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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-16

series Of oratory. Nature richly lowered
him with rare grace. He is happy in at
titude and pose. His gest7res are on
Hogarth's line of beauty. Mellifuous Is
the word that most aptly describes his
voice. It is strong enough to be heard
by thousands; it is sweet enough to
charm those least inclined to music. 1t
is so modulated as not to vex the ear
with monotony, and can be stern or pa
thetic, fierce or gentle, serious or Au-
morous with the varying emotions of
its master -
There is evidence in every word he
utters that in his youth Bryan had care
full elocutionary training. He enriches
his speeches with illustrations from the
classics or from the common occurrences
of everyday life with equal felicity
and facility. Some passages from his
orations are gems and are being used as
determinations by boys at school But his
browning gift IS an orator Is his evident
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now that he became an out and out sill
yer leader. Before that it had been
thought he favored free coinage because
Of a supposed strong sentiment among
his constituents favorable to this 1egis-
latiOn. But now he showed that his
heart and soul were in the cause.
His speech against the repeal of the
Sherman silver coinage act was one of
the most remarkable ever heard in the
house. For three hours he held the close
attention of the largest audience, both
on the floor and in the galleries, drawn
to the capitol during that session. The
oldest members of the house followed
the speech with even more respectful
interest than had been accorded to Mr.
Bland's speech a few days before, and
Mr. Bryan's more attractive personality
and his captivating eloquence fixed the
attention of hundreds present who were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-16
BRYAN A FREEBOOTER.
Senator Henderson Gives His Views
of the Nominee.

Omaha, July 16.-GereraI Charles F.
Henderson returned today from WyOm-
ing. He was asked what he thought Of
Bryan's nomination, and said:
las Nebraskan I am very glad to
see this complimentary recognition of
the state. Mr. Bryan is a gentleman
whose virtues as a private citizen and
whose ability as public man are such
that this commonwealth may well be
proud of him. His nomination at Chi
cagO was distinctively a personal tri-
umph. He has been the architect of his
own fortune.
''As a Nebraskan and as a citizen Of
the great republic I am equally glad
that the nomination of this highly
gifted orator viii not lead to his cleo
ton. As a freebooter on the tariff and
on national finances his election would
be a disaster to both the state and the
nation, which will be averted by the
election of that experienced statesman,
Major Mckinley, standing upon a plat
form that sounds the keynote of nation
al prosperity"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-16

Washington, and then only on official
occasions. Mrs. Bryan never appeared
in evening dress during their Washing
ton life and Bryan surely never has
owned q dress suit They never attend
ed fashionable dinners and certainly
gave none themselves.
Mrs. Bryan's head is the most notice
able thing about her. It is very shapely
and the heavy dark brown hair is al
ways brushed smoothly back from a
very high, full forehead. The hair is
thick, soft and fine and simply coiled
into mass on top of the head.
Mrs. Bryan would sacrifice and en-
dure anything once she had made up
her mind that thing was right. She
has ideals and will consider her hus-
hands nomination as righteous and
step toward what the Bryans maintain
is the correction of the wrongs Of the
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fact. Thoroughly familiar with the sub
jects to be discussed. he was equipped
with statistical and historical informa-
ton and was ever ready to meet the
points of his opponent on economic as
well as political grounds.
From the outset his advantage was so
marked that Connell's friends recon-
mended him to find some excuse TO draw
out Of the contest, but with more per-
sistenee than discretion he refused 90
hearken to their advice, and when the
votes were counted it was found that he
had been showed under by a majority of
nearly 2 1000.
Bryan, an obscure, struggling lawyer
in a small Nebraska town, with small
income and gloomy prospects, came to
congress with the overwhelming Demo
cratic majority which recorded the
cOuntry's rebuke of McKinleyism.
OF the hundred and more young mem
bers who then appeared in congress he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-16

masses of the people. She has a sweet
and well trained voice in talking, and
the men and women who penetrate her
reserve appreciate her honesty Of Pur-
pose and sincerity. She despises shams
of every kind, and, above all, is natural
and unaffected.
Mr.. Bryan lives well in a commodious
dwelling in the fashionable part of Lin
coin. His family consists of Mrs Bryan;
Ruth, aged II William J., Jr., aged 6,
and Grace, aged 5. The study, in which
both Mr. and Mrs. Bryan have desks, is
a very attractive room. 1t is filed with
books, statuary and mementOs of cam
paigns- There are busts or portraits of
noted men, and there are two butcher
knives which Mr.. Bryan used in the
campaign with Field to refute the lat
ter's boast of the effects of high prOteo-
ton.
Last year Mr. Bryan was asked If he
had any aspirations looking to the
White House, and he said: ''NO, have
no wish to be a presidential candidate,
neither now nor in the years to come.
My whole thought now is centered on
my family and my profession SO far as
my own personal desires go. was
brought up in the country and | wish
my children to have some of the same
rearing. They are now of the age when
they need fathers care, and wish to
get into practice again, for I very much
enjoy the law, which has been neces-
sarily abandoned during my four years
in Washington. "
Concerning his speech at the conven-
ton which nominated him for president,
Hon. Amos Cummings says: Last of
all came Bryan. He. administered the
coup de grace to the rising hopes of the
adherents Of the single standard. He
tripped lightly up the steps of the plat
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Seals strangied by Lobster Pot Hoops.

Seals are to fish and Holsters what
hawks are to mice and snakes. Some
times seals, young ones especially, get
into trouble because of their amateur
attempts at capturing food.
Gameland tells a story in which the
folies of seal youth We're paid for in the
days Of maturity. A. S. Agnes of Pulpit
Harbor, Me, found two dead seals about
whose necks were lobster pot funnel
hoops so tightly fastened that the ami
mails had been choked to death by them.
When the seals were small and inexpe-
rienced they had come across lobster
pots in which were Holsters, and in try
ing to get at them had got the hoops
fast about their necks. At last the necks
had grown so large that the seals were
strangled. New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-16
PAUL JONEs's GRAVE.
His Body Found in Lead Coffin in
London.

London, July 16.-GeneraI Meredith,
Read. after years of research in behalf
of the Sons of the Revolution. has
found that the burial place of the body
of Paul Jones is in a Protestant ceue-
terry, formerly situated on the site Of
the present Rue Hospital st. Louis.
The spot. is covered with houses, but,
as the body was inclOsed in a lead cOf-
fin, with the view of having it trans
ported to the United States, it is be-
Heved that il yet may be discovered.
His collateral descendant, Nine. Com
bault, is aiding in the search. She still
possesses al original water color pOr-
trait of Paul Jones, painted at Yer
sailles in 1850 by the Comtesse De Law
endal. Nine. Gombault also possesses
q sword and pistol which formerly be-
1onged to the Revolutionary hero, and
other interesting relics.
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sincerity. He IS candOr incarnate and
thoroughly believes what he says him
self
The personnel Of the young Nebraska
statesman is most happily adapted to
his position as a leader in the councils
of his party and in public debates with
opponents of his political doctrines. He
is of medium build, square shouldered
and Of generally athletic proportions.
He is the embodiment of physical
health, his square head rests firmly on
his shoulders and his firm, massive face,
neither flushed nor pallid, makes an at
tractive mark for all eyes.
His hair is black and recalcitrant
rather than dooile, defes brush and
comb, and tumbIes and losses with a
method Of it's own. No beard, no mus
tache, has the freedom of Bryan's Wis
age. Every trace is carefully moved
away with the light Of each new day.
The Manners Of the Man.
In manner he is what is called mag
netic. Men like him. He is pleasant to
the eye, to the ear, and soOthes by his
presence and never troubles. No man
ever saw him in passion. He is cool
and of dawless temper. He is of good
becomes the emotions Of one who, with
care for himself, eats thrice day, SCOTS
at dyspepsia and sleeps soundIy of
nights.
Bryan is WELL even highly, educated.
He has dug through books and trun-
neled learning equal with any dusty,
musty college professor of them all.
More than books, he has studied men,
and their lives have been his lessons.
He has a memory like wax, and all he
has heard or read or seen abides with
him.
He is not so profound as quick, and,
with an intellect rather military than
philosophical, he makes weapons of all
he knows, and every scrap of learning
belonging to him is at prompt and ready
hand to be either defensive or offensive,
as his swift genius for combat may de-
eide
When Bryan made his famous can
vass of his state, in 1890, the old time
politicians took no interest in the bat
tie, as they looked upon 1t as lost at the
outset and they were more than mig
gardly in furnishing the sinews of war.
But the younger Democrats were more
than jealous, and by their vigorous eff
forts fully made up for the lack of cam
paign funds.
Mr.. Bryan was then, as now, a COM
parativeIy poor man, and his campaign
expenses We're limited to less than $500.
But the greatest interest was aroused,
and Mr.. Bryan's tour became one long
ovation. The Republicans had submit
ted a prohibition amendment to the
state constitution, and the Democrats,
in their platform, had declared against
prohibition Lincoln and Omaha, the
largest cities in the state, We're in the
district, and in them the Republicans
lost heavily on the temperance issue.
A striking feature of the campaign
was the challenge issued by the Demo
cratic committee to Cornell to discuss
the issues of the day in joint debate
with Mr.. Bryan. They did not really
expect that Connell would be rash
enough to accept. but hoped to make
political capital out of his refusal. Con
nell, however, hattered by former sue
cesses in haranguing helpless Juries,
accepted the challenge.
Mr.. Bryan then showed that he was
not only his adversary s superior in ora
toET. but also his master in matters Of
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For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. 1t
soothes The child. softens the gums, al
lays all pain, cures wind collie. and is
the best remedy for diar1 hOea. Twen-
ty-five cents Il bottle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-16

All instantaneous cough cures con
tain opiates and are liable to dry up the
phlegm and mucus in the bronchial
tubes and lungs, thereby causing con-
gestion. We guarantee I3eggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup against this danger. All
druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-16
Fere silver Convention

At st. Louis. July 22d. the Santa Fe
Roulette home road-will sell tickets
July 10, 20 and q, at one fare $3.50 for
round "Trip.
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Ponulist National Convention

At st. Louis, July I'D, tickets sold by
the Santa Fe Itoute-the home road
July 10, 20 and q, at one fare (S9.50) for
round trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-16

July so, 1850, he was nominated for
congress aud wrote a plstform on which
he ran. Nobody but himself thought he
could be elected. He stunped the dis
&rict on the tariff issue and won fame
as q political orator throughout the
state.
He was a remarkable campaign ora
Ear. Being q young man barely 80 years
Of age, and a resident Of the state but
three years, and without money to use
sn the contest, he overturned plurality
Hf 8, 400 given his opponents two years
before and relied up plurality Of 6,71S
cr himself
s IN speaking Of BFyaR's power as an
aer, an adnasEeF onee saids
Ezan ReElacfs Rspe ct the acces~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-16

Whon we consider that the i1testInes
are about five times as long as the
body, we can realize the intense SUI
fering experienced when they become
inhamed. DcWitt's Collie and Cholera
Cure subdues Inflammation at once
and completely removes the difficulty.
G. w. Stansfield.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-16

We do mending and sew on buttons
free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-16

Broken edge collars made smooth by
Peerless Steam Laundry.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-12-22
As to Children and Dog,

Washington Irving has oft I been
accused of saying that little & rs and
children were influential men. ,ers of
French society. tits quite true that in
the United States never motto ID that
close and sentimental intima " be-
tween human beings and quadrupeds
so frequently seein in France. American
life is so active, so desperately crowded,
either usefully or socially, that perhaps
it does not permit the loss of time in
evitably brought about by friendly in
tercourse with a dog. AS for children
believe that their Importance is equal
ly great in all countries; but it asserts
itself in more noisy manner in
America than anywhere else. Every
thing is sacrificed to them, for they
represent the future, which is all that
counts in a country whose past is very
short, and whose present is a period
Of high-pressure development. Yet no
one must suppose that, before present
ing an apalogy for French children, 7
intend to malign American children, as
certain travellers have taken the liberty
of doing very thoughtlessly, although
they had met them only on steamships
cars, or at hotels, enjoying n holiday
, with that buoyancy which is the char.
acteristic mark of the whole race.
have known some who were very well
! brought up, even from our point OF
view, and among those who were not
have admired precocious sense, vivacity
of mind, quiet determination and capa-
city for self-government, qualities
which should yyieh for all o,ira -Th
Rent1on, in Century.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-12-22
WINDOWS or CLOTH.
Substitute for Class Which Never Leaks
and Will Not Break.

and Will Not Break.
Windows of cloth instead of glass
sounds like an impossibility, and yet
it is reality, and the employment Of
such a substitute is an acknowledged
success. 1t is not ordinary cloth, but
such as is translucent, through which
light comes just as through glass. To
all intents and purposes this cloth win
dow is similar to the sheets of glass.
and lasts ever so much longer, while
still having just as good an, appearance.
Now the remarkable feature of tbs
new fabric is that it never leaks, dos
not break and is nearly one-third
cheaper than glass. \ large skylight
composed of the new substitute for
glass, which has been in constant usc
long enough to show it's worth, remains
in perfect condition, not one cent hav-
ing been spent on it for repairs.
The material has many advantages
claimed for it, chief of which is that by
its employment in train sheds, fre:~bt
houses, large auditoriums and public
buildings having sEylights of large
area, the light weight of the material
permits of a simple, inexpensive AMI
light form of skylight construction.
The joints are made water-tight by Il
sn"cial p'ethod used with this material.
The translucent fabric consists of a
trnns"arent material spread over steel
wire cloth, with 12 meshes per inch.
which gives the panels n flexible AMI
elastic quality permitting it's adjust
rent to any shape that the roof struc-
tu"e ma" take, owirp to the eXrarsion
2r contraction of the framework. The
fabric is strong and is made in panc.s
1S by 36 inches in size, and can carr
weight of over 400 pounds per square
foot. .
1t might be naturally assumed that
the translucent qualities of the fabric
would be much inferior to that of glass.
but careful comrGrison has shown
'hat the amount of light which it trans
mits equals that of the ribbed glass
nr"-"uHrter of an inch thick. As it is
treated with snecial preparation, the.
fabric is impervious to cinders or even
to hot Goals dropped upon it, and will
burn only when set fire to at the
edges. Even then the flames will make
slow progress, thus furnishing timely
warning.
Another argument in it's favor is tina.
It 10 greatly sunerior to even the fires I
glass as covering for art pallo~: :cs and
studios, for the reason that it w: never
leak. ard therefore serves MS a. .c~fec+
protection. to the valuable work of AFT
Sometimes n heavy denosit Of snov.
serves to crack the heaviest Pl"~s skv-
light, and often Injuries paintiI ~s and
tapestries beyond restoration.--N y.
Journal,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-14
RETURNING PROSPERITY.
Col Bob McEldowney Tells of Some Enter
prises Not Yet Printed in the City Papers
Ihc isnLL of HmmhuE.

Col Bob McEIdowney Tells of Some Enter
prises Not Yet Printed in the City Papers.
The Buzz of Humbug.
Wetzel Democrat
Since McNinleys election the busy buzz
of hilarious humbug has been heard in
the land.
Ground was broken this week over in
Broolllvn for a jewsharp factory. to he
lo,ated i'm the neishborhood of Nuzum s
Mills This industry VIII employ all the
men who want to quit drink, and all the
bovs who are playing hockey from school.
If Ervan had been elected there would
have been no jewsharp factory in Brook
lyn.
A bean-stringing factory will be started
i'm this neighborhood some time early in
the spring when beans get plentier. All
that keeps it from starting right away is
lack of beans. 1t Will employ quite num-
her of people who want 20 quit work. and
tbe only skill required viii be ability to
thread "a darniug needle with your eyes
sbYt. Good thing Bryan was beaten.
a numpkin distillery for the manufac-
trre of pumpkin whisky will be located
ON Doolin as soon as arrangements can
he made with the government Pumpkin
whisky is quite a fad with the up-to-date
boozers. and this industry will necessary
employ large numbers of men i'm order to
have always a sufficient supply on hand
sober enough 10 roll a barrel. Wouldnt
have happened il Bryan had been elected.
A mush-stick factory Will shortly be in
operation on Pone Ridge. just over the
Tvler county line. There has been great
scarcity of mush-stricks ever since the
threat of free silver was made by the an
archists. and now that confidence is re-
stored the manufacture of mush-sticks
will receive great impetus.
A pawpaw canning establishment will be
located in this neighborhood as soon as a
nropar site can be secured. This luscious
and delightfully."- favored fruit will thus
he saved to delight the palates of epicures'
instead of being wasted for 'possum bait.
And so onward comes the advance agent
Of prosperity. and the shining gold bugs
Gutter and hy through the frosty nights
like dre flies in the steamy smelly nights
Of June
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-14
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.

New York. November 13.-R. G. Dun
& Co. S weekly review of trade to-mor-
row will say:
No one doubts that the brighter day
is dawning, and it is the common re-
mark that never before has business
shown so great a change for the better
within a single week. Dispatches tell
ing of about 500 establishments which
have been opened to have materially
enlarged their force. though they fill
many columns. give only part of the
fact, for throughout the country the
gain has been surprising even 10 the
most hopeful. 1t is not mere specula-
tion or hope which relights the fires
and starts the wheels. for orders which
have been accumulating for months.
with the necessary replenishment OF
dealers stocks now greatly reduced,
would employ the whole producing
force a time, and the increase in the
number of hands at work means in
crease in purchases for consumption.
The output of iron furnaces in blast
November /. was 124.077 tons weekly,
having been increased 1926 tons. or
10 per cent. in the latter part Of Octo-
Der. by confidence in the future. All
the markets were stronger, although
the enormous purchases Of pig iron In
advance Of needs caused comparative
inactivity at present. Plates and steel
bars are 81 TO SO per ton higher, and
sheets in better demand. Anthracite
and Bessemer pig have advanced a
shade and the average OF prices is 212
per cent higher The billet pool is in
protracted meeting here this week 10
decide upon its course and is still un-
dersold. The beam. bar, rail and wire
nail associations meet this week and
the underselling of wire nails by out
siders has gone so far that a decline Of
A. cents is openly quoted. 1t is note
worthy that the prevailing expectation,
notwithstanding the general improve
ment in business. is that some, if not
all. these combinations will decide 10
reduce prices. The coke combination,
il now appears. has not prevented large
contracts for future delivery for less
than 81. its fixed price, and even less
than s1.75, but the output last week
decreased.
Failures for the week have been 2I6
in the United States against 283 last
year. and 46 in Canada, against 49 last
wear.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-14
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Proceedings of the General Assembly, in
Session at Rochester.

ROCHESTER,. y. Y, November l3.-ln
the meeting Of the General Assembly
Knights of Labor to-day the entire morn
ing was taken up by the committee on
laws and at noon this committee still had
the floor.
The principal measure passed was the
changing of the constitution in regard TO
the formation OF junior assemblies. This
permits the organization Of persons from
Il to p years Of age into a junior assem-
bly,. The report as passed will now be
submitted 10 the referendum.
The assembly also decided to take legal
steps to restrain other labor organizations
from using the property and name of the
knights Of Labor. seceders from the
knights having in some cases taken the
name and property of that order upon the
formation OF a new organization.
A telegram was received from Cleve-
land, o.. signed by the members of the
Altrurian Club. now in session there,
sending fraternal greetings TO the Gen
eral Assembly