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THE LATE SUSAN B. ANTHONY. Woman Suffrage a Live Issue r"* By the Late Susan B Anthony r Last Half Century Has Seen Emancipation of Woman—For-,, mer Unjust Laws Regarding Woman—If Married, She Could Not Hold Property Legally— Gradual Change of Public Opinion —Miss Anthony’s Successful Fight for* Married Women’s Rights—Women Vote in Colo- ' rado. V/ (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) (Susan B. Anthony’s name is known sverywhere as that of one of the strong 1 sst, cleverest women of the age. It is -'ynonymous with the marvelous evolution in the status of woman in which from the -arly ’4cs until her death early in the present year she was the central figure. The transition of the young quaker girl, afraid of the sound of her own vbice, into the reformer and orator is no more won derful than the great change which have been brought about In the condition of women largely through her efforts.) Half a century ago, when the agita tion for woman suffrage was first com menced, if the outlook for its success had been what it is to day, the question would long syice have been settled, the friction of the new regime smoothed away and -the general public oblivious to the fact that there ever had been a struggle to bring all this about. The present gen eration has not the slightest concep tion of the conditkms which existed at the time when the first demand was made that the ballot should be placed in the hand of woman. The wife who to-day rests secure in the ownership of the home and of all the property which comes to her, who manages it herself and enjoys the profits; the •other one who, compelled to work ior wages to support her children, col lects and uses them according to her judgment; the mother who, widowed by death or divorce, rejoices in the possession of her children; the wom en who, in every possible vocation, are earning a" livelihood and often a com petence—all of these are in utter ig norance of the efforts which were made by the women of the past to se cure for them these privileges. We have now reached the point where the antagonism against the equal rights of women is confined al most wholly to that of the suffrage. In practically all other respects they are conceded and while some states are slow in changing their laws to con form to the new dispensation the jus tice of it is admitted and it will pre vail universally in the near future, so far as the statutes are concerned. The battle henceforth must be for tht franchise. The vital question thus becomes: What is the outlook foi the ultimate success of this last con test? Commencing with municipal suf frage to widows and spinsters in 1869, England now grants to all women, on the same terms as to men, the full suffrage except the parliamentary vote. West Australia began with the municipal ballot in 1871; South Ausr tralia in 1880; New Zealand in 1886. The full parliamentary suffrage was granted to women in New Zealand in 1893; in South Australia in 1895; in West Australia in 1900. The Isle of Man granted the full franchise in 1883. Every English colony has some form of woman suff-age. Forty-five years ago in no part, of the United States did women possess a shred 'of suffrage, save that in Ken tucky widows could vote on school matters. In 1861 Kansas gave this privilege to all women. In 1875 school suffrage was granted to women by Minnesota and Michigan; in' 1876 by Colorado; in 1878 by New Hampshire and Oregon; in 1879 by Massac bu setts; in 1880 by New York and Ver mont; in 1883 by Nebraska; in 1885 by Wisconsin; in 1887 by North and South Dakota, Arizona and New Jer sey; in 1889 by Montana; in 1?90 by Washington; in 1891 by Illinois; in 1893 by Connecticut; in 1894 by Ohio In 1869 the territory of Wyoming gave full suffrage to women and, after 21 years’ experience, the state came U( u UIV IIUU, lit iOJV, t> 1WU Ulis piU* vision -'In its constitution. Colorado tn 1893 submitted to the voters the question' of full enfranchise ment, and it was carried by a major ity of G.23C. In the territory of Utah the women voted on all matters from 1870 to 1887, when they-wore arbitrarily disfran chised by act of congress. In 1895 full suffrage was incorporated in the con stitution which was submitted to male voters only and received a large ma jority. Utah therefore was admitted as a state in January, 189G, with wom en fully enfranchised. In Idaho, at tne general election of 1896, a constitutional amendment giv ing women full suffrage was submit ted to the voters. It was indorsed by all four of the political parties and carried by a majority of 5,884. In Kansas fn 1887 the- legislature passed a bill by a vote of 25 to 13 in the senate, and 90 to 21 in the house, conferring the municipal franchise upon the women of the state. In Michigan in 1893 the legislature by a large majority gave municipal suffrage to women, but the law was declared unconstitutional by the su preme court. In Montana in 1889 women property owners were granted a vote on all questions submitted to taxpayers. This same right was incorporated in the new constitution of Louisiana In 1898. Women can exercise this priv ilege also In seven third-class cities In New York. In Iowa tbdy may vote On questions of bonding the municipality; in Minne sota for library trustees; in Delaware in four towns for commissioners; in Mississippi on several unimportant matters. In Arkansas they have a voice in local option. No one who examines these statis tics can fail to see a steady advance in the direction of woman suffrage, with no retrogression. In only one single instance has the ballot been taken away from women after it was granted —viz., in the territory of Washington. This was done, after its legality had been three times declared by differ ent legislature.'through a despotic and most unjust decision of the supreme court, which was in direct contradic tion to the organic act under which the territory was organized. The only logioal conclusion itfust be that the advance will continue, and this is the more irresistible because women themselves are developing so rapidly in education, business ability, organized work, self-reliance and knowledge of public affairs. They are also becoming large property holders and taxpayers, and as such are de manding a voice in questions directly affecting their financial interests—a claim which public sentiment is large ly inclined to grant. The continued policy of oui government has been to extend the suffrage, until now all classes of citizens are enfranchised, with the one and only exception of women. In natural sequence they must be the next to receive the ballot. As has been shown above, the line is already broken in many places, and the movement under headway which must inevitably result in making ail women—subject only to such restric tions as apply to men—a part of the electoral body. “But,” the question will be asked, “can you find any encouragement in the defeats which the suffrage amend ment has met when it has been voted on in the different states?” Yes, de cidedly. In 1867 such an amendment received in Kansas 9,070 affirmative and 19,857 negative votes. In 1894 it was again submitted and received 95,302 affirma tive and 130,139 negative votes, a very considerable decrease in the per centage of the opposition. In Colorado in- 1877 the vote stood 6,612 yeas, 14,055 nays; defeated by 7,441. In 1893 it stood 35,698 yeas, 29, 461 nays; amajority of 6,237 in favor— women were enfranchised. In Oregon in 1884 the vote stood 11,223 yeas, 28,176 nays; opposing ma jority, 16,953. In 1900 it stood 26,265 yeas, 28,402 nays; the opposing major ity only 2,137. In 1889 the vote on a suffrage amendment in Washington was 16,527 yeas. 35,913 nays; majority against, 19,386. In 1898 the vote was 20,171 yeas, 30,497 nays; majority against re duced to 10,326. South Dakota in 1890 gave 22,972 votes in favor and 45,632 in opposition; a majority against of 22,660. In 1898 It gave 19,698 in favor, 22,983 against, the opposing majority being brought down to 3,285. Is there -anything discouraging in these figures? Do they not show be yond all question by the very great reduction of the opposing majority at each election the gradual melting away of what Hon. John D. Long calls “the glacier of bourbonism and oppres sion?” The idea of woman suffrage has to encounter the opposing preiii dice and custom of the centuries These are particularly strong in the case of foreign men to whom the thought of liberty and equality fo women is a revelation which they an not prepared to accept by their votes The bitter hostility of those classe' who may be described under the gen eral -term of enemies of good govern New IdeaLS in Gifts 'Sofa Pillows Stuffed with Balsam Fir Always Welcome. Sofa pillows stuffed with balsam fir have long been in use and will ever be a delight to the weary city dweller, to whom their spicy, refreshing per fume brings visions of mountains and forests, says a writer in Harper’s Ba zar. Less well. known, but not less satisfactory, are cushions filled with sweet fern and bayberry leaves. The sweet fern should be gathered when in full leaf, but before it has begun to dry under the summer sun. Take only the young bayberry leaves. The ideal place to dry such things is in a hot, dry attic, where the process can go on without any of the fragrance being wasted by the breezes. To fill a pillow use two-thirds sweet fern to one-third of the bayberry leaves. No perfumes ever made by man can compare with those which are the product of the garden. A girl who has a* few bushes of lavender has at her command the material for many delightful gifts. If she. also has lemon verbena she is in deed fortunate, as the two combine and improve each other quite wonder fully. For handkerchief sachets take equal parts of lavender and lemon ver bena. These sachets ^nay be made as elaborate or simple as one likes. They may be of silk, fine lawn or even of crepe tissue paper. Japanese paper napkins are pretty and answer well for this purpose. A Weird Death. “In om* laboratories," said a chem ist, “we make a godd deal of cyanide of potassium. Men who handle this poison are too often seized with an insane desire to eat it. “The white and beautiful crystals exercise on the mind a strange fasci nation, such as snakes are said to exercise upon small birds. Though you know that the stuff Is deadly yon feel a horrible longing to crush a handful of it into your mouth. ajways musi De counted as solid ly against this measure. The third line of opposition is found in the nat ural conservatism of; even the intelli gent and respectable classes among *.o native born. That all these ad verse conditions, in the brief space of a few years, have been overcome to the extent indicated by the above fig ures, is as sure a guaranty as one could ask that in a few years more, counting upon the same ratio of de crease, they will entirely disappear and the majority be transferred from the negative to the affirmative side of this question. Do I feel msheartenecl at the series of defeats which this measure encoun ters in the various state legislatures? Not in the least. When the agitation for equal rights first began It was al most impossible to have the question considered at all by legislative bodies. However, there always has existed among civilized men a greater, or less sentiment of justice and chivalry to ward women. When the latter would present their bills for suffrage, and also for the modification of some espe cially unjust law, the former would be thrown aside without debate and the latter eventually granted as a sort of concession. When I remember that I myself and the small handful of wom en who were associated with me went up to the New York legislature, £eti tion in hand, for ten years before we could get a law giving married women control of the wages they earned; when I recollect that a little band of women, headed by Lucy Stone and Rev. Anna Shaw, besieged the Massa-1 chusetts legislature ten years before they were successful in getting the legal right for a wife to be buried in her husband's cemetery lot; and when I recall many other instances quite as outrageous I am not surprised that the yielding of the great fundamental pow er of the suffrage has been so long delayed. Ai first, as has been said, legisla tures refused any consideration what ever of this question. Then it pro gressed to the stage of being taken up and made the subject of ribaldry and abuse which seem incredible at the present day. Now it has reached the pfane of dignified argument and it is seldom that any legislature rejects such a bill -without a certain amount of discussion. This question has oc cupied a full day's session of the United States congress on several oc casions. It was debated a few years ago for two days in a respectful man ner in the Massachusetts house of representatives; it has been the sub ject of serious discussion in half a dozen legislatures within a recent period. At every session of the New York legislature a wpman-suffrage bill in some form receives careful consid eration and seldom fails to pass either the senate or the assembly by a large majority. In all legislatures it is no uncommon occurrence for the bill to pass one house and frequently to be defeated in the other by a bare margin. Sometimes only a vote for a reconsideration saves it from com plete success; sometimes it does carry and goes to the voters for ratification. Eleven legislatures have thus submit ted the question and five have taken this action twice, with an increased affiiimative vote, as has been shown. Is there any other logical conclusion to be drawn from these facts than that this progress will continue, and that, as public sentiment becomes more en lightened, the justice -and the need of womaif’s vote more evident, and wom en themselves more importunate, one state after another will fall into line and grant their full enfranchisement? Wendell Phillips used to say: “When not only congress and the state legislatures, but all the crossroads schoolhouses are debating the ques tion of slavery, I know that the cause will succeed.” The question of wom an suffrage has now reached this point. There is seldom a day in the year that I do not receive requests, ranging from the great universities of the country to the intermediate de partments of the public schools, and from clubs and societies of every de scription, for literature and "other in formation to be used in debates upon this subject. The most casual reader must observe that there is scarcely an edition of any of the great or small daily papers, or of the numer ous monthly periodicals, which does not contain articles bearing directly or indirectly upon- this matter. This must be regarded as an indication that it is a live, practical Issue and one of general interest. These are the principal reasons, and ad infinite number of minor ones might be given, why its advocates find ample encouragement in the outlook for woman suffrage. Curse of Indecision. The man who is always asking ad vice from everybody never takes it from anybody. He is much too weak ninded even to make up his mind as ‘o which advice suits his mind the best, and he lives in a perpetual state if indecision which the earnestly ex iressed opinions of his friends and ac uiainfances only serve to aggravate. The end of such a man is confusion nd disaster, which are really all that e deserves.—London Weekly Dis patch. IN GUERRILLA DAYS. The Express Messenger Tells How He saved the Money on the Train. 0 »—— “I ran through Kentucky in 1864 and ’65, on the Kentucky Central, and had to make some ‘short turns' in or der to keep company money out of the hands of the guerrillas.” Thus spoke James G. Newland, one of the oldest expressmen in the coun try. He now runs between Cincinnati and Pittsburg, over the Little Miami and Panhandlo railroads, handling as much cash business, I dare say, as any through messenger in the service. Mr. Newland was en route to ChL cago, renewing acquaintances, and, it was while he was stopping at the Tre mont house, Wabash, Ind., that the correspondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean was introduced to the old gen tleman, who, a little later, warming up to the subject of his experiences on the railroad as expressman, contin ued: ‘‘At one time I lay in my car a whole day at North Benson, Ky', while the‘guerrillas on the other side of the town and the garrison in a federal fort on the other disputed with solid shot, shells and, bullets for the possession of the passenger train. The fort saved us, and that night I packed %p all the money anti got away over ten miles on foot—several burned bridges prevent ing the train’s escape—and took a hand-car for Louisville, Ky., at the first unbroken piece of track. “Another time, I remember, we left. Covington for Lexington, having ex Postmaster General Blair among the passengers. Old Pete Everett’s guer rillas opened on the train from a small dry creek bed at Lairdsburg station. 60 miles out, and .he regular train guard—they were on every train in those days, as you’re doubtless aware—had a rattling fight with them before the guerrillas left. When 'the show was over ex-Postmaster General Blair picked up a baby belonging to a young woman who got off there, and went away, unsuspected, with the mother, and thus undoubtedly pre I Got Away Over Ten Miles on Foot. vented his own capture, and the train backed to Covington for a fresh start. “These guerrillas were undoubtedly a ‘tough proposition,’ ” if I do say K myself, and, speaking off tram rob bers,, while I was on the Galveston & San Antonio railroad we were stopped one night some miles out of El Paso, Tex. Two men wearing masks crawled over the tender, revolvers- in hands, and ordered the engineer and fireman to lead the way to the express car. They did so. “Reaching the express car, one of the robbers threw some dynamite against the car door, the explosion of which knocked a hole in the car and broke all the glass in the other doors. The robbers called upon me and my companion to come out. We did so, but before obeying I put my revolver just inside the car door. “They searched us and ordered us back into the car. We again obeyed, but as one of the robbers attempted to follow me into the car I caught up my pistol and placing it against the rob ber’s breast, fired, and shot him through the heart. The rahber, while lying writhing upon the ground, fired twice upon me and then expired. “The second robber and - then ex changed shots as he attempted to drag his comrade’s body to the engine, intending to uncouple it from the train and thus get away. “While the robber was lifting the body upon the engine I secured a double-barreled shotgun and quickly fifed at the surviving train robber. He sank to the ground and then sud denly sprang up and ran away. On the following day his body was found in a bush about 50 yards from the scene of the attempted robbery. Only one buckshot had struck the fellow, but it had cut the artery over the heart. “However, the toughest time I ever had was the express car fight in Mon tello, Nev., in 1882. I had carried a shotgun as express messenger on most of the lines in Nevada, Arizona and Idaho and other states, but,” after a pause, “I never had as close a call as that. “The train got into Moutello about one o’clock, a bright moonlight night. The engineer stopped at a switch to allow a freight train to go by, and while the train was standing still the robbers, seven in all, appeared, cov ered the engineer, fireman, and con ductor with revolvers, and took pos session of the train. “After the freight train pulled out the robbers (entered the engine and p illed the train down the track, and t en began their attack ^on the ex press car. “They ordered me out of the car; I refused, and during the night never spoke to them again. “While they were consulting as to the best mode of attack I barricaded the doors with the safe, boxes, etc,, and was prepared for them. They sur - ,'y *' rounded the car and seven builets crashed through the solid sides and doors. I knew, of course, that my life was at the mercy of luck or fate, but never weakened. 1- look up a position at the side of ihe car, and returned each round of shots during all that night. At one stage of the proceed ings the robbers swung my car loose from the remainder of the train and pushed it along the track 60 yards. They would then shoot for a time and retire to consult, and then renew the attack. “Finally they determined to carry rrood and set fire to the car, and would doubtless have done so had not the process exposed them too much to my lire. At about three o’clock the passenger train from the opposite di rection arrived upon the scene. Some of the attacking party immediately or dered them to move on as rapidly as possible. Deeming prudence the bet ter part of valor, they at once did so, running to the next station, where they secured help and then returned, arriving at Montello soon after day light. Of course it must be remem bered that in the meantime the at tack on me was continued. “During the night I was three times shot at, one bullet striking me in the left hand, badly damaging it; one in the thigh, a flesh wound, and the last one grazing my abdomen. I was. of course, pretty sore from the hurts for some time afterward; nevertheless, I was glad to escape with my life. “One of the robbers was so badly wounded that he died an hour after ward and was buried a mile or two from the station by his companions before they attempted to make good their escape. “Shortly after daylight came they gave up their attempt to rob the car, mounted their horses, and left, taking their wounded companion with them. “I was taken to San Francisco to rest and recuperate, while 18 men in all pursued the highwaymen. “The express company offered a re ward of $1,000 each for them, and five of them were captured, namely: Brown, Kelly, Walker, Delano and Murry, and sent to prison in the city of Carson, Nev., for a long term. Three of them, however, have since been pardoned by an ex-governor on account of ‘extenuating circum stances.' " -s LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION. The Long Night of “Black Friday” in the War Telegraph Offices. I remember che long night of Fri day, April 14, that black day in our country's history, when the hate and cruelty embodied in four years of bloody war culminated in one stroke of madness, aimed at the life of one who himself had only "charity for all,” with “malice toward none,” writes David Homer Bates, in Century. Al though I was cn duty in the cipher room that evening, I have no distinct remembrance of anything that oc curred prior to the moment when some one rushed into the office with blanched face, saying: “There is a rumor below that President Lincoln has been shot in Ford's theater.” Be fore we could fully take in the awful import, other rumors reached iis. hor ror following fast upon horror; the savage attack upon Secretary Seward, and the frustrated efforts to reach and kill Vice President Johnson, Secre tary Stanton and other members of the government. As the successive ac counts crystallized, a fearful dread filled our hearts, lest it Should be found that the entire cabinet had been murdered. An hour of this awful suspense, and then we received word from Maj. Eckert, who had gone quickly to Secretary Stanton’s house on K street, and from there with the secretary to the house on Tenth street, opposite the theater, to which the president had been carried after hav ing been shot by John Wilkes Booth. This message merely assured us of the present safety of Stanton, while con firming our worst fears concerning the president. A relay of mounted messengers was at once established by Maj. Eckert, and all night long they carried bulle tins in the handwriting of Secretary Stanton addressed to Gen. Dix, New York city, which were at Once given to the press and sent over the wires throughout the country. As these bulletins were spelled out in the Morse telegraph characters, our hearts were stunned and yet seemed to be on fire. The awfulness of the tragedy hushed us into silence. As the hours slowly passed hope revived fitfully as some sentence offered faint encouragement that the precious life might perhaps be spared to complete its chosen work; but at last about 7:30 a. m., April 15, the tension gave away and we knew that our beloved president was gone from us forever. Of Good Fighting Stuff. The One Hundred and Twenty-fifth regiment of New York was recruited at the darkest time in the history of the civil war, when -men of business interests and family connections re alized that the conflict was a struggle to the death, and that they mu3t make sacrifices if American institutions were to be preserved. This meant that the personnel of the regiment was of a high class. Such men, fighting with all the strength of body and of heart in the “bloody angle,” says the Troy Times, won the field of Gettysburg. Such men loyal to their enlistment until the surrender at Appomattox, de cided the issue of ’61-65. Such men de serve the gratitude of a country which has entered into the reward of the brave labors of veterans many of whose comrades sleep in soldiers’ graves or bear on their bodies the dis abling Bears of the enemy’s shot and shell. His Masterpiece. Francis Miles Finch, who died re cently at the age of 80 years, achiev ed in one poem, “The Blue and the Gray,” a more certain immortality than many poets of many volumes. The poem appeared two years after the close of the civil war, and appeal ed at once to the national heart. It comes nearer than any other thing in American literature, except some great prose utterances of Lincoln, to putting Into words the best that men were thinking in a time of boitqw and i ty>pe. - THE CQHVEHTIOH HAEI, 6,000. Surely the temperance movement is like the mustard seed of Christ’s para ble which was the smallest of all seeds, but grew to be a great tree. The temperance movement was the tiny seed in 1808 when I)r. Billy James Clark formed the first temperance so ciety in history at Moreau, Saratoga county, New York., and now it has become the great temperance tree whose branches have spread through out the iand and all the world to bear their blessed fruit of reformation, and provide the leaves of healing for the cruel and deadly wounds which King •Alcohol have inflicted. Temperance as a principle was a minus quantity a century ago and or ganized temperance effort was a thing unknown, but to-day we find the or ganized forces of temperance every where at work warning people of the evil effects of alcoholic beverages, seeking to alleviate the suffering caused by drink and to rescue those addicted to intemperance, and com bating the evil forces which are at work promoting the liquor interests. In recognition of the small begin ning and the amazing growth which the temperance movement has made during the past century, the temper ance forces of the world are planning to hold a temperance congress next year in June at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., not far from the place where the first temperance society was formed under the inspiration and leadership of Billy Clark. Little did he realize as he organized the first society for the carrying on of temperance wofk with the help of Rev. L. Armstrong, Gardner Storr and .James Mott, that a century was to rally to his temper ance banner multitudes of societies and millions of earnest followers. Little did he and the others associated with him realize that that quiet, in significant meeting which was he’d in his home at Moreau on April 30, 1808, was to provide the inspiration for a g'reat world-wide temperance congress, and that at his home and at his grave there would gather mul titudes pledged to the same work who would there find new inspiration and new courage for pressing the battle against the forces of intemperance. But such is to be the fact, and how fitting it seems that the society which Billy Clark organized and wjiich is still in existence, should be in charge of the preliminary arrangements^ for the coming centennial celebration. Such initial steps have already been taken and a contract secured for the great convention hall at Saratoga Springs. T^his splendid auditorium will seat 5,000 people, and there is every likelihood that its utmost, capacity will be taxed, and that over flow meetings will have to be held in the various churches of the place, the pastors all having agreed to recom mend to their official boards the plac ing of their edifices, free of charge, at the disposal of such temperance so cieties as may fittingly occupy them. All temperance societies, or wnat ever name or nature, throughout the entire world, have been most cordially invited to participate in this unique celebration.. Each organization so par ticipating will be a law unto itself, making its own program and responsi ble for its own utterances. Upon ap plication, there will be assigned to each organization a day or days, as they may elect, the great hall or some church, as they may choose, and hotel accommodations secured, if desired. The various nations of the world will be invited to send national repre sentatives to this congress. Medical associations and historical societies will also be asked to fraternize in the work. Churches of all denominations will be Invited to participate. The president of the United States and the governor of New York will be in vited to be present or to be represent ed by some official of the American nation and of the state government of New York. The history of this century of tern The Reason Why. After turning the music he bent over her and murmured: “Did you notice how my hand trem bled, Miss Fitzpatrick?” “Er—yes, Mr. Mannering,” she an swered, shyly. “And can you guess why it trem bled?” he breathed into her-ear. The white fingers of beautiful Mayme Fitzpatrick fell from the keys and lay limp in her lap, and a great blush dyed her cheek's clear pallor. “N—no,” she whispered. Young Clarence Mannering looked deep into her eyes. “Shall I tell you?” he asked. “Yes, if you like,” she said faintly. There was a long pause. The youth swallowed audibly. Then his voice, hoarse with an emotion that did him credit, thrilled through the silence. “I was out with the boys last night, and It was four o’clock this morning before I got to bed”’ Information Wanted. Homeless and vagrant earthquakes ought to be taught to leave their ad dresses When they register on the i seismographs.—Chicago Daily News. % V perance reform will be divided into five periods, of 20 years each, and the progress of temperance senti ment during each of these periods will be shown by the increase in public sentiment, the organization of tern perance societies, the attitude of the Christian churches, and the passage of prohibitory laws by the various governments. A paper will be given by Dr. Charles Ingraham, on “The Birth of the Temperance Reform at Moreau,” giving a history of Dr. Billy James Clark and the temperance so ciety organized by him and his associ ates. Speakers of international repu tation will be secured for one address each day, in the great convention hall. In addition to these meetings, the va rious temperance organizations will hold separate conventions, and it is expected that three or more different conventions will be in session at the same time each day. The following organizations have al ready consented to be represented up on the general program committee: The National Prohibition party; the Inter-Collegiate Prohibition associa tion; the National Young People’s Christian Temperance union; the In ternational supreme lodge of Good Templars; the national grand lodge of Good Templars of America; the Na tional Woman's Christian Temperance union; the National Medical Bociety; New York State Historical society; Presbyterian general assembly; Sons of Temperance; National Young Men’s Christian association; New York State Woman’s Christian Temperance union; National Educational society; the Congregational church; Woman’s Prohibition Club of America; New York State Young Women’s Christian Temperance union; Anti-Saloon league; the Catholic church; National Temperance society; Catholic Total Abstinence society; Society of Friends; National Sunday School association; ,the Methodist church; German Society for the Study of Alcohol and Saloon Reform; Scottish Independent Order of Good Templars of Hungary; Young People’s Prohibition League of Ameri ca: National Society of Christian En deavor. Representatives of the Inter-Nation al Supreme Lodge of Good Templars and of the National Grand lodge will be tendered a reception in the great convention hall on Monday evening. June 15, 1908. Saturday, June 20, will be observed as Sunday school day, and the County Simday School association is arranging to take advantage of this opportunity to secure a great demon stration and parade of the Sunday schools. The County W. C. T. U: will welcome the state and national unions on Monday and Tuesday, June 22 and 23. It is intended to hold proper services at the grave of Dr. Billy J. Clark, founder of the first temperance society in history, whose remains are buried at Glens Falls. There will also be an excursion, with proper exercises, to the home of Dr. Clark, and to th6 church where Rev. L. Armstrong, whc was associated with Dr. Clark preached for many years. A Centennial Congress club of about 175 members has already been foi med Life membership in this club is ob tained by the payment of the nominal fee of $1. The Right Day. “Dick—Yes, the beautiful blonde ac cepted me. Jack—Accepted you? Why, six fel lows proposed to her and she refused them all.” Dick—Yes; but I proposed on the right day. Jack—What day was that? Dick—Friday. She couldn’t resist. Friday is bargain day, you know. Poor Substitutes. Hurry and Cunning are two appren tices ot Dispatch and Skill; but neith er of them ever learns his master’s } trade. Horrible Revenge. “I finally found a means of getting even with Brown for disturbing my sleep at six o’clock mornings with his lawn mower.” “What is it?” “I wait till they retire for the night then start our phonograph.”—Milwau kee Sentinel. Oh, Oh, Oh! Mrs. Henpeck—Why is a husband like dough? Mr. Henpeck (inspirationally)—Be cause a woman needs him. Mrs. Henpeck—Not at all. It’s be cause husband s hard to get oft one’s hands.—Judge. One of the Two. “Brown is either making money these day3 or else he is a good actor.” "What makes you think so?" "He drops money in the collection plate at church as carelessly as a mil lionaire.”—Milwaukee Sentinel. Diamonds Vanish Completely. If you should bu n your diamonds you would not even have ashes i**ft as a memenio. ■Afte, combustion the diamond leaves absolutely nothing. “And many cases are recorded of men who were unable to resist this awful longing—happy, prosperous and young men found dead in the labora tory beside a glittering white heap of cyanide of potassium crystals. * “Hence in many chemical works the men are strictly forbidden to enter the cyanide house alone.” -' Blue Eyed and Fair Skinned Indians. One of the mysteries of Mexico is presented by the Myea Indians, who inhabit the Sierra Madre mountains in the lower part of Sonora. They have fair skins, blue eyes and light hair and students of ethnology have al ways been puzzled to account for them. There is a tradition, however, that these Indians are the descendants of «the crew of passengers of a Swedish vessel wrecked on the Mexican coast centuries before Columbus discovered the new world, but this tradition is i founded on nothing more substantial than a folklore tale current among them that their ancestors came ove the big salt water hundreds of mope ! ago. *.2 '
