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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21
The Ex-Pre.i lent in Florida.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March ELK
President Cleveland and party were shown
over the oity yesterday and received a warm
welcome from the citizens. An informal re-
eeption was held at the Ponce de Leon hotel
last night. The party lsft for Tampa to-day
at Ia O'clock thence by shlp to Cuba direct
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21

THE republicans of the Third ward
couldn't find anyone willing to sacrifice
himself for the good OF the party. and no
nomination was made for aldermen The
Bloody Third" will be solidly democrat.
ic this wear,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21

TIE city campaign may no W said to be
fairly on. and yet the voice of one VIM.
MoPheeters is still shrouded in deep and
direful silence. We hope the reverend
gentleman hasn't already fallen in the
souD
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21
Handsome Present to CoIman.

WASHINGTON CITY, March 21.-The Off
cials and employees of the agricultural de-
partment presented to ex-Secretary Colman
q handsome oak antique hall clook, eight
feet high, with chimes and cathedral gong.
J. r. Dodge, the statistician, made the pre-
sentation address. Professor Riley and others
also made remarks Ex-Secrstary Colman
responded In a fitting manner
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21
The Hungarian Premier stoned.

PEsTH, March 21.-As Premier Tisza was
leaving the chamber yesterday afternoon he
was pelted with stones by a group of polit-
ical opponents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21
The Rock Island, Ills, Dam.

WASHINGTON CITY, March 2l,-A board of
ordnance officers, to consist of Lieut. Col. A.
r. Burlington, Capt A. L. Varney, and Capt.
Charles Shaler, has been appointed to meet at
Rock Island arsenal, Illinois, next Friday, to
examine and report on plans and material for
reconstructing the government dam.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21
Another of Those Con.cieuce-E..er..

WASHINGTON CITY, March 2l.-Treasurer
Hyatt yesterday received a conscience con-
tribution of $40 in an envelope marked Cleve-
land. The sender requested that the money
be placed to the credit of profit and loss"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21

Who lays snare for others falls therein
himself. Use Warmers Log Cabin Liver
Pills. you will find them no snare for
yourself or others; the benefit derived
from them is immediate and permanent.
% cents bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21

South African chief sold gold mine
to an English speculator for a hand or
gan and rug. 1t wal a pretty near APP
proach to "a kingdom for horse"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21
The weather we Nav Expeot.

WAsHINGToN CITY, March 2l.-The indica-
tions for thirty-six hours from D. m. yester-
day are as follows: For Iowa-Light rain;
colder weather; mort lwest-rly winds For
Indiana, Illinois, Mic hisan and wisconsin
Fair weather; stations ry temperature; north
easterly winds.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21
Shocked butResiigned
The Situation in the Fuller and
Aubery Families.
PARDON AWAITS THE RUNAwAYs.

Cupid Is n Small Deity. but He Generally
Gets There" In Spite of a Rough
Notwithstanding of the Romance That
Took on Reality at Milwaukee Tuesday
-Pater and Mater Aubery interviewed
The Chief Justice Declines to Talk,
but Mrs. Fuller's Heart and Arms Are
Open to the Young Wife.
CHICAGO, March 2l.-The news contained
In the telegram in these dispatches yesterday
reporting the elopement and marriage of
Miss Pauline Fuller, the l9-year-old daughter
of Chief Justice Fuller, of the United States
supreme court, to Mr.. j. Matt Aubery, only
son of J. NJ. Aubery, of this city, created
eommotion in society circles in this city
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21
ANNOUNCEMENT.

TOWNSHIP COLLECTOR.
The undersigned wonld respectfully announce
to his friends and the public that he Is candl.
date for township collector subject to the will OF
the democratic city township convention.
PETER FREY.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21

WASHINGTON OITY, March 2l.-Mrs Har-
rison was better yesterday. Her throat still
troubled her, and she was not able to receive
visitors, but she vas much better than she
was Tuesday.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21
Ex-Conxre.s,nan Seriously III.

WASHINGTON CITY, March 2l.-Peter Paul
Mahoney ex-member of congress from the
Fourth New York district, lies seriously i'll
at the Arlington hotel in this city.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21
NICARAGUA CANAL IN PLASTER.
Perfect Model of the Country Throug
Which the Big Ditch VIII Pass.

Perfect Model of the Country Through
Which the Big Ditch VIII Pass.
WASHINGTON CITY, March 21-Promoters
and engineers connected with the Nicara-
guam canal have completed q remarkable
model of the canal in plaster Of paris. which
has been on exhibition here for the past two
days 1t has attracted great deal of attsn-
ton, and has been inspected by large num-
Der of prominent officials, army and navy
and engineer officers. The model, thirty feet
long and Ave feet wide, is an accurate rep
resentation, as shown by recent surveys Of
the country through which the canal is to be
constructed
A. c. Cheney, of New York, president Of
the Canal Construction company, who has
been in Washington City for several days,
says work will be begun at Greytown, on the
eastern side, where the harbor approaches
have to be deepened, and railroad has to be
built across the swampy land ten miles into
the interior, and where, on the uplands, the
company proposes to build quarters for their
workmen, using the railroad to convey the
men to and from their work In the harbor
to their homes. The forests will at once be
cleared away along the proposed route of the
canal from Greytown to Lake Nicaragua, and
telegraph line will be built across to the
Pacific coast
Help Wanted for Starving Chinese.
WASHINGTON CITY, March21 The United
States consul general at Shanghai has in
formed the state department, at the request
of the Shanghai committee of the north
China relief fund, of the distress existing
over large area of China, the result Of
floods in the Yellow river sections and Of
droughts in portions of the provinces Of
Kiang Su and Anhui The committee de-
sires to invite the charitable people Of the
world to respond to its request for funds.
Thousands are starving and dying from sx-
posure in northern China Relief has al
ready been received from America and Eng
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21
Another Irish Editor Sent to Jail.

DUBLIN, March 81 Mr. O'Mahony, editor
of The Tipperary Nationalist, was sentenced
to two months impri sonment yesterday for
intimidation.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21

A crying sin-taking babies to
theatre.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-21

Water bOnds-Temperance pledges.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Praying and Working.

There is the closest relation subsisting be.
tween effectual prayer and earnest work.
No one can come to an habitual experience
of prayer who is willing to be slothful ser.
want. No one can work for God without
drawing His strength directly from Him in
heavenly intercourse. The Rev. Andrew
Murray, in his recent book, entitled With
Christ in the School Of Prayer, truthfully
says:
HE that would do the works Of Jesus
must pray in His name He that would pray in
His name must work in His name. Alas!
how much working there is in the work OF
God, in which there is little or nothing to be
seen of the power to do anything like Christ's
works. not to speak Of greater works. There
can be but one reason; the believing on Him,
the believing prayer in His name, this is so
much wanting. Efectual working needs
first effectual prayer.
"And now for the second lesson: He who
would pray must work. It is in working
that the power for the effectual prayer Of
faith will be gained. 1t is the disciple who
gives himself wholly to live for Jesuss work
and kingdom, for His will and honor, to
whom the powcr will come to appropriate
the promises. He that would fain grasp the
promises when he wants something very
special for himself, will be disappointed, be.
cause he would make Jesus the servant OF
his own comfort But to him who seeks to
pray the effcctual prayer Of faith, because
be needs it for the work Of the Master, to
him it will be given>to learn it; because ne
has made himself the servant Of his Lords
interests. Prayer not only teaches and
strengthens to work; work teaches and
strengthens to pray"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Extinction OF an A laskan Tribe.

Mrs. VOORHEES,, an Alaskan missionary,
tells about the extinction of 9 whole
tribe of Indians at Sitka. That hap
pened about eight years ago on st. Louis
island, aknor of hills and valleys per-
haps 800 miles north of st. Paul and
500 or 900 miles west of Sitka in Behring
Sea. A trading vessel visited the island
that autumn after the departure of the
revenue cutter, whose business in the
neighborhood, was the running down of
marauding vessels that trade firearms,
ammunition and liquor to the natives of
the Hundred Islands. This craft traded
the natives of St. Louis barrels of whisky
for their furs, and they, with an avidity
that would have done credit to their
more enlightened brother, hastened to
get outside of the aforesaid liquor with
out first taking heed for the morrow,
which in this case was an extremely cold
winter. with little fuel in store and less
provisions and clothing. They not only
didn't 90 home till morning, they kept
full for o week and longer. Before their
Leads had diminished to the normal size
the whole population of the island,
eighty men. women, children and pap
pooses, had been frozen to death. Some
of the dead bodies were in the huts and
some outside. That would seem to be
evidence that portion had recovered
consciousness enough to break away from
their enslaving surroundings and seek to
save their lives by finding food and
warmth. York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
yh-Riding by Gaslight.

From Alexandria, Ind, to Anderson
is twelve miles, along the Anderson and
Alexandria turnpike. This winter the
beaux of the two places have an oppor-
tunity to give the girls sleigh rides by
gaslight for that whole distance, with
no extra charge for the illumination.
The pike runs through a wealthy and
thickly settled community, and the
farmers are already we'll supplied with
gas from wells that they have drilled on
their farms. They have for some time
kept fambeaux burning all night in front
of each house for the convenience of
travellers, and now they propose to re-
duce the thing to system and establish
q regular line of lights for the whole
twelve miles. All that it will cost will
be the laying of little tubing to get the
lights at regular intervals, and the price
of few boxes of matches with which
to touch the torches off every evening,
The gas comes free.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Do the Next Thing.

A writer in the Evangelist offers this SEN
sible piece Of advice to the great multitude
of people who are inclined to cross bridges
before they come to them:
There are more persons who worry about
matters that belong altogether to the future
than there are who are anxious to DO well
the duty of the present moment. If we
would simply do always the next thing. we
should be relieved Of all perplexity. This
would also insure our doing well whatever
God gives us to do. Instead Of looking lar
on for. our duty, we should then lind 1t
always close before us. Instead OF trying
to make out what we ought to do next year,
or six years hence, we should ask only what
we shall do the present hour. Instead OF
looking for our duty in large sections, we
should then receive it in detail. The law OF
divine guidance is "step by step" One
who carries lantern on count y road at
night sees only one step before him. II he
takes that, he carries his lantern forward,
and thus makes another step plain. At
length he reaches his destination in safety,
without once stepping into darkness. The
whole way has been made light for him,
though only single step Of it at time.
This illustrates the usual method OF GODS
guidance His Word ''is a lamp unto the
feet" 1t is lamp, not blazing sun, not
even lighthouse, but plain, common
lamp or lantern which one can carry about
in bis hand. It is lamp unto the feet"
not throwing its beams afar, not iliumining
a hemisphere, but shining only on the one
little bit Of road on which the pilgrims feet
are walking.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Discovered Russia's Great Secret.

In one of the stores on Broadway
lately I noticed some fine Russia leather
goods Of various kinds, and was tempted
through curiosity to take closer look at
them.
'Whyis it," asked the proprietor,
'that these goods cannot be manufac-
tured in this country as well as In Rus
sia2"
"Bless your heart" he said, 'these
goods are made right here, in this coun-
try, and neither Russia nor any other
place can make them any better. You
see, for a long while Russia enjoyed a
monopoly at this sort of work until a
Connecticut Yankee happened on the
scene and caught on, so to speak, to the
secret of its manufacture. This leather
was manufactured in large factory situ-
ated in one of the towns OF Northern
Russia. The owners possessed some secret
about curing the leather which they
iealously guarded. England and other
countries sent operatives TO this factory
to learn the secret, but when man once
entered the factory it was life job with
him. He had to stay there. Othe- men
were sent there disguised, but so care
fully was the place watched that nothing
could be learned. and finally all attempts
at discovering the secret were aban-
doned and the Russians were allowed to
continue their monopoly undisturbed,
although many limitations of it were
manufactured.
"About this time the late Marshall P.
Jewell was Minister to Russia from this
country. Mr.. Jewell had been brought
up in the leather business and was then
tile owner of several tanneries In Con-
necticut. Of course he had heard of this
now famous factory, and, more from GU
riosity than from any desire to learn the
secret of the business, he expressed a
wish to inspect the works. The Russian
authorities never suspected that Mr..
Jewell was interested in the leather
business himself, and the factory own
ers, who were aided by the Government
in maintaining their secret, felt rather
complimented that Mr.. Jewell should
have expressed such desire, and ac-
cordingly Mr.. Jewell, as it were, was
given the freedom of the factory For
three days the United States Minister re.
mained in the Russian town and visited
the factory many times. He was quick
to catch on and he did catch on so
much so that on his return to the United
States he determined to put the knowl-
edge he had thus acquired to q practical
test. The result was that Mr.. Jewell waa
soon manufacturing Russia leather on
his own account. His first experiment
was perfect success. and now, as con:
sequence, this sort of leather, as you will
perceive, is manufactured in this country
equal in every respect to the best that
Russia can turn out. t."-Ne0 York Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Make Haste.

Some years ago when travelling through
Palestine, we were nearly benightei. We
had left Hebron in the morning, and had
come leisurely along, passing through Beth
lehem, and visiting the gardens OF solomon
on the way. The sun began to get low ere
we caught our first glimpse Of Jerusalem,
and on reaching the plain of Rephalm we
had to increase our speed. In little time
the sun set, and we saw q man come out
from the Jaffa gate and stand upon hill
lock, shouting with all his might. as if fore
warning OF danger, and gesticulating wildly,
as if to call our attention to what he was an
nouncing
''What is the man saying'" we asked our
guide.
"What does that mean!"
"Come alongl Come alongl"
We now found we were about to be shut
out, and this messenger had come out to
warn us that the gate was about to be
closed. We made haste, as we did not at
all relish the thought of being kept all night
outside the walls. We were just in time, no
more. We enter ed, and the gate closed be-
hind us. 1.-THE door was shut" (Matt.
XIV: 10)
The lesson we learned was, "Make haste!"
q lesson which some OF US never forgot.
So near being shut out Of the earthly Jeru.
salem! W nat II IL were 10 De HOG ulllooe ou'
altogether shut out of the Heavenly City!
No time to lose Too much lost already!
A few days after similar incident oe-
Cured, which furnished another lesson. we
had been wandering all the aftern DON on the
Mount of Olives, not needing the time. But
at last we saw the sun going down. we
FASTENED to the nearest gate on the east slda
of the CITY, 1t was closed. There was no
admittance. We hastened round the walls
to the other gate, which we knew to be kept
open little longer. When we reached 1t
we found ourselves excluded. The gate was
shut. We were told, however, that possibly
the gatekeeper might relent and LET
us in. Alas! the keys had gone to the gov.
ernnr.
What were we to dol It was suggested that
q piece of silver might soften the guards
heart, and bring the keys back again. SO
we thrust suitable coin in at the keyhole
and waited. In a few minutes the gate
opened, and we passed in. The bribe had
prevailed. But our admission was against
law.
The lesson for us was "Be in time" The
gate stands open. The entrance is free Ihe
way is plain. Lose not n moment, upon
one lost moment eternity hinges; and
sit is no trife to lose eternity"
Eternal joy, eternal sorrow-such is the al
ternative.-TDr. Bonar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Geese and Their Feathers.

It is printed that the annual consump-
ton of feathers in this country for bed
ding purposes is estimated to amount to
1000, 600 pounds. TO furnish this
5000, 900 healthy geese must give up
their feathers IN year. The geese
furnishing these downy pillows and beds
of case are to be found mainly in South.
ern Illinois, hIissuri Arkansas, Ten
nessee and Kentucky. The climate is
cold enough to cause the feathers to be
fine and soft, and not too cold to make
their care a matter of improbable labor
10 farmers. Below this territory the
feathers arc quilly and free from down; {;
above, the cold winters make geese
farming Improbable, for when the
goose can't find food for herself, because
of frozen land and water she has to be
fed, and she'll eat as much corn as .
sheep.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Don't be grumbler.
Don't try to get ahead of time.
Extravaganza is not generosity.
Truth is like torch; when shaken It
shines.
To do so no more is the truest re-.
pentance.
There is a vast deal of vital air in
loving words.
Were words ideas, what an ideal world
this would be.
Character is a diamond that scratches
every other stone.
A friend without discretion is more to
be feared than an enemy in armor.
Be gentle! The sea is held in check,
not by a wall of brick, but by a beach of
sand.
Abuse may not be criticism, but some
times the latter sounds very much like
the former.
No consciousness of rectitude will en-
tirely take away the sting of being
cruelty misjudged.
A man who is willing to enter society
as a beneficiary is mean, and does not
deserve recognition.
There are fewer sadder sights in this
world than that of mates whom the
passage of years have mis-mated.
Society is not very particular what a
man does, 80 that it proves him to be a
man; it will then bow to him and make
room for him.
When the storms of life are upon US,
we forget that they pass successfully
away; and when they are gone, we
wonder that we should not have been
calmed and composed by this long-known
truth.
Economy does not consist in borrow:
ing an old, broken-facsd hammer, and
mashing your thumb-nail with it, so
you will be a cripple for q week,
when q new hammer could be bought
for half dollar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
A Notable Trim In O Balloon.

Mr.. O. A. eager. the New York china
merchant, is famous in aeronautlcs, pe-
cause of the fact that he was one OF the
four who made the longest balloon trip
on record, 1856 miles, from st. Louis to
a point in jefferson County in this State.
This was away back in '59, but the
record has never been broken. Mr.
eager believes it will be some day, now
ever, for he has finn faith that the ocean
can be crossed in safety and in less than
forty-eight hours time, whenever the
conditions are observed.
In speaking of the Campbell expert
ments in air navigation, he gave an
interesting account of his first venture
in ballooning and how Mr.. La Mountain
guided the machine in which they made
the ascent. They started from Benningi
ton, VT, and sailing eastward were soo1
approaching the Connecticut River at
Brattleboro.
.See that feldl" remarked Mr.. La
Mountain. ':I'm going to land there"
To change the course of tine balloon
80 as to accomplish this purpose the
aeronaut took of his hat and waved it
gently to and fro under the mouth of the
balloon. This slight and crude 'spro-
peller" was quite powerful enough to
change the altitude and bring the balloon
into a different current of air, which
brought the voyagers to the exact spot
indicated. 1--WE landed so safely we
wouldn't have broken an egg," said MIR.
eager.
Subsequently propeller, construc ted
on principles developed by MIR. La
Mountain, was attached to the Wise
balloon as part OF its equipment tor its
memorable journey. The apparatus was
disabled, however, by one Of the party
stepping on fragile part.
"That was great journey" said MIR.
eager. ave went 1l56 miles in nine
teen hours. It was quiet enough till we
struck the tornado. When we heard ID
first we were near Niagara Falls, and we
thought it was the noise Of that cataract.
We went 1876 miles in fifty minutes;
passing the whole length OF Lake
Ontario IN that time. When it became
apparent that we must make landing,i
Professor Wise gave us the choice to-
drop to the lake. so the boat would drag
and, in Wise's own words, let the
balloon drag herself ashore like an ex-
hausted elephant, or trust to the anchor
and make shore landing. We took
the latter chance. But when the anchor
caught it snapped like pin-book, and
we rushed through the tops of the trees
with the full force of the tornado. Our
path through the forest looked as il two
locomotives had torn through the foliage.
But we landed without scratch. -
Meu YvrE Sun. ''.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
TEMPERANCE.
"It's Nothing to Me"

"It's nothing to me" the mother said,.
~ have no fear that my boy will tread
The downward path of sin and shame,
And crush my heart and darken his name"
It was something to her when her only son
From the path Of right was early won
And madly cast in the flowing bowl
A ruined body and shipwrecked soul
"Its nothing to me" the young man cried;
In his eyes was flash OF scorn and pride
II heed not the dreadful things you tell;
can rule myself, know full WELL"
Twas something to him when in prison he lay,
The victim of drink-life ebbing away
As he thought of the wretched child and wife.
And the mournful wreck of his wasted life.
"Its nothing to me-" the voter said,
"The partys loss is my greatest dread"
Then he gave his vote for the liquor trade,
Though hearts were crushed and drunkards
made.
It was something to him in after life,
When his daughter became drunkards
wife,
And her hungry children cried for bread,
And trembled to hear their fathers tread.