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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-21

L, JUN hlODoilhh, o"Othi
do depose and say that on Monday
evening, Oct. Is. 1885, | was approach
ed by Patrick O'Msra and invited to the
saloon of Godlieb Hoch, on Second ave
nue. in the city of Rock Island, III which
place he offered to give me fifteen or
twenty dollars to spend with my friends
in the interest of A. r. Morgan, and
against Thomas Sharp Silvis. He also
agreed in addition to this that | should
have an equal amount for my individual
use He urged me strongly to accept his
proposition, as if Morgan was elected it
would help him greatly. He also said
that if Morgan was elected he would sp-
point young lrishman as deputy sher-
| Iff He further stated that with such
deputy in the office. it would be n great
aid to any of my friends should they get
in trouble, ashe aoOu!d haze great infu-
ence With tie ,juries.
| told him | would consider the matter
carefully, and give him decided answer
on Wednesday. Oct. 20, 1886. although
| stated to him had always been and was
still warm supporter of Sharp Silvis,
and legal voter in the Third ward of
the city of Rock Island.
| JOHN MCDARRAH.
Subscribed and sworn to before HE this
Goth day of October A. d. 1886.
WILL G. WHITEHEAD
Notary.
Talk about the purity of the ballot
being corrupted; what is more disgracefu
or outrageous than an attempt to win votes
by the mouthpiece of Parson Morgan witt
a promise of corruption of the courts o.
Justice, in the event of his election
What more serious charges can be raised
A man who is an attorney at the bar
too, and being in position to
know, pledges himself that if his man
is elected, ju ries shall be corrupted and
criminals go unpunishedS Is it not q
dangerous practice to tamper with a
jurys Is it not the duty OF the people OF
this couu try, now If never before, tc
make politics q consideration second to
q principle which says that no man who
makes promise of interfering with the
courts of justice shall be further con
sidered as candidate for an Office o.
public trust, When republican leader,
q bright and DISTINGUISHED pfsstitiones 81
! .hs be-, ssess II ths ssr1s Of sasdlass,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15
Told OF Mr.. Lincoln.

Youths Companions: When Presi.
dent Lincoln appointed a rigid disci-
plinarian commander of the Depart
ment of Virginia, he promised that
General that he should, be allowed to
shoot .deserters. But the Presidents
kindness of heart was more powerful
than. his respect for the discipline of
the army, and he did not keep his
promise. One day he received from
the General this telegram: president
Lincoln, I pray you not to interfere
with the court-martial OF. the army,
You Will destroy all discipline amongst
our soldiers" -.
The day after the reception of tie
telegram an old man was seen by a
Congressman crying all alone in q cor.
Ter of the White Houses ante-room,
waiting, with q hundred others, to see
the President. >5I,3, D.: E. i
Isl whats the matter with you, old
mani asked the kind-hearted Repre-
sentative. The old man told him the
story of his son, a soldier in the Army
of the Virginia, and sentenced to be
shot. The Congressman took the old
man into MI. Lincoln's room. tj4:'
well, myaold friend, what can l do
for you to-day?''t asked the President.
The aged father told his story. ...
s!.Is am sorry to say that Lean do
nothing for YOU answered the Presi.
dent Ia the most mournful tones.
Listen to this telegram which l re-
ceiyed yesterday from the General"
The old man's grief - he listened
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15
The Snail

The snail harvest has just begun in
France. The ''poor mans OYSTER is SC
appreciated that Paris alone consumes
about forty-nine tons daily, the best
kind coming from Grenoble or Burgun-
dy. The finest specimens are carefully
reared in an escargatoire, or snail park,
such as the poor Capuchin monks
planned in bygone days at Colmar and
Weinbach, when they had no money to
buy food, and SO cultivated snails. But
the majority are collected by the vine
dressers in the evening from the stone
heaps where the snails have assembled
to enjoy the dew. The creatures are
then starved in a dark cellar for two
months, and when they have closed VI
the aperture of their shell are ready fol
cooking. According to the true Bur.
gundy method, they are boiled in five
or six waters, extracted from the shell,
dressed with fresh butter and garlic
then replaced in the shell, covered witt
parsley and b~read-crumbs, and finally
simmered in white wine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15
was too ~heartrending for the merciful

~ 49, z-rFE AaEgA--&N E-4&t- <i4A-n q - , -
was too heartrending for the merciful
President.
Selling a pen he exclaimed:
"By lingo. General or no General,
here goes!"" and wrote:f
Job Smith is not to be shot until fur
Their orders from me.
-. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
''Why, I thought it was to be a par
don?" cried the old man, a. he read
the words. but you say, Not to be
shot until further ORDERS and you may
order him to be shot next week."
''Well, my old FRIEND" said MI. Lin
coin. smiling at the aged father s fears,
II see you are not very we'll ~acquaint-
ed with me. If your son lives until I
order him to he shot he will live long
er than ever Methuselah did"
The old man departed invoking q
blessing upon the head of the good
President.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15
Bertha's Birthday Party.

1t was a lovely September day. Very
warm for that time of year. Susie and
Dot stood on the porch of a pleasant
farmhouse. They were standing close
together whispering. What was all
this aboutP l will tell you. This was
their sister Bertha's birthday. They
wanted to get up something So thojr
mamma had told them that they might
invite their little friends, Mary and
Hazel Goodreal, and 20 down in the
meadow and have a picnic. So this
was what Susie and Dot were talking
about. Susie was nine, Bertha was
Just seven and Dot was five. "Wonit
it be s%plendid?' Dot exclaimed at
last, land we're going to have a lunch,
too. "aS&sAt last 2 o'clock came2and the
five little girls, started down to the
meadow. Tie meadow Was a pretty
lot throughsWhich rama stream
The Children called "Willow Creek
On one side of the stream it was very
shady. Here the little party stopped.
They put their lunch. basket in. a safe
place, and then they }conmenoedg to
play with their doll. 3aThey made lit
tie boats out of pieces of bark which
they found scattered on the ground.
Belle, Bertha's doll, slipped off her boat
into the water. Then such a time as
they did have. Mary pretended to be
a doctor, and little Dot was sent in
haste after her. Hazel and Susie said
that they thought catnip tea would be
good for her. 1t took so long TO cure
Miss Belle that when at last she was
we'll it was time for supper. They all
helped.
One spreading the table cloth, and
the rest taking out pies, seakes, and
eshsngooa tdiagsS fronH< the basket I;
What d supper that was. Il think it
is the incest birthday 1 { ever had,' said
Bertha when supper was over and they
were getting ready to 60 home. ''Come
now" said Susie, 1--WE must hurry,
for tho 6 o'clock train, and we want to
cross before that comes" / had mol
told you that the railroad track ran
through their farm, between the mead.
ow and the barn-yard. So the children
hurried, but before they reached the
track the big locomotive was already
in sight, although some distance of
as yet. 1--WE a get across now if we
hurry" said Mary. But; alas!% just as
little-Dot wastin the middle otthe track
she caught her foot and fell. When
she tried to rise she could not. Susie
had not crossed syet;s She Dot
{ fan.x There was not / minute; to- lose.
She spraDg to her screaming sisters
side, and there was barely time to pull
her foot from her slipper and carry
the child from the track when the
great train whizzed by, crushing the
ittleshoe entirely. Everybody praised
Susie. Those i've little girls neve,
cared to have a picnic in the meadow
again. It always brought unpleasant
SO near having such a ssd4ending.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15
SOlOmon's Systam.

do you think it would be wrong for
me to learn the noble art of self-de.
fensep" . ., rrsiiigsiiouslx Inclined Somer-
vile youth inquired 81 hispastor.s y
"Certainly not" answered the
minister, Il learned it in youth my
self, andI have tonnd' its ootSgreatya las
during my lifes'ssSs 4 sIHs @REE
Indeed, sir? Did you learn the old
English system or Sullivan,s system2"
Neither. I learned Solomon's sys-
tem."
Solonlon's system2" r.
J a..Ya.T-You wiil:fnd It laid downin
the first verse of the fifteenth chapter
of Proverbs: "A soft answer turneth
away wrath 1t is the best system Of
self defense of which 1<~have any
kn%owledge.:'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15

Ga. was bitten on the foot by q rattle
snakes, which was afterwards killed
and found to be five feet long and to
have twelve rattles. The little girls
lips. tongue and throat were much
swollen and froth issued from her
mouth and nostrils. -.
The Washington Star discredits the
rumor that MI. Letter, the retired dry
goods prince of Chicago, will give up
the Blaine mansion on Dupont Circle,
Washington. Mr.. Letter took the
place in 1884 at an annual rental of
$1,000 and has added much to the
adornments of the establishment since
he has lived there,
A Japanese gentleman who heard the
"Mikado' sung in Harrisburg recently
said that the song in the second act on
the arrival of the Mikado is a real jap
anese song very popular during the
revolution of 1866, but now forbidden.
The Jap. gentleman is probably prac-
Using an innocent deception, not to be
impolite in stating the case.
Thomas j.. Nolan. an actor of Louis
vile, who made a steady descent from
playing with Booth and other .distin-
guished actors, through all grades OF
the variety business, and finally be-
came a pitable victim of drink, received
back-pension pay. the other day to the
amount of $4,000. The money came
just in time to save him from the last
stages of despair.
Gen. James w. Denver, now run.
ming for Congress on the Democratic
ticket in Ohio, was a good soldier in
| both the Mexican and civil wars. The
Republicans charge that he resigned
from the Union army on account of the
Emancipation Proclamation, but his
friends explain that he came home tt
save his business and fortune from utter
ruin through the dishonesty of part
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15
ATTIC THE MORNING.

Wait for the morn!ng-it will come, indeed, -
AS surely as the night hath given need. nj,
The yearning eyes, at last, will strain their sight,
No more unanswered by the morning light. ~
No longer will the y vainly strive through tears
To pierce the arkness of thy doubts and fears,
But, bathed in bslmy LEWIS and rays of dawn, q
Will smile with rapture DER the arkness gone.
Wait for the morning, O, thou smitten child,
s%corned, scourged, and persecuted, and revlied,
Athirst and furnishing, none plying thee, -
Crowned with the twisted thorns of agony. =,
No faintest CLEAN of sunlight through the dense
lnanity of gloom to lead thee thence
Wait, thou, for the moonlight will come, in
deed, { : 4 & III a..
AZ surely as the night hath giyenneed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15
Bright Things.

A cute little girl of three is the
delight of a Washington Boulevard
family for her prettiness, as we'll as
for the bright and odd things she
says. The other day a company of
militia passed down the street in front
Of her home, ard her minute black
and-tan barked furiously through the
window at them.' The little girl
arose in alarm and said: ''Shut the
door, mammal! Fido will bite the
army."-CAtcago News. % -,
: Penelope" said a New York lady
to her little Boston Niece, twill you
see how high the thermometer is,
pleased? Eyes. Auntie, it is just even
with the mantelpiece..' Thank you,'
said little Penelopeis aunt, who was
equal to the: occasion; land now
will you see how high, the
mercury isP" "Sev> nty degrees,
Fahrenheit, Auntie,", replied the
Boston miss.-Lte. s.~:.a~.r.@ -. ,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15
8. Il
Measuring Time.

The story is that King Alfred had
no better way to tell the time than by
burning twelve candles, each of which
lasted two hours, and when=all the
twelve were gone, another day had
passed. Long before the time of AL
fred, and long before the time of
Christ, the shadow of the sun told the
hour of the day. by a of a sun
dial, The old Chaldeans so placed a
hollow hemisphere, with a bead in the
centre, that the shadow of the bead on
the inner surface told the hour of the
day. Other kinds of dials were after
wards made with q tablet or wood or
straight piece of metal. On the tab
lets were marked the different hours.
When the shadow came to the mark
TX, it was nine o'clock in the morn
ing. The dial was sometimes placed
near the ground, or in towers or build
ings. -
You see two sun-dials that are on the
Gray and Black Nunnery in Ottawa
the capital of Canada. The old clock
on the eastern end of Faneuil Hall in
Boston was formerly a dial of this
kind; and some of the old church
towers in England you may SEQ them
.to1faya. Aside from the kinds men-
Etioned,,: the dia}s now in existence are
intended more for ornament than for
use. In the lays when dials were
used, each one contained a motto of
some kind, like these: .''Iime flies
like the shadow or, II tell no hours
but those that are happy"
But the dial could be used only in. the
daytime; and, even then, it wassworth-
less when. the sstn Was covered with
clouds. In order to measure the hours
of night as well as the hours of the
day, the Greeks and the Romans used
| the clepsydra, which means The wa
Etef steals S@way.'p A Ilarge jar was
fuedswth water, and a hole was made
iu the bottom through which tho water
could run. The glass in those days
h wasy~not transparent. No one could
see from the outside how much water
had escaped. So there were made, on
| the inside, certain marks that told the
hours as the water ran. out; or else a
| stick with notches in the edge was
| dipped in the water, and the depth of
| what was left showed the hour, Some
times the water dropped into another
jar in which a block Of wood WIS float
ing, the block rising as the hours went
on. Once in a while" some very rich
man had a clepsydra that sounded a
musical note at every hour.-Freder,c
g. ,Mather in Rvpufar Science Monthly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15
A Christian

I onlahaaMsaor-.i u~ndsrstand The ar
TaDgemedn1ts. fortheafeception II immi-
grants It Castle Garden are very COM
plete." NV York Man-''We do our
best 70 maxi strangers; feel that. they
have come to A.Christian country. As
soon as they arrive they are furnished
with Bibles printed in English, Welsh,
French, Danish, Swedish, Finnish,
ltalian,--SPanish, German, Dutch,
1dSsian Bulgarian, Hungarian. Boz
'hemian, Polish, Slavic, Arabic, Greek,
Armenian, Hebrew or Portuguese
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15

!. 1t was in . cheesefactory and the
party had halted before some prime old
limburger,, which had IN odor of fifty.
pounds to the square inch "PheWr"
said ore, 1T smells like the flowers that
bloom in the spring. 81 Quite wrong"
said u bystander, the flowers that
bloom in the spring, TIA la h4ve moth
ing to, do with the kaser'-AsDical Her
aid
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15

Count de Lesseps is laughed at for
being sangline that he will live till
1889 and charter a steamer, take his
whole family and, passing through the
Panama canal, return to France by way
of Suez. But the real difficulty by that
time may be to find a steamer that will
hold his whole family.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15

HARDWARE.
strong-Hackett Hardware Co.
Farwell, Ozmun 4
Adam Decker. ill.,.
IRON, STEEL AND HEAVY HARDWARE.
Nicols Il Dean. az
Rhodes y Morton.
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS.
Auerbsch, Finch q Van slyck. r
Indexes, Warner 4 Schurmeier.
Powers Dry Goods 20.
NOTIONS AND FURNISHING GOODS.
11 'sSsa w wsrssn : : S esS's'sy'
6R0CERS.
p. H. Kelly Mercantile Co.
Allen, Moon 4 Co.
Msxfield 4 Seabury.
Beaupre, KeoGh 4 Co.
YAM, Gfiggs 4 Howes.
TEAS, coFFEES AND SPICES.
Berkey, TallmadEe 4 Co.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
G. Gotzlan 4 Go.
j. II. T~rbox h Co..
Kellogg. ohnsO Z Co..
Foote. Schulze 4 Co.
HATS, CAPS AND FuRS.
Gordon h FergusOn.'
Lanpher, Finch 4 skinner
S~treissguth 4 Drake. .
81. -. DRUGS. @.>
Noyes Bros. 4 Cutler. ....
Ryan Drug Co.
CHINA, cR0ckERy AND GLASSWARE.
Craig, Larkin 4 Smith.
Donsidson, Ogden 4 Co. 80 "..4.,
LEATHER, SHOE FINDINGS AND SADDlERy
HARDWARE. l.. 49,.
r. b. L. H~ardenbergh 4 Co,
6chefer 4 Rossum. ,l-. az.
PAPER AND STATIONERY.
MWs,as.a in : Mec,ei,ss: l>j.u>~
BOOKS, PAPER AND STATIONERY.
st. Paul Book 4 Stationery Co.
CLOTHING aud FURNISHING GOODS.
II. G. Burbank. a.r.
MEMS FURNISHING GOODS.
Guitermsn Bros. -
RUBBER eooDs AID BETTING.
81. Paul Rubber Go. .,gs g....
Goodyear Rubber Co. '@ "I''f
~ a:@A cI6ARS5 AID 1oBAcc0S.
Whiteman Bros. s$S -%& : 4s<;2k'. "
G.. II. McL0in.js sy4la ~54E@E8g -
NOTIONS AND COUNTER SUPPLIES.
b. sommsrs 4 Co... ~Hsss 4Hs
. 20. MACHINERY And SUPPLIES.
Robinson . Cary. .EzT.G aEs
Roger, Wills & Co.
oe0pbsal. WaaGh i 3ll6oA,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15
HlsOATH,

"aDo you" said Fanny t'otEher day, ~.
Or are those tender words applied s--se
Alike to fifty girls beside!"c I$=+1 ! =
"Dear,uuel Eir4,,acied L: ".forbear! j..
For by those yes those lips-l swear
She stopped me. Is the oath I took,
And cried, You've sworn-now hsa
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15
H0WS.
Your Liver7

Is the Oriental salutation,
knowing that good health :
cannot exist without a =
healthy Liver. When the
Liver is torpid the Bow
els are sluggish and con-
stipated, the food lies :
in the stomach undi- :
gested, poisoning the /
blood; frequent headache
ensues; a feeling of lassi-
tude, dependency and
nervousness indicate how
the whole system is de-
ranged. Simmons Liver
Regulator has been the
means Of restoring more
people to health and
happiness by giving them
a healthy Liver than any
agency known on earth.
It acts with extraor-
binary power and efficacy.
NEVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED.
AS ageneral family remedy for Dyspepsi,
ever use anything else, and have neve
been disappointed in the effect produced
it seems to he almost a perfect cure for a
diseases of the Stomach and Bowels.
w. J. MCELRoY, Macon, 81
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15

..Do they read thema'' Eyes, indeed.
You see there is nothing else they can
do being all penned up like a flock Of
sheep" ''But why do you pen them
up?' ITO keep them. from being
rObbed.n zlt.@ :
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15

WOOD AND IRON PUMPS AND PLUMBERS
SUPPLIES.
b. P. RuEE 4 Co.
|IIE Il SCALES, WnDMnlS, ETC.
Fairsank4ssN1rse 4scoIF INiX
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS.
A. Oppenheimer 4 Co.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Nathan Ford.
FRUITS, NUTS, ETC.
b. Presley 4 Co.
f.. =! FURNITURE.
Quinby & Abbott.
CRACKERS AND CONFECTIONERY,
Friedman 4 Lewis. = "
DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS.
Bonn Manufacturing 20.
T. A. Abbott h Co.
WAGONS AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
Mast. Buford 4 Burwell Co.
G. h. Thurston 4 Son.
j. HI. Mailer Co.
IT. s,. Pau, Storage H"' Forwarding and Inn
|eIIE VINES 40 LIQUORS.
&C., s:s: IN ~ q. |. so'ZZ( IL
6KAIN AND COMMlSSlUN.
". 4: van s,yke c q.
.>.. 49,. FLOUR.
81. Paul Roller Mill Co.
ROOFING C0RNICES AND MACHINERY.
scribner-Libbey Co.
LUMBER.
j. r. Gribben Lumber Co.
Rood 4 Maxwell.
Il. I. Sumwalt.
g. II. Nelson Lumber Co.
W. T. Fifield 4 Co.
John Martin Lumber Co..
BaFr0nett Lumber Co.
LINE, CEMENT AND PLASTER.
The Northwestern Limo Co.
FUEL.
81. Paul Pacific Coal 4 Iron Co.
Northwestern Fuel Co.
TRUNKS, ETC.
H. 9. Crippen 4 Co.
STEAM FITTING, TOOLS AND SUPPLIES.
T.. r.. Osborne.
GUNS, FISHING TACKLE, SPORTING GOODS
AND Gun MANDATORY.
II. r.. Kennedy y Bros.
SEWING MACHINES.
White Sewing Machine Co. 8
CARPETS AND UPHOLSTERY.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15
Sunburn no Longer Favored.

London Queen; Wells and gloves
! Iafeq again worn ct the seash99re, MS it, j.
once more fashionable to take care of
the complexion, instead of getting
ecru grenadine are passed around the
head. crossed behind or tied under the
.,,, chin Of on the left side. Two and a
1xstqluannef 9aras Il ygrnadine AT re
sFi4erhnS is bolt to .regulne ~
Alaw~ axse6nt Hcorset pressure@the
ladies may put upon themselves,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-15

w ant TO marry G0dO O00Is6 O4O8nter. ]
They want to carry her away.
She refuses to separate from her parents,
1hAsofAxs Castle of Couaracans:
Il ninSBe~ where she will die. 4 !
20! that is a very sad ballad that
you have chosen, my brother"
While she was speaking, suddenly
her second brother stopped his horse;
s.Maqueloncomprehepded that this one
was also ready to turn back: -
what is frightening you, valiant
knight? May it be this grasshopper
crossing the road? All! you are silent.
What can you say? Go, and, be
ashamed, you who leave alone a
woman! Your sister!" .:u..1
Thus speaking with anger, as the
blood of her race Was as violent as the
tiames, she petsdywn her veil so assytoss
see herbrothetrs departure. =
Soon a traveller meets her: ~ ]
Salute to- you, Naquelons your
brother, tire one shat has left-you the
last, he has encountered q band of
thieves; they wounded him seriously
and took all he had from him"
Another passsr-by Rys:
"God have mercy a yousMaquelon;
your Oldest brother las ~falleninto an
ambush and the Mo@rsshave taken him
prisoaers'' ! D i /
Atfifd cries est to her:
"Happy journey, Maquelon; know
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-19
gostieal.
ONLY TRUST.

For the Kennebec Journal
ONLY TRUST.
By A. J.W
Only trust thy Savior, Christian,
TIL the storms Of life are past,
And thy soul shall safely anchor
In the heavily port At last.
There Is One who went before thee
On this weary voyage of tears;
He will comfort, guide and strengthen,
So "giye to the winds thy fears"
Dark the skies may be above thee,
Hiding from thine eyes the way;
But. If Jesus be thy pilot,
Thou wilt never 30 astray.
Only trust him in the darkness,
Just the same as In the light,
Drawing comfort from His teaching,
Naught can hide thee from His sight.
Tho the tempter fierce assail thee,
Only trust, and thou shalt see,
When the voyage of life has ended,
Why such trials came to thee.
Only trust till that day cometh,
When thou'lt know as thou art known
Then thou'lt hear thy Savior's plaudit,
And forever rest His own.