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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-15

Mamma-"And you are to have a new suit of clothes for Christmas !" Johnny-"Oh, pshaw! I expected to have a good time Christmas, and now I expect you'll want me to spend the whole day being careful of those new si,'-Puck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-15

Edward Rogers were the couple who captured the prize. Mrs. Bradley makeup was ridiculous in the extreme. Her gown combined every color mag inable. The other contestants also made a fine showing, In the walk be- sides the winners were Mrs. GrisWold, Mrs. Cohn, Mrs. Snow, Mrs. Upson. The men were Messrs. Dibble, Taylor, Snow, Allen and Cohn.
 The Yale Banner '96, Vol. LV., edited by E. F. Garrison,C. R, HemenWay and John MacGregor, jr., has just appeared It's frontispiece is a beautiful portrait of Elihu Yale and Is the production of J. w. Roe '95 S., and is superbly exc cuted. The book is very artistlcally gotten up, It is, printed on fine super calendered paper and is richly illustrat- ed, showing groups of the board of editors of the many different literary societies The Yale Literary Magazine, the Record, the News, the Law Jour nal the Scientific Monthly and the officers of the Yale Union. These cuts are exceptionally good. Particularly worthy of note is the view of the cam pus taken from Phelps hall. Another dIlIdtllNe anu peduIlluI llluStIdlIoH IS the Yale university crew; shown in practice in Lake Whitney. There are also good views of many of the college buildings, secret organizations and clubs. The final race at Henley be- tween the Leander and New College crews is depicted. Following this view is picture of the Henley crew and substitutes. The Cloister club and St. Elmo club are among the most notice able.
 Altogether the book is most beautiful, It is bound in cloth, with gold inscrip- tionS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-15

Quotations are good for week only, as we cannot guarantee having quantities last longer Later orders will be filled if we happen to have them ill stock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-15

BONNY THINGS FOR CHRISTMAS.
 A Christmas sale of useful and fancy articles, cake, candy, etc, will be held at St. Paurs parish house We'd nesday, the 18th of December, from II a. m. to 6 p. m. It is under the aus pices of the parochial society, and a cordial welcome will be extended to all.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-15

IN WEST HAVEN LAST NIGHT. Savin Rock council No. 106S, Royal Arcanum, of West Haven, and their many friends had a very enjoyable time at the town hall in the borough last evening, when the following pro- gram was rendered, dancing follow ing:
 PART I, Gallant Knights, ,..........,.. Leipsiger Mandolin and Guitar-Messrs. Pratt
 and Erickson. The Red Scarf. rf..................B Bonheur
 MT. Charles F. Williams. r fdnlaSle .,........ .-....,.-...D De beIlUI MT. Fred Fowler, violin. MT. Charles
 Fowler piano. Recitation-"Her Letter" ..........
 Miss Mabel sherman. I'm a Merry Postilion" ".....,......Abt
 Mrs N. F. Bishop. Yacht Club March. ............ Barker Messrs Pratt and Erickson Recitation-Selected ..,.............
 Miss Mabel sherman.
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ALGONQUINs ?, QUINNIPIACGs 1

ALGONQUINS ?, QUINNIPIACGS 1.
 The Commercial league contest last evening was one of the closest games rolled this season. The second game was q tie. the Algonquins winning in the roll-off. Bronson rolled in the last game of the Quinnipiacks. Wolf made the fancy spare 5-7, Jacobs BIO and Stevenson 3-6-7-1O The score:
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11
CONVENTION ORAToRY.

The Chicago News advances the Oh.
inon that the days of convention ora
tory are numbered. and that the
speeches that heretofore made men and
conventions noted are no longer to play
that important part. 1t cites that since
the days when the convention was born
away back in 1892. the nominating
orator has been the pride of such assem-
blages and long before the delegates
met it has been well known who were
to present the names of the several
PRESIDENTIAL aspirantS--men have been
put pn delegations because of their
abilities to stir up the delegates and to
make speeches that should play no un-
important part in the campaign that
was to follow the adjournment.
1t also says that it has not been un-
| usual for such an orator to extol the
man he has placed in nomination with
| phrases so apt or catchy that they have
| chung to him to his dying day.
Along this line 1t says that no one who
heard or has read Ingersolrs speech in
| nominating Mr.. Blaine at Cincinnati in
1916 VIII ever forget his allusion to him
as a plumed knight" q designation
mat chung to him to his death. Equally
stirring was the reference made at the
convention in 1850 by Mr.. Conkling to
the apple tree at Appomattox in pre-
senting the name of Gen. Grant to that
convention. nor can it be denied that
| zen. BragSs declaration that the sup
porters of Mr.. Cleveland loved him
for the enemies he had made" had n
powerful influence on the delegates and
contributed in no small degree to HE
| nomination in 1892
| FARTHER back these pithy and pungent
| expressions were made to do duty ne
popular names for the candidates and
Henry Clay never lost the name of "tbe
honest mill-boy of the slashes." nor did
Daniel Webster ever have his title "the
defender Of the constitution" disputed
both of which designations were horn
from the enthusiasm of nominating
speeches.
But either we have struck a more
practical age or else there is in the can
didate or the convention themselves lit
tie to inspire the wild enthusiasm of the
former times. The convention at 81
Louis was not marked by any unusual
display of oratory and even MIR. Depew
did not seem to rise to the occasion O,
the expectations of his friends, nor did
Mr.. Lodge or Gov. Foraker reach the
height of eloquence that Gen. Garfield
attained in his nomination of Mr.. Sher.
man at the convention of 1880.
Inc indications are that oratory will
not be one of the distinguishing feature.
at the present Democratic gathering. TO,
there is a manifest intention to give
tspeechmaking the go-by. 1t is argued
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11
THE NoM1SArIoN AT cn.cAao.

r .
The National Democratic Convention
at Chicago yesterday nominated William
Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, for the
Presidency. His pcmtI2ation was a pop
ular uprising. 1t was 4 revolution as TO
old leaders and old issues and Is one of
the most overwhelming surprises of the
century.
Up to his speech at the session of the
convention Thursday afternoon he was
looked upon as merely remote POSSIBLE
ity. The wonderful magic of his elo-
quence. however, captured the conven-
ton. and his defense of the cause of free
silver rendered him at once the most
popular of all the leaders of the issues
that were fought for and won by the adj
herents of the free silver Democracy.
without II managed boom, with no
trained or pledged combinations. and
with the opposition of the Senatorial
combination, the boy Orator of the
Platte" won his nomination.
The victory was the most remarkable
in the history of politics in the country,
and i. remains to be seen IL the same
ry him triumphant to the White House.
He has faith that his cause will win;
he has the courage of his convictions as
has no other man who had been men
toned. The enthusiasm that secured
and greeted his nomination Is the same
enthusiasm that it is believed by his
supporters will secure victory. He is the
least Objectionable OF any whose names
were presented He won friends among
the supporters of Mr.. Cleveland when
he boldly proclaimed in the opening of
his speech Thursday that a motion
would be presented to table the Tillman
resolution condemning the administra-
ton of President Cleveland. and he
demonstrated by his Independent action
that he could not be used as political
paw by the Senatorial conclavc, who
had used his name to lead up to the
nomination of Teller, the Republican.
He is the youngest candidate for the
Presidency ever nominated He IS thir-
ty-six years old. His father was Vir-
gilman. He was born in 1860, in Marion
county. Ills, and attended the public.
school until lie was sixteen years of age.
He entered Illinois College, Jackson
vile. in 1877, completed q classical
course, and graduated with highest
honors in 1881. He began the practice
or law in Chicago and for two years
was connected with the office of the late
Senator Lyman Tumble. He removed
10 Lincoln, Neb. He never held an
elective Office prior to his election to the
Fifty-second Congress He IS a stall
wart man of splendid presence and pos
sessea magnetism that is remarkable.
The platform Is a radical one, yet un-
queStionably represents the faith and
views of the great mass of the Democ-
racy. 1t plainly meets the issue, and
there is no straddle about 1t. The voter
of the country cannot fall to take one
side or the other.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

that all the candidates are well-known
to each of the delegates and that moth
ing can be said to influence single vote.
For this reason 1t is proposed to limit
the nominating speeches to five min
utes. Time is of more Importance than
oratory." Very much that our contem-
porary says Is true. and certainly that
which 1t says regarding the phrases ap-
piled by the orators to the men whom
they place In nomination. but 1t is not
wholly true that the days of convention
oratory are among the things Of the
past. and more than one Instance could
be cited to contradict the opinion ad-
vnnced.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11
a school OF FORESTRY.

1t is announced that Mr.. George Van
derbilt proposes to establish a school OF
forestry Oh his famous North Carolina
estate, "Biltmore." The school will be
a novelty In this section OF the country
and opens up to young men seeking a
life's vocation a new field. The Alexan-
dria Times, from which this information
Is taken, says that Mr.. Vanderbilt mas
provided commodious cottages on his es-
tate where students will be quartered
and the only tuition demanded OF them
will be the care and planting of trees,
and to instruct the workmen how to
prune and protect rare specimens trans
planted from other climes, thus combin-
ing the practical with the theoretical, a
most excellent idea. There Is no doubt
but what forestry is destined at no dis
tant day to become very serious ques-
ton throughout the United States, with
the rapid increase of population, as 1t
has in many of the European countries
and Mr.. Vanderbilt in his enterprise is
not only developing @ modern necessity
but offers inducements in new and most
attractive field for the present and fu-
ture youth.
The establishment of school such as
proposed will prove a great advantage
to the entire South. and the Virginian
-tul,A
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11
PERSONALS.

The Infanta I5ulalie OF Spain is in
London, where she is entertained elab-
orately during the height OF the present
season.
William A. Thompson, son OF an Epis-
copal minister at Port Chester. N Y,
has just been acquitted of a charge of
forgery. His father died of grief before
the trial.
Verdi has just deposited in the bank
at Milan $4,000 towards the first cost of
the new Verdi "llouse of Repose" for
aged and destitute musicians and oper-
attic liblcttsts.
Shah Mozafrer ed Din has proclaimed
his eldest son. Muhammad ALI Mira, his
vail ard, or heir apparent. The Prince
is "a Yeas of age and is Governor of the
Province of -AZerbijan.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

In Cuba and Hayti there are in circu-
lation S21 100000 of gold and 81 400, GOO OF
silver.
The Russian jewellers and gold -platers
used in 1893 s3,542. 9S3 of gold and s3,117,-
900 of silver.
a correspondent of the London Times
says that there is gloomy outlook for
Spain that victory in Cuba will be as
disastrous as defeat and that Gomez
the insurgent leader, shows extraordi-
nary skill as general
1t Is related of the late Jules Simon
that when he was directed to make an
official report on the Paris Exposition
of 1889, the amount named for the work
was $4,000. He, however, of his own ac-
cord. reduced ii to 81 400, to the amaze
ment of all Office holders.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11
CAPTIVE.


When in the dark of some despairing
dream,
Sorrow has all her will with me, and
is all forgotten, through her dear de-
grees
Steals Music, reckoning with hand
supreme
For me to follow Straight I see the
CLEAN
Where the winds dip them in the far
brght seas
That roll and break upon the Hebri-
des;
See white wings fash. and hear the
sea-birds scream
Or It may be in palace gardens falls
The moonlight on wide roses, where the
swell
or one great lovers heart in passion
calls
To deeps in other hearts And, listen
ing, we'll
know, while sink my slow dissolving
walls,
So music lured Eurydice from hell
Harriet Prescott Spofford in the July
Century.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

The Savannah News says: Beginning
"a Texas on May is, 120 people were
Killed by cyclone. Two days later
thirty-three We're killed by storms in
ISenfucky and Kansas. The next day
forty-four met death from storm in Ne
praska, On May 81 ten We're killed in
Oklahcma- Two days later five were
Killed In Missouri. On May "a forty per-
kons were killed by storm in Iowa.
Eighty-six lives were lost in Michigan
and Oklahoma the next day. On May
2es eleven lives were lost by storm at
Cairo. III. Add to these the 41s lives lost
FL St. Louis, and 1t will be seen no "
Bloody the month Of May has beeN.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

1T is said that the feeling between I1u-
gene Debs and Chief Arthur of the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
has not been softened into brotherly love
land cnfidence
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

Wheat, now grown in every quarter Of
|the. globe, was originally common
grass on the highlands of Armenia.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

Hobart's speech of acceptance was an
Khan that made by Mckinley. McIiin-
iey's speeches sound as if parrot had
talked them into photograph.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

Under Democratic rule in Alabama
faxation has been reduced for State and
county fully one-half. WHY run the risk
Of return of evil days by allowing
Goodwyn and his niders and abettors to
control the State administration? 1t
would set back the State twenty-five
years If such an unspeakable calamity
should happen. says the MONTGOMERY
Advertiser.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11
SATURDAY, JULY IL, 1896.
EIGHT FACES.

Indian corn was an American plant,
while rice still grows wild in the rivers
|of India, Siam and China.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

II England desires Boston's Ancients to
keel perfectly at home she should give
them beans. says the Boston Standard.
hnd that paper ought to know.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

Va labor union at Cleveland the other
Gay denounced Mark Hanna, McKinley's
manager, as an enemy and oppressor of
labor. Chief Arthur had word to say
"a Mr.. Hanna's defense. says an ex-
change, Thereupon mfr. Debs calls upon
Tabor to put 1.-THE head of this annex OF
RAILROAD corporations" in the pillorv
along with Mark Hanna. where he be-
iongs."
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

The Washington Post says that reck-
less sergeant-at-arms who mistook a
Chicago alderman for a pickpocket
should be made to apologize to the ma
tlonal organization of pickpockets.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

Cuban leaders in New York are said to
be considering plans for a monster bal
loon that will carry 100 men and a guam
Pity Of dynamite to Cuba. The dynamite
. to be dropped on the trochas in Puerto
Principe and Pinar del Rio. the Spanish
warships in Cuban waters, and the big
cities occupied by the Span!ards.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

The Washington Post pokes fun at the
FLORIDA Tfmes-Union in this way: The
art department OF the Florida Times
Union has taken the liberty of running
inesJustice White as the permanent chair
man OF the Chicago convention. How
ever, as all presidents are being knock
ed out, It will make but little difference
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

l Never in the history Of the clothing trade
We're were pei peter SUITS placed on sale than
theSe Tor the price. The patterns are pretty
t t materials are good. Stock culling
n rakeS pace continually here, and the Ten
polaf llne today contains some Tailor Made
I1;o o SUITS that rival in every par
.leula[, Just such Suits that your tailor
I go1nlr t9u 1I tor less than twenty-five
uo,HS :, ana llkely then not give you gar
hleht III general satisfaction its equal
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

General Campos has warned Spain
that 1t will take 100000 men and $1,000
0oo, 900 to conquer Cuba. He seems to
be even better at figures than General
Weyler, remarks the baltimore Herald.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

An exchange says that at the
|close of the civil war the South
was covered with plant known as the
Japanese grass" The botanists were
unable to learn it's source, but after it
had threatened to be serious pest It
disappeared as suddenly as it came.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

Hundreds of the best dressed men that walk
the streets of Norfolk have taken advan1
t5a!ge OF the values in the Fifteen Dollar
i I'm Tine Imported Pin Check and Pin
;otrlpe W,orsteds Nobby PIaids, pretty mix
lures made up in Stylish, Fly Front Sacks
WIN Collarless Fly Front Vests. The verv
counterpart OF the newest ideas of this sea-
son Plate. a clear saving of not less than
from from rye to len Dollars to any man in
search OF Fine, Dressy Outfit.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

Mems Sack Suits, stylish, we'll made, substan-
tal, good fabrics. Suits that will look we'll and
wear as we'll as they look. The Suits are
Plump Values and are Big Leaders and Big
Money Savers, and represent all the worth
that it is ever possible to crowd into Five
Dollar Bill.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11
0UTPOURING OF
UNPARALLELED +

There's check the mighty oupoun of Unparalleled Bargains Price
for quality and warranted for durability The Money this Great
of we'll buyers
contributing n this ~ on
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

Union Tailored Mems Suits. Equal in work
and finish, even fit, to any Suits that you're
in the habit of paying twice the bargain price.
The patterns are good, and the Suits tower
head and shoulders above the ordinary run of
Mems Suits quoted at Seven Fifty
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11

Mems Suits of Fine Cassimeres and Cheviots,
made in stylish Sacks, half lined, full lined or
unlined. Various patterns light and dark
colors. Many Of these Suits are the cuttings
of broken sets from much higher price lines
and the material alone represents more intrin-
sic worth than we are charging for the Suits
made up ready to wear
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-11
Norfolk VlIgillan.
7uallsAEp nA.lY ANo WEEKlY.

yIRGlNIAN AND CAR.
rs OMlNIAN, Ono Do1Inr Per Year.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
Republican MassMeng IN the Auditorium, Where Hon. NJ NJ.
Ess Spoke the Subset of Protection and Coinage

and America is both q borrower of money and
8 seller of products. And so protective tariff
vii sIone save Us fr0nz her dominating infu-
ence- Give rs proteeticn and We viii control
American markets. fcr both money and things
G vs Us prot~-f5cs ] good times and Ihen
America VIII be Esz1 to sdODt any sens4bsS
financial or revenue system of our Own
Hard times are always peFlouS times IN
Republic, snd often inspire revolution II is &
fact tHst the clouds gather thick anu dsrk
over our country wheneuer there is g Demo
cratic administration in power. because that
means hard times. Do Overstate the facts?
James Buchanan. when he was President, IN
message sent 10 Congress, said:
ain the midst OF unsurpassed plenty, We ind
our manufactures suspended, our public works
retarded, our private enterprises abandoned,
snd thousands of useful lsbOreEs thrown out
OF employment anu reduced 70 want. Under
these conditions q loan may be req uired.
loan was then required. Revolution and
secession followed Tne free coinage OF silver
was not al issue. We then enjoyed the full
benefit of the free coinage OF silver and OF free
tra1e You see the result OF Tree trade.
The single and only question now Is, What is
the remedy for present condftIonsg We say
elsct Mckinley. The people do not wish 20
get well OF this disease and tnen die OF the
remedy. How can We hope 10 find remedy
in repeating the dose that has made the Nation
siek9 Will an appeal 10 such men ss AlJge.d
and TiIlman and 10 the criminal element
afford relief? Can they start up one factory
or give employment TO one American lab0rer7
Do they propose any rstions srslief for present
couditio 5? Is the financial honor OF the
Nation 70 be left in such haR1s7 Is il wise TO
trust the party which slone is responsible for
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
Los ANGELES OFFICE OF TIE CALL,
326 South Broadway,
Los ANGELES Cal, Aug. g.

-
Los ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 81
Pasadena and Los Angeles entertained
the Oakland Alliance and It's invited
guests in royal style to-day, receiving the
visitors with great spirit and cheering the
sentiments of the orators at Pasadena in
the afternoon and IN the great pavilion
here at night Hazards pavilion was
taxed to its full capacity, and Pasadena
reminded one of the oId-fashioned circus
days when the multitudes turned out. or
of the times OF Clay, Webster ani Cal
houn when barhecues were the rage.
There were fully $50 people on the plat
form at the Los Angeles meeting, and the
audience consisted of Republican dele
gates from all sections of the county, as
well as of prominent citizens of Los An
geles- 1t is the general verdict that there
has never been such a meeting as that OF
tonight in the history of the county, and
the telief quite common that Los An
geles is likely TO remain the banner
county OF the State in its ability to roll up
pleasing Republican maiorities. Every
feature of the ceremonies showed that I'd he
people are moved by genuine enthusiasm.
Protection and prosperity" is the bat
tle-cry and one can readily tell from the
way the masses discuss the sirustion that
they want 3 dollar worth 100 cents, as
well as q condition Of industrial affairs