GIVES UP THE CHASE.
Lord Roberts Has Returned to
Pretoria.
GENERAL BOTHA AGAIN ESOAPEB.
The lloer I.cadvr Get Away Into tlic
MonntaltiM With Several ThoiiHand
Men General linden-Powell lle
■ leited nt ltiiMteiilHirK.
London, July 30.—General Roberts lia*
moved his henduarturs back again ti
Pretoria. '1 he reason assigned is tlic
continued uncertainty of communications
and the small numbers of Boers to the
eastward. Some reports, however, indi
cate that his advance was stopped owing
to the failure to capture Commandant
General Botha, who luis once more elud
ed'the British cavalry. One correspond
ent ascribes this failure to General Bui
ler being unable to co-operate, circum
stances preventing his leaving the rail
way; but, whatever the cause, Genera!
Botha and his followers, numbering sev
eral thousand, have again escaped.
General French has occupied Middle
burg, in the Transvaal, and General Pole-
Carew, with the Guards brigade, has ar
rived at Brug spruit, 20 miles west ot
Middlchurg.
The war office has received a dispatch
from Lord Roberts explaining that only
one train was captured on the night of
July 21 between Ivroonstadt and the
Vital and that it contained supplies and
two officers and 100 men of the Welsh
fusileers.
A dispatch from Fouriesburg, dated
July 27. shows that the capture of Fou
riesburg was preceded by heavy fighting
to force a passage of the passes, which
was stubbornly contested for two days.
General Hunter's forces had the hardest
work in forcing Relief's nek, his casual
ties amounting to about 100.
General Delnrey is besieging General
Baden-Powell at Rustenhurg, in west
ern Transvaal. The relief force sent to
General Baden-Powell's assistance, un
der Colonel Hickman, proved too weak
to be effective and was obliged to fall
back on Pretoria.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph
from Lourenco Marques says that Pres
ident Kruger is now at Watervalouder.
He adds that a big fight is expected and
that if the Boers are beaten President
Kruger will trek through Swaziland to
Delagoa Bay and take a steamer for
Europe.
War Reaches San Francisco.
San Francisco, July 20.- A fierce dis
pute has broken out in Chinatown be
tween Ho Vow, the Chinese consul gen
eral, and Tong K. ('hong, editor of The
Chinese World and of The Oriental and
Occidental Press, one of the lenders of
the Reform association, which seeks te
raise an army and overthrow the em
press dowager and restore the emperor,
Kwang Hsu, to the throne. The editoi
devoted three pages of his American pa
per Saturday to a scorching of the con
sul general and an alleged exposure of
his weakness and deception. The consul
general retaliates with the explanation
that the editor is leading a revolutionary
party which has 3,000 members in China
town, all of whom he has watched by
spies and detectives.
General Wllmoii OIF Far Cliinn.
New York. July 30. Brigadier Gen
eral James H. Wilson departed last night
nt half past 5 o'clock for San Francisco,
where ho will embark on' Aug. 3 on the
Japauese steamer America Maru for the
seat of the disturbances in China, lie
was accompanied by his 'aids, Lieuten
ants J. H. Reeves and G. Sou la I'd Turn
er. The general, who was until recently
governor of the Cuban province of Ma
tan/.as, has been ordered to China tc
take an active part in the military oper
ations there. He has been in China be
fore, having spent a year there,, and it
entirely familiar with the territory which
is the scene of the insurrection.
Mr. Ilryaii'N Speech Nearly Ready.
Lincoln, Neb., July 3b. —Mr. Bryan is
so well along with his notification speech
and his plans arc so well developed that
he hopes soon to be able to announce
his itinerary for the trip to Indianapolis
and return. He has no knowledge of
the time and place for his notification by
the Populists and Free Silver Republic
ans. and it is not believed his present
itinerary takes into consideration that
function. Local politicians had hoped
that if it was to be in the west Mr.
Bryan's home in Lincoln would be the
place selected, but it is now thought To
peku will secure the meeting.
No Hull For Rnlhhoiic.
Havana. July 30.—The court before
whom Mr. Hstos G. Rathhone, formerly
director of posts of Culm, was arraigned
Saturday after his arrest on a charge of
fraud issued an order directing that the
prisoner be removed to the Carcel, but
Lieutenant Colonel Scott, acting govern
or general, advised that he he allowed to
remain in the Vivae until it was known
whether bail would be secured. His at
torneys are confident of getting a satis
factory bondsman today. Many persons
called upon Mr. Rathbone to express
their sympathy with him in his predica
ment. Among them was General Lee.
CoiiiiiiiNMioiier Dneli to Rcnlkii,
Syracuse, July 30.—Commissioner of
Patents Charles H. I Midi, who has been
for some time in Syracuse taking his
vacation, contemplates resigning at an
early day. It is said that Mr. Duell's
plans are not entirely settled, and he is
not certain yet as to what time he will
retire, but unless he changes his present
plans it will be within a short time. Mr.
Duell's purpose in resigning is said to
be that he may be able to devote his en
tire time to his patent business.
Troops Sail For C'lilnn.
Snn Francisco, July 30.— The transport
Hancock sailed at 10 o'clock yesterday
for Taku, via Nagasaki, with four bat
teries of the Third artillery, numbering
473 men. under command of Captain
Charles Humphreys. Major Hugh J.
Gallagher, chief commissary of Major
General Chaffee's staff, was among the
Hancock's passengers.
Steamer's Cargo on Fire.
Philadelphia, July 30.—The Clyde linn
Iteamer Goldsboro has arrived here from
New York with portion of her cargo in
flames. The fire started iti the forehold
and is suppopsed to have been the t result
of spontaneous .combustion.
WeatLer Forecast.
Local rains, followed by fair; fresh
loutlArly winds,
THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. •
i
There is a time of morning
When the Jubilant, newborn day
And the opal tints of approaching dawn
In the eastern iky is movemont.
No glow, but impending change. 1
The house is filled with echoes; j
Familiar rooms look strunge.
Slip hack the bolts and leave Lhemi
Steal out beneath the sky; i
Stand alone in an unknown world j
Of awful purity. /
Stand alone with folded hands, j
Wait for the gift of wings.
Wait to be lifted higher,
Nearer the heart of things! ,
The heavens are clear and moonlit
Though the moon is on the wane;
The wind that wailed throughout the night
Drops with a sigh of pain.
A vague alarm is creeping
Over the fields and lawn;
Time pauses, night Is over,
And yet it is not dawn.
Away down in the pastures
The cattle turn ami moan;
All living ttiings are troubled
With a sense of the unknown.
.
For they with eyes may see now,
And they who question know. ;
Make the most of the inagic hour;
The east begins to glow I
• • t i t t
The east is all in tumult,
The charmed hour is post,
For, breaking up the quiet skies,
The day appears at last.
—Olive Molesworth in Chambers' Journal.
PAYING FOR A MEAL.
It Won Worth a Shilling: to Plclc
Those Bones.
Colonel Ebenezer Sproat, of Revolu
tionary fame, was born and bred In
Middleboro, Mass. lie was always
fond of a joke and was quick to seize
an opportunity to Indulge Ids propen
sity, as the following incident, related
by Dr. Hildreth, well Illustrates. Ills
father, also a Colonel Sproat, kept a
tavern. One day while Ebenezer was
at home on a furlough three private
soldiers, on their return from the seat
of war, called for a cold luncheon.
Mrs. Sproat set on tlie table some
bread and cheese with the remnants of
the family dinner, which her son
thought rather scanty fare for hungry
men. He felt a little vexed that the
defenders of the country were not
more bountifully supplied. The sol
diers, after satisfying their appetites,
risked him how much they should pay.
Ebenezer said he would ask his moth
er. lie found her in the kitchen.
"Mother," he said, "how much Is It
worth to pick those bones?"
"About a shilling, I guess," she an
swered.
The young officer returned to the sol
diers, and, taking from the barroom till
3 shillings and smiling genially upon
them, gave each man one and with
good wishes sent them on their way.
Mrs. Sproat soon after came In and
asked Ebenezer what he had done with
the money for the soldiers' dinner.
In apparent amazement he exclaim
ed: "Money! Did I not ask you what
it was worth to pick those bones, and
you said a shilling? I thought it little
enough, for the bones were pretty bare,
and I handed the men the money
from the till, and they are gone."
Mrs. Sproat could not find heart to
reprove her favorite son for this mis
interpretation of her words, and then
she, too, loved a joke, and so, after an
instant's glum look, she laughed and
said it was all right.—Youth's Com
panion.
Ants Invent n Wagon.
"There are a good many ants of dif
ferent varieties on the lot at my coun
try place, near Covington, and last
year I began to make a systematic
study of their habits," says a contribu
tor to the New Orleans Times-Demo
crat. "Near one of my flower beds Is
a colony of small red ants that are ex
tremely Industrious in collecting food,
and they frequently perform the most
astonishing engineering feats In trans
porting heavy burdens to their home.
"Not long ago I watched a party of
about a dozen who had found the body
of a small spider and were dragging it
toward the nest. The spider had hairy
legs, which stuck out in every direction
and caught on obstacles, greatly re
tarding progress. For several min
utes the ants tolled away with their
awkward booty and then stopped and
seemed to hold a council. A minute
fragment of dry leaf was lying on the
ground, and presently they all lay hold
ami pulled the spider on top of It.
Then they seized the edges and slid It
along without difficulty."
The Advance of Time.
The age of man, we are told, Is three
score years and ten. From 25 to 40,
if the health he good, no material al
teration is observed. From thence to
50 the change is greater. Fifty-five
to (30, the alteration startles; still we
are not bowed down. In the earliest
periods of our life the body strength
ens and keeps up the mind; In the later
stages of it the reverse takes place,
and the mind keeps up the body; a
formidable duty this and keenly felt
by both. Such Is time's progress.—
Scottish American.
Tlie Carp In Very Ilony.
People marvel at the mechanism of
the human body, with Its 4!)2 hones
and (10 arteries, hut man Is simple la
this respect compared with the carp.
That remarkable flsli moves no fewer
than 4,38(1 hones and muscles every
time It breathes. It has 4,320 veins, to
say nothing of its lit) muscles.
The Worst of It.
Jack—Tom, I'm In a terrible tlx. I'm
engaged to three girls.
Tom— Well, that's not exactly a crime.
.Tack—No; that's the Worst of It. If
It were, I could go to prison and have
some peace.
To Improve the golden moment of
opportunity and catch the good that Is
within our reach Is the great art of
life.—Johnson.
If n woman tries to practice what
her husband preaches, she has no time
for gossip.—Chicago News.
THE Git AND SCHEMER
A STROKE OF GENIUS THAT PUTS MIL
LIONS BEHIND HIM.
Major Crofont Striken a Genuine
Good Thing and Divide., or Pro
test. That He In Witling to Divide,
With HI. Chiropodist.
[Copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewis.)
It was tlic chiropodist from the floor
nbove the major's olilce, and ho passed
the door two or three times before
knocking, as If to get up his courage.
"Come in!" called the major In a
bland and cheery voice. "Come right
In! By George, but what a coincidence
—what a coincidence! Mot a minute
,lgo I sat down to write you a note
asking you to stop down here. There
is surely such a thing as mental teleg
raphy."
"You have owed me $1 for the last
four months," stiffly replied the chirop
odist as lie lugged out n bill.
"Just so—exactly—just so!" smiled
the major as he rubbed his hands to
gether. "Yes, sir, about four mouths
"1 WANT TIIAT HOLLAR!"
ago yon removed two corns from my
right foot. The circumstance is per
fectly fresh In my memory."
"And you said you'd pay me uext
day."
"I presume I did. Y'es, I know I did,
nnd I humbly apologize that It slipped
my inliul. My dear man, permit me to
pay you .s2—s3, .$4, $5. I have a check
here for $250. You may hand me $245
balance, aud I shall he perfectly satis
lied."
"1 haven't got no $245," replied the
man, "aud I only want what Is duo
mo. I'll go to tho hank with you."
"Don't! Don't do It! I'll never for
give myself for putting you to that
trouble. Yes; 1 was about to write you
a note. It was surely a curious thing—
your coming down as you did. Doctor,
do you know where I stood financially
four months ago?"
"Mighty hard up, I guess," was the
sullen reply.
"You've hit It. Yes, sir, I was so
hard up that I dhln't own the shoes to
my feet. It was the hardest kind of
work for me to raise a dollar. The
cold, cruel world sneered at me and
called me a deadbeat, hut there were
u few exceptions. You were one. In
my darkest hour you had confidence In
me. When 1 wanted those corns re
moved, you didn't demand payment iu
advance."
"I wish I had!"
"M'o, sir. You trusted in my word,
nnd you didn't seek to humiliate me,
and you aroused my deepest gratitude.
I have offered to pay you five for one,
hut I shall not stop there. It shall he
5,000 and more for one. Can you sell
out your business or give It away to
day or tomorrow?"
"Are you going to pay ino the dol
lar?" sternly demanded the chiropodist.
"If you can't sell out, give it away,
lock It up, throw It out of the window!"
continued the major as he walked
about the room. "My dear man, listen
to me. Four months ago I was hard
up for a quarter; today I have mil
lions behind me—millions and millions.
I may lie suld to swim In gold."
"I'll he hanged If you look It!"
"And how lias the change been
brought about? By my indefatigable
genius, coupled with ambition. I look
ed around for a ten strike. It was a
little slow In coming, hut I lilt It at
last. What do you think of the Veal
Cutlet Tablet company; capital, $5,-
1KJ0.0U0? There are the papers on my
desk to perfect the organization and
apportion the stock —over $2,000,000
of the stock subscribed for In advance
at 70 cents ou the dollar, and capital
ists tumbling over each other to take
the remainder. Doctor, lot mo congrat
ulate you. Shake hands!"
"Over what? I'm after my dollar."
"Over your appointment as secretary
of the company, at a salary of SIO,OOO
a year, and you can begin work tomor
row. As an official you also have first
choice of $20,000 worth of stock. You
trusted Major Crofoot, aud this Is the
result; this Is your reward. Shake
hands again!"
"Not by a durn sight! You might as
well give up trying to work any cold
deck in on me. I want thnt dollar."
"And it was my genius and my finan
ciering which brought It about," said
flic major as he rubbed his bauds and
flatted tlie chiropodist on the shoul
der. "The thought came to me while I
was eatlug a, veal cutlet at ray hoard
ing house. Our veal tablets are exact
ly what tlie name Implies. We prepare
a cutlet for tlie table aud then com
press It and divide It Into tablets. Ev
ery box contains 25, and the price is
15 cents. Two weeks henco they will
be ou sale at every drug store Iu the
United States, and all doctors will rec
ommend 'em. You (lou't have to wait
for breakfast or dinner to get your cut
let. Just drop a tablet Into your mouth
and let It dissolve, and there you are.
Can be takeu with you to church, lec
tures, halls, camp meetings or horse
races; should he In the hands of all
travelers, hunters, sailors aud baseball
men. In less thnn three months they
will drive every other tablet out of
market. Invented, organized and nam
ed in less than ten hours aud bound to
pay dividends of 50 per cent. My dear
man"—
"Look here now!" exclaimed the chi
ropodist as he pounded ou the table.
"I've come for my dollar! Don't try to
stuff me, but come down with the
cash!"
"And the company had only been
named when I thought of you for tho
position of secretary," mused the ma
jor without seeming to have heard the
Indignant protest. "You were a man
who had trusted me. When others de
manded cash down, you gave me a
show. My heart swelled as I thought
of this, and I set the salary at SIO,OOO
a year, payable quarterly in advance.
Shall I draw you a check for the first
quarter?"
The chiropodist looked at the major
as if woudeidug if he had met a crazy
man.
"I snid SIO,OOO a year, but If that is
not enough—if you feel that you ought
to have $20.000 —speak right up. I
want j r ou to be perfectly satisfied, you
know. Will $20,000 a year be enough?"
"What about my dollar?"
"The tablets will be a go. They can't
help but be. Let us walk out iu the
hall while I tell you that the public
can't get enough of veal cutlets in their
present form. They are always eager
for more. They want the taste of cut
lets in their mouths as they go about
their daily routine. Fifteen cents a
box in order to compete with potash
lozenges, but a profit of 10 ceuts on
every box! Take the sales at 10,000,-
900 boxes a year, and what do you
get? You want stock. You want at
least"—
"Not a blamed cent's worth! I want
my dollar!"
—"at least $20,000 worth of stock.
You shall have it. You have paid me
$1 to secure It, and don't you worry. It
will be made in your name, and later
on — Excuse me."
The major stepped into his office and
Shut the door.
"Here, what's this?" called the chi
ropodist.
The major locked the door.
"Look here, you old deadbeat! 1
want that dollar!"
The major sat down at his desk and
lighted the stub end of a cigar.
"You come out of that and pay this
bill, or I'll bust the door down!" shout
ed the creditor as he gave two or three
kicks.
The major calmly puffed away and
gazed out of the window, and the look
on his face would have reminded a be
holder of buckwheat cakes aiul mo
lasses.
"Then I'll lay for you out here and
punch your old head! Do you hear
me ?"
The major did not hear. lie was per
fecting the organization of the Veal
Cutlet Tablet company and wondering
whether the Canadian general agency
should be placed In Toronto or Quebec.
M. QUAD.
SUCCESS AND FAILURE.
The Higher the Purpose the Rarer
the Achievement.
If by success we mean the full ac
complishment of an end, the actual
reaping of a harvest of results, then it
Is undoubtedly true that the higher
and nobler the purpose the rarer will
he the success. If we aim to relieve a
man's hunger, we can quickly succeed
In tho easy task, hut If we aim to In
spire him with a desire to earn his own
bread the work is more difficult and
the success far more problematical.
If we would restrain a thief from rob
bery, the prison bars and locks insure
success, but if we would make an hon
est man of him our task is a complex
one, and success may be afar off. We
undertake to teach a child to read. If
with requisite effort we follow up our
task, we are successful, but If we as
pire to raise the educational standard
of our community how arduous the
task, how uncertain the result, how
questionable the success!
The low man sees a little thing to do,
Sees it and does it;
The high man, with a great tiling to pursue,
Dies ere he knows it.
Is his life, then, a failure? No; let
us never Imagine that any high pur
pose, any noble thought, any generous
emotion, any earnest effort, is ever lost.
We may never witness its growth, we
may not live to gather its fruit or even
to see its blossoms, but we may safely
trust that somewhere and at some
time the harvest will he abundant, and
success, long hidden, shall become ap
parent.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Tlic Wickedest lilt of Sea.
Nine out of ten travelers would tell In
quirers that the roughest piece of wa
ter is that cruel stretch in the English
channel, and nine out of ten travelers
would say what was not true. As a
matter, of fact, "the wickedest bit of
sea" Is not in the Dover strait, or in
yachting, for example, from St. Jean
de Luiz up to Pauillac, or across the
Mediterranean "race" from Cadiz to
Tangier, nor is it in rounding Cape
Horn, where there is what sailors call
a "true" sea. The "wickedest sea" is
encountered in rounding the Cape of
Good Hope for the eastern ports of
Cape Colony.—Shipping World.
Fllsrht of Time.
Old Med—Well, old pian, how'd you
sleep last night? my advice
about counting up?
New Med—Yes, Indeed; counted up
to 18,000.
Old Med—Bully! And then you fell
osleep, eh?
New Med—Guess not; It was morn
ing by that time, and I had to get up.
—Pennsylvania Punch Bowl.
Never hear more than one kind of
trouble at a time. Some people bear
three kinds—all they have had, all they
have now and all they expect to have.
Learn to keep your ears open and
your mouth closed.—Dallas News.
WOMAN AND FASHION.
Frock of Linen and lilue Foulard.
Gown For Wurrn Weather—Faah
ion lilitta and Notea.
The linen frock here lllustruted is a
most chic little affair. It Is lakl In u '
few tucks on the hips and stitched
with blue to match the foulard, which
LINEN AND BI.U? FOOT W:tt.
forms a little square draped vest, collar
and blouse which shows only at the
Bides. A square lace collar covers the
foulard collar, and those little blue and
white silk tassels down the front are
quite the latest. A few tiny tucks ap
pear on the bodice and sleeves. The
belt Is of folded blue velvet, with an
antique gold buckle In front. A hat of
lace straw In almost the exact shade
of the dress Is quite the thing to wear
with this frock. Blue velvet bands en
circle the crown, while an enormous
pale pink poppy spreads Itself all over
one side In a delightfully "picturesque
way.—New York Mall and Express.
Gown For Warm Weather.
This gown Is of old rose lawn pat
terned with white. The skirt Is simply
adorned at the bottom with two smull
ruffles and Is tucked across the back.
The bodice Is plaited on the shoul
ders and Is ornamented with squares
OLI) ROSK LAWN,
of embroidered batiste and lace, con
fining the fullness to the fcust and
forming stylish epaulets. In the mid
dle of the front is a full plaited vest
of fine white lawn, adorned by a jabot
of lace falling from a collar band of the
rose and white lawn. The sleeves lit !
the arms comfortably and are trimmed
at the wrists with the batiste and lace.
—Philadelphia Ledger.
A Fashion Hint.
A point noticed ou many of the new
gowns is that the trimming on the
front of the waist and the trimming on
the front of the skirt are often exactly
alike, the only break being where the
belt crosses. For example, where tho
front of the waist Is tucked the same
tucking is repeated on the frout
breadth of the skirt, but tho Hue of
tucks is made narrower just at the
waist line. Tfds Improves the figure
and takes away the square look that
would otherwise be given. There Is
always a trimming down the front of
the waist on either side of this other
trimming, which is repeated ou tho
skirt.—Havpot'e Bazar.
A Novelty.
A novelty of the season Is a fine, soft
challls with a handkerchief border.
The ground Is of one color with a ring
or almond figure. A red or blue ground
Is distinguished by one of black. The
border In every example carries out
the two colors effectively. A very lit
tle additional trimming Is required ■
with these goods, the border suggest
ing pleasing decorative possibilities.
lie that worries himself with the i
dread of possible contingencies will
never he at rest.
The
Tribune
Is
The Leading
Newspaper
In
Freeland!
At the subscrip
tion price of $1.50 per
year the Tribune costs
its readers less than
one cent a copy.
Think of that!
Less than one
cent a copy! And for
that you get all the
local aews, truthfully
reported and carefully
written up.
Besides all the
local news, the Tri
bune gives the news
of the world in a con
densed form.
Thus the busy
workman can keep in
formed as to what is
going on in the world
without buying any
other paper.
The Tribune is
essentially a newspa
per for the home cir
cle. You can read it
yourself and then turn
it over to your chil
dren without fear of
putting anything ob
jectionable into their
hands.
Order It
from
Tlie Carriers
or
from
Tlie Office.