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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13

mouth as soon as you read of it. They
undertook to reform New York, to civiliZe
and ChristianiZe and purify the male loaf
erS first, and then go on until finally the
millennium was brought about. OF course
they did not acknowledge to themselves
any such heroic ambition, but that is what
their scheme amounted to if followed to a
logical conclusion. They will tell you that
all they meant to do was to draw away
from the bar rooms and billiard rooms the
idle and vicious young men OF a section of
the East side above Forty-second street.
Deep down in their little fiuttering hearts,
though, this was a mere preamble; they
thought they had an easy job, and conf
entity expected in year or two to make all
the bad men good, to see all wicked women
Starye for lack OF countenance, and so to
produce the New Jerusalem between the
North and East rivers, Castle
Garden and Spuyten Duyvil creek.
It's all so delcously funny,
SO crazy. and came so near being awful in
its consequenceS-really, my pen will not
travel fast enough; L am so eager to share
the news with you. You must know. in the
first place. that the young girls in question
all live near one another in the neighbOr-
hood Of Murray hill, all belong to one church
on Fifth avenue, all are well-tO do business
mems daughters, between II and % years
of age and all came together by reason of
the formation of fancy sewing class, Or
ganized to make pretty-pretties in wOrsted
for sale at fair held year or two ago to
help along charity scheme of their pastors.
There is not goody-goody or a piOuS girl
among them: they are all just nice, healthy,
sensible, well-brought-up maidens. whose
minds harbor none but the purest thoughts,
and yet who think-because they have each
SECRETLY AND SHUDDERINGLY
read one or two French nOvelS-that they
know all about the wickedness of the world.
How much they did know you shall see.
At their sewing meetings one among
them preached the idea of saving the souls
of the young men around town. 1t was
easy. she said. All you had to do was to
fit up nice floor of house with a reading
room and billiard room. light it, heat it,
throw it open, hang out sign, and then
send little boys around to the drinking sa-
looms and billiard rooms with circulars adj
vertising the new and moral resort. I'm
fortunately the maidens resolved to let no
man into the scheme, to keep it an absolute
secret until the town was converted, and
then to step forward modestly and say:
please, fellow citizens, we little shrinking
women are responsible for all this" 1t
would be so much better than Boosting and
gosslpping before anything had been ac-
complished.
Well, that is how it came about that there
suddenly appeared on Forty-seventh street
near First avenue the novelty I'm that
neighborhood) of rich lace curtains behind
great panes of French plate glass, bril-
liant sign in black and gold, bearing the
words:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13
Pretty Goats for Pretty Children.

Pretty Goats for Pretty Children.
Fur-trimmed coats of rough cloth, tippets.
muffs and hoods, velvet and cloth leggings
and many other warm garments are now
worn by the little people to keep Jack
Frost from coming too near them. Cloaks
for little girls of all ages are made very
similar this winter. the newest ones being
of boucle cloth, trimmed with astrachan,
fur or large, fancy metal buttons. The
boucle is very shaggy in appearance, and
has Russian effect, especially when trim
med with fur.
Our cut illustrates one of the newest
shapes for girls from six to fourteen, and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13
STORY OLA ROSE.

One nestled close at the dainty waist,
One kissed the braids of the sunny hair;
And hid in the lace at the slender throat
Was blnsh rose fair.
Out in the porch the moonbeams played
On leaves that covered hidden nest:
The small birds stirred in slumber soft
At a love confessed.
And where are the roses, fair and sweet?
All! one is withered and one is dead;
For the soft blush rose at the tender throat
Is blush instead.
The eyes are bright as they meet the light,
And the quivering lips are covered red;
The heart beats fast to the music sweet
Of the words he said.
And under the stars the happy rose
Thrills at the touch of lovers kiss,
And droops content, as token fair
Of lovers bliss.
Boston Transcript.
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&...
. THE HAVEN. p.

And at the windows tumble of pretty fe-
male faces and cardboard plocards labeled
Come ill.," and walk in," and Billiards
free" The establishment within was
beautifully and extensively fitted up with
velvet carpet, handsome engravings in
costly frames. piano, sofas, chairs, tables,
q billiard table and sets of chessmen,
checkers, cards and dominoes, as well as
the daily, weekly and monthly publications.
The first person who came in on the first
evening was an iceman. He grinned at the
first girl he saw, leered at the next; to the
third he said: IF I had me good toggery
ON I'd get you to play a chune, and I'd
sling Miss Fatty, here, through waltz in
der best Fourt' ward style" The girls took
no alarm at this, except in so far as
THEY SUPPOSED
the man had been drinking and congratulated
themselves on his speedy departure. The
next visitor was robust Irish woman in a
mob cap, ragged red shawl over her Shout
ders and tin kettle in her hand. To the
young maiden who met her in the hall she
said: "Where's the baartinder? I want a
quart av beer" But when she got to the
door of the front or reading room she saw
ten young women with their bonnets and
wraps removed, sitting and standing about
as if at home. She screamed ''Howly
motherr' and fled to the street. And so it
went, until the dear girls got the notion
that they were being cruelty misunderstood.
Then they shut the mission.-Clara Belle in
Cincinnati Enquirer.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13
New Fashions In Furs.

Persian lamb is fur which will be much
used in trimming walking costumes.
Chinchilla is popular fur again and is
seen as trimming and in the comfortable
shoulder capes.
The leading furriers are showing their
beautiful ermine skins, but as yet it does
not appear what use they will be put to.
Something new in shoulder capes is one
of astrakhan, trimmed with border of
black lynx.
There are some two dozen different
shapes and styles in sealskin wraps this
season-all the fashion-and just as many
qualities and kinds of sealskin, too.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13

very slow in repartee you may go with inn
punity with the blues. Otherwise you had
much better stay away. You might lose
your heart to them twenty times over and
they would only laugh at you. You may
not find the fact mentioned in Anthem, but
it is my private belief that Minerva wore
stockings of beautiful azure.
Pink StOckings-Just wait until you see
NanOn! At present you are supposed to
know nothing of the ballet or chorus girls.
Black Stockings-About black or brown
stockings have little to say. Their wear
ers are good and modest, pure and refined
women. If heaven sends you black or
demonstrating angel in the matrimonial
lottery you ought to make the rest of your
life an uninterrupted Thanksgiving day.
Red Stockings-No matter how nice your
Dulcinea may be. if she be partial to red
stockings she is as much to be dreaded as
the girl with red hair. If you, with the
characteristic blindness of young men, heed
not this warning, remember it when in due
course of time you kick against a new
spring bonnet In the tempest that fol-
lows, and in the subsequent calm, when
you collect your remains together, remen-
Der this warning and what it would have
saved you. AS AnacreOn but too, too truly
says in his little Song OF the Broken
Head"
OF stockings red and auburn hair
tell thee, PhOcriS, be aware.
White Stockings-A white-stOckinged
woman is either an old maid or one who
careth not for the esteem of men. She
who wears white stockings has no poetry
in her soul. For her the soaring flood of
music from quivering bird is as the chat
tering of a crow; the g:or.ous hues of a
crowded garden, inferior 70 the beauties of
gaudy bit of calico. Tle swirling rush Of
fleecy clouds over the gaunt, appealing,
naked arms OF the moaning, shivering trees
but sign of windy day. The white
stockinged woman is soulless. -Wa Washington
Hatchet.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13

earn living by the needle is difficult to
ascertain. There are hundreds of estab-
lishments on all the business streets where
sewing is either done or given out to be
done. A reporter for the Mail and Express
of living they made.
"How much are you paid for making
those garments?" asked the scribe.
I'VE get 25 cents apiece" was the ready
reply.
And you do all the work necessary on
them for quarter of a dollar?"
Yes"
''How long does it take you to make a
garment"
81 do very well if make four day."
said one.
''But it takes more than ten hours to
make four. work as hard as you WILL" re-
joined the other
The jackets they carried were of thick
wooden goods. They were wadded, lined
with alpaca and had the finished appearance
of garment made by an adept. The sew
ing machine did most Of the straight work,
but the butt0nholes. putting in the lining
and ether work had to be done by hand
The seams had been pressed, the threads
picked of. and the garments were neatly
folded and all ready to be sold. Wages for
the making of underwear, and, indeed, for
gentlemen entire apparel. have dropped
considerably during the last few years. The
pay of the girls who make up all the smaller
articles, such as gloves and neckties, does
not average more than SIS a week.
Many have to be content with less and
ST is considered good pay nowadays.
Most of the work is done by piece. Mems
drawers. are made complete for so cents a
dozen pairs. For the hickory shirts that
laboring men wear. made out of stout
striped blue, SIS cents dozen Is paid. Over
alls are made complete for so cents a dozen.
Striped calico and white shirts are made for
IS cents dozen. The foreweman fixes the
prices and sees that the work is satisfactor-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13

The GLOBE takes pleasure in saying tina,
Maj Newson will begin new series of nen
portraits for the SUNDAY GLOBE, and thew
will appear as regularly hereafter &c ths.
haEe in the past.-EDIToR GLosE.l ''
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13

lily done. If it is not good it is not paid
for. Forewomelfs wages vary from sis to
S2O week. A button counter gets SO
week during the busy season and Sc during
slack time. When the new shirts come
from the laundry, she counts the buttons to
see that none are missing, folds the shirts
and puts them in boxes. There is gen.
eral rule in factories that those who work
there are fined for being late, cents if
they earn SIS week and 10 cents if they
earn $10.-New York Mail and Express.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13

an instance. Observe the veteran masher,
with thirteen hairs in his forelock. He is
telling the gill how Grisi and Jenny Lind
used TO sing
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13

;he very latest fashion as to shapes: their
hats are Of the high and gallus style now
approved; and yet the materials were drab
and brown of lighter shades than would be
suitable for more than half dozen days
between November and April. One carried
parasol too and altogether they were as
airy as possible. while other girls looked
stutfy in tailor-made, thick suits. Such are
;he blessings OF wealth.
THE OPERA
is the place of absolutely equatorial cos
tuning in December. Costumes are no
lower than last season-that would be i'm
possible-but they are no higher, and sup
pose it is all right, so long as usage
sanctions it. Trick and device enter into
she matter occasionally, and have sketched
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
River Rlp,ets.

The gallant Pittsburg will be down tos
morrow.
The Mary Morton is due up tomorrow
night or Wednesday morning.
The present low stage of the water
makes navigation on the upper rapids
actually dangerous, and as the old time
pilot said this morning, che who gets a
boat over without accident is a fit subject
for congratulation."
The Libbic Conger which met with an
accident in the rapids Saturday reached
here last night IN slightly disabled con-
dition, though the damages were not as
serious as was expected. The Libbie
went back to Dubuque this morning,
where she will be repaired and possibly
will 60 into winter quarters, The Jo
sephine will take her trip to st, Louis to-
morrow afternoon.
The prospective log cut. estimated by
six prominent lumber firms Oh the st.
CroiX river and tributaries for the coming
winter, Is lSS,UUO,OOu IeeI. outSiue Jog
gers, owners of valuable pine lands on
the tributaries to the St. CroiX. claim
they will raise that amount to 175, 0O0, 900
feet, which is reduction of about co.
600. 600 feet put in last winter. The in
dependent loggers claim that the consoli>
dation pool last winter made too great a
curtailment. resulting in not only injury
to themselves but to the trade in general.
The anti pool men assert in emphatic
terms that the former shall not control
the market next year but that they (the
anti-pooD will regulate prices of ST. CroiS
logs according to their own dictates and
the demand of the market.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02

Winter is the popular season of the year
now, and Winter is the most popular can>
didate for alderman in the Third ward
w, W. Bowlby, who for yesr past
has managed the BoWlby branch house
at Muscatine, has returned to this city to
live.
Eternal Happiness" will be the sub,
ject at the meeting of the Young Peoples
association of th3 First Baptist church
this evening.
Deputy Collector G. o. Huckstaedls
receipts of Internal Revenue in October
were s3,96615 beer S3,l72 10, cigars
$773 Az. and tobacco SEQ.
Mr., Basilius Winter will he elected al,
derman of the Third ward without n
doubt. The nomination of Johnston sets
tied it for certainty.
Tomorrow will probably he cold day
in the Third ward as elsewh here in the city,
but then Winter is in his element about
this time of year.
Many republicans will vote for Winter
in the Third ward They want good
representative in the municipal body, ir-
respective of parry,
Besides having the benefit of a good
democratic majority, Mr., Winter is one
of the most popular gentlemen in the
Third ward, and his election is foregone
conclusion.
Mr.. Frank =, Wei Ii returned on Sat.
urday evening from an extended visit to
his old home. Honesdale. Pa He en-
joyed his trip exceedingly. and saw many
old friends.
Dimick cannot intimda,c the ANGUS
by his sanguinary bcl;owings. and the
| louder he brays the more confirmed will
become the belief tina, he is an ass. We
| will continue to publish the news just the
| same as though Dimick's serenity had not
been ruifled
Phil Miller. bridge collector, was quite
industrious during last month, his collcc,
lions footing up to S732 SO. 1t must be
| quite trying for jovial soul like Miller
| to remain in such secluson.
Rev. j. A. Reynolds preached his final
| sermon in Rock Island at the Central
| Presbyterian church last evening, Rev
Cryer occupying the pulpit in the United
| Presbyterian church.
The republicans were anxious to get
Mr.. Henry out of the council chamber, so
they could elect republican as his suc>
cessor. The democrats propose that a
democr t shall be succeeded by demos
crat. They decided that question when
they nominated Basilius Winter.
| Squire Halves and wife, have returned
from visit to their son Frank in
Delavan, Wis. They were more than
pleased with that beautiful Wisconsin
city, and its numerous attractions. The
lake, situated about three miles from
| town. is n great summer resort.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02

The monthly report of the police de>
partment for October shows: Number
of arrests, 81 state cases, 20; city cases.
II; total 81; larceny 4 carrying concealed
weapons, 9; assault and battery, 0, dis
orderly conduct, 10; fugitive from justice
2; peace warrant. /; fast driving, 2; mays
hem, 1; robbery, 2; total 81; amount of
fines collected for the city, $41.40; amount
of police fees collected for city. $l2.35.
total. $53.75; number Of lights out re-
ported by the police during the month,
IS; amount of jail bill for boarding pris
oners during October, nothing.
Daniel Sage, of Genesco, has sworn out
warrant in Justice Cooks court for the
arrest of freight train Conductor Chiches-
ter of the Rock Island 81 Peoria road
charging him with assault-thc complain
ant claiming that said Chichester mllici
ously assaulted him on Saturday night
between Cambridge and Orion without
reason or provocation. Sage says that
he merely asked the conductor for infor.
nation concerning the arrival at Orion,
and not receiving it, told the conductor
he should be better posted, when the lat
ter struck him, and the brakeman. whose
name IS not known, held him while the
conductor pounded him.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
The P0stma ster.


1t is only six weeks now-Decembe r
15--until the commission of Postmaster
Hemenway expires, and again interest
centers on the new appointment. A. Il.
Bryant of the Moline Plow company is
now in Washington, ID. c.. visiting his
father and It's said the several candid-
ates are not inactive. The only new de
velopmment is a letter received by a
prominent dem ocrat in which Mr.. Neecc
says: II have forwarded to Washington
the petition of Dan. w. Gould, with my
recommendation for his appointment.
Unless it can be shown that he is un>
worthy the Office there will be no change
in my position"
1t is not improbable that some thing
definite will be known during the next
thirty days. II the appointment could
have been made with the promptness
which characterized the filling of the of
flee when Henry E, Wells resigned. the
public suspense and attitude of uncer-
tainty would be brief Mr. Wells informs
ed Mr. Hemenway in March that he in
tended to resign in his favor A petit
ion, signed by nearly every business man
in Moline, as-dispatched TO Washfng>
ton. President Hayes made the APP
pointmeEt on the day the petition was
presented. Mr.. Hemenway qualified,
which was telegraphed to Headquarters,
and he assumed charge of the postoffice
There was no red tape delay and 90
other applicants for the position.
A silver windpipe and larynx enat a
cancer patient in Buffalo ito talk.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
An Outsiders View.

Rock ISLAND, Nov. ., 1885.
EDITOR ARGUs:--In last weeks Rock
Islander the editor makes IA great howl
about the ARGUS losing advertising pat
ronage. 1t does not exchange with the
ARGUS or it would see that the paper is
much larger than when the editor of the
Rock Islander ran it. He may tell the peo-
pie as often rs he pleases that they, the
people. have the right to place their legal
advertisements where they will. The peo~
pie know this and patronize the ARGUS.
1t is Just as cheap in the ARGUS as in the
Rock Islander, and man gets more for
his money. for the ARGUS has larger
daily circulation and two or three times
larger weekly circulation.
Danforth would like to get hold of the
ARGUS, and there is a ma ority of the peo>
pie of this county of like mind; but they
are all republicans, they know that their
party would like to see him there, for
they know their majorities would in
crease. Danforth ran the democratic
party in the ground while connected with
the ARGUS; tried to steal 900 from the
company, was caught, forced to disgorge,
and promptly kicked out. He then got
up new party, sold its votes for s 900,
and now that party is leaving him--how
he whincs. PERRY HELLIoN.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
DEATH OF A. Il. GAYLORD.
An Early Resident and Well known
Citizen Passes from Earth---
Biographical.

At his home. 1907 Second avenue, at 8
O'Clock ye sterday morning, A. B. Gaylord
breathed his last, after brief but painful
illness with paralysis of the brain first
and then of the entire sy stem. In the
death of Mr.. Gaylord one of the oldest,
from point of residence and best known
citizens of Rock Island county passes
from earth. He was born in London,
England, March II. 1928. His father
was an extensive wine dealer in
England, and his failure induced the son,
Alfred b.. who was then yet in his early
twenties, to embark for America with the
intention of investing in tracts of land in
Virginia. Arriving in this country he
was not favorabiy impressed with the
Virginia sites. so he went to Penasylva
mia. where he met Mr. Warrington, who
was in those days daguerrotypist, and
and Mr.. Gaylord having n trade or pro-
fession. formed partnership with that
gentleman. They built canal boat for
the purpose and landed finally at Green,
vile, where they met DR.. s. c. Plummer,
James Mills and others now of this city.
About that time the western fever broke
out, and great many embarked for
named. A year later Mr.. Gaylord and
Mr.. Warrington followed. This was in
1853
Mr.. Gaylord opened II photograph es :
tablishment on Second avenue on the
Gregg property west of the Rock
Island house. He prospered in business.
and in 1878 he constructed and equipped
gallery on the south side of Second ave-
nue. between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets The building was destroyed by
fire in 1876, and the same year he con
structed it, adding third story. He
owned one of the finest galleries in the
west, was skilled artist in the profes-
sion, and enjoyed a large patronage in
the three cities. Three years ago he re-
tired from business. He made two trips
| to England after coming to Rock Island,
the last being in the spring of 76. Last
fall he went to California, where he spent
the winter. He was industrious in his
profession and of unquestonable intes-
rity.
Mrs. Gaylord survives her husband
with two daughters, Mrs. George G. Bull
len, of Leavenworth. Kan, and Cora,
who is at home. The funeral announce
ment appears elsewhere.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
Noiseless Motors.

On Saturday J. Bell, representing the
Porter Locomotive works of Pittsburg,
was in the city, and at the invitation of
Pre- sident Davenport aud Secretary Guy,
er, he made trip over the Milan road.
Mr.. Bell, who knows as much
about motors as any man in the country,
suggested several improvements to
those now in use between this city
and Milan. one of which was the adop
ton of Shaw's noiseless exhaust. which
permits the discharge of steam at any
time without any unusual noise. and ans
other patent device for conducting the
waste steam into the water tank for con>
densaton. Mr.. J. w. Hatzell has cons
tracted with the company Mr.. Bell reps
resents for four car inclosed motors for
the proposed Union street railway be-
tween this city and Moline, and it is prob
able that the Rock Island s. Milan com
pany will secure of the same establish
ment the appliances suggested.
Alderman Schatfer, who accompanied
the party out to the tower, says he made
it point to watch all teams encountered
during the trip. and says there was No
alarm exhibited on the part of the ami
mails, and in fact he is inclined to be
lieve that the new innovation will not
injure business or depreciate the value of
property along the street traversei by the
motor in the least
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
Feminine Success.

The rapid progress made in the pro-
fcssional career of Mrs. DR.. keck, of
Davenport, has been II substantial one
and affords another instance of the sue
cess which may be reached by her sex, if
they will only lead forth in the fray of
public life with the same valor and de-
termination which characterizes many of
them in private life. For nearly twenty
years Mrs. Keck has devoted her time and
energies to the practice of medicine in
Illinois and Iowa. but within the last five
years especially has she reached that
prominence which she now enjoys in a
very extended practice, and which is a
subject for the congratulation of all
American women. The doctor will be in
Iersonal attendance at her infirnary Nov.
A. Consultation free.