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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
BESSlE'S FAMILY.

Ihave little family
OF which I'm very proud;
They never fight and never scratch.
And never cry out loud.
They sit up in the dollhouse there
When I'm away at school
Like little ladies born, and bred
BY grandma's stricteSt rule.
love them so that each one seems
The apple of my eye,
And if you'n listen just bit
I'll tell the reason why.
Well, first there is my new French doll
My Marie Antoinette;
Because she has such lovely curls
She seems my dearest pet.
Then, this old doll I've washed and scrubbed
Till she is pale and slick;
I call her now my invalid
And love her cause she's sick.
Then Pinkie-that's my china doll;
She fell and broke her knee.
have to love her very much
Cause she's lame you see.
And then there's Pinkie's sister, Belle,
(She's china every bit;
She has to wear Hubbard dress
Cause nothin' else will fit.)
Once as I washed her rosy face,
She slipped and cracked her nose
Oh how I've loved her ever since
Not even mamma knowSl
And last of all there's Sookey Ann,
My rag doll big and fat;
I'm fond of Sookey, though she Is
As black as papa's hat
For Sookey minds the other dolls
When I'm not there to See;
make her hand the cups around
When all the rest have tea.
Now that is every doll own;
I've broken all the rest.
You ask which one among the four
really love the best?
I'll have to whisper very low,
There's none of them who knows.
You will not tell? Well then, think
It's Belle who smashed her noseI
Sara B. Kennedy, in Farm and Homo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12

He was a very impatient man and he
did not think the train was going fast
enough by any means.
Conductor" he said, did you say
this train was going to Cincinnati?"
yes"
''Sure?"
"Certainly."
"Well, it may; but there is only one
way of getting it there that | can see"
'What do you mean"
Il mean that if you want to get this
train to Cincinnati you'll have to take
it apart and ship it as freight over the
other road Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12
A FAMOUS OLD CANNON.
The Remarkable Gun Once Presented
Queen Elizabeth.

The Remarkable Gun Once Presented to
Queen Elizabeth.
Queen BeSs' Pocket Pistol" the for
midable piece of brass ordnance which
for generations has overlooked the
channel from Dover cliffs, was lately
removed from its place of honor in
order to make room for battery of
modern guns, and now rests in honor
able retirement in a less conspicuous
part of the castle. This remarkable
gun is twenty-four feet long, requires
charge of fifteen pounds of powder,
and has range, it is said, of seven or
eight miles. The verify of this asser-
ton has, however, never been ascer-
tanned. Around the tube are carved
figures representing Victory and Lib
erty. The gun was gift from the low
countries to Queen Elizabeth in recog-
milton of her efforts to protect them
and their religion. On it is an inscrip-
ton in Flemish which is popularity sup
posed to mean
Load me well and keep me clean,
And I'll carry a ball to Calais Green"
On which refrain was founded the COM
mon idea that the gun was able to
sweep the French port which lay in
front of it. This translation is, how
ever, completely erroneous, as the
words really mean:
"O'er hill and dale 1 can throw my ball,
My name is Breaker of Mound and WALL"
The pocket Pistol" has long ceased
to act up to its reputation, but will
still be regarded as a worthy memento
of the spacious time" of Queen Eliza
beth.-London Daily Telegraph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12
A Flat Failure.

"Johnson has invented new hair
pin"
Il know it; but l don't believe it will
be success
''Why not?"
Because you can't unlock trunk
with il. Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12

There was nothing slow about the
fellow who had pile of sand for sale
and put a placard over it reading: For
Sale, Dirt Cheap. boston Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12
A NOSE OUT OF JOINT.

We've got baby in our house
A perfect little fright;
1 think that is the reason
1t came so late at night.
His eyes keep shutting all the time,
His head is awful bare:
And he makes SO many faces,
1t gives me quite n scare.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12

the spool to prevent the cord from I'M
winding, and when ready give the cord
a vigorous pull and the ''Dutchman"
will fly upward.
To make the "Dutchman" fly hold
the stick with the small end up in the
left hand. Several of these "Dutch-
men, can be made at one time, as they
will get lost sometimes or lodge on
high places.
The ears of the "Dutchman" should
be bent, of course. The edges that
catch the wind first in revolving should
be up, so the centrifugal force given to
the ''Dutchman" by the string and
spool will cause it to fly.
One must be very careful, though,
not to aim them at anybody, as the
sharp revolving edges would be liable
to hurt or even cut a person. If made
according to the above directions and
the ears are bent properly a vigorous
pull on the cord should make one of
these little metal pieces fly a great
many feet high.-N. Y. Recorder.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26
Mansfield state Normal School.

An effective training school for teach
ers., Special attention given to post
graduate work and preparing students
for entering college. Expenses very
moderate. Graduates from higher courses
enter advanced classes in college. Grad
yates from the elementary course are
equipped for the practical work Of teach
ing all branches in the common schools,
including drawing and physical culture.
Prospective teachers receive material
aid from the state, reducing expenses for
board, tuition, light, steam heat, and
washing az weeks), in the junior year,
to Sl6S, and in the senior year, to Sis.
Four large buildings, all heated by
steam; fine athletic grounds; healthful To-
cation; ample accommodations; thorough
discipline.
Fall term opens August 30, 1894.
For catalogue and information address
Samuel IL. A bro, A. NJ, Phi. D.,
Principal, Mansfield, Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26
FRANKLIN MACVEAGu.

ular course at Yale and graduated In
1862. He obtained decree from the
Columbia law school two years later
and then read law in New York city.
He assisted Judge Edmunds in revis-
Ing the New York statutes, after which
arduous labor his health broke down
and he sought relief in travel. lie
came to Chicago late in 1865 and helped
establish the wholesale grocery store
of Whitaker, Harmon & Co., which
soon became Harmon, MacVeagh &
Messcr. This firm in 1870 changed to
MacVeagh & Co., tho company being
mainly his brother, Wayne MacVeagh.
To Franklin Mac cVeagh Chicago owes to
a great extent its splendid fire depart
ment, for it was he who, as president
of the Citizens association after the
great Chicago fire, reorgauized the de-
partment and established it firmly on
q nonpartisan basis. He Is also large
ly responsible for the municipal
methods inaugurated In 1872, and he
has always taken q deep interest in
every movement looking toward bet
terment of the city public enterprises.
He never held public Office and was
never q candidate.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26
Caused by Whisky.

recent Canadian telegram mentions
that at ST. Thomas, Ont, an American
flag in front of the office of the United
States consul In that city was torn down
and destroyed by some members of the
Queens Own Rifles of Toronto, who were
under the influence of liquor. Some
members of the regiment who were in
the crowd protested against the out
rage, but were unable to prevent their
drunken companions from carrying out
their intention. Lieut.. Col. Smith apol-
ogized for the act, but Mr.. Willis, the
American consul, would not accept the
apology and informed the authorities
at Washington and Ottawa. The Incl
dent was generally deplored by the
citizens, but, the telegram says, was
looked upon ''as merely the result of
too much whisky" Apologies will
probably avail to adjust this trouble
between the two governments, says
the National Temperance Advocate,
but frequently "too much whisky" has
been the cause Of grave international
conflicts
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26

A WRITER In the Century magazine
adduces facts and arguments which
clearly prove that municipal govern
ment in Germany, France and England
Is superior to that of the United States.
The growth of population in German
cities compared with those of Amer
lea Is In favor of the former, and a
similar advance has been made In the
administration Of municipal affairs,
giving more solid pavements, railway
and dock accommodations. The just
conclusion is that there is room for de-
cided improvement In the management
of American cities.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26

can be derived from the original invest
ments, which, in some cases, were
nothing more than grant for some
favor done the government. What light
the government has to dispose of the
peoples heritage Without insisting upon
a proper return in the shape of tax
upon its value, has never been answered
by any of the defenders of the present
system. The land was made for all, not
by the government or by men, but by
the Creator, and no government can
consistently give to an individual that
which it holds only in trust for all the
subjects of the country which it governs.
A tax placed upon the value of land,
whether it is held by poor farmer, or
a foreign syndicate, or an American cor
poration, would take from each pro-
portionate share of the value which has
been created by the people at large.
No one would pay more than his share,
as the tax would be on the value, not on
the acreage or size of the lot. 1t would
take nothing from any man except that
(the value) which every man had aided
in creating, and would fall equally upon
all who held land of value, therein diff
fering from the present system, which
taxes the man who improves his land
and puts premium upon speculation
by remitting the taxes of such as is not
put to use. What would be the result?
The railroad companies, syndicates or
individuals who held more land than
they wished to use would quickly tire of
paying taxes upon something they did
or would not benefit by retaining, and
land in abundance would be open to all
who desired to pay the government the
annual rent for using it. Then the men
of Pullman could again walk north or
south east or west and there would be no
trespass notices forbidding them to
work upon and bring forth the neces-
saries of life from the land that God
made for all his people.
The monopoly in land is the key to
all OJllclS. ullilldu pONcI COulu HOI
make slave of any person if natural
opportunities were open to the people
and those who have the use of them
were compelled to pay for the privilege
of controlling them. Land can be made
common property without disturbing or
abridging the rights of present land
holders or altering an existing title. 1t
could be done by the adoption of tax
equal to the full yearly rent that the
land is worth. That portion belongs to
the government, to the people, Take it
and the power of the landowners dies a
natural death, quickly followed by every
other species of monopoly. Corporation
and trust rule would cease, strikes and
labor troubles would be things of past
days and America would be the free and
happy country that its forefathers had
planned and prophesized for it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26
A Hint for High Livers.

For those society women who take
little exercise and accumulate fat rap
idly" an authority on foods 'prescribes
green vegetables growing above the
ground, such as peas, spinach and as
paragus, and plain green salads I'M
mixed with poultry, meat or fish, such
as lettuce, celery and crosses, with a
French dressing, very little starch food
and white meats, chickens, lamb or
mutton, an abundance of fruit, toast
and whole wheat bread. For brain
workers, red meats, particularly beef,
is recommended, with starchy foods,
taken In the form of rice and whole
wheat bread; all green vegetables that
grow above the ground, green salads
every day, with French dressing, con-
tanning plenty Of oil, fruit In abund
ance and no sweets This authority
says: Life Is too short to be spent In
digesting potatoes. I never eat them
In any form. You might as well put
pieces Of mica into your stomach as fill
1t with Saratoga chips"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26
FISHING WITH SPREADERS.


How This Canny Device OF Anglers Is
Made and Used.
The men who like to 30 fishing, and
who don't care what they catch, no mat
ter what 1t Is, so long us 1t bites, outnum-
Der those who take particular tackle
and look for special fish about ten to
one. 1t Is all one to them whether
they catch cells, suckers, mud turtles
toadfish, bluefish or bass or crabs II
was one of these men who went homo
proudly last summer with a basketful
of Sally Growlcrs.
Such q man has wisdom and philos-
ophy. He Is apt also to be an even
more expert fisherman than the man
with fancy traps, who goes In for moth
ing but trout, wide-mouthed bass,
musltallonge, or some other Of the so
called game fish.
He can begin his fishing season as
early in the spring as worms can be
dug, and keep 1t up until they fail and
the shrimps disappear In the fall, and
need never go more than q few miles
from homo at that, If he live on any OF
our nearby waters
To this man the spreader is recon-
mended. If you are such fisherman,
If you delight In catching sunfsh,
perch, little striped bass, catfish, snap
ping mackercl, school weakflsh, lafay-
cites and such fish, and haven't got
sprcaders, get some. They used to be
on sale In every fishing tackle store,
but there are many now who do not
keep them. If you can't buy them,
make your own.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26

Much popular interest attaches to
the showing of the census returns on
the subject of the cost of government
in this country. The total receipts of
the federal, state, county, city and the
township governments of the United
States for the year 1890 amounted to
$9S2, 800, ,315, of which the larger part,
$569, ,252, ,634, was collected by the
state and local governments. From
the taxation of real estate was derived
1929, ,742,000 nearly one-third of the
total amount, while the tariff duties
produced over 100000, 900 less than
this amount. In round figures the
cost to the American people of
federal, state and local government
amounts to the magnificent total of
about billion year.-Phila.
Record
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26
To Gust u School Board.

Up to the present the school directors
of Cass township, Schuylkill county,
consisting of George Deegan, Patrick II.
Brown, Thomas Nevels, Timothy Bren-
nan, Timothy Reardon and Michael Be-
van, have failed to organize as provided
by law. There has been tie in the vote
in the distribution of the offices and the
place of meeting. After repeated efforts
the board has always failed to organize.
On Monday Timothy Brennan, one of
the directors, John Curran and Charles
O'Neil, school teachers of the district,
and Michael 0'Brien, taxpayer, pre-.
sented a petition to court at Pottsville to
have the board ousted. The court grant.
ed the rule, which is returnable next
Monday,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26

Most of the states have had system
of Communication for good behavior of
prisoners. Massachusetts is just put
ting that kind of a ticket of leave law
in force. The first subject for elem.
ency is a man now in the thirties, a
splendid specimen physically, who
fourteen years ago was given an
eighteen year sentence for burglary.
ELe has been a model prisoner and
means to begin life anew.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26

THE Chicago post office authorities
tried an experiment few days ago
with the bicycle as means of expe-
diting mail delivery. Six letter carriers
were started to deliver nine letters
each at the same places. One walked,
one rode In buggy, one rode horse,
one took the Alley L, one took the
surface lines and another rode a BIZ
cycle. The carrier who rode the BIZ
cycle won very handily.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26

The decline of the price of sulphur
has during the past year been very
large, and shows how producer of a
commodity may overreach himself if
hepractices extortion. Several months
ago the Sicilian producer found u
short supply of birthstone in the mar
kets of the world, and he deliberately
"cornered" the trade. For time he
was very successful, but the American
manufacturer, who is the largest GUS
toner OF Sicilian sulphur, set about to
solve the question, and as pyrites
could be used instead, plants were
changed to allow of that mode of
manufacture, The price of birthstone
gradually melted away.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26

The house of representatives has for
the second time passed a resolution
favoring the election of United States
senators by popular vote The res
olution did not receive senatorial sane
ton the first time, nor is likely to fare
better now. The public sentiment
may be drifting that way, but SEN
atorial sentiment is not, and the SEN
ators have the veto power in this case.
Ii an elective senator would bring in
the millennium we fear the era OF
peace and good would still have to be
postponed out Of Difference to sen.
atolial prejudices. Senators gener.
ally are content with the way they are
elected now, whether other people
are or not-Phila. Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26

A CASE of what might be called
cruelty to animals Is reported from In
dianapolis. A city gentleman took IA
notion to raise chickens. So he pur-
chased an incubator, several hundred
eggs and some full-blooded Plymouth
Rock hens. When the little chicks
were hatched, the lady of the house
boiled eggs and made hash for them to
eat. In the meantime, one of the
Plymouth Rock hens had been given a
setting Of choice eggs, but at the al
lotted time no chickens appeared. The
gentleman was rather jubilant be-
cause the incubator had proved its
superiority over the natural mother
when the lady discovered that she had
given the hen boiled eggs to hatchl
Then, instead of feeling remorse, she
got mad, and compelled the poor hen
to set another three weeks-on fresh
eggs this time, however
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inhamed con-
dition OF the mucous lining of the
eustachian tube. When this tube gets
inhamed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing. and when it is entire
ly closed deafness is the result, and un-
less the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrah, which is nothing but an in
hamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
gS Sold by druggists, 75c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26

The Forthcoming report of Albert S.
Bolles, chief of the bureau of statistics,
which is part of the report of Secretary
Stewards annual report of the depart
ment of internal affairs, contains COM
plete statistics of the strikes that have
occurred in the state during 1898. There
were SO strikes, or twice as many as in
1892. Thirty-four of these were by the
bituminous coal miners; 8 among iron
and steel workers; among carpet wea-
vers; 2 among cotton weavers; | among
chinaware manufacturer employees; /
among cloakmakers, and l among jour
neymen plasters. 1t is a singular fact
that not one of the strikes succeeded.
The number of persons involved was
II ,30S, and the estimated loss in wages
was 81, ,395 1923. The causes of the
strikes were as follows: For increase in
wages, 6; against a reduction of wages,
"a; for recognition of labor associations,
3; for semi monthly pay, l, and miscel-
laneous causes, s. The most important
strike of the year was by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad employees. The strike
began on November and continued to
December g.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26

Japan laments the decrease of for
eign visitors, who formerly spent so
much money in the country. Since
the agitation about the treaties has
aroused a regular anti foreign feeling,
people are afraid to go to that country
lest they should be molested in travel
ing. Their absence makes a CON
siderable difference in the profits of
curiosellers and dealers in en-
broideries and all kinds Of art objects.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26
Great DeIicacy.

Mr.. Amy dn telephone oflicc)-Will
you please call up Miss Marybone and
deliver a message for me?
0pcrator-Wouldn't you like tospeak
with her yourself?
Mr.. Amy-Oh, no, mol 1.-The fact is
Il dined with IN Italian friend and
one course consisted of garlic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26
FRANKLIN MACVEAGH.
Nominated for United States Senator by
the Illinois Democrats.

Nominated for United States Senator by
the Illinois Democrats.
Franklin MacVeagh, the democratic
candidate for the United States senate
from Illinois, is one,of the best-known
men In Chicago, and Is proud of the
city, and as n business man Chicago is
proud Of him in return. A graduate
with honors of Yale and the holder of
degree of the Columbia law school,
he also knows how to run grocery
store and make 1t pay. He Is equally
well read In the classics and in the
market reports. He knows Homer
even better than Bradstreet. He is
student and man of affairs He has
always been u private American citi-
zen In the strictest sense of the term,
but he is power in politics, both local
and national. For many years re-
publican, he became, like his brother,
Wayne MacVeagh, democrat. He is,
taken altogether, fair type Of the
Chicago business man, whose culture
has not deteriorated because he has
made money.
Franklin MacVcagh Is noted for his
social qualities as well rs for his intel
lectual ability or business success.
His splendid home on the Lake Shore
drive, wherein is comprehensive IL
brary, is often the scene of meetings of
men and women prominent in science,
literature and art. In appearance Mr..
MacVeagh Is tall and slender, with a
cast of countenance that comes only
from gentle breeding. Franklin Mac
Vcagh was born on farm In Chester
county, Pa, and prepared for college
in his native town. He pursued reg
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26

A CONSTANTLY increasing yield Of the
precious metals is shown by the figures
of the director of the mint for 1893, re-
Gently submitted to congress. Africa 8
product Of gold increased by S5,Qoo,ooo
and the United States by nearly s3,Ooo,-
600 over 1892. S35 1855, 900 in gold and
S77,575,757 In silver represents the total
product OF the United States for 1893
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26

THE new census for Chicago shows u
grand total Of 100000, an increase of
one hundred thousand over the worlds
fair year, which is exactly opposite to
the predictions, us 1t was thought that
n goodly proportion of the citys popu-
lation were fair residents only. One
strange political feature of the canvass
is that while there are 10000 males
over twenty-one years old in Chicago,
there are only 2ss,03 registered voters.
Consequently there are l7s,027 male
adults who do not vote-nearly forty
per cent. of the voting population.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-26

DIR. Agnew's Cure for the Heart gives
perfect relief in all cases of organic or
sympathetic heart disease in thirty min
utes, and speedily effects cure. 1t is a
peerless remedy for palpitation, short
ness of breath, smothering spells, pain
in left side and all symptoms of dis
eased heart. One dose convinces. Sold
by William Woolcock.