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homes for the working classes, with quick and
cheap transit-homes that could be paid for on
easy ins tallments with money that would
otherwise DE spent for rents in dreary dwell
ings in the desolate districts of the great City;
suppose the hard-working mothers, who are
after day to exc out mere pittance for family
necessities, had small plat OF ground each
where could be grown the vegetables for the
table, chickens raised, flowers cultivated and
home beautlfied, giving the children part In
the delightful labor, thus evoking the true
great incentive to frugality and wise saving
of wages.
Crowded quarters, insufficient poor food, un-
healthy alleys and scant clothing, account for
a large proportion OF the misery and crime of
large cities. Having had close communication
with more than $4,000 homes OF the poor In
this City during the past sixteen years, know
much of the sad story of discouraged fathers,
overworked mothers, and helpless, neglected
children-necessarily neglected, in many In
stances-where the mother goes forth to her
days washing or scrubbing. leaving her babe
in the rude cradle, with perhaps little sister
of 6 or years to look after 1t and to do the
work for the family. This is no fanciful
sketch. 1t is too sadly real, as we know from
personal observation and experience. SO,
say, let US work for the time when the tollers
and the strugglers shall find their toll rain
bowed with hope-the hope OF acquiring
homes of their own. There is an old proyerb,
"Make a man the owner of bare rock, and he
will soon make of it q garden; rent him gar
den and he will soon make OF it desert"
The great problem of the worlds history
is open before US. 1t is briefly this: The strug-
gle. of the kingdom of heaven against all that
is dragging the race downward. IL aims TO Gre
ate social conditions which shall be Just and
beneficent. The kingdom of God is not impos-
sible. even here, in what has been character
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thev shall carry these qualities as wsanop,
both of offense and defense.
Good Judgment comes very largely fror,
sound moral qualities, and good judgment il
to business what good steering is to nariya
ton. 1t keeps the ship in safe channels Good
judgment is indispensable in the efforts msda
to right the wrongs of society. The conSpryo
tive as well as the radical element must havo
sway. In closing wish to say that it is vain
to cry out against the emancipation of womsn
from the narrow bonds OF the past. The world
has unrolled and unfolded until the fulneSe
of time has come. 1t is not the turbulence, 81
few discontented fanatics that calls for a
wide range of work and influence. 1t has bean
a long and devious journey, and every footfsii
of that journey forward and onward has been
assailed as q deviation from the prophecies ~
sex. Woman has been accused OF stepping he
yond her sphere. Let US remember that n0ver
makes all virtues more rich and more produc.
tive. The way TO make noble race is to uiaka
noble wives and mothers, and the Way tn do
velop the best wives and mothers is to exnapd
the sympathy and elevate the energy of
woman in the sphere OF life and thought.
Let her do whatever she is fitted to do we'll
We talk about woman's sphere. She has nevar
had sphere. She has never even had q be,ni
sphere. At best she has had only GRANNY ora
corner. The attempt OF human history has
been to carry on the world with half its forces
like an attempt to sail q vessel with half ire
crew under the matches. Womanhood as a
spiritual force has been subordinated If NOT
repressed. And yet the woman question "a
half the human question. 1t is question that
has more to do with the evolution of the
uOmS IudH Ill OIueE questions m.
bined. Let us never forget that q compleIe
humanity is at once both masculine and .femi.
nine-a unity in duality.
Just as the roots of tree combine to conway
q complex life which is to become single IN
the trunk, so these distinctions of sex In 4ba
work OF life will give way to a growing unity
which is to be developed to greater breadth
and strength by united work in the davs that
are just at hand Stepping beyond her sphereP
Yes. But she has continued to stem becensa
God ordered her forward and human ignor,
ance and false wisdom can never Outwit the
Almighty. Larger duties lie before her,
Larger work awaits her. And l foresee the
dawn for which the world is waiting dawn
in which mankind shall have loftier lifethan
it has ever known in the larger life of woman
The convention then adjourned for
lunch, large number of the ladies' pro-
ceeding to the banquet-hall, where amin
promptu rejection, somewhat in the picnic
line, was served, each lady sharing the con-
tents of her lunch basket with three or
four others, who reciprocated the courtesy.
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Mrs. Stetson's Able Paper on
the Beginning of Civil
Power.
TREND OF GOVERNMENT TO-DAY
Rev. Anna Shaw and Messrs. kellogg
and Jordan Among the
Speakers.

Among manifestations of the most vivid
interest and deepest enthusiasm the third
annual meeting of the Woman's Congress
of the Pacific Coast opened yesterday
morning in Native Sons Hall. The spa
cious meeting-place was hung with grace
full festoons of orange cheesecloth and en-
powered in feathery palm branches, while
here and there and everywhere were great
clusters and punches of California pop
pies, golden lupines and bright butter
cups.
AS for women, there were so many of
them that the floor of the hall looked like
a sea of bonnets. Women were there
whose faces bore the delicately traced lines
of a graceful old age, and young wives and
mothers, looking vastly different from the
screeching, scolding viragos sometimes
represented in caricature as types of the
woman suffragist. Fairest of all, the dar-
lings of the Golden West, the girls of Cali
fornia, sweet, fresh and wholesome as our
native flowers, gave brightness all their
own to the great assemblage.
AT half-past 10 o'clock the officers and
speakers of the congress took their places
on the stage. They were: Mrs. Sarah B.
Cooper, Miss Susan 3. Anthony, Rev.
Anna II. Shaw, Mrs. Ada Van Pelt, Mrs.
Nellie Blessing Eyster, Mrs. John F.
Swift, Miss Sarah Severance. Mrs. George
T. Gaden and Mrs. George w. Haight
A f1utter of anticipation was noticeable
throughout the audience as the president
of the congress advanced to the front of
the stage.
al will announce the opening of the
third annual meeting of the Woman's
Congress of the Pacific Coast, said Mrs.
Cooper, tapping the desk with the presI-
dental gavel; land in order that we NAV
commence aTght | ask the Rev. Anna
Shaw to invoke the divine blessing upon
our labors."
Miss Shaw made short but earnest
prayer, calling upon the Holy Spirit for
fight and guidance. She besought a
special blessing upon the participants in
the congress, and petitioned in few
deeply moving words that their endeavors
might not prove in vain.
The lady president then delivered her
address of welcome.
Dear and honored friends from where
soever you have come, bid you welcome
to this convention. Your presence here
evinces the deep interest which you take
in this great movement in favor of won an
suffrage. Our first congress had for its
topic, Woman our second, The Home
and in this one we shall consider Woman
and Government Let us hope that our
next convention will have to deal with
Woman in Government Great ap-
plause.
'And now, kind friends ofthe press, send
accounts of these meetings far and wide.
Remember how many women in far away
country districts will ride FIVE, ten and
even twenty miles in order to read the
words which you may write. Remember
this and let the spirit of justice and right
inspire your pens to indite message of
JOY and hope to awaiting female hearts"
Miss Suan b. Anthony, being introduced
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are honored citizens of the town. One of the
Fairbanks Brothers has given the town an
academy, others of the family have given g
museum, athenRum, an art gallery and q Y.
M. G. A. building. There has never been C
strike in ST. Johnsbury.
The Cheney silk manufactory in South Man
chester, Conn.,, is the largest in the world. The
company furnish the ground at cost and lend
money Tor homes. No saloons are allowed and
no fences. The plans are by one architect.
One thousand acres are covered by these
WORKS and these beautiful homes. There are
no strikes in South Manchester.
Take the Estey organ mandatory, at Bat
tleboro, Vt as another instance. They have
recently celebrated the completion of the
two hundred and fifty y-thousandth organ, The
operatives own their homes and are happy
set of men. This may account for the beau
tiful harmony of their instruments There
is a close relation between harmony of
spirit and harmony OF production. There
are no strikes at Brattleboro. The Pope
bicycle factory, at Hartford, Conn, is an
other conspicuous instance. There are no
less than 400 hands employed. They own
their homes. The noon lunch at the works is
furnished at cost and the comfort of the work
ing men is a primal thought MThere are no
strikes at the bicycle factory at Hartford. And
the bicycles themselves never go on strikes.
The workingmen have put no such spirit in
their manufacture.
The owners of homes have every inducement
to be honest workmen, faithful employees and
respected citizens. Suppose all our outlying
suburbs were dotted with small, comfortable
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cheer. Show the timid and discouraged that
character is freedom; that purity is liberty;
that to have few wants is to be rich, and that
to be master of ones self is 10 be conqueror of
all things. Let them feel that moral riches
tell in the long run every time.
There must be deeper religious sense by
which common life is redeemed ana ennobled.
Uncommon religion is, for the most part, a
failure on this common earth. What the true
home needs is a religious climate or atmos-
phere, full of health-giving ozone and stimu-
Iating sunshine. The truth and beauty of the
higher life should be an objective reality. The
in public. 1t is time for men and women to
have higher conception of character and to
1ndoctrinate children with this lofty concep-
noble living really is-not merely as to what
anything is worth in the market place. but as
to what Is essentially right and true and just
religion be SO ingrained into the young that
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AFTERNOON SESSION.
Interesting Papers on the Begin
nings and the Functions of
Government

At the opening OF the afternoon session
a paper written by Mrs. Charlotte Perkins
Stetson was read by Mrs. Henry krebs Jr.
The subject considered was 1.-THE Begin
nings of Government" and the essay was
both profound and interesting. 1t was in
part as follows:
What is government? An extension of the
will of some over the acts of others WHAT'S it
for2 For the conservation of species. Govern
ment, in a society, is a form of co-relative
activity, essential to the continuance OF that
society and to its growth.
With the human race the earliest forms of
government are loose and temporary and
based on primitive, offensive and defensive
ne ds, as is the case in various animal govern
ments.
The earlier forms of reproduction left no con-
nect1on between mother and child; the egg
was left to develop in grub and fly, or fish or
reptile, without need of mothers care No
mutual service was possible.
But as soon as the period of immaturity was
so prolonged as to need further maternal care,
then the dawn OF government appeared.
Small budding ears were cuffed by wise ma
ternal paws; soft, furry bodies were more
softly bitten; individual action was restrained
for the common good, and this was the Begin
ming of government.
So long as the mother held within herself.o or
had free access to all sources of supplies she
was all in all to her children and ruled them
by natural law.
But when the food supply of the world be-
came the property OF men, and the women also
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atleno 10 this matter. Does he not find in the
Ooluuct OF his home that he needs the help
sn4 Al cooperation of his wife? Is he not profted
py ner suggestion and experience?
shn'o. oman Is an individual. We hear much
aD1ut I tne sovereignty of the individual. The
IN En.y way 10 make men and women sovereigns
as & 70 put on them the responsibility OF thinking
Snu 1 aCilng LOT themselves. Any parent who
oDes ali the thinking for his child dwarts that
cdIu. i, any Government that undertakes TO
.Si people, whether men or women, how to
tnihk ana how to act and attempts to
MINK IN ana act for them will soon have peo-
PIE mat are not worth having Individual OPP
Poltunlty ana individual obligation are funda-
nyntal principles of democratic government.
heakness1s Is not woman's charm In the
coming years nobler womanhood Will give
US hoDler homes. 1t is a mistake TO suppose
because woman's thought reaches out
ailer hght and truth along all lines that her
rove ana devotion will be less fervent. Power
makes ioVe stronger. Power makes virtues
more Iustrous. Strength is a desirable quality
III man or woman, and weakness is not beauty
OF glory. A love for what is essentially true
ana good-this is royal virtue In either sex.
NO woman viii ever be unsexed by seeking
tne good and the true along any line The
good and the true are one. And truth is eter-
nal, ana amid the perplexing discussions and
opinions In regard TO social ana poi1tlcal econ
omy IL is comforting 10 remem Der that truth or
error, Justice or injustice, are In no way de-
Penuent upon our own Interpretation OF them.
lneSe are inherent in the very nature OF things,
ana human law seeks in vain to ignore or defy
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nia,' continued Miss Shaw-'a fine, valu-
able home-but / cannot live in place
where l am not free. / would not even
wish to be in heaven unless as a free soul
have lost both father and mother since
saw you last. Only two weeks ago my
dear mother was taken to another world
My last gift 10 her rests in her coffin-a
bunch of California's wild roses. Oh, how
| hope that / may live as she did, and, dy-
ing, leave memory as grand and good as
hers.
IL have not prepared any paper for this
congress, but if there should be anything
in the fullness of my heart or in the small
ness of my head which may prove of serv-
ice to You, shalt try to give it voice.
Meanwhile, l repeat, am glad to be here,
and if on the Sd of the coming Novemb Der
woman in California gains her freedom. /
hope the offer. of a home here, to which l
have referred, may hold good. If it does.
my. dearest earthly hope shall be to live
and die in California"
Mrs. Ada Van Pelt made few remarks
in answer TO the sentiments expressed by
the preceding speakers, after which she
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amid a storm of applause, replied to
Mrs. Cooper's address in terms of the
warmest gratitude.
''I am glad to be here this side of the
Rocky Mountains again" she began, land
yet more gratifed to find a new spirit
reigning over the Golden West-a spirit of
liberty and iustice-a spirit of fairness and
manliness. What spectacle We are about
to see. Our souls are about to be reioiced
by the sight of California's sons crowning
their mothers, Sives and sisters with the
diadem of citizenship. is this not enough
to fill our hearts With gladness?
"And as though we had not enough Joy
in our cup OF blessing a great daily in
this metropolis, THE CALL, has come out
ready for any battle in our cause! [Great
applause.] For the first time a mighty
journal has, unsolicited and unexpected,
taken up our fight and vowed to keep it
up to the very end. May God bless that
paper and prosper it. May the other
papers follow its example, and aid the
noble work which TIE CALL has inaugu-
rated" Great applause.l
Mrs. Cooper expressed her regret that
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They Unite in Cheering "The CALI as the
Champion of the Inalienable Right
of Suffrage

Mrs. Henrotin had been prevented from
attending. In that lady's place the Rev.
Anna Shaw was introduced.
The men of California" she said, "are
as noble-minded and as generous as any
that can be found on earth. They are
teachable. Reason can penetrate their
change their views they are manly enough
to avow the change. AS for the women of
this State, have never seen such women.
They keep not only abreast of the times,
but even keep in touch with the very
thought of the age.
al have been offered home in Califor-
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were their property, exchangeable at will for
cows and sheep, her government was farce
and soon ceased to exist beyond the first years
OF babyhood.
Government, both public and private, has
been vested in male hands since property was
so vested In this connection it is interesting
to follow the relation of government to prop
erty all through our earlier history, and even
till to-day, when there, is still proper
ton of the people who believe that the ballot
should rest on 'sproperty qualifications
Woman's connection with government Ia
most vividly marked. Wealth has alwayd
meant power in whatever hands it rested, an.
the great land-holding lady was a ruler, IL
right of her possessions.
The chief in war became king in peace and
found occupation in main tanning internal
peace among his increasing people, as he had
before in waging war between them and
others.
The psychic factors in this process are, of
course, the real things 10 be studied, as the
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GLAD TO SEE THE CALL LEAD.
San Francisco, May 8.


c. NJ Shortridge "Cal" CtyDear Sir:
satisfaction undoubtedly shared
readers
whose the friendship
of to-day wish do all in his
all reforms
Call" admiration of mne glad
way. Respectfully F. w. HARNDEN.
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lied as "wicked San Francisco" 1t does not
call for saints but simply for sensible, earnest,
honest men and women, who prove their love
to God by their love and service to their fell
low-men Early saints died for their Lord.
New saintliness must live to help and to bless
those for whom He died. There needs to be
more of the real fellowship between the top
and the bottom of society. Instead OF chiding,
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TAKES A MANLY STAND,

1880 Folsom
Editor
in for suffrage a
srber beginning with May
is the wish of your KNOXGOODRICH
246 North First
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A RECORD TO BE PROUD OF,
JOINT CAMPAIGN CoAGMITTHR.
HEADQUARTERS,
1880 FOLSOM STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. i


The Cal-Dear Sir want to express myyery high
appreciation the splendid which The Call has taken
OF record Call made
which it will always be Proud
the last great struggle
position
great daily with the and loyalty
principles underlying national usce equality
freedom Respectfully. ANNA H. SHAW.
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ms coupauy rRANSMIrSnnd Delivers messages only
tferS e." be uariNi rrattns message back
81 TT :, degery Ell reyoud the
mo CeSsase IS filed
THIS is a" UNKEPEATED MESSAGE. and L delivered bv
THOS. T. Eek
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Aagsy With EvspyhsAy.

Wher paper like the Times Heralt
enters Upon . campaign Of vituperatiol
II should. nrst. at least, lay . founda.
ton Of Substantial argument. This Il
would undoubtedly do u It could, but /,
has none.
Let the reader glance q the follow.
ing sample taken from the editorial r.
ferred 70:
The strange spectacle y thus pre-
sented Of the silver kings taking pos-
session Of the gateway q Legislation
b. seising upon the senate finance con-
mittee 70 make government pay Z law
full dollar Soe . half dollars worth Of
white metal. the profit 70 20 into the
pockets Of the silver kings; while ont
In the country labor ID 70 Be beeuiled
and bAmboosled into . secret oder q
cheat Itself into thinking that 30 cents
- . good enough dollar for vasea.
Give me . dollar for half Q dollar. say
the senate silver kings to Uncle SAN
I'll give you 80 cents for the dollar q
yeur wagsA ~ the sane kinss %
Ne American vorkingmen. Lets call
ourselves patricia" says Coin" Hsr-
vsy % the verkingmen, and you take
y esnts Tor ne dollar e yeur vagss
y oSvvo ~ ~ oaeyjooAs
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This one aftsrvsrd issued BY New
York banksss to the national banks:
Dear Str: II 10 advisable to do all n
Jour power 70 sustain such prominent
daily and weekly newspapers. especial
~ the agricultural and religious press.
- Will oppose the issuing OF green
back money. and that you also with
hold patronage or favors from all appli-
eants who are not willing to oppose the
governmsat issue Of money. Let the
eovernment issue the coin and the
baaks issue the paper money Of the
country, for then We can better protect
each other. To repeal the Law creating
national hank notes. or 70 restore to
Circulation the government issue of
money will Be to provide the people
With money. and will therefore ssri-
susly Affect your Individual profit -
bankers and lenders. See your con-
gresham at once. and engage him to
support eur interests that We may COZ
troll legislation
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HEADQUARTERS
YoR THE
Singer Sewing Machine

beg to announce to the public. that
have again opened an office, where
have constantly on hand full line O
the Genuine Singers, with all the lates
Improvements. l have also larg,
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for all other makes and styles Of SEWN,
Machines. All kinds OF Sewing Ma
chimes repaired. Bargains in second
hand machines.
Ny place Of business is on eth Street
between Mill and McCrilIus Streets.
Jasper. INDIANA.
PETER j. BOSNIAN, Agent.
Dec. 5, 1S9O-tf.
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circulation has reached immense proper
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all the latest new. all over the state and
from its dispatches from foreign countries
Every reader in Indiana should tax "A STATE
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Boone Township Trustees
Notice.

The undersigned, Trustee Of Boone
Owhship, Dubois county, hereby gives
sobce that he will attend TO all business
peFsaining To the office Of Trustee, 1t hie
'sssdence y miles southeast of Portess.
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~ 70 present it ON Saturday. Ciu.ens
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Send for THE Great Conspir acy. ("
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The undersigned. Trustee u Balm
ondge township, Dubois county, will at
tend to Township business on SATURDAY.
= every week, At Frank Betz's Office on
North Main street, between Eighth and
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| AYmer8' Homo
ION Mil street. Jasper. Indy
PHILIP KASTN Efs, Prop'r

Ihis commodiOus hotel has been thorough
oyerhauled. and refitted new throughout
and i now open for public entertainment.
ne table will always be found we'll supplied
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\ good stable for farmers horses, and
cheap feed
\ good bar. we'll supplied with the choicest
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ways Give me call.
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DEBTOR vs.. CREDITOR,
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DEAN" AND ~cHGAP" MONEY.

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