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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-10-11

The General Convention ofthe Prot
estant Episcopal Church of America,
held every three years, opened October |
2. in st. Georges Church, New York. |
This is looked upon as one of the most |
notable conventions ever held by the |
church in this country. This is the
centennial anniversary of the adoption
of the Constitution of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, and of the holding
of the First General Convention as
prescribed by the Church Constitution.
1t is also notable from the number of
important subjects to come up before
it. One of the questions to be settled
is the proposed change of name of the
church, many being opposed to the
present name. Another important
question is that Of proportional repres-
entation.
There are also eighteen resolutions
proposing "Alterations and additions
in the Book of Common prayer, which
we're adopted at the Chicago Conven.
tion three years ago, shd which will
come up before the present Convention
for final action. The General Conven-
tion consists of two houses; the House
of Bishops, numbering forty Bishops,
aud the House of Deputies, consisting
of over four hundred lay and clerical
delegates, two of each from each dio-
cese.
OPENING EXERCISES.
The Convention opened with relig-
lous eyercises, the regular morning
commnnlon service being celebrated.
At IL o'clock every seat in the church
was occupied. While the large assem-
blage sat patiently waiting the opening
of the service there arose softly at first
aud then growing stronger, the clear
voices of the St. Georges choir of men
and boys. The choir marched down
the centre aisle to the entrance, and
were Joined by several of the clergy of
the church in clerical robes. Meanwhile
the forty Bishops composing the House
of Bishops had assembled in the Mem
oral House on Sixteenth Street, and
from it marched in procession, clad in
their silk gowns, lawn sleeves, and
other insignia of their epsco-
pal dignity. They were met at
The entrance to the church by the clergy
of the Committee of Arrangement:
| aid the choir of men and boys. The
choir singing the professional, marched
slowly back to the chancel, followed
| by the Bishops. The latter on arriving
at the chancel took seats within it.
At their head there walked Bishop
w lliams, the Oldest Bishop of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church IN Americ'
The simple and well known morning
service was then begun, and proceeded
until Bishop Whipple, Of. Minnesota, as
cended the pulpit 70 preach the sermon
of the day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11
Only Way to Become a Capitalist.
Washington GLADDEN., in September Forum.

washington uiauueus III oeptemoer rOrum.
Somebody must save money; and
the people who save it will be the cap
italists, and they will control the Or
ganization of industry and receive the
larger share of the profits. If the
working-men will save their money
they will be not only sharers of pro-
fits, but owners of stock and receivers
of dividends. And the workmen can
save their money,iif they will. 1t is
the only way in which they can per-
manently and surely improve their
condition. Legislative reforms, i'm
proved industrial methods, may make
the way easier for them, but there is
no road to comfort and independence
after all but the plain old path of
steady work and sober saving. If the
working people of this country would
save, for the next five years, the
money that they spend on beer, and
tobacco and baseball, they could
control a pretty large share of the
capital employed in the industries by
which they get their living, and they
could turn the dividends of this capi-
tai from the pockets of the money
lenders into their own. There is no
other way of checking the congestion
OF wealth and of promoting its diffu-
sion so expeditions. SO certain and so
benifcent as this. / wish the work.
ing people would try it. 20.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11
SEWING ON BUTTONS.
How that Interesting Operation is
Performed by Nan.

Did you ever see a man in the soli-
tude and privacy of his study attempt
to sew button on by himself? 1t is,
in all its details, one of the most in
teresting performances in the world.
First, he hunts for button. Gen
orally, to secure it, he robs Peter to
pay Paul, and cuts one from some
other garment. This may be much
larger or much smaller than the size
lie is wearing. Next, he hunts for a
needle. Probably he goes out and
buys paper of needles. He always
chooses the largest, having an i'm
preston that large needles will sew
stronger than small needles.
As to the thread, he gets the coarsest
he can find, and this he doubles. He
would thread his needle. He takes the
big needle in one hand and bis big,
coarse thread in the other; he bites oil
the thread to the desired length; then
he tries to twist it to fine point.
Generally in this he succeeds in max
ing two and sometimes three fine
points out OF one end. OF course he
can't get all these points through the
needles eye at once.
He tries hard to make the needle
and thread get on friendly terms with
each other. Sometimes it is the
needle that kicks, sometimes the
thread. Sometimes he really imagines
he has threaded his needle. 1t is an
ocular delusion; the thread has missed
the needles eye by half an inch. 1t
is harder work than saving wood.
At last the needle is threaded. Now
he tries to sew the button on without
taking his trousers off. This proves a
failure. He twists himself into an un-
comfortable position and so would sew.
But he cannot sew so. He runs the
needle into his finger and makes an
inaudible exclamation. Again the
needle slips into the fleshy part OF the
hand, which induces a very audible
dash from the operator. The record
ing angel knows what is going on in
side of him and debts him with every
item. He sews hard.
He has forgotten all about the ne
cessity for a thimble. He jams his
thumb or runs under the nail. BY
and by he sews the button eye full of
thread. His big needle does not
pass through any more. He must
stop. He ends by winding the thread
as many times as it will go under the
button, and perhaps he leaves off with
two or three inches Of thread sticking
outside.
A woman can, through many out
ward indications, tell when a man has
been trying to sew on button. He
doesn't know the shibboleth of needle
and thread, and it catches somewhere
every time. At last the button is
sewed on and he is proud of his work
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11
The Breeches Bible.

A well-preserved volume of the
genuine old Breeches Bible" so
called, is in possession of Mr.. Horace
Johnson, of Hartford. 1t was printed
in London in 1902, in the old "black-
letter text-enough to spoil the sight
of any but the most persistent reader
but it was a kind OF print with which
Shakespeare and Lord Bacon were
familiar. This edition - probably
copied from the Bishops Bible" of
156S-derives an irreverent name
from the version Of the story Of Adam
and Eve in the garden. In chapter
III, volume Z, after telling the trans
gression, it reads:
7. Then the eyes of them both were
opened, and they knew that they
were naked; but they sewei fig leaves
together and made themselves breech-
es.
That picturesque attire is changed
in King James version, which ap-
peared nine years later, to aprons
the present accepted version. King
James fifty-four translators only made
alterations of the Tyndale and Cover.
dale text, and of the Bishops Bible" "
when it was found to be necessary"
The new revised version, however,
makes a good many changes. 1t cost
poor Tyndale his life-he was buried
at the stake, near Brussels, in 1916
for daring to make u translation into
English.
This quaint old Bible includes those
Old Testament books that have since
been relegated to the nebulous limbo
OF the Apocrypha," and includes them
without any mark of separation from
those that are now accepted. There
are the books of Baruch, of Susannah
OF Jesus the son of Sirach, the book oi
Maccabees, Esdras, Tubit, Bel and the
Dragon, etc, all figuring as part OF
the divinely inspired work. If we can
believe the various holy councils
on those subjects more or less of these
apocryphal books are not so inspired.
Mr.. Johnson's old Bible contains
also the quaint psalmody of Sternhold
and Hopkins-the psalms of David
done into" English verse.
The quaint character of the me-
chanical work alone of this old Bible
makes it an interesting study to any
one, especially one who knows much
about printing. Unfortunately, the
quaint old title page is missing, its
place being supplied by pen and ink
copy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11

feel so badly about it, we are only
having little fun, and desire your
company" / soon found the rule was
to keep every one a prisoner, until he
got drunk, before letting them off. So
/ remained and resorted to all sorts of
lodges; playing off drunk to the best
of my ability, and deceived them so
completely, that the Judge told them
to let me go. When | departed the
Judge, as well as the rest OF the COM
pany were pretty mellow.
A sequel to this little incident, fol-
lowed on the assembling OF the court
for the spring tsrm. The Grand Jury
met, and among the various cases pre-
sented by the District Attorney were
charges against several parties impli-
Gated in the celebrated OF January
Sth. 1t was evident from the number
of witnesses summoned, that the case
was going against them, and the Grand
Jury would find bill. / was one of
the last witnesses to be summoned, as
my testimony was considered very i'm
portant. As | listened to what was
being said in the jury room, l learned
the drift of matters, and finally said to
the District Attorney: "Surely sir
you cannot expect to punish these
men," "Why not?" he curtly re-
piled, &" the evidence is very strong and
your own testimony is sufficient to
convict. why" said, these men
have already been fined once for this
offense; l myself was fined by Judge
McFadden bottle of whisky, and you
cannot fine man twice, for the same
offense, before the same Judge" His
chin dropped. "That's so," he said, and
the case was abandoned. / had kept
sober throughout the celebration, and
thus was able to give the facts of the
case, in such straightforward man
ner, that many men were saved from
conviction and the payment of a
heavy fine. J. ID. W. I.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11

AMERICANS are gradually being rec
ognized as the greatest yachting peo-
ple in the world. Nowhere else can
one find so much enthusiasm and in
'terest over q yacht race as here, and
what is more significant, this is the
only country in the world where the
masses have any idea of the details OF
sailing and the maneuvers OF yacnts
in a race. The yacht-race reports IN
the great daily papers of the United
states. which are read understanding.
ly and with great interest here, would
he Greek to the average newspaper
reader ON the other side Of the water.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11

A VOLUME of stage history records
the fact that the high hats of women
were such a nuisance in theaters in
1920 that managers circulated hand
bills among their audiences reading
like this: Ladies' are respectfully
yet earnestly requested to take off
their bonnets during the performance.
1t is trusted that their ready compli-
ance with request 20 reasonable and
so easily granted, AM by which even
they themselves will ne so much bene-
fitted, will render it unnecessary to
request the interference OF managers"
History repeats itself. The high hat
is a confounded nuisance again, but
no manager has the "sand" to ask the
vain, thoughtless, selfish women who
wear them to take them off.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11

No person living will again date a
document without using a 49," 1t
now stands ON the extreme right
1889. Next year it will take second
place-189O, where it will remain ten
years. 1t will then move into third
place-1900, and there it win rest q
century.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11

The Administration is working the
General Land Office to its utmost ca
pacity to win favor for the Republican
party in Washington, Montana and
North and South Dakota in the COM
ing elections. The entire force of the
Office has been at work for about
seven weeks upon claims situated in
those Territories, and no patents have
been granted for lands in other Terri
tories, except few which favored at
torneys have caused to be made special.
From March 26, 1885, to November
Is, 1887, Commissioner Sparks issued
about 69, 600 patents, or an average of
SOB per week. Commissioner Stock
slayer issued about $1,000 patents
from November Is, 1887, to May Is,
1888, an average of about 1,1A per
week. The Republican Acting Com
missioner Stone has issued from May
Is, up to last Saturday nearly 10000
patents, or twice as many rs Commits
sioner Sparks did during his first year
or an average of over 1929 . week.
During the last seven weeks Commits
SioucH Otouc AaS ptsSocu A%yoOo CiaAuASS
and about $500 are estimated to be
passed by the end of the week, Many
of these cases have been pending for
years, and many were proved and pat
ents applied for prior to 1885, when
Commissioner Sparks issued his
famous order suspending final action
on about $4,000 cases iu Utah, Dakota,
Wyoming. Washington and Montana
Territories and in part of Minnesota,
because there was good reason to be-
lieye that large proportion of them
were fraudulent. The Republicans,
for the purpose Of winning votes in
the four Territories in which elections
are to be held this fall, have wholly
neglected the other Territories and all
the States in which public lands are
situated, and have already cleared the
docket Of agricultural lands to date in
the two Dakotas and of the mineral
land patents in Montana. Only SO of
the suspended cases have been thrown
out. These were little too bad even
for Commissioner Stone to pass.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11

Address n. A. ,DAuPIxu.
a, y. A. nAupurr New Orlsanss Ia.
WasAineten, D. o.
By ordinary letter containing Melev x,eae,
issued BY all Express Ccmpaniee. New Yorf ~
change, praft or Postal Note
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11
AGENTS WANTED.

Fok CLUs RATES, or any further insorra-
tion desired, write legibly to the undersie ened
y, Street and Number. More rapid retain nal
delivery VIII be assured BY your enclo6in9 n
Envelope bearing your fsll address.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11

The New York Daily Graphic, the
pictorial paper, has suspended, and is
in the Sheriff7s hands.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11
FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS
Conn.issIeners

We The undersigned Banks and Bankers 20,
pdy all Prizes dra,osa in the Louisiana State
Lotteries ,Ohich may be presented at our coun-
teTS.
PIERRE LAMAUX, Pres. State Nat'l nk
A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nne Bk
CARL KOHN, Pres. Union NATL Rsnl.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11
Address Registered isltas saianig Gtlrsasy 3

NEW UAxLBAu8 HAx10HAL DAUIe
0sw Orlsans, La
/" RE0EnnEn ;aa: = 81 sAs ! P:y:sss = & Rs,.ss
and the Tiekcts are aiened y the Preeidcnf 81
an InstttatiBl. whose chartered rights ~ re-
ognised ln the highest Coufss; therefore. -
were g! anl limitations or ananymous ochelnes.s
part Or ffaatioa Of Ticket t0oUBD nv % =
any Drawing. Anything IN our name oGere6 foS
less than Dollar D swindle !,
May IL, 1859.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11
A Female Samson.

Mary Martin, young woman who
was sent to the Kings county (New
York;, penitentiary, has been trans
ferred to the hospital at Flatbush
where the doctors will endeavor to find
out the source from which she has de-
rived a remarkable power. She is
timid and extremely sensitive, but
possesses the strength of Samson.
She is only four feet six inches in
height, small-limbed, and has the
hands of child Of ten years. When
arrested in Brooklyn she had torn up
lamp post in the street and it re
quired five officers to arrest her. She
was locked up in an iron cell and an
hour later surprised the desk sergeant
by appearing before him, having bent
the door bars and crawled out. At
the prison she was given the strongest
cell, but few hours later was found
airing herself in the prison yard.
Mary had snapped the bars of her cell
door as if they were sticks of sealing
wax. Warden Hayes gave orders for
the confinement of the female Sam
son in one of the strongest cells in the
woman's prison. Mary quietly SUBJ
mitted to her transfer, and the dis
covery was made that she had again
escaped. She was carried to another
cell, and special guard placed over
her. The girl escaped from the cool
err by using her fingers as a wrench
for the purpose of removing the nuts
from the end Of the lock bolts, after
ward taking off the lock. She wouldn't
remain locked up, so Judge Moore re-
mitted her fine and she was discharged
to be again arrested and taken to the
hospital. Mary cannot account for
her remarkable strength.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11

WHOSE EYE Is IT?-Paste or pin
several newspapers together. Cut a
number of holes in them about eigh-
teen inches apart and each a little
larger than the human eye. Now
fasten this big paper around three
skies of clothe ,-hOrse. Some of the
parties go inside and look through the
holes in the paper, placing their faces
close to it. Ths rest remain outside
and try TO decide who is the owner of
the various eyes beaming upon them.
Strange to say, however familiar all
the players may be, they will find this
a very difficult task. The game is
well worth the very slight preparation
required.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11
GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING,
II the Academy d Iass, New 0rlesls. tuesday.
October 15, 1889.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $500, 900

100, 900 Tleksts at Twenty Dollars
each. Halves oIOs Quarters 05s Tenshs
o2S Twentleths q.
Telegram-herald., 1889-10-04
Neu Church Convention.

The Michigan association of the New
church will hold It's thirteenth annual
convention IN this city, IN the New
Church house of worship, corner Of
Lyon and Division-sts., during Satur-
day and Sunday next. The association
viii hold a business meeting Saturday
morning at 10 O'Clock. At 1870 a. m.
an address will be delivered by Rev. A.
F. Frost, on the mission of the New
Church. The Rev. John Goddard, of
Cincinnati, VIII conduct the service
sunday morning and preach the ser
mon. Rev. Louis p. Mercer. of Chi
cago. will conduct the sunday evening
service, which Will DC followed by a
sermon by him. These meetings are
open to the public aud all are most
welcome
Telegram-herald., 1889-10-04

The development of the fashion Of
visiting Europe 8 almost startling. As
nearly as can % sscertsfned the number
Of Americans who visited Europe dur
ing the s'seAson'' N 1879, was, m round
numhere. 5000. n 1850, Ss 600. 1881
A. GOO, 1852, O.OO0, Isss, Al 900, 1884.
4s 600. Iss5. 4s.0o0 lsss. 5000. fss7.
Is 600, Isss, s0000. 1889, 5000. It
vii ~ seen that the number Of Amer
cans Who crossed the big pond this
wear hss been vel toward double that
Of those who went ten years ago. II e
probabiv safe 70 presume that the
average amount expended By each Of
those Who wens has been $500. II 20.
Ssf 600 900 vas paid into the hands Of
foreigners during tie past year and
sas2. 500. GOO durlng the whole period
alluded e..
Telegram-herald., 1889-10-04

A meeting Of the Kent Scientific In
shtute will De held at the Central High
school AZ o'clock this evening
An exh bit of some Of the APP
parstus recently purchased by the
Board cf Education Will be made by
Prof Carman. An outline of the work
done IN physical science IN the High
school VII also be gwen. The best
method Of obtaining q suitable place
for the exhibit and preservation Of the
collection OF the institute wIll be dis
cussed r. IS hoped that all who are
Interested N the High school and the
K. :. 7. VIII De present At this meeting.
Telegram-herald., 1889-10-04

The Day of Atonement Will be cele-
brated this evening and the whole day
Saturday. Services viii be held a; the
temple. corner Fountain and Ransom
sts.. on Friday evening from 70 9
o'clock. and on Saturday from "a. 10.
until s O'Clock .. m. The rabbi. Nathan
R0senau. viii deliver sermon dunug
the evening and morning services. Me
mortal services az ( o'clock p. m. on
Saturday Excellent muse viii be rem
dered by the choir. The public az large
s InvlInI
Telegram-herald., 1889-10-04

TIE New York Sua compares the
speed Of tho new cruiser Baltimore 10
that Of the average passenger train on
the New York Central railroad between
New York and Albany, and shows that
The train travels only about five miles
an hour faster thsn tho cruiser The
City Of Paris, when it beat the record
between New York and Liverpool, aver
aged four rone-hundredths Of a knot an
hour less than vas averaged by the Bal
tmors during her trisl trip. It seems
pretty certain that # she can't win a
battle she can Give 70 6ght anotuer
dav
Telegram-herald., 1889-10-04

A DraHkea C0spis IA . C.rrisss SsAhass
VIA baggage H.xsa-

Yesterday afternoon horse ana esr-
rage dashed down Lsland-ss. and col
hdsd With one OF Bali Waters bag
gage wagons. The occupants were
thfoSn Out and seriously hurt. They
proved 20 Dc one or the women from
the notorious 81 Can2l-sE.s and a man
named j. Jones from Dennlson, M.ch-
The Nomzn MAS un o iscl0u> an1 re-
named 10 hat eoGdiu5n UNI as 0ss
removed 10 uST aOllS. JODes aAs quite
tsdly jammed II the face, and the ear
rage VAS somewhat broken. The horse
was taxa - X pp's livery stable, wf,sse
Il ne.0 z d. The occupants u the car
rag - ege both drunk, wAlch accounts
fOr the accident.
Telegram-herald., 1889-10-04

The marshal of Kalamazoo tele-
phoned 10 the police here yesterday
giving the description Of a man wanted
there for grand larceny. The dt crip-
ton was placed in the hands OF Dvtec-
t.yes Gates and Cast, and n short
time they came IN with q man giving
the name OF John WesteTbaan. He
was taken TO Kalamazoo by Constable
James Sweet at o o'clock last night
His otfense was the theft OF three gold
watches and SIS IN money.
Telegram-herald., 1889-10-04
should Old Acquaintance Forget

'Ren" Barker, of the Reed City
Clarion, and c. f. Charboneau, OF the
White Cloud Business. came 10 Grand
Rapids Yesterday 10 see the Last Days
OF Pompeii" last night. Mr.. Bal ker ac-
eidcntally met Andreas Beyler, and the
two discovered that they were ac-
quaintances before the war, when both
lived in Battle Greek. They had not
met since 1861.
Telegram-herald., 1889-10-04
Sealed Proposals.
once Board OF Public Works. !
GRANn kAPIDs. Mon. sept. 80. lh,..

Ofilce Board OF Public orks.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. sept so. 1859.
Sealed proposals viii be received at the
Office of the Board until Saturday.
October s. ls-g al $50 p. m. Tor the Improve
ment of Crescent Place from Crescent ave. 20
East Bridge-st.. according 20 the plans ana
specifications on flle a. the once of the Board.
The Board reserves the right 10 reject any OF
al bids.
Zach bidder sfau deposit with his proposal
the sum Of 500 70 be forfeited O.
the City OF Grand Raeids. in case be shasl
feil TO enter Into contract. IN accordance witt
his proposal. should his said proposal be &C
cepted hy the Board % Public Works.
All proposals must be made upon blanks
that viii be- furnished upon application Al the
oct5 GEo. g. BRIGGS. President.