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General Huller will take .1 well earned
vacation for rest nnd rccmitlou-tlrut is
putting It politely.
.Tolm Bull is doubtless now willing 1o
admit thnt lie didn't know tlic smooth-
loaded when ho pulled the
Boor pun v > i\s \
trigger. _ _
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At lufct reports the Rrltlsh nary was
still intnct. Whether this is due to the
faet that the Transvaal lias no navy Is
not stated.
That sting of ingratitude has not re-
tircd from active business , hut is simply
testing on the shelf preparatory to re
newed operations.
The promptness with which Speaker
Hcudcrfcon has promulgated the house
committee ehaiimannhlps stamps him as
a business speaker.
1C Mr. Hitchcock does not want to
take the whole step of returning to the
republican party at once perhaps lie
might make a stait by joining the un-
I'.itrlotlc league.
The Michigan legislature , called In
special session , should at once quauui-
llne against the gtand jury , which in
dicted Bovctal "f its members for
crooked -\voik committed at the last ses
sion.
When Omaha takes its inventory for
the year it will show a record of giowth
and Impiovcment which ivlll compaie
favorably with that of any previous
year. The year 1S90 lias been a year of
piogress in tlds community.
With the advent of the new year the
Omaha Sheet Hallway company ought
to turn over u new leaf by Instituting
a universal transfer system on all its
lines. A man ought to be able to ride
between any t\\o points in the cities of
Omaha or South Omaha for one faie.
Holiday ciowdn of Christmas shoppers
aie said this year to exceed anything
that lias been known In this city. An
inspection of the ciovvd , too , will con-
vlncc anyone that It reptesents all
classes of ( lie oimmunity and that the
pievaillng prosperity is not confined lo
a few.
The government of Omaha is blocked
out upon a pattern big enough lor a city
of HOO.OOO population. If one-half the
unnecct-hiiiy tax-eating machinery of
city and county governments could he
lopped off \vonld he ot hcnclit to the
people nt large and to the taxpayers
In partlciil.ii.
Wireless telegraphy it , evidently In
working order between Omaha and
South Omaha. The gamblers every
once In a while receive a message to
clohu up and the promptness with which
the message is Mellveied to all places
interested is a testimonial to the ac-
cutaey and speed of the .system.
Colonel Baden-Powell is developing
Into one of I hi- greatest humorists of Hie
age. In view of his ovut and the situ
ation of other Itiitisli tones in South
Africa his ptoclanmtion ptoinlslng the
Boers protection In nu \ they lay down
their arms IK a nuc lilt of humor which
the phlegmatic Dutchman ought to ap
preciate.
The democracy should appoint a com
mission to "vvht'iv "
Imiulic they nje at.
On the cuiiency bill eleven members
jumped the liaces and voted with the
republicans , ( in ( lie question of e.xpan-
Mnn they aic even moie lupclcssly di
vided and In fact If tliero is a single
l wie , except Unit they want the odlces ,
on which they can agree it has escaped
observation up to the present time.
Our nmiuulo popoctatlc contemporary
pilntH n deserved eulogy of a newspaper
man In the pulpit , but when this news
paper man was still In the newspaper
olllco yon may be sure he kept faith with
all classes of people with whom he had
dealings. That this In morn than is done
In the olllce of our local contemporary K
richly attested by the experience of tills
suruu uiM\gnaj > cr man In the pulpit.
E rr/fHfcAO * HILL
By a majority of (0 ( tin mto being
1K ! to 1.10-the house of repiesontall\e8
passed the currency bill. Using the g"ld
standard and declaring Unit all the obli
gations of the government me pajable
In gold and making provMon for the
maintenance nnd piotcctlon of the gold
reserve. The general features of this
measure nrcj familiar to the public. The
action of the hou e Is In ic'ponse to the
demand of the sound rtionoy sentiment
of the country , which unquestionably
embraces a mnjoilty of tin1 people. It
is In obedience to the mandate of the re
publicans of the nation , who In every
convention of the year spoke In no un
certain or ambiguous tcims in favor of
Riieh legislation. It Is In recognition of
the fact that the time and the conditions
are auspicious for unequivocally estab
lishing the gold .standard In public law ,
so that all doubt regarding It will be
removed and no administration ho-tile
to the gold standard can Intel fere with
It without the authority of congress , u
means the certain maintenance of that
standard for nt least six years , by
which time It Is most probable that
there will be no parly strong enough to
scilotisly menace it. it means the
strengthening of financial conildence ,
which is most essential to n con
tinuance of prosperity , and It also
means the steady advance of the United
States not merely to llmrnclal independ
ence already practically achieved , butte
to the leading place among the finan
cial powers of the world.
As was said by one of the advocates
of the bill , the financial solidity of the
raited States will soon be the eighth
wonder of the world. "Our financial
independence Is practically achieved.
ttre.it and surprising things have come
to pass in the last twenty months. We
paid a debt of $20,000,000 to Spain with
out : i wrinkle in the placid face of our I
finances and without shipping a dollar (
of gold. The raising of the Bank of
England's rate of discount produces no
impression here. The scepter is passing
from the old to the new world and New
York will supplant London irr the near
future. American credits in Urn-ope are
putting a different face on ; the gie.it
questions of finance the world over. Wo
are loaning money abroad by the mil
lions and we are very near the point
where we can hold the reins of finan
cial power on two continents. " Nobody
two years ago would have conceived ot
these conditions as possible , nt least in
.srt short a time. If there were any -who
thought that the United States must at
some time attain to such a position they
placed it In the remote future. C.irr any
, ratiorral man doubt that had the parly
, of free silver triumphed in 1800 tills
country would not now occupy the com
manding position it does amou-j ; the
great financial and commercial nationsV
Adherence to sound financial principles
and to a wise economic policy lias en.
ubled us to make the wonderful piog
ress of the last two years and In order
to achieve further progress we must
continue in this cour e.
The debate and the vote on the cur
rency bill show that the democratic .
party is as firmly wedded to free slh er
as it lias over been. It rejects all the
evidence which overwhelmingly proves
the fallacy of all its financial theories
and proclaims that It will go into the
next national campaign witlr free silver
still a prominent issue. There ate a
few deserters , but the masses of the
party adhere with blind and fatuous
tenacity to the issue that was defeated
in 180(1 ( and will be more signally beaten
in UK > 0.
iiif ; VAX is 11 ir/j.s / ? ' /OBS\ ;
There is again talk of negotiations be
tween tills Roveinmeiit and that of non-
mark , looking to the purchase by the
United States of the Danish West In
dies islands St. Thomas , St. .lolm and
St. ( Jrolx. There is no doubt that Den
mark is very anxious to dispose of these
possessions , which are of no value but
rather a burden to her , tor she has
more than once signified her desho to
sell them. Negotiations were opened
for their- purchase in 1801 and were
near consummation when interrupted
by the deatli ot President Lincoln. Sec
retary Seward continued to Interest
hlmsclt in tlie matter and in 1S07 di
rected the Ameilcan minister at Copen
hagen to press the Danish authorities
tor an explicit statement of what they
would be willing to accept lor the is
lands. The Danish government finally
mimed S 15,000,000 as the price lor all
the islands , but would sell St. Thomas
and St. .lolm for $10,000,000.
This was regaided by Mr. Se\vard as
too liln'h , and alter further negotiations ,
the Danish goveinment agreed to ae-
cept ! ? 7iOO,000 : for all the islands. Tills
offer was accompanied by the condition
that the cession should first be sub
mitted to a vote of the islanders , which
was accepted by our government , it be
ing well known that the inhabitants of
the Islands were almost unanimously in
la\or of tlm transfer. But the matter
was allowed to diilt along until the ex
piration ot the time limit in 1SUS and
was then diopped. Seven .veais ago
negotiations were1 reopened with Den
mark , which had again slgnllled her
willingness to sell the Islands and at a
pi Ice considerably le.ss than she had be
fore oilered to take for them. A change
of administration caused the matter to
be again abandoned.
It is stated that Dcnmuik would now
sell the Islands for . ' , ( KK,000 , or one-
IHUi the amount she wanted lor them
when first asked to name a pi Ice , which
suliicicntly Indicates how deslrms she
Is ( j part with them. It is also stild
thnt Ccrnmny would like to acquire
them , simply in order to secure a naval
station. A recent Washington dispatch
icported that the Cerman ambassador
had called upon the State department
for a dellnlte expression of American
Intentions in regard to the Islands. In
view of ( lie low pi ice which It Is said
Denmark will accept and the fact that
Germany may acqiilie the Islands If wo
do not , It Is urged by some that we had
better take them. Says the New York
Times : "Wo do not airy longer require
the harbor of Charlotte. Arnallo ( In St.
Thomas ) upon which our naval olllceis
have for a generation been casting longIng -
Ing ojei . We hint1 much better Inn fours
In 1'oiue and Snn .limn de PueiM Iliro
But if fSciimuo wants St Thomas then
we want It moie And \ery p > ssfoly |
tlie easiest and iho.ipest method of eti
tllng the question would be for us i't
buj It at the Danish price. " We do not
belle\e theie is much probability of t.er-
ninny acquiring the Islands , unless the
United States should a ent. which Is
not likely , to Its doing m Denmark
would hardly dispose of them to ( Jer-
many or any other 1'uropean power in
tlie face of an objection on the part of
the United States. The only question
for this count i.v Is whether it needs the
Islands and whether they ate worth
having at any price. We certalnl.v do
not require them for a naval Htatlmr and
this Is the only value they ever had for
us. it is not at all ptobable that the
present congress can be induced to ap
propriate money for the purchase of the
Danish West Indies.
TOHbU'UMAIU.
Kveiy citizen of Omaha sincerely In
terested Itr Its continued advancement
must have found food for thought in
the series of Interviews printed in Tlie
Bee in which our most prominent bank
ers , capitalists , merchants and real es
tate men discuss the question raised In
a communication to The Bee asking why
local capital is not more freely available
for the promotion of new industrial and
commercial enterpi ises.
From the expressions of opinion given
it Is easily dlseerned that the reasons
are not one , but many. While a num
ber of Omaha capitalists are known to
have made their investments largely In
cities and states other than their own
It is pointed out that tills is not peculiar
to Omaha , but it Is common to a greater
or less degree every whore. Yet brush
ing aside the explanations , all of which
enter to a certain extent Into the prob
lem , such as over taxation , excessive de
mands upon public spirit and public
charity , bad collection laws , the reac
tion from financial depression , all of the
answers seem to overlook several \Ital
points.
In the llrst place , this is tlie age of
consolidation , of combination and large
business enterprises. It takes much
! more capital now to launch a successful
Industrial Institution than it did for
merly , and the dllliculty of raising the
necessary funds either irr the lor-m of
stock siibsciiptloiiK or guaranteed loans'
Is therefore increased.
In tlie second place , Industry Is cumu
lative. Certain lines of manufacturing
can be developed only after others ,
which are a foundation for them , have
been firmly established. It would have
been Impossible , lor example , to have
built up tlie extensive soap industry at
South Omaha ten years ago , before tlie
meat packing interests had grown to
their present proportions , Omaha's job
bing business , which might have sullicecl
to cover the territorj nt our command
when Omaha's railroad facilities weie
In their infancy , are certainly now in
adequate lo ( lie demands of tlie new sec
tions opened up by tlie additional rail-
loads and various extensions of exist
ing lines'that In the last lew ye.rrt. lime
vastly improved Omaha's transporta
tion facilities. Tills , it seems to us , is
the most important feature tj be con
sidered and the one to which om busi
ness men should direct themselves.
Take Just one line as an example : II
the hides of the animals slaughtered at
South Omaha could be tanned and
worked Into leather at this point It
would lead to tlie election of a do-/en
new factories , each employing hundreds
of men at good wages. With the leather
as tlie raw material we would have hoot
and shoe factories , trunk factories ,
harness factories , belting factories ,
satchel and fancy good * tactoilos , and !
still others. It would pay the stock ,
yards company to enter into a contract I
to defray the freight charges on all the
tan bark required for a large tannery
for live years to come lo get those vari
ous establishments inaugurated , and it
would pay the business men of Omaha ,
If necessary , to Indemnify the stock
yards company for whatever sum should
be lequlred.
Incidentally , cheaper power would do
much lo stimulate maniitaetuilng enterprises -
prises , especially those In which ma
chinery Is largely used. Seveial ways
accomplishing tills object have been
pioposed , and one project is said still
to be under consideration. If success
fully carried out it will certainly glvo a
gieat Impetus to Omaha's forward move
ment. ,
Another need of Omaha for the devel
opment of its trade and Industry Is bel
ter rate's on the railroads. As a ells-
ti Uniting center Omaha can sell poods
only in competition witii other cities
and It can compete on equal teims only
when it lias equal treatment from the
railroads ,
The most encouraging omen ailses out
of tlie fact that our business men are
opening their eyes Jo tlie need of united
action and are willing to dlseusH the
subject In a serious and practical vein.
Tlie mayor of South Omaha has made
a fair pioposltlon to the taxpayers of
South Omaha , ollering to let them name
a man for chief of pollen whom tlie
mayor may appoint with a view to rid
ding the city of disreputable characters.
Nothing more could bo asked. The tax-
pa.vers should act upon the suggestion
without delay. Present conditions ate
Intolerable. With a IVailess and compe
tent chief of police criminals would im
mediately evacuate that bustling little
iltj.
The Boo Is of opinion that the bojs
of Onrirlra have vested rights that the
park board Is hound to respect. These
boys are clamoring for bolter Ice in the
paik lakes , which need to be flooded
frequently. We nmko this suggestion
primarily on behalf of the- boy * , , sec
ondarily in tlie interest of merchants
who sell skates for Christmas gifts , and
lastly out of a sense of solicitude for the
welfare of the street railway company.
Kastcrn wool buyerH arc- all over the
west contracting for the clip of nest
, vear at prices in advance of those paid
for the last > car's crop. The nuvernent
Is biu'h a wide > pioad ono as to attract
attention and many growers who a
month ago would ha\e been glad to tell
'
nt the llguii s offered are Inclined to h lil
ff. The n > a nn foi the anxiety to con
i tract at the flgutes olToted Is not ap
i pntout on tlie surface and loads to Un
] belief that unuMial activity is antici
pated in tlie woolen goods manufacture
next JCMI. The glowing of wool is lie-
coming a most impoitanl Industiy In
the west and nn.\thing which Incieases
the demand will bilnc Immense sums
Into tin- channels of tiado In this sec
tion.
Weslein rallioads aie sowing the wind
only later on to leap the whhlwlnd. In
defiance of public sentiment they are
atbltrarlly raising their rate's on the
common commodities used constantly in
every household nnd their action will be
tesptited by the people of the trans-
mlsslsslppl country. Insular as Ne
braska is concerned the radical step will
only omphnslyc the faet that popoeratlc
olllce-lioldcts have been subjugated by
the railroad Interest and will do noth
ing to hi Ing about relief to the pio-
ducers and consumers of the state.
There are moro WJi > s of skinning a
cat than most people -.no aware of , but
the railroad tariff man knows most of ,
them. After January 1 when you pay
a freight bill the amount of money re
quired will foe greater than now , but the
lallroad man will show jmi by tlie
taillt sheet that In most lines of goods
there has been no advance in rates. The
joker in the rate sheet deck lies In
changing the classification.
. \frilil Co Luf CD.
Courier-Journal.
"I am holding my position , " telegraphed
General Methuen. U Is understood that the
man v\ho caught the bear by tlie tall did the
name thing.
Source of nil Allocation.
Globc-Democrnt.
The Intimation that George Washington
was penurious In money matters probably
arose from the fact that ho was obliged to
pay dues to so many secret societies
KiillronilNtn TliHr Mintc.
Boston Herald.
It Is not surprising to learn that the mil-
roads of the country are trying to make a
material and permanent advance in freight
rates. Everything is going up nowadavs.
and the rnllronds are paying nearly doub'e
the price for their steel rails compared with
the prices of a llttlo over a year ago. Ad
vancing prices in one direction ultimately
mean an advance all along the line
Deinoerao Hold * Ui < > Sni-lc.
' \Vll8lllllgtOll I'OMt
As long as the democratic part > Is made
a refuge for the disappointed republicans
and populists It will experience dcsartlons
In nine cases out of ten these men are
cured and iclurn to their old political or
ganizations. The clomosrjtB not only fall
to make permanent gains , but In pandering
to this transient membership they drive oft
many of their most nubbtantlal adherent * , .
Tlx-nrlvN In TlnicS Criiellile.
1 Indianapolis Journal.
The argument of the sllverltes three years
ago was that If the go-.d standard was main
tained the1 currency of the country would be
contracted , money would nppiecUte and be
come scarce , the rate of Interest would In
crease , and every Interest would suffer. In
stead of'that the volume of currcnj hub
increased largely , and instead of mone > be
ing scarce anil dear , It Is more abundant , and
Intelest is lower than ever bofore.
Hot Tlmo til Old Tovriif.
NewYork , Tribune
Some of the returning toldlers from the
Philippines were mistaken for English In
Tails and greeted with many hoots and one
paving stoue. In London they were thought
lo be Boers , and were hissed. When It was
known who they were they were not merely
treated with clvilltj , but saluted with rous
ing cheers , poulticing the Insults they had
iccelved whiles mistaken for tioops of other-
colors. So honors and dishonors are easy
with them In the experiences of theli homo
Journey , but only the first will aw.ilt them
when they an he.
I.OMi-lt Ji : .slIOTs.
Bulfalo Expiess G M Hltchccck , editor ,
of the Omaha World-Herald , which hau
hitherto been Brim's homo organ , Is much
displeased because ho was not apnolntel
United States senator and Indirectly accuses
'Bryan ' of treachery And so even In Nebraska - |
braska there are democrats who think there' '
is something more than free silver In
politics ?
Spiingflcld Republican- Editor Hitchcock
of Omaha publicly announces his "deep dis
appointment" In falling to bo appointed to
the bcnate b > Governor I'ojliter , and he also
feels "most keenly the sting of ingratitude. " !
This reveals a sad ease of heartburn In the ,
"fusion forces" of Ncbrnaka. Yet Hitchcock
bhould remember that the "pops" are icallj <
the mahista ) of the Bryan piitj In that
state. The old democracy was a pitifully
weak aggregation there until the great revolt
of the farmers' alliance against the re
publican party The appointment of the
populist , Allen , is strictly fcglcjl
Xow York Sun Those of us who take tlie
trouble to remember the day when Hon. I
William Jennings Hijnn wrote lightning !
leaders for Hon. Gilbert M. Hitchcock's
Omaha World-Herald will be pained to know
tnnt lion Gilbert -M Hitchcock , not np-
I pointed n senator In congress , admits thnt
| ho in "deeply disappointed , nnd feels most
koenlj the sting of Ingratitude" Hut what
el lei Mr. Hitchcock expect ? Hon. William
Vincent Alk , who geli the Job , and who1
was favored by Mr. Ilrjan , Is of the populist
fildo of the horiHc , and In Xcbruska the
I populists arc the strength of fusion. The
Nebraska democrats can contribute ) their
vctes , but the populists get the offices Pos
sibly Nebraska democmta will grow weaiy
some time.
Chicago Chronicle Ooveinor I'o ) liter of
Nebraska may bo supposed to know what ho
la about , but nt this distance his preference
of W. V. Allen over Mr. Hitchcock of the I
Omaha World-Herald In tbo matter of the
hcnatorahu ) looks llko Ingratitude and bad
politico combined Mr. Hitchcock nnd his
nouHpapir have fought the battles of the
Nebraska fnslonlsts through many cam- |
palgnn nnd have contributed voiy laigcly to i
fusion victories Including the election 'of j
Governor Poynter himself If Senator Allen
has ever clone anything save depopulate * the
senate by hlh Interminable speeches the fact
Is not of iccoid. To reward dull loquacity
and Ignore vnluablo party services may be
good politics In Nebraska'but nowhere else
thnt wo know of.
Now York Mall and i\prcHs The ap
pointment of William V. Allen as successor
to the late Senator Hayw.ird of Nebraska
has at least the merit of consistency , and , as
It appears to have been dictated by William
Jennings Urjan , it will doubtless bo butls-
factory to all loyal populists except IMItor
Hitchcock of the Omaha World-Herald , who
wanted the place , hut couldn't get It Thin
Ktatlcman Is already hinting at base In
gratitude 011 the part of Mr Bryan and Gov
ernor I'oyntcr , both of whom lie has served
faithfully und well In many a hard-fought
campaign , but ho can haidl } export his
complaints to have much weight with tbo
populist rank and file AH for Mr. Allen , ho
proved during bla former term In the senuto
that ho was a man of real ability , tremendous
lung power nnd an Idolater tit the free
silver shrlno , to whoso zeal thousands of
pages of the C'cngressloiidl Itccoid bear
monotonous testimony.
Mitirvtvs HOI u or IOOM.
< ? t t.nuls Hepubllr Thr KiiRll'li mint
' tlmnpo the-lr mllltar } tactics In South \frl-n
, If they hope to escape final nnd complete
I dlsstcr at the hntids of the Dutch
Olobo-Uevnocrat Keeping his own at 111-
lery silent enabled Jonberl to get eleven
fine British cannon under his rlllos. The
Doers have a remarkable sift of guessing
what their ndvcrsnrj will do next , nnel la.v
Ing a snare to fit the case
Chicago Tribune Oem Paul's ominous
words. "Unglnnd mny win , but It will be nt
terrible cost , " seem already verified. Ho
has given I'ngland the saddest Christmas
It has had this mnn > n vear The emblems
| of death nro strangely mingled with the
holly nnd the mistletoe.
Cleveland Plain Dealer With Its forces
In South Africa cither checked or routed ,
with Its Kiipplj ot available regular troops
exhausted , with Its best fighting generals
beaten to n standstill In their first encounter -
counter * with the enemy. It Is easy to
Imnglno the dlsmny with which Great Britain
would hear of such n crowning disaster as
last night's dispatch makes It seem probable
has overtaken General Iluller and his army. '
Springfield Republican. U does not seem I I
an exaggeration to say that nt this moment !
'
the British empire Booms ncircr to another
dismemberment than before since the our- |
render of Cornwallls at Yorkliwn. And for
this situation the British people have to
thank some Imperialistic nt acumen who
plunged Into an unnecessary wni without ,
apparently , any conception of the rial pro
portions It would assume , or the cost In
men nnd treasure.
Kansas City StarIt would appear tint
nothing can avail In South Africa except the
reconstruction of the British arm > . Its mere
reinforcement will not answer If General i
Billler had possessed twice the guns at
Tugela he would have lost them , with the1
same management. The same results would
have attended the efforts pf General White ,
General Gatacre and General Methuen , under
llko circumstances , had they been twice as
stiong In men and gune
Chicago Chroniclettvory British reverse
has been due In great part to the bumptious
ness of olllccrs who deemed It a matter of
course that the Boers would run nt the fluht
of redcoats and this , too , despite memorle
of Majuba nnd Lalng's Nek. The Brills
officer is still of the Bradtloch model , am
though his self-confldence Is well enoug
his icascnliig powers are just as certain !
defective It Is the historic case of the bill
that tackled the locomotive "Your counts
Is admirable , but d n your discretion "
Buffalo Express It Is haul to estimate
the staggering effects of this b'ow to tli3
| British nation. Beaten at Stormberg , beatci
at MoJder river , beaten at Colenso the
center , right and left all forced back the re
lief of Klmbarlej no longer pcaslble the ra-
llef ot Ladjsmlth apparently equally hope
less' A month ago Englishmen held it Im
possible that the stiongcst military nnt on
In the world could so lower the Brltlsl
prestige. Yet these blows have been de
livered from the hands of a handful o
despised Dutch farmers who were not even
recognized as possessing an independent m-
tlonnllty' ' It seems incredible
Indianapolis News Same years after the
end of the civil war the predecessor of Gen
eral Buller wrote a book In which he dem
onstrated that the campaign of the union
generals lu the war for the union were con
ducted in violation of the science of war ,
and declared that If the war had been other
than a series of sklimlshes Grant and Sher
man would have been beaten The science of
war of that writer was developed In Kurupo
a century or more ago When applied to
the prcient time , v.lth ths pies-'iit equip
ment nnd in u different countr } , It Is no
longer science , but. the reveise
Detroit Jouina' When General Buller left
England for South Africa a biography
printed of him from Information furnished
from London led the world to be'leve that
hie first recreation on landing at the scano
ot his operations ould be to eat Boers threis
times dailj with cold Beer foi lun-h. It was
said of him that he would not give any
quarter ; he was to be pltllcsa. We were leJ
to believe that all the rules of merc'ful ' war
fare would be disregarded by this warrior ,
who had been given the permission to cut
the wires behind him and go to any length of
slaughtering to let the world know thnt
Great Britain was not to be defied by a
couse people who seldom washed and never
shaved or manicured their hands It seems ,
howevei , that there were two Bullers and
that one escaped In transit through In-onect
markings of the shipping label The one
at least , who turned up nt the Tugeln rivei
hnd all the quarter for the Boers nnd little
for his own men , he disregarded none of
the ru cs of war except that of knowing al
ways where the enemy Is , and ho proved
that he to whom the word ictroat was sup-
I posed to be unknown know It as well as the
men who fiist tried the movemor *
viM > ornnrrwi.si : .
A British steamer sailed fiom Boston for
Capetown Friday morning , bearing Ameri
can pay for Ameilcan mules
The blithdav of General Robert E. Lee ,
Januarj 19 , will bo observed by several Vir
ginia pilvate eihools r.s a holldaj Instead
ot Now Year's da ) .
A lAt nibbling nt Fome wiles in a Cbl-
cngo fctoro brought ten policemen nnd six
pilvnte watchmen to the scene , all loaded
with revolvers nnd clubs. The surprising
display of force put the rat In a hole.
Speaker f Tender son's fnthui arrived In
Chicago fiom Scotland with one English
sovereign In his pocket He remained there
foi tineo jenrs and saved enough to buy
the 'fnrgo farm In Iowa on which David
grew up.
i ' President McICInlej Bpoke truly when ho
r.ald in his message that our foiclgn re
lations wore doing quite well. Two nnd n
half million dollars wne Kent to them by
I I one steamer which left New York last
Wednesday
Thomas Whlttnker , who died nt Scarbor
ough , England , recently , wc. ouo of seven
men who started the tempornnco reform of
this century In Great Ilillnln , and he lived
to see the poslety of total nLstalncrs num
ber 7,000,000.
Chief Justice John A Pcteis of the Maine
supreme court has sent his resignation to
Governor Powers , to take effect on January
1. Ho waft appointed to the Malno bemijlt
In Ma > , 187 : ! , and to the chief Justiceship In
September , 188J , no that at the time of his
iptlromcnt he will have served twenty-six
> cars and eight months on the bench Ho
Is 7" years old and his health at the prcs"iit
time Is hotter than It has been foi > ears.
Hetty ( Iroen. "the richest woman In Amer
ica , " having thoroughly tehted the business
ability of bur BOII , 13 II. II Green , that
young man 't > now about to be given the
management of It Is mother's vast Interests
She gave him charge of a Texas railroad ,
which , under bin care , gained CO per cent
In vnlue. Thnt ostnhlUhed his standing
and ho IB now to bo promoted Mr Gieen
Is a stalwart specimen of Amorlum man
hood , 6 feet -1 Inches In his stockings , and
his eccentric motlici'K Idol
General Sir Krancls Clery. now serving
In South Africa , who Is considered by many
to bo the greatest tactician In the British
nnn > , ii > an Irishman , the BOH of .1 Cork
wlno merchant. His gicut-grandfather , dur
ing the troubles nt tbo close ot the last
century , fled fo Fiance nnd became a mer
chant at Mniselllrs. It was Ma daughter
Doslrce to whom Napoleon , tben a lieuten
ant of artillery , la ealtl to have proposed
marriage , but Abe rejected him and married
Bornadotte , thus becoming queen of Swe
den and grandmother of the present king
of that countr ) . One of her gleat-giandbons
married a daughter of I ho prliico of Walrs
A sister of Miss C'lery married Joseph Boim-
paito und was In consequence , for a brief
period , queen of Spain
' IH IIOKS or' ot it \ \ \tt.
' Uluff inel scrappy Jim Munrt > ( he hero of
Biyombong Is n on of Scotoh parc-uK born
at I tke Cltv , Minn III * l a firadtnle of
Minnesota State unlverMtv nnd rf WoU
1'olnt 1'hyslenlly ho Is n little fellow , but
when ho appeared with fifty men at an In-
Mirgent camp and bluffed Sfln of them to
, surrender he rose to the Altitude of n glnnt
and .started n wave of cheers and pmlles over
j his native land. A returned soldier who
'
'campaigned with the binning llputemnt
tcl's seme stories absut him In the O'hlMW
Chronicle "He used to be nicknamed
'Buntle' for some reason or other , " relates
the private "He was known In the regiment
' n great bluffer and , llko most of the Wet t
| Point graduates , something of n crank , being
.over particular In every detail of the service
'and ' oxtrcmcly stilct with the men under
, him. He Is a llttlo fellow 1 should sny not
i much over five feet four Inches In height
| but he Is not afraid to tncklo anybody or
any thing
"Cnptnln Lcckett of Munro's company was
called away to take charge of a regimen * .
Thls left Muiiroho wns flrpt lieutenant , In
command of the companv. I remember seeIng - ' ,
Ing him one day go up to a big sorgmnt who I
stood six feet four Inches In his boots nnd
do about every thing to him but pitch In and
fitht. ; Munro hns any amount ot 'sand' and j
nil the men under him know It.
"At one time nftcr he > had raked oomc '
of his men over pra'tv ' severely for omo '
tilfllnt ; mnttere the company got n little sere
at him Munro found out about this feeling
In aonie manner Ho was n fellow who wculd
always give fait play and one day nftcr ho
|
had brought bin company out lo drill ho
marched up nnd down In front of them nnd
said-
" 'If am man who thinks he hns n grudge
against mo wants to take a punch nt me
ho can come out and do It now. ' Nearly
every man in the company was larger than
the little lieutenant and the men only
laughed at him and no one stirred
"Munro Is a good soldier , only about 26 I
years of age Ho always attends to his bus
iness nnd devotes Ills whole time and nppnr- I
ently all his thoughts to his work. But ho
expects every man under him to do the same
and wants everything perfection. Top this
reason he Is not as popular with oDmo of
the legulars a.s he might otnerwlso be"
Writing from Luron to a friend In Minnesota
seta on the 27th of October , .Major J Q A.
Bradcn of the Thirty-sixth United States
volunteers , savs
"Judging from my experience here , the
problem of government will not be so ecil-
ous as might be Imagined. The people me
simple like children and must be patiently
dealt with and never deceived. Hence our
representatives hero should be honest and
painstaking men , suio of their position as
long SB Oiey do their duty well.
" 1 think wo must maintain n cbmpirnthely
large army hero for name time. How large
or how long I will not venture to sny at
this time , but enough to prevent any upris
ing or lawlessness bv moral rather than
physical force I fear that Agulmldo's army-
will break up in small bands of 'ladrones'
( thieves ) , nnd , If so , they will give us much
trouble After u time our troops mny be
partly withdrawn and also partly replaced
by native troops I think with good trainIng -
Ing nnd good officers the natives would
make good soldiers I thluk the next few
months will end organized opposition to
United States authority , but I fully expect
to serve here until my time is out June 30 ,
1001 "
Second Lieutenant Svlv ester Bonnnffon
of the Thirteenth Infantry who has
been at Cclumbus barracks for pome time
drilling troops , has , in obedience to his earn
est requebt , locclvcd orders relieving him
frcm his duties at the barracks on January
1 , to proceed to Port Slocum , N Y. . to ac-
compnny the troops to be sent from that post
about January 15 to the Philippine Islands
and there Join his , regiment The young
leutenant comes from a long line of gallant
soldiers , and he will acquit himself wi'h '
credit in the Philippines.
Mablnl , a riliplno , now a pilsoner In the
rands of General Otis , Is reported lit the
cfflclnl dispatches as having been the head
and front of the Insuirectlon This seemingly
sudden rise to prominence among their fel-
ows of all the Insurgents now being cap
tured by Otis who have never been heard of
jcfore may be accounted for , perhaps , by
the fact that the censorship was once so
strict that none of the natives were piorn-
ncnt
L-IIIIIS'IMI VS
Sfimr I'crtliim' Itciiiiii Ki on 11 SCMI-
NOiiilblc Slilllec-C.
Baltimore American
The Christmas season Is almost upon us
and with the gratifying prosperity of ths
times there will be an exceptionally busy
Christmas shopping. Shopping to the average -
ago woman Is for some Inscrutable reason
'not given to man to understand , " a never-
ending Joy and a perennial delight. A man
\lll como fresh from a wildly-enjoyable
game of foot ball and wonder what plcasuio
i lot of women can take in n confused and
truggling riot over a bargain counte- ,
Mangling and wrestling till their cloth s |
are torn to tatters and their tempers to
shreds. It may bo something of the came
nstlnct In both , it may bo the dellgh * ot
he femlnlno nature In getting Eomethln ?
or less than Its supposed value , It may be
a dozen other things , but the fact remains
shopping Is a femlnlno Ely Mum
The present times add to this delight ,
inco tbo progress of Induedbl Invenli.'li
nd enterprise * has practically revoluthnli-Jd
hlngs and brought Into the reach of nil a
jcnuty which before only the rich cou'd '
puichnso To bo cheap and to be ugly are
10 longer synonymous terms. One of the
nest commendable of modern efforts hna
> ocn the popularisation of art , nnd this cffict
hews Itnelf now In everything. Patterns
ro artistic and tasteful ; colors are blnidod
nil selected with an eye ? to harmonlotM
ffcctfl , and all this in the low-priced pro
nctH as well as In the costly arllclci of
ho Fame kind. So It Is binnll claim In
rophetle powers which asr.crt thnt this nea-
on the ChrlDtmas shopping will be some-
tiiiiB stupendous.
It may not bo amiss to give a few kindly
ords of advice to expectant shoppers The
cry flist is to study the pages of the
\merlcnn for the best places at which tT
ot the best thlnc for Chtlstmas gifts , for
thfre IB where they are all to bo found. TliU
study and a llttlo preliminary reflection will
OO
Our llth minimi "PURPI/Mi : m
0 ( ARNlVAh In now In full ills- r
A play w
_ Tlio jic-ifunio mnnufacturefH luivo O
9 outvied PIU li Dtlrni in their i-fforlH 0
t , , product both FINI : pKitri'MKB
0 and I1ANPSOMW I'AC'KAli:8 : AH
< a ieniill we me now offering nut w
J ? patroiiH the choicest eollcctlon. by (
® far of perfumeH vvlile h havn evi'i
( B been cbow n before In Orniiba Thin "
A nHPortincnt Include H nil the perw
; L fumes mtidn by our loadliiB Amern
lean inanuf'U'turer . an well UK
0 thoM. . of KKKNCII. 13NGMBU nnd 9
A GKRMAN ORIGIN Wo nro Hhejvv-
9 liiK ne-arly klnelf , of Hulk I5x- * "
O IrnclK and about I.eXiQ klixln of O
. HOTTL.I3U . I'nitri'MnS Our hota
* tied 11 rfunu-H rniiKO In prleo from Z
O ] 0o to J100 i er | iiekiiKi > w
A ATTEND TIIK IMJHKI'MK CAR- &
NIVAI , o
Shermn& McDonnell Drug Co , ®
' ' *
O ANTI-TIU'BT DRl'GGISrH
A Now at 151,1 podKCi HI Going to bo 9
on Corner , too t
IB VC much time trouble mid anxious thought
I when tlie nctunl hoi > plng is to be done.
To know Just whnt onr wanl Is ft grf.it
help toward petting I ! and thr nl e > dliopprr
generally aiarls on I with omp drffnltc Ideas
In her hem ) Another thin * I * to rontembsr
thnt the * lft is to rrprodpni the nfffctloir
of the giver and not the meins of the 10-
, clplrnl. thu will stop inonv panga nnd
, heMrt-btirnlngs In an effort lo compete with
j costly gifts , perhaps beyond tnrmnns of the
giver , but bought nt a sntrlflce and to snllsfy
her pride far more than her nfTectlrn
I It Is t standing maxim of phlloscphy thnt
nn two thlngf * ran stand In the siuic plnro
' nt oner It would be well for shoppers to
bear this In mind nnd tiM to attempt the
Impossible The well-bred shopper should
avoid puuhliiB. pulling and Miovlng In fact ,
, all rudeness on street and In * hop. she
'should ' wnlt pntlently her turn nnd not ex
pect others ahead to give vv.iy to her She
i should make her purchase with all pcrvslblo
dispatch , so as not lo delay others wnltlni ;
on her She should 1'P ' good humored nnd
take llttlo awkward occurrences1 , such as
happen In every crowd , with good " . - . ' . . . . >
She should bo careful not to give pickpockets
n capital chance by the tempting display In
careless hnmis of porkeSbook or bng ; niic
should lenvc her jewelry nt home nnd sen
that her wntch Is securely fnstoued nnd out
of reach of snatch or pull And , nbovo nil ,
she should remember thnt talesmen nnd
saleswomen arc human beings llko herself ,
overworked by ( lip rush nud wenry ; then
she will forgive their H inn II petulances and
mistake ? and cheer their tired spirits with
kindly words In short , Christmas shopping
will give ample opportunity for exercising
the great virtues of prudence , fortitude , Jus
tice nnd charity.
Clove-land Plain Dealer "S.i > , I "never
hoard two iiicn hold stic-h oMK'lly opposite
vlowi on tin- Rime polnl Who nrc they ? "
"Professional iiu'illoul experts. "
Chicago Kcconl. "I wouldn't have your
fault-tlndlng dlitpo ° ltln for nmllilnt ; on
earth "
"You don't understand me. If tilings went
to suit mo I'd bo the most , nmlnbio man
jou over paw. "
Detroit Journal : In the millennium , we
suppo v lawyers' fees will have * become so
large that It will bo cheaper to obey the
laws than not.
Chicago Times-Herald. ' 'You "
- see , ex
plained the detective who had just slipped
up on a case. "In novels the criminal nl-
ways docs his vvoik the way the doteotlvo
figures It out , nnd in real life he Is likely to
do It pome other way "
Indianapolis Journal. "Thnt palmist said
my hand Indira ted a talent foi line needle
work "
"Do you BCVV much' ' '
"No , any vumian who Is clever enough to
-ew Is clevei enough to got out of It. "
Philadelphia Record ; Fi.tnklelgh Want
to borrow a hundred fiom me ! 1'ou must ,
bo cracked
Borrows No , but I'm broke.
Chicago Post "Sir , " nlic said \vhen ho
complained of the Incessant piano pln > -
Ing. " .von have no ear for music. "
"Thnt mny bo true , mndam , " ho replied.
"I will have to hear soniei In order to Hnd
out '
Indianapolis Journal. "Daughter , are you
engaged to that voting ilr. Sklggswho
comes every evening ? "
"Oh , pa , what makes you think so ? "
"Well , when he leaves hero nt half-past
ten his chrysanthemum looks worn to a
frazzle "
Washington Star : "Ate you sure he
truly loves you1' ' asked the fair girl's con-
fldiintc '
" "
"Absolutely
"Of course , bo would sav he does. "
"Ye < - . But when he Hits down and lets
'athc-r talk to him by the hour about pro
tection and In to 1 , I'm sure he tells the
truth "
Chicago Tribune : Young Bridegroom
Darling. I think I should like to take your
little brother with us to Nlagnia FallH
Bride How kind that would bo of jou ,
Hairy !
YOUIIK Bi Idegroom Yes. I should like to
push him ovei them.
ItlTOl'M.
Chicago Record.
We've heaid H lot of boasting : for a recent
year or two
About the man behind the gun , and all that
he can do ;
But now- , right In the winter time , with
Christmas trees In sight ,
The iran behind the bundle Is a perfect
heart's delight.
\vin : > eiiuiyniAS
Cleveland Plain Denier.
When Clulstmns come" ) I much regret
To thlnlc that I in unmarried yet.
They nil expect to much of me ,
Tor stocking nnel for loaded tree ,
When I'hrNtmiiH comes
How fwcet the-y are lo Cousin Jack
That's me , jou know they'ro on mv track
With pleasant words fiom morn till night
They scare < > will let me leave their Bight
When Christmas comes.
My nephews and mv nieces , too
I ilnd I hnve a dreadful slow ,
Both old and > OIUIK and MK and wee
Are up In ranks nnd nfter mo
When Christmas comes.
If I'd a Fortunatus purhp ,
With haste I would mv pile disburse ,
1 But I have loiiKingK of mv own
That can't bn lllled If wealth hath flown
When Christmas comes.
1 I know thcro Is a Hlrnplo way
To keep thenliungiy one-s ut liny ,
i And though It slli.s mv soul with dread
, I renllv think that I will wed
I When Christmas comes.
High
Priced
Neckwear
eoo
We have beautiful neck
scarfs of heavy silk in new
and exclusive patterns for
$4,00 that are works of
art.
For 50 cents we think
we can give you better
neckwear than you have
ever had before at that
price ,
Between those extremes
we can meet every require
ment of taste or cost.