Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-10-14

CONVENTION ECHOES.
"Results ore nothing to us il We do
our duty. "-Ma.garet S. Hilles.
''Tbe commentator was not well
done, successful servant, but we'll done
thou good and faithful servant. ~
Elizabeth Brosius.
81 have large hope for humanity.
The veal Of one Is the veal Of all; the
woe Of one is the woe OF all. "-Katha-
rine Il. Stevenson.
"Refnrms have three stages Con-
tempt, ridicule, SUCCESS. Yesterday.
Might was right; to day Right is
might. In moral questions there are
no nations. "-Lillian NJ. Phelps.
EVERY one soens more interested in
the children. We must save society by
preaching the gospel aroun1 the
cradle. THE Rev. DR.. Thomas L.
Martindale.
LADY Henry Somerset will not at.
tend the Wurld'e and National Con-
ventions. A cable sent TO M iss Willard
by Mrs. Mary Ward Poole, Lady Hcnry's
private secretary, states thai her ply
aician positively forhids her smiling
October I'd, rs she bad intended. Her
present physical condition renders the
trip, with the additional labor Of
three conventions, absolutely danger
Qua. Our women the world over will re
sorely grieyei tn learn OF Lady llenry's
i'll heath, and many will be- the praye
that will ascend in her behalf. while
the disappointment accustomed by her
enforced absence from the gatherings at
Toronto anu Buffalo will not be con-
fined TO white ribbon circles THE
Union Signal, October Tth.
"Groat preparations are heing made
for tile Worlds and National Conven-
iiohs. II is said that NJ isH Agnes Slack,
secretary of the Worlds W. 9. i. u,
| is the busiest woman in all Portland.
Sho is up to her eyes in letters anil re-
pnrts from every quarter Of the globe,
and says that she bias received word that
delegates will he present at tho World +
Convention from SPUN. Butmah, Syria,
Egypt, lcsland, Finland, Japan. Ger
many. Australia, Victoria. New South
Wales, Queensland and England. "
The following statement concerning
Bishop Potter OF New York remindI
us uf the noble spirit expressed in tn
words of the great apostle: If mGa
make my brother TO offend, ] will ca
no flesh while the world standeth: =
'The bishop WAS accustomed to take
elass of vino at dinner until formn
comrade at college became victim o
alcoholic drinks, and begged the hisho
| k,, hi I'M a
ahstainer. 10 this he agreed, and it j
credibly reported that since then he ha
never used Intoxicating liquor as
beverage.
Miss Francis f. Willard and her sec
rotary, Miss Anna Gordan, are til
guests of Mrs. Francis j Barnes i
her country home in the State OF Ne'
York. But our tireless leader is eve
} busy with her pen, us this nopefu
mute" by Der, in recent number {
the Union Signal, is evidence:
, "In America tho final potency
public opinion, 1t is like the ozone i
the atmosphere. like perfume in rose
| of country is practically governed b
Inc man, like Russia and Germany
everything takes lite color from him
hut with us, when conviction an
!, knowledge have reached certain dept
!. and expansion in the brain anil heal
Q of the people ii shows forth in what "
s call "the average judgment. THIS
:; tue best aroma that any reform mOv'
ment can yield, and when it has bee
p distilled into law the people move Q
to some other victory new and sublime
q Slowly but surely tho century plant I
: temperance reform has been sendii
;. down its roots, spreading it's leaves al
T ripening its rare bud, which is no
Il beginning to omen so that the exhali
tion graets US and the beauty draw
our delighted gaze. We can not poll
to specific things done SO much, pe
= haps, as in an earlier epoch; we CT
not say that women have broken Il
l. barriers OF immainoriAl custom ar
u flocked into the saloon; we can not 81
u that State after State has voted I
J. Constitutional prohibition we CT
u not say the dominant party or al
q other likely TO lie in power has ma
this vital question plank 10 it's plt
d form, hut we can say there were new
70 go many mel and women who nractic
D total abstinence; never SO many you
TX men VINO thought it manly to do &
J, never 30 many children who wore bel
3. systematically taught that alcohol
n an element wholly foreign to the hum
=. organism and harmful to it alway
10 never such stirring up against
e. uso OF tobacco drought about large
v by the anxiety OF parents whn see tn
T. boys going TO ruin by way OF I
u noisome cigaretl never 30 many "
ny believed that "a white life for tw
Ill should be insisted on not only in
dividual conduct, hut by means
NJ custom in society and prohibition
1d the State. Long and lahorious
ny been the night, but auroral CLEANS n
g, light up the horiaon-the harbingers
o. that letter day when the people, havi
delivered themselves from the bondt
of the drink habit, will DO strong enou
to rise in their might and with vii
as. and without violence possess the
Oh selves of their Beautiful Kingdo
This was always the prediction
nd Christianity-it will be the fact OF
H., coming century"
w Grand Army Appointments.
= Harrisburg, Pa, Oct. y. Cen.
IN +. S. Goblin, commander in chief
NJ, ms thu Grand Army Of the Republic, ISIS
~ to-day general orders announc
,;a these appointments; Inspector Gene
40 hlon2n Willioms prnpidaDra r.