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New-York tribune., 1897-01-01

.,,s- the restoration Of the Bourhons II oecane
,a.btonabla IN Paris to send bonbons on Ne"
Years Dav and in 1872 1000 tons OF them were soiu
IN the two days preceding the fes'i'a''
New-York tribune., 1897-01-01

The second progressi ye-euchre party or I'M
Chelsea Social club will be given at the nome o.
the president Mrs John Il Thompson west ohe
hundrcd-and- -eig ghiy-fOurth--i. TINS evening.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-01

il r. pdlipilS VI tiiV cai ~ '~
differed considerably as 70
which IL the first day OF the
wear. but all have agreea VI
celebrating IT as a hoiiuaE
Among the Chinese it is the
Greatest festival OF the year;
and in France II Is observed
more than is Christmas.
In Persia tho year Is sup
posed 10 begin on March Il
and the day Is one OF uni
versal rejoicing. Men VINO
never take bath or set
shaved at any other time 90
SO on that day. and the par
bers reap a rich harVes, III
consequence.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-01

,..,ra,no N an old superstition. W-fortune Is
ere N attend the family whose hrs' N'',o' o
New Years Day is female wh.c fair one is
k,, caleo 20 he \ harhineer OF evil. = =.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-01

college class tournament VIII De h'id al u"
Columbia Grammar School. In East Fiftj~nrsi-s'
to-day.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-01

a reception. followed by an Informal dance we
given last nigh, by Mr. and Mrs. william Steele
Gray. at their home No. West One-hundred- and
twenty -firstsi.. in honor OF their niece Miss Ella
Williamson Mrs. Gray was assisted I'm receiving b.
Miss Williamson Miss George Day and Miss Kath-
crime Hasbrouck
New-York tribune., 1897-01-01

Mrs Fannie Richardson will read the play Gym
beno- this afternoon at the Womens 'hrls'a'
Association.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-01

The Rev Dr A. J. + Behrends. pastor OF the
Central Congregational Church. Brooklyn. VIII re-
ceive callers at hs residence. No. @ Brooklyn-aVe.
this afternoon from TO O'clock and In the even
ing from TO 10. SDr. and Mrs Bchrends Will be
assisted in receiyifs by "A number Of women from
the church Men nd women alike are invited TO
call and pay their respects.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-01

Al Tuxedo. where there were hundreds Of gteseaI
there was the usual New Years Eve festivities n
Guiding the ball which took place In the handsouo
ballroom OF the clubhouse. and preceded by q
number OF dinner parties
New-York tribune., 1897-01-01

rb. custom, Of making New Years calls was IN
ho-,tad in New-York from the Dutch. and though
:. ~ rouen somewhat into disuse OF late years
,hcre are signs OF its being revived
New-York tribune., 1897-01-01

The Merrie Housewives gave reception and
subscription entertainment last night IN the
Schorer clubhouse. Third-ave. and One-hundred-
] nd VII
New-York tribune., 1897-01-01
KALE SPROUTS.

To cook kale sprouts plunge half peck into boil
ing water. Let it cook thirty minutes. Drain 1t
into cold water and when 1t IS cold drain II thor
oughy and chop IL fine. Return II 10 frying-pan
and heat it. mixing with 1t tablespoonful Of but
ter and salt and pepper II is used more ex-
tensiely by cheap boarding houses and restaurants
than in private families.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
REEoRMs EoR C1RA

The stubborn fight being waged by the
Cuban insurgents, supported by the friend
ly feeling for them in the United States,
ish government to the serious nature of the
situation, and as result it is announced
that the queen regent has approved GER
tain reform measures proposed by Senior
Canovas. The full nature of these pro-
posed reforms has not yet been made
tical autonomy for the Cubans, and it is
believed by Spanish statesmen that they
will be satisfactory to the insurgents and
that hostilities in the island will soon
cease. The proposed reforms are to be
promulgated by the queen regent on the
18th of next May, and in the meantime, il
the Spanish government is sincere in the
matter efforts will probably be made to
bring about cessation of hostilIties.
There is good reason to believe that this
attitude of Spain has been brought about
principally through the fear of getting into
trouble with the United States. The al
most unanimous opinion in this country in
favor of the insurgents, and the active
sympathy shown for them not only in con-
gress, but in every city and hamlet in the
land, have made a profound impression on
Spanish statesmen. They realize that it
will be cheaper to give the Cubans prac-
tical self-government and retain the island
than to keep up the present fight and run
the risk of losing 1t.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

body runs up against it he wants to fight
right away. Direful whispers are circulat-
ing around Washington that the code win
be resorted to, as in the happy days of the
South when every gentleman carried a case
of derringers in his saddlebags and chip
on his shoulder. For it is well known that
General Lee is just as touchy as Mr.. Money
and wouldn't hesitate a minute to give
Money the satisfaction due one gentleman
from another, sab. at. say, twenty PAGES.
Nobody expects anything else but that
General Lee will continue to assert that he
didn't say what Money said he said. and
then there's no telling what may not result.
General Lee, being the challenged party,
under the code has the right to choose the
weapons by which an affair of honor is set
tied, and he may make a startling selec-
ton. Since the palmy days of the duel in
vention has made great progress and there
is a wide choice offered to the challenger,
from a machete to fifteen-ton dynamite
gun. A combat with squirtguns on bicycles
would be an innovation, and up-to-date
from a scientific point of view, with the
advantage. moreover. of being perfectly
harmless. In case the worst comes to the
worst, and there's bound to be strife, this
plan is recommended
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

some; I bought a saddle of antelope from
an Indian this afternoon: it's the sweetest
and juiciest meat ever tasted. So said all
the men, and still urged me to try it; In
Geed, they were lavish in their praise of
their antelope meat. l said: Are you sure
1t Is antelope meat? Antelope are very
scarce; haven't seen one for a long time
Yes, they Were certain it was antelope, as
1t tasted like antelope; they knew it was
antelope. and remarkably good one. After
they had finished their supper 1 said: Eel
lows, do You know what you have all been
eating of so heartily They all answered.:
Antelope, of course; nothing else l told
them ii was dog; they would not believe
me. Then 1 jumped on my horse, rode
back, threw my lariat rope over the dogs
head and pulled it into camp. Now said
l, a big, fat Indian on piebald pony
tIied TO trade me the balance of this car
cass.' Anthony said: That's him. sure
and tried to vomit. The others tried to
poke their fingers down their throats to get
rid o. the obnoxious meat, but interrupted
them with: It's no use, boys; he's down
deep in your stomachs; let him stay
there "
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
And the Trusts Came Back.

From the New York Sun.
A little while ago the Georgia legislature
passed law against trusts that was sup
posed to be the most compound complex
widesweepiag, energetic and destructive
statute ever aimed at these dreadful bo-
gies. The brows of the Georgia legislators
that fee, faw, TO, fun and hunt for trusts
with Il big bass drum, feefawed and TO-
fummed most heartily; and banged the
drumsticks with power. The trusts were
flying. Justice was satisfied and Rome was
free. Likewise Augusta. Likewise the rest
of Georgia. The legislature had said to the
trusts "Gol" and they had gone Just to
oblige. The Hon. Hocus Smiths Atlanta
Journal shouted for joy last week as it
saw them going. The American Tobacco
Company, the coffee trust, the snuff trust,
the match trust, all the trusts which had
been doing business in the state had mott
fled jobbers and merchants throughout the
state. handling their goods, that the anti
lawful and they would therefore no longer
be considered by either party. This throws
the long-closed markets wide open to COM
petition" This throws the long-cIosed mar
kets Just as wide open to competition as
they were before and not millionth of an
inch wider. The antitrust act is passed
The contracts between the trusts and the
iobbers and merchants are given up; and
the iobbers and merchants keep on buying
of the trusts just as before, and at the
same prices What glorious triumph for
Humbug,
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
A NEW NIETHoD IN HIsToRy.


One of the most remarkable changes con-
cerning the essential elements of history
has been gradually permeating the popular
mind ever since Neibuhr, the German his,
tcrian, announced his famous method of in
vestigation early in this century He. cut
Loose entirely from the traditional method
of rulers, statesmen, generals, the in
trigues of cabinets and military campaigns,
and began in earnest to reconstruct history
from the standpoint of the people, and their
gradual movement along the industrial and
commercial lines of progress. A method
which was so novel, and at once so ra-
tional, commended itself to all students in
terested in the rise and development of in
stitutions, and which, Furthermore. regard
ed statesmen, rulers and warriors only as
so many agencies employed to express the
will of the people. Outside of the few
scholars who were familiar with the work
of this great historian and his numerous
disciples that sprang up TO perfect and
carry forward the work which he had
rather imperfectly developed, comparative
ly little was generally known of his
method. especially in this country and En-
gland, or, If known, had caused no marked
changes in the treatment of the subject oe
history, till John Richard Green wrote his
History of the English People treatise
which at once commended itself to all En-
gIish readers. whether in Great Britain or
America This opened up new field, and
one which delighted and impressed the stu
dents of history on this side of the Atlantic
especially.
The general feeling was this: Why had
it not been thought of before? That, in
fact, is history, and nothing else is. 1t was
immensely popular because it was common
sense applied to the people who had made
England. Such a theory of history was
destined to take deep hold on the American
people, who had imbibed the doctrine that
all power is derived from the people, and
that all power rests with them. Instead of
having their servants make the nation and
all its institutions, they themselves had
made It, and 1t had been fashioned accord
ing TO their will. The soil was ready for
the full and complete reception of such a
system of doctrines, and the writer's and
students of history in the United States,
whore traditional doctrines are not strong,
readily seized upon the truths of this new
Interpretation. and proceeded at once to re-
construct American history from the
standpoint of the people.
No longer did they hunt over the military
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
cnnn MnRn FnR MILLIoNAIREs.

The offer of Mr. ]. Pierpont Morgan to
give 100000 towards the erection of a
hogpitaI is a striking instance OF the bene-
fits of millioRaires to the country. OF late
DAYS Il is the custom in various quarters
TO denounce this class of men as public en-
emies, whose sole delight, apart from the
amassing of enormous sums at the expense
of the people, is TO oppress the community
in which they live. But it is a fact that
many. if not all, of the splendid institutions
of mercy. charity and learning with which
this country is blessed are the gifts of
rich men. There are scores OF colleges. the
existence of not one of which would ever
have been dreamed of had it not been that
some ''plutocrat' came forward and gen.
erously gave large sum to start it. Fine
libraries have been created in the United
States like the Astor, LenoN and Tilden, as
a result of the generosity of millionaires,
and every year hundreds of thousands of
dollars are given by these "nmgnates" 10
the cause of charity, or in other ways ex-
pended for the benefit of the human race.
Nearly all of our great millionaires are
liberal givers. In the matter of individual
char1teS, some OF them Spenu thousands
every year, while the donations to public
institutions are annually increasing in
number and magnitude. SO far from the
millionaire being foe TO society or
stumbling block in the way OF social or in
dustrial progress, he is frequently just the
reverse. He has the open sesame which
starts great industrial enterprises and
gives work 10 the toilirg masses. His am
pie means are always active and of his
profits he is, in majority OF cases, ready
10 give freely, If humanity can be served,
as in the case of the Morgan gift; or the
people enlightened. as in the case OF the
great bequests for the cause OF education
by Rockefeller and others.
The millionaire has great many virtues
in spite Of the dark picture presented of
him by a certain class of people who set
themselves up as reforTDers of the earth
and all that therein is. 1t is true that he
may be. and sometimes is harmful In the
manner Of accommodating wealth. But IL
his gains are honestly acquired In the le-
Eitimate processes of business. the million
aire is not necessarily an enemy OF the
masses by any means.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
CORY OUTLOOK.

Recent astronomical events have been
causing some excitement among scientific
men. Close upon the announcement of the
enormous sun spot which has been disfig-
uring the god of day came the statement
that big rift had been discovered in the
polar cap OF Mars, and now there's blood
upon the moon. This latest phenomenon,
however, has not been discovered by the
astronomers and indeed is not visible TO
anyone except those who have been listen
!ng to the recent talk of the Hon. Herman
dc DeSoto Money. who has his "dander up
and whose ire is kindled at Consul General
Fitzhugh Lee.
1t appears that Mr.. Money told Secretary
olney at one time that Consul General Lee
said he was convinced the Spaniards could
never crush the Cuban rebellion. Mr.. Lee
says ne didn't say It, and Mr.. Money is
right at the point of saying you're an
other''-but he hasn't said it. He has. how
ever demanded an explanation, intimates
that he has been called a liar and feels.
doubtless. that he would like to wipe up
the wet earth with the sturdy form of the
consul general.
II is said that since the memorable day
when Riley Han. OF the great state Of Mis-
souri,. bounced big ink bottle off the
rconce of the fiery Missssippian the latter
gentleman has been unusually 'finnicky"
in regard 20 his honor and when any
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
The Pity of the Leaves.

Vengeful across the cold November moo
Loud with ancestral shame there cas
the bleak
Sad wind that shrieked, and answerI
with shrek.
Reverberant through lonely corridors.
The old man heard it; and he heard. pc
force,
Words out of lips that were no more
speak
Words Of the past that shook the o.
mans cheek
Like dead, remembered footsteps on ol
floors.
And then there were the leaves tha
plagued him so!
The brown, thin leaves that on the stone
outside
Skipped with freezing whisper. Nov
and then
They stopped. and stayed there-just to le
him know
How dead they were; but If the old MAJ
cried.
They futtered off like withered souls o
men. e. A. Robinson in the Critic.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
THAT KANSAS MONEY PROBLEM.


The Journal is gratified to learn that its
advice has been taken, at least to GER
tain extent, by the Populists in the Kan
sas legislature who are bent on making a
new kind of money. Senator Campbell, of
Labette county, has launched his bill for
amount of paper currency, and he evil
IDENTIFY had in mind our warning that TO
make the money circulate it would be
necessary to establish a penalty for any
person who refused to take it. We sug-
gested that it be made a capital offense,
but Senator Campbell. who is altogether
too soft-hearted, has been content with
making it a misdemeanor, punishable by
fine and Imprisonment
Briefly summarized the measure pro-
vides for the issuance of paper currency
TO an amount equal to 1 per cent of the
assessed valuation of the state. These
notes are to draw interest at the rate of
per cent per annum, though no date is
fixed for their final redemption, nor is it
stipulated that they are to be redeemed at
all. They are to be divided out among the
several counties in amounts proportionate
to the assessed valuation of each, and are
TO be expended by the county commission
ers in payment for work upon the roads
at the rate of S1.25 per day for man and
81 per day for man and team. 1t is also
provided that state, county and municipal
salaries shall be paid in them, and that
in no case are they to go for less than
par. To give them value they are made
receivable for taxes, both state and coun-
ty, and it is provided that when they shall
payment of such dues they shall be de-
stroyed.
Now TO the penalty. Senator Campbell
says he is well aware that the federal con-
stitution forbids the making of anything
legal tender except gold or silver, and he
does not declare in his measure that the
state currency shall possess any such quail
ity, but to assure its circulation at par he
has inserted a clause which recites that II
any man shall practice device" which
has the effect of depreciating the currency,
he shall be deemed guilty of misdemean-
or and fined and sent to Jail. 1t is not re-
lated what is construed to be device
TO depreciate the currency, though it is
plain that Senator Campbell thinks he has
reached the man who refuses to take the
money for what it pretends tc be-
Let us imagine case which shows the
futility of such an attempt to make this
money go" It is not legal tender, for
Senator Campbell has expressly so de-
clared. The man who refused outright to
take it would therefore not be guilty of
any device" to depreciate its value. The
man who worked on the road and was
hungry for meat would perforce be COM
PEELED to sell it for some price. and the in
slant he commenced to talk anything less
than par he would be guilty of the crime
of device" and go hence to jail.
The Journal cannot, therefore, lend its
support to the measure as it now stands
before the Kansas legislature. Too many
of the great common honest people are al
ready in jail to leave satisfactory assur-
ance Of the continued success of reform,
and we shall never commit ourselves to
policy which compels a man to starve or
perpetrate device"
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
Church Entertainments.
n the Philadelphia Press.

FROM the Phlladelphia Press.
The Rev. William Bayard Hale has re-
newed his attack on church entertainments
which he began nearly year ago. In an
article in n recent magazine he gives the
results of his observation for some months
past on this subject and every candid
reader will have to admit that he makes
strong showing on his side of the ques.
tion. He has gathered a large amount of
information on the subject from all over
the country and even the most bitter crit
ic of the article Mr.. Hale printed early this
year will be surprised at the proof he
brings to enforce his position.
There has been n general knowledge of
the growth of the church entertainment
business and from time to time some evil
dence OF the Objectionable lengths to which
it can be carried has reached the public
Mr. Hale gives numerous illustrations to
show the nature of these performances
and while many of them were obtained
from country towns and villages there is
an unexpected number from well known
cities The title of few of these enter
tainments will indicate their character
Several churches in Southeastern Massa-
chusetts gave Il laughable performance en-
titled Aunt Jemima's Album; the Asbury
NJ. E. church, of Providence. held Hay
Seed" party; the First Parish church. of
GrotOn, Mass, danced the old year out and
! the new year in, realizing about sl2, and
Christ church, in Springfield Mo-, has on
several occasions enriched its treasury by
entertainments known as the Dance OF
the Arab Maidens," the 'Blackbird Ballet"
and the Chew Glue Sisters in their Song
and Dance Specialties." Other churches
have tried to aid themselves financially by
giving "Trilby PARTIES Tom Thumb
Weddings" and "Burlesaues of the Marl-
borough-Vanderbilt Nuptials.''
1t is not necessary to lengthen the list
to prove that Mr.. Hale's crusade against
church entertainments has much ground
on which to proceed. He contends that
such methods of raising money have TO be
resorted to because. owing to The great
number of sects, the supply of churches
has outgrown the demand. and that
union of the different denominations fol-
lowed by consolidation of weak churches
would remedy the evil. He doubtless
touches the chief cause of the resort to OBJ
jectionable entertainments, but there are
other causes. Some churches have been
| betrayed by an ephemeral prosperity into
building costly edifices and then when
period of business depression comes they
are compelled to suffer for the shortsight-
ed financial policy. In a neighboring city a
costly church building was erected few
years ago and a debt of over 900 sad
died on the congregation and to-day the
pastor is living under the shadow of that
debt and consuming his best energies, not
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
The Disastrous Effect. of Dude Grub.

From the Chicago Record.
Mr.. VIII White, of Emporia, Kas, who
was shot at in the name of hospitality
when he attempted to address the Fellow
ship Club at Kinsley's Tuesday night, was
reminded by the wild character of the serv-
ice and the food of the experience OF a
Kansas man who allowed his ambition to
interfere with his gastric arrangements.
The man, whose name was Ike Dorchy.
was in from his farm and stopped at a
general store in Emporia to get some sup
plies. Fortune had smiled on him and he
had plenty of money for a Kansas farmer.
He told the storekeeper that he was hxed
up for better times and wanted the best heS
had.
Gimme some raisins an some cove oys-
ters an somethin' nice to put on griddle
cakes" ne particularized.
''Molasses?" said the storekeeper.
Nav: somethin nicer. Ben eatin' mo-
lasses for twenty years. Amt ye got
somethin' slicker?"
The grocer told him about maple sirup
and praised it highly. All the "toney peo-
pie of Emporia used il, he said.
That's what l want. The hishtonedest
you've GOT
BY a strange mishap when the boy went
to pack the goods for the socially ambi-
tious farmer he took a tin of varnish, the
varnish coming in square cans of kind
similar to those containing the maple
sirup. Three or four months afterward
the man came back to town and reported
at the store.
The storekeeper, having made the dis
covery of the error, was in a panic. At
length he mustered courage to ask how
the maple sirup had answered.
'Oh, she was all right" sad the Gus
toner. Kinder highfalutin, but good. Ny
wife at first said she thought II was some
rancid, but when told her whGt you said
about it bein q hightoned dish that the
best people in Empory jes' 1acheralIy
craved she seemed to take a second holt
and now she won't eat nothiR else. L
thought there was a kind of sngp an bite
to 1t that sorter reminded me o. what we
used to git when prohibition first struck
the country, but in general it'I mighty
good stuff
WAS there any bad effect at all?" In
quired the amazed storekeeper.
We'll, now, 1 can't say there wasn't
You see II was my wife's first experience
with dude grub an she kinder lost her
head. Got ambitious. Allowed that il
We was good enough to have that kind OF
eatin we was good enough to haze some
other things to match. Bought lot o.
new chiny dishes from a peddler a. made
me promise I'd git her new hat With red
in it an q dress this trip to town.
''Yes, s'pose you might say tht they
was some bad effects, because vaity Is
certainly sinful, but you're a marrid man
yourself, an you know they amt ID way
to stop a woman's ambitions when he be-
| gins to kinder get in society. Chime a.
! couple gallons more o. that sirup, an IL
you have some that has jes' a little moro
o. that pleasant bitin' sting to 1t, WIN let's
have that"