Freeland Tribune Established 1888. PUBLISHED EVIiltY MONDAY AND THURSDAY, BY TIIE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY. Limited OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. FREELAND, PA. ? SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Six Month* 75 Four Months . .50 Two Months . .25 The date which the subscription is paid to is on tne address label of each pater, the change of which to a subsequent date be comes a receipt for remittance. K**op the iigures in advance of the present date. Re port promptly to this ofiice whenever paper is not received. Arrearages must bo paid when subscription is discontinued. Ma\e all mow y order a, checks , ctc %t pnyable to th' Tribun Printing Company, Limited. I 'That Havana lottery will evacuate J with the Spaniards. Uncle Sam will protect the Cubans against them- I selves. Adventurers have thus far spent j $30,000,000 in going to and from the Klondike, and have brought back $6,000,000. But, then, think of the 1 fun J A Philadelphia paper in its story of the jubilee crowd said it was "nip and tuck between tho pickpockets and the police." It would be interesting to learn which finally got the most. .Mr. Joe Leiter is said to have tnkeu to literature. If he can bulge the poetry market in the same way that he did the wheat market he will be Regarded as a benefactor by a very numerous constituency. Dewey is said to be coming home. It will be such a hoine-eoraing as no American ever bad. For his own comfort we advise that he be put un der strong guard in Fort Warren, where his family and friends might visit him with passes signed by him self. In the conflict which resulted in the resignation of the Brisson ministry in France, the grave underlying ques tion was the supremacy of civil or military law in that republic. As long a* militarism prevails in France it can be a republic but in name. The promotion of the rights of tho people, the establi shiueut of personal free dom, and all of the elements which enter into republican government are at war with the idea of military su premacy, As long as the man iu ep aulet- is the hero of tho populace,and his will s ipplants that of the states man, true republican government is impossible. The curious relations of personal vanity with the worst forma of crimi nality are plainly shown in the case of Vacher, the notorious "Jack the Rip per" of Paris, who has been con demned to the guillotine. Although evidently a mental pervert, with the usual accompanying mania for homi cide, he was willing to give tho full details of liis crimes, previously con fessed, only ou the conditions that they should be published in all tho leading papers, and that he should have a separate trial for each murder iu the place of its commitment, thus obviously adding to the morbid noto riety of his doings. The desire to' eriate a startling sensation by limit ing his acts to the murder and subse quent brutal mutilation of young shepherdesses was paramount to all other motives, although he inciden tally refers to his fancy for shedding blood. As is not unusual in such instances of gross depravity, he plied his dreadful work long enough to give it the air of great mystery, and when tillable to keep) tho secret beyond a certain time be was compelled to opeuly jeopardize his safety by exploding a revolting confession. Criminologists are quite uniform in their statements regarding the preva lence of this weakness among thieves and murderers. The detectives un derstand so well this propensity on the part of wrongdoers that it is an ever ready avenue to, secrets which otherwise would perhaps never be discovered. It is tho plainest of nil exemplifications of a fact that "murder will out." The crime and its punish ment grow from the same root. Sho Couldn't Mlrs tho Ch.nro. Mrs. Drayton—Ah, well, it has al ways been my dearest wish to grow old gracefully. Mrs. Winston—ls that so, dear? I'm awfully sorry' for you. Mrs! Drayton—You are sorry for me? Why? Mrs. Winston—Beeausb your dearest wish has been to grow old gracefully. Of course you'll never have a chance tc try it over and make use of the prac tice vui've had. Jrnluui of Illinwelf. "Is he really so Jealous?" "Why, he Is even Jealous of himself since some ane told him matrimony had made another man of him."—Cincinnati En quirer. THE NEVER WAS A BOY. When I come home the other night With an ugly lookin' oyo That I had got into a flglit Poor ma commenced to cry, But when I told pa lionr it was He clapped bis lmnds for joy And told me I'd done bullv, 'cause Once he had been a boy. "Boys trill be boys," I heard him say; "They won't lie otherwise, And the ono that learus to light liis way Is the one that wins the prise; When I was his ago ilghtin' was Blv greatest earthly joy—" But ma, she kept on cryin', 'cause She never was a boy. My golly, but I'd hate to be A girl" with fluffy hair, And always prim as A, B, C, With clothes too clean to wear! When ma was small I s'po9e she was I Red cheeked and sweet and coy— But, oh, tho fun that missod her 'cause She never was a boy. —Cleveland Leader. C000000000000000C330000030 I FARMER TUCKER'S GIRLS. I X By Ilelon Whitney Clark. A 00000000300300030000303300 It\ UMPH! Marry / iug for love is j (I nonsense," / | declared the vji "j! 1 eldest Miss I vj/l I Tucker, se ll verely, as she | * threw aside the I ' J novc ' H l' fl Bad I- ■ ' --- - r | been reading, I RU( * stretched fi f f I k er ' oes °l° ael ' I I to the warm | / | yZy-% \ fire that was ILX / blazing in the old-fashioned * fireplace. "I Intend to marry for money!" "Why, Neva?" The eldest Miss Tucker was chris teued Geneva. "How can you say so?" cried her younger sister, opening a pair of big, biuo eyes, mystic and tender, with thickly-curling golden lashes. "I think it would be the nicest thing iu the world to fall iu love with a hand some young man, with eyes as black as coals, and live in a pretty cottage, ull covered with vines." "Stuff!" interrupted Neva, snnp pishly, curling her red, but lather shrewish lips, in a scornful manner. "Love is all bosh! I wouldn't caro if I never saw a cottage, or a vine! To be mistress of a brown-stone house in the city, with frescoed walls, and Turkey carpets, and a boudoir paneled iu .blue velvet, is my ambition, and I'll accomplish it, too! With servants iu livery, and a superb dining-room, handsomely furnished—a marble-top sideboard filled with silver-plate and painted china, cut-glass decanters and goblets, and pickle-stands—if I could liave all that, I wouldn't care a snap for such nonsense as romance and love." Tho entranco of Tom, the hired hand, bringing a fresh back-log lor the lire, interrupted them. He stirred down the embers till they glowed like a bed of melted rubies, threw on a huge, spice-seeuted log, fringed with scarlet lichens and gray moss, and turned to leave the room, a handsome, mnnly-looking fellow, iu spito of his homely suit of butternut jeans. "Tom!" Miss Geneva snapped out tho word as if disdaining herself for speaking at all, and determinedtocutitas short as possible. "Bring a bucket and take these ashes up!" Bhe commanded, haughtily. "And stamp the snow 'off your feet before you come into tho sitting-room again." "Oh, Neva! You've hurt his feel ings; how could you?" cried Honors, her blue eyes flashing, and her cheeks glowing indignantly. "Feelings!" sneered Geneva. "The idea of a hired man having feelings! That's one of your odd notions, Norn. Besides, if ho don't know his place better than that, I'll teach it to him, that's all." Tom re-appeared with a bucket and shovel and proceeded to take up the ashes, whi'e Miss Tucker cast a withering giarce at him, as much as if she were a detective, and he a hardened criminal, in the act of com mitting burglary. "Well, well!" muttered Aunt Betsy Tucker to herself, as she furued tho heel of tho blue yarn sock she was knitting. "Who'd a-tliought, after two years at boarding-school, Genevy would hev come homo with sich no tions as that? Shucks! I'd rather be an old maid forty times over, than mnrry a man fur his money, like sho talks ol' doing, I don't believe in 110 sich! It's nothiu' but riches an' fine clothes from mornin' till night with her. Her head's plump full of it. But Honory, bless her! uothiu' could spile her. Sho's got a heart as soft i?s a robin-redbreast's, and while Genevy is a-naggin' ami a-scoldin' at Tom from mornin' till night, Honory more'n makes up fur it by her sweet words an' srailin' looks. An' that makes me think. What was it she said about coal-black eyes? Tom's eyes are blaeker'n any coal ever I see, an' the way ho looks at Norn out of 'em is enough to turn any girl's head. Wal, she might do wass than to marry Tom Alderberry, though sho is as pretty as n pink, an' good as any angel that ever lived!" And Honora Tucker was a very pretty girl; with eyes liko summer gentians, and cheeks as pink as the velvety petals of a Michigan rose. The air was keen and crisp, but clear, and gleaming ice-crystals hung from every tree and shrub, sparkling like diamonds. "Nora! Nora!" called' her sister, "see what an elegant carriage, with silver-mounted harness and a servant in livery. Oh, my!" "And a span of matched horses!" crieA Nora, enthusiastically, as Bhe peeped from the dimity-curtained window. "Where can they be going?" cried Neva, devoured with curiosity. "Girls! Genevy! Yer pa wants yon an' Honory in the best room," called Aunt Betsy, mysteriously, from the lower hall. "Quick, too!" "It's someone to see us," cried Geneva; and springing to the looking glass sho quickly smoothed her rather neglected tresses. "My! how touzled my hair is!" cried Nora, peeping over her sister's shoulder at the shining coils of red gold hair wound around her head, and curling in little tendrils over a brow low and smooth. "But I haven't time to fix it now. Hurry up, Neva! Maybe it's our fairy godmother in a pumpkin coach, like Cinderella's, with six field mice for footmen." "Stuff!" cried her sister, crabbedly; "don't be a goose, Nora." Farmer Tucker, with corduroy over alls tucked into the legs of his cow hide boots, stood in the best room, talking with a tall, elegantly-dressed gentleman. Miss Geneva paused a moment to bestow a withering glance on Tom, who stood by the door in the hall. "What are you loitering here for?" she demanded, tartly. "Eavesdrop ing, I suppose! Go about your work, or I shall inform of you immediately." Tom made no reply, bnt his face lighted up as he caught a look from Nora s blue eyes, and a low-breathed "Never mind, Tom," from her red lips. "Here they be," cried Farmer Tucker, with a glow on his honest face, as the girls entered the room. "These is my gals, Judge Alderberry!" Alderberry? The sisters stared. Could this ele gant gentleman in the finest of broad cloth, with diamond studs sparkling on his hosom, be any relation to Tom? They were soon enlightened. "Gals, this is Tom's father," ex plained the old farmer; "an' he's jest found out whar his son is. Got mad and driv him off because he wouldn't mnrry a —a—" "An heiress," smiled the judge. "Yes. An' now he's sorry, an' wants Tom back, an' says he kin mar ry whoever ho pleases." "Yes, whoever he pleases," re peated the judge; and if he prefers te livo in the country, he shall have the best farm in the Htnte, and the finest house money can build; for Tom's my only child, and all I have is his." "But yon must stay to dinner with us, Judge Alderberry," insisted Miss Geneva, hospitably, as soon as she re covered her scattered senses; "you and Mr.—Mr. Tom, too." And she hastened to congratulate the cnce despised "hired hand." But Nora, blushing like an October peach, slipped away to the vacant sit ting-room to quiet the sudden beating of her heart. Tom going away! Tom, with his hniulsome coal-black eyes. "Nora," whispered a tender voice. "Nora, darling, will you love me and be my little wife?" And there was Tom, with her hands in his, and her head drawn close upon his breast. *•• "Sarves Nevy jest right," solilo quized Aunt Betsy, as she dished a jar of ruby-hued quinces into the old fashioned china preserve dish. "Sarves her jest right. Mebbe she'll lam a lesson avter this. But I d'n know; 'pears like some folks is as hard to lain sense as one o' them antymires that pesters so in the summer-time, a-gitten inter the vittles an' things." And it is presumable Miss Geneva never did "laru sense," as sho is still on the unmarried list. —Saturday Night. The Window Cleaner*. The curious jointed ladders nscd in window cleaniug, runniug up to avery narrow opening between the sides at the top, so that the ladder can be placed securely against the corner of a window, and joiuted for convenience in carrying, are now more often seen than ever as they are carried from place to place by the men who use them. Many banks and stores and other buildings of a more or less pub lic character have for a long time had their windows washed by professional cleaners, who are employed by con cerns that make a business of it and make contracts with their customers to clean their windows a certain number of times yearly for a certaiu amount, the amount, of course, depending ou the number of times they are cleaned. There are private houses whose win dows are regularly cleaned by profes sional cleaners. The number of stores and places 111 general that have their windows washed by professional clean ers is increasing steadily and includes now many small establishments as well as big ones. In stores the work is usually dour once or twice a week, so that the windows aro easily kept clean, and it does not take very long. It is done, of course, on fixed days and nt regular hours. The cleaners' work is laid out in routes to econom ize time.—New York Sun. Russia as a Land of Learning, Russia has tho third largest library in the world. This great collection of books was begun in 1714 by Peter tho Great, who named it the Imperial Library. It has 1,200,000 volumes and 26,000 manuscripts. Tho princi pal contribution to it was the Count Zaluski collection, consisting of 260,- 000 volumes and 10,000 mauuscripts. Year by year tho library is increased by the acquisition of thousands of vol umes, and with similar progress Rus sian writers are steadily adding to the native literature of the empire. It was the fashion not so many years ago to look upon tho Russians as barbarians, but the world has since learned that Russia is great in science, art, letters and general culture.—Chisago Rec ord. I paaeiaeisiagigaaagio^ !1 WOMAN'S WORLD. Be^9ieK*)iem6(eieeeG!v!oieioie^k| SEND THEM TO BED WITH A KISS. Oil mothers, -Alveary, discouraged, Worn out with the cares of tbe day, Tou often grow cross and impatient, Complain of the noiso and tho play; , Tor tho day brings so many vexatious, 1 So many things going amiss; But, mothers, whatever may vox you, i Bend the children to bed with a ltlssl I The dear little feet wander often, [ Perhaps, from tho pathway of right, The dear little hands find now mischief To try you from morn till night, But think of the desolate mothers Who'd give all the world for your bliss, And, an thanks for your infinite blessings, Bond tho children to bed with a kiss! For some day their noise will not vex you, Tho silence will hurt you far more; You will long for the sweet children's voices, For a sweet, childish fuce at the door; And to press a child's face to your bosom, You'd givo all the world for just this; For the comfort 'twill bring in sorrow, Send the children to bed with a kiss! —New York World. THE WINTER FURS. Souio Suggestions For Those Who Desire to Be Warmly Clad. If fashion took note of common (leuso she would porceive that long basques, which slope off to the front, are not iu accordance with reason. The necessary pleats of tho skirt, which cannot bo entirely abolished, although in the new models they are reduced to a flat minimum, are quite sufficient fulness for tho hack. But sensible or not, fashion has quite made up her mind that in tho oncom ing season there shall bo depth at the back and shallowness in front. Even the new fnr mantles are made in this "shawl-shape" manner; much longer behind than in tho front. Capes, coats and bodices alike are cut away in n graceful slope from as high as the waist-lino in front and descend to al most three-quarter length behind in some cases, and always to a good depth. A becoming form of the new coats is one fastening by a button over the chest and sloped awny very gradually thence so that the basque on the hips has a pleasant ovifl line. Many of them, however, are reduced to a mere tail-coat, being cut sharply nway right from the front and over the hips. If you are buying new furs by all means have two kinds mixed. Seal skin and sable, of course, make a perfect mixture; even a collar and lapels, or just a throatlet, of sable will make a sealskin cape much rnqre important than without the addition. Persian lamb is excellent style mixed either with sealskin, with real sable, or with that distant cou3iu of sable, mink, which it is idle to flatter oneself can bo mistaken for sable by a good judge—tho softness of the more costly fur being quite absent from tho stiff, short-haired mink—but which never theless, being so like in color, has much the same smartness of effect. Sable becomes ever more and more costly; a full-length cape of it, made in the popular shawl shape, and edged round with a full flounce of fine sealskin, shown at a large far house, was priced at 810,000. Sealskin is perhaps not quite so dear as it was two years ago, but appears to have permanently gone up far beyond the scale that prevailed ten years ago. Of course, fine furs are a possession for life, and are therefore worth buy ing; but, on tho other hand, they need to bo endowed with an annuity, for it costs more to bring them periodically up to date in style than it does to buy a very handsome new coat of any other material. A novel feature in the new furs is tho application to them of big fancy buttons. It is not in very good taste. The brilliant coloring of the button has a gaudy look agaiust tho sober richness of fur; nevertheless, there it is.—Phila delphia Times. A iTouian Cyclist's Wondeiful r.ltle. Everybody must have hoard more or less of Mrs. Darwin Mcllrath, who so lately landed in New York from a trip around the world on a bicycle, which was begun at Chicago three years aud a half ago. Mrs. Mcllrath is an exceedingly good looking woman, who seems rather slight in physique far such a trip as she has just com pleted, on which she covered on her wheel nearly 30,000 miles, including eleven countries besides the United States. Slight as she appears now, sho weighs twenty pounds more than when she started on her trip, her weight originally being only ninety five pound s. Mrs. Mcllrath was accompanied in her circuit of the world by her hus band, and in many of tho districts of China, India, Burmah and Japan through which they passed, they were tho only white cyclists ever seen there, except Lenz, the young Pittsburg man who was murdered by the Kurds of Armenia. Notable pluck and fortitude were shown throughout by Mrs. Mcllrath. When the start was made from Chi cago she had been riding a bicycle loss thau thirty-five days, and yet in the last day's run before reaching Denver, she covered 130 miles, the bnnner run of the entire trip. Mrs. Mcllrath says she suffered more from seasickness whilo crossing from London to New York than she did from all the other inconveniences of her trip combined. The trip has cost theso two daring adventurers 311,000, bat they think it was well spent.—New York Mail and Express. A New "Liberty" Fabric. The production of a new "Liberty" fabric is as notable an event in the world of women as the appearance of a new star above the horizon is to as tronomers, and I am quite sure that tho new "Orion" satin will be hailed with enthusiasm wherever it is seen. j ! lu the first place, "Orion" satin, son ; and exquisite on the surface, drapes | with marvellous grace. Lldies will i also appreciate the delightfully crisp j and elastio texture of tho new fabric, ' which not only insures that perfectly graceful draping whioh woman value so highly, but also prevents that un sightly creasing which is so ruinous to the effectiveness of any dress, aud at the same time, in the "Orion" satin there is no suggestion at all of the air of limpness and meagreness which is sometimes noticeable in n delicate ma terial like satin. The materials of whioh the new satin is composed are of tho purest and best, and the fabric is not only new but uniqne. Another charming practical advan tage of the "Orion" satin is that the wide rang e of colors in which it i( produced makes it equally suitablefoi youthful or more mature wearers. Among them aro some perfectly rav ishing shades of pink, from the ten derest to the richest rose; a range oi exquisite greens, from a peculiarly delicate yellowish shade to a rich olivo of splendid lustre and depth; pure white aud delicate old ivory, the loveliest gray blue and other exquisite blues, yellows and golds in beautiful gradations, heliotropes in dainty variety, and a rich, soft black. Alto gether a more beautiful and more adaptable fabric I never saw.—Lady's Pictorial. Dressing For At-Hnmo Parties. For at-home dancjug parties young Indies are expected to be suitably gowned, which means in thin gowns of organdy, net, chiffon, etc., over silk linings, or light silk gowns with belts and sash ends of velvet edged with tiny frills of black or white mousse line. Silk at seventy-five cents a yard is pretty, nnd would be economical, as it would answer another season for n lining. White, pink, turquoise, light yellow aud lavender are tho favorite evening colors in the order named. White forms a convenient dress, as different accessories may bo used with it aud the skirt worn with odd waists. If merely a looker-on, a light dress or waist, mado high in the neck aud long sleeved, in silk or chiffon, or a light weight veiling trimmed with three gored rufHbs to the knees, each edged with velvet ribbon; blouse waist finished with two rubles around the low neck and a removable yoke of white lace over pink, or of pin tucked taffeta, with collar, belt .and sash ends of the silk, would ;be appropriate. Another suitable toilette is a black silk or nice white wool skirt, with a full gathered waist of light- colored chiffon having collar and sash of silk or velvet. One nioro advanced iu years might wear a light waist and black silk skirt or an entire black silk costume with lace yoke or vest.— Ladies' Homo Journal. Mi Dix Won. In hor early attempts to right the wrongs of tho insane, Dorothea Dix met only discouragement aud coldness, 1 or indifference, which is worse; but she did net cease to labor, and if she ever lost heart no ono but herself knew it. She asked for an interview with the ohairman of the most impor tant house committee in the North Carolina Legislature. Uo declined the interview under the pretext of pres sure of business. "Very well," wrote Miss Dix, "1 must see you. You will call on me or I shall call on you." The chairman then went to see Miss Dix. He entered the room, hat in hand, a bundle of papers under his arm, and declined the proffered chair. "I have colled," he said. "I am in haste. Will you make your business known as quiokly as possible?" The lady began to speak". Elo quently she pleaded the cause of the insane. She spoko Worn n full heart aud a well-stored mind. Her listener became interested; be forgot that be was iu a hurry, sat down, piled his papei'3 on the floor aud heard with a rapt attention. The interview lasted three hours, and the chairman was won over to the cause, and he was ever after a strong ally of Miss Dix in her noble work. Thirty-three lunatic asylums in this country owe their be ginning to Miss Dix.—Youth's Com panion. Tlie New Muff. The novelties in mull's this season are more beautiful thau ever, though not designs for comfort. It is said that some of the mufls really have no openings for the bands, the only con cession to convenience being in a little pocket sewed upon the inside for the reception of the handkerchief or a tiny pnrse. One of tho prettiest muffs yet seen was of shiny black silk broadcloth nearly half a yard long. It' was very narrow and was almost completely covered with a huge bow of white ribbon, brilliantly striped with broad bands of crimson. The ribbons which held it around the ueclc were of red and black double-faced satin.—St. Louis Republic. Gleanings From tho Shops. Girls' coats having a cape in out work lined with a light color. Garnitures for evening dresses in silk cord, chenille and beads. Immense "grandmother" muffs of long-haired furs, such as bltio fox. i.alf-long coats of block cloth with a jet-embroidered velvet vest. Swiss bodices in silk brqid, net em broidered and mouseline spangled. Trimming satin in white embroid ered in jet spangles, white ribbon nnd black silk. Cloak clasps of silver, gilt or steel set with jewels, especially opals and turquoise. Girls' poke felt bats edged with fur and trimmed with wide strings, bow and soft quills. Tiny ruffles of ribbon or gauze hav ing a drawing string, the gauze being plain or embroidered.—Dry Goods Economist. BRITISH LOVE US NOW. INCIDENTS THAT SHOW THEIR RE CARD FOR THE UNITED STATES. Remarkable Emblematic Cars That Graced the Last Lord Mayor'* Proces sion in London—The American Flag Wildly Applauded In Cnnudu. A cable dispatch relates that in the last Lord Mayor's procession there was a car emblematical of the Eng lish-speaking races. It showed Bri tannia and Columbia seated side by side undor a cauopy. The British flag was borne by au American sailor, while the American flag was borne by a British sailor. There was also an illustration of Admiral Tatnall's "blood is thicker than water" and of Admiral Kimberlcy's repetition of the same filing to Captain Kane after the disaster at Jpia. Tuis is a significant incident, and more significant still is it that it is only one of a long series that show the love of Englishmen for tho United States. Whatever may have been the reason for the change, writes D. S. Richardson, in the Times-Herald— and I know Americans who say that it is merely because England finds itself without any other ally and wishes to use the United States as one—it is true that the British love for Ameri cans is now intense, and the average Briton Relieves that if England goes to war with France or anyone else his nation can count on the sympathy if not the aid of the United States. Returned travelers from Great Britain and Canada bear witness to this. I remember when I was in Canada three or four years ago I found a contempt and almost a hatred of Americans everywhere. They be haved that the United States wanted to annex Canada, and perhaps on this account the Canadian's way of show ing loyalty to the mother country was to evince hatred for America. ' Two years ago au American flag was torn down at Toronto and trampled under foot *by Canadians. The average Canadian believed that the time would come some day when there would be a war between England and the United States. It will be remembered that when the Venezuela incident arose tho Canadians were much more blood thirsty than the English, and there are those who believe that if Canadian diplomats—of which there are none had had the mauagement of tho affair there would have been war. But now it is different. I was talk ing tho other day with a man who has just returned from a trip through Ontario. He says that Americans are the rage. Everywhere ho goes he sees the stars and stripes flying, and they are almost as much in evidence as the union jack. They are pasted in win dows crossed together much as the Cuban and American flags were crossed some months ago before we know as much about tho Cubans. This is not only in the windows. There is a great demand in all parts of Canada for buttons with the Ameri can and British flags crossed, and men wearing these buttons are seen in every block. My enthusiastic friend told me that half of the people he met wore them. Even if that be an ex aggeration there must bo enough of thorn to show that there is really a kindly feeling for this country. More significent was the saluting of tho American colors at a dress parade and gunnery practice at Halifax. Everywhere the American flag is shown there is wild applause. They cheered the same flag that they hated not so mauy years ago. Returning travelers from England tell tho same story. No great func tion is complete in London nowadays without tho presence of a representa tive of the United States legation. The health of President McKinley is drunk with the same deep sentiment that the health of the Qneeu is quaffed. Ameri can flags are also to be seen pretty generally around the city. The bunt ing made iu this country fluds a ready sale, aud buttons like those in Canada are worn. Americans find a new and warm welcome. No longer are they asked about their form of government and what is tho name of their "king" or such questions as whether Indians roam the streets of New York and Chi cago. It used to be tho fashion to be ignorant of America. It is not so nowadays. It is tho fashion to know all about this country aud to takrf pride in our achievements. The same sentiment is reflected in the English newspapers and reviews. There is no more sneering. There are many articles telling of tho United States. Our deeds during the Spanish war are cited as examples of Anglo- Saxon courago. Dewey, Sampson aud Schley are made as much of—almost —as Lord Kitchener himself. The periodicals point with pride to our achievements in war and speculative articles are published to show theeaso with which the United State) and Eng land together could whip the world. The strange part of it is that the feeling iu England is so much more inteuse than it is here. However much luauy Americans may approve the pro posed Anglo-Saxon alliance and regard with favor the entente cordiale which now exists betweeu the two nations there are no demonstrations on the surface like those in England and Cauala. An Englishman could not fail to notice the difference if he came here. Americans recently returning from England filled with ardor which they caught abroad, notice the differ ence. It is striking. Is the reason to be found in the fact that Americans are less emotional than are Englishmen? ruinla'a Undeveloped Gold Mlnea. There are hundreds of millionaires in Russia whose fortunes are in the shape of vast domains containiag gold and silver of incalculable value, but whioh have never been developed. EVERY MAN TO HIS TRADE. A Cleveland Merchant Learned That He Could Hun an Klevator. An energetic business man whose dainty establishment is in the Colonial Arcade recently made an arrangement with n photographer to take some pict ures of his store front. When the artist arrived with his camera it was found that in order to get the best point of view the elevator would have to bo utilized. The photographer would get aboard, the car would be run half way to the second floor and then thepicturewould.be made. It happened, however, that at the pre cise moment when he was wanted the elevator boy was gone. "Here," cried the merchant, "I guess I can run it myself. Anyway, I'll try." He jumped aboard the car, gave a vigorous tug on the starting rope, and to the photographer's dismay shot up ward at a great rate. The car flew through the second floor opening and was soon lost A sight. Presently the anxious photographer heard it coming back. Whisk! it dropped toward the ground floor. But it didn't stop. It went right on into the cellar. The photographer caught a hurried glimpse of a pale yet determined face and then it was gone. The car stopped at the bottom with what the vaudeville artist calls a boomp. A few momonts later, to tho photo grapher's relief, the merchant came up the stairs. * He looked like a man who had met with a sudden shock, His collar had broken loose and his coat was tryiug to climb over his head, he held the remains of a mashed hat as he looked ruefully at several bat tered fingers. "Hullo," he said, and even his voice appeared to have been forced up several notes. "Hullo," said the photographer. "I left the elevator down there," said the merchant. "I see yon did," said the photo grapher. "If yon lean over and listen," said the merchaut, "you can hear it chuck ling." He straightened out his fingers with tender solicitude. "I had an old axiom forcibly im pressed upon me," said the merchant. "YesV" said the photographer. "What is it?" "Every man to his own calling," said the merchant. "Let somebody else run the elevators of this glorious nation. Hullo, ' here comes that blamed boy now."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A llniiibow Set in Sliver. One of the strangest atmospheric effects I ever seen happened on our third day in the channel. The moun tain-walled river had widened and we were again coming to narrows, when over our pathway in front of us a great rainbow sprang from the snowy sum mits of n low mountain in the south to that of another mountain almost oppo site on the north of the channel, mak ing a great rainbow span over the dark water. It was a splendid many-colored arch of the gods founded on pedestals of frosted silver. As wo approached the rainbow faded, the sky was blue overhead, but a great wall of fleecy white clouds had dropped down upon or rather risen up from tho water. When I first saw it I thought it was a field of icebergs. It was as white as snow and it extended upwavd to what seemed a height of several hundred feet, stretching across the channel from mountain to mountain. Above this wall the sky was clear and tho only other clouds to be seen were those hovering over tho mountain peaks. We sailed out of tho light into this cloud wall, out of the dry air into a mist so thick that we could almost wash our hands in it. A half hour later we were again under a clear sky. At times the masts of the steamer were in the clouds and the deck clear and dry. Again the clouds would, form a roof over the channel and again l tho lower walls of the hills would be hidden and we could look over the clouds at the green and snow above. —Frank G. Carpenter, in Atlanta Con stitution. Tracing Ilia Ancestry. Slims is lean, angular and six feet, four inches tall. Jones was boasting about his distinguished descent and the fact thnt he could trace his an cestry back to the time of William the Conqueror. "We have the same characteristics right through the whole lino," declared Jones with unc tion; "strong bodies, lovel heads and good hearts. Dress one of those old Joneses in modern apparel and he would look like Jones of to-day. There is the most striking kind of a family resemblance." One of Jones' hearers intimated that his imagination must be getting the better of him. He questioned very seriously whether all these dis tinguishing traits could be so faith fully transmitted. "Jones is right," volunteered Slims a3 he straightened out his phenomenal length. "I'm just about the average hight of a Slims from the time of the flood down to the present." "Do you mean to tell me," said Jones in envious surprise, "£uat you can follow baok in an unbroken line to an ancestor who went through the deluge?" "That's what I can." "Then he must have been in the ark," with the air of a man who was getting a clinoher ready. "Not at all. He was the fellow that waded out."—Detroit Free Press. An Unprofessional Practice. By order of the Berlin Barbers, Hairdressers and Wigmakers' Union, apprentices are forbidden to wear their hair cut short, because the practice is unprofessional. The union decided that "the apprentices' hair should be tastefully and carefully dressed in order to act as inspiration ifor the business and for customers."
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