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Conservative.
"when Johnny comes marching homo. "
It does not need thut magnificent spec-
taolo of floating castles to tap the tloep
i'ouiitain of national feoliug which is
full of waiting welcome. Everywhere
wo hear of preparations to hoiior the
men who fought ou laud not less heroic
ally than did the crews and command
ers of Sampson's fleet. However superb
the work of the warships , of which the
world will uofc cease to talk for some
time to come , a special tribute is duo
to our soldiers. To do their finishing
work , which supplemented the navy
achievement , required not only un
flinching courage and devotion. It in
volved personal hardship and suffering ,
patient endurance aud a spirit of dogged
endeavor which merit a special nuul
of admiration , exceeding oven that for
the bravo sailors. The country at large
feels this to the heart's core. They will
express it , too , with as much vehe
mence , if not on as grand a scale as Now
York welcomed our splendid fleet
Labouchero of Truth is sometimes
eccoutrio and extravagant in his opin
ions. Ho has not always spared the
Americans in his love of saying a clever
thing , oil the principle of Paddy at the
Dounybrook fair , "Hit a head wherever
you see it. " But Labby now objects to
the air of superiority with which Euro
peans so often pretend to look down on
Americans , forgetful of some of his own
ventures in this way. "Tho old world , "
ho says , "in its dealings with the new
assumes an attitude of condescension
as ridiculous as it is unwarranted. One
of the salient features of the late war
was the manly , honest , generous and
chivalrous conduct of the United States
government forces aud people from the
beginning to the end of the campaign
It is only just to express the general
feeling of admiration which the new
chivalry has created throughout Eu
rope. " The famous London editor will
remain in this temper until a fresh
caprice overtakes his flighty moods.
Dowey's memorial sword , voted by
congress , has been chosen in design. It
will consist of a blade of damascened
steel with a hilt of solid gold , plaiu but
highly traced. The scabbard will bo of
dark blue damascened metal inset with
gold , and its severe treatment will
only bo adorned by a tormina ] of two
dolphins Like the man blade of
matchless temper aud edge in a sheath
of elegant simplicity
Those who make a business of seek-
iug pleasure never secure it except as
the merest illusion It is the myth of
Ixion and the cloud The only solid delights
lights of this kind which leave an im
pression on the mind are such as take us
by surprise.
Travel improves good winoaud spoils
the poor The same thing may bo said
of brains. There is no such arrant nui
sance as the traveled fool.
The letters written by n Spanish soldier
j dior of infantry , Pedro Lopez do Oassil-1
lo , to General Shafter and to the Amer
ican army , as the accredited representa
i tive of the surroudored Spanish soldiery ,
| constitute a unique contribution to
military literature. The enthusiasm of
praise for the heroic gallantry of the
Americans and the gratitude for the
brotherly kindness with which the
Spaniards were treated afterward are
expressed with true Spanish hyperbole.
But there is something pathetic in the
words which attest their genuineness.
Evidently the Spanish privates are not
all unlettered herdsmen and peasants.
Wheu the writer , however , refers to the
Cubans in arms , Spanish , eloquent in
its "cuss" words , has no term too sav
agely denunciatory. The writer know
bow to fire expletives as well as bullets.
A rural pastor in Pennsylvania- lately
mounted his pulpit in his shirt sleeves
on a very hot Sunday Ho excused it on
the ground that it was not more sinful
than for city preachers to appear in
their pulpits wearing a dresa coat , slip
pers and a shirt stud This is u curious-
uotion of city clergymen's pulpit habits ,
almost as queer as the tr litiou of the
Georgia major wliosu Oala garb was a
shirt collar and a pair of spurs.
There is a movement in Jamaica to
secure British permission for auuoxa
tiou to this country In this case it is a
question of sugar Perhaps Jamaica
would bettor sound the feeling here
first. Wo may have all of the saccharine
probabilities our sweec tooth calls for
It has been announced that the honorarium
rarium of the peace commissioners will
be § 25,000 each How many needy
statesmen out ol business there are who
will sigh that they are not quite big
enough to be candidates !
Modern Germany was established on
the basis of the idea that a great army
is the foundation of strength. Russia
has for a century rested on the same basis
of force , but a change has entered into
such views. Germany aud France each
year vote bigger naval credits. Russia ,
without colonies or a scacoast , contem
plates spending § 3 5,000,000 in the
uoxt seven years ou ton ships. Sea power
is looming up as the ruling factor in in
ternational rivalry
The actual expenditures of the late
war have been about $105,000,000 , with
a possibility of reaching § 150,000,000
before all the obligations will have boon
liquidated. Our not gains have not yet
beeu totted up in the general profit and
loss account It will take a good while
to make the trial balance
Admiral Sampson , in allusion to the
trifling sickness among the sailors of
his fleet , is reported to have remarked
"We know how to take care of our
men in the navy. You see , \vo are al
ways on u war footing. " The navy ,
liowover , has a supreme advantage. Its
conditions permit healthful housing ,
regular medical attendance and a good
commissariat under all conditions. The
lack of these thiugs is what eveu the
best organized armies sometimes are
forced to undergo
A jolly anecdote apropos of tuo Prince
of Wales was recently told by Sir Ed
win Arnold. Sir Francis Kuollys , the
private secretary , announced to H. R.
H. that some gentlemen of the press
wished admission. "Oh , show them
in , "was the answer. "If they don't
come in at the door , they will come in
through the ventilator. " The English
fourth estate has taken valuable lessons
from the Yankee brother.
- - , ,
The resolutions adopted by the Sara
toga conference on our foreign policy
were iugoniously constructed to occupy
the golden meau between the conserva
tives aud the expausiouists. Chancellor
McOrackon , the chairman of the com
mittee , proved that ho could easily ride
the two horses at once.
The surest method of pleasing in so
cial life is to bo willing to bo taught
many things which one already knows
by people who do not know them.
INTELLIGENT COOKING.
Housekeepers Should Better Understand
the Higli Art of Simple Cookery.
"Good living is not high living in the
ordinary sense , " writes Ella Morris Krot-
pchmur in the corn-so of an article on the
"Artof Cookery" in Woman's Homo Com
panion for September. "Tho very acino of
good living is the host presentation of
good material in simple form , and in that
suiso it is the best and highest of living.
The introduction of cookery as a branch of
our public school training will start the
coming generations of housekeepers in the
right direction , but the crying need of
the present , next to a knowledge of ma
terials , is for housekeepers to better un
derstand the importance of the high art of
simple cookery.
"Many H woman will take infinite pains
in making a cake who probably couhl not
toll of the vegetables in common use. which
should bo put on to cook in hot water and
which in cold , which should bo salted at
first and which later , and why ; how each
should ho dressed for serving , and the dif
ference in dressing them when young and
old. Among housekeepers there are more
good pieniakera than breadmakcrs , 20
who make pretty desserts to one who is
export in cooking meats , and CO who make
fine cake to one who understands good
Eoupmaking. Do not , because you have
kept houfu 10 , 20 or 80 years , feel your
housewifely dignity would bo compro
mised by beginning nil over again in cer
tain things , for that is being progressive.
A narrow minded woman would not do it ; /
bo sure of that. The really useful knowl
edge you already possess will count for its
full value ; your expertness in the nones-
scntials is very desirable as a supplement
to more important knowledge. Of course
you can cook a potato. But how ? When
you have really exhausted 'the flue art' of
cooking potatoes , you have finished one
fundamental branch of a splendid educa
tion. There are others of equal impor
tance , and each alike necessary , if 0110
would bo an intollicont housokoouor. "
