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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
PRETTY SCREENS.
HOW TO BUILD A USEFUL BIT or
FURNITURE WITH LITTLE OUTLAY.

Japanese and Chinese Screens Can BE
Purchased at Very Reasonable Prices
But They Can BE Made Home at Muct
Less Expense.
The screens that come from Japan
and China are best for the moderate
purse. They can be purchased at rea.
sonable prices in almost every towr
and city in the country. Or screen;
at still less expense may be made al
home.
First determine upon the size of the
screen, the height of the panels, their
width, and whether two, three or four
shall be used. A screen of good pro-
portion is one formed of three panels
five and one-half feet high by two feei
in width.
Have frame made by the carpenter.
or, better still, make it yourself if you
are clever at such work. 1t is a sim
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
IL February 5, 1899.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAyE FRENIAND


ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAVE FkEELAND.
20 m for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk,
Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Phila-
delphiu and New York.
z 40 a IN for Sandy Run, White Haven,
kes-Barre, Pittston and Scranton
3 20 IN for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk, AL
lentown, Bethlehem, EasUon, Philadel-
phia, New York and Huzleton.
y 80 II IN for HaZleton, Mahanoy City, Shen-
andoah, nit. CARMEL Shamokin and
POttsvlle.
ass IN for Sandy Run, White Haven
Wilkes-B Barre Scranton and all points
d 36 pm for Hazleton, Mahanoy City, Shen-
andoah, Mt. Carmel, Shamokin aud
Pottsvile
g 81 m for Sandy Run, White Haven,
Wilkes Barre aud Scranton.
b % N for Hazleton, Mahanoy City, Shen-
andoah, Mt Carmel, Shamokin.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
2 20 IN from Ashland, Shenandoah Maha-
noy City and Hazleton.
z 40 u m from Pottsvle, Ashland, Shenan-
doah, Mahanoy City and Hazleton.
b II m from Philadelphia, Easton, Bethle-
hem, Allentown, Mauch Chunk, Wealth
erly, Hazleton, Mahanoy City, Shenan-
doah, Mt. Carmel and Shamokin
White Haven.
Carmel, Shenandoah, Mahanoy City
and Hazleton.
a 36 IN from scranton, Wilkes Barre and
White Haven.
g 81 p III from New York, Philadelphia,
Easton bethlehem, Allentown, Potts
yille Shamokin, Mt Carmel Shenan-
doah, Mahanoy City and Hazeton.
9 SO p M from Scranton, Wilkes Barre and
White Haven.
For further information inquire of Ticket
kULLIN II. WILBUR, General Superintendent
CHAS. 5. LEE, Gen'l Pass Agent.
rs Cortlandt Street, New York City.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23

FortysiX licenses were not lifted BY
the time the offices closed at Wilkes
barre on Saturday. OF this number nine
had been granted to Freeland appli-
cants. The license of John Hudak
which the court is holding under advise
ment, was paid for, but cannot be taken
out until favorable decision is handed
down. If the application should be re-
fused the money paid will be returned
to Mr.. Hndak.
The Wilkesbarre Record yesterday
gave the following as the names of the
Freeland people whose licenses were not
lifted: Retail, Patrick Dougerty, Fran
els Brennan, Milton Eckrote, John
Schnee, James Boner, John Ferry.
Thomas j. Moore, Patrick Meehan;
Wholesale, Charles C. Boczkowski.
Daniel Heller, of Silver Brook, will
take charge of the Park View House,
Front street, on April /. Mr. Eroh, the
the present proprietor, will retire.
Emanuel Hudak will conduct the
saloon in Mrs. Breslin's house on Centre
street, now occupied by Mike Pasternak.
Samuel Gross will open saloon on
April l in the stand vacated this week
by NJ. Zemany, Main street.
August Kellert will succeed Frank
Eberts at the corner of Main and Wash
ington streets on April /.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
THE DELAWARE, SUsoUEHANNA AND
4 SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.

Ilme table IN euect ADrll lS, 1897,
Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley, Halle
Brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roam
and Hazleton Junction at 90, o 90 u m, daily
except Sunday; and % m, 3S p m, Sunday.
u Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry.
Tomhicken and Dcringer at 80, 6 90 IA IN, daily
except Sunday; and 703 u m, 2 3S IN, sun
day.
Harwood Road, humboldt Road, Oneida and
Sheppton at 90 Il IN, daily except Sun
day; and 2 03 m, 2 80 IN, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazeton Junction for Harwood,
cranberry, Tomhicken and Deringer at q 35 a
N, daily except Sunday; and So a IN, % p m,
Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton junction for Oneida
junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road,
Oneida and Sheppton ut ~, IL 10 m, Al p IN,
daily except Sunday; and 81 a m, IL p m,
Trains leave Deringer for Tomhick N, Gran
berry, Harwood, Hazleton Junction and Voan
at2 70 " M, daily except Sunday; ana 81
Trans leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
Road, Harwood Road, Oneida junction, Halle
ton Junction and Roam at IL a IN, Il 40, 5 ~
IN, daily except Sunday; and II a m, A
Trains leave Sheppton for Beaver Meadow
Road, Stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
and II a m, a m, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazeton junction for Beaver
Meadow HaaSn R Road. Stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley,
except Sunday; and 10 10 m, 40 p m, Sunday.
All trains connect at Hazleton Junction with
electric cars for Hazleton, Jeanesville, Auden-
ried and other points on the Traction Com
pany's line.
Trains leaving Drifton at 30, 6 90 m make
connection at Deringer with P. X. X. trains for
Wilkesbarre, Sunbury, Harrisburg and points
west.
For the accommodation of passengers at way
stations between Hazleton Junction and Der
niger, train will leave the former point ut
3oO m, daily, except Sunday, arriving at
LUTHER c. SMITH. Superintendent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23

What are known as the Jimmy" coal
cars will soon be a thing of the past.
AT one time there was a large number
of these cars in use on the anthracite
coal carrying roads, but the number has
been greatly reduced in the past few
years. Recently some of the more prog
ressive lines refused to haul these cars
and the roads that possess them have
had to contine them to their own tracks
as far as possible.
The Philadelphia and Reading Rail
way Company years ago had large
number of these small cars, but for some
time past it has been getting rid of them,
and when one has been badly injured
it has been consigned to the scrap pile
All the new cars are of larger size.
The law which requires all freight
cars to be equipped with patent couplers
has brought about a change in the
character of the rolling stock of the
railroad companies. Not only are the
small size coal cars being supplemented
by larger ones, but the new freight cars
are of larger capacity, and, on some of
the lines, cars Of 100000 pounds capa-
city are now in service.
This increase in carrying capacity has
been brought abort chiefly by the CON
struction of more powerful and heavier
locomotives. The change in the motive
power has caused improvements to be
made throughout all the physical de-
partments of the railroad.
The greatest drawbacks to the ''iim-
my" cars was the manner in which they
piled up at the least provocation. This
is especially so when the train is mix
edone. The heavier cars have no com
passion on the small ones. The com
panies that own them are getting rid of
them as fast as they can to avoid the ex-
pense of putting on patent couplers.
1t is said that the Lehigh Valley and
Jersey Central Railroad ompanies have
sold thousands of these cars to Cana
dian road, and it will not be long before
these companies will have nothing but
gondola cars. 1t is stated that the off
cials of the car shops Of these roads
have been instructed to make no repairs
on these cars. The Lehigh Valley des-
troyed ., 700 of them last year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
PERSONALITIES.

Fred Rooms, son of II. c. Koons, of
town, has completed his education at
Wyoming seminary, Kingston, and is
preparing to take up the study of
dentistry
Ex-Councilman Michael Zemany re-
moved his family and household goods
on Tuesday to Butler valley, where he
owns fine farm.
Fred Yost, who recently opened a
barber shop here, has closed the same
and returned to Scranton.
James j. kehoe, of Philadelphia, at
tended to business and greeted old
friends here this week.
Miss Emma Bottoms, of Sandy Run,
has entered st. Luke's hospital, Bethle-
hem, as a nurse.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
This Weeks Funerals.

Mrs. MalOy died at Carbondale on
Monday. The remains were brought
here and were inferred at St. AIMS
cemetery yesterday afternoon. The
deceased was former resident of this
section. She is survived by five sons
and seven daughters, as follows: John
and Michael, Carbondale; Edward
Sheppton, CIndy and Frank, Philade-
phia; Mrs. James Gallagher, Carbondale,
and Miss Mary, Philadelphia.
The funeral of Miss Ella Brown, who
died on Friday in Philadelphia, took
place from her brothers residence at
Drifton on Tuesday afternoon. The
remains were followed to st. AIMS
church by large number. of friends,
also by the Daughters of Mary Sodaitv,
of which the deceased was member.
Daniel Carr, of Oakdale. was buried
at st. AIMS cemetery the same after
noon. number of relatives and ac-
quaintances followed the corpse to the
grave.
On the same afternoon Thomas Me
Carron, the son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
McCarron, was buried at Freeland
cemetery. The funeral was largely at
tended
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23

The building of an Italian Catholic
church in Freeland is under consider
alton again. 1t was intended some
years ago to erect such a church, and
land was donated on South Ridge street,
near the Grand opera house, for the
edtice, but the project was not carried
out. Lately the Italians took up the
matter again, and Frank DePierro and
Peter Magagna visited Bishop Hoban at
Scranton this week to obtain his con
sent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
DANCING CONDEMNED.


Rev. Father McAndrews, pastor of ST.
Mary's Catholic church, Wilkesbarre
has started crusade against dancing.
He attributes to loosely conducted dane
ing schools terrible decentralization of
the morals OF young people of both sexes.
Fathers and Mothers" he said with
emotion, Il beseach you to have Il care
for your daughters. Watch them as
they leave home and go out upon the
streets Keep your eyes upon them,
and prevent, If possible, their assucia-
tion with lewd young men. See that
they go to church with good motives
and Try in every way to preserve their
goodness and their purity. Dances are
held at night, making them more dan
geronS and criminal. Darkness is the
enemy of modesty 1t gives dssolute
young men opportunity to ruin innocent
young souls, and sins are committed
which in daylight would not be allowed. -
Then he took up the masque ball and
denounced it in no uncertain words
The masque he called the weapon of the
devil. Silly women and giddy girls
assemble at these balls to excite the
passion of young men. They commit
acts of immodesty that even they them
selves would blush for, if their faces
were not covered. And far beyond the
bonds of propriety and allow familiarity
grossly sinful.
Some people say society demands
their presence at balls and other places
where dancing is the chief amusement:
that they might as wei! be out of the
world as out of fashion. The road lead
ing to destruction is broad and straight
and there are a great many travelling
upon it. But there is no necessity for
joining the throng.
At this point the speaker remarked
that it might appear to some that he is
too severe, but to show them he was not.
he read the opinions of the fathers of
the church on dancing. He followed
this by reading an interview published
in the Philadelphia Press, with Professor
Walsh, leading dancing master of the
city in which the latter said that in his
experience covering ten years, he never
knew dancing to be so immoral as now.
In the waltz the cheeks of the partners
are constantly together, and he further
said he had known young girls to be
hugged by older men while whirling
about in the dance
Coming nearer home, Father Mean
drews read an article published short
time ago in local paper, wherein dane
ing schools were roundly denounced as
being the greatest menace to the morals
of young people of the city, and wherein
the chief of police, the sergeant and
the roundsmen all declare them to be
the stepping stones to dens of iniquity.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.

Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oc-
currences That Can BE Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns Are Doing.
Massimino Rossi, of town, and Miss
Virginia Fellin, of Beaver Meadow, have
been granted a license to marry
A meeting for the election of officers
will be held by the Associated Wheel
men at the Cottage hotel tonight
Patrick Carey has purchased house
and two lots on Birvanton from Matthias
Schwabe, and will take possession on
April 1.
James Norris and John Phillips are
preparing to open grocery store in the
the building now occupied by John
BelleZza.
The three men who were arrested on
the charge of burgarizing Walter A.
I4eisenrngs residence at Sandy Run
we're taken to the county Jail on Tues
day.
AG the Reformed parsonage in Free
land, on Tuesday, Alonzo L. Kishbach
and Miss Eilie NJ. Sides, both of Sey-
bertsville, were united in marriage by
Rev. j. b. Kerschner
Mrs. Lavina Knely. aged 70 years
died on Tuesday at her home in Conyn-
CHAM. She was well-known throughout
the valleys. The funeral will take
place tomorrow m orning at Conyngham
Condy, fourteen-year-old son of John
johnson, of Jeddo, became entanged in
the wheels of wagon while on his way
to school Tuesday morning. and before
he could eXtricate himself one leg was
broken.
Governor Stone and staff are assisting
the people of Scranton today in tender
ing a monster public welcome to the
Thirteenth Penn'a Volunteers, which
was recently mustered out of the United
States service.
John Meehan has been elected mana
ger of the Good Wills base ball club for
the coming season. The manager is
ready to arrange dates with all clubs of
the region whose members are under
twenty-one years of age.
The joint resolution of the legislature
designating May l of this year as legal
holiday, to be known as Dewey Day,
has been approved by the governor.
Preparations for fitting celebration of
the great victory at Manila are now in
order.
The appeal of the Banks township
school directors from the sentence of
Carbon county court has been decided
adversely by the superior court, and
Directors Koons and Richards must now
vacate their offices and pay the costs, as
ordered.
The body of James Boyle, one of
Roosevelt's Rough Riders, who fell at
San Juan Hill, Cuba, will be brought to
his home in Lansford for interment.
The remains will be given a military
burial by the Grand Army men and
volunteer soldiers of the vicinity.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23

pie matter to form the skeleton of
strips of light pine from an inch to an
inch and half in thickness. Only the
outside pieces and two cross pieces are
required to brace the frame and make
it taut and firm. Once the frame is
completed the rest is easy.
Now stretch over the frame some fig
ured burlap, that can be secured at the
low cost of 121a cents yard. Choose
this for the face of the screen. Place
the frame upon the floor. Tack the
edge of the burlap to the top piece of
the frame, and stretch tightly and tack
to the lower pieces and sides. In doing
this the edge of the burlap should be
drawn over the corner of the wood. SO
that when the back is covered in the
same way all the surface is smooth
except the rim of the screen. This rim
is then treated by a covering of gimp
or braid, or marrow piece of burlap,
hemmed and bound. Fasten it on with
brass-headed tacks, and the panel is
completed Light brass hinges ioin
the panels, and the screen is ready for
use.
Many other cheap fabrics may be
used to cover these screens. Figured
burlaps, blue denim, creton, or ineXpen-
sive tapestries all make admirable sur
faces. They can sometimes be com
bined with good results. Thus a screen
may be faced with denim and the re-
verse covered with creton, or the pan
els may be divided-the upper half cov-
cred with tapestry and the lower half
with some good tone of burlaps; or
the three panels may be covered with
different fabrics. Should the screen
be intended for use in a bedroom i,
can be made to serve double purpose
by covering but one side with burlap or
denim. The cross pieces should be
three or four in number, and the frame
generally strengthened a little, when,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23

Mrs. Mary f. Price, of Easton, widow
of Daniel e. Price, who died as result
of the injuries received in a collision
between passenger trains on the Le-
high Valley Railroad on the mountain
near Wilkesbarre last November, has
started suit in the Northampton
county court for 5000 damages against
the railroad company. Price was the
engineer of the train bound for Easton
The accident occurred on November TO-
1898, and he died four days later.
The widow claims that the engineer
of the train which got beyond control
and ran into Prices was incompetent on
account of his unfamiliarity with the
roadbed of the section in which he was
running, and that the engine he bad
was inadequate to meet the circum-
stances. The section on which the
trains collided was single track.
The plaintiff claims it was dangerous,
due to the negligence of the railroad
company. Mrs. Price has four small
children.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23

From Tuesdays Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Inquirer regrets that it cannot
grant the request of ''One of the Public
who writes to it from Audenried, asking
that it shall compel the Honorable Dan
iel J. Mccarthy to make good his
charges against the Kline township,
Luzerne county, school board. The
request is entirely relevant and we have
no doubt that everything which our
correspondent writes with respect to
public interest in the charges is true.
But there are two reasons why this
journal cannot ''round up" the Honor
able Daniel j. Mccarthy. The first is
that the Audenried letter to the In
quirer was anonymous, reason suffi
cient To preclude its publication, and
the other is that nothing short of the
swirl of II tornado can stop Mr.. Nc
Carthy when he is once in active opera
tion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23

According to the Hazleton Standard,
Wilkesbarre is still after the II. h. Cross
axle factory, but Freeland can congrat-
ulate itself on being alive to its own in
terests this time. Wilkesbarre knows a
good thing when it sees it, but on Fri
day evening the bond committee will
arrange to report to the Board of Trade
Manufacturing Company are all taken,
showing that Freeland takes good
thing when it sees it. Q
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
Reformed Services.

st. Johns Reformed church, J. b.
Kerschner,' pastor. Next Sunday, being
Palm Sunday, confirmation will be OBJ
served. A class of twenty-seven will be
confirmed. Services begin at 10 o'clock.
English preparatory services in the
evening at z. Communion on Easter.
German preparatory services on Good
Friday at p. III. All are kindly in
vited to attend these services.
st. Johns Reformed church, Eckley.
Services next Sunday at 80 p. IN. Rev.
j. L. Kerschner, pastor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23

The Pottsville police are on the track
of G. A. Athling, colored, of Reading,
who on Saturday tried to shoot at the
Eagle hotel member OF colored
cake walking troupe playing there.
Athling became fascinated with a
woman of the company while it was
playing at Reading. He followed her
to Pottsville. When she refused to let
him see her, he drew revolver and
pressed it to her head. He was seized
before he could pull the trigger and
thrown forcibly from the hotel. The
police chased him, but he made his es-
cana
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
Ministerial Appointments.

At the Central Pennsylvania confer
ence held at. Harrisburg the following
M. E. ministers were appointed for this
district:
Freeland-R w. w. Hartman.
Beaver Meadow-Rev. Isaac Cadman.
Nllnesville and Jeddo-Rev. Robert
NJ. Snyder.
Hazleton-St. Paul's, Rev. |. N. Moore
head; Diamond N c. Cleaver.
JeaneSvile and Audenried-Rev JOS
eph Clemens.
meeting place of the conference, in
March, 1900.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23

Women are keenlg competing with
men in art and professional life in
America, as is showa by recent statis-
tics. In the United States there are
1000 actresses and $4,000 women vocal
lists and instrumentalists; 11,O00 are
professional artists, 800 journalists
and $500 who are engaged in literary
work OF one kind or another. The
number of women who are dramatic
authors or theatrical managers is coo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23

Local cake walkers will have chance
to "loosen up" tonight, when the Cham
pionship Cake Walkers and Minstrels
visit the Grand opera house. A cash
prize is offered at each performance for
the best cake walking couple, and the
competition is open to all. The com
pany comprises thirty comedians and
musicians. They carry their own band
and orchestra, and the street parade is
given daily. Among the solosts are the
Prima Donna, Madame Robinson,
Geneva Love, Annie Bailey, Burt
Murphy. the character singer, Andy
Harris, the tenor, and James Miller, the
trick bicyclst. The minstrel first part
introduces the entire company, male
and female, and has many amusing
features
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
Girl Saved by Her Teacher.

Miss Ella Schaeffer, teacher in the
Nescopeck school, saved life and avert
ed panic among her pupils by her
presence of mind. Maggie Keen, a
pupil, ignited her clothing while near
the stove, and was instantly enveloped
in flames. Miss Schaeffer seized shawl
and threw it over the child, extinguish-
ing the flames, but in doing SO was
severely burned.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
SCREEN For A FIREPLACE.

presto, the reverse side of the screen
becomes wardrobe and towel rack
BY fastening hooks in the top strip of
the screen dresses can be hung upon
it, and towels, stockings, etc, can be
placed on the cross pieces. There is
really no end to the uses to which
screens may be put, and their manufac-
ture is so simple and SO inexpensive
that every ingenious woman may DOS
sess one.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23

Rev. J. j. Farrell, who was at one
time curate of st. AIMS parish, has
been transferred from Nicholson to
Priceburg, Lackawanna county. In
his first sermon at the latter place on
Sunday Father Farrell paid a glowing
tribute to the people of this parish.
stating that ''of all the parishes he was
ever stationed in. st. AIMS was the
banner of them all
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
Followed His rather and Brother.

Elmer Drake. aged "a years, we'll
known citizen, and formerly member
OF the undertaking firm of Drake &
Sons, of Hazleton, committed suicide at
his home on Tuesday afternoon by
swallowing carbolic acid. brakes
father hanged himself in Philadelphia
not long ago, and two years ago his
younger brother, Lucien, ended his life
by taking poison
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
Judge Lynch Indorsed.

At meeting of the Third district
Democratic committee Saturday night.
the three delegates, X. b. Kitchen, of
Nanticoke; b. w. Davis, of Kingston,
and John j. Moore, of Plymouth, were
pledged to support Judge John Lynch
for the vacant place on the supreme
court bench, and incidentally pledged
themselves to vote for the recollection of
State Chairman Garman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
Express Trains Narrow Escape.

The Buffalo Express, on the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, was derailed at North
Wilkesbarre Tuesday morning by crash
ing into an engine which overlapped "a
switch. The engine of the express was
thrown down an embankment and three
cars were derailcd. The engineer and
fremen escaped with II few bruises.
The passengers were badly shaken mp,
but none were seriously injured