FREELAND TRIBUNE. Eatabliahel 1833. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 : Six Months 75 Four Months 50 Two Mouths 25 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 advanoe of tho present date. Report prompt ly to tills office whenever paper is not received. Arrearages must be paid when subscription is discontinued. Make all money orders, checks, etc., payable to the Tribune Printing Company, Limited. FREELAND, PA., JUNE 5, 1899. The Taxing of Poles. Tho city controller's statement of tho roceipts and expenditures of Hazle ton for tho past year lias boon publish ed. In the column of receipts appears an item which reads: "Pole tax, 81,170." This is certainly a neat sum to derive from that source, yet it doos not appear to bear heavily upon those who pay It, or else an occassional pro test against its collection would be registered. Now if Hazleton can be reimbursed to the extent of over eleven hundrod dol lars per year for having the appearance 1 of the town despoiled, why cannot Free- ' land derive seine revenue from those ' who obstruct our streets with unsightly poles? In theory a pole tax or any similar tax is not to our liking. A tax upon tho value of the franchises of tho cor porations which use our streets for pri vate gain would be more equitable to the community, but as it is not possible under present laws to tax their fran chises the next best tax to levy is one on their poles and similar property. The borough council a few years ago arrived at this conclusion and a lengthy ordinance relating to taxes upon poles, wires and other street obstructions was passed and made a borough law. For somo unknown reason this law has lain dormant, and it is about time that it is awakened from its slumbers and sent forth to bring in tho much needed revenue which its framcrs calculated it would draw to tho local treasury. Decisions upholding tho legality of this form of taxing have been affirmed by tho highest courts of the state, therefore no doubt of its constitution ality need arise. Tho borough authorities should allow this law to sleep no longer. The town is under no obligations to any corpora tion which uses and disfigures the streets. They come hero and take what they can from the town and its people, and thero is no reason whatever for exonerating them from legitimate assessments and taxing our citizens to the full limit of the law. Other towns, as the Hazleton state ment clearly provos, have found it to their Interest to enforce these laws. The tax nood not be exorbitant, nor laid with discrimination. Let it bo placed at a fair figure, then insist upon its payment. If the streets are worth using, that privilege is worth paying for. If not, let the corporations take their poles and go- In Philadelphia Dewey Day, the Ist ult., was observed by a celebration in which the city officially took part. The expenses of the city in assisting to honor the day were 83,180. Of this sum items aggregating 82,230.40 were in curred by sub-committees of councils in luncheons, dinners, cigars and re freshments. Another item of §173 was for badges for councilinen. Evidontly membership in Philadelphia councils, especially on its celebration committees, is heaven to tho epicureans of the city. Respect the Deserving Poor. It is reported that the poor directors ore considering the plan of publishing the names and amounts of all persons who receive outdoor reliof in tho district. This is a question which is worthy of deep consideration and a doclsion should not be arrived at hastily. It Is possible that the generosity of the district may have been and perhaps is still being imposed upon by persons who really need no help, but if such has been and is yot going on, there are surely many other ways of ascertaining thnso facts. Tho publishing and punishing of frauds is the duty of the directors, hut to publish all tho names, the deserving poor along with the imposters, if there are any of the latter, Is not just. Jl is no criino to be poor, nor to he In a position where it is necessary to ac cept public relief, but where is the widow, the orphan, or the aged and in firm, who would not hang his or her head every time the name is made public? There is a certain justified pride even among the most lowly, and that pride ought to be respected by the authorities. The spirit of charity which the found ers of the public relief system were actuated by did not seek to further cast down our unfortunate neighbors by any such means as those now under con sideration by the directors. Consider the question a while longer, Messrs. Directors. We believe you have the ability to devise a better solu tion. Tho twenty-socond anniversary of the publication of tho Philadelphia Record as a one-cent newspaper was celebrated on Thursday. The Record easily leads tho penny papers of the country, and that its worth is appreciated is proven by the largo circulation—the largest of any paper published iu tho state—that it enjoys. Give Coyle a Square Deal. Ex-Senator John J. Coylo's audacity in demanding to be appointed bank examiner of tho state, in face of the fact that he is charged with gravo crimes by the bribery investigation committee of tho legislature, has occasioned considerable discussion. Mr. Coyle has been a staunch friend and admirer of Matt Quay for some time past, and in demanding an oilice, even while charged with felony, ho is morely following the precedent estab lished by his tutor. Quay was a candidate for United States senator at tho time he was under indictment for conspiracy to rob the state, arid Coyle would not he a true Quayite if he did not believe that to the accused belongs a vindication In the shape of a fat oilice. That Is tho Quay doctrlno, and the cx-stato senatorshould not bo singled out as a target for the press any more than the other Quayites who try to put into practice the same dogma. Bryan on "Corporations, From Philadelphia City and State. In his speech on "Corporations" at tho recent St. Louis conference, Wil liam Jennings Bryan stated very con cisely and clearly the ground on which tho trust organizations havo secured and maintain their existence In this country In these modern times, and how, In his viow, tho great evils in this con nection, come everywhere to bo recog nized, can be overthrown. Thorn seems to be a growing number of people on ail sides of us in the laud who In cline to bolicve that the trust raally can not be controlled. They are sure that it cannot be controlled in the sense of being put absolutely out of existence; that it Is simply impossible, In short, to go back to old-time competition. They may be nearer right in tills than many are just yet ready to acknowledge. But one thing seems certain to every body—namely, that something will have to be done, and that whatever the ulti mate issue, this or that, the govern ment as tho first thing will have to con trol the trusts. If the government—l. e., the people—can not control tho trusts, then the trusts must Inevitably control the government and everybody included in it and all interests subsist ing under it. Mr. Bryan, speaking in a general way, on this subject, says; The government would be guilty of gross neglect it It permitted an individ ual to secure an monopoly even with out legislative asssistanco, but It is still more culpablo if, by legislative act, it furnishes the means by which a monop oly is secured. The corporation is the means now employed by those who seek to secure a monopoly. Since the cor poration is a fictitious person, created by law, the power that creates can regulate, restrain, or annihilate. To say that the government is impotent to prevent tho organization of trusts Is to say that it has called Into existence a fictitious person, and that the fictitious person created has boceme greater than tho creator. What has proved In the past to be, and is still, a serious wcaknoss in our system of government—allowing evils of various sorts, and often ominous, tn got, and, rather tenaciously at times, to hold a footing among us—is sharply pointed out as viciously oporative in this Instance. Mr. Bryan further says: "One of the difficulties which has been encountered in opposing trusts is that the trust hides behind the federal con stitution when attacked by state legis lation, and shields itself behind its statn charter when attacked in tho federal courts. No remedy will bo complete that is not coextensive with tho federal government. If tho extinguishment of the trusts is loft to state legislation, the public at large will he victimized so long as a single state will furnish a robber's roost whore the spoils colloctod in other states can bo divided. The Honolulu Volcano is a newspaper that has "blown up" Embalmed Beef Eagan since his arrival. Evidently the Volcano Is appropriately named. OUR CAPITAL LETTER. SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS IN THE NEWS FROM THE PHILIPPINES. Letting Out Bud New. From Manila, But What In the Purpone- Secretary Alger Again Prove. Hla Unfltneaa. Dewaj Home Fund Increaaea Slowlj- Washington, D. C., June S. There Is something decidedly suspi cious In the news from tho Philippines. Not a line of press news can be cahlod from Manila until it has been approved by the United States military censor, and It is not likely that he would approve anything the administration did not wish public. Hence, the publi cation of the statement that it would be Impossible for General Otis to con quer oven the ontlro island of Luzon, not to mention the remainder of the group, so that it would stay conquered, without a large increase In his army, was allowed to pass the censor for a purpose. Not being In the confidence of tho administration, —few persons, even among the most prominent Republi cans, are—it cannot bo positively stated what that purpose Is, but the inference is that It Is intended to pavo tho way (or one or two things; a call for volun teers to reinforce Otis, or to make tho people of this country satisfied with soiuo dicker that is about to bo made with the Filipinos, and which they could natur ally bo inclined to be dissatisfied with. The preponderance of opinion in Wash ington is that it moans more volunteers. Orders have been sent to the civilian members of tho Philippine commission that they must do nothing to Interfere with the military plans of General Otis, which is confirmation of tho reported wrangles in tho commission. XX X ' Representative Dalzcll, of Pennsyl vania, who stands about as much show as Payne, tho New York antl-Platt can didate, dropped into Washington a day or two ago and announced that he was a candidate for speaker. Ho could not control throe votes in tho Pennsylvania delegation, counting his own, to save his nock. Ringham is tho dummy can didate of the Pennsylvania delegation, and will remain such until Quay decides who shall got these votes. t t t The administration was very par ticular to have the widest circulation given to the report of the beef court of inquiry, but It has now discovered that all of the 8200,000 set aside to pay for the inquiry has been used up, and has ordered work stopped on the printing of the testimony, upon which that report was supposed to be based, after it had all been put In type. It has all along been contended by many that tho ad ministration never intended to make the testimony public, and this action mak.s It look as though that contention was correct. X t t No surprise was caused in Washing ton by Senator Piatt's flat-footed declar ing thut McKiuiey and Ilobart would be , renominated. Se far as McKlnley is ( concerned, Piatt has been mortgaged since early In tho prosont adrulnistra ' tlon; his endorsement of Ilobart means ' that If ho ever had any Idea of helping to get Roosevelt second place on the ' ticket, It has been abandoned, but whether because he wasn't pleased with Roosevelt or whether tho latter wasn't pleased with the Idea of socond place, is a matter of conjecture, but the former Is more likely to be true. The declara tion of Senator Penrose, who is Ross Quay's man and mouth-piece, in favor of McKinloy's rcnomiiiatlon is nothing more than a bid for administration help for Quay in his contest to get his seat in tho senate. This was doubtless pleas ing to Mr. McKlnley, whether ho means to help Quay or pot, as he found Quay i decidodly "uppish" towards tho admin istration while ho was In tho senate. t X t Secretary Alger has been putting Ills foot In It again, Several days ago, he caused an order to be Issued by the war department, Instructing the military authorities In Cuba to give clearances to Cuban vessels under tho Cuban flag, and at the same time stating that the vessels flying the Cuban flag would not bo undor American protection. As there Is no Cuban government, there cati bo no rocognlxed Cuban flag; hence the order strikes tho average man as ludicrous. Somebody called Mr. Mc- Klnley's attontion to tho ordor and ho directed that It be roferred to tho attor ney general for an opinion. This opinion, It Is expected, will knock the order out. It might answer for Cuban vessels to go from ono Cuban port to another, under such a clearance, but In any port outsldo of Cuba, tho masters of such vossols would bo at anybody's mercy; they would have no consul to appoal to In caso of unjust treatment of any sort, and no standing in any court of admiralty. Alger's specialty appears to be doing the wrong thing. t t t The Dewey Home Fund Isn't, growing as fast as it tnlght. It did not reach a total of #r.,000 until Inst week. Unless It gets a move on. It will not he big enough to buy a Washington house by tho time Dowoy gets homo. G. A. It.. Department or I'ennsylranla Annual Encampment. Wilkesbarro, Juno 5 to 10, 180(1. Tho Lehigh Valley Railroad an noiinces a rate of one fare for tho round trip from points in Pennsylvania to Wllke.sbarre and return, for the above occasion. Tickets will be sold June 4 to 8, Inclusive, for all trains, except the Black Diamond express, limited for re turn to and including June 11. Inquire of Lehigh Valley ticket agents for further particulars. t WHAT HE YEARNED FOR. Quit* Sure That Humor Hot Degonorotod Since the Old Di|i. "I tell you what It Is," snltl the man with tired, drooping eyes and a scrub by fringe of fur around his overcoat, "humor ain't what It used to be. Back lu the days when I used to write the real stuff for the Whangsvllle Monitor—never heard of toe Monitor! Why it was the sensation of the day. 1 couldn't go to a minstrel show or pick up a book without seeing some of the good things 1 hud hud In the Moni tor; changed, of course, but 1 could recognize them." "Do you think humor has degener ated since then?" Inquired Ills nuditor, whose interest seemed rather slight. "I should say so. I don't see any of the good, old-fashioned, out-and-out fun that used to delight me. Where 1b that Joke about the motuer-ln-law? It has drifted from the scene. Like the giants of oratory ami statesman ship and acting, It Is no more. T. wny they used to get up tilings to hurt the feelings of mothers-in-law and show 'em they hud no right to say a word if a man chose to stay out all night and come home Intoxicated and fumble around the keyhole did my heart good. That always used to make me laugu; the way they would depict a man in a state of total In ebriety fumbling at the keyhole, with his mother-in-law and wife Inside, wondering whether It would be sufe to let him in or not." "We don't see as much of that sort of humor us we used to, assented his friend. "No. They seem to hnve lost the knack. The spirit of the age is Icono clastic. The tendency is to slight the olu classics; even to sneer at them, and think that things pretty near as good are being produced. There was the young man who went trembling Into tlie old man's study to ask 'him for his daughter's hand. What bus become of him? The way the old party would take him by the ear, lead him out to the front door anil kick him clenr out to the curbstone—he al ways lit on the curbstone—used to tickle me nearly to death. I hnve lnuglied for hours as I thought of him lying there with his best clothes spoiled, wnitlng for somebody to tome along and send for the ambulance." "He Is not very much In evidence, that's a fact," was the reply. "Then there was the little boy who nte things that didn't agree with him —green apples, usually—und went to Jolu the angels. That used to keep me In roars. The idea of that little boy—well, there's no use trying to describe it. It's too funny to talk about. And the servant girl who blew herself Into atoms trying to light the Are with kerosene, and a lot more of them, have about disappeared. Once lu awhile they try to flicker to the front, but they ain't what they were when I was writing the real stuff for the Whangsville Monitor. Those were the palmy -ays of humor, and I have my doubts if we'll ever see anything like 'em again." And he heaved a long, long sigh. A Vindication. The shndes of uiglit were deepening and the sky was overcast. The girl stood at the casement, watching the raindrops which dotted the white pavement, heralds of the storm which soon was to follow. She knew that very soon a youth would pass on the opposite side of the street—a youth, who would wove his hand and who would smile to see tlie flutter of het handkerchief lu reply. Herbert quit work at half-past Ave. How pitilessly the rain beat down! Soon she saw a figure in the distance. The overcoat was buttoned up to its owner's chin and the hat was pulled down over his ears, but she recognized the walk. .She held her handkerchief in readiness to be fluttered, but he did not pause us usual. With n low cry of joy she saw that be was crossing the street. She ran to lilng open the door, and as he ascended tlie stepsexcluiined "I knew you coeld live down these calumnies. Come!" "Where to?" "Into the library. I want my fatliei to meet you face to face." "Hut I'm all wet." "Yes hurry before you dry off, or he may not b'elicve us. It wasn't twenty minutes ago, Herbert, that he was say ing you hadn't sense enough to come iu out of the rain, and I want him to see how cruelly he has wronged you!" | Mistaken Identity. "Geo, If I didn't think that was m* ole friend, Frosty Pinnlgan!" Hidden lleauty. Choll.v (mournfully)—Ah'm nevat going to wenli BUCII high collnhs any more. Willie—Good gracious, why not, mj denh boy? Cliolly—Because when me fnwtlui asked me millionaire uncle If all was n't a line-looking fellah, doncheno, h( said he weally couldn't tell—he didn't like to turn down my collali and looli nt me because ah might think he wat cuwious.—Cleveland Plain Denier. Shit WM Rather Disappointed. "Flossie, may I have this little hand " said Rr-rgie. "Oh, dear hoy, tjis Is so " "This little handful of violets frotr your bouquet?" continued Reggie who had been In "erupted. Calling;.'he Raise. Bookkeeper (striding for more sal aryl—l've been w.th you for twenty years, sir. Employer—Yes, know; I'm avon patient man. MANKIND. Some men uae the deep ministerial tone of voice In talking of everything from expansion to the buttons off their underwear. Every woman has a vague idea that all her husband does every day is to open his office, read, smoke and count his money. Old men go to a great deal of trouble dyeing their mustaches, considering that they fool neither women nor death. A man can forget that a woman is homely when he meets her at a dinner table quicker than anywhere else In the world. If a young man takes a girl sleigh rldlng he has a right to demand that she hold his hands when they get home, to thaw them out. Every time a girl visits at a house the men folks are kept in a dazed con dition trying to figure out how she got so many clothes into one little trunk. After a man has taken a girl to a theatre as often as six times, and call ed upon her with chocolates In his pocket, she begins to see a resemblance In him to her favorite hero in a novel. A silk skirt makes no Impression on the men. An Atchison woman says that when a woman rustles in going into a store she gets no more attention from the men clerks than a woman who doesn't rustle, but that the women clerks are very attentive. THE LITTLE ENCYCLOPEDIA. There are 4,500 women printers in England. Americans pay $8,000,000 a year for looking glasses. The Chinese have a special god for every disease. World's annual coffee production is 1,600,000,000 pounds. There are 600,00 c people employed In Italy in rearing silkworms. The number of medical periodicals published in the United States Is 275. Among the 780,000 persons employed In Russia's factories about 200.000 are women. London enjoys a greater area of open spaces than any other capital in the world. No fewer than 2,401 patents have been taken out on processes for making sugar and salt. The University of Oxford has type and appliances for printing in 150 dif ferent languages. It Is said that the peasant of the south of France spends on food for a family of five an average of 2 pence a day. Thirty years ago there were only two dozen explosive compounds known to chemists; now there are over 1,000. It is computed that at the present time the diamonds bought for Ameri can beauties living in the United States are worth no less than $5,000,000. A FEW BRIGHT SAYINGS. Loneliness Is the greatest foe a wo man has to fight. Every field of labor seems more fer tile than our own. The hardest thing in the world is to endeavor to be brilliant to order. The fragrance of fresh flowers is the nearest thing in nature to a caress. The very thing that we wish to see most In the newspapers Is the item we are apt to overlook. The person most suspicious regarding another's actions 1b generally the one most in need of watching. The longest day 1b generally the one when you get ready in the morning for iomethlng that doesn't occur until aight. It Isn't always the girl who wears the biggest bunch of roses and violets to Che game who knowß the most about football. There may be some people so im bued with anglomanla that they can tee something beautiful in a fog, but their name Is not legion. The fragrance of a flower or a long forgotten strain of music has the power to paint a mental picture for us that we thought had faded into oblivion. HIGH LIGHTS. It generally turns out that a broken ideal was always cracked. If you ask a woman for a reason give aer time to make one up. Dismal people would never smile were it not for other people's bad luck. A cynic sneerß whenever he sees a frosted wedding cake in a bake shop window. Extravagant people are sometimes cured by having to earn the money ;hey spend. After marriage a girl becomes too economical to cry on her husband's coat collar. Man gets ready for winter by saving money; woman gets ready by making money fly. It is the people without background who generally scramble to be seen in Che foreground. A strong minded woman is one who joes shopping without counting up her change on the way home. WANTED. A pair of suspenders for the breeches bf promise. A barber to shave the face of the earth. A dentist to work on the jaws of death. Sea horses to feed from the trough of che sea. A few seeds from the flower of speech. A pen that will write with inky dark ness. A pair of corsets tor the waist of time. A mosquito-bar fcr the bed of tbe scean, and another fcr the cradle of the deep. _ GREAT YALDE CUE IN SEASONABLE GOODS. The high tide of June merchandising is upon us and an effort is being made to break all past monthly records. Not only are we giving you greater value for your money than you have received in the past, but we are making this empor ium more needful to you, more useful to you and more inviting to you each time. "Better service than you've known before" is our motto. If the goods you purchase here do not suit you or do not come up to your expectations when you inspect them at home bring them back and we will make the matter right or return your money to you. i THIS WEEK'S LEADERS: Hats vary in price from 75c to $2 50; straw goods from 5c up. We have an unequalled line of Stiff Hats, Alpines, Fedoras, etc., besides a large assortment of Working Hats and Caps and Hundreds cf Boys' and Children's Hats. Madras, Percale, Negligeo and many other kinds of Outing Shirts. Men's and Boys' sizes in every design and pattern, 25c up. White shirts have made our store their Freeland head quarters. Our lines of Collars and Cuffs will sur prise you in their extent and variety. No inferior goods on hand. We guaran tee what we sell. Neckwear bought from us can be de ponded upon to be the 1899 styles and makes. We have no stowaways to palm off on you. A bewildering display to select from at 10c per tie up. Underwear from 25c per garment up to 31 gives the buyer a selection in HcHEN AHIN'S his' hiiisi;, Hat ml Shot Sin, Be CENTRE STREET. H V The Cure thai Cures i (® Coughs, (s\ \ Colds, J ) Grippe, (k V Whooping Cough, Asthma, J Bronchitis and Incipient A a Consumption, Is fg [oLTosI $ TWe German fa F w\4 Wo &&%. J £>\4 \\ ~T. CAMPBELL, dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes. Also PURE WINES i> LIQUORS FOR FAMILY AND MEDICINAL PURPOSES. Centre and Main streets, Freeland. IP IUST TIE ITSTG AT THE TRIBUNE OFFICE. War Correnifondonta. War correspondents were employed as far back as the time of Richard 11. Scribes, specially commissioned, were sent up with the English army, which invaded Scotland at that time. But, Incredible as it may seem, not one of the London newspapers was specially represented at the battle of Waterloo. Raffle of niblea. A raffle for Bibles takes place every year In the parish church of St. Ives, In Huntingdonshire. This queint cus tom has been observed for 200 years. weight, quality, color and price that can't be beaten in this town. Men's and Boys' Hose can be had at all prices. A very fine lino of Summer Hose has just been placed on salo. For Working Jackets and Overalls of the Wearable Kind you should try the make we sell. Wo haven't said much about our Shoes lately. We were waiting to learn how they suited those who have tried them. The reports are coming in every day. Modesty and space prevents lis from telling you all the nico remarks made about our Shoes by those who are wear ing them. Men have told us thoy never wore a more comfortable shoe, a better shoo for the money, a shoe that fitted so well or a shoe that shaped itself to the foot so easily. All this is very gratify ing and has induced us to further en largo our stock of Shoos. Why not give us a tall next time you need a pair? Only Men's and Boys' Shoes on sale. DePIERRO • BROS. -CAFE.- Corner of Centre end Front Streets, Freeland, Pa. Finest Whiskies in Stock. Gibson, Dougherty, Kaufer Club, Koeenbluth's Velvet, of which we h ve EXCLUSIVE SALE 111 TOWN. Mumm'fl Extra Dry Champagne. Ucnneasy Brandy, Bfacaberry, Gina, Wines, Clarets, Cordials, Htc. Imported and Domestic Cigart. OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE, Uam and Schweitzer Cheese Sandwiches, Sardines, Ktc. MEALS AT - ALL - HOURS. Ballent.inc and Hazleton beer on tap. Baths, Hot or Cold, 25 Cents. P. F. McNULTY, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. ex F C^SIr n gy'lsr. f . e n e My. POrformC ' i Prepared to Attend Calls Day or Night. South Ccntro street, Freeland. VIENNA: BAKERY J. B. LAUBACH, Prop. Centre Street, Freeland. CHOICE BREAD OF ALL KINDS CAKES, AND PASTRY, DAILY. ' FANCY AND NOVELTY CAKES BAKED TO ORDER. Confectionery 9 Ice Cream suppllod to balls, parties or picnics, with all necessa'ry adjuncts, at shortest notice and fairest prioes. Delivery and supply wagons to all parts ot town and surroundings every day. Gondy 0. Boyle, dealer in Liquor. Wine. Beer, Porter, Etc. W T''° V l,r nds "f Domestic and Imported vVhiskt.} on sale in one of the handsomest an .""'M*to*"- Fresh Rochester and Sheauul doah Door uud 1 eunglluif's I'ortor on tap. #8 Centre itroet.
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