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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-08-28
PUBLIC SALE
OF
Valuable Real Estate
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1885
No, +
Dwelling House,

and ou5brildngs thereon ereetef The farm Is
IN a god nelghbssrhapd. well wafered. and in a
goosi state 0f cultivation, with an abundance Of
trlIt trees. consisting Of Apples cherries. Peach
Is. Pears. &c. Water running 10 the house aud
IN the bai1ly ard Also
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-08-28

Al the right title. interest and claim Of Jacob
H. Miller ami Annie l. Miller. Of, IA, and = tle
following described real estate VIZ
A certain tract OF land situate in Black Twp.
-anIeF-as JouuIy. Pa. adiuinlEg iansis or John =
Miller, sirlou hanger. Adam r. Baker auri eth
ers. cOaIainilg = acres and 80 pere1es, sl-ics
measure. with the aDFurrsuaures
Taken IN execution as the property Of Jacob II
Miller and Aanie L. Miller at tie sui OF samuel
Phiison
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-08-28

Every day or two brings contractor TO
town to examine the old Jail and 10 put in
a bid for building the proposed new one As
we understand il, the county Commissioners
mean 10 let the contract this fall, and the
successful bidder is expected TO have al his
material prepared and delivered during the
winter. 50 that ne can pat up the prison in
the shortest possible time next spring
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-08-28

All the right. Tile. interest and claim of Wm.
J >1oeszLker, et al. of. IN. and 10 TIE following
described real estate. siz
A Certain trac5 0i hand situate in Eikl.ck Tap.
Somerset C0Gnfy "a bOu-ltei and Described =
tollosFs B-ginIing AZ poiIs a1 rae Sliise.sTr &
Baittmure kall-uad, y y csg. z. ie1s rerchss u
post : 4 j deg h lS ierclss 70 pesT : So deg.
10 sugar y. ssi5 Geg. Z. 10 PerrAes 70 posi- : 81
deg T. ohl pereles ~ scar walnut :. = deg
L - Eerrn-s % q post > I-1s deg. " perch %
post y. ~ de- ". a1aa perehes - post > %
perehss 70 post, n. - deg. w. s. perches 70
The pi1cc 0f beginning. Containing acres more
or less. with The apPgTteusnees.
Taken IN execution a. the property Cf Wu. J..
Shoemaker, es a. st the suit u Polly -chrock 8
usa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-08-28
PetioIe Congre

This cut represents the r
son Petiole Congress in KA
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being placed bark and the .
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thus preventing the strain
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being chafed an deiacel by
terfering. Without quest
the coming Snce Is the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31
Taxation in a Nutshell.

The one self-evident truth should be
constantly kept before the people that
all taxation is laid upon labor, indirect
ly, if not directly. The corporation tax
paid into the state treasury, to the
amount of a hundred thousand or more,
by the railroad company, is and must be
assessed by the company upon the bust
ness of the community. 1t is paid by
the manufacturers, merchants, mechan-
les and even printers when they pay
their freight bills. And where or how
! do the manufacturers, mechanics and
business men get the money to pay such
freight bills, high enough to cover the
corporation tax? The working people
in their employ must earn it for them.
How and where do the banks get the
money to pay their corporation tax?
| The answer is, from those in business
who employ laboring people who must
earn the meney. Who pays the land
lords tax of $50 year on his property
up street? 1t is paid by the occupant,
iNi'J NpiNbidoCi ililIubGu lllC
monthly rent. And where and how
does the occupant get the money to pay
the landlords tax incluoed in the rent
account? If he carries on shoe-making,
or tailoring, or printing, the working
people earn it for him. Every dollar of
taxation, whether direct or indirect
national, state or local, comes from labor
1t cannot be otherwise. Therefore tax
alton can only be justified as a necessity
and it should be as low as possible. To
tax the people more than is necessary to
run the government honestly and econ
omically administered is robbery. The
Republican party openly supports and
defends the highest tariff taxation,
whilst the Democrats contend for the
lowest. .-Mauch Chunk Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31
FLOUR, FEED, HAY, Etc.
Next Door to the Valley Hotel

'-Dsar niotner, wnat & perfect wo-
man she is! And if you can approach
her in cooking"
Then he rushed out into the kitchen,
where, amidst the steak and smell Of
frying shone his mothers round and
Were just dishing the pot-roast,
dear" said she, land it's beautifully
larded with the pork. And you shall
have apple fritters to-day. There
wasn't quite time for apple dumplings.
Wheat bread and biscuit, Indian and
rye, all turned out well. And I've Just
tossed up cheese pudding and got
the chocolate right. Biddy is as smart
as can be to learn"
with an Elegant cook like yourself
to the fore it's pleasure, marm," said
Biddy. 81 haven't seen such lashings
since l come from Ballybofay."
And 80, with smiles and pleasant
talk, the four weeks visit and the
meals his mother cooked began.
1t occurred to Penelope sometimes
that they principally lived on butter,
lard drippings, and sweet oil. The
very soup was covered with little
globules of fat. The hiss of the frying
pan awoke her at dawn. There were
jars of ''oily cooksh-vulgarly called
doughnuts-on the shelves.
Before she went to bed Mrs. Chapone
cheered her son with chocolate of the
richest sort and Welsh rare bit or with
lobster salad and coffee with beaten
eggs.
Penelope took her lessons patiently
,~I 4 -.
frizzle, devoted the hours she had
spent over her muslins to beating
eggs or stirring plum puddings, adopt
ing cooking aprons permanently, and
was never free from headache.
Laurence also complained of his
head, but his devoted wife never hint
ed that whole mince pie after fried
scallops galore for breakfast might be
the cause of it.
1--WE haven't seen anything Of Pene-
lope for an age," said Cousin Persis
one day. Cant you run over, FledaP
you have nothing to do"
"Oh, as to nothing to do" said
Fleda--"But I'll CO." And she went.
When she reached Penelope's fiat
the door was ajar and she entered un-
announced. There was no one in the
parlor. but from the dining-room she
heard Penelope's voice:
Cant you eat anything, dearp"
"a little weak tea and slice of dry
toast-no BUTTER" replied another
voice-that Of Laurence-but never
had it been so lugubrious.
"But Laurence, dear, I can cook
everything in your mothers style now,"
said Penelope. Won't you have a few
frittersp"
"Fritters" cried Laurence, with an
expression of disgust.
"And there is still mince pie. can
heat it at once" said Penelope.
-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31
is the object of society,""

is the object of society,""
1t was in quite another age when the
celebrated Nautilus laid down a similar
doctrine. Is it a case of the Survival
of the fittest?" To stay the persistence
of poverty, amid advancing wealth,
labor-saving machinery and highest de-
velopment in the arts and sciences, the
remedy of the single tax party is to res
tore the common and natural right of
land to the people; and so as to cause as
little political disturbance as possible, it
proposes to do this by the simple method
of gradually placing all taxation upon
Iand UalueS. The new party rightly in
sists that there is something radically
wrong in a governmental organization
that leads to such an unequal distribu-
tion of wealth, with such unequal oppor-
tunities as everywhere stare us in the
face. Will our statesmen and political
economists persist in the old-time theory,
that all things are ordained for the best,
and that there is no practical remedy
for our dangerous social ills?
The people are ripe for change. The
greatest difficulty that the single tax
party encounters is not in its moral, eco
nomic and legal aspects, but it is in get
ting the people to understand its theory
and practical application, and to make
common cause to right their wrongs.
Will the remedy proposed by the new
party bring about happiness and remove
from humanity that dreadtm fear of
acdnt which it so ably contends that it
will?
1t is a grandly sublime and at the
same time an intensely practical ques-
ton, and well worth considering. 1t is
rapidly growing social and political
problem-by far the most important po.
litical question of the age, and it is herr
TO stay until 1t is soIyed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31

Every Democratic voter should make
himself a committee of one from now
until next Tuesday evening to aid in
getting out the full Democratic vote.
Don't be carried off with the idea that
because this is an "off'' year with only a
state treasurer and few county officers
to be elected, that you are not vitality
interested in its result and that the
future of the party does not largely de-
pend upon it, The wise, economical
and honest handling of the state funds
is matter of moment to every citizen,
of as much concern to the voting tax
payer as the chosing of a governor or
anv other state official. And so in
county affairs. The direction and man.
agement of the business of Luzerne
County in a manner that will best serve
the public with the least expenditure of
time and means are not trifling consider
ations to be given only a passing
thought. They come home to every
citizens pocket, to his fireside, in the
pIOlCCllOH VI IL ny well 6HlOICeu ldNS
and the judicious expenditure of the
taxes which are yearly collected from
him. He should weigh well the merits
of those who ask his suffrage and make
his choice calmly but positively. He
should go to the polls himself and see
that his neighbors go also. The Dem
ocracy can win this fight this year and
make the county solidly Democratic; or
they can be Indifferent and make COM
ing contests all the harder to wage. 1t
would be an inexcusable blunder to
have the latter result occur. Don't peril
success by Indifference and a belief that
there will be enough votes without yours.
Go to the polls yourself when the time
comes, but in the meantime see that
every Democrat is worked into that state
of mind which will insure his vote being
polled also.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31
The Single Tax in Carbon County.

District Attorney W. M. Rapsher of
Carbon County, in late issue of Justice,
gives forth his views on the single tax
question as follows:
Since the recent presidential election
powerful political force has been
brought upon the political stage. 1t is
boldly aggressive, commanded by the
best brains of the country, and is revolu-
tionary in its economic effects upon pre-
sent methods and systems of taxation.
1t demands "the abolition of all taxes
upon industry, and the taking, by taxa
tion upon land values, irrespective of
improvements, of the annual rental
value of all those various forms of nat
ural opportunities embraced under the
general term, Land; and that, as a result,
involuntary poverty will be abolished,
and the greed, intemperance and vice
that spring from poverty and the dread
Of pocerty will be swept away"
The term single tax does not really
express all that a perfect name would
convey, says its leading advocate. 1t
only suggests the fiscal side of the ques-
ton, And, in reality, the single tax is
not tax at ALL But it is a tax in form,
and the term is useful, as suggesting
method. But, like all reform and prog
ress during the past, the single tax men
are now fought step by step.
As notable illustration, beg leave
to briefly quote Prof. I. II. Huxley,
from an article in the Nineteenth Centurv,
entitled "The Struggle for Existence" I"
He says
zone of the most essential conditions
if not the chief cause, of the struggle fol
existence is the tendency to multiply
without limit, which man shares with
all living things. So long as unlimited
multiplication goes on, no social organi
zation which has ever been devised, ol
is likely to be DEVISED no tiddle-faddlinl
with the distribution of wealth, will de
liver society from the tendency to bt
destroyed by the reproduction within
itself, in its intensest form, of that strug
gle Tor existence the limitation of which
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31

"Don't mention mince pie," said
Laurence. my dear, this is excel
lent"
"And for dinnerP" said Penelope.
''Some plain boiled mutton, stale
bakers bread, and some oranges"
said Laurence.
Fleda smothered laugh as she
made her appearance in the dining
room.
Laurence was very yellow. His nose
was red and there were pimples at the
corners of his mouth. Penelope's skin
was little rough and her eyes not as
bright as usual.
"How do you do, LaurenceP" Fleda
said.
"Not WE'LL" said Laurence.
"Nor l." said Penelope.
"We are both bilious, said Laurence;
"but we are in the doctors hands and
shall get over it no doubt. Good-by,
dear; don't go into that hot kitchen to-
day; Bridget can quite manage our
plain dinner. Remembering sweets
nor fats-none of those greasy messes.
We must diet"
"Wellp" said Fleda looking at her
cousin.
81 took your advice, DEAR" said
Penelope, "and Ma Chapone has been
cooking for US for month, and so kind,
so sweet she has been, and l have
learned all her receipts. The principle
is easy--soak everything in fat and eat
everything red hot.
"Yes," said Fleda. "Wellp"
"And now he won't let me cook any,
thing" said Penelope, "He spoke of
greasy messes' to-day, Fleda, his
mother does not dream oft. wouldn't
have her know for the world; but he
has had enough of the old-fashioned
cooking he used to bemoan."
al knew he would" said Fleda; .that
is why proposed that you should ask
her to come"
'Fleda!' cried Penelope" II thought
It was that I might learn to please
him."
Not bit of it," replied Fleda.
"Fleda, you are very young to be so
depraved," sighed Penelope.
'.lngratel you ought to thank me'
said Fleda. You will never hear
about his mothers cooking again"
And Penelope never did.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31

The near approach of the time for the
annual Thanksgiving proclamation of
the president and governors suggests
again the appropriateness of the last
Thursday in November for such an
occasion.
The fact that the pilgrim Puritans set
apart this date has been sufficiently
honored in century of conformity to it.
These people took even their festivities
solemnly, and there was certain ap-
propriateness in their choosing the end
of the bleak and dreary November for
their season of thanksgiving and praise.
But the cosmopoltanized America of
to-day is of more CHEEKY humor, and
is entitled to a more suitable day for its
official festival. One of the religious
journals recently made the sensible
suggestion that, "instead of the last
Thursday in November, which has no
significance in itself, October, 12 be
designated. 1t is the anniversary of the
landing of Columbus. Pumpkins are
ripe, and turkeys can be taught to
prepare for the guillotine month
earlier. And as for the weataer, mid
October is much more conductive to
thankfulness than the tail-end of bleak
November"
The beautiful days of October would
lend themselves perfectly to an occasion
of thanksgiving. Even late October is
better than late November. Cannot this
holiday be redeemed from its depressing
surroundings?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31
My Little Maid.

Crimson clover-blossomed dapple
All the meadows while the apple
Trees drift rosy SHOWS beneath their bending
boughs
On little maid who passes
Thro' the ripping ranks of grasses
In the cleaning as she goes to call the COWS
Pretty, dainty, dark-eyed Phyllis,
Tho her manner coy and chill is
As she hastens on to where the cattle browse.
Tho she scarcely seems to notice
Me, the girl on whom dote is
This little maid who goes to call the COWS.
As the twilight shadows darken,
Fen all nature seems to barken
For her footsteps, and that bird that's half
adrowse
Pipes to a sleepy little ditty
just to tell me that my pretty
Is coming back from calling of the COWS.
Here and there a glow-worm grazes
The white robes of nodding daisies,
Betraying where with king-cups they carouse;
stars above begin to twinkle,
AS hear the "tinkle, tinkle!"
OF the bells upon my little maiden's COWS.
She is come, still coy and colder
Than before. But, love, grown boder,
Bids me speak. And, oh, she listens to my
vows;
Lets me tell her that love her,
And the happy birds above her
Hear the answer of my maid who calls the
cowsl
Boston Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31
Why Reform Is Necessary.

why REFORM Is Necessary.
l. Because under Republican rule taxa
tion has largely exceeded the needs of
the state, and vast sums of money have
improvidently gathered into the treasury
vaults.
2. Because Republican officials have
failed to use or invest these moneys as
the law directs, and the state has lost
large sum, amounting to nearly one
quarter of a million dollars in two years.
3. Because, at the command of poll
tical boss, these surplus funds of the
state are deposited with favorite banks,
corporations and firms, in sums ranging
from ten thousand to six hundred thou
sand dollars, to be used for his private
political advantage, and their private
gain.
4. Because, in these transactions, the
state has only one-half million dollars
security for more than two and one-half
million dollars thus deposited.
5. Because, with more than one mil
lion and a half of uninvested surplus in
the sinking fund and no loans due or re-
imbursable, the Republican sinking fund
commissioners (of whom Republican
state treasurer was one) sold a million of
Uuited States bonds that were earning
Jour per cent. interest for the state, and
added the proceeds to the already
swollen treasury.
g. Because, not counting the proceeds
of these government bonds, which were
sold at less than market rate, and after
these Republican officials had purchased
eight hundred and two thousand dollars
worth (paT of undue state loans at a
price above the then market rate, there
remained in the treasury over million
dollars in cash.
7. Because the Republican majority
in the legislature refused to stop this
flow into the sinking fund when it was
shown to be enormously greater than
the requirements of said fund.
s. Because the sinking fund commits
sioners, to-wit G. w. Stone, secretary
of state; Thomas McCamant, Auditor
general, and w. B. Hart, state treasurer,
are all Republicans and it would be for
the best interests of all the people that
the taxpayers, half a million at least in
who have named Edmund A.
Bigler for state treasurer, should be
lin obedience to the well
established principle of minority rep
resentation,) in the management of the
moneys belonging to all the people.
8. Because the safe-keeping of the
public moneys raised by general taxa
ton upon the property of the citizens of
all political beliefs, is matter not of
private but of public concern, and should
not be connected with partisan politics,
and much less be made the personal and
private affair of factional boss and the
election of Mr.. Bigler would be wise
step in the direction of much needed
reform, to-wit: Non-partisan manage
ment of the state treasury.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31
BALLOT REFORM.

DO the people asks the Phila.
delphia ESecOrd'D of PennsyIva.
MIA really want ballot refOrInf
would they like to have the foot.
Ing of the election returns ex.
press the uribOught, unintimidat-
ed VIII of the vOtersf There Will
be an excellent opportunity to
make record ON November 5th.
Edmund A. BigIer and the DEM
0cratic party are for ballot re-
form; MIR. Boyer and his party
are against 1t.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31

Our Republican neighbors in Lack
awanna have lots of trouble on their
hands, and all account of one man
refusing to be bossed by Joe Scran-
ton DIR, Dome was nominated as
the regular candidate for coroner, but
because he refused to bow to the
powers that be, the RepuJlican bolted
and demanded his resignation. Fail
ing to secure this Boss Scranton called
a convention and nominated another
candidate. The Scranton Blade
claims that Boss Scranton's reason for
opposing Donne was because he was
a Welshman, and asks Joe to resign
his seat in congress. Between them
the Democratic candidate will have a
walk-over.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31

MINERS, mechanics, farmers and in
dustrials of all classes will decide
next month whether the state shall
have boodlers' bondsmen or an honest
man for treasurer. How would it do
to elect to such responsible office a
man who would cover up the records
and prevent full proof and investiga-
ton? That is what Boyer did in the
proposed Wherry investigation of the
sinking fund transaction by which
the state loses annually 100000.
Place the books of the treasury in the
hands of man who has no connnec-
ton or sympathy with the boodlers
who have invested the state treasury
funds. The workingmen of the state
must decide this election.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31

If the Republican party can't elect
their ticket without rolling their car
wheels all through the county they
ought to step down and go out of
business. Freeland's consignment is
reported to have arrived this week,
but let those who received them take
care of how they use them. A few
of our citizens may change their resi-
dence to Pennsylvania's free boarding
house in Philadelphia shortly after
election. This is not buncombe, but
a little note of warning.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31

The Republican party in Pennsyl-
yania began to shake very perciptibly
during the past week, so much that
Chairman Andrews, Quay, Cooper
and a score Of the bosses found it ne
cessary to go to Washington to see if
Benjamin wouldn't do something to
keep the wayering element in line.
The result of the trip was that Har-
rison unceremoniously bounced sew
eral postmasters on Tuesday among
them VIM. F. Harrity Of Philadelpbia9
whose term will not expire until No,
vember IT, By this means they ex-
pect to save Boyer, the defender of
boodlers, and thereby keep the treas.
ury from passing into honest hands.
Will the voters of Pennsylvania up.
hold such fragrant violations of civil
service reform laws, which Harrison
swore to defend and enforce?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31
Z. &E3E2 REFORM.

r...a learners of enn sylvia
e., %aa asEk eci Henry X. Boyer
'ltd his Republican legislature
asa winter to give you these laws.
he SeIni-ynonthIy Pay law; the
'octage Bill; the Company store
:iii; the Australian Ballot Bill,
ne law to make election day a
e@ai holiday, and a number of
,ther labor Reform bills. Henry
<. Boyer helped to defeat these
1iiis! Go to the polls OH Novem-
Ier 5th and vote against him.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31

DEMOCRATIC defeat is impossible
this year if the full party vote is
polled. Each and every vote is abso-
lutely necessary in order to overcome
the trickery and Doodle business of
the opposition. The corporations of
Luzerne cannot afford to have Judge
Rice defeated, hence there is no lack
of money to be used in attaining vic
tory. Therefore it is to your own
interest to see that Edwin Shortz is
elected Judge.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31
TREASURY REFORM.

Farmers of pennsylvania! A
vote for Edmund A. BiXler for
State Treasurer Is a vote for treas
ury reform, a step toward equal
zatiOn of tax alton, and his elec-
ton will he a decisive victory In
your war against monopoly and
ring rule. Go to the polls Oh Mo-
vember 5th.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-31

The bell-boys in the hotel Albe-
marie in Pittsburg got hold of the slot
and-nickle cigar machine, and by
turning it upside down they got all
the nickels out. Then they fed these
to the slot till they got all the cigars
out, after whicl Trey proceeded to gut
it of all the nickels, as before. In the
night they filled the hotel with a per-
feet orgy of cigar smoke. Tue owner of
the machine has chained it to the
floor and is seeking to discover the