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The national leader., 1889-02-16
Hints for Cold Weather.

Never deem 1t too much trouble to
build a fire when one is necessary, but.
If you can do so comfortably, accustOm
yourself to a moderately warm atmos.
phere.
Tight. we'll built houses are a great
saving Of fuel, but much attention
should be paid to their proper yentlla-
tion.
If no OJher means have been prOvid.
ed, lower one of the windows from the
top nearly an inch, and tack L1ece of
pastebOard on the upper edge OF the
sash in such manner that 1t will di-
rect the air toward the ceiling; in this
way, a draft may be prevented and the
atmosphere will still be kept perfectly
pure.
The best fuel is wood.
1t IS the healthiest because it con-
tains the most oxygen; coal has none.
and consequently the oxygen necessary
for its combustion must be supplied
from the air of the room; this, and not
the escape of the gas, is what usually
renders the air where coal is burned, so
close and oppressive.
Close grained wood, like hickory and
hard maple, gives out the greatest
amount of heat; the open grained. like
pine and Eastwood, heats up the quick.
est.
The value of fuel as a beating mater
lal is determined by the amount of wa.
ter which pound will heat to given
temperature. One pound of wood viii,
convert 40 pounds Of ice into boil ng
water, while pound of coal will heat
nearly 80 pounds. From this We 6ud
that coal Is nearly twice as good for
heating purposes as wood.
1t has been carefully estimated and
proved that coal as S12 ton Is almost
as cheap as wood at S. cord.
Let US also remember during the cold
weather, that physicians insist that
fiannels should be worn next to the
skin.
The national leader., 1889-02-16
TWAIN IN NEVADA
Origin OF Two Stories on Which HI,
Reputation Was Founded.

'sNo man ever led more peculiar
career anywhere than Mark TWAIN did|
in Nevada" said Hon. T. G. Bates
Of the Sage-trush State, to a San Fran
cisco Examiner reporter.
~ remember well when, In 1851. he|
came to Carson with his brother. OrionI
Clemens, the new Secretary of the
Territory. Mark came along, not as
secretary to him as IS popu arly sup-|
posed, but as mere sight-seer. MarkI
was not disposed to work, and neyerI
did work to amount to anything, except|
when he went to the Virginia Enter
prise as reporter. He put In the
whole Of his first winter looking around
Carson, and the next winter he went
over to Humboldt County and did3
some more OF 1t there.
g. always held that circumstances
made him. The two best stories he
ever publ shed, and upon which made
his reputation as humori It, he was
not the original author of at al. These
the Jumping Frog of G laveras
County, and the 'Pie Bitter of Mari.I
posa, were published years and years
before in a Stockton paper by Sam Sea
bOugh, the old California editor
''SeabOugh Was editor of the Stock
ton Independent, and some miners came
down from Calaveras and told him
about the miners there loading frod
up with shot. And it was fact. InI
those days the men in those eampd
would bet about anything, and one daJ
they got to betting how far some frogd
could jump that they had found. One|
miner conceived the idea OF filling one|
of the rival frogs with shot, aud he did
it, and the frog couldn't jump.
"Seabough printed this as news,
which it was, and 1t was copied all
around. and long afterwald it came outI
In Mark Twain'S book.
ain like manner the story of thd
Pie Bitter of Marlposa' was printed by|
SeabOugh. A gang of men had
gathered one night in the saloon below
Seabough's office. There was among
them man with the awfullest mouth
you ever saw. 1t was very big and
curlous-looking. and out of his ponder
Gus lower jaw two teeth were missing.
Somebody came in and azked SeabOugtj
to go down and take look at himl
SeabOugh d d so, and somebody then
asked the man what had happened I'd
his teeth. He said he was pie .bltel
from Mariposa, and had bitten through
as many as thirteen pies at one timel
on several occasions. but that the last
time somebody rung in plate on hlmI
and that was what did it,
ut struck Seabough as an unusually
funny thing, and he fixed it up and
published 1t. Years after. as | have|
said, after the 'Ple-Biter CT MaripOsa'|
had gone the rounds of the press. ii
turned up in Mark Twain's book.
The national leader., 1889-02-16
An Anecdote About Warren.

New stories relating to the generoud
attributes in professional life of the latal
William Warren come to notice now|
that death has removed that veteran
comedian. O0e OF the latest has beer|
told 10 stage man by f. F. Mackayl
now an instructor at the Lyceum|
School Of Acting IN New York, and
formerly manager of the stock COM
pany at the Chestnut Street Theatre iu|
Philadelphia.
Mackay began his career in the stock
company at Albany just before the|
time William Warren, then on his
starring tour, came to that city. The
young Albany actor felt he possessed
histrlon c ability, but not until Warren|
came did he have part that would
offer any chance. Then he was given
the role of an old man who, at theI
cradle of his grandchild from whom heI
Is forced to part. pOurs forth his sorrow
in pathetic words. 1t was a splendedI
opportunity. but the stage had to bel
shared with Warren, and, as Mackay|
well knew. that popular comedian hadj
only to raise finger or wrinkle his facei
to get q laugh and drive the old mans
pathOs to the winds. Anu a star, of
course, looks after his own interests
rather than an under mans.
The night of the performance Mac-|
kay. trembling and nervous, entered
upon his scene, throwing his whole|
heart, however. into the act. AS his
broken and tremulOus voice fnishedI
the lines, he dropped his head on thei
cradle before him, awaiting the verdict.
For moment there was an awful 81
lence; then came a tumult of applauseI
from the audience. Mackay lad had
their attention and sympathy. As hel
rose to make his exit he saw the reason
why. At the rear OF the stage. With
his back to the auditorium, stood War
rem, apparently looking out Ut q win.
dow. and perfectly immovable. 1t wasI
evident he had been in that pOsltionI
throughout the entire scene, instaed OF
taking the centre of the stage. as was |
his right, for as Mackay passed him the
kindly actor whispered, well done,
young man, and after the curtain fell
he added. 81 saw what you were try
ing to do, and wanted you to have theI
stage to yourself; l congratulate you
on the use you made of It,"
The national leader., 1889-02-16
Infant PrOdigIes.

Little Holman, and TO greater ex-
tent little Otto Hegner, gained imme-
diate success, not because they were
clever children, but because they were
fully entitled by their talents TO rank
with grown artists. This being the
fact. their extreme youth was of course
in their favor, in very much she same
way that on the operatic stage, granted
two prfme donne OF equal gifts, the
prett1er girl is worth the higher salary.
In the history of the art, the large
majority OF famous MUSICIANS were
originally prodlgies. Mozart, as every
body knows. was exploited AS Juvenile
phenomenorl, and among the Juvenile|
nrodiuies were Madame Sc umann,|
.Ioa,.him. List, Rubinsteln, Arabella|
Goddard. Patti, Mendelssohn and hosts
of others. ALI these distinguished per-
sons after making certain mark as
children. afterward studied seriously
and assiduously. even a. little Otto|
Hegner has during the autumn been
,o,no nnder Hans Huber. of Bale, ~
"a little HOFFMAN is now doing in
lin.
The national leader., 1889-02-16
Result OF Delay.

Eli Haskins was good, honest
farmer, and considered by his neigh
bors to be in fair circumstances. Even
those who were not disposed to speak
favorAbly of him. and we all know
there be cross-cut people. if the express
SION is allowable. who would refuse to
utter kind word for anybody, even
were they paid pension to do so, had
The national leader., 1889-02-16
During a Lifetime.

1t has been computed that durin
lifetime OF three score years and ten
blood of human being travels a.
2.4uO miles; that his heart beats =.
8.648, 600 times.
The national leader., 1889-02-16

Wealth is not his who gets id
his who enjoys II.
The only thing that it pays
stinpy with is advice.
The national leader., 1889-02-16
A Supper at DeImonico's.

the resort of epicures, millionaires and
people from the country who have come
to ''do" New York. They have made
up their minds to spend money freely,
and find Delmonico's ine place to do
it in. By ordlng all the dishes that are
out of the season and plenty of wine,
one may spend twenty dollars there for
one meal from the menu, and eat no
more and fare little better than the
man at the next table who orders dishes
in season and pays three dollars. If
New York is cosmopolitan on a large
scale, so is DelmOnicO's on a smaller
one. Wide, indeed, is the range OF
customers tastes, and there are nearly
always more than two hundred dishes
on the menu required to satisfy all de-
mandS.
When young man wishes partlcu-
larly to impress a young woman with
his afl1uence or generosity he takes her
to supper at Delmonlco's after the
theatre. If he has never been there
before, the more anxious he is TO dis
play familiarity with the place, the
more he thinks every one Is watching
him, and the more he stands in awe OF
the solemn. dress coated French waiter.
and would sooner poison himself than
find fault with the viands or the ser
vice. IL the woman feels at all over
come by her surroundings she seeks to
recover herself by getting cross and
finding fault with the whole thing.
The national leader., 1889-02-16

OoTS were VlSlDl0 IuIOuSu Guo GOIu
night-gown. DR.. Mary laid her cold,
soft fingers on the rapid pulse. Profess
sional Interest and womanly sympathy
overcame her despair and disgust, as
they had so many times before in SINH
lar cases. More than this, her first
glance at the girl had made her heart
throD quickly.
Blue eyes, fair complexion. handsome
teeth,' had been Sarah Hilton's de-
scriptlon. A swift prayer went up
from DR.. Mary's soul as she Kept her
eyes on the girls face and gave a few
directions to the one who had brought
her to the place. The latter entered
upon voluble description of "Min's
symptoms" DR.. Mary heard her
wearily. With gesture to indicate
silence, she bent forward to examine
the PATIENTS eyes more closely. The
girls incoherences subsidized under the
magnetism of the Doctors cooling touch
and steady, plying gaze.
do you hate me?' she whispered.
DR.. Mary shook her head and laid
wet cloths on the hot temples,
Il wanted you to come because l
thought you wouldn't be hard on me.
DR.. Barrett was hard on me. He was
loud and cross. You won't be cross,
will youp'
The doctor began TO smooth and
braid the heavy golden hair.
'Win you go with me away from this
dreadful place? You will die il you
stay here.'
The girl shrank back with an lmpa.
tient movement.
Not to a hospital? The women
point their fingers at such as am, in
q hospital
NO. To a lovely, restful place in
the country, where dear friend OF
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-02
Pigott' 5 Desperation
Leads Him to the Doom Of the
Hopeless.
A PISTOL SHOT AND A CORPSE

The Trigger Pulled by His Own Hand.
Tells the Story of the End Of an Out
cast-GladstOne and Parnell Attack the
rejoicing In Ireland Over
the Home Rule Leaders victory--Tan-
ner's Welcome and Arrest.
MADRID, March Am Englishman,
registered at a hotel in this city as Ronald
Ponsonby," was placed under arrest yester-
day and committed suicide before the police
could enter his room He is supposed to
have been Richard Pigott, the absconding
Irish perjurer and informer
LONDON, March 2-There seems tn be no
doubt that the Ronald Ponsonby," who
committed suicide in hotel in Madrid yes
terday, was Pigott. In assuming an alias he
evidently chose a name whose initials
would correspond with those on his luggage
No papers were found upon his person, but
his description is identical with that of a man
who called at the Hotel Deux Mondes In Paris
and left suddenly
The Standards Madrid dispatch says that
when Pigott was arrested he took the matter
calmly and asked permission to retire to an
ante-room to obtain bis cloak. A moment
later the sound of the pistol shot was heard
and on entering the room the officers found
Pigott dead. He had shot himself in the
mouth, dying instantly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-02
THE NATIONAL BALANCE SHEET.
An Increase of Over 90, 900. 900 in the Deb
and the Re ason Thereof

An Increase of Over %, 600, 900 in the Debt
and the Re ason Thereof.
WASHINGTON CITY, March 2.-The public
debt, according to the statement issued from
the treasury department yesterday, has in
creased SO, 443 1884 during the past month
Unusually heavy pension payments, amount
ing to 500, 9l4,954 is assigned as the chief rea-
son. The net cash OF surplus in the treasury
has decreased about Sl7, 900, 900 during the
month and amounts 10 s4s ,096, 15S. The ma
tional bank repositories hold S4S, SIS, 99l OF
government funds, or out 81 500 900 less
than on Feb. /.
The gold fund balance in the treasury has
increased about g, 00) 900 during the month,
and amounts to 1896, 245, $50. The silver fund
balance, exclusive of 1000, 600 in trade-dollar
bullion, has increus "a a., 800, 600, and now
amounts to $21 ,564 ,g65
Government receipts during February were
$50, 1888 ,l59, against s3l ,l5l 1891 In February,
1888, the decrease being due to diminished
customs receipts, whi ,h this year in February
were SIS, 78s ,O37, against 1851, O64 in Feb
ruary, 1883. Expenditures during the month
were unusually large, owing to heavy pension
payments, and amounted to S33, 7s6,5l7, or
about sl4, 900 more than in February,
1888
The total receipts End expenditures for the
first eight months of The current fiscal year,
compared with the corresponding months Of
the previous year wefe as follows: Receipts
-1sss 1854, 866, 9l5; expenditures, s1s3, 446, :
oz8, Receipts-1sSs, s255, 2l0, 423; expendi-
lures, s222 434 ,625. This shows an increase
In receipts for the eight months Of
the current year over those Of the COR
responding period Of he previous fiscal year
Of about 81 ,0o0, 600; and ON the other hand
an increase Of $50, 900 600 in expenditures, 90
far this year, over en- ,endltures for the eight
months Of last year.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-02
THE STATE LEGISLATURES.
They Continue Business at the Old Stands
The Linck Case I'm Indiana.

They Continue Business at the Old Stands
The Linok Case in Indiana.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, March 2.-The senate
yesterday concurred in the house resolutions
relating to the death Of the late John 8. Lee,
Of Peoria. After long debate, in which the
vice Of betting was thoroughly aired, tbs
committees report adversely on Berry's bill
to prohibit pool-selling, was non-concurred
in and the bill was ordered to &C. ond reading.
The senate also refused to concur in the ad-
verse committee report on the bill to increase
liquor licenses to 81, 900 per year, and sent ii
to the judiciary committee. The bill provid-
ing for the election each year of one-third OF
the aldermen in cities was passed with an
emergency clause. The senate adjourned te
Monday.
The house spent long time debating bill
providing for the admission to practice law
OF any one who can pass the necessary exami
nation, regardless of his or her preliminary
education. An amendment was offered and
promptly adopted providing for the admis-
sion to practice of any soldier with an hon
orable discharge. Then the enacting clause
was stricken out and the bill died A bill to
make the railway and warehouse commission
ers elective by the people was first amended
go as to render ineligible to the board any one
having any interest in the railways except to
get his transportation at the lowest price,
and then postponed until Thursday next be.
cause a quorum could not be obtained on q
vote Most Of the remainder Of the session
was devoted to the Chicago annexation bill
which was sent to engrossment, and the house
adjourned for the day.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-02
He Wanted the Earth
And viii Likely Get All He
Needs Now.
SIX FEET MAY BE SUFFICIENT

A Ghost That Was Not Shotgun Proof
Much Matrimony q Smart Woman Finds
Herself Minus Any One to Iove--An
Imitator Of Jack the Ripper at Work
at Calgary.
CASEY, Ia, March "A little pond of stag
nant water, digntfied by the name Of Silver
Lake, four miles west of here, has history
as bathing place Just west of tho lake is a
school house, which has been popular re-
sort for the bellies and the beaux of the neigh
borhood to congregate. One man vows that
he saw a white apparition rise out Of the
water and beckon him. He fed in mortal
terror. The next time he was accompanied
by friend, and the spirit appeared mounted
on white steed, guiding it by golden rein
and playing on what they declare a harp
The steeds eyes were balls of fire. The ghost
rested on a fence until the man threw a stone
through him, when he disappeared BE-
meath the waters Of Silver Lake The APP
partition was afterward viewed by many.
Sometimes the hore emitted volumes Of
smoke from his nostrils and words Of warn
ing were written in fire across of the heaven
ly armament. Thursday night the ghost
came to grief. Several days ago the appar-
ition frightened a farmers team, which ran
away, tipped over the buggy, and nearly
killed his wife The husband procured a
shotgun, loaded it with buckshot, and then
lay in wait four nights until Thursiay night
when he filled the ghost full of buckshot It
cried my God, don't shoot any more" and
fell PROSTATE, The ghost was carried home
by the shooter and cared for. No one but
the attending Dhyyician has seen him and
the latter refuses to give any names He is
suspected to be a land seeker, who wished to
scare the owners and buy the adjoining land
chean
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-02

ton. the first g.orious fruits OF the recent na
tionai Republican, victory, and welcome
them into the sste rhood OF Republican states
whose nilsson il TO secure and maintain
American liberty and prosperity; tender
sympathies to Parnell and his associates in
their efforts to secure local self-government
for Ireland, and congratulate them on the
failure of the attempt to prove them sympa
thizers with felous and murderers through
the agency of forg cry, perjury, and fraud
Reports of progress were then submitted
by the state leagues. New York showed O
strength of 100 clubs; Pennsylvania, $50
Indiana, 100; inois, 700. The report OF
Indiana was received with great applause.
Cheers were given for Indiana, Harrison,
Blaine and Quay, and for a few minutes
there was great deal of enthusiasm.
John n. Thu ston, of Nebraska, was
elected president, and A. B. Huphrey, OF
New York, and f. C. Lounsbury, of Con.
necticut, secretary and treasurer, and the
convention adjourned sine die
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-02
STATE OF TIE BUSINESS PULSE.
Trade Not as Robust as 1t Might Be-Idl
Men In he Coal Region.

Trade Not as Robust as 1t Might Be-Idle
Men In the Coal Region.
New YORK, March 2.-R. q. Dun & Co. Z
weekly review of trade says: Traders who
have been waiting through a belated season
for the expected W inter- trade find that it does
not come, and spring has arrived. Hence
there are on hand large stocks of unsold
winter goods, which accounts for the tardi-
| ness of collections IN many quarters, and for
the general sense o. disappointment. Though
the trade of February, like that of January,
has been rather larger on the whole than
that OF last year, II is not forgotten that bust
ness was unusually interrupted last year by
storms, strikes, ano other impediments. But
the outlook for the spring and the feeling OF
confidence as TO the future are at least a.
favorable as yea ago, though in some de-
partments the state OF trade is at present un,
| satisfactory. At fully half the interior points
which report this week there is noted a fairly
good trade or some Improvement Omaha
| alone reports collections good; everywhere
else nearly they ara tardy.
In the anthracite coal trade the reports are
not encouraging Efforts are being made to
cut down production still more. The output
| thus ar this year has been 4,302, 3l9 tons,
dSdilSt ., 'oobOoS itst cdIS out SO,UOU Inlu6Ie
of the Reading system and from $1,000 to
10000 in all sa d to be idle for the past
ten weeks, with much suffering, while the &C
cumulation of coal at Port Richmond is rep
resented as greater than at any time for
thirty years.
In spite Of speculative prices, which check
the outgo of wheat, the exports of all msr-
chandise from New York for February show
a gain OF 10 per cent over last year, against
an increase OF per cent. in Imports. These
figures indicate that the excess OF imports
over exports for February may DO s., OOO, 00V
or more, against ever SO, 900 900 last year
In January the excess of exports was IS, l2l, ;.
| GA and 100000 in gold and 81, sos, 0Ot
in silver went abroad But foreign
exchange remains steady, and unless IA move
| ment of securities causes a foreign demand
for specie, no disturbance for some time to
como is indicated
During the past week the stock market has
| virtually done nothing; prices are on the
whole unchanged. Waiting for the inter.
state agreement to get into working order,
traders bave INDUCED hopes but deferred
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-02
A DESIGNING WOMAN.


Her Matrimonial Ambition Ger Leaps
Itself, 1t Were.
ALEXANDRIA, MINI, March Judge
Searle in chambers has granted to F. G. WV
ian an absolute divorce from his wife. Vivian
is one Of the best known men in the state, bis
father being postmaster here and member
of the state board of charities and correc-
tions. Young Vivian met his wife at ball
In Davenport, Ia, in 1882, where she gave
the name of Marie kessel month later
they were married. Subsequently she told
her husband that she had been previously
married and had two children Vivian sent
for the children and located in Chicago,
finally coming to Alexandria. Last Octo-
Der Mrs. Vivian started for Lincoln,
Neb., to visit a sister. On arriv-
ing at Minneapolis she wrote her
sister that she would be with hsrOSa week
that her first husband was liberated from the
penitentiary at Fort Madison Iowa, and was
awaiting her in Omaha, and that she wanted
to spend week with him before going to
Lincoln. In the meantime it was necessary
that Vivian should think she had gone
through to Lincoln. She asked her sister to
RENAL an inclosed letter to her husband to
make him believe that she was in Lincoln
But her sister had left there before the ar
rival of the letter, which was sent to Alex
andria and revealed to Vivian his wifss de-
ceit Sue then rejoined her convict husband,
and after be had deserted Der she asked
Vivian to forgive her and live with her
again. He did not choose to do so, but en-
tered his suit for divorce and carried it to
successful issue
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-02
Commercial Union with Canada

WASHINGTON CITY, March 2-The Joint
resolution adopted in the house yesterday
providing for the promotion Of commercial
union with Canada is In substance as follows:
Whenever it shall be duly certified to the
president that the government of Canada
has declared desire to establish commercial
union with the United States, having a uni
form revenue system, like internal taxes to
be collected and ike import duties to be
imposed on goods to be brought into
either country from other countries with no
duties upon trade between the United States
and Canada, he shall appoint three commits
sioners, with those who may be likewise des-
ignated to represent The government of Can
ada, to prepare plan for the assimilation Of
the import duties and internal revenue taxes
Of the two countries and an equitable di-
vision Of the receipts in commercial union
and said commissioners shall report to the
president, who shall lay the report before
congress