The Largest Auction Sale Ever Held in Freeland, * EISFJII Ist Is SoU to tie Host Bittr At J. C. RERNER'S Saturday, January 2,1897, at 8 P. If. QUILTS, IMITXIETS, Holiday Goods of All Kinds, Silverware Guaranteed for 10 years, Albums, Fancy Plush Cases, Overcoats for men and boys, Ladies' Coats and Shawls, Ladies' Mus lin Underwear, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Cloves, Mitts. MB tlllS, EASELS, Ldlili GLASSES, Mil, RACKS, AND FURNITURE OF EVERY KIND. Men's and Beys' Weelen Sinirts, tMlen's and. Boys' Clctliing-. Brussells Carpet Rugs, Hair Rugs, Baby Carriages, Tinware, Queensware, Family Hardware, Stationery, Window Shades, Lamps and thousands of other valuable articles. Remember, Auction Sale Begins Promptly at 6 P. M. CALL AAA) (LET SOME OE THE VALUABLE BARGAINS ■ JOHN C. BERNER, F-ELZEEZLA-ZESTD, JPPn. tJpMPX >,|pgOME Dn not he rteoeivetl by allurinc advertlpfmpntu anil think you ran Kt th bout maue, finest finish and MOST POPULAR BEWINC MACHINE for a mere sonjr. Buy from reliable manufacturer)* that have pained a reputation by honest and squar* dealing. Tlx re is none in the world that can equal In mechanical construction, durability of working parts, fineness of finish, beautv in appearance.or has an many improvements ae the NEW HOME. WRITE FOR CIRCULARS. The New Home Sewing Machine Co. OBANGK. MAM. BOSTON, MAM. 28 UNION BQFABK,N.Y. CHICAGO, I rx. ST, LOUIS, MO. VALLAH. TEXAS. SAN FRANCISCO,CAL. ATLANTA, CJA. FOR 6ALE BY D. S. Kwing, general agent, U27 Chestnut street, Phila., Pa. Peirce i | School j |3'4i>tl Year. ' ■ am **"* jyyyyyyyyyyh A representative American Busi- „ neN .School for both sexes, founded ■ J ' by Tiiomah May Peihcr, A. M. F J ■ Ph. 1). Couples systematic bust- i * ncss training with a practical, I , sound and useful English educa- 1 a I * tlon. It otrers three full courses:— ■ * Business, Shorthand and Type- " „ writing, English; tlio whole con- 1 J stituting an ideal combination. j n ' * Graduates are cheerfully assisted ■ " to positions. ■ , Both Bay and Night Sessions are , | n now running. Students received N I ■ at any time. , ■ " PEIRt'E MIiIOUL, Vlt'ol9 t hMlnnt St., Fhlliida. " a Kmiril building. „ j jbooooooooooooooocxmxt t POI.ITICAh ANNOI'NGEMKNTS. TAX ('OLIiBCTOB A. A. BACHMAN, of Froclund. Subject to the tleeision 1 the Democratic nominating convention of Frcohind borough. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE THOMAS A. BUCKLEY, of Frceland. Subject, to the decision of the Democratic nominating convention of Frccluiid borough. I GRAND OPERA HOUSE John J. Welsh, Munugcr. TONIGHT! Thursday, Dec. 31. Lust night "i tho Novelty Company. Woodring's three days before date of show. ! G. HORACK, Baker & Confectioner. Wholesale and Retail. CENTRE STEEET, FKEELAND. BICYCLES! BUGGIES; High-Grade, sold direct to users at wholesale. We will savo you from $lO to SSO. Every tiling in Bicycle and Vehicle line. Catlog free. Bcauti- , fui hiibstancial Bicyclos at half price, gunrnntecd 1 year. No advance money required. We send hy express und allow a full examination, if not right return utour expense. Now isn't that fair? Write us. Brewster Vehicle Co., Holly, Mich. B I CYCLISTS I Encyclopedia, how to care for and repair Tiree, < hains, Bearings, etc. 150 valuable pointers for riders. Prico 25c; sample by mail 10c. It sells on sight. Agt. wanted. J. A. Slocuni, Holly, Mich * day. Agts. wanted. 10 fast seller Big money for Agts.Catalog FREE E. E. Brewster, Holly, Mioh. I"N VENTOItS. Parties intending to apply 1 for patents are requested to cull at the Titi HUNK olllcc. Twin .Shaft Belief Fund. Tho trustees of the Twin Shaft Re lief Association met in the Hoard of ' Trade rooms at Pittston on Monday | afternoon. The important business of ; the meeting was changing the plan of , distribution. When the original allot- i tnent was made tho relief fund approx- j imated SO.BiK), but since Lhat time the receipts have made the available fund 1 ; $7,300. This increase justified the com- ; ' mit tee in making more generous dis • tribitions, so after some discussion ft : was decided that relief should be award- i ed female children until the age of lfrl years, and male children until 1:i years j i respectively. Miss Kate O'Malley, sister of Dominic o'Malley. one of tho oentombed, was ! awarded the sum of $lO a mouth, and 1 Miss Lynott, sister of M. .1. Lynott. was also voted a beneliciary of tlie fund, rc- | reiving the sum of $5 per month. The! , association is manifesting unselfish work I in constantly and carefully looking uf- i ; tor the wants of those dependent on the , ' entombed miners. THE.MAID OFiFERN GLEN. BY W1 1.1.1 A JON ES. In a little country village. Beneath the sunny hills. There dvvells"a maiden ever dear to mo. Overhead you'd hear sweet singing' ! By the evening whip-poor wills, ! There music tills her heart with joy und glee. J One day we both were lovers, Two hearts they beat as one, I Perhaps today we're lovers just tho same. | This world I'd give could I recall ; Those happy days now gone 1 spent with her, tho inald of Fern Glen. Chorus. Maid of the glen, heart of all men, Just like a rose, wherc'r she goes. When shall we meet uguin— Star of my life Bo my little wife. You're my sweet maid of the glen. She wanders in tho garden j 'Mid the flowers grand and gay. I Each flower holds a secret of her love. * j She'l droop her head in silence, | To the lily she will say I Come to my heart, sweet treasure from , jln thee I trust my heart and soul, I above. My secrets to reveal. Bury them beneath your little stem. Then fly away to him 1 hive. How happy he will feel With a message from the maid of Fern Glen. , Dedicated to the FRKKLAND TRIIJI'NK. j Scninton. Pa., Now Year's Eve, 1890. Noted Foal Operator Dead. | Charles 11. Parrish, one of the best J known coal operators in tho Wyoming! I valley and one of the pioneers of Wilkes | barrr. died suddenly on Sunday evening lin liis room at tho Hotel Stenton, Phila- j ; dclphia. At 9 o'clock Mr. Parrish was i apparently in good health. He talked j | for a few minutes vvitli the clerk and | went up to his room. He was about to ! retire when he suddently fell forward on the floor in an apoplectic lit. A ! physician was summoned, but Mr. Par rish was dead when lie arrived. He lias been in failing health for some time 1 and intended to spend the winter with j iiis family in Philadelphia. Ho leaves a widow and three daughcrs. Mr. Parrish was horn in Susquehanna j county, sevpnty-one years ago. He wts the lirsfc president of tho city conned of j Wilkcsbarre, president of the Parrish ! Coal Company at Plymouth, director of I the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Com pany, director of the Jersey Central i Railroad, and president of Hazard Wire 1 Rope Works. His widow is a daughter ! of the late Judge Couyngham of Wilkes barre. The body was taken to Wilkesbarre on Tuesday and was met by about 1,010 citizens. The body was accompanied by the members of tho family, and the, funeral took place yesterday. Your feet can't get cold when you have them encased in Wear Well shoes. Every motorm.au and driver should i wear a danco. Sold at A. Oswald's. ! The danco will never ltd. your ears or , j face get cold. Sold at A. Oswald's. Bargains in furniture at Sweeney & \ Ilerron's removal sale, j Watch the removal sale at Sweeney A Ilerron's. llazletou. " ' \W\Wi I £ I zl M E c H! a F r. f vv V < *— o 2_ P SAMBO'S NEW YEAIi SERMON. BY I. EDGAR JONES. On New Yeah's day resolbe straightway to minimize yo' ills, Wiv sanitary common sense reduce yo* doctah's bills. Sweah off from clogging greediness, wiv gluttony an' such, Fo' one who starbs hisself to def ten dio who eat too much. Doant capah like a mooley cow on ruin's dizzy brink, Keep way back f'om de precipice respect fully an' think. Resolbe dat yo will not flare up in wild extremes ob dress. Take middle groun' atween a ton an' none at all, or less. Doant soak yo' clay too labishly wiv red eye, gin or rum, Dey'll switch yo' off down grade right quick to whs* no good folks come. in m ili 111 "llnNf ft? -ti ySprZL* ' SAMBO DELIVERING IIIS SERMON. Doant oberdo y' wuks an' ways, t'em cy cling to a walk, An* nebah wcali yo' wisdom thin by eber lasiin' talk. Doant be a scandalmongah mean—a cawln' carrion crow- Invent in' odorous abuse in word-bombs packed wiv woe. Doant be a narrow-gauge false saint wiv no thought but ob creeds, "Let out de tucks sewed in yo' soul, expand in' yo' good deeds. Do faithful to yo' chosen chu'ch, but widen out yo' glance, See noble motives eberywha' an' gib all souls u chance. Dispute yo' politics an* points wiv tempah ull serene. An' nebah in fair ahgument explode an' make u scene. In Bho't, resolbe to gib yo' soul a balance wheel an' guide. An' nebah let it run slam-bang wiv throttle valve too wide. Resolbe to be symmetrical upon de broad gauge plan Which wiv uncommon common-sense rounds'out de noble man. Be hones,' upright, squah-toed, true, to right good things inclined, Instead ob a lop-aided soul by ebil under mined. Doant covet watahmlllyuns, hens, or slip In thievish ways, Yo' chickens may come home to roost in melon-colic days. Doant gib yo' pennies to de chu'ch, yo' dol lahs playln' craps; Or make yo' sins all wide-awake, yo' 'ligion ob oat-naps. An' when yo' sweah off on New Yeah stick bravely to yo' word, instead ob lloppin' like a flea, or playin' mockln' bird. Be hones' In you' life an' lub, no hones' gal deceive, A flirt am like a coward wiv a daggah up his sleeve. No grumblah, growiah, chronic-crank or insect wiv a sting. But wiv de sunshine in yo' soul soah high on happy wing. So shall yo trabel heabenwahd by de best an* brightest way, An' lib yo' pledges to renew on many a New Yeah's day. De quatet now will sing de hymn: "We knows whar we am at." While Deekin Bunette locks de doahs an' passes roun* de hat. One Who Succeeded. He gave up whisky and tobacco, Vowed from vice to be exempt, And lie kept his resolutions. For he died In the attempt. _ —Truth. Lots Better. New Year's reformers some assail Because so many of them fail 'Tin netter to "swear off" and fall Thurt never to swear off at ail. -L.-A. THE NEW YEAR'S PROMISED BY WILLIAM ICOSSLit COBOL. The years are ushered in one by one. and tbeY go out again, each in succes sion, in obedience to laws the interpre tation of which we ill-understand, al though savants write with assumed sageness concerning the reign of oidcr | in the universe and the forces back of | these potencies. Of one thing, however, j man is fully assured, and that in that j back of written history, back of all the i evidences of the alleged "everlasting j hills" and the rocks that form the base ; of earth's strength—back of universal : terrestrial flame and gases, and far and j away into the endless sea of star-dust, | time wasj just as time is. So in all j these eons there have been revolutions ; of planets and satellites and suns, which give in their order the periods that are termed seasons and years. It is as easy lo comprehend the beginningas the end of things, for ahead of us is the im penetrable and back of us the illimit able. Still men go on counting the | coming and the going of the years, touched with the chastened hand of rc ' gret at the dying of the old and stirred to gladness at the birth of the new year. The "without beginning and without end," so far as the comprehen sion of man can grasp, might suggesi that the times and the seasons all count for nothing, save as they point the very grave moral that humanity, at least, ages and that each recurring date brings the living nearer by so much to the shadows of the valley, entering which no man may retrace his steps. The dawn of the new year, however, suggests, and in some way (man seems unable to efface the memory), with the matin prayer of the new there sound the vesper plaints of the old, blending to produce a petition for absolution from the sins that were and deliverance from the temptations that may be. And not the shades of the gloaming only of I the just dead year troop up before the mental vision, but all the deeds, the scenes and the incidents of the long day that formed that year. The might-have beens come up with their painful sug gostiveness, aggravating the shame that arises over the has-beens, each serving as a scourge to mar the back and the visage of all those whose con ; sciences are quickened to discernment between what is good and what is evil. Still, after all, man finds his solace in the happy song of the bird of hope, which, despite the storm that rages, perches in the windows of the heart and gives forth notes of promise of good things to be. In the pledge of re deeming the days to come men find fo. - { giveness for the evil they have done ; and the blunders they have made. Mess God for the bird—hope—and for the songs it sings to all troubled spirits, whether at the dawn of the New Year or at any period of their sorrowing. Ah! would that the good resolves of the New Year day might be as lasting as the entire year and all the years that form the sum of each individual life. The comfort that is found in a promise I one makes to himself "to turn over a new leaf" is temptation to hasty pur posing, and, alas, but too frequently, to just as quick recession from the high ground that has been climbed. No year can be free from the storm that, fells the oak or the pestilence that stalks at noonday, or the shadows that darken the soul of man. lie is wise who learns well tire lesson from the past year to avoid the pitfalls that surely lie in the path that is ahead of him and who takes courage in the fact that, if he wills it so, as his days may demand so shall his strength ever be. He Was a Stranger. .lours—To-morrow will l>e the first Sunday of the year, and I propose to commence the new year by going to j church. Mrs. .lones—You had bettef take mo with you. Jones—What for? I Mrs. Jones—You may need somebody, to identify you.—Truth. Time fin lie CM Clearance! We want to have a bit of earnest talk with you on this Cloak mat ter; want you to believe every word we tell you. We are going to make a confidant cf you. Here's the confession: We are overstocked on garments and have decided to take a lib eral loss .now, while there are yet three months of winter before us, rather than wait till the season is about ended and then begin. Unfavorable weather conditions have forced this loss upon us. Merchants have to take these chances. We bought for winter and it failed to come in time; so we'll just pocket the loss and make the best of it. One consolation is our customers get a benefit; so '-It's an ill wind that blows nobody good." '1 he reduction will be such that it will pay you to investigate. Our stock is not shoddy goods, but up to date tailor-made garments. PETER DEISROTH, 41 West Broad Street, Hazleton. W. L, Douglas iQt I $5,00 SHOE 1 2 I "j § BEST Bf THE WORLD. ; H A $3.00 SHOE FOR $3.00. jfe j \ It is stylish, durable and perfect-fitting, qualities absolutely necessary to make a finished shoe. The 4 cost of manufacturing allows a smaller profit to deafers 'Li \ than any shoe sold at $3.00. IjgM ,■ X W. L. Dougfas $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00 Shoes are the - A", productions of skilled workmen, from the best | .' ' possible to put into shoes sold at these ; ; "• \ The "Belmont" and "Pointed \ Toe" (shown in cuts) will be \ i V the leaders this season, but any , We make ft Pfe. \ other style desired may be Yl'V ij alsos2.soand ' '- celuUr 15, 1 95. Trains leavr Drifton I'lrkley, Hash j Rronh, Mockton. Lit uver Meadow H.uid, Kuan and II a in, 1 i.* p ; daily except euuduv; and TOS a in, 3 .v J [ m, I Sua la> . i Trains leave Drifton for II;o ivood.Crunl.'erry, i'l-ii.ku Ueii and Dcringi-r at 5 ;JtJ u m, p m. daily except Midday; uud III! a ui, 358 p in. Suii drt.v. Tiains leuvc Drifton for (hn-ida Junction, Ilanvt-od Kond, Humboldt Kond, Oneida. and Id a v aiv IVif!' la"'"(R' ! r!' lU ;'''' 1 Wa 'l'i- s uu. j Trtdtia lcfiveHuxJctou Jlint ti •• foi Km vi wkl, i runiteriy,'l oiiihicken and b'erinac; ti. o. a ui, daily except ijunduj , and 555 u in, i ...: p in, ! Minday. Trains leave lluzleton Junetinn for Oneida Junction, Hut-wood Itond, liumltoait itoud, oneida uud Mappton at 11 10 u in, 4 ti> p m, I duiij except .Sunday; uitu \ 5, a in, liua p m, I M'lidi.y. , i Tr. in.- leave Dei inner for Torn hick on ..(.'ran ! llMiy, IHMWOO'L, 11 il/.li'toli .LUIOLTOII. II'MII, 1 LL-awi Meadow liunil. ."Stockton, U.l/.10 llroul:,. I LelviC.v, WcUdo and Drilloti at L", siu p n., I daib except fcunduy; and 957 a m, o.U p in. | 1 i-au'o, leave HliepjiUiii tor Om ida, fli:m! am. oil P 111. >uiiday. 1 Iraiiin leave Slieppfon for IJoa-cr Meadow Kond, riloeklon, liai.le itlo , .icildo 1 and Oritton ut 5 35 p in, daily, exec pi 'MJIIHUJ; * and 8 tta a in, 541 i in, Mindav. Trains leave Hamlet.... Junction f r Reave Meadow ltoud, Stockton, i;t/ic Mm ,h, F. k:.■ >, . ; Jed'lo Wild DrlftOl) IU ••0, 5 4'., (1 3(1 p .11, d;:i'\, , | except Sunday; and lUe-> a 111.1.1- (Tin. >uudi\. I All tl'uius VOIIIICCI til Aay.icfoii Jiiitetiuii aim 'electric cars lor ilazlcfoii, Jeantnvilie, Audcn | rled and other points 011 the 1 ruction c'uiu puny'B line, i Trains leaving Drifton at ti 00 am, Flaaletnn Junctio 1 ut 029 a 111, and Miepp: 01 1 ai . Ham, I connect at Oneida Junction WHII Lehiyh \ UL.CY ' | trains east and west. : Train icaxiiig Dril'ton at 530 Min makes con . t iieetlou at Doringer with T. 1(. U. ti nn t,i | Wiikesburro, emubury, iiuniaburg ami points • west. For • he necomniodatdei of way stations l.etw- eii Jl ./.ictoii .Ji.ia iim. and Der uiwer, uu extra tea u wnl leave the former point a 5 .;U p 111, dully, except Suiniuy, arriv ing- ut DcruiMer ut. on p ru. lA iiii.U C. tMI I'll, Supcrintoiidciit. LEHIGH VALLEY HAILKOADT" November 10, ]BU(i. AHKANGKMKNT OF PASSIM: Kli TliAlNß* LEAVE Fit K ELAND. IV0T, 8 4.). 950 a in, 1 40. 52 1. 4 p in, for Munch ('hunk. Alleiitown. Ik'thleuetu, Laaion. Pnilu deiphiu and New Vork. 6 (I. H 4f 0. 0 u ni, I 40, 2 Jl, ,'i 2H, • ?A, i> 15. (i .57 p iu, lor Drifton. .teddo, Foundry, II zle liiook and Lumber 4 ard. i 15 p 111 tor Hnz e ('nek Junction, 0 57 p in for MMiich Uuu.k, Alieutown, I'e h iehein and Kaston. 0 .0 a m, 2iH, 10. 057 P m. for 1 > dano, Ma hunoy City, Ashland', Alt ( a-iuel, Shaiiiokiu and I'ottsx llle. 0 Hi a in, 1 40, 2 54, 4 od, 0 57 p in, for Stockton un orlc. 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