FREELAND TRIBUNE. Sstablishod 1883. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY TIIF. TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Four Months 50 Two Months 35 The date which the subscription is paid to is on the address label of each paper, the change of which to a subsequent date becomes a receipt for remittance. Keep the figures in advance of the present date. Report prompt ly to this office whenever paper is not received. Arrearages must be paid when subscription is discontinued. Male all money orders, checks, etc., payable to the Tribune Printing Company. Limited. FREELAND, PA.. MAY 9, 1898. Where Corruption Flourishes. Walter Wellman, the famous cor respondent. has shown in the Chicago Times-UeraUl the true source of the deficit in the postal department, which Congressman Loud recently sought to mako up by increased charges on second class matter. The troublo is in the enormous increase in the amount paid railways for mail transportation—not only absolutely, but relatively—in cost per mile. Mr. Wellman gives figures showing the rapidity witli which this burden is increasing. Since 1880 the item of transportation has increased fr< in $8,300,000 to $37,955,000. lie than goes to show how the railroad companies steal a good share of this money. Once in four years the government attempts to obtain the average number of pounds carried daily, and uses this as a basis of settlement. At such times the railroads send thousands of tons of "dummy mail" over their lines. They send their ai - nual supplies at this time, and in a hundred ways swell the "average." An original expense of $5,000 in this way netted one road $333,000. After ex plaining several such schemes, Mr. Wellman continues: "Mr. Armour, or the Standard Oil Company, or others of the big shippers own their own cars. They pay the roads for hauling them, and get a draw back paid by the roads for the use of their cars. Hut Uncle Sam rents h s cars from the railroads, and pays for the hauling of them besides. A first class railroad postoflice car, sixty feet long, the finest built, costs a maximum of sß,ooo to construct. For this the United States pays SSO per mile per annum rental In addition to the rate per pound of the mails. Such a car running between Chicago and Now York for a year earns in rentals alone nearly $35,000. And it cost only SB,OOO to build." Considering the efTective support given j by the railroads to the present adminis- j tration in the campaign resulting in its j selection, can any one hope that it will abolish this robbery? A few years ago, the manager of a railway running out of Des Moines was indicted for defrauding the government by sending an enormous amount of dummy mail over his line during the weighing period. The e\i denre of fraudulent intent seemed Indi?- ]>utable; but lie escaped on a technical ity—as the big thieves so often do. It. was a good deal more than suspected too ' from the evidence presented at the time, that the U. S. congressman from the district helped on the swindle by "frank ing' an enormous amount of public documents to constituents along this and other lines, just at the time when it would do the railroads the most good. Comparing the crookedness every where developing where private corporatioi s performing public services come into contract with public officers, with the honesty and efficiency manifested in the departments of the postal system dlre't ly conducted by the government, the argilinent against government ownership of railways because of fear of official corruption seems ridiculous. When last heard of Governor Hastings was tramping through the mud of Mount Gretna thanking heaven that, he hnd Irish blood in his veins. The way the Irish enlisted and showed a desire to rush into the cannon's mouth made a hit. with his governites, and lie boaste 1 of his ancestry. He it remembered that many men who will not go to the front will vote against the governor just be cause he lias in him tiio blood of the race that, is always ready to light and die for the stars and stripes.— IF. 11. Lender. Tiio Richmond Disjxitih states some wholesome truths in a nutshell whe'i it says: "We must either whip the Span ish or let them whip us. No sensible American ought to have any difficulty in making up his mind as to his duty in this crisis; but if there is any one who really wishes to see Spain punish lis he ought to offer ids services to Hlancd or to the Queen Regent. Mor ally speaking, there isn't a very wide difference between lifting one's voice and lifting one's hand against his coun try." Watch the date on your paper SHADOWS ON THE WALL. When the room is tidy, Toys are put away, Eyes are growing sleepy, THT t' Skies are turning gray; ■ J Comes the children's clamor As they round me throng— Fairy lore's exhausted, u Sung each misery song; j i In the mellow .amplight Hushed their voices all, Whilst they watxh me making j- Shadows on the wall! T Through the happy silence Rings their 1 lughter low As upon the wall, there, £ Shadows com* and go. j] Nurse, unseen, unheeded, ? Watches froif. the door, ! Whilst the chillren's voices Plead for just one more! One by one they leave me, Till I sit aloe, Seeing, in the twilight, "flFf Shadows of uy own. ,{9l Long forgotten fancies, 'jM Dreams in oUen guise; H Till from heart to eyelids B Tears, unbidden, rise— £0 Happy, happy children! B Time has joys for all— tyj Only some are fleeting j,'®. Shadows on tJte wall! I® FOR OLD SAKE'S SAKE It is a commonplace of speech that there is no changing the leopard's spots. The keen observer of his kind, who has not twelve axioms wherewith to work the theorems of life, but twelve hundred, accepts it as gospel. Raymond, who was not a keen observ er, but a man with faith in his heart, did not accept it. It the face of ad vice, and caution, atd good counsel, he decided to reduce It to the absurd and marry Cicely Glanville. Success crowned him, as even those who warn ed him know now, hit it was a des perate risk. Far back in the days which it were heresy to doubt were as good as they were old, when Ala# was just the stolid small son of Captain Raymond, and Cicely was but the angel-faced little daughter of Captain Raymond's first-lieutenant, Marljtt, the boy and girl had been fond of one another. They had made mud-pies and hunted the flrst wild-flower# of the plains, and had ridden burrcrs and bronchos together. They had wintered and summered, in each cither's company, the mountains and prairies of the South-West, while tie land was yet given over to the never-ending dis turbances of the hottlles. They had learned what it was to have only one another for playmates for months at a time. And because oi the hardships of long marches and th( joys of a halt savage freedom shared together, they came to think themsHves inseparable. And then they were geparated. Cicely was to be civilized. She was sent East and abroad t> school. Alan Raymond went through West Point and got his commission. Thereupon Fate—which at tin;es does what might be expected of her—sent him to the same post where the Marlitts were stationed, and he saw Cicely again. H looked into the placed depths of her long, gray eyes, and remembered the past. He looked at the curving red lips and the thick brown hair, and guessed the future. She had changed foi the worse and for the better. She hgd been civilized, and was less frank; she had learned to attain her ends by indirect means, yet, as women go, die was honest. But the saintly face was more beauti ful and the child was grown to one of those women who si to love is to worship. And in dii,. time Raymond loved her. There are men whj take their love as simply as they d > the breath of their life. It is necessary to them, but they do not go mad with the ecstasy of its possession. When Ray mond had told Cicely that he loved her, and when she hid laid her head upon his shoulder aud had put her slender clinging hands In his, and, turning up the beautiful, deep eyes to his face, had said, "I love you," he was satisfied. His fault, if such it were, was that he was undemonstra tive, and Cicely's—though some count it a virtue in woma|> —that she was jealous. Of all vices, jealousy carries with it its own swiftest punishment. It realizes its unreasop, but is power less —like a dreamer who suffers and can not awake, thouga he knows, the while, that he is dreaialng. She knew in her heart that htr lover's word was worth more than most men's vows; she knew that his purpose was direct and honest, ai yet she doubt ed. The tiny stone of suspicion be gan to roll. A question which Cicely was too proud to tsk would have checked it, but it rushed on and be came an avalanche ihat buried and crushed their happ ness under Its mass. Raymond look another man's wife, but beside the J) ank reality rose up in frbnt of him the might-have been of his life, and He cried out from the depths: "Cicely, why did you do it?" he asked. She started back end looked up at him. For one long minute the deep eyes gazed into his und saw there the futility of an Irretrievable mistake The curved lips grow white, and part ed and closed again. She turned and hid her face in her tight-clasped hands, ind bowed her head against the bach }t the chair. There is tragedy of the Bercest sort that enters, once, at least, into most lives —tragedy which seems to rend the veil of one's universe in twain and to open up the graves where one's hopes and sorrows have lain sleeping. Yet we jeer at melodrama when we are shown bits from the play of existence that are as nothing to the truth. We say It is over-acted. It is because it has been mercifully given to us to forget. In the past, Raymond, flrst of all, would have scoffed; in the future, he would come to doubt the horror of the present moment. But it caught him and held him then with a mighty strength. The primitive creature comes out when it is lashed with the whip of real pain; all the bars of custom and convention can not restrain it. He forgot the honor of his sane moments. He snatched sway the hands, and dragged her to him and turned her face up again to his. "Why did you do it, Cicely?" he re peated. She clenched her teeth and steadied her voice, and then she told him. "But you were utterly wrong," he said. He was dazed to have been so misunderstood, and he offered no ex planation. But she did not need one now. She had seen the full measure of her folly. "I know," she answered, "I was wrong, and—l am punished." She threw her arms about his neck and sobbed, and he held her close. It was only for a little time. Then she drew away and her arms fell at her sides. "It can not be helped," she said; and she turned and went away. There was no change in Raymond, either then or as the years went on. He was a good officer and a good man, and unembittered. But Cicely Glan ville changed. The world loves noth ing better than to find an explanation for what has mystified it. It does not trouble to verify its belief. "It is plain," it said now, "why Cicely Mar litt married Glanville. Raymond was not the man to have allowed her to indulge her propensities." The propensities were toward flirta tions that scandalized that conserva tive and respectable institution, the army. Even the men of the regiment resented that it should be given fame through Mrs. Glanville. And the wo men feared and hated her; but they also admired. Popular superstition to the contrary notwithstanding, most women see the charms of a rival. Envy Is as keen-sighted as love is blind. And the clever ones admit them. Being isolated from the small circle of feminine wit, Mrs. Glanville added to her attractions much masculine clear-sightedness and wide range of interests. She was as good to talk to as to look upon. She spoke with the tongue of a wisdom that was more— not less—than womanly, and she sang with the voice of a siren, and men fell down before her and worshipped her, and, throwing the cloak of their infatuation over the clay feet of their idol, came finally to forget them and believe it all spotless alabaster. They held her up to wives, and daughters, and sisters whom they would have disowned for following In her path. And they ruined the peace of their lives and of their homes for her— all, too, without the hope of even a capricious fancy for reward. She brought them low and laughed at them, but they still had faith, as had her husband, though the heavens should fall. She was known to the borders of the service, and beyond, as a creature of no heart who had caused disaster and even death, and had shown neither remorse nor pity. Yet when she was free once more, Raymond went to her. His old faith was unmoved. It was a better sort of faith than any other she had in spired. Years had gone since she had seen him. She sat once again before the fire —this time in her father's home. And Raymond stood looking down at her. The face above the black dress of her mourning, was as saint-like as of old, and seemed as young and unscarred. The long, gray eyes were as placid, but more deep. He did not ask now why she had done these things. Perhaps he knew. But he said to her, as though the time be tween had never been: "Cicely, do you love me still?" And the sweet lips parted to say the words that they had never framed saved for him: "I love you still." He reached out his hand and took hers. She tried to draw it away. "But you do not want me—now?" she said. He held her fast and answered: "I want you now." There was no doubt in his firm voice. "You do not know," she tried to tell him. "Yes, I know," he said; "and yet— and yet I want the Cicely who was my honest little playmare years ago; who was my trusted love in the past; who will be my faithful wife in the time to come. For old sake's sake, I want her, dear." She laid her tired head upon his shoulder and closed her tear-filled eyes. "And for old sake's sake," she said, "you shall have her." 850 Volumes In 5(1 ream. Although Maurice Jokai, the Hunga rian novelist is sevnnty-two years old, he has undertaken another work which cannot be completed within four years. In fifty years he has written 350 nov els. KHrtir* People Miner Adam. The number of people who lived up on this earth since the time of Adam is calculated to be somewhere about 35,627,814,000,000. I I A VALUABLE EXPERIENCE. Spaninh Bulletn Had No Terrors Fol the Trolley Dodger. The American had been arrested is Cuba as a spy, and had been condemn ed to be shot. At the hour fixed fox the execution he was taken to tht Campo Weylero and nine soldiers lev elled their muskets at him. He refus ed the offer of a handkerchief witt which to cover his eyes, and glancec calmly, even smilingly, at the glitter i ing, death-dealing weapons. "Fire!" shouted the Spanish ser | geant. The nine explosions were ax one, and as the smoke cleared awaj ! the sergeant stepped forward, expect : ing to see the prisoner riddled with bullets. But the American still stood there, calm and smiling, and apparent | ly unharmed. j "Your muskets were not loaded!' | cried the sergeant with a great oath turning to his men. "I will have every | one of you shot as traitors at sunrise | to-morrow. I will"— i "No, no; don't blame those fellows," I interrupted the American. "They did i their duty all right. Nine bullets came j out of those guns. I simply dodged I them." "Dodged them!" shouted the ser | geant, angrily. "Do you dare to play j with me?" "No," answered the American, coolly, "I am telling you the fact. Dodging those bullets was dead easy. Why. man, I lived in Brooklyn, New York, for a couple of months before coming j here, and twice a day I dodged the trolley cars at Death Loop. Your bul lets aren't in it with the Death Loop fliers." "On Onnrd" the Watchword. j is about ready, ain't it, Sister Duncan?" asked the preacher who was going to perform the mar riage ceremony in Cabbage Creek Val ! ley. j "No, Sam ain't come to guard the back winder yit. Tom's at the front door an' Eli's at the gate, an' as soon as Sam gits to the back winder every ! thing will be ready. You see, John Henry is sorter timid like, an' when it | comes to the pinch of the game his j courage mout fail him an' he mout try ! to make a dash for the woods. Polly knows this an' she ain't takin' no chances. She's got the boys posted whar they can stop John Henry if anything should happen." Got ilia Money Hack. A well-known London theatrical manager tells a good story at the ex pense of a local theater whose "Stand ing Room Only" sign is no longer need ed. One night, after the curtain was rung ! up, a small boy was discovered sob bing in front of the box office. The \ manager of the theater went to the lad and kindly asked him what the trouble was. j "I want my money back!" sobbed I the boy. In surprise the manager asked his i reason for such a request, j "Because—because I'm afraid to sit I up in the gallery all alone!" he wailed, j His money was returned. Populnr Lltrrnry Girl. "For a literary girl Miss Plum seems rery popular." i "Yes. It's her method. She invites i young man to the house to read over her latest sonnet. When she comes to i word like 'miss' for instance, she isks him if he can improve the rhyme. | if he has any brightness at all he will i suggest 'kiss,' aDd at the same time i illustrate it. If the word is 'tease' he will suggest 'squeeze' and illustrate hat. Oh, it's no wonder she's a pop alar poetess." The Old, Old Story. "You are the only woman I ever loved," said Adam, i "And you," murmured Eve, "are the first man that ever kissed me." Then Satan smiled and said unto himself; "That is equal to burnt-cork repartee, and posterity shall perpetu ; ite it." And it was even so. Vtetter Than Nothing. Lord Notacent —I cannot tell you ' how much I love you. Ethel Giltedge—Oh, make a rough suess at it then. How much do you :hlnk I'm worth. Rival Cemcterlea. ; (n Nowhereville, in Limbo Place, 'Mid lurid reeking murk, Two aged jokes met face to face, Who died from overwork. 'Where rest thy bones, since thou hast died?" Each asked him of his brother. 'ln the Alamanac," the one replied, 1 "Farce comedy," the other. —lndianapolis Journal. Everybody Say* So. 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They explained that the scheme was promoted by a re ligious society In the East, which was paying the difference between the manufacturers' cost and the price de manded of the Indians for the ma chine. One hundred and sixty fine sewing machines were sold by the enterpris ing swindlers. For each machine $lO was collected. Now a collector of the company has arrived to investigate the situation. He has 160 leases for as many machines, on each of which $lO has been credited as first payment. Fifty dollars is still due on each. The swindle was a very smooth one. In each Instance the Indian purchasers were required to sign a "testimonial"Tn order that the religious society might have evidence that the machines had been placed according to the sales men's statement. These testimonials now prove to be the leases which the investigating agent is looking up. They are the regulation leases that go with all machines throughout the country where they are purchased on time. No title is vested in the holder of the machine under this form of lease. The Indians who secured machines under the deal merely rented them, signing a contract with the company by which they were to secure full title whenever the money paid in rent, from month to month, equalled the full Belling price of the machine. Now the agent has the worst contract of his life trying to explain the situation and secure the return of the machines. Under the company's rules the fist $lO collected on the sale of a "time" machine always goes to the selling agent, so the head quarters agent shipped the whole car load of machined, the young swindlers delivered them, collected their $lO on each machine, and immediately disap peared. The Lekr Mla.ourl River. F. R. Spearman writes of "Queer American Rivers" in St. Nicholas. Mr. Spearman says: With all its other eccentricities, the Missouri River leaks badly; for you know there are leaky rivers as well as leaky boats. The government en gineers once measured the flow of the Missouri away up in Montana, and again some hundred miles further down stream. To their surprise, they found that the Missouri, instead of growing bigger down stream, as every rational river should, was actually 20,000 second-feet smalled at the lower point. Now, while 20,000 second-feet could be spared from such a tremendous river, that amount of water makes a considerable stream of itself. Many very celebrated rivers never had so much water in their lives. Hence there was great amazement when the discrepancy was discovered. But of late years Dakota farmers away to the south and east of those points on the Missouri, sinking artesian wells, found immense volumes of water where the geologists said there wouldn't be any. So it is believed that the farmers have tapped the water leaking from that big hole in the Missouri River away up in Montana; and from these wells they irrigate large tracts of land, and, natu rally, they don't want the river-bed mended. Fancy what a blessing it is, when the weather is dry, to have a river boiling out of your well, ready to flow where you want it over the wheat flelds! For of all manner of work that a river can be put to, irrigation is, I think, the most useful. But isn't that a queer way for the Missouri to wan der about underneath the ground? Some Common Mistaken. 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