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FREELAND, PA., OCTOBER 8, 1002.
THE GREAT UPRISING OF 1902.
History is repeating itself In Penn
sylvania most inspiringly. The revolt
of the people twenty years ago and
again twelve years ago, followed the
lines of the great uprir.ing this year,
and that the end is to be the same is
now firmly believed by intelligent and
fair-minded observers, regardless of
partisanship. The Quay machine, in
deed, is in worse plight today than it
was the first week in October 1890, and
its prospect is much darker than that
which confronted the supporters of
Gen. Beaver and his associates at the
same period in 1882. Gen. Beaver was
a man with a patriotic record which
appealed strongly to the best citizen
ship of fthis state. His colleagues were
dean men of ability and discretion.
Not one of these candidates committed
such monumental offenses against
common sense, good taste, the cause of
truth and justice, political decency and
good government, as have marked the
extraordinary conduct of Ex-Judge
Pennypacker. When set up as the
creature of an imperious and arrogant
boss, this candidate was repudiated by
scores of thousands of self-respecting
Republicans regardless of his supposed
character, ability and worth. When
the light was partly turned on and the
evidence of another confidence game
was made apparent, many more voters
halted in their support of the Harris
burg nominee. A plea in arrest of
judgment was entered by sympathizing
friends, themselves in painful doubt.
But the day Judge Penny packer left
the bench, with amazing political ef
frontery, he threw aside the mask and
showed himself as the boss' very own.
Still it was claimed that he would
prove himself a wise and just public
leader. He lias made a half-score pub
lic appearances and upon each occasion
has dumbfounded his managers, shock
ed his former friends, disgusted sen
sible citizens, more than anxious to
treat him fairly, and driven thous
ands more into open support of his
opponent, as the self evident and im
perative pathway of patriotic public
duty. Could the voters of Pennsylva
nia be stood up and counted today, in
strict compliance with law, Judge
Pennypacker would be overwhelmingly
beaten, crushed beneath the Indignant
reproof of the people, whose intelli
gence he has so brazenly insulted,
whose patriotic instincts he has derid
ed, whose just demands he has so
flagrantly scouted. The rising tide of
sentiment against Pennypackerism as
the clearly self-revealed counterpart of
Quayisra, is to be noted in all parts of
the state.
The Democratic candidates have ap
peared in nearly half of the counties
of the commonwealth, addressing over
half a hundred meetings, representing
all classes of people, all kinds of work
rs in the great fields of industry, and
it is the universal testimony of friend
and foe that the indications of success
at the polls are beyond all precedent.
In every instance Republican voters,
oftentimes of wide influence, have
come forward with expressions of sym
pathy and support. Thousands of far
mers have driven long distances over
the rugged hills and through the deep
valleys of Central Pennsylvania to tes
tify their loyalty to the cause of politi
• al regeneration and good' government.
Likewise, multitudes of strong armed
worklngmen, after their day's toil was
' ndod, have come forward from the
ini 11 the shop, the forge, the forest
and the mine, to uphold the principles
in the maintenance of which they are
vitally interested; to declare their
mighty purpose to use effectively the
freeman's greatest weapon for righting
humanity'B wrongs—an honest ballot.
The chorus for reform has been swollen
from the office, the counting room, the
country store, the mercantile estab
lishment. educational and public insti
tutions which have felt the burden and
injustice of misrule.
The Democratic and Independent
press never showed such a solid and
invincible front to the enemy. In this
great contest tne patriotic men who
conduct the rural newspapers of Penn
sylvania nave touched elbows with an
enthusiasm and energy that is working
wonders in the public mind. The last
month of the campaign has been en
tered upon under the most encourag
ing auspices and it is abundantly evi
dent that all that is needed to win an
other notable triumph— and this time,
it is to be hoped, final victory over the
combined forces of political iniquity—
is steadfast continuation of the spirit
of patriotism, courage and faith which
has characterized the third Pattison
campaign for the governorship. A de
moralized and desperate enemy is in
front, growing weaker every hour.
The Democratic reform candidates
have nothing to apologize for, nothing
to defend, no humiliating explanations
to make. They stand upon a solid plat
form of truth and justice, and every
flay and every night, and with every
turn of the press, in town and country,
facts are driven home, wavering voters
Rre convinced, the lines are srrength
ned and the prospect grows more and
more inspiring. Let eveiy true Penn
sylvanian do his whole duty from this
time until November, and all will be
well. Weak, silly Pennypackerism will
go to meet chastized Cameronlsm, in
1882, and odious Delamaterism, in 1890.
The fates seem to have agreed that
Pattison shoulu be returned to the ex
ecutive chair in 1902, and he should be
supported by a legislature representing
the virtue, intelligence and wisdom of
the commonwealth.
A HARD HEADED FARMER.
The Way He Held Up a Prince With
a Pitchfork.
When Edward VII. of England was
an undergraduate at Oxford universi
ty, he had an adventure which led a
newspaper of that time to describe the
prince as a prisoner. It said that
"not very far from Oxford, at u place
called Steeple Barton, there was a
farmer named Hedges, a man of much
independence of character, commonly
known as 'Lord Chief Justice Hedges.'
"On one occasion the prince and his
friends were out with the South Ox
fordshire hounds, but, meeting with
Indifferent sport, they resolved on rid
ing home across country. This they
did, galloping over the lands of Farm
er Hedges and presently riding into his
farmyard. There they were confront
ed by the farmer himself, armed with
a fork. He closed the gates and in
formed the party bluntly that they
had been trespassing on his ground
and trampling on his young wheat and
that he would not allow one of them to
leave his farmyard until he had paid
a fine of a sovereign for the damage
done.
"They whispered that the prince
himself was of the party. 'Prince or
no prince/ he replied shortly, Til have
my money/ There was little glory to
be had by fighting a resolute farmer
armed with a fork. They therefore
made up their minds to pay, prince and
all. When he had the money in his
pocket, and not till then, 'Lord Chief
Justice Hedges' opened the gates and
let them go."—Philadelphia Times.
Story of un Army Mnle.
There Is or was an army mule a pen
sioner of the United States—tradition
says that army mules are mortal,
hence the doubt as to tense. But this
mule, Mexlque, was ordered to be sold
at Mount Vernon barracks, Alabama, In
1883. He had been at the post a long
time and had grown gray in the serv
ice, having an honorable record in
the Mexican war, and the officers at
Mount Vernon asked the quartermas
ter general to retain him till the end
of his days. This application, signed
by William A. Kobbe, then an artil
lery lieutenant, and indorsed by a
dozen proper military authorities, In
cluding General Hancock and Gener
al Sherman, Is on record at Washing
ton. llow the white mule's record
grew in honor with successive Indorse
ment may be seen from the command
ing general's letter:
I have seen that mule, and. whether
true or fulso, the soldiers believe it was
left at the Big spring, where Mount Ver
non barracks now are, at the time Gen
eral Jackson's army camped there, about
1819-20. Tradition says It was once a sor
rel, but now It Is white from age.
The quartermaster's department will be
chargeabl© with lngrutltude If that mule
Is sold or the care and maintenance of It
thrown on the charitable officers of the
post. I ndvlse that It be kept In the de
portment, fed and maintained till death.
W. T. SHERMAN.
P. B.—l think that mule was at Fort
Morgan, Mobile point, when I was there
in 1842. , W. T. S.
The secretary of war finally direct
ed "that this mule be kept and well
cared for at public expense as long as
he lives."
Siamese Tobacco.
The best tobacco In Blum is grown at
Petchabun. It is planted in open fields
near the town after the floods in Sep
tember or October, and the first crop,
or tips, which is considered the l>est
quality, Is gathered about February
and the last about the beginning of
May. The very best quality cannot be
purchased, as it is reserved for the
special use of the king and sent down
to Bangkok, where it Is smoked in the
palace and distributed to the chief of
ficers of state.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
David Kennedys
- AND LIVER TROUBLES.
"A DANGEROUS CANDIDATE*
A Leading Independent Journal's Final
View of Judge Pennypacker.
ft How He Has Offended the
Public Conscience.
The Philadelphia Ledger, last June,
welcomed the nomination of Judge
Pennypacker, expressing the utmost
confidence in him. It has since closely
observed his extraordinary course,
tvith increasing evidences of surprise,
pain and disgust. It has finally come
to the reluctant conclusion that his
position is utterly indefensible, and it
pronounces him "A Dangerous Candi
date.]' Under that heading, in a lead
ing editorial, the Ledger says:
Mr. Pennypacker has fully justified
his selection as the candidate of the
Quay machine for governor. If there
are disinterested citizens who honestly
believed this his nomination was a
step in the direction of better govern
ment. they must be disillusioned by his
speeches. He not only has proclaimed
that Pennsylvania "has no ills;" he
has gone on to maintain that what
considerate public opinion has de
nounced as crimes were really vir
tues. and that the reform sentiment
which was supposed to be respected in
his nomination is entitled to no con
sideration.
In his defense of the last legislative
session, foolish as it is. he shows him
self incapable of recognizing political
crimes that are not denied even by
their perpetrators. Such a man in the
office of governor would be far more
serviceable to the schemers whom he
defends and far more dangerous to the
ftublic than a politician with no veneer
ng of respectability. We know what
to expect from a profesisonal bandit
and can keep a watch upon him. but
no one can follow the windings of the
respectable apologist of crime.
Mr. Penny packer's attitude is such
that its sincerity can be assumed only
at the expense of his intelligence. If
he is right in his view of the franchise
loot, of the non-existence of legisla
tive bribery and corruption or of bal
lot frauds, then not only most of the
Democrats of the state, but all of that
large body of Republicans who have
been denouncing and striving against
corruption in their party were alto
gether wrong, their criticism of the
state and city administration and of
the conduct of the party organization
was groundless, and every effort for
political reform stands condemned.
The most insolent and reckless party
politician would not go as far as he
has gone to insult the intelligence and
conscience of the voters to whom he
was expected particularly to appeal.
If Mr. Pennypackor's attempt to con
ceal, explain, or minimize what intelli
gent persons generally have recognized
as flagrant wrongs could be accounted
for by mere innocence, he would still
remain a dangerous person to trust
with official power. He would not
know a political crime if he saw it.
But his treatment of state topics in his
campaign speeches has been too in
geniously wrong-headed to be thus ac
counted for. He obscured and evaded
the question of the Pittsburg "Ripper."
and. as Mr. Guthrie has shown, mis
represented those who opposed it. His
apology for the franchise robbery was
false in statement, as well as false in
logic and in morals. He appears to
have set himself deliberately to the
pettifogirer's task of shielding from
just condemnation that which is in
capable of direct defense.
What Quay could not ask asubservient
convention to do, his candidate has un
dertaken. to his own humiliation and
the grief and shame of those who
trusted his sense of political integrity.
It is no longer possible for any intelli
gent person to separate Mr. Penny
packer as a candidate from the evil
power of whose crimes against the
commonwealth he has made himself
the willing apologist and defender.
LABOR'S JUST DEMANDS
The Erie Platform On the Rights of
Labor.
The platform of the Democratic
state convention, adopted at Erie in
June last, contains plain and em
phatic reference to labor contests,
and particularly the coal strike, to
the carrying out of which, In letter
and spirit, Its legislative and state
candidates are solemnly pledged. Let
every workingman, who wants to
make his vote count, read and re
member this declaration:
"We deplore the existence of the
labor trouble now affecting Important
industries and a large portion of the
people of our state, and express the
hope that through concession, mod
eration and fair dealing an early ad
justment may be reached. While we
concede to capital its right to the ut
most protection guaranteed it by the
constitution and the laws, we declare
it as the conviction of this convention
that labor also has the right to that
protection which comes through or
ganization and union. We believe that
labor unions organized for the better
ment of the condition of the wage
earners, acting within the limits of
the law, and not subversive of public
order, are not only lawful but com
mendable, and should be met. recog
nized and dealt with accordingly. The
right of labor to organize within these
limits is as sacred as any right of
person or property. For the evils un
der which Pennsylvania suffers the
Republican organization suggests no
remedy. Its platform is absolutely
barren of reference to them. It neither
affirms nor denies their existence and
promises no change."
GEORGE W. GUTHRIE.
Hon. George W. Guthrie, the Demo
cratic candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor, has been a revelation to the
whole state. Until he started out with
Governor Pattison, on their great cam
paign tour, he was comparatively un
known to the people at large. In Pitts
burg he had made a brilliant reputa
tion as an intrepid reform leader. To
day he stands on the front line in
Pennsylvania as one of the ablest
champions of clean politics and honest
government who has yet appeared upon
the platform. His speeches at every
point have been models of clearness
and force, carrying conviction to the
minds of thoughtful voters everywhere.
Pattison and Guthrie are leading a
mighty crusade for the redemption of
Pennsylvania that grows in strength
every hour.
Watch the date on your paper.
PLOWIttCTWITH ELEPHANTS
Baritum'N Reply to the Farmer Who
Awked Whether It Would I'ny.
It may We safd of P.'T. Barnum that
he was the major domo or lord of
laughter and fun, the protean dispenser
of amusement How well he became
known through this function one curi
ous incident certifies. Some years be
fore he died an obscure person in some
remote part of Asia wrote a letter,
which lie dropped in the postofflce near
him, directed to "Mr. Barnum, Ameri
ca." The letter reached its destination
without an hour's delay. The great
showman unaffectedly enjoyed being
known from the very beginning of his
celebrity, and when he found his celeb
rity was a tremendous factor in his suc
cess he did everything that lie could
think of to extend the exploitation of
his name. This was not to nourish
vain Imaginings or because ho felt ex
alted. It was to promote business.
Around his successive homes at
Bridgeport, Conn., he was fond of put
ting something that suggested a show.
Queerly marked cattle, the sacred cow
or an elephant was frequently among
the stock to be noticed in his fields.
On one occasion he had an elephant
engaged 111 plowing 011 the sloping hill
where it could be plainly seen by the
passengers 011 the New Haven and
Hartford railroad, an agricultural Inno
vation that he knew would get notice
of some sort in every newspaper in the
country. It was oven said that he re
ceived letters from farmers far and
wide asking how much liny one ele
phant ate and if it was more profitable
to plow with an elephant than with
horses or oxen? Ills replies were in
variably frank and were of this pur
port: If yop have a large museum Ik
New York and a great railway sends
trains full of passengers within eye
shot of the performance, It will pay,
and pay well, but If you have 110 such
institution then horses and oxen will
prove more economical.—Joel Benton in
Century.
WEDDING SUPERSTITIONS.
The bride should not fail to shed a
few tears on her wedding day. It is
an omen of good luck In the future.
It is unlucky for the bride to enter
the church before the ceremony at one
door and leave ufter the ceremony by
another door.
The bride should always cut the first
piece of her wedding cake and pour out
the first glass of wine for her guests
if there are not too many.
If the -bride drops her handkerchief
on the wedding day and the bride
groom picks it up, it Is a sign that in
the future he will play seeoud fiddle.
It Is said to be unlucky to tie shoes
to any part of the carriage in which
the bride and bridegroom go away, but
it is lucky to tbrow an old shoe ufter
the bride as she enters the carriage.
In leaving the church the bride will
do well to place her right foot fore
most if she wishes to bo happy,
healthy, etc., In the future, and she
should always be the first to call her
husband by name.
After the wedding breakfast and re
ception the bride should be careful to
throw away and lose nil the pins, if
there are any about her. The brides
maids should not keep the pins them
selves or they will retard their chauces
of marrluge.
A Modest Request.
To judge from an incident reported
in the Washington correspondence of
the New York Tribune, the department
of agriculture sometimes appears from
a distance like a big department store.
During the season when .members of
congress send out seeds one of the
packages found its way back to the
sender, accompanied by a note from
the farmer to whom It had been ad
dressed.
"My dear sir," wrote the farmer, "1
appreciate your good will in sending
the seeds, but my eldest daughter, Ma
tilda, Is going to marry the doctor
down to the village next month, and
wife and 1 think of giving up the farm
and going there to live. If we do, the
seeds won't be much good, as we
shan't have a garden; so If you could
change them for some stockings (No.
0) and some handkerchiefs or a nice
spring bonnet for Matilda I would be
much obliged."
A Juvenile Feminine Prayer.
A little girl was spending the sum
mer at a fashionable watering place,
and one morning as she played upon
the veranda of the hotel where her
mother was stopping she heard a
lengthy conversation upon the fashions
of the day and the absolute necessity
of stylishness in dress if one hoped to
bo a success In society. One lady went
so far as to say that stylishness was
far more Important than beauty.
Thut night as the child said her
usual prayer she added, with great
earnestness, "And, oh, dear Lord, do
please make me stylish!"—Llpplncott's
Magazine.
Medicinal L'NCN of Salt.
Salt is 0110 of the greatest of natural
remedies and antiseptics. A weak so
lution—an even tea spoonful in a glass
of water, cold or hot—is excellent for
indigestion. A solution of about the
same strength will-often relieve a cold
in the head if snuffed up through the
nose.
Severe pains In the bowels are often
relieved by the application of a bag of
hot salt.
NeccM.iary PrccantlonM.
Life Insurance Agent—My dear sir,
have you made any provision for those
who come after you?
Ilarduppe—Yes; I put the dog at the
door and told the hired girl to say I'm
out of town.—Brooklyn Life.
The ashes, so called, from volcanoes
are simply lava that is finely pulver
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RAILROAD TIMETABLES
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
May 18 1902.
ARRANGEMENT or PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAVE FRBBLANJ).
6 12 a m for Wcathcrly. Maueh. Chunk
Allentown, Bet hloheiu, Easton, Phila
delphia ami Now York.
I 729 a ni for Sandy Hun, White Haven,
Wilkes-Barre, Pittstnu and Scraiiton.
8 15 n in for Ha/leton, Weatherly, Mauoh
(.'hunk, Allontown, Bethlehem, East on,
Philadelphia, New York, Delano and
Pottsville.
9 58 a in for Hazleton, Delano, Mahanoy
City, Shunandoah and Mt. < arm el.
1 1 45 a in for Weatherly, Maueh Ciiunk, Al
lentowo, Bethlehem, Easton, Phila
delphia, Now York, Hazleton, Delano,
Mahanoy City, Shenandoah and Mt.
Cur me I.
1141 a in for White Haven, Wilkes-Barre,
Scranton and the West.
4 44 pin for Weatherly, Maueh Chunk, Al
lontown, Bethlehem. Easton, Philadel
phia, New York, Hazleton, Delano
Mahanoy City, Shenandoah. Mt. Caruio.
and Pottsville.
6 35 P in for Sandy Hun, White Haven,
Wilkes-Burro, Scranton and all points
West.
i 729 p m for Hazleton.
AHHIVE AT FREELAND.
7 29 a m from Pottsville, Delano and Haz
leton.
9 12 ura from New York, Philadelphia, Eas
ton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Maueh
Chunk, Weatherly, Hazleton, Mahanoy
City, Shenandoah and Mt. Carinel
9 58 a IU from Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and
White Haven.
1141 am from Pottsville, Mt. Carinel, Shen
andoah, Mahanoy City, Delano and
Hazleton.
12 35 P m from New York, Philadelphia,
Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Maueh
Ciiunk and Weatherly.
4 44 ]> m from Scrautou, Wilkes-Barre and
White Haven.
0 35 P in from New York, Philadelphia,
Easton, Bethlehem Allentown, Maueh
Chunk, Weatherly, Mt. Carmel, Shenan
doah, Mahanoy City, Delano and Hazlo
ton.
7 29 P in from Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and
White Haven.
For further information inquire of Tlokot
Agents.
KOLLIN H.WILBUR. General Superintendent,
20 Cortlandt Street, New York City.
I CHAS. 8. LEE, General Passenger Agent,
20 Cortlandt Street, New York City.
G. J. GILDROY, Division Superintendent,
Hazleton, Pa.
THE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA AND
SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.
Timo table in effect May 19,1901.
Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley, Hazle
Brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roan
and Hazleton Junction at 800 a m, daily
except Sunday; and 7 07 a m, 2 38 p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction,
Barwood ltoad, Humboldt Road, Oneida and
Sheppton at 800 am, daily exoopt Sun
day: and 7 07 a m, 2 38 p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida
Junction, Hurwood Road, Humboldt Road,
Oneida and Sheppton at B 32,11 10 a in, 441p m,
daily exoept Sunday; and 7 37 a m, 311 pm,
Sunday.
Trains leave Doringer for Tomhicken, Cran
berry, Hai wood, Hazleton Junction and Roan
at 800 p m, dailv except Sunday; and 337
a ra, 6 07 p ra, Sunday.
Trains leave bheppton for Bearer Meadow
Koad, Stockton. Hazle Brook, Eekley, Jeddo
and Drifton at 5 26 p m, daily, except Sunday:
and 8 11 a m, 3 44 p m, Sunday.
TraiDs leave Hazleton Junction for Reaver
Meadow Road, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley,
Joddo and Drifton at 649 p m, daily,
except Sunday; and 10 10 a ra, 5 40 p m. Sunday.
All trains connect at Hazleton Junction with
electric cars for Hazleton, Jeaneaville, Audon
ried and other points on the Traction Com
pany's liim
Promptljr Don. at the Tribune Offloe.