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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1898)
Conservative. "when Johnny comes marching homo. " It does not need thut magnificent spec- taolo of floating castles to tap the tloep i'ouiitain of national feoliug which is full of waiting welcome. Everywhere wo hear of preparations to hoiior the men who fought ou laud not less heroic ally than did the crews and command ers of Sampson's fleet. However superb the work of the warships , of which the world will uofc cease to talk for some time to come , a special tribute is duo to our soldiers. To do their finishing work , which supplemented the navy achievement , required not only un flinching courage and devotion. It in volved personal hardship and suffering , patient endurance aud a spirit of dogged endeavor which merit a special nuul of admiration , exceeding oven that for the bravo sailors. The country at large feels this to the heart's core. They will express it , too , with as much vehe mence , if not on as grand a scale as Now York welcomed our splendid fleet Labouchero of Truth is sometimes eccoutrio and extravagant in his opin ions. Ho has not always spared the Americans in his love of saying a clever thing , oil the principle of Paddy at the Dounybrook fair , "Hit a head wherever you see it. " But Labby now objects to the air of superiority with which Euro peans so often pretend to look down on Americans , forgetful of some of his own ventures in this way. "Tho old world , " ho says , "in its dealings with the new assumes an attitude of condescension as ridiculous as it is unwarranted. One of the salient features of the late war was the manly , honest , generous and chivalrous conduct of the United States government forces aud people from the beginning to the end of the campaign It is only just to express the general feeling of admiration which the new chivalry has created throughout Eu rope. " The famous London editor will remain in this temper until a fresh caprice overtakes his flighty moods. Dowey's memorial sword , voted by congress , has been chosen in design. It will consist of a blade of damascened steel with a hilt of solid gold , plaiu but highly traced. The scabbard will bo of dark blue damascened metal inset with gold , and its severe treatment will only bo adorned by a tormina ] of two dolphins Like the man blade of matchless temper aud edge in a sheath of elegant simplicity Those who make a business of seek- iug pleasure never secure it except as the merest illusion It is the myth of Ixion and the cloud The only solid delights lights of this kind which leave an im pression on the mind are such as take us by surprise. Travel improves good winoaud spoils the poor The same thing may bo said of brains. There is no such arrant nui sance as the traveled fool. The letters written by n Spanish soldier j dior of infantry , Pedro Lopez do Oassil-1 lo , to General Shafter and to the Amer ican army , as the accredited representa i tive of the surroudored Spanish soldiery , | constitute a unique contribution to military literature. The enthusiasm of praise for the heroic gallantry of the Americans and the gratitude for the brotherly kindness with which the Spaniards were treated afterward are expressed with true Spanish hyperbole. But there is something pathetic in the words which attest their genuineness. Evidently the Spanish privates are not all unlettered herdsmen and peasants. Wheu the writer , however , refers to the Cubans in arms , Spanish , eloquent in its "cuss" words , has no term too sav agely denunciatory. The writer know bow to fire expletives as well as bullets. A rural pastor in Pennsylvania- lately mounted his pulpit in his shirt sleeves on a very hot Sunday Ho excused it on the ground that it was not more sinful than for city preachers to appear in their pulpits wearing a dresa coat , slip pers and a shirt stud This is u curious- uotion of city clergymen's pulpit habits , almost as queer as the tr litiou of the Georgia major wliosu Oala garb was a shirt collar and a pair of spurs. There is a movement in Jamaica to secure British permission for auuoxa tiou to this country In this case it is a question of sugar Perhaps Jamaica would bettor sound the feeling here first. Wo may have all of the saccharine probabilities our sweec tooth calls for It has been announced that the honorarium rarium of the peace commissioners will be § 25,000 each How many needy statesmen out ol business there are who will sigh that they are not quite big enough to be candidates ! Modern Germany was established on the basis of the idea that a great army is the foundation of strength. Russia has for a century rested on the same basis of force , but a change has entered into such views. Germany aud France each year vote bigger naval credits. Russia , without colonies or a scacoast , contem plates spending § 3 5,000,000 in the uoxt seven years ou ton ships. Sea power is looming up as the ruling factor in in ternational rivalry The actual expenditures of the late war have been about $105,000,000 , with a possibility of reaching § 150,000,000 before all the obligations will have boon liquidated. Our not gains have not yet beeu totted up in the general profit and loss account It will take a good while to make the trial balance Admiral Sampson , in allusion to the trifling sickness among the sailors of his fleet , is reported to have remarked "We know how to take care of our men in the navy. You see , \vo are al ways on u war footing. " The navy , liowover , has a supreme advantage. Its conditions permit healthful housing , regular medical attendance and a good commissariat under all conditions. The lack of these thiugs is what eveu the best organized armies sometimes are forced to undergo A jolly anecdote apropos of tuo Prince of Wales was recently told by Sir Ed win Arnold. Sir Francis Kuollys , the private secretary , announced to H. R. H. that some gentlemen of the press wished admission. "Oh , show them in , "was the answer. "If they don't come in at the door , they will come in through the ventilator. " The English fourth estate has taken valuable lessons from the Yankee brother. - - , , The resolutions adopted by the Sara toga conference on our foreign policy were iugoniously constructed to occupy the golden meau between the conserva tives aud the expausiouists. Chancellor McOrackon , the chairman of the com mittee , proved that ho could easily ride the two horses at once. The surest method of pleasing in so cial life is to bo willing to bo taught many things which one already knows by people who do not know them. INTELLIGENT COOKING. Housekeepers Should Better Understand the Higli Art of Simple Cookery. "Good living is not high living in the ordinary sense , " writes Ella Morris Krot- pchmur in the corn-so of an article on the "Artof Cookery" in Woman's Homo Com panion for September. "Tho very acino of good living is the host presentation of good material in simple form , and in that suiso it is the best and highest of living. The introduction of cookery as a branch of our public school training will start the coming generations of housekeepers in the right direction , but the crying need of the present , next to a knowledge of ma terials , is for housekeepers to better un derstand the importance of the high art of simple cookery. "Many H woman will take infinite pains in making a cake who probably couhl not toll of the vegetables in common use. which should bo put on to cook in hot water and which in cold , which should bo salted at first and which later , and why ; how each should ho dressed for serving , and the dif ference in dressing them when young and old. Among housekeepers there are more good pieniakera than breadmakcrs , 20 who make pretty desserts to one who is export in cooking meats , and CO who make fine cake to one who understands good Eoupmaking. Do not , because you have kept houfu 10 , 20 or 80 years , feel your housewifely dignity would bo compro mised by beginning nil over again in cer tain things , for that is being progressive. A narrow minded woman would not do it ; / bo sure of that. The really useful knowl edge you already possess will count for its full value ; your expertness in the nones- scntials is very desirable as a supplement to more important knowledge. Of course you can cook a potato. But how ? When you have really exhausted 'the flue art' of cooking potatoes , you have finished one fundamental branch of a splendid educa tion. There are others of equal impor tance , and each alike necessary , if 0110 would bo an intollicont housokoouor. "
