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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

A settlement kindergarten teacher
was trying to inspire her small charges
with patriotism.
L know who made this country"
said little one, her eyes bright with
the excitement Of suppressed informa-
ton.
"Who?"
George Washington"
Another hand shot into the air. The
little girl was told to speak.
He was king, she said.
NO; we don't have kings in this
country They have kings in other
countries, but in the United States we
call cur biggest man something else.
Does any one know what George
Washington was?"
There was silence and the little
faces were all wrinkled in thought.
Then the little girl that had volun-
teered the information that Washing
ton was king, and whose father was
a gambler, said decidedly:
We'll, If he wasn't king he was
jack"
The talk drifted to the recent war
with Spain. Here, too, voluntary in
formation of rather startling nature
was not lacking.
Il know who owns the war;" de-
clared 5-year-old boy, after he had
been given permission to speak.
"Who?" he was asked.
dewey" came the reply.
A protesting hand went UP and
waved entreatingly.
Don't you think that's right?"
mo; Dewey don't own it ALL" she
said, almost Indignantly. 81 guess
Sampson owns half of it,
well, Dewey's the biggest man in
the world, all the same" declared the
little boy, looking at the girl with de-
fiance. They amt nobody any big
germ Dewey"
The girl was silenced for a minute,
but not beaten.
Il don't care If Dewey is the big
gest man in the world. I know who
the next biggest is Mr.. Murphy, he's
the next biggest"
Mr.. Murphy is the policeman on the
beat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

the railroads agree to the schedule il
Is finally delivered to the president.
Thus the president personally has
very little voice in the matter. He
must pass through certain places en-
route to his destination. Public sem
timent demands that he stop for five
minutes here and half an hour there.
Between these stops the speed capa-
city OF the railroad must be considered,
and the president seldom travels at
the highest rate for fear of accident.
AT the end of the route the president
has to go through a program of
speech making and dining aud sight
seeing arranged for him by the local
committee.
President Harrison and President
Cleveland always took newspaper cor
respondents with them on their Jour-
neys. President Mckinley so far has
refused to do so, and his secretaries
have made up report of the Incl
dents of the trips to be given to the
press, with copies of the presidents
speeches where the presidents train
stops. The speeches are not prepared,
except for important occasions. The
president has his own stenographer
take note Of what he says in his i'm
promptu speeches and then carefully
revises the manuscript. All this busi-
ness is handled for him by his private
secretary, George b. Cortelyou, who
always accompanies him.
The president always chooses the
members of his PARTY. With the ex-
ception of the train crew, every man
or woman aboard is his guest. One
feature Of the expense of the journey
the president usually pays for. 1t is
the provisioning of his car. 1t is no
small part of the cost of trip, for in
much of the sparsely settled western
country through which President Nc
Kinley must necessarily pass on his
next trip he will breakfast and dine
on the train. 1t is & matter of pride
with the car cook to put ii elaborate
meal before the president three times
a day, so when the car is stocked the
best of everything is taken ab BOARD. -
New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
How Pompey Teiegraphed.

Hattie and her mamma were on their
way to visit grandma, VINO lived over
one hundred miles from their home.
They had taken a train early in the
evening, and would have reached
grandma's long before bedtime if it had
not been for one thing-they had to
change cars at little station in the
country and wait a whole hour before
their train came.
Before the hour was over, Hattie
grew very tired and sleepy. She had
tried each bench in the station, but had
found each one equally hard; she had
unpacked and packed over again the
little yalise which papa had given her
for her very own just the day before
they started, and she had looked
through the little window into the Of
fce where young man sat making
funny, ticking noise on little instru-
ment.
81 guess it's play piano." she said
to mamma in whisper, "but it doesn't
make any music only tick, tick, tick"
Mamma explained that it was a tele-
graph instrument the young man was
playing upon, and then for some time
Hattie was interested in mammals ex-
planation of how a message could be
sent over the wires by means of those
little ticks.
But after a time all this lost its in
terest, too. and the noise of the little
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
Tho Boys of Today.

The boys of today are the coming
men of America. In a few years they
must take up the thread where we
leave off. and out of this number the
leading men of America must be re-
cruited-presidents of the United
States, legislators, professional men,
artists. All vacancies must be prompt
ly filled by them, SO that Uncle Sam
may continue to be growing and pro-
gressiVe nation. They will reap both
the fruits of our achievements and
mlsdoings, and likewise it will fall to
their lot to right our mistakes. When
we consider this from a patriotic
standpoint, we feel a keen desire to
place the affairs of our country in such
condition that will cast no reflection
on the Uncle Sam of today. We are
equally deslrous of pointing them to
the trust that is soon to be put in their
hands, instead utilizing them for
mere pastimes by taunting and urging
them to be quarrelsome, as some peo-
pie are wont to do. This so-called
sport may seem innocent pastime to
unthinking people, but it is at that
stage OF life when germs can be sown
IN boys that, when they grow to man
hood, may develop to no good results.
VI all the training boys get, peace and
generosity should be their first mot
.oes. Then the reforms we now help
10 advocate may come through our
chlidren. Every voter, to the chief
executive, should bear in mind that we
are 10 great extent shaping the des-
tlhy OF our posterity. When we oh
serve the unpatriotic actions of some
OF tne leading men of today, and then
see them fondle their children. it be-
comes evident that they do not see IS
lar IN the future as Louis XIV. of
france did, when he said: "The throne
is old, but 1t will last my time" This
evil King knew his folies would hear
IKE fruits, while some people TODAY.
with their short-sighted, selfish love,
seemingly think their rascality will die
out without more ado. History is
PROOF that deeds and actions bring
thelr fruits. Take, for instance. the
patriots who fought and achieved the
results of the American revolution r.
required more than one generation to
complete the work, for it is not COM
piete. But the great satisfaction was
that the second generation had the
honesty and integrity of their heroic
forefathers to build on, which mani
tests that they builded for the future
We are also the victims of certain
wrongs which are the products of
small beginnings. Today everything
Is judged according to the letter, and
our posterity can judge our actions
better than our fellow men of TODAY.
have already wondered with what IA
vor the coming generations will look
on the great peace commission which
is being held at The Hague. Let us
ouild for the future, whittier the world
IS arlitlng' and encourage the boys in
their great undertaking.
WILLIAM E. POET.
Yoe, Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
The Australians have set Il

The Australians have set up re
sponsible parliamentary government
on the British plan, and have limited
it by a second elective house and a
supreme court on the American plan.
How they are goingto make this work
no one can guess; but there is general
confidence that, as Anglo Saxons, they
will make it work somehow. A race
thatturned the monarchy of George III.
into the republic of Victoria and the
Achaian League of the Revolutionary
colonies into the American nation of
to-day by mere quiet political growth,
without violent revolution, can make
any political institutions work.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
e '''ss''. '...'....
{: Name-Miss Cynthia Page.
: To See-The Editor,
: Business-Private.
: Date-3-5-gg

"Well, TIL see her." said Champ
MES. He had seen the name Cynthia
Page, in good magazines, appended
to curious and interesting stories.
He was not ill-pleased, when the
clerk showed her in, to find that she
had youth and beauty on pale and
mystical lines. Her long, raised
lashes and the lingering glance of her
gray eyes seemed to say, "You do in
terest me-" J. Graham Champnies
found himself hoping that Matthew
Elder, after synchronizing his watch,
would find it necessary to go and see
man about II dog-or, at any rate,
would delay his return. In the mean
while he was anxious to know what
he could do for Miss Page.
81 am speaking to the editor?"
said Miss Page, little doubtfully.
''The actual editor, Mr.. Elder, is
not in at present, but / have full
powers to act for him"
"I see." She was still IN doubt.
"Pray be assured of it. [ can
make contracts with you, accept
stories from you, sign checks for you,
so if you have anything to propose"
"Oh, it's not that; in fact, l came
in consequence of proposition which
he had already made to me-"
"Well, shall be very glad to carry
on anything that he has begun. AS a
rule he mentions these things to me,
but this time [ am in the dark"
She smiled mysteriously. "But
you can't be sure that you would
wish to carry on what he has begun. !"
As Mr.. Elder is the supreme au-
thority here, / should have no choice.
But even if had, what you suggest
is extremely unlikely"
"Why unlikely? No two men can
have minds exactly alike. It's a
funny arrangement you have here"
"It works we'll enough in practice.
We both know the character of our
paper and what our public wants. L
say that it is unlikely that I should be
unwilling to carry on whatever Mr..
Elder has begun for this reason and
also because know and admire your
work" "
go, do you think it's any good?"
"Of course I do"
Speaking frankly?"
Speaking frankly it's full enough
of faults, some of it seems to have run
away with you and got all over the
place. But it's horribly interesting
all the same. You see it's original"
80, yesw she assented. IT am
original, If were not, I shouldn't
be here"
"That sounds cryptic" ne said.
POSSIBLY I shall understand i. when
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
Carrying Out Instructions.
Yoe, Pa.

A German schoolmaster was in
structing his pupils how to act when a
certain grand duke should mass
through on the railway, an event which
was to occur the next day. "Remem-
Der, children" said the nedagoeua
that as soon as the train arrives YOU
are to shout as loud as you can, Long
il i've the grand duke!' until he leaves"
Inc next day, when the grand duke ar
rived at the station and bowed gra-
clousiy from the platform of the special
carriage, the school children made the
welkin ring with. Long live the grand
duke until he leaves!"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
1t Sounded Horrible.

Mary Alden had lived all her fifteen
years in the country, far removed from
railroads, and when her father accept
ed a position in the machine shops of
the great railroad corporation at G.,
and settled his family i'll house over
looking the switch yards, her life was
filed with terror.
On the first occasion of her crossing
the yards, long train of cars was be-
ing disconnected and distributed. To
her horror, she heard man at one
end shout to another, "Never mind
that iumper You can't wait. Cut
her in two, and throw the head end
down here"
Mary tainted. Youths Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

every occasion when Elder was ab-
sent, whether he had gone out to get
his hair cut lat the restaurant oppo-
Site, or was away on two months
holiday, or had taken week off be-
cause he felt far from well, j. Graham
Champnies reigned in his stead, en-
dowed with plenary powers. He was
ambitious, and intelligent, and hard
working, and trustworthy; Matthew
Elder, brilliant and lazy, had long
since recognized that. Elder thought
of things to do-.-Champnies did them.
A clerk just laid on Champnies'
desk the form which a visitor had
filed up.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
Whence Came the Japanese.

The people of Japan have shown
suCA adaptability to European ideas
that particular interest attaches to the
conclusion of a writer in the "Transac-
tions" of the Japan Society that the
ancestors of the present inhabitants of
Japan built tie sepulchral chambers
called dolmens in that country. No
similar dolmens are found anywhere in
Asia until the search comes westward
TO the shores of the Caspian sea, "and
for more closely allied forms it is nee.
tssary to go yet farther to Western
europe" 1t is shown that the orig
inal inhabitants of Japan. the Amos,
were driven out by invaders from
whom the present inhabitants are de-
scended.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

Decidedly interesting possibilities
are opened up by the happy thought
which somebody in the Department of
Agriculture has had of turning the
cinematograph machine from rapidly
moving objects to those so nearly mo,
tionless as a growing oak. By taking
one picture every hour of the seed
ling tree, and continuing this for
some weeks, series of photographs
will be produced which, when pre-
sented on a screen in the usual way,
will illustrate the process of develop
ment as it was never done before. The
idea is equally applicable to a child or
even to city. With pictures enough,
taken at intervals sufficiently short,
one could after a while, exhibit with
in the space of ten minutes of half an
hour, every change that takes place
as baby becomes an old man ready
to die.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
The average man has no ambition to

The average man has no ambition to
make stir in the world, but is con-
tent with food and raiment, philoso-
phizes the Observer. Ambition to
push on, to pass ones fellows in the
race of life, is by no means universal.
The majority of men are not dazzed
by the prizes of success, and it is well
that they are not, for if all men were
animated by desire to possess them,
the competition would be too terrible
for the race to bear. The minority
who contend for them are endowed
by nature with surplus of energy
which must find outlet, and so is
directed toward objects which, in the
general desire for them, are objects
of competition. These are the prizes
Of life, be they fame, or wealth, or
power, and those who attain them are
called successful men.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
fIRE.FLlES

When the clover folds its leaves,
Shows It's silver lining;
When the night-wind softly grieved,
And the stars are shining;
When the clouds still family hold
Hints of sunset ended,
And within my garden old
Day and dusk are blended;
Then the fre-fies glimmer,
Then the lre-aies simmer,
Culver through the misty veil that night
has wrought with care,
Tremble through the shadows
In the drowsy air.
When the primrose is alight,
Like the stars above it,
And on heavy wings of white
Fits the moths that love it;
When, without moments rest,
Sounds the crickets' whirring,
And within the robins nest
Not a bird is stirring;
While the winds are blowing,
Swift the flre-flies, glowing,
Flash across the silence where the red
rose droops in sleep,
Brighten, fade and vanish
In the darkness deep.
Where the spiders thread is spun
Down among the grasses;
Where the dewdrops sparkling run
AS the light breeze passes;
Where tine branches, moving slow,
Set their leaves a-chiming,
Till the music ripples low,
Like poets rhyming;
There the flre-aies glitter,
High ard low they flicker,
Flutter like the thoughts OF youth ere
youth has flown away,
Like the hopes elusive
That we fain would stay.
When the red rose opens wide
In the sunny morning,
And the bobolink with pride
Sleep, and the night is scorning;
We may search with eager care
For the fairy glimmer,
Vainly seeking here and there,
Not light will simmer.
Transient as our dreaming
Is the fire-tiies cleaning;
Transient as remembered smiles on face.
seen no more;
Eerie lights that waver
When the day is DER.
Angelina W. Wray, in Harper's Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

instrument grew fainter and fainter in
her ears.
Mamma discovered this and saw the
little head begin to droop, so she tried
to interest Hattie once more in the
contents of her valise.
l think the young man must have
heard mamma trying to keep Hattie
awake till the train came, for pretty
soon he came out from the little office
and whistled. Then little curly dog
that Hattie had not seen at all before
came out of the office, too, wagging
his tail vigorously.
Hattie opened her eyes wide at this.
Here, Pompey," said the young
man, SHOW this little girl how you can
telegraph"
Hattie was very wide awake by this
time and sat up quite straight, and
what do you suppose the little dog
did? Well, he laid down on his back
on the bare floor and began to beat
upon the boards with his tail, tap, tap,
tap-tap-tap, just as the young man had
been doing on his telegraph instru-
ment.
How Hattie did laugh. and mamma,
too; and then the little dog jumped up
and wagged his tail, as much as to say,
Didn't | do that pretty well?"
After that Hattie found Pompey so
amusing that almost before she knew
it the train came putting into the sta
ton, and she had to bid good night to
the dog that could telegraph, and that
had kept her from going to sleep before
she reached grandma's.-Julia D. Cow
lis.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
A class for the instruction of hosr

A class for the instruction of hospi-
tal-corps men in preparing food for
the sick has been organized at the
Washington Arsenal. The work is to
be carried on under military regula-
tions, and the aim is to provide a
corps of men who can provide for the
sick such food as is available. The
plan involves also the establishment
of a school or schools for army cooks
to be conducted by regular officers al
some convenient recruiting station.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

I know the nature of Mr.. Elders pro-
posal. He wants some stories from
you?"
"No, no."
"Then what is it?"
''Do you know that I'm afraid I
can't tell you"
Every well, then; there's nothing
more to be said. Mr.. Elder is out at
present. You'd better call again. l
suppose you think it would make some
difference whether Mr.. Elder went on
with this business, or did?"
"Pm sure it would-the greatest
difference"
"You think I shouldn't do as well?"
'Not as well. You'd do better, in
tinitely better. o, 1 must co." she
blushed, rose, good-byed, and faded
out of the office.
Ten minutes later Mr.. Matthew Ell
der, middle-aged, bald, and cheerful,
sauntered into the room with his hands
in his pockets.
"Well, Bill Everything all right?'
Mr.. Elder had not found in the as.
sortment of names provided for Champ.
MES in the accident of his birth and
the guesswork of his christening any
thing which took his fancy.
"No," said Champnies shortly, still
irritated by his interview with Cynthia
Page. "Quart into a pint pot.
Plugged up with ads. and Rowse has
just sent up that he'll want another
half-page. We shall have to leave
over everything that'll wait, and some
things that won't"
"Ahl you don't keep tight enough
hand on Rowse."
"Step in and tackle him yourself.
Here, this woman called to see you---
wouldn't tell me her business"
Matthew Elder took the paper slip
and sank down in a chair.
''Bill, this is rather bad. I ought
to have been in. What with my un-
fortunate enthusiasm and my wretched
memory I shall get myself into trou-
BILE. Listen: 1 met this girl two or
three times year ago; never gave her
another thought till came on story
by her that was perfectly magnificent
%, horribly goodl-probably the
best story that has been written this
century. dashed off letter to her
at once, and so worked myself up
about it that L said, to show my sin.
cerity, that if she liked I'd marry her,
and she could call at the office this
morning with her answer. She'd have
refused me, of course, as they all do,
and perhaps I'm better single; but,
none the less, it would have been
more civil not to have forgotten the
appointment.
Really" said Champnies, "you
must be little mad"
"Undoubtedly," answered Elder,
cheerfully. "It's the price one pays
for being so excessively intelligent
Champnies stared sblankly at the
desk, trying to recall the exact words
of his conversation with Cynthia Page.
"Look here, Bill" said Elder,
write and say you want to see her
about story; then when she comes
do the explaining for me. Say I was
called away by telegram. Say it was
from motives of delicacy. Say any
thing"
The following is from a subsequent
issue of the Tea-Cup, journal con-
Quoted by ladies for ladies':
Zone of the most brilliant of our
lady writers, Miss Cynthia Page, is,
it is whispered, shortly to be led to
the hymeneal altar. The fortunate
partner of her future joys and sorrows
is j. Graham Champnies, a young
journalist of great promise. Our
heartiest fluctuations. Speaking of
weddings, have you seen the really
beautiful designs in earlettes-indis-
tlnguishable from real pearls-now
being shown in the windows of-?"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

The rapid destruction of the spruce
forests CT the Eastern States may be
realized when it is understood that
one daily paper used the growth on
twenty-five acres in two days, the
wood having been reduced to pulp
and turned into paper.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

1t is argued that the trolley tends
to repress crime by distributing the
population of cities over larger area,
says the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Electricity as moral agent is an in
tel esting field of study.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
A Smart Boy.

New York Jeweler Ito new bow
pld you sell anything while l was ont
John? ""' ou''
ne" Boy-Yes, sir. l sold six plain
gold rings.
Jeweler (very much pleased)-Good
my boy. Well make a first-cIass lew
@ eier OF you one of these days. You got
the regular price, of course?
new Boy-Why, yes, sir. The price
was marked on the inside 1S c., an the
gentleman took all there was left at
that price, sir.
Inc youngster had actually disposed
Oh them at eighteen cents each.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

Reading at meals is Objectionable
on the ground of health, if nothing
else. The habit is detrimental to the
digestion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
By Barry Pain.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,

HE editor of
the Inner Cir
Gle, Matthew
Elder, h a d
gone out for
half an hour
to sychronize
his W a t C h,
and his as
s i s t . n t, J.
G. + q Ii a m
Cham p nj e s,
reigned tenn
porarily in
his stead, On
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

1t cost Professor Dewar $4,000 to
produce his first ounce of LIQUID air,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

Naturally, the Bicycle Trust will
be the model of 1899.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

Male all men q orders, checks, etc., payable
to The Tribune Printing Company, Limited