Show EDITORIAL GOSSIP ABOUT MANY PEOPLE AND THINGS A GENUINE REUBENS It has remained for a Boise City Idaho paper to out Journal Mr Hearst In def defying ing the an ancient lent conventions governing gov gov- edl editorial matter tip make make itO and ando so o on The enterprising proprietor of ot the the New York Journal and the Frisco Examiner has done some pretty pyrotechnic things in his time but the length to which his Idaho contemporary contemporary contemporary con con- temporary has gone we are sure would jar and fill him with envy The other day the Boise luminary boldly made a patent medicine advertisement Its editorial lea leader leader double double column long primer and Job office type used ju judiciously ju- ju to give effect to the telling points The adventure was a thrilling one a and d only lacked completeness In not Including the well-known well portrait of ot ottile the tile subject subject l Mrs ln In In Ina a box Independence and enterprise are admirable and it is gratifying to observe ob oh- 1 serve erSe that the Boise man has the courage courage courage cour cour- age of his convictions and will move re- re on his way He lie has struck out Ut a new line for himself and as he says breaking Into poetry U I surely smell the way I know It like a a. bee Remember what I say Im I'm going for that la lay U l You fellows follow tollow me And you ou will angels seeThe see The The angels we venture to presume presume are the patent medicine te proprietors who furnish the thc leading editorial m matter tte DISTINGUISHED SERVICE SERVICE PAY Everybody knows s that one of the Inevitable inevitable inevitable consequences consequence's to a physician of being called to attend attend an Illustrious illustrious patient patient patient pa pa- tient is that he becomes famous and his clientele at once grows and fills his pock pockets ts like winking This is so certain that tenths nine-tenths of ot the m medical men Inthe in inthe inthe the United States would Jump at the chance of doctoring a President without pay and would be glad to throw in the medicines to boot But when the opportunity opportunity opportunity comes and Is past they straightway straight straight- way reach the conclusion that it is the religious duty of ot the country to Increase the national debt for tor their benefit Thus the medical men who attended President McKinley l in his last days and exploited their ignorance of his actual condition in hourly bulletins to the confusion contusion and delusion of ot the public want to charge the Government about five twenty dollars dollars dollars dol dol- dol- dol lars for each breath they drew between the shooting a and d funeral services at Canton Their claims are yet unadjusted unadjusted unadjusted and we hope will remain so until until un un- un- un til tit they have been decently modified The Garfield undertakers undertaker's bill is yet unsettled unsettled unsettled un un- un- un settled because of its Impudently extortionate extortionate extortionate extor extor- proportions Congress declined to be held up In that case and Is Is likely to take the same course In t the e other SENATORS SENATORS' SALARIES It is observable that there Is a quiet agitation in pr progress gress inthe in the Senate Inthe Inthe in inthe the direction of ran I increase rease of f senatorial sena sena- tonal salaries Many l f the old leaders In the body body mo mostly m men men n of large fortune for tune appear to favor favor favoran an increase and andIn andIn In course of time It Is likely to be asked for strenuously It Is a well-known well fact in W Washington that the pay of a Senator will not cover his necessary personal and family the capital Including Including in including In- In the cost of maintaining his so social social cial dat position from the duties and obligations obligations of t which there i is decently no escape A Senator receives no more than a Representative and yet the demands demands demands de de- de- de mands upon the former are many times greater th than n on the latter Representatives Representatives Representatives are allow allowed ed a thousand or twelve hundred dollars for the pay of ot a clerk Many of ot them place their or daughters in that position and pocket the money or hire department em em- to to work in their free tree hours for tor twenty dollars or so a month and keep the remainder Senators each have a. a secretary but he is paid his regular legal wage by the Sergeant at So the members of ot the Upper House are at ata ata a disadvantage compared with people at atthe atthe atthe the other end of the Capitol in respect of ot cash from Uncle Sam Fortunately most of them are well do If It not rich richand and can stand it A BRITISH DEFEAT The recent defeat of a L battalion battalion of the Scots Greys by the Boers near Nigel In tn South Africa will not be calculated calculated cal cal- to promote peace prospects The burghers always take fresh courage courage courage cour cour- age from every such success and re resume resume resume re- re sume their bitter struggle with renewed confidence Moreover l just now they are being encouraged by their delegates in Europe to keep on fighting since as they arc told the United St States te-s te soon will come to their assistance and order John Bull to a halt The case of oC the Transvaal and Orange River people is a pitiable one Their w war r for tor independence ence Is hopeless and to continue It in E. E existing circumstances is a us useless leSs waste wast of Ot blood On the other hand band were they to seek terms of Ot peace It is probable that still they could secure as great great a degree of ot liberty as the Australians Australians Australians Aus Aus- or Canadians enjoy Up to the present time however they have scouted every idea but that of ot complete sovereignty and that It is quite evident evident evi evl dent Great Britain will never conce concede e. e I REVOLUTION IN SPAIN I It Is not so certain after all tha that I OCtor OC- OC tor Curry will have a chance t tp corf orf- orf young King Alfonso n the thel occasion of his assuming the crown and kingship of Spain next year U throughout the country have become become become be be- come revolutionary and nd alarming Martial law Is likely to have has been or orto orto orto to be declared today The fiend Weyler Weyler Weyler Wey- Wey ler now is Minister of ot War Wat and next week may be dictator So far it appears appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears that the rioting and murdering in Barcelona Barcelo and other places is the work of anarchists But one or more of ot the factions opposed to th the dynasty as likely as not will take advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of the disturbance in order to further their ends The and the Republicans will need close wat watchIng watching watch watch- hing h- h ing and if iC one or the other other were to join forces with the discontented element element element ele ele- ele- ele ment In the large cities the throne might fall in notwithstanding the the stern measures measures of repression which the brutal Weyler it is said will apply as soon as the Queen Reg Regent nt can be induced to give the necessary authority The poor Jady Is entitled to a bit of pity She has steered clear of all political storms In her country and submitted to all sorts of unpleasant things in the hope of landing he her boyon boy boyon on the throne Now within a U weeks few of ot the expeCted expected ex ex- ex- ex pe ted consummation of all all her Iler plans they are threatened with defeat But Bui such is life |