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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-09

The Republican auxiliary organs of
the state, under the leadership Of the
Philadelphia Times, are very Solcitous
for the welfare of the Democratic party
in Pennsylvania this year. They are
booming DR.. Swallow for a place on the
ticked with an intensity that is amusing,
coming, as it does, from clique that
did all in its power to destroy the or
ganization last fall. These organs still
claim allegiance to the gold platform of
the masqueraders who call themselves
National Democrats, and their say on
what the Democrats of Pennsylvania
should do ought to be limited. Swallow
may be all right, and the Democrats
might do worse than to nominate him
for state treasurer, but If he goes to the
convention endorsed by nothing of more
Importance than the Times and its me
too's'' he ought to be turned down. A
party which in 1895 Increased its vote in
Pennsylvania over 100, 0OO by accepting
the Chicago platform cqnnot afford to
desert its principles for the sake Of
securing the support OF few renegade
newspapers in the coming campaign,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-09
HEREAFTER.

Day by day and year by year
We are growing old. my dear.
Drifting toward the shoreless sGa
Bounded By eternity.
In the far-of by and by
When the dawn shall Gid the sky
Yet our eyes shall still behold
Midnight miracles of gold.
When the city of the dead
And the dark. clay-curtained bed
Hold our dust. in some glad way
l shall know you as to-day.
/ shall see your smile and hear
Words like honey to my ear.
l shall know your heart is filed
With the JOY that mine has thrilled.
We have woven all our years,
In u wreath of smiles and tears,
And the heaven were a he'll
Where but one of us might dwell.
Better that our souls should sleep
With our dust where roots shall creep
And within the rose combine
Color from your heart and mine.
Nixon Waterman, In l.. a. w. Bulletin
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-09

Frozen milk has become an impor-
tnnt article of trade in Europe. 1t is
frozen in ditferent-sized bricl,s, and in
this way It's purity and freshness are
insured. The Belgian government in
tends to increase the trade at an annual
outlay of 10000, and in Copenhagen,
the capital of Denmark, company has
been formed and arrangements have
been completed for the regular expert
OF frozen milk,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-09
The Advent of Prosperity.

FREELAND, Pa, AUGUST 9, 1897.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-09
ELEPAANT!NE DUEL
Parties in thc Combat Both Killed by
Human nnnte..s


Hearing sounds that Indicated serious
trouble in Il herd Of wild elephants on
the Upper Congo river, native hunter
named Kecma and a sportsman named
Robard fed precipitately to sturdy tree
near by. What happened after that is
told in Outing:
They had scarcely reached their
perches when a second division of the
herd came rushing down the path which
the men had just left, shreking and
trumpeting in anger and fear. The tree
shook as the tornado of brutes swept
by. On the left the shrieking was va
ried with cracking and lashing as of
ropes against a mast. Keema climbed
higher in his tree, and through break
in the forest discovered the cause of the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-09
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
7 EIIIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
IL June Is, 1897.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
II


L. June Is, 1897.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAVE FREELAND.
60j. 45, 935 IN, 40, "a, 20, ) %, 6 10, : o.
p m, for Dritton, Jeddo, Foundry, Halle Brook
and Lumber Yard.
mond) for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk. Allen
town, Easton. Philadelphia and New York.
W p IN FOR Weatherly, Mauch Chunk, Allen
town, EastOu and intermediate stations.
6O5, 9 50 Il IN, > 3i, -, o. m, for IIaZle-
ton, Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenandoah, Ash
land, Mt Carmel Shamokln and Pottsville.
2S, 10 81, II 81 IN, 5 50 p III, for Sandy Run,
White Haven and Wikesbarre.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
30; 1850 III for Sandy Run, White Haven
and Wilkesbarre.
10 50 a m and lbs pm for Jeddo, Foundry.
llazle Brook, Stockton and Hazleton.
lO 5O m for HaZletOn, Dclano, Mahanoy
City, Shenandoah, Mt. Carmel, Shamokin and
POttsVille.
3S p m for weatherly, Mauch Chunk, Allen
town, Easton Philadelphia and New York.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
80, Is, 9 ~, 10 81 II 81 IN, IL IS, 2 20, So,
8 80, q 0l, 7 O3 p m, from Lumber Yard, Halle
B Ook, Foundry, Jcddo and Drfton
2S, $40, 10 81, II 81 IN, L. 5S, 20, 3 SO, 3 80
p III, from Hazleton.
$40, O5l u III, II s., 6 Ol p m, from Philu-
dclphu, New York, Euston, Allentown, Mauch
7O3pm from Muueh Chunk and weatherly
,y % am, 23i, Z y pm, from Wilkesbarre'
hllt raven ulll oduuN nun.
Is, 8 ~, 10 81 Il III, ~, 50 p M, from Delano,
MahanOy City, shenandoah, Ashland, Mt. Car
mel, ShumOkin and POttsville.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
S 10 80 IN and II 81 IN, from Hazleton,
Stockton, Lumber Yard, Halle Brook, FUun-
dry, Jcddo and DrftOn.
10 80 IL III, II 50 p IN, from Philadelphia, New
York. EastOn, Allentown, and Mauch Chunk,
10 80 u IN, from Pottsville, Shamokin, Mt.
Carmel Ashland Shenandoah, Mahanoy City
and DelanO.
10 80 u IN, from Wilkcsbarre, White Haven
and Sandy Run.
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
CIIAS. S. LEE, Gen'l Pass. Agent,
- Phla., Pa.
ROLLlN II. WILBUR Gen. Supt. East. Div.
A. w. .NONNEMACHER,A Asst G. P. A.,
South Bethlehem, Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-09
4 the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Since the new tariff wentinto operation
announcements have been made in var-
GUS quarters of the opening of new fac
| tories and of the enlargement of old
| ones. The protectioniStS, who promised
the country a restoration of prosperity
on their accession to power, point to
these facts as signs of the dawn OF Il
new era. The speculations in the money
markets, the rise in the value Of stocks,
the reports of mercantile travellers, all
corrOborate the evidence of an indus
trial revival.
1t would be strange, indeed, if after q
long period of reaction, in which there
were few CLEANS of sunshine, trade
should not revive with the removal Of
doubt and anxiety concerning tariff leg
islation. There have been good times
under the worst of tariffs: and they have
been temporary depressons under the
most liberal of tariffs. Even under the
eXorbtant Mckinley tariff, with its
grievous distractions to trade, there was
brief year of prosperity; and the re-
cuperative energies of the American
people cannot be checked by a second
edition Of the Mckinley act.
Tariffs can neither make nor perma-
nently mar prosperity. The sad error is
in superstitiously attributing to this
fetch of legislation the sunshine and
the rain and the harvest. While the
reports of this years crops in the
country continue extraordinarily favor
able, reports from Europe are quite as
unfavorable. Even the latest accounts
indicate that Russia will have little
wheat for export. With all due defer
once to the tariff worShipers, in these
facts lie the best hopes of reviving pros
perty, and in them alone.
To come down from generaltes to
particulars, it would be well if the pro-
tectionsts should indicate the chief pro-
visions OF the tariff from which the
hoped-for prosperity is to arise. Does
prosperity lurk in the sugar schedule,
with its heavy increase in the rate Of
tax on a prime article of necessity?
While this sugar duty will yield u large
revenue to the government, we have yet
| to learn that an increased fiscal tax is u
factor of industrial or commercial pros
perity. Is the revival to be predicted
upon the great iron and steel schedule?
And, if SO, upon what changes in that
schedule? Does prosperity lie behind
the removal of wool, hides, lumber, salt
and other industrial materials from the
free list, or behind the enormous in
crease in the taxes on clothing and
other articles of necessity?
If the protcctionists themselves can
not answer these essential questions of
detail, a free trader may well be par
doned for his skepticism concerning the
magic power of the tariff to create and
perpetuate reign Of prosperity.
Still, there are all around us the cheer
ing signs of a great revival Of trade,
after long night of depression and
| gloom. 1t would be hard-nay, impossi-
ble-for the most stupid and peryersc
tariff legislation to fetter the giant limbs
of an industrious nation like this
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-09
A GIRL WORTH HAVING
EV AUNT HOPE.

DUR father is bet
ter now, Miss Mar
cia, and I'n going
to let you sit with
him II little while,
SO that your moth
er can rest. But
be careful that you
don't let him talk
too much, won't
you?"
Yes, doctor. But
do you think papa
will ever be well
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-09

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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-15

der. accompanying the command by
an opprobrious epthet Instead Of
oheying. the boy raised his musket.
and as the colonel bore down upon
him, sword in hand. fired. and the Off
Ger fell dead from his horse. 4 fierce
onslaught of the Confederate troops fol-
lowed. Three balls pierced Johnny's
cap on that day Losing, the historian.
tells us. He lay as if dead. and not
until the Confederates had ceased their
firing and night had fallen did he VEN
ture forth, making his way to the
Union headquarters at Chattanooga.
For this act of gallantry he was Great
ell sergeant by Gen. Rosecrans.
On his return to the Union lines he
went through other battles in which
the Army of the Cumberland was en-
gagged. When he was mustered out in
1865 he went to Indianapolis to attend
school. Gen. Grant made him sec
ond lieutenant Of the Twenty fourth
Infantry in 1871. and in 1874 he was
graduated from the Artillery School at
Fortress Monroe. and subsequently
acted, by the appointment of the Sec
rotary of War. as professor of military
science and tactics ut the Galesburg
University. He was created ma jor and
quartermaster in 1895, and is to-day
stationed in that capacity at Atlanta,
Ga.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-15
THE BATTLE-FIELDS.
OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER
army EXPERIENCES
The Blue and the Gray Review Incl.
dents of the Late War, and in a
Graphic and Interesting Manner
Tell Of Camp, March and Battle.
a Pow Soldier Of the War.

Johnny Glen, 1.-THE drummer boy Of
Chickamauga.' was one of the young
est lads who entered the Federal army
during the civil war. In 1861. when he
was 10 years old. he offered his serv-
ices as drummer boy to the Third Ohio
Regiment. He was rejected because OF
his youth. While the regiment was on
its way to the front Johnny Glenn IN
stalled himself on the train. and on its
arrival in Cincinnati repeated his otfer
to the Twcnty-thirl Michigan. His
pcrt.nacity was ut last rewarded. He
was enrolled as drummer boy and
later as Il marker
At the battle of I'ittSburg Landing
his drum was smashed by Il shell, but
it was at Chickamaugl that he per-
formed the act of valor which won him
his sohriuuct. At the close of that mem
orable day the Union army fell back
to Chattanooga. the brigade to which
Johnny belonged being left behind to
guard the position. They were soon
surrounded by the troops in gray, ana
a colonel on horseback dashed forward
and ordered the little fellow to surren-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-15
le,ssED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

miss you, dear. in the sprinstime when
the willows Blossom Whitley.
When the sloe boughs bloom and bour-
geon, and the blackbirtls build and
sing.
When over the sky of azure the white
fringed clouds pass lightly,
When violets wake in the woodlands,
end the corn blades freshly spring.
Bnt miss you, too. in summer when the
waves break on the shingie,
When the languid lilies perfume is
waited upon the breeze.
y len creamy. and pink, and fragrant the
roses nod in the dinglc.
When the kingcups turn the meadows
to g.istening and golden seas.
And miss you more in autumn when in
rustl.ng corniields yellow
Reapers sing their lays Of gadness,
when the pioyers loudly cali.
When the woods are god emblazoned. and
yhe apple orchards mellow.
And the hramb.e rcd and purple where
the r!peaed berries fall.
But most Of nil Mrs YOU when the snow
fakes white are dying.
When the days are dark and dreary. and
the nights are long and drear;
When through leafless forest branches
winds are sadly sobbing, signing,
Thea /; is think | miss you, oh. the
most Of al, my dear.
>-CbamDers' Journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-15
A Tooth in His Tongue.

Lieut.. a. p. Haring, of Montclalr y
j., a veteran of the late war. on lnu.e
day afternoon was operated upon -
DR.. John J. II. Love, who removed
his tongue a piece of tooth tlnt ~
been covered over by the flesh for's'
ty-two years. i.
Lieut.. Haring was wounded al =.
battle of Kingston, N. c., q bullet Ia =.
ing entered his left cheek, fraelui'.s,
the jawbone and breaking OH nse 8
his lower teeth. The wound heaieu y, IS
and fragments of bone were gradua".
removed. but Mr.. Haring had -
troubled at times Of late by some q
ject which seemed to be lodged ~ "a
tongue.
4 few days ago Mr.. Haring peea =.
very much annoyed by soreness ~ y.
tip Of the tongue and DR.. Love "a
consulted. -
The doctor made the incision anu "
moved tie upper half Of the w.
which an enemy's bullet had siiat.sas ~
The piece of tooth had worker ~
way aroand from the left side =
right side of the tongue, ara 81
came near enough tn the str1a.s
cause any Ill effects Until recenu
Newark Evening New1
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-15
Oddities of English Villages.

Undoubtedly the NEST extraordinary
township in England is that of Skid
daW, in Cumberland. 1t contains but
enc house. the occupier of which is TN
able to exercise the Briton's privilege
Of voting because there is no overseer
to prepare Il voters list and no church
or other place of worship or assembly
en- which to publish one
The most remote village in England
is that of Pittou. This tru-
ly rural spot is thirty and half miles
from the nearest railway station. As
a contrast to this may be mentioned
the hamlet of Ystrad, about ten miles
from Cardiff. This tiny settlement pos
sesses two important main roads, two
railways and two large rivers.
A very unique feature Is exclusively
claimed by Trimley, small village in
Suffolk. In the one churchyard Of the
parish two churches are to be seen.
Service is conducted three times a
week in each Of these churches at the,
same hour.
The deepest well in England is found
at Hamilton. in Hampshire. 1t stretch
es $50 feet below the surface of the
earth. About half way down this well
shaft is subway, three miles i'll length,
which leads to the seacoast
On the top of the parish church tow
err In Bicknoller, Somersetshire, is a
yew tree, now five feet high, and still
growing in hardy fashion. 1t is
generally believed that the tree owes
its origin to a seed dropped by bird.
Perhaps the most splendidly decor
ated church in the kingdom is that Of
Whitley Court, Worcestershire. 1t is
entirely constructed of white marble,
the pews are chastely carved and the
pulpit is of genuine Carrara marble,
richly paneled with precious stones.
On the village green at Meriden, in
Warwicksllire, there is a large stone
cross, which is supposed to mark the
central point Of ngland.-Pearson's
Weekly.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-15
COlOred TrOODs.

The memorial to Col. Shaw, erected
on Boston Common. gives particular
Thickness to three papers on ''The
Shaw Memorial and the Sculptor st.
Gaudens,' which appear in the Cen
fury. Col. Thomas Wentworth Hig-
ginson. writing of "Coiored Troops In
der Fire says: In the way of direct
service, it appears by the 'Otticiai
Army Register that the colored troops
ferent engagements, and doubtless
took part in many more. TO those
commanding them the question of
their fighting qualities was soon solv-
ed: and these We're, of course. the per-
sons best qualified to judge them.
Two-thirds of good soldier consists
Il. good discipline and organization:
and the remaining one-tlirl. where
the race element enters in. did not Ill
this case involve enough difference to
affect the result with any seriousness
1t Was like asking whether men with
black eyes or with blue eyes made the
better soldiers. Perhaps the hes, thing
said or written about the freed slaves
during the war was the answer given
by Gen. Saxton. after receiving Il long
series of questions about them from
some benevolent committee. He babe
his secretary to draw a pen across all
the interrogations, and write at the
bottom this summary: "They ara ill.,
,tensely human"
The qualities of the negro soldiers
Were simply human. They We're capa.
bic of fatigue or ardor, of cowardicc or
very much as white soldiers would
have been in their place. II 1t is nee
essary to scrutinize more uainutely. T..
is possible to say that they were more
enthusiastic under excitement, and
more easily depressed; more affection
ate IL judiciously treated, and more
sullen and logged If discouraged: m ,re
gregarious. and less prone to indjyid-
ual initiative-and so ON with manv
other minor differences. Yet even th.sa
congratulations would be met by 80
many scattered exceptions as to be OF
subordinate value. Every regimental
or even brigade commander comes ia
know aft:r while who are the men in
his comlsand who covet danger, who
are the eIen who simply face it when
1t Is inesitable, and who are the men
who lee:s: watching lest they actually
finch: and all this is equally true.
whether they be white or black. 1.-TWO
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-15

all fast again. But the magistrate
Eahib looked On only and took no active
part, for it was fitting that he should
keep his hands clean, being a ruler.
Then when the tale was finished there
was much laughter at the messhouse
and under cover Of it l slipped away to
tell you how all things had happened.
Run quickly, now, o ye men, and see If
all is as say"
So we ran, and I, having leaped upon
Hussain Ali, the khansama's shoulders,
looked through the window and there
saw in the dusk many shadows within
the goodwin that might perhaps be rec
ognized AS the sahib's goods; according
~ the sweeper want with the speed Of
the wind to the bazaar, and, having bor-
rowed many keys of the locksmith in
order that we might undo the lock. we
opened the door. And there truly every
thing was as the mess khansama had
said-nothing gone and nothing broken.
do now as l say Munnoo Lall
cried. Take your sahib's belongings
upon your shoulders and carry them
with all speed to the house; and you.
Girzi Khan. see that they are arranged
as the sahih was accustomed to sec
them. Then, when al is ready, go and
tell your master that his furniture has
returned; any further explanation that
you desire to give you must arrange
parted.
All! how we worked that night no
man san tell. but at last when the
sahlD's clock pointed to the half hour
after 3, we looked round, and, behold,
all things We're in their accustomed
places. So. as it was too early yet for
our sahib to have risen, we repaired to
the magistrate sahib's compound. and
there sat r0und the fire that the grass
cutters had lig hted in front Of the sta
bles until such time as our master
should awake. However, all things
come to IN end. and so at last word
was brought that might go into the
presence Of the heaven born.
What is the matter, GiIZi Khan?"
the sahib asked. as he lay Gu his bed.
"Oh, high-born one" l cried pros
trating myself on the ground before
him. Il have sought an audience in
order that l might lay before thee the
mighty workings OF providence. Be
hold, oh, sahih, as we lay on our beds
last night, our hearts being heavy with
dependency, there came a mighty
wind from heaven that wrapped thine
house in its folds, and when the wind
had passed away we went to look. and,
10. all the slhib's furniture had return
ed. Let me beg of the heaven born,
therefore, to return and take up his
abode once more in his own house; and
l pray that the sahib will not forget
his unworthy servant, Girl Khan, in
that day
Then did the master laugh and call
out to the magistrate sahib by name,
and l was forced to repeat the story
once more. Ho. no! there was much
laughter among the sahibs that day.
and they called us lying devils and
other evil names-such is the chara cter
Of the sahib dog.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-15

o'clock In the morning courage =
Napolcon's phrase, is a thing that ~
longs to the minority in every r,os.
and it IL probably no more abundo :.
and yet not rarcr, among black soldier.
than among white.
Two peculiar traits Of tho h,o.,.
troops grew out OF their former s,o..
of servitude. When serving ON ,ho;.
own soil, or even on a soil and nndo.
conditions resembling their own tbor
had the great advantage Of ,oca,
knowledge. They were not only re,av
to serve as guides. but they were yir.
tually their own guides: they were ser
viceable as Indian scouts are servica
able; they could find their way in tbo
dark. guess at the position of an ena
my. follow a trail. extract knowlerc.
from others of their own race: and an
this in Il way no white man could riya,
Enterprises from which the brayest
white men might shrink unaidel cou,d
sometimes he safely transacted Inv,
black soldiers, or in their COMPANY
Again, they had to sustain them tho
vast stakes of personal freedom and
that of their families. Say what ono
pleases, they all desired this freedom
| never encountered an eXcepton-;m
il gave them peculiar stimulus auart
from that of the white soldier, The
latter had at stake his flag. his nation !,
his comrades his life; the black soldier
If he had been a slave. had all these
things risked upon the issue. and one
thing more-his personal freedom, with
that of his household. The negro rpy.
ments themselves recognized this, and
had feeling that they We're playing
for higher prizes than their white as
sociates. Let the Confectionery sue
coed. and they would be remanded into
slavery. while the white soldiers would
simply lay down their arms and 20
home. No one who did no, serve with
them and have their confidence could
know the great strength of this feeling
in their hearts.