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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-25
THE BOSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
A PORTRAIT BY oPIE PURCHAsED-soME INTER
EsTING PAINTINGS LOANED.


EsTING PAINTINGS LOANED.
Boston, Nov. "a (SpecaD.-The latest purchase
made by the Museum OF Fine Arts in the way OF
paintings is OF a remarkably fine portrait by John
Op!e the sitter being no less parsonage than
Charles DlbdIn, the writer OF nautical songs. IT
Is in Opie's best style. and has been hung in the
first gallery.
There are some interesting loans OF paintings
also including noteworthy examples OF the British
school From the collection OF Mrs. David +.
Kimbali come two portrait groups by william
uogarth an important example OF George Rom:
ney, notable portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, ana
canyases BY Thomas Gainsborough, SIT WiiIidiu
Raacpav and Corot T. Jefferson Coolidge has
loaned his celebrated painting by John Sargent EN-
tItied .Ei Jaleo The heirs OF Mrs. =. A. Ell0t
have loaned a locally famous example OF WASH
ington Aston, his ,Bea5ice which ws ansd H a.
herr Stuarts portrait Of Mrs. Oliver Brewster
Mrs + o. Prince has loaned the eEce ai, pop
trait of Mrs. Kinsey. painted by Frederick r.
AlntOu.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-25
ENGLAND WRAPPED ~ FOG.

London, Nov. 4-The heavy fog which sPreso
over England yesterday continued TO ehVeiop ~
country to-day Accidents Of more or iess I'm.
portance are reported 10 have occurred ~ nahhs
places AT Portsmouth the fog Is 80 1raered i'm
possible for the present. Several wrechs % ~ IN
Importance are reported at different parts Oh Inv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-25
yrw pacific STEAMER SERVICE.

Wellington N. H.. Nov e4.-The Premier sir Jon"
sedaon. proposes to subsdize an alternate fort
nightly mail service between Wellington ana San
Francisco and Vancouver. b. C., passage oe'we ral
Naiiinston and San Francisco not TO exceed hlne.s
teen days, and passage between Weinns'on INV
Vancouver not to exceed twenty-one Jay"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-25

liberation, and the limited number OF black
guards who practise 1t should be summary
turned out of the League in fulilment OF the
statute it stands.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-25

Governor Black declares that he VIII not at
tempt to starch the Civil Service law as the re-
suit of years experience with the slim ar''cie'
But, thanks to the good sense of most OF the
officials in our cities. the sposmen are sun III
the cold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-25

The exasperatng thing about the mutilation
Of the Palisades Is that those who have been
doing the work have studiously done II In the
way to injure the appearance OF the great wall
as much possible. Just as soon as pub
lie desire for the preservation OF the Palisades
Vas manifested. they began picking out and
blasting away all the most conspicuous and COM
handing and historical points. as II they be-
lieved that they might manage so to wreck the
finest parts OF the Palisades that the public
would conclude there was nothing left worth
saving and so let them have the whole They
have marred the appearance Of the cliffs ir-
reparably but there is stil much left which Is
worth preserving and which ought TO be pre-
served.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-25
1nAex To Annertlsemeflte.
Business Notices.

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Roll Top Desks and once ui"''
Great Variety OF Style and Price
r. O. sELLEw,
No III Fulton-st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-25

More power TO the Brooklyn Health Board In
ia battle against the soft coal nuisance! 1t has
already won one good victory, but there Is more
Aghtlng TO be done. Authorities on this side OF
the river may well bestir themselves In the same
direction The same evil menaces Manhattan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-25


aghtlng TO be done. Authorities on this side OF
the river may well besir themselves In the same
attraction The same evil menaces Manhattan.
The dslnfection of palace cars coming from
fever regions is a most desirable thing 1t would
be % good thing TO do nj frequent intervals on all
roads and In all seasons. Cars that are so
heavily upholstered and that are occupied by
all sorts and conditions or men are In great
danger OF becoming infected with morbihc
,.rms A thorough weekly dIsinfection would
do them no harm and might prevent much evil
10 their patrons.
uxKino Milan wants divorce from the
,o,hcr az one OF his sons in order that he may
Yed the mother OF another OF his sons Does
no moan TO go through the whole list in that
wayn
The veterans in the soldiers homes favor an
Army administration for these refugees, when
IL not an unnatural preference. There is no
complaint that the veterans have not been
treated we'll enough under the existing manage
ment OF the homes but the theory seems TO
prevail among them that military regime is
the correct thing for superannuated heroes TO
live under.
1, looks ss ~ General Election would become
as elusive n parsonage TO Mr.. Quigg as General
Prosperity was to the Mugwumps when they
perslstently shut their eyes every time he came
in sight
Some Indians were lynched in North Dakota
the other day and now one OF the surviving
squaws sues the county for $4,000. showing
| that the mind of the aboriginal woman, even in
bereavement. can grasp an ides when there APP
| pears to be money In 1t.
| -
The severity with which Mexico treats lynch
ers even OF a wretch who attempts the life OF
| Its popular President, puts some manifestations
! OF Indiana civilization at a disadvantage
| The National Baseball League at the recent
| meeting Of its representatives passed a rule
| suspending for life players who were guilty OF
rowdyism on the field; and now movement is
| being made TO have the ordinance rescinded.
| This is not desirable from any point OF view.
Rowdyism In baseball admits Of no excuse or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-25

The severity with which Mexico treats lynch
ers even OF a wretch who attempts the life OF
It's popular President puts some manifestations
OF Indiana civilization at a disadvantage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
SPANS Complaint Unfounded.

The report Of the Secretary of the Treas
ury respecting the shipment of arms and
ammunition from our shores to the Cuban
insurgents ought to be interesting reading
for the Spaniards. They have been try
ing to make it appear that they would
have crushed the insurrection long ago
il the Insurgents had not received so
much help from this country. and they
have been loud in their complaints against
our government for permitting, as they
claim, 50 many csrgoes of arms and anu
nition intended for the Insurgents 10 leave
our ports. They believe probably that this
country Is responsible for the greater part
of the trouble they are having with Cuba,
and that instead of trying TO prevent as
sistance being sent to the insurgents our
government IS encouraging hhbustering
expeditions and the shipment of arms and
ammunition to Cuba.
Secretary Cages report Will be quite a
surprise TO them. From that report they
will discover that our government has
acted a friendly part to an extraordinary
degree; that, owing to the diligence of our
authorities, very few cargoes of arms and
ammunition have been landed in Cuba
from this country and that Spain herself
has been exceedingly delinquent in guard
ing the shores Of cuba.
In view Of the strong Cuban sentiment
in this country our government has done
more than could be reasonably expected
of II in preventing assistance from reach
ing the insurgents. It has kept its cruis-
ers and revenue cutters on the lookout
for vioiators OF the law, and it has frus-
uated the plans of the great majority Of
them. II has done this at a very great ex-
pense and 1t has never complained Of the
burden which SPANS failure to quell the
instruction has placed upon it, SPANS
complaint shows such an entire want of
appreciation of the assistance which our
government has rendered her that it
would not be surprising If the friends she
has in congress manifest very little dispo-
sition to defend her and her interests If a
resolution recognizing the Cubans as bel
ligerents should be introduced into that
body. In view of her utter lack Of appre-
citation of the efforts made In her behalf
she deserves very little consideration, and
she may receive but little, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the President I'm his mes
sage took a position quite favorable to
bar
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
Watson,n RefnsnI.

The refusal of Mr.. Watson to accept the
invitation of the Legislature to address it
on financial questions appears to HAYS
riled the populist leaders. And yet there
is no particular reason why it should Mr..
Watson isn't a fnancer, and he has never
given anybody reason 10 suppose that he
knows any more about financial matters
than the average citizen. He can talk, of
course, about financial matters, and doubt
less he can make pretty good speech on
almost any subject, but there is a vast
difference between making a speech and
possessing views on the subject of
the speech that are of real value Il may be
that Mr.. Watson knows enough about the
money question to know that the position
OF the populists on that question, as stated
by the leaders of their party in this state
al their meeting in Atlanta the other day.
is wholly untenable. If that is the case
Mr.. Watson was wise indeed in declining
the invitation of the Legislature
While Mr.. Watson is, without doubt the
ablest of the populist leaders in the state,
it is question whether he will ever again
come into prominence as a candidate for
office. If we are not mistaken he sees
that there is no future for the popullst
party-that it reached high water mark
more than year ago, and that it's de-
cline, which has begun, will be rapid. II
will not cut much of a figure in national
politics in 1900, and after that date 1t will
practically disappear from the political
horizon. We do not think that Mr.. Wat
son lost anything by declining the invita-.
ton of the legislature and the fact that
some OF his populist friends criticised him
rather severely for declining, ought no,
TO worry him in the least.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
Money in southern banks.

The banks of the south have been COM
planning of the surplus money In their
vaults. This is something new in south
ern banking. In previous years at this
season southern banks were heavy bor-
rowers from northern banks and they
never seemed to be able to get all the
money they could use. The question was.
how much do we owe New York? A sharp
lookout was kept on the cash TO see that
sufficient was Withheld from the greedy
note makers to meet depositors' checks.
The situation has changed. Instead of
worrying over the lack of cash bankers
are now fretting because they have so
much which they cannot loan, and which,
therefore, is not earning anything. 1t is
easy to see where all the millions came
from which are now piled up in the vaults
of southern banks. The money represents
the merchandise which once filled stores
and warehouses and which has been sold
and not replaced. The merchant and
tradesman prefer to have the cash in bank
rather than in goods and notes of credit
Ors. It is the proceeds of property sold,
and it has not been reinvested. 1t also
represents in part savings of farmers who
now more than ever before raise food
products for their families and stock. In
short, the Accommodations of money in the
banks means curtailment of business and
personal wants. 1t means carefulness and
economy in expenditures rather than
thrift, progress and enterprise.
Possibly out of this condition of affairs
may come greater economy in living and
closer business methods, such as are
found in the north. and the surplus mil
lions after remaining in the banks for
awhile, may be invested in southern life
and fire insurance companies, factories
and other enterprises.
In his annual report Secretary Gage
speaks about the south's need of additional
millions of money during the crop moving
season. and calls attention to the south's
dependence upon the north for money at
that season. AS a matter of fact she does
not now seem to need any help from the
north in moving her cotton crop. The
south's experience this year indicates that
she can get along on the money her own
banks are able to provide.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
saved His Lie by a LEST.

Amelia Wofford tells of 1.-THE Court Jest
ers of England" in the December ST.
Nicholas. The author says of one of them:
Archee Armstrong was the well-beloved
Jester of King James vi of Scotland. aft
erward James 1 of England, and this is
the traditional story of their introduction
"One day a shepherd with the carcass of
a sheep upon his shoulders was tracked
to his cottage on the moorlands by the
officers of justice. In the cottage they
found a Vacant-faced lad, rocking a cradle
with more attention than a boy is accus-
toned to give that duty; this, however
did not arouse their suspicious. They
searched the cottage thoroughly but fail
ed to discover the sheep. They were about
to depart, when one of their number ac-
cidentally looked into the cradle, and-the
stolen sheep lay there! The lad, who was
supposed to be the thief, was brought be-
fore King James VI of Scotland. He was
tried, convicted and sentenced TO die. He
began to plead with the king. He was a
poor, ignorant fellow, he said; he had
heard of the Bible and would like to read
it through before he died. Would the king
respite him until he did so? The king
readily gave his consent, whereupon the
culprit Immediately said, Then hang me
if L ever read a word OF, as lang as my
cen are open"
The witty reply captured the king. He
pardoned the prisoner, and took him into
his service as Jester. In this capacity
Archee was soon a prime favorite.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10

The night was chill, but not cold, says
the Louisville Times. The city streets
thronged with men and women going home
from work and the mock moonlight of the
electric lamps irradiated the sidewalks and
shone through the big glass windows of
the stores. A gentleman came up the
street walking rapidly along with his
hands thrust in his overcoat pockets. Just
as he neared the corner a small boy ap-
preached and begged him for nickel The
man paused a moment thrust his hand in
his pocket and good-naturedly tossed the
boy coin.
He had hardly gotten half a square
away when the boy came running after
him.
Here, sir" he cried, holding out the
, money, did you know you had given
me So gold piece? 1 found it out when
l looked at the money under the light at
the corner!'
The gentleman took the coin back and
thrust tt in his poke. ''AIy good boy. ="
he said, with a touch of feeling in his
voice, you must be rewarded for your
honesty. Take this 81 bill, my boy. and
come to my place of business tomorrow
and let me see what 1 can do for such a
sturdy little fellow"
Herewith he handed the boy 81 and went
whistling on his way, after giving his
name and business address,
Did the boy go the next morning? Nav
the boy did not go. The boy had palmed
off bright new copper cent on the gen.
erous man for s. gold piece and made 81
by the transaction. And now the gener-
Gus man is waiting for the honest little
boy, waiting armed with patent tireless
strap.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
Best Feature of the Message.
From the New York Post Qnd).

One of the most noteworthy things
about the Presidents message is a thing
which is not in il. The long document
contains no allusion whatever to the sub
jeot OF pensions. This omission would at
tract remark in the case of any President.
IL becomes the more striking when one re-
calls that Mr.. Mckinley was himself 81
soldier in the union army, and has always
been a strong advocate of a generous poll
icy regarding pensions. 1t is rendered
still more important by the fact that in his
message to congress at the opening of the
extra session last March the President
urged that ample revenues must be sup
piled, not only for the ordinary expenses
of the government, but for the prompt
payment of liberal pensions" etc. 1t is
a great change from such an attitude in
March to the entire ignoring of the whole
pension question in December, especially
when the failure to recommend liberaI
policy now Is accompanied by a protest
against an increase of the expenses of the
government, and a suggestion that these
expenses will, in my judgment, admit of a
decrease in many branches of the govern
ment without injury to the public ser,
vice"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
Bow and Bnby.

He IS a very young boy, says the Detroit
Free Press. His is the age when a lofty
contempt for the opposite sex manifests
itself; the contempt which usually finds
merciless retribution in later years. His
task of watching the baby was not as
distressing as it might have been. He
had utilized the baby carriage as a cradle
and had found a place where the floor
sloped a little. Behind the vehicle he ex-
tended himself, and with head on hand
proceeded to read a story paper. An oc-
casional pull a string fastened to the
rear axel impaired the motion necessary
TO keep the slumberer from waking. But
the baby soon had its nap out, and began
10 cry. The boy paid no attention to the
noise, and after a while his sister came to
investigate
Why don't You try 10 find out what's
the matter with baby?" she asked.
There's no use" he answered, rolling
Iazily over and letting go of the string.
l suppose you are going to lie there and
wait for it to learn to walk so it can tell
you what it's crying about?'
No" he answered. being able to talk
wouldn't make much difference"
Why not?"
Because it's a girl. Girls most always
don't know what they're crying about. 1t
just comes natural to them to do it."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
The StepmOther.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
She looks just like her mother, and some
how,
I don't know why it is, I can't begin
To love her as ought to, or allow
My heart to open wide and let her in.
Perhaps it is because he often says
She looks just like her mother" and
then signs
AS though perhaps the pretty baby ways
Called up her face, her vanished smile,
her eyes.
And here I kneeI for hours and sadly gaze
Into the baby face so near my own
And think with terror of the coming days.
He only dreams of happy years now
flown.
I try in vain to take her to my heart
She looks just like her mother and
feel
Somehow that she is holding us apart
As here beside the tiny bed 1 kneel
Night after night he gently stoops above
His baby's bed and gazes on its face
AS 1 do now, and feels for 1t the love
Which I expected when took her place.
It's not the baby's fault. of course, but
still
She looks just like her mother, and in
I struggle hard my aching heart to fill
With love for her, and find there only
pain.
He never notices, because know
man don't always see such things lust
right,
And if he knew that it would hurt me so
He'd try to hide his feelings from my
sight.
He wouldn't tell me, when I look at her,
She looks just like her mother" if he
knew:
His baby is his all, his comforter.
1t has her face, her smile, her eyes of
blue.
Frank X Finneean
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
BRIGHT BITS.

-Ikey-'Who vos it dot said, pay as
you go?" His father-"I don't know,
key. I suppose der poor Teller didn't
know no peter. Puck.
"A Juvenile Logiclan-"Ma, is there
any pie left in the pantry?" There is
one piece, but you can't have it." You
are mistaken, ma, I've had it. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
-Prisoner-"Its hard to charge me with
forgery, for you see can't even sign my
own name" Judge-"That point is imma-
terial; it's another mans name you're ac~
cused of singing. "-Tit-Bits. Sc,
Different Points of Observation-Disclosures
the use of argulng?" said the shiftless in
dividual; talk is cheap" "My dear sir"
said the taxpayer, did you ever take into
consideration the actual cost of a session
of ess?'-Chicago News.
His Sole Reliance-''The last time I
saw you, Dibble," said Corbus, you were
publishing a bright little country paper.
Did you lose your journalistic enthusl-
asm?" "Worse," replied Dibble, with a
mournful sigh. II lost the county print>
ing. Chicago Tribune.
IAN author" said the practical littera-
teur, Ought to know several languages"
"Of course he ought" replied his fellow
craftsman. The field has been so well
worked that there is no longer any use
of reading old English books in search of
original ideas. "-Washington Star.
"A ChiId's Reasoning-Little three-year-
old Sunnylocks had been told that he
couldn't have a doughnut because it
would make him sick. He sat in his high
chair and looked longingly at the plateful
of sugar-coated 'holes with cake around
them" At last he turned, and, in plead
ing tones. said: Mamma, L want to de.
sickr-CleVeland Leader.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
"The Heather Chinee Is Peculiar

Gee Joe" the Chinese gentleman who
has found Jordan hard road to travel
lately once presided over a laundry on
the corner of Sixth and Broadway. where
his gifts as a singer of queer, outlandish
songs attracted the children of the neigh
oorhood to his place and made him a
prime favorite with the young people, says
the Louisville Times. Gee joe speaks
some English, and his remarks are al
ways accompanied by a bland, childlike
smile, such as Bret Harte mentions in his
poem about Chinese free labor.
One day the Chinaman was talking about
religion. Are you a Christian, Gee Joe?''
asked lady, curiously.
'Oh, yes; 1 go churchee; one very good
man, 1 real Mclean man."
And where do you go?" asked the lady,
VINO was charmed to find that the nf1u-
ences of religion and civilization had con-
verted the heather.
oh" remarked Joe, II go Warren Me-
mortal churchee now. I Presbyterian, but
when 1 was in other town 1 Baptis'. 1 go
churchee where it do me most good. Gee
Joe real Mclean man."
And the airy manner In which he dis
coursed of the practical side of his relig-
ion, which was evidently for revenue only,
cast pail over the good woman, and she
now questions whether it pays to convert
SUCH heathenS or not
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
Personal.

Maj. George S. Merrill until recently
insurance commissioner Of Massachusetts,
is to be connected with the insurance de-
partmentS of a number Of states, not IN
GLIDING Massachusetts. as an expert ad-
wiser.
Father, mother and children, In fam
lily of a dozen at Lincoln Center, Kan,
are oil in school, the parents and the two
cider children being in the same class. The
father is an ambitious minister 10 years
old.
For many years the exact burial place
of James Otis, one of the revolutionary
leaders, has been shrouded in mystery. It
has now been discovered that he was in
TERED in the old Granary burial grounds
in Boston.
Admiral of the British Fleet Sir Henry
Keppel, now in the eighty-ninth year Of
his age and the seventy-sixth of his serv-
ice, has lately undergone a serious oper-
alton, but his splendid constitution has
helped him through and at last accounts
he was making good progress toward re-
coVery.
Gen James F. Wade, senior officer in
the court-martial at Fort Sheridan, is a
son of Benjamin F. Wade of Ohio He
has been in the United States cavalry since
he was IS years of age. He gd&the title
of captain early in the civil war, and in
1860 was a brigadier general. He is now
"a years old. \
Gen Francis Canton, governor-elect of
Yucatan, Mexico, is a close friend of Pres
ident Diaz, and is regarded as one of the
most progressive and enlightened men of
Mexico. He served through the revolution
of 1882, and was for several years engaged
in fighting Magayo Indians, who to this
day. refuse to recognize the authority Of
President DiaZ