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The Sioux County Journal
VOLUME X.
IIAHKISOX, NEBRASKA THUKSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1897.
NUMBER 22.
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A SINGULAR GUEST.
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HENRY ATI'S of Ilex tun com
pletcd the fixing of the wires on
tin- luwu of Ilasicigli court, lit'
looked up at (lit- dim light In tin dress
ing room and chuckled softly as he is-nt ,
the last yard of win. j
"A trip in time," aid lr- APP,
"saves nine."
H threw the ro ladder gently
the air, ami at tlx- first effort caught
the projecting n ; t i 1 .
"Once on lmard the lugger,'" quot
ed Mr. Api. facetiously, as lit' mounted
the r ) ladder, "-ami the gurl
mine.' "
Ho oMn.tl the window very gently
and soon stood inside the dressing room.
Nenr ttf table in tin- coru-r of the room
wits u Iron safe.
-Well. I'm jiggered!" exclaimed Mr.
Ap. He loosened the flajs of hi fur
eftp and wlcd his Imi with the ba k
of hi liuinl. "Well, I'm Jiggered! If
tln j 'Hveu'l lieen nuil leXtthe key in It
for me."
-I might 'ave Hived myself a lot of
trouble if I VI a knowed."
Mr. Apps swung ojm-u the heavy door
of the wife and listened to the music
downstair. Young Rady Staplehurst
wan giving las Mr. Apis very well
knew) a dance, a fit wry drew da nee.
on her return from the continent, after
her term of widowhood.
"I'll Just see, first of all," he said, "that
the count is clear, and then then for a
bagful."
Henry Apps stepped out Into the
broad pasewige. lie slouched with his
Jimmy sticking out of his capacious side
pocket a few tep toward the stairs.
Suddenly n girlish figure turned the cor
ner. "Bless my 'art!" crid Mr. Apt.
"V.4t. hw WdoT al the
young lady, stepping forward.
She gave a soft laugh that wan very
pleasant. "Do yon know that I rw-uc-nlzed
yon at once lu spite of the cim
tutne?" She held the hand of Mr. AppH for a
moment. causing that gentleman to
gasp for breath, and called one of the
maids.
".Jtwt bring me a jieneli and a card,"
kIip said. "I must arrange for a car
riage to take Captain Norman li k to
hi hotel In the morning. I wasn't sure
that he would come,"
"1 can walk," remarked Mr. Appi.
with restored welf-poscKlon.
"1 won't hear of It. When shall we
say, now?"
"Say In an hour's time," said Mr.
Ann. -I ca.u go upstairs again alone,
chance toy togs and do all I want to."
"And can't you may longer V"
She Kave the curd to the maid and or
dered It to lw dispatched at one'.
"I've got it busy night before me,"
urged Mr. Apps. exeustngly.
He thought of hi dog waiting on the
lawn, and feared It might give an lu
opiKrtuii tsirk. Reside, the safe wan
Pilll open and the diamond wer( walt
liiR for Uim. He had turtl-d with nat
IsfaHlon that Iady Staplehurnt was
wearliiK none.
"Vou were always an active man. enp
faln." "Alway a-doltiK omethlnK." nurwl
Mr. Apik. "If It Un't one thluit lt'n nn
other." He nhook lih head reflectively. "I
often wonder I don't write n book alKMit
It all."
-I don't iK'lleve you will know any
body here, ('aptaln Norman," he ald.
nn they walked dowimtnirs, "but I
wuldn't help Bending you card, imh-Iiik
how friendly we were on the Feehawnr.
Io you mnemlHT thone eveuliiK on
deck lu the. Red Hen?"
Khe wnn really it very tine young wom
an, and In her continue he lookiil ex
tremely well.
"Ho I notr nid Mr. AM. with much
fervor. "Khali I ever forget VinT'
"And then the Journey Tnnn Rrlndlnl,
you know; and the funny little (Jertnan
you remctnlier hlm'f"
-He wa n knockout, that fjernian
wan."
"And the jrlrl who played the banjo,
and "
"It wan great," agreed Mr. App,
"(i rent."
The large ballroom wa very full. A
itiuall i-ovey of brightly drenw-d young
people flew toward the young hote
to complain of her temornry nlwctiee
from the noin, and a broad-shouldered
gondolier dhook hambt with her and
took tip her card with Honiethlng of an
nlr of proprletonthlp.
"I thought I had left the key In the
xeiiiM! nie," The young hoateiw took
back her card from the. gondolier. "I
am engaged to Captain Norman. Yon
don't know him? Allow me."
"I 'leaned to meet you," aahl Henry
Apiw. " 'Ow'a tit world using yonT',
"That'i an origin! coatunt f jroura,
(jiptaiii Norman," remarked the gondo
lier. -I don't know that I've ever seen
anything so daringly real licfore."
"Well, wot of It?'' demanded Mr.
AIM'S with midden aggrexslvenei.
"WoI'm the tidds ti you wot I like to
weurV You lii-edn't think you are- -"
"Captain Norman," Interrupted the
young hostess laughiiigly. "you muxtn't
overdo the tart. lok here. I've put
your name down for thin waltz, but If
you like we'll nit It out -that In, If you
promise to keep uji that diverting cant
end talk. I like it. Io you think we
can manage to do mi'i"
"Ka-ther." xaid Mr. Appn.
"And It is a capital make-up, Captain
Norman," nhe went on. "Ho you know
tluit at first. Jiwt for one moment, I
thought you were a real burglar';"
'Taney that, now," said Mr. Ap. He
was relieved at wcingau obvloim way
out of hi dillh ulty. "ThereV nothing
like doing the thing lu proper, Ktritefor
ward w'y."
"And," ahl I.ady Klaideliurst. witli
her fan on her arm as whe walked
acrfs the room, "you have got the earn
end accent capitally."
" TaJn't no dusty, 1 It?"
She lieckoned to the gondolier.
-Cajitaln Norman mid 1 are great
friend." he da Id, in nn explanatory
way. "He has not been long home
from abroad, and he knows wai-eely
anyone."
"Not a blesHinl soul," echoed Mr. All.
"You uniHt let me show you around a
bit. Captain Norman," wild the gondo
lier, with determined gentility. "Can
ym come around to my club one night
thin week?" ,
"Whaffor?" lemandel Mr. Apjw wm
plelotiMly. "Why, to dine. Say, Tlnlnin.y.,,
" "Kvens knovv where I nhaJl 1" on
Thursilny," nald Mr. Ap. "I don't."
"You tntiHt cotiKlder me at your dl
poaal if you require any In! roduct!onn.
I know a lot of good people, and to any
friend of I.ady Staplehuint "
'Oh, come ofT the rKf " said Mr.
Appa, with much dlwontent. "W'at's
the twe of forking. "
"Isn't It capital?" aski-d Lady Staple
hurwt of the gondolk-r delightfully.
"How much more Intercut ing It would
1m? If everyone would only t.-ilk to me
lu their character."
I.ady Staplehurst a roue with Rome
thing of haute In her manner and npoke
to Henry Vlll.
"What regiment do you lelong to,
Captain Norman?" aked the gondolier.
"Find out," Kit hi Mr. AppH.
"Am 1 too curlon? 1 know very lit
tle of the army, I am afraid." The
gondolier wim resolved to be agreeable
to Lady 8taplehurHt' friend. "I alwayf
dodge the army nlghlH In the hottw. I
nuppoKe you know wveral of the ser
vice nienilH'i?"
"I know m many of them 1 want
to know," nald Mr. Apjw, eviwlvely. "A
man In my iKmithm In life 'an to 1h a bit
careful who he inlxea tii with."
The lumtt returned from Henry
VIII.
"I can make nothing out of thin man,"
w1i1mtih1 the gondolier to her. n he
arofu. "I think he's Hilly."
"If you knew his qualities you
wouldn't qenk of him like that." She
renumed her wilt by the wide of Henry
Apim.
"Well, blow me!" mild Uuy Slaple
hurKt. aerewlng her pretty mouth in
her effort to Imitate the cockney' a"
cent; "blow me If thin ain't a fair take,
I mean tike dahn," dio htughel. "If
of no tww, Captain Norman, I can't
talk an you can." '
"U'h a gift," wild Mr. Api. "that's
what It i."
"You don't want to lo InlriMluced lo
anytxtdy here, 1 HUiUKwe?"
"Not me."
"You have hinrd "
She iH)lntiKl In the direction of the
gondolier.
"All I want to."
"IIh'k really making h big name In the
limine, you know. 1 watch hla career
with great Interest,"
"ThlnkH a Jolly lot of hlKxeif."
"Oh, I think n lot of him, too," re
marked Lady Kmplehiirwt pleawintly
"And In that a jfmmy sticking out of
your Jacket pocket? ThU 1h InfbH-d
reallam. Yon don't know how It worku,
I auppoe?"
"Well, I've got a kind of hldeH," aah
Mr. Apm, "UkUih 'ere. You put thl
In find "
Mr. Apim found hltnwlf getting quite
excited in the explanation that he gave.
It wiih a new en nation to meet one who
nhowed an Intelligent Interest In his
profcMolon, and ho could not help feel
Ing flattered. Looking up, he aaw the
gondolier gazing at him.
" 'E don't look 'appy, that chap," said
Mr. Appa.
"Will you exens me for one mo
ment?"
"Wot are you up to, miss?'
he C'ii'l
apprehensively.
"I want to ieak t bini."
"Oh" (with relief i. "I diMi't muid
that." !
While Lady Stajilehurpt iva making
the gondolier resume bin ordinary 'ex
insioii Mr. Apps th-mght and thought, i
The coudes promenading after the
walta looked eiirlonsly at him. i
"It' the riimniieMt show you was ever
In, 'Knry," ttnid Mr. Api; "you're 'av
ing 'em on toast, you are; but you'll lx
gb-d to get u (Main ageii. You want
them diauiomls, that'B wot J'ou want.
Time means money to you, 'Knry."
Ijidy Staplehurst hurried toward the
doorway. A murmur of amuaenient
went through the room as the guests
aw a new arrival iu the costume of a
police constable, accompanied by a man
1u rdaln clotlieM. Mr. Aiij, thinking
over hi exploit, ga.i.ig abstract(Nly at
his bom, regretting their want of i"d
ish. did not see them until the plain
clothes man tapped him on the suoul
der. "What. Appn again?" exclaimed the
man.
"Yus."sald the burglar, discontented
ly. "Vus. It's Apps again. Mr. Walker.
And vtirry glad you are to we him, I've
no daght."
"Always a )leaure to meet a geulle
tnvn like you," said Mr. Walker, cheer
fully, nn he conducted him toward the
doorway. "I've wantil to run up
against you before."
Much commotion In the ballroom at
the diverting little scene. (leneral
agreement that Lady Staplehurst va
a perfect genius at entertaining.
' "Rut, loveliest girl," said the gondo
lier confidently to Lady SUiphihurxt,
"Isn't tliis carrying a joke nit her too
fat ? That's a real detective."
"1 know," said the loveliest girl, trem
bling now a little. "That's a real burg
lar, too."
"A real - -"
"Yen. yen. Don't make a fuss. I don't
want the dance spoiled. Take me down
to Niipiier, like a good fellow." -London
Tit-lilt.
What Franklin Accomplished.
Lord Jeffrey wrote of the Amerhun
Inventor and philosopher, "He never
hmt sight of common sense." I'hilip O.
Hubert Jr., in kHch of Franklin in
hi recent book. "Inveiilorn,7 Kays:
"Nothing In nalnre falbnl to Interest
hitii," and a catalogue, of hi achieve
ment, Hhowlng hi activity and re
source, Is conclusive proof of the truth
of both Htati'tnents:
Franklin liiKiilred aud tabllshed the
Junto, the phsimtntetit and most useful
American club of which we have
konwledge. i
He founded the rhllndeJphla library,
parent of a thousand llbrarlet, which
marked the tie-glnnlng of an Intellectual
movement of endhtut good to the whole
country.
He first turned to great account the
engine of advertising, Indispensable In
all modern btwlnesn.
He published "Poor Richard," a rec
ord of homely wisdom, In fuch hajK
that hundreds of thousands of readers
were made better and Btronger by it.
He created the (ostotltce system of
America, and wim r?ie first chnmplon
of a reformed spelling.
lie invented flies' Franklin stove,
which economised find, and be suggest
ed valuable Improvements lu ventila
tion and the building of chimneys.
He robbed thunder of It terrors, and
lightning of some of Its power to de
stroy. He founded the American Philosophi
cal Society, the first organization In
America of the friends of science.
lie uggited the twe of mineral
manure. Introduced the liaskot willow,
promoted the early culture of ullk. and
pointed out the advantages of white
clothing lu summer.
He measured the tcmiM-rature of the
tiulf Stream, and discovered that
northeast storms may begin in the
southwest.
He pointed out the advantage of
building ships lu water-tight compart
ments, taking the hint from the Chi
nese, and Ilrst urged the use of oil as a
means of quieting dangerous seas.
Resides these great achievements,
accomplished largely as recreation
from his life-work as economist and
statesman, Renjamln Kranklfn helped
the whole race of Inventors by a re
mark that has lieen of Incalculable
value and comfort to theorists and
dreamers I he world over. When some
one sisike contemptuously of Mont
golfter's balloon exis-rlmenlH, and ask
ed of what use they , were, the great
American replied In words now his
toric, "of what use is a newborn
bats'?"
Ink HI a Ins.
It Is said that when ink M spilled
iisin a carpet or anything made of
wiKilleu the Ssrt should Immediately lie
covered with common salt. When thin
haa fllisorbed oil the Ink It will, care
fully take It on with an old knife ot
kh(oii and apply more salt. Keip do
ing this until the Ink la all taken up.
Ctit flowern will keep very fresh If a
small pinch of common wait peter la put
In the water In which they atAiid. The
ends of tlx stem should be cut off a
little every day to keep opi'n he ab
sorbing porei. ,
SOLDIERS' STORIES.
ENTERTAINING REMINICENCES
OF THE WAR.
Graphic Account of Ptirring (kenem
W itne. l on the Katt letif Id and ia
Camp Veteran of the Rebellion Re
cite Ki pcriencea of Thrill ins Nature.
The "ItloodT Annie."
I had been anxious to participate in
the rc-ues occurring at the "angle,"
and now got permission to go there and
look after some new movements which
had been ordered. Lei' made Ave as
saults, in all, that day, in a series of
desperate and even reckless attempt
to retake his main line of earthworks;
but each time his men were hurh-d
back defeated, and he bail to content
himself in the end with throwing up a
new line farther in his rear.
Tin- buttle near the "angle" was prob
ably the most desperate engagement iu
the history of modern warfare, aud
presented features which were abso
lutely appalling. It Mas chiefly a sav
age bam) to haud light across the
breast works. Rank after rank was rid
dhil by shot and shell and bayonet-
thrusts, and finally sank, a mass or
toru and mutilated corpses; then fresh
troops rushed madly forwani to re
place the dead, and so the murderous
work went on. Cutis were run up close
lo the parapet, and double charges of
canister played their part in the bloody
work. The fence-rails and logs In the
breastworks were shuttered into splin
ters, and trees over a foot and a half
In diameter were cut completely In two
liv the incessant musketry fire. A sec
tion of the trunk of a stout oak tree
thus severed was afterward sent to
Washington, where it Is still on exhibi
tion at the National Museum. We had
not only shot down an army but also
a forest.
The opposing flags were In places
thrust against each other, and muskets
were fired with muzzle against muzzle.
Skulls were crushed with dubbed tuns
kets, and men stabbed to death with
swords and bayonets thrust between
the logs in the parapet which separated
the combatants. Wild cheers, snvngi'
jells, and frantic shrieks rose above
the sighing of the wind mid the patter
tug of the rain, and formed a demonia
cal accompaniment to the booming of
the guns, as they burled their missiles
of death into the contending ranks
Kven the darkness of night and the pill-
less storm failed to stop the fierce con
test, and the deadly stnle (lid not
cease till after midnight. Our troops
had been under tire for twenty hours,
but they still held the jKisltlon which
they bad so dearly purchased. My du
ties carried me again to the spot the
next day, and the appalling sight pre
sented was harrowing in the extreme.
Our own killed were scattered over a
large space near the "angle," while In
front of the captured breastworks the
enemy's dead, vastly more numerous
than our own, were tilled upon each
other. In some places four layers deep,
exhibiting every ghastly phase of muti
lation, lielow I lie mass of fast-decaying
corpses, the convulsive twitching
of limbs and the writhing of bodies
showed that there were wounded men
still alive and struggling to extricate
themselves from their horrid entomb
ment. Kvery relief possible was af
forded, bur iu too many cases it came
too late. The place was well named
the "Rloody Angle."
The results of the battle are best
Hummed lip In the report w hich the gen-erul-lti-chief
sent to Washington. At
i;:.10 p. in., May 12, he wrote to Hal
leek as follows: "The eighth day of bat
tle closes leaving between three and
tour thousand prisoners in our hands
for the day's work, Including two gen
eral officers, and over thirty pieces of
artillery. The enemy are obstinate and
seem to have found the hist ditch. We
have lost no organization, not even
that of a company, while we have de
stroyed and captured one division
(Johnson's), one brigade (Dole's), and
one regiment entire of the enemy." The
Confederates bad suffered greatly In
general oflleefH. Two had been killed,
four severely wounded, ami two cap
tured. Our loss In killed, wounded,
and missing was less than seven thou
sand; that of the enemy between nine
and ten thousand as nearly as could
be ascertained. "Campaigning with
Cranl," by Ceneral Horace Porter, lu
the Century.
An Historic Cannon,
The cannon which fired the last shot
In the last battle of the last war l li
gun worth knowing something ntxmt,
Hence, the sale of the 8-inch eolnm
buid, "Ijidy Slocomb," which Is Adver
tised In the Mobile Register, arouses
the Interest of old soldiers and sol
diers' sons,
''This last engagement," said an old
soldier, "took place at. Spanish Fort.
This engagement, of course, was not
n regular battle, and la not, perhaps,
recorded In history as such, but it was,
nevertheless, a tierce conflict.
"Oen. Forrest had sent to. Spanish
Fort during the last days of the war a
aufflcletit force of men to guard the
place, and among the number wn the
Fifth Battalion of the Washington Ar
tillery, Capt. Cuthbert Slocomb In com
mand. "The Lady Slocomb WM brought
there, and there fired its laat shots when
Wilson's raiders wonm-l the place and
took it. There the Lady Siix-omb, for
a few bourn ls-fore the old fort was
surrendered, beh hed forth fire and
uttered decith, but to no avail, as the 1
enemy uumls-red several times as much
m the garrison. !
After the surrender of the fort some
of the mi-mls'i s of Capt. Slocomb s com
mand one night rolled the Lady Slo
comb off the earthen embankment into
a lagoon, or old slush hole, and buried
it, giving as their reason that they did
not want the gun to fall inio the hands
of the enemy.
"It was afterward dug up and carried
to Mobile, where it was purcuavu uy
Henry Radger, a prominent Confeder
ate of that place, who liau serveu
through the war and knew of the ex
cellence of the Uidy Slocomb.
The gun was named after the wife of
Capt. Cuthliert Slocomb, who went out
lu IHi;' in charge of the Fifth liattal
ion of the Washington Artillery. The
gun at the battle of Sliiloh spat out
it first smoke, and spread Us desola
tion in the ranks of the enemy.
Through all the memorable struggles
of the Army of the Tennessee it went,
and every when; It. gained well-deserved
renown. It was prettily mounted, and
was at that time, a.s It probably Is now,
a handsome gun.
Now the old relic is to be sold. The
iwtale of Henry Radger is being wound
up, and the gun, along iviih other relics
of the Confederacy, is to fall into the
hands of others.
Years ago several effort were made
by the Washington Artillery to buy the
gun, and they will in all probability be
heard from at the sale.
The Confederacy's Material Hi-sourcea
As to material resources, there iff no
region under I lie sun more blesficd in
natural resources for waging war than
the territory formed by the eleven se
ceding States. Within their own bor
ders was to be found everything nec
essary for arming, equipping, feeding,
and clothing their armies. The history
of the industrial development of the
South during the war has never yet
lieen written. It Is even more wonder
ful than that (rf Its jyniiesJ in the field,
and is the most striking proof of that
versatility and ingenuity which are
peculiar to the American people.. Re
fore the war it. was purely an agricul
tural people; there were no shipyards,
dockyards, factories or machine shops
to sjK-ak of. Within a few mouths af
ter hostilities begun thone farmers and
planters were building ironclads, ma
rine itoilers and engines, and torpedoes
and torpedo boats, and founding can
non aud shells, and manufacturing
muskets and rifles. When Sumter was
tin-d upon ihere was not a jiowder fac
tory In all the hind. Soon almost every
village had Its piles of refuse for mak
ing saltpeter, aud licfore the war ended
the factories In (Jeorgia and North Car
olina could have supplied all the armies
in the held with gimiHiwder. Cotton
factories had also been built, and were
nil at work making cloth for the sol
diers; and there was plenty of food In
the. Soiilh, though the Koldierw failed
to get their share of li, for corn had
taken the place of cotton In the fields,
mid there was an abundance of cattle
and hogs. In the last year of the war
Sherman's army marched through the
South, not starving, like I-'s men in
the trenches bef ore Petersburg, but liv
ing upon the fat of the land. No; there
was no lack of men and warlike re
sources in the South; the canst of fail
ure must be looked for elsewhere.
"Why the Confederacy Failed," by
Duncan Rose, In the Century,
Grant 8alnte1 by the Enemy.
As soon as communication hud been
opened with our base of supplies. Gen.
(Jrant manifested nn eagerness to ac
quaint himself mln-.-My with the posi
tion of the enemy, v. iiii :i view to tak
ing the offensive. One morning he
started toward our right, with several
siaff ollicers. to make a personal exam
ination of that iortlon of the line. When
lie came in sight of Chattanooga creek,
which seiwirated our pickets from those
of the enemy, lie directed tliose who
had accompanied him to halt and re
main out of sight while he advanced
alone, which he supposed he could do
without attracting much attention.
The pickets were within hailing dis
tance of one another on opposite banks
of the creek. They had established a
temporary truce on their own responsi
bility, and the men of each array were
allowed to get water from the same
stream without; being fired upon by
those on the other side. A sentinel of
our picket guard nM-ognlzed (Jen. (Jrant
as he approached, and gave the custom
ary cry, "Turn out the gua.rd-com-nuindlng
general!" 'The enemy on the
opposite side of the creek evidently
heard the words, and one of his senti
nels cried out, "Turn out the guard
(Jen. Crant!" The Confederate guard
tisik up the joke, and promptly formed,
facing our line, and presented arms.
The general returned the salute by lift
ing his hat, the guard wan then dlsmlsa
ed, and he continued Ids ride, toward
otir left. We knew that we were en
gaged In a civil war, but aucta clrlllty
largely eieeeded our expectation.
"Campaigning with Orant," by Oen,
Horace Porter, In Uie Century.
bkvan as a i kci l kkk.
Atlanta, (ia.) Commercial: The Com-
nQeroial haa refrained froui giving ex-
pression to it view on the propriety ol
Mr. Bi van entering the lecture field.
for the reanon tliat it did not desire to
eay anything that would tend to make
that gentleman's recent visit to Atlanta
euibaratsing to him.
But it haa very positive views on the
matter views which it will now ex
press, that Mr. Bryan has come and
gone.
We desire to eay, by way of leading
up to our criticism, that there can be
no objection to Mr. Bryan, as an indi
vidual, making a lecture tour of the
country, or engaging in any work that
8 honorable, however much such work
may be out of harmony with the dig
nity of Presidential aspirations.
The point we make ia that Mr. Bryan, .
having recently been honored with the
nomination of his party for the highest
office within the gift of the American
people, is something more than a mere
individual, iu that he la still humoring
the sentiment that would place the
democratic standard in bis hands in
1900. According to this view Mr. Bryan
is etill the representative of his party,
defeated 'tis true, but none the less a
prospective, presidential candidate,
supported by a potential bentiment at
least he was such a figure before going
on the lecture platform. As his former
supporter we were wont to look upon
him as the representative of our party.
Mr. Bryan, therefore, had no right to
sell the honois conferred upon him by
his party to a theatrical management.
It was too much like speculating on the
tributes of the people not essentially
different from the conduct of the man
who takes the boquets that have been
thrown at him by an admiring and
sympathetic audience and auctions
them off to the highest bidder for
without this newly acquired prestige
Mr. Bryan could not have been a draw
ing card as a lecturer.
Mr. Bryan, the erstwhile citizen and
lawyer, would have been justified in fol
lowing any vocation that he thought
would redound to his financial welfare.
Mr. Bryan, the defeated representative
of a great legislative movement, had no
right to bring the dignity of a great office
into dispute or lessen the glory of a grow
ing public issue by becoming the hire
ling of theatrical speculators. Bryan, .
the dignified public servant, should
never retrograded into Bryan the will
ing hireling of mercenary speculators.
It is an incident iu American retrogres
sion that is not at all pleasing to Amer
ican dignity.
But this is not the only way in which
Mr. Bryan has suffered in popular esti
mate by his late unfortunate step. His
lecture is a dead failure. His employers
will lose money on even half of the
amount which the alleged contract
guarantees.
There are 100 better speakers in
Georgia that Mr. Bryan, and there are
at least this number who possess more
originality and potency of thought. His
lecture, prepared evidently with great
care, is commonplace in the extreme.
It is not enriched by a single golden
thought, which should at least beautify
the silver threads out of which it is
woven. It was not even able in its
heavy and uninviting prosineBS, and
those who heard It were overwhelmed
with the gloom of dense disappointment.
Added to this the people were not
faiTly treated by the management, who
had protected themselves by leasing
the opera house, in order to more suc
cessfully work their game of extortion
and force general admission to wait or
pay reserved seat prices. This unrea
sonable and unlocked for conduct re
flected on Mr. Bryan, although he was
not directly connected with it or re
sponsible for it, and still further em
barrassed his late dignified position be
fore the people.
The whole scheme, from its very in
ception, has destroyed Mr. Rrvan as a
public citixen, and his failure lo come
up to the standard of excelence that
had been erected for him by the press
of the country, eliminates him from any
further connection with the reform
movement. - - 'v
In this case greatness has shrunk to
unrecognizable mediocrity, or there
never was any original greatness to
build upon. Sic transit gloria mundi.
...
Paris laundresses have hitherto se
lected the queen of the carnival, but
this year the tnarketwomen, the Dames'
de la Halle, intended to compete with
them. They have just selected unani
mously for their candidate a good look
ing dark haired girl of eighteen.
Lord Ashburnham's manuscripts will
.not be included in the coming sale of kit
library, as a single purchaser for them
is being sought. They were offered some
time ago to the British museum fol
800,000, but Mr. Gladstone, who wai
then chancellor of the exchequer, could
only find money enough to buy the En
glish manuscripts.
Stylish skirts are trimmed knee deep,
with lines of narrow silk and metal
gimp or two-inch bias bands of reive In
a contracting color, these bandi set
about an inch and a half apart.
Five years penal servitude was th
sentence Imposed recently on a bicycle
thief In England. '