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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-24


A woman is losing confidence In
herself when she has n supply of pic
lures finished from an old negative in
stead of asking for a new sitting.
The rose gives its perfume without
demanding Il price; therefore the true
artist should produce for the pleasure
of it. But some artists have wives
and children.
When man is in love the homeliest
old witch can make him believe in her
charms.
The world has never been set back
very far by the cracking of anyone's
brain in steeplechase.
Many n man who is fined for con-
tempt of court would not dare to talk
back at home.-Chicago Times Herald
In 1898 the British Museum stored
away 222.GT4 numbers of 3,437 Eng
lish, Scotch. and Irish periodicals, and
66.702 numbers Of 292 foreign and
colonial periodicals.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-24

This declaration suggested the
points of similarity and difference in
the personality and character and
craftsmanship Of Bryan and Blaine.
That James G. Blaine had a PERSONAL
ity so engaging and commanding as to
inspire immediate admiration and to
win lasting respect is the admission OF
his bitterest foe. He was magnetic. In
wit, ready, in speech, eloquent, in am
bition, great, in manners, affable, in
learning, not profound nor accurate,
nor yet superficial, but well informed
and always able to make the best pos
sible use of what he knew and of what
he had, James G. Blaine was gifted
by nature for parliamentary leader
ship. Not since William Pitt has he
had a superior, if, indeed, peer, in
that respect.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-24
BRYAN-BLAINE
JACKSON DAY.

In the corridor of the Hoffman
House, In New York, prosperous
looking citizen was heard to remark
to friend the other evening: II am
a Republican and always have been
but l want to tell you that this man
this country has had in 25 years, with
the possible exception of Blaine" This
was the recognition of representative
of New Yorks commercial interests of
the foremost Democrat of the age
and it's foremost Democrat is always
any age.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25
NEELY'S ERROR

From the Pittsburg Dispatch CRep). An account of Neelys doing in Muncie, Ind, before he became an official star of the third or fourth magnitude throws some interesting sidelights on his character. The sketch in black and white represents him as a tireess promoter. He was pushing all at once a printing company, two or three land schemes, one Of two manufactur- ing booms and other lesser concerns It is thus seen that Nicely had within him the elements of a trust magnate, except that he had not arrived at the point of melting
 the public confidence to buy his stocks at
 four, six or ten times their real worth.
 Before he attained that summit of finan-
 cial greatness he got into his job in Cuba.
 Then he began to bloom a real capital
 ist, showing that he also contained the
 qualities of a great practical politician.
 But he lacked the influence the skill to prevent being found out. Result-dsas- ter
 The moral of this, the Duchess in Wonderland would say-it might really be
 more descriptive to call it your efforts over | too great a field. It is seen that Nicely had within him the making of two CT ehree great men. If he had confined himself to lllS tdSh ol COHlpdHy pFOHOllOn, ana let | official agents do the plunderng for him, | he might by this time have been a light | of finance. Or if he had been content to | stick the money which he accrued in office | quietly into his own pocket, instead of 1 sending 1t home to boom his schemes he might still be a political influence. Stick to one think and do it thoroughly | is rule of success. Being the rule in the GolI 1e A..
 nal law it will apply also to pursuits more consistent with integrity
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

nearest approach to that dream, and such an approach is more fictitious than real The nomad of the desert is about all that is left of real independence in this world since Robinson Crusoe returned to dear old London" and Hull.
 The Times, as a useful member and mouthpiece of the democratic party, can not aspire to ideal independence. It may be free from individual domination, but no paper, however powerful is above party or party declaration. It cannot make is- sues. It cannot materially swerve them There are strings political, strings com mereial, strings social, strings clerical, and probably strings individual attached to It. Everybody and everything in state of so- eiety has strings tied to him or It. This is what society, as opposed to anarchy means. These strings render the mass CO., herent and useful and sane one pulling against the other, perhaps. If all happen to pull together, then victory is in the ar The story, of the strings is a story of so- ciety. and if the Times will examine itself carefully it twill find that it is equipped with the customary number of strings. It may have a minimum of them, and still have more than it can readily count, for Selma is a city in a highly organized and complex civilization
The age-herald., 1900-05-25
Nicely is still unextradited.
IN CIiIiAGO

Wash. Cor. of the N. Y. Mail and Express.
 In all probability, both of the republican campaign committees this summer and fall will be conducted from headquarters in Chicago. The national committee will have its headquarters there, 1t did in 1896, with a branch in New York, the chairman alternating between the two places, the same as he did during the last campaign. The congressional committee, which had its headquarters in Washington, it is ex- pected now, will also locate in Chicago, so that the two committees can work in uni son. It was found during the last campaign that, having the two committees in cities a thousand miles apart, caused much con fusion in many ways There was dupll- cation in distributing litera ture, and con- gressmen who were engaged in the presi- dental speaking campaign were obliged to go to Chicago for instructions and then come to, Washington for consultations on the congressional campaign By having the two committees in the same city they will be able to work in a methodical man. ner and cooperate in many ways. The congressional committee will occupy rooms in the Auditorium, near the room occupied by the national committee in 1S96 and which it will no doubt again occupy this year.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25
THE ONLY ualLy aswspApEa IN ALABAMA
Four Opinions Delivered.

Although four opinions were delivered, vet only two of the nine judges upheld the Taylor side of the Kentucky case. Justice Harlan delivered, not an opinion but partisan tirade in which he upheld all that Taylor's lawyers had presented, and he would perhaps have gone further if any way in that direction could have been dis covered Justices Brown and Brewer held that the supreme court had Jurisdiction, but that the action of the Kentucky legis- lature was conclusive.
 Besides Justice Harlan, who, living in Kentucky and being a republican, was blinded by partisanship, Justice McKenna held that Taylor had a property right in the therefore within the terms of the fourteenth amendment, which reads as follows
 No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or inn munites of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life liberty or property without due pro- cess of law, nor deny to any one within it's jurisdiction equal protection of the laws"
 Under the opinions of Justices Harlan and McKenna the supreme court would be the arbiter of every election in a state no mat ter how trivial A constable in Toadvine might be unseated by the great court, and the docket would soon be overloaded, and the rights of the states would soon be nil It will thus be seen that the denial of jur- isdiction by Chief Justice Fuller, and Jus tiees Gray, Shiras, White and Peckham is as far-reaching and important as perhaps In brief, it says that the political affairs of state to be determined by the poIit- ical powers of it. The five men who thus stood against federal centralization in favor of the sovereign rights of the state were, three of them, democrats, and two of them republicans. Of the six republican mem- bers of the court two upheld the rights of the states. and four voted to take them away in a particular that is all essential pr those who framed the opinion of the court, Chief Justice Fuller was appointed by President Cleveland. He lives in Chi cago. Justice Peckham of New York and White of Louisiana were also appointed by President Cleveland. Justice Gray of Bos- ton is 7S years old, a republican who was appointed by President Arthur Justice Shiras of Pittsburg, republican, was ap- pointed by President Harrison.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25
Yr.par.. to Acce ..,,

London May 24-At stop the war; meeting this evening in London, William Stead remarked that the Boer delegates now in the United States told him they were prepared to accept peace on any terms commensurate with independence and asked if it was any good in attempting to see Lord Salisbury, to which MT. Stead replied it was useless to do so unless they were prepared to surrender their indepen- dence, so the delegates proceeded to Amer ica. where they have met with such cold. ness in official circles that it has excited the exultation of those who determined to throttle the little states to death."
The age-herald., 1900-05-25
Methodist lime Limit.

In the Methodist church, North, min ister could heretofore stay with eongre- gation five years; in the Methodist church. South, he can still stay, if the congrega- ton be so minded, four years. Nominally the power of placing ministers is lodged In a bishop; but in reality the particular con- gregation selects its minister, and the pre- siding elder and bishop proceed to 70 K the selection.
 The Northern Methodists have now taken off the time limit altogether, so that Ii a congregation so desires 1t can keep min ister who is not of a migratory nature all the rest of his life provided, of course the bishop who presides over the partlcu- lar conference does not exercise autocratic power It may be that the bishops of the church north will club together and adopt a policy that will modify to some extent the abolition of the time limit They VIII say, perhaps, that a popular and success ful preacher shall still move occasionally; but any autocratic action on the part of a bishop would certainly be resented by congregation that was much attached to minister.
 The departure of the church North IS al most revolutionary. Wesley desired a change in a pastorate every year, and wesley's idea was adopted by the early Methodists in this country. The term was however, gradually heightened to five years, and now it may be fifty years. on- der the new rule the country churches Of the Northern Methodists may as well old goodbye to the best preachers, for they will soon be permanently domiciled in the cities This is however, the case at pres ent for by the system of transfers from one conference to another a brilliant preacher is never without a wealthy, if not fashionable, city charge The mixing up of preachers that Wesley desired has long been dead. In the evolution of Methodism from it's primitive stage wealth takes its pick, and the rural districts take the re- mainder and no bishop dare interfere to make itineracy what Wesley desired it to
The age-herald., 1900-05-25
oRAroKY AT KANSAS CITY

From the Washington Times.
 There seems to be even a livelier con- test among democratic orators for the honor of presenting Mr. Bryan's name to the Kansas City convention than among the republican orators for the honor of presenting MT. McI<inleys name at Phila- delphia Of course. the choice of eulogists in both cases will be left to the men who to be eulogized. At last accounts Sen ator Spooner had been selected to present Mir. McKinley's name at Philadelphia, though before the convention meets this part of the programme again may be changed. The orator most frequently men tioned as MT. Bryans principal eulogist at Kansas City is the Hon. William Joel Stone of Missouri. The relations between Bryan and Stone are known to be very close all reports to the contrary notwith- standing The Missourian is very cordially disliked by many of the party leaders in his state, this antipathy being due mainly to jealousy of Stones rapid rise. Some of the Missouri members of congress are now conspirng with Stones rivals for the honor indicated, and it is said that MT. Bryan would be amused by their conduct if they were not so annoying in their per sstent Knocking of Stone. As an orator Stone has few equals and no superiors in the country. He is not fluent or as polished Depew or Bourke Cochran, but in the elements of earnestness and inten- sity he is the superior of either of these famous spellbinders. His admirers predict a very notable effort if he is permitted to make the principal nominating speech at Kansas City,
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

and the money obtained will be expended towards procuring new uniforms for Mem oli's excellent band.
 Colonel Charles P. Ball of the East and West railroad is in Birmingham.
 
 Judge John W. Inzer of St. Clair was in town yesterday.
 Former State Senator William M. Lacl1ey of Clay was in Birmingham yesterday j. Ormond Hay of Boligee is in the city, the guest of M. T. Sumner. MT. Hay has just returned from Arizona, where he was engaged in government survey work.
 
 Benjamin F. Roden was yesterday elect ed a director of the Alabama National bank in succession to the late A. T. Jones. The board of directors passed resolutions of regret on account of Mir Jones' death. Mir Roden is one of the oldest residents of Birmingham, he having come here when the town was first laid out. He is now, and has been for many years, one of the leading and most wealthy business men of the city, and has ever been held in highest esteem
 Hon. Francis L. Pettus is in town to take part in the proceedings of the state democratic campaign committee, which will meet today Hon. Sidney J. Bowie is also in town.
 William A. Davis of Anniston is at the Morris
The age-herald., 1900-05-25
THE REVEILLE
By Bretc Harte.

By Bretc Harte. Hark! hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum; Lo! natiors hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum
 Saying Come,
 Freemen, come! Ere your heritage be wasted" said the quick-aarming drum. 'Let me of my heart take counsel; War is not of life the sum; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come?'
 But the drum
 Echoed Come! Death shall reap the braver harvest" said the solemn-sounding drum 'But when won the coming battle, What of profit springs therefrom? What if conquest subjugation, Even greater ills become?"
 But the drum
 Answered "Come! You must do the sum to prove it," said the Yankee-answering drum. What if mid the cannon's thunder, Whistling shot and bursting bomb, When my brothers fall around me, Should my heart grow cold and numb?"
 But the drum
 Answered 'Come! Better there in death united than in life recreant-come!' Thus they answered-hoping, fearing Some in faith and doubtng some, Till trumpet-voice proclaiming. Said, My chosen people, come!"
 Then the drum,
 Lo! was dumb; For the great heart of the nation, throb. ping, answered, Lord, we comee'
The age-herald., 1900-05-25
independence in Newspaper Work.

' The Selma Times was transferred last week to new proprietor. It had been conspicuously independent in its course, and 1t seems it is still to be, as this para graph goes to show: Tt Is but justice to the present proprietor of the Times to state that he alone owns the Times; that he bought it for an investment; that there are no strings to 1t, nor is it to be used for the political preferment of any one in the future, the thousand and one rumors to the contrary notwithstanding"
 Independence Is a pretty good thing any, where-that is to say, reasonable amount of 1t. But in organized society all are in- terdependent, and absolute independence is a dream. The recluse or outcast is the
The age-herald., 1900-05-25
SENATOR CLARK,s BRIDE-ELEcr

From the Chicago Post
 Senator Clarks bride-elect is now on her way to Butte, in open rebellion against the absurd conventions Of the more or less effete east. She declines to admit the ne- cessity of chaperonage, and is of the opin- ion that after a young woman has wan dered at liberty over Montana she is per fectly able to take care of herself in Wash ington. She has tried Washington, and is now ready to admit that little old Butte is good enough for her. You cannot take breezy western girl and shut her up in a 16-inch corset in a 16-inch civilization and make her think she is having preim- mary touch of paradise We trust that the Butte silver cornet band will be down at the station to meet Miss La Chapelle and that the town will be becomingly deco rated in honor of it's fair and loyal daugh- ter.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 A bird in the bush is worth two on the hat.
 Women have the advantage over men; you can never tell when their knees inter- fere.
 After a woman gets married she always acts superior to a woman who isn't mar ried unless she is lot younger than she is herself.
 A woman never considers seriously whether she Is in love with man not till she has got him where she thinks he thinks he has got to propose.
 If the average woman tried all the time to look as pleasant at her husband as she does at the photographer she would die of nervous prostration in two weeks.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25
Doctors to Meet in Milwaukee

Richmond, Va, May 24.-The American co-Physiological association today made Dr. D. N Busch a committee of one to effect arrangements for the admission of the association into the American Con gress of Physicians and Surgeons which meets tri-annualy.
 Milwaukee was chosen as the next meet ing place, the date being left to the com mittee on arrangements.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25
ALI WERE FAILURES

From the Macon Telegraph.
 Wharton Barker failed as a banker, MT. Towne failed twice to be elected to con- gress and Ignatius Donnelly failed to prove that Lord Bacon wrote Shakespeare.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

If government by injunction is to be- come universal. some one should sue out one restraining MT. Mark Hanna from sending any more Rathbones to the new posses ssiions
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

Three stanzas of Poet Laureate Austin's lines on Mafeking had been cabled over when the cable gave out under the strain Some of the rhymes would stagger rhi- noceraS.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25
Will Retain Their Posts

Pekin, May 24.-The Chinese ministers at Washington and London have been ordered to retain their posts for some time longer on the recommendation of Ii Hung Chang.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

Biscuits instead of glory meet the desires of the Mafekingites very fully and satis- factorily.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

If American taxation were direct and honest, the refund of Neely's stealages would be taken out of Mark Hanna or go unconSidered.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

The New York millionaires now cause their coffins to be studded with gems and jewels, thus carrying their wealth with them to the last.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

To trek or not is about all that is left to the brave burghers of the Transvaal to consider.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

Even Macrum is not twisting the Lions tail to any great extent now-a-days.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

Advance Agent Webb. Davis is not keep ing in touch with the stars of the aggre- gation. #Zl
The age-herald., 1900-05-25
immigration Chances.

More and more immigrants are coming to this country of late; but fewer are com ing each year from the United Kingdom. from Germany, and from Scandinavia h. stead. the tide from Italy, Russia Poland and Austria Hungary is constantly rising. Last month 15,SO5 Italians came over, for example, as against 11,92O from Great Britain, Germany and Scandinavia com bined. This is a great change To show the magnitude of the movement we add list of the arrivals in two decades:
 1S61-7O 1S71-S0 United Kingdom .... ....1, ,106,970 9S9 163 Germany S22,O07 757 69S Norway and Sweden .... .... IT., ,79S 226 4SS Raly.. ''... ..... .............. l2,9S2 6OS30 Russia and Poland .... ........ 5,O47 54 606 Austria (except Hungary).... 939S 69,55S Hungary .'.. ''.... ..,..... AIS 13,47o In the last completed decade 1SSl-1S9O, the movement now attracting attention was begun, as the following table shows: United Kingdom ...1, 466,426 Germany ...... .... ........ I, 452, ,952 Norway and Sweden .. ........ ...... 560, 4S3 Italy ...... ..... ..... ............ 3Oi,O9o Russia and Poland ...x. .... ........ 265,0 ,064 Austria (except Hungary) ...... .... 22662O Hungary .-,.... ............. 1zi,Oio The figures for the final decade of the century will soon be gathered. In the new table the United Kingdom, including Ire land may still maintain a slight ascen- dancy, but Italy will be close second, and Russa-Poland and Austria Hungary will push Scandinavia down the list, even if they do not dsplace Germany. In 1899 Italy led all the rest followed in order by Austria-Hungary, Russia, Great Britain, Scandinavia, and Germany.
 This change is not so much felt in this section of the country as 1t is in the cities of the northern states. In them the intro duction of a Russian or South European population is introducing new problems and new difficulties of government. But the benevolent assimilation of all goes on, and must go on, because it seems to be national burden, although no man can foresee what it means
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

The supreme court did not include Ken lucky feuds in it's decision.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

The shoe market in St. Louis is extreme ly acute, and the demand pressing. Leath- CT is widely circulated.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

Mafeking was thinking more about its numerous aching voids than of the guns of the Boers.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

If David B. Hill is willing, as per report to become vice-president, he is evidently trying to see how deep man can be buried.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

w. A Clark of Montana can neither get in nor get out. The case has practically been referred to the people of Montana
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

When the time limit was taken off in the Methodist church, north, many barrel of old sermons was rendered innocuous.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

Mafeking's welcome of the wagon trains loaded with food has rarely been equalled.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

After all Rathbone, Nicely & Co. did nothing in Cuba that surpassed incidents in Ohio and Indiana politics.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

The wedding of Senator Clarks daughter may render the Benedict wedding too tri- vial for even remembrance.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

Maiuba and David B. Hill are slowly coming into prominence again. Both need a good deal of averaging first however.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

Enthusiastic young women should take notice that Lieutenant Hobson knows when he has had enough.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

Little Bobs is not many miles away from the Transvaal this a. m., for it is supper time in that land this morning.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

The Mafekingites dreamed of plum pud- dings, and got them.
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

Have you got your pneumonia shirt on this morning?
The age-herald., 1900-05-25

The suit of the Kentucky Taylor" was a misfit.