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The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-23
DELEGATE CONTEST.

There seems to be some doubt
among the politicians as to who
will be the strongest and best man
to represent the republican party
from this city in the next national
convention.
The BEE has printed a list of the
gentlemen who have been men
toned as candidates, and as an in
ducement to make this contest in
teresting, the BEE will present a
fine gold headed cane to the candi-
date who receives the highest num-
Der of coupons. The coupons will
be received and counted by the con-
test editor, and all coupons will be
kept and counted in the presence
of a committee to consist of one
friend from each candidate.
Each coupon will count one vote,
which must be sent to the contest
editor of the BEE.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-23
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING.

C'our harvest beiag gotten in, our Gov
ssnor sent four men on fowling that so we
z15glIt after q special manner rejoice to-
sether after we had gathered the fruit OF
our labor."-Letter to George Morton in
Nnefand from Edward Winslow, in Plym-
outh, December IL, 1921
Quoth Bradford, God will give us meat.
Ye four, tomorrow morn,
Go forth and hunt for flesh to eat,
White others grind the corn.
Our feds are cleaned, the woods are not:
Be sure no flrelook fails;
Our mama feast this year at least
Shall smoke with store of Quails,
And he who Israel filled and clad
VIII hear our hearts desire,
And bid his desert-church make glad
BY every household fire.
They went to smite the flying duck,
And lay the pigeon low
with pouch and gun twas Standish one?)
And Plymouth saw them go.
Did Howland's roaring matchbox pick
The squirrel from his tree?
Did fiuttering partridge feel the prick
OF Winslow's light fusee?
Did Alden's deadly blunderbuss
Impale the rabbit brown,
Or the bold Captains" musket snap
And bring the turkey down?
No ballad of that ancient chase
Hath named the fowlers four,
But still in thought the spoil they brought
We count at Bradford's door,
And see old Plymouth gathered round
That first Thanksgiving fare
To bless the meat whose flavor sweet
Went UP with Brewster's prayer.
Theron Brown.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-23

Flowers, as well as feathers, appear
ont he winter bonnetS, but In making a
choice one must consider exactly what
wear will be given TO the bonnet and
whether bright hued blossoms will
harmonic with the hour and toilette.
The STYLE of couture has much to do
with the arrangement Of the bonnet on
the head. If the hair is parted, the
bonnet is placed little further back
than it is if either a pompadour or a
bang IS worn.
USEFUL FANCY WORK.
A unique baby blanket is made of
white broadctoth, embroidered in
white Asiatic Roman floss in conven-
tional design. The blanket is lined
with white surah, and the edge is fin
ished with white ribbon.
Carriage afghans for the little ones
eiderdown flannel white one lined
with baby blue silk, with a bow of
are very pretty and in expensive, made
ofsatin ribbon to match the lining near
one corner. A crotchet edge of Vic
toria knitting silk finishes the edge.
Among the novelties seen for baby's
outfit is hood case made of cream
surah, lined with rosetinted satin.
When finished it is ten inches long and
is embroidered on one side spray of
wild roses, the other being plain. 1t is
TO hold baby's soiled cream worsted
caps.
No well dressed woman will be with
out her feather boa this autumn, as
this dainty adjunct will be more popu
lar than ever.
The latest invention to combine
fashion and comfort is seen in the
Marie Antionette hood. This will
greatly solve the proplem of what to
wear on the head when going out in
the evening, for the hood is wired and
does not disarrange the hair 1t can
be attached TO the coat or worn by it
self.
There is nothing like a black satin
skirt to help out deficient wardrobe
1t may be made, with careful plating
to take the principle part in as many as
six different costumes, worn with
Louis coat of black satin, trimmed with
jet and cream lace, it will make an ef-
fective church costume.
When an evening gown is desired
the black satin skirt should have the
cores outlined by1a narrow jewelled
trimming. Then it may be worn with
a frivolous chiffon waist spangled with
jewels.
As theatre costume. the black satin
skirt may appear again in connection
with bodice of scarlet satin, If this
seems too gay for ordinary theatre
wear the bodice may be toned down
with black chiffon frills.
For ones afternoon cat home" the
black satin skirt may be worn with any
stylishly made silk waist.
AS a dinner dress the same skirt NAV
be also utilized. For this occasion it
would look we'll worn with a bodice of
black satin trimmed gorgeously with
gold galloon and lace.
Even for an afternoon shopping ex-
petition, the black satin skirt wouldn't
be amiss if worn with a walking coat
OF light tan box cloth And after it
has served a season in all these various
capacities, then it will do nicely for
black satin sleeves in a next years
gown.
Persian SILK waists are much the
vogue this year, and waists of lowered
taffeta are always charming.
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COUPON.
CANDIDATES CONTEST.
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You can have it by calling at any
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THE PEOPLES CHOICE.
WHO WILL THE NEXT DELEGATES BE
VOTE FOR YOUR CHOICE.

The coming Republican contest for
delegates to the next National Repub-
lican Convention will be a hot one.
Public meetings have been held
throughout the city, and it is still unde-
cided who the most popular man is.
AS test of each mans strength the
BEE will publish the list of the probable
candidates. with a coupon attached,
which will enable friends of each can
didate to vote for his choice.
CANDIDATES.
Col. TRUESDELL ........ o
ROBERT H. KEY. 100
Col. NJ. M. PARKER. I
w. H. BROKER. 25
ANDREW GLEASON ... 40
CHARLES OTLET.......... O
Col. P. H. CARSON. ... O
DR.. c. B. PURVIS. ........... I
DANIEL MURRAY. -
AARON BRADSHAW. O
ALBERT SELLERS. -
L. M. SAUNDERS. "a
COUPON.
CANDIDATES CONTEST.
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coupon represents one vote.
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in Black and Colored dress
goods, Silks, Velvets, Ladies
Jackets and Capes, Childrens
Coats, Ladies, Mems and Chill
drens Wool Underwear. blank
cts, Comforts, Table Linens
and Napkins, Towles, etc.
Stock Always Complete.
Assortments Always the Best.
Prices Always at the Lowest.
Shrewd buyers should inves-
tlgate public statements and
compare goods and prices be-
fore investing money. This is
just what we invite.
Polite attention to alive
play no faVopites.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-09-05
Mexico, Audrain County. Missouri, Thursday. September S 1895.

souri, was against Cleveland, and that
he could not carry the state if nomi-
mated. But this report must have
been n mistake, for when / attended
the convention ut Sedalia, drawn
there by the hope of finding the dele
gates of my mind in p~referring the
candidate presented by the Democracy
of my old state, Iowa, l found myself
more lonely in my opposition to
cleveland than l am in my support of
him now. AS harken now to the de-
fiant notes which the gallant Bland is
blowing through his silver bugle, my
mind reverts to the futile struggle in
1892, and in my spirit cry: Where
was Roderick, then? One blast upon
his bugle horn was worth a thousand
men, He was not like the Roderick
of the minstrel's lay, wounded and a
prisoner. He was free and whole,
fighting in the foremost file of the
forces against which he should have
been a leader"
Concerning the Pertle Springs plat
form, Mr.. Lehman said he would not
undertake to show that it was not
consistent with itself. sit declares"
he said, "for gold and silver, but upon
terms that are impossible of fulfill
ment, and as a consequence we must
either reject its declaration in favor of
gold, or it's declaration in favor of
free silver at the independent coinage
of 1G to | y
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-09-05
BLOOMINGTON DELUGED.
Cloudburst and Tornado Destroy Much
Property-Two Lives Lost So
Far as Known.

BLOOMINGTON ILL.,, Aug. 2s.-At3:45
p. m. a tornado accompanied by a
genuine cloudburst swept over this
city and vicinity. Trees were broken
down all ove the city and the sewers
were overlooked and the almost empty
creeks and runs changed into tumb-
ling streams in 80 minutes. Such ade-
luge of rain was never seer in this To-
cality. A ravine one mile southwest
of this city adjoining Miller Park was
filed with a raging torrent, which
swept across and filed the valley ira
versed by the Morris avenue roads.
Two ladies of Heyworth, Mrs. Riddle
and Mrs. Roberts, with their daught-
ers, we're driving home, and while
they e. attempting to ford the
stream their horse and buggy
were swept from the bridge into the
whirling water. Both the children
were drowned. The women we're he
roically saved by Henry Weber, who
plunged into the stream after them.
The body OF the Roberts child mas
been recovered, but all efforts to find
the other have proved unavailing.
When the storm struck the tents of
Pawnee Bills Wild West show at the
Fair Grounds, a panic ensued, the s.
900 people rushing down from the
seats. In a few minutes water stood
from 8 to 6inches deep on the grounds,
and the tents and awnings were torn
to pieces. 1t is miraculous that no one
was killed or seriously injured. Reports
from the country show that in 10 min
utes from the beginning of the storm,
almost dry streams rose to the height
of a horses shoulder, filling the val
leys until they resembled great rivers
1t is feared that there has been other
loss of life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-09-05
THE WORLD OVER.

The North American Indians have
cost the United States Government
over 81, $50, 000, 900 since 1889. If
there is anything on the other side of
the ledger it has W. been discov-
cred.
Bicycle weddings are increasing in
popularity in France. AT the close
of a wedding ceremony recently the
bridal party started off on their honey
moon on a 'bicycle built for two"
Experiments are being made in
Russia with cowcatchers for locomo-
tives designed to catch up persons or
animals getting in the way of trains.
An invention tried on the Vitchsk
line is said to be a success
A queer play is being given at Sofia,
in Bulgaria, called s'The Heroes of
SiIvitzka, - in which Prince Alexander,
of Battenberg, is the principal figure,
and all of the other characters are
persons still living.
Sewing machines are SO cheap that q
woman can cover herself from head to
foot with frills and fiounces and other
fripperies at a cost not greater that
which was formerly required to make
n plain gown.
A Chicago woman who saw a pick
pocket steal the purse of another mar
threw her arms around the thief and
held him till the policeman came,
There seems to be a great many ways
of encouraging crime in Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-09-05
CHINcH BUG DIFFERENTIATION.
Illinois State ~Entomologist Says the
incubation Does Not Pay.

CHAMPAIGN, ILL, Aug. 2S.-During
the past two seasons the University of
Illinois Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton and the State chronological
Office have been carrying on expert
ments in the way of the extermina-
ton of chineh bugs by infectious dis
eases which they communicate to
each other. Touching upon these ex-
periments, State Entomologist s. A.
Forbes has issued the following bull
letin which is self-explanatory:
"The results of a large amount of
experimental work done in this state
during the past two years with the
white muscardine of the chinch bug,
as an agency for the wholesale de-
struction of that insect, have been so
variable and on the whole SO largely
unsatisfactory that I have decided not
to resume the general distribution OF
diseased chinch bugs, or of the fungus
causing that disease, until certain
elaborate and carefully guarded field
and laboratory experiments now in
progress under my direction are
brought to a conclusion.
"The engagement of July /, 1895, of
an expert assistant, whose entire time
is devoted to precise experimentation
with the contagious diseases of in
sects, and especially with those of the
chinch bug, gives us assurance that
positive knowledge will now berapid-
ly acquired, and in due season the
practical outcome of this work will be
published as widely as possible with
such recommendations aud aids to
action as the actual facts may war
rant
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-09-05
DALTON ON FINANCE.
A Sound Money Argument Made by
Hon. Richard Dalton at Jack
sonville, Nc.
From the Moberly Monitor,

From the Moberly Monitor.
Below the Monitor lays before it's
readers a correct synopsis of Colonel
Richard Dalton's speech at the Jack
sonville fair yesterday. There WA an
immense crowd present, somewhere
between 5000 and 1900 people. AT l
O'Clock the band marched into the
ring followed by a wagon containing
the orator of the day, Judge Crisman,
Judge B. F. Harvey and several
others. The wagon was drawn up
just in front of the amphitheater and
severalheavy scantlings were run from
the wagon to the seats in front making
a substantial platform for the speaker
who was introduced to the crowd by
Judge Crisman in an elegant little
speech. Col. Dalton began by apollo
giving for having to turn his back on
the ladies during part of his address
and requested the boys to close court
ing the girls while he spoke. He ex-
pressed his deep pleasure at meeting
so many people from Randolph and
Macon counties, whose people a few
years ago had stood by him in a politi-
cal contest with as much loyalty as did
the people of his own county, Rails.
Self interest prompts people to make
the most stupendous efforts for sue
cess and he was rejoiced to see the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-09-05
Let Us Be Democrats.

From the Shelbina mo Democrat.
Such old stalwart, staunch Demo-
cratic papers as the Mexico LEDGER,
Montgomery Standard, Fulton Sun,
Troy FreePress, Richmond Conseruator,
Macon Times, Linneus Bulletin and
others equally as worthy are stem
ming the Is to 1 tide, but they are do
ing so with reason and calmness, not
with a hurrah of denunciation and
abuse. They are trying to held the
Democratic party together, notwith-
standing the differences on the money
question.
On the other hand we are glad to
note such strong 16 to 1 papers as the
Hannibal Journal, the Columbia Her.
aid, the Sedalia Democrat, the Jeffer-
son City Tribune and some other
worthy ones are free from epithets
and abuse and are laboring for party
unity.
Many of our exchanges say but lit
tie either way, while others seem te
be doing all they can to rend the
| party. We hope a better frame o.
mind may come over the spirit o.
their dreams. We car all be Demo
Gratis however we differ on the money
| question.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-09-05
The Book of HUMANITY,

The Book of Humanity.
And haven't you e women with
faces like parrots and voices that were
high and coarse, as they seem to lin
ger with delight over a lucious bit OF
scandal?
And haven't you seen fair haired,
blue-eyed girls who looked like canary
birds, and smooth their frocks and
fix their locks and preen away just like
the little bird does?
And haven't you cen men with
bulldog faces whose jaws meant de-
termination, and who, when they were
kind, were gruff.
And haven't you seen women who
were like the deer, graceful in figure,
with tiny feet and moving SO that
every graceful outline showed perfect
ly?
And haven't you seen men with
flowing whiskers who looked just like
Skye terriers?
Oh, dear, if you start in to study
out what all the people look like you
will find the elephantine woman, the
kangaroo woman, the pussy ca,
woman, the tiger woman and the o r
iginal serpent in the shape of a WON
an. 1t is an interesting study-the
book of humanity. Give your sum.
mer days to reading it and you will
find a deal of pleasure. And then we
will compare notes, you and | and the
other woman, next winter, when yor
have a cup of tea and a bit of bread
| and butter with Bah.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-09-05
THE WILSON TARIFF.
Increased Wages and Other Benefits
Derived From It.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-The World to-
day prints the following:
The Wilson tariff law ia one year
old to-day. The purpose of its franz
ers "a ''to decrease taxes on the ne
cessities of life. to stimulate compe-
tition and encourage industry"
Some of the provisions of the law
did not become operative until Jan. /.
In every item and every schedule the
law has been i'll full operation since
then. Every week since that date has
witnessed an Improvement in bust
ness. There has been a continued in
crease in the number of hands en-
ployed in the great productive indus
tries, a steady Improvement in on
sumption and a remarkable rise in
wages.
Two months ago the World printed
n detailed list of the establishments in
which more than 100000 workmen
had received voluntarily increase in
wages in the previous sixty days.
Every day now brings fresh reports
of new increases in wages and every
State and Territory in the United
States shares in the better times. No
reductions in wages are reported any
where, and fewer failures are noted
than for ten years past.
So much for the rewards of labor
under the Wilson tariff law, which is
only one year old to-day. But steady
employment at fair wages was only
half the promise the new law was ex-
peeted to fulfill. 1t was also to decrease
all the common necessities of life. To
ascertain whether it has done so the
World collected yesterday from the
greatest dress goods, grocery, metal
and other jobbers price lists showing
in detail, item by item, the quotations
for over 1000 articles in largest gen.
eral use to-day as compared with the
price lists for the same articles in 1891
and 1872.
The latter prices represent the rul-
ing quotations when the Mckinley of
October, 1890, was as old as the Will
son law is to-day. That was as long
before the panic of 1898 as the present
day is after it. The comparison is
therefore absolutely fair.
Under the Wilson tariff there has
been a marked increase in wages
and an equally striking decrease in
the price of almost everything the
wage-earner has to buy.
Then follow hundreds of quotations,
often very remarkable, showing the
reductions in prices under the Wilson
law, proving the above assertions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-09-05
The Cause of washington's Death.

According to history Washington
died of l~aryngitis. According TO the
lately published accounted his private
Secretary Washington died OF his
doctors:
"Washington had caught cold by
riding in a December rain, and woke
at 8 a. m. with a chill. The fires In the
house had gone down and Washington
would not permit any Of his family to
rise until the usual time in the morn
ing. Domestic remedies were then
applied and his overseer bled him to
the extent of a half a pint. When the
doctor arrived he was bled again. A
second physician was summoned and
the bleeding was repeated. The case
now looked desperate. The two ply
sicians had n 10 hope, except in n ex-
pedient, and the patient was bled for
the fourth time. With his excellent
habits and fine constitution he should
have lived fifteen or twenty years
longer, and his attack would have
yielded readily to modern treatment"
1t seems amazing at this day that
such treatment could have been sane
toned by medical science. A hun
dred years hence much that is done
to-day in the name of medical science
| will seem just as amazing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-09-05
FOUR CHILDREN DEAD.
Three Were Bitten by q Rattlesnake
and One Was Drowned
in q Well.

SULLIVAN, Mo-, Aug. 2g.-The re-
port reaches here tonight of a terri
BILE accident which befell the family
of a widow residing seven miles from
Sullivan. Yesterday evening three OF
her children, while at play, went to a
place next the barn to gather the
eggs. The place vas rather out OF
the way and dangerous, owing to
snakes, which are numerous in thai
region. One child thrust its hand in,
to what it supposed was the hem,
nest, and quickly withdrew it., ex-
claiming that the hen pecked ltd
hand. The other two children put in
their hands with the same result, and
then set up a loud cry. The mother
was at the well with the baby, and the
alarm SO excited her that she left the
babe and ran to the assistance OF the
three children, who, it seems, had
been bitten by a r~attiesnake. During
the excitement the little baby fell in
TO the well and was drowned, and the
report Ia that three other children al
an died
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-09-05
throw ont the suggestion to you. You
must. find tho apsyar vouraaipo,

throw out the suggestion to you. You
must find the answer yourselves.
Under the law of 1862 the vast
amount of paper money in circulation
(of which l have nothing to say had
driven both gold and silver out of cir
culation and from 1852 to 1870 the ay-
erage price of the gold dollar was
1.73.
The farmer who had to sell in the
lowest market in the world when gold
was the standard money and you
bought on an entirely different and
higher standard of money. Does this
account for the fact that you lost so
many millions of money during that
decade?
During the decade from 1870 to 1880
gold fell from 1.73 to 1.16. The in
crease in agricultural products during
this time was s92, O0O, 600 to over $780,
DOC, 900 or about PSF per cent. annual
ly.
From 1870 to 1880 exports had large
ly increased-about 1.21 per cent-and
the increase in the value of money
was 1877 per cent. annually. Was this
caused by the difference in shrinkage
between gold and paper money? Is this
the proper explanation, think you?
What good should it do me if l
should make $780, 600 if it be taken
from me by the hand of oppression or
extortion? None whatever. My friends,
you must buy as you sell and sell as
you buy.
The farmers of the United States
have made the whole world their
market place, but they cannot sell in
the lowest and buy in the highest
markets and live. Our standard of
values must conform as near
to that of other nations as possible.
eyes," sarcasticaily, "you own your
selves, do you, and you can eontrolthe
markets of the world, can your"
No, my friends, you must SO shape
your policy that it will not only be to
youi oNh Ost, but VIII dl5V CoIi-
form to the interests, the financial in
~terests, of the other nations of the
world to trade with you. You must
not adopt minded, cramped,
selfish policy, but a liberal, broad
guaged one, such q one as will induce
other nations to deal with you, apolicy
that will give you the highest market
in which to sell and the lowest in
which to bny.
But my voice is giving down, and
besides / can't talk against a ealliope
and there is another gentleman pres
emit better able to properly set these
facts before you than l am, and again
thanking you for your patient atten-
ton and the esteemed privilege of
talking to SO many of my friends from
Macon and Randolph, | leave these
suggestions with you for your future
consideration" And amidst much ap-
plause the Colonel bowed himself off
the stand which was at once pulled
down, and the band struck up a lively
air and the exhibition of stock was
resumed.