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The times., 1898-02-23

The news comes from over the water
that Mrs. Gladstone has never contradict
ed her husband. The way in which some
newspaper correspondents rout facts like
these out of their hiding places and hold
them triumphantly up to the public view
is rather FUNNY. 1t might have been sup
posed that Mrs. Gladstone. as the or
thodox English wife of an orthodox
Englishman. never thought differently
from her husband. and Ii might also have
been assumed with great ease that, being
a lady. she never got into any open disa-
greement with her distinguished spouse.
But this newspaper orrespordent seems
to think IL is all news. and that the world
viii be benefited if he lets It odt at once.
that this fact accounts for sorle of rIr.
Gladstones varied behavior5 in the rast
If he had had a wife who occasionally
differed with him, in a perfectly gentle
and respectful way, of course. but rather
pertinaciously and decidedly, he might
have been led to distrust his own opinion.
and he consequently would not have con-
tradicted himself as badly as he some
times has. moderate amount OF diff
ference in the seclusion of the domestic
circle is sometimes a good sieve through
which to pass a mans opinions before he
gives them out to the world.
The times., 1898-02-23

or woman who puts pen to paper he
adds, pensively, takes the trouble to
inform himself or herself of the SIM
piest facts in the lives and habits Of
our brute companions.
Passing over the possible inference
that the Chicago authority counts
bloodhounds among .'his brute compan-
ions" we are convinced that he is au-
thority ON bloodhounds, at any rate.
He goes on to elueidate the difference
between English, Cuban and other
hounds, and comes to the conclusion
that Mrs. Stowe made her error in
supposing that the English blood
hounds We're used in the South, and
thus introduced baying hounds to fol
low Uncle Toms TRAIL This is all
Very nice, and has the air of being a
longawaited correction of glaring er-
ror. AS such, il has been extensively
copied, and apparently nobody has dis
covered that the Uncle Toms Cabin
of the stage is very far from being the
Uncle Toms Cabin" of Mrs. Stowe.
Considering the fact that in no place
in the entire story does Uncle Tom
even attempt to run away, it is difficult
to see how he could be chased by
bloodhounds or any other kind of dog.
Add to this the fact that nowhere in
the book are bloodhounds introduced at
all, even to track the slaves who do
run away, and the knowledge of the
Times-Herald man appears less vast
and marvellous. 1t is always good plan
to read a book before attempting to
haul the author up by the ears for in
accuracy.
The times., 1898-02-23

The latest English invention, we are
told. is perfumed butter. The roll of but
ter is wrapped in rose leaves, some
thing of that sort, and left in the re-
frigerator half a day. For some reason
or other this suggestion does not appear
attractive. Perfumery is very well. al
though one can have too much of 1t, but
it has seemed to many people of late
years that the only perfume which is
proper on the dinner table is the per-
fume of the food. Soup, beef and other
edibles have fragrance very grateful to
the nostrils of a hungry man, but it is
doubtful if that fragrance is improved
by being mixed with the scent of vio-
lets. or roses, or other fragrant and
beautiful blossoms. And when it comes
to perfuming the butter, and the bread
and the cheese. and SO on, one might sup
pose that things would become mixed.
Cheese, especially, would have to be de-
odorized before it was perfumed. The
natural odor of good strong Roquefort
will drown out the fragrance of any rose
that ever was. even tuberose. Cabbage
and violets may be good separately, but
one ministers to the palate and the other
to the olfactory nerves and it is not
good to try TO crowd too much enjoyment
into a given time 1t is Hike trying to
look at three rings in a circus, while a
symphony orchestra is playing Wagner.
Ones attention becomes distracted No;
the fruits and vegetables and meats of
this earth are all good after their kind.
and so are the flowers after their kind,
but as to mixing the kinds, perfuming the
butter, or putting champagne in the per-
fume bottle-these refinements seem to be
really unnecessary.
The times., 1898-02-23
A Wedding in Georgia.
From the Atlanta JournalD

tffOH Iuc AltaHtd ""Aihai-t
Everything Is bout ready. amt it. Sis
ter Duncan" said the preacher. who
was going to perform'the marriage cere-
mony in Cabbage Creek Valley.
"No. Sam amt come to guard the back
winder yit. Toms at the front door an
Eds at the gate. an as soon as Sam gifts
10 the back winder everything will be
ready. You see. John Henry is sorter
timid like. and when it comes to the pinch
of the game his courage mout fail him
an he mout try to make dash fur the
woods Polly knows this an she amt
takin' no chances. Shes got the boys
posted whar they can step John Henry
If anything should happen.
The times., 1898-02-23
Ingenious Felony.

(From the Sydney Buletin-)
The Snartans were accustomed to par
don a thief provided his larceny were car
ried out in an ingenious manner. A Spar
tan pardon would certainly have been
awarded certain Clermont thief who
successfully purloined a miners gold the
other day. Said miner had gone to sleep.
after securely planting his trousers con-
tanning eos under his pillow. In the mid
die of the night long needle was thrust
into the skin of the sleeper's foot and
then withdrawn. Imagining himself bit
ten by q snake. the man arose, rushed
out in frightened hurry for help-and
came back to find his trousers pockets
turned inside out, and his money gone.
The times., 1898-02-23
OutcIaSSed.

Long years ago she sat across
The schoolroom aisle from me.
And was the subject of my wild
Boyhood's idolatry.
But, ah. alas. my tender smiles
All failed to moye this lass,
For schoolroom custom barred the way
/ was not in her class.
saw her, twas but yesterday,
: Upon. the avenue.
Half hid in furs and driving with
Her welded parvenue.
And II smile to think how well
Fates held It's course; alas!
For I'm a clerk at ten per week
And still not in her class!
! '1 Truth.
The times., 1898-02-23
BANQUET AT NEW HAVEN
Celebration OF Connecticut Branch
Sons of the American RevoIntiO

New Haven, Feb. Z2.-Five hundred men
and boys of the Connecticut branch Of the
Sons of the American Revolution enjoy
ed the annual banquet of the society here
this afternoon. Cows. d. II. Hastings. of
Pennsylvania. and l.. A. Cooke. Of Con-
necticut. were the guests OF honor,
A reception was rendered to them at
noon in the Yale art school by President
Dwight and Dean Wear
Gen. Z. S. Greeley acted as toastmaSter
The toasts were: Pennsylvania in the
Revolution" Gov. Hastings; Connecticut
in the Revolution" Gov. Cooke: Some
Obscure Patriots Rev. w. l. Phillips:
Yale in the Revolution" Prof. Arthur L.
Hadley.
The times., 1898-02-23

Capt. Sigsbee, If the facts are sur
missed. does not believe that. the lives of
the wounded sailors at Havana are safe
any longer. He is reported to have dis
patched boat to Admiral Sicard with
that he has asked for the fleet. In that
case it viii be interesting to watch the
result. General opinion in Havana has
supported the theory of new act of
Spanish treachery in active preparation.
The times., 1898-02-23
RuucnInhe
fr,o,, tho Cincinnati rnrnircr. }

(FfOfn Inc J1ncinn1tl I.l'i0lTcT.I
The talk about Spain being friendly
nation is tfresome. She is positively un-
friendly. Notwithstanding all We have
done for her in her efforts to fight the
destiny of Cuba to be free. She is en-
gagged in war which Il a menace to our
institutions. She is doing all she can In
restraint of repuhlicanism In the Western
Hemisphere She is fighting against the
natural policy of the United States to
widen the scope of free government.
The times., 1898-02-23
A Lesson From Russia.

lFrom the Boston GIobe-)
Russia has had the level economic
sense to abolish every kind of customs
duty on agricultural implements and ma
chinery. Our policy over here sometimes
seems to be to tax most severely the
things that we need most.
The times., 1898-02-23
The Loyal Southland

tFrom the Little Rock Deinocrat)
kilograms are pouring into the depart
ment at Washington city from the South
and Southwest rendering the service of
individuals and military organizations in
the event of war with Spain. The feeling
of resentment towards Spain is most in
tense in this section, and the sons of the
South are meyer slow to show their pa
triotism when their country's honor is in
yolyed.
The times., 1898-02-23

Even Thomas L. Reed is not mpervious
TO the impact of the patriotism which is
latent, though suppressed, around him.
Yesterday he recognized George Wash
ington as Somebody" The late Bene-
dict Arnold did the same. and kept at a
respectful distance. which, it is said,
Lends enchantment to the view"
The times., 1898-02-23

Sir said Capt. Sigsbee's marine order
ly, Il have to report that the ship has been
blown up and is sinking If, under the
circumstances. that was not only "gal-
liant and meritorious service" but true
American heroism what would be? The
Government might do worse than TO rec
ognize it by medal of honor.
The times., 1898-02-23

The trouble with the Mckinley Ad-
ministration is that it does not under
stand that the Spanish-American war
has begun.
Fort Sumter was fired upon on the
night Of Tuesday, February Is, 1898.
The times., 1898-02-23
The Kansas Pacific Gift.

(From the Kansas City Times
The S6,70O.0o0 that Mckinley gave to the
Vanderbilt Morgan gang would build and
equip two great battleships. It is almost
as much as the proposed appropriation for
new defenses.
The times., 1898-02-23

The Government is entirely right in
thinking that there is danger of a massa-
ere of Americans at Havana. If IL had
sent fleet there and wiped out the forti-
fications as late as last Friday there
would not be-
The times., 1898-02-23

At last the contract for raising the
Maine has been signed, and divers will
proceed to Havana today. From present
indications they will be glad to proceed
back again 1t is probable that they will
find the water of the harbor not only
dark and muddy. but boiling hot by the
time they reach there.
The times., 1898-02-23

Within n few days Spain will assemble
thirteen war vessels at Havana, not
counting torpedo boats. Thus do we OBJ
serve the wisdom of always allowing the
enemy to get ready first.
The times., 1898-02-23

Finally there is no doubt. from what 7
learn here. that the Spanish ENJOYS in
South America have had the support Of
some of their foreign colleagues in nego-
tiating the combination. which is viewed
with good will and satisfaction, especial
ly by the French government. and like
wise by the triple alliance Indeed, all
Europe is with Spain in her issue with the
United States. the latter having but one
sympathizer in the old world namely.
Great Britain. Even Russia Is with Spain.
and during the past week the St. Peters
burg NOvosti one of the recognized semi
official organs of the czar's government.
has published a long article. strongly
condemning the attitude of the United
States toward Spain, and insisting that
the latter had behaved with patience
courtesy and a forbearance under In
tense provocation that entitled her to the
sympathy of all Europe.
As the Pals very Justly points out
Spain, united In military and political
confederation with the South American
republics, would become one of the
strongest powers in the world. and even
if Chile alone We're to place her magnifi-
cent fieet-some of her new cruisers are
the finest in existence-at the disposal OF
Spain, the latter'S naval superiority over
the United States would be beyond REM
edy for years to come. In fact the COM
bination is Il matter of very grave inn
portanca indeed. to the American Govern
ment, and at least one eminent foreign
diplomat here with whom ] discussed the
matter today expressed his anna aZemeut
that United States agents in South Amer
lea should have been so remiss and so
blind to what has been going round about
them as to have failed to warn their Gov
ernment of the formation of a political.
economic and. above all. military union
avowedly aimed against the United
States. and the very negotiation of which
should have been opposed by Uncle Sam
by force if necessary, on the ground that
it constitutes violation of the principles
of the Monroe doctrine-that Monroe doc
trine which is regarded here as the fun
damentai principle of the foreign policy
of the United States.
1T is the knowledge that this arrange
ment with the South American republics
is to all intents and purposes. concluded.
as well as that she possesses the strong
of all continental Europe.
that has led Spain to chan% her attitude
toward the United States during the last
three weeks and show less anxiety TO
please the Washington Government.
There is an atmosphere of independence.
nay of defiance. with regard to thS
United States in ministerial circles here
hat is in striking contrast with the con-
Citation. the almost subserviency shown
by the Sagasta Cabinet previous TO the
new year. No stronger manifestation
could be given of the sentiment now pre-
yailing in government circles than the
dispatch of the battleship Vizcaya TO
American waters. under the circum-
stances almost a direct act of defiance.
The times., 1898-02-23
prohahIy
Fror the ,tIan,.

(From the Atlanta Constitution.)
Another Mckinley Administration woulI
doubtless succeed in handing the repub-
lie over to the control OF Spain
The times., 1898-02-23

Look here" said a prominent Senator
TO The Times reporter yesterday. II won
der If Hanna reflects the sentiments of
the Administration in this statement
whereupon the reporter was handed a
copy of recent issue of the daily finan-
cial bulletin issued by the banking firm
of Henry Clews. of New York. In this
bulletin the following statement Is made:
Senator Hanna says, supposing the
blow-up of the Maine was by - Spanish
Guiteau. it would be absurd TO hold the
Spanish government responsible therefor.
That ia we'll put" 1t is to be hoped, for
the sake of decency. that Hanna does not
represent the President of the United
States when he makes such statement
as this.
The times., 1898-02-23

The discussion in the House of bill
to pension the widow of the late Gen.
Leggett shows that some men are born
to go through life to fame unknown. Gen.
Leggett was one of the dashing men of
the late war and had a career that any
soldier might envy. He won his way up
to the rank of brigadier general and was
honored ~ his constituents after the war
in divers ways. Hayes made him Com
missioner of Patents, and he died full of
honors, but poor in purse. This bill was
to give his widow who now lives in Cleve-
land Ohio a pension of $50 month. Dur
ing the discussion of the bill Mr.. Loud
of California made the statement that
although he read the history of the war
he had never heard Of Gen. Eeggett. This
aroused the ire of several Ohioans. who
responded in short speeches. telling the
story of the old general, Gen Grosvenor
pronouncing him one of the greatest gem
erals of the war and ranking next to Lo-
gan as a dashing and effective officer
Notwithstanding the fact thai Mr.. Loud
had never heard of him, the House
thought Gen. Leggett's record was suffi-
cient to entitle his widow to a pension,
and granted ii.
The times., 1898-02-23
circulation statement.

Rco9ess Of The Times ,rho mag al dRy
time Be unable to procure copies of a. at any
aelcS sta nd railroad station or GA railroad
trains loiH confer a faror upon t,e manage
ment 6g sending to this office ilyoiBsa ioR OF
Tie fact
The times., 1898-02-23

Around the unveiled statue of Thomas
II. Benton the great Missouri statesman,
in Statuary Haii. at the Capitol. has been
erected a screen, about ten feet square,
covered with unbleached muslin and hid
ing the statue also covered, from view.
1t is curious to watch strangers examine
this screen. They have no. idea that it
incloses the marble and life-like figure of
the famous anthor of Thirty Years in
Congress" II might contain Punch and
Judy show for all these strangers know,
yet that frame is the most sought and
eagerly looked at of all that Is in the hall.
Washington, jefferson, Webster. all are
neglected for the screen that discloses
nothing. For fhours people stand around
this musln-eovered screen wondering to
themselves what ii conceals from view,
and making comments of every conceiY-
able character Some, actuated by uncon-
trollable curiosity, have forgotten their
dignity to the extent that they have got
down on their knees and endeavored TO
peer beneath the screen. Others. after
standing for half an hour with mouth and
eyes wide open. staring at the muslin. will
seek an official and inquire what is con-
ceaed behind 1t. The arrangements
for the unveiling of the statue have not
been completed.
The times., 1898-02-23

1t is often asked by visitors to the
House how the clerk who tallies the vote
on a call of the ayes and nays can tell
the Speaker the result the instant the
last name is called. The system is by no
means an easy one, but If no mistake is
made it is the most rapid that has ever
been devised and IT has been adopted by
some State legislatures. The tally clerk
has large tally sheets with the names OF
the members inscribed Just as they will
be read. To the left is a column for the
aye vote and to the right the column for
the noes. In reading the vote the clerk
makes totals as the roll proceeds, as, for
example, after recording ten yea votes
he would on the next yea vote add one to
it and record eleven. The same rule ap-
plies to the no column and therefore
when the last vote has been recorded
the total stands represented by the last
figures marked down. That is to say, if
300 had been answered to, 1877 answering
yea, and 113 no, the last tallies made in
these columns would be 1877 and 1I3 The
system requires a clear head and great
care to avoid making additions in wrong
columns but so thorough is the tally
clerk in the House in his work that an
error is less often made by him than by
a bookkeeper in bank.
A veteran of the late war, who,
for the first time since that unpleasant
episode in the nations history was closed,
visited the Capitol yesterday. He was
from Massachusetts and was bound to see
the sights. 1t was shortly after O'Clock
and no one except members and those
having the privilege of the floor could be
The old veteran was not posted
as to the rules, and he became very in
dignant when messenger prevented him
from entering. The official endeavored to
explain to the old man, but he would moi
have it. He turned on his heel, walked
angrily down the corridor. and then re-
turned, and addressing the messenger.
said:
You fellers be burned smart now when
there hain't no war, but when one wus
you wus mighty glad to hev fellers
ter do the fighting. It's shame that q
man as fit fer this here Capitol haint got
no right ter see it. Wait till yer want us
ter help yer lick SPAIN an see what yer
will git. I'll take pizin before I'll shoot
a gun to save the hull tarnal lot of ye."
The times., 1898-02-23

Until the appearance of the article in
the Pals led me TO investigate more close
Is this scheme OF Spanish consideration
of South American republics against the
United States, of which ] had heard
already some hints in conversation.
had no idea of the extent to which the
matter had gone. nor Of the success
which had attended the efforts ri the
Spanish diplomats in South America.
These ENJOYS have had their task facili-
tated by the failure of the United States
to fulfill any of the expectations, political
as well as economic. that were carried
to Washington by the delegates of the
South American Republics at the time of
the Pan-American Congress.
Moreover there is a specie of hered-
itary and irremovable sentiment of mu-
tuaI distrust between the Latin and the
Anglo-SaXon races, which leads the
Spanish descended people of South Am
erica to turn their eyes in the direction
OF this country rather than in that of the
United States. As the Pals SAYS. Latin
interests are endangered by the intrus-
ion of the Anglo-Saxons. and il is neceS
sary, therefore, to combine against the
latter. especially against the greedy
Yankees
The times., 1898-02-23
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

The Texas politicians have finally
patched up their differences and there
will probably be some appointments made
soon for that State Senator Hanna had
a hand In fixing up the slate, and 1t Is
worthy of note that he has sided with
State Chairman Green In almost every
thing he has demanded. AT the recen.
conference of the State committee, Grant,
who Is the member OF the national COM
mittee from the State, led a bolt against
Green. Since the recent fight he had in
Ohio Hanna has no use for boilers and he
naturally took up the cause of Green.
In the deal that has been made Moses
Dillon gets the collectorship of customs
at Ell Paso. and Robert f. Campbell, the
defeated applicant is given the FL Paso
postoffice as balm for his wounded feel
ings. William OLeary is to be postmas-
ter at Dallas. George Green mo relation
to the State chairman is to be marshal
for the northern district. and Grant wa;
able to land himself in the office of mar
shal for the eastern district. This seems
to have been the sum and substance of
the influence of Grant for it is said that
in every other case he was turned down.
In st. Paufs. London, there is bronze
tablet ANNOUNCING. to all visitors that it
was erected in memory of the officers and
men Of the Royal George. which foundered
something over a hundred years ago, and
went to the bottom with every soul on
board, more than four hundred men.
The tablet contains the names of the men
and something OF the vaiors of the ship
and her crew. This suggested to Senator
Bacon, of Georgia, that a tablet should
be erected to the memory of the men who
lost their lives on the Maine. He has.
therefore. introduced bill providing for
the erection in Statuary Hall Of a tablet
that shall commemorate these brave men
and be IAN enduring memorial TO their
honor and perpetual token of the sor-
row of the nation"
The times., 1898-02-23

Moreover. while they may be good re-
publcans on yOnder side of the Atlantic,
they are only too ready. on reaching this
country, to avail themselves to the fullest
extent of the nobility titles and preroga-
tives, social as well as official, of the
Spanish families to which they belong.
They remain Spanish hidalgos to the very
finger tips, possessed of all the prejudices
and sympathies of their caste here, and
while jealous of their own liberties and
independence. are heart and soul with
Spain in her struggle against the Gu
bans. although the latter are making
identically the same fight to throw of
Spanish tyranny and thraldom as the
fathers of the men who now constitute
the governing classes of the South Ameri-
can republics did earlier in the century.
This sympathy on the part of the South
Americans for Spain has been shown IN
numerous ways, and in Chile. in the Ar
gentine republic, in Brazil and even in
Mexico, large sums have been raised by
voluntary subscription among the gov
erning classes. with view to the pur-
chase of cruisers. torpedo boats and ord
nance, not for Cuba. but for Spain.