FREELAND TRIBUNE. EiUtliifael 1888. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. Orrici: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Four Months 50 Two Months 25 Tho 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. Make aU money orders, check*, etc., payable b the Tribune Printing Company, Limited. FREELAND, PA., AUGUST 31, 1809. Our Imperial Progress. From the Philadelphia North American. If a year ago our government had entered into a treaty with the sultan of Sulu, under which polygamy and slav ery were to be guaranteed protection, an annual subsidy paid him and a limit put to our jurisdiction, there would have been an uproar from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Now such a treaty is acqui esced in quietly by popular opinion. Americans approve of polygamy and slavory in 1899 no more than they did in 1898, but they have learned a lot about the Philippine Islands and the dif ficulties in the way of our doing as we please in that region. As the sultan and his subjects would undoubtedly fight us were we to attempt to interfere with their domestic institutions, and as we have all the fighting on our hands over there that we want, it is obviously sane policy to buy peace with this j potentate, however objectionable his ] Views and practices may be as to some 1 highly important moral questions. lie will keep. Doubtless we shall, as a Christian nation, break faith with him and descend upon his harems and slave kraals as soon as we can afford to enter upon the good work—provided we shall per sist in the policy of forcibly annexing the Philippines. Rut if a treaty with the sultan of the Sulus for the sake of peace, why not also a treaty with Aguinuldo, president of the Philippine republic, for the sake of peace? Auginaldo demands neither a subsidy for himself nor polyg amy and slaveholding for his people. What he asks is that the Filipinos shall bo let alone, loft free to govern them selves and work out their own destiny. Of course Aguinaldo is In arms against us; while the sultan of Sulu is not; and granting the former's demand for in dependence might be constructed as yielding to force. Hut we have yielded to potontial force in the case of the sultan. For it is obvious that the Amorican government, if it were en- | tlrely free to do as it liked, would not' give Its countenance to polygamy and slavory. We have bought the sultan and accorded him and his immunities denied to our own citizens. Polygamy on the soil of this republic is a peniten tiary offense, and the constitution for bids slavery wherever the United {States has jurisdiction. Clearly we have yielded under duress. The sultan of Sulu has Aguinaldo to thank for his good luck. If the Fill-, plnos have not conquered their own liberty they have compelled us to give j to the Mohammedans of tho Sulus j treatment which we refuse to extend to 1 the Christian inhabitants of Luzon, who are far higher in the scale of civiliza tion and who were our yictorious allies In the war with Spain. One of the theories that has been ad vanced—more as a joke, perhaps—is the common saying that ministers' sons are generally ne'er-do-wells. In this connection the state press is buffeting about the singular coincidence that all three of the Republican candidates on the state ticket—James E. Harnett, J. Hay Brown and Josiah R. Adams—are sons of clergyman. The retiring state treasurer, James S. Beacom, is also a minister's son. The fact that all those are Quayites will cause many people to suspect that there Is more than a joke in that theory. What the president should do is to remove Otis and put Miles at the head of the army in the Philippines. The reason why he does not do this is be cause Miles is a Democrat, and Mc- Kinlcy is afraid that Miles would carry on such a successful campaign against the Filipinos as to make him a formid able candidate for the presidency. Dewey will receive a royal welcome at Washington. By order of President McKinley, "plenty of red fire" will bo burned. Perhaps if Dewey were a professed candidate for the presidency, Mr. McKlnley's reception would not be such a cordial one. OUR CAPITAL LETTER. RESULTS OF EXPANSION POLICY SEVERELY CRITICIZED. Glamour of ConquestM Is Wearing Oil' and Thoughtful Men Desire a Return to the Government of the Founders. The Washington •'Post's' 1 Views. Washington, August 29, 1899. Have we, as a people, anything to gain by joining hands with Great Britain in a Napoleonic policy of world conquest? Although tho administration is at present carefully concealing any disposition it may have to enter upon such a policy, the disposition is said to exist, and that qcstion may become a loading one in the next year's presiden tial campaign. In diplomatic circles it Is believed that the first steps towards such a policy have already been taken, and that the suspension of I)r. Bedloo, as United States consul at Canton, China, at the request of the government of China, is one of them, although it is stated at the state department tho sus pension of Dr. Bcdloe was brought about by some irregularity in connec tion with his issuing papers to an American vessel engaged in supplying arms and ammunition to the Filipinos and issuing certificates to Chinese mer chants trading with the Philippines. i t x The present attitude of greatness occupied by the United States was at tained by following from the days of Washington a policy of strictly attend ing to our own affairs and leaving the people of other nations to do the same. The glamour of foreign conquest has turned the head of the people of other nations many times in the past, and a few months ago there appeared to be danger that Americans would be blind ed by the same glamour, but the com mon sense for which Americans are renowned, has come to the rescue, and our people are realizing not only the meaning, but the danger of tho adop tion of an imperialistic policy by the United States, and present indications are that that realization will result in a restoration of the Democratic party to power, and a resumption of the only safe foreign policy fur this government to follow. X X X Men who at tho beginning supported the expansion policy of the administra tion, are now severely criticising the results obtained by following that policy. For instance, the Washington Post , which has to all intents and pur poses been an expansion sheet, says editorially: "Either we have not the genius and the teinperinent for success ful colonization, or we have been grotes quely unfortunate in the selection of our agents. It is impossible to see at this moment where and in what respect we have accomplished anything im portant either in Cuba or tho Philip pines. In the latter we have under taken to set up the regime of law and order and civilization, and wo have failed utterly. In the case .of Cuba we have undertaken to give the people self government, or at least to test their capacity in that line, and we have done neither. In the Philippines we have for six months or more been engaged in a petty and perfectly fruitless war with the natives. In Cuba the government consists of a military autoc racy, little if any beneficent than that conducted by tho Spanish governor generals In time of peace. In Luzon it is actual war we have on our hands. In Cuba, it is smouldering discontent, turbulence in various parts of the is land, and a fatuous and fcoble tyranny at Havana." X 4 X Two designs for the new $5 silver certificate, one having upon its face a vignette of Washington and tho other one of Jefferson have been submitted to Secretary Gage. It is said that a Re publican senator heard about this and at once hurried to see Secretary Gage to tell him not to adopt the Jefferson design, because, if ho did. it might he come known as a Democratic note. Be that as it may. treasury officials say that tin; Jefferson design is not likely to be adopted. 4 X X The prediction that all of the 35,000 volunteers authorized by congress would be enlistod, has been almost veri fied. An order for the enlistment of one more additional regiment which will bring the number of volunteers nearly up to the limit, lias been issued by Secretary Root, and the now regi ment will be composed of negroes. The officers will, of course, be white men. 4 X X Notwithstanding tho statement of Secretary Gage that the treasury would be able to meet all of the expenses in cidental to the large army we are pre paring to send to the Philippines, in addition to other govermental expenses, without asking congress to impose new war taxes fir issuing more bonds, expert financiers who have carefully studied the matter, and whose opinions are not influenced by political exigences, still predict that more bonds or more taxes will he necessary, and when it Is re membered that there was a deficit of 390,000,000 in round figures, at the close of the last fiscal year, the prediction seems reasonable. It may also be men tioned that special agents of the inter nal revenue bureau are known to have been engaged for months in investigat ing the- working of the various stamp taxes, presumably with an eye to more congressional legislation in that direc tion. A. Oswald sells DelJcutesse Baking Powder at rc per pound can. Every can is guaranteed as to its purity. Give it a trial. MINES AND RAILROADS. • Failing to reach an agreement with Genera) Superintendent Russell on the length of the working day that is to be the basis of the wage schedule, the Lackawanna engineers' grievance com mittee abandoned tho conference and appealed to President Truosdale. The latter at once made an engagement to meet the committee. After continuous work night and day for over a year, during which time 1,100 feet of old gangway had been opened, the operators of Greenwood colliery, near Tamaqua. have struck the Mam moth voin at a thickness of forty foot, which gives tho colliery a new lease of life for many years to come. The conductors and motormen of the W'ilkesbarre and Wyoming Valley Trac tion Company were notified Tuesday night that they would get a raise in salary from 51.70 to 31.80 Tor twelve hours' work, and for extra time over thirty-live minutes they will get an hour's time. The Keystone Graphite Company, composed principally of Wilkesbarre capitalists, was organized a few days ago. They have secured possession of several rich graphite beds in Canada and the intention is to begin operations at once. Hon. M. B. Williams is presi dent. Marklo fc Co.'s collieries have return ed to the four days a week schedule of working time. None of the companies will work full time this week. Itonner Whips Kenney. Big Yank Kenney, of Michigan, and Jack Bonner, of Summit Hill, both heavy hitters and stayers, faced each other on Monday night at Coney Island for a twenty-live round bout and each accumulated punishment enough to satisfy a half-dozen fighters. Kenney had the best of it for the first three rounds except in one instance when they exchanged drives that would have knocked out ordinary men. In tho eighth and ninth rounds they were both tired. In the fourteenth Bonner began to make a chopping block of Kenney, who stood up to it manfully. The gong saved the Michlgandcr in the seventeenth round. Bonner had every-! thing his own way from this on and took his time. They went the limit and Bonner was given the decision. Brewery Men Won the Figlit. The brewery people have won the light in Stroudsburg and a charter has been granted to the Stroudsburg Brew ing Company by Governor Stone. The fight against tho new brewery has boon very warm. The preachers led the light, and from the pulpit made personal attacks upon the incorporators of the now company. The Women's Christian Temperance Union for weeks mado daily prayers that Governor Stone would not grant the charter. A mass meeting was hold and a petition to the governor against tin- charter was signed by many property owners. All this was in vain, Stone standing solid for the brewers. Jewish New Year. The Jewish New Year will fall this year on Tuesday next which is a some what earlier in the fall than the date on which this day usually occurs. It will be followed a week later by Youi Kipper, the Day of Atonement, which is the groat Jewish fast day, and this again is followed in a few days by the Feast of Tabernacles. The approach of this holyday season is marked by special preparation in the Jewish household. Paris an Impregnable City. The French have been taught wis dom by past experience, and as a re sult have planned, and a few years ago finished, a system of fortification around Paris which are probably un equalled for the purposes for which they are intended by any similar forti fications in ilif world. \ well-in formed military writer, a member of the general staff of the German army, has given it as his opinion that a suc cessful siege of Paris would be. under present conditions, an impossible un dertaking. The new fortifications that surround the French capital, says Pearson's, are some fifteen or twenty miles from the city, and are connected with Paris and with each other by a railway sys tem which would enable the French commander to quickly mass tit one point a very large body <f men, while the general of the besieging army, if lie wished to prevent the city from ob taining supplies and thus shut In the people and the army that was defend ing It, would have to occupy a line ex tending more than one hundred miles, and hence could not by any possibil ity collect a large number of bis force at any one point to resist with even n shadow of hope an attack of the en emy. Tt required a German army of ap proximately HOO.OOO men to lay siege to Paris from September It). 1870, to January 30, 1871: but the authority we refer to is of the opinion that to re peat the same operation a German bo sieging army would have to number more than 2,000,(HK) men. and the work of maintaining such a force and properly handling its parts would be somthing which few Governments would care to undertake and few mili tary commanders would be able to efficiently perform. The French have spent upon these new fortifications an amount various ly estimated at from $30,100,000 to $50,000,000. and hence can well afford to sell the land occupied by some of the now obsolete fortifications of a generation ago. Watch the date on your paper. An Advertisement In this position is not very con spicuous, still it attracts the read er's attention and proves that ads in all parts of this paper aru road. MILLIONS OF WORDS. AUTHORS WHOSE PENS HAVE TRAV ELLED HUNDREDS OF MILES. The CeloMal Record Medo Bj en E.|lllb Writer—Jule. Verne Who Hoe Written More Book. Than the Yenre He Has Lived home Other leotanoee of Prolific Writing. Among the hundreds of busy writers whose pens minister to our delight, it is difficult to say who is the most pro lific, and still more difficult to give an accurate estimate of the quantity of work he has produced. Among English writers of to day the palm of fecundity would probably go to Mr. G. A. Ilenty, the veteran jour nalist and novelist. Mr. Henty has been an industrious writer since the early fifties, when he acted as special correspondent to the Standard. Apart from ills press work, which must be a mountain in Itself, lie has produced a dozen novels and books of travel, and more than lialf a hundred delightful books for boys. A careful estimate of his output of books alone places his record at about 12,000,000 words, and his total pen work probably exceeds 20,000,000 words. It helps us to form an esti mate of tliis colossal record when we consider that to read all that Mr. Hen ty has published, reading diligently for six hours 11 day and for six days a week, it would take forty weeks to exhaust Ids last column or page. If we were to undertake the task of simply copying this mountain of mat ter, we would have to devote six years to our task—working. 11s before, thirty six hours a week, and allowing our selves 110 time for holiduys. And yet, stupendous us the task may seem, the total area of the sheets of paper which Mr. Henty has covered in nearly Hfty years of hard writing would be only live- sixths of 1111 acre, or less thnn the area of thousands of suburban gar dens. if written In a single line—linked fiction long drawn out—and bi ginning at Charing Cross, the last word of the line would be found in Middlesbor ougli, nearly 240 miles from the first. At an average of payment of one guinea a thousand words, which Is, of course, very much under the rate re ceived, Mr. Henty must have made £20,000 with his pen. Probably £50,- 000 Is 1111 under-cstlmate of his actual receipts. The modern writer who most nearly approaches Mr. Henty's record Is M. ,Tulcs Verne, another name as dear to boys as well as adults. Jules Verne claims to have written more books than the years he lias lived, which are seventy, and it will lie safe to place his literary output at quite 12.000,000 words, making due allowance for the fact that Ids books are shorter than Mr. Henty's. His Journalistic work is 1111 unknown quantity; but, no doubt, it would add materially to Ins record. Still, in spite of such lifelong and long life industry, a line of less than two hundred miles seems to be a disap pointing result. The financial return is doubtless more satisfactory, for M. Verne is credited with having made £IOO,OOO with his pen. Miss Brudilon probably ranks third among "long-distance writers" of our day. Since she made her first timid venture in 1860 with the "Trail of the Serpent," she has produced novels at the rate of one in every nine months approximately; and her output In fic tion alone may lie placed at 10 500.000 words, or nearly half an acre of man uscript. Marion Crawford, among our young er writers, has been markedly prolific. Since "Mr. Isaacs" captured the rend ing world, some years ugo, he lias written on an average two long novels every year, with a total of about 0,- 000,000 words, or a quarter of an acre of manuscript. Sir Walter Besant's record is diffi cult to estimate, besides, In addition to his many novels, lie has done 11 large and miascertalnable amount of work in Journalism. It will lie well within the mark, however, to estimate his out put at from ten to twelve millions of words, a record which was probably exceeded by the lute James l'ayu, one of the most Industrious of all our scribes. in books alone Mr. George Meredith lias written about 6,000,000 words, a record which Mr. Black has probably exceeded. Mr. Itider Haggard's output may be placed at about 4,500,000; Mr. Grant Allen's at a trifle* more, taking into no count Ills large contributions to Jour nals; while Mr. Anthony Hope has 1 probably not exceeded two and a half million words, or a line thirty miles long. Mr. Baring Gould, who, although placed last, is in the very first rank of prolific writers, has written with his busy pen qultel2,ooo,ooo words, and is entitled to be classed with Mr Henty and M. Jules Verne. Selecting Timber. A German paper devoted to wood- I working interests status that In select ing timber it Is of the greatest import ance to ascertain whether the tree from which it Is taken was cut In the winter or in the summer; that which is cut in the winter being superior and having a higher value. The rea son for this Is that trees have a resting period between October and May, during which time the cells contain starch thut Is not found in the sum mer. Tlie starch serves to close the pores, making the wood close and Im penetrable. so that winter-hewn tim ber is used exclusively in making bar- I rel staves. To test the timber it is ) covered with an idolde solution, which from the well-known fact that starch coming into contact with iodide pro duces a violet color, will give the tim- Iber a yellow eolor, if it were cut in Sthe summer. On the other hand, a tree hewn in winter will have series of dark ink-colored stripes on a yellow ground. ltarord- Breaking Farming. A native horn American farmer on a 6.000 acre farm In lowa made a profit of over $50,000 in 1898 out of ills corn crop. This was on an investment of $258,496.83, Including land at S3O an acre, all necessary machinery, build ings and stock. This was a record breaker, and shows what can be done by intelligence, modern methods nnd plose application to a chosen calling. Headache for Forty Years. For forty years I suffered from sick head ache. A year ago 1 began using Celery K Ing. The result was gratifying and surprising, my headaches leaving at once. The head aches used to return every seventh day, but thanks to Celery King, I have had hut one headache in the last eleven months. 1 know that what cured me will help others.—Mrs. John D. Van Keuren, Kaugertles, N. Y. Celery King cures Constipation and all dls eases of the Nerves, Htomaeh, Liver and Kid neys. Hold by druggists. 26c. and 60c. 2 T. CAMPBELL, dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes. Also PURE WINES i) LIQUORS FOR FAMILY AND MEDICINAL PURPOSES. Centre and Main streets. Freeluud. DePIERRO - BROS. -CAFE.- Corner of Centre and Front Streets, Freeland, Pa. Finest Whiskies in Stock. Gibson, Dougherty, Kaufer Club, Rosenbluth's Velvet, of which we hive EXCLUSIVE SALE IN TOWN. Mumm'g Extra Dry Champagne, Hennessy Brandy, Blackberry, Gins, Wines, Clarets, Cordials, Etc. Imported and Domestic Cigars. OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE. Ham and Schweitzer Cheese Sandwiches, Sardines, Etc. MEALS - AT - ALL - HOURS. Ballcntine and Hazloton beer on tap. Baths, Hot or Cold, 25 Cents. P. F7mcNULTY, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. Embalming of female corpses performed exclusively by Mrs. I\ F. McNulty. Prepared to Attend Calls Day or Night. South Centre 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 # Ice Cream supplied to balls, parties or picnics, with all necessary adjuncts, at shortest notice and fairest prices. Delivery and supply wagons to all parts o] town and surroundings every day. GEORGE FISHER, dealer in Liquors, Wines, Cigars, Etc. FOR A GLASS OF FRESH BEER, PORTER OR ALE call at NO. 0 EAST WALNUT STREET. LIBOR WINTER, Eating House and Oyster Saloon. No. 13 Front Street, Freeland. Temperance drinks, cigurs, etc. Familcs supplied with oysters direct from the shore. I'r.hl.torlr Man*. Favortt. Fo.d. What was the favorite food of pre hlstorie man? According to Dr. Mn tlcgka, of Prague, it was ills brother. He proves from an examination of some prehlstorle remains at Knovize, In Bohemia, thut the people who bur led them were cannibals, not from need, lmt from choice, and that they preferred the Hesli of their own rela tives, especially If young and tender, to that of their enemies. He nlso con tends, and moat anthropologists seem to agree with him, that the eating of humaD flesh in prehistoric times spread all over Europe, the practice being first Induced by scarcity of other food, next by preference, ami was fin ally persisted in for religious, or. ratta ej, ceremonial reasons. The flesh was In every case prepared by cooking sometimes with the Juice of oranges and lemons. Crescents vs. Chunk at Tigors park at 3 p. in. on Sunday will be a royal battle. FODND AT LAST! We have on sale the Best Working Shoe Made. For years miners and drivers have been unable to secure a shoe worth wearing. This is not the case any longer. The Shoes we refer to have been tried in the mines here and gave better satisfaction than any other shoe ever purchased in town. Stop wasting money on $1 Work ing Shoes which are made of refuse leather. Try a pair of Miners' Brogans or Drivers' Shoes. They will outwear two pairs of the cheaper grades. Only $1.50 a pair. Every department in our store is complete. We have no job lots to palm off on the unsuspecting. Every article sold by us bears the trade-mark of a reliable manufacturer. A child can buy here as safely as an expert. When You Want to be Honestly Dealt With, Come to McMENAMIN'S Gents' Furnishing, Hat and Shoe Store, 86 CENTRE STREET. We own and occupy the tallest mercantile building in the world. We have 1 \ Vi engaged filling out-of-town orders. / OUR GENERAL CATALOGUE is the book of the people —it quotes I Snjfc I Wholesale Prices to Everybody, has over i.ooo pages, 16,000 illustrations, and Xljl* I Jm 4.11 60,000 descriptions of articles with prices. It costs 72 cents to print and mail I < each copy. We want you to have one. SEND FIFTEEN CENTS to show f^nl > iV\ m your good faith, and we'll send you a copy FREE, with all charges prepaid. 1 tj. 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W'TO'RLTI K? - YiVsit.iO I? iJtaulrJo M" MMIMM .01 ..11.(1.d. UHDKR TCI ll*,. HOST DRI.AY. (Si-nm. Knebllck .C Co. nrf thoroughly reliable -Editor) Address, SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.) Chicago, 111. Condy 0. Boyle, dealer in Liquor, Wine, Beer, Porter, Etc. The finest brands of Domestic and Imported Whiskey on sale in one of the handsomest sa loons in town. Fresh Rochester ami Shenan doah lleer and Yeungling's Porter on tap. 08 Centre street. Best Lough Syrup. Tastes Uood. Use P*| in tlnio. Bold by druggists. HI SEND ONE DOLLAR WHITKI't.AIM.r I.KTTKKIM. --*a JO WANTED, and wo will send you by freight, rRKIUHT <S PAID, o. O. P., subject to jn(o examination,tbUhsndnomt _2?/* Hoy.l Hlae Barbie Urate- gg ■lone, guaranteeing safe 700 delivery. Ktaadaelt at m your freight depot, if m found perfectly aatlafaetory, exactly an represented, fao.no to fto.OO, pay the freight agent Our Hpeolul Offer Price, $9.98. less the fl.oti sent with order. We prepay the rrelght to •■y point east of the IK W .JJ>frfhfTfnF Boefct Mountain*. Jll^BmwswsaMasswa 10 larhe. wide at bae. Write for p rife. on ot e" aid .I.e.* MdrmJEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., CHICAGO;
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