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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The pastor of q Presbyterian church
in Brooklyn was recently hunting with
q friend when the latter mistook him
for a quail and filled his left arm with
birdshot.
A monument is being erected at
Kamrar, Ia, to the memory of Miss
McBeth, the Nez Perez Indian mission
airy, who died in Mount Idaho about
five years ago.
On one day recently three Massa-
chusetts churches celebrated %anniver-
Earies-the Eliot church at Newton, the
two hundred and fftieth anniversary
of John Eliot's first sermon to the In
cians; the Unitarians' church at Lex
ington, the two hundredth anniversary
of the settling of the first pastor, and
the North Congregational church at
Springfield, the fiftieth anniversary of
its organization.
Bishop Creighton, of Peterborough,
who has just been appointed bishop OF
London, is a man of mark. In 1854 he
became professor of ecclesiastical his
tory in Cambridge. In 1886 he was
present at the two hundred and fiftieth
anniversary celebration OF Harvard, and
received from it the degree of Ii. d.
He is the author of several historical
works, and is one of the ha~rdest-work-
ing bishops on the bench.
Mr.. I. Thomas Fortune, editor of
the Age (Afro-American), writing in
the Eew York Sun, gives some interest
ing facts concerning the growth of the
African Methodist Episcopal church.
Of the 10000, 900 colored population of
the United States, 100000 are Metho-
dists, while 1850, 900 are Baptists. The
100000. In all, fully 100000 Afro
Americans are members of some church,
and 5000 are ministers.
DIR. Thornton, an expert in the edu-
cation of deaf mutes, says that a modi-
tication of the telephone promises to
be of material use in the education of
those deaf mutes who possess a frag-
ment Of hearing power, and it has the
following important advantages over
the single-speaking tube that is some
times used: Firstly, that the wires
from several receivers can be coupled
up to one transmitter, and thus a teach
err a instruct a group of children at
the same time, and, secondly, that, as
it is not necessary for the teacher to
apply his mouth close to the transmitter,
the pupils have a full view of his facial
expression and lip movements, which
is not the case when he has to direct
his attention and his voice into the
mouth of a speaking-tube or trumpet.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12
EVENING DRESSES.
0sw Women Can Make Over Some which
They Have.

They Have.
With the opera begun and the party
season beginning we must look to our
eyeningfrocks. Some of those which we
wore last winter will serve again this
year. Others should be ripped up for
Innings, given to small girls for party
frocks OF made into sofa cushions.
Nothing is shabbier than a dilap-
idated evening dress. Many women do
not realize how quickly the ribbons and
laces upon a dancing frock become tum-
bled. Nor how readily an old gown
may be made to LOOK fresh by new trim
mings.
This, however, is an important thing
10 remember. New ribbons of the
original color of a dress should not be
placed upon it after it has been worn.
BY comparison the dress will seem shah
by. Contrasts upon old fabrics always
are the proper accessories. For eX-
ample, a white ribbon, fresh, against a
white silk dress old, makes the whole
garment to seem patchy. Purple or
green or yellow or blue ribbons next to
the white gown will produce an effect
entirely smart if the silk has been frus-
trated.
Sometimes it is well to sponge an
evening frock with a soap-barley water.
If the material is heavy and the folds
can be unripped and left wrapped until
dry around broomstick handles the plan
may be tried. When the silk is light in
Hynirh4 anl ,nnartoIn -, oDl0r n hanzina
hath preparatory to a refashioning over
a rather stiff muslin and cambria lining
should be considered.
Some gowns this winter are sleeveless,
but a m must be sure that her
arms are perfect before she plans to
reveal them. And that her dress is
beautiful enough to bear severe criti-
cism. Any style in small puffs or but
terfly designs will be in order. Really
large sleeves are distinctly out of fash
lon. Last evening | noticed some upon
an evening gown ut the theater, and
they seemed amusingly old.
This is a fearful pace we are living at
in these times in everything and fash
ions. But it is so simple a thing to perk
up last seasons sleeves into this ones
no one need worry about that.
Amateur dressmakers will find that
best effects in the greatest number of
evening fabrics come from Il liberal use
of an inner advantageous linen. mus
lin, even tarlatan. Hair cloth has little
in common with silks.
Among hints especially to remember
about worn silks is this-that a fabric
too shabby for use undraped may be
converted into n lovely ball toilet SIM
ply By covering loosely with tulle. chif-
fon or net in the same or a contrasting
color.
Broadly speaking, ball gowns this
year are of draped silks. dinner and re-
ception costumes are of brocades. Even
the debutantes are wearing brocades.
There is a wide demand for them. They
rage in all degrees of modesty, tiny
self-colored or contrasting flowers, up
to- huge flaming bouquets upon every
hued background.-St. Louis Republic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12

Il suppose" said the native of Ameri-
ca to the foreigner, that you find our
manners and customs very interesting"
Not exactly" replied she visitor, a.
he gazed at a fleeting bicycle girl.
What l find interesting are your man.
ners and costumes."-Chicago Intea
Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12

Convict-T'm in here for having five
wives.
Visitor-How are You enioying yqpr
liber.y?-Town Topics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12

The way of the trarsgressor is
sometimes harder for his friends than
for hiniseIf.-TSXas Sitter
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12

1t is said by biologists that iron
in marketable quantities has been found
in every country on the globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12

The common copperas of commerce
so extensively used "a a disinfectant
IS a salt of iron, the salphate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-18

beauty roses. When thu broad and
beautiful field of the shield confronted
the house from KS position at the front
of the platform, the galleries Joined
the convention
IN A GREAT ROAR
which consinued until. with persistent
effort. the permanent chairman drove
it from the hail with his gavel.
"GeHrlemen OF The convention, what
Is your Dleasure?''
Al this interval, a letter was passed
forward by a delegate with the request
that II be read by the secretary for the
information of the convention. The
chairman dirscIed the secretary to read
the letter, which was as follows:
st. Louis. No.. June II.
Hon. c. W Fairbanks. Temporary
Chairman.
Dear Sir:-The committee on ere
dentials is at this time N session and
engaged in the consideration of the
contests bsfore it and will be unable to
finish its work in time 10. report to the
convention at this session By order
OF the committee.
Yours very truly.
j. FRANKLIN FORT,
Chairman"
Governor Bushnell of Ohio-Mr.
Chairman. move that the convention
now adjourn until , O'Clock this after
no9a.
The Cilairman-It is moved that the
convention adjourn until 2 O'Clock this
afternoon The vote was carried by a
ripping, wavering vote of the conven-
-ti-h n. the negative side receiving barely
dozen votes. The convention at once
colaled through the various entrances
to the streets
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-18
JONES FOR GoyERNoR.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. June 1.-THE
Democratic state convention met today
with a full representation. John w.
Jones was nominated for governor and
Judge H. G. Bum for chief Justice of The
supreme court, An effort to stampede the
convention to the support of Bland, by
the announcement that Senator Teller
and his colleagues had declared for him,
failed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-18
CIRCUIT FoR GoyERsnR.

BURLINGTON, Vt, June 1.-THE Re
publican convention today nominated
Major Grout of Derby for governor over
w w. Striokey The platform denounces
free coinage Of silver
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-18
THE TEXAS CASE.

Texas held a state convention to
elect delegates at large Mr.. Quincy
was elected temporary chairman fairly
and legally. He also presided in the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-18

Chairman Thurstons address was
punctuated ali the way through with
applause and cheers. Special interest
was manifested when he referred to
the fact that the convention had met
Tor the purpose Of nominating the next
president; when he spoke Of protection.
not only OF American industries. but of
the right OF every citizen of the nation,
to vote; his reference to a vigorous
foreign policy and the enforcement of
the Monroe doctrine; that part Of the
address which dealt with pensions for
disabled soldiers OF the war and their
widows, and his allusion to protection
against the encroachmenfs of combs
nations 3nd monopoly
on The conclusion of his address, he
said:
Gentlemen Of the convention. what
is your pleasure?"
The pleasure Of the convention was
expressed by the whole body rising.
waving flags and hats and handker
Chiefs. and presenting to their .o4,aar-
man a magnificent floral shield sur
mounted by & crown of American
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-18
SHOULD BE NO HEARING

because the national committee had
passed upon the case (Laughter). In
other words it was as Though he had
contended to an inferior court that
the court had no Jurisdiction to try
the case, and then, when an appeal
was taken to higher tribunal, there
insist the court that had yielded to his
contention and refused to try the
cause, had stopped the mouth of the
appellants. Is that fairness? Is that
the justice that a convention of Re-
publfcans propose TO mete out to bro
Their Republicans. We have commended
as a party, all of the days that there
has been a struggling Republican in
the southern states, that we would see
to it that there
SHOULD BE HONEST ELECTIONS
and there should be a fair count.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-18

ouSht not TO be submitted to- (Ap-
plauseo We, therefore, recommends
than the delegation from the state of
Delaware, headed by ]. Edward Adj
dicks, with their alternates. be seated
tapplause); that the delegation from
the state of Texas, headed by N w
quincy, with their alternatels. be seated
(applause); and that the other cases in
which a. hearing UP to this time has
been denied, be recomnlitted to the
committee on credentials with instruc-
tons 10 perform it's duties and hear
and report upon cases." (Applause.l
The Chair1nan-The chair recognizes
the chairman of committee.
Mr.. Fort, of New Jersey-Mr. Pr,esi-
dent, ! now move in the name of INV
state the previous question ON the re-
port of the committee on credentials
down. to and through to the final vote
under the rules of the house of repre-
sentaFives.
The, motion was seconded by Doy1e
OF Georgia also by Grosvenor. of Ohio
Mr. rn-Parliamentary in
curry: Does that exclude the motion of
the minority to substitute the names of
delegations from the two states?
The Chairman-The chair will state
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-07-16

1.-The money question" said he, "is the
only question N which the Democracy Of
the country has an interest in this CAM
paign. We want the temporary chair
man of this convention TO sound the key
note of this convention and to go to the
country as Il declaration of our views.
We are determined that that keynote
will be silver speech in harmony with
the views of this convention A vo1ey
of cheers greeted this brief and outspoken
declaration.
The galleries rose TO peer over into the
pit TO discove, the meaning of the cheers,
that began spUtterins like frecrackers.
They saw n short, round man, with red,
chubby face and curly gray hair. pushing
his way out from Il group of New York
delegates in the corner where Whitney,
Hill, Tracy. Grant and Sheehan were.
1t was John X. Fellows. Three cheers
were started when he flung at the majori-
ty the taunt that it proposed to begin the
convention by adopting Republican
precedent, "disowned, dishonored, 1outed
by Democrats always and everywhere"
Mr.. Ladd from Illinois addressed the
convention. lie said: There is no an
tagonism to Senator Hill-a great man,
dll aDlc II Hot
to turn down Mr.. Hill, as has been said,
but it is to be recognized as n majority
of the Democratic party of the Un.te(
States, and that is all. If the committee
has made a recommendation that we do
not like, may we not vote against it, and
when we do it exercise the greatest DEM
ocratic privil ,ge in the world of voting
as we pleasef
Mr.. narrity then put the vote upon the
motion that the name Of John w. Daniel,
of Virginia. oc substituted for that of
David B. Hill, Of New York, for the
position of temporary chairman Of the
convention. 1he vote resulted: Yeas,
556; nays. $40; not voting, l.
Escorted by the committee, the tenn
porary chairman, John w. Daniel, of Vir-
ginia, passed UP to the platform, where,
when he appeared, he was received with
an immense eruption Of cheers and yells.
While the delegates and everybody else
in the house were yelling and cheering
Chairman Harrity passed the gavel over
to Mr.. Daniel who took it and then ad-
dressed the convention.
When Mr. Daniel had concluded, the
secretary called the roll of States and
territories for the appointment of conf
mittees, after which the convention ad-
journed until 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-07-16

cheered, but their efforts were faint. The
Endorsement &C the Democratic admins
tration which Senator Hill had made q
losing fight for in the committee on reso-
lutions, brought down yell from the gal
leries. New York delegates stood and
waved their hats. The issue was drawn.
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, open.
ed the great d,.hate in behalf of free coin
age On one lapel of his coat he wore
age.
Senator Jones followed Tillman. Then
came Senator Hill, who began by saying,
81 am Democrat, and South Carolina
with all her power cannot drive me out
of the party. We are here to unite, not
to divide Democracy, but we cannot
safely ignore the monetary systems Of
other nations | know, indeed, that it is
the way of the majority that we care not
what other Countries may do; but l say
to you that you might as well do away
with all international agreements"
A sensational wave of enthusiasm for
ax-COngressmar William ]. Bryan. OF
Nebraska, was aroused by his brilliant
speech on the adoption of the platform.
When the debate was finished the con-
vention came to the real vote of the day.
The motion to adop' the majority report
making the Democracy a free silver party
was before the house and the roll was
called. with the following result:
A,+A M
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-07-16
FOR A NATIONAL FLOWER.
The Co1unbine's Claims to Be Se1ecte'i
as Our Floral Emblem.

The COIurn bine'S Claims to he SeleCteii
as Our Floral Emblem.
Gertrude Christian Fosdick, in the
Ladies' Home Journal, advocates the
adoption of the cOlumbine as our Ma
tional flower, and considers its many
commencing points: First, its very
name suggest Columbia" she writes.
''Nor is this, as may appear, a mere
trivial play upon words. We know
that the word Columbus means dove,
a fact full of poetic significance when
we remember how Columbus, like
Noah's messenger of old, was sent forth
to discover Il new land. We also know
that the columbine took it's name from
the resemblance which one view of the
flower bears to a group of doves. This
form grows wild in the region where
Columbus was born, as well as in our
Rocky Mountain States. Then, too, the
botanical and horticultural name of the
flower is AQuilegia, which is connected
with the Latin aquila, an eagle, and
was SO named because the flower re-
yersed suggests an eagles talOns. Thus
we have the thought of our American
eagle, emblematic of fearless power.
Again, front view of the flower shows
the outline to be beautiful five-rayed
star, emblematic of the stars of our
flag, while the leaf terminates in thir-
teen lobes, the number of the stripes,
as well as of the number of original
States in the Union. Another point is
that while the columbine grows in
many colors, three colors-the brilliant
red. pure white and the exquisite ceru-
lean blue-are the American variety of
the flower. Once more, single petal
of one of the lOng-spurred variety is
the shape of horn of plenty, signifi-
cant of this fruitful land, while the
short-spurred petal forms perfect lit
tie liberty cap. Lastly, it grows in ev-
cry State of the Union, from the Allan
tic to the Pacific, and from Canada to
the Gulf. 1t point of hardihood it COM
pares favorably with the rose. Our
wild columbines are in full bloom by
Memorial Day, and have not ali disap-
peared by the Fourth of July"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-07-16

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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-07-16

son Of Tennessee, who announced that
the committee on resolutions was ready
to report, and called to the platform Sen
ator Jones of Arkansas to make the COM
mittee report.
The platform as reported by the COM
mittee declares for the free and unlimit-
ed coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to l..
The issue of bonds in time of peace is
denounced National banks to be de-
prived of the power of issuing notes. \
tariff for revenue only is demanded and
the declaration made that Il revival of
the Mckinley law would be disastrous
to the country. An income tax law Is
declared for, to be effected by constitu-
tional amendment. Sympathy for the
Cubans is expressed. 1t is demanded that
pauper immigrants he excluded. Liberal
pension appropriations are favored. Sen
ator Hills bill prohibiting punishment
in contempt cases is approved. The Pa
cifc railroad refunding bill is denounced.
The third term idea is opposed, and the
declared extravaganza of the last Repub-
lican Congress is denounced.
The platform concluded, the report
for the minority was read by J. II. Wade.
of Ohio. and the gold people rose and
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-07-16

minority report favoring Senator Daniel
for temporary chairman. Senator Dan
iel's name was wildly cheered. silver DEL
egatcs rising from their seats and toss
ing their hats in the air. A hasty re-
view of the floor covered by the excited
delegates speedily showed that IN point of
numbers the minority report was the IA
vorte: it was really the first slogan of the
silver forces.
When order had been restored Allan
McDermott of New Jersey made an i'm
Iassioned plea for Senator Hill. MIR. Nc
Dermott said that it would not be proper
10 overturn the traditions of the Demo-
cratic party in Il thoughtlcss manner. be
argued against turning down man who
for years had been promincut in the Dem
ocratic party, and whose words, Il am
Democrat" are known the length and
breadth of the land. He declared that
free silver was a sufficient novelty in the
campaign without striking out at the be-
ginning at the very foundation principles
of the party. Mr.. McDermott was given
generous applause
Then Ex-Governor Waller of Connect
cut stepped upon the platform and lent
his oratory to what the delegates thought
was a conciliatory speech. He declared
that both Hill and Daniel were great men.
Their names =iiould be spoken together.
cheered together and voted together. lie
then threw out the olive branch, which
the delegates were quick to see, by adyo-
eating that Hill be made temporary chair
man and Daniel permanent chairman
Mr.. Whitney and his fellow delegates
from New York applauded the declara-
ton that Hill and Daniel should be
cheered together, and there was an at
tempt at a demonstration when Waller
shouted that he would be the last man to
bolt and woJld stay with the jan!tor
when every other man had left the Demo
cratic hall.
&. s. Thomas, the national committeee-
man from Colorado, was then introduced
amid the Elaudits of the silver men. He
declared it was an unheard of procedure
for the national committee TO attempt
to force upon the convention chairman
in opposition to the ascertained will of
the majority. This was the reason no
minority report had ever been presented
before at convention. As he pro
cccded the silver delegates cheered, espe-
cially when he openly declared that he
and others of The West had long become
Indifferent to what the national commit
tee did.
He made n strong point when he told
the convention that four years ago he had
advocated Mr.. Hills nomination for Pres
ident. and he and others like him had
been refused hearing. They had been
cried down; Senator Daniel had been
cried down. because Mr.. Hills opponent.
Mr.. Cleveland. had control of the conven-