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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

WILLIAM JACKSON,
,,,o,gY AT LAW. Office in Rock Island
,',o,l Bank Building, Rock Island, II.
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SECOND LETTER, 1885.

NINA ADAIR
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About Sleep,

The London Lancet discusses the
subject Of rising ct the end of sleep.
Doing it declares is not admissible
from any reasonable or health point OF
view. The brain is the first to fall
asleep, and is followed by the active or
gans, and it is only perfect and natural
when shared by all the several parts Of
the organism. All the parts of the
system are not equally exhausted, and
those least fatigued soonest wake, while
those most exhausted are aroused with
the greatest difficulty. The several
parts of the organism should need rest
at the same time. To bring this about
q person should wake early and feel
able to rise; this fair and equal start
of the sleepers should be secured, and
wise self-manager should not allow
drowsy feeling of the consciousness or
weary senses of an exhausted system
to beguile him into the folly of going to
sleep again when once his conscious
ness has been aroused" The writer
declares that mai. who will not allow
himself to doze, will, in few days,
find himself almost unconsciously IAN
early riser
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How Burnside Went to West Point,

Gen. Burnside and Senator Morton,
when they were boys, were apprentices
in the little village of Liberty, Ind,
Burnside in tailor's shop and Morton
in hatter's. One day Caleb B. Smith,
then the Representative in Congress
from that district, was about to start on
An electioneering tour, when he dis
covered that there was o rent in his
coat. Stepping into a tailor's shop to
have it mended, he found no one there
but young Burnside, who was stitching
away on coat while he was attentively
studying volume of @Cooper's Tac-
tics" which was propped up by q
''goose," and kept open by pair Of
shears. Questioning the young man,
the Congressman was struck with his
self-reliant confidence and the unflinch-
ing look with which he returned his
gaze, and an unknown influence prompt
ed him to say: "You should be a cadet
at West Point" That remark changed
the young tailor's destiny. He sought
and obtained an appointment to West
Point.-Ben: Perley Poore.
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GROWTH OF TREEs.-Mr. Hughes, of
North Atchison, has had an experience
of thirty vests as . tree-grower in Kan
sas. Nine years ago he planted lot
of walnuts on his place in Doniphan
County, and now they are large. vigor-
GUS, and handsome trees. For the first
two years their progress was slow, but
after that they grew as rapidly as cot
tonwoods. He picked half bushel Of
nuts from each tree in the seventh
year, and the same summer afforded o
grateful shade. Mr.. Hughes is satisfied
that walnut planted in tho fall of 1888
will make better tree in 1889 than a
soft maple of the ordinary planting
size set out at the same time. The hest
walnuts to plant are those picked up IN
the woods with the hulls on. and they
should be planted in the fall. Mr..
Hughes has made experiments which
convince him that trees grow during
the winter, fall, and spring, and he be-
lieves that year nay be gained by fall
planting.
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A Compromise.


As woman. accompanied by boy
about 10 years Of age, was passing
a store on Michigan avenue, a cur dog
belonging to the merchant gave the lad
q snap on the leg. A great commotion
was ut once raised over the circum-
stance, and the merchant finally in
quired:
"How much do you want to settle
this case?"
''Ien yards of Calico" promptly re-
piled the woman.
VERY we'll; come il and get it..
The cloth was torn off and handed to
her, and mother ana son took their de-
parture. They returned, however, in a
few minutes, and when the merchal:
asked what was wanted. she replied:
Its the boy who is raising the fuss,
sir. He says he got the bite and l got
the dress, and he isn't satisfied
Swell, what does he want:"
''Three sticks of candy will console
him, sir or if they don't he'll have to
take It out in complaining"
The sticks were handed ont, and as
the 10y broke one in two and stuffed
his mouth full he muttercd:
"You let the next dog bite you and
I'll take suit of clothes and you may
have the candy. .'-Detrolt Free Press.
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Another seDeck'' At Peker.:.

The table upon which they played
WAS one of the German double-dec
style, the lower deck intended to. sup
port glasses. Early in the game the
happy thought occurred to Bellcham-
bers of utilizing that lower deck for a
different purpose. Gradually he &C.
cumulated three aces there, but not
without De Spotte's eagle eye noticing
the process.
Bellchambers got pair of kings and
three worthless cards. He took three
cards on the draw, but neatly slowed
them away on the lower deck, and re-
placed them in his hand with his &C.
cumulated sure thing" De Spotte
received q pair of queens in the deal,
and in the draw took three cards. Bell
chambers, before the draw, had made
it cost q little more to come in," and
when betting began he was almost
ferocious IN his demonstration of con-
fidence i'll his hand. The previously
sufficient Lalf-hollar limit Disguised
him by its inadeluacy. Dougall and
Siccardi said that as far as they were
concerned he might make it anything
he liked, IS they proposed taking
rest. De Spotte did not want to rest
just thea, but had no object on to drop
ping the limit. Bellchambers was
happy. At length all the chips we're
up in the middle of the table. and De
Spotte, resisting sternly Bellchambers'
fearful appeals to be allowed to bet his
store and coming invoice of goods,
and other valuables, in succession of
raises, called. From the time of the
draw Bellchambers had not once looked
ct his hand Why should he, whom he
knew 20 we'll what was in it? On the
call he turned them over. The ex-
precision ON his countenance was fright
full to look at. He had only pair of
kings and seven, nine, and tsnl Do
Spotte placidly turned his hand three
secs and pair of queens!
where did you got those aces?"
Bellchambers shouted, aghast md pur-
pie.
Under the table where you put
them,' De Spotte answered, with an
exasperating smile.
Dougall and Siccardi yelled with un-
hallowed glee, while Bellchambers,
rising in Indignation, proclaimed: Il
won't play where such unfair advan-
tages are taken," and went forth into
the storm that was calm compared
with the raging in his anguished
Herald. s.-,a4 +.
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Wood Nymphs.

The old Greeks-the truest lovers Of
beauty believed that every tree in
closed in its bark a wood nymph of
great beauty and sensibility; and we
ought in transpianting tree to treat
1t as IT this idea was no fable. The
roots particularly the tibrous ones
should be nursed as tenderly as q
wounded finger in its daily dressings;
for through these principally the tree
sucks up its nourishnent.
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The Marks Of Atlantic Steamship I,i,es

All sights ct sea have great interest
tor the passengers on an ocean steamer,
and there Is. perhaps, no sight that at-
tracts more attention, or creates greater
interest, than that Of passing another
steamer. In view Of the many first
class lines now crossing the Atlantic,
the question that first suggests itself
upon seeing steamer in the distance
is, TO what line does she belong? Is
she an Inman, Guion, White Star or
Allen boat, or is she Cunarder?" To
the uninitiated all steamers look alike
at sea, and it is frequently puzzle to
the passengers to understand how it is
that the officers can tell so readily on
being asked-sven if strange steamer
be passed at nlght-to what line she
belongs But it is very easy to tell.
Each .'ne has q distinctive "funnel
mark, hy which its steamers can be
told by LAY, and distinctive style of
tireworl, signal by which they can be
known at night. Therefore, if intend
ing transatlantic passengers will COM
nit to memory the following, or trans
cribe them into their notebooks, they
will neve.. be at loss to tell to which
line steamer belongs, without having
to ask anybody else. When you see q
steamer whose funnel is o-thirds red,
with white band and q black top, you
may know that she is an ~Allen" liner.
If at night she sends up blue, white
and red rockets. in succession, she be-
longs to the same line. An American"
line steamer will have . funnel the
lower part Of which is red. with white
keystone painted ON il; above these will
be o narrow white hand, with . black
top. The night signal is, first . red
light, followed BY Roman candle
throwing six red balls, and then smother
red light II . ateameris funnel il bpff,
with : black top. she il . white Star'
boat. and her night signal viii y a
green light and . rocket throwing two
green stsrs. When you zee . black
funnel, with . white band about third
from the top, ft will show a "Inman" I"
stsemer. and . night signal q blue
lights forward and at, with red light
on the bridge and variegated rocket,
will tell you she belongs. to the same
line. The Cunard line "a known in the
daytime by red funnel with black
top, and at night by two rockets and
blue lights simnltaneouslv. II the
funnel is black. with ! red band two
thirds Of the way up, 1t Is that of q
"Guion" steamer, 70 which line the
famous Alasks and Oregon belong.
The night sagnal Of the line is blue
lights burned forward, aft, and on the
bridge simultaneously. A steamer with
. white funnel, with a black top to it,
will be National" line boat, and her
signal at night win be blue light, fol-
lowed by o rocket and then red light.
The "Anchor" line boats have black
tunnels without any mark, and the
night signal is red and white lights
burned alternately.-Sa,a Francisco
NeaUs- Letter.
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The Charm OF the Human Yoice.


A word spoken has far more power to
persuade and to move than the word
written. This is especially true if it be
we'll spoken-if it be uttered With tho
proper intonatiOns and infections and
be enforced with the right gestures.
The propositions which upon a printed
page will be examined with searching
criticism, will when falling from the
lips of popular orator carry whole
masses into some course of action. The
reader will be able to detect the i'll
concealed dishonesties Of the reasoning.
de will discern if there be any undis-
tributed middle or illicit process Of the
minor premise. The hearer, however,
has not time to make any such discrim-
nations. His nervous system becomes
electrified by the power which the
speaker sends forth from eye and
tongue and hand. An understandable
magnetism goes thrilling through him
IN rapid currents. He becomes
charmed, enthralled, enslaved, ready
70 do or dare whatever the orator may
bid. Much of this enchantment is due
to the voice alone. Its swells and
cadences not only delight the ear, but
through that organ excite the imagina-
tion ana captivase the reason. It is no
wonder that when an Athenian audience
had listt ned for an hour to the glowing
periods OF Demosthenes, they forget
their own weakness and the risks of
war, and cried out as one man, "Let us
fight Philip" It is no wonder that
when the rude soldiers lof Hungary
listened to the melting accents of their
young queen, that with gallant
0thusiasm they burst forth with the
0y, sWe will die for our sovereign"
The Savior Of the world showed His
appreciation Of the power of speech
When He chose tho "foolishness of
preaching" as the aeency by which
men were % be brought to an appre-
hension of his doctrine. The eloauenee
q the apostles-which was not the
finished oratory Of the schools, but the
aerong, earnest eloquence of sincere
conyiction-won converts by the
thOusand, and all down the history of
Christianity have men been reclaimed
from sin and persuaded into righteous
ness by the voices of their fellow-men.
True, indeed, many while under the
excitement which preaching has pro-
duced have made vows to which ehey
afterward proved recreant. But far
more have been induced to fright about
face and to live ever after with new
aims and Aspirations. ? The spoaen
voice j., however, far less potent Than
the voice expressing itself in the melody
of music. The rich gushings cf the
throat can call up in intense force oil
the emotions of the human soul. We
have seen large congregations stirred
by the most profound excitement as
rude, untutored voices swelled into
solemn grandeur in a service Of song.
The words were of the simplest
having in them no magnetism whatever.
The whole moving power lay in the
vast volume of sound. There is no ex-
aggeration in the old story of Orpheus
beguiling the powers Of the lower
regions by the notes OF his lutte. There
have been singers-there are singers
now-who could perform feats quite as
marvelous.--Sun,sy South. : :
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THERE IS luminous paint which
renders objects sible N the dark.
And now the ChicnSo bellies will be
putting it on their cheeks, as sort of
guide when the gas burns low, so that
now when youth sees two spots of
light, about two feet apart, he knows
there is Il Chicago mouth between 'em
somewhere, and don't need to waste
any tilse, except that required to make
a detonr about her fairy slippers
HOosier
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THERE are about fifty Postmasters in
this country who receive salary of 81
q year. It's worth that to a man who
has nothing else to do but to study hu-
man nature and chew tobacco, to say
nothing Of the fun he'd have in putting
letters in the wrong box.-Teros SJt-
ings.
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THERE'S silence of grief, there's !.
silence of hatred, there's o silence of
lread-of these men may speak, and
these they can describe; but the silence
Of our happiness, who can describe
that?-W. II. II. MatrrnY.
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REMEMBER that sheep are fond OF
succulent food, and will not thrive
when kept on dry food only. Like
other animals, they relish variety of
materials.
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CAN the man who keeps putting ques-
tion marks opposite underlined pass
ages in borrowed books be said to spec
ulate in margins?
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ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL.

THE EoLATAIc BELT Co., Marshall, Mich
will send DR. DYES CELEBRATED ELECTRO.
EoLTAIc BELTS AND ELECTRIC APPL1ANcrs
On trial for thirty days to men [young or
old] who are afflicted with nervous debil-
ity. lost vitality and kindred troubles, guar
anteeing speedy and complete restoration of
health and manly viyor. Address as above
n. B.-No risk is incurred, a. thirty days
trial is allowed
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ALL miners are not successful, but
many dig in vein.
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Now is the time to subscribe to
re SENTINEL.
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GONE BEFORE.

Miss Laura Jones, daughter of l.. ID.
Jones, Esq, of this city, died of con-
sumption on Tuesday morning at eight
o'clock, and was buried Wednesday af-
ternoon in Glenwood cemetery.
Laura had been sufferer with this
dreadful malady for nearly year and
received every attention which loving
hands could furnish, and had the bene-
fits of the best medical treatment, but
the germs of disease took firm hold
and would not give, Ger until itaccomp-
lished fatal aim. She was girl of ex-
ceptionally refined tastes and purest
sentiments of mind which, combined,
formed character that made itself felt
among all her associates, and left i'm
pressons which will always remain with
those who grieve her loss. This is the
second death the family has suffered
from the same cause, and the sincere
wish of all is that it will be the last. A
large concourse of her young friends and
neighbors, gathered at the final obse'
quies, and Rev. Bushnell delivered q
touching discourse over the departed
one and drew many beautiful lessons
from her short. but well lived life.
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MEETING OF THE MINNESOTA
VALLEY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.

This body met i'm Mankato at 1000 a.
IN. last Friday, and continued in session
until Monday. The meeting was organ
lied by the election of Cyrus Thomas,
of Luverne, as moderator Rev. III. B..
Marshall, Fairmont, clerk Rev. A. d.
Caldwell, treasurer. Opening services
were conducted by Rev. j. lockwood,
of Garden City, after which committees
on order of exercises, resolutions, adj
mission of churches, obituary, and state
of religion and temperance, were APP
pointed by the chair. In the afternoon
letters from the various churches were
read, showing growing and vigorous
state Of them as whole. The evening
exercises opened with devotional exer-
cises conducted by /, Palmer, which
was followed by series of interesting
themes concerning Sabbath school work
being discussed, the result of which was
the formation of an association to carry
on Sabbath school convention and insti-
tute work.
Saturdays session opened with usual
devotional exercises, then followed the
reports of the several committees. The
committee on resolutions presented the
following which is of local interest.
Resolved: That we heartily extend our
thanks to the Baptist church and people
of Mankato for their abundant hospitali-
ty; and to the c. M. & st. p, G. & n. W.,
and &. NJ. st. p. & o. railway companies
for favors granted to the association.
Saturday afternoon was devoted to the
consideration of missionary work. Rev.
j. Sunderland and Mrs. Bigelow, of Min
neapols, spoke on this work, giving
many practical hints. In the evening
Rev. Mr.. Thomas preached doctrinal
sermon.
The Sabbath services were held in the
Opera House and largely attended, Rev.
j. Sunderland, state missionary, deliver
ed the discourse. In the afternoon the
ladies missionary society held a meet
ing, which was addressed by Mrs. Bige-
low, Miss Lavina Mead, of Luverne,
who will soon 90 into the foreign mission
field, and Mrs, O'Kief, converted
Catholic lady. The evening service was
conducted by Rev. G. l.. Sanders.
Several of the other churches in the
city were supplied on Sunday by the
visiting Baptist ministers. Rev. Mr..
Smith, of st. James, preached at the
Congregational church in the morning,
and the same pulpit was filed in the
evening by Rev. ii. b. Marshall, OF
Fairmont. At the Presbyterian Rev,
Mr.. Thomas preached ut the morning
service and Rev. j. Sunderland in the
evening.
Rev. Chapman, of Dayton, Iowa, sup.
piled the M. +. pulpit in the morning
and Rev. Mr.. Scott i'm the evening.
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THE ADvENTISTS.

The Seventh Day Adventists opened
their annual campmeeting on Sibley
Mound last Wednesday evening, and will
continue until the Sth inst. inclusive.
Our people certainly cannot complain OF
dearth of religious instruction this sum-
mer,for this meeting in connection with
the large and successful one held by the
M. +. denomination, gives the public
nearly months continual service.
There are over one hundred tents
on the grounds, and the attendance
is much greater than was anticipated by
the management. There approaching in
three languages each day, viz: English,
German and Scandinavian. They have
provided for the physical wants of the Wis
itors, having dining tent on the grounds
and a supply of groceries which they sell
ut reasonable figures. They have a large
invoice of denominational books and 9th.
er literature on sale, as is their custom
Rev. q. l. Butler preached the opening
sermon "Wednesday evening.