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Bishop Potter of New Yorfc City de plores the decline of home cooking, and expresses sorrow for the coming of what he calls the "tinned" era. What a country is China for the newspapers of the future! For the 400,000,000 inhabitants of the Celestial Empire there are at present 50 news papers, or only one for every 8,000,000. Both the London Express and the London Mail dwell upon the decadence ■of British trade owing to American and German competition. They are endeavoring to get self-satisfied John Bull to realize the seriousness of the situation. In the future, it is not unlikely that riders of motor machines on in-door tracks will be arrayed in foot ball suits. The motor team of the future will have head-pieces, thickly padded • suits, with particularly heavy padding at the knees and elbows. Even nose pieces will be worn. In the falls men cut their heads so that stitches have to be taken; they skin their shoulders and elbows, throw their fingers out of joint and injure themselves in a dozen different ways. The padded suits will prevent all this. The Colorado Museum association has bought a collection of stuffed birds and animals, which will be the nucleus of a great Rocky Mountain museum, the site of which will be the City Park of Denver. A museum thoroughly representative of the Rocky Mountain region would be of the highest interest and value. In par ticular, such a museum should seek to amass the most complete memorials of Indian life which, to the men of a few hundred years hence, will be mat ter of deep wonder and curiosity. The postofiice department has de cided upon six special stamps for the benefit of the Pan-American exposi tion at Buffalo. The one-cent stamp, of green color, will have a picture of a lake steamer to represent the great transportation industry of the inland seas in which Buffalo is so much in terested. The two-cent stamp, printed in red, will have a railway train; the four-cent stamp, in red brown, an automobile; the five-cent stamp, in blue, a picture of the new bridge at Niagara Falls; the eight-cent stamp, in lilac, a picture of the lock at Sault Ste. Marie, and the ten-cent stamp, of light brown, an ocean steamer. Another communistic experiment has come to grief in the dissolution of the Christian Commonwealth Col ony, which was founded three years ago in Muscogee county, Georgia, by 40 men, women and children frora Ohio. They were an exceptionally in telligent. and worthy body of people. Plain cottages wore built, and a com mon dining hall, which was also used for religious services, was established. The first year \va:. a prosperous one. Fine crops were raised and good prices secured for the products. A sawmill was built, a gristmill and a broom factory were profitably operated, and a dairy not only furnished the communify with all the milk and but ter needed, but afforded a surplus for the market. Then new members came and trouble began. Many shirked their work; gossip and scandal be came rife; debts were incurred which there was no money to meet, and now it is announced that the colony ha 3 fconc to pieces. I he first savings bank in the United State- was established in 1816. In 1820 there were 10 savings banks in all, with KOJS depositors. In 1899 there were 942 savings banks, with 5,687.000 deposi tors. and with t tal deposits of $2,230,- ooo.oco. More than 100 tons of mistletoe were received at British ports during holi day week. AT LAST. When on my day of life the night is falling, And. in tho winds from unsunned spaces blown. ; I hear far voices out of darkness call- I ing I My feet to paths unknown. I Thou who hast made my home of life so pleasant. Leave not its tenant when Its walls I decay; ; D Love divine, O Helper ever present, I Be Thou my strength and stay. 1 Be near me when all else Is from me I drifting. Earth, sky, home's picture, days of shade and shine k,nd,y faces to my own uplifting lhe love which answers mine. I have but Thee, O Father! Lot Thy Spirit Be with me then to comfort and up hold; No gate of pearl, no branch of palm, I merit; Nor street of shining gold. Suffice it if. my good and ill unrcckened, And both forgiven through Thy abound ing grace, I find myself by hands familiar beck oned Unto my fitting place. ; So, ne humble door among Thy many mansions. Some sheltering shade where sin and striving cease And Hows forever through heaven's green expansions The river of Thy peace. 1 here from the music round about me stealing, I fain would learn the new and holy song, And find at last beneath Thy trees of healing, The life for which T long. —John G. Whiltier. For Love of Madelaine. BY JAMES O'SHAUGHNESSY. (Copyright, 1900, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) Although I had been a frequent caller at the home of Madelaine Zim mer, as I had a right to be, I had never met Charles Newkirk there. Indeed, there were many other young men of my acquaintance whom I had never met at her home, for that matter, but the fact that Newkirk and I never happened to be callers in the luxurious house of the Zimmers at the same time is worthy of mention. This was the Newkirk who was in love with Madelaine. His tenderness for her was hardly within my knowledge, as he had never told me of it, but it was so firmly a matter of belief with me that it in terfered with my ease of mind. I knew he called to see her; that was suffi cient to make out a plain case of ri valry against him. After that when ever I encountered him at the club or at receptions the very sight of him quickened my sense of envy. His handsome features, his rakish mus tache, his correct clothes and his graceful carriage had the distressing effect of putting me in despair oL' win ning Madelaine so long as he was in the field. For that reason I was glad I had never met him when I was pay ing my devotions to her, as I felt I " "ould suffer, by comparison, in her eyes. If he was handsome and dashing, he was devoid of some of the essentials for a good husband. I knew this. Madelaine, I was sure, did not know it. Therefore, as one who loved her with every fiber of his heart that was sensi ble to passion, I felt a double purpose in my wooing—to save her from him and to win her for myself. 1 wanted to tell her what sort of a fellow at heart Newkirk was. Being his rival, however, I dared not. 1 knew from the discoveries Leßruyere made in dissecting the souls of women that it would have a contrary effect. Newkirk never spoke of her to me. I never spoke of her to him. She never mentioned him to me. Still he kept calling to see her. So did I. Still he and I never met there. When he called I stayed away. When I called he did not come. It might have 'ap peared to Madelaine we were dodging The very sight of him quickened my of envy. each other. I was glad we were, for I feared my impetuous disposition would have spoiled my chances. Fortunately I was able to preserve r.n unruffled demeanor, but I was watchful and determined. Newkirk had affairs of business that called him often to New York. I heard also in the club gossip that he had an affair of the heart there, too. From that moment 1 was resolved to put a Uteral construction cm the maxim: -'Ail is fair in love and war." Soon after this Newkirk went East, to remain a mouth, he said. In happy coincidence the Zimmers left the very next day to pass the summer session at Charlevoix. The day following I sailed for Charlevoix to pass my vaca tion. She welcomed me there with evidences of delight. It was a period of supreme happiness to be near and to know that Newkirk would not in terfere for a whole month. Then was my time, if ever, I real ized, to win her. As a wise general would do preparatory to assaulting a citadel, I made a plan. It was simple enough. It was to tell her that New kirlc was dead. That would leave the field clear. In her moment of bereave ment I would naturally be the one man to whom she would turn for con solation. The rest would be easy. I broke the sad news to her one day while we were strolling along the cliffs. She didn't take it much to heart, and I feared for my success. Women are so much more confiding in times of grief. It was too late to change the plan then. I did the best I could. I held her hand, I pressed it to my lips, I muttered things so tender that they escaped my articulation. When I thought there was nothing proper left for me to do but jump over the cliff and hope they would never find my body, she turned to me with an expression of tenderness in her great brown eyes that filled my soul with joy. "And you love me, Madelaine?" I sighed. "I have loved you with all my heart for a Jong, long time, John," she whispered. There we plighted our troth. The She gave a scream and threw herself fainting in my arms, birds sang sweeter than ever they sang before. The sun shone brighter; the lake and the sky were bluer aud the air was' perfumed as we slowly paced along. We forgot the dinner hour and didn't care, for we were happy. It was late in the afternoon when we returned to the hotel. We were sitting in the cooling shade of the great veranda. Another boatload ol visitors hauled up from the wharf were being discharged from the hacks and we wero studying them as they passed into, the hotel. My eye fell on one of them and it made my love-laden heart stop beat ing. Madelaine saw my sudden emo tion. "What is the matter, John, dear?" she exclaimed in affright. I could not find words at that mo- 1 ment, but she followed my fixed stare ; with her terrified glances until she. 1 too, saw the cause of my attack ot i momentary paralysis. She gave a scream and threw her self, fainting, in my arms. Tltpre, among the new arrivals, stood ; Charles Newkirk, back from the grave In which I bad so recently placed him. "What docs this mean, Newkirk?" ! I demanded as savagely as I could ; when I recovered a part of my senses Whatever answer he made was Ins j to me, for at that moment Madelaine'i mother came shrieking to her daugh- 1 ter's aid. A score of other womer I rushed in upon me. I surrendered mj ' fainting loved one to their more skill- j ful attentions, and extricating myseli from the hysterical concourse, I wenl ! to meet Newkirk face to face. Made laine was mine at last and I had noth ing to fear from him. As her protectoi I felt it to be my plain duty to punish him for his impertinent intrusion. He was gone from the veranda. 1 went into the hotel rotunda looking j for him, but he was not there. I went j to the clerk's desk. "Wuere did that insolent fellow go?" I demanded. "Whom do you mean?" asked the apprehensive clerk. "Why that fellow Newkirk." "They have gono to their room." "They? Who are they? Newkirk is the only one I want." "I mean Mr. and Mrs. Newkirk. They just arrived—on their wedding trip, I believe." I looked at the hotel register and there was Newkirk's famiiiar hand writing tracing the words: "Charles Newkirk and wife." "Shall I send up your card?" asked the clerk. "No; I guess I havo made a mis take," I said softly. Then I hurried back to see if Mad elaine had recovered. She was sitting beside her mother looking pale. I sat on the other side of her. She leaned over to me with a faded expression in her erstwhile lustrous eyes. "Was it his ghost, John?" she asked in a hoarse whisper. "No, dear, that was his wife you saw with him," I said calmly. "But you told me ho was dead," she said, with a tone of deep injury in her voice. "Well, aren't you more surprised to hear that he is married?" "Why, no. He told me he was going East to marry some other girl when I jilted him the week before last." Archbishop of Canterbury, The Archbishop of Canterbury re cently entered his eightieth year, hav ing been born on St. Andrew's day, 1821, at Santa Maura, in the lonian is lands. It is generally stated that he was born in Sierra Leone, of which his father, Major Octavius Temple v.as governor. The history of mankind is an im mense volume of errors. ' Grandma* When grandma puts her glasses on And looks at me—just so il 1 have done a naughty tiling She's sure, somehow, to know. How is it she can always tell So very, very, very well? She says to me; "Yes, little one, 'Tis written in your eye!" And if I look the other way, And turn, and seem to try To hunt for something on the floor, She's sure to know it ail tiic more. If I should put the glasses on And look in grandma's eyes. Do you suppose that I should be So very, very wise? Now, what if I should find it true That grandma laid been naughty, too? But ah! What am I thinking of, To dream that grandma could Be anything in all her life But sweet, and kind, and good? I'd better try myself to be So good that when she looks at me With eyes so loving ail the day I'll never want to run away. —Sunshine. The Dog liescuetl. Laddie is a Scotch collie, and belongs to our nearest neighbor. lie is a very bright fellow, and we should have been friends but for Laddie's ungov ernable antipathy for cats. We have a big yellow tiger cat, which through an accident has become crippled. He spends most of liis days lying in the sunshine near the door, and the long est journey that lie ever undertakes is a hobble to and from a near-by de serted burn, says a contributor to Our Animal Friends. There was scarcely a day of the beautiful summer wlieu Laddie did not fall into disgrace by worrying Jim. It was a never-ending amusement to him to corner the plucky old cat. Af ter we liad used every means iti out power to convert the handsome rogue, we were obliged to forbid him the yard. Ho seemed to realize he was !u disgrace, and followed us about the streets in the most abject humility. At last the wiuter came, and with it one of the worst blizzards w hail over known—ami Jim was missing. For four days we called and dug and hunt ed. It must be that Laddie had killed him. As if to confirm our suspicions, Laddie became even more desirous than usual to attract our attention. At last, at the close of the fifth day, we lienrd a whining aud scratching at the front door. We opened it, and there stood Laddie with our Jim in bis mouth—Jim, very angry and fright ened, and half frozen. The next morning wo found that the dog must have seen Jim go under a woodshed, some distance away, where he was literally snowed in. After trying in vain to get our attention, ha had dug Jim out through a drift six feet high, and brought him to us in triumph, an unwilling and unthankful peace offering. Of course we forgave Laddie for his former misbehavior, and we never had any more trouble witli him for worrying Jim. Laddie is one of our most welcome guests, but it seems to be a matter of sorrow to his canine heart that Jim still treats him with suspicion, ami, at best, with a forced politeuess. Made a Fortune in Sonpsiuls. There are hundreds of cloth-weaving factories in the county of Yorkshire, England, anil many tons of soap are used yearly for scouring the wool be fore it is spun. Soap, of course, makes soapsuds and runs away into the drains, unless there is a reason for saving it. The Yorkshire weavers had uo such reason, and thought that it had done all that was possible for soap to do when it had washed their wool. But soap is made of fat and al kali, aud is good for something after it has been dissolved. One day a 'French chemist heard about the great quantities of suds which the Yorkshlie men allowed to run out to sea and came over into that part of the world to investigate. After studying the mat ter thoroughly bo went to the factories and contracted for all the soapsuds he could get—all there were, you may bo sure, for the weavers thought him crazy and hastened to sign the papers ere he should change his mood. The suds were conducted to vats by a sys tem of pipes in each mill, aud wheu the tanks were nearly filled the chem ist would conic around, turn a certain amount of acid into each tank and wait. Presently the fat which had been used in the soap would begin to separate and rise to the surface, and when it was all floating on top the Frenchman drew the water away from beneath and carted the product to u factory of his own. Here it was melt ed, and with very little trouble made over into lubricating oil for the very machinery that had been the cause of wasting it in the first place. It was so excellent a quality of oil that machin ists came to prefer it to all others, aud the French chemist soon had an envi able fortune as his reward for robbiug the hungry sea of tons of valuable pro ducts that should never havo been al lowed to run into it. A MHII'M SugKcatloii. In order to make the cook book more attractive for women it should be entitled "The Inner Life."—Atchi son Globe. Save the Crumb* of Time. Even half an hour a any, systemati cally and faithfully devoted to study, will do wonders in a few years.—Suc cess. CUPID'S DEFENSE. Tliev call me a poaeiier, an outlaw, I Bunt out of season, they say, But I note, just the same, Though I caution my game. That it seldom gets out of my way, ihey say X am cruel to maidens l'or planting my shafts in their hearts, That so? Well, it's strange that they will get in range, So many fair breasts, of my darts. They cry that my arrows are cruel, Productive of exquisite pain. Then it's queer what a lot Of poor hearts, one .time shot. Hover round me again and again! —Paul West, in Life. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Sillicns—"They say he is quite a lit erary light." Cynicus—"Yes; he seems rather light." "Ike, hand that rocks the cradle" is The theme the poet sings. Ising the hand that makes the "rocks" I'or baby-food and tilings. —Philadelphia Press. He—"Why do you suppose all the joke writers rail at matrimony?" Sim "I suppose because it's a luxury they can't afford." "I want you to dog liis footsteps," said tlie detective chief. "Thou yon will have to give me a pointer," re marked Sleutlipup. Muggins—"l hear you have a burglar alarm in your house." .Bugg!ns-"I did have one, but some rascally bur glar broke in and stole it." Blobbs—"Some men are always in hot water." Slobbs—"Yes; T know a fellow who can't even lake a hath without putting his foot in it." The disappointed burglar said, As lie strode out witli cautious trend! Booms in libs fiat nru mighty snml!, And so, by hookey, is the Ban!." —Chicago Keeord. | Friend "So that poor consumptive's dead. However, lie seemed to be grateful for your efforts to save hini." Doctor—"Yes; lie declined with thanks." Hoax—"The fellow who sold me that mule said lie was gentle, and the animal not only kicks hut bites." .Tonx —"Weil, it's a poor mule that won't work both ways." Nell— Mrs. Gusldngton gave a tea yesterday, and I assisled her to re ceive. ' Belle—"What dill you think of it.- Nell—"Well, I've come to the conclusion t hat it is better to give than to receive." I lie firing line in battle causes many hearts to sink." "Yes: and there is a firing Hue at home that causes i many hearts to sink." "What is it?" | "A line scrawled on the hack of a sal [ ary envelope: 'Your services are no | longer needed.'" Boggs—"Bjoues in the most nnsophls ticated fellow I ever knew." Itogg 1 "What's ho been up to now?" Boggs ! —"He tried to identify himself in a j hank tlie other day by showing ids name engraved on the handle of ids I umbrella."—Philadelphia Record. | "Who wrote this play, anyhow?" I asked the red-haired man. "Shakes- ' pearc," replied His friend. "Well, ho makes me tired," said the reil-halred ! man; "I never sat through such a chestnutty play, Why, there are lines in it that I remember wheu I was a boy." Oltßervafiuni. The woman of forty who has iltu- ! fiious, and of lif 13-, hopes, is t< ho pitied. Ambition hardens women's faces, i end men's souls. Women admire each other in exact ratio, to their inability to become riv als. Sudden enthusiasms have sudden endings. Servility is an absolutely useless quality. It neither deceives nor pleases, and earns only ridicule or con tempt. An excellent way to keep a secret !s ; never to give it away. A woman who holds another up c J ridicule is not to be trusted with a 1 man's honor. To give expensive presents and owe extensive debts is very fashionable. A boy's best friend is his mother, a girl's her father, if both be up to dare. In all the world no vocation is so J hard as to amuse a lot of people who j laugh only to stifle a yawn. Love is wise, but he never could j learn to tell time.—Philadelphia Kee-1 ord. How Dunning; Should Uo Done. The politeness of the London trades man is a constant delight to philosoph ers and those who love gentleness. Here is an example which will be hard to beat: "Madam,'' writes a very cele brated firm to a debtor, "wo beg leave most respectfully fo invite your kind consideration to our account rendered. £ ♦ und we would presume to hope it will prove agreeable, and in accord witli your views and desire, to honor 11s with a check. Thanking you for nil past valued commands, likewise those in anticipation, with your appro, ciable response wo are, Madame, your obedient servants, ."—London Globe. Auburn Ilalr Politics. On the day after the November elec tion, when the daughters of Governor elect A. B White, of West Virginia, sent their father a telegram congratu lating hi 111 011 his "red-headed way of winning," they probably were not aware that since West Virginia had become a State six of its nine Govern ors had auburn locks. Such, however, is said to be the case. MacCorkle, who v.as the last Democratic Govern or, and Mr. White, whose inauguration takes place on March 4, rank as the two most pronounced auburn huLtd' executives.—Cincinnati Enquirer. I _ HO'oSEHSLI • IC ; I.pnion .Telly. Put a pint oi cold water Jut a a •>- pan with the thinly pared rind i , a, lemon. Let it boil tip and then sii .ni a for ten minutes. Squeeze the jr.:. • of two large juicy lemons Into a..-in, taking care that the pips do not • . a, and pour the hot water on to the juice. Add half an ounce of sheet gitalin, and sweeten to taste with loaf sugar. Stir gently until the gelatin and the sugar have melted and strain the liquid through muslin into a china mold which has been rinsed with cold water. When adding the sugar 't should he remembered that jelly wilt taste sweeter when it is hot ti.au it will when it is- cold. Chicken Pic. Separate the chickens into joints: put them into a stewpan with just enough boiling salted water to cover, and let simmer until tender. When done, iake out the chickens carefully, strain liar broth and add to it one half pint of sweet cream. Molt one tablespoonful I of butter, blend in one heaping tablc | spoonful of flour, add the broth slowly I and stir until smooth and of tli ■ con j sistency of thick cream. Line a bak- I ing dish with a good crust, lay in the | chickens, pour In a sufficient quantity j of the thickened broth to cover, spr.in- J kle with one-third of a cupful of chopped celery, add a layer of oysters j and cover loosely with a top crust j having an opening in the centre to al- I low the steam to escape. Bake about an hour in a moderate oven. .Tust j before serving add one-half cupful of , oysters to the remainder of the broth, let it come to a boil aud serve in a boat. Clear Soup. I Take three pints of well-flavored i stock, remove all the fat and wash | (he surface with a cloth dipped in boil | ing water and wrung out. Tut the j stock into a stewpan with half a ' pound of lean beef, shredded finely, an j onion, carrot, small turnip "and the i whites and crushed shells of two eggs, j Wlilsk over the fire till just ou the j point of boiling, remove the scum, and I let the soup boil, the meat, etc., form ing a crust oil the lop. Set aside on the I stove till the crust cracks, showing the I soup below; then pour all the contents through a clean, thick cloth that lias been well rinsed in boiling water, if necessary, pouring the soup a second time carefully through it. Return the clear soup to a clean stewpan, with seasoning of salt and pepper; add a tiny lump of sugar when it boils up. Some prettily cut vegetables which have been separately boiled and rinsed or any other garnish should be put into the tureen and the soup pour <J over them. A Luncheon Dlsli. Fresh, crisp rolls may be prepared daintily for luncheon by cutting them in two lengthwise, taking out the soft interior and filling them with mix lures of various kinds. Hard-boiled, eggs, chopped and seasoned with just enough French dressing to soften them, are good for the purpose. An other suggestion calls for chopped ap ples and nuts, with a little mayon naise. For sweet fillings ripe, soft peaches, cut ut) Hue and sprinkled with a little powdered sugar, and, if they are to he eaten at once, a spoonful of whipped' cream is used similarly. A combina tion of jam with soft cream cheese is liked by many persons. In all things of this kind care should be taken to have them soft and moist without being "mussy." The rolls, too, should be small enough to be eaten without awkwardness. This idea can be utilized to vary ' children's school luncheons, chopped meats and other nutritious and appe tizing fillings being used for the rolls. Although it is nothing more than a sandwich, a little changed from its ordinary form, its novelty will prove attractive. iHOVSEHoLDM^^r h -yri- n. VJ. HIISTSpfo A cup of strong coffee will remove the odor of onions from (be breath. Never add nuts to any cake you de sire to keep for any length of time. Tliey will mould and ruin it. A tablespoonful of borax to a pail of the water in which flannels are washed will keep them soft and white. Decaying matter will vitiate the at mosphere of the cellar, and if allowed to remain will spread through the whole house and cause sickness in the family. Steel knives that are not in general use may he kept from rusting If they are dipped ill a strong solution of soda (one part water to four parts soda). Then wipe dry, roll In flannel, and keeji in a dry place. When the housekeeper finds that at the moment of beginning some ehating dish concoction the desirable parsley has not been provided, a good substi tute Is finely chopped watercress ct celery top, or even chopped lettuce leaves. The difference between black and white pepper, is that for the black pep per the dried berry i i ground, busk and all. White pepper is the same berry ground after the busk or rind has been removed. Mace, one of the ordinary spices, is the dried covering of the nutmeg.
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