I 10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNMWY , DEPEMBER 8 , SIXTEEN PAGES I
I " G0SSIPAB0UTT11E SENATORS ,
Hi Watson O. Squlro of WnBhhifjton
H [ una His Curious Ways
HI' ' _
H | ONE OF DAKOTAS BRAINY MEN
Hf How JikIcq Moody Cmno Into rroin-
HL Inonco Stiwilbril nml Sunol Hon
H * ator Aknndcr * > nn's Mnuiilllccnt
B , Turnout
Uh Ion t'lcturcn I rum Wnalilnuton
H . ( Com/rlii'it IHSO hy Frank G. Cmlienler ]
Hj Wasiiivciton , Dec r > . [ Spocml to Tub
Mm Hr.n.1 Tlio ncnato lias a now mlllion.ilro
m this session In tlio person of Wntson C ,
Mtt Squlro , of thoatito of Washington , Senator
H | Sqmro li worth tlfii\OO0 , nnd his Income is
Mm f 10tKX ) u month Ho can spend $50,000 a
| season In Wushlngton and not miss It , und t
Mi nm told Unit his oiitortalnmonts will bo fro
Mm • qucnt and liberal Ho wilt llvo nt tlio
Mt Arlington hotel , nnd his family will bo
Mi nmone tlio loudinf , ' figures In Washington so-
H. clety , Sonntor Squlro was born In Ohlolnis
Ma lived In Mow York , and has mnJo tils for
Ma tund in VVashlncton territory , Ho married
| " - _ " Into the family of tlio Kamingtons , the noted
B pun and typr-wrltor people , and It was soma
Mt jenrs 11 ro that ho moved to Scnttlo nnd
fl boRan to spoculnto in real estntc , Ho
Mm , now onus houses and lands and
H | ils property Incre.isos in value every
Mm jenr , ntul his bulldltiKs brlnjr him in cold
Mty i galore Ho looks mora Jlko a Now Yorlc club
Mi ; man than ono6f the newest of thb western
B senators , Ho tins tno tastes of a clubman ,
H too , and ills wall tilled out front vlllnotuo
H > nut of pliico anions the fut gold bags of the
Hi senatorial chamber Ho is u pond talker
* ami nrniun of nblllly I asked uti Indluua
MM i congressman who knous him well tonight
whut kind of inun Squlro Is Ho replied ,
r < ' \Voll , ho is u curious kind of n follow Ho
Is In 11 of good uaturo , has the iiccoinpUsh-
in on Is of a mau-nbout tojvn , is a good storv-
HB i teller , nud Is u combination of gonoroslty
H' and the reverse Ho will borUKly with you
hs to the dilfcroncc of a quarter , and will
spend J23 in ch.unpncno in oxplululng the
' matter to vou They toll it story of n letter
li of Introduction which Nicholas 11. Owens
Mm\ \ tinea gave Squlro In introducing him to a
L friend of tils 'J Ins letter said :
r * "My Dear Governor ; 'J his will Introduce
you to my friend Watson C. Squlro You
' will find hhn n hog in llttlo things nud a
I , ' * prince In big things
( signed ) Nicholas H. Ownss "
* " 'lhls story , however , is probably unfair
to the Hcmilor Llltu all good business men
ho has to watch the corners closely in his
money transactions , nnd ho docs not bclicvo
in mixing up business nnd chanty I am
told ho if one of the most gunorsus nnd
< • chnrltahlo of men , nnd thnt ho belioVcs In
spending ns well as making fortunes "
Another bright senator from the now
' stater ) who is considerably woll-to-do , is
Gideon C. Moody of South Dakota Moody's
homo is nt Dcnduood in the heart of tlio
. - liluck Hills Ha Is the leading lawyer ot
his state , and a good shnroof the motnls that
coma out of this mineral region drop Into his
pocket in the way of fees I urn told that his
income is at least $10,000 a year f torn , his
practice , and ho is possessed of lnnds and
stocks Ho is a struight , brona-shouldored ,
well illicit out man , of about llfty
years of age His hmr is as whlto ns newly
slncKcd llmo , and there are silver ntnmds
nmong the gold of his full ueard His face
is fair and fico from wrinkles , his forehead
is hlcli and his oj es nro as blue ns the skies
of Crccco Ho dresses in the conventional
statesman's bluck froclc coat , wears a black
Derby hat , und has the frco nnd easy air of
tlio great northwest , Ho tells mo that ho
' was born in Now York , and that ho moved
H. ta.Imliuiin at mannood , intending to remain
UU tlicr .foT'tcn or twelve years und then coino
M i back to Washington as president or senator
Hl' from the wild and woolly west , Indiana ,
H > however , uld not need new senatorial tlm-
H ' bcr and ho never got lik'lior than the logislu-
turo Ho was in the IogUlaturo ut the bo-
H ginning of • the war , and in the stlrr-
H ing thnieK 'Cif 1S0L ho showed 'lilm-
i vBelf"jtnvi uold nnd fearless statosmun
H " MHo-Ioft Indiana for Dakota about twonty-llvo
H years ago , and when bo settled with bis
H ( family on n fai m Just outside of Yankton his
l neighbors in the vicinity thought him fool
H . hardy on account of the danger from Iu-
1 dians Tlioro was no house between him and
1" the north polo ; and the only signs of civillza-
H tlon wore in the town near by This farm
m • of Senator Moody's is now divided up into
H building lots Ho paid | 3 an aero for it and
H H is now worth more tlian $100,000. I dent
H know tbut bo owns any of it , but ho un-
rt doubtodly made a good tnlug oil of its sale
1 Wbon ho left it ho moved to Duadwood and
H this was fourteen your * ago I mot him first
K • when ho was hero in Washington as ouo of
H the senators from the then organized state of
H- Dakota , which was planned by the people ,
- but which was not recognized at Wusluug-
H ton Senator Moody had , by tbo courtesy of
H the senate , ayiaco in tno chnmbor while the
B question of tbo legality of Dakota state
- liood was pending On its being decided
* illegal ho went back to Dakota nnd bided his
B t time Ho now comes to Washington witn no
cloud upon his title , and ho has taken quarters -
! tors just across from tlio can.tol , where his
M * * face can look out upon that gioatmarblo
1 building in which for the next six yours ho
H , will have a chauco to make for himself u
1' national reputation ,
H The lovurs of horses nraong.tho states
H men ot the capital bavo spent considerable
H time lu the cloak rooms of tno house and
B scnato this wcok in talking about Sunol ,
B Senator Stanford's great trotter , which ho
' . latnly sold to Hobort Uonnor No stock is
fl taken in the statement that Goorgc Hearst
' oiTorcd Stanford 8250,000 for tlio horse lifter
{ i sbatvas sold to Honnor , and the probability
B L Is that the price paid for it was about $ . /0,0X ! ) ,
B , lebuttod with Senator Stookbridgo about
V this lliln afternoon StocKbridgo has ona of
f tlio finest breeding farms in the northwest
One of his horses toolc the llrst pri7o at thor
r Chicago horse fair this j cur , and bo is a man
\yno innuos money out ot line uorse3. bpealt-
H < " lag of Sunol , ho said :
, Stanford naturally feels very pround of
tlio work of Sunol , especially so as ho is the
" result of his theory of brcodiujr which ho
i ) holds in opposition to the best authorities
H , .bouator . Stanford believes that the best
, straiiiH of thoroughbred blood ought to bo
H" crossed with the bestof the trotting stock to
> , produce the great trotter of the future , nud
. this is ono evidence that ho is right , Hobort
i , , llouner will have to bo vcrycarafulof Sonul ,
Hf and my partner , who is ono of the host
BBBr posted men on the breeding of horses I
- - know , says that ho ought not to bo pushed ,
- for u year or two at least , Ifo ought to bo
i allowed to Jog along und kept in good train
: ing nnd at the und of llmt.tlnio ho would
probably reduce his record to 3 U or 4 "
f "Hy the wa.vseaatordo you atlll own Boll
BBBJg , Doy , tno horse you bought of Senator Stan
F ford a couple of j ears ngol"
> "No , " replied Senator Stockbrldgo , "I
vii sold him i paid { 3,000 to Senator Stanford
> for him , aud sold him for JJ5.000. llo was
H' lately sold again at n horse auction in Ken
H , tucky und brought (21,000.
H Among the finest tournouts soon In Wash
' lngton Ibis winter will bo thut of Senator
H Mandcrson ot Nebraska Mandcrson is a
H great horse lover , and ho has bi ought from
4 his form near Omahu a couple of high step
H ping chestnut marcs Thesaai a the result
- , of careful brocalng for moro thati twelve
. yours They are Hamblotoniaus uudtlioy
BBBB can trot easily In thrro minutes They are
BBBB thoroughly broken , but so spirited nnd grace
< f ul that they will attract attention on any of
BBBB the uvenucs Senator Mandcrson brought a
BBBB • high bred colt along witli them , aud this
BBBB is now in the hands of Mr
BBBB Morrow , the horse trainer at Bright
H : wood His pony Comanche which lis rode
> & > t year is also in the trainers hands This
H ] xmy it of the host blood ot the plains , being
H. from a tine mnro of the Amorlcan wild horse
. species crossed by Gold Dust It has all the
BBBB gaits of all well trained riding horses , aud
BBBB tbo Napoloonio ilguro of Mandersou will bo
l seen upon It galloping along the country
i * roads near Washington
B < Senator Stockbndgu lias brought four
> magnificent black horses to Washington ,
BBBB ] und McMillan has a line turnout , ivnieh ho
BBBB ] , • * will drive here this winter , I saw Senator
1 Sbonnnu's rig trotting along Ponusylvunla'
BBBB ] avenue the other day llo ho * two well
> mudo horses , both of which are high stop
BBBB tiers , but which nro ot different colore , ono
BBBB ] being a bright sorrel aud the ether a bay ,
B ' Senator Sherman takes a drive every utter
B' noon when the weather Is line
BBBB ] rnoakiug of Manderson's Iiorses ho was
BBBB ] often seen driving during tbo winter ho
BBBB ] lived with tils boon companion Senator
_ Palmer , boblud l'ulmor's horses , and no one
know that ho possessed unch.flnd stoclt him
self ns ho has here this winter Ho was
asked the other day why ho had not men
tioned to Pnlmnr the fact that ho also bad
fine horses Ho replied , Blank it , I didbut
I'almor was so wrapped up In his own slock
raising that bo paid no attention to my ro-
mark "
Senator l'altncr , 11 will bo remembered ,
sent his farm manager , Mr Cottrcll.n couple
of years ago to Turkey 16 bring back some
Arabian stallions Palmer has an Idea that
the finest horse 111 the world can bo produced
by crossing the l'orchoron with ptiro Ara
bian biped Ills manager went to Jerusalem
but the result of his investigations showed
tbnthnlf of the Arabian steeds were unsound ,
nnd Senator Palmer found thnt ho had to
get n permit from the sultan before ho could
lake nn Arabian horse out of the country
Ha got this permit anil succeeded lu bring
ing one Arabian stallion bnuk to the United
State * , but this , I am told lias recently died ,
Senntor Palmer hns sixty ilno Perchoron
horses on his big farm hear Detroit , nud ho
likes nothing in the world better than to
pl.iy ot farming in Ins H2.000 log cabin Ho
pines for the forests of Font Mill , the nniiio
by whlchjio calls his farm , oven under the
sunny skies dt Spain , nud I nm informed by
very good authority , tlinl ho will return to
the United Stntos next Jltlyand will probably -
ably resign his mission Ht thnt time Ho hns
immense interests hero , and his salt wells ,
lumber yards and plno forests in Michigan
nro worth millions lib bus u cre.it dent of
real estata in Dotrolt , nnd this farm is only
four miles from the cltv nud is nt the end of
an olectriu railroad This railroad brings It
in close communication with Detroitand tlio
city is rapidly growing townrds \ It tuny
bo ndvlsablo to divide it up into lots nt an
early date , and the Senators dorsoy cows
nnd Perchoron horses nlso need bis uttun-
tlon , Ho wunts to bo back in
America nlso to sco about bis
Washington property nnd Ins big
brown sumo house on McPherson ° qunra for
Bnlo This house has nine mahogany bath
rooms , nnd its kitchen nnd laundry nro in the
attic , wliiro there is a line stnblo sandwiched
onto its roar It Is finished in tlio finest
wood , and it Is the house for which the sena
tor was charged 5)0 ) 000 mora than his con
tract urieu with tlio architect for building
It cost him , ho once told me , $ S5,000 , and ha
now oiTcrs hi for sale with the lot adjoining
It for $12" ,000 Ho does not want to rent It ,
and as it is not Rold , the probability is that
Itjwill stnnd vacant tills winter
Spanking or Pnlmer's prohablo resignation
of the oillco of minister to Spain , there will
probably bo a number of changes when the
spring opens Colonel Denhy , President
Cleveland's appointbo as minister to Pukin ,
will not bo removed before that time , ns It
would bo impossible for the new nppolntoo
to get to his post before the opening up ot
navigation on tbo Pciho river Minister
Cliilds of Bangkok is still in oillco , and there
has been as yet 110 change of appointment at
Korea Thomas Kyan , the minister to Mexico
ice , was here a few days ngo , and ho has
gene back to Mexico to spend seine months
there at least Prom a private letter from
Japan 1 learn that our now minister ut Tokio
Is very popular there , and that ho proposes
to entertain on 11 moro extensive scale than
did Governor Hubbard This letter stutes
that GOveruor Hubbard , nccordlng to Tokio
gossip , is said to liavo saved $40,000 during
his four j ears'sorvico at the Japnncso rip
ital The ministers salary is only $12,000 n
voar , nnd It ennhotbo possible that GoNcrnor
Hubbard has been a "blo to keep up his estab
lishments on $ .2,000.
Secretary Allen of the Korcam legation is
now on the Pacific on his way to Hong
Kong , where ho o\pects to spend some time
He goes on a diplomatic mission for the king
of Korea , and in all probability Intends to
confer tlieio with Prince Min Yong Ik , who
has been living for some time away from the
Korean capital anil ut Houg Kong This
prince is ono ot the most powerful of tno
Korean nobility Ho has boon in a number
of cases u friend ot the king , and there must
bo trouble brewing In Koron or Secretary
Allen would hardly bq ordered to take sucn
u Journey when his services are needed hero
Korea has Its factions , and the relations of
China and Korea hue , for the past few
years , been very strained Li Hung Chang ,
the viceroy of Chlua , wntrhos the country
through his sharp almond eyes , and the
Chinese ambassadors nt the Korean capital
are Impudent . ovonto the king
himself As "if is , his mnjosty
Is advised by Auioricans Ho pays about
812,000 a year UTJudgo Donny of Oroeon to
couusol him ns to diplomatic and other mat
ters Ho has also the udvico of our minister ,
Hugh A. Dinsinora , who is a line constitu
tional lawyer and who is very close to the
throne Secretary Alton has moro wolghtln
Korea than uuy ether man in the world , and ,
starting out to China as a missionary doctor ,
bo has developed into ono of the sbrowdost
diplomats of the cast
Speaking of Korea , I learn that the Amer
ican generals are now getting along very
nicely , and that the army is slowly but
surely being put upon a modern basis
General Dye • proposes to stay there
for seine years to como , and it is not improb
able that his family , who are now living in
Washington , will go out to visit him
Wndo Hampton Gibbs is no longer post
master at Columbia , S. C , and Senator
Hamilton and Postmaster General Wnua-
maltor continue not tosmllo ns tbey pass by
Their trouble formed the subject , of a chat
among tbo senators not lonir ago , and while
the most of thorn criticised Senator Wade
Hamilton for ndyislngthouostraastor general
that lie could give an appropriate lecture to
his Sunday school pupils on the lnstruetlvo
story of Ananias nnd Snphirn , Senator Veer
hoes apparently took Hampton's part , aud
said that Mr Wunamnker's ' reply , stating
that Clayton had not been commissionedand
not saj ing whether bo had been appolnlod
or not , reminded him of the story of a
bright , redheaded boy who lived in
the pountry near Nnshvillo , Tenn
This boy , " said Senator Voorhoes ,
was tbo only son of a very pious mother ,
who had a holy horror of card playing and
theater going - She looked on the door of tbo
theater as the gate to the bad place , and
characterized cuds ns the picture books of
the devil She brougnt her son up on this
basis , nnd when ho was a lad of liftccu she
felt sbo had him well grounded in the faith
At this time the boy received an invitation to
visit some city friends of the family In Nash ,
villo Ho ncceptod it It was his first visit
to the city , nnd his friends wcra among thu
best pcoplo of Nnshvillo Ho admired the
easy way in which they utu things , una wliou
ho found thut they played cards night after
nlgnt in their parlor ho could not see any
thing wrong in it and soon took a hand him
self As to the theater hu nlso foil from
grace Ibo family laughed nt his country
notions and ho nccoptcd their invitation and
wont Ho liked the play so well that
bo wont again nnd again , and ha
kept this up until bo loft for homo
When ho had returned to the llttlo
country vllluvo ho found himself
the only boy who had over boon to a citynud
ho was the here ot the town His boy
friends gathered around him in his mothers
kitchen , and with swelling breast , bo told
them of tbo great tbiugs ho had soon in the
city , while tbo old lady looked on admiringly
through her iron bound spectacles The
children nskod-him questions , and bo an
swered them all In a sir oracle wanner
Pinally ono boy uslted , Did vou see Komoo
aad Juliet " This piny , the boy knew bad
been on tbo stage in Nnshvillo by noted
players , nnd bo had seen something about it
in the newspapers , Tbo dutiful son was nt
n loss how to answer Ho dured not say he
had not seen it , for that would lessen his
reputation Ju the sight of his friend , und if
ho said bo bed scon it , his mother would
Buroly bo down upon him with u hickory
switch Ho thought u half miuuto , and thou
with a shaky look at bis mother out ot the
cornels of Ins eyes , ho said , Yes I saw
Homoo but T didn't see Juliet , ' and this , "
concluded Senator Yoorhcos , was about
the same kind ot an answer Wanamakor has
given Hampton Bo whips the devil around
the stump and makes a worse mess of it thun
If ho bad 001110 straight out and acknowl
edged tbo appointment "
Senator Hampton's letter was , however ,
very injudicious Tills fact Is conceded by
tbo southern sonatoru and by tbo members
from his own state Tlio coutost has been
the worse for him , una bo Is having in it a
similar experience to that ho had with
Senator Sherman , when the latter was
secretary of tbo treasury Hampton
found fault with ono of Sherman's speeches
which be made at a dinner during his term
ot otUce , and ho wrote a rather Impertinent
letter to Sherman iu tvhich bo saia his resi
dence was South Carolina , and made some
other statements which , though not of the
insulting nature as was his letter to Wnna-
maKcr , were by 110 moans complimentary to
Sherman Sherman sent him an open letter
in reply in which ho informed Mr , Hampton
that ho understood the situation perfectly ,
aud that bis resldonco is in Ohio Hamp
tons attack upon Sherman was iu this case
unwarranted , and Sherman had the sympa
thy of tha poopla wbon be baadod over the
correspondence to the newspapers Since
that time Senators Hampton and Shcrmnn
have bad nothing to do with ono nnothor
snvo when the business ot ( ho scnato requires -
quires It Tlioy do not sneak , and the only
time thnt Senator Hamilton has addressed
Senator Sherman was whllo the latter was
president pro torn of the senate , and ho had
to do so At such times Senator Sherman
treated Senator Hampton with the greatest of
courtesy and I dent bollcvo that ho has nnv
particular grudge against him now , though
ho is by no moans anxious to outer into nny
closer rotations with him than now exist
Hampton dent like tlio Shermans , nnd ho is
ns much down on the general as ho Is on the
sonntor
Mrs Sunset Cox U ( n thoclty looking after
her property tiero Just before she and Mr
Cox started for the west on their Slimmer
tour Mr Cox bought two lots Just back of
his rcsldcncd on Now Hampshironvenuo nnd
bcnn building two houses Thesa houses
nro now completed nnd will bo occupied this
winter They nro for rentnt- too per month
each Sunset Cox wns a money maker nnd
n money nccumulntor Ho made money at
tils law practice while ho wns m Now York ,
nnd during his last dajs in congress his
writings were very popular Ho received
112,000 for the Diversions ot n Diplomat
before tlio book went to press , nnd bis estuto
will get nn income from it forjoars to como
His Why Wo Lnuch' ' still brings
in something , and his Three Decades or
Pcderal Legislation is still selling The
his literary pro 11 w have bron on
us two larger woi Its , which have nppcnrcil
within the Inst llvo years Tlio money from
them ho has invested in Wnshitiglou real
cslnto , and this real cstato forms 11 well pny-
ing partof hl < yistito Mrs Cox , though not
rich , is left in comfortable clrcumstunccs
Mr Uox had , nt the time of his death , four
houses in Washington His wlfo will dcrivo
a comfortable income rrnm ttieso nlono The
house on Dapuiit Cirulo which Sunset Cox :
bought originally for 10,000 , ho sold on tils
dcp.uturo for Turkey for $50,000 , and consid
ered it n good bargain , It was 11 good bir
gain Upon his return ho bought the same
house hick tigatn for about J40.000 , mid
it will rent for from ? 150 to
$ -00 ! per month ; ndd to this M00 n
month which Mrs Cox will have from tbeso
two now houses and her Income from Wash
ington real ostaUi will bo $20 a month In
nddltion to this Mrs Cox has the resldonco
on Now Hampshire nyenuo , which she nnd
her husband built n few years ago This is
- combination of Moorish nnd American nr
chltccturo It is full of Oriental concolts
and It cost something llko JiO.OuU lo4 > uld ! It
Mrs Cox nml her husband planned this
house while they worn in Turkey , and they
hoped it would bo their homo for mnny long
years Mrs Cox will not soil this house ,
nnd sbo will bold it as her winter Washing
ton home , spending part of the time here nnd
part of the time nt her homo in Now York
Tlio relations of Mr und Mrs Cox
were of the closest matrimonial order
Tbolr honeymoon lasted from their wedding
to the day of Mr Cox's death and they were
closely associated in eyori thing Mrs Cox
know all of Mr Cox'b plans , and she aided
him in his literary work and in tbo further
ing of bis political nspirntions She guarded
his leisure and his working hours , kept the
bores away from him and prevented his
being annoyed bv the oillco seekers uud lob
byists She nccomp inlod him iu ull his trav
els , und 1 have a picture of Mr and Mrs
Cox tukon by'lho light of the midnight sun
during their travels in Norway , lie dedi
cated nil his books to her , and she was his
best literary critic It is not true
that Mr Cox loaves any unfin
ished liteiary work Ho was ns methodical
in bis literary labors as ho was iu his busi
ness matters , nnd ho died with his work
finished up to the duy"of Ills deith Ho was
durinir his life , n voluminous correspondent
Ho htisnared Iettors the duy ho received
them , und ho nnswfcred every ono who wrote
to linn Ho was methodical in his work , unit
I nm told there will bo no trouble in the
settlement of his cstato His private soero-
tary Is now in Washington , and ho tolls 1110
that everything will bo practically settled
up by the first of next month Mrs Cox
herself lias line literary taste , and it is tory
probable that alio will prepare n memorial
biography of Iter husb-md. She has not ,
however , begun it ns jet , and there is no
certainty as to when the work will appear eras
as to whether it will bo published under her
name as thu authoress
Pkaxk G. Caupenteii
THE OMAHA BARD '
Chtcaoo UeiaW
A's nn Attorney who's working for gold
B is the Uoodlo ho longs to behold
0 is the Case ho is trying to win
D is the Danger his clients nro in
E is the Elephant now on his bands
F is the Fear ho will fail in his plans
G is the Glory ho tonga to attain
H is the Handfuls of gold bo would gala
1 is the Ire ho frequently shows
J Is the Judge ho must ever oppose
K is tbo Kick ho is never without
L is the Law ho is dodging about
Mis the Manner in which ho procoodn
N is tbo Numerous oxceptious he pleads
O is the Objections tbo Judge seldom heeds
P Is the Prisoners waiting to see
Q is tlio Question , What will it bol"
U is tbo Hope winch they hope to avoid
5 is the Scaffold which may bo omoloyod
T is the Twelve who their fnto will reveal
U is the Unrest winch tlio prisoners feeL
V is the Victim so foully removed "
Wis tbo Wrong which has clearly been
proved ,
X Is the X collent force of police
Y is tlio Yearning their fame to mcreaso
/ is the Zeal tbo detectives displayed
6 lot all the "llnds" by stroct cleaners bo
inado
Wanted in tlio Cronin Case
Wanted Testimony that will help to win
a case ,
And words of other witnesses to alter or
erase
Wo fought the prosecution to tbo Witcr end ,
butsinco
Wove looked nbout us und wo find were
lacking n defense
Moat everything they said or did wo have
t objected to ,
But now wo Hud there yet remains n harder
work to ao :
'Twould ' bo a pleasure now for us to roundly
recompense
Tha party who will bring to us a genuine de
fense
Were not particular about the why , the
when or whore ,
Wo dent object to nuytlilug to lossou our
desp ur ,
And , say I Dent keep us watting in this terrible -
riblo suspense ,
But telephone us anything to strengthen the
defense
Of course well not admit it , but tbo truth
cant ' bo denied ,
They scarcely loft us anything to stimulate
our side ; •
Wo cannot cioarly see our way to victory ,
and hencu
Wo thought an advertisement might sccaro
us a acfenso , /
Chicago as n Winter ami Summer
llesort
In the cold north laud where tbo polar
boar
With wrea hs of snow festoons his lair ,
Where the sun daren't sbino till its nearly
noon
And there's frost on the ohoek of the har
vest moon ,
And even In summers mild breath
A feather bed would freeze to death
Where tbo tempests roar and tbo blizzards
moan
Ob , who would dwell iu thnt frigid zonot
In the hpt south land where the burning sky
And the breath ot summer forever fry
Where there never coinos u moments rest
To the nearly meltoa and heat oppressed ,
Where the poor gallant with a grief profound
If ha would the fair ones ' friendship own
Ob , who would dwell in that torrid zoael
In this mild , fair land where the zephyrs
blow
From the warm red rose to tlio flakes of
snow ,
Where winter wounds that tbo breath of
spring
To newborn beauty tha loaves may bring ,
Where the elves and fairies play ana laugh
At tbo nun and shadow half uad half ,
Whore pleasing changes All the hours
Oh , who would not llvo in a lake like oursl
Open liettor to Mr Armour
Oh I Phil J '
Are they after you still
Because a few facts you bavo never con
fess cdl
cdlAll
All I Weill
You may as well tell ,
So that the committee can pull down Us Vos
Insist on having tlio gonulno Rod ,
Cros8 Cough Dropa , C cents per box ,
Sold everywhere
PLAIN WMDSABOUr WOMEN ,
1 .
Grant AlldhJ Blunt Dlsousslon of a
[ LlYlng Issue
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THE FUTURE OF THE RACE
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IT Sinn lit fitti Hold the Knrtli nml
Subdue nil woman Must Ac-
ccnt''Ui'o ' Dlvltto Duty or
fllotliciliood
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Women ami ttic Knno
I.
If any spccios or race desires a continued
oxlstonco , then nbovo nil things it is neces
sary that that spoclos or rnco Bhould go on
reproducing itself
Lot us look briefly at tlio needful condi
tions under which nlono tbo human race can
go on reproducing itself
If every woman married , and every womnn
had four children , population would remain
Just Btntloutiry Or rather , if every mar
riageable adult man und woman In u given
community were to marry , and If every mnr-
nago proved fertile , on the overage , to , the
extent of lour children , then , under rnvor-
ublo circumstances , thnt community , I take
it , would Just ltoop up its numbers , neither
iiicruuiiug nur uccrcasingTrom generation to
generation If less thnn all tlio ndult men
nud women married , or if the mnrriagos
proved fertile ofitho " average to n loss uogrco
thun four children uploco , then that com
munity would grow smaller ntul smaller In
order that tlio nmmunlty may keep up to Its
normal level , therofbto , ollher all udults
must tnnrry und produce this extent , or
clso , fewer marrying , thee few must have
families exceeding on the average four chil
dren , iu exact proportion to the rate of ab
stention And ir the community Is to in
crease ( winch on Darwinian principles I bo-
llovo to bo a condition precedent of nutionnl
health and vigor ; , then cithorall udults must
mtrry nnd produio moro thun four children
oploco , or else , fewer marrying , tlioso few
must pioduco us many moro as will compen
sate foi thu abstention of the remainder nnd
form a small surplus In each genoratiou
In Britain , at the present duy , I believe I
am right In deducing ( after Mr R Galton )
that nn uvorago of nbout six children per
marriage ( not per head of fomnlo Inhabit
ants ) is necessary In order to keep the popu
lation Just stationary , writes Grant Allen iu
the Fortnightly Hoviow And the uetual
number of children per marriage is a
llttlo in excess of oven that high
Ilguro , thus providing lor the regular in-
oreti90 from oonsus to census and for over
flow by emigration '
These facts , all , platitudes as they are ,
look so startling at hrst sight that they will
probably need Tor thp unstutistiuul reader a
little explanation and simplification
Well , suppose , now , every man und every
woman in a givoh'community were to marry ,
nnd suppose thpylwcie in each case to pro
duce two childrensa boy and a girl ; nnd sup
pose these ehildren were in every case to at
tain maturity j\yiiy , then , the next genera
tion would exactly reproduce tbo last , each
fatlior being represented by his son , and
each mother by-iier daughter , ud inilnitum
(1 ( purposely omit , for'simplicity's sake , the
complicating factor of tholengtb nud succes
sion of ceneratioos , which oy good luck 111
the case of the , human species practically
caticcls itself ) . But , us a matter of fact , nil
the children do not attain maturity : on tbo
uontrai y , ncarly'iinir of iliem die before
1 caching the ngu-of manhood iu somu con
ditions of life , Indeed , and in some countries
moio than half Houghly speaking , theie-
fore ( for I dent wish to become u stntlstical
bore ) , it may bb' ' dud that in order that two
children may altali maturity and bo capublo
of marriage , evyuilndor the most ravorablo
circumstances , rour must bo born The
other two must bo provided to cover 1 isles of
iufunt or adolescent mortalitj , ana to in- .
Buro against nlfurtnlity : or incapacity for
murriago in later life They are wanted to
muko up the categories of soldiois , sailors ,
imbeciles , cripples , and incapables gener
ally So that if every possible person mar
ried , and if every married pair had four
cbilprca , wo should only keep up tbo number -
bor of our population from ono ago to an
other
Now , I need hardly say that every pos
sible uoi son docs not marry , and that wo do
actuully a good deal moro than keep up the
number of our population Therefore It will
at once bo clear that each actual marriage is
fertile to considerably , moro than the extent
of four children That is , indeed , a heavy
burden to lay upon woinon Ono aim , at
least , ot social reformers should certainly bo
to lighten it as much as possible
Nevertheless , I think , it will bo abundantly
appment from tnesn simple considerations
that in every community , and to all time , the
vast majority of the women must become
wives und mothers , and must bear nt least
four children apiece If some women shirk
their natural duties , then 11 henvier burden
must be laid upon the ronialnder But in
any case nil must become wives and mothers ,
und almost nil at least must bear lour or live
children In our existing state six are the
very fewest that our couutry can do with
Moreover , It Is pretty clear thut the boat
ordered community will bo ono wnoro as
larco 11 proportion of the women as possible
marry , and where the burden of maternity is
thus most evenly shared between them -
Admitting thut certain women may have
good reasons for avoiding tnutcrnity on vari
ous grounds unfitness , or , what is probably
much the same tbing nt bottom , disinclina
tion and admitting also that where such
good reasons exist , it is best these women
should remain unmarried , wo must still feel
that in most cases marriairu is in itself do-
sirublo , and that limited families nro bettor
thnn largo onus In ether words , it is best
for the commuuity nt largo that most women
should marry , and have uioderuto families ,
rather than that few bhould marry and liuvo
unwicldily largo ones ; for if families are
modcrato there will bo a greater rcservo of
hpulth and Btrength left in the mothers for
each birth , the production ot children can bo
sprcid moro slowly over a lonirer time , nnd
the family resources will bo less heavily
taxed for their in.iititcnanco and education
Incidentally this will bcucllt both parents
as well as tlio community That is to say ,
whci o many marriages aud sumll families
are the rule , the children will on the average
bo born healthier , bo better fed , and bu
launched moro fairly on the world in tlio
end Where marriages nro fewer und fami
lies largo , the strain of maternity will bo
most constant and most heavily felt ; the
father will bo harder worked , und the chil
dren will bo born fcobler , will bo worse fed ,
and will start wotse equipped iu the battle of
life i S
Hence I would Infer that the goal a wlso
community should keep in view Is rather
moro marriagcsjind fewer children per marriage
riago , than fowerHInnn luges and moro chil
dren per marriage
Or , to put these conclusions anotho < - way ;
In nny case , the vust majority of women iu
any community must needs become wlvos
and mothers , uri d hi the best ordered com
munltv the largest possible number will
doubtlosH become ho , in order to aistrlbuto
the burden equally , nnd to produce in the 1
end the best rejull } for the nation
Well , it may Sfi bj-utul and unmanlv to ud
mlt these facts flr to insist upon these facts ,
as wo are often told it is by maiden ladiesi
but still , if wo are to go on oxlsting at all ,
wo must look tha facts fuirJy and squarely iu
tbo face , and must-see how modern tenden .
cies stand with regard ? to them
Now , I have the , greatest sympathy with ,
tbo modoru woman's aomand for emancipa
tion I am an ontlfusiaston tlio woman ques
tion Indeed , so faram I from wishing to 1
neon her in subjection to mau , that I should
like to see her a great deal moro emanci
pated thun she herself us yet at all desires ,
Only her emancipation must not bo ot aBort
Bert that interferes in any way with
tlio prlmo natural necessity To the end of ;
all time , it is mathematically demonstrable '
that most women must become the mothers '
of at least four children , or else the race 1
must cease to exist Any supposed solution '
of the woman problem , thoroforo.which fails 1
to look this fact straight in the face , 1 $ a
faUo solution It cries , Peace , peacol" [
where there is no peace It substitutes a
verbal Juggle for a real way out of the diffi
culty It withdraws the attention of think
* Oh , yes , I know all about Malthus : but
Mr , Galton lias shown that it certain amount
of overpopulation it necessary for the sun
vival ot tha fittest , and thut if tbo best and l
most Intelligent classes abstain , the worst
end lowest will surely muko up the ieoway
for them
Ing women from tbo true problem of tholr
sex to fix it on sldo issues of comparative un
importance ,
And this , I bollovo , Is what almost all the
womnn's right women nro soduloiuly doing
tit the present day They nro pursuing n
chimera , nnd negloctlng to pcrcolvo the true
aim of tholr ser They nro setting up a fnlso
nnd unattainable ideal , while they omit to re
al I zo the true and attainable quo which nlono
Is open to thorn
For lot us look again for n moment nt what
this nil but universal necessity of maternity
Implies Almost every woman must bear
four or five children In doing so sbo must
on the nverngo use up the ten or twelve best
years of her llfo tlio tenor twelve years that
imraodlntoly succeed her nttalnmont of complete -
pleto womanhood For note , by the way ,
that these women must also for the most part
marry young ; ns Mr Galton hns showu ,
you can quietly nnd effectually wlno
out ft race by merely making Its
uomon all marry at twenty-eight ; married
box end that ago , they dent produce children
enough to replenish the population Again ,
during these ton or twelve years of child
bearing at tha very least , the women cant
ronvctilonlly earn their own livelihood * ,
they must bo provided for by the labor of
the mbn under existing drcunistnnces ( in !
favor of which I have no Phlllstltio preju
dice ) by tholr own husbands It la true that
In the very lowest statu of savagery special
provision is Beldom made by the men for the
women even during the periods ot pregj
nnncy , childbirth nnd Infancy of tno off
spring The women must live ( ns among
tha Hottentots ) ever the worst af these
periods on their own storcd-up stock of fat ,
llku hibernating boars or desert camels It
Is true nlso thnt nmong snvugo rates gen
erally tlio women bavo to work as hard as
tlio men , though the men boar In most cases
tno larger shnro in providing nctu.il food for
the ontiio family But in 1 Ivill/od commu
nities nnd the moro so in proportion to their
degree of civilization-tho men do most of
the hardest work , and in particular take
upon themselves the dutj ot providing for
the wives nna children The higher the
typo tbo longer nro the wives and children
provided for Anulogy would lead ono to
suppose ( with Comto ) that In the highest
communities the men would do all the woik
and the women would bo lelt ontirelv free
to undertake tbo management and education
of the children >
Seeing , them , tliulihoso necessities nro laid
by the very tinturo of our organization upon
women , it would appear ns though two du
ties were clearly Imposed the women them
selves , nud upon ull these mun who sympi-
thi iu their welfare : First , to sco that
their training nnd education should lit them
nbovo oveo thing else for this their main
function In life ; nnd second , that in consid
eration of the special burden they have to
bear In connection with reproduction , nil the
rest of life should bo inado us light und easy
and frco for them as possible Wo ouirtit
frankly to recognize that most women must
bo wives nnd mothers ; that most women
should therefore bo trained , physically , mor
ally , socolallv and mentally in tbo way best
fitting them to bo wives mid mothers ; und
that all such women have n right to tbo full
est and most generous support In curr.\mg
out their functions as wives and mothers
And hero it is that wo seem to como in con
flict for a moment with most of the modern
woman-question agitatots I say for a mo
ment only , for I am not going to admit , oven
for that brief space of time , that the doctrlno
1 wish to set forth hero is 0110 whit less ad
vanced , ono whit less radical , or ono whit
less emancipatory than tlio doctrlno laid
down by the most emancipated women On
tlio contrary , I feel sure thut while women
are crying for emancipation they really
want to bo left in slavery ; mid
that it is only 11 few exceptional men hero
and tlioro in the world who wish to see them
fully and wholly enfranchised Aud these
inon are uot the ones who take tbo lead lu
so called woman's rights movements
For what is the Idenl that most of these
modern women agitators set before thorn ?
Is it not cioarly the ideal of an utisexed
woman ? Are thej not nlwa\s talking to us
as though it were not the fact that most
women must bo wives und mothers ! Do
thej not treat any referuQco to that fact as
Konicthm ? ungenerous , ungentleuianly nud
almost unit ill Do they not talk about our
casting their sex in their teeth ? " as though
any man ever resented the imputation of
manliness Nny , have wo not ovou many
times lately heard these women who insist
upon the essential * womanliness of women
described as traitors to tlio eauso of their
box ? " Now , wo men nro ( rightly ) very Jeal
ous of our virility We hold it a slight not
to bo borne that any one should Impugn our
essential manhood And wo do well to bo
angry , for virility is the ltoy-noto to nil that
is best and most forcible in tbo musculino
character Women ought equally to dory
iu their femininity A woman ought to bo
ashamed to say she has uo dcslro to become
a wife and mother Many such women
tlieio are , 00 doubt it is to bo feared ,
with nur existing training , far too
many ; but , instead of boasting of
their Boxlessness as a matter of
pride , they ought to keep it dark nnd to bo
ashamed of it as ashamed as a mun iu a like
predicament would bo of his impotence ,
'lliev ought to feel they have fallen short of
the healthy Instincts of their kind , instead of
posing us in some sense the cream of the
universe , on the strength of what Is merely
a functional abei ration
Unfortunately , however , Just nt the pres
ent moment , a considerable number of the
ablest women have been misled into taking
this unfemtnlnc side , and becoming real
"tiaitors to their sex In so far as they en
deavor to nssimilato women 10 raon In every
thing , nnd to put uuon their shoulders , as a
glory und privilege , the burden of their own
support Unfortunately , too , they have
elected into an ideal what Is really nn un
happy necessity of the passing phase They
huvo set before them as an aim what ought
to bo rcgardodas a bad example And tbo
reasons why they have done bo are abund
antly evident to everybody who takes a wide
and extended view of tbo present crisis
for a crisis it undoubtedly is iu the position
ot women
Iu tbo first place , the movement for the
higher education of womou , in itself an ex
cellent and most pralsowortuy movement
has ut first , almost of necessity , taken a
wrong direction , which bus entailed in the
end much of the present uneasiness Of
course , nothing could well bo worse
than the so called education of
women forty or fifty years ago
Of caurio nothing could bo narrower
than the view of their sex then prevalent , as
eternally predestined to suckle fools uud
chronlclo small beer But when the need
for some change was ( list felt , instead of
reform tuklug a rational direction Instead
ot women being tuught to suckle strong und
intelligent children , and to order well a
wholesome , rensomblo household the mis
take was made of educating thorn like men
giving a llko training for totally utillko
functions The result was that many
women became unsexed in the process , uud
many others acquiicd a distaste , an unnat
ural dlbtasto , for the functions which nature
intended thorn to perform At tha present
moment a grout majoiity of the ablest
women uro wholly dissatisfied with tholr
positions as women , aud with the position
imposed by tbo facts of the case upon
woinon goncrully ; and this as the diioct
fault of their fulso education , They have
no real plan to propose for tbo future ot
women as a sex : but in a vai'uound formless
way they protest inarticulately against the
whole feminine function in women , often
even going the length of talklug us though
the world could get ulong permanently
without wives uud mothers "
* A short tima ngo I rocolved an angry lot
let from a correspondent la Iowa , full ot
curious bluster about doing without the
men altogotber " Apparently this lady
really thought the human race could bo ro-
crultcd from the gooseberry bushes
Per rheumatics nnd nournlglo palne ,
rub in Dr J. H. MoLonn's Volcunio Oil
Liniment , nnd take Dr J. II McLean's
Surriiinarillu You will not sudor long ; . ;
but will bo grutiiled with u Bjioody and
effective cure
The Kx-Hiuporor ut Brazil
A Mr Pedro ot Brazil had bought his winter
coal ,
And all his apple bins had flllod as full as 1
they would hold
Ho bought a barrel of cldor aud had inado
a lot nt kraut
Wbon ail at once his neighbors said : Its
time jou'ro moving out ! "
Ana so ho scarcely took the time to lock the
cellar door
But pacuod his grip and started for a strangers '
ger's foreign shore ;
And never la bis good , long life bo realized I
until
That moment how it seemed to bo ox-oinporor
of Brazil
Wutch tlio box , buy the ( jonulno Rod 1
Cross Cough Drops , 5 cents per box
A CARD " 1
From Max Meyer & Bro I
The auction sale which is now in progress at our ifl
store has caused so many inquiries that we lake "O
this mcthodio answer the inquiries and inform the public at \ fl
the same time The object of the saleis not , as some have | fl
asserted , to get rid of our old stock for the best of reasons , fjfl
we have none Nor is it a holiday scheme to get the ifl
trade but it is as advertised , to close the retail depart fjfl
ment of our jewelry business which we have been desirous ffl ;
of doing for many months , and having failed to find a cusfjfl
tomer to purchase the stock entire , and to put the stock inpfl
to our Wholesale department not being feasible , we have j
determined upon an auction sale of our entire stock of diaYfl (
mends , fancy goods , art goods , and all Without limit or 19
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