£ FOR THE FARMER. | A half century ago there was little In the farmer's life that was attractive to a young man, says The American Cul tivator. Those who remained on the farm were apt. to do so either because of family ties which seemed to hind them at home, or were those who lacked ambition, energy or ability to find employment elsewhere. Few cared to come to the farm who were not horn and brought up there, while cities and manufacturing towns were filled with farmers' sous and daughters, who were seeking for easier and more remunera tive employment than they found at home. It was not necessary to seek far to find the cause of tills. The hours of farm labor were long during the great er part of the year. Nearly every task indoors or out called for strength rather than skill, and perseverance more than judgment. A living might he obtained and some managed to ac cumulate property, hut there was little money to he handled, and it really seemed as If It was a life of hard toil and little compensation. The change of seasons brought some change of work, and yet it was monotonous. No machinery lightened labor and there were hut few amusements excepting during the long winter evenings. The farmers and their wives who worked during all the hours of daylight had little chance for sociability and little to interest them outside of their own affairs. Today farming Is far different from what it was as we remember it. Ma chinery lins been introduced so that horse or steam power are doing those things which were then done by human strength. Skill to direct and guide are in demand and muscular power is not severely taxed in the day's labor. Even the few tools which survive from that day, the scythes and forks, hoes and shovels, are now made so light and perfect that they seem more like toys than the Implements of hard labor that our fathers used. Better animals and poultry have come Into fashion, and the care of them becomes an interesting task be cause we can see how they can he improved or made more productive by better methods of feed and care. The young man who once begins breeding and growing fine stock is likely to learn to love them while he is watching their development and improvement. Better fruit and better vegetables have been introduced on the farm, and not only is it a pleasure to watch their growth and to taste them when ma ture, but they can be converted into cash as quickly us gathered, and the farmer or farmer's sou need not go for weeks or perhaps mouths at a time witlioutacoin to chink against another, as farmers used to do who had hut little to sell until after the harvest of the late fall. Now if he manages right ly the farmer will have crops to har vest almost every week from tlie thaw ing of the ground in the spring until snow covers it again. The farmer's life is less solitary as he grows more interested in his busi ness. He desires to keep up with the modern improvements, and to do this he visits other farmers to see what they are doing and how they do it. He must meet with them at the grange or the Farmers' club or the institute to talk It over with them, and exchange experiences in such works as they have been doing. Nor is he contented with being limited to the wisdom of his own county or state. A good newspaper brings him hints and suggestions and new ideas from other states, and per haps from foreign countries. lie knows that In every state there are men studying, Investigating and experi menting to gain knowledge that may he useful to him or to other farmers. With all this, the farmer's homo has become more attractive. He has not checked the march of improvement at its threshold. Here are devices! to lighten labor as well as in the field. In the house and around it are things that are ornamental as well as useful. The bleak, hare house, without shade around It or a flower, excepting the wild flowers of the field, is not often seen now, and many little changes have taken place to render it a home instead of a mere habitation and dwell ing place. We have spoken of the farmer of to day as he should he, and as many of them are. The young man who visits such a farm, and sees how pleasant the place may he, and how much there Is to Interest one in the work of every season, can scarcely contrast the simp, the factory or the counting room with it without feeling that the farm is a place for liberty and enjoyment, which makes the others seem like prisons, from which are barred out the bright sunshine und tile balmy breezes laden witli the fragrance of fruit and flowers and the song of birds. Nor nre n pleasant home and pleasant surroundings nil that farm life can offer to the young man today. The work of progress has begun, and who shall say that It Is to he checked. To one who strives to excel in any branch of agri culture there seems to he as much "room at the top" as in any of the pro fessions. To originate or introduce a new and better breed of animals or fowls, or variety of fruit or vegetables, j or some new method of increasing pro- i ductlon or lessening labor, may give I both fame and wealth to the farmer, us it already has done for some. We know not why one with ambition, j energy and perseverance should not now have as much to hope for and ex pect as those in other walks of life. The farmer today is not a peasant, crushed by toll; nor an ignorant man, fit companion only for the beasts of burden. He may boast himself the equal of any other man, not only In what he does for the world, hut what he Is In the world. PEOPLE OF THE DAY. General Maximo Gomez, the veteran Cuban patriot, seems to be the leading candidate for president of the soon to be organized Cuban republic. In a voting contest conducted by a prom inent Havana paper the old soldier lias received a large majority of the ballots sent in. It may not be generally known, but it is a fact, that the wife of General Gomez is an American. She is much younger that the general, being not much more than 50 years old, and she I looks much younger. As a girl she was considered the belle of the section GENERAL MAXIMO GOMEZ, of Mississippi where she lived. She could follow the hounds all night long in a fox chase, ride the wildest of horses, "coon" a log across a creek with the agility of a schoolboy, and bring n deer to a standstill nine times out of ten and use but one rifle ball. She possessed all the accomplishments of an aristocratic farmer's daughter. While the Cubans were fighting the Spaniards Mrs. Gomez attended to nearly all of her soldier husband's correspondence. She answered all of his letters that were not of serious consequence, patched his clothing, di rected the preparation of his meals, and read to him during the dull mo ments in the camp. To her husband she became the ideal wife. In the jungles of Cuba she sang the songs she had learned to love In girlhood to the weary and footsore soldiers who followed Gomez, and was loved and obeyed by them as was no other woman on the island. It was due largely to her influence that General Gomez ac cepted the terms of the Americans after the war with Spain had ended and met the commissioners at Ha vana. She IN Ruck From Imlln. After a brilliant season as a visitor to the vice regal court of India, Miss Nancy Leiter lias returned to America and Is ready to indulge in social con quests here. Miss Leiter is the second daughter of Levi Z. Leiter, the Chicago multimillionaire, and her sister is Lady Curzon, the American born vice rcine of Great Britain's Indian possessions. Miss Nancy Leiter lias a distinct celebrity. She christened the battle ship Illinois two years ago. Carolus Duran painted her portrait and praised its model with an artist's ingenuous frankness. The special value of the MISS NANCY LEITEB. praise is in the fact that Sargent's teacher lias, more intensely than any other portrait painter of the preseut hour, appreciation of the character istics of modern beauty. lie is a sub tle critic of form, color and gesture. Miss Nancy Letter's gracefulness Is American. It captivated New York before it was appreciated in Paris. It made Simla, in India, where she was the guest of Lord Curzon, the viceroy, and of Lady Curzon, her sister, devout In homage to her. The malmrajah of Kapurtliala gave, in Paris, in June, a luncheon in honor of her and of her sister, Miss Daisy Leiter, that the princes, embassadors and heroes that were there, wearing all their medals and emblems of orders of chivalry, may not soon forgot. UNCICNN to Llnser. "I am waiting," said the old codgor, "to find a friend without fault." "Take my advice, then," said the fel- ' low who tells unpleasant truths, "and cease waiting. Move on. You'll never find him."—Philadelphia Call. M'KINLEY'S LETTER. The I*reident Invents n New Phrase, llut His Letter lias No Other Merit. From the New York Journal. President MeKinley's letter of ac ceptance resembles a folding bed with a piano front. When you look at it first you think it is a financial argu ! ment, but when you let it down you find that it it an apology for imperial : ism. The Republican party has maintain ed that the silver question is the su preme issue of the campaign. The president has kept up that profession. Therefore, he begins his letter with a disquisition on finance. But he re alizes that it would be ruinous to sit in a corner soliquizing about one topic while the people were thinking and talking about another, and, therefore, after gliding lightly among a number of other issues, he settles down upon the subject of imperialism,'and dilates upon it to the extent of 10,000 words. Mr. McKinley is entitled to the credit of inventing a new phrase. He does not venture to say that the silver ques tion is the chief issue before the peo ple, but he remarks: "if another is sue is paramount, this is immediate." He does not show, however, why it is immediate. He does not show that a Democratic congress would pass a free coinage law or that a Democratic ad ministration could disturb the present financial system. It is true that he furnishes one more contribution to the exposure of the hypocrisy of Republi can financial legislation when he says that it was so framed as to be effective only "so long as those who adhere to this platform are kept in control of the government." But his own secre tary of the treasury, in his sincere mo ments, could have told him that any apprehension of financial danger from Democratic success was purely fanci ful. From the Pittsburg Post. President McKinley, in his letter of acceptance, insists there was no al liance with Aguinaldo by any of the American army or naval officers, but he does not tell how Dewey brought Aguinaldo to the Philippine islands In an American war vessel, and armed him and his followers, and co-operated with them. Nor does he mention the fact that in June, 1898, Aguinaldo pro claimed the Philippine republic and raised its flag, and McKinley never protested until the following Decem ber. Senator Wellington, of Maryland, has shown that the treaty with Spain would have failed of ratification had not a promise to guarantee the ulti mate independence of the Philippines been made, only to be broken as soon as the treaty was ratified. McKinley says the Flipinos began the conflict, but fails to quote Gen. Otis, showing how the fighting was begun by the Americans, and how he rejected Agui naldo's plea for a suspension of hos tilities and insisted upon war to its end. He claims the largest portion of the Filipinos "are loyal to us," but he neglects the fact that nowhere out of the sight of the American lines in the Philippines can an American go in safety. The McKinley letter is un doubtedly smart, but how this world is given to smart lying. From th Springfield (Mass.) Republican. We can find in this letter of accept ance no word indicating any change in the policy of Mr. MeKinley's adminis tration to hold the Philippines, and hold them forever, as a subject colony of the United States. The president makes free use of the words "liberty" and "self government" as the end of his purposes respecting those Islands, but these words are plainly not used in their full and accepted meaning. It Is "self government" under absolute American sovereignty which he plain ly means. It is "liberty" within lines drawn by an absolute alien power which he clearly has in mind. And this is the "liberty" of the vassal and the slave —nothing more. From the Harrisburg Stnr-Ilulcppndent. Every man is right in claiming full credit for what he has accomplished and no one will complain because the president is generous in praise of him self. But a bountiful providence had something to do with the prosperity which has prevailed during the last three years and other influences, not within the control of the administra tion, worked auspicious results. In view of those facts the president's pretense that the administration is responsible for all is foolish, if not false. From the Philadelphia Record. The prosperity of the country, the treasury surplus, the favorable balance of trade and ail the favoring benefac tions of a kiud and gracious providence are in turn woven into the president's narrative. The bad trusts are repro bated and the good trusts mentioned. The tariff Is fitted with a halo of com mendation, and even reciprocity is marshalled before the eyesight of the nation as a thing of loveliness. From the Baltimore Sun. This may be Mr. MeKinley's idea of freedom, but it is a monstrous doctrihe for the president of a free republic to promulgate. Mr. McKinley has not strengthened his party's position by his letter of acceptance. He cannot convince the American people by such arguments as he arrays in this letter that the dangers of imperialism as practiced by this administration are less serious that they appear to be. ROUND THE REGION. About a year ago Timothy Dougherty, Pittston, when charged in court with selling liquors illegally, acted as his own lawyer, made an impression on the jury, and escaped freo. Yesterday he was in court under the same charge, tried the same tactics, refused a lawyer, was con victed and sentenced to six months in jail. Mrs. Martin Kerrigan, aged 55, fell down a flight of steps at her home near Mahanoy City early yesterday. She was killed. She was not found for some time afterward, the slumbering family being unaware of tho accident. DeWitt's Little Early Kisersare prompt, pal atable, pleasaut, powerful, purifying little pills. Grover's City drug store. August lthode, aged 00 years, of Weatherly, committed suicide by hang ing himself in tho woods near Laury town. Geo.* S. Boyle has commenced the publication of tho Municipal Gazette, at Wilkesbarre. It will be issued weekly. Poisonous toadstools resembling mushrooms have caused frequent deaths this year. He sure to use only the genuine. Observe the same cure when you ask for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. There are poisonous counterfeits. DeWitt's is the only original Witcli Ha/le Salve. It is a sale and certain cure for piles and all skin diseases. Qrover's City drug store. Miss Ina Stone, 20 years of age, took a dose of paris green at her home in Scranton yesterday morning and will die. She has suffered from nervous troubles for some time. Edward I). Schooley, a school director at Dorranceton, was burned to death in a blazing culm bank yesterday. Large sun spots, astronomers say, caused the extreme heat this summer, and doctors declare nearly all tho prostrations were induced by dis orders of the stomah. Good health follows good digestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat. If you have indigestion or dyspepsia it will quickly relieve and permanently cure you. Grover's City drug store. The Burkhatd Moser heirs met yester day at Reading for tho purpose of con sidering steps for prosecuting their claim to recover possession of coal lands in Schulykill county. There aro 350 heirs, and they will he asked to pay $5 each for the payment of the expenses of attorneys and others. The most dainty and effective pills made arc DeWitt's Little Early Risers. They are unequal ed for all liver and bowels troubles. Never gripe. Grover's City drug store. Robert Carter, one of the host known men in Tamaqua, and a pioneer coal operator, died after a lingering illness. He was born in England in 1824. Rev. W. R. Evans, pastor of the Pil grim Congregational church of Ply mouth, died of typhoid fever. To prevent consumption quickly cure throat and lung trouble with One Minute Cough Cure. Grover's City drug store. Frederick Spoacht, a prominent busi ness man of Pottsville, was fatally hurt in a driving accident yesterday. The breecli strap on the harness broke and the horse became frightened and ran away. Mr. Speacht was hurled out of the carrage into the gutter. The emergency bags sent by a church society to Kansas soldiers in the Philippines contained among the necessities a box ol DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, the well known cure for piles, in juries and skin deseuses. The ladies took care to obtain tile original DeWitt's Witch Ha/le Salve knowing that all the counterfeits are worthless. Graver's City drug store. While being given a hearing before Squire Trevaskis at Beaver Meadow. yesterday, on a charge of non-support, preferred by his wife, Stephen Noth stein, of that place, drew a razor blade across his throat, inflicting a frightful gush. At Wilkesbarre on Wednesday James Collins, aged 28, of Pittston, was placed on trial for his life, charged with the murder of George Dooner, one of his most intimate friends. Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It, artificially digests the food and aids Natura in strengthening and recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. ltlsthe latestdiscovereddigest aut and tonic. No other preparation can approach It in efficiency. It in stantly relievesand permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Headache, Gastralgia.Crampsand all other results of imperfect digestion. Price 50c. and sl. Large size contains 2K times small size. Hook all about dyspepsia EQulledfree Prepared by E. C. DeWITT 6iCO'Cb'caflo. 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P p We claim to give full value for lj| [i] your money and ask you to give || us a call when you need some- p |i§| thing in our line, in order that we [|n p can prove to you the truth of our p pi statement. p I McMENAMIN'S | II Gents' Furnishing, Hat and Shoe Store. I |j|j SS South Centre Street. p V The Cure that Cures 1 P Coughs, (k \ Colds, II $ Grippe, \k N Whooping Cough. Asthma, ) £\ Bronchitis and Incipient A CjL Consumption, Is fotlO'sl The GERMAN remedy \ Cures YVvoA av\4 4\st-asc3. J AMARDUS OSWALD, dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries and Provisions. FRESH ROLL BUTTER AND EGGS. A celebrated brand of XX Hour always in stock. Latest Hats and Caps. Ail kinds of household utensils. A. W. Cor. Centre and Front Ste., Freeland. DePIERRO - BROS. O-A-rFIE. Corner of Centre and Front Streets. Gibson, Dougherty, Kaufer Club, Rosenbluth'a Velvet, of which we h ve EXCLUSIVE SALE IN TOWN. Mumm's Extra Dry Champagne, Heunossy Brandy, Blackberry, Gins, Wines, Clarets, Cordials, Etc. Ham and Schweitzer Cheese Sandwiches, Sardines, Etc. MEALS - AT - ALL - HOURS T. CAMPBELL, doaler in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Also PURE WIRES I LIQUORS FOR FAMILY AND MEDICINAL PURPOSES. Centre and Main streets. Freeland. Condy 0. Boyle, dealer in LIQUOR, WINE, BEER, PORTER, ETC. Tho finest brands of Domestic and Imported Whiskey on sale. Fresh Rochester and Shen andoah Beer and Youngling's Porter on tap. #8 Centre street. MHM ama DESIGNS 1 I PATENT & # ™°SF ts \ 1 ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY BP 1 Notice in " Inventive Age " Bs MBH B|U -1 book "How to obtain Patents" | llbui j Charges moderate. No fee till patent is secured. 1 Letters strictly confidential. Address, 1 E. G. SIGGERS, Paten t Lawyer, Washington, D. C. j RAILROAD TIMETABLES LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD. May L'7, 19UU. A lIIIANCI K M KNT OF I'ASSENGKH TRAINS. LEAVE FItEELAND. 6 12 a in for Weatherly, Maueh Chunk, Aileniown, Dcthlel.ein, Lubioii, i'iuiu dclpluu and Now York. 7 40 a ai lot sundy ltun, Whito Haven. Wilkes- Durrc, i iUHIOU and Scruntoii. 8 18 a ui lor nu/.leion, Muliuiioy City, Shenandoah, Ashluiul, \V cutherly, Maueh Chunk, Ailciitown, Dethlchem, Eiisum, I'iiilauclphiu and New York. 9 30 a in lor Huzictoii, Aluhauoy City, ahou andoah, .ui, Curiae!, Miuinokui and Potts ville. 1 1 45 a m lor Sandy itiui, White Haven, Wlikes-Dane, soruutou uuu ull points 1 30 P iu lor Weatherly, Maueh Chunk, Al ienlowu, Dctuichciu, Eaaiuti, Philadel phia anu New 1 ork. 4 42 |> in lor iiuziotou, Mahunoy City, Shen andoah, Mi. Carmel, Shuiuoatn and 1 oiibviile, w eatheriy, Waueli Chunk, Aileniown, Deillluliein, Elision, Phila delphia and New l ork. 6 34 p m for fcundy ltun, White Haven, Nvilkos-Dune, summon uud ull puims 7 29 P i" lor Huzictoii, Mahunoy City, Siicn undoali, jit. Canuel uud bliainokiu. AltiilVE AT 1 KEELAND. 7 40 a in from Weatherly, PottßVille, Asli jand, snonanuoali, Mahunoy city and 9 17 a in iron* Philadelphia, Huston, Ilcthlc lieia, Aileniown, Maueh i hunk, W cuili erly, ila/.leiou, Mahunoy City, Sheuuu -9 30 a in irom Surantou, Wiikea-Durre and VN hue Haven. 1145a in irom Pottsville, Shamokiii, Ml. Canuel,, J siieuuudoau, Mahunoy C'Uy 12 55p in iroiu New Vork, Philadelphia, Huston, Delhleliem, Aiiciitowii, Maueh Chunk and Weatherly. 4 42 I* in from Scruuton, WHkcs-Durre and White Haven. 0 34 l> m from New York, Philadelphia, Huston, iiethleiiem, Aileniown, Potts ville, Sliaiuokin, Mt. Cariuol, Shcuun doah, Mahunoy City and lla/.leton. 7 29 P ui from soruniou, Wilkes-Durrc and White liuveu. For lurther lniormation inquire of Ticket Agents. uohLilv 11. WlLßUK,General Superintendent, 20 Coruuiidt street. New York City. Cli AS. S. LEE, Uenerui I'aeeeiiger Agent, 20 CortlauuiStreet, New VorkCitv. J.T. KEITH, Division Superintendent, tia/.lutoii, Pa. "pHE Dklawakk, Susquehanna and A iSciiuYLKiLL Railroad. 'Time table in elloct April 18, IHH7. Trains leave Drifton lor Jeddo, Eekley, Hazle brook. Stockton, lleaver Meadow ltoad, Ho an and Hazleton Junction at 6 JO, 6Uh a in, daily except Sunday; and . til a in, 2 Sir p in, Sunday . 1 rains leave Driiton lor 11 ur wood, Cranberry. 1 oiniiicken und Deringer ut 5 ;w, 0 00 a in, daily except Sunday; and . U3 a m, 235 i> m. Suii •iay. Trains leave Drifton lor Oneida Junction, liar wood ltoad, Humboldt Koud, Oneida and *nepptou at ti 00 a m, daily except Sun lay; and i Us, a m, 2 38 p in, Sunday. 1 rains 'caveHuzlctou Junction for Harwood, cranberry, i'oiuhicken and Deringer at u35 a Ji,