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ny the same party is an expression
of regard and pledge Of continued
confidence for which it is difficult to
make adequate acknowledgment.
IT anything exceeds the honor Of the
Office Of President Of the United
States it is the responsibility which
attaches oft. Having been invested
with both, ! do not under apprasc
either. Any one who has borne the
mNictlcS md burdens Of the prcSi-
dcntlal Office, especially in time of
national trial, cannot contemplate
assuming it a second time without
profoundly realizing the severe cx-
actions and the solemn obligations
which it imposes and this feeling is
acccntuatcd ny the momcDtOus prob
lens which now press for settlement.
ii my coun;rymcn shall confirm the
action OF the convention at our
national election in November shall,
craving divine guidance, undertake
the exalted trust, to administer it for
the interest and honor of the coun.
try and the wcll.bcing Of the new
people who have become the objects
Of our care. The declaration of
principles adopted by the convcn-
ton has my hearty approval. At
some future date | viii consider its
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Can't We Sell You a Hat :?
G.. w. BAUKNIGHT,

send troops and ships in this time Of
stress to the defense of our ministers,
our missionaries, our cunSuls and our
merchants in China, instead Of being
compelled To leave our citizrns to the
casual protection of other powers, as
would have been unavoidable had we
flung the Philippines away and with
drawn from the Orient.
Crest assured, sir, that the vigor-
Gus measure which you have thus
been enabled to take, and that all
further measures in the same dircc-
ton which you may take, for the pro-
lection of American lives and pro-
pcrty will receive the hearty support
of the people Of the United States,
who are now, rs always determined
that the American citizen shall be
protected ut any cost in all his rights
everywhere and at all times. Itisto
Manila, again, to our fleet in the bay
and our army on land, tha, we shall
owe the power, when these scenes of
blood in China are closed, to exact
rcparation, to enforce stern Justice,
and to insist, in the final settlement,
upon an open door to all that vast
market for our fast growing com
mercc.
"Events moving with terrible
rapidity have been swift witnesses to
the wisdom Of your action in the
East. The Philadelphia convention
has adopted your policy both in the
Antilles and the Philippines and has
made it their own and that Of the
Republican party.
Ills CRY OF HARD TIMES
"Yom election, sir, next Novcm-
Der, assures to us the continuance OF
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blessed our country in such abund-
ancc during the past four years,
"Thus announcing to you your
nomination IN the Republican candi-
date for the presidency we have the
honor also to submit to you the de-
claration Of principles made by the
national convention, which we trust
will receive your approval. We can
assure you Of the faithful and earn
est support of the Republican party
in every State and we beg You to be-
licve that we discharge here to-day
with feelings of the deepest personal
qualification, this honorable duty
imposed upon us by the convention" !"
M'KINLEr Is CrEHRED.
The Senator's remarks were frc.
lucntly interrupted with applause.
When Senator Lodge. closed Prcsi-
dent Mckinley mounted the stand
and the vast concoursc Of people
chccrcd heartily. 1t was some mo-
mcnts before the President could pro.
cccd. lie had Il manuscript in his
hands but referred to il only at in
tcrvalS. When he mentioned the
"ncw people under our care" there
was hearty burst Of applause.
MIR. M'KINLEY'S ACCEPTANCE.
"Scnator Lodge and Gentlemen Of
the Notification Committee:
"Thc message which you bring to
me is one of signal honor. 1t is also
a summons to duty. \ single nomi-
nation for the Office Of president by
Il great party which in thirty-two
years out Of forty h" been trium-
phant at national elections, is a dis.
tinction which | gratefully cherish.
70 receive unanimous denomination
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stored and the skill, energy and the
capital of our country find ample
employment at home. The govern
Elcnt of the United States must raise
money enough to meet both its cur
rent expenses and increasing needs.
It's revenue should he so raised as to
protect the material interests Of our
people with the slightest possible
drain upon their resources and main
tanning that high standard of civiIiza
ton which has distinguished our
country for more than a century Of
its existence.
"'Thc national credit, which has
thus far fortunately resisted every
assault upon it, must and will be
upheld and strengthened. If suili-
cicnt revenues are provided for the
support of the government there will
be no necessity for borrowing money
and increasing the public debt
ENDLESS CHAIN BROKEN.
"Thrcc and one half years Of leg
islaLion and administration have
been concluded since these words
were spoken. Have those to whom
was confdcd the direction Of the
government kept their pledges ? The
record is made up, The people are
not unfamiliar with what has been
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that policy abroad and in our new
possessions. TO cntrust these diff
cult and vital questions to other
hands, at once incompetent and nos
tile, would be disastrous and still
more unrclicvcd disaster to our pos
tcnty. Your election means not
only protection to our industries, but
the maintenance Of a sound currency
and OF the gold standard, the very
cOrncr-StOncS Of our economic and
financial welfare. Should these be
shaken as they would be by the sue
cess OF our opponents, the whole
fabric Of our business confidence and
prosperity would fall into ruin. Your
defeat would he the advance Of free
trade for the anarchy Of a dcbascd
and unstable currency, for business
panic, depression and hard times and
for the rcck Of our foreign policy.
"l our election and the triumph Of
the Republican party, which we be-
lcvc to be as sure as the coming OF
the day, will make certain the steady
protection Of our industries, sound
money and vigorous intelligent for
cign policy. They will continue those
conditions Of good government and
wise legislation, so essential to the
prosperity and well being, which have
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subjects in detail and will, by letter,
communicate to your chairman a
more formal acceptance of the nomi-
nation. On q like occasion four
years ago, l said:
QUOTES HIS OLD WORDS.
'The party that supplied by leg
islation tho vast revenues for the
conduct OF our greatest war; that
promptly restored the credit of the
country at its close that from it's
abundant revenue repaid off large
share of the debt incurred by this
war, and that resumed specie pay
ments and placed our paper cur
rcncy upon a sound and enduring
basis, can be safely trusted to pre-
serve both our credit and currency
with honor, stability and individu-
ality. The American people hold
the financial honor OF our govern
mcnt AZ sacred rs our flag and can
be relied on to guard it with the
same slccpless vigilance. They hold
its preservation above party fealty
and have often demonstrated that
party ties avail nothing when the
spotlcss credit of our country is
threatened.
"'Thc dollar pal to the farmer,
the wage. Garner and the pcnsoncr
must continue forever equal in pur-
chasing and dcbt-paying power
to the dollar paid to any government
creditor.
"'OW industrial supremacy, our
productive capacity, our business
and commercial prosperity, cur labor
and it's rewards, our national credit
and currency, our proud financial
honor and our splendid free ci,izcn-
ship, the birthright of every Amcri-
can, are all involved in the pending
campaign, and thus every home in
the land is directly and intimately
connected with their proper settle
ment.
"Our domestic trade must he
won back and our idle working peo-
pie employed iii gainful occupations
at American wages. Our home mar
kct must bc restored to its proud
rank Of first in the world, and our
foreign trade, 80 precipitatcly cut off
by adverse national legislation, re-
opened on fair and equitable terms
manufacturing products.
"I'ublic confidence must be re-
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accomplished. The gold standard
has been reatlirmcd and strengthened.
The endless chain has been broken
and the drain upon our gold reserve
no longer frcts us.
"Thc credit of the country has
been advanced to the highest place
among all nations. We are refund
ing our bonded debt bearing three
and four and five per cent, lower
rate than that Of any other country
and already more than $300,000,000
have been 50 funded with q gain to
the government of many millions Of
dollars. Instead of 16 to 1, for
which our opponents contended four
years ago, Legislation has been en-
acted which, while utilizing all forms
of our money, secures one fixed value
for every dollar, and that the best
known to the civilized world.
CA tariff which protects American
labor and industry and provides
ample revenues has been written
in public law. We have lower in
tercst and higher wages, more money
and fewer mortgages. The worlds
markets have been opened to Amc.i-
can products, which 60 now where
they have never gone before.
awe have passed from bond is-
suing to a bond paying nation !;
from a nation Of borrowers to n ma
ton of lenders from deficiency in
the revenue to surplus from fear
TO confidence from enforced idle
ness to profitable employment. The
public faith has been upheld, public
order has been maintained. We
have prosperity at home and pres
tigc abroad.
THREAT RENEWED.
"Unfortunatcly the threat of 1886
has just been renewed by the allied
parties without abatement or modifi-
cation. The gold bill has been de-
nounced and its repeal demanded.
The menace of lG to 1, therefore,
still hang over us with all its dire
consequences to credit and conf
dcncc, to business and industry.
The enemies of sound currency are
rallying their scattered forces. The
people must once more unite and
overcome the advocates of rcpudia-
ton, and must not relax their cner-
gy until the battle for public honor
and honest money shall again
triumph,
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ga Congress which will sustain
and, if need be strengthen the pres
cnt law, can prevent financial
catastrophe which every lover of the
Republic is interested to avert.
"Not satisfied with assauiting the
currency and credit of the govern
mcnt, our political advcrsarics con-
dcmn the tariff law enacted at the
extra session Of Congress in 1897,
known as the Dinglcy Act, passed in
obedience to the will of the people
expressed at the election in the pre-
ceding November, a law which at
once stimulated our industries,
opened the idle factories and mines
and gave to the laborer and to the
farmer fair rcturn for their toll and
Investment. Shall we 90 back to n
tariff which brings deficiency i'm our
revenues and destruction to our in
dustria Enterprises ? Faithful to its
pledges in these iniernal affairs, how
has the government discharged its
internal duties?
QUOTES FROM PLATFORM.
"Our platform in 1886 declared
"'Thc Hawaiian islands should be
controlled by the United States, and
no foreign power should be permit.
ted TO interfere with Them
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-07-25
Question Answered..

Yes, August Flower still has the larp-
est sale Of any medicine i'm the civiliz6d
world. Your mothers and grandmothcrs
never thought Of using anything else for
indigestion and bilicusncss. Doctors
were scarce, and they seldom heard of
appendicitis, nervous proStration or
heart failure, etc. They used August
Tlowcr I" clean out the system and stop
iermrntation of undigostcd food, rcgu-
ialc inc action of the liver, stimulate
the nervous and organic action of thn
system. and that is all they took when
1ccllng dull and bad " ith headaches and
other aches. ion only need few doses
OF Green's August Flower, in liouid
FORM, TO make you satisfied there is
m"thlhg serious the matter with YOU.
For sale by j. II. Darby, Druggist.
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IL has been demonstrated by expert.
chcc tnat consumption can be prevented
ny Che carly use of One Minute Couph
Cnlc; This is the favoritc remedy for
cn''ths, colds, group, asthma, grippe and
al ,hroat and lung troubles. Curos
quickly. J, w, Par.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-08

they resumed its study much of the
drudgery would be avoided. A large
number of prominent professional
singers had begun as choristers, he
said, and had admitted that, had they
not possessed a knowledge of the rudi-
ments of music acquired from their
choirmasters, they would probably
newer have undertaken the cultivation
of their voices at ALL
zone of the principal objects of my
method of teaching" he added, is to
preserve their voices for as long a per.
iod as possible. to stave or the inev-
liable break or change In the vocal
chords till the very last moment"
What is the difference you speak
Off"
why. the boys use only the edge of
the chords, while the adult singer, In
order to produce proper tones, uses
them fully and, furthermore, sings
from the chest, while the boys sing
more or less from the throat and the
front of the mouth.
THE best thing about the choir boys
business is that they can earn their
money and go to school at the same
time. They rehearse three times q
week, but the rehearsals are always set
after school hours. / think their hard
est trial is sitting still during the SER
mon and keeping their heads bowed at
communion. Many a little ten-year-
old peeps out as the people come up to
the altar to see who is passing. But
this looks very bad, and 1 have to be
very severe with them about it, though
can hardly blame them.
ION the whole, the choir boys busi-
ness is very paying one for a boy,
and mothers are always watching for
a vacancy. I have some very funny
experiences trying boys voices. The
fond mothers imagine that their sons
have heavenly voices, but when I try
them I find some OF them suggestive
of anything else but angels.
THE prices range from $50 year to
$500. and up to 81 900"
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put on over colored silk, the top of the
deep ruffles being caught down by
tiny punches of silk flowers. The
skirts SO treated are no longer tight.
but show tendency toward the UNI
brella, which flares all the way
around.
In summer fabrics skirts are flower
ed and spriggled and made over a
foundation skirt of gay color.
At first hint of spring all the gay
world of Paris rushes off to the coHn
try places. Back from the Riviera in
the early part of March, or the last of
February, they remain at home only
long enough to order fresh gowns and
away again to the country.
One of the fashionable houses that
face the beautiful vistas which open
toward the Arc de Triumph are aglow
with flowers; the next day they are
fitted. All the country houses are
thrown open for fortnight in early
spring, and house parties are numer-
Gus.
Since the American triumph of the
Countess Castellane her little ladyship
has been recognized leader She is
not pretty, but very chic. An early
spring gown worn not long ago was of
cidre taffeta spriggled in steel blue.
The underskirt had a three-inch
f1ounce bordered around the top with
band of blue velvet appIiqued with
cut steel. The tunic had a long mar
row point. in front bordered with a
narrow band of velvet; and round the
sides and back there were three very
deep ruffies, but on in an entirely new
style, the ruffies of varying width,
growing wider toward the middle of
the back.
The waist was similarly unique with
the front cut in Grecian square over
vest and sleeves of white null en-
broidered in delicate PINK flowers. A
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IN THE LOFT WITH
THE CHOIR BOYS.
Mfschievous Little Fellows Who
Look Like Angels and Sing Like


Mfschievous Little Fellows Who
Look Like Angels and Sing Like
Seraphim.
DO, re.mi, ia, sol, la, 81. do sang
the choir boys after they had settled
themselves in their chairs for the
afternoon rehearsal. do, re, mi"
again, In constantly rising key, I'M
til the limit of the treble voices was
reached
Gently on the high notes." said the
patient choirmaster, whereupon the
mischievous young rascals screamed
literally at the top of their voices.
"Bang!" went the piano, making such
a noise as to drown even their shrill
notes, and their voices suddenly be-
came angelic.
Boys learn music more rapidly than
men," said the choirmaster. They
take it just as they do their arithme-
tic. Some learn Lore rapidly than
others. When they first come we put
them into the preparatory class.
where they are taught the rudiments
and learn to sing by note. The more
rapidly they learn the sooner they are
promoted to the paid choir"
You must have your patience sore
ly tried by their pranks."
ooh, yes, the boys are mischievous,
but when they are paid for it they un-
derstand that it is a regular business,
and it is not hard to manage them"
About how long is the career o. a
choir boy?"
-Four or five years. We seldom taKe
them younger than Ten, and they
usually sing until they are fifteen. 1
had one boy who sang eight years and
only gave up at eighteen, but that Is
very rare"
What becomes Of chorus boys?"
asked the visitor.
well, as soon as boys voice be-
gins to change he becomes useless so
far as singing is concerned" answered
the choirmaster, "and he is at once re-
leased by his teacher with the injunc-
tion to rest the organ until it has
reached its proper natural develop
ment. When this time has arrived
many ex-choir boys, having a natural
taste for music. cultivate their ma
tured voices, and often become famous
singers"
The care and patience that had been
expended on them as children served.
he said, to give the boys well-ground-
ed knowledge of the art. so that when
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-08
OUT DOOR GOWNS
WILL Be GAY.
VIEWED IN THE DRESSES FOR
THE COMING SEASON.
Miss Edith Morton Trousseau-GIace
Silks VIII be Much Worn With
Elaborate :RufIes of Chiffon and
Lace.-Pretty Things in Cheaper
Fabrics.

PARIS, March 29.-Since the Prince
of Wales has adopted the fad of dining
Informally, with Londons smart set, at
the fashionable hotels, there have been
many requests for dinner gowns in
which to meet the Prince They must
be informal, yet elegant, rich but not
startling, and must be as dressy as it
Is possible for a high-necked and long
Bleeved dinner gown to be.
A gown was sent from Paris to Mrs.
Arthur Keppel, that great London
beauty who was the sensation of the
last springs drawing-rooms. 1t con-
sisted of white net, sprigged with the
tiniest heather; lit was built over sat-
In striped white silk, and was arrang-
ed with curving tiounce OF pink chiffon
around the foot. The bodice was
tucked over white satin and around the
! neck there was a cerise band over
which was to be worn a diamond dog
POLAR necklace. The belt was point
ed one OF cer1Se.
The most charming little dinner
roats are fashioned of glace cerise silk,
bordered with a narrow band of err
! mine or sable, or even of chiffon ruch-
hing, which answers the purpose nicely
Rhese little coats are cut upon Elton
es without lapels, the front being
away to show the vest of the gown.
arming little toques set well back
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Partisan lines, is of glace silk. in
brightest blue. The blue is made all
the more brilliant by the addition OF
silver pailettes which sparkle from
the belt. the neck and the yoke, and
are again seen at the head OF the
LOUNGES which are put on in a curious
pattern around the foot of the skirt.
This gown is for piazza wear of an
afternoon, or, if made upon expensive
lines, is for evening.
The new neck is decidedly pointed
and is for year in street and house.
Many courturieres are cutting the
summer net dresses with elbow sleeves
and pointed necks. The necks can be
filled in with vests and berthes and the
sleeves can be heightened by gloves.
They are also making the lace sleeve
to be worn under the elbow sleeve.
The lace sleeve is gathered along both
seams SO that it is shirred sleeve.
If made of chiffon the sleeve is shirred
very thickly so as to require no lin
ing
Summer skirt trimmings are varied,
yet all skirts show something around
the foot. If ruffle is employed it
varies in width, from narrow to wide;
if applique, it is put on in diamonds
or circles and, between the figures,
there are the most elaborate bits of
sequin or palette trimmings.
Skirts have suddenly taken a leap
into the very midst of fashions fuss
and feathers. The plain skirt could
once, be worn with any fancy waist,
the elegance of the toilette depending
upon the bodice alone. But now. 1T is
different; and the shops are filled with
handsome separate skirts which are
to be worn with plain waists and lit
tie Etons.
The Silk Skirt.
The glace silk skirt is made most
deliberately, with deep ruffies of chiffon
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Turkish tunic, very deep, confined the
waist.
A picture hat, lifted at one side to
display a blue flower garden which
matched the blue Of the outside, was
set jauntily back upon her brunette
head.
Miss Morton's Gowns.
A modiste showed me the order for
a handsome American, trousseau that
she whispered was for Miss Morton,
daughter of Levi p Morton, who is
to be married this spring. The order
gave her carte blanche to produce the
handsomest Newport gowns that could
be selected for summer and autumn
wear.
One of the gowns, already decided
upon and nearly completed. was a
banana colored silk faced challie, ap-
pliqued with very narrow leaf green
satin ribbon scarcely wider than a
cording. The gown was in two parts,
Princess falling from neck to floor,
and a Princess tunic open in trout.
The slip was made of cream colored
null with deep flounce of the challie
around the foot. The tunic met at the
neck and again at the wais. with 4
diamond shaped opening over the
bust.
The new summer gowns are so diff
ferent from those of preceding sea-
sons that one looks at them with Won
der and, sometimes, with awe. The
models are preposterous extravagant
and your fashion chronicler hesitates
about describing them because they
are SO far above the moderate or av-
erage purse. On the other hand, they
serve the purposes for which they are
intended, of conveying the advance
styles, and nearly all of them are
capable of being initiated in cheaper
designs.
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Fancy sponge Bags.

The once humble sponge bag has be-
come thing of beauty under the at
tentions of the jeweller. 1t is no long,
er of sombre rubber. but Of delicately
barred and striped rubber silk, lined
with plain, pale color. Instead OF
closing with the drawing string. which
has habit of always being damp and
obstinate, 1t fastens with a silver or
silver gilt clasp, such as the netted
purses have.