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The outlock for those who will he compelled to spend the winter in Nome Is not pleasant. Wages are low, food Is dear, and there are not enough sub stantial houses to shelter one-third of the population. It will certainly be a winter of discontent, if not one of actual suffering and death for those who are unable to reach a better cli mate. The Washington Star sitys that the fact that our language is spreading over the world at an amazing rate emphasizes regret for its numberless defects and increases the desire for needed reforms. One of the worst de fects is that we have many words which, while differing in orthography and meaning, are alike in sound. For example, "rowed," "rode," "road;" "write," "rite," "right," "wright." Is it not surprising that foreigners some times acquire a pretty good knowledge > of English? The New York Herald has lately compiled a list of 3828 millionaires in the United States—that is, one person out of every 20,000. And the estimate is that eighty-seven per cent, of them made their own fortunes; that only thirteen per cent, of them received large fortunes by inheritance; that the same number became rich from the Increased values of real estate; that nearly twenty per cent, made fortunes as manufacturers, sixteen per cent, as merchants, twelve per cent, by trans portation and ten per cent, by banking. C. . -<-== a * . P- The IFCUSJ entertained by iriafiy per- . sous that arsenic is used in 'dangerous quantities in the coloring of dress ] goods and wall paper, is not well j founded, according to the Massachu- ' fetts Board of Health. The Bay State j lias a stringent law on the subject, providing that there shall not ho in ! dress goods or other articles of dress ttioi's tliuli Olio CUe-huudvcdtli of a 1 grain to the square yard, or in other J materials or articles more than one- , tenth of a grain to ilic square yard, j The hoard, after an investigation, finds little if any ground for invoking the power of this law, only one piece of cloth being found to contain more than the statutory allowance of ar senic. As compared with conditions existing ten years ago, there is very little complaint regarding the use of arsenic in dyeing or in coloring wall paper. THE WORKING OF FATE. How 16 AlTci-teil tlie Curoors of 1110- Klnley anil IJooHOvelt. Fate is peculiar. It knows better than we do what is best for us. It Axes our destiny without our knowl edge, and often against our will, says Leslie's Weekly. William McKinley's most vigorous battle was his contest for tho speakership with Thomas B. Reed, in 181)0, which Read won. Ac cording to custom, Mr. Reeil made his distinguished opponent chairman of the ways and means committee, and thus it was that the protective tariff measuro drafted by that committee, largely through the influence of Mr. McKinley, came to bo popularly known as "tho McKinley hill." This mado McKinley the champion of the work ing masses, the candidate of hi 3 party for president, and finally gave htm a triumphant election and re-election for the office of chief magistrate. At tho Republican national convention at Philadelphia, a little over a year ago, the party leaders of New York insisted that Governor Roosevelt must accept the tender of the vice presidency. He resolutely declined, Insisting that he was entitled to re-clection to the gov ernorship. The party lenders of New York, aided by those of Pennsylvania and several other states, forced the nomination of Roosevelt, and then compelled his reluctant acceptance. Scarcely six months have elnpeea since his inauguration, and he Ir, now tho president of tho United States, with nearly a. full term to serve. This is destiny, and who shall say that the Fates are always unkind? Lord, Tor (helming though}, fietrivgcd battled sTil!; s For the heart from itselF keptJM?ft n ,\ . B&T^W } h{' Our IhanKs.oivirxp i For ignorarvl hopes that Broker, to our blind pr&\jer; , )/KKKangmff\/j 1} For pair\, death, sorrow, se•■ ' .-.) 14-'' •' RY NATALIR - >Y fill/fit £ T "jT ATHER, have you brought in them pumpkins?" asked Mrs. Garth of her (J-* spouse, pausing in the midst of kneading bread. "Well, no, I haven't yet; but I'll go now and get 'cm," rising from his seat by the kitchen tire, and going out. He returned in a few moments, with a couple of splendid golden beauties, which lie laid on the table, and was about to sit down, when Mrs. Garth again spoke: "Where did you put them apples " "Oh! I forgot," he replied, apolo getically, and he turned to go down into the cellar. "Pick out some of the choice pip pins, and jest fetch up a jug of cider while you're there," sang out his wife. The old man sighed as he shut the door, and Mrs. Garth sighed, too, hut in a different way. "That's jest like vour father," she remarked to her rosy daughter, Mary, who was busy chopping moat. "He allers acts low-speerited, as sure as Thanksgiving comes, and don't seem to recollec' there's heaps of work to do. I've been at him all the week to have them pumpkins and apples fetched in, and the cider drawed, all ready, and you see how he's forgot it. 'Taint no use frettln' after Luke. Ef he wants to see us, he'll come borne— ef lie don't, he won't." "How long is it, mother, since Luke went away?" "Four years Inst week, and that's what makes your father think of it tillers at this time. It couie so sudden, Luke's goin' off, that he hain't been the same man since." tIfCT I . vns very fond of Luke," said Mary, softly. "No fonder of lilui than I was, I reckon," answered her mother, quick ly; "but there's no use in frettin' and cryln' over a son, who thought so lit tle of you as to run away." Mrs. Garth shut her mouth hard, but Mary, who never before had heard her mother sny so much ou tho sub ject, ventured on another remark, which had hecu hovering ou her tongue; "Mother, nobody ever - was 'loved more by a child than Jrott were by Luke. lie has lain in bed many a night when he wit* it child, crying for fear you might die and leave him; and I don't believe that anything keeps liiui hack now hut fear that you uo longer care for him." Mary stood looking at her mother for a sign of relenting from former hardness toward the erring son. The last rays of the setting sun streamed in through the western win dows, and lit up the old kitchen as if it were a good omen. m i"s"i His "WE'LL EAT AND TALK.*' Mrs. Garth saw neither the sunset nor the leafless trees which stood be tween her and it; she was looking upon her handsome, willful boy, com ing, with his gay whistle, across the meadow, driving the cows, always at this hour. How many a time she had looked out In pride on him—the light of their home—and now, how changed, how desolate everything had become! A hot tear welled up from the moth er's heart, and rolled down her cheek. "Mother!" and Mary's arms were around her neck. Mrs. Garth's head fell upon her daughter's shoulder, and they shed to gether the tears which had been so long restrained. Mr. Garth was astonished, on com ing in, to witness this scene; but his wile held out her hand, and said, "Luke." That word (xplained it all, and In that instant tbe poor, yearning father knew that his .<ou was coming, and his •heurt grew light Mrs. Garth, too, felt uncommonly cheerful, and flew around next day, with her cap-border flying with her, from stuffing turkeys to making mince pies and cranberry jelly, and all the good things she was famous for. Mary, too, had caught the infection, and seemed inspired with her moth er's zeal in cooking. They did not stop a minute till tea-time came, and then Mrs. Garth, leaning back in her chair, and fanning herself with a newspaper while she sipped her tea, said: "Well, I'm almost beat out, and am glad to have a restin' spell. I)o you know, father, it's been runnin' in my bones all day that Luke's a-comin' home?" "I believe lie is, wife," said Mr. Garth, his countenance lighting up with the thought. "Well, we've killed tlio fatted calf, whether he comes or not. I hope it won't storm so us to liin<!er John from get tip' here; but, la! he'd OOhio, rain oi' shine-" There were three silent prayers for absent Luke Garth, offered that night; and all the next morning there were three pairs of eyes keeping a watch for him, but he came not. The oldest son came early, with his family with him; the great dinner was set oa the stove, and the Garths went to hear the Thanksgiving sermon. In half an hour after they got home, the brown fowls were smoking on the table, and the little ones chattering gaily in anticipation of coveted wish bones. "Poor Luke!" said Mrs. Garth. "I wisli lie was here to eat some of biF favorite chicken pie." "I'll take a piece, mother!" They all screamed and looked to ward the door, and there stood the wanderer. With live or six pairs of arms around his neck, and the children shouting and baby crying, Luke Garth felt ho was, iudeed, welcome. Wheu at last they released him, and after wiping their eyes, crowded around him to get a good look, they saw how much older and handsomer he had grown. "Now, my sou." sobbed Mrs. Garth, "tell us all about where you've been." "I'm afraid the dinner will get cold, mother; so, if you please, we'll eat and talk together." So the tale was told how, after be ing forbidden again and again to think of entertaining his desire to go to sea, Luke ran off and shipped in tile navy. He had just got back, with six hundred and forty-three dollars prize, money, and felt like a rich man. "But above all, mother, I'm heartily grateful to he restored to you and father, and my happy home, once more, anil never again will I leave It." "Amen!" said Mr. Garth; and they all echoed it; and spent a happy day and lifetime together. The Kxplmmtioii. Boring last Thanksgiving week, a poultryman of the Northwest sent several barrels of fat, dressed turkeys to a certain commission merchant, who is an extremely "close buyer," and never fails when he receives a consignment to claim a:i allowance for something alleged to have spoiled on tlio way. Heretofore, he had dealt exclusively in live fowls, and probably the correspondence clerk got things mixed. At nny rate, the shipper was astonished to receive u letter by re turn mall, ruuning about as follows: "Dear Sir—We regret to advise you that four of the turkeys la your con signment of November reached here dead. Dense make deduction for same, and return correct amount. Yours truly." The poultrymau com muned with himself and replied thus: "Dear Sir—l am sorry to say that I find it impossible to make concession requested. I have established a rule requiring all customers who desire live dressed turkeys to notify us in advance, so we can send them in heated cars. Turkeys without feath ers and insides are liable to catch cold if shipped in the ordinary manner. The mortality among dressed turkeys was very large this year. Yours mournfully."—Argonaut. Turltoylet;*. It was the morning after Thanks giving. Laughing gayly, "swapping" nuts and raisins saved from the diuners of the day before, the merry children romped into school and took their seats at the sound of the bell. "And now, children," sdi'd the sweet faced teacher, "who had turkey for their Thanksgiving dinners?" "I! I! Me! Me! I did, teacher!" came the shrill replies from scores of little throats. But one little boy sat silent. Little Johnny Jones, for it was he, sat silent. He had had no turkey for his Thanksgiving dinner. Seeing him, the kind teacher called him to her desk. "Poor little Johnny!" she said. "And so you had no turkey?" "Naw," was his reply, "uuthin' but two ducks, a goose, an' suckling-pig roasted!"— Harper's Bazar. Thanksgivings. The black bough moans, Anil wails and groans, And sobs a song of pain; The backlog beams, And gayly gleams, And hums a glad refrain; No bird about the window darts, Anu dreary is the meadow way, But spring smiles blithely in oin* hearts, And gilds the blue Thansgiving Day. The wild wind whirls The leaf that curls Frost jewelled in the cold, But all aglow Love's roses blow Tn fancy's field of gold. When thoughts like bees on happy winga Through twinkling meads to Nowhere stray. While on the hearth the cricket sings And cheers the still Thanksgiving Day. Then let Grief stalk The leaf-strewn walk In gloom from all apart— In gloom that makes The light that wakes Within both house and heart. The joy that round the festal board Blooms brightly, and transmutes the gray Into the gold we cannot hoard— The sunshine of Thanksgiving Day. —lt K. Munkittrick. in Harper's Bazar. f\ TH/\StV>6IVIfIG pis Anctovy CannprS' I Crolh wilh Maodirs 1 Tpj f\oat"TurK'y. Nretd jlu//ir,g, J Oyjler Sauce. Cranbfry Sauct. J At f! Majncd PatAtos. Slewed Corr> / //IKHHUI Chklyn Salad, Walcrs. Cycje / j/fi 1111 1 11 llf oc, ' i ' c Loaf. Charlollt PJLHU Pill-/ ®f , - * git. A TrsgoUy, ' _ V i -■_. • t'You Jellows are foolish," raid th I ' Smart Turkey. "1 ahant .eat a ftorn ftorn lipw. till J[bankajjivmg,2 j "" "f*7, aint you? Well! you"' i-. bo killed for tHa* *'" Site But cfovornoao svai'oa net, , starved ta desih. Thanksgivine Ainuuemcnti. A friend of mine who has a genius for thinking up pretty ideas of enter taining hpq planned sucli a charming surprise for her family party. She has beeu obliged to take some of the young people into her confidence, hut none of the older relatives will be let into the secret. She has an ordinary city house, with the dining-room di vided by portieres from the parlor, and, after dinner is over, It will nat urally happen that the portieres will be tightly drawn for the table to be cleared; none will suspect what a hurry and scurry Is going on behind the curtains, and it won't he long be fore at a signal they are pulled back and an Impromptu stage is seen. A series of tableaux will now take place, each representing some scene that lias happened In the life of some one present. Children will he able to represent their parents, and a pretty picture may he made of a mother's and father's first meeting by their son and daughter. A marriage in the family may he reproduced; a parting and a reunion, and other events which have been epoch-making to those who took part in tliem. I am sure this entertainment will he a most delightful surprise to the on-lookers; and what a quaint Idea It la.—Anna W. Scars, in Harper's Bazar. After the Dinner. .ASV - ■ I llow lit tic Johnny felt Thanksgiv ing evening.—New York World. F.ndoared by Home Tradition*. Thanksgiving Day is yearly declared by a solemn proclamation of the Fresh dent and the vurious Governors of the States, which is addressed to all churches. The descendants of the prelacy and the Puritans both cele brate Thanksgiving Day. It is en deared more and more each year by home traditions. It lias become the one festival of the year in many New England families, when those that have been separated meet again un der the old rooftree. Tlie Oldest Holiday. Thanksgiving time brings the one holiday with which all residents of New England have childish recollec tions and reminiscences probably full of pleasure. Every minister who had been in the profession long enough to linve a barrel of sermons, had a spe cial layer of Thanksgiving discourses, and the family that failed to "keep Thanksgiving" was looked upon as fitted for particular remonstrance front neighbors and friends. Democratic in Character. It is because It is a family festival and because of tlie Democratic char acter of Thanksgiving Day, that it has survived, to be celebrated in much the same spirit which characterized the day at the beginning of the cen tury. i•, • •'' T.\ -.N!'rn^L^nvjisn, LETTERS. Each reputed man of lottere has his circle Of halo-poiishurs, whose obsequious wuyd sußgest the letters of the combination A big "I,'* and a bunch of little "jays." —Life. HUMOROUS. Schoolmaster—Now Rogers, what are rou doing? Learning something? Rog ers—No, sir; I'm listening to you, Mother {drilling Teddy for his first party)— And now, darling, what is a greedy boy? Teddy—A boy who wants everything I want. ! amicus—There is nothing like a | friend in need. Cynicus—Hum. That | depends largely upon whether you are in need, or your friend. ' This is dreadful. A man out hunt ing shot his wife," announced Mrs. iienpeck. "I wonder how it could lave happened." "He mistook her for i dear." "That mob scene was handled with splendid effect," said the critic. "Oh, yes," replied the manager. "You seo we hire the villain's creditors to go I on in that scene." ' I Blobbe—l hate him. I hate him with |ft hatred that is beyond expression. v i biobbs—l suppose you feel as though F you would like to be his dentist for about 15 minutes. I The Bachelor—But you should re member the old maxim, "Marry in haste and repent at leisure." The Bene edict—Oh, a man doesn't have any leisure when he's married. "If you intend to dine on us," que ried the captured mariner, "why did you greet us with a fusilade?" "Be cause we always pepper our food before eating it," grinned the cannibal. The undertaker and the dyer met in a narrow passageway. "You first," said the dyer, politely. "After you," g replied the undertaker, not wishing to M be outdone in tne matter of courtesy. M Hoax—l thought he was very charl- m table. Joax—What made you think i that? Hoax—Why, he says he always 1 remembers the poor. Joax—Of course, 'W but It's merely a matter of memory ' I and no more. Ho had gono to ask her father for her hand in marriage. "Well, sir, what is it?" snapped out the old man. "Remember, I am a man of few words." "I don't care if you're a man of only one word, if it's the right one," replied the suitor. He got the girl. "That young man of yours," said the observing parent, as his daughter came down to breakfast, "should apply for a job in a curiosity show." "Why, father," exclaimed the young lady in -what do you mean?" "I noticed when I passed through the hall late last night," an hcaus upon his shoulders." NO MEANS OF IDENTIFYING HIM. —— -v Arilclea 1-ouml in tlic l'rcHirient'fl I'ook- a old I)iy of An*Ainatlon. The president's clothes, which were removed at the Exposition hospital, were sent to the Milburn residence, where the pockets were emptied. In his right-hand trousers pocket was JI.SO in currency. With these coins was a small silver nugget, well worn, as it the president had carried it for a pocket piece for a long time. Three small penknives, pearl handled, were in the pockets of his trousers. Evidently they were gifts that ho prized and was in the habit of carrying ail three of them. They were simple knives, with no ornamentation. Another battered coin, presumably a pocket piece, was in the left hand pocket. The president's wallet is a well worn black leather one, about four inches by five and a half inches in size. It was not marked with his name or other identiflcatoon. In this wallet were some Tj bills, amounting to $45. A number of x cards, which evidently had rested in < the wallet for some time, were in one of the compartments. They were not examined. In a vest pocket was a silver shell lead pencil. Throe cigars were found. They were not the black perfeetos which the president likes, hut a short size, and were recognized as some that had been given to him at Niagara Falls that day. On two of them he had chewed, much as General Grant used a cigar. The other he had not touched. The president's watch was an open faced gold case American made time keeper. Attached to it was the gold chain which the president always wore. No letters, telegrams or papers were found. There was not on the presi dent's person a single clew to his iden tity, unless it was to be found in the cards in his wallet. —Philadelphia Rec ord. Morphine Ilwblt Growing in Knglnnci, Even the Arab does not lie so per sistently as does the morphia victim. All sense of honor deserts her. Where as, perhaps, formerly she was scrupu lous in money matters, she rapidly be comes little less than a thief. If she Is hard up, In order to buy drugs she will invent the most elaborate and plausible stories, and screw money out of the unsuspecting. There is no doubt whatever that drug taking is enor mously on the increase. No one who has ever witnessed the rapid deteriora tion, both in appearance and in char acter, which inevitably follows from it can hesitate to call it one of the most frightful curses of modern days. —The wueen. Germany I-nggnrd in I*il>lic Hygiene. In a recent lecture at Hambrug, Dr. ' Donne lamented the fact that in mat ters of hygiene Germany was still sev eral decades behind England. In the years 1840-1880 England converted rivers into sewers, and then began to change them back into rivers at great cost. Germany is still doing what Eng land did until 20 years ago.
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