Freeland Tribune Established 1888. PUBLISHED EVERT MONDAY AND THUHSDAY. BY THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY. Limits OTRICK: MAIS STREET ABOVE CENTRE. FREELAND, PA. 6UUCKIi*TION BATES: One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 four Mon ha 50 Two Months 25 The date which t>s subscription is paid to La on tne address label of each "aper, the change of which to a subsequent date be comes a receipt for remittance. Keep thf figures in advance of the present date. P.e port promptly to this office whenever papef U not received. Arrearages must be putf When subscription is discontinued. Ma'e all money orders, checks, etc..payable to the Tribune Print in j Company, Limued. It is no longer proper to speak of the people who started a revolution a while ago in Colombia as rebels. They have won out and are patriots now. Cremation is becoming increasingly popular in Paris, and the cremator ium erected at the cemetery of Pere Lachaise has already been found to be too small. The Detroit House of Correction duriug the past twenty-one years has turned over to the city 3021,578, earn ing, iu addition. 3125,000 more, which was expeuded in construction and re pairs. This was a yearlv average of over 305,000. It is not believed that this record can be maintained. Hitherto many of the iuuiates have been United States prisoners serving long terms, who became proficient iu the work given them, and were able to finish large quantities of well-made goods. The government of Liberia has offered to lease one of its harbors to the United States for a coaling statiou. This will give the United States navy % harbor of refuge aud repair on the other side of the Atlantic that will be of great convenience if we should ever become iutolvod iu another war. If you will look at the map, also, you will see that a naval station iu Liberia will be quite as convenient for opera tions ou the east coast of South Amer ica as for Africa aud Europe. The two coutineuts come very uear togethei at this point. The tendency of the present day tc make ocean steamships larger and larger is emphasized by the plans of the new vessel which is to be built for the North German Lloyd line. This ship when completed will be forty eight feet longer than the Oceanic, which measures 704 feet. The Deutsch laud, the big ship of the Hamburg- American lino, measures GBS feet. The now steamer will also be the fastest ship afloat, beating the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, whose average daily record is a fraction over twenty two knots. Tlio new ship will also have 5000 more horse power thau the Deutschland. It would seem that the size of ocean steamships must soon reach its limit, otherwise we shall have to enlarge our harbors. A town in Wisconsin has recently passed an ordinance regulating the speed of street cars within city limits at not to exceed eight miles an hour ou single track and ten miles an hour ou doublo track. It was claimed by the local polico that the street railway company had boon violating the ordinance and a test was ar ranged Two city ollicials quietly took their seats as passengers ou a car, and a third official, mounting a bicycle provided with a cyclometer, pedaled alongside, the two officials inside tlie ear acting as timekeepers for liirn. The general speed of the car between stops was never less than twelve miles an hour. At sev 02a) places it reached twenty miles an hour, aud iu one instance it went as high as twenty-six miles an hour. Warrants were issued against all mo tor men running cars above speed, and the city trolley is now vying with tho old horse service in speed and tho disgusted citizens are talking of re scinding their foolish limitations and thus prevent their town from, drifting iuto a back number. Uncle Sam's Rope-Walk. Nearly all the rope used by the Unit ed States navy is manufactured in the government ropewalk at the Charles- : town navy yard. The plant has just been thoroughly overhauled and elec trical motive power has been installed tliere. At the time of the outbreak ol 1 the Spanish war the governnetot rope- ] walk had been allowed to deteriorate, and the navy department was obliged to buy large quantities of supplies outside, but the improvements made since then have so increased the capacity of the plant that it is now one of the largest in the v/orld France consumer Q-" 000.000 gallons of wine annu.-ll). equal to 24.25 gallons ncr capita of population. FOREVER. BT ANNETTE KOHN. Every golden beam of light Leaves a shadow to the sight; Every dewdrop on the ro9e To the ocean's bosom goes. Every 9tar that ever shone Somewhere has a gladness thrown. All that lives goes on forever, Forever und forever. Never yet a spoken word but in echo it was heard; Never was a living thought But some magic it has wrought. And no deed was ever done That bus died from under sun. All t%at lives goes on forever, Forever and forever. 1 THE 60IN TELLER'S ATOREMENT. 1 _ TT T was quite re markable that any f —II one could be vexed .V at Thornton—be was such a thor ongbly congenial fellow. Bnt vexed at him I certainly was, as I sat regarding him through the smoke wreatk3 that drifted up ward from oar after-dinner cigars. It was not merely his having refused me the S3 loan I desired of him that ac counted for my resentment, but the absurdness of bis excuse that I took most seriously to heart. Had be con tented himself with pleading tempor ary financial destitution, it had been amply sufficient and entiroly above criticism. But when my companion nonchalantly appended his declara tion of bankruptcy with the statement that he had that same evening util ized his last S3 in the payment of his quarterly contribution to a foreign missionary fund it was too much. "It's a i traight tip, Joe. Fact is, I've been d-in ; that sort of six years steady now." Seeing that I looked incredulous, he added: "My interest in foreign missions is a simple obligation, quite as essential to my own mental equan imity as to the spiritual welfare of the heathen. Besides, my donations are restricted to a single country." I was quite iu the humor to hear one of Thornton's stories. Where fore, I lighted another of my friend's good cigais, settled myself oomfort ably iu the big stuffed chair I bad pre-emptied aud graciously observed: "Go ahead, old chap; I'm listening." "It happened somewhere about six years ago," began Thornton. "I was at that time employed as coin-teller in the United States sub-treasury in a < large Western city. The duties of my position brought me in contact with people of every nationality. "Most popular of all our cosmopol- ] itan clientage was the Chinese con- I tingent. Hardly a week passed with- i out one or more of those Celestials 1 putting iu an appearance before my window. Though intensely ignorant 1 as to business methods, they were crafty, aud a3 time went by their ir- 1 relevant pigeon English, coupled with 1 an inveterate tendency toward de- I ceitfulnes3, aroused in myself aud as- 1 sistants a cordial dislike for the race, i "Their busiue33 was invariably the i exchanging of specie for gold certifi- i cates, which they wero accustomed 1 either to send away to China or take I with them upon leaving the States for I their uativo realm. In negotiating i the exchange for these certificates i they made it a rule to turn over their : money in paper rolls of miscellaneous 1 amounts and denominations. I "And the provoking part of it was that each and every one of the rogues 1 would mark fictitious values upon I their various packages, with the rosult : that ou counting the money the ng- : gregato would invariably fall short of ! the amount their figures represented, s Expostulations ou my part were per sistently ignored, aud the deception i was attempted with exasperatingregu larity. Finally, having endured the t annoyance for over a year, I deter- i mined to use heroic measures in order < to extirpate it. " 'Jack,'said lin sheer desperation i to my chief assistant, one day, 'this bunco business bas continued quite I long enough, and has got to stop. The t next Mongolian that tries to work 1 this department will hear things from me that'll make his queue curl at the < end.' . "I hadn't long to wait. The very next morning in walked a dapper lit- 1 tie Chinaman carrying a sack of coin. ! i Approaching my window, the celestial deposited his funds on tho counter. j i " 'Catehee clitifieate,' he said iu his I picturesque dialect. " 'You want a certificate?' I re- ' I joiuod with a preliminary survey o! | the money rolls. 'How much you got, s John?' , "'Thlee huu'od fi'ty dollah,' promptly returned the celestial. i " 'All right, John, I look see,' I re- ' joined, not a little skeptically, as I transferred the sack to the computing f table. Having emptied the contents thereon, I tossed the canvas recep- ] taclo into my office chair, which stood conveniently at hand, aud proceeded | 1 with my calculations. As usual, the : result failed to correspond with tho ' Chinaman's statement. The amount i was exactly $lO short. Hurriedly i dashing oil' a certificate in accordance ; with my figures, I turned to the wait ing customer. i '".See here, you yellow scoundrel!' ] said I, roughly, 'what for you t.jl mo yon got $350, when yon got only i $340? Yon think 'Merican man fool to let Chinaman cheat him that way?' ! "With this rebuke I thrust the i document under the window guards toward the Celestial, but to my sur- ] prise be pushed it back, protesting excitedly. i " 'No—no! Catcheo tblee huu'od fl'ty doll ill! Chinaman no cheatue! j 'Meliean man nocouuteelight—catcheo ! ten dollab mo'! '"Not on year li'el' I rejoined. I Every link In friendship's cliatn Forged another ttuk again; Every throb that love has cost, Made a heaven and was not tost. Every look aud every tone Has a seed tn memory sown. Alt that lives goes on forever, Forever and forever. So, O soul, there's no farewell Where souls once together dwell; Have no fears 11 beating heart, There is no such word as part. Hands that meet and closely clasp. Shall forever feel the grasp. All that lives goes on forever, Forever and forevsr. —New York Independent, 'You've got every cent you're entitled to. Now clear out!' "This served only to augment the Celestial's perturbation, and wild ges ticulating. So vehement was his in sistence that I went so far as to re explore the interier of his canvas money bag, in questof a possibly over looked note or gold piece. The in spection, however, was unavailing, aud as to any miscalculation ou my part, I felt that to be out of the ques tion, for, in view of the circumstances I bad been mora thau usually careful iu my counting. "The final conviction that my orig inal conclusions were correct had any thing but a mollifying effect ou my temper, and turning agaiu to the Chinaman, I berated him roundly, and finally ordered the porter to eject him. The lust I saw of hiin ho was | tearfully relating his hapless venture to an uusympathetio policeman. I dropped into my big chair to in dulge in a laugh over the affair, but in the midst of my hilarity I all at once became aware that some hard substauee was pressing against my right hip, aud reaching down I found wedged between the cushion aud scroll work of the chair a roll of silver coins. With a sickening certainty the truth flashed upon me. It was tho China man's missing money, which I had I carelessly thrown, together with the canvas sack, into the chair seat, where, partially hidden by the upholstering it had until now wholly escaped my notice. "For a moment I was quite over whelmed by the awkwardness of the situation, I recalled all too vividly the helpless celestial's efforts to convince me that his claims were accurate, and my heart smote me as I pictured his opinion regarding my motives for sub jecting him to the disgraceful treat ment he had received. Then a wild impulse dominated me to overtake the poor fellow and restore his money iuto his hands. I thrust the package of coin iuto my pocket, caught up my hat and hurriedly left the treasury. "I think the world never seemed so large or so densely populated as when I got out iuto the street. Though I followed the same direction which I had observed the Chinaman to take, I knew that with his ten minutes' start there was little chance of immediately overhauling him. My chief hope lay iu finding him in tho wretched little slum familiarly known as 'Dope' Al ley, where tli9 major portion of tho local Chinese colony lived. While I hurried along I strove to recall his name as I had written it iu the certifi cate. The first part thereof I felt sure was 'Ah,' but whether it were Ah Sing, All Foy or Ah Sam I could not for tho life of me have told. "In this bewildered state of mind I found tile Chinese quarter. A solemn faced Mongol, whoso corpulent anatomy entirely filled the doorway of a dingy, evil-smelling den, was the only visible inhabitant of the district, so I went up and spoke to him. " 'I say, John, you know China man, him first name "Ah?" ' "At my question tho Celestial's erstwhile stolid countenance relaxed iuto an expansive grin,and he chuckled gleefully for a full minute before an swering my query, whereupon he said: " 'Ch, yes, I navy heap Chinaman fusnem Ah. Bailee near all Chinamen catehee that nam. My ueui,' he added, byway of example, 'him Ah Fat.' " 'But tlio Chiuaman I want,' I explained, 'he buy certificate to-day— send China. Y'ou savy him'' " 'Catehee clitifieate thlee huu'ed fi'ty dollah?' inquired tho Ce,'.nstiul astutely. " 'Yes, yes! lie's the chap,' I eagerly rejoined. 'Do you know where he is?' " 'Oh, yes; ho go China!' " 'Gone to China! Why, man, he buy certificate only ball boor ago.' " 'I savv,' was the comfortless as surance. 'Ha go China bou' ten secon' ago.' " 'Ten seconds ago!' I echoed, gaz ing wildly down the street. 'Which way him gone?' " 'Pa' way to laiiload, pa' may go ste'mboat.' "'Yes, lint which one railroad?' I persisted desperately. " 'No navy him. One laiiload—two luilload, alie sem Chinee.' My hopes of overtaking the wronged Celestial were rapidly dissipated. One chance only of returning his money to him now seemed open to me. " 'See here, Fat,' said I confiden tially, depositing a coin iu his yellow palm, byway of holding his interest. 'You tell me all you know 'bout this Cuina boy, will you?' "He scrutinized the coin critically for a moment as if to satisfy himself as to its genuineness, then thrusting it into some hiddeu pocket within the folds of his baggy pantaloons, he ran his little eyes suspiciously over me and asked: " 'WUalla matta China boy? You detective, like catcbee fo' get China— eh?' " 'No, no; not that!' I protested aversely. 'I China boy's friend—got mouey belong him—like pay him— savy?' " 'Wy yon no pay To* him gone?' was the still skeptical rejoinder. "Whereupon I told him the story of the certificate, explaining that I wished to send the amount in my possession to the owner's address in China. The suggestion, however, elicited co enthusiasm from Ah Fat. 4 4 4 No can do,* he declared with con vincing brevity. 4 4 4 But why not,' I persisted. 4 You know China boy's name aud where he's gone, don't you?' 4 4 4 Oh, yes; him riem Ah Sin, an* he go Chiua. Bat China not sern like Melican town. Chiua alle sein big couutlee.' 44 1 accepted this latter statement as incontrovertible and went back to the treasury. What to do with that $lO was the most difficult problem I ever wrestled with. "Finally an idea struck me. I would put auother $lO with that of the Chiuamau's aud take the entire subtreasury force out to dinner. It was the only way I could conceive whereby to rid myself of that beastly roll of silver. "So I gave the diuuer, but every dish ou the board seemed branded with the accusatory legeud 4 Ah Sin.' 4 'That night I had a dream. I thought I had been cast among many tribes, whose manners and religious were alike perplexing aud diverse,but none were so viie as tho Chiistian. Ho it was who had reviled me without cause and robbed me of my earnings. Aud when I bad returned to my own laud aud found that tho Christiuu was seeking to sow the a oeds of his relig ion among my people I was wroth in my heart, aud made p. vow that while I lived my baud should be raised against him aud my voice against his teachings. 4 'Early the next day I communicated with a foreign missionary association and pledged myself to pay each quar ter throughout the remainder of my life au interest of ten per cent, per mouth on that $lO deficit, the amount to be applied solely to Chinese mis sions. Therein lies my ono hope of some day reaching my unintentional victim and of convincing him that all Christians are not like the one he may have mistaken for an example of the creod."—St Louis Globe-Democrat. SUED FOR A SHOCK. An Amusing C:ise That Has Just Washington Laugh. There was a funny case tried in the Washington courts recently. A butcher of the name of Nealon had au electric fan in his stall at tho market to cool the atmosphere and drive away the Hies. It was manipulated by a small thumbscrew beneath the coun ter, and when Nealon discovered that he could charge his body with elec tricity by placing his hand or his foot against the thumbscrew he indulged iu practical jokes upou such of his customers as lie thought were amiable enough to eudure them. When some handsome young girl or jolly house wife would pick up a leg of lamb or a roast of beef to examine it Nealon would place his hands upon it, close the circuit, and she would receive au electric shock. Nobody was hurt or badly frightened and Nealon made a good deal of fun for his customers. Oue day, however, a man of the name of William Sohultz, who has no sense of humor and hates practical jokes, picked up a piece of corned beef from the counter of Nicholas Auth, who had the adjoining stall. Mr. Auth had left his place in charge of Neigh bor Nealon for a few moments while he went to do an errand. When ho returned Mr. Hchultz, who was one of his regular customers, was dancing around like a wild man and crying for vengeance. It seems that Nealon. with his hunger for fun, had taken hold of the chunk of corned beef which Schultz had picked oil Mr. Autk's counter aud had given tho nervous man a shock from which he claims to have suffered both iu body au