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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-19
THREE LITTLE NIGGERS."
They EffectuaIly Cook the offieiaI Goose
OF Southerner.

OF Southerner.
WASHINGTON CITY, July 10 Gen Slaugh-
Ter narrowly escaped being appointed United
States marshal for the southern district of
Alabama yesterday. There were several
other candidates, but the general is an active
Republican and was so strongly Endorsed for
the position that Attorney General Miller
had almost decided to appoint him when,
upon opening his mail yesterday morning, he
found a most serious charge was preferred
az sinst the favorite candidate. Gen.
Slaughter WAS sent for
The General Blushed.
General" said Mr. Miller, before / can
further consider your candidacy you must
explain away this charge against your char
acter"
He handed Gen Slaughter document
signed by dozen or two Alabama Repub-
licans. In it the general WAS accused OF be-
ing the father of "three little niggers," Gen.
Slaughter read, blushed, and hung his head
The attorney general was surprised
But Couldn't Deny 1t.
Can it he possible that the accusation is
truei7 he said
Yes, sir; l can not deny it"
The attorney general was horror -strick en-.
At last he said: "Gen. Slaughter, but for
this you would have had your commission
today. am afraid we can do nothing for
you, and the candidate left.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-19
THE MISCHIEF TO PAY IN AAYTL
HippoIyte Begins the Assault on Port-au-

HiPPoIyte Higgins the Assault on POrt-au-
Prince.
NEw YORK, July IA letter to The
Times from Port-au- Prince, dated July Q,
says: Port-au-Prince, within the last few
days, has been in a state bordering on frenzy
Hippolyte has assaulted the extreme out
works He is being held IA check at the present
writing. Legitime L. impressing into the
ranks every man capable of carrying rife.
The people have been delIrious with excite
ment The minister of war has executed some
of the prisoners with his own hands Hip
polyte Is burning farm-housrs and villages
in the very sight Of the city. All foreigners
have bsen threatened with determination,
but the United States naval force Is on hand,
prepared to take the city If necessary.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-19
powd.,,v,. Board at Chicago.

CHICAGO, July lathe work done yes
terday by Master Workman Powderly and
his associates on the <. of L. executive
board, was mostly of a routine character.
The most important business of the day was
the releasing of coal mine owned by the
organization near Canneisburg, Ind to the
present lessees for period of ten years
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-19
Railway sold for -. ooo 400

DENVER, Cob. 10 The Denver and South
Park railroad has been sold under foreclos-
ure for $4,000 TO a committee of the cid
stockholders 1t is understood that the road
| will be managed by the Union Pacific
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-19
VIII Make EIIa a nnke

LONDON, July l9-It Is officially an
nounced that the queen will confer duke
dom upon the Earl of Fife, who Is to marry
Princess Louise of Wales
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-19

LONDON, July la-In the shooting for the
Stewart prize Yesterday, seven shots at 600
yards, Hud ileston. of the Massachusetts
Rifle team, came Off the victor, making a
score Of "a out of pOSs bile -
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-19
Cannot Act as Arbitration

CHICAGO, July l9.-Lyman j. Gage SAYS
he cannot act as arbitrator in the matter of
the striking Braidwood miners, for want of
time, and has telegraphed the parties inter.
ested to that effect
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-19
Voted Against Going to Work

BRAZIL, Ind, July IA secret ballot was
taken yesterday by the miners in this dis
trict on the question of going to work and it
is stated that the men voted mo" four to
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
The True Inwardness Of a Tool.

1 know of n lady who is very mad at
her husband because lie fell in with the
boys q few nights ago and went out ON
a "toot." l presume it is unnecessary
to explain here what "toot" is. Near
ly every full grown male adult in the
world had a "toot" or two in his life.
and 1 would be inclined to suspect the
man who would plead "not guilty" to
that impeachment. A "toot" is neces.
sarily something riotous. To be frank
a "toot" means strong drink, cards per-
haps, a front row in the varieties, NAV
he a supper after the opera, and al.
ways a hack ride in the small hours.
In the abstract a "toot" is very wrong.
1t is degrading and pernicious-a
shameless sort of folly, in short, that
correct morals q not and should not
openly c%ountenance. But it is natural.
and l want to say to this much Offend
ed wife that in the majority of times a
foot" is a good thing for some men.
Its consequences are remorse and
shame. Any good man who goes off
on a foot" at long intervals-say once
or twice a ~year-alwavs loves and re-
spects the purity of his w home
more after the "toot" than lie did be-
fore. Tho gilded bad things he sees
and does on u "toot" are SURE to suffer
by comparison with the virtue and
dignity of his home and that of itself
is sufficient to make him very much
ashamed of his folly and very tender
and regardful of those his conscience
is sure to tell him lie has wronged.
Besides, a atoot" gives him the head
ache and fills limfull of good resolves.
] do not want it understood by what /
have written here that 1 indorse "toot-
ing" On the other hand i regard it
as something that is essentially legrad-
ing and vicious. 1 merely claim that
there are worse things than a "toot,"
and occasionally u "toot" is excnsablc.
For example, when a man is detected,
when SORROW has EAST him down, when
misfortune has given him the blues OF.
ennui seizes him, it is not so bad after
all to seek surcease in q "toot." And
1 want to say again that the married
man who "toots" occasionally is not
half so dangerous a citizen us that one
who, while observing the most correct
habits, forgets his wife and his home
all the time to make diligent love to
other women and goes through society
a wolf in lambs clothing, doing what
harm lie can i'll any home without com
junction under the guise of immacu-
late responsibility. / think the wife
to whom 1 refer in this case ought to
forgive her husband without further
agitation. I am sure lie will not go
footing around again very soon, and
this II @toot" has only served to make
him ashamed of himself andtoincrease
his respect and love for the purity Of
his home circle. Forgive him. He
knew what he did, but the old ljoy
hadn't had a racket for s;ich a long
time that he couldn't help it.-Louis.
allie Truth.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
Grow Old Gracefully.

The art Of growing old gracefully con
sists in remaining young. It's possible
to grow old very fast. Byron died at
36, Shelley at 30, and Keats at 25 years
of age. But they had already thought
and felt enough to fill the measure of
more than a common life. We do not
mention their names to prove that
genius is destined to a brief +
Byron wore himself out with dissipation,
Shelley was drowned and Keats died
from q disease to which he had o con
stitutional tendency. Many of the most
illustrious men Of action and of thought,
many of the worlds hardest workers,
have lived to o great age. But some
natures are SO intense that they burn
out like a candle supplied with an ex-
of oxygen. The calm, the equable.
the moderate livers are apt to run a
longer race. There are men who grow
old because their lives run in a narrow
and shallow channel. They lack the
cheer and the inspiration of diversified.
pursuits and varied interests. Every
new interest, il it is legitimate, is q new
hold upon life. Gladstone is the young
est man in his party. He knows some
thing Of nearly everything, . vast deal
of many things, and there is apparently
nothing in which he is not Interested.
He snow an octogenarian ;but he is still
q great political leader, . great orator,
Q great writer, and a great financier.
We should say he never knows what It
II TO pass Q dull day. His secret con-
sists largely in the faculty which he has
Of passing with ready zest from one
sphsre Of activity 70 another. -Neu Or.
leans Picayune
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
THE AFRICAN MASSACRE.

C. m .irimation of the Death Of DIR. Peters
--lsritisli Interests Will be Protected.
Dispatches received at the London
foreign Office from Zanzibar confirm the re.
port Of the massacre of DIR. Peters and his
party Of natives near Korkora, east Africa.
Since the news arrived of the homsward
march Of Stanley with Emin Pasha and
his party and Of the reported disaster to
ID. PAters' relief %expepition the British
East African company has been picking
up all the hest available men to
send U to protect its territories
from raids by the rebellious natives.
Capt. Lugard, whose name is we'll known
In connection with the Lake Nyassa
troubles, and Mr.. George 8. Mackenzie
and $50 men left for Mombassa this week.
The latest news from that region indicates
that all the native elements are up in arms
and are for the moment brethren in O
common cause-to drive out the now de-
tsstsd foreigners This serious uprising on
the part Of the natives 10 attributed to
Capt. Ntssmann's attempt to increase the
sphere OF German influence by extsrminst-
ing the people.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
Imperial Indifference.

Emperor William, who is naturally
of an excitable and nervous tempera-
ment, never loses any opportunity to
school himself to prevent any display
of feeling. A few nights ago he gave
o most astonishing exhibition of abso-
lutte s%elf-control and even cold-blooded-
ness During the state performance
marriage of the Empress sister 10
Prince Frederick Leopold, the dress of
the premiere danseuse caught fire from
a gasEjet in the wings, and in a mo-
ment she was wrapped from head to
foot in a sheet of fame. With great
presence of mind the principal basso,
who was standing near by draped in
Roman toga and waiting to Ego on,"
dashed her to the ground, and tearing
the toga from his shoulders envclopei
her in its capacious folds, thereby ex-
tinguishing the flames. She was, how
ever, SO badly burned that, during
three days her life was despaired of
and as it is the poor girl will be distig-
ured for life. Her rescuer was also
badly burned. about the hands. arms
and face.
The incident, although concealed
from the major portion of the audience,
was plainly visible from beginning to
end to the Emperor, who was seatedin
one of the stage boxes. Notwithstand-
the exciting nature of the scene, he
neither raised o hand nor even moved
in his chair, but remained apparently
Indifferent and unconcerned, coldly
gazing on the young girl battling with
the cruel flames. Only at the conclu-
sion of the act did he send one of his
aids-de-camp to make inquiries as to
the condition of the sufferers.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
Johns l.oye.Making.

AS a pretty young typewriter sat ut
her desk near an Office window looking
out on Fulton street the other day,
working rapidly with her nimble fin
gers. she felt the consciousness of q
strangers eyes upon her and raised her
own only to meet those of Chinaman.
The Chinaman wa gazing at her most
intently. The young lady went on
with her work, thinking the strange
figure would depart, but it moved not,
neither did it speak for some minutes.
After gazing at her intently the figure
glided noislessly into the office and said.
to ono of the clerks: Mclean gal
muchee likee Chinee.' The Celestial
departed as noislessly a he had come
in. The next day and the next the yell
low man in blue clothes stood silently
at the window and gazed at the pretty
typewriter, who grew more and more
nervous at this dumb admiration. One
day two weeks ago she found at her
desk a package. 1t vas interesting. It
was wrapped in o Chinese cloth of gold
en- tissue, embroidered in Chinese fig
ures. Removing this she discovered a
box of PAPER mache, wrought in Won
derotls designs. Lifting the lid revealed
a thin white paper with '.Melican girl
written upon it. Beneath this lay a
wealth of sweets, nuts and candies.
The young lady distrusted these en-.
ticing things and she would not touch
the stuff and SO the other employees
finished the contents for her. The
Chinaman and the boxes.came regularly
for a few days. The last visit was a
few days ago. He entered the office in
o garb the emperor might have envied.
In his hand he held q lighted candle
that the Chinese used as an hour glass.
Placing it before the startled girl he
said, solemnly: "Mally while light
burn" The girl in terror smatched the
candle and blew it out. and then the
Chinaman, showing for the first time
some human emotion, left her presence
with o face ~passionless and solemn
ByOOkLun Citizen.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
Birds Seen from an Ocean Steamer.

Sir Edwin Arnold, in an account of
his voyage to America, says: Every
day we see, playing round the ship
and skimming up and down the wave
hollows, companies of lovely little terms
and sea swallows, the latter no larger
than thrushes. These fearless people
of the waste have not by any means
followed us from the land, living, as
gulls often will, on the waste thrown
from the vessel. They are vague and
casual roamers of the ocean, who, spy
ing the great steamship from afar, have
sailed close up to see if we are q rock
or an island, and will then skim away
again on their own free and boundless
business. Yonder tiny bird. with pur-
pie and green plumage, his little breast
and neck laced with silver, is distant
1000 miles at this moment from . drop
of fresh water, and yet cares no more
for that fact than did the Irish squire
who "lived twelve miles from Q lemon"
II his wings ever grow weary it is but
great billow and suffer it for . time to
rock and roll him amid the kissing
spindrift. the milky flying foam and
the broken sea lace which forms and
CLEANS and disappears again upon the
dark slopes. When he pleases, . stroke
of the small red foot and q beat Of the
wonderful wing launch him off from
the jagged edge of his billow, and he
fits past us at 100 knots an hour.
laughing steam and canvas to scorn.
and steering for some nameless craR in
Labrador or Fundy, or bound, II. may
be, homeward for some island or marsh
of the far-away Irish coast. Marvel
ously expressive Of power a. u our
untiring engine. which all day and eli.
night throbs and pants md pulses in
noisy rhythm under the deck, what :
clumsy, imperfect affair it is compared:
TO the dainty plumes and delicate mus.
Giles which viii carry thai. pretty. fsef~
less ~ swallow back 70 his roost.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
George Washington from Paris to the Chi

George Washington from Paris to the Chi
Il g Inter Ocean.
There is u very curious fact with regard
to the name and family Of Washington in
hid dw:ndle 7 down to three Males
The finn iy--d:tting back to- II certain Bar.
dull. mentioned in the Doomsdav Book.
whose slcat-grand on WIS Lord OF Wash
i~nGtnn-srrcad oit within six or seven gen.
er::ionS into va ious blanches. They all
bore the na,ne OF Washington. Thus there
were Washing.ons of Durham. Wcstmore-
ian J. Lancashire. NOrtliamptonshire. and
York. This last was the first cradle OF tho
family. AT one time the name must have
been counted ny hundreds.
Now that which these gentlemen of the
He Office cannot do is TO give us any
fha. on why so numerous and healthy d;
stock should have become reduced to three
perse Ms. who could pe"letuate the name.
john. tic srn Of laurence. had left us sew.
eral generations back TO go to America n
BEGIN tho making Of the name glorious
thern. He vas OF the Northampton race.
IldscGms to have taken the luck Ut the fam.
lily ;lwuy witt him.
Sufficient has been suid II written of
the crout Generals pedigree. But this is
What VIC know about ourselves: We believe
that We branchei OIL from tho original line
forming, the Durham contingent. about
sixteen generations ago. SO that taxing
stdered that. working back sixteen genera-
lions to tho junction and down from that
10 General Washington. we are removed
from him some lGSlS family layers.
Tho curious thing Is that with but one or
two exceptions none of the name of our
family are to be found in England. These
exceptions are from very collateral
branches.
Here. then. were five distinct lines re-
duced from IL powerful outsprend and
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

Americans. which needs some comment in
u letter touching on Washington. /. g., our
gnarterings and crest. These are nearly
identical with those of the President. and
han and Northamptonslire families.
AND what have they done. these quarter
ings? No more nor loss than t~his-suppiied
America with her flag. 1t wa a natural
process. Howshould ayoung state. spring.
resented to the winds and all nations OF
the world? Where choose u fashion how
how to display herself? To one man all
America felt herself behoven. To one man
she believed that she owed the greatest
erty. What moro natural. then. chan to
take tho quarterings and seal Of that man
to whom SO much was owed and transform
them into a flag? And its device-stars
some such consultation us this We may be-
!ieve those .quarterings were taken. The
three stars blossomed out in W%ashinRton's
time to five. and in those later days 1t I'm.
creased to thirteen.
We. as . family. 1t is no untruth to say.
have given the flag to America-we. WASH
tngtons. Whyssingtons. Quassingtons Of
England. or whatever you may like to
call Us.
Tho arms ares: Two bars OF gules; in chief
three mullets OF the second. Crest, q raven
with wings embossed proper, issuing from
adueal cOronet.
b crest. Q bird issuant. may have had
as well something to say in American EN-.
blems. That bird issuant shall spread it's
wings. And why not become m eagle with
wings quite outstretched? As the stars
have multiplied from three to thirteen. the
bird nag become ennobled. Indicating
the spreading fortunes and vsstness Of q
new continent. the humber raven may have
grown into . grander bird. and become the
spread.eagle Of America. her sign and en-
blem.:no. uniting pendant to the star.
spangled banner.
And now some n wilt say. Very well OF
the past. but what OF the preeentf What
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
dwindled down to three brothers. of the
Gateshead Durham family. left to perpetu-

dwindled down to three brothers. of the
Gateshead Durham family. left to perpetu-
ate the race in the year,. say 1880. Onc OF
these. Henry. died unmarried.
Tho rector of l'rington. i'll New Nortliamp-
ton. traces the family from til, North utter
this fishion: h Wasliin. tons. he says.
We're :" Northern family. who livedfor some
limo in Durham and Lancashire. From
Lancashire they came to Northampton.
Tho uncle of the first Laurence Washington
was Sir Thomas kitson. one OF the great
merchants. who in the time of Hcnrys VII.
and VIII. developed the wool trade in the
country. That o trade depended mainly
on the growth of wool and tho creation OF
sheep farms in The midland counties. There
is no 6oubt. IL e%rcfore, that the reason why
Laurence Washington settled in Northamp-
tonsiire. leaving his WI profession. which
WAS that OF u barrister. WIS that he might
tho sheep .proprietors of that county.
Laurence Washington soon became Mayor
OF NORTHAMPTON. and. at tho line of the
dissolution OF tho inconsistencies. became
identified with tho cause OF civil and relig-
iiols liberty. and gained q grant of monastic
lands. sut.srave or Sotgruvc was given to
him. For th,ec generations they remained
at sutgrave. taking. rank amongst the no.
bflity and gentry OF the country. AT the
end of three generations their fortunes
failed. They We're obliged to sell Sutgrave,
and rotire.i to Ellington. From this de-
preston the Washingions recovered by u
singular marriage. The eldest son of the
family had married the hnlf-sistcr of George
Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. They rose
again into great prosperity.
About the cmigrant who was tho great
grandfather of George Washington it is
not easy to discover much. except that he
was knightcd by james 1. in 1929. and thar
there is in the county not only tho tomb of
the father but that of the wife of the youth
who lies buried at ~1slip-on-the-N Men. He
emigrated to tho United States in 1867.
There is u further matter of sympathy
W ourselves. as II family, and the
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

The soldiers of the regular army do
not complain of the quality of their ra-
tions nor of the amount of their monthly
pay; o do they murmur much over
their hard service or their idle life in
garrison. The features of army service
that are most irksome to them are the
everlasting company and squad drills
and the ceaseless round Of guard mount
ing day and night where there is moth
ing to guard. This, with the need
lessly harsh discipline in other respects
and the faults of the recruiting system
itself, may explain the constant stream
Of assertions and the necessity of main
tanning numerous recruiting stations
for the purpose Of filing up the gaps in
the ranks. A relief from the monoton-
ous routine Of garrison duty and . re.
movsl Of the temptations to defraud the
Government would do much to check
desertions in the regular army, without
diminishing the efficiency Of the service.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22
Treading on a Tender Shot.

Miss Porcine-I am afraid, Henry,
that our engagement must be broken.
Papa and mamma are both very angry
with you.
Henry-For heavens sake, Clara,
what have I done to offend them?
Miss Porcine-It is all on account of
the conversation you had with mamma
the other night.
Henry-Why, l spoke of your father
in the highest terms.
Miss Porcine-Yes; you said lie
Sbristles with good sense" You know
papa is ct the Stock Yards, and mamma
thought your allusion to abristles"
simply dreadful aste.-CIicago Her
0kd.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-22

A vEuS pleasing incident at the fun
eral of tho late s. S. Cox, is mentioned
in one ofthe daily papers. It is worthy
of notice, as showing true generosity on
N side and lively gratitude OH the
other. 1t is no wonder that the dead
Congressman had 81 many friends and
was SD sincerely lamented by men Of
both parties. Seated away in the o r
e was n modest woman in mourning
who wept copiously. Nobody seemed
to know hef. To a reporter she told
her story. She said her name was
Charlotte j, Morgan, and that she lived
ut No. % Sanders street, Salem, Mass,
She was the widow of Francis Morgan,
who had died in battle at the heights Of
Fredericksburg. He had left her only
the legacy of n loving memory and a
faithful love. Times were hard on her.
Year after year she had sought for
enough bread from the nation to keep
her alive. She met with no ucces
Eight years ago she read of "Sunset"
Cox, and wrote him her story. He
made inquiries, found her deserving,
and, going to work in earnest, secured
for her not only q pension. but $4,000
back money due. She had only heard
of the death of her benefactor in time
to reach the home and place her mod
est bouquet as q tribute to his memory"