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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31
Weddings of the Week.

John b. Hanlon, of Birvanton, anC
Miss Catharine Mclaughlin, of Adams
street, were married by Rev. NJ. j. Falli
hee at st. AIMS church on Tuesday
evening at o'clock. The bridesmaid
was Miss Julia Ruddy, of Miners Mills,
and the best man was Edward +. Han
Ion, Il brother of the groom. Immedia-
tely after the ceremony the wedding
party returned to the home of the bride S
parents, where the young couple receiv-
ed the congratulations and expressions
of good will from hundreds OF friends.
Very many valuable and useful presents
were received. Mr.. and Mrs. Hanlon
have taken up their residence in we'll
furnished house on Centre street, near
North.
Bartley Boyle, a well-known and
popular young man of Mauch Chunk,
who resided in Drifton for many years,
was married to Miss Katie Otis, of East
Mauch Chunk, in the Catholic church
of the former town on Tuesday morning.
Joseph Kennedy, of Drifton, acted as
groomSman
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31
baptist Church Notes.

At a meeting of the church congrega-
tion on Tuesday evening resolution
was passed expressing the thanks of the
members to all who assisted so literally
and kindly in making the recent fair
such an unexpected success. Tle sum
realized was beyond the most sanguine
expectations, and will assist telially
In removing the amount yet due upon
the church property.
ID. s. Jones, clerk pro tenn
Bi-monthly entertainments will be a
feature hereafter. William Williams
and William Davis, musical directors,
Walter Moses, chairman of literary, and
Miss Elizabeth Parry, organist, are now
arranging for these events. A new
organ has been placed in the basement
and will be used at the entertainments.
The subjects of next Sundays sermons
will be as follows: Morning, "The
Christians Three Fold View of Life:''
evening, 1.-The Purchase and Retention
of Truth"
Rev. J. 7. Griffith left for Lansdale
this morning, where he was called to
perform the marriage ceremony for two
young friends. The wedding took place
at noon, and in the evening he will
preach in the~Lansdale Baptist church.
Rev. Griffith will return home tomorrow
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31

City Treasurer Oellers, OF Philadelphia,
left for Harrisburg on Tuesday, taking
with him SAG, ,776.l5, the balance due the
state on the personal property tax ac-
count. The treasurer paid this over to
the state treasurer and then demanded
payment of the $1,0l5, ,47s.56 due the
city by the state on this account. The
amount, however, will not be immediate
ly paid, as the state treasurer is always
slow about it, Notwithstanding the fact
that the last report of the state treas
urer shows there are over four millions in
cash owned by the state. On the school
fund there is due Philadelphia $5s5, 900,
which should have been paid by the
state treasurer on July l.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31
Will Dance the Old Year Out.

The old year will be danced out to-
night by merry throng at Yannes'
opera honse, where the members of the
Tigers Athletic Club will hold their
eighth annual ball. The hall is in fine
condition for the large crowd which is
expected will attend, and the arrange
ments made for the accommodation of
gusts are well nigh perfect. The de-
corations, which are always one of the
many features at the Tigers ball, will
even be more beautiful than last New
Years Eve.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased Iortion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is causc'l by an infiamed con-
dition of the mucous lining OF the
eustachian tube. When this tnbe gets
inliamed you have Iumbling 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 ont of ten are caused by
catarrah, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of deafness Caused by eatarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
10 Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31
Mrs. Falk's Sudden Death.

Mrs. Helma Falk, wife of Jacob Falk,
of Wikesbarre, and a sister of Joseph
Neuburger, of Freeland, died very sud
denly at her home on Monday evening
of heart disease. Her age was 62 years.
Mrs. Falk was most estimable lady
and was esteemed by wide circle of
friends. She had lived In Wllkesbarre
almost fifty years and is survived by her
husband and four children.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31
PLEASURE CALENDAR.

December 31.-Eighth annual ball OF
Tigers Athletic Clnb at Yannes' opera
house. Admission, so cents.
December 31.-Fourth annual ball of St
Vigilio's Tirolese Society at Yannes
hall. Admission, 25 cents.
January g. 3.-Literary and musical enter.
tainment at the Grand opera house
Admission, 10 and Is cents.
January 25.-Annual ball of the Citi
zen's Hose Company at Yannes' opera
house. Admission, so cents.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31
Winter Blasts

Will be late again this year.
Good for the buyer; bad for
[ he merchant. We can't think
of profits now. We're glad to
get our money back.
OUercOatS at cost.
You can buy for $3.50
the same COat for Which
you paid 81 before.
Winter Suits UNDERGO Tie
same treatment.
Children's Refers, $3.50
cunt be beat.
Fine Astrachnn or Boztcze
Refers, north So, at $3. so.
our csc Wool Knee Pants
are going Hhe hot cakes,
Winter Caps, eUery hind,
every style, for comfort and
beauty. Get one for the
time Of need. Mean1chile
Wear q nObby Derby Hat
as lone as lie uoe0ther per-
naits. IT you do not IRISH
to pay SO or So or $3.50
nobody 1cilL be the 1ciser if
you get q 99c Derby ut o.
shO'S.
Cnappedhands9 Foolish!
When you can get such
good GloUes for 2Oc and
25c or as high as you irish
to 60.
Boys henry M1tts, 25c
ones, Zoe.
OLSEIO'S
Clothing and Hat Store,
81 Centre street, Freeand
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31

The following have been elected a,
officers OF Afbutus Lodge, No. GIL, Ere,
and Accepted Masons, OF Freeland:
Worshipful master-Rev. j. w. Bis
cbof.
Senior warden-Dr. c. w. Richards.
Junior warden-J. p. Powell
Secretary-H. B. Price.
Treasurer-H. Il. Sweeney.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31
AUCTION SALB!

Our entire stock of Jewelry
is to be sold to the highest bid.
der. We will sell every after
noon and evening. This will be
the greatest sale Hazleton has
ever had. We invite every.
body to attend. Ladies espe.
cially invited.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31

Ben Reynolds, d. S. & S. engineer,
is suffering from an attack of fever at
his home in the Coke Addition.
Editor Fowler, of the Progress, is slow
ly recovering from dangerous cold.
Daniel Boner is confined to his home
with severe attack Of the grip.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31
DEATHS.

Sweeney. Hazleton, December 90,
Frank Sweeney, formerly of Eckley,
aged AZ years. Funeral will leave his
residence, 204 South Vine street, Haz-
Teton, on Friday at p. M, via trolley.
Intermcnt at st. AIMS cemetery.
Breslin =
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31

Fiftytwo lots in Woodside Addition
to the borough of Freeland, south OF the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, divided up into
sections of three or four lots, will be Of
fored for sale until o'clock p. M, Janu-
airy s, 1897. For terms and full particu-
lars with plans apply at once to
Arthur Mcclellan, secretary.
The Cross Creek Coal Company.
Drifton, Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31
Cheap Gum Boots and Rubbers.

/ am selling out several hundred pairs
OF mems and boys gum boots and ladies'
rubbers at 20 per cent below cost. Call
at once, as everything must be sold be-
fore the new year. Hugh Malloy, cor
ner of Centre and Walnut sts., Freeland.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31

All property taxes for 1896 not paid on
or before December 80 will returned to
the commissioners to be sold.
Hugh Malloy. collector.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-31
Fresh Cows for Sale.

Five fresh cows are offered for SALE
cheap at Mrs. August Widdck's farm
Dorrance. Pa. The animals are in first
class condition and of fine stock.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
FACTS AND FINDINGS.

Many bar helps keep up summer re-
sort, and many summer resort helps
keep up hell.-Attila, in Lever.
Temperance is the moderate use Of
all things helpful and total abstinence
from all things harmful-Union Sig
nal.
The deaths from alcoholism in Stock
holm amount to 90 per loco. which is
the highest rate in the world.
Never forget that the rumseller fights
fer his business. He can afford to spend
his money. If successful he can easily
rGcompense himself from the pockets Of
hR Enthusiastically Tribune.
A decrease in 1895 compared to 1894 Of
$5,170, 795.43 in revenue from alcoholic
liquor is shown by the United States
commissioners report for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1895.
A liquor journal says: drunkenness
is crime that deserves punishment"
Why not also punish the producers Of
drunkenness-the manufacturers Of
drunkards?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Mrs. Luke Fish, of Anderson. Mich,
has been married only five years, yet she
is the mother of eight children-four
sets of twins-all of whom are in good
health.
AT the recent hanging of Mat Moot
ry in Texas the assemblage present was
so enormous that the sheriff was
obliged to announce standing room
only"
The schooner Good Intent, said to
be the oldest craft registered in the Of
fetal list of merchant vessels, is ready
to start out on her S4th year of cruis-
ing from Belfast, Me-, where she has
been tied up during the winter.
AT the present time there are owned
and controlled by the railroads and pri-
vate car companies of America nearly
1850, 900 freight cars, or enough cars to
make two continuous trains reaching
from Boston to San Francisco, with an
engine for every As cars.
The lord lieutenant of British
county is a permanent provincial gov
ernor appointed by the sovereign, whom
he directly represents. He is the head
of the magistracy, the militia and the
yeomanry, and is responsible in cases
of emergency for the preservation of
the public peace. He has the power of
appointing deputy lieutenants.
There is in existence n curiouslclass
of knives of the sixteenth century, tRs
blades OF which have on one side the
musical notes to the benediction of the
table, or grace before meat, and on the
other side the grace after meat The set
of these knives usually consists of four.
They were kept in an upright case of
stamped leather, and were placed be-
fore the singer.
Some idea of the terrors of a burst
ing volcano may be gained from the
account of the last eruption in Hawaii.
The crater of the volcano was filled
from 600 to / 1000 feet deep with molten
lava, which finally forced its way
through subterranean passage. It
was 40 miles from there to the sea. vet
this avalanche of molten rocks reached
the waters in less than two days, de-
stroying everything in its track.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
THE LIQUOR BUSINESS.
1t Is Wholly Bad-Public Opinion Nor
and More Inclined to Outlaw 1t.

1t Is Wholly Bad-Public Opinion More
and More Inclined to Outlaw 1t.
The Nashville Advocate continues to
do vigorous work against the whisky
traffic and in favor of temperance. This
editorial paragraph is a sample of its
Sirectness and force in this connections:
The liquor business is wholly bad. 1t
has not single redeeming feature
There is not one word to be said for it.
Nobody that is worth counting dares
approve it. 1t continues to exist by
mere sufferance. Public opinion is more
and more inclined to outlaw it. There
is not 4 southern state in which the
ma ority of white voters would not wipe
it out tomorrow. 1t is in the position Of
a condemned criminal who is making
the most of brief reprieve. The great
distillers and brewers know that their
profits are in danger. Hence they con-
tribute large sums of money, hire skilled
lobbyists, buy up purchaseable legisla-
tors, and resort TO all manner of ques-
tionable methods for putting off the
day of doom. They may well be
alarmed The decent and God-fearing
people of the land will not remain for
ever acquiescent to this trade of blood.
Speed the day when they will demand
it's cessation"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
NIGHT ON SHIPBOARD.
The Regular Duties and the Time for
General Relaxation.

pcheral helaxatlOn.
The first CALI is sounded again
five minutes before shutdown, when the
ensign and the jack-halyards are
manned and a staylight made ready for
hosting to indicate the ships where
abouts during the night. Then the
color call follows at shutdown as the
flag is lowered and saluted by all as
it reaches the deck. The assembly Is
then sounded for evening quarters and
muster, but there Is no drill.
AS a rule it is just after sunset When
the bugle call is sounded to STAND by
hammocls." That brings all the crew
on deck, and they stand in silence close
out TO the ships side beside the ham
mock MEETINGS, in two ranks facing the
stern, until the boatswain's mate re
ports to the officer on deck: "All up
and aft" The latter then orders: 'Un-
covert Pipe down." and in obedience
to this order and the boatswain's wills
tie the nettings are thrown down, and
the hammocks are served out and taier
below to their proper places. Eacl:
hammock has printed on it a number,
and that same number is on the hook
below decks where that hammock has
tC be swung, so that each man sleeps in
the same place every night, and that
place is called his billet"
Unless, now, a boat is called away
there will be no more bugle calls until
five minutes of nine. The period is
one of complete relaxation, and is spent
by the sailors in smoking, spinning
yarns, singing, playing on musical in
struments and dancing. At five min
utes of nine the first call is again sound
ed as a warning to the crew to pre-
pare to turn into their hammocks and
go to sleep. At nine o'clock comes the
call known as Tattoo"
This Tattoo is the survival of an old
custom. In the 'old navy" it used to
last Is minutes, and was performed
with drum and fife, playing all manner
of airs and quicksteps, according to
the fancy or ingenuity of the drummer
and tifer. 1t is even said to have been
handed down from a period of supersti.
ton, when they used to make hula
baloo after dark to drive the devils out
of the ship. At the last note of Tattoo
the ships bell is struck twice for nine
O'clock, and the boatswain's whistle
sounds pipe down" Every man must
then turn into his hammock, whether
he is sleepy or not, for an inspection j.
made by the master-at-arms to see that
oil have done so. Then sounds THAI
last, long, mcurnful call, Taps. -
Lieut.. John NJ. Ellicott, in St. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
SMOKING LEADS TO DRINK.



DIR. Mu1hall of st. Louis, Mo-, recently
read before merdica. society paper on
cigarette smoking, practice which he
heartily condemned, especially in young
persons. DIR. Ingalls,, of Chicago, was
outspoken in his condemnation of to-
bacco in all forms, especially in the form
Of cigarettes. He declared that he had
seen many persons whose nervous sys-
TEN was seriously affected by indul-
gence in tobacco, and had also seen
chronic inflammation of the throat pro-
duced by smoking. DR.. Langmade had
so long been accustomed to recognize
the i'll effects of Understanding upon
the throat that he was able to tell by eX-
animation of the throat alone whether
also whether he had abstained for a
few dayA He called attention to the
interesting fact that the best singers
abstain from smoking before a public
appearance, and that, in some cases,
singers had been obliged to abstain from
smoking for several weeks before some
special effort. He also complained Of
cigarette smoking because of the mar
cotic effect produced by it, to which the
smoker becomes readily addicted.
AS an evidence of the poisonous eff
fects Of tobacco, he referred to a case in
which he had applied a solution of nico-
tine to the throat of a patient for the
relief of a condition which was sup
posed to be benefited by smoking, but
with the most disastrous results, the
patient fainting at once, and being re-
vived only with mdSh difficulty.
DR.. Mulhall, who was somewhat of an
apologist for tobacco, admitted that
tobacco leads, in i certain degree, to
the use of stimulants y owing to
the temporary depression produced by
smoking, which could be relieved by
alcohol" But he held that the COM
bined effect of alcohol and tobacco was
very bad in the end. 1t is thus that the
Use of one poison leads to that of an
other. Smoking is only stepping stone
to alcoholic intemperance
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
BODIES FOUND IN A TRENCH.



Skeletons from the unknown graves
at stockton, Kan, have been brought to
st. Joseph, Mo-, and are now in the
hands of physicians, who have decided
that they are the bones of Indians. The
skeletons We're taken from trench
where 300 bodies have been buried.
Rain washed the earth from a skull
at the side of the road and it led 10 the
discovery of the burying ground. The
bodies had been piled into the trench
face downward and in every shape, pre-
sumably after battle or massacre.
The bodies of women and children were
buried in the grave, but there was not
weapon or piece of pottery TO show
their race. The skeletons of the men
were of ordinary stature and many of
them do not resemble Indians in any
way. The oldest inhabitants about
Stockton do not remember any battle
having been fought near the place
where the skeletons were found, and
have concluded that the bodies must
have been buried there before the ar
rival of any white settlers. 1t was be-
lieved for a time that the skeletons
were those of white people who had
been killed by Indians while crossing
the plains, and physicians were asked
to examine them for the purpose of as,
certaining their nationality.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Il hear your friend is practicing tho
most rigid economy" yes; she does
nothing but shop"-Yonkers States
man.
-She-"This novelist writes of his
heroine as a tall girl with becoming
blonde hair" He-''I suppose he means
by that that she was having it bleached."
Cincinnati Enquirer.
-Attorney-''What was there about
the deceased that led you to believe he
was of unsound mind?" Witness
well, for one thing he abhorred
bicycles. '-Philadelp North Amer
lean.
is dis where dey wants boy?"
ut is; but he must be boy who never
utters an untruth and does not use
slang or swear" "Well, me brudder's
deaf mute. I'll send i'm 'round."-
Memphis Scimitar.
Would you like sonata before
dinner?" said the Washington hostess
to the gentleman from Kentucky.
"Well, | don't mind" said he; u had
two on my way here, but reckon can
stand another. boston Herald.
Ills One a-Branson-"Old Mr..
Garlicb completed century this morn
ing" Hy Geer-"How long did it take
him?" Branson-"Why, a hundred
years" Hy Geer-"Great Ixon. What
wheel did he ride?" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Kind Neighbor accompanied by
large mastiff, to little girl very much
afraid of him)-"Ie's good dog; he
never hurts anyone. Don't you see how
he's wagging his tail?" Little Girl
(still shrinking back)-"Yes, l see;
but that isn't the end I'm afraid Of
Tit-Bits.
Mr.. Wiggles- 1 tell you not
to tell Waggles that we were going 20
move? | didn't want him to know it,
and to-day he asked me when we were
going to make the change" Mrs. Wig
giles Indignantly III didn't say a word
to him about it. l didn't tell anybody
but his wife -Somerville Journal.
The mother asked little Dot to 90
into the next room and see if the clock
was running, for she had not heard it
strike all the afternoon. Dot came run
ming back, put her curly head into the
door, and exclaimed: why, no mamma,
de clock amt a runnn' 1t is DIES stand
in still and a-wagging its tail" - Con-
gregationalist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
UNUSED STAMPS.
How Uncle Sam Redeems Envelopes That
Are Spoiled or Misdirected.


Are Spoiled or Misdirected.
One of the most interesting branches
of the postal service is that which IS
devoted to the redeeming of stamped
envelopes which have been miSdirected
a person of an observing turn can spend
a very profitable half-hour there any
time, listening to the stories told by the
men and women of how they came to
spoil so much valuable stationery. III
deed, it is a remarkable thing how 50
many envelopes get INSTRUCTED, many
large firms returning them in lots OF
several thousand at a time. The CLERKS
who have to count them say that it is
all gross carelessness, and they point
to the way in which the envelopes are
returned some back TO back and
others folded and twisted into every
possible shape. All this means extra
work to the clerks, who have very lit.
tie spare time on their hands.
The envelopes are redeemed in all
cases possible, many packages being re-
ceiyed which have obviously not been
instructed. For instance, if firm
goes out of existence and has a quantity
of envelopes left over, the chances
are that a marking brush will ba
drawn over the edges instead of
a few scratches being made on
each envelope. There are many ways
in which envelopes can be spoiled for
business purposes and if a list of all
the peculiar cases were made it would
fill book. One man recently brought
in a box full over which he had spilled
a bottle of ink, while another had d
large quantity that had been badly
damaged by fire, and a third appeared
with lot that he claimed had been
gnawed by mice.
The government, of course, loses
nothing in these transactions. 1t has
been already paid for the envelopes and
printing, and it redeems only the face
value of the stamps. The New York
office makes payment not in cash, but in
postage stamps, and these stamps have
to come out of the regular supply, as
the department at Washington will not
recognize any demand until the mis-
directed envelopes have been counted
n. Y. Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
A DEADLY ROPE.
1t Had Caught Others, and the Father
Was Dangling 1t Before His Own
Children.


Was Dangling 1t Before His Own
Children.
Rev. William Taylor, in the Brethren
Evangelist, relates the following auto
biographical incident:
Il was sitting at the table of an Irish
merchant in $ few years ago. He
had eight beautiful children. He had
his wines and brandy on the table, and
of course asked me to drink, and / had
to give my reasons for declining. This
gave me an opportunity to put in lit
tie temperance, and while | was making
my little speech by way OF apology, 1
made this remark:
Il would like to see the man who
could truthfully say: NO relative or
friend OF mine ever fell through intern
perance.' | saw that this had struck
him; his knife and fork fell from his
grasp, and he remained silent some
seconds.
Well said he at length, I am not
that man. My first Sunday school SUI
perintendent was man of genial spirit
and noble mien. He went into the wine
trade and died a drtlnkard before he
was 40. My first class leader, I believe,
was a good, intelligent, useful man;
but he, too, yielded to the habit of in
temperance, and died a drunkard. My
own father suffered through intemper-
ance'
Yes I exclaimed, and you, your
self, are parading before your friends
and your children the Instruments of
death which slew your first Sunday
school superintendent, your first class
leader and your father. The very rope
with which they were hung you are adj
iusting to catch your own children. I
cannot afford to put my head in such
halter as that"