FREELAND TRIBUNE. Established 1888. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. OFFICE: MAIN STIIEET ABOVE CENTRE. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year sl-50 Six Months Four Mouths 5U Two Months 25 The date which the subscription is paid to is on the address label of each paper, the change of which to a subsequent date becomes a receipt for remittance. Keep the llgures in advance of the present date. Report prompt ly to this ofllee whenever paper is not received. Arrearages must be paid when subscription is discontinued. Make all money orders, checks, etc., payable fa the Tribune Printing Company, Limited. FREELAND, PA., OCTOBER 2, 181)0. Luzerne County Politics. From the Nanticoke News. At the Republican headquarters in Wilkesbarre the campaign managers are putting up a great bluff so far as harmony in the ranks of their party and the probable success of their party is concerned. They dare not deny but that the courthouse ghost is looming up against A. D. Hay in greater propor tions every day; the over-confidence fad has struck John M. Jones and those who wore conceding the latter s elec tion from the start do not feel so confi dent now. There is such a thing as being too popular, especially when a man is running for ollice, and we are afraid that this fact will be clearly demonstrated in the case of Phil Raub, the Republican candidate for sheriff. The Bob Robinson collar is not helping John Mainwaring and the Fourth legis lative district is likely to roll up a big m&jority for Lubrecht. The Shaw nee! ts may be compelled to bite the dust on election day. Another proof of the weakness of the Republican ticket is the appealing com munications which appear frequently in the Wilkesbarre Record. There is no harmony in the Republican ranks; there is an undercurrent which is liable to come to the surface at any moment and tho ticket will suffer considerably in the effort to oust Bob Robinson. The contest for commissioners prom ises to bring out some queer deals. In fact one is already being planned and so dotermined are some of the manipula tors that they are not making any great efforts to conceal their actions. That Finn will be elected no one doubts. The great powers that were behind his nomination will not leave anything undone to elect him. Of course every effort will be made to elect his colleague too, as there is a vast dif ference in a minority and a majority commissioner. The nicest contest will bo between Hay and Koons; here is where the courthouse plans will cut the greatest figure. It is a long time since the political situation in Luzerno county was so evenly balanced as it is at present. Had tho Democratic boss and his pur chased followers used the least diplo macy on September 12, Luzerne county would undoubtedly be in the Democratic column once more after November 7. Gold Democrat!! Coining Back. One of the most significant recent utterances bearing upon the present tendency in this country to imperialism and militarism was made on Tuesday night of last week before the National Civic Club in Brooklyn, by Edward M. Shepard, a Gold Democrat and leader of tho Independent Democrats of that city who for several years have made it im possible for the regular organization to have its way there. His subject was, •'The Duty of Democrats to Their Par ty." He said: Democrats of all shades of opinion, from those of our great ex-president to those of Mr. Bryan, have sounded one note. Every day the popular vision be comes clearer. The issue of military imperialism dwarfs all other political issues now before tho American people. We do not, like tho Republicans, put our "Vicars"' of Bray into the White House. As between President McKinley, who voted for free-silver coinage when the popular tide seemed to run that way, who In 1806 down almost to the last feared to pronounce the word "gold" lest ho should alienate some popular sup port, and whose belief in silver or gold seems to depend upon his estimate of its effect upon the fortunes of his party or himself, as between tho president on the one hand, and, on the other hand, Mr. Bryan, with his devotion to a prin ciple when it stands and must stand completely in the way of the success of his own legitimate ambition, I do not think high-minded men will long hesi tato as to which, as a politician, de serves tho greater respect. The November election this year will occur on the 7th day of the month. There will be elections in cleyen states and governors will be chosen in six, namely, Maryland, Ohio, lowa, Massa chusetts, Kentucky and Mississippi. PORTO RICO'S QUEER FISH. CurlooN Specimens llrotight Back by Uncle Snm'a Flub Experta. Porto Rico's queer fish, sea turtles, deep sea clams, oysters, devil fish and "mermaids" is the subject of a most interesting report just made by the United States Fish Commission's ex pedition, which was sent to Porto Rico to investigate its aquatic life for Un cle Sam. The steamer Fish Hawk, having on board the Government fish scientists, led by Professor W. Ever mann, brought back 250 species of fish, many of them new to science. In Summer there is a great abund ance of huge sea that vicin ity, especially about Cinebra Island. Decoys are used to take them—i. e., counterfeit turtles cut rudely out of thick board and anchored out. Some times, indeed, a picture of a turtle is 6imply painted on the upper side of a large piece of plank, and the latter is set afloat. Evidently the big marine tortoises, some of which weigh 1,000 pounds apiece or more, are remarkably stupid creatures, inasmuch as the males take the decoys for females and seek them so persistently that they can hardly be driven uway. Tlrny are se cured by passing nets around them in the water. A kind of devil fish of a most ugly sort was found. A sword fish with monstrous fin extending straight up from its back and feelers reaching far beneath the body was added to the col lection of freaks. Another odd fish found by the Gov ernment fish hunters was the bat fish. Oysters are plentiful, though small, being of a different species from the bivalves of the Atlantic coast of the United States. They are very good to eat, but it is doubtful if the fishery for them will ever amount to much com mercially. Small round clams were brought up by the dredges in consider able numbers from a depth of forty fathoms, or 240 feet. They were of a species distinct from ours, and were found to be not edible. No lobsters like ours seem to occur in Porto Rican waters, but there is a so called "spiny lobster" which is eaten by the natives. It attains a length of about eighteen inches. Blue crabs are extremely plentiful about the island. There are lots of fresh water craw fish. Some day these crawfish may be exported in quantities to the United States, for they are very delicious; but they have to be tightly packed for the journey to prevent them from turning on their backs, else they will work their feet until exhausted, and so die. The Porto Rican crawfish gets a living by impaling small fishes and little frogs on its "tusk," as the horn between its eyes is called. There is no fishery for the manatee in Porto Rico, though specimens of that huge marine mammal are some times seen in the tidal rivers. The creature is a near relative of the ex tinct rhytina, or sea cow. It attains a length of eight feet and a weight of nearly a ton. Columbus saw several specimens on his voyages to America, and in his writings he spoke of them as "mermaids." He said: "They are PORTO RICAN CRAB, not as handsome as painted, but their faces are somewhat human-like." In 1878 there was a manatee at the Lon don Zoological Gardens. It would not eat a thing hut lettuce, and this had to he of the French sort. Inasmuch as it consumed one hundred pounds a day the beast's hoard bill was pretty steep. Two species of fishes found in the neighborhood of Porto Rico are poison ous. One of these is the jurel, a kind of mackerel, which attains a weight of twenty pounds. Another is the mel etta, a tropical herring, the most dan gerous part of which is the roe. It is not easily distinguished from another herring, which is harmless. A finny curio of those waters is the batflsh, which imitates a piece of coral so ar tistically that it is difficult to detect the cheat unless the creature moves. When it does move it seems to walk on four legs, which are In reality fins. It has a second pair of eyes, looking for ward, near the tail. Most interesting of all the creatures that inhabit Porto Rican waters are the great marine tortoises. These are of three species—the green turtle, log gerhead and the hawksbill. The log gerhead has been known to attain a weight of 1,600 pounds. Al 1,000 it Is eight feet long and nine teet across the hack, including the flippers. It is a very fast and strong swimmer, and the only way to take it Is to catch it asleep on the water. Often specimens are seen many miles from land, float ing on the waves in peaceful slumber. Unlike the other big sea turtles, the loggerhead is carnivorous. With Its powerful jaws it easily crackthe shells of large conches, eating tie "meats" of those mollusks. It feeds on crabs and shellfish of all sorts. The green turtles are the ones that are chiefly sought with decoys of the kind previously described, " hey some times weigh as much as I.COO pounds, and their flesh Is one of the most priz ed of table delicacies. Living in deep water, they feed on sea plavts. After browsing on these ocean pas tures they go to the river uouths for baths in fresh water, which they seem . to need from time to time. A curiouH discovery was the fact that he fish in Pojto Rican mountain streams live in caves and holes in the rocky banks, and cannot be caught, by traps or otherwise, in the current. This is not on account of timidity or wari ness, as in the case of our brook trout, hut because of a peculiar necessity which compels the fish to bide itself. A SONG. •* DY ERNEST A. NEWTON. There's a sweetness in the air When the sun is low, And the sky is flushed and bare. And the light winds blow; While the shadows come and go As the night doth fall, Along the misty moor laud where the curlews call. There's a lady full of grace Whom I loved of yore, AYul the* lovelight on her face Shineth evermore; And I long as heretofore For the night to fall Along the misty moor land where the curlews call. Dear love, can I forget Through the flying years Thy face amid the fret Of their pains and tears; Nay, my heart remembers yet When the night doth fall Along the misty moor land where the curlews call. AN UNPREMED ITATED THEFT. Mrs. Spreadbrow sat under the big willow in her front garden. Behind her stood the trim cottage, and in the grass, almost at her feet, gamboled Eddy, her youngest born, and the new white and black puppy. From the gyration of the two young creatures on the grass.Mrs. Spreadbrow let her eyes wander drearily across the bay to the irregular sky line of the big city, where she knew that Mr. Spread brow was busily engaged in converting bales of cotton into brisk bank notes. Ah, thought she, happily, she had much to be thankful for, the best hus band in the world, promising family, a charming home on Staten Island and But at thiß juncture her reverie was broken in upon by the sound of footsteps on the gravel walk leading from the front gate to the house, and looking up, she beheld the comfortable figure of her dear friend, Mrs. Town ley. There followed a scene such as any lady who has been surprised by the sudden and unexpected arrival of a valued friend can readily imagine. In the course of it Mrs. Townley was con veyed to.the parlor of the trim cottage, to sit and "cool off" before going up stairs. "Take off your bonnet, dear," said her cheery hostess. "I will put your satchel and parcel and things on this chair. O. I have so much to tell you about and scold you for; why haven't you come down before?" In the midst of Mrs. Townley's ex planations as to why she had absented herself, there burst through the open French window, like the advent of a whirlwind, the puppy, Sport, in full cry, followed by Eddy. Round and round the room they cir cled for some moments and then, obedi ent to the oft-repeated commands of his mother, the little youth turned and em braced their visitor with much hearti ness. The peace that followed these demonstrations was rudely put to flight by the click of the front gate, and the cry from Eddy, who was stationed at the window announcing "a lady com ing." "Somebody to call. How provoking!" said Mrs. Spreadbrow, with a pucker of her placid brow. "Come, Maria, let's go up stairs before Delia goes to the door. There goes the bell! Never mind your things." In an instant the room was cleared of all save the black and white puppy, who shambled about for a moment, then trotted out into the garden by the same route he had come in. "It's a young lady, Mrs. Spreadbrow, and she says she wants to see you on business," announced Delia, a moment later, thrusting her head through the door of the room to which Mrs. Spread brow and her friend had retired. "Dear me! what can she want?" The lady's voice expressed as much irrita tation as that kindly organ could em body. As she entered the parlor, a tall, slim girl, who had been standing nervously in the middle of the room, advanced to meet her, and the ioy tone and manner that Mrs. Spreadbrow had determined to assume toward the disturber of her seclusion melted away as the pretty young creature lifted a pair of sad dark eyes to her face and said in ah em barrassed voice. "Please pardon me for intruding. I have come to —to " "Pray sit down," interrupted Mrs. Spreadbrow, cheerily. "Thank you," said the girl, and dropped Into a chair. "I will not de tain you long. I have here a chil dren's history——"and from the depths of a roomy satchel she produced a small book—"that Catcham & Teasam are publishing " Ah! Now. Mrs. Spreadbrow knew the worst. "But I don't want It," she said, gently. "It won't do any—any—harm—to—to look at it." The girl spoke as if trying to repeat a lesson, and with a wistful look in her face. "Yes, It will; because if I let you show it to me I may buy it, and I real ly don't want it." "Nobody does; but you have put your rejection of it very kindly," said the girl, rising to go. Her voice trembled, and the smile she managed to screw her pretty lips into was far from cheerful. Mrs. Spread brow was touched. There was some thing so pathetic about the voice and manner, and she was so very young and so very pretty. The motherly lady laid her hand on the gill's arm, saying softly: "Let me give you a glass of claret be fore you set out again in the heat—O!" For the little book agent had turned away to hide the tears she couid not restrain. "Excuse me," she murmured, "it's the hot weather, and —and not being ac ouatomed to the work. I— began only yesterday, and it's a long trip to and from New York." "Sit down," urged Mrs. Spreadbrow, gently, "and I will go and get the wine." When rhe returned the girl had quite recovered and was sitting quietly at the window smiling at the gambols of the puppy. She apologized for having given away to her emotions, sipped her wine and then rose again to go. "Thank you so much for your kind ness," she said warmly, and "good- Jiyi" "Stop," exclaimed MTS. Spreadbrow, "I've changed my mind about the book, I'll take it." "You really need it?" with a percep tible brightening of the eyes. "I can't get on without a history for Eddy. I never thought of Sport's hav ing destroyed the one he had." When the necessary negotiations had been concluded and the pretty book agent had departed. Mrs. Spreadbrow returned to her guest with many apol ogies for her long absence and bubbling over with the pathetic romance she had woven from the materials furnished by the young girl's words and manner. The two ladies talked over this and similar instances, until they were both in a tearful state, and Mrs. Townley, to turn the tide of feeling, proposed go ing into the parlor and opening the nubbly little package she had brought and which she said contained some trifles for the children. This proposition was hailed with joy by Mrs. Spreadbrow. Mrs. Townley was in the act of untying the last string, when she suddenly bethought her of her black satchel, in which it was her custom to carry her purse, and which had been deposited with her bon net and parasol on a chair in the cor ner of the room. With the precipitancy invariably displayed by her sex at such junctures, she rose and stepped over to get it. The parasol and bonnet were on the chair, but not the satchel. "Are you sure that you didn't take it into the library?" asked Mrs. Spread brow, after the parlor bad been search ed. "I know I didn't," responded Mrs. Townley, with tremulous irritation. "But of course we can look." The satchel was not in the library, the only room occupied by the ladies since Mrs. Townley's arrival; nor did it turn up any where in the house, which with anxious inconsistency was searched from top to bottom. Mrs. Townley had become very pale and Mrs. Spreadbrow trembled with excitement and chagrin. "O, this is dreadful," she said at last. "I—l hate to think it possible, but it must have been stolen. How much was in the purse?" "A hundred dollars," responded Mrs. Townley. "I brought it with me for safety. But who—who? There has been no one-—" "The little book agent," gasped Mrs. Spreadbrow. "She is the only person who has been in the parlor besides my self since you left it. Is it possible— can it be—-that innocent-looking—O, dear!" * But Mrs. Spreadbrow was a woman of action, albeit mild and gentle, and she sprang to her feet, fiercely clench ing her small, soft fists. "I'll follow her!" she cried. Do —you go one way, Maria; I will go another, and Delia and the children shall go in the other direc tions. O, we will run her down! The little hypocrite!" In a few minutes the house was emp tied of occupants, barring the cook, who stood with her elbows on the fence and watched the departing search party, and the black and white puppy, who, in his foolish way, growled at and worried something under the big willow. With the hot August sun pouring down upon their beads the pursurers scurried from house to house, while with what Mrs. Spreadbrow termed "the intense cunning of a thief," the little book agent managed to elude them. At last Mrs. Spreadbrow found a maid servant who said that she had seen the girl enter the railway station and that if Mrs. Spreadbrow hurried she could overtake her before the arrival of the train for St. George. Stationward the anxious lady sped, fear and indigna tion, intermixed with a spice of uncer tainty. What should she do if the girl refused to give up the purse? Ah, she knew; she would get on the train, And a po liceman at St. George, and intercept her as she stepped on the boat. She reached the station just in time to see the book agent's skirt whisk through the door of a forward car; she herself was hauled on to the last car by an obliging brakeman, just as the train moved off. Arrived at St. George, Mrs. Spread brow hurriedly accosted a policeman, explained that the young woman in the gray linen dress, carrying the black satchel, had committed a theft, and urged him excitedly to detain her. The officer hesitated a moment, and then interposing his portly form between the young girl and the gang plank, touched her lightly on the arm and said, pointing to Mrs. Spreadbrow: "Do you know this lady?" "Yes —that is, I went to her house this morning and she was " "Will you come out of this crowd?" said Mrs. Spreadbrow, her firmness suddenly forsaking her, "I want to speak to you." "But I will miss my boat," expostu lated the girl nervously. My mother will be waiting for me and —what can you mean by calling a policeman to stop me?" she concluded with frighten ed eyes, as if a full realization of the situation had but Just flashed upon her. "The fact is," explained the police man, "this lady wants me to arrest you for theft, but maybe you can explain certain suspicious circumstances." The girl was white to the lips now, and the look of despairing fright In her eyes was pitiful to see. "For theft —me—for theft!" she said with stiff Hps, "O, do come where it is quiet," urged the accuser, looking as distressed as the accused and then the three went Into the ferry-house. "Sit down," said Mrs. Spreadbrow, weakly, when they had reached a quiet corner of the big room. "Thank you, I prefer to ntand," re plied the girl proudly. "And now may 1 ask what you accuse me of stealing?" "I—I," said Mrs. Spreadbrow. trem bling before the pale "little thief," "we think you took Mrs. Townley's purse out of my parlor this morning; you were the only person in the room beside myself between the time ehe left it there and the time we found it gone and " "My God," murmured the book agent dropping into a seat and covering her face with her hands. Presently she re covered herself and turning the police man said: "Search my satchel, please, and you," to Mrs. Spreadbrow, "you may search my person; and may God forgive you!" "O, my dear, I can't, I can't—l can't; when I look at you I can't be—be— But everything's against you." Mrs. Spread brow's eyes were full of tears and her voice trembled. "There ain't no purse here hut this one," remarked the policeman, who had 'been rummaging through the contents of the black satchel, holding up a 6llm pocket-book. "Tbat'B mine; look through it; you will find Just 20 cents," The book agent spoke very calmly. "That's right," he assented, putting the purse back. "But of course the money mußl he hid on the lady's per son," he added oautiously. "Here it Is! Here it is!" cried a panting but triumphant voice, and Mrs. Townley, flushed and excited, rushed toward the trio waving a much-mauled Russian-leather hag, such as some ladles are fond of carrying their hand kerchiefs and purses in. "It was that wretched black and white puppy! He must have taken it out of the parlor and Eddie found him chewing It to pieces in the garden. Why, what is the matter, Hattie?" for Mrs. Spreadbrow had dropped into a seat and regardless of curious eyes, was weeping piteouely. "I—l —l'm sorry. Pie—please for give me." The little book agent wavered a mo ment, indignation, scorn and pity chas ing each other across her face. Then she slipped down beside the distressed little lady and taking one of her limp hands said simply: "I do forgive you. Pray don't cry. But, please, next time you miss any thing, be sure the black and white pup py hasn't taken it before you decide that anybody else has." She could not refrain from this mild shot, and though it was tremulously aimed, it did not miscarry, but went straight to Mrs. Spread'brow's heart, where it has lodged ever since. And so it was the black and white Puppy! He is a sedate dog now and a great favorite of Miss Amelia Banks— ex-book agent—who declares that if it had not been for him she would never have obtained her present lucrative and congenial position In Mr. Spreadbrow's office, where the painful memories of her experlenoe as a hook agent—and other painful memories as well- —are fast fading into oblivion. SMALLEST IN THE WORLD. The smallest cows in the world are to be found in the Samoan islands. The smallest camels belong in Per sia. They are not more than fifty centimeters high. Berlin has the smallest elephant in the world. It is only one meter high and weighs eighty kilograms. Gaust is the smallest republic as to era, which is exactly one mile. The population numbers 150. It is sit uated in the Pyrenees. Tavolara is the smallest republic as to population, having only flfty-three men, women and children. It is twelve miles from Sardinia. The smallest horse in the world is a Shetland pony owned by the Marquis Carcano. Itß height does not surpass seventy centimeters; it is often har nessed to a llliputlan mail coach. King Malietoa, the Samoau mon arch, lately dead, received a smaller salary than any royalty, 2150 monthly, and it was usually In arrears. HUMOROUS SQUIBS. The apparel of the small boy Is al ways a suit for damage. It's one thing to have an idea and another to carry it out. No man ever has to feel ashamed of the company he keeps out of. Seven days make one week —but It often takes more to make one strong. Some men give according to their means and others according to their meanness. Politeness pays as a rule, yet many a man has lost heavily through a civil action. Patent-medicine men fill their alma nacs with ancient Jokes to Bbow their skill in prolonging life. A woman seldom objects to a self made husband unless he Insists upon her wearing self-made dresses. A rural exchange says: "Silver Is less valuable than eggs." Perhapß it is, but a pocket full of the former causes less uneasiness than the same quantity of the latter. WISE WORDS To bear disappointment bravely is to disconcert the fates. Every woman is as old as the neigh bors remember she la. Mingle folly with your wisdom, or nobody will associate with you. We are well balanced when our wills can control our prejudices. Faith Is higher than reason, as loy alty is finer than Investigation. The geniality of some people amounts to a positive blemish in character. Look before you leap; otherwise you won't recognize yourself afterward. Originality consists mainly in not saying the things which everybody else sayß. Stupid people rob us of time and temper, but clever people go away load ed with our ideas. When a girl's clever tongue keeps her from marrying, it is because she has not yet met her equal among men. 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