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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
Don't Tobacco suit and Smoke Your Life Awav

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wondcr-worker. that makes weak
men strong: All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

The postal department has ruled that
employees called to service In the mill
tary will be granted leave of absence
without pay, their positions to be re-
tanned for them on returning.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup orchildren
teething. softens the gums, reducing in
flammation, allays pain, cures wind collie. &c.
q bottle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

The estimate of the number of tramps
In the United States varies between
10000 and G0.000.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 tris; bottle and treatise
free DR.. r. II. KLINE Ltd. .Bl Arch ST. Phila., Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

ST.VITUS' DANCE, SPASMS and all nerv-
Gus diseases permanently cured by the use of
Dr. kline's Great Nerve Restorer Send for
r. II. Kline, Ltd, 931 Arch Street, Phila., Pa
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

We will give 800 reward for any case of ca
tarrh that cannot be cured with Halls Ca
tarTh Cure. Taken internally.
+. j. CHENEY a. Co. Props, Toledo, o.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

A Persian carpet has been in use for
200 years in the main hall of the Shah's
palace in Teheran.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong blood pure. SOC, 81. All druggists.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

In all the capitals of Europe except
London some theaters are kept up by
the Government support.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

For over 100 years weekly distribu-
tion of bread has taken place at st.
Johr's chapel, one of the Trinity par
ish churches, New York city.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever
t0c &c. If G. c. G. fail, druggists refund money
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
To Cure Consultation Forever.

Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c
II C. c. c. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

The barking of dog on the earth
can be heard by balloonist at an ele-
vation of four miles.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

cannot speak too highly of Piso's Cure for
Consumpton.-MRs. FRANK MoBDs, gl5 W.
I'D St.. New FORK. Oct. 20, 1894. .
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

A Maine owl became frisky the
other day, and attacked two men.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

A man resembles a ball of twine
when he Is wrapped up in himself.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

sent free, Klondike Map
From Gold Commissions official survey. Ad.
dress Gardner IL Co.. Colorado Springs. Colo
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

The majority of loves bonds are
formed from q chain of circumstances.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

Pink Pills for Pale People and 1 decided to
try them.
Emma had no faith In proprietary medi-
cines but tried the pills, and after taking a
dozen doses, she began to improve. 1t was
about the first of April when she began and
by the middle of May, after taking about
eight boxes, she was entirely cured.
"While ill, she lost twenty-eight pounds,
but now weighs more than ever before.
Her nerves are strong and she is in perfect
health. We are all confident that DR.. Will
iams' Pink Pills for Pale People cured
her, and cheerfully recommend them in
all similar cases. Mns. E. A. RYBoLT."
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
third day of September, 1897.
CALEB BAKER, Notary Public.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
will cure all diseases arising from a poor
and watery condition of the blood, will
build up run down system and are a spe-
ciac for paralysis, locomotor ataxia and
other diseases long regarded as incurabls.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

Agents Wanted-Free outfit. Several earn
so weekly. Brattice, 493 Pearl, New York.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
To Cure q Cold In One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is PLEASANT
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 80
cent bottles by all leading drug.
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA Fic syrup CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. ~
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27

"a y e n I
passed, and,
u n d o r O
C h u n ge OF
p h y si clans,
L IN N a be-
came some
W hat better
! but soon was
as b u d as
o v er. o n e
day l read OF
a case similar
to hers which
was cured by
DR.. Williams
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-27
Terrible Results of q FaII-How
Health Was Restored.
Number of Tramps.

S3n0n'o pile ara the only pills to take
sSN siiN w-th Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The times., 1898-12-11

deavors to meet the enormous demands
on her time and strength A preachers
wife who does net cut all church work
and refuse to be regarded as hired by the
church society that employs her hush
should have a skin like rhinoceros
hide. dominating disposition and man
ner. and the strength OF draft horse
She should be able to run her own house
hold. including her husband, whom she
should be able to protect against the end
less annoyances that are peculiar to his
Office and to uphold against the discourage
ing events that are in his daily experience
Nobody is more mercilessly abused than
a preachers wife who will submit to it,
and she is fortunate in her disposition If
she does not come to detest everything
connected with the church. Preachers
who fall and preachers wives who commit
crime are presumably the innocent vic
tins of overwork or the forms of abuse
that nobody else suffers to the same ex-
tent. Every physician of experience will
find ready excuse for most ministers or
their wives who suddenly abandon 4 life
OF goodness and propriety and break loose
In some astounding manner. Simple fa-
tigue will account for the greater num-
Der of cases, and society has no more
right to condemn them than it has to con-
denim the irresponsible lunatic.
In Chicago year or two ago a preach
ers wife committed suicide. She left a
letter in which she explained the cause.
She felt that she was untitled by educa-
tion, experience and disposition to aid her
husband in his work Another sort of
woman. she said. could promote his ambi-
ton, make friends for him among the con-
gregation, assist N his schemes for build
ing up the church, and all that Finding
herself burden to him, or at least not
being helpmeet, she drowned herself. If
We could have the history of that unhap-
py wonan's life. we should probably see
no cause TO blame her. Anybody who
knows how some church societies demand
the right to control the domestic affairs
wife, can imagine what she suffered be-
fore she reached the stage of desperation.
The preachers wife is about the only
woman in the world who is supposed to
be included in the contract with the hus-
band. His duties are clearly defined, but
hers are not. 1t requires the tact of a
prime minister for her to keep clear of
ruinous entanglements-to avoid taking
sides in the factional fight that few
church societies escape. There are women
who enjoy the life. They are perfectly
adapted to it. and they rule instead of
submit. But for the shrinking. conscien-
tious little woman who has delicate sensl-
bilities and wants to help her husband. 1t
is sometimes rough road with failure at
the end.
The times., 1898-12-11
Congress and the Army.

We have no means of knowing whether
Major General Joseph Wheeler. of the
United States volunteer army, intends to
resign his seat in Congress or not We
do know that he ought to.
We are unable to see any point in tho
finely drawn distinction that volunteer
officer may be a. member of Congress
with propriety and legality while it
would be against morals, ethics and pub
lie policy for regular to sit in the halls
of legislation The principle involved is
the same in both cases. The American
people do not want and will not have the
jiugling of spurs and the clanking of
sabers on the floors of their Congress-
General Wheeler is a Democrat AS
such he is well aware of the senti-
ment of his party regarding the slightest
hint at encroachmeni of the military
upon the civil power. He cannot have
been blind to the spectacle recently pre-
scented in the so-called republic of
France, where army interference in poll
tics has practically subvsr,e1 representa-
tive government He should not take the
chance of passing down to posterity as
the thin end of the wedge that originally
opened a like gap in the free institutions
of America He owes IL to himself, to
country to at once resign his commission
as major general or his seat In the House
Of Representatives
The times., 1898-12-11
SUNDAY, DECEMBER IL, lsss.
Peace.


Without any of the gorgeous ceremony
which would mark such a transaction
between two Old World powers, the treaty
of peace between the United States and
Spain was signed in Paris last evening.
There was an utter absence of anything
dramatic in the closing scene of one of
the most notable contests of modern
times. For all the parade or attitudiniz-
ing connected with the affair, it might
have been a session of settlement over
common everyday real estate transac-
ton
tormality did not detract from the fact
that the event marked most vital
change in the map, the policies and the
future of the civilized world, nor that 1t
placed the seal of fate inexorahly upon
the colonial power of a nation which
but short time ago, as history is
counted. exercised colonial domination
nearly over the known earth.
II is irony indeed that the sign manual
of a Canton lawyer. of a newspaper man
but little regarded in his own country.
of representative of interests which
have always fought against such a set
Element of our war with Spain, and Of
the other members of the Commission
whose voices have been practically silent
whatever their service may have been,
should be potent enough to send to just
of a great medieval despotism, the curse
of humanity for centuries.
The deed is accomplished. The beauti-
ful and rich island of Cuba is freed from
The despotism that tortured and BUTCH
cred honorable prisoners of war. mur-
r. dered and outraged helpless women and
girls. and carved little infants in helHsh
delight within it's borders. The gem ISL
and Of the Antilles. the fruitful Porto
Rico, is ours. Spain has been expelled alb
solutely from the Western Hemisphere,
which its superstitions, expressions, per-
secutions and fiendish brutality have
cursed since the landing of Columbus.
The Philippines. too. are brought under
the aegis of America, and their teeming
population rescued from Spanish hatred
and the horrors of the Inquisition.
In the signing of the peace treaty, a
boundary monument has been erected
which marks the dividing line between
tfe provincial past and the predestined
imperial future of the United States. It
is not one easy to be demolished 1t is
built of the enduring, adamantine spirit
of American courage. enterprise and hu-
manity. Upon its faces the Tories and
Hessians may post their pIacards of cor
ruption or treason; but it will stand
forever.
''If any man hauls down the American
flag. shoot him on the spot."
The times., 1898-12-11
Mr.. Cages Methods.

Secretary Gage, in treating of the internal re-
venue taxes, suggests that ''it might be well
to consider the propriety OF repeating some of the
more vexatious features of the act," but he
leaves Congress and the country guessing what
those features. in his opinion, are. All know
that the brewers have found one of them, but 50
have other people who are taxed. 1t does not
amount to much to say that people who are called
to pay taxes are vexed at the requirement.
That is something as old as is taxation itself.
The point is rs to where the relief is to come,
and we are not much inclined to hold out the
hope that it is TO come anywhere. Nothing can
be palmer than that the nation has entered upon
an era of heavier expenditure in its government
than it ever realized before in time of peace,
and one Of the last things to be expected at an
early date is the lessening OF its revenue re-
quired to meet these demands.
The times., 1898-12-11
College Hnzinr.

The action of the Princeton students
in repudiating the custom of hazing
marks new era in college life. For the
last fifteen or twenty years the foolish
and cowardly custom has been gradually
lapsing into disuse. and this change in
public sentiment has now been fairly ac-
knowledged. Hazing is practically
thing of the past at Princeton and most
other large colleges, and will soon become
only q memory among college-bred men,
The custom was in the first place
simple outcropping of the barbarism
which still exists in human nature The
barbaric impulse to set upon stranger
ard maltreat him is to be found among
most savage tribes, and is a legacy from
days when tribal exciusiveness was
necessary for purposes of self-preser-
walton. Before law and order ex-
listed among the nations. before there was
an understanding as to the treatment
The times., 1898-12-11
The Ticket scaIper,.

A war Of long standing is now on at
the Capitol between the railroads and
the merchants on the one hand. and the
ticket scalpers on the other. A Chicago
paper, in commenting upon this war,
says that the buyer of a special ticket
is morally obligated to live up to the
terms of his contract" The fact is that
the general public does not look at It
tina. way. 1t feels no more morally OBJ
ligated to live up to a contract with the
railroad than that Chicago writer felt
morally Obligated to live up to the
traditions of the English language. The
attitude of the public ON this question
is very much that of the small boy to-
ward the farmers apples. He knows, of
course, that he ought not to climb that
tree and take those apples; he ought not
even to pluck them If they hang over the
fence, or pick them up if a friendly wind
shakes them down to the ground; but
he puts his conscience in his pocket
along with the apples and doesn't lie
about the transaction. So the man who
travels on ticket proclaiming him to
be Mrs. Mary Jones or Rev. William
Smith, of Little Springs. does not under
take to prove that he really is that lady
or that clergyman, if he is asked about
it; but he thinks that it is the conduc-
tors business to find him out. If the
railroad sells him a special ticket, and
he does not use all the transportation TO
which he is entitled, he does not intend
to lose the money he paid for that trans
portation; he transfers the ticket TO
some one who can use 1t. Even very
good men have been known to do these
things.
What is to be done about it? The
right is on tine side of the railroads; Gus
tom on the side of the public. Some
times custom reforms contracts. putting
a new construction on them. 1t may in
time do so with tfis. Sometimes usage
conforms itself to the letter of the law;
that also may happen.
The essence of honesty, of course, Is
refusal to get something for nothing, I'M
less the thing is received as a free gift.
The honest man desires to give a fair
1Si S'SAs penny "oiei VA
good that he gets from the world. The
generous man will always give more
than he gets. The mean man, the
sharper, the swindIer. thinks it is smart
and shrewd to get more than he gives.
Some theorists say that the last named
ideal is perilously near dominating our
commercial life today. Perhaps 1t Is.
But a reaction is coming. When the
farmer does not feel that the railroad is
charging him more than he ought to pay
for the transportation OF his goods, he
will be less inclined to cheat the rail-
road. When the tenant knows that his
landlord is not amassing riches without
work he may take better care of the
house. When the workingman feels that
his employer wishes to be just and even
generous with his men, he will do bet
ter days work The element of retalia-
tion will be more or less eliminated from
our daily lie. Until some such large
shifting of ideals and standards takes
place, it is optimistic to suppose that the
ticket-scalpers will not do a profitable
business. But from the commercial
ideal We are slowly evolving civic ideal
OF justice and generosity.
The times., 1898-12-11

Senator Hoar is very illogical. One
reason for his objection to the appoint
ment of Senators to serve on such COM
missions as that which visited Hawaii
and that which is at Paris Is that the or
binary duties of Senator are enough to
occupy all his attention. Yet the Senator
Is to pass on the work of these commits
sions-he has urged that as one objection.
Is too much knowledge of the subject a
Disadvantage? Is ii a loss to the Senate
If some of its members have taken time
from other affairs to acquire a special and
intimate knowledge of these matters on
which the Senate is TO pass? What right
has United States Senator to talk non
sense that would condemn anybody else?
If Senator Hoar should object to the ac-
QUESTION of the Philippines for any reason
satisfactory to himself and should make
an honest argument TO support his oppo-
sition, he would be entitled to respect.
But every man of common sense knows
that his argument against Senators on
commissions rs insineere. 1t is pettifog-
ging that would bar lawyer from the
society of intelligent men.
The times., 1898-12-11


and conduct Of strangers. men went
among foreign nations at their peril. and
naturally they seldom visited other tribes
for any friendly purpose. With advanc-
ing civilization came the protection of
peaceful foreigners and the encourage
ment of immigration. But the aboriginal
instinct of testing the pluck and fighting
! weight of stranger still survives among
boys. 1t is like that other survival of
primeval habit which causes the domesti-
Gated cat and dog TO turn around two
or three times before lying down to sleep.
There is no long grass or straw on the
floor of house, to necessitate the max
ing of nest by this action. but the ami
NAL does 1t all the same. There are many
half-conscious impulses of human nature
which owe their existence to similar long
forgotten conditions
OF course, it is cowardly for a dozen
boys to bulldoze one helpless and inno-
cent stranger to make him ridiculous,
to handle him roughly, and to destroy
his peace of mind. When men began to
understand the principle of fair play,
they evolved the code of chivalry, which
made it dishonorable for the knight TO
take advantage of superior numbers, or
to abuse his interiors. The movement
which has made college athletics popular
In the last generation is not unlike the
world movement which made the tourna-
nent, the knight-errant and the crusaders
part of history. A college is microcosm.
Those who have the patience to watch
college life even for a year Will see in 1t
the rudmentary forms of most of the
great evolutionary movementssof history.
The football team and the racing crew,
the strict training, the instinct of chiv-
airy toward a defeated opponent, are
doing in college nfe what the tournament,
the laws of knighthood and the feudal
system did for Europe in the Middle Ages.
The formal abolition of hazing by the
riificant as the Witenagemote of Saxon
history. The college men of today are not
going to be mere bookish recluses. They
will be men of action. The influences
which shape college life now will shape
national life in the next generation. Sixty
years ago boys went to, college because
| they were bookish. At the present day
| they, go for love of football, rowing
| matches, social life. as well as books.
| There is going to be reaction some day
| against the commercial standards which
have come dangerously near dominating
our national life; and when it comes,
| there will be college men standing shoul-
der to shoulder with the farmer boys the
| men of affairs. and the ranchmen and
miners of the West.
In still another way the action of the
| Princeton men and of other college men
on this question is significant. 1t indi-
| Gates a breaking away from tradition.
| Sehooiboys are naturally the most cus-
| tom-ridden creatures in the world. II
| college men are now beginning to think.
| to reason. to disregard senseless tradi-
ton and make precedents OF their own.
that also augurs well for the future of
the Republic We need manly, clear
headed, just and generous men, unham-
| pered by worn-out customs, to develop
! this immense country. and this incident
! indicates that some of them at least will
be college bred.
The times., 1898-12-11
Maryland has a statute that has beel

Maryland has statute that has been
In allegiance for nearly century because
nobody seemed to be aware of its exist
ence Under it Eli Tucker, a rich farmer,
will have to pay 5000 to the widow of
Uriah Johnson. Tucker killed johnson
in quarrel, and when he was convicted
of the offense the widows lawyer dug up
the ancient law which provides for this
sort of compensation to the heirs of the
dead man. The law was taken from Eng
land, but it has always been dead letter
here. There is nothing the matter with
it. On the contrary, there appears to be
no good reason why it should not be en-
acted in all the States. In New Jersey
recently man was allowed to escape
with a light sentence because he had
decided house and paid a sum of money
to the widow of the man he killed. In
very many cases this would be an emf
nently proper thing. even If it did not
tighten the punishment of the slayer.
The times., 1898-12-11
War on the Pnper knife.
(From the Galveston News.J

(From the Galveston News.)
London publishers are dsputing over the Etility
of uncut leaves The organ OF the book trade
comes cut strongly opposed to the paper knife
There has been a great change of opinion in this
matter in England well as in the United
States There the practice Of trimming margins
has grown. while here il has diminished. We
have many more books published with uncut
leaves now than at any time hitherto. Most
lovers of books favor, it is claimed, uncut leaves
With such readers of the delights of buying
books lies in the privilege it confers in cutting
the leaves. And there is 4 practical as well az
ianeiful reason for preferring margins rr-'
duced by mechanical trimming process. and this
is that in the event OF rebinding there is danger
of not having any margin to spare. Another tell
ing argument for uncut leaves is that the pur-
chaser knows that he buys magazine which
others have not read when he finds the pages
closed