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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-11-07
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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-11-07
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Tiules-Democrat.

Times Democrat
The present campaign would
seem to indicate that female sui
frage is failure, or at least that
the women do not care to vote. In
the last election in Illinois the
suffrage was thrown open to them
for certain Offices. The women OF
Chicago seemed to be much
wrought up over the matter and
very enthusiastic over the privi-
lege extended to them, and q large
number (3O,OOO) registered and
voted. They have the same pri-
vilege to-day, but they have evi-
IDENTIFY tired of the novelty of poll
tics, for only 6264 took the trou-
BILE even to register as compared
with 375,OOO men; and it is doubt
full whether the feminine vote cast
will exceed 500. This is an extra
ordinary decline. After one ex-
perience of voting five-sixths OF
the women who tried it declare
that they have had enough, and
they do not care to try it a second
time. Just one woman in hun
dred in Chicago will go to the
polls to-day. 1t is an important
election, but perhaps its very i'm
portance makes it advisable that
they should keep out of politics
this year, as the campaigl
throughout has been a very vlgo
rous character. 1t should bt
noted, however, that the women
vote separately in Chicago, an'
only for some of the offices; ant
that everything is done to protec
them against the unpleasantnes
and roughness incidental OF tn
game of politics.
The experience of Chicago i
the experience of all other com
munities that have tried woma
suffrage. 1t has been very popula
at first, and there has been a rus
for the ballot box. But after Oh
Experience of voting the wOme
have generally dropped it, as III
: interesting, tiresome and trouble
some.-Times-DemOcrat.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-11-07

"Walking through Metairie Ce-
metery on All Saints Day" said
a gentleman yesterday, "the cynl-
cal thought came to me that pro-
badly great many decorated their
family tombs simply because it
was the custom. had hardly had
the thought when it was borne out
by a conversation L overheard.
Three ladies were walking direct
ly in front of me, talking about the
Blank family. Suddenly one ol
them exclaimed: "Oh! There's the
Blanks tomb now, and how fun
nv! There's nobody in it, and JUS
see how beautifully it is decora
tedp'-Times-Democrat.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-19

self-government should be accorded as far as practicable,
 We believe the citizens of Alaska should nave representation in the con gress of the United States to the end that needful legislation may be intelli- gently enacted,
 Woman Suffrage"
 The republican party is mindful of the rights and interests of women. Pro- lection to American industries includes equal opportunities, equal pay for equal work and protection to the home. We favor the admission of women to wider spheres of usefulness and welcome their cooperation in rescuing the country from democratic and p0pulistc mis- management and misrule.
 Such are the principals and policies of the republican party. By these prin- ciples we will abide and these policies we will put into execution. We ask for them the considerate judgment of the American people. Confident alike in the history of our great party and in the justice of our case, we present our platform and our candidates in the full assurance that the election will bring victory to the republican party and prosperity to the people of the United States.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-19
District of New Haven, ss Probate court,l

District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court,l
 June 17th, 1896. 1 UPSTATE of WILLIAM WALLACE WARD, IT. late of Orange in said district, deceased. The Court of Probate for the District of New Haven hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for set clement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time will be debarred q recovery. All persons in- debted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 ielS 2dlw CHARLES K. BUSH, Executor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-19
Shouts for Protection.

We renew and emphasize our ale glance to the policy of protection as the bulWark of American industrial in dependence and the foundation of American development and prosperity. This true American policy takes for eign products and encourages home in- dustry; it puts the burden of revenue on foreign goods; 1t secures the Amer ican market for the American pro ducer; it uphods the American stand ard of wages for the American work ing man; it puts the factory by the side of the farm and makes the Amer ican farmer less dependent on foreign demand and price; it dffuses general thrift and founds the strength of all on the strength of each. Tn it's "ea sonable application it is just, fair and impartial, equally opposed to foreign control and domestic monopoly, to sec tional discrimination and individual ia voritisnl
 We denounce the present democratic tariff as sectional, injurious to the pub lie credit and destructive to business enterprise. We demand such an equi- table tariff on foreign imports which 
 products as will not only furnish ade- quatc revenue for the necessary ex- penses of the government, but will pro- tect American labor from degradation to the wage level of other lands.
 We are not pledged to any particular schedule. The question of rates is a practical question to be governed by the conditions of the time and of pro ducticn the ruling and uncompromis- ing principle is the protection and de- velopment of American labor and in dustry The country demands a right settlement and then it wants rest.
 Republicans Denounced.
 We believe the repeal of the recprOC- ity arrangements negotiated by the last republican administration was d national calamity and we demand sheir renewal and extension on such terms as will cuualize our trade with other nations, remove the restrictions which now obstruct the sale of American products in the ports of other countries and secured enlarged markets for the products of our farms, forests and fac tories.
 Protection and reciprocity are twin measures of republican policy and go hand in hand. Democratic rule has recklessly struck down both, and both must be re-established Protection for what we produce; free admission for the necessaries of life which we do not produce; reciprocal agreements If mutual interest which gain open mar kets for us in return for our open mar ket to others. Protection builds up do- mestic industry and trade, and secures our own market for ourselves; recip- rocity builds up foreign trade and finds an outlet for our surplus.
 We condemn the present adminstra- tion for not keeping faith with the sugar producers of this country. The republican party favors such protac- ton as will lead to the production on American soil of all the sugar which the American people use and for which they pay other countries more than $100, ,OO0O GOO annually.
 Wool and Woolens
 To all our products-to those of the mine and the field, as we'll as those of the shop and factory-to hemp-to wool, the product of the great industry
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-19
COMMITTEE ON STREETS.

YTHE Committee on Streets will hold a I meeting in the chamber of the Board of Councilmen. room 20, City Hall, on Friday, June l9th 1896. at D. m., for the purpose of conducting an investigation into the cir cumstances attending the award of the con- tract for sheet asphalt pavement on Chapel street from York to Nott streets, on Orange street from Crown to Gamer streets, and on Trnmbul street from State to Prospect streets, under a resolution adopted by the Board of Councilmen June 8th, 1896, and Board of Aldermen June 9th, lS96
 All persons in terested in any of the fore going are hereby notified to appear and be heard thereon without further notice.
 Per order. FRANCIS s. HAMILTON.
 Chairman.
 Attest; EDWARD A. STREET, ie1S2t Assistant City Clerk.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-19
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
AS ADOPTED BY THE CONVENTION
 YESrERDIY.

The Platform Declares for Gold Standard Plank, High Tariir, n Renewal of Negoti- ations for Reciprocity Arrangements, Generous Pension Policy, the Assertion of the Monroe Doctrine, a Free Ballot, National Arbitration, and the Control of the Hawalinn Islands-The Cuban Plank
 Says: "We Believe That the Government of the United States should Actively Use Its Influence and High Offices to Restore Peace and Give Independence to the Island"
 St, Louis, Mo, June 1S.-The full text of the platform adopted by the repub- lican national convention to-day is IS follows:
 The republicans of the United States, assembled in national conven- tion, appealing for the popular and historical Justification of their claims to the matchless achievements of thirty years of republican rule, earnestly and confidently address themselves to the awakened intelligence, experience and conscience of their countrymen in the following declaration of facts and prin~ cioles:
 For the first time since the civil war the American people have wit messed the calamitous consequences of full and unrestricted democratic con- trol Of the government. It has been a record of unparalleled incapacity. dis honor and disaster. In administrative management it has ruthlessly sacri- feed indispensable revenue, entailed an unceasing deficit, eked out ordinary current expenses with borrowed mon- ey, piled up the public debt by $262,- ooeO0O in time of peace, forced an ad-
 erse balance of trade kept a perpet- ual menace hanging over the redemp- tton fund, pawned American credit to alien syndicates and reversed all the measures and results of successful re- publican rule. In the broad effect of it's policy, 1t has precipitated panic blighted industry and trade with pro- longed depression, closed factories, re- duced work and wages, halted enter prise, and crippled American produ3- tion, while stimulating foreign prOduc- tion for the American market. Every consideration of public safety and indi- vidual interest demands that the gov ernment shall be rescued from the hands of those who have shown them selves incapable of conducting it with out disaster at home and dishohor abroad, and shall be restored to the party who for thirty years administer ed 1t with unequalled success and pros peritY.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-19

We favor the creation of a national board of arbitration to settle and ad- just differences which may arise be- tween employers and employed en- gagged in interstate commerce.
 We believe in an immediate return to the free homestead policy of the repub- lican party and urge the passage by congress of the satisfactory free home stead measure which has already pass ed the house and is now pending in the senate.
 We favor the admission of the re- maining territories at the earliest prac- ticable date, having due regard to the interests of the people of the territories and of the United States. All the fed eral officers appointed from the terri tories should be selected from bona fide residents thereof, and the right of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-19
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-12
CLOTHES FOR FAIR FORMS.

sleeveless Eton jacket of solid en-,
broidery is worn over silk or cloth cos
tunes.
Among the coming novelties will b2
sleeves with enormous puffs at the ell
bows, and moderately close at the shoul-
ders and wrists.
Passementerie jacket fronts are
among the novelties. They are to he
used with firm materials, and are sewed
10 fronts made of the dress fabric.
A favorite trimming is made of ruff
fes of taffeta very closely crimped.
This is used as shoulder rufIles, to out
line yolIes, as neck ruchings, sleeve
trimmings, and large rosettes on tho
fronts of sleeves and over the bust.
Short jackets and box coats are in,
almost universal use. They are double
breasted and have wide lapels, many of
them trimmed with velvet, others of the
material stitched down, others with
braiding or heavy cord garniture with
ornaments.
New cloals are shown, with sleeves
of material unlike the body of the gar
ment. These sleeves may be either of
fur, corduroy, velvet, plush or benga-
line. A cloak of heavy camel's hair, with
corduroy sleeves and large cape, is one
of the most comfortable of winter gar
ments.
Wide bands of embroidery are import
ed for use on the seams of skirts. These
bands run from waistline to hem, and
are also used in making I'm the waist
They are set in at the shoulder seams
and brought down to a bodice point.
IN some instances they extend half way
down the front of the skirt in loose
tabs. In this case they are lined with
satin, matching the dress material in
color.-N. Y. Ledger.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-12
odd how shy we fight of the princess
outline au nature.

odd how shy we fight of the princess
outline au naturel.
Evening dresses are not numerous yel
| have seen one in Il rich cream-colored
brocade, over which were strewn roses
caught loosely together with knots md
ends of ribbon The ribbon effect was
startling in its boldness, raised as il
was in heavy black velvet woven
against the ground of the material. The
skirt of this gown was tight-fitting in
front and over the hips. Three godets
appeared behind The cairass-shaped
podice was cut low and sleeveless with
lunches of pink roses on the shoulders.
In furs | have seen several things that
are new. The little sable capes with
edges of erminc that have one long end
o cross the bust and tuck in at the side
nf the waist, are as demurely pretty as
= Puritan kerchief. Some of the new
coats in white fur embroidered with
steel and edged with lace are decidedly
interesting as experiments, whether or
not this treatment of fur finds favor
permanently. There is a good deal of
soft gray moufllon that looks smartest
combined with black velvet, in seal
loped cape, for example. Ermine and
sealsl;in are used together constantly,
a notable example being q square of
sealsllin, which is turned into a cape by
the simple eXpedient of cutting a slit
IRON the middle to one corner. That
gives cape pointed front and back, and
on the shoulders. The haring collar is
lined with crmine and ermine strips are
carried down the front. If there is
anything more novel in wraps than the
models cited, it is to be found in n car-
riage cloak of ribbed pink silk with
cape-like sleeves, edged with wide cream
lace. deep flounce of the same lace
is arranged about the shoulders and is
brought down on the left side to faster
under a satin bow with long ends. The
beauty of this cloak is thought to rest
in its side fastening. The neck finish is
frayed out rouche of the material.
ELLEN OSBORN.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-12
WEDDING POINTERS.

High noon-that is, 12 oclock-iY the
fashionable hour for wedding.
Even in a small town it is wisesi to
send wedding cards by post.
Even though you are acquainted only
with the bridegroom your present
should be sent to the bride.
The bride usually gives piece of jew
elry, oftenest n small brooch, to her
maid of honor and her bridesmaid.
1t would be courteous, even if you
have 10 acquaintance with her, to send
wedding present to the sister of your
betrothed.
Even if you do expect your engage
ment to be long one your parents
should be informed of it and their con-
sent asked.
Address the invitation to "Mr and
Mrs. James Robinson" even if your ac-
quaintance, a business one, is only with
the gentleman.
In acknowledging a wedding gift the
note should be in the first person; it is
polite to include some pleasant express
sion of appreciation from the bride
groom.
The engagement ring is worn on the
third finger OF the left hand; it is re-
moved at the time of the wedding, and
assumed afterward as a guard TO the
wedding ring.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-12

this falls extravaganza is the falls sim
plicity; and springing from the same
root, If you please, for people must be
made to buy. To this end clothes must
be different; TO this end also not all
clothes, but some clothes, must cost
little, being makable at home. Fashion
takes much, but little she comedies.
No amateur can fit the princess gown.
There is a citadel not to be stormed. A
good many deft women can cut over
skirts. and so the double draperies,
which take more cloth than the full,
straight, hard-to-be ad justed dress
maker-requiring folds we have been
haeing, will yet save modistes' bills.
Tight sleeves are easier for unprofes-
sional scissors than balloons, but the
rev short bodices are about as impos-
sible as the old long-wasted, tapcring
ones. Fashion gives what she has to,
not feathers weight more.
1t is in millinery that the rare com
plaisance of the social tyrant is most
TO be appreciated. Home millinery, ir a
woman has any knack for it, pays bet
ter than most domestic industries, be-
cause the results are big in proportion
to the labor. Some of the new hats seem
especially designed to be copied at home.
There are models, and bright, dainty
ones everywhere, whose chief decora-
ton, bar a feather or bird or two. is a
ribbon rutIle standing on its head about
the crown. The hats so trimmed are
usually broad felt ones. The ribbons
are broad and are shot blue and green,
or brown and red, or brown and yellow,
or some deep, rich tone with a whitish
mist upon the surface-this is one of the
new things in ribbons. They are gath
cred at one edge, and the other stands up
full in flare. They have little velvet
fold for base to grow in, or perhaps
the brm is covered with veil folds, as
later on will be described. On the left
side the ribbon ruffle is finished with a
rosette and the aforementioned birds,
or plumes. "A plated ruche may replace
the rufIle, or a rope loosely twisted out
of velvet.
The veil folds with which many mil
liners are encircling hat brims are de-
scrbed by their name. Black or white
lace, WIN perhaps iedSlh Vi rlDDon,
is laid easily about the hat as if it were
the full edge of veil, and sometimes
droops bit from the brim to complete
the illusion. Such folds are readily ar
ranged by the amateur, and are among
the most useful of the easements which
have come of bad times.
But there are better days coming, and
fashion Ruins more to luxury than to
economy. Some of the new dress
bodices are fantastic enough to have
been thought out in an opium dream
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-12

The root idea in the most novel is that
of vest or blouse, with a short Jacket or
cape, or lapel arrangement fastened only
at the shoulder seams and loose under
the arms. broad folded sash comes
up to meet the jacket, which buttons
oftener than not on the left shoulder
and is drawn straight across the front
The general effect is that of shorter
and larger waist than the long drawn
out type which has been the ideal of
the last few seasons.
A good example of this tendency ap-
pears in the travelling dress of Novcm-
ber bride. The material is q heavy
brown boucle cloth, with skirt about
four and half yards round. The fea-
ture of the bodice is the square-cornered
jacket coming just to the bust. This
starts on the right shoulder and Is car
ried over to the left, where it turns back
in pointed rever to show gold bro
cade lining. The jacket is edged with
a black silk cord, below which one
catches, now and then, a glimpse of
gold. The neck finish is a black ciloker
collar with fiat collar of antique lace
through which shines gold. Loose folds
of black silk make broad sash, over
which the jacket edge falls.
A gray cloth dress just finished for
the horse show illustrates the latest in
the princess gown. The bodice is cord
ed round and round from the throat to
the waist and below the waist to the
hips. AT the hips the skirt is gathered
on, nearly all its fullness being drawn
behind. The close sleeves of this cos
tune have double capes over the shoul-
ders and are corded to the wrists, where
they open in flare.
walking dress in brick red face
cloth recognizes the claims of the over
skirt without fully honoring them.
Black braid is thrown about the skirt
in bold Greek fret, just about where
the overskirt of bygone days used to
end. A black and white vest and lit
tie brickred toque finish a warm and
bright-looking costume.
Another edition of the princess gowD
appeared at an afternoon club meeting.
1t was of powder blue cloth, with a
square bib bodice coming up over a
puffed chemisette of cream mousse!ine,
iridescent passementrie, in blue and
gcld-edged bib, sleeves and skirt hem
Blue satin bows were set each side of
she waist to relieve the hip line. It's
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-12
A POSTAGE STAMP.

Montenegro has issued jubilee post
age stamp in honor of the two hun
dredth anniversary of the Niegoch dy-
nasty.
There are 10000 post offices in the
United States, against 10000 in Great
Britain, $4,000 in Germany, 1000 in
France, 1900 in Austria Hungary and
5000 in ITALY.
The eight values of the set of do
mestic stamps known as the 1s55-60 is-
sue were offered to Boston dealer at
S1.50 for the complete set, unused. He
refused the offer, and in 1878 bought
l,SO0 sets for 81 u set. In IS years the
set was catalogued at $13.65; the next
year at $1S.55; the next at $25.0S; this
year at S42.95, and a block of four of the
D0-cent value sold at $S5.
The growth of the postoflice business
Of the cslntry has been amazing. At
the close of the revolutionary war there
were only rs post offices in the United
States. At the close of the war of 1912
there were 5000. At the beginning of
the civil war there were 2S,5S6, and five
years after is close, in 1870, there were
28,4o2, or about 100 fewer, the only step
backward during the history OF the
post office department. By 1880 the up
ward rise had started again and in full
force, and the number of post offices in
the country reached $4,000. There are
now 10000 post offices in the United
States, and the number is constantly
being increased