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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1897)
-4t. i "yJ v-" -y v i - - - r .-;- sisb-w - t3 .---9Kw f - flr - f ijs, THE COURIER. i i (ol H j3K m lv hP: i .$ - iiif. it- fe 3 IX ?" It.5 K rV E?-- London Correspondence1 Of course the Prince.' birthday was celebraied very quietly, but nevertheless he bad down a few special friends to Saridringhain, and he got any number of presents, including one from bis wife. Though bo is now gray beaded, and very much a grandfather, ho is very funny when bo receives presents, for whom?, of course, all his letters are opened by liis secretaries, bo never will allow a par cel to be touched, but insists on cutting the string and removing all the wrap pers himself. Ho says bo loves getticg presents. When ho unearths au offer ing that pleases him his glee is quite boyish; the gift has to ba taken over the housa to show to everybody. If he can't quite make out. what he bus got or who the sender is, Hi Royal Highness winks his Jcfteyo very fast. This is a facf.odd as it may soucd; ho always winks when, ho is surprised at anything;! don't think he can help it. By the way. this habit or opeoing all bis own paresis is objected to by the officers of the housenold, who are always on the lookout for infernal, machines and similar devic?s. Their alarm is surely needless; tho Pricco is far too popular to bo made the victim of anarchists. Atleast bo s?ems to think eo, for when such fears aro expressed to bim.ho aUvajs laughs very heartily. Poor littlo Princess Maude has had to consent to living in Denmark, but the King, in order to comfort her, ha3 given her a house "all to herself." She jlzily refused to live in the beautifully furnish ed llat in one of the palaces which had been got ready for her, "because," as she Haid, "you met all sorts of peoplo as you went in and otit."' So now eho will at least have privacy. Her new homo is small, but that does not matter for tho present. People are still wondering and gossip in; about the Bucileuch puzzlo '. c. why the Duke of Buccleuch should have been given the Garicr left vacant by tho Marquis of Northampton's death, where as everybody expected that either the Duke of Portland or the Duke of Bed ford would reieive it. Additional sur prise is folt because tho Duko is already a Knight of the Thistle, and it is a wc:l established rule that the two decorations aro hardly ever conferred on one man. I believe the real reason for tho unusual honoris tbo Queen's fondness for tho Duchess of Buccleuch, who wa3 her Mistress of the Robes for a lorg while and is persona gralhsima at court. Besides, both theother Dukes are young men. and can we.l afford to wait until another Garter falls to tho Queen's dis posal, lhe Duchess of Buccleuch was a Hamilton, sister to tho Duko of Abjr corn and the Marcl ioness of Blandford, eo shonis great aunt to tho" famous Marl boroucb baby. Her eldtst son, Eoid Dalkeith, is married to one of the Briage mans; she has four other soap, of whom Lord George is in the smart Tenth Hus nirs.thePiicceof Wales' regiment and the ono to which the poor Duke of Clar ence bcSmjcd. Tbo daughters, laly Katharine and Lidy Constance Scott, arc of our smartest and best behaved girls, great favoiites at court and certain to make brilliant marriigcs. In fact, all tho Scotts of the Buccleuch and Qucpnsbcrry clan are so eminently com inc ilfaul that it is not at all surprising to experts in 6uch matters that Her Majesty should specially honor tbem. Several additions to tne ranks o! aristocratic authors have lately been made. Tho Duko of Atholl has at last finished bis work. "The Chronicles of the Atholl and Tullibardine Families," which will cause quile a sinsatioa aaiong Highlanders and indeed, Scots men generally. (You note that I do not fall into the common southern error of calling these clannish worthies Scotch nzenthan which -nothing makes them more indignant.) . Yellow journalism is aa prevalenttfg England as it is in this country, but on account of different conditions it as sumes a different form. The Saturday Review of London, is a conspicuous ex ample of it. The correspondent of the Jieview reported in detail his alleged conversations with the Kitg and tho Crown Prince of Greece; the King and Crown Prince published denials of bis statements; wbercupen the Review de clares that tho King and Crowa Prince are liars, and that it prefers to trust to its discredited correspondent. This is yellow journalism of a malignant type, Every public man reserves the right to disavow tha unauthorized publication of privata conversations, and every editor that has been seduced into printing such confidential interviews accepts the disavowals courtcouely. Tho lato Ros cpoConkling us:d to talk v.ry frankly to reporters and then add, 'Of courso if you publish this I shall deny that I said it.' The experienced reporters replied: "Oh, of course!" One day a green-horn added to h:6 copy: "Having eaid all this. Mr. Conklin remarked that he should repudiate it if he saw it in print.' Nevertheless tho reporter was dis charged. In a recent Review the editor relates confidential conversatsons with Lord Iiosmead be'ter known a3Sir Hercules Robinson and represents him as say ing of bis superior official, Mr. Cham berlain, tho Colonial Secretary, 'He is not a gentleman; no gentleman would act S3 to his subordinates." I do not b;leve that Sir Hercules over used tho words tbit have been put into his dead mouth. The sneer that Mr. Chamb2r lain "is not a gentleman'' is older than tho events in South Africa in which Sir Hercules took part. It was invented by the Tories when Mr. Chamberlain was a Radical leader, and it was repeated by tho Radicals wbn Mr. Chamberlain went ovvr tD tho Tories. Tne same phrase was used against Mr. Disraeli, yet Mr. Disraeli becamo Premier of England, and I have no doubt that Mr. Chamberlain will achieve the samo dis tinction if tho silly attacks upon him bo continued. "How shall I bigin this story of tho explosion?" asked thencv reporter. "Begin it, .ha story of last night'y stupendous tragedy is soon told.' otc," replioJ tho city editor. "And. by tho way, you.d better maka about t'nroa col umns of it."' Mrs. Smythc That woman's father 1 ft her 82,000,030 in her own right. Mrs. Tompkins I might have gusserf that much; shodrcS;es so dowdily that any ono could see she was spending her own money for her clothes. "Yes," said tne widow, "I have grpat fears for my poor husband's future!" "Why'so?" inquired tba sympathizing friend. 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