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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-30

son, which shook tne very fouuda-
tons Of society. Churches were di-
vided, old friendships We're sundered,
business partnerships were broken, and
in some sections there were defiant
threats of civil war. Such old and tried
and true Cnionists as Fcssenden of
Maine, Trumbull of Illinois and
Grimes of Iowa were denounced as
three shades blackcr than Benedict
Arnold and u little lneaner than Judas.
while the comparatively obscure Ross
Of Kansas was openly threatened with
violence, and advised to follow the ex-
ample of his predecessor and put a pistol
TO his head. If any reader thinks ! ex-
aggerate, let him glance at the New
York Tribune of those days. Its ed
~itorials now read AS if they We're dictated
in a madhouse.
At the same time local conventions
were being held to select delegates to
the national Republican convention. 1t
went without discussion that Grant was
to be named for president, SO all the
heat and fury Of the contest ragged
around the vice presidency. Grant be-
lIlS 'ltulitu w lIllllDIS, lllt tdSI very
naturally claimed the second place on
the ticket, but the central west had set
its heart ON schuyler ColfaX. and in the
range of my movements at hat time i'll
Indiana Il bare suggestion of any other
candidate was resented as n sort of local
treason. In short. | am sure | do not
eXaggerate in saying that the very air
of orr section was overcharged with
~supcrhcated political ozone.
And N the midst of all this excite
mcnt Il grave body of Methodist elders
me in Chicago. and undisturbed by the
fierce party warfare raging all around
them. discussed and arranged the affairs
of the church with an eloquence and
ability which then aroused my enthusi-
assn and now demands my profound ad-
miration and respect.
How different was the situation in
lsSs. The country had learned to take
lis politics temporarily. Slavery was
II sort Of historic nightmare; recon
struction a fever. bearing much the
same relation To national life as the
diseases Of childhood do to the life
Of u vigorous man. The age of high
hcroics and flaming oratory about the
war, the flag and the eagle" had passed;
the age Of the calculator and political
economist had come. The most exciting
issue of the day turned IN a difference
Of "A few cents in the tariff. But sin
and misery remained as ever appalling
facts. moral accountability and retribu-
tiun were as real as ever to the Metho-
dists of 1888. and while they discussed
methods Of work and the civil pOlity of
the church the curious spectator could
not but contrast the two conferences
twenty years apart.
1t was apparent at a glance that the
veterans of 5000 We're gone. The
eloquent tones Of Bishop Simpson, heard
for almost exactly fifty years i'll the
Methodist pulpit. were silenced for this
world in 1884. soon after he closed the
conference Of that year. The Metho-
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-30

steel - and the PROFESSOR CAMPBELL.
gases We're passed as generated into IL
bottle through "A piece Of spongy palla-
dunn. This became rcdhot, and just as
the professor bent over to examine the
bottle it exploded.
One eye was literally cut to shrcds by
the glass splinters, and the other badly
injured, and both had to be removed as
soon as possible. The victim is but
twcnty-cight years old, yet had already
achieved II high reputation s professorof
chemistry and had bright future before
him. He is a son of the late Judge j. V.
Campbell, of the supreme court of Mich
igan, and has u wife and two children.
His agony was terrible, and h" prayed
for death as ii relief when told that re-
covery Of sight was hopeless, But the
shock TO his general system was very
slight, and he is recovering rapidly.
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di.t> have their proper place for him.
hui 10 the boys Of Indiana. forty years
ago. he j., stili the loved president Of As
bury tDc Pauw) university, and to TIN
soldiers he is still the friend and SUI
porter of Abraham Lincoln. Peter Cart
wright was already - much II veteran
III 1850 that Il WIS accounted u prlvil"gu
to sr"Hnd hear INN, yet lc lived till 1872,
DIVING at ri%hty-orycrL OF IA" elder
and r~ryivaliStS who M. T. western camp
meetings lively in lHj' and tnrrcahout,
there was moi n
70 HE western man If the carly day,
however, there WAS It suggestion %! tn"
humorous III st inG "a the list of dele
gates such naiu"~ as Viii Cumhack,
Amos Shinkl", john W. Ray. j. G. Rid
path and Nowlmml DE PAW. Their
presence. however. WAS IA living proof
that since 1865 lay representation had
h"coIn" Il very mucl accomplished fact
And it was calculated to raisu "A smil" IN
the sam" observer To hear on the very
first day Il motto" of protest read against
IN" admission as delegates of Amanda
c. Rippcy Of Kansas, Mary G. Mind of
Minnesota, Angie +. Newman Of Ne
braska, Lizzie ID. Van Kirk of pcnnsyl-
wanna and Frances l.. Willard of Illinois.
The Woman question was up at the very
start, and it remained the big issue
through most of the conference.
Bishop Simpson, who made the clos
ing address in 1884; Bishop Wiley, who
offered the closing prayer, and Bishop
Harris, who read the closing hymn, had
passed away: but Bishop Thomas Bow
man, in the fiftieth year of his work a.
Il minister and sixteen years a bishop,
called the conference to order. When
the reports were read, the observer was
again reminded of the fallibility of the
prophets of twenty years before. For
some time after the close of the wal pre-
dictions We're abundant that a general
decentralization would ensue, and for
some reason ! never could make ont 1t
wa taken for granted that the Metho-
dist church would suffer most. lntruth
the denomination had never PASSED two
more prosperous decades. And as the
conference of 1892 is soon To give uS the
latest figures. it only remains for this
observer to add that, so far a. the lay
mans eye can see, MethodiSm l. now III
the full vigor of youth. going forward
experience and improved organization
and with no loss of enthusiasm.
). h. BEAplK
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YOUNG IADfS CWN but IaIlcS have
now unanimously agreed to adopt The
graceful motion Of IA dog who feels u
flea on his back, and by 4; backward ana
sidewise movement the skirt is seized
wcarcr's daintiIy glovcd hand until she
has passed all the muddy places,
Handy ladies a braid this them
selves, which would make u very great
difference in price, or figured material
can be bought and appliqucd on For u
whole costume of ladies' cloth made III
this style it would need seven yards.
The other illustration represents the
gown worn by pretty little Miss Dell
Thompson, the clever young American
girl who took England by storm n year
ago, aud who has come back here and
captured everybody's heart who has
seen her by her bright young beauty,
her g%racefulness and her ~undcniable
talent.
She came on the platform wearing a
dress that is the ideal for II yonnS lady
1t was of tulle, with small chenille
balls all ovcr it. The back breadths
were of cream satin, princess style, ana
chiffon drapcry in front. Such II dress,
OF rather such a model, could b" copied
in null oycr II glace slip and be lovely
and the most becoming color could be
worn and the close ribbon bows could
match or contrast.
This model is also well adapted FOR u
commencement robe for young ladies',
and would he quite as suitable Tor u
dancing gown and for Il formal dinner
or reception dress, and it is the very
latest out, which settles it anyhow.
OLIVE HAEPRR.
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any idea Of the f~eo!ing-a compound of
awe and affection. curiosity and rever-
rnce-wi,h which | looked on that re
markahlc body of men.
\ hO" reared in the church ana accus-
toned from infancy to look on John and
Charles Wesley H. inferior only to St.
paul and 81. John, au. to regard Bishop
Simpson is the model If pi"ty. patriot
ism and "lnuIen"r. does not OutgrOw his
impressions in the first seven wears of
manirn''i. II so happened that my Ell
,rHGc" "n the rights Of manhood was
contemporary with the beginning of the
civil war, and so the vents of the next
few years had raised my feelings to-
ward Bishop Simpson to II degree nea
akin 70 personal idolatry. Even now |
smile and blush alternately when ! re-
member how | walked many miles to
Evansville 10 hear him lecture. and yet
! feel bound to assert that in the sub
scqucnt twenty-seven years | AVE not
made any Investment IN the lecture line
that paid me better.
Twenty years after my first view of
one ii was my privilege to listen to the
Proceedings of another Methodist quad
r~rinial conference, in New York city
,l.is lime: and now it is the deliberate
judgment Of the man mat the enthisi-
asm of the boy of 1896 was not over
strained, for verify there We're moral
giants i'll the west III those days. | have
heard many great orators, but | have
yet to hear the man who could stir the
hearts of the common people more than
Did Richard Hdrgravc. | have listened
10 ingl"al and scholarly cXpOSitions of
ne Gp. icl, hut for a plain and practical
setting i"ith of the whole duty of man
har" heard nfiur To exceed that of Elder
Aaron " ,"l. OF the Northwest Indiana
conference. The active service of the ia
nous Peter Cartwright and J. h. Finley
was over. bur the flavor of their good
works ,till lingcr"! among rs, and the
announcement that either Of them
would he present. h"altl and strength
permitting. at Il future meeting was
sufficient to rouse a fierce cn1hu,iaSm
among our elders.
To one who had been all that time
ont of the current it seemed AN odd ANA
NllSlllN AMUSING l"l 'h"l al
1858 lay representation was the great
issue. in 1888 woman representation led
all other topics; all"it, the former was
much farther advanced in 1865 than IN,
latter in 1883. or III lS9! for that mat.
ter. And willie | listened To tn" Schul
arly and conservative remarks of DIR
j. VI. Buckley | saw that this cuntraS'
vas IA fair index Of the progress Of tn
United States in the last thirty years
In 1860 and somewhat later voting wa
universally regarded as a privilege; il
1888 as Il right. Then the advocate hal
10 show cause; now the burden of proof
is on the opposition. Nevertheless tho
church. at "a greater interval, has fol
lowed exactly the same line as the body
polite. Delegates rights have been rap
idly extended till all adult males are "liSi-
bic, and there, SO far as In" unlrIctlc"d
%laynan'S eye can see. II has stopped for
Il very long time, If not forever. Ii
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nomination is today one of the strongest
In the city, it does not occupy that com
handing position which it would have
held il greater wisdom had character
lied the management of the church
property during the pioneer days of the
city's growth.
There are sixteen Methodist churches
and three missions in Omaha. The First
Methodist church is probably the finest
church property in the city. 1t is EN-
trally located and is in every way a
very desirable house of worship. 1t is a
handsome pressed brick and stone struc-
ture. completed only about n year ago
at a cost of $l25,O 900, The denomina-
ton owns several other handsome church
buildings, and the work of the denom-
nation all over the city seems to be
prospecting. The leading educational
institution of the Methodist church in
Nebraska is located at Lincoln, the state
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wonld give myself "a mental shake and
settle down 70 business, and that bust
ness is to try and keep my sister women
posted on the newest styles. for who
cares for old ones!
Bonncts and hats should have the first
place, 50 let me mention some | saw yes
terday. The brlms are over fifteen
inches from crown to edge in front and
made 50 full that they have to be bent
i'll two or three deep scallops. The back
has no brim to speak of and the trim
ming is quite scanty, consisting of a
little twist of lace and a couple of chrys-
anthcImums.
Another Is of openwork straw made
in u manner utterly indcscribablc, but
reaching away cut in front and finished
by u veil which hung from one side.
The veil was of black Brussels net, with
Il pretty bordering of jet worked upon
thc bottom. This veil could he thrown
all ovcr the hat and left to fall in front,
or brought all together down around
and across the throat and thrown over
the left shoulder.
BonnctS are so little and SO varied in
shape that there is really not much to
say of them, only that each woman can
find IL style 10 suit her W fancy or
costume, bnt tho prices do not diminish
with the size. The millincr will tell you
that it is the style that makes them
worth their weight III vanadium, and
hat costs something like 81 900 II pound.
Among the new walking gowns | have
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-30

While most of the paper will be pub
lished in Arabic. there will be IA small
department in English, so editors who
exchange with it need not despair. Both
the proprietors are Christians, and ex-
pect most of their support from Syrian
Christians, but will, of course, avoid
anything calculated to offend Moham-
medans. All the coinpositors are natives
of Syria, and as there are .335 charac-
tiers in Arabic their type cases are cal
culated to make an American printer
stare. In fact there are six cases for
each compositor, ranged according to
the frequency of use Of the charac-
ters. Editor y. j. Arbeely is a graduate
of Maryvillc college, Tennessee, where
he was professor of various languages
for five years, but his brother, the doc
tor, is Il graduate of the Imperial college.
of Constantinople. The latter has prac.
ticed medicine for some years in New
York and the former was United States
consul at Jerusalem under President
Cleveland
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-30
PRINTED IN ARABIC.
America Has . New Paper Of n Novel
Kind.

- t'S hAF " ST.
Kind.
The first Arabic newspaper on the
western continent has begun its weekly
issue from its Office at ~ Pearl street.
New York, and its name is The Kawkab
America, which means "Star of Amer
lca." There is no such paper in Europe
OF i'll any other country where Aryan
tongues prevail, yet, strange to say, The
Kawkab has II large constituency al
ready assured.
1t is a surprise and freshens ones
impression that New York is truly cos
mopolitaD, to learn that there are in
that city 1000 Arabs, Syrians, Persians
and others whose written language is
Arabic. In both Americas there are,
says The Kawkab, about 100, 900 and in
all the world 27O,OOO, 900. 1t will be
edited and published by Mr.. N. J. Ar
beely, interprete. in the bureau of i'm
migration, and his brother. DR.. A. j.
Arbeely, and will be not only the organ
of all readers of Arabic in America, but
a medium of spreading information
about them and the United States among
their congeners in Asia and Africa.
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needs but u glance to see that in the
civil organization the widening IF the
suffrage reached its maximum in 1870,
and that since that time more men have
been DISTINGUISHED Oh one prctcXt or an
other than have been ~enfranchiscd, and
it is not easy to prove that the reaction
has not had some effect in the church.
At the time ! wondered why the
quadrcmial conference Of 1868 did not
attract more attention, but ] think
understand il now. Never since Sum
ter was fired on had there been II time
of such intense excitement, particularly
in the west, as the first three weeks of
May, 1868. First there was the i'm
peachment trial Of President John
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ncnt which tells
Of the calamity
10 Professor Ed
ward ID. Camp
bell, of the Uni
~versity of Michi-
gan. IL appears
that he was try
ing an expert
lnent to meas
ure the amount
OF hydrogen lib
Grated by the ac-
ton of acids on
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-30

gold satin and old
rose plumca. This
costume is u very
useful II fOl
persons of lnoder-
ate means, as It
al he orr for
almost any occa-
sion, such. AS
IA visiting toilet,
carriage gown,
dinners where
full dress Is not
required and for
the Ihcatcr or
church. The only
use it should not
> be put weep
ing the streets.
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EXPOSITION BUILDING.

ing the last four years. My CORE
spondcnce has run up to about 5000 let
ters IL year during that time
Nearly all the churches of Omaha will
be filled by Methodist clcrgymen dur
ing the month of May.
j. NJ. GILLIAN.
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An English Lawyers '.I,cports."

The humor of the legal mind is some
times u iriiie subtle, writes IL London
correspondent Of the Yorkshire Post.
There is just now to be seen in tn" win
dow Of II famous secondhand bookShop
III the Strand il complete set Of Noltaire
in fifty volumes. The set is bound in
what is technically known as law
calf 1t has evidently belonged to n
lawyer who hcsitated to let his clients
perceive that he was given Ia reading
anything so mischi"vously frivolous as
the philosopher of F"rncy, or who could
not resist his own little joke. Instead
therefore, of lettering the volumes "Nol-
tairr, which everybody would have I'M
dcrstood, he had them inscribed "Arou-
cts Reports The joke would of conr,r
he lost upon those who happened to have
forgotten that the great philosophers
proper name was Arouct de Nolrmr".
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-30

blinded suddenly and for life: his
eyes cut ont by the flying glass Such
are the words in tho brief announce
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PERSONAL "REMINISCENCES OF TWO
OUADRENNlAl CONFERENCES.

The Evolution of Lay Representation.
Women Observation-Disclosures the En-
thusiasm of the Boy Il, Confirmed by
the Judgment of the Man.
Copy right. lSG,. by American Press Associa-
tom
On or about the 18th of May, 1863,
reached Chicago as a delegate from
southern Indiana to the soldiers and
sailors convention, and as soon as my
slight duty to that meeting was done !
FASTENED to take a look at the Methodist
quadrennial conference. | am not able
to convey to the young reader Of today
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even the most
ignorant one to
give mp all hope
of anything but
sordid rags. and
! have often stood
side by side with
some scantily
clad woman who
was looking with
sad eyes ut the
array at bpautl-
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-30

New York, April ell often wonder
as | pass along the street and see some
lovely young girl 20 walking proudly
by dressed in the latest and most elegant
Of costumes and looking so fresh and
dainty and sweet, and see at the same
omen some wretchedly poor and
wornout woman toiling by in her rags
and staggering under the weight of a
great bag or bundle, whether they are
of the same race or even sex, and
whether it is the silks that make the
beauty or the rags that make woman
hood hideous.
1t is part Of u woman's nature to love
pretty things, and it must be hard fer
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-04-29

Daniel ID. Jones, steward of the
Spokane, was accidently drowned
on Wednesday morning about 2
o'clock while going aboard the boat.
Although no one saw him when he
fell into the water the impression
generally is that he must have
walked off the dock, as it was very
dark. Mr.. Jones has no relatives
here and there is no one here who
knows where his relatives are. An
effort is being made, however, to
find his relatives. The body has
not yet been recovered though
every effort has been made in the
search.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-04-29
Nelson Miner CHANCES Hands.

Houston & Ink have sold the
Miner to David d. Boyle and E.
Percy Whalley, who take posses
sion on May /. There will be no
radical change in the tone of the
paper. The purchasers have been
in the district for the last eighteen
months.
All success to the new manage
ment. 1t will be none the less
welcome among our exchanges.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-04-29
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Messrs. G. A. DeSaussure and
James Graham, of Ceur d'Alene,
were in town the early part of the
week.
Messrs. Hummer and Reinhardt
have commenced their large build
ing on the corner of Main and Huron
streets.
Collector ]. E. Dolan was called
to Sand Point this week to look
after a carload of bonded goods on
which the seal had been broken.
w. l.. Kinnear has been down the
river for several days looking after
the increasing jobbing business
his firm is doing in the lower
Kootenai country.
S. A. Becken has vacated the
building on the corner of Main
street and Riverview avenue and
will now flourish the shears and
razor at the corner of Main and
Bonner streets.
Road Overseer Donohoe is about
to move his large building from
Eaton down to his pronertv on
Main street, where he will remodel
it and make large office rooms on
the second floor.
Mr.. U. B. Hough, United States
deputy mineral surveyor for Wash
ington, has finished surveying and
plating the Great Northern addi-
ton to Bonner's Ferry and has re.
turned to Spokane.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-04-29
A Presbyterian Church.

The Rev. 7. nj. Gum, travelling
missionary for the synod Of Idaho,
Washington and Alaska, concluded
series of religious meetings in
Bonner's Ferry last Sunday even
ing. He informed the Presbyter-
ians here that minister would be
sent to this point and a church
established. The new minister
will probably be the Rev. |.
Wheels, Of Rockford, Wash. Mr..
Gum stated that regular services
would be held the first Sunday in
May.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-04-29
A Change at the Bonner House.

King & Gibbons, formerly of
Wardner, have taken charge of the
dining-room at the Bonner house.
These gentlemen are we'll known to
many of the Ceur .d'Aleners now
in town, they having been in the
hotel business in the Ceur d'Alenes
for several years, where they earned
a well established reputation as
caterers and which we have no
doubt they will maintain here.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-04-29
Republican League.

The regular monthly meeting Of
the Bonner's Ferry republican
league club will meet at the city
hall Tuesday, May 3, at s o'clock,
p. m. AS the tine for work in this
organization is at hand it is essen
tial that full attendance be had.
There are also many new republi-
cans in the city who should affiliate
themselves with the clubs work.