WERE NOT BURNER BY BUli EM IAN. A ALF choked by the snio ' <e coughing <-V) alu * Dearly suffo- Ct 4 * cated for every uJ win do w of the J 1 "T--; train had been "V"/ j wide open as it Alf . passed through the v tunnel—we found w ourselves at last upon the platform of Salem's castle like depot, striving to recover from the effects of the inhalation of coal and other offensive gases. "This," exclaimed the investigator of old Salem mysteries, "is to give lisa foretaste of what the poor witches had to endure when they were consumed at the stake in those intolerant daj r s of fanaticism and bigotry." And tlmt showed how little the in vestigator knew of the real fuets and eircuinstances. What a false impres sion tiie general world has will herein after lie apparent' O, much abused Salem! Ilow grossly distorted have been the narrations of the deeds of the kindly gentle, tender and considerate early city fathers! "Salem witches! Buy a witch," said a decrepit vender, holding up a wciiu and uncanny looking toy. "No," replied the investigate**, with a shrug of the shoulders; "it would remind me of what the poor creatures suffered at the stake." Once more, persistent error and mis taken sympathy. So we pursued our way through the ancient town with its quaint houses and rather old-fashioned aspect. After in specting the stores, we finally paused before a child, a black-eyed little gyp sy, and the investigator asked: "Can you tell uie where the witches were burned?" "No," was the prompt response, "nor anybody else!" "Dear me! Weren't there witches here?" with consternation. "Oh, yes," with childish earnestness. "Lots of them." "And weren't they burned?" earn estly. "No." Indignantly. "They were only hung. Everybody that tomes heiv thinks they were burned. No one was ever burned here." With touching local pride. It. was comforting to have a dis agreeable delusion dispelled at once and we began to feel that- we had milch i ■:digued tolerant and tranquil old Salem town. "Yes," continued the child, acting c.~ mentor, "they were hanged on a tree." "Not a gallows?" "No; nineteen of them on a tree." And indeed these, as we afterward learned, were words of truth which fell from the little one's lips. Anyone who tries to find where flic witches were burned will seek in vain. And le the visitor ask an able-bodied citizen where the witches died a fiery death, if he dare! The latter will cast, upon the former a look of profound scorn and amazement, he will make the stranger feel (hat he has committed an unpardonable offense. With his I'D curling with contempt at the aspersion east upon his beloved town, lie is apt to respond: "Burned, sir? Do you take our ancestors for barbarians? No one was ever burned in old Salem. They hanged the witches; not burned them.' You apologize profusely, and—"l a? sure it was very kind only to hang them! You must pardon my laboring under such a misapprehension. Not burned; only hanged." Parenthetically, it should be stated an a lit hority in Salem has written: "The l aid facts of the case are bad enough and we must suffer for them. Let us not suffer, also, from reckless mis statement. If there be any gleam of sunlight breaking through the gloom :T.v fiMwish N TIIE WITCH HOUSE, SALEM. —any silver lining behind the dismal cloud—perhaps it will be found in this that the executions at Salem gave the needed shock to public sensibility, and put an immediate and effectual stop to the whole inhuman work." Does not that settle it all? Somewhat humiliated, the investiga tor tried to assume an air of confidence and asked the child with jocular bra vado: "And are there any witches here now, little one?" "Why do visitors nlwnys ask such silly questions?" asked Miss Disdain ful, with all the scorn of eight 3*enrs of "I suppose because we don't know any better," was the humble response of the repentant stranger. "If you'll promise to be sensible, I'll show you where the courthouse is," brightly. "I promise," meekly. She paused before a building in nt wav remarkable for its appearance which bore the following inscription on a bronze tablet: Nearly Opposite This Spot F' io-I in the Middle of tlir> Htreot, a Funding Devoted, from 1H77 to 1718, to MunkdMnl nnd Judicial Uses. /T* m i In If. In 1C92. ; t • Were and PoFdomned foV tVßMicrnirt of the Nineteen Persons \YU" Suffered Death on the Gallows. GL'wLS COURT wa n Ilcre Put to Trial on the same Charge, and, Refusing t. ric.d, •v as Taken Away and Pressed to Death In January, ICH3, Twenty-one Persons Were Tried Here for Witchcraft, Whom Eighteen Were Acquitted and Three Condemned, but later set Free, Together with about 150 Accused Persons, in a General Delivery which Occurred in May. "Here," said Miss Eight to Mistress Eight-and-Twenty, "Giles Corey was pressed to death. The witches were taken in a cart from the jail through St. Peter, Essex and Boston streets, nearly to Aborn and then to the highest point at its southern end." "Why, you know all the facts splen didly." "Yes," proudly. "I've showed lots of people around. Now this is the witch house," pointing to a dark building set so far back from the sidewalk that there was room for a drug store in front of it. "Ah, the witches lived there!" with anticipation. "No, (they didn't," pouted Miss Dis dain. "Then why is it called the witch house?" With disappointment. "Some people just called it that, though they say there were once witches examined there." "Well, that much is consoling," ex claimed the searcher after the historic. "What a mysterious, haunted, grew soiue look the old place has!" "But I don't believe they were," de cisively announced the child. "They say so many things to people who come here!" "Little girl," said Eight-and-Twenty, severely, "do you know it is not easy to rhapsodize in your presence?" "I don't know what 'rhapsodize* means," replied Miss Eight, tranquilly. "I believe you," returned Eight-and- Twenty, warmly, "the mysterious and G ALLOWS' HILI., SALEM, the romantic will have little interest for you." We stopped at the courthouse, where we saw the "witch pins" with which, it was alleged, the witches tortured their victims, and also the curious doc ument which condemned Bridget Dish op "to be hanged by the neck till she was dead and buried"—the last two words having been afterwards crossed out. "Did they really use the pins?" was asked. "My mamma says there never was witches and so they could never have used the pins," was the dignified re sponse. "But you ought to know." "Still there are the pins. Who can question each evidence? It is right be fore your eyes." "Yes,** she added, "and there would have been a lot more of them if people hadn't stolen them before they were sealed up >n a bottle. I can't see," phil osophically, "why visitors ever stole such lit lie things as pins." "For their historical value, my dear." "I don't know what that fs," she re turned placidly. Wo felt as if we were really well posted on the subject of witches when Bve had finished our excursion to Gal lows' hill, nnd then, in gratitude to the little one. her pockets were loaded with "gibraltnrs" and "black jacks," which inni'M-tnl confections she received with dignified appreciation. These candies have loii*; been associated with the his tory of Salem. A writer has aptly said of them, as our search for literature bearing on the subject revealed: "Salem gibrnltars speak for themselves; their fame has been widespread for more than 09 .wars, but perhaps the true story of their first, appearance in the town which they helped to make famous is not generally known by the eating public. Mr. Spencer, an Englishman, came to this country about the year 1822. ara, 1 eing desirous of obtaining work, was taken into the employment >f Mr. Merritt, the expressman, who during a long life secured the respect nnd confidence of his fellow-citizens. While in his family he experimented with the making of gibraltnrs, and suc ceeded so well that they mot with a ready wile, which placed him in n com fortable position: end It is probable that his mother soon followed lilrn from England, as no old Inhabitant of Salem can separate the idea of a gibraltar from a wagon driven by Mrs. Spencei from shop to shop, to supply the numer ous wholesale customers. At first theli means must have been limited, as a weekly purchase of the soft white pa per in which the eiwdy was neatly wrapped was as large nn outlay as it seemed prudent to make, and it may be that this wise economy war an efficient aid to the extensive business following these very small beginnigs. Then gi braltnrs.when fresh,were almost as hard us their Spanish namesake, losing the brittle quality in course of time, but never melting into stickiness. The retail price was a silver four-pence hoi f -penny for seven, nnd many a child used to spend bis or lier whole allowance Lw tlie purchase of the tempting swots."— Detroit Free Press. Distance at Which Sound Is Heard. The whistle, of a locomotive is heard 3,300 yards through the air, the noise of a railway train 2.500 yards, the re port of a musket and the bark of a dig 1,800 yards, an orchestra or the roll of a drum 1,600 yards; the human voice readies to a distance of 1,000 yards, the croaking of frogs 900 yards, and the chirping of crickets 800 .yards. —Albert T ., emperor of Germany, had only one ear, the other having been cut off by a rifoer stroke during n cavalry ■ fight. lie concealed the deficiency by allowing his hair to grow very long. ITEMS OF INTEREST. A whale of average size has a jaw bone 23 feet in length. During 1893 there were 1,501 posl offices burglarized in the United States The lord mayor of London wears a badge of office which contains diamonds valued at s<loo,ooo. Everybody in Storbecli, Austria, over five years of age is a chess-player. The game is taught in the schools. The Philadelphia mint has the oldest known coin. It was coined 700 years before the Christian era, in Aeglna, Greece. An ostrich lives about 30 years, and the average annual yield of a bird in captivity is from two to four pounds of plumes. A labor exchange in Coquille, Ore., is to operate a tannery, a soap factory, n cannery and a laundry, and divide the profits among the employes. A blotting-paper towel has been in vented. After a bath, the bather ar rays himself in a cloak composed of blotting-paper, and in a few moments he is dry. Several prudent, young ladies in Atch ison, Ivan., have formed a society, and each has solemnly pledged herself not to marry a man whose salary Is less than her own. In San Francisco, according to a loc.il paper, there are 200 healthy people who are so fond of providing for the future that they have already selected an \ oaid for their coffins. CROWNED HEADS. The present King of Norway and Sweden, Oscar 11., ascended the throne September 12, 1872. Including the pres ent king, Sweden and Norway have en joyed the rule of 47 sovereigns. The present king -of Italy Is King Humbert., who ascended thethrone Jan uary 9, 1878. Victor Emmanuel, his fa ther, ascended the throne of Sardinia in 1849 and became king of Italv March 7, 1861. The present king of Corea is named LI Chung, without any Clmng attach ment to his cognomen. lie ascended the throne in 1861 and will remain there until the Russians or Japanese drive him off. From the time of Julius Cnrsar to that of Constantine the Great the i>opu- Inr name for a Roman emperor was Caesar; after the reign of Constantine the sobriquet in the eastern empire was Constantine. The present head of the Swiss confed eration is President Joseph Zemp.whose term l>egan in 1894, December 15. The Swiss confederation of August 1, 1291, is regarded as the foundation of the Swiss republic. The house of Bourbon furnished kings to France, Spain and Naples and sovereign dukes to Parma. At one time it was said that i\h humblest member of this royal family was more influen tial than a prince of any other. AT THE DRY GOODS STORE. Moired poplin in two-color effects. Small checked cheviots for girls' frocks. Very large muffs in black, brown and ; gray furs. Cardinal and emerald-green neck scarfs for men. Black velvet coats edged with Persian lamb. House waists of evening shades of cord u roy. Collarettes of grebe for velvet capes or gowns. Tinv-patterned taffeta for girls' party dresses. Tam O'Shaliters of rough camel's- ' hair materials. Many moufflon muffs to wear with j gray costumes. Poke bonnets of velvet edged with fur for little ones. Rough boucle cloth coats for boys under ten years of age. Muff chains of gold links, plain and studded with jewels. Draped vests of black or gray lamb fur on cloth gowns. Misses' plaid gowns trimmed with black velvet ribbon. Iridescent bead edgings in all colors unci narrow widths.—Dry Goods Econ omist. THE WORLD OF LETTERS. Louis* Imogene Guiney and Stephen Crane are becoming known in France through rtacent translations. Mrs. Oliphant, who has written 7S novels, never writes in the daytime, j She thinks the stillness of night con- ! ducive to good writing. Mr. Clark Russell's new sea story, ! "The Two Captains," is almost ready I for serial issue. It will probably ap- j pear in book form early next year. Amelia Barr is dramatizing her novel, i "A Bow of Orange Ribbon," for the i netor E. 11. Sothern, at the request of Daniel Frohmon, the theatrical man- \ ager. A now edition Is about to issue of Mary Mapes Dodge's charming story, I "liuns Drinker," which will have more j than a hundred dra wings made express- j ly for it in Holland bj'theartisfc Allan B. Doggett. At the Massachusetts Chautauqua at South Framing,ham a vote taken on til-? question of the five greutest works of j fiction resulted as follows: Charles Dickens* "David Copperfield," George j Eliot's "Adam Bedo," Walter Scott's j "Ivanhoe," Harriet Beecher Stowe's j "Uncle Tom's Cabin,** Victor Hugo's "Les Mi.serables." FOR THE GIRLS. A girl of 15 wears her skirts just above her ankles. Bleaching the hair is not only out of fashion, but intensely vulgar. If you object to using vaseline to in crease the growth of your hair, why not try washing it in tar soap? A you g girl shotiVl make no cug-'ge metit, either of a social ojr a business j nature, without Informing her mother. 1 All That IVIIS Lucking. ITe had been away on u business trip ! for quite a lon# time, and had brought j his wife a handsome fan on his return. ! "It's just perfectly lovely, Harry," I she said. "It's the daintiest and most i beautiful fan I ever saw." j "I'm glad you like it," he returned, i with evident gratification. "llow could I hoip liking anything , so pretty?" she asked; and then she added with a sigh: "I only wish I could carry it soraj time." "Why can't you?" he demanded. "No gowu to go with it," she an j swered, promptly. "There ought to be a gown to mate I*, or at least one that wouldn't look shabby beside it, if—" • She got the gown. He kicked him ; self for two days, and ever thereafter bought fans to match what she already ' had.—Chicago I'ost. Valuables. ! Witherby—That's a nice little safe you have for your home, old man. 1 supi>ose that is for your wife's use. Plankington—Net much. She hasn't even the combination. Witherby—Trtui must keep some thing very valuable in it, not even to let your wife know the combination of it. Plankington—You bet I do. 1 keep all my collar-buttons and shoestrings in that safe.—Demorest's Magazine. An I Aching. Now flies tho leaflet hectic, Now flies the old straw hat; The pig is up.oplectic And rolling in his fat; And all the scene suffices, To chill the weary soul, With reference to prices, Of kindliftg wood and coal. —N. Y. Truth. Ills Best Imitation. "Have you any good substitutes foi I coffee? My doctor says 1 must quit us ' ing the genuine." "O, yes, we have several excellent and wholesome substitutes for the gen : uine article." j "Well, give me n pound of what you I consider your very best." j (In a whisper) "James, bring me n | pound of that 'pure ground Java.'"— ; Chicago Tribune. Gentle Hint. Mr. Spriggins (gently)—My dear, a | Boston man was shot at by a burglar, I and his life was saved by a button I which the bullet struck. Mrs. Spriggins—-Well, what of it ? Mr. Spriggins (meekly)— Nothing, i only the buttons must have been on.— j Boston Traveler. Caught In 11 is Own Net. Wife (examining the bill) —Do you re i member, my dear, how many trout you caught last Saturday? j Husband—There were just 12; all beauties; why? Wife—The fishmonger has made a mistake—he only charges for half-a dozen.—T i t-Bi ts. A Knowing Wife. She—What kept you out so late last night? He—Taking inventory. "I knew it by your breath. You will keep nu taking inventory until you get in jail and disgrace your family, and then you will be satisfied." Texas j Sifter. An Optimist. "Have any luck on your fishing trip?" "Remarkable." "Caught some beauties, eh?" "I didn't get a nibble." "But you said you were lucky." "I was. I fell into the river and didn t jet drowned."—Washington Star. A Long-Felt Want. Since the theater hat before your eyes Shuts out the stage, alas! Wo trust somebody will devise An X-ray opera glass. —L. A. W. Bulletin. TIMELY PRECAUTION. _ ij^jj 11 Mr. Society—James, go to the gro eer's and get me a strong onion at once. James—An onion, sir? Mr. Society—Yes, an onion; I am go ing to a leap year h;6I to-night.—De troit Free l'ress. Itaphl Trunslt. A can of oil. A slumbering cool; Another soul llu9 reached the goal. —Cleveland Leader. Three Balls. Razzle—l thought you s.lid that a | mackintosh was impervious to water. Dazzle—So they are. Kazzle—Not much. 1 had mine | soaked before I had it a week.- -Bay ! City Chat. Amount of llis Injury. | Fogg—Tho train at the time was go ing- at the rate of 00 miles an hour. I j was b'rushed eff by u porter. Fendorson—Were you injured? Fogg—To the amount of a quarter.— Boston Transcript. Couldn't Curry It. ; "How in the world did old Filibuster manage to leave Cuba?" j "Because he couldn't devise any way of bringing it with him."—Detroit Free Press. Entirely Origina*. Mrs. Cooke —Do 1 make faces when on my wheel? Mr. Cooke— Yes, ileor; bill they're not like the faces my mother used to make. •—Yonkcrs Statesman. An Important Point, | Professor Prostrates ignited the temple of Diana at Jiphesus and— j Isaac (ioldhcim (interrupting) —- Was it insured?— L'Ulustie de Poche. SELECTIONS OF VERSE. When the Wife In Gone Away. When the wife has gone away, they tell me that I seem Like some one that's a-walkln* an a-talkln' In a dream, T move so quiet round the house, an' speak so soft an* low. Or sit there by the winder, where her sweet geraniums grow— Or take the wilier rocker beside the old fireplace, An' stare above the mantel, where I see her pictured face, For hours and hours together! I'm "strange," the neighbors say, An' they don't know ho jto take me, when the wife has gone 'way! The moclcln' bird keeps singing' In the old mulberry tree, An' from tho little garden the roses nod to me. The mornin' sky is Jest as bright—ain't any thing to blame- It's Jest rry heart ain't 1 eatin' right, jest me that ain't the same! You see, when folks have lived so long to gether, through the years, That sometimes brought 'em gladness an* sometimes sighs and tears, They kinder feel like they was one, an' hard it Is to part; An' they time each other's absence by the beatln' of the heart. An' so, I'm always lonesome when the wife is gone away; It seems jest like it's winter roun' the roses of the May; An' there ain'Lno joy In livin', an' there ain't no peace or rest, Till once more we're united, an* I fold her to my breast. —Frank Stanton, In Salt Lake Ilerald. Abljah Wilfred Goggins. Abljah Wilfred Goggins has (to simply state the truth,) A record which Is spotless as a walrus' snowy tooth; He's never been to sociables, to parties, nor to balls, He's never been to theaters, nor dizzy con cert hulls; He's never nursed his vanity before a look ing-grass; He's never ogled charming girls, nor stood to see them pass; He's never used tobacco, nor by opium been beguiled; He'o never drank a glass of beer, nor ardent spirits wikl; He's never seen a horse race, nor a prize fight's brutal strife; lie's never bet a dollar on a contest In his life; He's never yearned for riches, nor be grudged with envious eye; He's never stol'n a penny, and he's never told a lie; He's never spoke an angry word, nor evil utterance swore; He's never done a single thing his con science might deplore; In short, his moral record (to reiterate the truth,) Is beautiful and spotless as a walrus' snowy tooth; And I promulgate the fact, Impart the same with joy, For Abljah Wilfred Goggins Is my darling baby boy! —Harlem Life. "When I Get Dig Enough." "When I get big enough"—l hear the happy i children say— "l'll do so many wondrous things I cannot do to-day." And so through all their childish years their little heads they puff With dreams of what ahull come to pass "When I get big enough." "When I get b!g enough!" Ah, me! since I was but a child That one sweet star of help and hope has ail my life beguiled, And like a solace it has come when ways were steep and rough, To guide me to the smoother paths, "When I get big enough." And "men are only boys grown tall." I dream the same glad things As when a happy child I roamed on Hope's triumphant wings. In some glad haven, crowned with rest, be yond the world's rebuff, I'll gather all the Joys to be, "When I ge big enough." —Nlxcn Waterman. In L. A. W. Bulletin. Night uml Sleep. The clouds grow char. The pine wood glooms and stills With brown reflections in the silent hay; Ard l'ar beyond the pale blue-misted hills Tho rose and purple evening dreams away. The tlirush—tho vecry—from mysterious, dales Rings his last round, and outward Ilk a sea The shining shadowy heart of heaven un veils The starry legend of ct rnlt.v. The days' long troubles lose their sting and pass; Peaceful the world and peaceful grows my heart; Tho gossip cricket from the friendly grass Talks of old Joys, and takes the dreumcr's part; Then—night at last, for all that smile or weep— The silent healer—and her servant sleep. —Archibald Lampman, in Youth's Compan ion. A World of Love. When thai her little arms are curled (About my neck they twine), She "loves me—loves me all the world," ITonee all the world Is mine! And sweetly do the heavens above Smile on that wondrous world of love! Net royally my mansion towers; So humbly doth It rise That you may lose It In the flowers That bloom 'neath tranquil skies. And yet for all I do opine, The very world God made Is mine! And rich em I when poorest seeming, With wealth to match the worlds above, When, sweetly on my bosom dreaming. She brlngcth mo her world of love! There lies she like a gem unpearled— Her love my life, my wealth, my world! —F. L. Stanton, In Chicago Tlmes-lleruld. Autumn Gold. Frince and beggar, sago end clown, Hero are treasures tit for all. Where the sun comes glinting down 'Mongst the leaves that sigh and fall. Far and near an answering light Shines as sunset clouds unfold O'er the forest on the height. Blazoned fair with autumn gold. Kindlier by much it seems, As the twilight fades away, Than the yellow coin which gleams Oft to mock us and betray. Wet with dew-drops, not with tears; Tenderly bestowed, not sold. Nature bids us gild the years; None may lnck for autumn gold. —Philander Johnson, In Detroit Free Press A Fine Old Chap. I like this kind old sunny soul, Whom nothing can unnoy; Ills pleasant smile Is e'er the same. To fill my heart with Joy. I like his quaint, ungainly shape; I like his Mg round fuee. Although lie's clumsy through untf through, To me he's full of grace. Indeed, he's sweet enough fo eat— Feet, elbows, legs and head— This very dear old gentleman, Who's made of gingerbread. —lt. K. MurAittriek, in JUrper'a Round Table. A scientific writer recently said: Evolution works by two factors; viz: Heredity, or that which tends to permanency, and Environment, or that which tends to variation. The first repro duces the past; the second adapts the present. This is true also as to Business Evolution. It is fortunate if a business man has the hereditary endowment of hones ty, industry and perseverance, but these are not of themselves suffi cient to ensure the highest success. He must be open to the influence of environment, in close sympathy with the spirit of progress, and quick to adopt modern ways and means. The Successful fa of former generations would not suc ceed today with the same means they long ago employed. Neither should the business man of today expect the largest success without intelligent and persevering use of modern methods. Among modern ways of obtaining and maintaining business, nothing is more reason able or adaptable than Advertising. For several years the Tribune has offered the best advantages to ad vertisers in Freeland. We have co operated with business men in mak ing publicity successful. We can give better co-operation today than ever before.
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