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SHARING PROFITS. EXPERIENCE OF A BOSTON PUB LISHER WITH THE SYSTEM. Udwin (ilim la HII Kntliulatic Advocate of Tliia Style of Co-operation—llo Makes and Supports the Claim That It Is Good for Both Labor and Capital. For many years I have been thinking over the profit sharing principle with a view of trying it practically in the pub lishing house of Ginn & Co. Last year we informed our help that we would share with them to a certain extent the profits for the coming year, and at the close of the year we divided with them a sum that raised their salaries some thing over 6 per cent. We have received in return for this division the most cor dial recognition from our people, as will be seen from letters submitted below, samples of the many that come to us, and the assurance on their part that the firm will lose nothing by its action. The basis on which we made the di vision was wholly in favor of the clerks. They were to share in the profits but not in the losses of the business. Any scheme that does not include both to some ex tent, it seems to me, has not a safe foun dation. We are trying to work out some scheme that shall include a slight risk in the loss, as well as a sharing of the profits, giving even a larger chance of advantage than our present scheme, something like the following: To limit the loss or gain of the clerks to sor 10 per cent, of their present salaries, or to place them all on the basis of partners, allowing the total amount of their sala ries as the amount of money they con tribute to the business, and taking their full share of the profits, in accordance with the same, on this basis. As an illustration, suppose the expense of the business, including the manufacture of the goods, amounted to a half million dollars, and the salaries of the help amounted to $50,000; the help would re ceive one-eleventh of all the profits, as they contribute one-eleventh of the cap ital. I feel more strongly, I think, than Mr. j Farwell that in some adjustment of the | profit sharing with all classes of laborers will be found the solution of the much vexed question between labor and cap ital. Now capital hires its labor as cheaply as it can, and labor on its side contributes only as much as it can afford to for the amount received. The great majority of laborers are dependent on i their daily earnings for the necessities j of life and therefore cannot remain idle, J but must accept such wages as they can obtain. Capital has a decided advan tage in this respect. In other respects I it suffers great disadvantages, for the ; laborer that feels that he is contributing j more than he is paid for is not a profit- I able workman. Capital cannot afford to J have this antagonism with its labor, j The only way out of it will be some ad- ; justment whereby a portion of the risk j in the profit and loss of the business will depend upon the laborer, which will act as a stimulus for him to put in his best work every hour. One of the most com petent and honest men we ever had in our employ once told me that since he | had commenced business for himself he made longer hours and worked harder | than he used to on salary, "and yet," ! said he, "if you had even hinted that it j was possible for me to do more con scientious work than when I was with you on salary I should have felt in sulted." "I thank you most sincerely for this substantial check which I have just re ceived," writes another employee, "and I wish to assure you that your generosity I in thus sharing with us the profits of the business is deeply appreciated. You i surely have the right to feel that you j can count upon our earnest, loyal devo- I tion to the interests of Ginn & Co., and j to expect that the results of the coming I year will be even more satisfactory than those of the year just closed. I hope to j contribute my share toward this suc cess." Here is another: "I have received my | share of the profits and wish to thank yon for your generous gift. Aside from all personal interest, I believe the ex- | periment has been undoubtedly produc- | tive of great good, making as it does j eaeh employee feel that he or she has a direct personal interest in the welfare and success of Ginn & Co." "I am in receipt of your letter of the \ 17th inst. with inclosed check. It came i in the nature of a surprise," writes a third, "for though I looked for some- i thing I was not prepared for so generous j a gift. Please accept my most sincere thanks. "You ask for an expression of opinion j as to the continuance of the plan for j another year. Undoubtedly the thought i that the success of the company means I the success of the employee acts as an incentive. Identity of interests cannot I fail to bind every member of the force to you. It did not need the extra amount received today to make me loyal to Ginn & Co. and command my best ability, but I do feel now like redoubling my efforts to advance their interests. "I happened to be in the office today soon after the clerks received their checks. If you could have seen their pleased faces and heard their expres sions of delight it would have been worth a good deal to you. Indeed one would be sadly lacking if he failed to appreciate the gift and the motive which prompted it. "It is a frequent remark of superin tendents and teachers everywhere that the generosity of Ginn & Co. in the dis tribution of their books is in great meas ure the cause of their popularity and success. This last act of thoughtful consideration is in keeping with the general policy of the firm and will doubtless bear its fruit in due season." I should be glad to contribute more to the solution of this problem, but my ex periment is yet too recent to give me any degree of certainty as to the right basis of profit sharing. Perhaps I ought to say, in justice to the situation, that this last year the success of our business perhaps was not so much influenced by j the profit shoring as by the conditions lof the book trade. There has been a | consolidation of nearly all the large pnb i lishing houses in the United States, threatening seriously the interests of j our schools, which has in many instances : obliged the people to look into this mnt- I ter and see to it that the proposed mo nopoly shall not become complete. They have therefore given us probably a larger share of patronage than would other wise have come to us, under the strong belief that the success of their schools demand of them free competition in the matter of schoolbooks. —Edwin Ginn in | Chicago Post. A MORAL VICTORY. The Prosecution of Homestead Laborers in the Light of History. The prosecution of the Homestead la borers for treason is a moral victory for them. They may now exclaim with | Patrick Henry, "If this be treason, make I the most of it." It throws grave sus | picions on the cause of the masters j j that they have been driven for vindica- J J tion to conjure up the ghost ef that j j sanguinary old fantasy known as "trea ! *on," and in sarcastic harmony with all the other parts of the serio-comic play it has been ordered that the Homestead men shall he tried by a "king's jury." j j Every forward step taken by social and ! j political civilizations since governments ! j began was an act of treason in its time, j ! and there never was a scarcity of judges j | to declare it so. The law of treason has J to be dug out of moldy statutes and the ! antiquated uud foolish decisions of hired ; ! courts. A great newspaper, complimenting j the charge of the chief justice of Penn- j sylvania, wherein he expounded the Tory law of treason, says, "It is essen-! tially the ruling of the judge in the Chi- | cago anarchist cases, which ruling was I , sustained by the supreme court of Illi- j ' uois." The compliment is deserved, but ! it might he made stronger by saying also j that it was essentially the ruling of Judge Jeffries at the trial of Alice Lisle, when that "distinguished jurist" went the "bloody circuit" in the west, a little more than 200 years ago, which ruling, ! by a happy coincidence, "was sustained" by King James 11. The attainder of Alice Lisle was re versed in the next generation, as the American attainders of this generation will be reversed in due time. Alice Lisle was put to death, but King James him-1 self was driven from the throne a few j years afterward for tyranny, which, ac- j j cording to Lord Byron, is "the worst of | j treasons." And our own Lowell, with I j the heroic blood of historic traitors i coursing through his veins and inspiring | his genius as he wrote, has told us that j "the traitor to humanity is the traitor ! [ most accursed; man is more than consti- | j tutions." | The great newspaper aforesaid insinu- | | ated also that "the time has come when ] ; heroic treatment is necessary, and that j | the Homestead affair must be used to I teach disorderly strikers that they must ! I obey the laws." This has ever been the j cant of kings. It was the exhortation ■ of Strafford to King Charles, urging him | to that career of tyranny which brought ' king and minister to the block, although ( j instead of "heroic" Strafford used the j | word "thorough." It is the excuse cgn- j j deinned by grand old Milton, himself a traitor, where he says: Necessity, The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds. —M. M. Trumbull in Open Court. | Money versus Flesh and ISlood. A bookkeeper in a Cleveland manu factory made the following statement recently: Now I'll give you these figures and j I'll stake my left hand they're correct. ! But don't put my name in if you print j them. It would make me more trouble j than you think. There is, when yon divide the whole J amount of capital invested by the whole j number of men, boys and girls em ployed, about $1 ,'250 put into the iron ! bnsiness in Ohio by some capitalist to 1 every one working person employed. That is, some capitalist puts up $1,250 5 [ and some man or hoy or girl puts up his ; or her labor against it in this game of ! getting rich through manufacturing 1 iron. Twelve hundred and fifty dollars to play aguinst perishing flesh and blood. Those are the terms of the game. Now go a step further. Divide the aggregate of all the wages paid by the whole number of people at work and | you will find that the average wages foi a year is SB3O. Divide the aggregate of profits by each $1,250 and you will dis cover that the yearly dividend on it to the capitalist is $470. That sounds toe j j big, but it isn't, and the books of any j rail or wire mill in Cleveland properly j j worked out will show the truth. This \ i is better for the manufacturer than slav j | ery and cheaper than owning niggers, j Fight Hours and Solomon's Temple. ! Two thousand years ago, when Kins ■ Solomon's temple was being erected, eight hours constituted a day's work I among the then operative masons. It is a notable fact that this structure—one of the grandest pieces of architectural art the world has ever known, one of the most intricate structures in its form and diverse as to material that the in genuity of man has ever created —was erected witli the least friction. Not even the sound of an ax, hammer 01 I other metal tool was heard, and yet this ! was accomplished under a rigid eight hour law. To how many entered ap-1 prentices does this fact present itself as they are invested with the working tools "of the degree—the gauge and gavel? The gauge, divided into twenty-four equal parts, emblematic of the twenty four hours of the day, "which wo are taught to subdivide into three equal parts," wherein we find eight hours for our devotions, eight hours for refresh ment and sleep and eight hours for our usual vocations. If operative masons of today would divide their time according to the rule of speculative Masonry and follow its tenets in this respect, both they and the world would be much happier.—Froe irm guns' Journal. _ The Indian Summer. Bright autumn days, the dying year's last gift, Liko ripe fruit garnered up by careful iiands, Oh, stay, nor, like impatient swallows, lift Your wings to bear you to soft southern lands. These fallen leaves I tread with scarce a pang. Remembering all their kindly summer shade- How here the music of the thrushes rang— Though leaves may wither, memories will not fade. These rocks, so cold and bare to other eyes, Are written o'er and o'er, and as I read Did scenes, old friends on either hand arise. And bid me on my onward course godspeed. For onward still through autumn days 1 toil. Though storms may break on homesteads white with snow; Though wintry Death should lay me in the soil. My soul, a migrant bird, would heaven ward go. —Beatrix L. Tollemache in London Academy. A World's Psychical Congress. For the first time in history there is to be a world's psychical congress. Ghostly ! | visitations, visions, dreams that come j : true, presentiments that do or do not I ; come true, clairvoyance, hypnotism and j | thought transference are some of the matters this unique assembly will dis : cuss, sift and weigh, as though they were to be tested on the evidence for .and against their reality, just as things seen and heard by the material eye and ear are. The congress will meet in Chi cago during August, 1893. Some of the most distinguished men and women in Europe and America will take part in the deliberations. The chairman of the American committee of arrangements is Professor Elliott Coues, of Washing ton. Dr. Richard Hodgson, of Boston, j secretary of the American Society for Psychic Research, is vice chairman, i There is also a woman's psychical con gress committee, composed as follows: Mrs. Mary C. Buiuly, chairman, Chi- ' cago; Mrs. Eliza Archard Conner, vice chairman, New York city; Mrs. J. J. Bagley, Detroit; Mrs. Myra Brad well, j Chicago; Mrs. Mary E. Coues, Washing ton; Mrs. E. E. Crepin, Chicago; Mrs. J. M. Flower, Chicago; Mrs. Marcia Louise Gould, Chicago; Mrs. S. E. Hib bert, Washington; Mrs. S. A. Under- ( wood, Chicago; Mrs. A. V. H. Wake- j man, Chicago; Mrs. Lillian Whiting, i Boston; Miss Frances E. Willard, Evans toi?, Ills.; Mrs. Mary H. Wilmarth, Chi cago. Spending Money at Home. Those persons who believe that ex travagance, like charity, should begin at home will derive much satisfaction from the theory advanced by Mr. Henry Clews that the cholera scare may yet be worth a great many millions of dollars to this country. "Asiatic cholera is a disease naturally foreign to our coun try," said Mr. Clews to the writer. "It is epidemic only in foreign lands. The cholera scare is therefore likely to impel people on this side of the Atlantic to forego their annual foreign traveling and sightseeing and 'do' their own country instead of undertaking the dan gerous tour of Europe. If Americans can he made to realize that to leave their own country is to incur the danger of getting cholera bacilli into their sys tems, the aforesaid cholera scare will have served a good purpose and be a ■ great gain to this country. I do not hesitate to say that the army of Ameri can travelers abroad each year spends at least $100,000,000. If this amount can be cut down one-half that sum, which should be done to restrain our national extravagance within the hounds of rea son, immense advantage would accrue.'' | —New York Times. Siiplio and Her Son. The latest odd character to appear in the city is known in the down town sa loons as Sapho. Sapho is a black wom an of unusual height, and her powerful figure is that of an Amazon queon. She dresses rather fantastically, and carries a banjo of the largest size, on which she plays with power and no inconsiderable skill, and she sings strange, weird Af rican songs in some native tongue as she strums out the refrain upon the instru ment. Sapho is always accompanied by a little colored boy of exceptional black ness and the most timid and nervous disposition. He clings to her skirts all the while she is playing, and when ho passes liat for money seems afraid ho j i will be cuffed. Sapho will not be drawn into conversation, but scowls at all who i address her, and altogether is a strange j j and unique character among the human I oddities of the city's surface life.—Phila I ! delphia Record. The Death ltuta In December. Each time we reach the end of Decern- j ber we should think with satisfaction that we have got over the most danger- , ous month, since in this country more ! deaths are said to occur in December than at any other time of the year. A subject for serious reflection is it that 85,000,000 of people die every year—few of these from old age. In a doctor's i opinion, nearly as many peoplo shorten 1 their career by overeating as from ex cessive drinking; while in England 300 persons are annually cut off through ac- j cidental poisoning.—Chambers'Journal. ! An Ingenious Lord. The late Lord Essex, of England, was ! quito a mechanician, and some years ; ago, when the croquet fever was at its height, he made thousands of pounds from a mallet which he invented. A light open hearse constructed by him was used at his funeral, and his coffin was of open trellis work, after a sketcli I which he drew. At an agricultural fair held at North ampton, Mass., lately a baby show was made a feature, and the infant industry drew five times more of a crowd and about ten times more money than the agricultural exhibit. A hansom cab "warranted to last a lifetime" broke down In Manchester, England, after a month's use. The pur chaser sued for breach of contract and was awarded thirty pounds. A New York oyster house keeper has discovered in a Little Neck clam a pearl, for which ho has already been offered a good price. LABOR LEADERS' WIVES. | Noblo Women Who Are of Such Assist j ance to Throe Brave ltrltihem. I I know very well, writes a contributor [ to Woman, that every man who ad dresses a strike meeting claims to be a labor leader. Therefore I say at once that the leaders whose wives form the subject of this article are John Burns, member of parliament; Tom Mann, labor commissioner, and Ben Tillett, alderman of the London city council. To his wife John Burns owes no small amount of his success. She is not only a peculiarly beautiful and ladylike woman, but she has qualities both of head and heart which under other cir cumstances would have made her a heroine. Every one during the great dock strike heard of John Burns and his straw hat. Comparatively few knew that while he was parading the streets and addressing the dockers she was at the Wade Arms battling with accounts and feeding starving women who crowd ed daily into the offices. Often she was there for twenty-four hours at a time, and sometimes when work was done it was too late to get any conveyance other than the expensive cab. Upon such oc casions she would walk from Poplar to Battersea. It need hardly be added that John Burns is very proud of his wife. At labor meetings she is constantly to be seen by his side, and if for a moment he misses her his cry is instantly, "Where is my wife?" He believes that he can confer no greater honor upon his comrades than by introducing them to her, and there are cosy little tea parties arranged in the home at Battersea, mainly that she may know his friends, If Mrs. Tom Mann is less seen in pul>- lic it is because she has, what Mrs. Burns has not, children. There are four little girls in the home in the Mile-end road. Had Tom Mann chosen almost any other profession than that of labor leader his abilities would have placed him in a position of independence, but the little money he had formerly received from the Dockers' union, on which he was largely dependent, did not suffice for a servant. Mrs. Mann has worked just as hard, just as conscientiously and just as bravely as Mrs. John Burns, although her work has been altogether different. She is the home loving woman, sweet and silent. As she said, it would not do for husband and wife to be both talkers, and Tom Mann chatters to his children even when he is writing. One of his girls is a born orator. She is never happy unless upon a chair making a speech. When she has exhausted her limited vocabulary she begins, "Golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly," and stamps her tiny foot and brings her clinched fist down upon the table in imitation of her famous father. Unfortunately, unlike him, she is not robust, and has only just recovered from a serious illness, which it was at one time feared would have fatal results. Tom Mann's children inherit the dogged determination which is charac teristic of both him and his wife. In early years he was anxious to visit America. Ho accomplished bis wish, and paid the passage money by living for a month upon bread and water. Mrs. Ben Tillett is philosophical. She does not worry very mucli over what she cannot help, and usually takes things quiotly. Evidently in earlier years, both before and after her marriage, she worked very hard. She is by no means silent, but a tireless talker and singer, with a voice which, had it been trained, might have brought her fame and for tune. Of the seven children she has had only the two youngest survive. Partly for this reason and partly because in the Mile-end road Mrs. Tillett was subject to unceremonious calls from dockers at all hours of the day and night, the fam ily recently removed to the liealthiei suburb of Leytonstone. There Bhe is very much alone, for her husband is nearly always in some distant portion of Great Britain. Once when told that a friend was about to be married she said; "I'll congratulate her if she isn't going to marry a public man. If any of my children were dying I should not dare to call my husband away from the work ho was engaged upon, for who knows what might be dependent upon his pres ence. Half the time I do not know where he is. I would never like any friends of mine to marry a labor leader." Big Railroad Strike in 1803. Railroad employees are said to be planning a general uprising in 1893 when the World's fair is in progress and traffic is heavy. A leader among the union men in the Erie yards at Jersey City said recently: On nearly every road I am acquainted with, and certainly the eastern roads, there is a general feeling of dissatisfac tion among the men. We know it is the intention of superintendents to break up the unions if possible, and I believe they would welcome a strike at this time and so get the matter over before the World's fair travel starts up. It was this knowledge that made the grievance committee of the Erie and the heads of various unions so conciliatory with President McLeod when the trou ble on the Reading a short time ago was under consideration. We recognize the absolute necessity of forming a federa tion of all branches of employees in the railroad business if we are to be success ful, and a movement is on foot to bring this about as speedily as possible. We know the difficult job we shall have on hand if a strike is necessary, but by next summer we believe our organizations will be so complete and the conditions so much in our favor that the companies will hesitate before they engage in any conflict.—New York World. A reception and banquet will be ten dered by the United Labor league, of Philadelphia, to the delegates to the an nual convention of the American Feder j ation of Labor at Maennerohor hall, i Franklin street and Fainnount avenue, Dec. 15. Laundry girls at Louisville struck for higher wages, got their beaux and friends to boyoott the concern and won easily. CHURCH DIRECTORY. H ETHEL BAPTIST. Ridge and Walnut Streets. Rov, C. A. Spuulding, Pastor. Sunday School 10 00 A M Gospel Temperance 2110 P M Preaching l 6 00 P M LI EAVENLY RECRUITB. -II Centre Street, above Chestnut. Hev. Charles Brown, Pastor. Morning Service 10 00 A M Sunday School 200 PM Love Feast 3 15 P M Preaching 7 30 P M JEDDO METHODIST EPISCOPAL. In charge of Rov. E. M. Chilcoat. Sunday School 200 PM Preaching 700PM gT. ANN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC. Rev. M. J. Fallihoe, Pastor; Rev.F. P. McNally, Curate. Low Mass 800 A M High Mass .....10 30 A M Sunday School 200 PM Vespers 4 00 P M Mass on Weekdays 7 00 A M ST. JAMBS* EPISCOPAL. South and Washington Streets. Rev. J. P. Buxton, Pastor. Sunday School 130PM Prayer and Sermon 7 00 P M ST. JOHN'S REFORMED. Walnut and Washington Streets. Rev. H. A. Benner, Pastor. Sunday School 9 00 A M German Service 10 30 A M Praise Meeting 7 00 PM English Sermon 7 30 PM Prayer and teachers' meeting every Saturday evening at 7.45 o'clock. GT. KASIMER'S POLISH CATHOLIC. Ridge Street, above Carbon. Rev. Joseph Ma/.otas, Pastor. Mass 1100 A M Vespers 400 PM Mass on Weekdays 7 30 AM GT. LUKE'S GERMAN LUTHERAN. O Main and Washington Streets. Rev. A. Beimuller, Pastor. Sunday School 9 00 A M German Service .10 00 A M Catechial Instruction 5 00 PM GT. MARY'S GREEK CATHOLIC. 0 Front and Fern Streets. Rev. Cirill Gulovich, Pastor. Low Mass 800 A M High Mass 10 30 A M Vespers 2 00 P. M TRINITY MBTHODIST EPISCOPAL. Birkbeck Street, South Hcberton. Rev. E. M. Chilcoat, Pastor. Preaching 10 00 A M Sunday School 200 PM Prayer and Class Meeting 7 00 PM Epworth League meets every Sunday even ing at 0.00 o'clock. WELSH BAPTIST. (Donop's Hall) Walnut and Ridge Streets. Sunday School 10 30 A M Prayer Meeting 6 00 PM POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. SUPERVISOR JOHN METZGER, of East Foster. Subject to the decision of the Democratic nominating convention of Foster township. XjXTO SUPERVISOR JOHN O'DONNELL, of Eckley. I Subject to the decision of the Democratic | nominating convention of Foster township. T7X)R SALE.—One house, 24x34 feet; stable, l 1 20x20 feet; lot, 25 feet front; also good will and fixtures of saloon. Michael Welsh, Five Points, Frecland. WANTED.— A partner with SBOO or SIOOO in the stove and tinware business. Man with some experience in the trade preferred. For further particulars apply or address this ollice. TPOR SALE.—Two lots situated on east side 1 of Washington street, between Luzerne and Carbon streets, Five Points. Apply to Patrick McFaddcn, Eckley, or T. A. Buckley, Frceland. TjX)R SALE.—A new two-horse truck wagon, J? one set of light double hurncss and one set of heavy harness. For further information and prices apply to John Shigo, Centre street, Frceland, where the articles can be seen. LTD It SALE.—A two-story frame shingle-roof 1' dwelling house on Burton's Hill, lately occupied by Jcnkin Giles; the lot is 65 feet wide and 150 feet deep; it is all improved and has many fine fruit trees growing thereon. Also a lot 31x150 feet on the west side of Centre street, above Chestnut. Titles Guaranteed. Apply to John D. Hayes, uttorney-at-law. PATENT I A 48-page book free. Adderss W. T. FITZ GERALD, Att'y-at-Law. Cor. Bth and F Sts., Washington, D. C. PETER TXIMIOISr-Sr, BOTTLER AND DEALER IN All kinds of Liquor, Beer and Porter, Temperance Drinks. Geo.Ringler&Go.'s Celebrated lager Beer Put in patent sealed bottles here on the premises. Goods delivered in any quantity, and to any part of the coun try. FREELAND BOTTLING WORKS, Cor. Centre and Carbon Streets. YY'ashburne's celebrated flour is the finest in the world. You can buy it at B. F. Davis' store. Downs' Elixir will cure any cough or cold, no matter of how longstanding. Sold by Dr. Schilcher. Lane'. Medicine Move* the Bowel* Kacli lluy. 11l order to be healthy this Is necuseury. When Baby wa. sick, we gave her Castorla." When ahe was a Child, die cried for Castorla. When Bhe became Misa, she clung to Castorla When Bhe had Children, she gave them Castorla. November Sale —or l CLOAKS, OVERCOATS and "WOOLBIsr GOODS of all descriptions now going on at Neuburger's - Bargain - Emporium. - "\X7"e are daily receiving- large con signments cf ladies', misses' and children's clcalrs and jaclcets, and are selling them at very lew prices. In the Overcoat Department WE HAVE THE LARGEST and MOST COMPLETE STOCK IN TOWN. We can sell you a boys' good overcoat at $1.00; which will cost you double anywhere else. Our men's $4.00 overcoat was formerly sold at $7.50. Our men's $1.50 working coats we will place alongside of any $2.00 coat in town. We are also selling men's black and brown fine beaver overcoats at $6.50; which would be cheap at $9.00. Our stock all through we are now selling at prices on which we defy competition. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF ANY Flannels, Dry Goods of any description, Clothing, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Give us a call and be convinced that when you want to buy j good goods at reasonable prices the place to buy them is at i iNi ; BARGAIN KM to HUM in the P. 0. S. of A. Building, Erecland, Pa. Wf Aw t Ottiqu.istoYft FOR And Hardware of Every Description. REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE." We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most improved manner and at reasonable rates. We have the choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil, selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot be surpasssed. Samples sent to anyone on application. Guns, Ammunition and Sporting- Goods. B\RKBECK'S, CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA, j Boots and Shoes, Blankets, | Comfortables, Hats, Caps, or Notions