FREELAND TRIBUNE. Established 1883. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY ANU FRIDAY. TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. FREELAND.—'The TRIBUNE is delivered by curriers to subscribers in Frcelaud 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 carriers or from the office. Complaints of irregular or tardy delivery service will receive prompt attention. BY MAIL.—The TRIBUNE is sent to out-of town subscribers for $1.50 a year, payable in advance: pro rata terms for shorter periods. The date when the subscription expires is on the address label of eucb paper. Prompt re newals must be made at the expiration, other wise the subscription will be discontinued. Entered at t lie PostofUue at Freehold. Pa., as Second-Class Matter. FREELAND. PA., JANUARY 8. 1902. WHEN PAW SWORE OFF. lfnw aotod ofße glad the other day That paw swore off; Bhe'vl lota of pleasant things to say When paw swore off. £he sed that stnokin' cost a pile, And every time 1 looked her smile Seemed gettin' broader ull the while— When paw swore off. She praised paw up, I tell you what, When paw swore off. And sed that now we'd save a lot, Since pu'd swore off. She told the Browns and Greens and Gray* About our paw's strong minded ways. Anil things went nice for several days When paw swore off. But after 'while puw he got glura 'Cause he'd swore off; Ile'd jaw us ull to kingdom come; Taw he'd swore off! Ile'd set around the house at night Ami look its though he'd like to fight; They wasn't ennything went right 'Cause paw'd swore off! One day he got to scolding maw; Paw he'd swore off! Um-m-m! llow he did lay down tlie lawt And he'd swore off! So maw she up and at him when He'd got all through and told him then She wished that he'd swear on agon; Paw he's swore off On swearing off! —Chicago Record-Herald. Wouldn't Get Licked So Often. Mamma (who has just whipped Boh by)— You know, Bobby, I love you, and when 1 whip you I do It for your owu good. Bobby (crying)— Well, I I wish you didn't (boo hoot think so much of me! Hoptoad* a* an Edible. A scnmlal lias been caused in Paris by the discovery that the commercial supply of frogs' legs is largely adulter ated with corresponding parts of hop toads. It appears that frog hunters who pursue the saltatory game iu the swamps about Montmorency, Vin cennes, Boulogne and other suitably moist neighborhoods have been unable to resist the temptation offered by so convenient and easily captured a rela tive as the everyday toad, the result be ing that a large percentage of the so called frogs' legs sold in the French metropolis are said to be in reality toads' legs. The expert in such matters is not easily deceived. lie recognizes the hind legs of the undeniable frog by the whiteness of the flesh, those of the toad being yellowish. But everybody can not be expected to know the difference, and it is painful to think that the no tion of the ignorant Englishman, who for generations has called the French man "Johnny Crapaud," should find a basis of fact in his traditional accusa tion of toad eating.—Saturday Evening Fost. Out of Date. "What are the wedding anniversa ries?" asked the inquisitive person. The emotional society actress looked annoyed. "How absurdly out of date you are!" she said. "You should let such trivial matters rest and join me In making up a sot of divorce anniversaries."—Chica go Fost. Grand Low Tare Excursion To Washington, I) C., via the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Tickets will be sold January 9. limited for return passage to January 10 inclusive, at the low rate of one fare for the round trip. Half fare for children. Consult Lehigh Valley ticket agents fur further particulars CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought PEOPLE OF THE DAY! The Head of a Ilia EnJerprhp. The Pennsylvania Hallway company Is goiug to construct a tunnel under the Hudson and East rivers and Mauhat tan Island, thus directly connecting New Jersey and Long Island with New York city as the central link in this great underground and under water PRESIDENT A. J. CASSATT. railway chain. This announcement calls ; attention to the head of that big rail way system. President Alexander Johnson Passatt has already made his n marked administration of the Penn sylvania's affairs, though he has been the road's chief for only little more than a year. In that time he has con tributed much toward establishing the friendly relations that now exist be tween the great railways of the east. In bringing about a consummation of the plans for constructing the proposed tunnel he is applauded as the master j spirit in the largest enterprise of the | kind the world has ever known. Tlie Considerate Prince. Captain Worcester, commanding the j P. and O. steamship Victoria, while ly- j ing off Malta, was told one day to look j out for his royal highness Prince i 4 a purge, who was going home as a pas- j seuger on his ship, lie told the first ' officer to let him know as soon as the • prince put off from the shore, which, j of course, was close by, and to at once man the yards. The officer waited for , some time, and at length, seeing a quiet young man ascending the ship's ladder, he asked him rather bluntly if he knew when that "blessed" prince was com ing along. The gentleman smiled and said: "Well, as a matter of fart, here he is. I saw you were busy coaling and as a sailor myself 1 knew what a nuisance I it would be to have to call the men off their work, so I thought 1 would just come off quietly by myself and save trouble." Captain Worcester adds that the prince never failed every morning during the voyage home to touch his j cap to him, as to the captain of the ship, on the lirst meeting of the day. Gcorjte Ade'* Wit. George Ade, whose "Fables In Slang" have brought him into prominence as a humorist, is from Indiana. In talking with a lady recently she asked him if lie had ever noticed how many bright ; people came from that state. "Indeed 1 have, madam," he said, ( "and 1 have noticed, too, that the j brighter they are the sooner they j come." On another occasion Ade was listen- i ing to a restaurant orchestra with some 1 friends, when the band began to play the intermezzo from "Hustieana." As the first, few bars were played one of the listeners asked: "Didn't De Koveu write that?" "Nut yet," said Ade. Re-elected I'nanimounly. The lied Cross society at* its annual meeting in Washington unanimously re-elected Clara Barton president of the society. For fifty years Clara Bar ton has been on the scene of every i great war, pestilence or famine, min istering to tlie sufferers, and her name ! has become a syiiomyn for tender help- | MISS CLARA BARTON, fulness in times of great calamities. She has been the inspiration and mov ing spirit In the organization and up building of the Bed Cross society, which has branches and a record of j good deeds performed in every Chris tian country on the globe. Her re election as president of the society is ; nil honor well earned and wisely be stowed. Sport MIIIII N and Diplomat. Lord Minto is both a good sports- ! mini Mini a good diplomat. The Cnna- j dians all love a good sportsman, and the cabmen of Ottawa swear by him . since they dined with him iu May. I TRUMPETER MUELLER, J * * SOLDIER 0 0 \ The Story of a Mail Who Waif Thought Fit Only to Blow 1 Buglo Call*. . | BT KDWARD B. CLARK. 1 lluns Mueller used to toot a trumpet iu the Third cavalry. Huns was more or less of a butt for the jokes of the ineu of his troop, lie took all kiuds of gibes witli a good nature that was as perfect as it was stolid. The trum peter knew more about music tliau he did about muskets. When for awhile he tried what the other meu called straight soldiering, be was coutiuually getting tangled up with his equip ments, and on several occasions at skirmish drill lie came within an ace of shooting himself. Ills comrades told llans thai as long as he confined bis efforts to killing himself they would offer no strenuous objection, but that if he got real careless and shot the lieud oil' some one else he must look out lor trouble. As a matter of fact, he did one day coine pretty close to put ting a bullet through the heart of Ser geant I'oter Nelson, who forthwith thrashed llans In an approved style. Captain Roberts called Hans "gross" and said that lie must stick to his trumpet. The edict of his chief made Llaus feci had. lie blew the whole scale of calls from reveille through fatigue, recall and drill to taps, hut his soul wasn't iu ills music. Down deep in Hans' soul there came the thought that somehow he was not like other men. The smartness of appearance which characterized Sergeant Nelson, Corpo ral Hrady and a score of privates lie knew could never he his. There was lacking iu bis makeup that something which gives dash to a soldier. Uaus used to fall over his feet in a most un military way, and his bunds were nev er in the proper places. There was one thing, however, that could be said for liini, he always tried to obey orders implicitly. He generally blundered while making the attempt, but the in tent was light, and that covers a inul titude of sins much more serious in nature than mere blunders. The Third cavalry was In the Wyo ming country in the Elkhorn creek re gion. There had been a good deal of trouble with the Ncz Pere.es, and L troop had been kept on the jump most of the time for a month. L troop was llans' outfit. There had been one con stant succession of scoldings. It had been necessary to send small squads in half a dozen different directions at one and the same time. The trumpeter had been forced to stay with the main body, which wAs not a very big main body at tiiat. at all times. He had been in everything in which the whole troop was engaged, but the idea of sending Hans out on a reconnoissance where coolness and the subtlety of the devil were necessary for safety was the last thing that ever entered the head of the troop commander. One day. however, one of the coldest days of the second winter month, it became necessary to send a scouting parly to investigate the rumor of the approach of a hand of savages. Now, it happened thai the whole command was fagged out. and this in a nutshell Is the reason why Hans Mueller found himself for the first time in his life iu a position of acute responsibility. He was ordered by Captain Roberts to proceed with Sergeant Nelson and two privates northwest until something was "felt" or until the sergeant was satisfied that a wrong report had been turned into the camp. When the little body set out, the fa tigue of the individual members of the troop showed that it was not, so to speak, strong enough to keep these same individuals from giving Tlans a sendoff. lln ns laid a carbine and a re volver. His trumpet was hanging tip on a peg. One of the bystanders said to the sergeant in command: "Look out for Hans if you happen to get into a scrimmage. The first thing you know he'll forget himself, and he'll try to blow 'retreat' on his carbine. You may lose one man if Hans puts Ids mouth to the wrong end of the barrel." Then they said a few oilier things to Hans. He was told to he sure not to get his canteen mixed up with his car tridge belt and to make sure that he took note of the landmarks on the way out so he could get back to camp in a hurry if lie happened to hear an Indian shoot off his gun. llans took all this well enough, because the thought of actually going out on a scout was suf ficient. to knock all other things out of his head, resentment along with them. They had left the camp far behind them. Sergeant Nelson, who was an old and tried campaigner, turned to his men and said, "We are getting near the place where we may expect to see something." Then he spoke seriously to llans. "Mueller," he said, "you're not half as had perhaps as the troop makes out. but I tell you honestly that I'm kind of afraid of you when it comes to a pinch. Do the best you can and don't run. As a matter of fact, 1 tldnk that Jim Crosby was pipe dream ing when he brought the rumor of reds in lids vicinity into camp, but you may have a chance lo see trouble and if you do please, stick." That was a pretty tough thing to have to say to a soldier with Uncle Sam's uniform on his buck. Stick! Mueller's face went almost white un der realization that the true signifi cance of that admonition was that the sergeant had a pretty strong fear In ills heart that tlds trumpet tooter was a coward. Stick! lie would show them If he was only given a chance. Sergeant Peter Nelson was uu old I ftml fried campaigner, indeed, hpt that j day no made a mistake. lie led his I three men straight into an ambush. | There were a score of painted Nez Forces straight across their track. The Indians had very little cover, but they used it so artfully that the old soldier sergeant had actually thought that the j bit of embankment and the few scat j tered bowlders did not offer cover enough to conceal a jack rabbit. | The first intimation of the Indians' presence was a volley. Sergeant Nel son went to the ground with a wound in his side. One of the privates, shot ! through the shoulder and leg, fell with him. The two men crawled behind a couple of rocks and secured temporary | shelter. At the savage volley Hans Mueller's heart went to his throat, j With the other private, who, like Hans, was unhit, he fell back about forty yards and went behind an ade quate cover. There for live minutes they exchanged shots with the reds, who, in accordance with Indian cus tom. would not charge across the open, but depended rather upon being able to i pick off the soldiers and then to go for j ward without danger and take the | scalps. Ilans Mueller found that he | could use his carbine. His heart went down out of his throat. lie looked around him and saw that there was some chance of holding the savages off for hours. Out beyond he saw his two stricken comrades. They were not dead. He knew that because he saw them move and occasionally weakly ! raise themselves and send a shot in the ! direction of the red foe. ! Hans said to himself, "Those men ; must be brought buck here." Then he J handed his carbine to his comrade and j with it his belt and ammunition. "You | may need these," he said, "if those fel j lows hit me." Then he jumped over the rock in front of him. and with his long, shambling, ungainly stride he j made for the side of Sergeant Nelson, i The Indians pumped at him. The balls whizzed by his head, cut Ids clothes in three places and spat spitefully into the dust at his feet. Telling Nelson to grab his carbine, Mueller raised the sergeant in his arms and made back for cover, his track all the way marked out for him by the shots of the sav ages. lie dropped the sergeant under the shadow of the rock and then stood on his feet. "Where you going, Mueller?" said Sergeant Nelson feebly, j "I'm going after Podds," said Muel ler, and he cleared the little rock to the front once more. "<Jod bless you. Mueller," was what he heard above the cracking of the ri fles to his front. lie reached the side of the wounded Podds, raised liiin and started back with him across the strip of hell. Twice he staggered as volleys rang out, but he reached the side of his comrades and placed Podds between Nelson and the unwounded trooper. Then Hans Mueller fell dead. Itellef came to the three surviving cavalrymen. The two wounded lived. In the little cemetery at a post in the far northwest there is a headstone which is inscribed thus: "Hans Mueller, Trumpeter and Sol dier. His Courage Was Pullet Proof." —Chicago Record-Herald. AUnokod ly n II or on. "I've hunted everything from gray squirrels to grizzlies," said a veteran Philadelphia sportsman, "and the near est I ever came to being seriously iu- I jured by any sort of game was one time when a wounded bird attacked and tried to kill me. "1 was a boy then and went down to a creek that flowed through my fa ther's farm to watch for a mink. It was early in the evening, and a bine heron came and sat within tempting gunshot. I knew It would spoil my chances at mink to shoot the bird, and 1 didn't intend to do it; but, kidlike, 1 raised the gun and took aim just t see how I could kill it if I would. I lower ed the gun and then raised it again. Every time I raised it I would touch the trigger gently. After awhile I touched it too hard, the gun went off, and I started toward the heron, which was wounded. "I thought it would be a good scheme to catch the bird and started to do so, when its bill shot out like a sledge ham mer and struck me between the eyes. When I came to my senses, it was dark, and it was several minutes longer be fore I could remember where I was or what had happened. A little harder and the bird would have killed me. I shudder even yet when I think what would have been the result if the bill had struck one of my eyes." Fine confectionery at Kelppr's. r ¥l! You Could LoolT' AJL into the future aml see t lie condition to which your cough, if neglected, will bring you, you would seek relief at once—and that naturally would be through Shiloh's Consumption g* g 4 Guaranteed to cure Cou ■ j|| § sumption, Bronchitis, M Astluuu, and all Iyung i Troubles. Cures Coughs and Colds in a day. cents. Write to S. C. WELLS & Co., i I*e Roy, N. Y., for free trial bottle. Clover Root Tea purities the Bloody Wilkes-Barre Record ( Is the Best Paper in Northeasters Pennsylvania ... 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LEAVB FRBISLAND. 0 12 a m for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk, Allentown, Betlilclicin, Kubtou, Phila delphia and New York. ' 7 34 u in for Sandy Huu. White Haven, Wilkes-Bar re, Fittston and Scran ton. 8 15 a m for Hazleton, Weatherly. Mauch Chunk. Allent'wn, Bethlehem, Eubton, Philadelphia, New York, Delano and Pottsville. I 9 30 a in for Hazleton. Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenandoah aud Mt. t'arrael. | 1 1 43 a in for Weatherly, Munch Chunk, Al lent>wu, Bethlehem. Eaftton, Phila delphia, New \ ork. Hazlelou, Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenandoah and Mt. Cannel. 115 a in for White llaven, Wilkes-Banc, Scranton and the West. 4 44 P ui for Weatherly. Mauch Chunk. Al leutown, Bethlehem. Easton, Philadel phia, New York, Hazleton, Delano. Mahanoy City, Shenandoah. Mt. Curiuui and Pottsville. 0 35 P m for Samly Hun, White Haven, wilkes-Uarre, Serautou and all points West. 7 29 p pi for Hazleton. AUKIVB AT FRBBLAND. 7 34 a ni from Pottsville, Delano ard Haz leton. 9 12 a IU from New York, Philadelphia, Kas ton. Bethlehem. Allentown, Mauch Chunk. Weatherly. Hazleton, Mahanoy City, Shetiavdoah and Mt. Carmel 9 30 a in from Scranton, Wilkea-Burre and White Haven. 1 1 5 1 a m from Pottsville, Mt. Carmel, Shen andoah. Mahanoy City, Delano and Hazleton. ! 12 48 P ni lroin New York, Philadelphia, Ffaston, Bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch Chunk and Weatherly. 4 44 P in from Scranton, Wilkes-Barro and white Haven. 8 35 P m from New York, Philadelphia, Easton, Bethlehem Allentown, Mauch Chunk, Weatherly, Mt. Carmel,Shenan doah, Mahanoy City, Delano und Hazle | ton. 7 29 ]> m from Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and white Haven. ! For further information inquire of Ticket | A pent#. I ttuLLIN U. WILBUR, General Superintendent, 28 Ccrt'.audt street. New York City. CHAS. S. LRU. ueueral Passenger Airent, 2U Cortlandt Street, New York City. , 0. J. GILDROY, Division Superintendent, Hazleton, Pa. THE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA AND SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Time table in effect March 10, 1001. J Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley,Hazlc Brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roan I and Hazleton Junction at 000 a in, daily except Sunday; and 7 07 a m, 2 3# p ni, Sunday ; Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry, I T'omhicken and Deringer at 6(0 a m, dniiv except Sanday; and 707 a m, 238 p m, Bun i Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction. Harwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and sheppton at HOO a m, daily except Sun day; and 707 a m. 338 p ni, Sundiy. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Harwood Cranberry, Tomhlcken and Deringer at 036 a m, dully except Sunday; and 863 am, 4 22 D in | Sunday. ' I Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and Sheppton at 6 32, 11 10 a m, 4 41 n m daily except Sunday; and 737 a m, 3 11 m' Sunday. H ' Trains leave Deringer for Tomhiekon, Cran berry, Haiwood, Hazleton Junction and Roan r n-P m ' °*ccpt Sunday; and :37 a m. 50. pin. Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt Road, Harwood Road, Oneida Junction, Hazle ton Junction and Roan at 711 B in, hi 40 fi.ifl p m, daily except Sunday; end 8 11 a ra' 3 44 p m, Sunday. ' 0 ** Traiua*leave Sheppton for nearer Mendi.w Road, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Fckley Jeddo and Drifton at r,2t) , m. daily, cxceii Sunday ; and *ll mm, :i |,m, Sunday. 1 Sunday, Trains loavo Hazleton .lunation for Beaver Meadow Hoad. Stockton. II azjc Brook, Koklcy, Jeddo and Drifton at sfa p m dallv exoept Sunday; and 111 10 a in. r. <fi p Sunday' All trains connect al Hazleton Junction wit,b electric pars for Ha/.lßton, .Icanesvllle, Auden pany'TVino pol " u on tUe Traction Com- Train leaving Drifton at 600 a m makes amneotJon at Derlnaor with P. K. K. trains for Sunbury, it arris bur, and point* i bUIIIO. BMITH Buperlntoii'lkut,
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