FREELAND TRIBUNE. Estatllshol ISBB. PUBLISHED EVEKY MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY TIL K TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. OFFICE: MAIN STIIEKT ABOVE CENTHE. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 ; Four Months 50 i Two Months 25 i — FREELAND, PA., JULY 3, 1890. Preparing for the Boodle Fennt. Like a flock of hungry vultures ' hovering over what promises to be the scene of a desperate battle, the spoils men of tho Republican party are await- j ing the call for the next county conven tion. In some polling districts, es pecially in the Fourth legislative district, wlicro tho appetites of the money-seekers were whetted by the recent state delegate contest, candi dates for delegates have already an nounced themselves. Tho majority, however, are awaiting the oilicial call to the boodle feast, for that is what the convention promises to be. That is what every up-to-date Republican con vention in Pennsylvania lias come to, and never before were indications of a money-ruled gathering greater than they are for the occasion named. We believo that some of the honest men of the Republican party will en deavor to win seats in this convention and that some of thorn will succeed, but judging from the methods now in vogue even at primary elections the well-meaning politicians of the party will be overwhelmingly defeated as a general rule. Those Republicans who would re deem their party from the rule of the money-mongers are today in a hopeless minority. The careless, indilTeront members of the party, the men who vote ! for delegate regardless of what or who the delegate represents, the scll-my soul-for-a-ccnt men, the lickspittles of power and the baser elements of society are opposed to them. The glitter of the gold which has been distributed at the Republican gatherings during the past few years in tliis county has attracted to that party all the unprincipled inen of all parties and has corrupted and destroyed tin* manhood of thousands who would othe.- wise have become good citizens. The party is now controlled by those who love money better than principle, and any man who cannot add that to his creed will receive scant courtesy at the coming convention. Inn't Protection tlie Mother of Tru*t? From the Philadelphia Press. The American Tin Plate Company has done serious harm to its own in- j terests and may do still more injury to the iron and steel industries of the country by precipitating a contest with its labor over the wages scale. The tin-plate industry is the child of I a protective tariff. It could not exist without it. The tariff was imposed not to benefit individuals or tin-plate uiak- j ers but to create and maintain a new industry, to foster competition and to advance wages. Whenever it is clear to the American people that the protec tive tariff is not doing this its rates will be lowered, and whenever It is clear of any particular rate that it is not doing this in its particular industry this rate will he cut. The iron and steel industry as a whole is aware of this. Prices have not been unduly advanced. Competition lias been maintained. The wages scale has been as a whole and in its parts, most, liberal. Exceptions have existed, but while the average ad valorem rate on iron and steel has been from 40 to 50 per cent on the average—it was in 1808 under the present tariff 45.51 per cent — the rate of wages has been twice that abroad. This has never been clearer than this year. Advances in iron and steel wages have gone on all over the country. The amalgamated scale this year is extremely high; but its wages sheet is being accepted both by works that sign it and by works that do not. For the American Tin Plate Company to get in a controversy with Its men under these conditions challenges the entire issue. This coinpuny is distrust ed as a "trust." It was the lirst to ad vance prices, though they are not now in excess of the advance on billets and plates from which its tin sheets are rolled. It can afford to pay high wages and it ought to pay high wages. Into the specific merits of this particular controversy we do not propose to enter. It is a technical issue, in which, as usual, there is a case for each side, and a compromise would he fair. Rut it is a safe general proposition that a nionopo ized Industry protected by the tariff which has a wage conflict on its hands in a time of great prosperity has done Its permanent interests injury, risked its own production and dealt a blow to the entire cause of protection. BRIDGE VIEWERS. Appointed by the l.u/.erna Court to In spect County Bridge*. The following viewers, among whom are a number of lower end citizens, have been appointed by court to inspect the bridges built this year by the county and report to the court: Black Creek township—lra L. Yost, Anthony Bauer and K. T. Tubbs. Salem township—George \V. Callon der, VV. 11. Capwcll and Thomas Stobo; George Wlldoner, John L. Evans and John Roach; C. E. Whltesell, I). J. Davis and M. B. Hughes. Sugarloaf township—C. A. Ilaz.lott, E. H. Kulp and George Ilibert. Fair in ou nt township—C. B. Wheeler, James Giles and J. 11. Dando; Frank Ramalcy. Evan Evans and George Fer guson; 11. C. Warner, John Devlin and Herman Funke: W. E. Jones, Charles Gardner and R. I. Westovcr. Butler township—Thoinns Nesbitt, George J. Llewellyn and Roger O'Don noll. Huntingdon township—George Yaple, Georgo Fairelough and E. I). Nichols; D. C. Keck, 11. J. Richards and Jona than Bonham. Bear Creek township—lsaac Vaughn, John M. Hill and Albert Lewis; George Athey, Ernest Williams and Albeit Lewis. Foster township—Elmer Banta, W. A. Jones and E. A. Oberrendor. Nescopeck township—G. W. Ilartcr, John T. Jones and Harry Evans. Denison township—J. 11. Gallagher, William Stroll and S. W. Trimmer. Lake township—Georgo Callendar, Theodore Davenport and Theodore Hart; Jacob Nulton, D. I'. Williams and Owen Fowler. Dorrance township—C. M. Ero, Thom as M. Jones, and Thomas A. Buckley. Franklin township—C. A. Burgess, Richard Evans and Isiali Rineheimer. Plymouth borough—W. J. Bunnell, James A. Lane and Philip P. Callery; John Bcreh, Frank Jones and Howard Armstrong. Jackson township—D. J. Linskill, Joseph Carey and Thomas Evans; A. C. Stout, Joseph Carey and George W. Mane. Plains township—Benjamin Webb. Richard Edwards and Charles F. Mc i Hugh; Thomas Reese, George Lubrccht | and G. A. Wich. I Union township—J. R. ICoons, Evan M. Evans and W. C. Dershuck; Charles Gardner, James Crowe and A. C. Sny der; S. M. Blanchart, David Davis and D. A. Kline; Robert Pollock, William Richards and P. M. Boyle. Wilkesbarro city—Daniel Behee, Ho well Williams and J. W. Ilollenback. Wright township—James Giles, Chris topher Rose and Adam Knics. Plymouth township—John Keefer, John A. Davis and James McHugh. New Columbus borough—David Davis, Frank Shultz. and George L. Fenner. Scheme May Work Harm. From the Hu/.lcton Plain Speaker. On and after August 1 the names of all people receiving aid from tho Middle Coal Field Poor District are to be pub lished. This is to bo done the directors say. in order that undeserving parties may not impose on the district, the be lief being prevalent that there are quite a number on tho lists now who are de pending on poor aid while able to sup port themselves. On the other hand, however, this scheme may work harm. There are poor people here who would not wish to have their names published because they would not like to have their neighbors stare at them and call thorn beggars, which neighbors in any ! town are rather liable to do. Publica tion of the names may lessen the ex pense of relief but it may also tend to prevent many deserving poor from ap plying for aid from the poor district. l udertukem' Act Unconstitutional. A case involving the unconstitution ality of the act requiring the registering of undertakers was tried in tho Luzerne court on Friday before Judge Ilalsev. It was that of R. P. Riley, a Ilazloton detective, against J. M. Ficrro, a Ilazle ton undertaker, who was charged with conducting his business without a li cense and contrary to tho act of assem bly which holds that such undertakers must register with the state board. After the prosecutor had stated bis side of tho case, the defendant's attor ney asked that the indictment be quashed, as the act was special legisla tion and was unconstitutional. Judge Ilalsey agreed that a verdict of not guilty should be rendered, which was done. A HtiKlMMir Demolished. One of the great bugbears of spins . terhood has been demolished by a Min nesota woman. Though she had had many suitors, of course, she was still unwedded at thirty, and one day, as she was sending off a gift to a girl i friend who was about to be married, , she bewailed the fact that the bachelor girl never got wedding-presents or a trousseau. Her father promised that she herself should not be slighted in this respect, whether she married or I not, and a few weeks ago, when sho acepted the offer of a business position and decided to take up her bachelor residence in Chicago, the old gentle '! man was as good as his uord. He " gave her a handsome check to buy a complete outfit of clothes, fom shoes . to bonnets, and many of her friends j took up the idea and gave her useful and ornamental articles for her bache -1 lor apartment. And now it is an nounced—whether it be th-ough the aid of her fine feathers or not is not j stated —she is to marry the president . of the company that employn her. Watch the date ou your paper. ? POINTS AND MOOT POINTS. Han la a silhouette seen against eter nity. Self Is too small a canvas to waste time on. Effort should beget smiles; not blood or tears. It Is natural to succeed. Failure Is degeneration. God Is infinite pleasure; to be happy Is to worship htm. Timidity develops far worse vices than courage does. Life is a battle —no exemptions; vol unteer. or be drafted. A loving sincerity excuses some very blunt observations. If you break the shell of decency you will become offensive, Many a wise man is harnessed and driven to death by a fool. The fool knows beauty as well, or better, than the philosopher. Passion runs round the world while piety is putting on its sandals. The most self-effacing personality the world has ever Beer, was its greatest. We put up ineffable bluffs at modesty In front of the b'ushing camera of truth. I.ove is an insign'flcant ripple in the great ocean of being. Passion is the tidal-wave. Education Is to get nature and the God of nature into our souls—no great matter how. The bank of life is always overdrawn on certain moral values—delicacy, for Instance. A moral exchange, where we could deposit our surplus values and recoup our deficiencies, would be a very ben evolent and beneficial institution. The one grace lacking spoils perfec tion —personal honor is, perhaps, the top-blossom of excellence nature has the most difficulty in developing. A corner In heavsn will be reserved for the jolly and jocose, unless, indeed, we assume heaven to be the rendez vous of the unfortunate classes exclu sively. Living statues head the procession of beauty and love, ghosts of old phil osophy pilot the procession of truth— hence, probably, the difference in at tendance upon each function. Melancholy Is the unwholesome moonlight of the soul—the reflected rays of lunatic passion rather than the direct rays of reason. Work was originally play; but, so twisted is man. his play has now be come hard work. HIGH LIGHTS. To err is human; to make amends for the error Is abnormal. The idle always think they will feel like working io-morrow. The child that really loves to go to school is too delicate to go. We love to borrow trouble, because we are never asked to return It. If everybody had a sense of humor stupid people couldn't make a living. Invalids outlive healthy people be cause Invalids take care of themselves. The best woman living might be a dangerous flirt If she were better look ing. A bandbox after it is wrapped up looks more like a bandbox than it did before. Man understands woman well enough to admit that he doesn't understand her. It is well to be honest, so that we can believe the world is not all made up of thieves. April fools are the luckiest kind; they get recognized and exposed only once a year. No picnic is a success unless every woman preeent gets a piece of the cake she made herself. When a man courts solitude his courting in Bome other locality has probably been snubbed. A man always thinks his griefs are deeper than a woman's because he is too hardened to weep. When a woman sees the doctor's buggy next door she Is one part sympa- I thy and three parts curiosity. The woman who is gifted in parlia-j mentary law generally lays on the table everything a man says. The man who can stand it to have bis faults exposed has so few that they are not worth mentioning. The optimist remembers that summer cornea after winter; the pessimist re members that winter comes after sum mer. BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN. Half-hearted service is always hard. Neglect bolts the door of opportunity. 1 Small boats should keep near the. shore. Some Christians do more whining than shining. The pulpit rail may become a wall of, partition. The wings of riches are poor aids to heavenly flight. Mere souls are saved through service than by sermons. Kind words, like fragrant flowers, are admired by all. Modern theology teaches that man fell up instead of down. 5 An iceberg in the pulpit cannot kindle a fire in the pews. Dress does not make character, but It often proclaims it. The man who confesses his ignorance is on the road to wisdom. Don't use religious stilts when you visit a strange prayer meeting. Fidelity in little things is one of the surest tests of character. Men who are honest for policy's sake are generally dishonest at heart. THE ORIGIN OF SOME GREAT MEN. Horace was a shopkeeper's son. Moliere was the son of a tapestry maker. Francois Rabelais was the son of in apothecary. Virgil, the great I.atin epte poet, was the son of a potter. Homer, most illustrious of poets, wa3 at one time a beggar. Columbus, the discoverer of America, was the son of a weaver. Thomas Wolsey, the English cardinal and statesman, was a butcher's son Demosthenes, the most celebrated or ator of antiquity, was a cutler's son. The great English preacher, George WhUAekd, was the son of an innkeeper. Plautus, one of the greatest of Ro man comic poets, was the son of a ba ker: Edmund Halley. the English astron omer and mathematician, was the son of a soap manufacturer. ASTONISHED THE TEACHER I A Lecture on llrgloue end the Pnpll'e Kcply to a Question. There Is a lady occupied In the In- ! ■fraction of the Juvenile mind who Is quite willing to confess that the pupllH vlio attend her classes do not do all the learning. Some of the small folks under her tuition occasionally astonish her with their superior knowledge of tlie moderuly developed resources of the English language. A lecture ou hygieue hud been Included in the pro gramme for the day, and she had taken care to show the effects of al cohol and tobacco upon the system. She impressed her teachings by means of anatomical clugtl, which gave es pecial lucidity to her remarks when she came to warning the little girls, years in advance of any practical need the dangers of tight lacing. One of the little girls, whose home surround ings are of the sort in which case rather than elegance of expression is sought, listened with profound atten tion. "Now, Margnret," the teacher said, "you may see how well you remember what I have said about tight lneiug and tell us why It Is Injurious." There was uo response. "1 mean you, Maggie," the teacher j added, and the girl Jumped to her feet as she recognized the more familiar j name. "Tight lacing, ma'am, Is Injurious, ma'am " She hesitated and the teacher smiled encouragingly and said, "Uo on." "Cos, ma'am, it's liable to twist yer slats." The Saina Old Btory, "I only sold free papers (lis morn ing. I'm gottiu' sick of de literary business!" Self- Acting Healer, "Curse mo luck," hissed the burglar, nnd tied into the night. Hear in mind, if you please, that all crime was now disease, merely, and all disease the work of germs. The burglar perceived in the cellar window where lie tried to enter one of the latest automatic spraying devices and endeavored to avoid it. Rut fortune was against him. A click in the dark and almost be fore be knew It he was drenched with germicide and cured of his malady.— Detroit Journal.. Squaring: Himself. Snowbound Snawley (in deep dis gust)— Has it come to dis that yer are j 'round wid a saw on yer shoulder look- I in' fer work? I Foxy Feeney (Injuredly)—Yer wrong I me, pard; I'm lookin' fer food, an' de 1 saw makes folks t'ink I would work. | Yer see, I alius avoid yards wo't hev wood piles, an' w'enever I'm cornered an' offered a job I ax so much fer me services dat no sne will hire me.— Judge. Encouraging Prophecy* "That palmist said that for one dol lar lie would tell me how long 1 would live." "Did he?" "lie said I would have to live many, many years before I would have sense j enough to take care of money."—De | troit Free Press. , ! Incompatible ' j Mr. Dukane—Why did your wife change physicians? I thought that she 'I was satisfied with Dr. Tablet's profes i slonal skill. | Mr. Gas well—She was satisfied, so j far as his professional skill was eon- I cerned, but he rode a different make , I wheel from hers, and his calls were j mostly occupied by a defense of his i favorite.—Pittsburg Chronicle Tele graph. j Correct t Tagleigh—"Did you ever notice, when a man has lieen drink ng heavily ? the night before, how long and eaf'ii- I estly he will look at hiimolf in the l i glass the next morning?" | Wagleigh—"Certainly. That is the 5 1 time for sober reflection.—From Life. 3 | In a Had Way The Irish foreman was "cry much agitated. He rushed over to the ma • ciiinist too excited to talk. "What's the matter?" askud the ma chinist. "Come quick to tlic motor?' cried the foreman. "It's rapidly stopping!"— i Philadelphia North American. 3 The Way It Happened | Sympathetic Visitor (to prisoner)— 3 My good man. what brought you here? | Facet lon sPrisoner—Borrowing money "But they don't put people in prison | for borrowing money." 1 "Yes. but I had to knock the man down three or four times before he ■ would lend It to me."—Piek-Me-Up. More Economical Htlll Rhe--I shall he glad to have you call, but come early, as father turns the gas out at 10. He—l'm down on the gas worse than the old man. I turn it nearly out as 3 soon as 1 arrive. A MAID'SJPROPOSAL SHORT SKETCH IN WHICH SEVERAL CHARACTERS ARE INTRODUCED. Mrs, Moyrlck-Fanton In Fnllna Manner Comas Very Near Breaking Up a Love Match Bnt Falls Owing to Miss Trevor's Good Sense. Scone—A dance In May-fair. Time— One A. M. Hobby Vane (finding Cap lain Kuiery lounging disconsolately by the iloor of the supper room)— Hullo, old fellow! Liidn't expect to see you here. Harming? Captain Emery—No; of course not. Hobby Vane—l thought It wasn't much In your line. Why did you come, then? What's her name? Captain Emery—Well, you are not expected to play cricket every time you go to see a match at Lord's, are you V Mrs. Mnyrlek-Fenton (passing Into the supper room) —What Is that you're saying about a match? The latest? ? ou've heard uhnut It, of course. Friend of your's, Isn't she? Captain Emory—Ah, Miss Trevor! Is that settled, then? Mrs. MayrlcU-Feutou—My good man, haven't you seen Mrs. Trevor's face tills evening? She's positively beam ing. She was even decently civil to uic. Captain Emery—Let me see, Per elra's Mrs. Meyrlefc-Foaton (in an under tone)— Cocoa. Pity It Isn't coal, or something like that. 1 always think there's something about cocoa that well—sticks; don't you think so? But he's Immensely rich. So sensible of Mrs. Trevor, when Gwendoline might have doue so much worse —don't you think so? Miss Trevor (dropping the arm of Mr. Pereira and advancing with her programme in her hand) —Please, Cap tain Emery, I'm hungry. Here's a signed declaration that you'll take me Into supper. Have you forgotten all about it, or shall I ask some one else? Captain ICmery—Oil, I'm HO sorry! Of course. I hadn't forgotten; only I thought, perhaps Miss Trevor (after regarding her companion for a minute or two)— Let me see, Tom, when is it you leave for India? Captain Emery—The day after to morrow. There, you've spilt some co coa on your dress. Miss Trevor—O, never mind. Why do you go out again? Captain Emery—Must Miss Trevor—Why is it that all the— the men one likes, go ofT to the ends of tlit* earth, and then—then you never see them again? Captain Emery—Well, you see, they pay you more when you're in India. My private income is about n penny a week; and I simply can't live on my pay at home. Besides. I shall feel more comfortable abroad for a week—under the circumstances. Miss Trevor—Under the circum stances? Captain Emery—l suppose I ought to congratulate you! Miss Trevor—You ought to have done it yesterday. I was twenty-one yesterday. 1 thought it horrid of you to take no notice. Captain Emery—l hadn't the least idea Miss Trevor—And I'm my own mis tress now. I wrote a check this morn ing. They sent it hack from the hank because 1 hadn't signed it. As if it mattered when it was my own money that I wanted. Captain Emery—But you are not to be you own mistress long. Miss Trevor—Was that what Mrs. Meyrick-Eeuton was telling you Just now? Captain Emery—She said that you and Perelrn Miss Trevor—Cat! Captniu Emery—Eh? Miss Trevor—l mean it isn't true. Did you believe it? Captain Emery (after reflecting for a few monments with his eyes on his plate)— Well, it's a suitable match—in one way. He has plenty of money. Miss Trevor—So have I. Quite as much as I want. You knew that, did n't you? (Captain Emery nods.) Captain Emery—That's what makes it so very suitable. Neither can be suspected of any mercenary motive. Miss Trevor—But that is what makes mamma so anxious that Of course, he lias—he has asked me, and mamma wants ; Captain Emery—And you refused him? Miss Trevor- No. Captain Eniet'y—Well, but Miss Trevor-I haven't answered yet at all. Don't be so stupid. Tom. (She crumbles a piece of bread and gathers up the fragments carefully into a little heap.) I shall decide—l shall decide— Captain Emery—Well? Miss Trevor (under her breath)— The day after to-morrow. Captain Emery—And I shan't be here to congratulate you. Miss Trevor- Don't Tom. Captain Emery—You mean Miss Trevor—l mean—l mean—Tom, what should n girl do when she doesn't know what to do? Can't you help me? Can't you advise me? Captain Emery—l don't see exactly where I can come in . It's rather difti cult for me to take an entirely unpre judiced view. And your mother—no doubt she's quite right—would prob ably disagree with my advice. I Miss Trevor—That doesn't matter, now. My poor old godfathe* has made me quite independent. The question ought I to marry one man when I'm i when I'm-you know. Captain Emery—ln love with an other? (Miss Trevor builds a pyramid of crumbs with the utmost car* and nods assent.) Miss Trevor—And he is—he is- Captain Emery—ln love with you. But, Owen Miss Trevor (leaning forward with her elbows on the table)-—And. Tpm— | you must advise me—supposing the —supposing the—the—other n'ran is quite—quite poor Captain Emery—Yes. Miss Trevor- Only a penny n week— just like you, you know—and he's afraid—l nlenn, he's dreadfully honor able and—and- silly—can a girl—ought n girl-ought sh on sale In one of tho handsomest MM doah HM.'rTnri V^ h „-' r "n' l shenan aoab Beer and 1 mingling', Hurter on up. W Centre street.