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FREELAND, PA., NOVUM HER 22,1897.
Somebody In 1-1 eg the Money.
From the Wilkesbarre Newsdeuler.
It is a crying shame, as well as a dis
grace to the state, that the moneys
allotted the various school districts have
in many instances only been half turned
over. The injustice of this is flagrant.
In many districts they are really crippled
for lack of funds and unless prompt aid
is had the school term will have to be
shortened or closed. There is a big
balance to the credit of the state treas
urer in the banks of the commonwealth,
or an apparent balance. imiU if it really
exists there is no valid reason why the
obligations of the state to the school
districts should not be satisfied.
Rut if the state treasury is bankrupt,
and without funds to discharge the debt
duo to education and progress, that is a
very good reason for turning the rascals
in control out and filling their places
with men of a dilTerent stamp.
The Quay machine control grows
more odious and oppressive to the
people, but the revolution that will
change this condition of affairs is mak
ing swift progress.
The Swallow vote is only an indica
tion and a finger guide to what is coming.
Tho Higher Courts Will Change This.
From the Philadelphia Times.
A charge often made by the profes
sional labor agitators that upon issues
between the workiugmen and corpora
tions, the courts always side with the
corporations, lias been disproved many
times, and a new illustration to the con
trary has just been furnished by a Chi
cago court in which a railway conductor,
blacklisted by the Northwestern Railway
Company for participating in the Pull
man strike, has been awarded damages
to the amount of 521.1fiC.33.
In facts brought out in the course of
the trial, which were to the effect that
tho plaintiff was always discharged with
out cause or explanation shortly after
obtaining a new job, convinced the jury
that he had been blacklisted by the
Northwestern Company and that he was
being peristontly hounded out of any
means of earning a living for himself
and family.
If tliis verdict is sustained by the court
of last resort, to which it is certain to be
appealed, the blacklisting of men who
engage in strikes will go the way of the
boycott, which lias been decided by the
courts to be unlawful.
Clone to the Eternal Bow-Wow A.
Recently the Tiuuim: gave the opin
ion of u Schuylkill Republican exchange
on the late eh t.ion. It was certainly
one of despair and disgust, hut here is
V. something which goes to show the feel
ings of Republicans in Carbon. Listen
to this wail of hopelessness from the
La lis ford J.nnh r:
(Jentlenien of the Republican party,
patriots, traitors, boodlers, cadavers
and leeches on their last legs, get to
gether and kick yourselves. The de
molition of the Republican party is so
rapidly taking place that you had better
make one supreme effort to hold one
more of our glorious old pow- wows before
the. party takes it- final plunge Into
the eternal bow-wow-.
Editor Davis voice- the sentiments of
Republicans everywhere, but some are
not quite so frank with the truth.
—
Suil New* for llu/leton I'rljj*.
It is privately announced that the
| military authorities of the state have
i agreed to the appeal of several towns to
authorize the formation of another troop
I of cavalry for the National Uuard, and
I that Pittsburg has already been given
I the tip to gel ready for the place. Over
f In llazleton a crowd of corporation
I lackeys and ex-deputies imagine they
S' are to be tho chosen people, and tire
I meeting and drilling regularly with an
| enthusiasm worthy of a better cause.
The coal companies of the Lehigh re
gion are lighting hand to have the new
troop located in this section, but those
who ought to know say Pittsburg has
I the call.
CASTOriIA.
A Scheme That Failed.
A nice young man resolved the othei
day to present his beloved girl with
a nice pair of shoes. He accordingly
procured her measure and purchased a
$2.30 pair. In order to make the pres
ent appear more valuable, be marked
six dollars upon the soles of tlie shoes,
and, at liis request, the shopman, who
was a friend of his, put a receipted bill
for six doliurs into one of them. The
presentation was made and the lovers
were happy, as lovers should be. But
mark the sequel: The girl examined
the shoes in the daylight, and was not
satisfied. She was convinced that her
lover had been cheated in the purchase
of such a pair of shoes at that price.
She decided to go and change the shoes
and obtain a better bargain. The next
day she appeared in the shop and select- :
ed a better pair of shoes, price four
dollars, and politely requested the clerk
to take back tlie shoes for which she
said her husband had paid six dollars.
The receipted bill was produced in
proof, and the boot man found it im
possible to go "behind the returns."
The smart girl took her four dollar
shoes and obtained two dollars in
money and went home happy and sat
isfied. The bootseller sent a bill for ;
four dollars to the young man, who j
promptly paid the difference, but lie \
thinks that girl a little too smart for
hi in.
Proud of the Capital.
The people of the country are fond
of their capital. More than the Wash- '
ingtonians themselves, they have seen
the wonderful progress of Washington,
for by visits at intervals—some of them j
extending over years—tliey have met
with some contrasts which tell the story
to the spectator more thoroughly than
constant living in the city could do.
In different parts of the country, says
an eastern exchange, we have heard j
$ cople discuss the growth of Washing
ton with pride and relate the compar- j
isons of the various visits. The man (
who was there ten or twenty years ago j
and who goes again this year, takes a 1
tide back home which lie never tires oJ
telling. And not only will Washington j
have no rival in the sense of conipeti- ,
tion, but it is destined to be beautiful
beyond any other city or any other cap
ital in the world. What has been done
is simply an earnest of what is to come, j
It will be the capital of society, as well
as of politics. Art and education will
follow, and already it is a fact that
more learned and authoritative men ca.i '
be gathered in an audience in that city
than anywhere else in the country.
In these enlightened days it is rather I
queer to hear of anyone being skinned
alive as a punishment for a crime, but
that is the penalty that is staring a
Chicago boy in the face. Paul Czyet,
a 14-year-old boy of Hie Windy city,
became involved in a quarrel with An
ton Ivwitke, another lud about his own
age, and threw a pailful of boiling
t.ater ou him. Kvvitke's skin dropped
off in large patches, and the only way i:. '
which to cure him, according to the
doctors, is the operation of skin graft
ing. The justice before whom Czyet i
was taken learning this, gave the boy I
the alternative of allowing the doe
tors to take enough skin off his body
to cover the scalded portions of his vie- i
tim. or being held to the grand jury on '
a charge of assault. He gave the boy
a few days in which to decide.
In an Indianapolis church the basso
of the choir intended to leave the city,
and his friends gathered to hear him
sing a farewell solo. He had two cf
the best numbers in his repertory unci
was in excellent voice when he reached
the church, but a most curious Occident
silenced his voice temporarily. Jus!
as he stepped into the church door- 1
way a little gnat flew into his uosc
and caused him to sneeze violently, ami
the sneeze brought on a severe cough,
which, in turn, ruptured one of the
small blood vessels near the vocal
cords. He took his place in the choir,
but soon found that he could not ut
ter a sound audible five feet away. The !
injury to his voice will not prove per
manent, but it was certainly very nn
aoying.
An exchange says that a dashing St. j
Louis widow has a sprightly daughter j
of about 17. The daughter, xfhose name j
is Jennie, met a schoolgirl chum by the
name of Mamie, who asked: "1 say. ;
Jen, how are you and your mominer !
coming on?" "We don't get along at i
all. If a feller comes along and I like
him and mamma don't like him, then
I can't marry him, but if mamma (! ( ocs
like him, then she tries to marry bin.
herself," replied Jennie, blowing a
tired sigh from her lips.
A juror at Worcester, Mass., aecoril
ing to a local exchange, recently asked
to be excused on account of deafness.
The judge refused to excuse him, and he
sat patiently through a. trial lusting
several hours. At its close the other
II jurors were for conviction, but he
voted persistently for acquittal, on the
ground that as lie could not hear the
testimony he could not vote forconvic
t ion.
Edward Bellamj' has kindly arranged
j a plan for all of us by which every man
I is to draw $4,000 a year and retire on n
pension at 43. is is good enough for
I ;he most of us. but there are a few wfho
are hard to please and these will prcb-
hly want to retire on a pension before
.hey re ask 43.
| A WOMAN'S SAD FACE. |
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BV TH2S. P. IBONTFORT. |
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THERE was a time, but a few years
since, when the prairies of western
Kansas were the scene of bitter rivalry
betweeu the rich cattlemen and the
poor homeseekers. Naturally it was to
the interest of the cattlemen to keep
homeseekers out of the country, for so
long as the land remained unsettled
just so long did it furnish rich, free
pasturage lor the great herds of cattle.
In their efforts to keep the pioneer
settlers from taking up claims and
building homes the cattlemen very oft
en went beyond the limit of the law. In
fact, in many instances they ignored
the laws altogether and were governed
in their actions simply by their per
sonal wishes and their power to enforce
them.
Out in Ness county there was a big
cattle ranch owned by a wealthy syndi
cate. The manager of this ranch, a man
by the name of Roberts, was one of the
coldest blooded and most unfeeling
wretches that ever lived, lie cared for
nothing save his own interests and the
interests of his employers. He was
dead set against homeseekers, and no
matter what their condition might be,
nor how much they were in the right,
he never yielded an inch to them.
The ranch comprised several hundred
acres of the best government land in the
county, and in time homeseekers began j
to hover about it and covet the rich j
prairie. But Roberts warned them to
keep off, threatening to burn the wagon j
and kill the horses of the first man who |
should attempt to enter a claim on the i
grazing lands of the ranch. He went ;
further, and hired the toughest and most j
lawless set of cowboys he could find,
and to them lie gave instructions that j
they must keep the tv.nge clear of set
tlers. no matter to what length* they i
were forced to go in order to accomplish !
that end. The cowboys nodded know- |
ingly, touched their pistols significantly |
and remarked that they were there to
obey the boss' orders.
Several attempts were made to enter
claims on the range, but the cowboys
were always promptly on hand to dis
courage anything of that sort, and after
the}' had thrown out n few hints regard
ing the "unhealthiness" of the location,
and the general advisability of seeking
a home elsewhere, the would-be settler
was persuaded to move on. After awhile
the character of Roberts' cowboys be
came notorious, and the Romeseekere
gave them and their range a wide berth.
Thus for a long time the range was
not bothered with settlers, and the cat
tle continued to graze the grass aud
turn it into money. Roberta saw the
lands all about liim taken up for homes
and he congratulated himself on his
foresight and his promptness to act
in taking care of his own interest.
Things had been going on in this even
way for some months when one morn
ing Roberts called his cowboys about
him and said:
"I have received a letter calling me
east, so I shall leave the ranch in your
hands. I shall probably be away two
or throe weeks, but I think I ran trust
you boys to look after things all right.
I'll give Jake Kline the management of j
the ranch and 1 shall expect the rest j
of you to obey his orders. Keep the eat- i
tie together and keep those settlers off j
the range."
"We'll manage tilings all rigfiit, Mr.
Roberts," Jake said. "We'll take care
of the cattle, and if you find any settler
on this range when you get back he'll
be. a dead one."
Roberts had been gone about a week,
when one evening some of tlie cowboys
saw an old covered wagon rolling slow
ly across the prairie behind a pair of
small, scrawny mules. They watched
the wagon and at last saw it stop at tlie
foot of a little mound, right in the cen
ter of their best grazing land. A man
got out, unharnessed the mules and
turned tlieui loose to graze. Old Jake
Kline's attention was called to the wag
on and forthwith he sent a man to in
form the owner of it that he must move i
on.
This message was delivered promptly,
and with more force than elegance. The
homeeeeker, however, received it quiet- j
ly, not to say indifferently, and re
marked that he'd sec about it.
"You want to be seeing about it pret
ty sudden, then," the cowboy said, "be
cause we won't stand any foolishness.
We'd just us lieve. make a bonfire of
your wagon and coyote feed of your
mules as not."
"I'l leave here when 1 get ready 1o
go," the man replied, "and not before."
The cowboy rode back and reported
to old Jake. The latter's eyes Hashed
with anger in a moment and he swore
a string of the most horrible oaths.
"So the chap thinks he'll go when he
gets ready, eh!" he cried "Maybe he
will, but if he does, he'll get ready pret
ty soon, for 1 tell you he won't be long
about going."
lie then called his whole force and
rode down to the wagon. The settler
was sitting on the ground with his
hack against a wheel, his knees drawn
up and his arms folded over them. His
lend was bowed down, and his whole
fftlitude was that of the deepest dejec
tion. The cowboys had approached
to within a few steps of him before he
heard them, and then he looked up
listlessly, but did not offer to move.
Jake reined his horse and said:
"Are you figuring on taking up n
claim here, stranger?"
"I reckon maybe," the other answered,
carelessly.
"Don't you know you can't do it?"
"No."
"Do you know whose ranch this is?"
"Yes."
"Have you ever heard of Roberts'
cowboys?"
"Yes."
"Well, we're them."
Jake uttered this in away that was
intended to stir the man with fear and
I dread, but he missed the effect. The
i man showed no interest whatever and
S merely grunted some unintelligible re
| ply. After a short pause Jake said;
j "You'll have to get out of here, and be
| blamed spry about it. too. We dou'i
| allow any squatter on this land."
j "Does this land belong to you?" tbt
! man asked, with a little interest,
j "No."
; "Doesn't it belong to the govern
: ment?"
"I reckon so."
1 "Then what right have you to order
me off?"
"Maybe we have no right, but thai
has nothing to do with it. It's oui
! business to keep settlers off this range
! and we've got to do it. We've talked
I enough. Now hitch up and get."
The man arose to his feet, and firing
up with life and animation said:
"I'll not go."
Old Jake was thunderstruck for a mo
ment, and he sat looking ul the man in
j silent astonishment. Finally, bow
i ever, he cried;
j "What! Do you mean to defy me?"
"I do."
"We'll burn your wagou. We'll kill
your mules. If you cut up much we'll
i kill you."
j "1 don't doubt it. Cut burn and kill
I if you want to. What's the difference.
I I'd better be dead than alive, anyhow.
: I left the east with my wife and child
and came out here to take up land and
build a home. What is the result?
I've chased up and down this country
in search of a claim, but 1 can get none
except in some arid spot where nothing
| will grow. The good land is either all
j taken up, or held by the big cattlemen
who have no right to it. 1 have been
I driven about by the cowboys till I ain
i tired of it, and I am not going to be
driven any more. Through exposure
and hardships my little child sickened
! and died, and now lies buried back
j yonder on the prairie. From the same
| causes, together with worry, my wife
I lies in this wagon now hovering be
tween life and death. I have dragged
, her about till I can drag her no more.
1 We have used up all our money and
| provisions and have nothing left. My
j wife will soon be dead, and if you kill
I me, all the better."
| The cowboys exchanged a look of in
| quiry. and then old Jake dismounted
j and'walked up to the wagon and looked
in. lie gave one quick, searching glance,
then strode back to his companions.
They all gathered eagerly about him.
and for two or three minutes there was
an earnest conversation carried on in
low tones. Then old Jake turned again
to the settler and addressed him. but
this time he was not loud and boister
ous. On the contrary, he was almost
kind and sympathetic.
"Stranger," be began, "we have strict
orders from our boss to keep settlers
off this range, and I don't see anything
for us to do but obey. We'd lose our
I
I •• I LL LEAVE I.ERIC WHEN I GET READY
TO GO."
! jobs in two minut.es if we didn't. So 1
| reckon you'll have to move on."
| "I won't go," the settler announced,
flatly.
"1 reckon maybe we can persuade you
to go."
"That means you will drive me. I
know what kind of persuasion you cow.
boys use. It is guns and pistols."
"Sometimes we do use that kind o
persuasion, but not in a case like this.
Stranger, we're tough, but we're not
heathens. We've chased many a home
seeker off government land, but we
j never yet made war on a woman who
j looked like that one in there. We are
| not brutes, and if we had the say about
j this claim you could keep it. Rut we
are under orders and we have no sn\
I in the matter. You'll have to leave the
j range. I see no help for that."
"I tell you I will not go."
"I reckon you will, if we make it all
right for you. .Now. just across the
creek there you can bu.v a claim as
good as this for SIOO. It has a sod cabin
on it. too. and a well. There's five of us.
and that means that we'll put up S2O
apiece to pay for 1 hat claim for you."
The settler stared at old Jake in as
tonishment.
"What!" he gasped, "you'll buy that
-ilaim. and give it to us?"
I "Sure. We've got to obey orders and
| keep this range clear, and i don't know
1 any other way for us todoit. We can't
1 act the fool and go 1O cutting up rough
with a man who's got a wife like that.'
i So the matter was arranged, a nd. how
ever much other settlers disliked Rob
erts' cowboys, there was one who had
a warm place in his heart for them -
' Detroit Free Press.
('nrlon, SlomcHP Decoration.
j His majesty of Sinm is I i hern I with
liisortlers. lie reeenily gnve an Italian
painter (for painting one ot his wives
from a photograph) "the tlrand Cross
of the Siamese Crown." It is rather i
large order. "This cross" said or
| majesty, "will entitle you lo marry 1:.
| wives. It is a distinction I seldom cor
j fer, so I hope you will soon make gone
use of It."
nrttl.h Cnrrtilfve Keepers.
j In (Jreat Itritain lit persons in evert
1,000 keep a carriage.
CHOICE VERSE OF THE SEASON.
'l.ns 'limit Tlinliiclvln* Time.
We hear good many people talk
'Bout songsters in the spring-
How sweet un' purty they do sound,
An' all that sort o' thing.
That's all right, too; 1 tell ye
VV'en th' storms hev passed away,
An' th* sun comes up or smilin'
On er pleasant April (lay.
Er bluebird or er robin's note
Does sound tremendous good,
An' I don't say it don't, but yet
I'd hev It understood
Th' sweetest song 1 ever heerd,
In enny land or clime.
Was th* gobble of th' turkey
'Long
'Bout
Thanksglvln*
Time.
| The eagle is a glorious bird,
An' one we all admire;
An' we can hear the poet sing
His praise an' never tire;
But take It w'en th' frosts hev cum
An' all the trees are bare,
An* bashful snowflakes fust are seen
In th' November air;
'Tain't eagles then we're thlnkin' 'bout,
Nor birds that sweetly warble:
We want that dear, ol'-fashloned fowl,
Th' turkey with his gobble:
'Tis then we're ready to declare,
In plainest prose or fhyme,
Th' turkey is our favorite bird
! 'Long
'Bout
Thanksglvln*
Time.
—B. T. Warner. In Up-to-Date. ;
Cupid in Dlnkklnp,
flweot Cupid sat on a mossy bank
j With a tear in his round blue eye,
His wings were draggled with silver dew.
And his quiver and bow flung by.
The butterflies came from the garden near
And perched on his dimpled toes.
And a honeybee sipped at his crimson lip
And thought it an opening rose.
"Not an arrow went to its mark to-day,
I wasted them all," he sighed.
! "My wings and my curls too well they
know.
i So the men and the maidens hide,
j My mother must clip my pinions close
I And must braid my locks of gold,
And I'll borrow a frock of a damsel fal*
My roseate limbs to fold."
j So now no more In the flowery field
j Or the wood where the thrushes sing
Do we hear the patter of naked feet
! Or the sweep of an airy wing.
; Ho has stolen the gown of a pretty girl,
; And her hat with Its drooping plume
And a cluster of velvety violets blue
From his breast to shed i>erfume.
He has donned her veil with Its broidered
edge,
And her gloves of the palest gray,
And hides his how In her fluffy fan
Before he goes out to slay.
He has clipped his wings and braided his
curls,
But beware of his roguish eyes,
For sly little Cupid Is still the same
In spite of his new disguise.
—Fenny Magazine.
The Hand for Mo.
The hand that lends enchantment to
The harp-strings may be fair;
The hand that woos the sweet guitar
And makes the music there
May he a slender one and soft.
And beautiful to see.
But the hand that rolls the doughnuts is
The little hand for me!
i The hand that is ablaze with gems
May be the hand for you:
For some one else the hand that sweeps I
The Ivory keys may do:
| The hand that goes with millions oft
Is beautiful to see,
! But the hand that rolls the doughnuts Is
The little hand forme!
j My Bessie's arms are soft and round,
And she is plump and fair:
j She's been away to cooking school
I And learned some wonders there—
Oh, other's hands may be as small
And beautiful to set.
But the hand that rolls the doughnuts Is
The little hand for me!
—Chicago News.
She Threw Me a Kins.
Fhe threw me a kiss and the air felt sweet:
A rose tint glowed through the gloom of the
street,
i As Dorothy leaned from her window seat
And threw me a kiss.
I She threw me a kiss with her finger tips:
As a springtime scent from a flower dips
From the roseleaf dawn of her willing lips.
She threw me a kiss.
Yes, threw me a kiss, and the world seemed
bright.
The cares of life were all hack In the night,
For Dorothy said to my heart: "Delight!"
And threw me a kiss.
She threw me a kiss, and I strode away,
I Smilingly humming a roundeJay gay.
Ah, Dorothies, smile on your swains some
day
And throw them a kiss.
Yes, throw them a kiss, and the whole day
I long
j Their hearts will be steel to dream of
wrong;
i Their blood will pulse to one joyous song:
"She throw me a kiss."
—J. Percival Pollard, In Vogue.
The Ma 1(1 ot nnd Hie Brook.
They sat beside a babbling brook
That tumbled through a vale,
And in his eyes there was a look
That told a simple tale.
She watched the limpid waters flow
And with the lilies play,
She saw the bubbles come and go.
Well knowing what he wished to say.
The moments sped! Tie dared not speak.
And she sat silent tin re;
A sunbeam sported upon her cheek,
Breezes sported with her hair.
At last, without a warning word,
She slid into the stream.
And folks a mile off might have heard
The splashing maiden scream.
And did the brave young lover stay-
To lay his shoes aside?
Ah, no! He plunged In right away
And claimed her from the tide.
They barely got their ankles wet.
But why upbraid the muld?
His love might he unspoken yet
But for the little game she played.
—Cleveland Leader.
At Dntvn of Day.
Unbroken silence, brilliant eastern skies.
Without a stirring leaf.
Incense from celestial chalices,
Afloat in midair brief,
Giving to mortal sight nnd sense
New beauties, rich and rare,
To the thoughtful mind a moment
For reverent praise and prayer.
Praise for our Great Creator,
Prayer for our wayworn hours,
Hope for fulfilled promises,
Trust In benignant powers,
'.Mid awe-Inspiring silence.
As night shades pass away,
New life In slow procession
Proclaims the Dawn of Day.
—Clark W. Bryan, in Good Housekeeping.
Thanksgiving Day.
Come to us cheerily. Thankful day,
Out of the sweet blue sky!
Hearts are hoping and laughs are gay.
Flowers are blooming along the way.
E'en if the frost be nigh.
Come to us hopefully, Thankful day,
Out of the tearful tomb!
Stars are steady and sure to stay-
God Is watching forever and aye—
L'en In the darkest gloom!
—Will Carleton, in Everywhere.
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