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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-27

BosToN, Aug. 27,-Capt Gilbert F. Long,
the noted long distance swimmer, Is dead,
aged II. Seven years ago he received gold
medal from congress for saving twenty eight
persons from drowning. During his life he
saved fifty-four lives
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-27

BALTIMORE, Aug 21.-A meeting of Irish
citizens has been arranged to be held in this
city on Thursday next, the purpose being to
endorse the course pursued by President
Cleveland with regard to the fisheries ques-
ti0n
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-27

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug, 27.-In view
of the great scarcity of available naval
officers, the navy department has decided
not to allow any more leaves of absence for
longer period than one month.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-27

PITTsBURG, Aug. 21.-Mme. Virginia
Sherwood, the most daring bareback rider
of her time died Saturday morning of con-
sumption at the Old Homestead in this city
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-27
COUNTY.

For Cong WILLIAM PRENTtss.
R4presentative-ELNoRs W. HURsT.
Circuit Clerk-H E. CAsTEEL,
States Attorney-WrLLIAM McENIRY.
Coroner-SANUEL GooDE.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-27

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 2L-The City
Touring mills at Brazil burned Saturday
night Loss, SIS 900: Insurance. ST., SEQ
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-27

In declaring the meeting adjourned Presi-
dent Cady said that the number of tickets
sold had been between Sc, 900 and $1,000.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-27
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET.

For President,
GROVER CLEVELAND, OF New York.
For Vice President,
ALLEN G. THURMAN, of Ohio.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-13
The Work Of a Single Hair.

In the base OF the capitol at WASH
ington is the machinery by which the
House, the Senate and the committee
rooms are warmed and ventilated and
the gas lighted by electricity. 1t is
altogether big apparatus. consisting
of three immense fans, four engines
and eight boilers. with the necessary
appliances for regulating the temporal
ture and moisture Of the air supplied
to the Nations legislators. The in
strument which tells whether the air is
too moist or too dry is operated by a
single human hair. Perfectly dry air
is put at U; saturated air-that is. air
carrying all the moisture it will hold
is put at 700. A dial with hand
like that Of a clock represents the diff
ferent degrees from @ to 100 The hui
man hair absorbs moisture like q rope.
and like q rope it becomes shorter
when wet The difference in length
between hair inches long when wet
and the same hair when dry is made
to represent the 100 degrees of moist
ure ON the dial. and the hand or point
er moves backward or forward as the
moisture in the air varios- II it be-
comes too moist less steam Is allowed
to escape. and thus the atmosphere for
the Nations statesmen is regulated and
kept at the healthful point. or about So
degrees = Caicago Ioxrna! Of CONF
SqsrrcE.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-13
Where is the Harm2

A lady writer in the Housewife asks
the following questions:
How it can be any worse for mother
to study. think. and deposit vote for
Right than for a father, l can not sea
Rather, is it not right that the true
wives and mothers of our land should
join hands with the true husbands and
fathers and make the polls fit place
for any onep Let neither shirk their
responsibility. There have been striv-
ings for years to regulate the liquor
traffic with man-made laws. and it has
not been accomplished. Is it any dis
grace to woman if she puts her shout
der to tho wheel and helps push for
ward. not only in this. but every other
true reform? Do those women who go
and have gone among rough men in
field or camp or prison, and in the evil
parts OF our great cities. to do good.
lose their sweet womanliness7 Do We
think any the less of the grand women
of our day-Miss Willard, Mrs. Liver
more. Miss Foster and host of others
because they have stepped out Of the
track beaten for women for countless
generations? My husband does not
think it more unwomanly for me to vote
than to so side by side with him. try
ing to ease the sufferings of those by
whom we are surrounded, and when thu
time comes can. with him. deposit mT
vote. feeling that l am in no wise
harmed. but that l am better prepared
to protect and care for the youth Of
my own family. and perhaps of otherA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-13
Poor Farms and Sheep.

A Wisconsin man bought q poOr
farm. Although the land was nat
urally Of the best Of soils. /: had BE-
come 30 attenuated in grain raising
that it had all but failed TO bring
forth He bought. seeded and devoted
TO sheep pastursge for five years. and
behold . magical change! At that
time q portion was hesitatingly dis
talrbed and cropped and prodsced al
mos: bountifully. although it was the
FIRST Of the hast two dry seasons. What
did his sheep do for him in all thisa
Well. he bought cheap lands. but
through the agency OF his sheep he
harvested from those lands each year
. bountiful crop Of mutton and wool.
without teams. plows and harrows to
es.ltivate or expensive binders TO
harvest, returned almost element for
element to the soil again, and In tho
meantime almost doubled tha value At
he Ws.te1n Rurak
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-13

sphake that wud niver rist day nor
night until she'd voted any ticket that
could be made tn strongest agin' tn
| s'loons an thin as kapes thin!
| WED jes' like to form procession.
we wud thin; an march through tn
town. and bust into livery place where
there's bottles an pizen into 'em. an
set tn price O our childher's clothln
an food an good manners, a-runnln
into tn fust gutter we could find dhlrty
enough to howld tn stuff!
Thin we'd loike to show McLooney
an tn loike-th' poor stupid owls
what cud be done wid'out tn vile
dhrink.
..Shure, Misther Man, it wudn't be
long before 'twould be himself wud be
sittin' in dacent clos in a snoog place
he could call his Darn. The childher
wud know their his'try an 'rithmetic
along as thin whose fathers have swep'
in all our wages, an it's meself cud
pervide dacent food an plenty OF it.
wild out drainin' me hearts blood to git
it. l could put a stun at little Mikes
grave-saints rist his little sowl-an'
at night cud lay me he'd down
wild out fear o it's bein' broken afore
marnin'.
''It's aisy tn taxes wud be cumin' in
thin from our own hans, Misther Man,
an nea pinchin' pike o. lan'lord
sthrammin' round a-threaten' to poot
us all out into tn mud, no KNOWN
whin.
"An' Kings Alley they call tn place
now. is it? Faith, an it's good name
it is, an why doant they till what
Kings Alley thin? Ole King Alk'hol,
that's tn name O. him. But wa-ait,
sthop a bit! till the wimmins begins
their votin'. It's Quane's Alley it'll be
called thin! Duane Ordther! Duane
Plinty! Duane Pace and Duane Dar
cency!
''An' it's comm, Misther Man, feels
it in me boans, it's a comm shure; it
amt such wimmen as is tarkin' nova
days as gets shet up wid'out hearin';
tn counthry's got to give ema
hearin', an pooty soon tn
country's got to Civ their Darn
swate will, too; an thin poor McLooney
til conthrairy sowl-an' all tn rist O.
tn men, will find out how mooch bet
Their we'll sarve them than they've bin
willin' to sarve us. Will ye moind that,
Misther Mani"
Biddy had said her say and went into
the house. The assessor moved on I'M
able to answer subtle forecastings.
But when they were discussing the suf-
frage question in the clerks Office that
afternoon, and turned to him for sup
port in favor of anti-suffrage. he sim
ply observed that he hadn't a word to
Il. CheeUer, in Golden
Rnie
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-13
IN WOMAN'S WORLD.

MISS E. T. WRAGG, OF Charleston. 9.
c.. is gaining a reputation as the lead
ing woman engraver Of America
Miss FLORA MCDONALD is the onls
lady member OF the Minneapolis Press
Club and has been honored by being
elected to the position Of its treasurer.
IT is an undeniable fact that many Of
our American women are better in
formed than their husbands, and have
infinitely more discretion.-Wo Working
Woman.
Mrs. CA1HARINE W. BEACH. evan
gelist for the Colorado W. C. T. u. re-
Gently filed her husbands pulpit
Broadway Baptist church. Denver. at
tho invitation of the trustees. while he
was taking . months vacation.
REV. ANroISErrE BRowN BLACK
WE'LL now lives in Elizabeth. n. j.
Jus: how old she is none OF her friends
seems to know. but her sweet. motheriy
face will keep her young-looking for q
generation yet. She was the first wo-
man in this country to pr"pare f'.r and
regularly enter upon tho mia:stry. and
lives to be called tho '.mothsr' OF the
women preachers"
FOR the third time in It's history, .
woman has been admitted to practice be-
fore the United States Supreme Court
Mrs. Ada n Bit&enbender. of Lincoln.
Neb.. the Superintendent Of Legislation
Of the National Womeu's Christian
Temperance Union. She Is in partner
ship with her husband In the practices
OF law in Lincoln. Tho two ladies who
have been previously admitted ere Ars.
Belva A. Lockwood. and Mrs Laura
Do Force Gordon, Of California
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-13
SIMPLE WOODEN GOWNS.
Styles That Will BE Extremely Popular
with Women Taste.

Styles That Will BE Extremely Popular
with Women ( Taste.
Simplicity is feature of the new
styles and the home dress-maker may
now congratulate herself on the de-
parture of the deliberately and eccen-
trically draped gown Of last sesson,
whose mysteries only the most expert
dress-maker could unravel. The pref
test gowns are simplicity itself.
Plain, smooth-faced ladies' cloth is at
present extensively used for house and
street gowns. A charming model for
a house gown or a street gown to be
worn under the long wraps which will
be n re. lie all winter for ceremonies
as well a, ordinary wear. is of this
ladies' cloth. in the dark red tones Of
terra Gotta The bodice fits smoothly
to the figure and is opened dag )naliy
in front. draped on one side and plain
on the other. The plain half of the
bodice is finished with a tiny plated
vest of robins-egg blue satin. In
place OF this, cream-white mutt or
blue Grape or any dainty-colored half
vest the wearer fancios may be substi-
tuted. The folds at tho neck and
sleeves of the bodice where the white
ruche or collar and cuffs were once
worn are two narrow rolls of blue
satin to match the vest It is rule
that tho trimming of the dress forms
or corresponds with. in most gar
ments. the finishing ruche or folds at
the neck and sleeves, which for 90
many years has been invariably white.
No buttons show on this bodice.
There are no buttons used this season
70 any extent. except extremely largo
ones which are put on Directoire polo
naises merely for ornament 1t will
be q rare thing to see q buttoned
basque or buttoned dress. even on q
child Dresses are fastened with
hooks and eyes under some fold or
la pei. but never in any way that Is
visible. The skirt Of this gown il
gathered quite full in front on to tho
belt, -aped very slightly to the side
IN plaits running into the belt. and
quite straight at the back. falling
straight around the foundation skirt
showing q batayexss Of silk Plating al
the bottom. 1t is slashed from the
edge to the waist line at the left side
of the front. showing the line Of the
underskirt before noted. which In this
case is robin s.egg satin.-Good Howe
hegpssg.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-13
Different Points of View.

Bo-ely meets with Boredly down
town and inquiries how he does after
his summering. Borediy-" Oh, Al!
You see. had q chance to run down TO
the city l. ~ and then. Mamma and
Angelo? We'll. 30 30. You see. they
hal 10 remain in the country all the
tire. consequently not 90 we'll etc"
Borely Injecting Miss Angelo that
afternoon) glad to SEQ Jon.
Your father said you were" Miss
A." Yes. just splendid; bot poor
paps, you know. to his great regret.
bad 10 60 20 the city quito sften. 80
consequently. tA"-Hsyper's 1asur.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-13
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


Pupils In the public schools at
Waterbury. Conn, are furnished with
textbooks free.
Three hundred religious and
charitable institutions in New York
City. whose object is to help the poor.
receive and distribute annually about
$4,OOO.OO
Mr.. Lemuei J. Curtis. of Meriden.
Conn, beQueathed $50. 900 to the trus-
tees of Donations and Bequests for
Church Purposes. and about $500, 600
to the Curtis Home for Widows and
Orphans.
We are told Of Bishop Usher that
after engaging in controversial discus
sion with Clergyman he exclaimed:
Come. doctor, one word OF Christ
now before we part" We have little
of sharp discussion in these days as
to theology. but many Christians meet
and part without the name Of the Lord
they love being mentioned.
The High Normal School OF Japan
has sent one of its instructors. Mr.. T.
Shinoda. to this country to study tho
science and art Of education. There
are in Japan. besides this high school.
forty-five common normal schools.
whose graduates receive the equivalent
of SIS to $50 month. The kinder
garten system is established, and mar
ual training is being introduced.
In a recent number Of the In.'r-
pendent M. Moody says conce ning
church choirs: Il don't like to hear
singing in an unknown tongue. a
good many of our high-toned choirs
sing in Greek. or it sounds like & eek
to me. think one Of the greatest at
fractions which would make our
church service less formal and moro
easy to enjoy. is good singing by a
choir who sing in known tongue;
sing so that people can understand
what they say"
French statesmen have come to
the conclusion that the National sys-
tenn of education in France is defective
on its physi side. Effort; are now
being made to acclimat:ze cricket,
football, rowing and baseball in
French schools. Nj. Bischoffs helm,
the wealthy Partisan banker, has of
fered a prize OF $1,000 to any person.
whether kroachman. an American
or an Englishman. who shall invent
new game thoroughly adapted to
French colleges and schools.
On the need of remodeling our
public school system, an authority no
less than Prof. II. H. Boyeson says:
1.-The culture which our public schools
impart is academic. university sys-
tenn on a restricted scale, similar in
kind. differing only in degree. 1t has
but small reference to the life which a
large majority of the pupils will have
to lead. 1t kirdles an ambition in
them which, in nine cases out Of ten. il
destined to be disappointed. and en-
genders rs q consequence discomfort
and disaffection toward the State which
fails to satisfy the expectations it has
aida0 in arOuSinro
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-13

Henry James. Jr., the novelist,
boosts that he has never loved = w0m-
an, though he is now forty years old.
The novelist. E. p. Roe. runs .
fancy farm. He has been able to come
out even by writing half . dozen now
els year.
Ethel Mackenzie. the eldest daugh-
ter OF the famous physician. is in jour
nalism. and does good work in the line
OF correspondence.
The late Mr.. venab!es. Of the Sds-
nrddy ReUiesc. was the boy who broke
Thaekeray's nose at school As a man
he was proud Of just one feat-he was
able to write the Summaries OF the
Year in the Saturday Rsrsev entirely
from memory.
Richard Ashe King. the author o.
The Wearing of the Green" Is Kind
OF Robert Elsmere in real life. He was
Yorkshire vicar. but he resigned his
comfortable living for the uncertain
profits of literature. He is now writ
ing Novels sequel to 1.-The Wear
ing Of the Green"
John Bright never commits
speech to memory. He merely makes
notes aud leaves the words to come
when speaking. Occasionally he writes
short passages, and almost invariably
his concluding words or sentences.
Mr.. Gladstone seldom refers to note.
and never prepares a single sentenss.
Mrs. Pamela C. Calhoun. widow
OF John Calhoun, who published the
first newspaper in Chicago. is said 20
have been the first newspaper woman
OF the Northwest, she having assisted
in the editorial management OF her
husbands paper. the Chicago Demo
crat. 1t was published by Mr.. CAL
houn from November. 1883. to NOven,-
Der. 1886. and was continued by JOAN
Wentworth for twenty-five years.
"A vigorous defense of the power
OF Dickens to create q gentleman has
followed Mr.: Stevenson's charge tat
the great novelist was unable 10 pro-
duce a character Of that type Among
the gentlemanly characters mentioned
are Pickwick. Sir Leicester O'CLOCK.
Allen Noodcourt and Arthur Cen
nam. Much depends upon ones def
milton of a gentleman, and We: all
true interpretations would cert:inly
include some of the characters ofDic-
kens.
Mrs. Barr's daughter Is quoted ~
saying. illustrative Of her mothers
methods of work: when mamma
was writing The Bow OF Orange Rib
bon,' we had Dutch dishes served ut
all our meals, we dressed Dutch. sang
Dutch songs. and quoted Dutch say
ings; and when she was writing a.
Scotch story. oatmeal porridge. ban
nocks and barley cakes were alwaya
to be found on the table. and we lived
in duty bound to tho kirk. Scotch
songs and Scotch proverbs.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-13
NOalAN'S DEPARTMENT.
WOMAN.

Chr guardian angel she has always been.
Our guardian angel she will always b.
Wed have her fair as Helen, Sparta's Queoas
We have her virtuous As Penelope.
And she's SO often all that we desire.
So fair so virtuous. she must not mix
With evil and SO we keep her from the miro.
The dirty slough OF modern politics.
cIfs very strange how long some chestnufs 1--we
The foregoing is q chestnut wormy, old
but it's the reason Legislators give
Why they the right to vote from her withhold.
boston Covrisr.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-13
NOTES ON FEEDING.
How Co Garry Stock Through the Winsef
in Thrifty Condition.

/ How TO C0rTY SeOck sAA9
| in Thrifty Condition.
| Winter feeding requires moro care
and management than summer. The
majority of farm animals thrive well
on grass, so that with little grain and
such other material as can be readily
| secured upon the farm the stock can
be kept in a good. thrifty condition.
But during the winter we must rely
almost entirely upon dry foods. Those
who have silos may add ensilage. and
of course this will help them out COZ
siderably. But in the West these arc
but few in number, comparatively. so
that the greater number depends al
most entirely upon what we may term
dry foods.
It is a we'll established fact that no
one material will fully supply all the
elements of nutrition. We have some
plants, like corn, wheat and oats, that
if all is fed may come much nearer
than others. Yet they will fall short
in some particulars, as they will con-
tain an excess of some one material
and fall short in others. To feed stock
in the winter upon any one of these
is certain to fail to receive the best OF
results. During the summer, in con-
nection with grass, this may not be so
apparent, as the grass will supply a
considerable part OF what the others
lack. To feed the same kind every
day, even if two or three materials
are used, is also Objectionable, as the
stock will tire of it and need a change.
Corn fodder at noon, hay at night,
bran and cut oats in the morning
make a very good feed for cattle.
sheep and horses, but the same kind
fed day after day with the stock
confined the greater portion Of the
time will not secure the best results.
The stock will tire of the round and
will not eat with relish, and when
they are doing this they are not max
ing the growth they should; or if you
are breeding milk cows there will be a
falling off in the quantity of the milk.
A very little change will help con-
siderably, and by planning ahead
there ought not to be any difficulty in
securing a good supply that with a
little management will enable you to
make up a good variety. Corn and
corn fodder, oats in the sheaf, as grain
and the straw, wheat straw. clover,
millet and timothy hay, roots, such as
turnips, beets, carrots and parsnips,
pumpkins. bran and shorts, with corn
and oil meal, can all be secured and
by combining will make up good
variety, and in such form that the
stock will relish and enable the farmer
to keep them in better condition ut a
less cost than when one or two. or even
three, materials are depended upon.
Corn and hay for horses. hay and
corn, with little bran, for COWS, corn
and corn fodder, with hay, for sheep.
and corn for hogs is with by far too
many the winters plan of feeding. and
in the spring the stock shows plainly
the effects. Fall is the time to make
up variety. It can be done with less
trouble than later, while by providing
the task of keeping the stock in good,
thrifty condition all winter will be
much easier.-M j. Shetherd, IN d.
tr0it Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-13
TACMAGE ON ART.

Tho Brooklyn Elvine Expire SOS Some
Strong and Heroic Opiniots.
The chief attraction of Rev. De Witt
Ta!mage is his capacity for saying
things. A man attracts attention and
admiration when he has the nerve to
say publicly what every body THINKS
privately. but dares, not say. His SER
mon. Satan an Artist" is defense
of a t as power for good. He claims
that the world brain is q picture gall
lery of Impressions and scenes, that
our lives ara nodded by the character
Of pictures we study. He then makes
this bold assertion:
1t is not in the spirit Of prudery, but bse*.d
mp by Gods eternal trnth. when say tina; you
have no right to hang in your ART rooms or
your dwell houses tat whrh Won 10
offensive TO good people II tue figures were
alive in your parlor and the CUES s. OF your
household A pour, that you havs TO hang
In somewhat seciu ed place. or that in a
luhlic IiHll you can not " th g CUP OF friends
del b rsteiy stand before mi discuss, ostzIt
have knife stabbed into i ut the top nj
cut through 10 tho bottom, and q stout fine
thrust Ii on the right size ripping clear lhr, . N
70 the left
The proportion of people Who have
studied art until technique and artistic
sense of color aad form destroy their
first natural conception of the subject,
is very small. Surgeons. in the tech.
nique OF their art, necessarily and
properly lose that sense of personality
or individuality which would make
their business horrible to the non-pro-
fessional man or woman. Men and
women. not versed in artist science,
Who look at pictures only rs such. can
not but shrink from, canvas on which
il painted WHIST they have been taught
Is contrary to law, religion, conven-
tionality. good taste and modes,y.
People dread being laughed ut So
they stand smiling ontwardly. shrink
ing inwartiiy. before pictures they dare
not condemn. They feel a. sensi-
tive man or woman would if forced to
witness a horrible surgical operation.
and told II would betray ignorance to
cry out at the sight Of blood and quiv-
ering. Needing flesh; that it would be-
token fAlse sensibility TO writhe as the
knife laid open toeight the muscles and
tendons that nature has hidden from
view, has meant to conceal -NinMsup-
oils Tribune.