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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

ing. The law of justice is that man
earns about so much each year, and the
true and noble man would prefer to get
less than he earns rather than more.
How are we to remedy the evils
financial that beset us? The finances of
the nations have been in the hands of
the statesmen from time immemorial.
What is the result? National debts have
constantly increased. If an individual
gets deeper in debt every year, we say
that he is financial failure. The same
is true of our national fnanciers. They
are flat failures This is established be-
yond question. Failure comes either be-
cause of incapacity or because of willful
perversity.
The financiers of the nations, while
getting their respective countries more
deeply into debt, have themselves, with
few exceptions, become wealthy. This
state of affairs raises our suspicious
They run their own business in their
own interests; the business of the coun-
try in the interests of whom?
There is an adage that passes for the
sound currency of wisdom in financial
ClltltS-NlLp n udblOilll utDI Is IL ud-
tional blessing" The only thing wrong
about this is the last word; it should be
changed into curse. 1t is not good as an
abstract principle to owe any one,
whether as an individual or as nation,
and the man who talks otherwise is
talking either in his own self interest or
is deceived. The men who urge the
utility of the national debt do SO be-
cause they wish to trade in national Sc
curities.
In the United States we have discussed
the tariff question from partisan stand
point, and it is no nearer being settled
than it was fifty years ago. Noquestion
of finance is ever settled from partisan
and selfish position. We ought to take
the tariff and money issues out of par
tisan politics and treat them just like
we would the business questions of a
firm. A Republican and Democrat
join in a business enterprise and they
push it to successful issue without any
partisanism whatever. The business of
the country should be run in the same
way. Inscriptions politicians, inflated
with vanity and loving place and power,
make use of the various financial the
ories as hobbies on which they ride into
office; but the people, the sovereign peo-
pie, should steadfastly demand that all
these questions be dealt with purely as
matters of business.
We should utilize the teachers of
economy in our colleges and universities
as committees of inquiries and have
them lay their results before congress
for it's use. This could be followed by
experimental and tentative legislation
that would test the utility of any pro.
posed law.
The people now do not make or un-
make laws. We have surrendered our
rights to the politicians, who dictate to
us what is right, and then, with the
party lash, whip us into the traces, and
so many of us have become like dumb,
driven cattle" Let there be universal
effort in the direction of scientific finan-
cial legislation; let all laws be made in
the interest of the masses, not to benefit
the classes, and we can again have pros
perity. j. w. CALDWELL.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

monograph about it, and Prof. j. j.
Quelch has given to the world the re-
suits of 1t careful study of it, and its
picture both in the fiedgling and adult
state has appeared in the Sunday Jour
nal and the Popular Science News, its
days are as good as numbered, for sci
entists and menagerse agents don't
mind little thing like travelling to the
remote forests of British Guiana III
order to secure new bird, even if it
does give out an odor that would put
the mephits Americanus to fight.
The chief popularity of the hoatzin,
according to Prof. j. c. Beard, is that
when it is hatched it possesses four
well-developcd legs, the front pair be-
ing of a reptilian character, as glance
at the illustration taken from an Off
cial source will show. The parent
hoatzin seems to be an Indifferent pro-
wider, and it is fortunate thing for the
little hoatzins that they are provided
with four legs, which enable them to
leave the nest of their nativity and
climb about over the adjoining limbs
and twigs in search of food, on which
excursions they look and act more like
tree toads than birds.
In early infancy modification of
the fore limbs begins. The claws OF
the digits fall off, the claw-like hands
begin to flatten, and in the course of
time feathers sprout and the forelimbs
of the infant become the wings of the
adult.
Prof. Lucas on this point says that
''the adult birds not only have no claws
upon their wings, as was probably the
case in remote ages-witness the pet
rodacty;e with it's four-taloncd legs,
and its bat-like wings, with an outer
row of claws. The thumbs of the
grown-up hoatzin are so poorly devel-
oped that one would hardly suspect
that in the nestlings we have the near
est approach to the quadruped found
among existing birds"
Mr.. Quclch says that after Matching
the well-developed claws on the pol
lax and under are constantly in use for
hooking and holding on to surround
ing obiects.-N. Y. Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
How He Could Tell.

Some years ago, man named Green
field, living in New York state, killed his
wife. He was convicted a, the first trial,
lut the case was carried to the court
Of appeals, which reversed the findings
of the lower court. Gov. Robinson then
ordered special rehearing to be held
at Syracuse. Judge Daniels presided.
When an examination of the jurors be-
gan, II curious circumstance occurred.
One of the jurors declared that he had
already prejudged the case. lie was
asked il he had read the printed ac-
counts in the newspapers. lie had not
Neither, he said, had he talked with any.
one about it. He was accordingly ex.
cused. Judge Daniels, however. was not
so easily satifed. lie sent the sheriff
before the man left the courtroom to
ascertain how he could reach q con.
clusion in case when he had never read
up on it or discussed It. "Why," he re-
Piled, "the lawyers made such darnetl
fools of themselves examining the
Jurors that knew the prisoner must be
guilty."-San Francisco Argonaut.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
ORIGIN OF A QUEER PHRASE
Lawyers Have Expressions Not Understeod
by the Common Herd.


by the Common Herd.
Among the many strange expressions
used in the legal fraternity is that of
''horse-shedding." 1t refers to the pre-
liminary examinations of witnesses be-
fore putting them on the stand There
has been much discussion as to the ori-
gin of the term, but Congressman Gros-
venor gives the following explanation,
which certainly sounds reasonable: In
days gone by the Ohio courts held ses-
sions at different county seats at GER
tain periods known as court terms.
To accommodate the large crowds of
litigants and witnesses who would flock
in from points for miles around the
county seat when court was in session,
the county authorities erected sheds
near the courthouse, where the lti-
giants and their witnesses could tie and
feed their horses while they attended
court, and these sheds became known
as horse sheds.
Now, owing to the limited space of
the courtrooms, the lawyers who al
ways Travelled with the court, were una
BILE to hold private conversation with
their clients and witnesses inside the
walls, and so they used to take them un-
der the horse sheds and there talk mat
ters over with them. Among the at
torneys who attended court at Chester,
the county seat of Meigs county, on one
occasion were Tom Ewing and Samuel
F. Vinton. The court was ready to go
on with the case in which the two
noted attorneys were retained as op-
posing counsel, when it was discovered
that Vinton was not present. The
court looked carefully around and then
asked: Where is Mr.. Vinton? Il don't
know, your honor said Ewing, rising
to his feet, he is not here, but he is
probably outside horse-shedding his
Witnesses This remark raised a gen
eral laugh, and thereafter the word
horse-shedding a witness passed into
popular Observation-Disclosures Post
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
FOUR.LEGGED BIRDS.
Strangest of All Winged Creatures Dis
covered in British Guiana.

bird with four legs; a bird that in
its!nfancy climbs through the branches
of trees like a monkey; bird that
cannot be drowned; bird that flies,
dives, swims, or climbs with equal IA
cility; bird that is the last survivor of
the flying quadrupeds OF prehistoric
ages, the existence of which is only
proved by fossil remains discovered in
the lowest geological strata consistent
with animal life.
This is the remarkable bird which has
set the whole scientific world to talking
and writing. 1t is found only in the
most remote forests of British Guiana.
and it is called the 'crested hoatzin" in
English, and opsthocomus cristatus by
the professors who, in their own lingo,
can disguise the American national bird
so that you would never know whether
turkey, eagle or blackb bird is meant.
This bird has pursued the even tenor
of its way through all the centuries, and
was only discovered by the scientists
within the year. Its habits are very re-
firing, and this fact, to n certain extent,
accounts for it's survival. To another
habit it owes much of it's safety. II
feeds upon the leaves of the wild arum,
with the result that it's flesh has ac-
quired such an offensive smell that man
and beast flee from it's presence, and the
vulture and buzzards even refuse to fat
ten upon its flesh.
1t is described, when full grown, as n
very large bird, mich larger than a pea
cock, and it is very seldom seen. Its
long, wailing cry is often heard from
the depths of the tropical forests, but
the Guiana native regards it, for the
reasons stated, not only with physical
aversion, but with superstitious fear
and not for 12 yards of red cloth and six
strings of glittering beads could he be
induced to hunt it to its lair.
But now that Prof. f. A. Lucas, of the
Smithsonian Inatitution, has written a
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
A HOG ORCHESTRA.
Tho Singular Exhibition Arranged for tn,
Pleasure of King.

Pleasure of a King.
During the reign of Louis Nj. of
France there was attached to his court
one Abbot De Baigne, a man of consid-
cradle wit. The abbot was somewhat
musically inclined, and delighted the
court with inventions of odd musical
Instruments. One day the king, after
having enjoyed hearty laugh over one
of these curious contrivances, and de-
string to battle this musical genius,
commanded him to produce harmoni-
Gus sounds from the cries of hogs.
This seemed an impossibility to the
king, and he prepared himself to enjoy
the discontinue of the abbot. Much
to his surprise, however, the abbot
readily agreed to produce them. All he
required was a sum of money, upon the
receipt of which he declared he would
invent the most surprising thing ever
heard in the way of musical atrocity.
He secured the country and secured n
large number of hogs, trying their
voices as to pitch and quality, and
finally, after having fully satisfied him
self, he arranged the animals in a sort
of pavilion richly decorated. The day
of the trial arrived, and the king and
his court entered the pavilion prepared
for something, but greatly In doubt as
to the success of the abbot with the
hogs. However, there were the hogs,
sure enough, and, much to the surprise
and delight of the king, they began to
cry harmoniously and in good tune,
rendering an air that was fairly recog-
nized. The abbot had arranged series
of stops that were connected with the
hogs, and upon pulling one of them
out caused spike to prick the hog 1t
connected with, making him squeal his
note. The rest was easy, for by pulling
out the different stops he produced the
tune.-philadelphia Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
Dean Hole Liked This Verse.

In his book, "A Little Tour in Amer
ica," Dean Hole, of Rochester, England
quotes with JUNCTION many specimens
of what he regards as typical Ameri
can humor. When he was in Cincin-
natl, the thing that most impressed him
was the following bit of doggerei
which he heard recited in that city,
Little Willie from his mirror
Sucked the mercury all Off,
Thinking, in his childish error,
1t would cure his whooping cough.
At the funeral Willie's mother
Smartly said to Mrs. Brown.
"'Twas chilly day for William.
When the mercury went down."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
T EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
IL Nav H. 1896

Anthracite coal used exclusively, insuring
cleanliness and comfort.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAVE FREELAND.
COS, s4. eas. 10 Al a m, / 40, ss3. sa5, 81,
IL 10, 2 81, 40 M for Drifton, Jeddo, Lum-
Der ~ Yard stockton and Hazleton;; ~
66, s45. sS6 q m, 40, as, "a m, for
Mauch Chunk, Allentown, bethlehem, Phila.,
Easton and New York.
sos, 9S6, l04l am, 233, 434. Z 10 pm, for
Mahanoy City, Shenandoah and Pottsvile
726, 75s, 10 Sc IN, IL "a, 8 l5 m, 1or Sandy
Run, White Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkesbarre,
Pittston and l.. and B. Junction.
S45 IN for Hazleton and Audenried.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
10 SO a m for Sandy Run, White Haven, Glen
Summit and Wilkesbarre.
II 40 m and "a m for Drifton, Jeddo, Lum-
Der Yard and Hazeton.
324 p IN for Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenan-
doah. New York and Philadelphia.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
726, 75s. $50, 10 SO, IL "a m, 12 5s, 2 20, Is,
6 on, d IS, 35 p IN, from Hazleton, Stockton,
Lumber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton.
72e s$S, 10 Al m, 233, 40 p m, from
Delano, ela Mahanoy City and Shenandoah tvia
Il s., 5 l5 81 I'm, from New York, Easton,
Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allentown and Mauch
9aO 10 50 a m, 1858, Is, 7 10, 8 IS m, from
wS3t St i9 Al m 49, 10 m Ii,1 from Sandy kgn,
IidNeI plen summit, w llheSDbrTc,
ton and L. and B. Junction.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
10 So, II 81 a m and 3 10 m, from Hazleton,
Lumber Yard Jeddo and Drifton.
IL 81 m from Delano, Hazleton, Philadelphia
and Easton.
31O p IN from Delano and Mahanoy region.
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
CHAS. S. LEE, Gen'l Pass. Agent,
Phila., Pa.
ROLLlN II. WILBUR, Gen. Supt. East Div.
A. w. .NONNEMACHElt, Asst g. p. A.,
South bethlehem, Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
THE DELAWARE, SUsQUEHANNA ANE
l. SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.
lie table in effect December Is, Is

i SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.
Time table in effect December 15, 1895.
Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley Halle
BROOK, stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roam
ana hazleton junction at 5 30, 0O IN, Is p
M, daily except Sunday; and G3 m, IS p M,
Sunday.
=, Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry,
Iomliicken and Deringer at 30 m, p m, daily
except sunday; and Z U3 Il IN, 23S p IN, Sum
day.
;, Trains leave Drifton for Oneida junction,
narwood hoad Humboldt Road, Oneida and
Sheppton at6 W m, l5 m, daily except sun
day; and O3 Il IN, 2 Is p m, Sunday
r, Trains leave Hazleton junction for Harwood,
Cranberry, Tomhicken and Deringer mt d 35 n
m, daily except Sunday; and So a IN, ~ IN,
Sunday. "
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida
Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road,
Oneida and Sheppton at 20, IL 10 a IN, 1 40 D m,
daily except Sunday; and 7T u IN, 3 0S p III,
Sunday.
Trains leave Dernger for Tomhicken. Gram
berry, Harwood, Hazleton Junction, Roam,
Beaver Meadow Road. Stockton, Halle Brook,
Eckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 225, s 40 p IN,
Sunday.
Trans leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
Road, Harwood Road, Oneida Junction, Hazle-
ton Junction and Roam at IL IN, Il 40, 5 %
p m, Sunday.
Trains leave sheppton for Beaver Meadow
Road, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
and Drifton at 25 p IN, daily, except Sunday;
and % a IN, 3 A M, Sunday.
Trains leaVe HazletOn junction Tor Beaver
Meadow Road, Stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley,
Jeddo and Drifton at 800, AZ, 6 rs p IN, daily,
except Sunday; and 10 0S IN, 5 3S p IN, Sunday.
All trains connect ut HaZleton Junction with
electric cars for Hazleton, Jeanesvile, Auden-
ried and other points on the Traction Com
pany's line.
Trains leaving Drifton at 90 m, Hazleton
Junction at q - a IN, and Sheppton at Z II III,
connect at Oneida Junction with Lehigh Valley
trains east and west.
Train leaving Drfton at 30 a IN makes con-
nection at Deringer with p. X. X. train for
Wilkesbarre, Sunbury, Harrisburg and points
west.
For the accommodation of passengers at way
stations between Hazeton Junction and Der
niger, an extra tram will leave the former
point AZ 50 p III, daily, except Sunday, arriy-
Ing at Dernger at 8 90 m.
LUTHER c. SMITH, Superintendent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
LET THE PEOPLE RULE-BACk TO THE
ORIGINAL POSITION

Growing out of our universal discon-
tent will come reconstruction of soci-
ETY.. The one disturbing question Of
the hour is money. Some are securing
too much, others not enough. When
ever mans income is beyond what he
earns, he Is securing uniustly the earn
ings of others. No man has a right to
do this. 1t is as unethical to secure the
earnings of another without fair re-
turn in trade as it is in piracy or pilfer-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

Visiting Acquaintance - Don't you
find it great deal cheaper to live out
here in the country than it was in the
city?
Mr.. Subbubs-M-no; it's about the
same. My wife brought her chatting
dish along with her.-Chicago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

81" the young man frankly admitted,
"am looking for u snap"
WELL" the elderly one suggested,
"if you have the ginger it ought to be
easy TO find some one with the dongh."
And great silence fell inaudibly.--
indianapolis journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
A Persistent Offender

81 have done my best" the editor re-
marked, "to establish this paper In the
confidence of the community"
think you have succeeded" was the
reply.
"Yes; to a great extent But there
Is one regular contributor whom I
can't break of his habit of falSing."
''Who Is that?"
"The man who sends in the weather
reports. ts."-Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

Mrs. De Temper am not happy
with my husband. Shall drive him
away?
Lawyer-1Iis life is insured in your
favor, isn't it?
Yes, made him do that before we
married."
'Well, don't drive him off. He'll die
quicker where he is."-N. Y. Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
Verifying His Words.

The strong man sobbed.
Though you spurn me-" he faltered
81 am not disheartened. 'Tis darkest
Just before dawn"
She flung open the shutters and gazed
forth.
81 believe you're right" she mur-
INJURED. II never noticed particularly
before"
Even then he seemed not to realize
that the night had worn on apace.-
Pick-Me-Up.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

Mrs. Wills-What are you taking
that phonograph and seven cylinders
with you on the Journey for?
Old Wills-They contain seven Of
your four a. m. greetings at the head of
the stairs, one for each day in the week.
You see, shan't miss you, darling
n. Y. World
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
A LESSON FROM PREACHER r. G. IN
GERSOlpS SERMON,

1t is notable event that Colonel In
gersoll preached i'll the pulpit of the
Militant church, Rev. John Rusk, pas
tor, on Sunday, the 18th of April
The sermon was one of Colonel Inger-
soils mildest utterances, and outside. of
his occasional denial of the supernatu-
raj it could be delivered i'll any pulpit
in the country. The lion and the lamb
may still lie down together-with the
lamb on the outside. Colonel Ingersoll
stands for certain protest against
what must be conceded to be extreme
views on some matters of religion, and
in battling against one extreme he has
certainly gone to another. But above
creed and opinion there are certain con-
ditions that confront US and that we
can unite in solving. In this work there
should be "neither Greek nor Jew, bond
nor free" Among other very pregnant
matters, Colonel Ingersoll, ON the labor
question and right to use the earth,
said:
1.-THE home is the unit of the nation.
The more homes the broader the foun-
dation of the nation and the more Sc
cure. Everything that is possible should
be done to keep this from being nation
of tenants. The men who cultivate the
earth should own it. Something has al
ready been done i'll our country in that
direction, and probably in every state
there is homestead exemption. This
exemption has thus far done no harm to
the creditor class. When we imprisoned
people for debt, debts were as insecure,
to say the least, as now. By the home-
stead laws home of a certain value or
of a certain extent is exempt from forced
levy or sale, and these laws have done
great good. Undoubtedly they have
trebled the homes of the nation,
II wish to go a step further. want,
if possible, to get the people out of the
tenements, out of the cutters of degra-
dation, to homes where there can be
privacy, where these people can feel
that they are in partnership with nature |;
that they have an interest in good govs
ernment. With the means we now have
for transportation there is no necessity
for poor people being huddled in fester-
ing masses in the vile, filthy and loath-
some parts of cities, where poverty
breeds rags and the rags breed diseases,
would exempt a homestead of reason
able value, say Of the value of $4,000
or So, 900, not only from sale under
execution, but from sale for taxes of ev-
cry description. These homes should be
absolutely exempt. They should belong
to the family, SO that every mother
should feel that the roof above her head
was hers, that her house was her castle,
and that in its possession she could not
be disturbed, even by the nation"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

A.-Before Miss Thinleigh's father
made his fortune she used to be long
and lanky.
B.-Well, has she changed?
A.-Oh, yes! Now she is divinely
tall.-Odds and Ends.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

Watts-So you don't look on young
Sharpe as a coming man, do you?
Potts-I would if l was in charge of
the thepenitentiary.-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

In the draftof the Republican platform
as adopted by the subcommittee was IL
resolution dcnouncing the "union of
church and state" This resolution, in
stigatcd by the A. p. A., does not appear
in the report Of the platform as it was
adopted, and the Republican party is to
be congratulated upon its refusal to lend
any countcnancc to the narrow spirit of
sectarianism. a resolution against a
''union of church and state" in this
country, where no party and no religious
denomination favors such Il union,
would have been an abswdity, The A,
=. A.. the members of which made such
loud boasts of their political power, took
nothing with it from the Republican ma
tional convention. Its pretenses and its
aims alike were treated with the ut
most contempt Is it not time for this
secret political association to disband?
No rood citizen who sobcrly reflects
upon the character of this organization
can consent to remain in its member
-PhiLadGlphid Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
The 10y Who Borrowed Trouble.

Though extremely fond of coasting, this
most peculiar lad
While flying swiftly down the HILL would
wear look of pain;
For already he was thinking-and 1t really
made him sad
That very soon he'd have to climb the
whole way UP again.
Frederick B. Opper, in st. Nicholas.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

She-What do you mean, sir, by kiss
ing me? What do you mean?
He-Er-nothing.
She-Then don't do it again. dom
want any man kissing me unless h'
means business.-Indianap journal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25

New Office Boy-Lady in the outsid,
office wants to see you, sir.
Proprietor-Important business?
New Office Boy-She didn't say. She
just looked determined and said she
wanted to see you.
Proprietor with a sigh)-Show her
in. It's my wife.-Philadelphia North
American,