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The Monticellonian., 1899-12-01

MR. ]. F. Trumpler, of Little Rock, died at his home in that city last week. Mir. Trumpler IS well known in Arkansas by virtue of his claim against the state for arms taken from his store by the Baxter forces during the Brooks Baxter war.
The Monticellonian., 1899-12-01

LET'S all get a move on our selves and get somebody, who Is able to build north and south railroad from Bastrop, La. to Pine Bluff, Ark, passing through Hamburg, Monticello and Star City. Such a road is what we need.
The Monticellonian., 1899-12-01
List of Letters Remaining in the P. aJ Montice uo, Ark,
 Unclaimed for 90 days.

Russell Adams. Maggie Braden. Lonzo Black. Will Bonds. (2) Willie F. Chambers. Annie Davis. NJ. F. Davis. leo \ Andrew Eavins. Mollie Ferguson. | Lum Ford. A W. D. Garrett. U. A. Hillman. Dick Hill.
 t. ], Hewitt. A H. Humphrey. M. P. Liddell. Nht. Matmorant. Wtlter Pierce. Ali Prosper. L. Rutman. Andtew Peterborough. Carr Rogers. C. M. Russell. Dick Scroggins. E. W.lSlocum. Rol Thompson. Rufus Thompson. Samuel rubbs.
 J. H. w Wsar. Geo. White. Dock Virgin. Peter Wilson. "a Ralph E. Wilson. Lon C. Young. Peter Young. Archey Washington. The above un,ess called for in the next two weeks will be sen, to the dead letter office.
 r. K. SAVAGE, P. M.
The Monticellonian., 1899-12-01

'CoTE AM,
The Monticellonian., 1899-12-01

Obstinate sores and ulcels which refuse to heal under ordinary treat ment soon become chronic and deep- seated. and are a sure sio,, tbo+ tbo
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
shook the Stock Market.

The proposed extension of the Jersey
Central Railroad to Frecland made
itself felt in an unexpected quarter last
week. In the New York stock exchange
on Wednesday the issues of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railway Company
were very weak and dropped in price
This is accounted for as follows by a
New York brokerage firm in their news
letter of that evening. They said:
1t is reported that the Central Railroad
If New Jersey has under consideration a
plan for building an extension which
will open up a large territory, and Sc
cure for that road a large increase of
coal tonnage and general traffic. In
addition to an extension from Upper
Lchigh to Freeland, a survey has been
begun for route to Silver Brook
which is now covered by Reading ex.
cluSiyeIy. The proposed line will run
from High Bridge at Hometown ovcl
Round Top mountain, and will give tht
company an entrance into the lIazletol
district. This, doubtless, accounts fo
the weakness in Reading stocks today
1t is not every town that can caus
stock values to dance up and dow
IN the New York stock exchange
Score another for our Board of Trade
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08

Three negroes not long ago made a
bet among themselves that each could
name Il supper that would be better
than the others could name. They put
up one dollar each, and the one that
named the dishes that would consti-
tute the best supper was to take the
three dollars. They drew straws as to
which one should be the first and the
last TO make up the menu for the i'm
aginary meal. The first man said he
couldn't think of anything better than
than greens boiled with hog iowl. For
side dishes he would Jake cornbread.
souse and black-eyed peas and wash
them down with buttermilk. The other
two smacked their lips.
We'll, for me- said number two, I'D
take fried chicken, hot biscuits but
tered and spread over with preservs-
and den, n den-let's see--yes n
'simmon beer and ginger cakes"
The mouths of the other two spilled
water, and it was apparent that they
were hungry. 1t came number three S
time.
wy, youse nIggers don't know
what's good" said he. "Tell me, fools,
1 what's better n possun baked sweet
'taters scattered all round it, swim
| min in de gravy? Hey? N den attel
youse done nibble at de bones tell
dcy amt no moa meat on em, der sci
de wntermillyon staring you in dc
face lik'. HeyW-and with that he
started to pick up the money
You leave dat money alone" the
other two yelled in chorus. 1--WE
weren't bcttin' agin no sure thing
I II
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
SOME NEEDED INVENTIONS.

A bike lamp that will stay lit.
A bookshelf that won't fall down.
An ice-pick that will break the ice
where you jab it.
An anglers scales that will do the
lying for the fisherman.
servants alarm clock that won't
wake up the members of the family.
A safety catch in a passenger eleva-
tor that will work when there is an
accident.
An automatic peach basket that will
make all the small peaches come to the
top.
A piano that will sound the same to
the girl playing it as it does to the
neighbors.
palatable health food that your
children will eat without being forced
to do so with stick.
An adjustable ring that will fit the
usual number of girls you become en-
gagged to during the summer.
An ambulance surgeon who can tell
the difference between a drunken man
and one with fractured skull.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
Sorting Walnuts

Recently two walnut shippers of
Anaheim county, California, found
that many of the walnuts in their pos
session We're light and empty, and
they cast around for some means to
rapidly handle the goods, as it was an
almost endless job to do 1t by hand.
They finally evolved the machinery to
do it with, consisting of a four-foot
blast fan, twenty inches wide, pro
PEELED by a three-hOrse power gaso-
line engine. The fan is set revolving
very rapidly and the nuts are precipi-
tated into n trough leading down to
the fan, whence the heavy nuts drop
into the bin made to receive them,
while the light ones are blown into a
receptacle arranged for them further
on. The force of the wind is sufficient
to blow the lighter nuts aside, while
the good ones fall straight down.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
RESOURCEFUL ENGINEERS.
Qualities Exhibit ee by a CorpE of Electri
clans in an Emergency.

Qualities Exhibited by a Corps of Electri
clans in an Emergency.
1t has been stated that one of tn,
leading qualities exhibited by electrical
engineers during the war was readi-
ness of resource. This Is well illus
trated in story told by one of the
officers of the corps. There was
good deal of uneasiness about that
time around Boston, as no one knew
but that the Spanish feet was sailing
straight for the city, and shells might
be flying within twenty-four hours.
On Saturday morning orders came
down to squad of engineers to set
up before night a complete isolated
plant for searchhght work on one of
the fortifications In the harbor The
men in charge o. getting the boiler
down the pay could get no suitable
boat anywhere, so they simply plugged
the holes in the boiler, rolled it off the
pier, hitched 1t to n tug, and towed it
down the harbor, kept ahoat by the
air inside it. The men who had to
take down the engine and dynomo
managed to get their machines landed,
but there they waited, with apparently
no prospect of gong further. On the
whole island there was only one truck
strong enough to carry the machines
from the dock to the fort, and that
was in charge of an Irishman in the
employ of the city Of Boston, who
doggedly maintained that he took no
orders except from the city officials,
and the authority of the United States
government was nothing to him. 1t
was already late in the afternoon, and
there was no possibility of reaching
the office of the authorities in time
to secure the permit. The men simply
took the driver to their barracks, got
him dead drunk and did their own
driving. And the searchlight shone
down the bay tina. night.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
A FEW SAYINGS.

The gamblers life is an Ideal one.
Life's harvest is best when the
ground is rocky.
We seldom have any illusions in our
second childhood.
The cruelest thing a woman can do
to us men is to marry us.
The piano next door must answer for
a good many of our sins.
We always reap more than we SOW;
that is, when we sow tares.
"A diplomat is one who can lie and
look right into your face when he does
it.
A single mans ambition is to get
married; married mans ambition is
to make the most of poor job.
Man has his true affinity, but he
never really finds it out until he is
married and can't have it,
If Love would only light the kitchen
fires as well as he does those of pas
sions, life would run smoother.
The best tonic in the world for a sick
man is to go around to his house and
let him win your money at poker.
Whenever a wife wishes to make her
husband feel cheap she lugs out some
of his old love letters and reads them
to him.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
ROCCO DePlERRO
BOYLE BLOCK, CENTRE STREET
- --'-z-f. -=a----~-
Head of Family of 1Ge Persons.

To be the head of a family of 1G2
persons is a record seldom falling to
the lot of man. But sucn is the case
with John Chandler, who resides in
Allen county, Ky, just over the Sum
ner county line.
This gentlman is the father of TWEEN
ty-nine children, twenty-one of whom
are now living and have families.
These twenty-one children have an
average of five children to each fam
lily, thus making Mr. Chandler the
grandfather of 105 persons. But this
is not the full extent of his offspring,
for he has thirty-five great-grand-
children. So it will be seen that Mr..
Chandler stands paterfamilies of 1G2
an achievement rarely equalled. 1t
certainly is not paralleled when the
fact is considered that the members
of this large family are all living.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
PA, MAY 8, 1893.
First Black Eye for Beef.

The contemplate discrimination made
by the administration against Demo-
Gratis of the army and navy has received
its first rcbuke. Baltimore, at its local
election last week, returned huge
majoritieS against the party in power,
and the only reason assigned by the
Washington politicians of both parties
was that the people voted that way TO
show their dlspleasure at the effort made
by Mckinley and his clique to diScredit
Admiral Schley. In refusing to award
common justice to this brave old sea-dog
the White House cotorie sank BENEATH
contempt in the estimation of the
American people.
The avowed intention of the man
killers who furnished soldiers poisoned
beef to procure the dismissal of General
Miles because he exposed their murder
Gus business may also succeed. At least
there is little hope that the figure-head
who occupies the presidential chair
will do anything to prevent Miles dis
charge. In the event of their success,
then the country should and will be
heard from at the following elections.
The Baltimore rebuke will be insig-
nifcant when compared to the avalanche
Of popular disapproyal which will sweep
over the United States.
There is one thing which Americans
love, and that is fair play. Fair play
has been denied to Schley, Miles and
many other Democrats in the military
and naval service, and upon that rock,
il there were no others in view, Nc
Knley will perish in 1900.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08

The solitary tooth of Buddha is to
be contained in what will probably be
..e most valuable Golfer in the world.
A Shan chieftain recently sent to
MouImein, in Burmah, an emerald
worth, it is declared. two lakhs of
rupees. in order that the Burmese
Buddhists might include it among the
Jewels which they are going to send
to- CeylOn in order to adorn the tooth
holding Golfer. Jewelry worth $4,000
rupees hau been already received from
Rangoon and Mandalay; and the Moul-
mein Buddhists have themselves Sc
cured jewelry to the value of $1,000
rupees. Thus the total value of the
jewelry adorning the Golfer will be
about three and half lakhs.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08

An item in our news columns today
states that the anthracite coal trust will
permit 100000 tons to be mined be-
tween May and July 81. Should this
prove true, and the TRIBuNEs coal pre-
dictions are generally correct, the out
look in the mining region for the com
ing summer is much brighter than at
any similar period for three years past.
An average of 3,OOO 900 tons of coal per
month should give the mine employees at
least four and one-half days work each
week, and this, as all know, is very
good working time in summer. If the
trust will continue to behave itself and
give the coal region people a chance to
live, some of its past black sins might
be forgiven.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
POINTS AND MOOT POINTS.

II you fish for love don't bait with
pride.
Love is a delicie us spur to action;
other indictments are more or less
cruel.
Love is the clew to the labyrinth OF
all times and eterr tiles.
To refuse to love is the objectionable
sin.
Jealousy is thorn we plunge into
our own self-loving hearts and leave
there to tester.
One adores little hearts-but not
small ones.
There is yet time for love and justice
God has not made moral laws for a
moment.
God poetizes and philosophers as
well as geometrizes.
true thought is from heaven-it
flashes through the brain of man, but
was not born there
Most minds are impregnated by mind,
few are fecund of themselves.
The best authors are the most lively,
the least literary.
Good has strong affinity for letters,
evil for life.
We can make assays and appraisals,
we cannot make values.
Words are sometimes married to
ideas, and that excellent union con-
stitutes style; verbal fiirtations and
misalliances are much more common,
however
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
DON'T.

Don't work yourself to death in or
der to make a living.
Don't envy your neighbor's luck;
envy his pluck if anything.
Don't expect your opinions to fit if
you obtain them ready made.
Don't attempt to talk if your mouth
is full or your head is empty.
Don't forget that quitting fault is
the best way to correct it.
Don't forget that nothing appears or
disappears quicker than tears.
Don't deride the vanity Of others. 1t
isn't modesty that creates a censor.
Don't think because a man never
knows what he can do until he tries
that it's always expedient to try.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08

why We're YOU sitting in the dark
when | came in?' inquired her father.
'The electric light went out" re-
piled Mabel. George said he thought
it was someln.ng, the matter with the
armature."
"Well, it did seem a little out of
place. said the father thoughtfully.
What seemed out of place, papa ~
The arm-at-your waist"
And the pleased old man went down
to tell his new pun at the club.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
Practical Philanthrophy.

young Philadelphian went to mil
lonaire friend and asked pecuniary
aid to start HIM in business. do you
drink" asked the millionaire. Once
in Il while" Stop it. Stop it! Stop
it for year, and then come and see
me-" The young man broke off the
habit at once, and at the end of the
year came to see the millionaire again.
.Do you smoke?" asked the success
FIJI man. Now and then stop il!
Stop it for year, then come and see
me again" The young man stopped
smoking, but he did not go back again.
He'd have told me-" he said, that
now that have stopped drinking and
smoking | must have saved enough to
start myself in business, and have"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
How's This

We offer One Hundred DollarN Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by HalPs Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo,
Ohio.
We the undersigned have known F. J,
Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made by
their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAy & MARVIN, Whole.
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter.
nally, acting directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. Price,
75c. per bottle. Sold 10y all druggists.
Testimonials free
Halls Family Pills arc the best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08

At last a man has literally broken
into priso". We are always hearing
of men who break into it figuratively
by committing a crime which lands
them there, but Jefferson City, Mo.
boasts of man who broke into prison
Just as many another man has broken
into IL house or store. No one knows
why he did it just the same. When
discovered he had scaled the-wall and
was ready to drop down on the inside
and in spite of the sentry's challenge
he did drop down.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08

william Blue was an engineer in the
employ of one of the trunk lines in
Missouri. ne of his duties was to
haul the through, freight over the
Western division, and his pet engine
was No. 2. One night he had an ac-
cident. One of the fiues in the boiler
G. his pet engine blew out and he was
stalled, blocking the main line. He
reported the matter to the division
superinten~ mt unwittingly as fol
lows:
Engine two blew out flew;
what'll | do?-Bill Blue"
Then he sat down to await instruc-
tions. This is what came over the
wires from .ne superintendent's Of
flee twenty minutes later:
Bill Blue: You plug that flue in
engine two and pull her through in
time to get out of the way of twenty
two"
This order is stuck up in the cab OF
Engine =.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
ut JUST HAPPENED"
Why u Girls Engage ment was Not An
nounced Sooner.

why GIFTS EngaSt mont was Not An
nounced Sooner.
The other night or, rather, it was
very early in the morning-the tele-
phone in certain newspaper office
rang loud and long. Most of the work
ers had gone home i'or the forty winks
that newspaper people contrive TO put
in between times. but there was one
man on the dog watch"-that is. you
know, he was the one person detailed
to stay around the office and be ready
for anything from a murder to fire.
At that hour of the day-about, well,
somewhere around 3 o'clock a. m. -
when the telephone in ncwspipss
office rings it generally means q po-
lice story that is worth looking up, go
the dog watch" FASTENED to answer
the summons.
Hello" said voice. "Is it too late
to get something in tomorrow morn
ing's paperY"
Not if it's important" was the re-
ply.
"Oh, it is" assuringly,
The reporter rushed for pad of
paper and pencil. screwed his ear up
to the telephone again and said:
"All right. Fire away there"
Then the voice was heard again
THE engagement of Miss-to Mr..
lis announced"
There was an explosion of wrath at
the press end of lire and the rules of
the telepone company restraining irate
persons from indulging in profanity
were smashed into smithereens.
why under the blankety- blank
blank dhat wasn't exactly what was
said, but it will do, you know didn't
you send in such stuff earlier in the
day."
But | couldn't" said the voice apo
logetically. You see, it just happened
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
SEVEN GEMS OF MEDITATION.

The quickest lunch is not the soonest
mended.
When a man confesses to a skeleton
in the closet he makes no bones of it.
Merely a side issue,' observed the
marketman, looking at the rib of beef
always in stranded condition?
Old Sol takes good care of the beam
that's in his own eye.
The cross-country theatre troupe is
closely related to the overland stage.
"Drifted apart" mused TIE lover who
found ten feet of snow before his
sweetheart's door.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
Living Up to His PRINCIPLES.

Look here exclaimed the woman
Who had made the sandwich for n
tramp and then thoughtlessly left him
alone for minute within the reach of
two whole pies, what do you mean
by eating all that pie?"
Madam" replied the tramp polite
ly, | am believer in expansion" -
Chicago fost
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08

An eminent Indian medical officer
Is satisfied that the growth of sun
flowers in malaral soil is better than
eucalyptus as preventive Of malaria.
The government of India is making ex
tensive experiments to determine this
point.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
FIGS AND THlSTLES.

Knowing how to think aids in know
ing what to think.
No church is christian, IL it fails to
go out doing good.
The fuel of knowledge must be
touched by the holy spirit torch be-
fore it will give heat
The devil is not greatly disturbed by
church services; it is Christ-service la
fears.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
A Lucky Man,

"What will she say when you get
home?"
Not word"
"Eh?"
That's right. She's wearing one of
these rigid beauty masks. But you
can bet your life l don't light up any
thing"
"Why not?"
81 wouldn't want to see the express
sion of her eyes"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08

The friends of popular preacher
who recently died in Louisville, Ky.
undertook to raise fund for his
family. one man gave his note for
ninety days for certain amount. and
when the committee explained to him
that cash was needed he agreed to
pay the note in cash If the committee
would discount it, which was done.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08

Observer-Do you think that yo,
can ever learn to ride wheel?
Beginner-Indeed, l do. After tn
difficulties | have surmounted in get.
ting one, feel competent to accolnp
lish anything.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
Another Ancient Mystery.

Johnny-Pa, is there anything more
valuable than diamonds?
His Father-No, son; why?
.Iohnny-Oh, | was just wondering
what they gave Methuselah on his
JO0th wedding anniversary.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08

There is n creature known as the
hagfish, or myxine, which is in tn.
habit of getting inside cod and simila
fish and devouring the interior unit
only the skin and the skeleton ar
left.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08
The governor of California has ap

The governor of California has ap-
pointed Daniel Burns United States
senator. Burns has been twice under
charges Of embezzlcment as a state Of
ficer. Evidently the governor Of Cali
fornia means to follow as closely as
possible in the footsteps of the governor
Of Pennsylvania, = WakeSJa1Te Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-08

General Alger's boosted experience Of
the bad beef which he consumed in TIE
civil war was surely never gained when
he was in the line of the coffee coolers, :"
far in the rear, or when he was enjoying
the neshpots of Washington, without
leave of absence, while his cavalry rcgi-
ment was away in the front of battle,
"Emhalmed" beef had not been invented
when Alger was gathering these peren-
nial military laurels. Philn. Record
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-18
ADJUSTMENTS.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
KING OF EOGUES.

"The King of Rogucs' comes to
the Opera House on Saturday night.
The LIST act takes place in .Iohan-
Mesburg, South Africa, about the
time sfthe outbreak of war with the
Boers. The English miners, Ned
Warrington and George Suther-
land have had the good fortune to
( find an old diamond mine of great
value. After removing enough to
ensure handsome fortune, they
resolve to close up the mine until
the war is over, so take map of
the wild section where it is located,
and a plan of the mine. With the
gems already secured they prepare
to leave for Paris.
On the eve of their departure,
Sutherland is mysteriously murder
ed and the diamonds stolen.
Ned Warrington who is engaged
to Sutherland only daughter May
swears to hunt down his partner $
murderer, and is offered the assist
ance of Spanish woman, Carina
Perez, who declares that she know $
the man who has committed the
crime.
The second act takes place at
the celebrated Mai>on Tor in
Paris. Carine hastolowed Lcvigne
the man she suspects, looking for
proof. and when Ned and MAY ar
rive few weeks later, she is pre-
pared to denounce this man who is
known to the police as Father
Satan, the King of Rogues.