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Bishop Potter of New York City de plores the decline of homo 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 collectic.i 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 tho 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 postoffice 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 tho Christian Commonwealth Col ony, which was founded three years ago in Muscogee county, Georgia, by 40 men, women and children fron Ohio. They were an exceptionally in telligent and worthy body of people. Plain cottages were built, and a com mon dining hall, which was also used for religious services, was established. The first year was 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 community with all tho 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 incet, and now if iff announced that the colony has tone to pieces. The first savings bank in the United State? was established in 1816. In 1820 there were 10 savings banks in all, with depositors. In 1899 there were 942 -livings banks, with 5.687.060 deposi tors. and with total deposits of s2.;?io -000, 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 the winds from unsunned spaces blown. I hear fur voices out of darkness call ing My feet to paths unknown. Thou who hast made my home of life so pleasant, Leave not its tenant when its walls decay; 0 Love divine, O Helper ever present, Be Thou my strength and stay. Be near me when all else Is from me drifting. Earth, sky, home's picture, days of shade and shine And kindly faces to my own uplifting The love which answers mine. 1 have but Thee. O Father! Let Thy Spirit Be with me then to comfort and up hold; No gate of pearl, no branch of palm, 1 merit; Nor street of shining gold. Suffice it If, my good and ill unreckened. And both forgiven through Thy abound ing grace, I find myself by hands familiar beck oned Unto my fitting place. Some humble door among Thy many munsions, Some sheltering shade where sin and J striving cease And flows forever through heaven's green expansions The river of Thy peace. There from the music round about mc 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. Whittler. For Love of Madeline. 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 tho 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 ease 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 rue in despair of 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 vould 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. I wanted to tell her what sort of a fellow at heurt Newkirk waa. Being his rival, however, I dared not. \ 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 ' ''''''' jjf- ' ' fllp^ The very sight of him quickened my pone 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 X was resolved to put a literal construction on the maxim: "All is fair in love and war." Soon after this Newkirk went East, to remain a month, 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 bo near and to know that Newkirk would not in terfere for a whole month. Then was my time, if ever, I real ized, 10 win her. A3 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- I kirk was dead. That would leave the j. held clear. In her moment of bereave- j ment I would naturally be the one I man to whom she would turn for coa- I 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 i to my lips, I muttered things so tender that they escaped my articulation. I When I thought there was nothing j proper left for me to do but jump j over the cliff and hope they would j 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 1 sighed. "I have loved you with all my heart i for a long, long time, John," she ! whispered. There we plighted our troth. The #2-3 i She gave a scream and threw herself I fainting in my arms, birds sang sweeter than ever they sang before. The sun shone brighter; ! the lake and the sky were bluer and • 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 of 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 ment, but she followed my fixed stare with her terrified glances until she, too, saw the cause of my attack ol momentary paralysis. She gave a scream and threw her self, fainting, in my arms. There, among the new arrivals, stood Charles Newkirk, back from the grave in which I had so recently placed him. "What does this mean, Newkirk?" I demanded as savagely as I could when I recovered a part of my senseß | Whatever answer he made was losl to me, for at that moment Madelaine's mother came shrieking to her daugh ter's aid. A score of other women rushed in upon me. . I surrendered my fainting loved one to their more skill ful attentions, and extricating mysell from the hysterical concourse, I went 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 for him, hut he was not there. I went 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 gone 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 Ncwkirk's familiar hand writing tracing the words: "Charles Newkirk and wife." "Shall I send up your card?" asked the clerk. "No; I guess I have 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 he 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 C.intorhtiry, 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 ho was born in Sierra Leone, of which his father. Major Octavius Temple was governor. The history of mankind is an im mense volume of errors. Grandma. When grandma puts her glosses on And looks at me —just so— If I 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 1 look the other way, And turn, and seem to try To hunt for something on the floor, She's sure to know it all the 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 had 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 mo With eyes so loving all the day I'll never want to run away. —Sunshine. The Dog Rescued. Laddie is a Scotch collie, and belongs to our nearest neighbor. He 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 lias become crippled. He spends most of his days lying in the sunshine near tlie 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 when 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 had used every means in our power to convert the handsome rogue, we were obliged to forbid him the yard. He seemed to realize he was in disgrace, and followed us about the streets in the most abject humility. At last the winter came, and with it one of the worst blizzards we had ever known—and 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 heard a whining and scratching at the front door. We opened it, and there stood Laddie with our Jim in his mouth—Jim, very angry and fright ened, and half frozen. The next morning we found that tho 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 with him for worrying Jim. Laddie is one of our most welcome guests, but it seems to be a matter of sorrow to Ids canine heart that Jim still treats him witli suspicion, and, at best, with a forced politeness. Made a Fortune in Soapsuds, There are hundreds of cloth-weaving factories in the county of Yorkshire, England, and many tons of soap are used yearly for scouring the wool be fore it is spuu. Soap, of course, makes soapsuds and runs away iuto the drains, unless there is a reason for saving it. The Yorkshire weavers had no suelt 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, and is good for something after it has been dissolved. One day a French chemist heard about the great quantities of suds which the Yorkshire men allowed to run out to sea and came over into that part of tire worid to investigate. After studying the mut ter thoroughly he went to the factories and contracted for all the soapsuds he could get- all there were, you may be sure, for the weavers thought him crazy and hastened to sign tho papers ere he should change his mood. The suds were conducted to vats by a sys tem of pipes in eaeli mill, and when the tanks were nearly filled the chem ist would come around, turn a certain amount of acid into each tank and wait. Presently the fat which hail been used in the soap would begin to separate and rise to the surface, and when it was ail floating on top tho Frenchman drew the water away from beneath and carted tile product to u factory of bis own. Here it was melt ed, and with very little trouble made over iuto 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, and tlie French chemist soon had an envi able fortune as ids reward for robbing the hungry sea of tons of valuable pro ducts that should never have been al lowed to run iuto it. A Man's Suggestion, In order to make the cook book more attractive for women it should be entitled ' The Inner Life."—Atchi son Globe. Savo tlio Crumls of Time. Even half an hour a aaj', systemati cally and faithfully devoted to study, will do wonders in a few years.—Suc cess. CUPID'S DEFENSE. Thov call me a poacher, an outlaw, I limit out of Reason, they say. But I note, just the same, Though I caution my game, That it seldom gets out of my way. They sny 1 am cruel to maidens For 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. Tiiev cjy that my arrows are cruel, Productive of exquisite pain. Then it's queer what a iot Of poor hearts, one time shot. Hover 'round me again and again! —Paul West, in Life. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Sllllcus—'"They say he is quite a lit erary light." Cynicus—"Yes; he seems rather light." "The hand that rocks the cradle" is The theme the poet sings. I sing the hand that makes the "rocks" For baby-food and things. —Philadelphia Press. He—"Why do you suppose all the joke writers rail at matrimony?" She —"I suppose because it's a luxury they can't afford." "I want you to dog ids footsteps," snid tlie detective chief. "Then you will have to give me a pointer," re marked Sieutllpup. Muggins—"l hear you have a burglar alarm in your house." Buggius—"l did have one, but some rascally bur glar broke in and stole it." Blol)l)s—"Some men are always in hot water." Slobbs—"Yes; t know a fellow who can't even take a bath without putting his foot in it." Tiie disappointed burglar said, As he strode out with cautious tread: "Rooms in this (tat are mighty small, And so, by hookey, is the haul." —Chicago Record. Friend—"So that poor consumptive's dead. However, lie seemed to lie grateful for your efforts to save him." Doctor—"Yes; he declined with thanks." Hoax—"The fellow who sold me Hint mule said lie was gentle, and the anlmai not only kicks hut bites." Jonx —"Well, it's a poor mule that won't work both ways." Nell—"Mrs. Gushiugton gave a tea yesterday, and 1 assisted her to re ceive." Belle—"What did you think of it?" Nell—"Well, I've come to the conclusion thai it is better to give than to receive." "The firing lino in battle causes many hearts to sink." "Yes; and there is a firing line at home that causes many hearts to siuk." "What is it?" "A line scrawled on the back of a sn! ary envelope: 'Your services arc no longer needed.'" Hoggs—"Bjones the most unsophis ticated fellow I ever knew." Hoggs— "What's he been up to now?" lloggs —"He tried to identify himself ill a bank the other day by showing his name engraved on the handle of his umbrella."—Philadelphia Record. "Who wrote this play, anyhow?" asked the red-haired man. "Shakes peare," replied Ids friend. "Well, lie makes me tired," said the red-hnirwl man; "I never sat through such a ehestnutty play. Why, there are lines in it that I remember when i was a boy." Observations. The woman of forty who lias illu sions, and of fifty, hopes, is to he pitied. Ambition hardens women's faces, and men's souls. Women admire each other in exact ratio, to their inability to become riv als. Sudden enthusiasms have smlden 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 is never to give it away. A woman who holds another-up c ridicule Is not to he trusted with a 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 lie up to dnvc. In all the world no vocation is so hard as to amuse a lot of people who laugh only to stifle a yawn. Love is wise, but he never could learn to tell time.-Philadeipliiu Rec ord. How I> 11 lining Stiouhl IUJ Hone. The politeness of the Loudon trades man is a constant delight to philosoph ers and those who love gentleness. Here is an example which will lie haul to beat: "Madam," writes u very cele brated firm to a debtor, "we beg leave most respectfully to Invite your kind consideration to our account rendered. i—, and we would presume to hope It will prove agreeable, and In accord with your views and desire, to honor us with a cheek. Thanking you foe nil past valued commands, llkcwisa those in anticipation, with your appre ciable response wo are, Madame, your obedient servants, ."—London Globe. Auburn Hair I'olltlcg. 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 him on his "red-headed way of winning," they probably were not aware that since Vest Virginia lint) become a State six of its nine Govern ors had auburn locks. Such, however, is said to be the case. MaeCorkle, who was the last Democratic Govern or, and Mr. White, whose inaugural ion takes place on March 4. rank as the Iwo most pronounced auburn li.ii. rO i executives.—Cincinnati Enquirer. I Lemon Jelly. Put n pint of cold water into n sauce pan with the thinly pared rind of n, lemon. Let it hoil up nxul then simmer for ten minutes. Squeeze the juice of two large juicy lemons into a basin, taking care that the pips do not go in, and pour the hot water on to the juice. Add half an ounce of sheet gelatin, 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 l t should be remembered that jelly will taste sweeter when it is hot than it will when it is cold. Chicken I'lo. Separate the chickens into joints; put thorn into n stewpan with just enough boiling suited water to cover, and let simmer until tender. When done, take out the chickens carefully, strain the broth and add to it one-half pint of sweet cream. Melt one tablespoonful of butter, blend in one heaping table spoonful of flour, add the broth slowly and stir until smooth and of the con sistency of thick cream. Line a bak ing dish with a good crust, lay in the chickens, pour in a sufficient quantity of the thickened broth to cover, sprin kle with one-third of a cupful of chopped celery, add a layer of oysters nnd cover loosely with n top crust having an opening in the centre to al low the steam to escape. Bake about an hour in a moderate oven. .Tust before serving add one-half cupful of oysters to the remainder of the broth, let it come to a hoil and serve in a boat. Clear Soup. Take three pints of well-flavored stock, remove all the fat and wash the surface with a cloth dipped in boil ing water and wrung out. Put the stock into a stewpan with half a pound of lean beef, shredded finely, an onion, carrot, small turnip and the whites and crushed shells of two eggs. Whisk over the fire till just on the point: of boiling, remove the scum, and let the soup boil, the meat, etc., form ing a crust on the top. Set aside 011 the stove till the crust cracks, showing the soup below; tlieu pour all the contents through a clean, thick cloth that has boon 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 pouivd over them. A Luncheon Dish. 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 tures 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 uuts, with a little mayon naise. For sweet fillings ripe, soft peaches, cut up fine nnd sprinkled with a little powdered sugar, and, if they are to lie eaten at once, a spoonful of whipped cream is used similarly. A combina tion of jam with soft el'eam cheese is liked by many persons. 'ln all things of this kind cafe should lie taken to have them soft and moist without being "mussy." The rolls, too, should he small enough to be eaten without awkwardness. This idea can be utilised 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. 'f HQVS EHoLs?|ggs^=-: A eup of strong coffee will remove the odor of onions from the breath. Never add nuts to any cake you de sire to keep for any length of time. They will mould nnd ruin it. A tablespoonful of borax to a pail of the water iu which flannels are washed will keep them soft and white. Decaying matter will vitiate the at mosphere of the cellar, nnd if nlio\\cd to remain will spread through the whole house nnd cause sickness in the family. Steel knives that are not in general use may be kept from rusting if they arc dipped iu n stroug solution of soda (one part water to four parts soda). Then wipe dry, roll iu flannel, nut) keep in a dry place. When the housekeeper finds that at the moment of beginning some dialing dish concoction the desirable parsley has not been provided, a good substi tute is finely chopped watercress or celery top, or eveu chopped lettuce leaves. The difference between black and white pepper, is that for the black pep per tile (tried berry it ground, husk and all. White pepper is the same berry ground after the husk or rind lins been removed. Mace, one of the ordinary spices, is the dried covering of the nutmeg.