New-York tribune., 1900-01-29
THE PASSING THRONG.

Ex-Congressman Martin Magnnis. Of Helena.
Mont, when seen yesterday ut the Holland House,
said: Montana IS in a prosperous
THE sITUA- condition at present. and financial
TION IN affairs go we'll with This we
MONTANA owe to copper output and TO
the present market value for that
metal. More than five hundred silver mines In
Montana shut down, since they cannot be
prohtably worked at the present time on account
OF the low price the white metal now commands
boiling ie pont or aTe National politics as vet the
dominating feature Of thought and speech. they
with u.s. and it seems to be the general opinion
that the Presidential candidates OF 1885 viii again
Bryan win carry Montana again. although by
Rep%5fcan party who IN 1886 We're for Silver are
now seeking to return to the party fold las as they
this will. of course tend to reduce Bryans vote In
fSaH1 foTmer vote in the state. believe that he still
e m sgsnf d strength TO bave seen
and heard Bryan is to-day as strong west Of the
the tickets be the same this year the returns from
hat section OF the country will be as they were IN
II do not think the platform OF the Demo
S party t w II c2Ty T c6nta5 an 9scaraon de
ing the line between expansion and extension ana
as to the best method Of governing our so-caIled
colonies, now that we've got them
"A London friend Of mine said Robert Sabine.
Of Baltimore. yesterday at the Hoffman House. "in
a recent letter received from him
THEY WE'RE sent me an interesting story about
OLD FRIENDS. the capture of the Dublin Fusiliers
by the Boer forces. They were
taken, so It seems, by John Y. Blake's regiment
which is itself principally composed OF Irishmen.
and when the final surrender came the two organ
other in life and death struggle. fell SO to speak,
into each others arms, and were as brothers IN
served out to victor and vanquished alike and
when all supplied the late opponents joined In
driD king m Ol6 Tretan nd
wearing wearing Of the Green
What cannot understand my correspondent
further wrote me, is why our troops nave oeen
fooled by the Beers raising white flag and then
nzed its Supposed message and left their cover In
the Pienaars River engqgement in ISL E tTlee & our
and in consequence thereof both times the British
ooef ong to be mo~ed down ann in the open BY the
accurate fire of their tricky opponents. But ex-
valuable teacher to our generals, who apparently
fall into one trap after another and gain nothing
care in fighting from repeated defeats.
''An English friend of mine" said Frederick Tai
bot yesterday at the Waldorf-Astoria. was un-
fortunate years ago as to
POWER OF lose the sight Of OF his eyes
TIGERS Indeed. that organ entirely re-
EYE. moved and replaced with arti-
hcial On his way TO the
train one day he stopped to purchase rug and
in bending over to examine 1t his artificial eye
dropped out and broke upon the tesselated floor
or the store. 1t was but short time OeLore Ine
departure Of the train it was imperative for him 70
time to the shopkeeper, he advised that a
taxdermist had place next door. and that ne
could possibly replace his loss from the stock or
artificial eyes kept there to use in mounting the
skins CT animals. Hastily entering and explain
ing his predicament to the taxidernist, that
among which he finally found that fitted, and
which had been intended for the head of a tiger:
Without glancing himself in the mirror he paid
his BILL and, pulling his billycock hat well down
his forehead, entered the waiting hanson and
told the driver to proceed with all speed to the
station. Upon arrival there he handed the driver
his legal fare. whereupon the cabby, who had
evidently expected a larger amount treated him
a torrent Of billingsgate- Somewhat angry, he
looked Sternly up at the man. who Immediately
turned white sheet, and with an oh, my
Gawdr lashed his horse into a run and disap-
peared around the corner.
''Mystihed by the cabby's behavior. but without
time to speculate its cause. my friend dashed
for the train only to be hustled into an over
crowded compartment, after having passed COM
paratively empty ones, which the guard had evil
IDENTIFY been bribed to reserve. Hastily jumping
guard, with Ere, now you cawnt go in there
seized him roughly by the shoulder. He turned
his gaze upon the man, astoniShed at his rude
ness, and the fellows face became pasty, and his
jaw dropped as with trembling 1 beg your
pawdon. he backed away.
for the manifest terror caused by his appearance
my friend at length reached home He made his
way to his wifes boudoir and she
him she fell upon her knees and confessed every
thing. When he glanced into the mirror the
mystery explained and he realized the terrible
out Of the face Of man"