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The herald., 1897-09-30
BRYAN's GOOD WISHES
Extended to the Massachusetts Guber.
Material Candidate

BOSTON, Sept 29.-Geo. Fred Will.
liams, Democratic nominee for govern
or today received the following tele-
gram:
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 2s-Accept con-
gratulations upon your nomination.
Massachusetts Democracy has done
nobly The Chicago platform is being
vindicated by events The fight for
financial independence will yet be won.
The trusts and government by injunc-
ton will fall with the gold standard.
Your plain argument on greenbacks was
timely. Strength to your arm and sue
cess to your banner. (Signed)
WIN. J. BRYAN.
The herald., 1897-09-30

and barely saved her distance. Time,
2:16A, 2:13A, 2:2O. Floracita second, vi
salia third.
The 2:13 trot was won by Carlyle Carne
who took all the heats except the fourth,
which went to Mamie Griffin. Jud
Wilkes was third. Time, 2:13la, 2:1SA,
2:14R, 2:14%.
The herald., 1897-09-30
A Fatal Fall

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29 - The
body of man about 35 years of age,
supposed to be George L. Wilson, from
papers found in his pockets, was found
lying on Chestnut street at the foot of
Telegraph Hill by policeman this morn
ing. The deceased had evidently fallen
from the edge of the table land above, a
distance Of 120 feet and had broken
nearly every bone in his body in his de-
scent. Nothing 10 known Of his antece-
dents,
The herald., 1897-09-30
CHINESE CASH
The Copper Ratio Is the Important
Thing

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s.-United
States Consul Charles DENLY, at Peking
gives the substance Of report recently
made by Mr.. Brennan, British consul, on
trade in China. Mr.. Brennansta that
the currency Of China is copper much
more than silver, and that the relative
value Of gold and copper is an important
factor in the consideration Of trade
problems. 1t is undoubtedly true, says
Mr.. Brennan, that ordinary business Of
China is done in copper cash, and he
encloses translation of an imperial de-
cree in which it is shown that the price
Of copper cash has been enhanced over
20 per cent at the same time that prices
for ordinary articles Of consumption are
materially increased.
The herald., 1897-09-30
Bolts the Candidates

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.--The Mail and
Express, Republican paper, but an
opponent for some time Of the Platt man
agement of the Republican organiza-
ton in New York city, refuses to sup
port the candidate nominated by the
Republican convention of Greater New
York.
The herald., 1897-09-30
A Woman Pioneer

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, Sept. 29-Mrs.
Mary E. Wakeman died at Seabright
this morning of heart trouble. She wa.
"a native of Missouri and. was 65 years
old. She came to California In 1S49 with
her father, General John Wilson. who
was the first naval officer Of San Fran
cisco, being appointed by President
Zachary Taylor. Ex-Governor Francis
of Missouri was her cousin.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-21

New York. Nov. 1S-It seems TO be
a popular opinion that If one cannot be
married among the roses OF June, the
chrysanthemums of November make
the best substitute with their dark
green backgrounds of potted palms. a
fashion that has made some of the au-
tumn weddings more striking than us
ual as dress functions is that of put
ting the chorus Of bridesmaids into
low cut evening gowns. The gown Of
the bride herself varies from season to
season, in nothing but its details.
At a smart wedding celebrated at
Tuxedo few days ago, the bride wore
an extremely rich gown of ivory-white
duchesse satin. trimmed with two
nounces of Brussels lace so deep as to
cover the skirt almost entirely. Each
hounce was headed with narrow ruch-
ings of white mousseline de Sole and
the upper founce dipped in front. ris-
ing i'm curves on the sides. The pretty
bodice pOuched a very little in front,
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likes his dinner hot jus. as well as any
body. / warm their milk now. You
wouldn't think it. but these monkeys
get six quarts OF good fresh milk every
day A good-sized pail Of potatoes from
the restaurant over there has TO be cal
culated for just the same as for the
people who come in FOR refreshments. -
The smallest monkeys are the mar
mosets and what are familiarly known
as moss monkeys. The marmosets
are no bigger than good sized rat
and fashionable ladies' like 90 make
pets Of them They have funny little
tufts at each side of their heads. and
are just as full Of curiosity as the larg-
or monkeys.
The hons and tigers are the most ex-
penslve beasts that the city supports
for the amusement and instruction OF
it's children. For about twenty-five
lions leopards. and tigers, the city pro-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-21
ELLEN OSBORN'S
FASHION LETTER.
Gowns for Bride and Bridesmaids at
Fashionable Autumn Weddings
Dress at the Horse Show.

cess gowns Of white glace silk, with
fichus Of ecru lace gathered about the
shoulders and caught at the waist with
gold-colored MORE sashes. whose broad
ends reached the ground. They had
white velvet hats, with feathers.
At three or four of the prettiest we'd
dings of the autumn the bridesmaids.
as we'll as the bride have worn wells.
The four bridesmaids of a young girl
who was married recently at a country
house i'm Hampstead were gowned in
ivory-white bengaline. with chiffon
fichus Of a delicate primrose yellow.
white ospreys and carried bouquets Of
pale yellow chrysanthemums.
\ cavalier cape is a fashionable ad-
dition TO a bridesmaids toilet when q
hat is to be worn. 4 good example was
furnished at a church wedding I'm New
York last week, al which the brides
sister, who was her only attendant.
was dressed i'm white corded silk, with
decorations Of guipure and pale blue
crepe de Chine A cape of sapphire
blue velvet. lined with white satin.
was slung from her shoulders. Her hat
was pale blue, with white trimmings
White corduroy has been used with
good effect for bridal costumes recent
+ w. White MORE antique is more or
/ less in favor In one or two instances
a little color has been added to the
bridal white by girls who find all white
unbecoming. ! recall. for example. a
dress worn two or three weeks ago Of
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miles an hour in spite Of the boys ur-
gent applications OF the end Of his lead
ing rope He had hoped TO reach the
town before his schoolmates, but he
was unfortunate. for just as he was
turning down a side street and reJoic-
ing at his escape. a coach swept past
with all the Cascade football team on
top. Stubby turned away his head, but
not in time to avoid recognition. There
WAS a chorus of r"Hellosl and then
some teering remarks addressed joint
Is TO Stubby and his four-footed com
panion. Captain Phil quickly sllenced
the testers. and the coach ratified or;
but the sting of the bantering words
remained behind. and Stubby's cheeks
were still burning with shame and
anger when he turned out Of the yard
where he had finally got rid of the
cow.
His first impulse was 10 turn back
without waiting to see the game; but
his loyalty TO Cascade soon banished
this feeling. and he made up his mind
that the team should have one man to
cheer for them as long as his breath
held out.
The game was an exciting one. and
Stubby was never in his seat except
when those about him pulled him down
Every time the Wilton players made a
gain the air rang with cheer on cheer
from the crowd, while only Stubby's
shrill, voice rewarded the efforts Of
Cascade He shouted most Justify, but
soon his voice was too hoarse to make
itself heard through the din around
him except by an occasional spasmodic
effort.
Gradually Stubby's cheerful face
clouded, for the game was going
against Cascade. Her players were
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contests lie could run like deer and
dodge like a cat. and he never felt a
keener Measure than when. with the
ball tucked tightly under his arm he
dashed from side 10 side through the
whole array Of them
The Cascade boys had arranged TO go
i'm a body to the final game at wilton,
but a practical joke which they played
on the senior monitor upset their plans.
As a punishment for the breach OF dis
cjpline they were required TO stay az
home and put in an extra hour at drill.
Not even the football substitutes were
allowed 10 go. and the Cascade contin-
gent had 10 look on i'm gloomy silence
while their eleven champions drove
away to do battle without the help OF
their lusty cheers.
When he went home on Friday night
stubby Fields was as gloomy as any %
his mates. though he was not Included
in their punishment He would have
given anything. at the very least MS
prospect of a new winter suit, to see
the game with Wilton. But he knew
that he was expected to help with the
potato ulBElhB vi tii' i'i''" -
he resoluteIy choked down his wishes
and the tears they brought with them,
and said nothing about 1t. II seemed
to him as though some good angel had
interfered in his behalf when his fath-
er said. after supper:
Il sold a cow in Wilton to-day, and
somebody will have 10 lead her down
there tomorrow morning. If you want
to you can do it. Edward tStubby
had been baptized as Edward. though
he sometimes forgot that fact himself)
1T will take up most Of the day and
if YOU can manage to see that football
game too. you might as well do it,
BEFORE daylight Stubby was on his
way. accompanied by a rat red COW
that refused to go more than three
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II IL hard TO imagine what the poor
Gagged beasts have to be thankful for.
imprisoned as they are for life. and
usually not very long life at that.
But animals are sometimes more sensi-
bic than people, and when they find
they cannot improve matters they set
tie down and make themselves as COM
Portable as possible under the crcum-
stances
At the Metropolitan ZOO IN New
York, the monkeys seem to take life
the most comfortably of any of the ami
mails. They do not pace up and down
and look savage and miserable like
"Br'er Wolf and "Br'er Bear" I'm the
cages outside Their lot is, perhaps a
little happier than that Of the other
animals. because they receive better
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care and more attention from keepers
as we'll as visitors. They are such curl
Gus little fellows and look so comically
like folks that they attract notice from
everybody. II is very difficult for the
keepers to prevent visitors from feed
ing them. yet it is necessary, for the
monkey is the worst kind Of dyspeptic
when he gets something that disagrees
with him. Peanuts are very bad for
his digestion. and, contrary TO the gem
eral impression. he doesn't seem to care
much for cocoanut. The keeper. who
knows more about monkeys than most
naturalists, says that the best things
10 feed monkey are plenty Of fruit
and bread. Apples, he says "are the
best food they can eat. and we give
them all they want. They get about
half bushel Of good. sweet apples day
that is. the monkeys and some OF the
other animals that are kept in the
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vides about 26O pounds OF good beef
per day. That is enough 10 support
sixty-fve families Of six each for the
same length Of time Mr.. Lion prefers
a good. juicy bone from the upper part
~ sis Cows" spine. and when he gets
through with ii ne lets the baby lions
sharpen their teeth and play hunt
lttlc-boys" with what remains.
The big hippopotami. with their mon
strous baby. don't cost much except for
the hay they eat. and the trouble the
keeper has 10 give them make-believe
river Nile from which TO MUNICH what
they probably regard as a poor substi-
tute for the rushes on the banks Of the
azure river They like apple and all
sorts OF vegetables, but they don't get
them very often, because IL takes too
much to make a bite for their gigantic
jaws, and they seem to thrive very well
without dainties.
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Cascade School was all agog over the
Thanksgiving tableaux. There was q
minor chord Of excitement among the
boys who were TO become, for the even
ing. Washingtons or Napoleons or
Polish martyrs; but the great interest
centered i'm the election Of a Master Of
Ceremonies for the entertainment This
mas a post OF great honor and respon-
utility. and il usually fell TO the most
popular boy i'm school. since it was de-
,ded by an election in which every stu
tent had a vote. This year there were
.wo very evenly matched candidates,
ind the election promised to be very
,loso. IL was. in fact. a hard matter
'or the Cascade boys to decide between
hem Phil Morton was the captain OF
he football team. a thoroughly good
elbow admired by every boy I'm school.
IN the other hand, Harry Coward was
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same apartment. There are only few
ant-eaters and opossums and the like.
but we have about two dozen monkeys.
The ant-eaters get a little meat to
make up for the ants that they don't
get. but the monkeys never eat any
meat In the morning / give them
bread and milk. and they have to eat
il or they don't get anything else.
Then. about one o'clock. they get
boiled potatoes"
do you peel the potatoes?'
mot bit Of IT, They peel 'em them
selves. You ought TO see how neatly
they do it, A monkey won't even eat
ample skin. lie pulls IL of with his
teeth and fingers as clean as you can
do il with fruit knife. The potatoes
are hot when l bring them in. and
sometimes one Of the little fellows
burns his fingers when, haven't let
them get quite cool enough, but he
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oh" said little girl who had come
with her papa to see the animals,
don't you think that must be an aw-
fully heavy thing for him to carry
around on his nose?'
She was looking at the rhinoceros
munchlng hay beside the elephant, who
W.. doing the same thing. but in a
ridiculously dainty manner for sucn a
big. ungainly animal. He fuh:n'es
around until he finds the kind that
suits him. then rolls it round and round
until he thinks IL will fit his mouth,
and with one wave of his trunk 90 the
left and down again the morsel has dis
appeared in his mouth.
An ostrich, we are told. will eat any
thing from glass bottles to his own
feathers, but ne likes corn best, and
that is the dainty that will constitute
his Thanksgiving dinner.
Eagles. being birds Of prey, receive
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noted this month OF weddings.
A brides travelling dress IS one Of
the most important items of her trous-
seau. A fashionable dressmaker has
described TO me two or three for which
she has been responsible lately. one
of these consisted of a mauve cloth
skirt with "A Russian blouse of Lyons
velvet Of the same shade. This was
lined with white satin and bordered
with Russian sables, which costly fur
was used also for the large collar and
revers. With this costume went a
mauVe velvet toque. sable trimmed.
A second outfit was a dark green cloth
dress with a Russian bodice of green
velvet and crimson tartan silk: vest OF
white cloth. gold embroidered, and
cloak of green velvet, sable trimmed.
4 third bride started for the South in
blue cloth. trimmed with silver and
chinchilla, and a fourth took train In
grey cloth, trimmed with chinchilla and
cerise velvet. This costume included
a chinchilla cape and mun. both
trimmed with old lace. and a cerise vel
vet hat, arranged with black lace and
feathers.
At a quiet home wedding on Staten
Island the bride, a pretty blonde, was
married I'm her travelling dress. Of
chestnut brown cloth, bordered with
sable. The bodice had "A pouch OF
cream satin. The skirt was braided in
brown and gold. A brown cloth cape
belonged To this costume; IL was lined
with fur and trimmed with sable tails.
A brown velvet hat was worn. with a
paradise bird and a handsome paste
buckle for ornament.
A rousseau of notable richness in
preparation for wedding yet to come
includes an exquisite evening gown II
white satin. cut after a graceful prin-
cess model. and bordered at the hem
with a wide insertion OF old Venetian
point lace set between two tiny rufies
Of chiffon. on the left side OF the skirt
is a panel of the same lace. ending I'M
der a white satin bow. he bodice is
yelled with chiffon and trimmed over
one shoulder with garniture Of
ragged pink chrysanthemums. an end
OF which hangs nearly to the floor. The
low bodice In square-cut. A loop Of
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-21
BUTT OF THE SCHOOL
BECAME IT'S HERO.
How "Stubby' Fields Saved the Day on the
GridirOn and Carried an Elections
Thanksgiving Episode.

Stubby Fields had as little share in
football as in the amateur theatricals.
so well supplied with money as were
those Of the other boys, and he kept
apart from them as much as possible.
He smiled sardonically TO himself at
the advances of the rival candidates.
and thought Of the distant mods with
which they usually greeted him. He
had made up his mind TO vote for Phil.
but he gave no encouragement to either
aspiraDt.
OF course the Thanksgiving contest
did not dwarf the interest in football
The Cascade eleven had been success
full all the season and on the Saturday
before Thanksgiving day they were to
have a great final struggle with the
boys OF Wilton School. which was sit
uated in a larger town twenty miles
down the river.
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but his interest in the subject was con-
siderably greater. Stubby would have
loved 10 play football if only he had
had time. But the farm was large and
there was work for every one, including
Stubby; so every afternoon. when
school was over and the other boys
started for the athletic field, Stubby
had to hurry away to his daily chores.
But ali the way along his two-mile
tramp, his mind was busy with rush
line formations and new schemes OF In
reference. After the work at home was
done ne often lined up his five brothers
and the hired man into one team.
while he himself, as the opposing
eleven, tried to break through or dodge
past them, carrying an old rubber ball
which he had managed 70 pick up.
stubby was scarcely OF athletic build,
and his attacks on the sturdy home
made rush line were always futile. But
he had one accomplishment which was
valuable, and often enabled him TO
score touchdowns In these one-sided
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white satin. with chemisette and
sleeves OF white chiffon. and train or
white brocade. lined with pale yellow
The tint in this case. however. was not
exactly for the brides own benefit, but
was arranged TO harmonize with the
bridesmaids dresses, which were or
yellow silk. yelled with white muslin.
Regard to the effect OF the bridal
party as a group is making the gown
ing OF the bridesmaids in white more
and more Usual yellow brocade, with
white chiffon, Chartrerse green with
white chiffon, cerise chiffon yelled with
white, pale blue poplin with ruffies OF
chiffon, and silver grey brocade with
enrichments Of pale pink chiffon are
other combinations that have hsen
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raw meat along with the hyena, the
prairie-wolf. and other carniverous anil
mails; but they look so unhappy that
I'm sure it will be hard for them to
muster much feeling OF thankfulness
on mans day OF expressing gratitude.
The japanese pheasants look as IL
they might have just stepped down
from some paper fan or parasol. They
are beautiful birds. with gorgeous red
and orange plumage and long. trailing
brown tail feathers. and they are
shaped like a slender chicken with slim
neck and long bill. These birds eat
grain like our own chickens. They
seem quite happy and contented in
their new home. but the scene hardly
seems complete without some double
twisted Jap or other turning somer-
saults in the background.
ANNIE LAURIE WOODS.
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pink velvet for the hair and n pink o.
trich feather fan are provided.
one OF the handsomest costumes
designed for the horse show was Of
gold brocade, with leaf green chiffon
bodice drapings. and sash caught with
big steel buckle. Greyish-blue bro
cade arranged with ecru lace draperies
was another successful combination.
Among the dresses worn by day
light, velvet WA popular TO a remark
able degree. Green, brown and blue
seemed 10 be the favorite colors. and
ribbed velvet and plain were equally
desirable. Skirts were much trimmed.
incrustatlons OF lace appearing every
where. ELLEN oshoFN'
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and was made with a pointed chemi-
settle OF white mousseline De sole: this
was embroidered in silver and crystal.
and edged with a wide friil Of old lace,
caught up on the left shoulder with
orange blossoms. The neck was mn
ished with a little band OF mousseline
de sole and fiaring collar behind. The
waist belt was embroidered like the
chemisecte, and came TO a high point
ON the left side. A satin train fell from
the hips and was caught with ribbon
bows.
The brides glInting red-gold hair
was arranged with small coronet OF
orange blossoms. from which hung the
lace veil.
. The six bridesmaids wore high prin-
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the Colonel Of the school regiment, and
by all odds the best dressed man there.
While scarcely so well liked as Phil, 1t
was felt that he would carry the enter
tainment through in a way that nobody
else could equal. The two had always
been warm friends. but so keen had
their rivalry become in this affair that
IL seemed likely TO break up their
friendship, and TO interfere seriously
with the success OF the tableaux as
well.
The only boy In Cascade School who
didn't care jot about the Thanksgiv-
Ing entertainment. or who presided over
II, was Stubby Fields. Stubby, so nick
named for his short stature. had really
very little TO do with the inner affairs
OF the school. lie was a day boy, the
son Of a farmer who lived two miles
out OF town. and he walked back and
forth 10 the school. He was homely
boy. with faded red hair and a wide
mouth. He realized plainly that his
slothes were not a. new or bis pockets