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f L Ln i BnrfhUit -i 3ew3Cfc. -a MVMMHWMMUJto CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1892 I t i i t fe ' 10. u ft ll 1 ' I' ; . tt WASHINGTON GOSSIP. ,, j 1 1 n SVERViOOY IN THE CAPITAL 13 TALK IMQ OP PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER. Herrlum U Not Tlkrl f tt Much He Was 11 Yiar or Two Ago flvnator Mill IlrcfUr Mitch AMentlon "Mnrlrs f Palmer ami (tttrman. IHporlal Correspondence.) Wamiinoton, March 01. Hero nt tho capital wo ilon't talk of much iwvo tho coming prctdilmitliil election. Wo havo so many candidates right hero under our eyes that wo imturally find ourselves dissecting thorn. Wo enrvo ; their mental parts, place their eh. uiulorn nnder n inlcroscoio and put nowtnpor deloctlves on their past. They nro nn Intorcfltliiff hit of men, these presiden tial possibilities. There In General Ilnr rkwn, tho limn of tho Whlto Ilnnsa. Wa don't hear ah much of htm ns wo Old a year or two ngo. Then ho was new and fresh; now ho Is nn old story. President Hnrrlson is not n mnnof whom much gossip is tittle-tattled. Tkinro ia not much color in him. Ilia daily life la an cominonplnco aa that of aay privato citicon. Ho nolther make brilliant remarks nor does queer thlnga. We used to havo gossip about Grant and Arthur and oven Hayes. Out Harrison rana alonnon tho dead lovol of plainness and ovonnoaa. It is not tho common- nUofi. however. Here in Washington wo havo all agreed Republicans, Democrats, Farm en' Alliance ami Mugwumm that Gen eral Harrison is n remarkable man. Ho has the most acute powers of mental analysis seen In tho Whlto Houso since Lincoln. Ho reads men aa woll as things. His lawyer's habit of taking up aay clveu case, studying it in principle SI detail, uncovering tho secrets and hUtriee in which it is enveloped, iMds him in good stead now. Witness fete Messages to congress, his diplomatic fsjMrs in the Chilian and Bearing sea tatters. There are some things about Harrison which even his friends don't Mhe, aad he lias qualities which even Ma political enemies greatly admire. Probably the candidate most talked - afcoat jaat now is Senator Hill. We are face of Senator Hill. Iho governor en dured this torture for torture it obvl ously was for just two weeks. Then ho gave the head waltor ten dollars I .) lent tho pretty womon nt tho otnor end of tho dining room. Perhaps tho most intciesting of our presidential possibilities is Senator Pal mor, This rcmnrkahlo old man, now prtAtsovontyflvo, la aa lively as a cricket. Ho walks to and from tho Capitol, nnd ia often soon on Nowspajwr row talking K)1itics with tho corresiwndonts. Ho in a great ndmlrer of nowspupors nnd news paper men. Ho Is tho greatest newspa per reader In tho sonato. At home evenings ho spends many hours listening to his wife reading from tho dally pa pers. Hunntur Palmer Isn't frank about tho presidency, as Hill is. Ho doesn't admit that ho in a candidato. Ho merely thinks it jh)hhI1)1o things might como his way, but isn't worrying much whether thoy do or not. Senator Palmer's col loaguo, Mr. Cullom, Is, on tho other hand, unite as frank as Senator Hill. Ho simply says ho wants to bo nomi nated for president, and in a decent, dignified way In doing what ho can to that end. Cullom Is as plain and sim ple as a pair of old boots, anyway. A possible president who is now much talked altout Is Senator Gorman, of Maryland. Ho is as seoetivoas Hill Ih frank. Gorman is a master of tho art of silence. Yet oven ho sometimes makes mistakes, as in a rccontnows- ?Uaper interview, when ho was reported as making statements about men nnd affairs which raised tho very dcuco in Ids state. Will tho art of nowspapor Interviewing over bo so perfected as to satisfy both tho man who Is Interviewed and tho man who does tho listening nnd writing? I fear not. Gorman Is so much addicted to si lence, and does so much without' mak ing any more expression about it than in contained in a smile, that peoplo drop into tho habit of attributing to him the methods of a Machiavelli. His reputation for skill and tact in Kitties and legislation ia aa wide as the id, and by many he is looked upon as a master of finesses yet those who know him well know that a largo share of his adroitness and his so called adaptability to intriiruo is, after all, nothing but Bin- lioness. Tho truth is Sen- CURRENT FASHIONS. riE3, VE3T rnONTS, RUFFLES AND BOWS THAT MtLP AMAZINGLY. Ollvs Harper Writes of Things Thai Dainty fingers May Make A Btrlrl Challln Clown That Will lis a Joy io I tin Wearer. Hcclil Ciirrcnionilence. Nrw York, March 01. Pretty little ties, vest fronts, niflles and Ikvb nro bo very useful as a means of adding dressy effects to plain or pnssco gowns that It Is well for young and old ladles to know how to make tlieiu and what of, for thero nro few ladies who do not have bits of lace, ribbon or some other doll cato and flimsy material that would mako or trim one of theno dainty little trifles. And they aro very costly when bought in tho stores nnd cost little if mndo nt home. A pretty fancy Is a necklet for a young lady for wearing with a low or high necked bodico. It needs five eighths of n yard of whlto ribbon ono inch wldo, on which nro set alternate palo pink and whlto rosottes, or any whea he came down here. His frank aliirrirrhn of his chances to bo president, hit talk of tho means and thomothodn by which ho hoped to win the nomina- waa something new noro, wnero 4 lnnlna in knnur him In Wash. Ct'niy JTUlWUij CZLuT Th. onvrnnr rather atarlled uVT ator GbrriflRT is a natural leader of men, Maa Vm I ' JJL,', ' l 1 RKNATOR PALMER ON PARK ROW. wa have had lmndrednof presidential aaplraata, every ono of whom subscribed to the old fiction that the office must awk the man, etc. At tho capital we have become accustomed to the lktlo de ception practiced in the interest of dig aity by men who were spending their days and nights scheming for the presi teatcy, and yet pretending to know noth ing whatever about it. Governor Hill tleeaat believe in that sort of thing, and ha waa not long in letting every one know it. of the arave and reverend sena- were so shocked by Mr. Hill's alaatawa that they have not aa yet re averedt & I merely state a fact ap parent to aa all when I aay that the new aaator from Mew York U not popular aaaeac his colleagues in the north end f the Caoitol. He doesn't appear to aatoa that'any more than he does their ahraggiag shoulders when he tells them krtH U going to win the presidency. Ia all hie methods of work Senator is businesslike. He is regular, 1, methodical, orderly in every thing ha does. He baa maguificent par lata at the Arlington, the finest hotel in Washington, where ho ia surrounded by dark and friends. HU rooms are open to all callers. No man is more ap fraaahable than Senator Hill. He has a, way of making every one with whom ha talka feel that the conversation baa of a specially confidential char- The caller marvels at the frank i of the man, but when be goes away thinks over what baa been said he it is sot of any great importance after alt At precUwly 11:30 every day aaator Bill starts for the Capitol. At M precisely be leaves the Capitol for kla hotel. He breakfasts, lunches and dines punctually at certain hours, and always nearly always retires at sharp midnight. I regret to aay that Senator Hill docs at like women. The manner in which ha ahmw the society of the fair sex is so ahviona aa to cause much remark. When the aaaator first came to Wash ington some of onr newspaper corro epoadanU played a joke on him. They took the head waiter of the Arlington aaa aide, whispered in his ear that Sen- ' Hill waa a great admirer or comely that it would doubtless be five dollar bill in the head waster's packet if he would seat the ratty women near the senator's table. The head waiter waa not long in acting aa this suggestion. At the very next maal Governor Hill waa surprised to ml himself earroanded by pretty young married women aad blnriuag brides, of wham there is always a great plenty at Waahingtoa hotels. AM of theee Interesting creatares aaa anew who Jaeir 'neighbor was. and thar watched Urn with ao mack interest it WM-dUaeaH 'to say where the and to be that he must bo honest, ho must keep faith, ho must consider tho rights of others, ho must bo unselfish. Else he could not bo a loader. Mr. Gorman was recently asked by a friend for tho secret or his success how it was that ho always managed to como out at tho top of tho heap. "It U a very simple matter, replied tho sena tor. "1 keep my promises) I treat ovory man with whom I como in contact with fairness and consideration; 1 try to make my enemies my friends Instead of changing frionds into enemies by fail ing to keep faith with them; 1 do not try to drivo peoplo my way, but help them go their way." Senator Gorman has all his lifo been a. leader. To go to tho front without making any fuss about it, to influence mon without seeming to try to do so, to direct them while apparently deferring to thorn, is as natural to him aa breath ing. He is now tho recognized leader of his party in congress. In both senato and houBO his voico is potent. Within his party ho has today greater influeuco and power, 1 think, than any other man. Yot his touch is velvoty; the reins which he holds are invisible; ho is almost domure in his unobtrusivouess. Ho is a truo genius, a bom leader, who can do this. As to tho presidency, no ono can accuse him of solf seeking. Ho is not oven a candidato "in the hands of his friends." Ho ia doing nothing. Tho delegation from his state in the Chicago convention will at the outset probably vote for another. Yet Mr. Gorman's friends hope and beliovo ho will bo tho nominee. Senator Gorman is such a modest and unobtrusive man that ono does not suspect how much there is in him till acquaintance has ripened into friend ship. Though always polito and affa ble he is not commnnicattve except to those he lias learned to trust His frionda love him, and every ono who is thrown in contact with him is insensibly won by a power more easily felt than ex plained. Ho is a strong and effective though infrequent speaker in the senate. His home lifo is charming. With hb wifo, son and five daughters he is com panion and playmate. Here his reserve is thrown off and ho laughs, romps, plays cards and tolls stories till the young folks are in ecstasies of dolight Senator Gorman is rich, having mado a fortune by lucky investments with his cousin, ex-Senator Davis, in West Vir ginia coal lands and railroads, but no breath of publio or private scandal over touched him. He rents a house in Washington, but has a beautiful farm and country seat at Laurel, between Washington and Baltimore. Walter Weixxan. Mat greatest number of Mashes was on the fasrchsshiiaf the brides or in the pale England' Japanvta Vail. There is a Japaueso fad on in Eng land. Everything Japanese, is in fash ion, not oven excepting tho Japanese re ligion. Nobody knows just what that is, but they admire it all the more for that; for though the English aro not so prone to uow "isms" as their American cousins, when thoy do havo one they havo it bad. Sir Edwin Arnold's eulogies on Japaueso life havo excited such an Interest that a new society is organized "for the encouragement of the study of Japanese art, science and industries, of the commerce anil nuance, tne social life, literature, lauguage and folklore of the Japanese." The organizing council contains many men who havo resided in or visited Japan, or become identified in some way with the country, such as Ernest Baton, Professor Church, Professor Andersou and many prominent Japanese residents la England. Very appropriately the so ciety baa its various headquarters at the Japanese consulates in London, Live pool aad Glasgow, for no people are more anxious to spread information aboat their country than the Japanese of today. " f. rOR DAINTY FlNdERS TO MAKE. other color may bo substituted. The bolt at tho top is mndo of ribbon of any preferred color sot on n stiff foundation bolt, with a largo chou or "cabbago" bow in front. Tho pretty collar and cravat just below is of pink chiffon em broidered with rosebuds and edged with platvallaco. Tho collar is of chiffon, ombroldorod more closely with tho roso buds and covered over a net foundation to keep it stiff. Tho vest blouso at tho left is mado of silk mull, whlto or in pale colors, shirred at tho waist line and with a pointed yoko and fall of guipure lace. Tho col lar is of sovcral bias folds over n stiff foundation. This could also bo mado of soft silk or crniM). Tho shirt front on tho right is mndo of palo bluo China silk, and trimmed with a fall and jalwt of Alencon lace, and where it fastens ut tho back thero is a small bow of ribbon. This is very dressy nnd pretty, und disguises a too full fig ure and is as graceful for a slender ono. Among tho other feminino fancies nro tho exquisite littlo bags that nro carried on tho arm. They are scarcely largo I enough to hold more than u handker chief, purse, powder box and ono or two other trifles, but they are embroidered in a most beautiful manner, fringed with fine fcml costly beads, with lace ruffles around tho opening nnd with two long loops of ribbon and bows which aro to slip over tho arm. For ovening theso will havo bunches of flowers fan toned on thorn, nnd will bo of tho ma terial of tho dress. Tho bonnets nro tho flimsiest and most filmy creations 1 havo ever yot seen of tnllo laco and u fow most dolicato flow ers, llko white or palo pink azaleas, or nnomones, or wild roses, all of tho most exquisite perfection. Fow ribbons aro soon on bonnets, unless perharn one long loop standing forward in an un compromising way. Small jeweled pins often aro the only ornaments on lace bonnets. They nro all very small, how ever, but costly like jowels. Among somo of the bonnets that are to boo daylight at Easter 1 noticed one mado of black Brussels net, puffed along the edges of a frame in beaded puffs. The crown was the same, and all the rest of tho surface was taken up by pink hyacinths, with an upright spike or those lovely flowers 'in front. Thero is a pretty summer gown of striped challie, which is already copied In striped ging ham, the stripes being yellow, blue and rod and all on a cream ground. The chief beauty of the gown is having different portions cut on the bias, and the whole is trimmed with butterfly bows f alternate blue and red ribbon. The Btripes ore not very vivid in color, but the bows of ribbon are. This govn opens in an invis ible scam under tho bows at' the waist and is prin cess shape in the SIGNS OF SPRING. I. H. Huadla rnrnlthea a Vary Saaaaa. aula Letter. Hpeclal Corrcipondence.l New York, March ill. It Is the fash Ion to say that In tho sweet springtime tho advantage is all on tho sldo of the countryman. 1 moroly rise to remark that It is tho city man who gonornliy nays it. In tho spring, says tho most artificial of all English poets, tho young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. I will bet you it doesn't If he In n young countryman. It turns heavily to thoughts of grubbing out fence cor nors, nnd cleaning up tho wood lot, and hauling out manure, nnd "tending to' tho lately born lambs, calves, pigs and colts, and 'owning drains nnd rushing things generally to got ready for plow ing. But on Sundays? Oh, yes, If tho dny In flno, and ho isn't too tired, ho docn tnke a sort of aulmnl comfort in stretching out nnd doing nothing. No, tho verdict of tho working farmer wns made up when Horace Orcoloy was a "kid," and ho puts it thus: Lato in tho fall and win ter tho farmor has his fun. Spring und summor are for hard work. Tho coun try boy would enjoy tho beautiful spring if thoy would lot him. But thoy won't. In ono hour on this city's streets 1 will find you a hundred business mon who dream of going back to tho lovely coun try to Hvo, but not ono who dreams of going back to tho work ho did thero when a boy. When 1 wns a fanner boy in tho Wa bash valley thero wan a local idea that I had it easier than tho average From April 1 to Nov. 1 1 only had to work from sunrise till 1 1 a. m. nnd from 1 p in. till dark, and oven in May and June this rarely exceeded thirteen hours a day. Tho avorago wns perhaps eleven. And whenever two or three neighbors mot tho old fellows always told us how much harder they worked when thoy wore boys a diaphanous statement old mon have been repeating over since Ham made fun of Noah. My father "joined drives" with an old Virginia neighbor, us together thoy had boys enough to "run u machine." After I got old enough to think 1 would listen to their dally plaint that "ono boy then done us much as three do now," and after they got out of earshot 1 would re mark, "Thero go two of tho grandest old liars, in tho state of Indiana." When I walk tho streets of Brooklyn now und feel a hunkering for rural scones, I think of thoso boyhood days and am immediately reconciled. The city is indeed beautiful us tho foliuge comes out, and us 1 ride along tho ele vated road and noto from day to day how rupidly tho magnificent trees which lino tho streets aro hiding tho houses. and know that In u fow days more it will be just like riding through a con tinuous park, 1 am ovon more reconciled. Nevertheless, if 1 hud plenty of money and notldng ut all to do, 1 should pass tho spring und summer in tho old Indi ana neighborhood. For u perfectly idle man it is indeed delightful, and it ndds mightily to the pleasure to wnlk about and seo other peoplo hard ut work. Even now I can shut my eyes and recall the daily panorama on ono of tho old farms Tho post rises before mo like a dream as. fngnn uob says, it is a pertect day in Juno, aud us tho rosy light of dawn steals through the eastem woods the rich corn bread contralto voice of the old farmer iroea un tho stalrwuv with. "Sa-ay. now, you young rascals, nro you going to sleep all dn-ayr They rise. Thoy feed, curry, gear up eat hastily und uro off to toil. Tho glo rious sun mounts high in tho heavens, tho birds sing, the lambs gambol und tho biggest boy swears under his brcnth as his plow strikes a root. Tho poetic tourist from tho city sits in tho pasture leaning against u stump, the pastoral sheep graze around him, aud tho ant of Holy Writ considers tho wuys of the sluggard and crawls up under his trou sers. Hal ho starts up. He leans for ward and slaps his leg. The patriarchal ram accepts tho apparent challenge und "plants him one" where it will do tho most good. Oh, give mo the country for poetical scenes. J. H. Beadle. IN IT ALONE. Now We Cut Profits in Two Having purchased the interest of Mr. Sanderson in the late hrm of Parker & Sanderson, which ended with the old year, I have decided to offer SPECIAL BARGAINS in all lines of goods for the next Thirty days. up our bargains T 1 Mil It. t l.. uues win cio wen to iook up our Street Wear and Party Goods. Remember the old at the old stand. BARI PARKER, iooq O STREET. in Fine reliable G. A. RAYMER &CQ. COAT CANON, ROCK SPRINGS, PERFECTION, DUQUOIN, JACKSON, HICKORY BLOCK, i IOWA. COLOR! NEWCAfflEl. BEST GRADE OF HARD COAL. Telephone 390. Office z 134 O Strfttt, ' EXPERTS CLAIM THEY ARE THE BEST -THE .RAMBLERS Li ads thbmal , Wichita. Ksn , Fob. 15, lSM.-Durlng liut full nnd this winter I oxam I lied into the construction nnd principles of tho different makes of wheels with the Intention of buying ono, nnd as I am somewhat large, weighing 230 pound tho mcchunlcnl utructuro, inatorlnl and strength of n wheel linn been a nerlen of feature which I havo regarded carefully. The remit nf my Investigation In simply thin: I havo found co many superior points In tho mechanical conieruetion of tho ltamblcr (aildo from Its superior beauty, arrangement or wheel nnd tho manner of making frnino) that I am fully convinced that 11 1 tho very best wheel on tho market, nnd tho only mako I dcslro to trust under my weight. I back this statement up by placlngmy order with you for No. 1 In Hated Tire Hnmulers doslrlng this tiro In somo respect,, over tho pnucmatlc; but think the-pnuematlo the best In tho clas made, I am, your very truly. WM. J. Hutcuins, E. I?. GUTHRIE, Sole Agent in Lincoln. 1545 O Street, The Iloadto Health u COURIER" PREMIUMS READ 3-Three Great Premiums-3 i Jul Iff I K it CHARLES DICKENS' WORKS owninBn rt . t i tt nuru " B.WV, IAI4, WWT 1 tl. Ml . " large and long, but do not set up iiuiie so high on the shoulders, und 1 should have remarked that tho Prince of Wales' feathers and effects still prevail on hats and for tho hair for ovening wear, but on hats they aro sot at the back or to one sldo, not directly in front, as they havo been. The lovely orgundie and painted lawn dresses will have parasols to match, all covered with soft littlo llyaway ruffles. Gowns for elderly ladles for home are now made of rich dark reds and other warm colors instead ol the depressing black so long the fashionable wear, antj they are becouiiug'and pleasant to look at. The pretty changeable bilks make np into very suitablo gowns also for the dear old grandmothers. Oijvk Uakpkk. I'lueky Jlui Keeue. New York, March Ut. James R. Keeuo, who. uf ter coming here from Sun Francisco with u reputed capital of $3,000,000 to pit himself against Jay Gould, made himself formidable by u long and brilliant series of gigantic operations only to end in disastrous fall uro, has been for some time forging his way to tho front again. He works quietly (his name Is not often heard of now in connection with big enterprises;, but with all his former energy, shrewd ness and daring, and Is confident of re gaining his lost place In the speculative world. Even when his sun was totally eclipsed he regarded thoecllpso as but tempo rary, expecting ere long to bo shining onco more in tho sky of finance. He has been disappointed about tho timo. for unforeseen difficulties havo obstruct ed him, but he is us sauguiuo as ever of the ultimate rosults. His obligations when ho failed wero so enormous that many of his acquaintances declared they could never bo met. Dut they who know him intimately thought otherwise, they said that tho outcome would de pend on his life (ho is little more than fifty): that, if ho should lust, ho would triumph over udverso circumstances. The prediction seems likely to bo veri fied. He has uovor had so much faith iu his future 03 at present. He is positively enthusiastic over his prospects in theso days, considering that within n twelvemonth ho will havo paid a hun dred cents on the dollar, with interest, to over' one of his creditors. His oper ations aro often immense in stocks, grain, petroleum, in whatever prombes profit. They sometimes appear reckless, but his intimates assert otherwise. Thoy maintain that ho is u philosophic specu lator: tlmt he has u clear head which nothing ever obscures; that his courage is prodigious, and that his resources ure inexhaustible. Jay Gould, they inti mate, will yet discover that he lias u foe man worthy of his steel. T. H. V. 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