The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. NINTH YEAR, No. 263, Ed. 1, Monday, December 25, 1893 Page: 4 of 8
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HODSTOV MONDAY 1IKO
A BUST WEEK
The busy practical part of the Christ
mna setson closed with the week Just
pn wl and the enjoyment comoa after
So far as Houston dealers are concerned
the resulta must be very sattsfietcrj
During the entire week their stores and
shops were thronged and this morning
the well lllled shelves of a few days ago
are comparatively vacant Sanlo Claua
seemed to be an Impartial visitor and
his presence waa marked by a disappear-
ance of tos and articles of every con-
ceivable sort Into his capacious bogs and
all sufficient sleigh In view of the hard
times through which tho country baa
bfen passing It was not expected that
our merchants would enjoy anything like
the brl k holiday Jrad of previous years
but if indications can Id relied on last
weeks oIume of trade in Houston haa
Wldom if ever been surpassed It Is
not tho exception when tho holiday atock
In one of the stores looks like a wreck
of Its foTmer si If It Is the rule Some
of the shops were entirely cleaned out
while all report their trade eminently sat-
isfactory However much hard times
may have been complained of elsewhere
It Is quite evident that the pressure has
not been much felt in Houston
iiitsiNjisa
The reports of trade and Industrial
movements for the past weeks are not at
all aatlPMrtory
Bo far from any Improvement being
noted general trad Is said to have shown
greater depression
There Is too much stagnation In indus-
trial enterprise and as a result thcro are
too mar workmen out of employment
too much Idle capital as well as idle la-
b < jr The revival of manufactures seems
to be awaiting congressional action on the
revenue bill There can bardiv bo any
other explanation of the abnormal condi-
tions of trade am Industry while all the
appearances of plenty are so favorable
to the better times which have been In
prospect since tfie crop beimn to move
in the early part of the autumn
There are wild to be 3000000 people in
30 of the dues of the Union cither out
of employment or dependent on those
w ho are Idle At the same time money is
a drug In the principal money center of
the oountrv at very low rates and there
is crying need for development of vast
resources in the West and South which
could afford ample employment for all
the Idle capital and all the unemployed
labor There must be great lack of eon
fidanes somewhere when the elements
which contribute to the prosperity of the
country can not be brought together for
the common good In the languago of Mr
Cleveland the miser may hoard his treas-
ure but the laborer can not hoard his
labor If the means are not afforded htm
to use Us capabilities for work he and
those who depend upon him for support
must suffer And meanwhile 1 not capi-
tal eating Itself up in Idleness Are not
each suffering alike T
Lot It be assumed
thentbat want of eon
fldtnee In or uncertainty as to the future
ofinriff legislation U responsible for the
atagnatlon in Industrial enterprbwthe par-
tial paralysis of business the army of
the unemployed and all the 11 com-
plained of and let congreas proceed at
onoe to enact a tariff law and definitely
dlitpaae of the matter Tha sooner the
better
HIT TIIHM HATtD
The Savannah News prints the following
very pertinent editorial remarks
The comments of the republican papers
on Mr Clevelands Hawaiian message
show that it lilt them hard They had
been making themselves ridiculous for
weeks by assailing him and his Hawaiian
policy so bitterly as to Justify the suspi-
cion that they recognised < fact that
thKy were In the wrong but hoped to wlu
the public to their views by abimlog Mr
Cksvoland and ridtcullnj Commissioner
Hlount They jumuimd Unit tho piesldent
bud Instructed Minuter Will a to over-
throw tin protliiljiml glvrrnint it un 1 re-
establish tlia monarchy by ores and they
BUgKomed the president ought to be Im-
peached
They have found out that the pits dent
bos done nothing thiU be Is not outhunrel
to do and has kept within the cmtm
UomU limits But they have not tho coup
age and frankness to sav the > n ere w i ins
and that they did Hie jresld > nl injustbe
In a sneaking and cow inlH nnv they at-
tempt to belittle him bv rldirule because
his efforts to settle the Hawaiian muddle
by peaceful tnnthols have failed And the >
are partculnrlv bitter beeiii th fsct I
made plnin that Mliltn Meietis I re-
sponsible for the overthrow of the legltl
tnato Kovornaient of Hawaii and that the
HnrrlAn administration tnsde haste to
lake a < lvnntafe of the wrong don by
Mtniiter Stevens
But of all the queer views taken of the
Hawaiian matter that of the New York
World is the queerest It admits that
the presidents poslton Is right and that
his policy la sound but says that the
American people will never consent to
the restoration of the Hawaiian mon-
archy beeftfttt 4hey are oppowd to that
form of government In other words the
World thinks that the people or the United
States aro not la favor of undoing a
wrong that they admit that their repre
sentatives wet Instrumental In depriving
the weak and defcnseles Hawal ars of
their legitimate government but will not
consent that that government shall be re
stored because It I not the kind of a gov-
ernment that meets their approval The
World misjudges the people of the United
States They believe in doing what is
right and the World admit that what
Mr Cleveland proposes is right
It is noticeable that the revolutionists
have wakened to the fact that they
havent a government based upon the will
of the people The provisional govern-
ment Is based on force and Mr Thurston
left for Honolulu a few days ago in hot
baste for the purpose ot advising the es-
tablishment of a republic Just how a re-
public is to be formed with tho majority
ot the people against a republican form of
government doesnt appear Perhaps only
a few of the people ars to be consulted
HIGH L AND LOW TARIFFS
Says the Atlanta Journal A very Inter-
esting article on the effect ot high and
low tariffs appears in the current number
of the North American Review from the
pen of Governor Russell ot Massachu-
setts
He nays that the Wilson tariff bill em-
bodies a pollcj which has been the pol-
icy of our Nation through most of its
life and that under the low tariffs of
1S10 and 1SS7 many of our great manu-
facturing cite werft founded and their
Industries establlhetl
The averags rat of tariff duties from
110 to UMl > was only about 25 per cent
while the average In the Wilson bill Is
fully 40 per cent
What reason then is there to bellevt
that the Wllron blli will bring disaster to
American Induitrei History proves that
Uic tountry prospered all lines of manu-
factures and liamess flourished In the
low tariff period from ISM to I8 < fl
The census rerordu show that the cash
vulue of forris In this countrv more than
doubled b tw > n 1SS0 and ISflu the In-
crease bolng iul p < > r cent Ilit In the
twenty years from 1MK to 1S the In
crease In the vulue of farms In the United
States waa only 41 ptr cent It would
therefore seem that It would require more
than forty years of high tariff to Increase
the value of our farming property as
much as It increased In ten years under a
Ww tauflf The value of all real and per-
sonal property In this country Increased
14 per cent fiutn 1830 to 1S 0
There has newr been auy increase com-
parable to this In any dcade or protec-
tion The total value of our mechanical
and manufucturng Industries Increased
8T per cent from 1800 to 1SI10 In that
decade our coal product Increased 1S2 pur
cent the wages on Id in that Industry
Increased 1ST per cent the number of
hands employed lis per cent and the cap
ital Imwted MM per cenj
Our foreign trade for the year l fio
amountel to G873Til7 < l which waa 1V
OMMMio more than it had been In any pre-
vious jear
The blighting effect of high tariff on our
shipping has fawn marked Between IRtt
anl lfco there inrc sa ships and barks
built in tlR shipyards of the omted Slates
atii n tb twunty years followig the to-
tal number e nit In
the sam > ards was
only hos
One more contrast between the nig1
Unfl and low tariff prosperity may be
Biicn From 1810 to 1800 the number of
families Increased from 8r iis iii to 52in
0 S4 The number of separate dwellings or
homes in 1S00 was 4m fl02 so thut In that
year after a long low tariff period there
were only 241 la families In all the lund
without sepnrate homes Then catne the
high tariffs aid In 1870 there were 831
510 families without separaU homes an
Increase of hoinUes families of 123 per-
Cent in ten years and in 18S0 after ten
years mora of high tariffs there were
000108 families without homes to call
their own and a further Increaso of home-
less families of nearly 100 par cent
These are not dry fact They are more
eloquent than any words could be In allow-
ing the different afreets of high iind low
tariffs on ths country and they can not
be made too familiar
Older political aspffant would xlo well
to keep their eye on that young iutn who
has recently been elected mayo of Chi-
cago He la u Cleveland man a Cleve-
land sort of man and begins hl political
career somewhat after the Cleveland fash-
ion
Remember the poor
It is pleasant to be able to announce
that Santa Clans arrived on time last
night without having l < m switched oft
or held up by any ot the bands of train
robbers which huso lately Infested the
land
Christmas and Christmas weather vlll
naturally hang together
Strange that In the Joyous Christmas
season there should always tie so many
horrible crimes iuii fearful casualties
Tha Impression Dooms to prevail In
Washington th it Admiral Mella either Is
or soon will bu master of the situation
in Bnutl and that the triumph ot the
revolution la practically assured
Merry Chrlsunnsl
Human nature Is much Ui same thu
world ov r and in all Christian countries
tile genrat features ot Christmas festivi-
ties partake of much lie same oharacter
The man who takes a pistol out of his
pocket to give to child for a plaything
must naturally expect a tragedy In the
family
IIY Villi XAAYSIJHS
Matters have been a little gloomy of
late In a certain small cottage First the
man of the house was 111 for twu umln
1 un 3 no salary during nil that
tlnitf > ttere was the < i < > r
mi > il ij mi I tlnre mivtr i sn h
u die tor for writing prtiei rlpll m i I
i i iv i r r i II n ti ill mom > I Hi ii
l 11 ill I HM t W < UP I i J
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nOUSTON DAILY POST MONDAY HOTtlsrraG DRCEMBEB 25 1893
wli 8mebod > else hud the work and
he m out of a po1 The pimmi
across the w > was iniuh conccrncd oier
the trouble Tin the tr > K was troubled
He sat on the tront portico every even-
ing watching and when bit mt r came
iluifulng Iih w nr > Mip homci i rd the
lig anned and thumped the floor with
> i tail and askrd as plnlnly as a dog
muH ask ftetl hae you found any
work yct7
But as fer the llllle woman there
never was such a little woman for being
bright and cheery and for pretending that
It was rather a good Joke to be out of
work and to have a little time for rest-
ing up Sometimes whnn h a up town
she would sit with her chin on her hand
with two little straight linos between her
brows as though the problem were too
strong for her but whe It was nearly
time for hlin to come home away went
the frown and the big kitchen apron wm
tied On and here and thcro Went the lit-
tle woman singing sweet snatches of
song as though life were a perpetual holi-
day The dog stood around and smiled at
her approvingly and threw himself Into
abiurd contortions when she spoke to him
He was an Intelligent fellow this dog
The person ocr the wny was conscious
of the deepest respect for him
y
And then when twilight came on and
the firelight waa glowing red In the front
ot that kitchen stoe what a thing It
was to see her peeping up the street
while she set the little round table Ami
you may be sure that If there was a roes
left In the yard It ent to the adorning
or thnt table nnd ttlth another rose
inoybe pinned at her throat she was
Just the daintiest and the most bewitching
little woman In the world And when she
saw him coming slonl down tho street
and knew In the very nrst glimpse of him
that he hail found no Hork why away
they went to meet him she and Iluver
running like two chlUlicn nnd tier laugh-
s so cheery and her face was so ros >
and smiling that grim Care must hiuc
considered himself out of pUicc and ex-
cused lilmselt lor the evening
t
And the person acr > s the way noted
Willi pain that no bundles were carried
hume there though It was near the holi-
day time nnd everybody nas going about
the streets ladi > n with bunlies Delivery
wagons were driven fiercely up and down
id the htuhwavs leaving fat turkeys and
barrels of cranberries and tons uf other
good things In thousands i f ivipy homes
but none of them atopp I thtre Some-
times twice that ha is stit v the person
OMr the wty nan the mury little woman
stop In the midst of one of her brightest
fvmgs and wipe something from her
checks It was something that glistened
like tears When the person over the way
saw that he went out and walked about
the streets for hours It seemed impossi-
ble for him to stay In his room with
those tears in his mind and resting on
his heart
But there nas very little on the table
last night very little indeed Still little
as thare wis mere was too much for they
could not eat Something lose in their
throats and choked them and yet that
blctsed little woman sang as she cleared
awuy the dishes absolutely sung in a
kind of soft undertone
Jesus lover of my soul
Let me to Thy bosom fly
Oh it was a time when sonw refuge
was needed uul perhaps that vvas why
be made no effort to slop the tears that
ran down hla cheeks The struggle had
been a long on > and the billons wero roll-
ing very near and the tempest had over-
taken htm Jift
ri
It was Rover that discovered it first
ype 1 am quite sure It was Hover Ho
had boen listening with his head to otic
side vthile some heavy object was set
donn on the front porch and there wan
tho tread of depnttlng feet and when the
little woman opened the door there stood
tha person over the vvnj lth a huge
hamper sitting beside him I hopo you
wont ihlnk me Intrusive said the per-
son over the way but my life Is stub
a lonely > n mid 1 ciuiui to nsk you li
you would lt me bring my Christmas
theer over hole and enjoy Christmas
with you What Is all the monlment
worth to u solitary man Seel You don t
speak I will bring tha things in
Speak How could they speak Thnnk
heaven there lu n language more eloquent
than speech a language that 0011101 In
when speech falls They both hail all tlnj
could do fur a little whllo trjlnpt to
check the tears that would How In spite
or everthing but Hover lent hla cor-
dial ludoisenuiit to the person over tho
way and gave him every asilattince
When the contents of the hamper were
all in nnd them was a mountain of them
1 nsmirc sou the person over the way
blossomed out all nt once Into one of
the merriest and most companionable of
men Such stories as be told why jau
would hardlybelieve It liven the pule
Invalid laughed anil one could see directly
that he was oh ever so much better
And the itttlo woman sat there and
beamed upon them both with such a
placid happy smile It was a lovely time
a glorious time It vvns definitely Bot-
tled at last that tho porson over tho way
should spend this Clirlstinus day In that
little home lnstond of In his oun lonely
room And I think my friend that I
know whero you cnu got work as soon as
you are strong enough for It he said to
the Invulld as he came away
When the person over the way reached
bis own solitary room ho SHt down by
tha window and looked across at those
other windows with the light In thorn
A mist blurred them till he could not see
but lie was very happy This Is a good
old world he said to himself Some-
times I have thought It all rf luge mis-
take but now I know better It la a
good world
poivivs AitoiT pnopin
I3xBecret ry William C Whitney b s
purchased u farm near Westerly R I
which he will iiilHse for a summer resi-
dence
The fxecutors of the P T Barnntn es-
tate which amount to nearly 000000
have applied to have a portion of the
propertv distributed to thu hclri
Mr William Morw ond wife tif Taun
ton Mass completed un the Wth Instant
their lxtj lxth year of wedded life Titej
are lioih bright nnd alert he being now
t jenm old nnd Slit li
H > t Cooper the shipping clerk who
died suddenlj in New York on Monday
waa llio only son ot Oonunodora Coorer
of tha navy lately retired and who now
resldac ut Sag Harbor
Queen Victoria Is going to Osborne
house her residence on the Isle of Wight
It Is raiwrted that during tier coming visit
to Italy Mho will bo the guest of King
Humbert at the royal paxioe at Monsa
The aUiff ot the department of ethnol-
ogy at etie Worlds Pair has passbd res-
olutions In mipreplatlon of Ptofeiajr V
W Putnams wnrk and thanking him for
Im oiuiteuy anl kindness to Ills subordi-
nates
Tha daaiti Is announced In Kngland ot
lUAiert Arthur KUnglake brother of the
historian lu his 80th > eur Il was the
author of a ll f Uordvjn a troitlno on
land tranafor and seiv < U pamphlets un-
social subjects
P W Miller the nnwy etoeted member
uf the PiuKetim udvlmir commune of
fna on btfliulr of th Phllm Iphli iihimiit
t K0 1 up 1 > 1
till il > s ii i
1 la < f 1 h I
It 1 1 1 1
1 ni i 11 1 1
I 1 n 11 til
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t irli 1U1 1 A 1 > v
11 tri k
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present at the secret conference of the 111
mefOle lensne tn Washington to which
n one mii admtted who wnS not be-
lieved tn b an ilocate of free stiver
The dlrecrora of the Hank ot Bngland
hive decided to grant a liberal annultv to
the lamty of Mr May formerly chief
esanter of the bank who vvas compelled
to resign on account of some Irregulari-
ties in the administration of hit office
Speaker Crisp says Once a Week at
the close of Uie tail congrcsj presented
die gavel he had used to Miss Savannah
Barrett of Augusta Ga saying that It
had Jiammered away silver repealed the
Fetlera election law so fvr as the house
mts concerned and excluded the Chinese
Mrs George II Wilnama of Portland
Ore who has Just completed a fast of
forty days which ube calls going through
uho wilderness is the wife of Landau
let Williams wlro was attorney general
of the United Hates under President
Grant
A Home cablegram sayi Itev Dr Fns
aeley lias been appointed spiritual director
of the American college to succeed Rev
Dr Maldt Rev Dr Rocker the vice rec-
tor has returned to Rome and has been
authorised to officially deny that Mgr
Satolt has been recalled and transferred
to the archbishopric of Bologna
The Hon Watson R Sperry exminis
ter 0 the United States to Persia Is re-
covering from a severe attack of Persian
fever in Dresden Mr Sperry who Is A
soninlaw of the late Isaac Henderson of
New York was editor of the Wilmington
Del Newi at the time of hla appoint-
ment near the end of President Har
risons term
Alistant Pecrotary of the Treasury
Ham In Assistant Secretary of the Navy
MoAdoo FJrit Assistant Postmaster Gen
etvil Prank II Jones exAssidont Secre
tary of State Qultioy and Comptroller ot
the Currency Kckels have promised to at-
tend the banquet of the Young Mens
Democratic association of Philadelphia on
the 8th of January
TX IMIirilll ti I > CUMU8
Atlanta Constitution Let us havo no
more class favoritism In the matter of
taxes What the country needs Is an In-
dividual Income tax
Maryland Republican That an Income
lux as proposed will be Indorsed by a
largo mnloiltj of our voters no one but
the taxed capitalist will doubt
Florida TimesUnion A moderate tax
on Individual incomes Is needed to meet
the expenses of the government and make
Uh buidens bear equally on all
Oshkosh Wis Times If the Income
tax carries the people will get back a
portion of the mone > republican legisla-
tion lun compelled them to contribute to
monopolies
Havie de Grace Republican All the In-
come lax system asks Is an honest report
of eacli mans earnings above exemp-
tions It dove not publish the faots It
does not Invade the home
Seattle Wash 1 Telegraph Tim crent
beauty of the Income tnx Is thnt under It
a man pays In proportion to his aollltj
nnd not In proportion to tils necessities
n he does under lndlrct taCB
Kltnlra Ganette The plea that an In-
come tax villi India to perjury is the poor
i t point advanced amilnst that proposi-
tion If only sucltttfmms of taxation aie
to be omployejl as nobody will attempt
11 evade the endeavor tn raise revenue
might as well be abandoned
t Louis rostDtspotrli It Is urged in
liehtilf of the corporation Income tax that
unall trust funds are luvested In dividend
paving eompanlcs and that a levy upon
them could be easily collected That is
ne of Its merits Hut is that any reason
ih > taxes on rich men which ate hard
to collect should be abandoned
ciiniSTvits ibi > t
For The TosU
Rejoice ye sons of men rejoice
And 1 also on high u thankful voice
That on this morning Christ our Lord
Was sent the promised Son of Qod
Heboid the mighty work begun
W hich shall through countlesK nges run
And through Hie circling jenrs thin morn
ShiU uer ptoclulm it Savior born
It scattered deepest midnight gloom
Which hovered oer each mortal tomb
The Mar lliat roso at Bethlohem
Brought lite and hope to sons of men
Brought life Immortal to the gnze
nt waiting heartH with songs ot prnlsc
Wlillu lofty pioiuii nngels sung
And heaven with hallelujahs tang
Peace on earth pood will lo men
Join every limit In glnil refrain
Glory to Gortl through eunji resound
Through heaven Its iclioes shall icbound
Blest Chrlstmis morn we feel thy power
Illume our hearts each passing hour
We lift our sfiuls In Bongs of praise
Bless God for all our Christmas days
Crown this bright morn with deeds of love
Which link the soul with heaven nbove
Lift soma snd heuit with words of cheer
Ami God will bless your opening year
Mrs 8 I Hell
Houston December 15 1803
IIMinit Till MIVIliRTOll
Grandmamma In jour frame on tho wall
Beautiful miilii uf the long ago
Stately nnd shinier blonde and tall
With the jilnchedin waist and tha foot so
hi null
Prithee tellfor I fain viould know
What did you on that Chrlsnnastldo
When great great grandpapa made you
brido
Handsome and courtly and debonair
With his powdered queue and his Ro-
man n w-
As richly dark as his bride Is fair
He tests hid hand on your atralghlbnck
chair
To whisper to you I suppose
To whlspei airaln n In long ago
When ho kissed you undet the mistletoe
Say beautiful bildo In tho aniline dress
Say benutllul brl le In your biMal white
Did > ou let him Kuze on your loveliness
Till lifted eyes did vour heart confess
As you led the ditnco on your wedding
night
Did he press vour hand as he bent to say
Sweet words as the lovers do todiy
Ah courtly groom of tho vanished years
Beautiful brido of the days long lied
Dust but dust arc jour hopes and feure
OoU your kisses and dried your tears
Hut 1 hang here over vour head
A sprig of sucn Christmas mistletoe
As you kissed buneuh in the long ago
Good Housekeeping
1orttiiitiio Abilene
The Post has received an Invitation to
a bunquet at Abilene accompanied by
the following very cheering note which
speaks for Itself
Abilene Texus December IS We In
close you An Invitation to attend a > au
quet to be given on the night ot Decem-
ber 28 by the cltUens of Abilene lo their
friends throughout the Slate
Our people njolco In the fact that the
city of Abilene and tho Ablleno country
havo pasnod safely through the terrible
financial panto that has swept the coun-
try from ocean to ocean That In the
trying times Just passed that neither the
city nor the Ablltmu country has suffered
The clllsens of Abllono niu full of
hope and believe that the year licit will
bring happiness and prosperity to Hid
whole Nation iiid are desirous ot marking
the cowing ot prosperous time by a
hproud of good things to oat and drink
to which you are cordially Invited
Invitation Committee
Hints tuns lied Letter ln j
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TOPICS IN NEW YORK
MATRIARCHS BALL H1VAIIH1 THAT
OP THIS PATRIARCHS
Virginia llcnntles Seen nt Both
Colonlnl Society Illniicr Freder-
ick liny Filled 5O0 nml Re-
leased oil ln incut
New York December 21 In tho social
arena the Patriarchs have rivals of the
other sex for the palm of celebrity and
success The Matriarchs give two assem-
blies each season of the ultra smart or-
der In the new ball room nt Sherry to
show feminine ability to engineer as bril-
liant a ball as the gentlemen do runner
down Fifth avenue The first M these
came olt tonight the dancing being pre-
ceded by sevornl dinners Including thOBe
given by Mrs Alexander Van Rensselner
Mrs George lojckhart Rives and Mrs t
Townsend Burden The ball room vvas
decorated with Christmas greens nnd
flowers and the reception and supper
rooms were similarly treated The guests
were iccelved b > Mis Whitney Warren
Mrs Sloan Mrs Edmund L Baylies
and Mrs Pranoklyn The cotillon vvns
led by J Wadsworth Ritchie
The eurrenl social season seems des
tlnvd to present a battle rovnl tor the
crown of beauty between the admirers
of deserving VlrgiHta belles Ward Mc
Allister led off the PutrlaichH list with
the claims of Miss Irene Lnnghornu or
Richmond Bh la a tall blonde of line
physique and delicate coloring Slia was
very simply but effectively gowned at
the Patriarchs In white satin and with
her fine presence and beautiful hair which
was worn In a simple Ps > cho knot sho
would have attracted attention even in
any throng of handsome women Her
regn as social queen Is now challenged
by tho champions of Miss May Turner
of Norfolk and Miss May Handy of
Richmond The latter was here consider-
ably during the season two years ago nnd
waa one of the detained passengers on
the illfated riutmannta during tho iliol
era scare In September iSvZ
SOCIETY OP COLONIAL WARS
At the Hotel Waldorf the Society of
Colonial Wars in the Stale of Now York
had Its second annual dlnnet The occa-
sion Is the two hundred ami fifteenth
anniversary of the swamp light In King
Phillips war Fredeilc J de Pevsiei
governor general af th ouuletj jnualdnl
and presented the society with a S1700
punch bowl James W Boekman present-
ed a itttg and speeches vvero made by
Abram It Valentine Lieutenant W J
Bears General Lly S Parker General
Horace 1orter nnd representatives of
other historical organizations
The newest of tho Revolutionary and
hhstorieol eocktles which arc now f a
numerous bus rown vilth remarkable
rapidity and Id now one of the strongest
of this class of soiletles In New York
Its members plume themselves on being
able to trace their descent to ancestors
who fought in wars bcfoie those of their
fellows In the bona of the Revolution
and evui In the Cincinnati were perhaps
heard of It is quite within the bounds of
probability that a May Mower society
to he composed of the descendants of
those who came over In the historic ship
Will soon be Blurted while a society ot
colonial grunts to be composed of the
descendants of tuosc fninllles uho were
given grants of land in colonial dnjs In
this country is In reality under viav
The first families are waking up to their
Importance even uutslile the Old Do-
minion
BOYNTON ARRIVES PROM BRAZIL
The steamer Stilus Captain Foul from
Rio de Janeiro Novembti W bilngs us
passengers Hnslgn James V Curter of
the United States steamer Detroit who
has as prisoner W liovnton an American
citizen who will be lemcmbereil as the
dating adventurer who attempted to sink
the Aquldaban Mellos llagshlp sirme
time ago and has since been In confine-
ment un the United States steamer
Charleston
nojntoti Is brought here to have Ills
case pasReil upon by home authorities
He is a mini ot Intelligence and Is a good
talker He spoke freely of Mellos In
surrection and Urarillnn alfalrs but
begged off when asked to toll of the In-
cident which led to his capture He said
I am an American cillxen I was born
In Now York City I had been In Brazil
about three years when taken Into cus-
tody I was engaged In somo speculative
business th t + I do not cue to say Just
what It vvas
SUICIDE OP AN ENGLISHMAN
Louis A Morgunthal a rich young Eng-
lish wine merchant blew hisybralns out
betweon U and 1 oclock lu the Graham
House a fashionable family hotul at
Elghtynlntli strcat and Madison avenue
Mt and Mrs Morgnnttuil arrived here
from England about a month ago llu
was about at veins old and bis wife Is
throo or fobr v < Am IiIh Junior Thoy hail
plenty of inonev and spent theli time en-
Joying the sights of the ilt > AIorgaiitliil
frequently took a turn In the wine mat
kct In a spei ulntive way varying this
frequently with a flyer on Wall street
To celebtuta the blrtbdnv of Mre Mor
gunthal jentenlny a dinner was arranged
to which Mr A Metzel a friend was
lnvled and it was planned that tho thren
should epend ibe evening at the theutcr
Mr Mitzel called about C oclock and
ho and Mrs Morganthal weio awaiting
the arrival of Morganllml when ho sent
a telegram nnnounelrig that he would not
be home according lo programme as he
had made a lucky strike
Thereupon Mr Metzol and Mrs Morgan
thai dined and later went to the theater
They returned between U W and 1 oclock
and found Mr Moipanthul sitting In a
ebalr In tho room dead with a pistol by
his side He had been drinking
FRED MAY PINJ5D AND RELEASED
Frederick May who was under Indict-
ment for assault upon a police offloer In
1SS9 pleaded guilty this morning In Part
HI oi tho general sessions court and was
sentenced by Judiie Martlne to pay n
lino of ROD whleh he promptly paid and
left the court houue a ftce man Mr May
waa at one tlmo well known among the
men about own and belonged lo a num
bqr of clubs HI
indictment was llio re-
sult ot an escapade In June 18 He was
annovlng shopMrls on their way fioin
work when Polio man MtGowan of the
Leonard street motion Interfered May
who was an athletic man bent iho polite
man and attempted to shoot him May
fled to Chill aftur being Indicted for as
sanlt In the llrst degree He remained In
South America several years nnd llnally
returned and surrendered himself
Etlhu Root appealed for Mr Ma > stat
ing that the prisoner had no recolluction
ot the alleged assault und slnco Its oi
ourreiice hud boen an almost total ab-
stainer Captain Wlnflell Bcolt H < hlv
Commodore Rodney D Evans KJvianl
Cleary and PstrUk Egan e > mtnlbter 11
Chill testified thut May had shown grent
bravery and courage In Chill utnl tin 1
saved the lives of several Aimrl111 bi I
> m from the erulKcr lnltlinoi who had
I n illiiekeii
mission 1its IV PO 1
li 1 I 1 t nib 1 l r in
mi t 11 a 11 11 1 j
1 u
1 1 1
1
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TrriW WT y
prlled by the State depurtmert to Indemni-
fy the bonnl for Ihe destruction by lire
of tho buildings belonging lo tho bonnl
In Ponnto which vvoo burned by a mob
three years ngo This Information was re
ieived from the State lUpnrtment a fow
dnys ago
Although the Spaniards have expressed
their wIllltiKiiess In settling tho flnanclil
part or tho difficulty they linvc Informed
the Slate department thnt their govern-
ment will not be responsible for the safe
ty of American missionaries when they go
to the Islands In the future
What action the Ironnl may determine
upon regarding the matter has not as yet
been decided
MR STOKES GETS A NEW TRIAL
The court of appeals today In the case
of Edward S Stokes ngulnst John W
Moeltay anil another appellant reverse I
the Judgment uf the lowei court and or
dered u new trlftl
This nctlon was brought to recover the
sum of J7B0OO which plnlntlff alleges that
defendant agreed to pay him upon the
transfer ot ceilnln telegraph stocks anl
bonds nnd which unld property the plain-
tiff has already delivered or tendered to
defpndiiMs under nnd In nccordnnco with
the terms of a contract
Tim HAtVAIIW MESSAGE
The spirit of tho message Is that of the
loftiest patriotism and manhood and Its
deductions will In the end command the
admiration ami support ot the American
people and the civilized world Grnnl
Rapids Democrat
The document Is terse veil rounded and
complete Tint the cffoitn of this gov-
ernment were thwnrled by tho seeming
obstinacy of the queen mtulc It necessary
to lay the question before congress for
Investigation and nctlon The prailclent
nnd secretnry of state have done vvc11
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tho message though guarded In Its
statements lenvcn no doubt that the
Hawaiian revolution of last Jnnunry wns
not the lesult of a popular uprising but
of n successful conspltacy mainly ot for-
eigners It Mr Stevens wns not the orig-
inator and lender of that conspiracy he
cettnlnly took nn essential and decisive
part In It Buffalo Courier
The conclusion arrived at by the pres-
ident nnd that which will be reached by
oSery honest American after 11 full reading
of the evidence submitted Is that the offi-
cials of this government were guilty of an
Infamous conspiracy to subvert and ovci
throw a friendly government and that It
Is the duty of this government to repair
nt fir as possible the injury done St
Paul Globe
The president announces the sympathy
of the United Stotos with every effort to
cstnbllhh a republlcin form ot govern
ment when It Is backed bv the people In
this case it waa not Still there is little
doubt thnt llio present government of
Hawaii la bettor than the old monarchy
and In preference to righting n wrong by
nn net of vein rnnre should let the
matter rest vvheie it Is Wheeling Regis-
ter
The message shows tint the course of
the ailmlnlKtrntlon has been conservative
UirouKliout and in uceoidniico with the
traditions ot Uie party hail no thought
of taking any reckless step even to re-
verse the unconstitutional nnd lawless
proceedings of its predecessor The pres-
ident has had no thought of Betting up nn
executive responsibility where tho consti-
tution expressly sajs that congress shall
be consulted Minneapolis Times
The presidents course In seeking to re-
store the queen was manly honorable and
In eiirj wny ctalltiille to the American
Nation Hint he failed vins no fault ot
his lie did nil that lay In I1I1 power to
rave this Nation from earning the reputa-
tion ot a highway robber The public will
Justify his every act for It will ngien
with him that right and Justice should
determine the path to be follow ed In treat
Irg this subject Indianapolis Sentinel
Congress has now obtained the Informa-
tion it deslted It 1ms also the lesponsl
hillty of taking imch action as muy bo
within ts extended powers and wide
dlseietion ns tho president phrases It
The situation Is no doubt cmbnrras lng
but ft Is not President Cleveland that has
made It so The unpleasant complication
Is due to the usurpation of var poneis
by the last ndmlnlstrntlon us lepreBcnted
by MlnWter Stevens Louisville Courier
Journal
The peyde havo read various accounts
ot the circumstances that occurred before
during and nfter tho forcible overthrow
of the Hawaiian monarchy but no de-
scription jet published of this series of
trninactions has been an clear graphic
and Intelligible as that which the president
now gives us It may bu added Hut It
will find a far larger constituency of lead-
ers than any of the ex parte mitglvlngn
of the piesiilents opponents have attract
ed Rochester Herald
Mr Cleveland Is ontlrely correct in turn-
ing upon the annexationist shoulers their
favorite phrnse of characterizing Mr
Stevens use of the United States troops
as an not of war Ho Is concct In say-
Ing thnt thlB net left upon tho United
States the lespotislblllty of repairing It
so far as lies withinIts power He is also
right In pointing cut I hut the de facto
government at Hawaii has not n single
quality ot lepubllcan government Flus-
hing Dispatch
As the president points out tho absence
of any superior tribunal to adjudicate In-
ternational disputes only makes Justice
and fair play more binding upon honor
and conscience On this ground ho rac
ommonds that the vwong be righted How
that Is to bo done he leaves to be detei
mlned by congress In full view ot the sit-
uation ua it Is with all the complications
and difficulties that have sprung fiom the
wiongful Inteifeiemo or Minister Stevens
St Louis PostDispatch
Tho president has Imply endeavored to
make proper reparation lor the outrages
commltlid by Mlnlstei Stevens its icpro
seiitutlve of this government und lo 10
store the situation In Hawaii is it was be-
fore ho disturbed It by one of the grosso t
violations of International luw In tho hlw
tbiy of elvllUed government This policy
as well as tho causes landing to lis adop
tion are so stronglv and succinctly pre-
sented by tha pi trident that all should
cuiffully read the message und form
their views In the light of all thu fucta
altectiug It Detroit Fme Picks
The message Is a Judlelil lueuontatlon
ot the whole caso anil It giios strong rea-
sons for eieiy uct or tho administration
In Ihe mattoi U calls special intention
to the statement or Ptcsldent Harrisons
mescago In submitting Ihe pioposed treaty
to Iho senate ror nitlllcatlon lu tegaid
to the absence of any pint taken by tho
United Slates eivesentatlvns In overturn
lug the government of the Islands The
admitted facU aru stated nnd from them
the Inevitable conclusion is iliawn Hint
both president and senate were misled
Milwaukee Journal
Schools Wli
C0v0JlY
re Hog
Ut
nB tl 0oHuV
Lvctlai v Ss
naucutoa
For Ths Pojt
Scllcry work Ij titicv c-
ool of domentio 1
two hours each mhhi
1 Craning ot Iron
Cleaning ot range J qJS
enamelled pans J S1
t °
Ml Cleaning Vt
In tho school I vtmiM v
school the Kmn
Edition of n
man who
was to
l =
n
I
m
Pa Il
Pnlon was learning to i
Chen department N k
Itry maw sent B b tT1
wht Some morainL W
tresie thcmselm f Mt
intelligently oteriVttS J1
Just o it Should be
la anrvL
foro each pupil rfctu
cover the U lft
t N
water Bath brick Si11
fuse from cookery t M i >
w
Ing paste rolls of emSr > <
Plain soap eggshells
e
of sort wollen raT uXlJ 1
In orderdly fashion downth wf
table where tho puiuh Jrk Sf
llrst rules that all In3 aUt
Piemen be brought tti
POTS AND KETTLES
Next scrub It
vigorously with
rr jYc
tlghtlv bound bundle ot tlH f
or heit i r roots This li dtaijT
Utile iwt iter a huti fe
small s rt twigs could t aftsjVa
eoursL toe re are manufacture g
<
of sue A er b lag scaMri eSt
T T1JiJ piny ot i r tlv
dried
And there It s smooth fa r
touch onMile ti d In s eel to th e
plennlns ti the eve If oalotu tin u
cooked
in their odor is rmtrtl 1
using ashcu
li place 0f eaal
AS TO SAUCEPANS
Like the Iron pot the enaoelWttv
celan lued sjuceians are first tri
innlile nml out with hot rata sal i
To clnn the Inside and jaw
rouvlinc < s s crushed tgstls in
In the scrub ing with soap and tltil
vviter The uns ure Ihea tlmp
rinsed mil n id a er wWcli Hay 1
rubbed til they shine
TO CLEAN COPPER
The ou Mo of copper pnojitefc
rubbed vvuli 1 grated and muMeiim
peol vv h 1 h has lie en rutti 14 a
soap nn 1 th 11 dlipcd in tali brltt T
rind rem iv all stains and with ft e
copper n ust be rubbed until brgHC
Insl le of the paa is treated latitat
wi un a It be ot white mealIV
acid miit HfH be used It must h lit
bed with Himply soap and sand taiui
with iap and hot water EAwpk
Is not spared
I recall v itching w Ith much trm tt
Interest the cloning of a host TO
snueepnn by a pr tty little ijirl h 1
me she was In trclnuiE for a ixs
economy leuner intent upon nccer
accomplidilng her work shelootel
up but scrubbed away with all Ibe ci
rr bei rather slender hand at r3
Outside and Inside brought to tberepr
standard she proceeded to clean tb or
ices when the handle Joined acliiE
tho liige round rivets tbat secundl
hindle parts often neglectei T
theMi crevics a slender steel ske e
used Mooden skewers such a vt
In butrhorB meat answer tlooitoia
A Yankee would use a sharp
stick
The steel hindle was rubbed eltu >
with paper FtaM
bright emery
whole saueeran was polished vrltaetc
ols akin
CLEANING TIN AND KiTTi
Meanwhile a second PW J
cleaning n tin tea kettlo with tti
and lamp This too w Ji
and soda and 1 ° °
hot water
u ed for nnuval of stains Thaff
and t t
wus made or vv lilting
piled with a soft woolen ne Wbag
Ua j
it was lubbed off and the
with a fresh bit of flannel Ifteaft
polished with dry > lln VmJL
irtUtCtw
rub
additional lustre a brisk
skin followed dai
Steil knives and fork
old W
with lirltlt dust after the
ored fn lilon but rubbed 0 <
dust not the dust on ff Ks
are used In tabic silver ilS
or
where with us those
tutel No Ilrlton dr m e c jt
mutton chop trtu f
roast b or
silverplated knire vtntL
POTTLE CUSAMW
WATLIt
Ue
diss Is washed In
then dipped in cM Wj L
noft tow I nnd poll hed wtin j
towel or 11 aniols 1M11 lteri js
InsIds
To < U inso the TO3tS
thin inirliii of ixitato I V ° t Vr
Bliakn Bbuit In waro >
Mbsttted tot 1
can be Ij
ashe won U fSattAfi
in rrmovnr < HfunW t Wlfe <
of a
here to th inside
be of i
the water suppl >
rlnfd with com
bottles vi er
dried vvlh limn towels ft
ol me
For the 1 nnlnc metta
marie of vv lilting nSwttWS
Nothing I better WZ i
parlliw b lino luslijf ffw
brush Is ud r iibto
Is givm by ft
polish
ols tkln aruUe IKJ
The far icr jfS li
c1
nil ass thise Swutii Ji
Jibe
be coined out In the f
homo kltchns > utfsel
not to < nn SrfectH >
think such nlisplutc pen v tijg
vv hlle 81 limping coor
In tb
housework or gn pc
>
world of buslne twBa
mve a high ila ffi
even
copjier saucepan
see another
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