FREELAND TRIBUNE. PUBLISHED EVKUY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. THOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Four Months 50 Two Months 525 Subscribers are requested to observe the figures following the name 011 the labels of their papers. By reference to these they can ascertain to what date their subscriptions arc paid. For instance: Orover Cleveland 28June90 means that orover is paid up to June 2*, 1890. Keep the figures 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. FREELAND, PENN'A, JUNE 25, IS9O. Two Serious Charges Undented. From the Wilkesbarre Newsdealer. The llecord atributes the refusal of Williams to withdraw to the assault made upon him by his enemies. Ihey assailed him. it says, with all the ferocity of a pack of hounds, made an impudent demand for his withdrawal, and poured on him unstinted abuse. If the News dealer is referred to in this charge we respectfully demur. We entertain no personal feeling or animosity toward Williams. Twocharges have been given publicity, affecting his character, and standing as a citizen. One of them, and the most serious, was made by a Republican journal and novel* withdrawn. Neither lias Williams ever denied it. It is that accusing his friend of compelling .folio Leiscnring to pay a large sum of money, said to be #!>,- 000, the consideration being \\ illiains support of beisenring, and appealing by letter to ids friends to do the same. A few days after the money hud been paid, Williams' letter was published in the liecurd. I'p to that time lie had been silent. Is there not a striking signilic auce in this? The other accusation against Williams is of Ids own making, in a speech in city council, he sneered at workiiignien, who were asking for the passage of an ordinance protecting thuui and said: "A dollar a day was enough for any working man." The ordinance was de feated through llis active efforts. Ibis accusation, like the S'.i.UOO story, basal so never boon denied. Now wo submit, if to use these accusa tions against Williams, who is a candi date for a high office, constitues abuse and villilication, what in a candidates character is a fair subject for criticism? It is puerile, in both Williams and itis friends, to urge that because of fair criticism, ho is compelled to seek a vin dication at the hands of the people, rather titan permit a man who is more capable to secure the place. If the charges against him are untrue, why doesn't ho deny them likea man? So long as he permits them to go un challenged, he cannot blame the public for beliving in their truth. Hundreds of liis countrymen believe the charges to be true, and when lie comes before the voters, not the delegates, for vindica tion, lie will get it were l'olly wore the beads, llis finish will be more, disas trous than that of Loe at Appomatox. Bond Inquiry u Complete Fiasco. From the Philadolphiu Record. The bond inquiry by the senate com mittee ended ignominiously 011 Satur day. The investigation failed to reveal anything which was not already known to the public, and the only effect which the committee's labors will have will be to still further discredit, if that be possible, the influences which started the inquiry. As to the charges of favor itism made against Secretary Carlisle by the unsuccessful bidder, Graves, even Senator Vest admitted that it had been demonstrated that there was nothing in thorn. The members of the committee show ed surprising timidity when Mr. Morgan was under examination, and they were so lax in probing the last loan that the banker urged them to ask him questions. They refused, and lie denied some of the foolish charges made against the? treas ury department by the Populist wing of the senate. The committee adjourned to meet again in December, but it seems altogether unlikely that anything will be done then. In thedraftof the Republican platform as adopted by the sub-committee was a resolution denouncing the "union of church and state." This resolution, in stigated by the A. P. A., does not appear in the report of the platform as it was adopted, and the Republican party is to bo congratulated upon its refusal to lend any countenance to the narrow spirit of sectarianism. A resolution against a "union °f church and state" in this country, where 110 party and no religious denomination favors such a union, would have been an absurdity. The A. J'. A., the members of which made such loiul boasts of their political power, took nothing with it from the Republican na tional convention. Its pretenses and its aims alike were treated with the ut most contempt. Is it not time for this secret political association to disband? No good citizen who soberly redacts upon the character of this organization can consent to remain in its membor sii i p. — Philadelphia llecord. \V. I). Watkins, of Plymouth, one. of the Republican candidates for county treasurer, has withdrawn, lie says he has done so to insure Williams* success for congress. The Newsdealer reports a rumor that Watkins was paid #3,000 to get out of Williams' way. ORIGIN OF A QUEER PHRASE Lawyers Have Expressions Not l'nderntft(l by the Common Herd. Among the many strunge expressions used in the legal fnWeruity is that of "horse-shedding." It refers to the pre liminary examinations of witnesses l>e fore putting them on the stand. There has been much discussion as to the ori gin of the term, but Congressman Gros venor gives the following explanation, which certainly sounds reasonable: "In days gone by the Ohio courts held ses sions at different county seats ut cer tain periods known as court terms. To accommodate the liirge crowds of litigants and witnesses who would flock in from points for miles around the county seat when court was in session, the county authorities erected sheds near the courthouse, where the liti gants and their witnesses could tie and feed their horses while they attended court, and these sheds became known as horse sheds. "Now, owing to the limited space of the courtrooms, the lawyers who al ways traveled with the court, were una ble to hold a private conversation with their clients and witnesses Inside the walls, and so they used to take them un der the horse sheds and there talk mat ters over with them. Among the at torneys who attended court at Chester, the county seat of Meigs county, on one occasion were Tom Ewing and Samuel F. Vinton. The court was ready to go 011 with the case in which the two noted attorneys were retained as op posing counsel, when it was discovered that Vinton was not present. The court looked carefully around and then asked: 'Where is Mr. Vinton?' 'I don't know, your honor,' said Ewing, rising to his feet, 'he is not here, but he is probably outside horse-shedding his witnesses.' This remark raised a gen eral laugh, and thereafter the word horse-shedding a witness passed into popular parlance." Washington Tost A HOG ORCHESTRA. Tb Singular Exhibition Arranged for the Pleasure of a King. During the reign of XI. of France there was attached to his court one Abbot De Baigne, n man of consid erable wit. The abbot was somewhat musically inclined, and delighted the court with inventions of ofld musical instruments. One day the king, after having en joyed a hearty laugh over one of these curious contrivances, and de siring to baffle thia musical genius, commanded liiin to produce harmoni ous sounds from the cries of hogs. This seemed an impossibility to the king, and lie prepared himself to enjoy the discomfiture of the abbot. Much to his surprise, however, the abbot readily agreed to produce the m. All he required was a sum of money, upon the receipt, of which he declared he would invent the most surprising thing o.ver heard in the way of musical atrocity. He scoured the country and secured a large, number of hogs, trying their \ oices as to pitch and quality, and finally, after having fully satisfied him self, he arranged the animals in a sort of pavilion richly decorated. The day of the trial arrived, and the king and his court entered the pavilion prepared for something, but greatly in doubt as to the success of the abbot with the liogs. However, there were the. hogs, sure enough, and, much to the surprise and delight of the king, they began to cry harmoniously and in good tune, rendering an air that was fairly recog nized. The abbot had arranged a series of stops that were connected with the hogs, and upon pulling one of them out caused a spike to prick the hog it connected with, making him squeal his note. The rest was easy, for by pulling out the different stops he produced the tune. —Philadelphia Press. A Great MuhUt Thief. So long as Hind kept to the road his life was one long comedy, llis wit ami address were inexhaustible, and fortune never found liiiu at a loss, lie would avert suspicion with the tune of a j*salni, as when, liabited as a pious shepherd, he broke a traveler's head with his crook and deprived hhn of his horse. An early adventure was to force a pot-valiant parson, who had drunk a cup too much ;<t u wedding, into a rarely farcical situ ation. Hind, liuving tabbed twogcntle incn's servants of a round sum, went ambling along the road until he en countered a parson. "Sir," said he, "I am closely pursued by robbers. You, I lure swear, will not stand by and see me plundered." Before the parson could protest, lie thrust, a pistol into his hand and bade him lire it at the first comer, \\lile he rode off to raise the county. Meanwhile the rifled travelers came up with the parson, who strightwny, mis taking them for thieves, fired without effect, and then, riding forward flung t lie pistol in the fneeof the nearest. Thus the parson of the parish u as dragged be fore a magistrate, while Hind, before his dupe could furnish an explanation, had placed many a mile between himself and his adversaries.—Mucmillan's Mag azine. How II Could Tell. Some years ago, a man named Green field, living in New York state, killed his wife. He was convicted at the first trial, ! l.iit the ease was carried to the court if appeals, which reversed the findings of the lower court.. Gov. Robinson then ordered a special rehearing to bcjield at Syracuse. Judge Daniels presided. When an examination of the jurors be gan, a curious circumstance occurred. One of the jurors declared that he had already prejudged tlie case. lie was asked if he had read the printed ac counts in the newspapers. He had not Neither, he said, had lie talked with any one about it. He was accordingly ex • ciised. Judge Daniels, however, was not jso easily Ratified. He sent the sheriff before the man left the courtroom to ascertain how he could reach a con elusion in a ease when he had never road up on it. or discussed It. "Why," he re plied, "the lawyers made such darned j fools of themselves examining the j jurors that T knew the prisoner must be 1 guilty."—San Francisco Argonaut. Verifying His Words. The strong man sobbed. "Though you spurn me," he faltered, "I am not disheartened. 'Tis darkest Just before dawn." She flung open the shutters and gazed forth. "I Itelieve you're right," she mur mured. "I never noticed particularly before." Even then be seemed not to realize tlint the night hud worn on. apace.— Pick-Me-Up. A Persistent Offender. "I have done my best," the editor re marked, "to establish this paper In the. confidence of the community." " think you luive succeeded," wa*v the reply. "Yes; to a great extent. But there is one regular contributor whom I can't- break of hifi habit of faking." "Who Is that?" "The man who sends in the weather reports."—Washington Star. Rose Grinned. When first I fell upon my knoes To Rose My diaphragm In one great sneeze Arose; When thus was taken from my sails The wind No wonder that I felt chagrined— She grinned. A SUGGESTIVE WARNING. —St. Puul's. The Political Text Hook. Yes, "money talks." and that explains To those who closely look, Why educational campaigns Employ the pocketbook. -L. A. W. Bulletin. With a Sigh. New Office Boy—Lady in the outbid, office wants to see you, sir. Proprietor*—lmportant business? New Office Boy—She didn't say. She just looked determined and said she wanted to see you. Proprietor (with a sigh)— Show her in. It's my wife.—Philadelphia North American. Legal Advice. Mrs. De Temper—-I am not happy with my husband. Shall I drive him away? Lawyer—His life ia Insured in your favor, isn't It? "Yes, I rnude him do that before we married." "Well, don't drive him off. He'll die quicker where he is."—N. Y. Weekly. Bon Voyage. Mrs. Wills—What are you taking that phonograph and seven cylinders with you on the journey for? Old Wills—They contain seven of your four a. m. greetings at the head of the stairs, one for each day in the week. You see, I shan't miss you, darling.— N. Y. World. Clearly a Reflection. Rainbo—l have bought a bicycle, and now I suppose I've got to have a lantern if I do any riding after dark. Baldwin—A lantern? Great Beott! What, does a man with such a nose as yours need of any other headlight?— Chicago Tribune. The Sordid View of It* Visiting Acquaintance Don't you find it a great deal cheaper to live out here iti the country than it was in the city? Mr. Subbtibs—M—no; it's about the same. My wife brought her chafing dish along with her.—Chicago Tribune. Plausible. "I," the young man frankly admitted, "am looking for a snap." "Well," the elderly one suggested, "if you have the ginger it ought to be easy to find some one with the dongh." And a greut silence fell inaudibly.-*- lndianapolis Journal. .Power of Money. A.—Before Miss Thlnleigh's father made his fortune she used to be long and lanky. B. —Well, bus she changed? A.—Oh, yes! Now she is divinely tall.—Odds and Ends. Why She Objected. SHE —What do you mean, sir, by kiss ing me? What do you mean? He—Er—nothing. She—Then don't do it again. I don't want any man kissing me unless he means business.—lndianapolis Journal. The Glad Man. His heart beat Joyous plt-a-pat; It filled his life with cheer To find he had a good straw hat Left over from last year. —Chicago Record. Her Inference. He—Those dear little hands were never intended for heavy work. She—Then you don't expect me to make my own bread when we are mar ried ?—Yonkers Statesman. Would Expect Ifliu. Watte-—So you don't look on young Sharp© as a coming man, do you? Potts—l would if I was in charge, of tlie penitentiary.—lndianapolis Jour nal. Art Comes High. Ilazel—Marion said she'd give a good deal to look like inc. Hattie—l didn't know paint was as expensive as all that,—Yonkers States man. - j LIVE QUESTIONS. A Series of Articles Contributed by Advunced Thinkers. IMPARTIAL FRANCHISE—GOLDEN RULE OF POLITICAL EQUALITY. Little more than a century ago the individuality of man was second in ev ery way to his relativity. There were vassals, serfs, slaves, soldiers and sail ors, toilers 011 the land and toilers on the deep. Tho masses of mankind were every thing indeed but men. This century is witnessing a similar transformation of ideas concerning women. Tho world lias always valued women relatively as daughters, sisters, wives, mothers. Now they have an individual as well as a related life. They are, in short, becom ing recognized as human personalities, owing an allegiance to their own naturo as well as to the claims of those about them. I have been told by missionaries that often umong u people so simple hearted as tho Armenians the man is wont to say when the suggestion that tho wom en folk should learn to read is made to him, "My wife is so much cleverer than I that if she should learn to read she would do it so much better that she would begin to think that I wus not the master of the house, and every man must bear,rule in his own homo." I supposo the missionaries do not think it wise to break to this benighted brother the fact that it is by no means necessary that he should "bear rule," but the no blest and happiest homes in these days of democratic development ai^lthose in which the dual and equal headship of the husband and wife, father and moth er, man and woman, are recognized as the only just and golden rule fashion of settling the question that has been moot ed since the world began. What an in stitution it is—the golden rule! llow little wo have looked into it! How slow of heart we are to comprehend its uni versality, its practical utility, its neces sary relation to the common joy! It is in the nature of ignorance to magnify false distinctions. To the In dian his tribe is all, to the statesman his nation, to the philosopher the world, since the wider intelligence alone per ceivcs that community of interest which a wider outlook alone reveals. In like manner the ignorant man—or the unphilosophic—makes much of sex distinctions, overlooking the larger gen eralization of humanity which includes men and women equally, for it has been demonstrated that sex does not de termine any single function of human life, except that it debars a woman from being a father and a man from attain ing the vicarious sacrifice of motherhood. In the lower orders of mammali sex cuts absolutely 110 figure in the allot ments of their toil under the law of mun's self interest. Probably some Yankee farmer will triumphantly point to the cow as an animal of the femalo sex whoso work is differentiated from that of the male bovine in u manner analagous to that between man and woman in less en lightened days, but then he does not know that in great nutions of Europe and the east 110 such distinction pre vails. Our contention is and always will be that woman is, first of all, a daughter of God, whoso powers of thought and action should be left free that she may know the truth, and that next she is a daughter of humanity, whose relation to the state should be equal to that of her brother, man. The empress of Japan takes the lead ership of the lied Cross and makes no distinction between Chinese and Japan ese in her ministrations of mercy; today she is tho central figure in her empire for Christian progress. The dowager empress of Chinu is the same in that great realm today; she is a reader of the New Testament, and as much outraged by the recent massacres us we are. The same place is accepted by tho queen regent of Spain, who will not attend a bull fight, and was by tho empress re gent of Germany in her merciful work for the flood sufferers during the 100 days when Frederick the Good was nominally, but the empress really, at the helm of state; so was tho empress regent of Brazil, when, during the ab sence of Horn Pedro, she freed tho slaves. Why will not good men, beaten as they are at every turn in their strug gle to make government more humane, see that it is only by unshackling the morciful hand of woman can they secure power enough to carry to success their measures of beneficence in a country where tho sido always wins that has most votes? The general dictum of our opponents is that every male enemy of tho homo may vote if he keeps out of jail; every wicked man who leads tho sons and daughters of the home astray may vote, but no one home maker shall voto in all tho land, because, forsooth, she does not fight. But surely she who bears soldiers need not bear arms, and when she votes the pugilistic encounters on a lurge scale that we call wars will cense. In primitive days we had the niatri archate, which means the rule of the mothers, and now for a painfully length ened period we have had the patriarch ate, or the rule of the fathers, but we begin to see the dawn of the ampliir chate, or the joint rule of a joint world by the joint forces of its mothers and its fathers. Happy are they who put their willing, sturdy shoulders to the wheel of this white chariot of the sun. FRANCES E. WILLARD. LET THE PEOPLE RULE-BACK TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION. Growing out of our uuiversal discon tent will come a reconstruction of soci ety. The one disturbing question of the hour is money. Some are securing too much, others not enough. When ever a man's income is beyond what ho earns, he is securing unjustly the earn ings of others. No man has a right to do this. It is as uncthicul to secure the earnings of another without a fair re turn in trade as it is in piracy or pilfer ing. Tiie law of justice is that a man earns about so much each year, and the true and noble man would prefer to get less than ho earns rather than more. How are wo to remedy the evils financial that beset us? The finances of the nations have been in the hands of the statesmen from time immemorial. What is the result? National debts have constantly increased. If an individual gets deeper in debt every year, we say that he is a financial failure. The same is true of our national financiers. They are flat failures. This is established be yond question. Failure comes either be cause of incapacity or because of willful perversity. The financiers of the nations, while getting their respective countries more deeply into debt, have themselves, with a few exceptions, become wealthy. This stato of affairs raises our suspicions. They run their own business in their own interests; the business of the coun try in the interests of whom? There is an adage that passes for the sound currency of wisdom in financial circles—viz, "A national debt is a na tional blessing." The only thing wrong about this is the last word; it should be changed into curse. It is not good as an abstract principlo to owe any one, whether as an individual or as a nation, and the man who talks otherwise is talking either in his own self interest or is deceived. The men who urge the utility of the national debt do so be cause they wish to trade in national se curities. lii the United States we have discussed the tariff question from a partisan stand point, and it is 110 nearer being settled than it was fifty years ago. No question of finance is ever settled from a partisan and selfish position. We ought to take the tariff and money issues out of par tisan politics and treat them just like we would the business questions of a firm. A Republican and a Democrat join in a business enterprise and they push it to a successful issue without any partisanism whatever. The business of the country should be run in the same way. Unscrupulous politicians, inflated with vanity and loving place and power, make use of the various financial the ories as hobbies on which they ride into office; but the people, the sovereign peo ple, should steadfastly demand that all these questions be dealt with purely a6 matters of business. We should utilize the teachers of economy in our colleges and universities as committees of inquiries and have them lay their results before congress for its use. This could be followed by experimental and tentative legislation that would test the utility of any pro posed law. The peoplo now do not make or un make laws. We have surrendered our rights to the politicians, who dictate to us what is right, and then, with the party lash, whip us into the traces, and so many of us have become like ' 'dumb, driven cattle." Let there be a universal effort in the direction of scientific finan cial legislation; let nil laws be made in the interest of the masses, not to benefit the classes, and we can again have pros perity. J. W. CALDWELL. A LESSON FROM PREACHER R. G. IN GERSOLL'S SERMON. It in a notable event that Colonel In gersoll preached in the pulpit of the Militant church, Rev. John ltusk, pas tor, 011 Sunday, the 12th of April. The Her in on was one of Colonel Inger soll's mildest utterances, and outsido.of his occasional denial of the supernatu ral it could be delivered in any pulpit in tho country. The lion and the lamb may still lie down together—with the lamb 011 tho outside. Colonel Ingersoll stands for u certain protest against what must bo conceded to be extremo views 011 some matters of religion, and in battling against one extreme he has certainly gone to another. But above creed and opinion there are certain con ditions that confront us and that we can unite in solving. In this work there should be "neither Greek nor Jew, bond nor free." Among other very pregnant matters, Colonel Ingersoll, on the labor question and right to uso the earth, said: "The home is the unit of tho nation. The more homes the broader the foun dation of tho nation and tho more se cure. Everything that is possible should bo done to keep this from beinganatiou of tenants. The men who cultivate the earth should own it. Something has al ready been done in our country in that direction, and probably in every stato there is a homestead exemption. This exemption has thus far done no harm to the creditor class. When we imprisoned people for debt, debts woro as insecure, to say tho least, as now. By tho home stead laws a home of a certain value or of a certain extent is exempt from forced levy or sale, and these laws liavo done great good. Undoubtedly they have trebled tho homes of the nation. "I wish to go a step further. I want, if possible, to get the people out of the tenements, out of the gutters of degra dation, to homes where there can be privacy, where these peoplo can feel that they are in partnership with nature; that they have an interest in good gov eminent. With the means we now have for transportation tliero is no necessity for poor people being huddled in fester ing masses in the vile, filthy and loath' some parts of cities, where poverty breeds rags and the rags breed diseases, I would exempt a homestead of a reason able value, say of the value of $2,000 or SB,OOO, not only from salo under execution, but from sale for taxes of ev ery description. These homes should be absolutely exempt. Tiny should belong to the family, so that every mother should feel that the roof above her head was hers, that her house was her castle, and that in its possession she could not be disturbed, even by the nation." Men lived without gas. Men lived drawing their water from wells and springs before waterworks. Mem lived without railways. Aye, men have lived, and could live again, without money. But 110 man ever lived, 110 man can live, without land. —Henry George. FOUR-LEGGED BIRDS. Strangest of All Winged Creatures Dis covered iu British Guiana. A bird with four legs; n bird that in its:nfancy climbs through the branches of trees like a monkey; a bird that cannot be drowned; a bird that flies, dives, swims, or climbs with equal fa cility; a bird that is the last survivor of the flying quadrupeds of prehistoric ages, the existence of which is only proxed by fossil remains discovered in the lowest geological strata consistent with animal life. This is the remarkable bird which has set the whole scientific world to talking and writing. It is found only in the most remote forests of Dntish Guiana, and it is called the "crested hoatzin" in English, and opsthocomus cristatus by the professors who, in their own lingo, can disguise the American national bird so that you would never know whether a turkey, eagle or blackbird is meant. This bird has pursued the even tenor of its way through all the centuries, and was only discovered by the scientists within the year. Its habit? are very re tiring, and this fact, to a certain extent, accounts for its survival. To another habit it owes much of its safety. Jt feeds upon the leaves of the wild arum, with the result that its flesh has ac quired such an offensive smell that.man and beast flee from its presence, and the vulture and buzzards even refuse to fat ten upon its flesh. It is described, when full grown, as a very large bird, nrich larger than a pea cock, aud it is very seldom seen. Its long, wailing cry is often heard from the depths of the tropical forests, but the (iuinna native regards it, for the reasons stated, not only ith physical aversion, but with a superstitious fear, and not for 12 yards of red cloth and six strings of glittering beads could he be induced to limit it to its lair. But now that Prof. F. A. Lucas, of th\- Smithsonian Institution, has written a THE FOUR-LEGGED HOATZIN. mcmograph about it, and Prof. J. .7. Quelcli lias given to the world the re sults of a careful study of it, and its picture both in the fledgling and adult state has appeared in the Sunday Jour nal and the Popular Science News, its days are as good as numbered, for sci entists and menagerie agents don't mind a little thing like traveling to the remote forests of British Guiana in order to secure a new bird, even if it does give out an odor that would put the mephitis Americanus to flight. The chief peculiarity of the hoatzin, according to Prof. J. C. Beard, is that when it is hatched it possesses four well-developed legs, the front pair be ing of a reptilian character, as a glance at the illustration taken from an ofli cial source will show. The parent hoatzin seems to bean indifferent pro vider, ami it is a fortunate thing for the little hoatzius that they are provided with four legs, which enable them to leave the nest of their nativity and climb about over the adjoining limbs and twigs in search of food, on which excursions tihey look and act more like tree toads than birds. In early infancy a modification of the fore limbs begins. The claws of the digits fall off, tlie claw-like hands begin to flatten, and in the course of time feathers sprout and the forelimbs of the infant become the wings of the adult. Prof. Lucas on this point says that •'the adult birds not only have no claws upon their wings, as was probably the ease in remote ages—witness the pot rodactyle with its four-taloncd legs, and its bat-like wings, with an outer row of claws. The thumbs of the grown-up hoatzin are so poorly devel oped that one would hardly suspect that in the nestlings we have the near est approach to the quadruped found among existing birds." Mr. Quelcli sa3*s that after batching the well-developed claws on the j>ol lax and under ore constantly in use for hooking and holding 011 to surround ing objects.—N. Y. Journal. Dnn Hole I.lked This Verse. In his book, "A Little Tour in Amer ica," Dean Hole, of Rochester, England, quotes with unction many specimens of what he regnrds as typical Ameri cun humor. When he was in Cincin nati, the thing that, most impressed him was the following bit of doggerel, which lie heard recited in that city. Little Willie from hla mirror Sucked the mercury all off, Thinking, In his childish error, It would cure his whooping cough. At the funeral Willie's mother Smartly said to Mrs. Brown: " 'Twos u chilly day for William, When the mercury went down." Horse Didn't Fit the Shoes, A horse was sent up from the farm to. the village smithy to be shod. Having a number of ready-made shoes on hand, the job, in the absence of the boss, wan given to an apprentice. After an in terval the following note came to the farmer: "This horse don't fit any of our shoes." The Boy Wlio Borrowed Trouble. Though extremely fond of coasting, this most peculiar lad, While flying swiftly down the hill, would wear a look of pain; For already ho was thinking—and It really made him sad— That very soon he'd have to climb the whole way up again. —Frederick B. Opper, la St. Nlcholfc*. RAILROAD TIMETABLES THE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA ANL SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Time table in effect December 15,1895. Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckloy, lluzlo Brook, Stockton, Heaver Meadow Koad, liana and Hazleton Junction at 5 30, 600a m, 4 15 p ni, daily except Sunday; and 7 U3 u m, 2 38 p ni, Sunday. Trains leave Drifton for Harwood,Cranberry, Toinlucken and Dcringcr at 6 :K) a in, p m, daily except Sunday; aud 7 03 a in, 238 p m, Sun day. Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction, Harwood Koad, Humboldt Houd, Oneida and Shopptou ut U 00 a m, 4 15 p in, daily except Sun day; and 7 03 a m, 2 38 p m, Sunday. Trains leave llazletoii Junction for Harwood, Cranberry, lomhicken and He ringer at 635 a m, daily except Sunday; and 8 53 a in, 4 22 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Huzleton Junction for Oneida Junction, Harwood Koad, Humboldt Koad, Oneida and Sheppton at 6 29, 11 10 a in, 4 40 p in, daily except Sunday; and 7 37 a in, 308 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Dcringcr for Tomhickcn, Crnn berry, Harwood, Hazleton Junction, Koan, Beaver Meadow Koad. Stockton, llazle Brook, Kckley, Jeddo aud Drifton at 2 25, 6 40 p in, daily except Sunday; and 9 37 a in, 507 p in, Sunday. Trains lenve Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt Koad, Harwood Koud, Oneida Junction, Hazle ton Junction and Koan at 7 11 a in, 12 40, 5 25 p iu, daily except Sunday; and 809 a m, 3 44 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for Heaver Meadow Koud, Stockton, llazle Brook, Kckley, Jeddo ami Drifton at 5 25 p in, daily, except Suuduy; and 8 09 a in, 3 44 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Hu/.icton Junction for Beaver Meadow Koad, Stockton, llazle Brook, Kckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 3 09, 5 47, 0 20 p in, daily, except Sunday; and 10 08 a in, 5 38 p m, Sunday. All truins connect at Hazleton Junction with electric cars for Hazleton, Jcanesville, Audon ried and other points on the Traction Com pany's line. Trains leaving Drifton at 600 a m, Hazleton Junction at 029 a in, and Sheppton at 7 11 a in, connect at Oneida Junction with Lehigh Valley trains cast and west. Train leaving Drifton at 5 30 a m makes con nection at Dcringcr with P. K. K. train for Wilkcsbarre, Sunbury, llarrisburg and i>oiuts west. For the accommodation of passengers at way stations between Hazleton Junction and Der ingcr, an extra train will leave the former point at 350 p in, daily, except Suuduy, arriv ing at Dcringcr at 5 00 p m. LUTIIKK C. SMITH, Superintendent. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD. MI y 17, 1890. Anthracite coal used exclusively, insuring cleanliness aud comfort. ARRANGEMENT OP PASSENGER TRAINS. LEAVE FKEELAND. 0 05, 8 45, 9 .'l6. 10 41 a m, 1 40, 2 33, 3 25, 4 34, 6 12, 7 10, 7 55, 8 45 p m, for Drifton, Jeddo, Lum ber Yard, Stockton and Hazleton. 6 05, 8 45, 936 a m, 1 40, 3 25, 4 34 p ra, for Munch Chunk. Allcntown, Bethlehem, Philu., Huston and New York. 6 U5, 9 36, 10 41 a ra, 2 33, 4 34. 7 10 p in, for Mahanoy City, Shenandoah and Pottavillc. 7 26, 7 i>B, 10 56 a m, 11 54,515 p in, lor Sandy Run, White Haven, Glen Summit, wilkeebarru, Pitts ton and L. and B. Junction. 8.45 p m for Huzleton and Audcnricd, SUNDAY TRAINS. 10 56 a ra for Sandy Kun, White Haven, Glen Summit and Wilkesbarre. 11 40 a m and 3 24 p m for Drifton, Jeddo, Lum ber Yard and Hazleton. 324 n in for Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenan doah, New York and Philadelphia. ARRIVE AT FKEELAND. 7 26, 7 9 20, 10 56, 11 54 am, 12 58, 2 20, 5 15, 6 07, 6 58, 835 p in, from Hazleton, Stockton, Lumber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton. 7 26, 9 30, 10 41 a m, 2 33, 7 10 p m, from ' Delano, Mahanoy City ami Shenandoah (viu New Boston Brunch). 12 58, 5 15, 8 35 p m, from New York, Easton, Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allcutowu aud Mauch Chunk. 9 20, 10 56 n m, 12 58, 5 15, 7 10, 8 35 p m, from Huston, Philu., Bethlehem uiul Mauch Chunk. 9 36, 10 41 a in, 2 33, 7 10 p m trom Sandy Kun, White Haven. Glen Summit, Wilkesbarre, Pitta ton und L. aud B. Junction. SUNDAY TRAINS. 10 56, 11 31 a m and 3 10 p ra, from Hazleton, Lu in tier Yard, Jeddo and Drifton. 11 31 a m from Dcluno, Hazleton, Philadelphia and Easton. 3 10 p ra from Delano and Mahanoy region. For further information inquire of Ticket Agents. CHAS. S. LEE, Gen'l Pass. Agent, Philu., I'a. KOLLIN 11. WILBUR, Gen. Supt. East. Div. A. W. NONNEMACHEK, Ass tG. P. A., South Bethlehem, Pa. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNTY COMMISSIONER FRANK DEPIERRO, of Freclund. Subject t:> the decision of the Republican county convention. LJ'OR COUNTY COMMISSIONER- R. E. DONAUGHEY, of Hazleton. Subject to the decision of the Republican county convention. COUNTY COMMISSIONER THUS. M. DULLARD, of Wilkesbarre. Subject to the decision of the Democratic county convention. ETHOMAS M. POWELL, of Hazleton. Subject to the decision of the Republican legislative convention. JfOK REPRESENTATIVE- E. W. RUTTER, of Frcolaud. Subject to the decision of the Democratic legislative convention. JpOR REPRESENTATIVE MATTHEW LONG, of Huzleton. Subject to the decision of the Democratic legislative convention. JpORSENATOR DANIEL J. MCCARTHY, of Frccland. Subject to the decision of the Democratic senatorial convention. TAX COLLECTOR- C. D. ROHRSACH, of Frccland. Subject to the decision of the Democratic borough convention. LIVE QUESTIONS! '■lmpartial Franchise," by J. W. Caldwell. "Lesson from Ingersoll's Sermon." Thursday, - - - June 25.
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