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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-07

Court on Thursday handed down the
decisions in regard to license applica-
tions. About 100 were refused in the
county, among them being the following;
Freeland-Condy McCole, wholesale;
John Rashay, bother; Peter Jesinski,
retail; George Wassil, retail.
Foster-Stephen Bowser, retail.
Among the six applicants in Wilkes
barre who were refused is Sol Hirsch,
who applied for place on the Square.
The applications of Condy McCole and
John Rashay were reconsidered on Fri
day by the court, and the first decision
on these was reversed. Both were
granted licenses.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-07
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
T EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
L. February 20, 1898.


ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS,
LEAVE FREELAND.
z 40 a m for Sandy Run, White Haven,
Wilkes Barre, Pttston and Scranton.
8 AS IN for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk, Al
lent 'wn, bethlehem, Edston, Philadel-
phia and New York.
9 35 Il III for Huzleton, Mahanoy City, Shen-
andoah;, Mt. Carmel, Shamokin and
Pottsvillc.
l Sd for Sandy Run, White Haven,
Wilkes Barre, Scranton and all points
West.
andoah, Mt. Carmel, Shamokin and
Pottsville.
6 81 p m for Sandy Run, White Haven,
Wilkes-Barre and Scranton.
z 25 p m for Hazeton, Mahanoy City, Shen-
andoah, Mt. Carmel, Shamokin and
Pottsville.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
7 40 a m from Pottsville, Shamoxin, Mt.
Carmel, Shenandoah, Mahanoy City
and Hazleton.
25 a from, New York, Philadelphia,
Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown and
Q 35 n IN from Scranton, Wilkes Barre and
White Haven
IL 54 II m from Pottsville Shamokiu, Mt.
Carmel, shenandoah, Mahanoy City
2 80 y IN from scranton, Wilkes Barre and
34 p IN from New York, Philadelphia,
Enston, Bethlehem, Allentown, Potts
Vile, Shamokin, Mt. Carmel, Shenan-
doah, Mahanoy City and Hazleton.
25 p IN from Scranton, Wilkes Barre and
White Haven.
For further information inquire of Ticket
F0LLlN II. WILBUR, General Superintendent.
A. W. .NoNNEMACHER,A Asst G. P. A,
Philadelphia, Pa
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-07

The Democratic committee of the first
legislative district, at Wilkesb barre on
Friday, elected the following delegates
to the state convention: M. j. Whalen.
Peter Forves, w. S. Gibbons and John
I. Lenahan. The friends of State Chair
man Garman claim that three out of the
four delegates are friendly to him. Mr.
Lenahan, of course, is Garman's enemy
Garman says the result is victory for
the Democratic party, not for any fac
tion. 5. w. Boyd, one of Garman's
candidates, was objected to by Lcnahan.
1t is said he will make contest. The
chairman, who il is alleged, was friendly
to Lenahan, threw out three of Boyd's
delegates, and refused to entertain an
appeal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-07

Yesterdays Philadelphia Press con-
tanned a dispatch from Villanova, from
which the following is extracted:
The Vllanova base ball team, under
the skillful direction of Coach Harley, is
rounding into excellent form. The
squad has been reduced from twenty-five
to sixteen candidates, and it is probable
that every man now at work in the cage
will wear Nillanova uniform, either as
regular player or substitute, during the
coming season. Although the regular
players have not yet been officially
selected, the filling of the most import
ant positions is virtually decided upon.
When the men first reported for practice
it was feared that the team would be
severely handicapped on account of a
scarcity of pitchers. Breslin, whose
phenomenal work in the box last season,
was among the candidates, but he
could not be expected to do all the work.
The management was not slow in recog-
nzing this deficiency, and Immediately
began search for raw material
McFadden, newcomer of colossal
stature, was trying for second base, and
his strong, accurate throwing soon
attracted the attention of Coach Harley
aud Captain Reilly. He was called
aside from the squad and has since
devoted himself to twirling under care
full instruction. He has slow motion,
but throws speedy, deceptive ball, and
possesses complete control of his arm.
1t will be a disappointment to Coach
Harley and all the team II McFadden
does not prove one of the base ball won
ders of the season.
The shortstop will be Broderick, the
only candidate for the position. He
handles himself naturally, and as II
ground covcrer it will be difficult to find
his superior among the college teams.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-07

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 and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness Please buy and try box
of c. c. G. today; 10, %, so cents Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-07
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENT

LNSTATE OF WILLIAM ID. COWEN, late
IL of Wildwood, N. j., deceased.
Letters of administration upon the above
named estate having been granted to the un-
dersigned, all persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make payment, and those
having claims or demands to present the same
without delay, to John NJ. Powell
ChnS Orion StrOh. nttOrneY.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-07
I'sTATE OF WILLIAM A. wENNER, late
M pf Erpnlan1 Ippaoapd

Letters of administration upon the above
named estate having been granted to the un-
dersigncd, all persons indebted to said estate
having claims or demands to present the same,
without delay to Jennie Wenner.
Chas. Orion Stroh, attorney.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-07
DEATHS.

GroSs.-At Freeland, March 6, Ethel,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. Gross.
aged months. Inferred today at
llazleton. Breslin.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-07
BIRTHS.

McBrierty.-At Freeland, March 4. to
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McBrierty, Il
daughter.
McGee.-At Freeland, March &, to Mr..
and Mrs George McGce, IA son.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-07
Youthful RObhark Ahnuf.

For few weeks past pigeons and
other valuables have been stolen from
the stable of Bernhard Dim, on Burton
street. Last night the lock was again
broken and another quantity of goods
was taken. The boys committing the
theft were seen in the act last night
and are known to a lady living nearby,
and If the stolen articles are not return.
ed promptly the boys will be arrested.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22
A WAR EXPERIENCE.
Fhe SeIf-Sacrifice of a Southern
Woman Who Cared for
the Soldiers.

The sister of prominent st. Louis
physician recalls this story of war ex-
perience:
81 was living on plantation in North
Carolina when the war broke out" said
she. "We were miles from railroad,
and the army did not camp within &c
miles of us. Indeed, our little valley
was quite free from the ravages of the
soldiers. 1t was none the less true,
however, that we suffered. Our sup
plies from the outside were cut off, of
course, and we had to live on what we
could raise on our own plantations. Be-
sides. we felt that it was our duty to
save everything we could in the way of
rations for our own men.
"My husband was dead, and my in
valid brother, my son and myself COM
posed my little family. Of course, we
had numerous slaves, and they were
faithful servants. Our supply of coffee
gave out just as the second year of the
war commenced. My brother and l re-
GREETED it deeply, as did many others.
We supplied the deficiency as best we
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22
Youngest Union Major General.

The youngest major general Of vol
unteerS during the war for the union
was Charles Carroll Walcutt, of Column
bus, o., who died in hospital at Omaha,
Neb., few days ago. His death was
the result of his service, for, going to
Omaha to visit sister, he was attacked
by acute gangrene in a wound which
had troubled him great deal, and al
though his leg was amputated the dis
ease had advanced too far. He was ma
tive of Ohio, in his Goth year; his
father had served in 1912, bis grand
father in the revolution, and he entered
the volunteer service in the spring Of
1861, and went to war as major of reg
iment he had raised. He was made a
brigadier general for gallantry at At
lanta. and major general by brevet for
bravery at Griswoldville, where he was
wounded by shell; he was then in his
9th year. After the war he became
warden of the Ohio pententiary, and
was internal revenue collector 1S69-S3;
later he served two terms as mayor of
Columbus; for 20 years he was a MEM
Der of the school board of that city, and
its president for some years.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22

it is impossible to use the hand in a
cramped or stiff position; hence free
dom and grace of movement result. The
child holds the paper in one hand and
works, motion coming from the shoul-
der, elbow and wrist as well as from
the finger muscles. The paper, as soon
as touched, absorbs the Indian ink with
which he writes. The child thus finds
it necessary to touch with precision
and care, and acquires insensibly GER
tain power of drawing in this precise
touch and in the exercise of the arm
and hand muscles.
Western principles in education as
we'll as western school furniture have
been adopted in the Sunrise Kingdom.
The Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc, are
used; for the japanese at once recog-
nized the advantage of these signs for
numbers instead of their own cumber-
some ones. Maps, charts, diagrams, are
seen on the schoolroom walls, object
lessons are given; and foreigners, hear
ing the children's recitations, even
though not understanding their speech,
recognize that the young japanese are
| getting some good results of modern
civilization.
In the government colleges the stu.
dents eat food prepared in western
style, using knives and forks and spoons
instead of chopsticks, and sleep on beds
instead of on the mating, When beds
were first introduced, in a few cases
they were not supplied with mattresses
end the officials, ignorant that these ar.
ticles were a necessity, required their
unfortunate students to sleep on the
hard wooden Stats covered ouly by two
or three quilts; so between the tortur.
Ing beds by night, and the uncomfort.
able, because unusual, position of sit
ting by day, the poor students had a
hard time of 1t. 1t was not wonderful
that they thought the foreigners ways
absurd and barbarousi
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22
SUDDENLY I THOUGHT OF THE
COFFEE"

could with chicory, parched corn and
parched sweet potatoes.
"One day l had occasion to rarsack
the storeroom thoroughly. Our salt
supply was getting low, and I thought
remembered seeing another sack
somewhere in the storeroom. After
good search / found the salt, and what
was still more welcome, whole bag Of
coffee.
The instinct of self-sacrifice is
strong in woman, you know. l had
been doing without coffee for months,
it is true, but thought could do with
out for awhile longer. I had an old
uncle few miles away. He uissed his
morning coffee very much, and | had
often heard him wish that he could OBJ
tain the real coffee once more. de-
cided that he should have my new
found treasure. Reserving part of my
find for my brothers use, wrapped the
greater part of the coffee up and pre-
pared to take it to my uncle.
"The next day ordered the carriage,
and, taking my small son, his nurse, a
coachman and boy, l started for my
uncle's plantation. As we drove down
the main road several miles from my
home, we came up with the boys in
gray. A detachment of the confederate
army had been camping at Reidsvlle,
and they were marching to the main
body of the army. l ordered the coach.
man to drive to the side of the road, so
as to let them pass in order.
"They marched by spiritedly. The
band played, and the flags waved, and
as they passed me they saluted gallant
ly. l waved to them heartily. My en-
thusiasm grew to excitement. l waved
my handkerchief; I stood up and
clapped my hands. My little boy
initiated me, and we were cheered by
the men. Suddenly thought of the
coffee. 1t is the instinct of every south
ern woman to give away good things
to eat. had nothing but that coffee,
and the soldiers must have that. Beck.
oning to the sergeant, l pulled the bag
of coffee from under the seat, and
handed it to him. The soldiers cheered
again, and went on.
when they had passed, and l had
given orders to the coachman to drive
on, l realized suddenly that my uncle
was deprived of his treat. Then my at
tention was caught by the boys nurse,
who held the little fellow on her lap.
cts good thing the sojers didn't
want you, Mars Rob- she exclaimed,
ELSE misses dane glib you away
"The negro girl had touched the right
spot. would have given anything and
everything to the soldiers that they
needed if could. st. Louis Republic.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22
JAPANESE SCHOOLS.
dom Has Adopted Western Ways
In Training Children.

Miss Ida Tigner Hodnett contributes
to st. Nicholas second and concluding
article on "The Little japanese at
Home" Miss Hodnett says:
japanese children used to sit upon
their heels in the schooi-room, grouped
round their master on the soft mating,
chanting together their Iroha, or read
ing in concert the wise maXims from
their readers which have been the men
tai food of countless generations of
their race. A change has come, and
now they sit on benches before desks
in western fashion, though they do
not think this method of sitting very
comfortable, and are glad on returning
home to indulge in the usual squat.
But they still recite in concert, in a
monotonous sort of chant, the Iroha
(ee-ro-hah), which corresponds to our
alphabet.
Under the former system of school
ing, all japanese children learned to
read and write the Hiragana charac-
ters, and to calculate; and it was an
unheard of thing for grown person to
be unable at least to read and write,
and do simple calculation. They were
seldom sent to school before the age of
seven, and were not hard pressed in
their studies. In learning to write,
they were acquiring the deXterity of
finger and wrist needful in drawing,
and without doubt their method of
writing is one of the traits which have
tended to make the japanese a nation
of artistic tendencies. A soft paper
is used, and brush instead of pen.
Care and eNactness are necessary, ow-
ing to the nature of the materials, and
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22
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THE VOLUNTEER.

The band was playin "DiXie" when he
marched, marched away;
An never any likelier lad slept time to IT
that day;
1.-The finest fellow of 'em all!' I heard the
town-folk say.
The band was playin' Dixie" as he
marched-marched away.
How fast my wild arms held him-my boy,
who would not stay
The likeliest lad that answered to the cap
tain's call that day
''The finest fellow of 'em all!' An in the
red array
OF flags that rippled over them they
marched my lad away
But a mothers fears, and prayers, and
tears are nothing. War must slay,
And the draped, deep drums were mufiied
as they brought him home that day.
"The finest fellow of em ALL" heard the
town-folk say,
And his mother bendin' over hlm-dead at
her feet that day!
Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitu-
tiOn
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22
NOT TO BE RELIED ON.
Hiram Wns Reported Among the
Killed in Battle, But He
Didn't Stay Dead.

The wartime months went dragging
by, and the burden of gloom in the air
seemed to lift; for when the Chicago
Tribune was read each evening in the
post office, it told of victories on land
and sea. Yet it was joy not untinged
with black, for in the church across
from our house funerals had been held
for farmer boys who had died in prison
pens and been buried in Georgia
trenches. One youth there was l re-
membered, who had stopped to get
drink at our pump, and squirted
mouthful of water over the fellow who
was with him. He was very gay and full
of jokes.
One night the postmaster was reading
aloud the names of the killed at Gettys-
burg, and he ran right on to the name
of this boy, The boys father sat there
on nail keg chewing a straw. The
postmaster tried to shuttle over the
name and on to the next.
"Hi! Wha-what's that you said?"
SKILLED in honorable battle-Snyder,
Hiram" said the postmaster, with a
forced calmness, determined to face the
issue.
The boys father stood up with jerk.
Then he sat down. Then he stood up
again and staggered his way to the door
and fumbled for the latch like blind
man.
"God help him, he's gone to tell the
old woman" said the postmaster, as he
blew his nose on red handkerchief.
The preacher preached funeral ser.
mon for the boy and on the little pyra-
mid that marked the family lot in the
burying ground they carved the in
.scription: KILLED in honorable battle,
Hiram Snyder, aged 49,"
Not long after, strange, yellow,
bearded men in faded blue began to ar
rive. Great welcomes were given them;
and at the regular Wednesday even
ing prayer-meeting thanksgivings were
poured out for their safe return, with
the names of company and regiment
duly mentioned for the Lords better
Identification. Bees were held for some
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22
The Feast of the Roses.

A unique celebration occurs in June
of every year at Mannheim, Pennsyl-
vania, according to the Ladies Home
Journal. 1t is known as the feast of
roses, and is held to commemorate the
benevolence of Baron Stiegel, who
more than a century and a quarter ago
leased tract of land at Mannheim to a
congregation for church site at an
annual rental of one red rose to be paid
in June of each year. After Baron
Stiegels death the rent was never de-
manded until few years ago, and now
it is formally paid to one of the baron's
descendants. The occasion is known as
"the feast of roses" and the quaint
ceremony attracts the greatest interest.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22
THIS GHOST WAS HIRAM SNYDER.

of these returned farmers, where 20
teams and so men, old and young, did
a seasons farm work in day, and split
enough wood for year. AT such times
the women would bring big baskets of
provisions and long tables would be set,
and there were very jolly times with
cracking of many jokes, that were
veterans, and the day would end with
pitching horseshoes, and at last with
singing Auld Lang Syne. 1t was at one
such gathering that ghost appeared
"a lank, saffron ghost, ragged as a
scarecrow - wearing foolish smile
and the cape of cavalryman's over
coat with no coat beneath it. The ap-
partition was youth Of about 20, with
a downy beard all over his face and
countenance well melowed with coal
SCOT, as though he had ridden several
days on top of freight car that was
near the engine. This ghost was Hiram
Snyder.
All forgave him the shock of surprise
he caused us-all except the minister
who had preached his funeral sermon.
Years after heard this minister re-
mark in a solemn, grieved tone: Hiram
Snyder is a man who cannot be relied
on."-Elbert Hubbard, in Philtstine.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22
HUMBLE BUT USEFUL.
The Little Gray Earth-WOrm Is Poor
ly Equipped by Nature, Yet
Does His Work Well.

Myrta Lockett Avery tells in ST.
Nicholas of the work done by ths
humble earth-worm. The author says:
We have little gray helper who can
not hear, nor see, nor make any noise.
He wears little gray coat, and he lives
in tiny caves which he burrows out for
himself. Our little gray helper has no
feet, so he crawls.
He works busily for us all day in the
ground, under our feet, coming out
chiefly at night to get his food. Then
he does not take anything which anyone
wants, but only fallen leaves and bits
of stuff which no one cares about, and
which are best out of the way.
Although much less fortunate than
we, having neither legs nor feet, nor
hands, nor eyes, nor ears, he has all
that is necessary to the performance
of the work he has to do; and since our
little gray helper has all he needs, and
does his work, and does it well, we may
think of him as being quite content and
happy. And since the work that he
does for us is very necessary and i'm
portant work, and since he does it ex-
cellently well, we need not regard him
with less than respect.
He has a system of blood-vessels, a
nervous system, and-yes, brain.
When you come to consider him under
a microscope and in relation to the
work he has to do, he is quite an in
teresting and exquisite bit of mechan-
ism. He uses his brain, and has wis
dom enough to know what to eat and
how to get it. Though he has neither
eyes nor hands, before taking anything
into his cave, he examines 1t carefully
by means of his one sense (touch), and
with his little upper lip, which the
scientists call prostomium. This lip is
very sensitive.
He is prudent and thrifty, always
dragging into his little house enough
to secure him against the coming day,
for, blind and deaf as he is, he knows
it is not wise to be out in the daytime,
for the birds and their babies like him
entirely too well. He also knows that,
being of chilly nature, he will need
to be wrapped up bit when he goes
to sleep in his cave, so he makes his own
little bed Of blades of grass and bits OF
leaves which he has dragged in with
the little lip that does so much. He
seems to like fresh air when he can
get it, so he rests with his head near
the mouth of his cave; and Mother Ma
ture, realizing that this might give
Robin Redbreast an unfair advantage
of him, provided him with headcov.
ering darker than the rest of his coat
and very nearly the color of the earth
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22
Where He Made n MIntnke.

"Aren't you sorry that you mixed
corn -four with your wheat -four,
now that you have found out?' asked
the Jobs comforter.
81 should say l am" the miller ad.
mitted. "In the first place, ought to
aave called it health blend and to
put II on the market at higher price
than the pure stuff."-Cinclnnati En-
luirer.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22
THE SCISSORS.


We're a jolly pair of twins,
And we always work together,
We are always bright and sharp,
However dull the weather.
Whenever little Maidie
Takes her work-boX in her lap,
We are always up and ready
With our Snip, snip, snap"
Chorus. Snip snip, snap.
Snip, snip, snap.
We are always up and ready
With our Snip, snip, snap"
We cut the pretty patches
To piece the pretty quilt;
Each square the next one matches,
Their posies never wilt.
We trim the edges neatly,
With never a mishap,
And what music sounds so sweetly
AS our Snip, snip, snap?"
We cut the dolly's mantle
We shape the dolly's dress.
Oh, half the clever rhings we do
You'd never, never guess!
For food or sleep or playtime
We do not care rap,
But are ready, night and daytime,
With our Snip, snip, snap!"
Chorus. Snip, snip, snap,
Snip, snip, snap,
But are ready, night and daytime
With our Snip, snip, snapW
Laura q. Richards, in st. Nicholas.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22
A CRACKER cAcKLER.
How Boys Can Have Lots of Fun on
the Glorious Fourth of July
without Firecrnckers.

Although it may seem unreasonable
or impossible, boy can have some OF
the fun of frecrackers, rockets and
roman candles without spending a cent
for the fireworks. That is, he can make
the noise of the explosions without hav-
ing the fire and the fuss. The picture
shows a simple little device called the
"firecacker cackler," which will be
found to work very well indeed. The
wheel is simply piece of board cut into
circular form and then notched. 1t
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22
Soft wood md Heat.

Contrary to widespread belief that
hard woods give more heat in burning
than soft varieties, 1t has been shown
that the greatest power is possessed
by the wood of the linden tree, which
is very soft. Fir stands next to linden.
and almost equal to it.