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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28
guardian to the little girls, Myrtle and

guardian to the little girls, Myrtle and
Myra-
Hearing of another town in which
she could get suitable employment SO
as to elze out the small income at her
disposal. she took the children with
her and settled down as dressmaker.
Faith and courage oh, how she
needed them now; alone with two little
ones depending on her.
Day by day, with steady purpose of
! doing faithfully the work coming to
her, she worked and won victory after
victory over encouragement and oc-
casional seeming defeat. These decora-
tion days We're seasons requiring more
faith and courage than at times she felt
she possessed
If, like the soldiers widows, she
could have laid flowers on the grave of
her loved one, and thought of him in
the rest of Heaven, her burden would
have grown light in comparison, but
this was not to be wherefore she knew
not.
The problem of the childrens white
dresses, on the day on which our story
opened, occupied her mind some time
after their departure. Money was
scarce with her just now, sickness had
thrown her behind, and for awhile
rigid economy had to be exercised.
"Why not give them your white
dress; you will never have it made up
for yourself whispered common sense.
Now this white dress was the only
tangible thing poor Drusilla felt she
had to look at connected with the one
romance in her life AS such she priced
It, and had kept it wrapped up in blue
paper to preserve its color.
Yes" she said to herself, sit will
make them two beautiful dresses, and
Us soldier children they will decorate
the graves"
Myrtle and Myra were in transports
of joy over the prospect of their new
white dresses. Myrtle was especially
jubilant, too much so to notice her
aunt's face as she folded the goods and
put them away. Myra, however, whom
little escaped, observed it. and told
Myrtle she was sure something was
troubling Aunt Drusilla-
"What can it bep" said Myrtle com.
ing down at once from her excitement
II don't know, MYRTLE but l believe
it is about Decoration day. Aunt looked
as though she cried last year, l remem.
ber"
1t rained the day before Decoration
day, and many were the fears ex-
pressed by the children lest it would be
too wet to wear their new white dresses
Myrtle, who resembled her aunt, with
fair hair and blue eyes, looked at her.
self with great satisfaction in the look.
ing glass. The sunshine threw streaks
of gold on her hair and a rosy tint on
her cheeks.
Won't you come to the cemetery
and see us, aunt9" asked Myra, holding
up her face for a good-by kiss.
1 mo, dear, think not. You can tell
me all about 1t when you come home.
BE good children, and be careful not
to spoil your dresses. Good-byr'
Faith and courage" whispered the
! lonely woman to herself when the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28
The distant rumblings of war at last

The distant rumblings of war at last
penetrated the little western village
where they lived, and women's hearts
failed them, knowing that the call for
their loved ones would surely come
Then Drusilla awoke from the blissful
dream in which she had indulged to the
reality of heartache and startling
consciousness of the fact which is
either fraught with much Joy or sor-
row to a woman, viz, that her heart
was no longer In her own keeping
irrevocably given to another. The call
for men came even sooner than was an
ticipated, and Hugh was one Of the first
to offer himself Notwithstanding her
grief Drusilla would not have had 1t
otherwise. Her ideal was brave man,
stalwart and fearless--but OH the mis-
cry of it! Her father and young broth
er were likewise going; the one on the
extreme limit of age permissible, and
the other almost too young for service,
but they were ready and willing, and
the women were too loyal to their coun-
try to say them nay.
The last night before the men start
ed, the two families of the Manuings
and Dexters met at the latter's house
for a farewell supper. Beneath the
pleasant flow of genial neighborly
chat there lay the deep current Of
turbulent thought and sad forebodings
to which none would give voice lest the
others should be disheartened. Drusilla
waited on the table with white face
and a compressed look about her
mouth, telling of a speechless grief
harder to bear because it must not find
voice.
1t was an evening in June The roses
were in full bloom and filled the air
with their sweetness. The scent of
roses reminded Drusilla of that even
ing for many years after. Weary of
the strain of keeping up appearances
the girl went for breath of air down
the garden path between the rose
bushes. A sense of desolation, too un-
defined for language, lay like heavy
burden on her heart Hearing foot
step on the walk she hastily turned,
dreading the interruption to these few
stolen moments of freedom from re-
straint A glance at the supposed in
truder sufficed to bring the color to her
white lips.
What did you run away for, Dru-
silla?' said Hugh, cheerily. why, you
surely are not crying because we go to
fight our country's battles and, please
God, to return with honor to our friends.
You must exercise faith and courage,
Drusilla, it is the only way to endure
these separations,
II cannot Hugh. 1t is far easier for
you to go than for us who remain to
stay at home and weep" replied the
girl, tearfully.
flow do you know that Drusilla
L"
There was no opportunity for further
speech, the rest of the family joined
them and the conversation became gen
eral The summons came earlier than
was expected in the morning and leave
takings were of necessity brief. Faith
and courage-those two words burned
themselves, as 1t were, into Drusilla's
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28

very soul Faith first in her God and
then in Hugh, and courage to take
up boldly the duties of each long sad
day, and to wait for the tidings of
loved ones that might never come
Some time after the departure of tho
men from Leigh Valley a distant re-
lative visited the family and brought
for Drusilla, as a present, beautiful
white dress, In an instant the thought
occurred to her that it might serve as a
wedding dress If Hugh should return
and ask her to be his wife
'lIe meant to do so that night, l am
sure" she frequently said to herself.
"Oh, if he had only spoken, it would
have been easier to bear now"
Troubles came thickly to the Dexter
family after the first year OF absence.
Occasionally letters from the field told
of wounds and suffering, and finally
they ceased altogether. From Hugh
there were two or three communica-
tions 10 his family and then he too
was silent At the close of the war the
father and brother returned. Careful
nursing restored the latter, but no low
'ib Nttc toulu OTluB uedlJIl 10 Ile SudO
tered constitution of the former, and in
few months he was laid to rest in
soldiers grave. Hugh's whereabouts
was a mystery. He was heard of as
wounded and prisoner, and the opin-
ion of his relatives was that he too
had fallen a victim to the horrors of
the war.
Faith and courage, oh for i'll"
prayed Drusilla many times day;
mot my will, but Thine be done" she
murmured from the depths of her
stricken soul.
Her mother died, and then she went
to distant town to live with her
brother, who had married and settled
down. AS the patient aunt of his little
girls, and the mainstay of the church
to which she belonged, she did not lead
an unhappy life, although an abiding
sorrow was her portion. The mystery
attending Hugh's fate remained un-
solved Other troubles, however, fol-
lowed Her brother and his wife were
both taken, and she was left sole
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28

CNUARrER NOTICE.-In the court of com
- mon pleas of the county of LuZcrnc No
tCc is hereby given that an application Will be
made to the said court, or law judge thereof,
on Thursday, June II, 1894, at 10 O'Clock II. M,
under the act of assembly of the common
wealth of PENNSYLVANIA, entitled, An act to
provide for the incorporation and regulation Of
certain corporations,n approved April -, 1874.
and the supplements thereto, for the charter OF
an intended corporation to bc called The Min
ing and Mechanical Institute of the Anthracite
Coal Region of Pennsylvania the character
anu object whereof is the support of an cduca-
tlohal and scientific undertaking in ailording
10 men and boys who are engaged, or are desir-
Gus OF engaging, in the business of mining, or
IN mechanical, or other pursuits, Il better OPP
p9rtuhliS Oh hitting themselves for the work in
Nhlch they propose to engage, and to furnish
lhose VINO desire to do So proper facilities for
preparing themselves thoroughly to pasS the
examinations required by the mine laws of
fennsyINnna and for these purposes TO have,
possess ana enjoy all the rights, benefits and
privileges conferred by the said act of assem-
bly, and its supplements.
May II, 1891. S. p. WolvertOn, solicitor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28

procession on Decoration day and
carry flowers to the soldiers graves"
Aunt Drusilla looked up from her
sewing, gave a scarcely audible sigh
and said nothing. Too much excited
to notice this apparent lack of interest
on the part of her aunt the elder child
continued the fascinating description
of the event in which she hoped to play
so prominent part In breathless
tone, wherein was just suspicion OF
an undercurrent Of pride, she pro
ceeded eagerly:
"And l am to walk first. teacher
says-and we are to wear white
dresses with bright sashes-it will be
lovely, p
1T won't be quite SO lovely if we
haven't any white dresses to wear"
interrupted her little sister Myra, who
was of a practical turn of mind.
Myrtle's face fell somewhat at this,
and moment or two of thoughtful
silence followed Quickly rallying,
however, she turned to her aunt as to
person of inexhaustible resources, say
ing confidently:
Aunt Drusilla will fix us some,
know she will "
mo you don't. Myrtle, Aunt Drusilla
hasn't said she would"
"You will, won't you, aunt2" said
Myrtle, coaXingly.
"You must wait until think it over,
children-you know l am not made of
money"
AS this was somewhat common ex-
preston with Aunt Drusilla when
extra drains were made on her pocket
book, and often resulted favorably,
the little girls felt no serious misgiv-
ings with reference to their white
dresses
Left once more to herself Drusilla
continued her work with thoughts
which wandered far from her present
surroundings, Time had flown by, car
rying with it one by one of her old
associates, either on the matrimonial
wave, or to the shore where there is
neither marrying nor giving in mar
riage, and still she, Drusilla Dexter,
remained with an uueventful past and
an apparently joyless future l said
''uneventful;' in that, perhaps erred
taking the general opinion of the
few who thought they knew Drusilla's
history from beginning to end as a cri
terion for the precise truth.
The wise man has truly said; Every
heart knoweth its own bitterness and
stranger intermeddleth no. with its
joys" and he might have added-its
own secret hopes
Some fifteen years before the date OF
my story, while In her fathers home,
Drusilla cherished, and fell asleep many
night to dream of, an ideal of manly
type, No one suspected it-naturally
reserved, she said but little Of what
touched her in the tenderest spots.
Hugh Manning, their neighbor's son,
was big boy when she first started
for school His was the friendly hand
upon which she had relied in all her
childish troubles, and out Of the abun-
dance of a large-hearted nature he
never refused to help the shy little
maiden whose thanks were often only
an appreciative smile. Years passed in
this way until Hugh was man indeed
and Drusilla a sweet-faced maiden.
The neiphborly companionship con-
tinued and Drusilla cared for none
other To see him once in a few days,
even, satisfied her. .,...--.....
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28
THE DELAWARE, SUsoUEHANNA AND
i SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.
Time table In effect September g. 1888.

Time table in effect September 8, 1893.
Trains leave Drifton Cor Jeddo, Eckley, Halle
Brook, stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roam
and Hazleton Junction at Q 90, 0 10 IN, IL 10,
4 " m, daily except Sunday, and % IN, . %
p IN, Sunday.
Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry,
Tomhicken and Deringer ut O 90 IN, IL 10 p m,
daily except Sunday; and % u M, 23S p m,
Sunday.
Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction,
Harwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and
Sheppton at 10 a M, l2 10, 4 90 p M daily except
Sunday; and G3 III, 81 IN, Sunday:
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Harwood,
Cranberry, TomhiGken and Deringer ut 81
M, 40 m, daily except Sunday; and s AZ m.
IL m, sunday.
Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road,
Oneida and Sheppton ut AZ, IL IN, IL 40, 4D
p M, daily except Sunday and 4O II IN, 0S p
TRIMS leave Deringer for Tomhicken, Gram
berry, Harwood,, H9zloton Junction, Roam,
Eckley, Jeddo and Drifton ut 40 6 or M
daily except Sunday; and 81 a III, 8 O7 p III.
Sunday.
Road, iarwood Road, Oneida Junction. Halle
ton Junction ard Roam ut 81 10 l8 n m. / Ii.
b % IN, daily except Sunday; and S IA u IN. 3 45
:, Trains leave sheppton for Beaver Meadow
Road, stockton, llazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
ena nriiton at IO IL IN, % p m daily, except
sunday; ana II IN, - p M Sunday
=, Trains leave Hazleton junction for Beaver
meadow houd, Stockton, Iaze Brook Eckley,
''ii' IIliloll NJ ~ % Il IN, Is ii, D A. y ~ d
Sunday. ' '
All trains connect at HaZleton Junction with
electric cars for Hazleton, Jeanesvile, Auden-
r,ed and other points on Lehigh Traction Cos.
Trains leaving Drifton at 10 m, Hazleton
junction at Q III u III, and Sheppton mt h2 n m.
10 IN, connect at Oneida junction with L. v.
X. X. trains east and west
Train leaving Drfton ut 9 90 n IN, makes con-
nection ut Deringer with p. X. X. train for
Wilkes-Barre, Sunbury, Harrisburg, etc.
Z. B. COKE, DANIEL COKE,
President Superintendent
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28


She fingers in the lanes or ferny wood
Or where the meadows bloom in solitude,
Or listens on the rivers sedgy brink
10 the glad song OF her own bobolinR.
Her swift foot pauses where the grasses wave
Above some half-forgotten soldiers grave
She stoops above war dcsolated spots
To seal forgiveness with forget t-me'nOts
And writes with mosses on the crumbling
stone
Heroic names recalled by her alone
May. so prodigal in memories!
Hast thou forgot the battles on the seas?
Hast thou forgot the seamen that went down
Without fear to blanCh the cheek of brownY
No violet or primrose ever rests
Its futed leaves upon these warrior breasts
No friendly hand has declSed their ocean grave
Nor sorrows tribute reached them through the
wave.
Perchance the drifting seaweed drops spray
In the unfolded arm, then floats away;
Perchance those crystal corridors below
Are lighted by faint and shifting glow
Where passing birds with soft and sheeny
wings,
Shed CLEANS of glory in their wanderlngsl
Not for their age alone the brave old ships
Set laundering trumpets to their iron lips
They poured that awful oloquence of fire
To right the wrong, and lift the right stll
higher
The ocean or the shipyard claims the wrecks,
And shadowy crews invest the rotttng decks
A ghostly canvas flutters to the breeze.
Hast thou no garlands, May, for such as theseS
Bring thy deep urn filed with q nations tears;
Sing thy sweet psalm sprung from our happier
years;
And where warship moulders on our shore,
Worn like grandsire whose long work is DER
Yet on whose rough cheek baby fingers stray
Give the grim past the blossoms of today
Curtis May, in Youths Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages and that is
catarrh. Halls catarrh cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitu-
tional disease requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
thereby destroying the foundation ol
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietoGs have so much faith in
its curative powers. that they offer ou1
hundred dollars for any case that it fats
20 cure. Send for list OF testimonials.
Address,
T. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, 0.
e, sold by druggists, 75c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28

Senator German, in his speech yester-
day, intimated that the Democrats are
finally united in support of the tariff bill.
1t is comforting, to say the least, to
know that they have at last arrived at
this stage Of the bill-but at what cost?
Instead of the original Wilson bill,
which suited all Democrats except the
absolute free traders, the senate proposes
to pass measure that has been Nc
Kinleyized in nearly every schedule.
Indeed, it goes against the grain of some,
not many, but nevertheless some of the
Democratic senators to vote for the bill
in its present form, but our radical
friends were told to accept that or get
nothing. Reasoning that half a loaf is
better than none, they have promised
their support.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28

The men who are here representing
Democracy today are, as a rule, the
most contemplate and cowardly coun-
terfeits that ever disgraced our legisIa-
tive halls. The Democratic party owes
Senator PETER vote of thanks for COM
pelling them to show their hands upon
the very important question of free iron
ore, as that was one of the keynotes of
the Democratic campaign in 1899. The
opinion is gaining ground here that such
millstones as German, Hill, Brice, etc,
must be thrown overheard before the
party can ever again ask the country's
support. They are protectionists at
heart, and must be given to understand
that they are in the wrong camp. Demo-
cracy has been disgraced, defeated and
betrayed in the senate.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28

Wall paper, 6 cents per double roll at
A. A, Bachman's. Paper hanging done
at short notice.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. c., May %, 1894.

Washington, D. c., May %, 1894.
The Democratic senators were subject
ed to a great deal of criticism by the
Republicans this week during the debate
on the iron ore schedule of the tariff
bill. Mr.. Aldrich, of Rhode Island,
opened the debate by sarcastically point
ing out inconsistencies of the Democratic
senators, as manifested in the bill, after
the professions made by them in the
several political campaigns of the past
dozen years in favor of free raw ma
terials, free iron ore, free coal, etc. He
especially called attention to the ante
election promises made by Mr.. Mills, of
Texas, who in speeches made before
people in Pennsylvania and in New
England, had deluded many of these
people into supporting the Democratic
party in the election of 1892 by making
false promises that as soon as the Demo-
cratic party should get into power it
would reform the tariff and give the
people free raw materials.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28

IN THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS
| of Luzcrne county, No. 3O6, April sessions,
1884. In re additional election district to be
known as Pond Creek election district in Foster
township.
Notice is hereby given that the report of the
commissioners in the above stated case has
been filed with the clerk of the court of quar-
ter sessions, and was confirmed nis by the
court on May II. 1894, and that said report will
be confirmed absolutely by the court unless
exceptions thereto are filed within twenty days
from the presentation of the report to the court.
a. Lee Stanton,
Clerk of the court of quarter sessions.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28

Pcnics supplied with ice cream, cakes,
candy, etc, at low prices by Laubach.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28

To this Mr.. Mills retorted with charac-
teristic warmth and vigor that it was
not his fault that the promises made by
himself and others of his Democratic
party colleagues were not to be fulfilled
in this bill. "If | had the making of
this BILL" he said, 81 would provide for
absolute free trade. | would close up
every custom house in this country and
establish school houses in them" The
applause from the galleries when this
remark was made astonished some of
the members on the Democratic side,
but it didn't seem to have much effect
upon them when the vote upon Peffer's
amendment to place iron ore on the free
list was taken, shortly afterward. They
voted almost solidly for a 40 per cent.
duty, and in doing so thoroughly dis
gusted the radical members of the house,
and l suppose the Democrats of the
entire country.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28

Finest line wash fabrics, McDonald's.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28

Though many may not believe it, it is
true that the McKinleyizing and Cor
manizing of the bill was strenuously
fought in the senate by the Populists
and several Democrats, but under the
threats of Hill and his little band of
political demogogues, whose votes are
necessary to secure its passage in some
shape, the majority had to submit and
turn their backs upon the Chicago plat
form and the promises made to the
voters in 1890 and 1892. 1t was bitter
pill to swallow, but the doctors who ad-
ministered the dose will have to answer
outraged Democracy at the polls or in
some manner before many years 90 BY.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28
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MAY IS, 1894.
TEhVE EDEEJ AN

LEAVE FREELAND.
COS, s25, 093. 10 Il q IN, IS, 227, 40, 4 55
5 80 o IS, Z 12, 81, 10 10 p m, for Driftoh
Jeddo, Lumber Yard, Stockton and Haziaton
sos, S25. 98 m, IS, 940 4 50 p N, for
Mauch Chunk. Allentown, Bethlehem, Philn.,
sos, SS3, l04l a m, 9s7, ass. o SO p m, for
Mahanoy City, Shenandoah and Pottsvillc.
20, 10 SO IN, II 30, 43i p m, (via Highland
Branchl for White Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkes.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
II 40 IN and 45 m for Drifton, Jeddo Lum-
Der Yard and Haaleton.
345 pm for Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenan-
doah- New York and Philadelphia
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
$50. T1S, %, 81, 10 SO, II 30 a m, l2 5S Q l8,
+34, 65S, AZ, l0& pm, from Hazleton, Stock
ton Lumber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton
20, 0 10, 10 80 u m, l3, "a, So, 10 - p m,
from Delauo, Mahanoy City and Shenandoah
via New Boston Brnneh).
IL s., 5 10, s Al, 10 % p m, from Now York, Eas-
ton, philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allentown and
Mauch Chunk.
o q, 10 SO m, l2 So, 8 40, 0 6S, S47, 082 D m,
from Easton, Phlla., bethlehem and Mauch
9g3, 10 4lam, ss7, 8 rs p m from White Haven,
Glen Summit, Wilkes Barre, Pittston and l.. ana
b. Junction via Highland Branch).
SUNDAY TRAINS.
II 81 IN anil 3 II p nj, from Hazleton, Lum-
Der Yard, .Tcddn and Drifton. o
II 81 a m from pclano, linzloton' fhiladeiphia
and kastOn.
33i pm from De,auo and Mahanoy region.
For further information inquire OF Ticket
CHAs. s. LEE, Genr Pass. Agent,
Phila., Pa.
II. II. WILBUR. Gen. supt- East: Div,
A. W. NONN EBlACHER. Asst q. p. A.,
South Bethlehem, Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-28

Radicals have insisted upon retaining
the income tax paragraph in the act,
not so much because they wanted it, but
to give the kickers against the other
parts to understand that they could not
rule the party completely. 1t remained
there, despite the bluster and froth Hill
and Smith made in their speeches and
indeed, if all the other schedules of the
bill had been left just as they came from
the house, believe that they would 90
through on the final roll-call. The risk,
however, was great, for the party could
Hill threatened to cast his ballot with
the Republicans if not granted part of
what he asked. The income tax is not
an ideal mode of collecting revenue, but
it is more sensible, just and honest than
n policy that would force the total ex
pense of the government from the
pockets of day-laborers. S.