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Wrapper,
FIannels,
64cyard.

F1eeced back wrapper Aannels,
dark and medium shades, Per-
sian patterns, scrolls and many
new effects; SIC yard.
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SeaSOnable
Domestic Items.
Cotton Bats,
SOC each.

Lily white bats, In large, full
3-h rolls, enough cotton for .
comforter 1884. Special, SOC
each.
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DOmet Flannel,
1Oc yard.

33-inch warm heecy domet
flannel, in plain white, for chill
dren's underwear, etc.; 1Oc yard.
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WOmen'S Wool
Cashmere Gloves

For ordinary wear in the cold,
snappy Winter season women's
black wool cashmere gloves are
decidedly more comfortab BILE than
kid; they're neat and dressy, and
not at all out Of place for wear
on all general occasions. Priced,
Csc the pair.
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WOnen's
Winter Coats,
$500 each.

To-day we shall offer more OF
those IS Winter coats for wo-
men; they sold rapidly on spe-
cial sale last week, but still
there remain enough to interest
one with q coat need if the size
is here; they're warm, well made
garments of heavy black and
navy coating, half lined, and of
q stylish cut; every one worth
more than the asked price-$5,
special.
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California Flannel,

A good, firm quality of all
wool California flannel the
twi11ed kind, used largely for
mems overshirts and heavy un-
derwear, two shades-navy and
grayish blue. Per yard, Csc.
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16
Decided to Wed Mr.. Dukknts.

why, Ethel, what are you doing
with that big medical work in your
lap?"
We'll, Arabella, you'd never guess,
am quite sure"
You are not going to make physi-
clan of yourself, are you?"
Not at all. l am trying to find out
which of my two suitors love enough
to marry. What do you think of
that?"
How can a cyclopaedia of medicine
help you?"
well, it's this way. Mr.. Spondu-
licks is fifty-seven years of age. He is
worth 100000, and has consumption
Mr.. Dukkats is sixty-five years old. He
is worth S500,OOO and has incipient gout
| thought, perhaps, this medical book
would help me to make up my mind
| have about decided that l love Mr..
Dukkats the better. Which would you
love?"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

Henry Hoglot.-So ye think ole AL
vim ought ter be expelled from our So
ciety? What's he been doin'?
Samuel Stubble.-Why, he's a inf
del
Henry Hoglot.-Inidel! What's
that? What does an infidel do?
Samuel Stubble.-He don't believe in
anything. Now, ole Alvin said las
Fall that the cornhusk an hog-melt
theories fer prognosticatin' hard Win
ters was all bosh; then he said that a
man might as well grub up briers in
the light of the moon as in the dark.
But the last time saw him he fairly
put the cap-sheaf on the shock.
Henry Hoglot.-Do tell! What did
the blamed fool say?
Samuel Stubble.-Why, he said that
a woodchuck would no more think of
wakin' up for grounding day than he
would fer Sunday school!
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16
FOIL.EO.
The GentIcsnaniy Highwnyman Was
Il Hicyc'. Ficnd.


'I'll trouble you .or your little wad,
if you please!"
The footpad was rolite, but insistent.
The luckless pc, strian looked up
and down the diml. lighted street, but
nobody else was in sight.
1T will not do you any good, my
dear friend" said the gentlemanly
highwayman, still holding a revolver
pointed in a most threatening manner
at the others head. THE nearest sa-
loon is half mile away, and the dis
tance to the nearest policeman is ex-
actly the same. You and | have the
locality entirely to ourselves. Where
fore"-and he gave the trigger an ON
inous little click-"there is no occasion
for prolonging this interview. Pro-
duce!"
Il see you've got the drop on me all
right enough" said the victim, grumb-
lingly 'and all I'm kicking myself
about is that | didn't need to lose my
roll. / could just as well have left it
at home this evening. If you'll put
your fingers in my right vest pocket
you'll find SO, more or less. It's all
I've got about me, and | was going to
spend it tomorrow for a new set of
tires for my bicycle"
What kind of tires?" sternly de-
manded the footpad.
"The Fladger & Skimmerhorn Pune
tureless Anti-Sideslip."
Can you get that for $9?"
81 know where l can get it for a
shade less than &c."
Great Scott, old man! You keep
your little wad and go and buy that
tire. Say, do you know that's the best
tire on earth? Why, darn it, | ride the
Fladger & Skimmerhorn myself
Shake,"
If this should maet the eye of the
gentlemanly highwH yman he will learn
that an outrageous confidence game
was played upon h'yn.
The belated pedestrian whom he met
on that occasion uses the lingo &
Slabb Extra Resilient bicycle tire and
has no use for any other kind.
But he happened to see by the light
OF a street lamp that the gentlemanly
highwayman wore a Fladger G. Skim
merhorn button in the lapel of his
coat.
Furthermore, he had $6750 in anoth-
er pocket.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

London is losing its old landmarks
at an alarming rate. In the neighbor-
hood of Holborn the course of destruc-
tlon has been particularly noticeable
during the year gone past. The de-
molition now in progress of a number
OF ancient houses on the north side
OF that thoroughfare will cover with
oblivion many spot of historic in
terest. The clearance begins at Fur
nivals Inn, and one may take a last
glimpse of the top set of chambers, in
which Charles Dickens wrote part of
the "Pickwick Papers" Thence the
labors of the "housebreaker" extend
to the famous "Old Bell" which has
already been razed to the ground.
Between these two points two other
licensed houses, pleasant with the fla
vor of by gone days, and more than
one building with an interesting his
tory, are doomed. Bidler's Hotel,
which is to be rebuilt and enlarged,
is a relic of the early days of the
Queens reign, and the removal of the
present structure means the destruc-
tion of the Horse and Groom at the
corner of Leather lane. This house
claims to have been licensed for close
upon couple of hundred years,
but the buildings are probably
at least a century older, and
1t is one of the quaintest hos
telries in London. Former asso-
Citations of the house connect ii with
the highwaymen who piled their call
ing on the Great North road, and JON
athan Wild, the notorious thief-taker,
whose skeleton rests in the College
of Surgeons in Lincoln's Inn Fields,
hard by, was once a regular customer
at the tavern whose days are number
ed
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16
BRITISH WHITE CAPS.
Indiana Moral Reform Methods Adopted
by the People of Wales.

They have very strange and vigorous
methods of enforcing the laws of NOR
ality in the parish of Llanbister, which
is situated in the hills of the purely
agricultural county of Radnorshire,
South Wales.
Scandalized at a breach of the laws
of morality, which they believed to
have been committed, the parishioners
a few nights ago formed what is
known in Wales as a "Rebecca" gang,
and, attired in a variety of costumes,
and, with faces sooty black, serep2d-
ed the alleged delinquent's house. The
woman who was suspected was also
fetched. Both, in a nearly nude con-
dition, were marched to the River
Cwmdwr, which flows close by. In its
waters they were submerged, and then
made to walk backward and forward
through the stream for the space Of
nearly twenty minutes. While in the
stream the man made a desperate at
tempt to escape, but in crossing a
weir he came cropper, and was re-
captured. The two were then made
to run up and down the fields, and
were well belabored with straps and
sticks
Then they were escorted back in
procession to the mans house, where
the "Rebecca" sat in judgment. The
couple were condemned to undergo
further fiogging and to march up and
down the fields hand in hand. Their
hair was cut off, and, besides, they
had to undergo many other indigni-
ties. Tar and feathers were procured
but the more cautious prevailed on
their companions not to administer
such a dreadful punishment.
This extraordinary affair appears to
have given the greatest satisfaction to
the inhabitants, who feel that a great
blot on the rustic innocence of their
parish has been avenged.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16
A Novelist with 1000, 900 Readers,

The most popular novelists are those
who are least known to literary peo-
pie. Who has heard of Emma Jane
Worboise, or of the late Mr. Smith,
of Family Herald" fame? And
among French novelists Zola and
Daudet and Ohnet we know, but very
few have heard of Reichebourg, whose
death was announced yesterday. Yet
Reichebourg-"th king of feuilleton-
ists,' as he was called-had probably
more readers than any novelist alive
or dead, and made as much money by
one novel as any other novelist by
two. He wrote exclusively for the Pc
tit Journal. He had it was calculas-
ed, 1000, 900 readers for every story he
wrote, and he used to receive $4,000
for the serial rights alone
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16
People Are Queer.

well, people are queer"
1t was Mr.. Dodge Tenders, of No.
2O1O Perambulator Avenue, Flatbush,
Borough of Brooklyn, Greater New
York, U. S. A., who was speaking.
'As is well known, the Borough of
Brooklyn, which contributes about
100000 of Greater New Yorks $780,
900 inhabitants, is criss-crossed with
trolley lines. The first thing | get in
to in the morning is trolley car, and
| ride forty minutes with a fat man
standing on one of my feet and a slim
man stepping on the other at two min
ute intervals. The last thing get out
of at night is also a trolley car, and l
have had therein another forty min
utes of trolley torture.
When l was at my old home in
Bingtown last summer, father said he
was going to give me grand treat
asked him what the treat was.
Never mind; it's something great,
Dodge he cried, enthusiastically.
Come on, my boy, come on; it'll be
great!
But what is it, paw?' l insisted.
Its great, my boy; out of sight,
he cried, grasping me by the arm.
Come on, an I'll give ye a jimmy
crackin' long ride, way up to Bees
winger's Corners, on the new trolley
car line!'"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16
BASHFUL.
Rural Legislator Gets in Remarks
Even If UncaIIed For.

Rural Legislator Gets in Remarks
Even If UncaIIed For.
Il can't help saying to you" remark
ed one of the old members of more
or less august legislative body to a
rural recruit, that some of the re-
marks you made yesterday were un.
called for, entirely uncalled for
The other looked intently at his COL
league and, removing his hat, mopped
his brow with red handkerchief.
"Looky here, friend he proceeded
after thinking for a quarter of a min
ute, do you realize that l am on the
minority side of this here house?"
"Yes"
"And that the place is chock full of
people who are full up to the necks
with speeches they want to git de-
livered?"
There are many such"
It's occurred to you, mebbe that
there is dimit to the time that man
has in this life fur doin' things
That hasn't anything to do with
your remarks yesterday"
"Yes, it has. You find fault with 'em
because they was uncalled fur. But l
want to tell you somethin, Eff | had
started out in politics as a shrinkin',
modest violet | wouldn't even have got
a nomination. An with all them peo-
pie, with both hands in the air, try
in to git word in edgewise. l can't
afford to take no chances. l know
them remarks was uncalled fur, but
leave it to you as a fair minded man.
if l held onto remarks till some of
you fellers got up and clamored for
'em, what would my constituents think
had become of me?"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

Here's a queer case" she said, look
ing up from the newspaper.
rs it?" he returned, for he was not
feeling in particularly good humor and
didn't care who knew it.
"Yes, it is" she replied. Its case
where a bride was given as a german
favor"
Rather a stretch of the Imagination
to call it favor, l should think" be
said.
Of course she got even with him
later-they always do; but this is not
q continued story.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16
EASTERN GIRLS GOING WEST
Agents in New York Engaging Mattresses
for the Pacific Slope.

for the Pacific Slope.
A number of agents in New York
are engaging girls to work as wait
resses in California and in Denver and
other cities in the far West. 1t ap-
pears that Eastern girls are more pop
ular than Western girls in restaurants
out there, and that the places that en-
ploy girls from New York, and other
Eastern cities are rushed with busi-
ness.
The employment of these girls began
last summer, when an agent hired fif-
ty young women to go from New York
to Denver. He succeeded in getting
them all employment within twenty
four hours. This induced him to try
other cities, and he found there was
demand for Eastern girls in the res
taurants of Western cities. He re-
turned to New York and now 1t is
said that an exodus of mattresses to the
West has set in. One New York res
taurant keeper who employs women
said
1t seems odd that in California
they should want Eastern girls rather
than Western girls for Mattresses; but
all the same if the present exodus goes
on it will soon be hard to get a good
looking waitress to stay in New York.
A number of them have left two of our
establishments to take employment
in hotel at Coronado Beach, San
ninon tx
four more had secured employment in
hotel at Los Angeles. When one
goes others follow her example"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

Mr.. WI, the Chinese Minister, was
a guest at the last Grdiron Club din
ner in Washington, and was at first
somewhat puzzled regarding the fun
that always goes with a Gridron din
ner. When one of the members stop
ped the winner to complain of the soup
and the President demanded that the
soup pot be brought in, to see what
gave the peculiar taste complained of,
Mr.. WI looked serious and inquired of
his neighbor if the trouble could not be
adjusted without breaking up the din
ner He saw the hotel proprietor
brought in, and then the soup pot, and
he expected to see trouble over the
dinner before it was served. But
when the President of the club fished
out civil service reform bill from
the pot as the source of the complaint
against the soup, the Chinese Minister
saw the humor of the affair and from
that moment there was no guest who
caught on quicker or enjoyed more
the jokes of the Gridiron than did he.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

The best description of counterfeit
dollar we have ever heard was that
given by saloon-keeper in a trial at
Wichita, Kan, the other day He
said: well, Dawson threw piece of
money on the counter to pay for the
drinks and | could tell by the sound of
it that | did not have the change"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

Cascarcts Candy Cathartic, the most Won
deriul medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, hubitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try box
of c. c. G. today; 10, 25, 30 cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

She-I could have married either
Whipper or Snapper if I'd wanted to,
and both of those whom | refused have
since got rich, while you are still as
poor as a church mouse.
He-Of course. I've been supporting
you all these years. They haven't.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

'"The new missionary" said the King,
as he plucked bit of wool from be-
meath splinter ON his club, ''is a
strange sort of person. | hardly know
what to make of him"
Soup" suggested voice, at which
the King frightened visibly.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

Tell me- pleaded the artless maid,
wherein lies the secret of the art of
conversation!
The sage assumed the attitude he
was wont to assume when in the act
of imparting wisdom, and said:
MY child, lister!'
81 am listeningi" breathlessly she
answered.
"Well, my child" he rejoiled, that
is all there is of the art Of conversing
agreeably."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

You told me this horse had won
lalf dozen matches against some of
,he best horses in the country. He
him"
ut was in ploughing matches that
ne took the prizes, sir"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

Did you really lie still and see a
burglar walk off with your watch?"
Yes; my wife had just quit talking
md gone to sleep, and | wouldn't have
aad her wake again for all the gold
watches in creation,"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

Gentlemen" shrieked a medicine
,akir on the streets Of Abilene, II
pledge you my honor that there is no
whiskey in this medicine" With
which the crowd gazed on him re-
oroachfully and melted away.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

Cyclists are apparently regarded
with especial favor in Austria. A path
for their use has been laid down by
the side of the high road all the way
from Gratz to Trieste, a distance of
124 miles. The path is said to be only
about yard in width.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

What was the row between you and
rhomperson? A question of veracity,
was it not?"
mo. 1t was a question of unverac-
ity. | said he was a liar and he said
was another
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

The man who treasures up his speech
To cite a general rule
S either a philosopher,
Or else he is fool.
The man who talks and talks and talks
Belongs to the same class;
les wiser, even than a sage,
Or else he is an ass
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

Oh, it's nice to write of farming.
OF the hoeing of the corn;
OF the driving cows to pasture.
On an early summer morn.
OF the cutting down of timber,
When the snow is all about;
Oh, it's nice to dream about 1t,
But to do it---leaVe me out!
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

Rev. Longnecker-I wish could
think of some way to make the congre-
cation keep their eyes on me during
the sermon.
Little Tommy-Pa, you want to put
the clock right behind the pulpit.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

II rains on an average POS days in
the year in Ireland, about $50 in Eng
land, at Kezan about ninety days and
in Siberia only sixty days.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

I'm afraid Whey thinks little hard
Of me-"
You're foolish. There's "a man that
can't think hard on any subject"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16
A Queer BIT of Financierinu

A girl doesn't love every man she is
willing to go to a dollar and half
show with.-Atchison Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16

"1hey were too much alike to get
along well together" and the man who
was talking shook his head as though
to affirm his statement.
Il knew the father, Jim Strike He
was hard-headed, stern and self-opin-
donated. There was a man that would
rather argue than eat. There's moth
ing surprising in the fact that the boy,
Bob, inherited these characteristics.
They asserted themselves as soon as
he was able to get the first ideas of
babyhood, and they cost him many
spanking.
But it was after Bob came back
from school that the campaign really
opened. He and the old gentleman
couldn't agree on anything less cer-
tain than the time of day or the date
of the month. Jim was conserva-
tive and strongly disposed to be IN
aristocrat. Bob was radical, demo-
cratic and mighty near revolution
airy. When Jims men struck at the
factory Bob took their part and Jim
fairly raved. He couldn't keep up his
Cilu VI TIC al Suliltul Oue udy dI
the dinner table, after humiliating
defeat in discussion, the old man, his
face purple with anger and with a
voice that could be heard all over the
house, told Bob either to drop his fool
notions or pack and get out.
Bob got out. He went right to
work and made his living, and it takes
pretty stubborn young man to do
that when there is a magnificent home
and plenty of money waiting for him
if he will sing in harmony with the
old gentleman. That fall Jim ran for
congress and Bob took the stump
against him. Jim vowed he'd horse
whip the young man on sight, but |
guess he made it a point not to see
Bob.
"The opposing candidate withdrew
because of sickness and the commit
tee put Bob on the ticket. | suppose
that was the hottest campaign that ev-
er came off in the state. 1t was simp-
ly a screamer, and Bob won out. When
Jim got the returns | expected to see
him explode. But he was tickled to
death and so proud of My Bob that
he went to Washington with him and
stayed right through every term"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-05-16
An Eye to Business.

eyes, sir. Yer right; there amt no
money in farmin' NOW days, en- tn only
thing feryou en- me to do is to go to New
York and marry one of them there rich
heiresses.r
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-06
THE NEWS CONDENSED.

Hero Hobson refused an offer of $780,
600 to go on a short lecture tour.
The 18th u. S. infantry hes sailed
from Savannah for Nuevitas, Cuba.
The Sixth Ohio has been ordered
from Camp Poland to Cienfuegos, Cuba
Congressman Frank G. Newlands
will try to supersede VIM. Stewart as
u. s. senator from Nevada.
1t is reported that between now and
Jan. 5000 more regular troops will
be concentrated at San Francisco to
embark for the Philippines.
Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott has an
nounced his intention TO resign the
pastorate of Plymouth church, Brook
lyn, which he has filed for 10 years.
The duchess of Marlborough (Con-
suelo vanderbilt) will officiate at the
launching the new British battleship
Irresistible. The American flag will
float alongside the Union Jack.
An attempt by party of roughs to
break up a meeting of the Eighteenth
Ward Republican club at Chicago re-
suited in riot In which one man was
killed and several others seriously
wounded a .- 4
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-06
Peace Commission Completing the work.

Peace Commission Completing the Work
The peace commissioners at Paris are
rapidly completing their work on the
treaty. There were 13 articles laid be-
fore the commissioners for the drafting
of the formal treaty, covering the fol-
lowing subjects:
/. The REIMBURSEMENT of sovereignty
over and claim of title to Cuba. 2. The
cession of Porto Rico and other Span
ish possessions in the West Indies, to-
gether with Gaum in the Ladrones.
8. Cession of the Philippines. 4. The
terms of the evacuation of the Philip.
pines. 5. Pledge of the U. S. to pre-.
serve order in the Philippines pending
the ratification of the treaty. 6. Re.
lease of military prisoners. 2. Cession
by Spain of Land of Kusae, or Strong
island, in the Carolines. 8. Mutual re-
linquishment of indemnity claims.
o. Religious freedom of the Carolines,
assuring the rights Of American mis-.
sionaries there. 10. Cable landing rights
at points within the Spanish jurisdie-
tion. IL. Release by Spain of political
prisoners for offenses in Cuba and the
Philippines. 12. The pledge of the
q. s. to inaugurate in the Philippines
an "open door" policy and to guarantee
the same to Spain for at least IL years.
13. A revival of the treaties broken by
the war.
The first three articles were mutually
agreed upon in one days sitting, as
was also the article embodying the
terms of the evacuation Of the
Philippines, which will be prac'
tically the same as in the evac'
uation of Cuba and Porto Rico
The mutual release of military prison
ers was agreed upon, Spain liberating
the rebel prisoners and the United
States liberating the Manila garrison
and the Spaniards held by Aguinaldo
The political prisoners to be released
by Spain are such as are now in exile
at Ceuta, in Morocco, or at other Span
ish penal settlements.