FREELAND TRIBUNE. Establish?! 1338. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTUE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Your $1.50 I Six Mouths 5 Four Months fiO j Two Months 25 j The date which the subscription is paid to is j on the address label of each paper, the change j of which to a subsequent date becomes a receipt for remittance. Keep the figures in ; advance of the present date. Report prompt ly to this office whenever pa per Is not received. Arrearages must be paid when subscription [ is discontinued. Make all moneij order*, check*, etc., paualtU t<> j the Tribune Prl'itiny Company, Limited. FREELAND, PA., DECEMBER 1, 1898. ' A FEW PLAIN TRUTHS. As an ear trumpet the average wom an is not a success. When a girl is up in arms the young man in the case seems to enjoy it. Happy are they who look before they 1 marry, and overlook afterward. Nothing so enhances the value of a thing as the difficulty in obtaining it. | Some men stand on principle and ; some others probably would if they had it to stand on. Every woman knows that she talks I too much, but what she doesn't know is a remedy for it. Sharper than the tooth of a serpent is the sarcasm of one who has no sym pathy with human vanity. When a man is under a cloud of debt it's rather difficult for his creditors to see the silver liniDg. The clock invariably strikes the half hour when you wake up in the night and want to know what time it is. Life is full of ups and downs at a ' boarding house; you have to put up j with what they give you and come down for it in advance. SHORT IENGTHS. There are 10,000 camels at work in j Australia. The life of a tradesman is about two- I thirds that of a farmer. In New Zealand two persons working together constitute a factory. China is purchasing pig-iron from Pennsylvania manufacturers. Alcohol is being used with mantel j lamps to illuminate parts of Berlin's j park, the Thiergarten. Austria is the only empire in the world which has never had colonies or ! even trans-marine possessions. The cost of fuel on steam railroads is I about 10 per cent, of the operating ex- j penses and on electric roads is about 5 per cent. The Japanese foot has been praised for its strength and beauty. Japanese can walk incredible distances without feeling weary. A curious fact has been noted by Arctic travelers —snow, when at a vefy low temperature, absorbs moisture and dries garments. HIGH LIGHTS It is only during the honey-moon that married people tolerate each oth er's pet dogs. The snake had his faults, but he didn't try to make Eve think that he was a fur boa. True friends are people we know who don't ask us to write to them when we go away. Other people's extravagances are most distasteful when we are short of cash ourselves. A cynic is either a young man try ing to act old or an old man who is mad because he isn't young. The woman who can speak French nearly always has a husband who pro nounces it as spelled. Sooner or later men quit crying for (he moon and are thankful for a lamp that doesn't run out of oil. It is better to be fooled once in a while than to live in a world in which you are the only respectable person. Half the sorrows of women would be averted if men would only listen to them when they want to talk. ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES. The following newspaper squib man ages to convey quite a cargo of infor mation about the Philippine islands: No brooms. No hats worn. Girls marry at fifteen. No knives or forks. They sleep at midday. Horses are a curiosity. More women than men. Rice is the chief product. Cattle as small as goats. Manila enjoys electricity. Natives bathe thrice daily. The grasshopper Is a delicacy. We buy half Manila's hemp. Laborers earn ten cents a day. Cocoanut-oil is an illuminant. Manila was founded in 1571. CASTOR IA For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought sjuamrecf \ fflj IN DEFENSE OF THE PEOPLE. || I WAYS AND MEANS. J To the Friends of Our Cause —Through the action of the Democratic Nation al Committee, the undersigned have been appointed a Committee on Ways and Means to begin work, now, for the campaign of 1900, and desire to issue the fol lowing address upon the work we have undertaken: Money to meet expenses is as nee sary In securing justice for the people in the trials of great political Issues before the Jury of the whole people, as it Is necessary In the case of a litigant securing a fair and impartial hearing before a court and jury. In the latter instance a suitor without money is unable to employ counsel of ability, take netded depositions, and make other legitimate preparations requiring the expenditure of money: and when thus situated, if opposed by a wealthy adversary, he frequently fails In securing justice by being unable to fairly and fully pr sert his case to the court and jury. And while this is true of the individual In a court of justice, on a much larger scale it is true of a great body of people contending for the cause of truth and liberty. Money must be raised to pay the necessary expenses, or our cause will meet with an adverse verdict In 1900. The forces opposing us have four active national committees, to whom money Is supplied by those profiting by national legislation and the corrupt ad ministration of affairs. One of these committees Is the so-called National Democratic Gold Standard Committee, at the head of which is Mr. George F. Peabody, a New York banker. Another is the Indianapolis Committee, the outgrowth of the Indianapolis gold standard commercial convention, at the head of which Is H. H. Hanna, who is Insidiously working through commercial bodies, seeking to frighten them Into compliance with the behests of the mor.ey power. The third is the bankers' organization at 52 William street. New York, that is supplying free of expen e to all willing newspapers misleading arguments in favor of the gold standard; and the fourth Is the National Re publican Committee, of which Mark Hanna is chairman, and to whom the trusts, monopolies and other combinations are furnishing the money for cor rupting the minds of the people and debauching the nation. If we are to combat the evil influences at work the necessary money must be raised to defray the necessary expense thereof. We appeal to the people— the groat common people—who have no Interest in special legislation and whose rights and that of the common welfare are to be protected. All money collected will be paid to the national treasurer of the committee, The Union Trust Company Bank, corner Dearborn and Madison streets.Chicago. No money will be paid out except as appropriated by the committee in session deliberating upon its expenditure. We have appointed Mr. W. H. Harvey as the general manager of the work of the committee. The plan adopted and approved by the committee is to secure a subscrip tion from as many persons as possible to pay one dollar per month for each month from now till October, 1900. Thus a person subscribing to the fund of the Ways and Means Committee in October, 1898, will agree to pay one dollar per month for twenty-five months, or In all, $25. One subscribing In November fol lowing will agree to pay one dollar each month for twenty-four months, with the last payment due Oct. 1, 1900. A subscription In December. 1898, means twenty-three payments the last Oct. 1, 1900, and so on. The number of pay ments depends on the month and year In which the subscription is made and all ending on the first day of October, 1900. Where one Is willing and able to pay more than $1 per month, the subscription will be accepted for such in creased amount as the subscriber is willing to make. Where one Is not able, in his judgment, to subscribe one dollar per month, he will be expected to get one or more to associate themselves with him jointly in the subscription for the one dollar per month. It is the opinion of the committee that it is only in this way that the money needed can be raised—that it must come from the people whose rights and Interests are to be protected. The offices of the committee have been opened at room 1044, Unity Building, Chicago, where a complete set of books will be kept showing the names of all subscribers with their pustofflce addiers by counties and States, and the condi tion of each account will at all times appear upon these books. In no Instance will solicitors be authorized to receive money. Anyone soliciting subscriptions will receive no money from the sub6ci Iber, but will forward the subscription papers to the national office. The national office will notify the subscriber of the receipt of his subscription and will forward blanks governing the details of remittances to the national treasurer. It is from the sincere advocates of our cause everywhere that subscriptions to this fund for human liberty are expected, and, on the whole, a sum sufficient may be thus raised to properly pres nt our cause to the American people; which means success, for a just cause Is doubly strong. To those who appre ciate what hangs upon the impending struggle, the payment of the one dollar each month will assume an Importance equal to that of love for home and children. The fund thus collected may decide for weal or woe our own fate and that of countless millions to come after us. The selfish system of greed that has mothered the gold standard, special privileges and monopoly, is destroying the opportunities for the enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness! It is confiscating our homes and re ducing the people to tenantry! It is quartering among us the agents of Eng lish money lenders who are coming into the possession of the title to our lands and the business industries of the nation! It la destroying human character and lowering the standard of morals und religion! It respects neither sex nor age! The babe in the mother's arms, the aged and enfeebled, the boy Just bud ding into manhood are, all alike, through poverty existing or threatened, the victims of its rapacity! Honor and patriotism, a decent self respect and love of country demand Its overthrow! Our future and that of posterity is In volved! Our cause appeals to the manhood and womanhood of America! A blank subscription form will be found herewith. We ask that each read er cut it out, fill up the blanks and send it at once to W. H. HARVEY, Gen eral Manager, Room 1044, Unity Building. <\ngo. 111. JAMES K. JONES, JOHN P. ALTGELD. Chairman Democratic National Ex-Governor of Illinois. Committee. WM. V. ALLEN. WM. J. STONE, Senator from Nebraska. Ex-Governor of Missouri. HENRY M. TELLER, Senator from Colorado. I! PAY NO MONEY TO SOLICITORS. \ i > A o All Money is Payable to Treasurer of the Committee Only. ♦ o A i> For the purpose of promoting the cause of Bimetallism and of carry- 1 lng on the necessary work to overthrow the un-American and corrupt T <► gold standard domination of this country, and. In consideration of the A 0 fact that others are making similar subscriptions for this purpose, I 1 hereby agree to pay to THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, com- T O posed of Senator James K. Jones, of Arkansas; ex-Governor Wm. J. ▼ 0 Stone, of Missouri; ex-Governor John P. Altgeld, of Illinois; Senator A Wm. V. Allen, of Nebraska, and Senator Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, T <► and their successors, the following sums, to wit: One dollar for the pres- ♦ i> ent month, and one dollar for the first day of each succeeding month, to A and including the first day of October, A. D. 1900; in all pay- T <► ments of one dollar each. This money to constitute a special fund, to 1 > be paid out only on the approval and order of said committee. (Signature) T ? DATE t ♦ ♦ 0 POSTOFFICE A ° STREET NUMBER Y COUNTY t . > STATE i ° POLITICS T < > * < ► Name of paper this A 1 was cut out of. I '* * Cut out, fill up blanks and mall to W. H. Harvey, General Manager, T | < ► 1044 Unity Building, Chicago. 111. On receipt of the subscription, dlrec- \> i tions will be sent you how to remit. LAUGH THRICE A DAY. It Will Prove A Hove re gn Kemcily for ('lias injC Away M )ltuicholia. It has been said that we grow in face as we grow ic thought, and that our faces are mirro s of our souls, but do we ever stop to t link that our faces affect our souls alsi ? And if they af fect our souls the/" also affect our health, for health is to a greater or leSs extent controlled by the mind and soul. It is a fact, as t e have found out, that a woe-begone e 'pression will drive every one away froi . us. Even fortune deserts us. If we ■ ink In melancholy and indulge ourselv s in our fancied or real ills of mind o • body we become diseased. While ot the other hand a cheerful view of 11'e is better than medicine. A brigh smile is always a winner, and its possessor can guide fate wherever she c hooses. On the other har d, if a woman sits down and broods over her own ugli ness, longing for bciuty, she will grow uglier and uglier evory day. She should cultivate a smile and practice it fre quently, no matter whether she feels like smiling or not, and laugh. It is a tonic. Laugh methodically if you cannot laugh any other way. Make it a busi ness to laugh three times a day no mat ter whether there is anything to laugh at or not. Laugh with others even if you do not see the joke. If there is no joke this fact merely makes one, and laughter being contagious every one around you feels exhilarated and more cheerful, and laughter as a duty be comes a habit, and cue forgets to frown and groan and sigh. Laugh whenever seized with a desiro to cry or scold. A Handsome liutton Hag. A bag is one of the most convenient receptacles for small buttons, and a pretty one of medium size, nicely made and decorated, will he useful in a girl's room. To make it, cut from a stout piece of cardboard a round disk 3Vfc inches in diameter, to act as a button. Cover it with muslin; then select some pretty plain or figured material for the bag. Plush, cretonne, silk and denim are all serviceable goods and offer a wide variety to choose from. Allow the bag to have a depth of 6 inches, and one inch from the top arrange draw strings to close the opening or mouth of the bag. Inelote the cardboard in TIIK IIIITTON RAO. the bottom of the bag and tack it fast; then gather the material together at the center of the bottom and attach it with a large button, sewed fast to the cardboard bottom. Around the lower part of the bag a design made up of large and small buttons of various col ors can be worked out, and with Asiatic dyed rope or Roman floss silk a few long and short stitches can be taken above and below the large buttons to add to the appearance of the design. Three small bags of this description attached together by the ends of the strings will prove an acceptable gift for use in the sewing room. Hoy Hi WtMldiiif? Cuke. Royal wedding rakes are never sent out until they have matured at least six months. The actual baking process lasts from five to seven hours. So great is the demand for cake on the oc casion of a royal wedding that the makers have always a stock of more than 2,000 pounds in the seasoning room. When n .In.i l!uly 1m Horn. At the birth of a Japanese baby a tree is planted, which must remain un touched until the marriage day of the child. Then the tree is cut down and a skilled cabinet-maker transforms the wood into furniture, which is consider ed by the young couple as the most beautiful of all ornaments of the house. A Patent Plant Support. A Western woman has patented a plant support consisting of several wiies twisted together to form an up right stem, with ornamented loops at the top to hold the leaves and branches, while the bottom of the wire stem Is shaped into curves to form an anchor. l?nn!ly EUpluined. Young Wife; "I wonder the birds don't come here any mere. I used to throw them bits of cake I made, and—" Young Husband: "That accounts for it." Ftnßllab W-lmrn Taller. English women are said by a recent exchange to average two inches more in height than Ame.icans. WAS NOT TO BE FOOLED. Aqualnted With Gu le, llut Prompt to <>rtt*p a few Idea. "Now, jest you gj right along; you needn't stop here," said farmer Hay fork, authoritatively. "I don't want no lightnin' rods." "I am not selling lightning rods," re sponded the sleek-looking peddler, whose sudden appearance at the gate had aroused the iie of farmer Hay fork. "I don't keer what yer sellin'," re plied the farmer. "I don't want it and won't take it. and that's all there is about it. I know the tricks of you city sharpers. I read the papers, I do. You can't catch me on any double-back-ac tion pumps, or any self-working churns, or patent Egyptian corn fresh from the pyramids—not much; and I don't want to take any mowers on trial, either, and sign a receipt fer it and have it come back as a 90-day note fer SIO,OOO. No, sirree. And you can't buy my farm, either, and then have me buy it back at a big advance, because some confederate of yours comes along and ofTers me twice what you gave fer it. Nixy! I'm no chicken. Now clear out. "I only want —" "O, yes; you only want to get my name to anything at all, so you can make a note of it. I'm up to all such tricks. 1 read the papers, I do." "I only want to show you our new patent reversible hen's nests." "What on airth is them?" "It's an ordinary hen's nest, only it reverses itself every time a hen lays an egg and drops the egg into a basket be low." "What good is that?" "Can't you see? The hen turns around to look at the egg, but it ain't there, and she concludes she didn't lay any, and sits right down and lays an other one, and so on. Only $50." "By gum! Gimme a dozen." ItelntioiiMliip Denied. "There is such a difference in the colored people in the north and in the south," said a southern woman. "I am often reminded of an incident which occurred down in Tennessee shortly after the war. The former slaves were just beginning to realize that they wore free, and that the new order of things placed them legally on a level with their old owners. "I was visiting in Nashville. One day I was going about alone. Not be j ing familiar with the city, I had some ; difficulty in finding my way to the j house I wished to reach. Seeing an old ! colored 'mammy' standing on the cor | ner, I went over to her. "She was a type of her class—large and complacent. She wore an old cal ico dress and had a turban on her head. " 'Auntie,' 1 said, 'can you tell me the quickest way to get to B— street?' "She drew herself up and looked at me haughtily for a full half-minute be fore she uttered a word. "I wondered what I could have done to offend her. Presently she let me know, in very cutting tones. " 'I ain't yo' aunty,' she announced. 'I ain't yo' uncle. I'se yo' ekal.' " A S|tiNfnrtury Tent. "So you want to marry my daughter, eh?" queried the old man. "Do you j think you have the patience and for bearance to make her a kind and in dulgent husband?" "I don't know, sir," replied the would-be son-in-law. "I can button a standing collar on a shirt that is a ! half-size larger without getting an | gry, and I—" "Say no more," interrupted the old man. "Say no more, but take her, my son, and my blessing goes with her." Touching a Tenilcr Spot. Weary Watkins. You seem to have a lot of stuff these days. How'd you git it? Dismal Dawson, ir you'll gimme your word of honor as a gentleman not to use it in my territory, I'll put you onto the graft. I goes up to the women I meets and tells 'em I need a dime more to git a new hat fer 98c marked down from $1.50. None In Stock. The other day a fish pedler's horse stopped in the street, and refused to stir an inch. The vender began to be labor the beast with a stick, when an old lady put her head out of the win dow and exclaimed: "Have you no mercy?" "No, ma'am," replied the pedler, "nothing but mackerel." Climbers. "Did you climb the Alps?" asked the young woman. "No," answered Mrs. Cumrox, "we meant to. But we couldn't get accom ; modatlons anywhere except on the sec i ond floor of a hotel that had no eleva i tor. So we went right away." NliMnmlerNtooil tlie <luentlon. "Miss Snowball," asked Rastus White, "is your program filled?" "Cert'nly not, Mr. Rastus," was the answer. "I has not yet been to de j supper-room but four times." Allocator*. "Some men," said Uncle Eben, "U | mighty proud ob dah ancestors. But ' ef de ol' folks wus alive I has my j doubts 'bout whethuh de feelin' would I be reciproßslfied." Filling it Prescription. ; i "My doctor says I ought to lead am , j active life." ] "Well, say, marry my wife's sister* she will keep you on the Jump." There Are Othera. Tom —Do you have any trouble meet ing your creditors? i j Dick—No. It's easy enough to meet 1 them —the trouble is to avoid them. |*Nw*dMJßL*hwd(|(LJ||^ The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has heen in use fop over 30 years, lias borne the signature of and has heen made under liis per f jfZ. sonal supervision since its infancy. -CCCCAVU Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Ex periments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishncss. It cures Diurrluca and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach mid Bowels, giving healthy and nntural sleep. Tlic Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. T. CAMPBELL, dealer in Dry laOocLs* Cfeftcoxdei, Boot# aiKl Also PURE WINES & LIQUORS FOR FAMILY AND MEDICINAL PURPOSES. Centre and Main streets, Freeland. DePIERRO - BROS. -CAFE.- Corner of Centro and Front Streets, Freeland, Pa. Finest Whiskies in Stock. Gibson, Dougherty, Kaufer Club, Rosenbiuth's Velvet, of which we h ve EXCLUSIVE BALE IN TOWN. Mumm> Bxtru Dry Champagne, Hennessy Brandy, Blackberry, Gins, Wines, Clarets, Cordials, Etc Imported and Domestic Cigars, OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE, Ham and Schweitzer Cheese Sandwiches, Sardines, Etc. MEALS - AT - ALL - HOURS. Balleutiue and Hazleton beer on tap. Hatlia, Hot or Cold, 25 Cents. FRANCIS BRENNAN, RESTAURANT 151 Centro street, Freeland. FINEST LIQUOR, DEER, POUTER, CIGARS AND SOFT DRINKS. Beat Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. UwR In time. Sold by driißgiHts. Fl REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR; f5 Marriage may not be a failure, but a good many married people are. The more trust a good woman puts in a man the more she will generally find in him to trust. Lots of men would be considered braver if they didn't have sense enough to get scared. It is a good thing for a man to be dis satisfied with himstlf in everything but his marriage. If the women get to working in Christian Science on love affairs there won't be any hope for the men. Women are better than men are. Men very seldom love their enemies, but women 'most always kiss them. If the average man were as brave and handsome as his wife believes he is, he would probably have married some other—better looking—woman. You can always tell from the out side of a house which is the spare bed room by the way the window curtains are fixed up. The mission-school habit is probably the strongest while it lasts, but the sachet habit maket a girl's family a lot more uncomfortable. A woman has to have a lot more pa tience to let the cat in and out than she has for her husband, because if she didn't it would leave her. Dry Goods, Groceries and Provisions. Sbhotherhocd hats 0 IJ A celebrated brand of XX flour always in stock. Roil Butter and Eggs a Specialty, AMANDUS OSWALD, AT. W. Cor. Centre and Front St*., Freehand, P. F. McNULTY, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. Kmbulmiug of femulc corpses performed exclusively by Mrs. P. F. McNulty. Prepared to Attend Calls Day or Night. South Centre street, Frcelund. VIENNATBAKERY, J. B. LAUBACH, Prop. Centre Street, Proeland. CHOICE BREAD Oh' ALL KINDS, CAKES, AND I'ABTRY, DAILY. FANCY AND NOVELTY CAKES BAKED TO ODDER. Confectionery a Ice Cream supplied to balls, parties or picnics, with all necessary adjuncts, at shortest notice "and fairest prices. Delivery and supply wagon* to all parts oj Umn and surroundings every day. ' (Caveats, and Trade- Marks < >htained,and all Pat- jj 4 ent business conducted for MODERATE FEES. e JOUR OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U. 3. PATENT OFFICE# 5 and we can secure patent in less time than those 5 # remote from Washington. $ # Send mode), drawing or photo., with descrip-# Jtion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of i £ charge. Our fee not due till patent it secured. S 5 A PAMPHLET, "HOW to Obtain Patents," with# J cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries i F sent free. Address, S ;C.A.SSMOW&CO. 4U. P " PATENT OFFICE. of oyery description executed at short notice by the Tribune Couipuny.
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