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Daily life niul HunJay , One Yenr 1 } < W
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Boulli omnha. Singer Illh. . Cirner W nn-1 llth Sis.
Council lilnrrn , 12 1'cnil Street.
Chicago Ofltee , J17 Chamber of Commerce.
New York , Ilnmnii 1J. nn.l 15. Trllmne IJulHlng.
Washington , 1WT V StlfCl. .V. W.
All cotnnvjnlcnllonii feinting to nenr * nnrt edi
torial ninllcr iliotiM Ixs nililre eilt To the Editor.
tll'rflNHSa I.KTTR11B :
All Illinium Ifttera nnd remittances nhouM 1)0
nddrmMd to Tlic l > e PnMMiInc Company.
Omnln. DrnflR , cli/rks nnd poMitneo nnlcix to
bo ronde ii-ivnllc to the nnlir of the omiimny.
TIII : line punMsiiiNo COMPANY.
STATEMENT OK CIHCtlhATION.
11. Tncliucfc , secretary of The life Tub.
Uniting company , twine Outv nwsrn , snyn thnt the
netital numttfr of full < ui < I cnniiilete copies of the
Dally Morning. i\rnlnic nnd HumUiv llee prlnteil
tlurtaK the month of December , ! S9j , wns us fol-
lawn :
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2. . . . . 18
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7 . 19,12) 23 . 21 , E.1.1
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11 . 19.119 27 . S1.4T2
12 . 19,111 2S . 21,614
13 . . , . , . 1SV ( | ) 20 . . 13 , ! * )
14 . 1.1.518 M . 21 DI1
20.CSO 31 . 20,929
10 . 19,092
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TuMl i . C15.5M
Ixm ilinluclloiH fur unsold nnd returned
paper * . 7 , < I3
Net Mien . C10.M5
Dally lUeraKo . . . IJ.iOj
OKOIIOI3 n. TZSl'HUCK.
fiworn li LeforB m < mul sulmcilbed In my
prononco thin ! < 1 dnv of Jnnunry. 1166.
- ( Bcnl. ) N. I * . Fl'II. . Notnry PuMlc.
SiMiiitor CMiiimllur Ims llrctl miotliur
volley of barbed arrows into llic bour
bon ca mi ) . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Apparently the band tbut bound the
bond syndicate tiwulhur was not
stront ; enough.
If setting in liN work early lucann
nnytliln ; , ' , Senator Quay proposes to pet
on tlio Inside trade leading toward the
republican national convention.
Keepers of dives and lawless resorts
who stand In with the police commis
sion nru protected ! Tlioso who Incur
their displeasure arc rejected and pros
ecuted.
The democrats In the Iowa legislature
had to hold a caucus to determine for
whom their votes should be cast for
senator Just to preserve the form for
posterity.
We have been walllii } , ' In patience for
some one of Colorado's successful
women politicians to launch a boomlct
nt least for the vice presidency If not
for the presidency.
Any one who does not want to have
his name considered In connection with
his party's presidential nomination need
say only a word to put the anxiety of
Ills friends at rest.
1C reports are not misleading , the pop
ulists are going to llx the date of their
convention So as to ascertain whether
July 4 , IS'JO , will prove as much of a
talisman as did July ! , 1770.
Omaha Is promised some Rood racing
tlio coining season as one of the points
on the western racing circuit. AVe were
sure that the construction of that mile
track would Improve Omaha's chances
for recognition In racing circles.
The state treasurer still has $211.000
of state money locked up In broken
banks chalked up as assets against the
outstanding temporary Indebtedness.
When this item Is realized on It will
consist of a draft on the taxpayers for
at least half of the face sum.
Secretary Morton was unable to de
liver the address for which ho was billed
before the State Historical society at
Lincoln , but he sent his manuscript
properly attested by the regulation num
ber of alliterative phrases. No one will
dispute the genuineness of. the article.
( lOvernor Ilolcomb doesn't see any rea
son why the state should have hun
dreds of thousands of dollars of out
standing registered warrants drawing f >
per cent Interest when It can Just as
well keep the interest by investing Idle
school moneys in those securities. Nei
ther does any one elsv' ' .
An Iowa manufacturing linn has de
cided to locate in this city. It comes
of Its own motion , and docs not ask a
bonus nor special privileges , Kvery
such enterprise Is welcomed by the
people of Oniiihn , whoso chief hope is
that the city will at no distant day
become a great manufacturing center.
A Minneapolis paper berates the man
ager of the Western llano Hall "league
for preferring thnt Omaha , rather than
Grand Itaplds , shall be taken Into the
league for the coming season. It Is ad
mitted , however , that Omaha is a much
better patron of the national game than
her Michigan competitor. Wo hope
this momentous question will Dually bo
settled upon Its merits.
Another Omahan has returned from
Cripple Creole , impressed with the
knowledge that Interested boomers are
largely responsible for thu rush of people
ple into that camp. IIu sees no other
fate for most of them limn starvation
nnd distress. It Is folly for men to go
there unless fully prepared to maintain
themselves without work. The place
Is crowded with Impoverished fortune
hunters.
Mr. ItlioiuU'a of thu sciiool board sug
gests , as u measure of economy , that
some of thu nub urban schools bo dosed
for the season , requiring pupils to
walk to the larger schools within the
city. It Is doubtful , bnwover , whether
of retrenchment would work
AVhllo It is truu that huiulreds
of High school luiplls reside in remote
suburban districts , It must be berne
lu m I ml that they are all over 112 years
old , and many uru full grown. To re-
( julri ) small children to attend school
miles nway from their homes might
Involve a k'loat deal of hardship.
SKAVITOH , UMJ > ( hV.
The re-election of Senator Allison ,
whose fourth term In the United States
senate will expire March 4 , ISO" , was
never In doubt , but the renewed attesta
tion of the esteem and confidence of thu
republicans of Iowa merits more than
passing attention. Senator Alllton Is a
statesman of International fame. He Is
one of the most distinguished men In
public life and his long experience | n
congress has enabled him to acquire n
mass of Information regarding financial
and economic < iuestloiin possessed by
few and which constitute him an au
thority. Ills great ability is acknowl
edged by men of all parties , while his
thoroughness nnd Integrity in the treat
ment of all subjects whleh he Is called
njwii to consider give especial value to
Senator Allison's views and opinions.
He N essentially a conservative man ,
but his republicanism Is uiuiuestlonable
and no man In congress has done better
service than he In behnlf of the protec
tion of American Industries , the main
tenance of a sound currency and the up
holding of the national credit. His
voice and his vote have at all times been
ut the command of his party In advocacy
of its principles , his record of fidelity
In this respect being without a blemish.
It In nol surprising , therefore , that Sen
ator Allison lias kept a firm hold upon
the respect and confidence of the repub
licans of Iowa and that they have again
attested their devotion to him with
unanimity nnd enthusiasm.
Senator Allison's name will be pre
sented to the republican national con
vention for the presidential nomination
and he will have the solid and steadfast
support of the Iowa delegation. Ills
friends believe that he will make n
strong showing and that his chances of
securing ( lie nomination are as good as
those of any one whoso liame will go
before the convention. There Is no lack
of evidence that Senator Allison
Is well thought of as a pos
sible presidential candidate by re
publicans generally. One Influen
tial Ohio republican paper recently said
of him : "There are few men In the
army of nble republicans who possess
as many points of strength fitting them
for tin ; dutliis of the presidency of the
United States as Senator AHNon. His
natural tastes and abilities and bis life
work have contributed to his equipment
for the greatest otliee within the gift of
the people. " The Iowa congressional
lelegation having organized to open Sen
ator Allison's campaign for the prenl-
lentlal nomination more will bo heard
of him hereafter In this relation.
AS TO JtltlTlSJI UK ?
So contradictory and confusing are
the utterances of the London press that
II Is Impossible to determine with any
degree of certainty what the real senti
ment of the llrltish government and
people Is In regard to the Venezuelan
jaso. A few days ago all the condi
tions seemed favorable to an amicable
settlement oC the controversy without
unnecessary delay. A London paper
which was said to bo Inspired by the
government made cordial acknowledg
ment of what Is termed the "magnani
mous attitude" of the United States
toward England in respect to the South
African Incident. The American people
were complimented on having main
tained "an honorable , courteous re
serve , " and It was said that our con-
duet had "Inspired the English govern
ment with a desire to meet our kinsfolk
across the Atlantic In a friendly spirit. "
It was Intimated that Lord Salisbury
would at once lay before the American
commission the whole British case ante
to the Venezuelan boundary and that
he was willing to have Its findings re
ferred for arbitration to some impartial
European power.
This was welcomed as evidence of a
decided change for the better lu British
sentiment , but later newspaper ex
pressions , some of them presumed to be
"Inspired , " have given the situation a
less favorable aspect. The very con
ciliatory speech of Mr. Balfour , who Is
( i member of the cabinet and the con
servative leader In the House of Com
mons , in which lie said the British gov
ernment had concurred in the Monroe-
doctrine seventy years ago , and strongly
deprecated Avar between Great Britain
and tlio United States , is made the
text for an article In the St. .lames
fiuxctte , the tone of which is decidedly
arrogant , If not Insolent , toward this
country. We are told that the contro
versy between Venezuela and Great
Britain innut bo settled by those coun
tries without the InterrL-renco of the
United States and thnt If the American
people de.slre to avoid war It rests with
themselves to do HO. There appears ,
also , fo bo a disposition to Introduce a
new complication , tlio London Times ,
believed to bo more In the confidence
of Lord Salisbury than any other paiwr ,
having declared that the British gov
ernment can make no concessions re
specting Its retention of sovereignty
over bonn fide settled districts , so that
If the American commission should find
that any of these settled districts can
not fairly bo claimed as British terri
tory thnt finding would bo disregarded
by the British government. This is anew
now feature of the Issue which may be
troublesome If adhered to by Great
Britain.
It must be presumed thnt Mr. Balfour ,
who Is one of tlu > most careful of Eng
lish statesmen In his utterances , Is
thoroughly familiar with the senti
ments of the ministry on this subject ,
so that it must bo concluded from his
speech at Manchester that the Brltisn
government has no Intention to oppose
the Monroe doctrine , while It Is strongly
averse to n hostile conflict with the
United States. This utterance of so
conspicuous a political leader as Mr.
Balfour ought to have n reassuring
effect , notwithstanding the fact that
some of the newspaper expressions arts
not In line with It. It Is perfectly ob
vious , however , that all possibility of
the Venezuelan case becoming trouble
some has not been removed. Meanwhile ,
pending the boundary Investigation by
tlio American commission , our govern
ment will passively await the result of
thu Investigation. There Is no necessity
for any additional declaration regard-
lug the .Monroe doctrine , uor for any
expression by congress respecting the
Venezuelan cnso. The attitude of the
United States In the matter la perfectly
understood , us , also , Is the sentiment of
the people , and no expression from con
gress at this time could make thes
pin I n or.
OK. 8AVltlim DAXdKll
Omaha Is the healthiest city In the
world. Health Commissioner Savlllc
Ims certified to thnt fact olllclnlly scv
oral times , nnd other doctors have con
firmed his otllclal assertion. But Ir
Savlllo declares olllclnlly to tbo Board
of Health that Omaha has had a nar
row escape within the past year from
drendful epidemics , contagious diseases
nnd general debility. If wo are to bo
llevo Dr. Savlllo , the yellow flag , the
red flag and the green ling would have
been displayed on every other house li
Omnha if It had not been for the un
remitting labors of the olllclal gern
butchers , the Insect mnslier * , the milk
tasters nnd dog killers employed b >
the health board. And the good docloi
assures us that a shortage of null-
toxlne , vermifuge , mlcrobefugo ant'
subterfuue came nearly carrying on"
many thousands of defenseless men ,
women and children last fall. If the
moribund health department had only
been provided with funds to procure
the proper appliances and the intelli
gent use of disinfectants , they could
have eradicated all the malignant dis
eases thnt Omaha flesh Is heir to. As
It was , Its operations wore confined to
curtailing caudal appondnges of healthy
but untractablo canines , holding In
quests over dead animals , and packing
primary elections.
Anil now Dr. Snvlllo iMsplnys the dan
ger signal and cold wave flag over the
city hall tower , nnd warns the city
council against the awfully awful
things Hint will happen If money , and
plenty of money , Is not placed at the
disposition of the Board of Health.
With this augury pf distress the doctor
submits his estimate of the cost of keep
ing up Ills department , as follows :
Salaries . - . ? 7 , < H
Printing 570
Disinfectants ana anll-toxlno 203
examinations and analyses 500
Miscellaneous 390
Dead animal bills 2,009
Total . _ . .
In addition to this , the guardian of
the public health recommends an ap
propriation $2,000 for hospitals. As
in economic stem-\ylnder , Dr. Savlllo
las embalmed himself In the hearts and
memories of all Omaha Taxpayers.
Kevun thousand and forty dollars for
salaries , and only i00 for antl-toxlne
ind carbolic soapsuds ! Just think of
.t ! Two thousand dollars , for the don
Irowner and garbage dumper , and
fL',000 for hospitals ! Five hundred dol-
ars for chemical experts , and ijriTO for
tag-printing and letter beads , orna-
nented with the city hall glastleus crest !
3an It be possible tb.it the public-
lealth can be absolutely insured against
'holora. Infantum , meningitis and
noasles at such a moderate premium ?
The city council should not hesitate a
ninute In voting those ? 7OJO for salar-
es and $2,0XJ. ( for dead animals. If
here Is to be any pruning , by all means
cnoek out the ? _ ' , ) ( ) fur hospitals and
the .foOO for chemical analyses. Ueinem-
ber , dead dogs tell no .tales , while live
ward politicians Avlll continue to gnaw
vour vitals If yon don't throw a bone
to them. The danger signal of Dr.
Savllle must be heeded.
A MATTtlll OF SKTt
The quc.stlon of according belligerent
rights to the Cuban insurgents was be
fore the senate yesterday and Senator
Platt remarked that recognition was not
to be viewed as an act due the insur
gents , but was a question affecting the
United States. Sentiment and sympathy
are very well and the American people
may give the Cuban patriots , an endless
amount of moral support , but when It
comes to a question of olllclal action we
nuist not ignore considerations of sulf-
Inteiest. It is both necessary that we
should respect the principles of intci'T
national law' ' In tills matttr and have re
gard for the effect of any olllclal action
upon claims ngninst Spain which this
government may make for lossas to
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American citizens In Cuba. It is
said that those losses already
amount to more limn $20 , < ) UO-
( XX ) , for which Spain can bo held re
sponsible , but fwr all property destroyed
after the formal recognition of the bel
ligerency of the insurgents Spain would
not be liable. Perhaps it would not be
possible , in any event , to collect in
demnity , but thnt Is not a point to ba
considered. The government should not
put Itself In a position thnt might debar
American citizens from presenting
claims for losses suffered. Senator
IMatt's suggestion that there should be
no haste in this matter and every move
should proceed aceordlng to the ivcog-
nlswd rules of InternntloHnl law was
sound. There Is an exaggerated Idea
regarding the value to the Insurgents of
belligerent rights.
When Thomas Swobo mndo the
declaration last fall that the comptroller
could not hnvo a perfect check upon
the city treasury unless ho also chucked
up the city clerk's ollice , ho was ridi
culed us an Ignoramus by the World-
Herald. And now City Cleric Illgby ,
In his annual report , makes the state
ment that $12,702.82 , payable Into the
license fund , had passed through his
hands during the year. This goes to
show that Mr. Swobo was eminently
correct In his conclusions. It was as
much the duty of the comptroller to
check up the city clerk's books us It
was to chock up tlio books of the police
court Without biich checking ho could
have 110 means of tracing the moneys
that wore to bo credited to the school
fund from Hues and licenses Into the
treasury.
Citizens of rottawattiunlo county are
demanding that systematic methods be
adopted lu dispensing public charity to
paupers. Applicants are to bo required
to make allldnvlt to their impoverished
condition , place of residence , term of
residence , etc. The county board Is re
quested to appoint an agent in every
township , who tlinll be overseer of the
poor In that district and dispense-sup
plies only to those known to bo worthy
of them. ThoiP anil other wlso provisions
the board ! * ' 'vNppctod ' to adopt. Ue-
duced to n.system , there Is little chance
for Imposition. , The Douglas county
commissioners jntglit ilo well to emulate
the example" 6T their compeers across
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the river. „
According' , t ( > , the report of the city
clerk , there1 "won ? sixty-three regular
and twenty hrt'o special meetings held
by the eojjji'eifj ' during the year 181)5. )
According to the warrant record of the
comptroller , 'fftrto ' were paid out of the
city treasury to the man who stood
guard over' the council while It held
those eighty-six meetings. In other
words , the city of Omaha paid a frac
tion over $10 for the useless services
of a sergeant-at-nrms of the council
every time that this august body held
a meeting lasting from twenty minutes
to three hours.
The wheelmen of this city are greatly
Interested in providing a track between
this city and Council Bluffs , and have
started ngltntlou to that end. Before
long they will nwaken to the fuel that
the roadway between the two cities
was the work of real estnto boomers
who hoped to sell tins vacant lauds
abutting the roadway. When these lots
can bo sold and the district shall have
been built up , the boulevard will doubt
less bo Improved. Meantime , the wheel
men must ho content with the paved
country roads In Douglas county.
Senator Allen's bill to forbid American
citizens to accept titles or decorations at
the hands' of foreign potentates or gov
ernments failed to got a favorable re
port from thu foreign relations commit
tee. Any American who can persuade
in Ashnnteo king to hang a string of
red and yellow beads about bis neck
will therefore continue to have the privi
lege of displaying the ornament among
ills friends in his native country.
The .Slininc of Drill- .
Indianapolis Journal.
If tha Insurrection in Cuba were cue by
monarc'iU'ta ' to evcrthrow a republic all the
maturchtes of Europe would have recognized
the belligerency or th3 Insurgents before now.
.
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Thu Cli-nrliiKT Horizon.
nio'je-Doniocrnt.
The war clouds < n the t\\o hsmlsphcre ?
lave pretty nearly disappeared. When the
llplomats talcs their hands off the business ,
tRjirovoment will be resumed. Business has
j.cn attacked by n goorl miny forbidden and
'ibhoncnt forcoj In tlio past few weeks.
Paul Ivriii'tTi'r'.N Trlmiipli.
Xow York < \dv 'itlspr.
"Uncle Paul' Kriteger may not be as sppc-
: iculnr a illplotint ao was the late Dlsraoll ,
jut ho has ni3un that he Is an antagonist
vhom Lord Snllsbiiry and wily Joe Chamber-
an ! have reason \t7 respect. THe rare old
qualities of tfle 'fighting ' Dutch bleed arc evl- '
lently not yet extinct.
o ' < ] _ _
Siriin.'iiniul I'eciillnr.
flaivtr UspuUlcan.
It certain ! } } ' ( i ! ' & peculiar thing that the
United States w'jIU ) almost upon lh& verge of
var with Rnglahd , should ask tho. latter to
c'ok after thcj Interests of American citizens
n the TransjaaLj It contradicts the Idea
tat there iSj mjiqji bitterness btwoan the
wo cauntrieaeatlgast In m far .as our State
lepartment represents public sentiment.
Simllou-er from Afar.
SprlngrffM TMfleM llepubllcnn.
These tire ttfc days' cf ssecret political crfpn-r
ZPttons. " Even Kansas ; ' that place of stenorlan
rtlitics , where all the populace declare all
heir principles all' the- time , till { he welkin
rings and the landscape wabbles up and
lawn , now has a secret political order of its
iwn. Perhaps this would never have been
f it did net concrm the llqu r Question , on
vhieh the atlvocates of the new' schema have
earned to 1'cep ( lark by an exper'ence of
ourtcen years. It la tha purpose of this ntw
organization to down prohibition and by
prlng the officials hspe to have 123,000 mom-
) ors. The pnsiword is salJ to bs "Here's
low ; " an ancient Arabian expression of de-
'pat , and the mcmbrs signal to each other
by a carloiH movement of the eyes , by which
one remains open , wnuo me otner is siowiy
closed.
Kntliipr Crotv mnl I2ntliiK Dirt.
London Saturday Ilevlew ; January 2.
In another cilumn we advocate concessions
a the United States In regard to the dLs-
) ute with Venezuela. It appears that during
his cantury we have drawn no fewer than
even lines defining the boundary of British
Guiana. Under these circumstances there
| iould be no difficulty In submitting the
vholo que&tlrn to arbitration , and If we make
his conceselon to the Un'ted States , why
i3t make It in the. best way ? Wo do not
\ant the European commission proposed by
Ir. Stanley. We arc ( juito willing to trust
n American commission If the president w'll
elect such Arnaricins as we oin have confl-
pnc # In ; and thus our difficulty with the
United States- cannot cnly be put an c-nd to ,
jut even the bitterness cauwd by our attitude
n their civil \sar may be finally done away
vlth. Whoever opposes the uotlan that Lord
allsbury should yield thus far , should re-
icmber England's Isclatsd position nnd her
rernlEs on the continent of Europe. The
xow York Sun puts It excellently. "It is
istter , " it sayt1 , "for England .to cut crow at
omG than to eit dirt abroad , " and though , we
Isllko eating crew , we would rather oat a
roat deal of it than a very little foreign
! rt.
ui3sn.vri.icixnxKss. .
Kansas City Times : The brightest gem
In the American crown of human freedom
would bo the roseue of the Armenian race
from Iti ) Imminent terrible doom.
Kansas City Star : Clara Harton has
tliosii rlghUi In Armenia which the humane
uontlment of the wnrld concedes to every
good man and good woman whoso mhoton
it Is to relieve distress end ameliorate suf
fering. In doaylng her this ( privilege the
Eii'.tan of Turkey baj proclaimed hlmroir a
barbarian and a ttavcaty on the civilization
ot tlio nineteenth ' century ,
Chicago I'oat : , Abdul Ila-mld'a refusal to
allow the angels/if , , mercy to visit stricken
Armenia , will TTmay'o and fihoek tha whole
Christian world"j.Thero ! ) lu no nee , how-
cvev , arguing tjjp .caje with the caliph. He
lu be-yond p.rRUiuenf. Miss Ilarto.'a oxpa-
Ulllon will liavpjo/jo abandoned. But this
Jant anil most fleDJwblo act of the Ottoman
tyrant wil ! optfr Iff American government
to IUKO upn dltp.iwwws their duty to In
tervene , Let'XracVlca appeal to the czar
and to Grcit Irrltaih for a Russian occQpa-
tlon of Armenia. } " '
Chicago Tribune ; . This action cf the
Turkish govercnient , Is lu the nature of an
Insult to Chrll.ojuUmi. Having had the
ability to provintjjliu treaty pswera from
coming to the pnyplral protection of the
Armenians by playing them off one against
the otlie : on tl/cru is of their mutual Jeal-
cusles , It now jtpbitiitlr refuses to allow a
Ecclety recognl&A 1)'V ) all ot them , and rec
ognize. ! by itsc/f / durlniJ tlio last thirty years
ea an Intercattmat phllanthroplcal organiza
tion , to came'to''the relief of Armenians
suffering from tno Invasion of Turka and
Kurd : ) , frcm massacre , pillage and actual
starvation.
Now York Tribune : American horror at
the Armenian butcheries , which has nub-
uided of hto In the face of other stirring ! In
ternational Incidents , may well be kindled
afroh by the latest development of Turkish
tyranny and Inhumanity. The sultan gives
notice through his legation at Washington
that no foreign association , Instancing the
Hod Cro 3 society specifically , shall dis
tribute money among his mibjecta. He In
timates that Uie distress Is largely Imagin
ary , anyway , and adds , with a grim bhow
of bcnovolenro which makw one shudder ,
that ho himself wll ) tee la It that the wants
of bis people ars alleviated. How much
longer are the Christian powcra of Europe
Going to wait before laklns decisive iHej > d
to prelect the stricken Christians of Armenia
'
menia ? I
THIS I.VU1UAT12.
Ho Dnlllrn wliti Itir MUMP niul I'ro
vokcN Somp frltlHfttti.
Following nro three st.inins from the Hrlt
l li Inuroito's "poem" entitled "Jameson *
Hide : "
Wrong ! Is It wrong ? Well , mny be :
Hilt I'm Roliif * , boy * , nil the snine.
Po they think rno n btirplicr's b.ttiv
To be scared by n scolding nntno ?
They mny ntRiio nnd prate nnd order !
( Jo tell them lo ? nve their breath.
Then over the Trnnsvnnl border ,
And gallop for life or death.
Itlcht sweet Is the marksman's rnltlc ,
And swcrtef the cnnnon'a roar ,
Hut 'tla bitterly hard to battle
Helcnmire-d , nnd one to four.
I cnn tell you It wnsn't n trifle
To swarm over Kriicgorpdorp glen ,
And they piled tin with round and rllle ,
And ploughed us ngnln nnd ngaln.
I suppose we were wronc were madmen ;
Still , I think nt the Judgment dnv ,
When Gml sft ! < ! the peed from the bad men
There'll be something more to say.
Weerc wrong , but we nrcn't hnlt sorry ,
And aa one of the bridled band ,
I would rather have hml that ferny
Thnn the crushing ! ) of nil the Unnd.
New York Tribune : If the now poet laure
ate would wrlto a poem of resignation al
might be forgiven.
Washington Post : Laureate Austin's pom
was very rank , but It will take something
more severe to bluff England's enemies.
Ir.dlanapollo Now * : The masses nt the
Engllph theaters have been "aroused to a
war pitch" by the recital of Alfred Austin's )
latest poem. U Is ensugh to drlvo nnybdy
mad.
Philadelphia Press : Laureate Austin had
better look out. The soap men will be after
him to turn out some verso for their now
ventures. Ills muse Is certainly commercial
enough , though not Al.
New York Mall nnd Express : Laureate
Austin's latest effort In verse amounts to
little moro than an act ot war upon the
honorable traditions of English poetry. It
breathea the spirit of hostility to originality
and art , and It la pitched In tones which
sound like n piping : treble among the majes
tic voices which have thundered In English
literature.
New York Sun : Hon. Alfred Austin's last
effort would cause any gentleman engaged In
the metrical celebration of soap to bo fired
with all convenient speed , but for Mr. Austin
It is ns moro than might hove been expected.
Yet when he asks In "Jameson's Ride , "
"Wrong , is it wrong ? " every truthful man
must make answer : "Yea , Mr. Austin ; it's
worse than wrong. It's confoundedly bad.
Its feat arc sore. " Better flick to writing
mottoes for lozenges , old man.
Phlladlphla Inquirer : No doubt Alfred Is
a good citizen and has never written any
thing that would bring the proverbial blush
to the cheek of modesty. Tout he certainly
docs not know his business as a poet laure
ate. Artemus Ward said of Chaucer that
ho was a good poet , but that he did not
know how to spill. Alfred the Little can
spell , but he Is not n good poet. It may. In
fact , be oild of him , as It was of Pye , an
old-time laureate , that everything is re
spectable about him save his poetry.
Philadelphia Record : Poet Laureate
Austin's ballad of "Jameson's Hide" will
hardly go down the ages on the same page
with Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Bri
gade. " Austin may be typically English In
his homely sentiments and garden lyrics ,
but ho Is a British farmer where Tennyson
was a British lord of the estate. Austin
would have done in the old days as a laure
ate of the bcef-and-alo 'squires of "merry old
England , " but , to Invent a rhyme character
istic of his own feminine verses In his laure
ate ballad : ,
"Haw Austin nfter Tennypon
Is roast beef after ; venison. "
Philadelphia Ledgsr : No matter about the
sense ; no matter if Ihere. is more disgraceful
truth than elevating poetry in the asser
tion that the raiders are not half sorry for
their admitted crime ; the metre is flaming ,
the lines have a pleasing rhythm , nnd the
sentiment appeals forcibly to the dare-devil
spirit always prevalent in British blood.
The poem will rally many a bold Briton be
hind the banner of Jameson's buccaneers ,
and will do much to make heroes of the
raiders , however much ths government may
be Impelled by reasoqs Of state to repudiate
them. It Salisbury wants a war over the
Transvaal. Austin Is the man to help him ac
complish it. He writes Just the sort of Jingo
doggerel that ploioas the patrons of London's
Sluaic hall. Ho Is the laureate of the White-
chapel 'costers.
PERSONAL .YXl ) UTIII3RWISK.
When an enthujlabtlc reporter assorts that
a man's fortune "need1 * seven figures to ex
press It. " you cannot always tell whether ho
moans $1,000,000 $ or $10,000.10.
The' bronze plita on the monument over
the grave of President Monroe , In Hollywood
cemetery , Richmond , was stolen the other
night , probably by some conscienceless relic
huntei.
Ex-Governor Barnett Glbbs , who for nearly
a quarter of a century has been a wheel horse
among- Texas democrats , has renounced al-
leglanca to J.ho democrats nnd joined tlio
populists.
One of the reforms to be attempted by the
present New York state legislature Is a new
Jury law , providing for Juries cf picked men ,
chosen from al , specially prepared list , to bo
called in important criminal cases.
There is a huge , dismal rent In patriotic
circles in Kantas City. The cause of the
breach was the election cf an uncompromis
ing populist to the chairmanship of the
county combine. As this 'combine dis
tributes the spoils It lo feared some public
ptp will reach olhor than genuine dervlp
mtiRS. llenco the howl.
The ChleAKO council Imi expressed It
sympathy for the Cubans. If the Mdorma
could bo Induced to take a hand In th
Fcrlmmagc at cloie r.uuc , Chicago wruli
cheerfully pay the freight anil tunrral bills
The Russian Academy of Sciences hiut
elected James Hall honorary foreign mem
her and Charles Walcott and. Edwin Sel'g
man corresponding members. The three
scientists thus complimented are Americans
J. Mlllon Turner , cx-mlnUtcr to Liberia
under President Cleveland , Is now In Wash
Ington. Ho Is said to bo the ( Inept stump
orator of his race In the United Stitcs. . Slnco
Ma retirement from politics he has been
practicing law In St. I/ouls.
By a long series of penetrating tjuca'.lon
tlio solemn policeman nt Philadelphia eland
rovealcd ao a promoter of a species of epl
i-.ootlo which obliges certain people to cnml
up. As n professor of the science of palm-
It-try ho Is mid to equal the fined In New
York.
Vere-itchagln , the famous Russian pilntcr
atlvlcca the Inhabitants of Moscow to built
all the'r houses In strictly Russian style
This , ho wys , would Rive the city nn orlglna
aspect that would attract thousand * o
tourists and bring money for public Improve
ments.
Prof. Garner writes from Africa that the
natlvo monkeys have a language of their
own. He finds It dlltlcult to Eall.ifactcrlly
Interpret their sounds , but when one of the
bolder monks reaches for his hair he regards
It .19 nn expression of a desire to nbsord
civilization.
Sr ! Julian Paunccfoto , British minister at
Washington , has given notice that ho will
accept no private hospitality nnd will at
tend ncno but official functions as long as
the relations between her majesty's govern
ment nnd the United Stilus are so strained.
This will not prevent the reception of bottled
functions at the side door , H.I that there Is
no great danger of Sir Julian drying up.
Major General Barlow , whose death In
New York Is announced , was ono of the
fighting heroes of the war. After distinguished
eervlcs on the Ppnlnsuli ho was so badly
wounded at Antletam that he was given up
for dead , yet recovered In time to bo again
woundo.l ( It was suppose. ) mortally ) at Gcttys-
liurg. Thcro ho met a foeman worthy of
Ills steel , General Goidon , who kindly cared
tor htm and h.id General Barlow's wife sent
through the lines , that she. might ? oo hm !
lieforo hedied. . Hut tender nursing restored
lilm. lie hud not even then had enough
of fighting , nnd served with Grant through
the Wilderness campaign.
IS AOT CirAIIMKU WITH
CoJIrjjo 1'rofennor MnUc-H Seine Tnrt
IloiiinrkH nu AiitcrU-im Politician * .
CHICAGO , Jan. 16. A special dispatch
rom Now Haven , Conn. , to the Times-Her
ald , says : Prof. Arthur M. Wheeler of Ynlo
college delivered a remarkable lecture last
light upon the Monroe doctrine. Ho said the
doctrine was divided Into two parts , the
first enunciated by President Monroe , and a
logus doctrine developed and perfected by
President Cleveland. He said : "It Is the em-
lodlmcnt of Insatiate greed , Inordinate sclflsh-
less and colossal bumptiousness of a large
art of the American people. " Ho described
lenry Clay as being a man of the foregoing
harnctcrlstlcs and said : "Ho talked like an
ngel and acted like a buccanncer with
lemorrhages of eloquence. " Prof. Wheeler
aid further : "Spain , through the special
Ispensatlon of Pope Alexander , the vice
egent of the Almighty , became the pos-
essor of the destinies of three-fourths of the
vorld. I don't know that wo have a patent
rom the Almighty unless it came lately
hrough Pope Grover I. "
Ho declared that the act of President
} lovelaud in shaking his fist under Queen
Mctorla's nose was the act of a bully and
aid America need have no apprehension of
rouble through contact with England.
CUICACJO AFTER THE POPUMSTS.
jiilcc CKjWniitH < lie I'l-oplc'a Party
National Convention.
CHICAGO , Jan. 1C. A delegatlpn of local
populist leaders will leave hero tonight to
attend the meeting of the national committee
of the people's party to bo held In St. Louis
January 17 and 18 , which Is to decide upon
the place nnd date of the national convention.
Strong efforts will be inailo by the Chicago
delegation to secure the convention for this
city.
Vrt-f Sliver Men Not EiitluiHtnHtlc.
LANSING , Mich. , Jan. 16. Comparatively
few persons have arrived hero to attend the
free silver conference which has been called
hero for this afternoon. The predominat
ing sentiment seems to favor sjeklng to
create a public oontlment which shall force
the old partiea to make free silver the
crowning feature of their platform. Both
democrat ! ) and republicans are among those
who are anxious to inaugurate an inde
pendent silver movemsent.
\Vuiit Moiiry for Improvement * ) .
SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 1C. The .California .
river and harbor congress has appointed a
committee to go to Washington nnd ask con
gress for liberal appropriations for the im
provement of the rivers nnd harbors of cen
tral and northern California. The committee
is composed of ex-Senator William J. John-
utone of Sacramento , Hugh J. Corcoran of
Stockton , ex-Senator J. M. Gluaves of
Sliaeta , W. A. Coulter of San Jose and E.
McGettlgan of Vallejo.
Plir. < iinKM'l.\l. I'OSSIIUMTIKS.
Chicago Tribunes Kx-Presldent Harrison
nys heIs "not oblige * ! to answer yes or no
t < > every question the public puts to him. "
That Is doubtless true , but there la ono
qiifntlon to which ho would unquestionably
feel obliged to answer yes.
Denver News : Hon. William McKlnlTer
began wrlllng or before his tltln of governor
Monday , which , It will bo observed , was
the 13th. Undeterred by this ominous sign ,
he will now devote his entire- time to foster
ing his presidential boom.
Olobn-IJcmosrat : There Is no need for
General Alger to shout excitedly that ho will
not take .the second place on the ticket. No-
bt'ily Is asking him to tnka any place on the
ticket , or Is thinking of him nt all In
connection wllh any nomination. The re
publicans are going to take good cnro to
nominate a ticket which will need no apology
or defense , either on Its back end or Its
front end ,
Springfield Republican : Thomas H. Reed
can now pretty safely count upon n solid
New England delegation In the St. Louis
convention. Tlio only doubt of late has been
about Vcrmont.as Senator Proctor was counted
against the speaker , but now the senator hn *
declared for the Now England candidate
nnd will Join other Vcrmonlcrs In showing
n solid front. The rest of the New England
state * nro thought to bo rafely In the Reed
column.
Kansas City Star : The friends of Senator
William I ) . Allison of Iowa are losing no
oiportunlty to ndvnnco the presidential
prospects of their favorite. , nnd It Is cred-
Itttblo alike to their Intelligence nnd
wisdom thnt they predicate his claims
on the Mulicst nnd best grounds. Congress
man George D. Perkins , In nn article on the
subject , published In the Cincinnati Commer
cial Gazelle , says : "Afler serving n quarter
of a century In Iho senate , he will soon be
rc-cleoted for the flflh Umo by Iho lown leg
islature. With nil this experience ho has no
hobbles nnd U sound on all republican pol
icies , his safe conservatism being ono of the
many elements commending htm for chief
executive. " This Is certainly high praise ,
and the records seem to justify It. Senator
Allison Is a man ot the best typo of states
manship , nnd his friends are properly earnest
and vigilant In pushing1 Ma claims for the
republican nomination ,
SOOTHING StICCF.STIOXS.
Puck : Alknll Ike Why didn't you stay In
Tcxns ?
Pnnhnndle Pete Them people down at
Cowflkln City charged tuo much.
"How do you menu ? "
"Charged mo with stcalln' n hoss. "
Truth : Slip Pnpn has consented to a con.
servutory oR" the ball room , mid 1'vo been
il.'innliiK- .
He Indeed ! What la it going to be lilted
with ?
She Sofas.
Indianapolis Journal : "In Ituly , " ho wns
tolling her , "they mnkc Hour out of chest-
uits. "
"Do they , " she answered pwoctly "what
n bonanza you would be to them. "
Philadelphia Ilccord : Inebriated Pris
oner ( wnklntf up ut the conclusion of hli
riul ) Sthopl I d'mnnd t' know what'sh
o chaigo nguliish' me.
Magistrate Ten dollars and costs.
Somcrvllle Journal : lie Umpht Angel
cake I You call it that , 1 suppose , because
IH Boggy enough to make a lot of people
nto nngels If they were fools enough to
cat It !
Washington Star : "You don't seem .to
care much for original Ideas , " said the
contributor with a sneer , as ho gathered
up hi ? manuscript.
"No , " replied the zero-blooded editor ,
'we'd rather have good ones. "
Detroit Frco Press : "He forged my fet-
ers , " said the melodramatic complainant
n a divorce , case.
"I will file them , " answered her lawyer
rlskly.
New York Sun : She Do you think
t would bo unmaldenly for a girl to pro-
ese to n man ?
Ho Certainly not , If she Is rich enough
or two.
Chicago Tribune : "I always call that dog-
ot mine La mo Conclusion. " remarked the
Contrary Man , "because "
"I know , " Interrupted the Amlablo Man.
"Because he doesn't follow ! Hut ha !
Very Rood ! Very "
"Not nt nil. sir. Not nt all. I call him
that because ho hna a broken tall , " snarled
the Contrary Sinn.
BRAT THR DUTCH.
San Frnnclsco Examiner.
They "bent the Dutch , " wo ot'ten say
In hope to bo expressive ;
'Twould be , to speak of troops this way
Who went to Itaurland t'other day ,
. Mendacity excessive. i
AN AWFUh WAUNING.
Exchange.
He used tobacco constantly
Slnco he was seventeen ,
Until his whole anatomy
Was soaked with nicotine.
He never once stopped smoking-
Except to take u chew.
And when he wasn't chewing-
The air with smoke was blue.
He bought a big plantation ,
So well he loved Iho weed ,
And planted every acre
With flno Havana seed.
One day , when very weary ,
Ho laid him down to sleep
Amid the green tobacco , where
The caterpillars creep.
Thr > y swarmed about and over him
AVIth ceremony Hcunt
And ate him body , bones and all
For a tobacco plant.
Every
Day
The elegant , rich and varied stock of Jewelry Watches
Silverwear Art Goods , and Cut Glass , embraced in the
'
J
of C. S , Raymond , will be sold at auction Sale starts at
S 12 2:30 : and 7:30 : p , m , any article that you may select will
be put up positively no reservation Goods sold the past
two days , in many cases at one-fourth vahie , .
This sale is to meet pressing liabilities It is strictly a
cash sale Remember auction takes place each clay till
further notice , i-j
N , B , A deposit may be made on any article purchased
- -article will be held five days ,
C. S. RAYMOND
P. J. BURROUGHS , Auctioneer.