FREELAND TRIBUNE. Sstaeliihtl 1833. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY TEH TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. Orrici: MAIN STICEKT ABOVK CENTRE. LONO DISTANCE TKI.KPHONK. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. FREELAND.—The TRIIIUNE IS delivered by carriers to subscribers in Freelaud at the rate of 12'% cents a month, payable every two months, or $1.50 a year, payable In advance. The TRIBUNE may be ordered direct from the curriers or from the office. Compluints of irregular or tardy delivery service will receive prompt attention. BY MAIL.—The TRIBUNE is sent to out-of town subscribers for u year, puyable in advance; pro rata terms for shorter periods. The date when the subscription expires is on the address label of each paper. Prompt re newals must be made at the expiration, other wise the subscription will be discontinued. Eutered at the Postofllce at Freelaud, Pa., as Second-Class Matter. Make all money orders, checks, etc., payable to the Tribune Printing Company, Limited. FREELAND, PA., JULY 8. 1901. Many Firemen May Strike. The crisis In the troubles of stationery firemen In the Wyoming and Lacka wanna regions will come on July 15, when a refusal of tho demands of the men may cause a general strike. The firemen demand an eight-hour day, without a decrease in wages. At their state convention a few weeks ago it was decided to go out in the event of tlis officials of tho coal producing companies, railroads and mills refusing to consider their grievances. As yet there has been no answer received from either tho coal corporations of tho anthracite region or from the other sections of the state. Labor leaders say that a strike will practically tie up the entire anthracite region. Coal companies would bo un able to fill the places of the striking fire men, and, without proper attention, the mines would soon be flooded and tho result be disastrous. Included in the purchase is tho coal in the Twin siiaft. the scene of the dis aster of 189b. The bodies of fifty-eight victims are still encased, the supersti tious miners refusing to enter that sec tion of the workings. The ne # w pur chasers, however, intend to open up the gangway and secure the coal. I'un-American Exposition. Low faros via the Lehigh Valley Kail road to the Kan-American Exposition. Five-day tickets, good only in day coaches, will be sold on Tuesdays and Saturdays, May 1 to October 31, from Freelaud at the; rate of $7 for the round trip. Ten-day tickets will be sold from Free land every day, May 1 to October 31, good on any train, except the Black Diamond express, at the rate of $lO for the round trip. "I wish to truthfully state to you and the readers of these few lines that your Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is without ques tion, the best and only cure for dyspep sia that I have ever come in contact with and I have used many other prepara tions.*' John Beam, West Middlesex, l'a. No preparation equals Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as it contains all the natural di gestants. It will digest all kinds of food and can't help but do you good. Grov er's City drug store. Low Fares to Fan-American Exposition. Via tho Lehigh Valley llailroad. Five day tickets will he sold on Tuesdays and Saturdays, from Freelaud, at the rate of $7.50 for the round trip. Tick ets good only in day coaches. Ten-day tickets will he sold from Free- j land every May 1 to October 31, good on any train, except the Black Diamond express, at the rate of $lO for the round trip. A bad complexion generally results from iuactivu liver and bowels. In all such cases, DeWitt's Early Risers pro duce, gratifying results. Grover's City drug store. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. Beginning with Monday, April 15, A. Oswald will close bin store at 8 o'clock every evening except Saturday* and the general pay night*. The piles that annoy you so will be quickly and permanently healed if you use DeWitt's Witch Ha/.le Salvo. Re ware of worthless counterfeits. Grover's City drug store. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It, artificially digestß the food and aids Nature in strengthening and recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. It is the latest discovered digest ant 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 ,1. Large sire contain, 2k time, small size. Book all about dyspepsia mailed f reo Prepared by E. C. DeWITT ft CO Cb'cago. Grover's City Drug Store. Condy 0. Boyle, dealer in LIQUOR, WINE, BEER, PORTER, ETC. The finest brands of Domestic and Imported Whiskey on sale. Fresh Rochester und Sbcn uudoah Beer and Youngling's Porter on tar. W Centre street. A PLEASING EXCEPTION. A Firm InMltntPs a Nine Roar Day Before It la Requested. [Special Correspondence.] The L. 8. Stnrrett company of Athol, Mass., seem to have got ahead of their employees In the knowledge of econom ies and surprised them April 21 with the following circular: "The present agitation for a reduc tion in hours of lalnir, of which you have of course read In the papers, has not been passed over without attention by us. In fact, we have been giving the matter serious and careful considera tion for a number of months. This mat ter has been taken up by us not on ac count of any demand from our em ployees, for we have received none; moreover, we have not received even a request faoui you in regard to the mat ter, nor lias any employee mentioned the subject to us In any way whatever, but because we believe that reducing the number of work hours per day from ten to nine will be beneficial to work men in general, and nowhere should it be more so than with intelligent and progressive employees such as ours are." Stephen Blackpool said long ago that things were "a' In a muddle" to hini. But he Intimated that It was the busi ness of the fortunate ones to look up the cause and cure of evil, because they have the time. We are glad to see a firm demand shorter hours and got what it wants right away. It may be a Uttle Irregular and an unorthodox way M proceeding, but It Is the quickest way and hence ought to be the American way. The circumlocution office, with Its "how not to do It," Is a foreign Importation. The employees of the Stnrrett compa ny celebrated with a big procession such as Athol never saw before. Trans parencies gave Information to this ef feet: "Some workmen have to strike, but the L. S. 8. strikes us all right." It should never be forgotten, howev er, that the unions, descended from the old labor guilds, hated, misunderstood, outlawed through dark ages, have kept alive something of the Ideal. But for the struggles of united workmen in the post conditions would have remained so undemocratic as to he incapable of improvement. As the more fortunate workmen owe everything which makes life worth living to the struggles of the past, do not they also owe something to their less fortunate brothers? ELLA ORMSDY. New Salem, Mass. OLD AGE PENSIONS. Another Stop of the Civilization Thnt Creeps Along Slowly, In Germany a system of pensions for old worklngmeu is in practical opera tion. In France the system is discussed by the legislators, and It will undoubtedly be adopted. The idea Is to compel ev ery worklngman to pay 1 or 2 cents per day, according to his wages, the em ployer and the state each contributing the same amount. This amount will be Invested and kept as a fund for the payment of pensions to workmen more than 65 years of age, their pension be ing proportioned to the number of days of labor during which they have con tributed to the fund. It Is really pathetic to learn that this feeble attempt to meet the problem of poverty stricken old age Is opposed as socialistic even In France, where smug plutocracy has received so many hard knocks. The assessment of a few cents per day on very small wages and a very small pension, just enough to buy bread, at the age of 65 Is certainly not a deliriously cheerful outlook for the pampered worklngman. But own the admission that some thing ought to be done to protect the old age of n man who has worked hard for 50 years Is a step forward. Here and there governments are gradually feeding that they ought to do for their old workmen what the average kind hearted man will do for his old horse, give him a clinncc to die peaceably on a slim diet. This attempt to organize pensions for old workmen Is one of the little wrig gllngs of society. It is one in a million of the millions of efTorts which are des tined ultimately to bring about society decently organized. In time the destiny of the working man will be very different from that Just now discussed by those who advo cate a small pension for men who are about to die, worn out with hard work. When a few more centuries shall have rolled around, all men will be worklngraen, and all work will be hon ored and attractive. Men will do their work willingly and cheerfully and thoroughly, because they will take an interest in it and be cause they will work under pleasant conditions. They will bo well provided for while they are working and perfectly pro vided for when their working days are done. The class which accumulates and ab sorbs what it does not need and de lights In grinding the unfortunate will have disappeared. We shall then have reached the be ginning of genuine civilization.—New York Evening Journal. Affrrrmrnt With t.'.OtH) Moldom. The annual agreement between the Iron molders and their associated em ployers has been renewed for another year. The agreement throughout the United States affecting 45,000 mohlers has been signed between the Iron Molders' Union of North America and the National Foundry men's association. Thf Union Won. After a tight lasting 15 months the Morley Bros. Saddlery company of New York and the Brotherhood of Heather Workers have settled their differences to the satisfaction, it is said, of all con cerned. Union men will be employed and the recognized scale of wages paid. The Kind Yon Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of — and lias been made under his por , sonal supervision since its infancy. K Allow 110 one to deceive you in this. Ail Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are hub Experiments that triilo with and endanger the health of Infants aud Children—Experience against Expcriiueut. What is CASTORiA Cnstoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys "Worms and allays Feverislincss. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Itowcis, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. cesnuike CASTOR!A always /p Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought in Use For Over 30 Years. OB—MMB3BMH——B^MB From infancy To Age linxnkoln for Ilnbie*. —Tt In tho best and most effective laxative for children. BEST because it Is safe / • ai,(ll,inde, ' ntlrrl r of harmless ingredionts. BEST because it is non-lrritnting and never gripes or oauses pain or r If v irritation. BEST because it is suro and never fails. BEST I ' 1 because " Children like it a?id ask for it." BEST because I ltH t°nic properties are so good and so strengthening that it keeps the little ones in line, hearty condition. //fi a dangerous thing to give little babies violent U M 7 cathartics that rack and rend their littlo bodies. DON'T /J li&zjr IT—give them Laxakola. For constipation, coated tongue, simplo colds and fevers it is invaluable. ' N .JJIk Lnxnboln for Voung on the threshold of womanhood, lias boon found iuvalunlde. When they be rgl n eome pale and languid, the eyes dull, aching head, feet K an d hands cold, appetite gono or abnormal, and their sys mrrs lation, and puts tho whole system in u condition of beulth and enables it to ward off disease, while its tonic proportioa tone up tho system and keep it healthy. Laxakola Does It. Laxakola is not only the most efficient of fnmily remedies, hut the most economical because it com bine t two medic ines foi one pri< <•, ion . .":'l | i X ,• .■ N<> other remedy gives to mui i> for the mnn>-v. All driiugists, 25c. and 50c., or tree sample of The LAXAKOLA CO., 132 Nassau St., N. Y., or 356 Dearborn M , 1 >ll. Our Sun n Smnll One. The HUH is about 02,000,000 miles off. The only way of measuring the dis tance of a llxed star Is by parallax, and scarcely more than half a dozen can be estimated that way. Suppose the suu Is here, In space, on .Tan. I. On July 1 be will be 1S4,000,0<)0 miles over there. This Is the base of measurement. The observer who wants to estimate the distance of, say, the star A Centaurl uotos Its position with regard to the next star. In six months he notes again, and if they ore separated by a different distance a so called parallax Is established, and some calculation can be made of the distance of the nenrost one. In the most favorable cases this parallax is extremely slight. What is the sun made of? The lines of the spectrum give an idea of his chemical properties, but beyond that nil is hypothesis. Ills substance, as a whole, is of luurh lighter material than the earth, but yet there may lie a hard and heavy fiery pudding Inside, for there is a light and thick outer coating, named tin* photosphere. Outside this, refining away to an unknown distance, Is the chromosphere, of hot air, so to speak. The spot ft are rifts through the photosphere, coming and going, and some are so large that our whole earth couhl be shot right through, with a thousand miles to spare all around. When a total eclipse covers the sun, flames to the height of thousands of miles are seen out of the photosphere. The sun is a hundred times larger than the earth, an easy thing to say, and yet our sun is believed to be a rather small one. For Instance, Sirius is at least nine times as big. Imperial. "I ain indebted t.o One Minute Cough Cure for my present good health and my life. I was treated in vain by doctors for lung trouble following la grippe. I took One Minute Cough Cure and re covered my.health.'' 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