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FREELAND, PA., JUNE 11, 1902.
"Great corporations and consolida
ed monopolies are last seizing the ave
nues of power that lead to control of
the government. It is an open secret
that they rule states through procured
legislatures and corrupt courts; that
they are strong in congress, and that
they are unscrupulous in the use of
means to conquer prejudice and acquire
influence. This condition of things is
truly adarming, for unless it be chang
ed quickly aud thoroughly, free insti
tutions are doomed to be subverted by
an oligarchy resting on a basis of
money and corporate power."—Justice
David Davis.
The wicked old hands in the game of
politics, the men who conceive iniquity
which they prevail upon their miser
able dupes to execute, are now dealing
with the question of the governorship.
They tell Mr. Elkin he is a fine young
fellow —none finer; that he would
make an ideal governor; that as far as
their preference goes he is their
choice; but that he is so thoroughly
identified with late machine rascalities
that, dear as he is to their hearts, they
must pull him off the track till the
scent shall get colder. The hypo
crites! The hypocrites! Franklin
Leader.
Let Us teach that the brute force and
crooked policy which annex a conquest
are infinitely inferior to the wisdom,
justice and beneficence which makes a
country happy. Let us teach that the
honor of a nation consists, not in the
forced and reluctant submission of oth
er peoples, but in equal laws and free
institutions. Let us never he weary in
reprobating that Infernal spirit of con
quest, by which a natioa becomes the
terror and abhorrence of the world,
and invariably prepares a tomb, at best
a splendid tomb, for its own liberties
and prosperity. Nothing has been
more common than for nations to im
agine themselves great aud glorious on
the ground of foreign conquest when at
home they have been loaded with
chains. —Rev. William E. Charming.
Whichever explanation is the true
one—Whether Quay is in earnest about
forcing Elkin to withdraw, or whether
Quay and Elkin are playing a game
with the purpose of leading the people
to believe that Elkin is making a he
roic, unbdssed fight for the nomination
and that if he wins the nomination will
come to hftn on his merits, it is equally
plain that the will of the people cuts
no figure Jn the calculations of the
machino leaders.
Either Quay is carrying bosslsm to
an extraordinary length by deciding
long in advance of the state convention
who shall or shall not be nominated
for governor, or lie is the prime mover
in a game of bluff which is even more
obnoxkuis than unconcealed dictator
ship. Tlie people of Pennsylvania are
becoming very weary of being bossed
and much more weary of being play
ed with and befooled.—Pittsburg Lead
er.
Attorney General Elkin has been
let down hard and In a cold-blooded
way that should Invite sympathy un
der ordinary circumstances. He joins
Governor Stone in the list of the
might-have-beens. If he had served
the party and Republicans principles
instead of the bosses and the franchise
grabbers, the people would not have
permitted him to be sacrificed in this
ruthless fashion after its many years
of service to the organization and
much sacrifice to secure the nomina
tion for governor. It is another pathet
ic illustration of how the powers that
be use a mau till he has fortified popu
lar respect and then fling him aside
as ineligible.
The political rubbish heap is full of
these aspirants for public honors who
have thought the machine, and not the
people, confer political preferment.
Some of them are to be pitied, but
none deserves less commiseration than
John P. Elkin, who occupied a quasf
judicial position, but never was known
to use his great influence to halt the
legislative jobbery which has plunged
the party in Pennsylvania into dis
grace and infamy.—Bedford Hawkeye.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
LIFTING A MORTGAGE
How did we pay the mortgage on the
church? Waal, stranger, yer goln' to
leave towu in the morn in' for the
States, ain't yer? Yer won't blab a
word of what I toll yer, will yer?
Yer looks like a squar' man, stranger,
an' I guess I can trust yer. Yer see,
in the lirst place, stranger, our preach
er was cl'ar grit to the backbone, lie
had a mighty hard time to convert us
sinners. Why, we used to go up to the
ofd church, play poker, drink an* cut
up generally while lie was exhortin'
of us, but he was cl'ar grit, stranger,
an' as soon as he seed that arguln'
with us wouldn't convart lis, but we
went on playin' poker an' got wuss an'
wuss, he jest fixed up for war one meet
in' night an' came ready for business.
Instead of openin' the meetin' with
pra'ar, as usual, the fust thing he did
was to whip out a six shooter an' blaze
away at Three Fingered Jack's hat,
that was hung up on the wall opposite
him, an' I'll be scalped if he didn't put
those six plugs in a space that you
could cover with a four bit piece oil the
crown of that hat.
Stranger. I'll be scalped if we didn't
Jine the church, every one 011 us, with
in six months ui'ter that, and there's
110 more lawabidin' camp in the dig
gin's than we've got. Oh, yes, yer
wants to know about the mortgage lift
in'. Waal, yer see, arter we'd got con
verted the preacher set to work to
build a bigger an' better church build
in'. Now, our diggin's wurn't pannin'
out very well, an' big nuggets were
scarce, but we managed to chip in
enough to start the new church. Lum
ber was so all lired dear an' buildin'
stuff ginerally that we had to finally
raise money by a mortgage, an' when
the buildin' was done it was covered
by a pretty steep blanket.
One Sunday the preacher took his
text from the Bible 011 givln' an' fin
ished up his sarnion by sayin' that he
expected a visit from the bishop next
Sunday an' he would like to have the
mortgage paid oil' at that service, lie
said he know'd we'd been very giner
ous an' had done nobly, but if we
made one more effort he know'd we
could lift the mortgage. lie app'inted
Big Jim, Dandy Dave an' myself a
committee to raise the dust. Waal,
arter the preacher luul gone home we
took up a collection, but when all our
pockets were emptied there warn't
nearly enough to settle the debt. Big
Jim spoke up an' said the dust would
have to be raised, an' he called for
volunteers. We all wanted to jine with
him, inn in- picked >:it eight of the best
men of 11s an' said to meet him, mask
ed, armed an' mounted, ready for busi
ness, In the woods back oi' the church
Tuesday night at 10 o'clock. We were
all there 011 time an' rode off over the
hill in silence, 110 knowin' what was
Big Jim's layout, hut most of us could
have made a pretty tolerable guess.
Arter we'd rode lively for an hour Big
Jim called a halt, tellin' us we had to
rob the Pacific express that was due
through the big cut at about 12 o'clock,
lie said we warn't to shoot to kill, only
to scare, 1111' gave each one of us our
positions, two for the engineer an'
fireman, three to make the passengers
ante up an' the rest to do the shootin'
in the air.
We tied our horses conveniently an'
took our positions in the cut, Big Jim
with a red lantern to stop the express.
Now, we'd all been used to tills kind of
business before we'd got convarted
an' knowed jist what to do.
The express came rumblln' along an'
stopped as soon as she seed the red
light. It was sicli a surprise to the
trainmen—they hadn't been robbed in
a long time—that everything worked
slick, an' there warn't any shootin'
back at us. The three men app'inted
to do the hold in' up went through the
passengers, an' they all anted up
mighty obligiu' 'ceptin' one big, fieshy
party with a bald head an' glasses,
lie asked if this was a civilized coun
try an' said he'd have the sheriff arter
us an' wanted to fight Big Jim, but a
likely young lady that seemed to be
Ids darter cooled bini down an' made
him come up with the dust. Arter we
had made 'em all ante we left the
train go. On countin' over the dust
we found we had plenty to lift the
mortgage. Next day when the rob
bery was made known we was tlie fust
to form a posse to hunt down the rob
bers, but they were never caught. Sun
day we were all in our places in church
early an' had put the stuff to settle
the mortgage 011 the pulpit so the
preacher would see it fust thing be
fore he commenced the sarvice. We
all wore biled shirts an' were dressed
to kill.
What do you think, stranger? When
the bishop put in appearance with the
preacher we railroad committee found
he was the same old, fat, bald party
that we'd robbed on the express an'
had made sich a fuss. The committee
felt a bit shaky, but then we remem
bered that we'd worn masks, an' we
kep' our seats. The prearher intro
duced the bishop, an' the bishop spoke
about how glad lie was the church had
been so prosperous an' was able to
pay off the mortgage. lie said it was
more blessed to give than to receive,
though he did make a strong kick
when we robbed him. lie said he'd n
tough experience coniin' In on the
train. Told us about the robbery an'
then said what a blessed thing to be
Christians like we war, and we'd orter
make an effort to hunt out these
thieves an* robbers, try an' civilize
tliem an' bring them into the fold, lie
talked so all fired nice that we felt sor
ry that we'd robbed liira. I guess it's
all right, stranger, for his darter after
ward married our preacher, an' she's
the angel of the diggin's, n-comfortin'
Uf lis an' a blossin' to the camp. Any
way, that's the way we lifted the mort
gage. Don't b!:ih about it, will yer,
It ranger? UOBEBT D. COAItD.
WOMAN AND FASHION
A Pretty Blouse.
Blouse of white silk tucked all over
awl trimmed with ecru lace insertion.
The flcliu and sleeve caps are of sky
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A FItENCII NOTION.
blue panne trimmed with the Insertion
and liuished with applique bowknots
made of the velvet and insertion. The
blouse fastens invisibly on one side.
White IN Still Popular.
There is absolutely no waning in tbe
popularity of white. Never before was
so much white worn. Cloth, alpaca,
homespuns, white china crape aiul oth
er materials are much in demand, while
inevitably for summer wear white
muslins will be all the rage, dividing
popular favor with white pique, which
will be exceedingly smart made up
with tiny gilt buttons and touches of
gilt trimming.
Among the favorite combinations are
black and white and green and white,
both of which are striking. Particular
ly in foulards these combinations are
noticeable. The prettiest among the
new silks are the white ground fou
lards with black spots and the white
foulards with green foliage designs
running through them. The latter are
often trimmed with a touch of black
guipure edging a flounce of net or one
of white or ecru guipure. The effect is
strikingly original.
French nnl American Women.
The American woman is first of all
neat. She likes tilings snug and trim,
and all this fancy and theatrical busi
ness does not appeal to her. Her crit
ical faculties are free, and when she
sees a thing she asks: "Why is it made
so fanciful? Why not more simple?"
This is the reason why French hats
lose much of their grotesqucness when
Identified with the better class on this
side. In fact, good taste is pretty much
the same the world over, and the really
stylish American women are similar in
their tastes. The difference is in figure,
the association, and the conditions of
life and necessities are really account
able for the difference in dress. The
American woman in the same position
as the French woman would probably
dross similarly, and the French woman
under similar conditions in America
would bring herself undoubtedly to our
standpoint.—Chicago Tribune.
A Pletnrenqac Hut.
Tills picturesque hat of white leg
horn has the edge of the brim draped
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TIIE DOLLY VABDEN.
with Irish lace. A wreath of shaded
hydrangeas and foliage covers the up
per brim. There are strings of black
ribbon velvet.
The Tuffeta Jacket.
The taffeta jacket of this season is
not an Eton. It is more like a blouse.
It is absolutely covered with trimming,
is broad across shoulders, loose across
bust and drawn snugly into the waist
with a broad, stitched belt of silk that
has ornamental tubs hanging from the
back.
It is usually laid in a great number
of large and small box plaits. Between
these are stitched bands or pieces of
velvet ribbon that float to the waist
line finislind with fringe tassels of the
silk.
The front has a deep facing of fine
lace that turns over for an inch or two
on the outside. There is a wide circu
lar collar of lace, and the huge plaited
sleeves are put Into wide cuffs that fas
ten at the back with great fancy but
tons. usually of oxidized silver, set with
gaudy stones.
Strapping; Is Popular.
Strapping.", always so effective, is now
being; carried out in panne, tbe latest
novelty being panne velvet strapping
upon tucked taffeta gowns. Tbe pret
tiest way of putting on such strapping
is done by crossing it in various de
signs. the ends iinlsblng in diuuiund
rhupetl points.
I HE PLAYED BURGLAR
BUT HE DID IT INNOCENTLY AND
DID IT ARTISTICALLY AS WELL.
The I'lnunfl>le Scheme by Which n
Safe Expert Woi Fooled and Cued
by a Trio of Notorious Cracksmen
to Get at Their l'luiider.
To the til an wliose shingle benrs the
Inscription "Safe Expert" and whose
little shop, not far from the great dry
goods district, contains a full assort
ment of implements for the forcible
opening of safes, the writer said,
"Would you be well qualified to play
the burglar?"
"Yes," said the little keen eyed man,
running his fingers through his scant
hair reflectively. "I once did play
burglar. In fact, I played the star role
in a safe cracking enterprise. I was
the innocent means by which n whole
sale house was robbed of several thou
sand dollars which had been taken in
too late in the day to be banked.
"I was in business then in another
city. I was sitting smoking at my
shop door about 8 o'clock one evening
when a messenger boy came with a
note on the letter paper of a well
known house asking me to come at
once with my tools to the office of the
firm.
"The office was lighted up, and a
portly, prosperous looking tuan sat at
a roll top desk, while two clerks,
perched on stools, were working nt
some books.
" 'I nni Mr. ,' said the portly one,
giving the name of the head of the
iirm. 'Something has gone wrong with
the safe, and I want you to open it.
The combination Is 0-27-45, but some
thing must have broken Inside, for it
won't open, and we have got to get
some hooks out of the safe tonight.'
"As I tried the combination which the
man had given me he explained that he
had locked the safe when he went out
to dinner and was unable to open it
when he came back.
"It was one of those 'nlura' filled
safes, and I suspected rust had done its
work inside.
" 'Nothing to do but drill it open,
said I.
" 'Go ahead,' said ihe portly one, 'and
don't keep me here any longer than you
can help.'
"With that ho turned to his desk, and
I worked away unsu ectlngly. There
was dead silence except when the man
at the desk spoke to one or the other
of the clerks about some account, and
the trend of the policeman on that beat
could ho heard as he passed the office.
"I did not realize until afterward that
I was working out of view of the pass
ing policeman, for the safe was behind
the bookkeeper's desk, but tbe shades
were up and the mail at tbe roll top
desk and tbe bookkeepers could be
plainly seen from tbe street.
"I got out my bits, adjusted the
brneo, and soon steel was biting steel,
but the sound of the ratchet was drown
ed by the click of the typewriter, for
the portly party began dictating to one
of the clerks as soon as 1 began drilling
tbe safe. When I thought it all over
afterward, it occurred to me that this
was to cover the sound of my opera
tions.
"In half an hour I had a hole in the
front of the safe, and n little manipu
lation got the tumblers into place, and
the door swung open.
" 'Here you are, sir,' said I, and the
portly man came around to the safe.
" 'Very neatly done,' he said. 'You'd
make a good burglar.'
" 'Hut tbe sound of the ratchet would
brlug tbe "cops," ' said I.
" 'True,' remarked tbe man, and,
drawing out a roll of bills, he handed
me S2O.
" 'ls that right?' he asked.
" 'Quite right,' I replied. 'Shall I come
in the morning to tlx the safe?'
" 'No,' said he, 'I will have the mak
ers of the safe attend to it.'
"As I gathered up my tools the port
ly man directed one of the clerks to
get out the books that were needed,
und he went back to the desk.
"I trundled back to my shop, meet
ing the policeman at the corner, and
while 1 was standing chatting with
him the trio came out of the office.
" 'You can come down au hour later
than usual in the morning.' said the
portly man as he climbed into a han
som that had rolled up to the office,
and. shouting the name of a well
known club to the driver, he pulled
the doors to and was driven away.
"Before noon the next day the po
liceman whom I had talked with and
n detective came into my shop.
" 'That was a neat job you did lust
night,' said the policeman.
" 'What?' I asked, the nature of the
work I lmd done not yet dawning on
me.
" 'The looting of 's safe,' said the
policeman. 'Come along.'
"The portly person who employed
me to open the safe was a well known
burglar who had 'made up' to imper
sonate tl;e head of the firm, and the
two clerks were confederates, one of
whom had got a place with the firm
to get the lay of the land.
"They had taken possession of the
office after It was closed for the day,
and, not daring to blow open the safe,
because that would have made the po
lice swoop down on them, they had
boldly sent for me to 'do the job,' neat
ly possessed themselves of nearly $4,-
OIJU that was ill the safe and were
across the Canadian border before the
robbery was discovered when the of
fice was opened the next day.
"I told my story to the magistrate
und was released oil bonds to appear
as a witness when the trio were
caught.
"The papers called me 'the Innocent
burglar,' the name stuck to me and
hurt my business, and the police were
rather attentive to me, so I came here
some years ago."—New York Times,
i Wipe Sits
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Here is important news for
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}? have for j'our inspection a beau
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tjr terials of Madras, Percale and
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conspicuous for their original de
signs. Our better grade shirts are
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[2 different styles,
r' A full and complete line of
Neckwear, comprising all tho lat
* est creations and styles.
| McMenamin's Gents' Furnishing,
I Hat and Shoe Store.
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A ride in the open,
For Health,
For Pleasure,
For Business.
You should ride a
Bicycle,
RAMBLER.
§535 to §505.
The 1902 Models
Bristle With
New Ideas.
Call il Earns.
A complete stock al
ways on hand.
For Sale By
Waller D. Daris,
Freeland.
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
May 18 1902.
-ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAVE PKKKLAND.
0 12 a m for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk
Allentown, Bethlehem, Huston, Phila
delphia and New York.
7 34 a in for Sandy Hun, White Haven,
Wilkes-Ha ire, l'ittstnn and Scraiiton.
8 15 a m lor Ha/.leton, Weatherly, Mauch
Chunk, Alleutown, Hethleheni. Easton,
Philadelphia, New York, Delano and
Pottsville.
9 30 a in for Huzleton, Delano, Mahunoy
City, Shenandoah and Mt. < armel.
1 1 45 a m for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk, Al
leutown, Hellileheui, Huston, Phila
delphia, New York. Hazleton, Delano,
Malianoy City, bhenundouli uud Mt.
Carmel.
1141 a m for White Haven, Wilkes-Barre,
Scrunton and the West.
4 44 pin for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk, Al
leutown, Hethleheni. Easton, Philadel
phia, New York, Hazleton, Delano,
Malianoy City, Shenandoah. Mt. Curmol
and Pottsville.
8 35 i> m for Bandy Hun, White Haven,
Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and all points
West.
7 29 p m for Hazleton.
AKUIVE AT FBEELAND.
7 34 a in from Pottsville, Delano and Haz
leton.
9 12a ni from New York, Philadelphia, Eas
ton. Hethleheni. Allentown, Munch
Chunk. Weatherly, Huzleton, Malianoy
City, Shenandoah and Mt. Curmel
9 30 a m from Scranton, Wilkes-Hurre and
White Haven.
11 51a ni from Pottsville, Mt. Carmel, Shen
andoah, Mahauoy City, Delano and
Hazleton.
12 35P m from New York, Philadelphia,
Hasten, Bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch
Chunk and Weatherly.
4 44 p in from Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and
While Haven.
6 35 P m from New York, Philadelphia,
Easton, Bethlehem Allentown, Mauch
Chunk, Weatherly, Mt. Carmel, Shcnun
doah, Mahunoy City, Delano and Huzle
ton.
7 29 P m from Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and
white Haven.
For further information Inquire of Tioket
Agents.
UOLLIN 17.W1 LRUR. General Superintendent,
20 Cortlnndt Street, New York City.
CHAS. S. LEE. General Passenger Agent-,
20 Cortlandt Street, New York City.
G. J. GILDHOY, Division Superintendent,
Huzleton, Pa.
THE DKLAWABK, PUSQCKHANNA AND
HcnOYI-KILL RAII-KOAD.
Time table in effect May IH, 1001.
Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley, Hazle
Hrook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow ltoad, ltoan
and Hazleton Junction at 000 a in, dally
except Suhday; and 7 07 a m, 2 .'lB p ra, Sunday.
Trains loavo Drifton for Oneida .Junction,
Bar wood Head, Humboldt ltoad, Oneida and
Sbeppton Rt 000 am, daily except Sun
dav; and 707 am,2ilHpm, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Onolda
Junction, liarwood Koad. Humboldt Head,
Oneida and Sheppton at 0 82, 11 10 a m, 4 41 p in.
daily except Bunday; and 7 37 a m, 3 11 p m.
Sunday.
Trains leave Derlnirer for Tomhickon, Cran
borry, Haiwocd, Hazleton Junctiun and Koan
at 600 n i r , daily except Sunday; and 337
urn, 5 07 pm, Sunday.
Train* leave Micppton for Beaver Meadow
Koad, Stockton. Hazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
and Drifton at 5 20 p m, daily, except Sunday;
and h 11 a m, 3 44 p m. Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver
Meadow Hoad, Stockton. Hazle Brook, Eckley,
Jeddo and Drifton at 5 411 p m, dally,
except Sunday: and 1010 nm,ft 40 pro, Sunday.
All trains connect at Hazleton Junction with
elect ric cars for Hazleton, Jeanesvijle, Audon
rled and other points on the Traction Com
pany's llw n UITW R
Promptlj Dun. Rt lUe Tribune Ofltos,