FREELAND TRIBUNE. Eatatlishoi 1338. PUBLISHED EVEIIV MONDAY AND THURSDAY IIV THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. OFFICE: MAIN STIIEKT AIIOVK CENTRE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year Six Months 75 Four Months 50 Two Months '-25 The date whieh the subscription is paid to is on tlie address label of each paper, the of which to u subsequent date becomes a receipt for remittance. Keep the figures in advaneo of the present date. Report prompt ly to t.liis ofllee whenever paper is not received. Arrearages must be paid when subscription is discontinued. Make ail money order#, check#, etc., paydhle to the Tribune Priutiny Company, Limited. FREELAND, PA., AUGUST 1, 189*. The Voter and His Vote. From Philadelphia City und Slate. Thorn are two or three chief ways in which it is possible not only, but unfor tunately not unraro, for a man under popular government to show himself grossly unworthy of citizenship. Even when boasting, and somewhat largely perhaps, of his hearty enjoyment of that sort of government, and his profound estimate of the high privilege that has been achieved for him and bestowed upon him therein, lie may yet, at tlie vory same time, betray a vicious and tlioroughly disastrous unfaithfulness t<> the most essential principle of a govern ment of that nature, lie may have an incorrigibly dull sense of what he ought, to be und ought to do as a voter. He may exorciso little or no mind in that direction and no conscience at all. of the operative or working principle or feature, in short, of popular government —on which, in the very nature of tlie case, everything depends—lie may have, and too manifestly and unfortunately often does havo, only a drearily frivolous or wrotchedly debased conception. And there are two or three marked ways, as said, in which this is shown. Tho legal voter, so called, although the terms almost savors of a sort of irony, with all his fancied esteem of a government reputedly free existing over him, together with the very real respon sibilities certainly resting upon him in connection—obligations unreckoncd and immeasurable—either lightly neglects personally tho exercise of his right of franchise wholly, or, In one way or another, if sometimes not so lightly yet even more abominably, misuses or virtu ally prostitutes tho same. Tho refusal of tlie responsible citizen to vote when it is entirely possible for him to do so ought to debar him from citizenship, for a time at least. Ho should, after that, not bo allowed a voice in public afTairs, or lie intrusted with any public service therein, until lie has purged himself from the contempt of so high a privilege. The evil in this connection is notor ious, but its real gravity is not adequate ly appreciated. Hosts of voters, especi ally in large towns and cities, esteemed, and in many ways rightly esteemed, as most qualified confidently to discharge citizen duties, frequently do not go to the polls; indeed, are known to stay away from them when important, ev< n most inoinnntous, interests are at stake. Only a few weeks ago, for example, over in New Jorsey, New Rrunswick, a city, 25,000 population, tlie seat of a vonerahlo college and theological seminary, besides other schools, tlie taxpayers, at a special election were called upon to vote on a proposition to issue 337,000 worth of bonds for school purposes, when only 115 persons out of tlie 25,000 felt it their duty to cast a ballot. And soinothing similar to this Is going on all tlie time aud in every part of tho country. When San Francisco, as a further example, last May adopted an unusually important new charter, it was by a majority of 2,301 in a vote of only 20,003 out of a total of registration of 73,450. 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Hall's Family IMlls are the host. _Dr. David Kennedys favorite Remedy CUBES ALL KIDNEY, STOMACH * ' AND LIVER TROUBLES. GENERAL CALIXTO GARCIA. Has Cuuifht Bled and Been Imprisoned for Cuba Libre. General Callxto Garcia, the veteran of Cuban revolution, is by birth a Cuban uud formerly a resident of New York. He Is about flfty-ulne years old, decidedly military In pose and manner; his conversation vivacious, but always to the point and always brilliant. By profession a lawyer, lie Impresses one as born to command—a man of big affairs who would carry out any enterprise with honor and success. Among his followers his law and his counsel Is always sought and followed In grave emergencies. He was one of the organizers of that first Cuban revolution of 1808. Ho met with his friends nightly at a farm owned by Dona to Mariuol, near tho town of Holgulu. The Cubans were already In revolt under Cespedes, and within two dnys Murmol and Garcia took up arms with ISO resolute follow* ers. Extraordinary success attended them. Town after town surrendered, first Santa ltlta, then .lugitanl, after hard fighting, with Its 20,1X10 popula tion. Eor his bravery Garcia was pro motes! brigadier general under Gomez, Later, when the provisional govern ment, for some reason not clearly ex plained, removed Gomez, Garcia suc ceeded him. Eluding that Juguanl had, meanwhile, been retaken by tha Spaniards, he proceeded to capture 1| agalD. He next took Uolguln, tha tow u where the revolution was origi nally organized. Other victories rap. Idly followed. At tin l obstinate all day battle of Santa Mario, iii 1800, be followed Von Moltko's tootles ut Sedan-surrounded tho enemy's aftny and forced tbo eur render of General Vlnguos and bis men. Tliey were well treated and given freedom. So grateful were they for tbe unes. peeted clemency that one of tbe offi cers, General llosalos, on returning to Spain, Issued u pamphlet extolling tha generosity of Garcia. But victory did not always follow tbo Cuban eagles. September, 1873, brought reverses, i In tbe absence of bis main forces, Gareia with his guard of twenty men was surrounded by live hundred Span lords una, when nt tlie last moment capture we.* inevitable, rather than Surrender and die of torture, Garcia bred his pistol into his mouth, and fell among his dead comrades. Tha Spuuiards curried him to Mauznnllla Id triumph, also thinking him dead. IV the amusement of Spanish and generals, Garcia revived, although tbe bullet bail penetrated his palate, following the fine of his nose, and emerging fwa his forehead. t It neefued a miracle that the General lived. Then 11 Was equally surprising that, recovering, he escaped execution, But he was spired and imprisoned a| Valencia an - l Sautoiin, In Spain. | Fortunately for Garcia General Oaip pes, Governor General of Havana, W4fl not vludlcal ive, for when poaco will declared In 1877, Premier Canoval freed hfui, ut the cabled request of (lampos. This explains why Martlaej Campos has always been respected and admired by the Insurgents. . Notwithstanding ho was free, Garcia did not fully believe in tbe sincerity; of the peace treaty, aud he carao tci New York, to await further develop "Jems. It noon transpired that the Spaniards were not keeping their promises in good faith, and bitter dis satisfaction prevailed. Hostilities com tlnued, nnd General Maceo continued to hold his ground against great oddg. 'Tbo courage end patriotism of tha heroic mulatto general fired Garcla'S heart anew, and again he a[ipeared In the field during what was known aa the "Little War," until he was defeat ed nnd again taken prisoner. I For tho second time his fife wal spared. He was sent to Madrid, hoWa ever, where he was allowed limited freedom and Cot permitted to lonvl the country. Being a man of educat tlon, rcflnenicnt and Indomitable wlffl he soon made C. career for himself Id a humble way, und earned mouey bjj teaching French und English, Ilj lived a quiet, retired life, but was ul ways under police surveillance. 7 When tho revolution of February, 1894, broke 0111, he was anxious ta leave Madrid, but the eye of tba gow eminent was ever upon him. Then ha brought his intellect Into play. Ila gave It out thai be should spend tha remaining years of his fife in Spain, Tills lulled tbe suspicions of the pollco until suddenly lie disappeared at mid night. Before the authorities wera aware of It he had arrived In Purls. Benching New York early In the au tumn of 189.1, he prepared to go to tha assistance of his countrymen, but be was not fin mediately successful. He organized and led the 111-fatsd Haw kins expedition in January, 181X1, and fitted out tlie stammer Bermuda tbo following month. But the Washing ton government Interfered. Garcia was arrested and held for trial uudoi 12.500 bonds. Before the day set foi the trial bad arrived be forfeited Ida ball, and this tisie succeeded In get ting away with an expedition foi Cuba. In bis address to the C'ubr.u artnj Gareia exclaimed. - "Army of the Republic, your oh! general comes to die by your side, It necessary. Let there be no armistice no treaty, unless baserl on tile recog nitlon of our Independence—free for ever, or battling Sorever until free." Oarcla's most important achieve ment, so far as direct results are con corned, tvas the capture of Guaimaro In December, IN&ll. After a siege 01 twelve days he captured sixteen forts one after another, finally forcing tin surrender of the garrison, who tool refuge In a large stone church in tin center of the town. He opened ot them with a coufte of Held pieces ant! speedily captured the forces, amount tng to nearly three hundred men ami officers. There was much booty, con sisting of Spanish gold, Mauser rifles, 1 two hundred thousand rounds of am munition, with machetes and a largo supply of clothing. The prisoners were well treated uud soon allowed to go on parole. Again Gnrcla's humane generalship won him plaudits from the enemy. fouling Stations. i Until recently the coaling station has been the unanswerable argument of all experts, real and reputed," says the New York World. "Modern wnr," they have said, "Is navnl war. To carry on a naval war, you must have bases of coal supply, and that meaus that you must have coaling stations scattered about the world wherever you may some day have to fight." This certainly sounds like a "clinch er." But the events of this war have already shown several fuels which have attracted a respectable and grow ing group of experts away from the coaling station theory. For instance, our lleot off Santiago has coaled In heavy weather from transports that were enabled to Uu alongside of the warships by an In genius system of fenders Invented not long ago. In the second place, Dewey, having no coaling station, seized one at Cavlte, and It Is pointed out that the enemy could uot possibly defend all his coasts so effectually that uo harbor could be seized nud fortified aud made Into a coal depot. | Against the permanent coaling sta tion It Is pointed out that it Is a vasl expense in time of pence, that It may be remote from the scene of liostlli ties, that It must be powerfully de jfended by fleets and forts both In time t>f peace and In time of war. I A floating coaling station, a fleet ol colliers, can go with the fleet wher ever the campaign may lead, is just as easily defended as a naval station with Its protecting fleet, and is a smaller expense In war and uo ex -1 ense at all in peace. ! The question Is still open. But It Is not improbable that England's mucli praised "far-sighted policy of estnb fishing coaling stations everywhere" may turn out to have been much over praised. Naval Salutes School boys will bo Interested In this, in these days of naval reviews. Upon entering a port, u warship sa lutes with twenty-one guns the flag of the nation she Is visiting, and then the flags of any foreign Admirals who may be there. Every salute Is an swered, guu for gun. The following table shows the proper salute for the various subjects named: Guus Nations, rules of nations, Ambas sadors aud members of royal families 21 Vice President of the Uuited States ig Cabinet Ministers, Admirals, Gov ernors of States, Justices of the Supreme Court, cougrossloual committees 17 United States or foreign Ministers to Rear Admiral 12 Commodore aud Charge d'Affaires 11 Consuls General 0 Consuls 7 Vice Consuls 3 Army officers are entitled to the sumo salutes as the corresponding grades In the navy, a Brigadier Gen eral, for Instance, who ranks with a Commodore, getting eleven guns. Salutes are never tired before 8 a. m. or after sunset A vessel arriving dur ing the uo-snluttng hours must wult until the proper time before she cau blaze away. Nor are salutes fired when wash clothes, awning or other cauvns are triced up to dry. These must always he lowered first. I Gorman l*n