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New-York tribune., 1896-12-03
WHY SUFFRAGE FAILED.
THE REV. ANNA SHAW GIVES HER VIEWS
ON THE CALIFORNIA WOMAN-SUF-
FRAGE CAMPAIGN


The Rev. Anna Shaw spoke in Memorial Hall on
Tuesday evening the sufragists OF
Brooklyn on the California woman-suffrage cam
paign. 1T was not a Waterloo. it was Bunker
HILL" said she. Mrs. Shaw gave a full. vivid de-
soription of the work done in California during the
campaign. She told how woman-suffrage plank
was inserted into every party platform except the
Democratic platform, and even there the woman
sufragists got a large enough splinter for many OF
the most prominent Democrats TO stand inde-
pendenty upon. She told OF the promises OF sup
port that came to them from every side. until 1t
seemed 10 her that ii was going 10 be so easy 10
win that actually they had nothing TO fight for.
This sentiment she expressed TO one prominent poll
tican. who rather dampened her enthusiasm hy
telling her that those men did not intend 10 do what
they had promised.
Everything looked II the Populistic party
would carry California" said Mrs. Shaw, until
ten days before the election when affairs for the
Republicans began to brighten. About this time
The LiquorDealers' Association the only organized
combatants they had in California. came TO the aid
OF the Republicans with large contribution OF
money. The sunrapists had been indorsed by
schools. colleges persons and associations among
the higher classes. but the lquor-deaers were op-
posed to them.
"The Outlook was scored for Its alleged failure
TO present both sides OF the question. In accordance
in which it stated that both sides should be heard.
But according 10 Mrs. Shaw. "A letter sent ny SUI
associates rejected. while communication
from the other side was not so treated
Returning to the topic OF California. the speaker
said that the leading Republican cergymcn In some
places, who were opposed to woman sunrage
and parade through the streets carrying lamps on
the end of sticks. Mrs Shaw closed her remarks
with a resume of the tactics adopted by the Cali
fornia politicians and expressed indignation that
they should promise to give wonan suffrage and
then withdraw their support She quoted Cali
fcrnia masculine acquaintance 10 the enect That
the promise had been given only in spirit or
chivary but such chivalrv she considered an in
suit Suffrage II obtained would relieve women
from the need of any such chvalry.
Miss Carrie Chapman-Catt. National organize a
resident Of Bensonhurst. who spent the months OF
the campaign in Kansas told OF her experience In
that State She referred TO the accounts OF the
movement a NewYork paper by corre-
spondcnt. who. was claimed obtained her in
formation from a we-known gambler and declared
mat woman suffrage had won the day in Kansas.
ali thOugh tho final decision OF the matter Is now In
the hands OF the Supreme Court
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03
4 FREE PUBLIC RE4DIVC

Mrs Walter p Holt. OF the American School o,
EIocut.on. assisted by Miss Lulu Haven and Mis-.
Mae Colt WI. give free public reading this even.
ing in the Warren Street Methodist Episcopsl
Church. Warren-st.. between Smith AMI Court sta
Brooklyn.
Mrs. Hot is the instructor of the Peoples Rea ling
Class which meets at this church Monday even
ings and which was organized under the auspices OF
the American Society for the Improvement OF Speech
the Damrosch Singing Glasses In New York. and the
course includes all the essentials Of oral expression,
~ we'll as the Interpretation Of literary thought
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03
". e. 7. Z. PiRLOR MEETING

The first parlor meeting OF the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union which was held on Tuesday even
ing at the home OF DR.. L. Muncie. No Ii9 Macon-s,
Brooklyn proved 10 he most enjoyable affair Mrs
Carrie Prckard presided. and speeches were made nv
Mrs Mabel l.. Conklin secretary OF the White Cross
Department of the National Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union Mrs Phebe J. Wait NJ D. suner,p
iendent of political study for the State Womln's
Christian Temperance tnion and Mrs. Emma
Pettsngill county president OF the ORGANIZATION In
teresting fe-ures OF the meeting were singing by
Miss Lizzie Raymond Prickard and reciiations by
daughter OF the hostess
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

Stewart Smith, Mrs: Oliver Livingston Jones. Miss
Jones Miss Belloni Miss Steine Mrs Charles
Wadsworth Mrs William II. williams Mrs.
Thomas Flagg. Mrs. William Redwood. Mrs. E. G.
Love Miss Storm Mrs Antony Wallack and Mrs.
Martin Brown.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03
GLEiNINGS BY THE WAY.

The language spoken by the natives Of Gomeros.
OF the Canary Islands. IL very curious. The
inhabitant whistles what he has to say. and at
the same time uses his fingers in quick and
expressive pantomiine
The Camrroons who live IN Western Africa.
a peculia r looking drum by which 20 express
themselves II l. said that they ar" unacquainied
with other means of communication.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

Tie Needework Committee OF tie Young
Womnrs Christian Association will give n reccp-
iion this afternoon from until o'clock and will
open sale OF fancy articles for Christmas gifts.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

The fair being held by the Sisters OF the Strangers
AT No Winthrop Place closes tonight.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

several games Tuesday afternoon in the rooms Of
the Town and Country club. No. IL East Twenty
seccnd-Sf.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

Under the auspices OF tho Brooklyn Institute Of
Arts and Sciences. Mrs Cornea X Iford will de-
liver lecture this evening Wills In the Art
Building. No ia Montague-st.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

A prominent officer Of the National Daughters OF
the American Revolution. living in Washington
city writes Mrs Trafton that she has consulted
several eminent lawyers. who tell her that The idea
of not being able to form. other New-york city
chapters Of the Daughters OF the American Revoiu-
ton IL SIMPLY preposterous.
Miss Harriet VI. Dcnison Of the Emerson School
of Oratory Boston. Will begin series OF art
literature lessons this evening. at SIS, At the
home of Mrs. Harvey. No. 3i3 wesr seventieth-st.
Miss Denison's method T. unique and artistic. She
purposes giving group OF lectures or talks from
selected authors each month with q view TO awak-
.ning the artistic instinct and Imagination in her
hearers so that they may be able TO Illustrate lit
.rature from the pictures formed the mind by the
proper unders nding and Interpretation OF the sub
},, }gnnr,sni , s from within o ana ,hat The "a ~
enng and stimulating or tn" faculties toward a
toward which are all the time working is the
only true foundation OF symmetrical training and
lasting success
DR. Watson Dan MaclarcnD always seems 20 ind
his Waterloo whenever II comes 10 the auestiop
OF a purely feminine reception On the occasion OF
his recent visit to Philadelphia Mrs Han tn.
president OF that fourshing organization. the Nev
century club sent word through friend asking
DR. Watson II II would be agreeable TO him should
their club give a reception IN his honor. In an In
cred,bly short time she received a charminxiv
worded reply. thanking her. and saying he would
be delighted 10 meet tne members of the New Gen.
tury II he could do so IN small groups but II there
was one thing that completely paray red him N
was a reception. and might he therefore be ex.
c,ised, As the New Century club members have
always prided themselves on their entertainments
OF all the new lights that come In the literary
armament this detection OF brilliant an ..auid
icht' had At least the merit OF afYordIng them an
entirely new sensation.
Grammar School No. q. In Forty -second-st. near
Third-ave. will open a senior evening school for
men next Monday evening" December T. Dr. Joseph
Taylor will be In charge. Nearly two hundred
applicants for admission have been already regis
tered.
At a meeting OF the Managing Board Of the
Home for Friendless Women and Children. Brook
lyn the following officers were elected for the COM
ing year: Mrs. H. Q. Anderson. president. Mrs.
8. V. White. nrst vice-president: Mrs. Arthur Ben
urer; Mrs Moore. recording secretary: Miss Benet
corresponding secretary: assistant recording sees
rOtarT niDo X. g. Baldwin
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

Railways IN Ireland transport bicycles more
chsapIy than the English roads For sixpence the
Irish roads will take the wheel far the Eng
lish railways Will for two shngs.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

The Red Cross Company OF the knights Of Tenn
perance opened "A fair yesterday In the Church Of
the Messiah Greene and Clermont aves. Brooklyn
II will continue to-day and o-morrow. One OF
the most attractive tables IL supplied with aprons
made by the wives OF the Governors OF the differ
States.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

Under tho auspices OF the Board OF Education.
e G. Manning will lecture this evening at o'clock
In Grammar School No. 5. Edgecombc-ave. and
One hundred a nd forty -firstst.. THE Water
supply Of New-York." There Will be number NJ
sierropticon views.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

Mrs Swits Conde and Miss Conde will give a re
cep,ion and tea AT their home No West Fifty
sixth-st this afternoon from 10 o clock
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

Professor s ". Dentons second annual exhibit
ton OF butterflies opened on Tuesday In the Amer
lean Art Galleries Madison Square South. The
exhibition will close on the last day OF December.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

The annual fair for the benefit OF the Deaconess
Home Of the Methodist Episcopal Church In Brook
lyn will open to-day in the Pouch Mansion. Clln-
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03
GOING on TODAY.

Nine. Mary Scott Rowland Will deliver a free
lecture al , o'clock this afternoon at No 81 Fifth
ave. on "iysienic Care and Preservation Of the
Skin
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

The Brooklyn Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation is conducting a very attractive fair for the
sale OF Christmas articles. All the exhibits were
made by women who have To earn their own living.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

The regular literary and dramatic meeting OF the
Professional Woman's League will be held this
afternoon at $50 o'clock. I'm the clubroons No
.5p Broadway
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

A fair Will open to-day In the Academy OF Mu-
Sic Rrookl--n for the benefit OF the Brooklyn In
dustrlai School Association and Home for Destitute
Children From II to O'Clock on Friday and
Saturday lunch will be served the restaurant being
i'm the assembly Beautiful Christmas ar
,icles Will be for sal. The children from the Home
viii sing Eighty thousand meals were served TO
the children last year.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

Miss Helen Kelleher OF San Francisco. Will give
a reading this eve ming for newsboys at No.
Duano-si The reading begins at o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

novel and interesting fair opens to-day In tn,
vcsirv rooms OF the Church Of the Divine Pater'
nitv Fifth-ave and Forty-sixth-st The fair VII
take the form of Dutch market. mere VIII De 4
Dutch kitchen. with Dutch fireplace.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

A reception TO DR. John Watson dan Maclaren
md Mrs Watson will be given this afternoon. from
$50 10 ; o'clock. in the rooms Of the Aidne club
No IS Fifth-ave.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

The Medico-rega. Society will hold p meeting this
afterroon n, 2 o'clock AZ the Hotel Marlborough.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-03

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the homeopathic Hos
p,tai OF Harlem will hold a reception this afternoon
from ( until : O'Clock at the home OF the presi-
dent Mrs Horace Hamilton. No 2os I..nox-ave.
The officers OF IN. Auxiliary Will assist Mrs. Ham
ilton I'm rccei Ing and the horso will be- decorated
in The hospital colors whi'" and yellow.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-27
BEYOND.

The cries and means of the fallen
From the stricken field hear,
And my soul is stirred to answer,
TO shout them a word of cheer,
For | see how the Lord of Battle
Points on with guiding hand
To where beyond the failure
There is still happy land,
Look up, look forth TO the future,
Tho your eyes are dim and weak,
Tho the storms that beat about you
Hide the light of the hope you seek
Arise meath the beat of the tempest,
To the height of your manhood
gtand.
And you'l see that beyond the failure
There Is still happy land.
Through the battle we win to conquest
BY the pain and the woe ye are
blest;
For only the children CT sorrow
Can win to the gates of rest.
Long since by he Lord Of Battle
The strife was nobly planned
For the brave beyond the failure
There Is still happy land.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-27

he was compelled to pass through the
village street, and here he was ac-
eosted with the inquiry by one of the
young fellows of the village where
the postmaster was going to so early
IN the morning?" oh" replied
Johannes, and he tried OF look digni-
lied, lust pcregrinating terra drma.
Johannes expected the big words
would astonish his tormentor, but the
eoE stuck t. him and succeeded In
discovering that Johannes Sunday
coat was in the bundle. The villagers
were nj once informed of the fact, and
johannes was followed at a distance
by one OF the boys. Soon Fla was
seen waddling through tho Village
street, also carrying a bundle. and the
N'lagers were how sure that some
'alnE was about to happen. Fla way
followed. and was seen TO enter tho
forest Here she met Johannes, anf
both were busy taking OF their every,
aaE dress, when, with a horrible veil.
the entire population OF the village
WAS seen approaching, Look out for
the wolves, they cried, they are bit
Ing everybody" Fla and Johannes
did not stand on ceremony. In his
flannel underwear. leaving his Sunday
dress behind, Johannes sprlnted for
for the village church, followed by
Tia in her red petticoat, with the viii
layers running behind them. yelling
Wolf"
Tho minister was haptizIng Abolid
krtSttna's child, when the door to tho
sarrtsty was burst open. and Fla,
breathing like whale from her exer-
ton, rolled in, followed by Johannes,
hareheaded and In his tlannels.
The minister and the haptizing
party were almost scared out of their
wits. My friends! My friends! Have
YOU escaped from highwaymon, or has
the evil spirit entered into your"
No, said Eta, With the little voice
she could command, after her rapid
running "Rcggtng the worthy pas
tors pardon, no other spirit has en-
tered In us but 10 come hero and re-
quest the worthy pastor to read the
hhhhS uN'l me anu JOnNnnCA next
sunday But the Villagers say the
wolves were after them, and | have
lost my Sunday dress, and Johannes"
aud horo Fla had to stop for lack of
breath, ana johannes tried TO crawl
under table to- hide himself.
The minister was not slow to see the
Joke aud understand the situation
depressing rs far as possible his In.
'ltnntion to laugh. he requested Fin
and Johannes to approach his table
aud addressed them on the sanctity of
matrimony, When the pastor went
homo to HIS dinner he and his sexton
had good laugh nj probably the odd
eat pair OF lovers ever to appear before
II minister,
And ms for the village people. they
yelled and cried and hurrnhod untn
Johannes, as he later coniided to Fla,
over tumbler Of something refresh
ing, Tho had never In his life been so
eNtemporancously frustrated and that
he expected every minute TO be
stricken with obfuscation."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-27
WHEN PEOPLE MAY DANCE.

At a gathering Of Kings Daughters
at London, Ont, the other day. Mrs.
Graham of Toronto, on being asked II
dancing should be tolerated, replied:
y es, but only in the morning, an hour
before breakfast, and then the woman
should dance with her husband or
brother" This encouragement Of
morning dancing, at time when
morning prayers are said to be falling
into disuse, may possibly strike some
Christians as unwise. And there are
sedate heads OF families, not necessar-
lily Christian, who would Kick vigor-
ously If they were asked to dance an
hour before reading the morning paper
and going TO business Farmers, also,
who have to begin work early In the
morning, will be apt TO complain, If
this dancing rule should be enforced
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-27
EVERYBODY HAS A FETCH
Superstition of Good or Evil Fortune
That Affect the Beat OF Men.

young Englishman during recent
cA onng in bohemia produced the tradi-
tiohal crooked stxpence from his pocket
and told how Cecil Rhodes had bitten
IT, Tho possoasor would not part With
II Tor many times It's valuo Every
body laughed NJ the superstition, but.
AS II turned out, nearly every man
present had some fetch Neither he
of the crooked slxpenco nor any of
his companions quite believed In tho
efficacy OF his charm, but each liked to
daily with the superstition One OF
the company carried an old George III.
penny to Jingle with loose change In
his pocket. Another opening n little
cigarette case, showed n bit of rattle
snake skin, supposed to exercise II
subtle influence upon poker hands. II
was n cosmopolitan little company of
decidedly modern quality, sufficiently
skoptlcnl about many things that most
good persons believe, but majority
Of It's men bors carried charms to bring
good luck
II every such company could be III
duced 70 make show Of pocket pieces
ana frank ayowal Of SuperstItions
lightly held but not quite dieregarded,
the showing would rather astonlsh
folks that believe this skepilcai age.
The late English hangman. Murwood.
made pretty penny by selling bits
OF rope with uncanny histories. The
coral beads brought home from Europe
as presents TO children are really de-
signed to keep off evil spirits. The
branches Of the coral are supposed.
like the horns of horseshoe. to ward
off III luck. Amber beads are worn
BY many excellent persons to keep OF
erysipel0s There must be good
many New Workers carrying the rab-
bits foot. A young woman was seen
not very long ago to stoop down ON
a wet and muddy day, pick up horse
shoe from the pavement of Fifth ave-
nue.. and tuck II away under her water
proof. None Of the great ocean liners
sails from this port on Friday. The
crescents Of gold and ivory worn on
the watch chain by many persons are
amulets to keep off evil spirits Here
again Is the horn or prong, as in the
horseshoe. This crescent is one OF the
commonest forms for the so-called
watch charms. New York Sun.
Bismarck said TO q party OF Ameri-
can travellers, who called upon him
last summer: 1T was Frederick the
Great who was the first neutral sover-
cign in Europe TO recognize American
independence; ror have the friendly
relations then established ever suffered
the least interruption, as | can testify
no less from my own experience than
from the papers in the Prussan ar
chives"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-27
CHAPTER VII.
The March Of the Plague.

IIE NdI III UI IIIE IdRUN'
II is not 10 be expected that such an
episode az happened in the courthouse
that day would be allowed to pass I'M
noticed in such a place as Cantiehowe.
The fact Of Alec Marin being hailed be-
fore the justice on charge Of poach-
ing had filled the little courtroom TO
ing those who declared the intention
of openly denouncing John Todd as
having instigated this prosecution for
sheer spite, in hope that the boy would
be hardly treated by the justice. But
no one had been prepared for the sud
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-27

NN'A' NN''N kaNketlu WllNn lNeN ltallN
saw That something more than MAS
visible ON the surface lay under 1t all
was plain Ia the most stupid onlooker;
ana when next day the carrier brought
the news that lie had me, Alec Natru
with a ,ravelNS bag over his shoulder
some eight miles west OF the town,
travelling toward Burntisland at {
O'Clock IN the morning, the wonder and
the myNcry increased
This was followed by another rumor.
that Mrs, Marin was about to leave the
town aN0gethcr and a vague regret. u
Kindly pity for the quiet woman who
had lived 81 unohStruSivCly among
them, began to be felt. Where was
she going? Where could she 50" they
demanded, where she could be better
or hettcr liked than in Cantiehowe?
But suddenly alkthis speculation and
gossip ceased, was swallowed up and
silenced, hushed into an awed stiffness
by the one thought present in every
mind, the dread IL every eve, the word
on every lip cholera"
For months back there had been re
ports Of the ravages of the plague in
other lands; the newspapers had odd
how il WAS creeping down by the Bal
tic, alonE the shores OF the Modterra-
mean in France and elsewhere. hut
to the dwcllcrs In CantichowC these
were all vague foreign places, millions
Of miles away. the heather land they
sent missionaries TO; and ay. deed ay
ii was very pititul that the poor
things even If they were heather AMI
catholics, should be dying in hundreds
and in thousands like flies In an early
on in their mcventrul lives, when the
whole town was startled one day by
the appearance in the papers of n 81.
gantic headline:
"CNOlERA IN EDINBURGH"
In Edinburgh! Across the water
there, The people lifted up their eyes
and looked oNcr to where the couChant
lion was outlined dtmly amid the blue
haze that ovcrhung the beautiful city
and great fear fell upon them This
fear was in no way allaycd by the of
fetal posters stuck up at all available
street corners posters beaded Chol-
era" and Commanding all and sundrN
to ut once clean up unsaNorN back
premises to cart away al! refuse To the
outside of the town, and to have all
walls OF closets and cellars and stables
washed with hot lime forthwith,
Apparently it had never occurred To
the sanitary authorities to order this
to be done until the sCourgc was upon
them; and the terror these preparations
for fighting it inspired struck the
hearts of the weak and npprchensiNc
with prcmonitory chills,
And now it had crossed the Forth,
crept nearer and nearer; 1t was In a
town Il few miles to the northwest, IN
a collicry district, moving down the
people like grass people whom they
knew; the living OF yesterday swelling
the death lists of today.
At last II reached Cnntichowe and
one and another and yet another wa
reported as down with he dread
scourgc. Then the people grew para,
lyzed with terror, for half the town
we're soon in its terrible grip, three and
four in a household down at once, not
one able to help another
At this crisis Mrs. Marin one day
covered IN her shelves with paper
drew down her shop-window blind
turned the key in the lock and went
into the Village 10 nurse the sick
Gro BE Continuod)
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-27
FIRE IN AFRICA.

Johannesburg Africa, Feb. 25.-Fire
caused 1916 900 damage 10 dry goods
and other stores, warehouses. etc,
Monday
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-27

Charles Rodman, farmer, was assas-
sinated at Anthony, Kans.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-27

Bayard and Salisbury hobnobbed
over Venezuela.