FREELAKD TRIBUNE. FUBU&HED EVERT MONDAY AND THURSDAY. 'rilOS. A. BUCKLEY, Perron AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE: MAIN STBEET ABOVE GENTILE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year ...FL GO Six Months ..... 73 Four Months 60 Two Months 23 Buljscribere arc requested to observe the date following the name on tho labels of thelrf papers. By referring to this they can tell at a ftlanoo how they stand on the books in this oCQco. For instance: Orover Cleveland 28Junc95 means that Grover is paid up to Juno 28, IHB&. Keep the figures in advance of the present date. Report promptly to this oflice when your paper is not received. All arrearages must bo paid when paper Is discontinued, or collection will be made In tho manner provided by law. Tho Prince of has written a letter expressing disapproval of tho custom of cropping dogs' ears and docking their tails, which has had tho oflfeot of proving a jironouuccd check to the practico in Eugland. Some one who is very near to Bis marck writes that the Princo "has his old, venerable, awe-inspiring appear ance. His eye is just as ilery and spirited, and ho has tho samo interest in the events of tha world. I3ut oth erwise he is liko Eubons, from whom tho paletto was suddenly snatched, and who had to look on while, year after year, his pictures wero smeared over by dilettantes and ruined." It is said that moro than 20,000,000 oorcs of land in tho United States aro held by English landlords, prominent among whom aro Lord Houghton, Lord Dunraven, tho Duko of Marl borough, Lady Churchill, tho Baron ess Burdett-Couts and tord Scully, They havo lately effcotod a sort of al liance for ihe purposo of defending their interests and collecting thoir rents from their American tonants. At an amusing meeting held tho other day by tho London Piscatorinl Society it was docided, after sorao dis cussion, to abandon (ho giving of money prizes to anglers as rewards for cunning in tho catohing of fish. Despito tho fact that ono gcntloman assured tho assembled company that even hor Majesty tho Queen did not object to rocoiving money prizes at horticultural shows tho majority of tho ilshormcn prosont eousidoroil it "derogatory to tho oharacter of a truo angler, fishing in tho W,Etonian spirit for tho love of sport alone, to accept a monoy prizo." Thoroforo in tho fu ture there will only bo oup prizos for tho sensitivomindod fishermen to com pete for. The probablo effect of tho opening of the Chicago Drainage Canal upon the water level of tho great lakes is up ior discussion again, notes tho Now York Tribuno. Tlio Chicago engineers declare that at tho most it will not lower tho lake level more than threo inohos. But Professor G. Frederick Wright, of Oberlin College, an acknowledged authority on tho sub ject, says that tho canal will ultimately divert ten per oont. of tho water that now passes over Niagara; and in tho lato summer and autumn this will seriously intorfero with navigation. As a preventive measure, ho suggests that a dam be constructed across tho lower end of Lake Superior at tho "Soo," which will raise tho level of that lake two feet and store enough water during tho rainy season to supply the lower lakes during tho lato summer and fall. Tho Chinese, in tho view of Lord Wolscley, as printed in tho Cos mopolitan Magazine, possess tho mental and physical qualities required for National greatness. They aro fino men, superior to the Japanese in average stature; they aro industrious nnd thrifty, absolutely indifferent to death, and when well trained nnd well led make first-rate soldiers. This hardy, clever race, ho urges, whoso numbers aro to bo counted by hun dreds of millions, need only the quick ening, guiding hand and mind of a Napoleon to bo converted into tho most powerful Nation that has ever dictated terms to tho world. As a Napoleon is not forthcoming General Wolscley advises China to seek an other Charles Gordon to orgauizo an other ever victorious army. It may this estimate of tho Chineso is correct, comments tho New York Press; but, as tho Tress has often pointed out, and as Wolseley himself admits, tho Chinese are not nnd tho Japanceo aro a warlike race. Tho Chineso will have to change their esti mate of tho military profession boforo they can becomo a soldierly Nation, and it would take more than one generation to mako their armies and navies a terror to tho rest of the world. YOU NEVER CAN TELL. You can never toll when you sond a word- Like an arrow shot from a bow By an archer blind—bo it cruel or kind, Just whoro it will chance to go. ft may piorCo tho breast of your dourest friend, Tippod with its poison or balm; To a stranger's heart in life's great mart It may carry its pain or its calm. You nover enn toll when you do an act Just what tho rosult will be; But with every deed you aro sowing a seod, Though its hnrvest you may not see. kindly act is an acorn dropped In God's productive soil; Though you may not know, yet tho trco shall grow And shelter tho brows that toil. You never can tell what your thoughts will do In bringing you bate or love; For thoughts are things, and their airy wings Aro swifter than earrier doves. They follow tho law of tho universe— Eaoh thing must create its kind; And they speed o'er the track to bring you back Whatever went out from your mind. J—Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in Munsey. li E DREW TEN THOUSAND. j /it T3.45 on tho nf i I ; JrSl ternoon of March /I I jS pay- F f r i ing cnsliior of tho UfaS //,? M bauk, in the IBZL c^v London, —cashed a check for 81 0,00 0, drawn by the v /. highly respected *1 firm of Ployd, —- n , Gow k Co., ol Fenchurch street, merchants. It was presented by tho manager of the firm. At 3.55 tho manager of Ployd, Gow k Co. handod in his books and checks amounting to $20,000. Tno paying cashier looked up as ho heard his voico. He called some ono to take his placo aud disappeared into tho sec retary's room, and within twelve min utes tho police wero at work on the case. - The check presented at 3.45 was a forgery and tho man who presented it some "bummy," who had made himself up liko Mr. Smith of Ployd, Gow & Co. 's. This was not a difficult task. Tho counterfeit man was tho same height as the original and about tho same make. Smith had not spoken 100 words to tho cashier during tho five years his firm had dealt with tho bank. He always wore a bluo sorgo office coat whatever tho weather. Ho al ways wore a silk tup hat, and it invar iably worked its way to tno back of his head beforo ho had worn it throe minutes. No ono ever saw him at the bank Without his gold-rimmed eyeglasses and his tightly rolled umbrella. Smith had u friendly nod for tho patrons ho knew in a business way, but ho seldom spoke n singlo word to any one. Officers were sent to overy railway terminus; they searched tho hotels and very likely placo for a man to try to chango his clothes. If the fellow had not fiomu safo hiding place se lected in ndvaueo tho chances wero more than ten to ono against his mak ing an escape. In room sof Crcmane's private and commercial hotel, which I will admit was not a first-class establishment, but still good enough for a traveler earn ing 820 a week, I read most of the particulars given above in tho even ing paper. Tho ofticinls had done their best to keep tho whole affair dark until somo clue was gained, but tho reporters had boen too many for them. I had come in from my round of calls utterly tired out. Beaching my room, I pulled off my boots, lighted a pipe, sat down with my feet on tho bed, and this bank business was tho first thing which which cuught my eye as I glanced ovor tho papor. I had just finished tho article when the night porter came up. "Heard about tho bank swindle?" ho asked, as ho entered my room, without tho preliminary troublo of tapping. "Just read it." "Cool chap, wasn't ho? And, I say, thoro uro a couple of detectives downstairs now. They say they've shadowed him here, nnd they'ro go ing to search tho whole plaeo. Thoy are on tho lloor bolow now, and will want to como in hero in a minute." Ho had scarcely finished speaking when the mon appeared. I was a head shorter thnn l'loyd's manager. I was thin, whilo ho was stout, and I was young, whilo ho was middlo aged. But those old sleuthhounds came in on tiptoe, looked at mo out of tho cor ners of their oyes, and sat down on tho edgo of my two chnirs to question me, tho bigger of tho two taking tho precaution to placo his soat between mo and tho door. It was fully a quar ter of an hour boforo they had fin ished, and then thoy seemed to talco it as n personal injury that I hadn't com mitted the crime. Boforo my visitors left one of them suggested with a wink to his comrade Vhct I might as woll bo taken along on general principles, as thoro was no telling what I would not own up to af ter/a wook in prison. But tho other was not RO evil minded. In fact, he took a fatherly interest in my wolware nnd put his hand upon my shoulder pleasantly and compas sionately as ho advised mo it would bo hotter to restore tho' money whilo there was yet time. I refusod to dis gorge, and ho wont out sorrowing, saying that I had missed a golden op portunity and that I should liko to re pent and wear a convict's suit. Tho hotel was thoroughly searched. Those men did their duty ; and I think would have carried off every soul within tho placo as a suspicious char acter had not tho manager interfered, and tho detectives finally withdrew, with at least two pockotbooks crammed with notes. At 10 o'clock I was finishing my third pipo and had long beforo ex changed my paper for A novel. I was just getting sloepy when a queor thing happened. My bed was in ono corner of tho room. I sat on a chair on tho left hand side, with my feet across tho middle. I had my book on a lino with my eyes, and all had been quiet for the last half hour, when suddenly a voico exclaimed: "Well, old man, that must be an in teresting yarn." I bounded to my foot and—saw no one. 1 looked around tho room caro fully, peering into every corner—no one. I slipped toward tho door on tiptoe and opened it with a jerk and saw—no one. Then 1 turned, and thero was a man standing on the other side of my bod. Ho wasn't a ghost. He was made of blood, flesh and bones liko myself. To say I was frightened is putting it mildly. I was scared. I sank right into a chair, with my mouth open and my eyes bulging out, until my visitor laughed outright. "Who are you?" I gasped, faintly. "Well, that's a fair question," ho replied. "I supposo you've got a right to ask. For tho last three hours, up to a miuuto ago, I was tho man under tho bed, and now I'm the man on the bed," and suiting tho ac tion to word he lay himself out at full length. He was a cool hand. I knew human naturo well enough to know ho had plenty of nerve behind his cheek. "It wasn't all put on. As ho lay thero I noticed a revolver in his hand. Then I began to understand. The evening paper had given a por trait of Smith, and I saw this was his double. It dawned on mo all of a sudden that ho was the identical chap. "You wero under tho bed when I camo in?" I queried, as we sat looking at each other, and I was wondering how to roach tho bell. "Exactly," ho replied. "And you heard what the porter said and tho detectives?" "Every word." "And, to como to tho point, you're the man thoy want." "I am." "How tho dickens did you get here?" "I didn't choose this abode for its comfort," he said, "nor for its com pany. I had other plans, iu fact. But thoy miscarried. I dodged into this hotel in search of a temporary asylum, and it looks ns I had found a lunatic asylum. Did you ever see 810,000 iu ono pile? It's a refreshing sight. See here." He watched me with pioreing eyes, and though he was toying with his re volver carelessly enough I saw ho had his finger on the trigger all tho timo. Ho bent over from tho bed and picked up u buudlo of notes from tho fioor. "This means a visit to tho tailor's, quail on toast with champagne, a long trip to America or tho Continont," and he fondly patted tho money. "So they've got an account in tho papers, have they? I'd liko to read it. Thanks." Ho skimmed through tho artielo with evident enjoyment, now and then chuckling to himself. The ho said: "Pretty closo shave, that. I'm sorry for tho cashier, but suppose ho will wriggle out of tho responsibility somehow. Excuso my asking tho question, but what do you do for a living?" "I'm a traveler in calicoes." "Married?" "No." "Ever been abroad?" "No." "Look lioro,oldchappie,"ho wont on with easy familiarity, as he strotohod himself on tho bod, "you're giving mo shelter and I'll do you a tuin. Hand in your resignation and como with me. It will do you good nnd, open your eyes. This little pile will do us first class for a year - " "I'll seo you hanged first, you cheeky villain," I shoutod. "I'm not making tours with bunk thiovc3 and jailbirds. Your trip will end in pris on, if it doesn't start thoro." "Too peppery, altogether too pep pery for tho head traveler to a respoc tablo firm," ho quietly obsorvod. "And do you think I'll bo arrostod, as you know so much about it?" "Certainly. I'm going to take you down stairs and hand you over to tho police." "That's a lio," ho said, as ho swung his feet off tho bod oud stood up. "I don't blumo you for refusing a trip to America, but plcaso don't mako an idot of yourself in other ways." "How do you moan?" I asked, also getting up and trying to keep my head. "Just lo