FREELAHD TRIBUNE. HMMii lIN. PUBLISHBD BTBRT MONDAY AND THURSDAY ■ T Til TKIBUKE PRINTING COIPiHT, Limited. Or rive: Mais ITRSST ASOVS Canvas, bona DISTASCB TBLBraoaa. SUBSCRIPTION BATH: •as Tear (I.St) Ml Months It Fear Months M *vt Months * Ths date which the sabscriptlon Is paid to Is mm ths address label of each paper, the chanf* af which to e subsequent data become* a aasnlpt far remittance. Keep the flgures In ndvann* of thn present date. Report prompt ly te this offlce whenever paper is not reoelved. Arrearages mast be paid wben subscription B discontinued. Make mU money orders, sSmlm, ate., payable to Ms Trtbwn* Printing Company, IdmtUd. FREEDANI), PA., JUNE 14, 1900. Frseland borough council met long enough Monday evening to show that the alleged architect who has charge of the Municipal building during Its erec tion possesses a lack of foresight which men In that profession aro not supposed to display. The neglect to provide water connections for the upper floor* Is a small matter in Itself, but that, with several other small and large mis takes which are beginning to show themselves in the structure, does not promise well for the parts yet to bo finished. Council has decided to remedy this defect—and to foot the bill also. Secretary Dong may pay a "reason able price" for armor. Hut what Is a reasonable price? The armor makers •ay—or said, a few weeks ago—that (145 per ton was reasonable. Senator Hanna declares that (COO a ton is reasonable. The public generally thinks that (445 Is more than reason able. What will Kocretary Dong de cide about It? The British are victorious and the war Is at an end. We believe tbl* because they tell us so. It is of course unfertunate that the Roers should bo unkind enough to cut Roberts' line of communications, but tbat Is a mere Incident of peace. We know how It Is ourselves In the Philippines. The'torch lighted In China may set the world on fire. The nations are hurrying there, like wolves around a dying deer, each waiting for Its share. It Is easy enough to overthrow the Chinese government, but when it comes to dividing the spoil, there will be trouble. The first session of congress spent nearly (710,000,000, and left a number §f very eipenslve Items to go over until neit session. The chances are that the two sessions will cost a billion and a half. This Is ono part of the white man's burden. The Democratic vote In Oregon shows a gain of about 33 per cent of the total vote of the state. Similar Increases elsewhere would give the Democrats New York, Indiana, and a number *f other states, and would elect Ilryan. According to the dispatches, justice is for sal* In Cuba by the natlvo courts. No one has over doubted this, but no one expected our people to catch the contagion of dishonesty as soon as they did. Washington City will be dull this summer, Cengress has adjourned, the people can't vote, and their base ball club has been taken away from them. Nothing Is left eicept to sleep till fall. Say, why not form the "Society of Carpetbaggers?" The colonies will fur nish plenty of candidates pretty soon. No one who got away with less than (10,000 should ht eligible. Alaska may be cold and It may have gold, but Its delegates to Kansas City are Instructed for Bryan and sllvor, all the same. 1.. ▼. R. R. Special Far* Kicsralona. National Prohibition convention, Chi cago, June 37-38. Tickets on sale June 33 and 36, limited for return passage to June 39 Inclusive, for all trains, eicept the Black Diamond express. One fare for the round trip. 35 cents will be col lected by joint agent at Chicago, when ticket Is presented for execution. B. Y. P. U. of America annual con vention, Cincinnati, 0., July 13-18. One fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale July 10 to 13, for all trains, ex cept the Black Diamond express, limit ed for return passage to July 17 Inclu sive, but by deposit of ticket with Joint agent at Clnclnattl on or before July 14 and payment of fee of 50 cents return limit will be extended to August 10. National Democratic convention, Kansas City, Mo., July 4. Tickets on sale July 1 to 3, for all trains except the Black Diamond eipress, limited for re turn passage to July 9. One fare for round trip. For further Information concerning above excursions consult Dehlgh Valley ticket agents. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, June 12, 1000. The administration is worrying over the new* from China. The revolution of the "Roxers" threaten* to expose Mr. McKlnley's imperialistic program con cerning China in advance of the presi dential election, which is just what he was anxious to avoid. In their anxiety to ailay public suspicion at home, mem bers of the administration have been doing some word juggling that would be amusing If the matters involved were not too serious to la ugh about. For Instance, official statement* to the pre** from the state department have empha sized the alleged Instructions to our minister at l'ekln, and to Hear Admiral KempfT, our naval commander In Chinese waters, to act in concert with European powers tor the protection of foreigners and their property but not to join a combination of the powers for any purpose. Our representatives over there must be clover Indeed If they can act In concert with the European powers without combining with them. J X X A marked feature of the political situation, Is the genuine scare of Re publlcan leaders over three states which they have heretofore been claiming as certain to cast their electoral votes for McKlnley. In New York, the Republi cans realize that the state will be doubt ful. In Indiana, the state ticket nomi nated by the Democrats, headed by Hon. John W. Kern, Is an strong that Indiana Republicans have notified the leaders of the party that the state Is in danger. In Illinois, the tide has been running anti-Republican for some time, and appeals for help are being received In Washington. This scare Is so bad that prominent Repullcans are saying that It Is useless to consider candidates from other states for the second place on tho McKlnley ticket; that he must be taken from one of those three states, and must be a man who will add strength to the ticket. X X I Secretary Dong has advertised for bids for furnishing armor plates for battle ships under the cowardly law forced through congress the last thing before adjournment, making Mr. Dong do what the Republicans of congress were as hamed to do—agree to the prices of armor set by the armor trust, which will necessarily be the only bidder to respond to the advertisement. True, the law gives Mr. Dong the authority to reject the bids if he considers the price too high, and to use the (4,000,001) carried by the act, for the establishment of a government plant te make armor plate, but If he acted upon that au thority, the Republican leaders who engineered the cowardly make-shift would throw a few fits; they are figuring on a heavy campaign contribution from the armor trust. X X t Mr. McKlnley and Ueneral E. S. Otis have been eichanglng tally. Mr. Mc- Klnley hat been telling Otis that he was the only real thing In the military way produced by the Philippine war—many believe that Otis produced that war— and that ha would have been glad to have made him, instead of Miles, a lieutenant general, but congress filed It to that promotion had to go to Miles; while Otis, overjoyed at hit promotion to bo a major general, has been telling Mr. McKlnley that ho Is the greatest of all presidents. Outside of the White Ileus* there has been no attempt to lionize Otis because of the prevalence of the opinion that he has already received more than was coming to him for any thing he achieved during his blundering career in the Philippines. X X X The Industrial Commission, so-called, has provided Itself with a pleasant junket, all of the expenses of which will be paid by the "dear people." It has decided that the Industrial condi tions, principally flirtations and such, along the Northern Atlantic coast, must be Investigated during the summer, and has arranged for moating* of the com mission during the neit three months, In Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and the Now England states. One of the first duties of a Democratic administration and congress will be to abolish tho Republican government com mission humbug, which hat become so rampant, and so ozpenslve, under the McKlnley administration. X X t Chairman Payne, of the house ways and means committee, has given away the claim of the Republicans that the reason they did not reduce war taxes at the recont session *f congress, was their desire to have that committee grant hearings and study the question during the recast, to that the right sort of bill providing for the reduction might be reported to the house, by the official announcement that the committee would not be called together until just before congress meets. In other words, the question of the reduction of war taxes Is to be left open until after election. In order that all the big Inter ests may be taied far the Republican campaign fund. Dear reader, tFe day Is fast ap proaching when you muet decide whether you are for a countlnuance of the republic or for the erection of a monarchy In the United States. Which side will you choose? A big, fat Troy politician says he will choose the monarchy—so he may get another soft berth—but those places will be scarce even In a monarchy; there'll not be enough to go around.—Troy (O.) Democrat. F. Hatmaker, ot Plttston, has been granted a patent for a new telegraph sounder. HIR LlPff VOCATION. She Will Sing Gospel Seng* far Re ligious Work. Mlia Ruth Cordis Dong, niece ot Secretary of the Navy John D. Rang, has chosen aa her vocation In life gospel singing. Her work In this line, la connection with recent revival aer vlces at a Worcester, Maas., church, coaflrmed her Inclination toward this calling, which has dated back two yeare. She visited Washington last winter and by Invitation eang several ■elections before President and Mrs. McKlnley. Personally Miss Dong la a young woman of much charm. Her enthuaiaam In her work proceeds (Miss Ruth C. Dong), from earnest and sincere conviction that her voice can be made a power ful Influence for good In connection with evangelical and temperance work. Her voice Is a rich, deep con tralto. At the age of aeventeen she was brought out as a concert singer In Portland. Me., by Annie Doulse Cary. Her singing then showed great promise, and her friends urged her te make the operatic stage her aim. Her family discouraged this, however, and Miss Deng took up concert sing ing, In which the has been very suc cessful. Woman In Persia. Life Is sad In Persia, especially the woman's life. The law ef Islam al lows each man to have fear wives, and as many concubines and slave girls as his haad can held. Mis wives, also, he may divorce at will. Our word "bosL" Is the Turkish word by which a Moslem divorces his wife. It doesn't count If ho says It only once or twice, but If said the third time the woman must go. Down along the Caspian the men often marry their wives In the Bprlng, so as to have the benedt of their labor In the rice fields, and di vorce them In the Fall, so as to escape supporting thorn during the Winter. At Meshed. where the pilgrims come, Is a large population of temporary wives who are married to the pilgrims, far from home and families, for as long a Ume as the pilgrims remain at the ehrlne- a day, or a month. The Mo hammedan priests draw up the con tracts for these temporary alliances. Lerd Curxon, who has been there, says Meshod. though the holiest city In Per ils, Is the wickedest In Asia. There are ne weeds for wife and home In Per sian. There are no homes and few wives. It Is curious te hear a bond some woman sny: "I have told my husband If he marries snothej wife I shall poison him, and I lutrnd to do It." Or t* ask a woman about her home life and get the answer; "Dove my hus band! Oh, yes, I love him. I love him as murk as a sieve holds water." Heme Made Candle*. Chocolate Caramels.—One teaeupful ef milk, one of augar, oae tablespoon ful butter, one-half teaeupful grated chocolate. Mix the Ingredients and put on the fire In a lined saucepan; stir constantly to prevent burning; bell till quite tblek; turn en to buttored platan; when It begins t* stiffen mark lata squares with a knife. Cecoanut Candy.—One pound loaf augar. one cupful water, ene-fourth pound grated cocoaaut Put the sugar and water In s saucepan till the sugar Is dissolved, and set It an a clear fire to boll for five minutes or mors; as the scum rises carefully, skim It away till the sugar look* white sad thick, then stir In ths corns nut; set It sn the fire and stir constantly with a wsoden spoon till It rises well In the saucepan, then at once spread It out sn sheets of writing paper, which should be slightly warmed. Almend Teffeo—One-half pound but ter. one pound brown sugar, one and one-half ounces nlmonds, a little grated lemon rind. Put the butter Into a saucepan over a clear fire, and when melted add the sugar; boll for fifteen mlnutce, add a little grated lemon rind and the almeads blanched and halved; bail and stir till a little ef the mixture dropped la raid water hardens lame dlately; pour en t* buttered dishes and stand aside to cool. An Inside Neok Rand. A piece of Inch-wide white satin rlb bon sewed Inside the neck bend of a bodice protects the throat from the de facing mark that la a common result from the wear of the prevailing high dress cellars. It Is not Intended that the ribbon shall shew on the outside. •sth Wlshtd ths Sam*. "I Wish sow." shrieked Ike aagry young wife—'l wish you ksd married that Bdlth Macmshon Instead of me! Thfit'fi vrhAl I wlPh!" (MAM 9 Off tffRINA. fl'V When nprlnfftlrne reigns the "segsom** wanes— We weary are of footllght fads, We watch the growing of the grans And put away the plavhoune "ads." I00 worth of "moroon." or white ruin, at one time. The (mailer dealer* up and down the ■t. John from St. Francis to French- Title found It more convenient to buy of her. Geld beads and a black silk dress *' Sunday did Aunt Charette wear. Broad waa she, with amplitude of walat and scarcity of lap. She sat all day long In her little sitting room and Interrupted her knitting only long enough to answer calls at the door. Sometimes the caller would he a man from Connor with gray wool trousers and peaked rap. Another would bo a Froachrllle cltle.cn with empty Jugs under the seat of bis narrow buck board. They told her whether they wanted morson or cherry rum or "wheesk" or alcohol. Then Aunt Charette went out In the little dark leanto shed and rattled the funnel and clinked the Jugs, and at laat came pudglag baek with a broad smile between her big earrings. And she always knew whether to give or refuse credit. All aorta of queer accounts had she —scattered all over the countryside. Uncle Charette was a very silent partner In the Arm. He used to tell the priest that he bad tried and tried to Induce Aunt Charette to glvo up the business of selling liquor. Still Uncle Charette had discovered years before that he would not hare to go Into the woods winters any more; that there was slways spare change fer him te buy his tobacco; that he was never asked to earn any money for the gro ceries. Twice a year Aunt Charette purchased new wool trousers of Can adian gray. As for his long-tailed coat. Uncle Charette teemed unable t. wear that out for the reason that the most of the time he went about In his shirt sleeves. And though Uncle Charette never went out Into the dark leanto, still on a corner of the kitchen shelf stood a little earthen Jug that Aunt Charette ■ever allowed to be less than balf full of brandy. She had to pour some Into It from the keg every day. Uncle Cha rette declared that It helped his rheu matism. When the officers came riding up to the door on a big aled drawn by two horses and ran In without knock ing. Aunt Charette clung to the arms Of her chair. "Le bon Dleu! W'at eea eet?" she cried. "Aunt Charette, you've been com plained against," said the local deputy ■herlff, "and we've got to take what stuff you've got on the premises. I suppose It's all li the leanto, as usu al?" When the discovery Is made In pro hibition Maine that there la liquor selling In a community the local dep uty Is usually well acquainted with the location of all the liquor deposits. "W'at!" screamed Aunt Charette, but la sorrow, not In anger. "W'at! tak' ma leetle ateck? Why, m'aleu, yo' can't do nottalns lak dat. I geet ma palrmeer from dat man—w'at yo' call keem, de county attornee. Here —here—here It he," aad with trem bling band she poked under the dep uty's note the receipt showing that she had paid a fine at the laat term af court. She laalated that It was a ptrmlt to soil liquor. Aunt Charetto hollered that it was. "I hain't got anything to do wltb that," said the deputy. "I've got a search warrant, and I'm ordered to aoarch and aolae." Ho ducked past and started for the leanto. And Aunt Charette. her keys Jangllag. her hands upraised, her tongue dying like a shuttle, followed on hie heels. Uncle Charette sat wholly allent In a corner. The only elgn of emotion he displayed waa to blink every thirty aeconda. So abso lutely Impassive was he that I, un seen. took hie photograph In a twenty seconds' exposure end there wasn't a •mooch on the n'" "re. Aunt Charet' . •'•".ted against epenlag the door. The deputy, with one blew ef hie boot, shattered the lock. Then he end hie men rolled out the barrel* and the kef* and the demijohn*. Aunt Charette, a* they laid their hand* on each article, ■creamed, "Ah, mon Dleu! Non! non! You're taken enough 1 Leere dat wan!—leere dat wan!" But the officer* were Inexorable. They rolled everything out. They had to send for another *led. There were load* for two heary team*. The laat man to go out waa the deputy with a Jug, the last he could find. He had dug out the remotest corner. As he went through the kitchen his eyes fell on the jug on the shelf. He took It down and smelled of It "Ah, of cecal re! offeecalre!" she walled, "dat be Just a little sup of brandy for poor M'steu Charette, dat poor man dat set dere. Don' tak' dat!" Uncle Charette, pulling at his pipe, only bllaked an extra time or so. "Kef yo' tak' dat, offeecalre, w'at da poor man do for hees dreenk to-mor row morula'? Please leere dat." The officer could appreciate the situation. He left It. Aunt Charette stood at the door un til the teams disappeared In the dusk far down the street. A rough inventory at the atorehouae that evening Indicated that Aunt Cha rette had |7OO worth of liquor In atoek. • O o O , a The officers left word that Aunt Cnnrette must be at the office of the 'oral trial Justice the next forenoon at . At 8 o'clock Uncle Charette eased her down out of the old fashioned chaise onto the platform before tho justice's office. It waa a alow and tedious Job, for Aunt Chnrette'a avoir dupois la disposed In moot unwieldy fashion. She waa arrayod In her beat black dreaa. Uncle Charetto—this belag a state occasion—had on his long-tailed black coat. The faces of both were perfectly expressionless. Evidently Aunt Charette had exhaust ed all her emotion the afternoon bo fore. They ant aide by aide In the Jus tice's office mute, never moving, never oven turning their heade while nil the other cases of selaure were dis posed of. It had been n wholesale raid through the village. Atl the men and women who had been raided owed money to Aunt Charette. All gave bonds to appear at the higher court. All wont away. "Well, Mrs. Charette," said the Jus tice, "you are charged with single sale, with nuisance and keeping a tippling house. Hare you any lawyer or any defpnse to put In?" To the surprise ef all Uncle Cha rette who had been all these years tho silent partner In this drm, was the one to speak. "She have no lawyer," said he; 'she have notlns to ssy." "Well. I sbnll hare to Impose ffnea amounting i. about I-100 on her," aald the Justice, A -it Charette gasped that was all. i :-ele Charette said nothing. "You appeal, don't you?" asked the Justice. "You know you can appeal and give bonds and then your wife won t hare to go to Jail. You wilt also have time te get money collected to pay the Ane." "We don't do nottlns 'tnJl 'bout dat t'lng." said Uncle Chnrette doggedly. "What, you don't mean to any that you are going to let your wife go down to Jail?" cried the justice. "If she doesn't pay or give bonds she'll have to go to Jail and await the sitting ef the court. That Is two months off. Than she will have still more time to serve In carrying out her sentence. Bhe la likely to stay there the meat of a year. Aunt Chnrette has been n good wife te you, Uncle Charett. Your home place stands In your name. All you hare to do la to sign her bonds and than ah* can atny here till oourt •Its. And by that time yeu will hare a chance to talk thin thing oyer with your friends. I'll make out th* bond." "No," declared Uncle Chnrette. "Ef yo' want to tak' her down to Jntl she go. She nil dressed up. She go any time." Now, you and I and all the rest of us know that this Ina't the way tha prohibition statute usually operates— and It Isn't the way the authorities like to have it operate. And then, too. here was an old woman, who had never been away from her home In •II her life, who had grown-up child ren, who had knitted In that little kitchen there In the village of Fort Kent and had looked out through her little window at the passers ua tll she had become one of the local landmark*. There waan't a person In the village who wanted to see her go down to Houlton In that manner. But there she and Uncle Charette sat without looking at each ether. Every one knew that Aunt Charette had money enough to pay the Ane. Uncle Charette's name on the bond would liberate her. Finally he said; "She t'lnk shs batter go. She'll be all r-r-at. I'll kip house till she com' back. We've talk 'bout dat t'lng som', and we t'lnk dat p'raps she batter go down dere." Well, under thoße circumstances the law had to take Its course. The old couple shook hands on the plat form outside the door. The husband got Into the erary chaise and rode awar behind the fussy old white horse. The deputy sheriff, after great effort, boosted Aunt Charette la over the side of his piano-box buggy and started on the sixty-mile drive to Cari bou, there to take the train for Houl ten —LeWleten Journal. WITH JUNE COMES . SUMMER NEEDS! We have them in every style and variety. Our store lacks nothing that might add to your comfort during warm weather. From head to foot we can fit you with anything desired in the line of Gents' Furnishings, Summer Underwear, Stiff Hats and Soft Hats, Fedoras, Alpines, Straw Hats, All Kinds of Caps, Plain and Fancy Shirts, Beautiful Lines of Neckwear, Men's, Boys' and Women's Shoes, and Many Other Summer Goods At the Very Lowest Prices. STRAW ITS FOR EVERYBODY. Our price* and our goods are right. We are building for the future. If for any reason nny article you buy here should not be satisfactory bring it brck and your money will be cheerfully refunded. McMenainin'§ Gents' Furnishing, Hat and Shoe Store, 86 South Centre Street. T. 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