Conservative *
The young Lieu- '
SAMPSON. tenant who counod
his little boat to its
destruction , disregarding personal
danger , sending his men below , holding -
| ing the deck alone until blown one
hundred feet from his boat by the not
unexpected explosion of one of the
mines his little vessel had been sac
rificed in order to locate , has grown
into the admiral whose personal brav
ery has never been questioned by
those who have read the history of
the great rebellion. In that day of
iron 'men , none on laud or s a , per
formed a more hazardous feat than
did Lieutenant , afterwards Admiral ,
Sampson , now mustered out of the
service by the hand of Providence.
His closing days were embittered
by the unnecessary and unfortunate
controversy between himself and a
brother officer , a controversy which
arose through no fault of theirs , but
was begotten , borne aud fostered by
opposing cliques , within aud without
the navy department , seconded by an
industrious and meddlesome press
which could find no better way in
which to employ its talents than by
constructing a mountain of hatred
from a molehill of misunderstanding
between two gallant and noble
officers.
The Kansas City Star speaks for
thousands of unbiased men when it
says : ' ' There were things in the life
of Admiral Sampson to cause him
personal disquietude and sorrow , but
there was nothing in it to cause his
country any disappointment. ' '
Miss Laura Gregg
SPUMESCBNT picks up The Con-
FEMININITY. servative for having
championed the
cause of the southern darkies who
are compelled to pay a tax for the
support of a library at Atlanta ,
Georgia , but are forbidden to use
the books their dollars have pur
chased , and sadly neglected the in
terests of women the country over
who are annually compelled to pay
taxes and not allowed to vote. With
an impulsiveness truly feminine , and
a frothiness hardly warranted by the
circumstances , Miss Gregg totally
ignores the fact that our only con
tention is that it will take a long
while to educate the black if he is to
be denied access to the means of im
proving his mind , and draws a deadly
parallel between the southern black
man and the women of the entire
country. By all of which she suc
ceeds in proving that there is at least
one woman who lacks the discern
ment necessary to enable her to
discuss a sociological subject withoui
getting somewhat mixed. When it
has been shown that the white
women are not 'allowed to educate
themselves , and are then cursed be
cause they are uneducated , and fur-
ihormore that The Conservative up-
lolds such work , a reason for Miss
Gregg's extraordinary outburst will
become apparent.
A Norwegian iii-
GREAT GUNS ! ventor has aroused
a great deal of
merriment among editors by an
nouncing the invention of a cannon
capable of throwing a two-ton projec
tile a distance of ninety miles. One
after another the penny-a-liners are
remarking that a man who can see
ninety miles need never want for em
ployment in the world's navies.
All this mirth is entirely uncalled
for ; aud should the cannon prove to
be all that it is claimed , it will revo
lutionize naval warfare and ship con
struction.
True , shooting ninety miles will
hardly be attempted , but a man need
not be a scientist to know that a pro
jectile , the initial velocity of which
is sufficient to send it hurtling over
ninety miles of sea , would be capable
of demolishing the most effective
armor plate that icould be placed upon
a vessel , without sinking her by its
own weight.
The discovery , if such a discovery
has been made which is something
more than doubtful will effectually
settle the mighty contest between
gun-molder and armorer , a contest
that has been waged since the day of
the first crude iron-clad and the old-
fashioued , muzzle-loading , smooth
bore gun.
Today naval battles are settled by
the superiority of men , ship and
armament. The new gun , if there is
really such a gun , will eliminate
the heavy armor plate , aud seafight-
ing will become entirely a question
of marksmanship , tlie first shot sent
fairly home bringing the contest to
an abrupt close , no matter whether it
is directed against a heavily pro
tected battleship , or a naked cruiser.
Hon. D. E.
NEW DAILY. Thompson brings
good cheer to his
friends aud confusion to his enemies
by announcing that he will soon
launch a state daily at Lincoln. If
the enterprise is to be capitalized witl
all his energy and industry , together
with enough filthy lucre to insure
the efficiency of the mechanical de
partment , competitors may prepare
for the struggle of their lives.
In Nebraska , at least , it has be
come quite the thing for public moi
to maintain personal organs through
which to speak to their constituents.
Besides being a more direct mothoc
than that practiced by leading mei
of other sections , who quietly absorb
; ho stock of a publication aud em-
) loy it to their ends , without appear
ing as an owner of or oven a stock-
lolder in it , the Nebraska plan to
openly conduct a newspaper through
the columns of which yon may speak
your thoughts , guarantees the high
morale of the press also guarantees
that the editors need never bo with
out something to write about.
A young artist
EXACTLY displayed what he
considered his
master-piece to his friend , a critic ,
asking for his impartial judgment.
Other features having been disposed
of , a verdict was rendered to the
effect that the hair was not all that
hair usually is. "In fact , " said the
relentless iconoclast , "the only way
you know it is hair is because it is
whore hair ought to be. "
One feels much this way when
forced to address some of our states
men as ' ' Honorable. ' ' The only way
you can tell they are honorable is
because they are where honorable
men ought to be.
The formerly se-
JOCULAR JACK- d a t e Jaoksonian
SONIANS. Olub , of Omaha ,
has developed into
the joker of the pack. The club allowed
several of its members to discuss the
merits of 16-2-1 , in open session , and
not a soul in the room laughed. As
controllers of risibles the Jacksoniaus
take the palm. Compared with one of
their sessions , a Quaker meeting is bois
terous and disorderly.
No sooner does
AGITATOR. he land in Cuba
than the adjacent
ocean bed sinks half a mile , and
the majestic volcanoes which have
for a half-century silently watch ed
the peons peacefully tilling their
cane , disgorge a molten mass of
seething liquid destruction in a vain
attempt to imitate the American
style of oratory.
Up to date there
NOT YET. . has been no report
that Mr. White-
more , of Hamilton , and his "Spartan
Band" have subscribed anything to the
capital stock of Mr. Thompson's new
paper. The "Spartan Baud" seems
quite content to remain in the back
ground and glory in the great things it
has prevented other men from achiev
ing.
It is but a short
SMALL DIF stride from the
FERENCE. pedestal of a demi
god to a seat among
the demagogues. A few strokes of the
pen change the name ; a few strokes of
policy change the person.