Freeland Tribune i Established IBSS. PUBLISHED EVERY jR f MONDAY AND THIJkSDAY. BY Till 1 rRIBDNE PRINTING COMPANY. Limited , OIVICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. FREELAND, PA. KATES: One Year f 1.50 Biz Month* 75 Four Months 50 Tiro Months 25 r The date which the subscription is paid to is *bfc*the address label of each paper, the shaLk'e of which to u subsequent date bo- Kiines u receipt for remittance. Keep the [ llgurea in advance of the present date, lie port proinp:i> to this office whenever paper not received. Arrearages must be paid When subscription is discontinued. Ma t all money orders, check.", elc.,payibh to the Tribune Printing Company, Limited. The true test of greatness is the ability to wear the sauio size of hat continuously. $ It will be a long step forward for medical science if Professor Bchneller is correct iu his surmise that ho has isolated the bacillus of cancer. It will be a glad day for the world when this dreaded disease will no longer find its march unopposed by a weap on. According to a consular bulletin, a call has been made upon the United States consulate at Lyons, France, to 1 supply fish scales, to be used in the ! manufacture of artificial pearls and j other ornaments by means of a process 1 recently discovered by a French ( chemist. 6 t Thirty miles of overhead telephone 1 and telegraph wires are to be put under- * grouud in Chicago within the next six mouths, aud an agitatiou has been t started to bring down the overhead t trolley within the business part o* the city because of the frequency o: ! j accidents for which it is held respon- ( sible. { The venerable Judge Jackson of the United States circuit court at e Wheeling, W. Va., expressed a pessi- 1 mistic view of the state of the public * morals in chargiug the jury the other day. ".My experience ou the bench, " f he said, "has not been a limited one, 1 and I regret to say that crime in this c country is on the increase. lam uu- j able to determine whether it is a re sult of increasing population or of tbe t loweriug of the standard of public 1 morality." 2 The Philadelphia Record says: "As ' au engine of war, the horse still keeps j the place he held when the gre.it poet 1 of Israel said of him: 4 He paweth in 1 the valley,aud rejoiceth in his strength; 1 the goe.h out to meet the armed men; the mocketh at fear, and is not dis mayed; * * * he smelleth the bat- i tie afar oIT, the thuuder of the cap- J tains, aud the shouting.' The de- ! maud for horses to mount the British j cavalry iu the war in South Africa is likely to take all the Amerieau sur- ' j plus, aud raise the price of the aui mals. It is said that $5,000,030 will ' be expended iu the purchase, in this country, of suitable cavalry horses." Tho disappearance of the birds would be au irreparable loss to agri culture. Professor Forbes, state en tomologist of Illinois, estimates that , at tbe end of 12 years, without the birds, the farm lauds of that state would be carpeted with insects at the rate of one for every square inch of ground. Professor Eeal of the United States department of agricul ture calculates that iu the state of Ioa alone the birds of a single spe cies, the tree sparrow, destroy 875 tons of noxious -weeds every year. Hawks aud owls help to keep tho wheat aud corn free of rodents. In many Southern communities tho buz zards do more eflicient work as scav engers than the men who get paid for it The woodpecker rids trees of in sects that would otherwise destroy them, aud many a peach orchard would be unproductive hut for the protection of its growing fruit by insectivorous birds. So that, even if it has accom plished nothing beyond reminding us that the birds have a definite and im portant function to perform in the economy of agriculture, the agitation against their destruction has served a useful purpose. Padorcwski as a V>no Grower. Paderewski is an enthusiastic vine grower and produces not only grapes, but even wine of his own. \\ hen he was in England a short time ago he was asked down to see some very cele brated vines in the gardens of a gen tleman at Roehampton, not very far from Richmond. He was immensely struck by the magnificent growth, and in returning to the house, without be ng asked, sat down to the piano and played for over an hour as a kind of :ourteous form of thanks for the pleas jre that "had been afforded him. The municipal authorities of London are engaged in '.he establishment oi sterilized milk plants in different parts of the English metropolis. KNICHTHOOD. It I should lay this throbbing beart of mine Low for yonr dainty, careless foot to tread— Bbotild pocr my love like sacrificial wine From costly llagons sbed. If I 6boul(l stand, will-chained and spirit bound, As lowly captive In a conqueror's train, My powers In honeyed thraldom drowsed and drowned— What were to you the gain? But to lift high the banner of your name- To write its sbiuiug scroll amid tbe stars— To sound it as tbe bugle call to fame, Where glory's gate unbars; To strike, for your dear sake, at mailed wrong- To slay the dragon-brood of old De spair— This were a task to prove tbe true heart strong, As eagles borne In air. —Stephen Power Otis, in Truth. gDOQOOOGGGOCOGCGCODOOGOOCO I Be a Good Boy.l 8 o o o By Fred \V. Mitchell. g OOOOOOOOOO'JCOCGOOOOOOOOOOC \ itHITE- PACED SL. \\J/ \ 5 11 women yell j* V/ yNf ingmen crowded H-.' 'rv ra'lwy pns- Tife '! ■ ,h senger station. iVtrgfc i/* '*',([>* Cheers and sobs, -5 Ml Svjlj?'/■, smiles and tears /jjljpA' '1 mingled and I ill merged ' u *° the L- scenes of the last minute. One of Iff Chicago's volun nnteer reg i - ments was leaving for the front. A blaze of soldiery, a fever of patriot ism and ten thousand people had transformed the station into a turbu lent sea with waves of uurestrained emotion. Between tho inspiring strains of patriotic airs and tbe rat tling of drums, shouts of encourage ment were pouring from the mega phoned months of the multitude. "Remember the Maine!" thun dered a man whose appreciation for the eternal fitness of things is more to be admired than his originality. An old fellow with a copper button in the lapel of his coat hobbled through the throng, flourishing his cane iu the air with little consider ation for the comfort of his country men. "Git nixt the whites iv their peep ers, b'ys, thin pop it t' thim!" was the advice of this typical eon of the Em erald Isle. The clang of the bell gavo notice that little time remained for tbe final farewells. Wives, mothers and sweet hearts were clinging about the necks of the departing soldiers, and, amid the tumult, great tears were falling from the eyes of the parting friends. A witness to all these demonstra tions, and alone, with no one to cheer him or to say goodby, was a silent young soldier, who stood lost in rev erie. He looked scarce more than a boy, with a proud military bearing and a handsome face. While his com rades were bidding their last adieus he stood as if transfixed to the plat form, but suddenly he looked about aud exclaimed: "Won't somebody kiss me good by?" Before he could escape a pair of arms were thrown about his neck from behind, aud as he turned ho caught a warm kiss squarely on the lips, and a soft voice whispered: "Be a good boy and come home again!" In nnother instant the savior had gone, but as the train moved oat a dainty white handkerchief was waved in the crowd—and for him. The vision—the sweet face, the burning of the kiss on his lips, aud the tender admonition to "be a good boy and come home again"—followed Eugene Brockwny to Springfield. It broke camp with him when they were ordered Bouth and embarked with him on the transports which carried the regiment to Cuba. In his dreams the girl was sure to pre sent herself, and when the fever took possession of his reason the boys heard him say: "Be a good boy and come home again!" After a year's struggle with war and the elements ot the tropical island Brockway was returned to Chicago, haggard and weak from the privations and hardships of the Cuban campaign. One thought remained uppermost iu his mind. His deeds of daring aud bravery while in the trenches of San tiago, his praises sounded in the home papers, aud his new commission as lieutenant were entirely forgotten in his quiet search for the pretty aud plump little maiden whoso kindliness had completely disturbed his peace of mind, Iu a comfortable and happy home iu one of the suburbs the movements of a certain Illinois regiment had been of uncomraou interest to Mamie Hurd man. She followed the campaign of the infantry in Cuba with a consum ing relish. She scrutinized the printed lists of casualties ami refused to believe that death was able to over come the rugged lad she had jokingly clasped iu her arms, and who, in ro turn, had carried away her heart with neither her consout nor hint of where it might be found iu the future. Several weeks after his return Lieutenant Brockway received an in vitation to a reception he was dis posed to decline, owing partially to the state of his health, but more directly to the general disfavor with which he now considered society girls in comparison with one romping yet sympathetic soul whose image was lodged in his memory. Had it not been for the persistency of his friend, Horace Judsou, he would have re mained in his room. But Horace had sent him word that he would call for him with a carriage and two ladies at 7.30 o'clock, and there was but one thing to do. •"Hang the parties," muttered 'Gene, as he pulled and tugged with his high stiff collar. The door bell rang, and in a moment the familiar voice of Judson was in quiring for 'Gene. "Tell him to hurry; the girls are crazy to see him." In a few moments he was under going a counterfeited enjoyment of greetings, and took his place beside a young lady whom he could see but dimly. She had been presented to him as Miss Hurdman. The conver sation naturally drifted to the war, but it was with a noticeable effort that 'Gene was induced to participate in the discussion. "And you have been with the Illinois, Mr. Brockway?" said Miss Hurdman, plunging into the subject very near her heart. "Yes, I started with the boys," growled tho soldier. "How strange; I had a very dear friend with that regiment. I had known him but a short time," she continued, with a concealed smile, "but I had become very much attached to him, aud the thought of his being so far from home and the object of Spanish treachery has given me an interest in the war which otherwise I would never have felt." The tender and sincere manner of Miss Hurdman in referring to her friend appealed rather strangely to young Brockway, aud he brightened somewhat as he quizzed his clever ! charmer as to her soldier hoy. "Was he a private, Miss Hurd man?" "Well—yes, I believe so," she drolled, feeling her way ont of rather a dangerous corner of the conversa tion, "but was it really true that you had nothing to eat but had beef, which made yon sick?" she added, seeking, with some adroitness, to generalize a bit. "Our provisions were served a la carte," joked Brockway, "but not with the pomp, perhaps, of our Chi cago Delmouicos. But your friend, has he returned to the States?" "No—that is, not that he has told me. It has been so long since I have received any news from the company that I am getting much alarmed. Aud had you no cream for your coffee, and did you often sleep out of doors all night, Mr. Brockway, by the banks of rivers where crocodiles and things werecrawliug and swimming around?" rambled Miss Hurdman, with embar rassed desperation. "The heat and swamps of Cuba were our deadliest enemies, Miss Hurdman, but what was the name of your friend, of what company was he a member? Perhaps I may know something of him " "Are you folks still talking war?" exclaimed Judson, whoso previous at tentions had been so absorbed that he was not aware how his timely in terruption had saved the day for Mamie. "I must tell yon a good joke on 'Gene," continued Judson. "It comes from his own comrades, girls, so I kuow it mnst be true. When he was sick and out of his head iu the army hospital the only thing he ever said was, 'Be a good boy aud come home again.'" "Well, auy fellow's mother would tell him that," laughed Brockway. The thrill which swept through one of the hearts in the carriage at that moment was known to Mamie Hurd man alone. "Could it be possible that this was the fellow," she thought; "and still those were the very words I used," aud she secretly wished that it might be he. When she spoke she leaned lovingly to the shoulder of the young man by her side and softly whispered in his ear: " 'Gene Brockway, your mother never told you that. It was I." A double wedding took place that fall, for 'Gene begged the privilege from his friend Horace, who was to marry Zelia Raymond, the fourth member of the happy driving party which attended the reception.—Chi cago Times-Horald. XVIIU Man Causht in Wolf Trapa. A wild man was captured in the hills near Plum Fork a few days ago. He had been seen a number of times by different persons, but all efforts to capture him had proved fruitless un til Louis Brown, a farmer, set two of his strongest woif traps at a oavo where the man had been sleeping. He was caught in both traps by the nose and right hand. When Brown found him he was trying to loosen the trap from his nose, but when he saw Brown he set up a most dismal howl and attempted tc run. He was re leased and coufined in a stable be longing to William Rice. For several days he would not speak, but he was finally induced to talk. He said his name was Levi Brewer, and that he was raised near Warfield on the Big Sandy. He appears frightened when strangers approach, but quiets down when he finds they do not in tend to hurt him. His nails on his bauds and feet are like the talons of an eagle, and ho is completely cov ered with hair. He told the corre spondent that he had supported him self by fishing and catching game with his hands. —Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal. School* in Japan. Japan at present has 30,000 schools of all sorts, maintained at au annual outlay of about §8,000,000. The num ber of graduates is 100,000; the num ber of pupils of both sexes, about 5,- 000,000. About two-thirds of the total population of school age are re ceiving tuitiou after the model of the school system of the United States, says Popular Science. Ante-Natal Preparation. Beth had never before seen a hump backed maD. "Mamma," she whis pered softly, "did he know he was going to have a bicycle before he was born?"— Judge. UNCLE SAM AT PARIS. HIS PLACE AMONG THE GREAT POWERS. The American Pavilion Given Place of First Importance Fronts on the Famous Klver Seine Kear France's Statne of Washington. The United States national pavilion at the Paris exposition, which was opened recently, is situated on the Quai d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine, among the buildings of the great powers. Its site is one of the best locations at the exposition. The plan of the pavilion is square, with a large central dome and rotunda, three sides of this rotunda having rooms opening out of it. There is a lounging room for gentlemen, a private room for ladies, and a parlor for la dies and gentlemen. The second story is devoted to the states, where visit ors can rest and register their names if they so desire. In the third story are the private offices of the commis sioner general and his staff, and the fourth floor is of a like character to the second. There are two electric American elevators. The style of the exterior of the building is classic, and, while different in design from any of the buildings of the Chicago World's Fair, yet the feeling there prevalent has been kept and is in marked con trast to the present French buildings, which are not so architectural in treat ment. In the central entrance arch, facing the river Seine, is the French statue of Washington, and a bust of McKinley occupies a niche over the door. The interior decorations have been the subject of particular consid eration by an art commission appoint ed for the purpose. The mural deco rations and artistic treatment of the """ U. S. PAVILION. interior o£ the building are the finest examples of decorative art which the United States have thus far produced for any exposition. Annexes for the United States exhibits in agriculture, forestry, liberal arts and navigation have been erected. A MAIDEN LADY Proved Herself Too Itrlght for a Flashy Westerner. Opposite to him at the boarding house sits a maiden lady of certain age and views of life in which senti ment plays but a small part. She has a younger sister who is pretty and handicapped as yet by the pleasing tonviction that life is a romance. He 's large, dresses several times a day, 1b thoroughly self-satisfied, especially ii the idea that he is irresistible when he sets out to please a member of the tpposite sex. This is the conversation ihat took place between him and the maiden lady: "Ah, good morning. tVhere is the pride of the family this morning?" and he looked at the seat usually occupied by the younger sister. "Right here," and she gave an extra flourish with that particular spoonful of oatmeal. Then, thinking to propi tiate this careful elder sister, he asked her advice. "I received a letter this morning from a Chicago lady that I met last summer. I just dropped a line to let her know that sho had a place in my memory. Now she wonders whether we will ever meet again, asks if I ever come to Chicago, and tells how kind I was to her during our brief acquaintance. Now, I was only with her while waiting for a train, don't you know. We walked back and forth on the platform and chatted. Yet it's plain that she's infatuated. I some times think it's a curse for a man to be too attractive." "Pshaw!" ejacu lated the maiden, while the other boarders looked expectant, "do you really want to disillusionize this crea ture from Chicago? How long did you talk to her?" "An hour." "Talk to her another hour." Before dinner he asked the landlady for a seat at anoth er table. —Detroit Free Press. An Ironic Condolence. When a man becomes suddenly rich It not Infrequently follows that he be comes as suddenly oblivious to his old friends. Thus, a Persian havlhg ob tained a lucrative position at court, a friend of his came shortly afterward to congratulate him thereon. The new courtier asked him: "Who are you and why do you come here?" The other coolly replied: "Do you not know me, then? 1 am your old friend, and am come to condole with you, having heard that you had lately lost your j sight."—San Francisco Wave. WOMAN DEFIES AN ARMY. llow the Ranee of JhatiHle Twice Faced the British. An event that is. on the same scale, unparalleled in history was that pro- 1 vided by a woman of noble race, the Ranee of Jhansie, who stood at the head ct her own troops and twice de fied the British army; she, on the sec ond occasion, being so desperately wounded as to bo carried off the field supposedly dead. When the terrible conflagration of the Indian Mutiny was thought to be almost extinguished, this woman —who was singularly hand some, and, in the European sense, still quite young—not only fanned the dy ing flame amongst her own subjects in Central India, giving every active di- , rection for the defence of her city of Jhansie, but her fiery and intrepid spirit brought the very fiercest and ] most bloodthirsty of the mutineers throughout whole provinces to her aid. Sir Hugh Rose, with a British force, made a most memorable speedy march in order to intercept the hordes rush ing to her banner, and when he came before her city she sent out messages of insolent defiance, declaring that she would have him murdered, as she had ordered other Britons to ()e massacred. With her own hands she helped at the guns, whilst furiously urging on her men, and when the place was magnifi cently stormed and taken at the bayo- net's point, she escaped, wounded bad ly. But she soon rallied another army and when she was again defeated al Subejnee, she fought in the first line like a veritable fury, and was mortally wounded. TO SUCCEED PAUNCEFOTE. Lord Thomas Brassey, who !3 said j to be slated for the British embassy at ! Washington on the retirement of Sir j Julian Pauncefote in the fall, is the j present governor general of the colony of Victoria. He is the first lord of his I title and the eldest son of the great ! millionaire railway contractor of Liv- | erpool. Even-in his Rugby and Oxford [ days Brassey showed a passionate fondness for the sea, and in later life LORD THOMAS BRASSEY. ; did much to improve the naval service of his country. He was successful in yachting as weil as in politics, but | none of his successes, no more than his new titles or his enormous wealth, disturbed his equanimity or lessened his strong sentiments of democracy. , It is said that during his administra tion of colonial affairs in Australia, ! Lord Brassey has won all hearts and 1 j has utterly failed to evince the arro gance and pride that Is BO often : complained of in colonial officers of high rank. Lord Brassey is 64 years ! | old. I If you have a bobby do not be afraid ; | to trot It out. ' I DEMOCRATIC LETTER, THE ADMINISTRATION GIVES CUBA A LESSON In th Art of Running Their Postofflee l>epttrtment—Syndicate of Republican Politicians Succeed In Stealing; Immense Sum of Postofflee Money. (Washington correspondence.) One imperial chicken has come home lo roost. An Indiana Republican poli tician named Neely, from Muncie, a political pet and protege of First As sistant Postmaster General Heath, has just been arrested for defrauding the Cuban postal revenues of an enormous sum of money. Neely was the finan cial agent of the postofflee department and practically the custodian of the funds. Present indications point to fraudulent actions involving probably not less than $500,000. Neely is not alone. From present indications it is a safe assertion that probably four fifths of the principal postal officials in Cuba are involved in the crime. Rathbone, the Republican official at the head of the postal administration of Cuba, is a protege of Mark Hanna. He had been chief postofflee inspector in Washington and fourth assistant postmaster general. The main source of fraud was in the sale of several hundred thousand dollars of stamps which were ordered destroyed as their place was to be taken by a new issue, instead of destroying them Neely and his confederates issued them and pock eted the proceeds. The enormous shrinkage in Cuban postal revenues immediately visible and continuing for months did not seem to strike any one connected with the Cuban postal serv ice as at all remarkable. It was exact ly as though a merchant accustomed to a steady volume of business should be entirely indifferent when his clerks and cashier inform him that his cash receipts have suddenly fallen off over 50 per cent Rathbone not only passed everything as all right, but within two weeks pre ceding the discovery of Neely's pecu lations made an official report prais ing Neely highly in the most positive terms. He had, moreover, strenuously resisted all attempts of General Wood, who is in supreme command of Cuba, to have anything to do with the post office department. In fact the discov ery of the crime is due to an army offi cer who dug beneath the surface. Now comes the strangest part. First, the postofflee department In Washington set up a strenuous effort to throw re sponsibility on the war department. Within forty-eight hours this cam paign was dropped as dangerous and a whole host of postal officials were rushed off to Cuba to "investigate." Yet the army officer, Col. Burton, was even then on his way to Washington with all the facts and figures in his possession and evidence enough to hang the whole criminal outfit. Then for one brief day was an expression of stern determination from the white house "to let no guilty man escape." Then another day passes and word comes from Havana that there are to be no more arrests "until there Is ab solute certainty of the guilt of the sus pected parties." The fact is that McKinley and his managers are frightened out of their boots and are trying to cover things up and limit the punishment to Neely and some scape-goat who may be will ing to be sacrificed for the good of the party. But it is too late; the country is thoroughly aroused to the knowledge that It is all a piece of fraud off the bolt of imperialism. The Spaniards were corrupt in Cuba and the Philippines, where the people were unable to determine who should be their rulers. The American officials sent to Cuba or the Philippines are going to follow the same rule. As Lin coln said, no people are good enough to be set over another people as their rulers without their consent. The Philippines are too far away and the censor in too thorough control of the channels of news to permit the facts to reach the republic, but out of the millions which have already been poured into that pestilential hole,there have been few that have not paid their tribute to corruption. This whole administration is rotten, and it is only when some tremendous hue and cry has arisen from the public that the thieves have been punished. It took three years to put in prison Captain Carter, who helped to rob the treasury of $2,000,000 on the harbor improve ments of Savannah. It is about time that the country again raise the Dem ocratic cry of "Turn the rascals out." Higher Prices Lower Wage*. The trade reports issued by Dunn and Bradstreet indicate falling prices accompanied by a shrinkage in the volume of business in every direction. These two great concerns, which in variably represent the Wall Btreet view of affairs, now try to figure that falling prices are signs of commercial health. Last year with equal industry they argued that the rising prices were evident signs of the country's great prosperity. If falling prices from those set by trusts and monopolies were ac companied by proportionate increases' in the volume of business instead of decreases there might be something in their argument. But business is fall ing off. The iron and steel industry has a smaller volume than at any time since the boom started, although prices have gone off 20 per cent. The boot and shoe trade is the smallest since ISM, and in a dozen other direc tions the shrinkage is painfully evi dent. All signs indicate that the boom is over before it had lasted 12 months, sma that dullness and lethargy will mark business conditions for an indef inite period. It has come so ear:.- that the Repub lican organs have net yet been able to tune up their campaign ory that It Is "due to fear of Democratic success next November." The Democrats,how ever, will hear that cry after the Re publican convention has met and might as well prepare for it now. That Republican convention is going to have trouble. It is obliged to declare that the country is more prosperous than ever in its history, and yet In Phila delphia, where the convention will meet, there will be over 10,000 men on a strike, and over 40,000 in the state of Pennsylvania. It will meet at a period when there have been more strikes in more different industries, over a wider stretch of country, than at any time within twelve years. And at a time when public orators will be mouthing of prosperity in the Repub lican platform business throughout the country will be more lethargic than at any time since the paralysis of 1593. But the people, are going to be able to tell the difference between stump prosperity and the kind they are get ting. JACKSON DAY. CUBA MUST BE FREE. The Latin race, to which the Cu bans chiefly belong, acts largely on In tuition, which generally proves to be right, although sometimes a little ahead of the proof required to sustain a deliberate judgment. In their sus picion that President McKinley does not Intend to deal fairly, and that the Republican party, of which he is the chief representative, has designs on their independence, the Cubans have something more than intuition to sus tain them. Secretaary Root has, in guarded but intelligible language, in timated that the prospect of Cuban independence was too shadowy for him to indicate any period at which the United States would evacuate the island, and the course pursued by\he subordinates of the war department has all along indicated a purpose hardly concealed to coerce the Cubans into submitting permanently to Amer ican rule, and giving up any thought of self-government. It is strange, therefore, that some Cuban leaders talk of fighting for the independence of which McKinley and his associates, interested in carving out the island for the benefit of them selves and their friends, are manifest ly scheming to rob them. But rebel lion on the part of the Cubans would he most unwise as well as suicidal. The Democratic party when it comes into power in national affairs will see that the nation's pledges are kept, and the nation's honor vindicated. Dem ocrats perceive—even if Republican veracity and cupidity prevent that party from perceiving—that we can not afford to be false to the solemn promise made when the war with Spain was begun, and that we cannot afford to hold up a Cuba in chains as an example and warning to South America of American turpitude and treachery.—New York News. Tnwne an the Prnhnhlc Nominee. The action of the Sioux Falls con vention both as to its admirable and conservative platform and its nomina tion of Bryan and Towne Is received in Washington by the Democratic leaders as giving evidence that har monious action between all the prin cipal elements opposed to McKinleyism may be expected. Whether the Dem ocratic convention to meet at Kansas City will second the nomination of Mr. Towne for vice-president cannot be forecast with certainty. Mr. Towne stands as the foremost of the silver Republicans who left his party on the silver issue in 1896. And yet from his public utterances it is well known that he stood thoroughly in line with every plank of the Democratic platform adopted at Chicago. He is today thor oughly in harmony with Bryan on the issues which will make up the cam paign this summer and fall. No one will question his adherence to Demo cratic principles; the sole question will be as to availability. His state, Minnesota, is in the doubtful column, and on present indications can be counted on for Bryan in November. Mr. Towne is as earnestly desirous of -McKinley's defeat as any man in the Democratic party and will do ail in his power to bring about that result. The Worm May Turn. Pennsylvania Republicans who had a hand in humiliating and defeating Boss Quay are now trembling in their boots from fear of retaliation. They see indications that the angered boss will attempt to slaughter some of the Republican nominees for congress in the Keystone state. Certainly nothing that he could do would be more nat ural, If a flabby little worm will turn upon his tormentors, why not a brig and chief who has a stiff backbone and blood In his eye?—Schenectady (N. Y.) Star. Discounting Tradition. St. Paul, the apostle, was "one sent;" but the Republicans of St. Paul, Minnesota, since their recent charter election, feel more like the traditional thirty cents.—Albany Ar gus. Silence Is Goldon. Republican devotion to the gold standard isn't a circumstance to their devotion to golden silence, In their platforms, In regard to Porto Rico.— Albany Argus.
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