Show TOPICS OF INTEREST IN literature the british poets of the present moment mr william watson being one of them and sir edwin arnold the other lately distinguished themselves by crossing their swords of lath in the newspapers the occasion being a difference of opinion in the things which they call their minds respecting the conduct ot their country in its pre 1 sent unpleasantness la south africa thus mr watson who always takes and his neat little gift of verse very seriously i PAST AND PRESENT when lofty spain came towering up the seas this little stubborn land to daunt and quell the winds ot heaven were our auxiliaries and smote her that she fell ah not today is nature on our side the mountains and the rivers are our toe and nature with the heart ol 01 man allied Is hard to overthrow to this sir edwin was moved beyond was kindly wont to manufacture the following stanzas in the dally telegraph of which he is we believe the editor A REPLY imputes he mortal passions to the mountains and tor a party stroke feigns he that waterways and river rr fountains fight tor the boers ill yoke enough to answer En glands slanderous son and brand his calumny I 1 bore her files to battle every one her lover owan I 1 to this battle of the poets an anonymous correspondent of the london outlook appropriately adds the following conclusion two poets in two graceless periods born with verse two penny papers did adorn one said dame nature means to back the boer and t other its slander sir im sure As posey is clearly gone to pot I 1 merely wish to say to both wot brot the last number of the academy contains the following lyric by mr A E housman the pla quality of whose will come to many of his countrymen and countrywoman countrywomen country women who have husbands and and ahll dren in the transvaal ILLIC oh hard is the bed they have made him and common the blankets and cheap but there be will lie as they laid him where else could you trust him to sleep to sleep when the bugle is crying and cravens have heard and are brave when mothers and sweethearts are sighing and lads are in love with the grave oh dark is he bedside and lonely and lights and depart but her will he lose them and only behold the desire of his heart oh thin is the quilt but it covers A sleeper content to repose and fari his tr lends and his lover he lies gaqi the sweetheart he chose COPPER TRUST GETS A BUTTE MINE new york april 5 the directors ot the butte boston consolidated copper mining company elected H II 11 rogers president and wm G rockefeller treasurer this it is said confirms the long continued reports that amalgamated copper capitalists had secured large interests in the butte boston and also strengthens the opinion that the latter company will eventually be merged in the amalgamated copper company there is more catarrh in this section of tha country than all other diseases put togeal i and until the last few veara vas supposed to be incurable for a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed fcc remedies and by constantly failing to cure with acal treat nert pronoun 1 it incurable inc science haa proven co irah to bo a disease taid therefore requires constitutional halls catarrh cure manues aured by F J cheney co toledo ohio is the only constitutional curo on the market it is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful it acta directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system chev offer one hundred dollars lor adv case it fails to cure send for circulars and testimonials addres F J CHENEY CO toledo 0 sold bv druggists ac halls family pills are the best |