The Sunday Leader from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • 11

Mr r' la many a year batf Tpagniflcent opinion come from tlK and np Tim av rrr fijthis document will beme tf biot'oi classic Arm I UVW i-ivj largest assortment in the 5ifi(Hs 60c alligator, besf maael $1 Wiseman Blatner. Sensibly Holiday Presents In U10 1 FuritfShife Dep't A suit of Underwear; a pair of Gloves: a nice Dress Shirt; a neat Flannel Shirt a loganl 1 lnl'0 pWtt Haildkerolxiefs. AT 1 oBtemeiLMigi The One Price Hatter and Furnisher, Pl3mabu12i TOE BEST GOODS M0 SOLD AT POPULAR PBKE8, Jobik'O. Haddock. iUJBDO THE MAN WHD filTS APPRfW -J SjSr.IA I VALVE.

mai li" Th Tteran Keonoicist Is Hard and Contentioo WoTkcr An Auecdot ol uUee lieli A Dull WsUli-ton Season Impending, (Special Correspondence. Washington, Ike. 1. It is a pretty dull capital which we liml ourselves in at this writing. Not Much is doing in congress, except puttering away at the appropriation bills and talkiin; of the future.

Mr. Hol-mim is in his element, trying to reduce the appropriations to the possible limit. Mr. Holman is one of the most remarkable men our legislative records have shown. He was seventy years old hv-t September, but the threescore and ten mark at which most men are content to retire to a life of ease finds him as blooming and active as public servant as probate judge out' in Indiana.

It was a third of a century ago that he first made his appearance in congress. He has been through more hard fights on the floor and in his congressional district, has worked harder as a legislator and spent more midnight oil in behalf of his uents than any other man now ia life. To all appearances he is just as good a man today as he was twenty years ago. There is the same alertness, the same industry and activity which have always characterized him. His specialty as every is economy.

He always be for keeping the eminent down. Kraut work, and I sluldn'tS Jb.rj$f were here ten or SeniSfeilt-ting on the appropriation safety valve. But Holmau has been misrepresented in mnyjrspects, half so much some people have tried to make him appear. I have watched him pretty closely and have always found him willing to do about the right thing. His theory is that all the tendencies of legislation are toward extravagance.

Human natdre Is revert bially liberal with othw He says everybody who asks for public money asks for more than he wants and for more than is absolutely, necessary in order to be sure of having enough after the expected shaving process has taken effect. "It there wasn't someone at hand to attend to the shaving, the government" would be" rdbbed every says Judge and I think he is W. S. HOLMAN. Holman is an economist, but no such economist as old "Blue Jeaus" Williams used to be.

He was an economist with a very large E. A story told of him to this day ia that when he, came to congress and became chairman of the committee on accounts he had an hfvestiijition md( of Jfbe niinsitier of towels i used fin the committee -ooms. The laundry bills were so large that he was looking for some way in which to cut them down. When he found that towels per day were issued to one committee room "Blue jeans" lifted his hands in holy horror and exclaimed: "The idea of those fellows having five towels a day down in that committee room! Out in Indiana we would think a man crnzy who threw money away like that. Why, my whole family gets along a week with only one towel among 'em!" Though" threescore and ten.

Judge Holmau keeps up his work as if he were in his prime. He works all day at the bent over great masses of figures and scribbling away with a stub of a lead pencil. Every one of the almost countless figures which appear in the book of estimates and the great appropriation bills is as familiar to his eyes as his own fingers. Some one has said thatHolman has rubbed these figures for a quarter of a century till they have become round shouldered and gray, like himself, or like old type that has worn out and is only fit for the melting pot. But just the same he has saved the government a good many millionBfrjloilprsn his time, and will live to sfSvfc; jt more.

He has never fallen into the modern and somewhat luxurious habit of dictating teSters nd othefr masters which have logo OH paper to a He. believes ii the old fashioned style of writing everything out with pen-or pencil. When he goes home rbhi the CajJitol he'takes a lot of work along with hinij and even pores over columns of figures 6n tliw strvSt ears. At home he spends his evenings writing letters and fixing up his bills. lie rarely goes to the theater, fleer fjrpptsi invitations to dinner, is soda water, which he consumes in moderate quantities.

How he an go on year after year working like this, month in ami month ont, and at seven ry look and like a man of wnscore is aiysterj-to me. Another old mar. in our is Justice Stephen J. Held. IJe has fust written an pinion of the supren court which will down to history as one of the greatest decisions ever promulgated by that If vRi tli? LaKU Fjront case, in which thfr'cityW Cshfcngo MA the Illinois Central railroad were fighting for ownership of a thousand acres of partly submerged land right in the heart of the western metropolis land worth fcJOO.OOO or $900,000 tin acre, and perhaps half amlllionl After the court had taken a vote on the case the chief justice assigned the work of writing the opinion of the majority to Justice Field, lie did not shrink from the task.

Though seventy-six years old, and though the case was one involving not only millions of dollars, hut complex and difficult principles of law. the old man tackled it with the ardor of a law student. He ransacked hundreds of English and American reports, waded through of briefs and cords oj printed arguments, and sat down and wrote in a style phenomenally clear and strong an pinion flf 15,000 Words in longth which will" 3ollg4fi the soul of every lawyer who reads It. Not' The Ught (XttlMftm has faded A blossomluff bOtf, witfeout arijf Has closed its bright jwbils oo'eanh overwiore To bloom in Its beautV on Eden's fair sadnk The joy ot a houwfooia aftther's loud pride A mother loved aureus so latelv a BrlUot A young so bowett wltji Ids grief wSit i That turn whWe ht will 6f cm tlnd no'reliet, Kor tlie young lovely girl lie VUe Was em wineddft hfa ftrart as a part ot his Ufa. She sleeps Her her brtglitsoul la near And hovers about rheTrlends she loved If spliitscan llnjrer about a loed home.

The frieuds she loved dearly will not lie alone. Nut a cloud, she said, ever passed over her lire iM wum miiK iiiiiiii, a HuwIt Ii'iii il ieui wwdw the soiiowtaL- ft leuds "tlTP" left, sweet words from the tomb to hose lately bereft. 'I'he ekmds, yU lift vaUry novv-jcova UUC lUMtJMheflwwfea -MunajriB le- seeirhW no more. su --jj lit her lOTely yotpg her fverstr l.v ill the vagly she whffe the iw wllftavs 4eieu ns And niinK oi the past, of the not loiig ago, When a sweet little cherub, she clung by our blue To ihe morning she lrft us. a hannv vouncr bride.

l-ffl m0 fim WW been sely ier alf. ra comroi'tWirThought or tn otle thai weT love Is that she Is singing with angels above. Oh can it be. Junla, that we shall no more Press your dear lips, on this bleak, earthly shore? Shall we ne'er more caress thee or hear the sweet voice Thatggaye ussucji pleasureandittMie us rejoice? ajjp us rejfij Neyef akiq ()iii'ei3fiaaft lb behold ih.r MM Xstfet uaiu ur nni 'Tls hard but we'll try to submissively bow. Aim cung ner nine one leu ltu us now And In lid eWOPf i tl 1 Hudi tlltlu .1 I "lit imivuv, hhic ihv I Tue trace: Farewell dearest daughter Farewell my young bride often lulirlghttlays yofV roamed by my fSw.fcrtght?-seemed the tftat wei-ewncd aot of darknaw obscuring the i-h BUS now, all Js darkness, light is llown And left me In sadness to dream all alone To dream of the bright sunny days that are past Bptore the dark clouds o'er my pathway, were.

r'y i Tteswert back-to tne bright, vernal hours We wandered together 'math blight shady bovfej'S, ,) And pianlied for the future so glaringly Uright That the thorns and the thistles were far out of sight, now they have scattered themselves lu my way- And paddeaed the -thonguts of, -the future, lo- 11 Sweet memory alone I can carry through life (if the maiden 1 loveq, ol the motlior and wile The memory of one whose lite was all love She's surely ui Heaven, with augels above. And anay -we all Bieetn that bright, happy shore Where death and sad parting shall happen no more. WHkes-Barre, 1S92. Citizens' Caucus. A caucus of the citizens of the Second AYard was held in Freeman's League rooms Friday evening.

On motion of Edward Loftus. seconded ty Win. O'Reilly, John Devlin was made chairman and Edward Loftus, secretary. Drs. Weaver and Guthrie were nominated for school, direor tors, their nomination papers being presented by the secretary and all: present sighing them.

For High Constable Wm. O'Reilly and J. J. O'Donnell were named. The ballot resulted in the nominatioajOf lO'Reilly by a vote-! 18 to 7.

Johna. 'Mrto by acclamation for city auditor. Edward Conway and John Reilly were proposed for ward former being nominated by a vote of 18 to 7. Ejection officers were nominated a follower First districtJudge, D. A.

Oakley: inspectors, Edward Loftus and Howard Martini Second district Judge, D. Maokin; inspectors, Bryan McManamin and Frank Sauers. Adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman. i The Centennial Clnb(Auirual pall, The third annual dAheVMteiiiii! Social Club will be held in the Armory on Tuesday evenirigy January SI. The committee of arrangementeincludes J.

A. Lear, L. C. Luft, Ed. Connors, L.

C. Honeywell, and C. Mathers. The new officers of the clab are: President. Harry Garrison; vice president, Joseph A.

Lear; secretary, Louis C. Luft; treasurer, John Ahlbrandt; trustees, Louis C. Honeywell, John Mac-Callum and Frank Geek. j-, Hurt at Pine Ridge. John Jones, of Parsons, a miner working in Pine Ridge shaft, in Miner's Mills, was severely though not dangerously hurt Saturday from leing crushed by a large clump of coal that falling out suddenly pinioned him under it.

No bones are PEN, PENCIL AND BRUSH. Thackeray wrote moat of his best work befovj 'oreak'ast. the most legible of the manuscripts of moderu litterateurs are thoe ui Zola. Philadelphia artists are considering the feasibility of forming an artists' colony that city corresponding to the Quartier Latin of Paris. Julian Hawthorne applies one of his fa ther's book titles to his Sag Harbor home, which he calls "The Hou3e of the Seven Gabblers," in allusion to seven of his younger editions.

Dora Wheeler, the artist, has grown rounded and matronly with maturity. Always a tall woman, with a wonderfully fine carriage and classic jUer.lipjrii now is that of a young fJoU ft Zi: William Morris, the poet, always dresses in exactly the same way. He wear a black slouch hat, black" loose coat', a blue shirt with a collar to match and nondescript trousers. For winter he has in re--K-rve a thick, dark Invennass capecoat. Frances Hodgson Hurnett Bays that she has made up WijfRHitrneje van: member and ihua-Amcteil HhMW kht she was seven years old.

She picked berries and sold them to obtain the postage for forwarding her fin't printed fclory to the publishers. It is a singular fact that when the late Lord wrote a poem he invariably had it put in type and locked it up fi number of years. If at the end of lb nl lotted tiina he till liked the verses be cur reefed them bad them published; if not, he destroyed them. EXPOSITION ECHOES. The commercial travelers of the United States will have a grand rally at the World's fair.

The man who lias the concession for perambulating chairs at the Chicago fair will put 4,000 of them in operation on May 1. Among the congresses to be held in connection with the World's fair at Chicago there is to be one on medicine and the auxiliary scinces. A Constantinople firm will send to the fair specimens of costumes worn by firemen, porters and water carriers, saddles, leather chaijNywy Turkish rpuffng boat Wd a baladtitJfctU drams. Halsey jtjresi oufef oi th fijie arts department VVbrl fat confident ef havinirlta4'niest ftolfcctiiin 6t miutor- piecea.eve'hrouftnt togvtlier, tda'gb. nianf noiQuiiu werju ben lieclinectfor watt In the courts and entire world, for it involvejM-ionljfcAnerican but English law apd the highest princi ples'(j rights, public truajJfl fcojjilar AgBfs in all count ries.

A ufeti Who )4an do fc of intellectual work like sucbj $ta age Is certainly the grand old men of0fc. Justice Field lattsSinstudent all his life, and tonTrday, IarfiTold, reads more books than any of his confreres in the court. He takes great interest, too, in the education of the bright boys who serve the court as pages, fetching the books which the justices wish to consult and at-tendig thj.diMftiitis, MjpIeldiias hflen a number or the sapreilift courfeor tihirveajrs, beinThinior jiittfcihe catctt one o- the 1 cSap eiinjlfe volume, he said, looking the boy in the eye: "What is this you are reading?" "A story book, sir," the page replietL "Mm whKliu iSMIhlt: book. It is this." And he gave the novel a fling out of the window. 'Robert," he said to the page, "you must not read stuff like that.

Let me send you something that will do you good and help tojnake a man of you. If 1 will send sou frtookflwiHyou pHnaiipt(read tbaur?" ll.jfoyM&ised, moriHhJ a wagon drove up to his mother's house and dropped a full set of "Macaulay's History of England." From time to time other standard works followed, and for five or six years Justice Field kept the ypjyigsti supplied with a choice assortmentitirstaqj rd tfcadjng, much expevebjunfs that page is tie of piished and successful; of Wpr4reip If M. One of the of the'dulmisy-fri1, Washington is the impending change in the administration. The cabinet ministers and other high officials of the government are to retitW. So soon do not care to make much of a social effort during their last-winter-'here, AH of them have spent 1n Washington twice as much as their salaries have brought them, and they are naturally a little weary of paying so dearly for the fleeting honor of serving IljjielinJ and having their names printed in the congressional directory.

The prospect for the winter is therefore very poor. The worst of it ia that there will be no gayety at the White The president has "caused the official announcement to'Tbe made that there will be no social events of any kind at the White House winter. I do not understand that this cuts off the usual New Year's and other Btate receptions, but it may do so. At any rate, without the White House taking part in the social- activities of the season the winter will be a gloomy one for the thousands of womeq jylmcom the capital every winter for a pepjai gijjcif' ety in the American capital. The White Howse is naturally the iub of the social and when the White House is closed on account of the recent presence of death aad.

the oabiuet houses- afe- epeu-only ia desultory fashion jtiia whole social vehicle gets stuck in the mud. There will be much weeping among the fair devotees' of fashion, arid the cabmen and florists and dressmakers and Caterers and a lot of other commercial people will add their tears to the briny current. The event this week is a novel and striking entertainment to be given, at one of the theaters by the newspaper men of Washington. The Droceeds tro to the Na tional Capital Pressl0lihercJ in its membership about alftiie correspond-1 ents here, and there are nearly BOO of them. Statesmanship and society, have alike taken an interest in this affair out of compliment to the press, which is such an indispensable adjunct to all the activities of life.

The newspaper men have a dozen or more of the most famous actors and-actresses in the country on their programme. Many of the stars come from New York and Brooklyn, where they are playing every night. In order to appear in Washington they must take a special train early in the morning, arrive at Washing-toil' half an kpiir before noop, drive a Wie" theater, appear'in their acts hiid away to 1 another special train, which will hurry them back to the metropolis. Considering that the distance from New York to Washington is 230 miles, and that an hour must be allowed to get the actors and actresses from the railway station in the former city to the theaters at which they are to appear in the evening, this is a somewhat remarkable feat. The special train on the return trip is expected to break all records for fast running.

Tom Reed and John Allen are to be two of the star performers at this novel show. One is to tell what he knows about newspaper men and the other what he doesn't know. Amos Cuinmings is to play a banjo solo. So great is the interest in the entertainment that the newspaper correspondents have been compelled to put the choice seats and 'the boxes up at auction. The boxes sold for $5(K 300 and $200 each, and a large number of s'eats brought ten dollars aptpcB.fl Cojlefie? IiTJf SteVettr of3 -himselfJ a tiewspaper-writer and one of the most rjkjugly gifted men in Washington.

Ajs Jsplry teller, wit ami quaint commentator upon the -affairs and persons of the. day he is worth going -miles to hear. Rough and rugged, -but with a great heart and a good head, he is one of the most popular as well as one of the most delightful men ever seen in this city. Senators and-: rBreitif, court his acquaintance, tfiembm' of his own craft are very proud of him. As an auctioneer he was a great success.

The newspaper correspondents of Washington come very near to being able to run the town when they set out. for it. An instance of the peculiar power which they wield was found in the fact that when they had their auction sal of boxes and seats for the big entertainment both houses of congress were pract ically deserted. When the matinee conn oil' both houses will be adjoiii-Bfcil fti Bonnie Gt'ifk evt-nu The ernment's contribution 'to the show is the famous Marine band. One correspondent proposed as a novelty at the matinee to have the entire supreme court come on the stage in their robes of office and dance a minuet or hornpipe.

The correspondent was only joking, but when a certain sen-jator heard of the suggestion he turned pale land exclaimed: "That would be a disgrace to our coun try, but if you newspaper fellows say it has to be done it will le don!" Robert Graves. England is supposel to give the lead in fashions for men, and one of the accepted bits of Ptyle for those who winh to be strictly English in nttire is that of wearing a jColered silk bftodkerchifc in the outside and allowing of li ''look'jjiwti so as to give a brlhlntoAae monotonous male Bethlehem s)U6i)l teachers have decided to discourage thej presentation of holiday gifts to by the scholars. m. ma's np. Gehuina merf 75.

in tlie Hat Department One of our celebrated 1.40, $1.90 or Stin Hats; the now Alpine Hat: RbM'toih or i'm-Caf; for the littl. fol iiliieJtftf.or'i WMt Fancyttn an ttfu raUionmft stylos and colors. at 25c and 50c. 1'sj WmulM Square. and Persons Visiting This VALLEY of WYOMING NEVER FAIL TO CALL TOR' Manufactured by the firm of C.

STEGMAIER SON. SAFE SPEEDY CURE NERVOUS DEBILITY and DISEASES or THE BEMTQ.URTOY PRICE, ONE POLUft. 1 ADQMSt, 3RANDE MEDICINE COMPAfly, WfBT 3t 8TCtT. NCW YORK. For sale bj-JWholesale and'-JWoa.

1 everywhere or by mall. JAPANESE L' A (luaranteed (Ture for PlJef of TfflareveiHrtiKr orncfrec- Kxtcrnai, inwrnai. initio or uiseauiff Itchlinr. Chronlo. Itccent or liereaitary- This Itemcdv has positively never been knawatotaii li.oo a box, 6 boxes for 15.00.

sent by mall prepaid on receipt of price. A written guarantee positively given to each purchaser ot boxes when purchased at one refund the 15 paid If not cured. Guarantee issued by Henry u. Tuck Drusfsisis, wnoteHiWiand Kewui. 7 Ajrenis, 7 HoJth Main WUKeaBarrd, f.

samples free. JAMES LUKBR Manufacturer ot. Knights Templar, Masonic and all kinds of society goods. No. 133 Grand Street, New York City.

aotia 1872. ESTABLISHED 187S. COOLBAUQH, until WW te A Inraranc Ai 7 Lamino B'lDo, Puiuo I wni attend 4o the and purohastM Ute. HeiiUtu'-Md ooueotlnj. Fromtonftxp mm mlh tnk a it to the advantatr of rati mi Owewi to pom their property Inmy hasds.

Wta fA mmlm In frll nutA of thA Mv. Borougnj HALL'S fZ A 1 ST MlW 1 IK St ft. PtAIXS. Aiteippted Hobberles-How tUe Culoro- forg Worked SwJcv Nbies. The people this place; wnm'-some hat startled last week by two attempted robberies.

The first occurring at Dr. Shives 1 1 A TJloctoJ Had mad 3iarillfliia UiT war tn im imma fr th i. to go home for the holidays and had ap- plied for a leave of absence. It wal noticed a day or two before lgajpniy the young lady was acting rather queerly. She had packed a great big trunk andovhen asked whw she was taking Iruk then sb Svvm pnar back cMn.iA-arjfied shevlu I WOcU'ttsses it that she was goingto have made while at home.

A gold collar button missing frritt 1 ntiim n.uniidivil l.ir tli llrii-L in li w-t-iJ- Liin tuuiu LI Ml titl IV til fuitlier -sus picion. The trunk was opened ana found to be packed with bottles of cologne and several valuable articles purhjined from tdru was motioed tue-jrirl made eoiffjlivOT ifcrip4 to thL garden seanupoftiltiiwSTOSIlt light iiito the It several boxe: Of otgai and bthw jWnor I pund tq i hav been thrown into the vault. All the articles in the trunk were recovered and the domestic, after getting a piece 61 was allowed to depoj t. Anotor case more sellout, pir-haps, was that which occurred on Friday j'at one o'cldcks. Miohuwl Minimo, a.loal cornutist, -was filling; an engagement at the Kt.

Aloysitis bull, in Miner's Mills with Colo's orchestra. His wife and bur brother Peter were me imiy oceupaiii, 01 1,110 iiyuou. during his absence. A couple of men whom it appeared wore tramps had. chloroformed Mr.

McClotskey and partially succeeded in performing, the same operation on the lady when, cwnple of miners returning home at that hour from their wotk uu yie-iiiiUtHhlt sfaimU the robbers aiiij WVrjIi''MroiiirmJ uiai, iney nan gainou au euuaiicw, uiiu inin was found to be incorrect. They(Iusd tlie drug front the outside. The afuui'i caused something of a sensation. There was nothing taken, but Mis. Ninnno was badly frightened.

C. J. Shoemaker ig; Attacked tj 1 and Dr. Lathrop is attending hiin. The Plains Dramatic Club ave.uotuqlly at work breparlng for the production of Placer Gold in Odd Fellows' Opera Houao, Parsons, for the benefit of St.

Dominic's organ fund The date is Dec. 23 and as the play will be even better than it was wfaon produced here a number of Plains people will be present. Don't fail to see the fine stage and scenery in this excellent opera house and a good company playig on it. The object is a worthy one and wight to be a success. John Kirvey has entirely recovered from his attack of pleurisy "i The funeral of thW twrt-Wrbl'chila 6f Mr, and Mrs.

Malachl Durkin took pluco yesterdayi Sherm MacKnight hai returned from Ida trip to Bebois, Pa. He brought with him several fine specimens of silver which he found 0Q4heland- owned by idm at that place. 'j fW1 0 3 The men at the Pennsylvania colliery No. 14, were idle Friday to attend the funeral of Anthony Munley, of Pittston, who was killed at the mine. Division 11,.

A. O. of which the deceased was a member, attended the funeral in a body. The pall bearers were Patrick Mitchell, M. Stanton, P.

Bulger, Will Higgins, Thomas Gerrety and Patrick Giles. Miss Carrie Smith, of Wnyiriart.Us vfsiW ing W. B. Walker. Abraham ShilTer, of Mill Creek, is down with an attack of pneumonia.

See Santa Claus' headquarters on lifUi page of this issue. And now it is reported the politicians are working the religions racket in tile township; Anything to gain a ioiut. Enough said. Return of the favorite actor and sweet singer Andy Mack in Irish Loyalty at the Grand Opera House, Wilkes-iiane, next Friday night, December See Davldow Brothers advertisement on third page of this issue. MILL CREEK.

The supper given by K. 11. Curler on Thursday evening was a success giistrono-mically speaking. A number of Invited guests spent the time merrily and enjoyed the good things on the table. Among those pregent were Mr.

and Mrs. Tlios. E. Morpeth, Mr. and Mrs.

William Dickson, Mr. and Mrs. David Lewis, Mr and Mrs. Monaz Swayac, Mr. and Mrs.

James. Morpeth, Thomas Grimes, Mr. and Mr. William Morpeth, Mr. and Mrs.

fSeth Col-vin, Thomas Hayes, Mr. and Mis. Napoleon Davis, Bert Shifter, Mr. and Mrs. Dwkl Lewis, Mrs.

Martin, Elijah CounprKMrs, George Davis. Dr. Hughes was present and mad it pleasant for everybody. The menu was first class and iiicludtxl ovaters, meatsof all kinds, bread, cake, coffee aid tea. The citizens band, of Mill Creek was present and discoursed excellent music.

Miss B. Mt eousins, thfeJMi8es' TJjttift and -Miimle lieiliy during this week. Mrfl; William Avers, recently got sliver iin her hand and it has become so bad that .1... bllt? 115 till IU1 I ni jirwia. Mrs S''arles went yesterday fo Baltimore, Maryland, where sins wiil eutev one of the hospitals.

i John Diltx who has been sulTci iiig from a very soro finger had it amputated on Friday by Dr. Hnghe who was assisted by Brooks, -of Plains. Mi Dill, was resting comfortably yesterday. hin)n8 rrtinicd 'flmrsday: from PtV-diW) wm-ri -Jnra Visiting his brother Austin. li 1 1 i 1 1 improving and will be home in week.

See Santa (tans' hea-hjuartiTs on fifth page of tliis lleturn of the lavoi iu? and sweet linger Andy Meek in Irish Loyally at the Opera House, Wilkes-Jiarre, next Friday night, Dewmljer 'X'nl. See Davidow Brothers advertisement on third page of this issue. PAHSOXW. Philip and Michael Kelly are here from the West visiting friends. Mr.

and Mrs. I.cwls Boles, of Kansas, are riBtttng-Mr -anf-Mrf4r-4. fmrth; tf Oliver street. See Santa Claus' headquarters on fifth page of this issue. Theifipffd'of ifcRools Miss C.

KeiriwjrmnaiMlas Muggie" lna. held iTjleturn oC favoritWa sweet pJCger Irish LOfi'am- ut the Grand Opotlt Jlouse, UkJMi re, 1 FHday niglfeQtHieniber 3rdi- -jj; Zeroises tdgVflier on Thoscv'of Has ColvLn' primary kUpAftinent also had a neat Ltttio program Im; thAlr Tne singing and recitations wereYery good. A young 8QI.1 of John Gill is euJTering from, pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs.

S. Anderson's is suffering from diptheria. son Willie Miss Loda Barrett, of Hefiintoh, Miss Mary Goidon on Thumiay: visited Chritttmai Faiiciei How nice It w-ouldlbe if when yegpt home Christmas night wo should find a needed new fall and sprlrig suit hatiglng on the peg. 'How nice it would bp; If Mineral Spring had started oil full time. If Michael Campbell and John MGe had secured positions.

If we could give a postofileo to every unplicant just now If the Red Ash was twelve feet thick un-i der Parsons. If Dr. Jjewis could got Parsons incorporated iilto thro city. If M. J.

Lawlor was selling 5(X) loaves of bread per day and tlie people could pay for them. If Powdorly and Gompers would shako lianus. If the carrying companies would reduce the toll on ton of coal shipped to New York or elsewhere. if Jim Kinney would only resume his inoustacho. If Thomas Golden would only join a No.

debating club. If P. J. Broderick had a first class dramatic company on the road. if the borough couucU luiew how to manipulate the Traction Company.

I if the lawyers went, out of business because of a lack oflt. If we had one steel mill, two cotton mills and a few factories located on the vacant mnn If all the above and man and C. Rhodes all want to shoot at. Elijah Black" the game they If Dan Kemble had his thumb on the reporters. if druggist James had his elivtrie light.

All these things might put one safely over Christmas, leaving fhe care for itself. The ball given bv the St. Aloysius of tills place at Finn's flail, Mills on Thursday evening was in every detail a complete success. The crowd was so great Lat times as to make it a trille uiicomforta- The society is fast earn ing a reputation of giving first class eiilwrUiRnienuj withis kind. The members nrie hardAvorfterti Ohrt snure neither expense nor labor to make a pleasant time for their visitors.

Amongthoi a from out of town were the Misses McDermott, Donovan, Merrick, Curry and' ISheehan. Messrs. Lolly, McManus, Sulli van, Lenahan and MeMohigal, or Wilkes Bane; the Misses Mulding, Kenny arid Johnson, of inkerman; the Misses Corcoran. Harklns and Whulen, of Plttstou, and Miss Maggie McCarton. of Luzerne.

Mins Maggie Burrett and Joseph Gallagher led tlie grand march. Tlie hull was tasto fully docorak'd with bunting profusion of which wa-t hung iugraecful folds iroui ceiling and sides. Tin' various committees, already noted in the deserving of llliieh plaice. A large nimilier of people' from t.lilrt vicinity at ended the concert, of I he Torbett ICompniiy in Wilkes-Banc night. An elderly gentleman of Parsons speaking of young men aud wouien attending dancing school said: ''Dancing school! School for smndal." There was something in the remark (hat set the man thinking.

He deiermiried fj solve the occasion for the remark and he did. The legitimate dancing school is a Ijeneftt. When used for purposes other than its name inipllwj.it is a detriment to those attending. What aro those purposes? To go, so that you may have un opportune lty or meeting some one witn wuom to spend the whole or a part of the night after the dunce is over. The increasing number of scandals both in and out of the courts is or may Ih attributed to the over done dancing school or social.

The time may be said to 1 10 here when young women who havo an degree of re-spcet. far themselves or Jumilies thWfctotho risk thty rM'W. atfSling 'tjftMMS Ias. '1 ttttendtdiind with eay du loprMy yno anoi icvoiij 1013 bboi. singer ArtdygMaik tti Jfj-'Wh Xoyaltjrafrtl Grand Oper ttight.lraberjrd.;.

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