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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

"He merely kissed my hand. Icould
not speak for Indignation"
Yes"
HE must have thought me deaf and
dumb"
But even in such n contingency. was
It to be assumed that the hand was to
perform all of tha multiplex functions
that usually devolve upon the lips p
Detroit journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

The erecting and repair shops Of the r. &
O. at Mt. Clare in the city of Baltimore,
States, have been completely modernized.
The locomotive erecting shop has been re-
built and i. supplied with two .p-ton electric
and move them to any point as though they
weighed but ton. The compressed air APP
two years, as the new machinery accelerates
the work, at less expense than in times gone
nv
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

"But I thought your husband was
such an active MANI"
"Active! If it weren't for me,
don't believe he'd get up in time to 60
to bed"
"Ah, well! that's better than some
husbands, you know, who scarcely go
to bed in time to get up. "-Harper's
Bazar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21
A Honeymoon Spoiled.

Miriam-'I hear that Ferdinand
and Alberta are quarreling already"
Millicent-'Well, I'm not surprised.
There We're sixteen cycles given them
MS wedding presents and every wheel
was of Il different make. Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21
Largest House in the World.

The largest house in the world is in
Wieden, suburb of Vienna. In this
domicile there are 400 rooms, divided
into 400 suites of from three to six
rooms each, and they at present shelter
PIP persons, who pay an annual
rental Of over 100,0 forms.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

Friendleigh-'I'm thinking of dab
bling little in stocks What's a good
thing to put your money in?"
Broker-"Your inside pocket. -
Boston Traveller.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

"There," said the teacher as she
concluded the demonstration of math-
ematical problem; "do 1 make myself
plain?"
"Yuh don't have tub, Num- gal
lantly replied little Willie Bigg.-
Judge.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

Who are inj cred by the use of coffee. Re-
Gently there has been placed in all the grocery
stores a new preparation called Grain Q, ,m sde
The most delicate stomach receives it without
distress, and but few can tell it from coffee.
IL does not coss over one-quarter as much.
cts. and 25 cts. per package. Try it. Ask foS
4
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

Parson-"John, have not seen you
at church for few Sundays"
John-'Noa, zur, but I've bin goin'
to the chapel"
Parson-'Remember, John, a rol.
ling stone gathers no moss"
John-"Aye, zur, but it takes a
tethered sheep long time ter get
fat. ."-Sketch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

"Nan, did that editor return your
manuscript"
eyes; the mean old thing! Why,
I poured whole ounce of the best
violet extract on the story. Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

Bing-"Yes, that's old Spriggins.
Half dozen doctors have given him
up at various times during his life -
Wing was the trouble with
him."
Bing-"He wouldn't pay his bills"
Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

Mrs. Janson said to Mrs. Lammis in
perfect confidence: ''Do you know
mine is the prettiest baby in the world?"
"Well, really, now, what coinci.
dence," said Mrs. Lammis. so is
mine. Boston Traveller.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

SIS that province pacifed?' asked
the Spanish General.
Yes replied the officer "Now
that the inhabitants have whipped us
for the third time they seem quite con-
tented. Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21
Poor Exesight in Schools.

In the public schools of France more
than "a per cent. of the pupils are
nearsighted; in those of Germany, 80
per cent; in those of the United King.
dom. 20 per cent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21
Horrors of the Gold Fever,

'My wife will be the first Klondike
widow"
why? Are you going?"
mo; but I'm being talked to death
by men who want to borrow money to
get there. Montreal Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

Tenderfoot-"Are the game laws
out there strict?"
Alkali Ike-'Yes; but you can shoot
horse thieves all the year round. -
New York Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

One OF the largest electric light
plants in the world is being made in
New York for Southern Brazil, $4,000
lights.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21
A MONSTER BELL.
It's the Biggest in the World that Is
in Ringing Order.

On the principle that living dog is
better than a dead lion, a bell that is
whole should be better than one that Is
cracked, even though the latter be the
bigger of the two. For some time past
there has been n sort of dead-heat be.
tween the two biggest bells in the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. r. ii. KLINE. Ltd. 9l Arch St, Phila..P
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

cannot speak too highly Of Piso's Cure for
Consumpt tiop.--Mrs. FRANK MoDDs, 2l5 w. I'd
St, New York. oSk- 20, 1891.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

II afflictedwith sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

"Im afraid Kitty isn't having a very
good time at the seashore"
NWbv9p
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

There are now four times as many
wire nails made as cut nails.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

the frantic efforts of his horse barely
keeping him in front of the terrific
whirlwind.
Suddenly he felt an upward twist of
his buggy, and. to his horror, real
lied that he was riding in midair, as
it were. the rear end of his buggy
being lifted up over foot from the
ground. Frantically he piled the
whip, and for few seconds the race
with grim death was terrific
one. The horse, wild with terror,
sped onward with his utmost speed,
the buggy careening from side to side,
running only on the two front wheels,
and it was all that he could do to keep
from being dashed over the side. Sud-
denly he felt the buggy settle down
into the road again, and he knew he
was safe. The horse ran half mile
before he could be pulled up. Look
ing back, Harvey saw that the road
way he had just passed over was so
thickly strewn with fallen trees that
he could have walked mile on the
trunks without touching the ground.
The whirlwind had ceased as sud-
denly as it came. For distance Of
four miles and quarter in width the
destruction was complete, the terrific
storm making neatly cut path
through the thick forest, leveling the
trees close to the ground, presenting
a scene of the utmost destruction.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21
USE YOUR REASON

And Profit by the Experience OF Other
People.
There are thousands of people who have
been cured OF nervous trouble, scrofula
sores, rheumatism, dyspepsia, catarrh and
other diseases by purifying their blood
with Hoods sarsaparilla. This great
medicine will do the same good work for
you II you will give it the opportunity.
1t will tone up your system, create an ap-
petite and give sweet, refreshing sleep.
uAndDe Ollie are the only pills to take
uUU0 , GI11S with Hoods Sarsapariila.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

Lucky Escape.
In our camp on the Guanuco river,
on the coast of Venezuela, says re-
turned traveller, a little Irishman
named McCarty had thrilling expert
ence. He was reckless fellow, and,
rising one morning before the rest Of
us were awake, he thought he would
take swim. Running to the edge of
the high bank, he dived without first
looking about him, far out into the
water. AS he came to the surface in
the middle Of the narrow river, and
shook the water from his eyes, the first
sight that met his gaze was two jaguars
on the opposite bank, looking at him
and snuffing inquisitively. He turned,
only to see on either side-and alto
gether too near-an alligator regard
ing him with marked attention; while
under the bank from which he had
leaped, lying with its tail in the water,
was coiled big boa, that he must
have passed directly over in diving.
The situation was too much for Nc
Carty, and he yelled for help. At his
outcry all of us iii camp jumped to our
feet, grabbed shotguns and rifles, and
ran to the bank. There we saw Nc
Carly "treading water" ont in the river
withgall his unwelcome company about
gazing at him with growing interest.
They clearly had been taken aback by
the suddenness with which Ae had ap-
peared among them, but as their sur
prise wore off they seemed disposed
toward closer acquaintance.
We shot one of the iaguars and the
boa; the other iaguar ran away. Then
we peppered the alligators with bull
let's and shot so hotly as to keep them
away from McCarty while he swan to
the shore. 1t was fine sight to see
him clawing his way up the steep bank,
slipping back in the wet clay almost
as fast as he climbed, until he got near
enough for us to give him hand. He
had lucky escape and practical
illustration of the wisdom of the say
ing, "Look before you leap"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21

"She writes home every day. =
Montreal Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-21
KLONDYKE is ALL RIGHT.
n A MOE noURED AT HOME send stamp 70,
OANUEE1hook DR., ], B. HARRIS L co.
Pike Building, Cincinnati Ohio

VIRGINIA Yor learn all aboutva. Lands hv read
rADnc ing Virginia Farmer. Send ldc. for
fhhMo' 8imos. suhFARMEB Co.. Emporia Va,
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30
And Now. What rCuha2

Congress has adjourned, and the war
in Cuba goes on. The sympathy for
the patriots expressed in the Republic
a national platform was, it appears.
campaign sympathy purely. and the
pledge to take measures looking to the
independence of the island was not ser
iously meant. This country remains
the ally of Spain, nov as when Grover
Cleveland sat in the White House.
President Mckinley has secured The
kind of tariff that approves itself to
his protective taste, and be has advised
the reform of the currency, as proposed
by the single gold standard indianapolis
Monetary Conference. These duties
being disposed of, is it too much to
hope that his solieitude for the nation
al honor will extend to on attitude to-
ward the men who at our doors are
lighting a val for freedom?
The cold-biooded indifference Of our
Government TO this struggle. our prae-
tieal partnership indeed, with the OPP
pressor, has ut the United States to
shame before the civilized world. We
have permitted 10 be waged in Cuba for
more than two years a kind of warfare
that borfifes humaHityraad ~hich,
were it waged thousands of miles from
our coast, instead OF less than al hun
dred, would rouse us as the Armenian
atrocities did all Christendom.
Having the power, and the right, too,
to issue a mandate for the cessation Of
this hideous war, We cannot escape
moral responsibility for its blood and
devastation. The business interests, .
so-ealled, which prevailed on Cleveland
to connive at its continuance, and that
are prevailing with Mckinley 10 the
same end, are causing to he written a
eowardly and sordid page III American
history that can never be whitehead
~. Y. Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30

When Cleveland was elected on the
tariff reform issue the lrst thing be
did was to call an extra session OF Con-
gress to repeal the Sherman purchasing
clause which added fifty millions OF
new money to circulation. When NC
Kinley was elected On the money issue
the first thing he did was to call Con
gress together on March 18th, to pass a
new tariff law. After four months
work. with but little discussion or de-
liberation, and only a formal opposition
the law finally passed the Senate last
Saturday and was signed by PRESIDENT
Mckinley al 4 minutes past a O'Clock.
That is the elimination OF twenty
years of tariff discussion, in which the
money power have kept the public nina
confused to keep them off Of the money
question, which is the greatest OF all,
as on it civilization and progress IN the
advancement of humanity depends. 1t
has been demonstrated that prosperity
did not come with a low tariff on. a
gold standard the past four years. Now
it will be seen whether prosperity I'M
der a protective, almost a prohibilory
tariff. comes on a gold standard.
The money power says prosperity
will not come until there is monetary
reform. President Mckinley, rs soon
as the tariff bill passed, sent a special
message to Congress requesting the APP
pointment of a commission to investJ-
gate and make recommendations to the
next session of Congress. He says a
notable assembly of cuisines men"
met last January at Indianapolis and
recommended such.
The House passed the bill to create a
commission and the Senate pigeon hol
ed it and all adjourned.
What did those bankers and large
stock holders in the big corporations
who met at indianapolis want? 1t is
this. They want the government to
allow them to gather up all the treasury
notes and greenbacks, which are now a
legal tender and bear no interest, and
give them interest bearing bonds for
them. They want the silver dollars
melted down and sold for junk to make
spoons, forks and sugar bowls, and the
silver 10c., 25c and soc. restricted TO
500 as legal tender. Then the bankers
want the government to print and give
them at cost of printing not only As
many bank notes as they have bonds.
but to the full amount of all the bank
stock they can issue. Then there will
be no paper money but bank notes and
they will get interest on the bonds ie-
ceived for greenbacks and treasury
notes and interest on the bank nutes.
Bank notes are not a legal tender, that
is a man cannot legally pay duty on i'm
ports nora private debt with them.
Gold only will be required. Then the
banks can shave the importer by re-
quiring a premium on gold, as during
the war, and a shave on the man whose
creditor refuses bank notes.
1t is the finest shaving game ever
invented on earth aud far exceeds that |
of the feudal barons of the middle ages
for it will be done honestly, because
legally. 1t means a bonded debt for
the nation for eternity and interest on
all the peoples money hntlbe small
change. -
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30

The discovery has been made that
September 2S, the date fixed by the re-
cent Legislature for the special election
to pass upon the Constitutional amend.
ments, is also the first day Of registra-
ton for the fall election III cities Of over
$4,000 population. These cities are
Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Cam
den, Trenton and lioboken. The Dues.
ton has been raised whether the cleo.
ton officers will be able 10 perform the
double duty and whether it may not be
necessary to call a special session Of the
Legislature to rectify the matter In
some way. Ex.Judgs William III. Ian.
ming, who has ccmpiledSs aaot in
structions on the electfs ~ 10, IN
Secretary of States onies< seig bi tlis
opinion that the vote on thd anyitu.
tional amendments will be SO N bal
the election officers will have no DIM
Guilty in attending to both duties.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30

The gold standard press is now In
dustriously circulating the statement
that the number and amount OF the
mortgages are being decreased in this
country, and are citing the diminishing
number of live mortgages in such States
as Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota aud
Nebraska, as evidence of the prosperity
of the farmers. The answer to it is,
that the number of mortgages is de-
creasing by foreclosures. In several
counties in South Dakota, for instance,
it is estimated that one-third the land
has recently passed into the hands of
mortgages, and that the title to more
than one.half the remainder is, under
present conditions, bound to pass from
the present owners, Yes, Indebtedness
is decreasing. but it is by liquidation,
and it means a nation of tenants
Patriots Bulletin,
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30

Governor Pingree, of Michigan, very
promptly sent President Mckinley his
opinion Of the new tariff law as follows:
81 regard the duty on lumber, hides
and sugar as unrepublican, unpatriotic
and unfair. The lumber now.u used goes
largely into small homes and farm
houses, and to a class already overtax-
ed. The laborer wears twice as many
shoes as the millionaire, and must con.
tribute twice as much for the tax on
hides. lie must use as much sugar
and pay as much toward the duty ON
sugar. 1t is grossly unfair to make. the
people pay as much per capita as the
rich toward the support OF the Govern
ment. Property and not human stom.
aehs should he reached. Property is
protected by Our laws and should pay
for its protection"
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30
UNCLE SANS FIRST POSTAGE
STAMPS.


Josh Billings y Father was the FRS,
Purchaser, just Finy Years Ago.
Fifty years ago-in July, 1s47-
Uncle Sam issued his first postage
stamps" writes Fannie Mack Lothrop
in the July Ladies' Home Journal. "In
England, e years before, Rowland
Hill, father of tho penny post intro.
duced the sticking plastsrs,' as the
stamps were contemptuously called.
John NJ. Miles, our Postmaster General
at that time, tried heroically, but in
vain, to move Congress to authorize
stamps for this country. His successor,
Cave Johnson, was more fortunate, and
the bill desired was approved on March
3, 1s47, the stamps not being issued,
however, till August, though the time
appointed WAS Juiy l. Only two values
of the new stamps we're introduced in
1S47-a five and u ten cent stamp, bear.
ing, respectively, the portrait Of Frank
lin in a bronze tint, and Washington
in black.
ssThe first purchaser Of stamps in the
United States was Henry Shaw, the
father of Henry Wheeler Shaw DIETER
known ss Josh Billings the humorist).
Mr.. Shaw was In the Postmaster Gen
erals office on August 6, 1S47, when
Mr.. johnson entered with the printer
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30

1t is said at the White House that
the President will reappoint all of the
persons whose nominations failed OF ac'
ton at the last session of the Senate.
The New Jersey Legislature don't APP
prove Of that as they propose that the
people of New Jersey shall vote to pro-
hihiL il in this State.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30
WM.B.S A
& Co.,
Fourth and Market Streets,
Wilmington, Delaware.
Special.

Inc Selllng OF 10000 yaTuS
of Scotch Lawns has left us
with a great many short lengths
and odd pieces that are ? to 10
yards long. All these we shall
sell for 2 cents per yard. All
| dresses cut from the fresh pie
ces which will be put on sale
will be 3H cents per yard.
The balance of our fine Lin
en- Tissues for dresses and
waists, popular goods all sea-
son and made to sell for I8c.
per yard will be closed out for
8 cents per yard.
Allo OF our best imported wool
Challies, beautifully printed
and some with silk stripes, are
reduced from 371 cents to rs
cents per yard.
Cooling, delicious, grateful
Collingwood Cologne, the high
est mark oil perfection combin-
ed with the lowest price. This
best of perfumes we have secu.
red the agency Of for our city
and every lady will recognize
its great worth on the first u.s.
ing-regular soc. bottles for SO
cents and only to be had here,
Muslins:
Yard wide bleached, &c.
Yard wide bleached, sc.
Yard wide Hill bleaehed, &c.
Yard wide unbleached, &c.
40 inches wide heavy unbleached, &c.
Sheets and Pillow Cases
IL yards wide cases, Sc.
II yards wide cases, Sc.
II yards wide hemstitched cases, 12lc.
9 yards wide Utica sheets, 45c.
81 yards wide Utica sheets, 4sc.
81 yards wide Utica sheets, SOC.
Leather Belts-only about
fifty left at the following reduc-
tons:
Suede Belts, brown and garnet, SOC
from S1.00.
C~antslip Patent Belt, SOC. from zoe.
Plain Leather Belt, csc. from 44c.
NM MI n =. a.
One lot of fancy Ribbons to
close, a and S inches wide, 1ec.
from 44c.
Talcum Powder will be on
sale for II cents per box, and
Colgate'e Antiseptic T o o t h
Powder for nc. per bottle.
Ladies Red Satin Neckties,
I5c. from 25c.
Ladies Plain Silk Neckties,
Ioc. from 25c.
Como Slumber Robes, extra
heavy and double fold, SI.25
from $3.50 in very handsome
patterns.
Black Lining Chintz, &C. per
yard.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30

The Baltimore, (Md.) Steel Com.
pany, have under bid English manu-
f~acturers on a 7703.ton lot Of steel rails
for the East India Railway. When
American manufacturers can meet
cheap foreign labor on their own ground
WHY need protection?
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30

Colleges, the foremost educational
institutions in the Country are suppos'
ed to court the investigation of truth
wherever found and desire 1t made
known, but when it strikes somebody's
pocket truth is not wanted. President
Z. Il. Andrews, of Brown University,
one of the foremost educators in this
country is an advocate of free silver
coinage. The Board of Trustees has
requested that he muzzle his free
thought and speech OF resign. He has
resigned. The blood Of the martyrs
are the seed of q cause.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30

1t is evident that the Republican par
ty does not intend to reform the cur
rency for it will split it in two. Cleve-
land and Carlisle had the boldness to
say they wanted the greenbacks de-
stroyed and the power to issue all the
paper money given 10 the banks, but
Messrs. Mckinley ard Gage &e TOO
modest to say what they wait or intend
IN do
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30

The Pope is again directing special
attention to the question of information
al arbitration. Will America have to
obey the Pope. His fine hand would
be in the pie when the arbitrators get
appointed,
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30

Prosperity having arrived all those
little bills owed are expected to be paid
now promptly. When one pays anoth.
er can do so with the same money which
is a medium of exchange Of labor and
the products of labor.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30

Not a silk mill in Paterson has escap-
ed a strike since the Inauguration OF
President Mckinley except where EN-
ployers have increased wages and each
strike resulted in an increase.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30

Renewed activity in the effort to ell
force the Prohibitory laws being mani
tested throughout Kansas. Temper
met people have become alarmed over
the boldness of the Jointists, and are
stirring up the officials to suppress the
violators. Judge Guthrie, who has
been keeping a close watch on the tenn
perance situation in the State, says that
the wave of prohibitory law enforce
ment is very likely to increase until
the running of saloons, except, possibly,
in the large cities, will become a hazar-
d0us1 undertaking.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30
The PENIS Grove Record
D JULY so, 1897.

II the number of dollars, real dollars,
not promise to pay dollars, have moth
ing to do with the value why object to
having more made?
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30

A transaction in (which you cann8 Ioseis 4
sure thing. Biiousness, Sick headline. f,ir-
red tongue, fever, piles thopspdo other
ills are caused by Constipation sdJugRialI
liver. Cascarets Candy, CathAfE ne wtt
derful new liver stimulant am Al
tonic are by all druggists gunrarN AN n
or money refunded. Q. q. q W. re
SAMPLE anS boO SIe ifI reeIs IVA slc
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-30
Everybody Says So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery Of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver n bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
and ~biliousness. Please buv n try Q box
Of q. G. G. to-day; 10, 25, so cents. Sold and
guaranteed to r by all druggists.