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The morning times., 1897-01-31
SECRETARY MORTON.

Whenever anybody ventures to cutciSe
the cfagiM acts or semi-official utter
aaces 90 the Secretary OF Agriculture, Mr..
Morton. the reply is some modification Of
the declaration that lie would rather DE
Iaaue Jlan praised by such an individual
This Is al very wen for faguous sen-cou-
ceit. but If air Morton really wants to
know what tie whole country thinks Of
hira lie should manage in some way 10
get an expression out Of it. our opinion
and il sues. like Mr. Morton's, exactly
for what IL is worth-is that he is vain,
peri, ana vacuoUS; that the little he knows
he knows Extensively, and that the very
much he is ignorant Of he excuses to him
self 10y denouncing as not worth knowing.
A distinguished member OF Congress may
not have hecn justified in all that he
SAID ia thc House OF Representatives con
ceruine the Secretary OF Agriculture, but
ff he had been content wth character
izing him as a large-sized poEinjay and
. smaH->ized tyrant, he could have LETT
Ii ihete ana gone TO the people
The morning times., 1897-01-31
GRANT AND THE CONFEDERATE.
The Commanders Consideration for
wounded Officer OF the Enemy.

The Commanders Consideration for
a Wounded Officer OF the Enemy.
The following anecdote is related by
Gen. Horace Porter, in his campaigning
with Grant in the February Century;
While riding about the field Gen. Grant
stopped at house and expressed a desireto
prepare some dispatches 4 number or
wounded were lying upon tie porch and
in the rooms they had made their way
there in accordance with the usual CUSTOM
OF wounded men to seek house 1t
seems to be a natural instinct, as house
conveys the idea of shelter and of home.
1 walked with the general into back
room to see whether there was dry spot
which he might take possession of for
short time to write messages and look over
the maps.
As we entered, there was seen sitting
in the only chair a Confederate lieutenant
of infantry who had been shot in the left
cheek the ball passing through his mouth
and coming out near the right ear. A
mass of coagulated blood covered his face
and neck. and he presented shocking ap-
pearance.
He arose the moment we entered. pushed
his chair forward toward the general, and
said, with bow and smile, Here, take
nv chair. sir" Gen. Grant looked at him
and replied. "Ah. you need that chair
much more than 1; keep your seat. see
YOU are badly hurt" The officer answered
good paturedly: IF you folks let me go
back to our lines, think l ought to be
able to get q leave To go home md see my
girl: but I reckon she wouldn't know me
now" The general said, Il will see that
one OF Our surgeons does ali in his power
for you and then stepped out Of the room
He told one of the surgeons who was dress
ing the wounds of our own men to do what
he could for the Confederate. We did not
hear what became of him afterward. He
probably never knew that he had been talk
ing to the general-iE-ehief of the Yankee
armies The dispatches were afterward
written in another room.
The enemy had now set to work to dis
cover the real nica ming of our presentmove-
ments In the afternoon nskirmisherspushed
forward on our right, and found that War
ren's corps was no longer there
The morning times., 1897-01-31
Idle.

/ heard the gay spring coming,
saw the clover blooming,
Red and white, along the meadows; -
Red and white, along the streams;
+. heard tife,blue htttls SIP ngtng,r' hs-,.
| saw the green grass springing,
All as l lay a-dreaming-
A-dreaming idle dreams.
1 heard the plownfan's whistle,
| saw the rough burr thistle
In the sharp teeth of the barrow -s.us
saw the summers yellow CLEANS
In the walnuts. in the fennel,
In the mulleins. lined with flannel,
a. All as | lay a-dreaming-
A-dreaming idle dreams.
felt the warm, bright weather: @
Saw the harvest saw them gather
+ Corn and nillet, wheat and apples
Saw the gray barns with their seams
Pressing wile-the bare armed ssiearerS-
The ruddy water-be arers-
All as lay a-dreaning
A-dreaming idle dreams.
The blIebird and her Nesting e.
Flew away: the leaves fell rushing,
The cold rain killed the roses,
The sun withdrew his beams:
No creature cared about me.
The world could do without me,
All as lay a-dreaming-
A-dreaming idle dreams.
Alice Cary.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

surveys to the Barings, who had them
resubmitted to board of British engi-
neers. A favorable report resulted, and
the house expressed its Willingness to
finance the company and to raise the
S26, 600, 900 required. In few days,
However, this willingness changed to per-
emptory withdrawal. In the interim the
Earrings had mentioned the matter to
some members OF the British government,
and as consequence they Informed the
American pa piomoters that they had reached
the conclusion that, the canal, if built
as proposed, would result i'll throwing the
Whole commerce of the Pacific into Amer
ic6n hands. They stated that they Were
na turany ayerse to cmharking English
capital in an enterprise likely to be de-
structive to English interests. 10y build
ing up American commerce where England
then enjoyed monopoly.
This conclusion. ON the part of the bank
ing mouse of Barring, was just and patriotic
from a British standpoint, and the Clay
on-Bulwer treaty, which came into being
as a protection against further efforts like
that tofCummodore Vanderbilt was equally
so. 1t would be quite as just and patriotic,
from an American standpoint, to huild
the canal for the very reasons that pre-
vented the Barings from assisting its ante
type, and to kick the corpse of the dis
graceful and long dead Clayton Bulwer
treaty out of recognition and discussion as
a preliminary step.
The morning times., 1897-01-31
CANAL AND COMMODORE.

L. course OF the debate on the Nicaragua
Canal hill, Senator Morgan brought out
ar Interesting bit OF history connecting
tbe late Commodore Vanderbilt with an
earlier effort to build the great waterway
IL seems that in 1852, the Commodore
was At the head Of Il New York company
organized to build canal across the
lsthInus He visited Nicaragua in connec-
tioa with the enterprise and himself
bzndIed the wheel ON the first trip made
by passage steamer up the river to be-
yOnd the Machuca Rapids
Ia company with the Hon Joseph L.
White. an ex-member of Congress, and
Col Childs. New York engineer, Com
mOloFe Vanderbilt went to London TO
secure English capital for the project
He submitted his plans. estimates and
The morning times., 1897-01-31
Tea in the Old Country

Tea drinkers OF the "old country" call
the tea that is made by pouring additional
water on the leaves which have already
supplied the quality to one teaspoonful of
tea husbands tea in derision All the
goodness has been taken from sthe leaves
and the second drawing is poor stuff The
Chinese, who serve their tea without steep
ing, standing in little individual bowls,
after pouring off and drinking the tea first
made. alwa Us refill the bowl The tea rom
this second pouring they consider to be
perfect, The ''roughness'' has been taken
off with the first water. and the real deli
cacy of the tea taste is reached with tie
second
The morning times., 1897-01-31
Mis- souri,. or Mizoury?

Prof. Allen, Of the department of English
in the University of Missouri. offers some
new information as TO the pronunciation
of the name Of that State. He declares
that he pronounces it ''MiZoury'' because
it was the name of one Of his earliest
SweetheartS in the Old DaIninion, and h.,
impartS the further Information that she
was commonly called 'Zouzie" An atdi-
tional reason for calling it "Nfizoury" IS
found in the fact that the professor So pro-
nounced it when he studied geography in
the days of his adolescence. and when he
moved to the State afterward he found
a good many ofthe bestpeople pronouncing
il in the same way.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

One of the queerest experiences L ever
had was down here at Fredericksburg. 1
was with a regiment that went through
that town during the war, and finding
grocery standing open, the owner having
fled. we took what we could lay our hands
on. believe 1 got two or three cans of
vegetables and some flour. More than
thirty wears afterward, short time ago.
T went on an excursion to Fredericksburg
and came across that identical store. 1t
was kent by a little German, and | went
in, and found he was the man who had
run a way from it on the previous occasion
7 told him I owed him some money for
things taken while he was out and paid
HIND R Brown, Treasury Department.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

Gen Alecr is an active, aggressive mau
and bis friends expect him to make an adj
mirable head or the War Department. He
is the fourth Michigan man to reach the
Cabinet His predeceSi ors Were Gen Lewis
CaSs, who was Jackson's Secretary of
War ana Buchanan's Secretary OF state,
Robert McClrlland, who was Pierce'S Sec
retary of the Interior. Zachariah Cha ndlcr,
who filled the same position in Grants
last Cabinet ana Ion NJ Dickinson, who
was CIcyciand'S Postmaster General.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

This girl, Annie Nieuhaus. who pleaded
guilty today of the larceny Of a large
amount OF household goods from the people
who, had entrusted IL to1heF hadsseveral
influential people interested in her case,
the German consul and Congressman and
Others, and although Judge Miller told her
nat she deserved no mercy she got off on
her personal bonds. just after her case IN
the police court was that of a daFky who
gotsix months for stealing dozen chickens
The coincidence was remarkable. Harvey
Friend, Lawyer. --.s..
The morning times., 1897-01-31
Only the Libby Did Il.

Before tie national board of trade adj
iourned at Washington on Thursday last,
says the Philadelphia Record, it passed
q resolution favoring the passage of the
Loud postal bill for revision and regulating
the rates on second-class matter, and asked
the Senate TO take favorable action upon
the measure. Nothing stands in the way
OF this legislation but the lobby.
The morning times., 1897-01-31
Can Rosy Reconcile It?

According to Editor Rosewater, of the
Omaha Bee, says the Philadelphia Record,
the President-elect is opposed 70 the re-
tirement of the greenbacks, but in favor
of something being done to break the end
less chain business. 1t is hard to see how
anything short OF financial jugglery can
compass these divergent ends; but Mr.
Sherman's mind may hit upon shift
The morning times., 1897-01-31

Much has been said al out Gen. Ayers
soldier record, and Charles A. Dana, form So
erl; 4 sSstant Secretary of War, has made
an clal crate attack upon II, ba sed on re :
PORTS made by Gems. Sheridan and Custer
4 a matter of fact, however, his military
rec ord seems to have been good one. and
Clusters rcEort affecting him is regarded
by pi onincnt officers of the army as only
one of many remarkable exhibitions Of
petulancc 10y the heio.c cavalryman whose
judgment ana prudence rarely kept kept
even pace with his courage
The morning times., 1897-01-31

The Pain fireworks people have secured
the contract for the inauguration display
There were several other bidders, The
Pain people have in the past sometimes
failed to give satisfaction with their ex-
bibitionS in other cities. / have read some
of the most terrible newspaper roasts in
my experience on one of their shows
wonder if Mr.. Weller and his committee
have been very careful in choosing their
people, and if we are to have, as Mr..
Weller promises, the finest fireworks dis
play ever given. -JohnR. Thorndyke, Louis
vile.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

: Fhe plaid shirt is toahe tue rage this
spring again Its color combinations are
even more weira than eve f'herore. sS'This
yellow nd redand brownis a good sample.
al the swells viii wear them. You Will
not be quite properly fixed IN your busi-
ness get-up with ythingclse. The correct
thing is a sack coat, lone of these, a
white standing collar, and black bow.
The IA ncy shirts are worn more or less with
the afternoon frock coat, but they are
not considered correct.-C. IL. Rcizenstein,
Mems FurEisher.
The morning times., 1897-01-31
Coming Scandal in Ohio.

The people of Ohio can have but little
confidence in a State administration that
will adopt plans to build an addition costing
$1,000. 900 to the statehouse upon an APP
preparation by the legislature of $40e, 900.
The corner stone o. that improvement will
be the beginnin & of the biggest scandal Ohio
has known in years.
The morning times., 1897-01-31
Snap Shot Interviews

Lyman j. Gage will make a strong secre-
tary OF the Treasury and safe one, too.
l have the highest opinion OF his abilities.
ButI believe he is making a mist axe in ac-
ceptng the position He is too Old for it.
No man Of his age should attempt such
arduous work If he does his duty, and
he is the ma II not To shirk t in any lit test
particular, the strain will be terrible.
1t will kill htni--Uriel Sebree Hall. Con
gresham from Missouri.
The morning times., 1897-01-31
NO MASToDON IN ALASKA.
Mr.. TownSend's Statement Before
the Biological Society.

the Biological Society.
The regular meeting of the Biological
Society OF Washington was held last
night, in the assembly hall of the Cosmos
Club, No. 1920 h street northwest.
Interesting papers were read on THE
Pribylof Island Hair Seal THE Origin
of the Alaskan Live Mammoth Story
The Giant Bee OF india and Parasites
of ShadcTree Insects in Washington by
C. Hart Merriam, C. Fl Townsend, Frank
Benton, and L. O. Howard, respectively.
Mr.. Townsend characterized the story
of live mammoths in Alaska as fictitious.
He gave it as his opinion that the mar
veIous tales current, relative TO the re-
peated discovery of the mammoth in those
regions, originated mainly from the circu-
lation of pictures and descriptions of the
extinct mastodcn by himself and asso-
ciates while in Alaska in The government
service
The morning times., 1897-01-31
Perhaps THEY'LL Be Nice.

Senator John Sherman once said of the
newspaper reporter: 'sHe is the greatest
enigma oil the nineteenth century. l am
Interested in him always, respect him gen
orally and fear him sometimes. But I
never cease to wonder at his resourceful
ness III searching for news"
The morning times., 1897-01-31
An Express Tratn wrecked.

Chatham. Ont, Jan 3O--West bound Can
aGian Pacific express, known as THE
Flyer jumped the track at the switch
while coming into the city this afternoon
The baggage and express car was thrown
on it's side, and the first coach deraiIed-
Express Messenger WadeseIl was buried in
the wreck and fatally injured, but the
passengers escaped with severe shaking
nm
The morning times., 1897-01-31
Daniel BONES Grave

Senator Peers has introduced a bill in
the Missouri senate asking for an appro-
priation of $4,000 to erect monument
over the grave of Daniel Boone in Warren
county.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

Sir E. Vincent in his report estimates
the Turkish revenue, after deducting pay
ments for the debt and for some tributes not
received at ST. .750 900, and the expendi-
ture at So 900 600 more.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

Prof Richarz and DIR. Krigar Menzel, of
Berlin, announce, as the result of investi-
cations extending over twelve years, that
''the density of the Garth is such that the
whole globe weighs S4,691 trillion TONS"
The morning times., 1897-01-31

Marble has put up the score Of 500 at
tcnpins on our record board the perfect
score. He made seventeen strikes IN sue
cessiou one of the best records in existence.
There was shouting in the alleys When
he rolled his twelfth strike. Marble now
has the seasons record in all the games,
tenpins, cooked hat, and fire back. Gable,
Bowling Alleys.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

The Blizzard. of Oil City, is OF the opin
ion that men OF iron constitution are liza
BILE TO get rusty il they take too much
water, and it seems as if this ought some
how TO he Kentucky joke.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

p Tbere'is a large demand from New York
recently for District bonds, which are "a
8 per cent investment, and first-class
one But our own holders of the bonds
don't care to part with them. This dem
is another Indication that there is money
about It means good times Albion 4.
Paris, Banker.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

gem from the Congressional Record:
Mr.. Hartman of Montana suggests an ap-
preparation of one billion dollars for the
education of the seeley sayages on the
Manhattan Reservation.
The morning times., 1897-01-31
THE WEATHER TODAY.

Fair viii be the
skies that bend today
over washington and
the country around 1t;
at least so say Uncle
Sans weather prog
nosticators, and they
are supposed to know.
1t viii be warmer,
too, OF, to use the Ian
guage Of the Weather
Bureau, there VIII be
a slight rise in tenn
perature.' The wind
will blow from the
The morning times., 1897-01-31
WOICOTT IN PARIS

Senator Wolcott is in Paris and optmiS-
tic. He carries there the impression that
the members Of the British ministry are
favorable to international bine tallism. He
finds governmental circles in France even
more friendly to his mission. and an en-
couraging public opinion On the outside.
Apparently he does not realize that, in
both cases, heis dealing with agents whose
acts in this matter will be subject to dis
approval by their principals. Mr.. Balfour
has hinted darkly that there is a shop
around the corner that will dictate the
final policy of his government, and we
know that this refers to the house of Roths-
child.
There is another concern of the same
name in Paris, with equal power there.
The only power in Great Britain or Europe
with freedom of factionis the money power.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

The Cubans have not yet any navy that
deserve the name, but Stephen Crane did
as much as he could toward getting one
together for them, and Richard Hatding
Davis hasn't yet been heard from
The morning times., 1897-01-31

east. Altogether the conclusion is war
raRted tnat this willbe Just the right sort
az "a day for church going and promenad-
ing
The morning times., 1897-01-31

We do not desire to take sides on the
the President to sign a bill entirely de-
priving the Indians of their whisky, their
only comfort.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

There is q rurnor afloat in Boston that the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery OF that
town intend to fill the Atlantic with cham
pagne, and swim over to the Queens Ju-
bee..
The morning times., 1897-01-31

l. was discovered last night that the op-
position to the Congressional Record is
chiefly manifested by those Senators who
have small weekly journals OF their own.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

1t may have been developed, as Hon.
Larry Godkin insists, that Mr.. Platt is a
political Sword-swallower, but he doesn't
tuck his political napkin under his chin,
at all events. 'r~7s'.''
The morning times., 1897-01-31
General Alger's Course
i'm the Field of Politics

Gen. Russell \ Algcr the new Secretary,
OF War, is an Ohio man by birth, and is
SiXty-one years old He will he the richest
man in the new Cabinet, with the possible
exception OF Lyman j Gage. His activity
in politics covers only "A period OF thirteen
years, but during about All that time he
has been a conspicuous figure He un-
tered the race foF President before the
Chicago convention OF 1888. and made a
spurt that daZ2led older and more eN-
perienced campaigncrs His delegates hung
to him with the fidelity of Grants 3O6,
and went down on the last ballot without
q show OF weakening before the Harrison
tidal wave Such old campaigners as
Clayton, OF Arkansas, and Filey, of Mis-
souri,, were Alger advocates in the CON
vention, and the way they moved into
Sherman's southern delegates has been u
chronic sore spot with Alger'S new Cabi-
net associate for many years.
Gen. Alger was delegate to the Union
Soldiers and Sailors nationa! convention ut
Pittsburg, in 1866, and was Garfield
Presidential elector in 1880 But, with
these exceptions, he did not appear in
politics until 1884. Francis b. Stock
bridge and James McMillan-both after
ward Senators-had been candidates for
| governor but Withdrew because OF family
| afflictions Cyrus G Luce-afterward gov
| ernor-was supposed to have sure thing
| OF the nomination, but Alger made a bril-
liant three weeks campaign for the honor
and defeated Luce handily. During the
ensuing campaign he joined the Grand
Army of the Republic. Four years from
that time he had so risen in prominence
both in politics and the Grand Army, that
he was candidate for President of the
United States and commander-in-chief of
the Grand Army. Gen. Alger was an ardent
Blaine man in 1892, and was chairman Of
the Michigan delegation to St Louis " hich
was solid for Mckinley.
Rodhuggeren. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn. ;) 1893-1898, 1897-01-26
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