause of many crimes. He is a standing menace to society, a cause of nights of anguish to his moth er and of a haunting dread that follows his father day and night. He is one of the products of the times and one of the causes of eastern crime. ! It is something, perhaps, to seo these things. We may not be ablo to remove crime by tho removal of poverty be cause the cause of poverty is so thor oughly built into our present social structure, but wo can do a man's work each in his own way in checking it, and especially at tho ballot box. W. G. TODD. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Philadelphia, May 10. —The Harry Wright monument fund now stands at 53,171. o:i. Albany, May 10.—The state lunacy commission has just transferred forty insane women from the Willard to the Buffalo State hospital. Louisville, May 10. —Hamlin's Night ingale dropped dead on the course of the Louisville Fair and Driving association while being jogged yesterday. Her value was over 819.000. New York, May 10.—The democratic state committee mot" at the Hoffman house yesterday and fixed the date of the state convention to select delegates to Chicago for June 24. Putcrson, N. J., May 16. Hugh .Ten ner and Michael Ilogan, highwaymen, who held up several people in this city and Passaic last month, lias been sen tenced to twenty-five years each in state prison. New York, May 18.—The real illness from which Henry E. Abbey, the the atrical manager, is suffering is now said to be dropsy, and it is further stated that his condition is critical, the operation of "tapping" having been re sorted to already. Washington, May 15.—The house committee on coinage, weights and measures has ordered a favorable re port on the joint resolution of Charles W. Sloane of Pennsylvania authorizing preliminary proceedings looking to the adoption of international coins. New York, May 18.—A ma Doti, a steerage passenger, 32 years old, on the Burgundia, just arrived, died on board in mid-ocean and was buried at sea. She showed symptoms of insanity, and it became necessary to confine lier. She gradually pined away and died in delerium. Boston, May 19.—The principal con test at the boxing entertainment in this city last night was tho bout be tween "Kid" McCoy and "Mysterious" Billy Smith of Boston, fifteen rounds at 154 pounds. The fighting was some what spirited. McCoy was awarded the battle in the sixth round on a foul. Philadelphia, May 16. —Conditioned upon the raising of 81,000,000 within a specified time, Thomas Melvean of the class of'(> 2 has subscribed 8100,000 to the University of Pennsylvania, and Provost Harrison has undertaken to raise the entire amount within the time. Mr. McKean has made no limi tation to the use of his subscription. Beaver, Pa., May 16.—Much excite ment has been created throughout Beaver county by the announcement that a meeting of the members of the Beaver county bar has been called for to-day to investigate charges of cor ruption in connection with the nomina tion and election of judge J. W. Wilson. Alexandria, Egypt, May 18.—Seventy three new eases of cholera and twenty deaths from the disease were reported here yesterday. Every steamer leaving the port is packed with people fieeiug from the scourge. At Cairo eleven fresh cases of cholera were discovered yesterdry. The deaths numbered nine. New Haven. Conn., May 16. —The works of the Diamond Match company are to be transferred to Chicago on July 1. The concern employs 125 hands here. The old match factory has been in Westville nearly half a century. The wages paid by the com pany constituted tho main revenue of the village. Niagara Falls, N. Y., May 19.—The contract for the extension of the wheel pits of the Niagara Falls Power com pany has been let to E. D. Smith & Co. of Chicago. Tho extension will accommodate seven now dynamos, and part of the power developed by them will be for transmission to Buffalo and other places. The contract price is un derstood to be about 81,000,000. Providence, May 18. —The actors of the (Treat Northwest company refused to play out their piece at the (Jaioty opera house Saturday night because their salaries were not forthcoming. The members of the troupe say that a week's salary is due tliem, amounting to 81,000. A son of Congressman 11. C. Miner was at the back of the venture. Buffalo, May 16.—The engine, bag gage ear and one coach of the Empire State express on the New York Cen tral railroad were derailed at the cor ner of Swan and Senaea streets in this city last night. The train was passing through the yards at the time of the accident and was fortunately going at a slow rate of speed. Save for a gen eral shaking up, the passengers suf fered no injury. Washington, May 15.—The chief of the bureau of statistics reports that the total values of the exports of mer chandise from the United States dur ing April, 1890, and during the ten months ended April 30, 1896, as com pared with tho corresponding periods of the preceding year, were as follows: April, 1896, 070,914,343; 1895, 805,255,- 011; ton months ended April 30, 1896, 8749,036,125, 1895, 8688,303,156. New York, May 18.—A special cable dispatch from Cape Town, South Africa; says: A private message from Pretoria, which was shown to American Consul ! Knight, says that the four reform leaders of Johannesburg will be fined ; 8125,000 each and be sentenced to ten years' banishment, and the remaining i sixty will be lined 87,500 each and given , some terra of banishment, but the ! executive council is inclined to make the period one year in the case of the latter. Philadelphia, May 16.—A verdict has just been rendered in the common pleas court against James B. Sovereign, gen eral master workman, and the general executive hoard of the Knights of La bor, for 81,225.73 in favor of Terrence \. Powderly. ex-master workman, who 0 aimed that amount for balance due him for services as master workman of the order. The suit has been pending lince Sovereign succeeded Powderly bead of the order. SOME GOODS WE I 29c —will buy good men's White Shirt Linen Bosoms. Ther'o the best you can get for the money. 45c —will buy men's* good launder ed White. Shirts. Here's a bar gain you won't get every day. 25c —will buy men's Outing Flan nel Shirts, good quality and up-to-date stylo. $4 buy a $0 suit of men's Clohes. I am closing them out; have about 50 suits loft yet. $1 —will buy 20 yards of Muslin. A good material getting pressed by a largo stock; must have the room it takes. $1 —will buy a pair of ladies' line H " Shoes. A well made article in various shapes and styles. 30c —will buy one yard of Ingrain Carpet. We will give you spe cial prices on better grades, as we are closing them out. S2O buy a Bed Boom Suite, solid oak, eight pieces. A very rare bargain. $4 —"'HI buy a Baby Carriage. We have 75 different styles in stock; all lirst-class make. SSO "Will buy a .1?c5 Parlor Suit. Numerous other bargains in our Furniture department. $| —will buy a line Hat. We have the latest styles in Plug Hats; other popular shapes also. THE Mj —are the only high-grade a sold direct from the factory are the only pianos on whit profits t and enormous exp music teachers' commissio mended by leading musicia Kellmer Grands and Our Pianos arc guaranteei for ten years. We have no or protect, and sell from t ner Church and Chestnut actual first factory cost. Saturday evenings from 7 t K GLIiMI POLITIC* I. ANNOUNCF.M ICNTS. COUNTY COMMISSION 15R FRANK DEPIERRO, of Frceluiul. Subject to the decision of the Republican county convention. COUNTY COMMISSION Kit li. E. DONAUGHEY, of Hazleton. Subject to the decision of the Republican county convent ion. REPRESENTATIVE - THOMASLM. POWELL, of Ha/.leton. Subject to the decision of the Republican legislative convention. REPRESENT ATI VE E. W. RUTTER, of freehold. Subject to the decision of the Democratic legislative eoliventioii. |JH)U SENATOR DANIEL J. MCCARTHY, of Freolund. Subject to the decision of the Democratic senatorial convention. piR TAX COLLECTOR- C. D. ROHREACH, of Freclaml. Subject to the decision of the Democratic borough convention." IMPARTIAL. SUFFRAGE IN NEW ZEALAND. Mrs. Henry Hirst, mi Austruliuu uu tlior, ill a recent (liseusßiun oil tlio eftoct of woman's frunohiso in New Zealand, said: "Men of all siiados of political opin ion and at daggers drawn 011 other points ngroo that tlie granting of tlie vote to women has been beneficial to the colony. Mr. Seddon, tlio premier, lias said: 'Wo men's influence at the elections and since lias been productive of much good. They are looking well after tlie interests of tlio children, the mitigation of the liqnor traffic, tlio alteration of tlio jail regula tions with regard to having female in spectors for women and other vital af fairs.' The leader of the opposition 'be lievvl (feat the women had done much to purify the house, and that their influ ence would yet be more beneficial in the same direction.' The consensus of colo nial opinion appears to be that the ex press toudency of tlio female vote is in favor of promoting tlio solid happiness of the individuals who compose the com munity. Domestic lifo lias not been dis turbed or oven ruffled by the female por tion of the household possessing votes, and the women in the exercise of tlmir now privileges have shown sound judg ment, grout discretion and no small amount of independent thought." James Smith, a wealthy retired mer chant of Cleveland, \v,ho died a few days since, was associated with John D. I'ockefelior in the early days of the cool <ll business. It lias been said that Mr. rockefeller's start was due to Mr. Smith, who loaned him tlie money to build a frame shed and place in it an apparatus which lie had invented for refining crude oil. Read - the - Tribune. m CLOSING OUT! ; Wall Paper. The improving season is • here. We have a larger stock of Paper than ever. Could not get any for lc a roll, but have [ line Gilt Paper for 10c a double roll—numerous styles. Dry Goods and Notions. We have an extra large stock, which is crowding our ; space, so that we must get y some of them away in order to 1 get room to move around. Al ways lots of specialties and , the lowest prices on all kinds ot goods. Groceries. , You all know where to get ; something good to eat —at Ber ner s, of course, where you al ways find fresh goods. We i thank you for past favors; try us again. J. C. BERNER. ind strictly first-class Pianos ■y to the final buyer. They ( eh you can save the dealers' lenses, agents' salaries and JUS. Our Pianos are recom ans for richness and beauty. I Uprights, $175 Up. id first-class and warranted 0 stores or agents to support our factory warerooms, cor t streets, Hazleton, at the Open daily till 0 o'clock, to 10. Ib; PIANO CO. RAiLROAD TIMETABLES 'THE DBLAWAKB, SUSQUEHANNA ANL 1- SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. J 'Thuo table in effect December 15,1805. * a , Trains leave Drifton for.leddo, Eokley, Ila/Io brook, Stockton. Reaver Meadow Road, Roan and ilazlctou Junction at 5 ;iu, 000 a m, 4 15 p in, daily except Sunday; find 7 03 u in, 2 as p m, i Sunday. Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry, Toinhicken and Derlnger at 58U u in, p ui, daily except Sunday; and 703 am,238 pm, Sun duy. , Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction, ILirwood lload, Humboldt ltoud, Oneida ami Sheppton ato 00 a in. 1 I* p in, daily except Sun day; and 7 Ui a m, 2 ;18 p in, Sunday. Trains leave I lazletoii Junction for liar wood, Cranberry, Toinhicken ami Deringer at 035 a in. daily except Sunday; and 8 .">1 u in, 4 22 p in, I Sunday. i Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oncidu 1 Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road, : Oneida and Slicppton at U 21), 11 10 um, 4 Mi p in, - | daily except Suiiduy; and 737 am, 308 pm, Sunday. I Trains leave Deringer for Toinliickcn, Cran berry, Harwood, Hazleton Junction, Roan, Reaver Meadow Road. Stockton, Ha/.le Rrook, | Eckley, Jeddo. ami Drifton at 2 25, 5 40 p m, daily except Sunday; and 1)37 u in, 507 p in, i Sunday. Trams leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt Road, Harwood Road, Oneida Junction, Huzle ton Junction a id Roan at 7 11 a in, 12 40, 525 p in, daily except Sunday; ami BUM a in, 3 44 i p in, Sunday. i Trains leave Sheppton for Reaver Meadow Road, Stockton, lia/Jo Rrook, Eckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 5 25 p m, dally, except Suiiduy; and 8 01) a IU, 3 44 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Reaver Meadow Road, Stockton, Hazle Rrook, Eckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 3 Oil, 5 47, ti 20 p m, daily, except Sunday; and 10 08 a m, 5 38 p in, Sunday. Ail trains connect at Hazleton Junction with electric cars for Ha/Jeton, Jeatiesvillo, Audcn ried and other poiuts on tlie Traction Com • patty's line. Trains leaving Drifton at 000 a in, Ha/Jeton . Junction tit i 20 a ni, and Sheppton at 7 11a in, connect at Oneida Junction with Lehigh Valley trains east and west. Train leaving Drifton nt 5 uni makes con nect ion at Deringer witli I'. It. R. train for Wiikoßbarre, Sunbury, llurrislmrg mid points 5 | west. ! For the nccommdilution of passengers nt way 1 i stations lietweeu Ha/Jeton Junction and Der- I inner, an extra train will leave the former . ! point at 350 p in. daily, except Sunday, arriv ing ut Deri Hirer at 5 00 p in. i LUTIiEit C. SMI TH, Superintendent. ) ( EIIIGII VALLEY RAILROAD. . 1 M y 17, 18'JG. j Anthracite eoal used exclusively, insuring cleanliness and comfort. , ARRANGEMENT OP PASSENGER TRAINS. [ LEAVE Fit K ELI A N D. 0 05, 8 4"), 0 30. It) 41 a m, I 40, 2 851, 8 25, 4 31 ■ 0 12, 7 10. I 55, 845 P in, for Drifton, Jeddo, Lum ber 5 sird, Stockton and llu/Joton. 0 05, 8 15, 50 am, 1 40, 3 25, 431p m, for - i Munch Chunk, Allcnlowii, Rethleiiem, l'hilu 1 Easton and Ne .v York. 015, tfi.it, 10 41 am, 2 811, 184, 710 pm, for i Mahauoy City, Sheiiaiido.sh and I'ottsville. ii' Vi 11 515 p ni, tor Sandy Run, W Into Haven, (Hon Summit, W ilkosbarro. ' Pittston and L. and 0. Junction. 8 45 p m for Ha/.leton and Aiidenried, SUNDAY TRAINS. 10 50 a 111 for Sandy Run. White Ilaven, Glen 1 Summit and Wiikeshurro. i H4oa in und o:M| in tor Drifton, Jeddo, Lum ber Yard and Ha/Jeton. 321 pm lor Helium, Mnhunny City, Shenau doah. New V ork and Philadelphia. ABULVE AT IHEELAND. "28, 75\ !• SO. 11l 58, 11 51 a in, 12 W, 220, 5 15 . 'j" l ' P. "}• hiinj Ila/.inton, Stockton! Lumlier \ ard, Jeddo and Driiton. . i 7 20, 030 10 41 a in, 2 33, 710 p m, from , Delano, Mahauoy City and Sheuandouh (via i New Rostou Branch). 12 58, 5 15. 8 3 5 p in, from New Y'ork, Easton Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allentowu and Maucli Chunk. y 20, 10 56 a in, 12 58, 5 15, 7 10, 885 p in, from Easton, Phila., Bethlehem and Muiicli ('hunk. WJR a ui, 2 3 ~ 7 It) p m Irom Sandy Run, white Haven Glen Summit, Wilkesbarre, Pitts- I ton and L. and B. Junction. SUNDAY TRAINS. 10 Si, 1131 am and 3 10 p m, from Hazleton, Lumber \ ard, Jeddo and Drifton. 11 31 a m from Delano, Hazleton, Philadelphia , and Easton. ' 3 10 p m from Delano and Mahanoy region. For lurther information inquire of Ticket Agents. CHAS. 8. LEE, GeuT Pass. Agent, ROLLIN 11. WlLßUtt.Gen.Bupt. EascDi'V. 1 A. W. NONNEMACHER, Ass't G. P. A., •South Bethlehem, Pa,
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