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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16
She Wrote a Famous Poem.

Mrs Rose Hartwick Thorpe is probably
best known through the medium Of her poem,
''Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight" She was
born in Indiana, is about SO years old and the
daughter of an artist. A part of her later
girlhood was passed In Michigan, and here she
wrote her famous poem, but made no attempt
to publish it, feeling no confidence In her
ability. A year later she did offer a prose
sketch for publication, and she was then only
IS years old Then followed the .'Curfew, I"
which appeared in The Commercial Adver-
tiser of Detroit, and many other poems, in
swift succession. She was married when she
vas about 81, and continued her literary
work with energy and regularity, although
she has been q semi-invalid for several years
Besides her poems she has written volume
Of fresh and entertaining stories for young
oeople.-Current Literature.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16
"Strong Minded" Women.

just where the weak minded woman stops
AMI the strong minded begins it is hard to
say. The boundary line is 50 vague, il is
crossed 80 unconsciously, so unpremeditatedly
that some women do not even know when
they have crossed it, until some morning they
wake up and find the epithet ''strong minded
prefixed 70 their names And it is strange
that such an epithet should be used as a term
of reproach when applied to a woman, for
surely weak minded" would also be an un-
desirable prefix.
No sensible woman would like to be called
weak minded, and no refined woman de-
sires 10 be called "strong minded" taking the
word in its present and generally accepted
definition. For, generally speaking, when a
woman is called strong minded" it is meant
that she is eccentric almost TO insanity, re-
gardless of public opinion, and that no one
need be surprised at anything she may do,
for she Is capable of doing anything and
everything that is queer. 1t may be argued
that the opinion of persons who are strong
minded in this sense is OF no value Very
true il is OF no value, for, truthfully speak
ing, a woman who is strong minded is not
eccentric, nor regardless OF public opinion,
nor likely TO do anything shocking. Rather
should these things he expected Of a weak
minded woman
A strong minded woman is first of all,
woman of sense; she has convictions and
the courage to express them; she is clever,
and nearly always talented. II she does not
conform to all the frivolities and small con-
ventioualities of fashionable life it Is be
cause her mind is intent on higher and nobler
things. She claims a right to make her life
what she chooses To make il, the same right
that men have had from time immemorial
She works for money if she wishes to do so,
or for the love Of work, and the refined, the
cultured, the people OF broad minds and lib
eral views OF life respect her and admire her
She is not the masculine woman. Heaven
forbid Rather should the masculine woman
be called weak minded, in that she has the
weakness to be ashamed Of being a woman
and to emulate a man in manner and dress.
Miss Palfrey In New York Star.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16
Which L. Best?

Discussing womans education, a writer
says. Is the education with which the aver
age American girl is being endowed the best
WIN II best tit her for the fight alone In the
battle of life or to be the helper OF the oppo-
site sexi The best education for girl is that
which helps her in adjusting herself to her
surroundings in life. 1t is by no means GER
tain that the very highest Of our so called
institutions Of learning are doing this for the
average girl They imagine for her a sphere
In life better adapted 70 an angel than to q
common mortal. and In seeking to adapt her
for that sphere they unfit her for that matter
Of fact life in which most of girls find them
selves placed sooner or later.
This training of girls for a life they are
never to lead in this world Is fast becoming
popular under the alluring name Of the high
er education, while that training which fits
them to make their own way in life is regard
ed as a sort of lower education. The best ed
ucation is that which develops the faculties,
rather than that which seeks 70 turn out &C
coinplished ladies. Faculty is the knack of
doing things as they ought to be done; &C
complishment is submitting to have GER
tain things done to ones self Accom-
plishment embroiders the toe Of a slip
per and paints daisies on the bowl of a soup
ladle; faculty neatly repairs the torn gar
ment and compounds the hunger appeasing
soup. 1t is the lower education which i'm
parts faculty. Which is besti
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16
Her Start.

Harriet Prescott Spofford came into rspu-
tation and fame through story written for
The Atlantic Monthly entitled I'm a Cellar. -
Lowell was then editor of The Atlantic, v
says a writer in The Book Buyer, and he
was deeply impressed by the story when he
received it in MS, and was at first inclined
to regard it as a clever translation Of some
French conte. Thomas Wentworth Higgin-
son however, formerly a clergyman in New
buryport, became responsible for the identity
of the unknown author and for the origi-
nality Of the story. In a Cellar made the
authors reputation, and from that day to
this her name has been a familiar one in
the best periodicals, and her stories and
poems have delighted multitudes Of readers y
Current Literature
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16

IL conuump,,on Ipcurabs,

Read the following: Mr.. c. H. Nor
ris, Newark, Ark, says: WAS down
with Abscess of Lungs. and friends and
physicians pronounced me an Incurable
Consumptive. Began taking DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. sm
now on my third bottle. and able to over.
see the work on my farm. 1t is the fines,
medicine ever made"
Jesse Middewsrt. Decatur, Ohio. says
Had it not been for DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption would have
died OF lung troubles. Was given up by
doctors. Am now in best of health
Try ii. Sample bottles free at Hsrtz &
Bahnsen's drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16
FLECrRIC RTTTEus-

This remedy is becoming so we'll known
and so popular as to need no special men,
tion. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of pIaise.-A purer
medicine does not exist and it is guaran-
teed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the liver
and kidneys, will remove pimples. boils.
salt rheum and other affections caused by
impure blood Will drive Malaria from
the system and prevent as well as cure
all Malarial fevers-For cure of head
ache. constipation and indigestion try
Electric Bitters-Entire satisfaction guar
snteed, or money refunded.-Price 90
cents and $1.00 per bottle at Hartz &
Bahnsen's drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16

IT WoN'T BAKE BREAD.-In other
words, Hoods Sarsapsrills will not do
Its proprietors tell
plainly what it has done, submit proofs
from sources of unquestioned reliability.
and ask you frankly # You are suffering
from any disease or affection caused or
promoted by impure blood or low state
of the system, to try Hoods Ssrsaparilla.
The experience Of others is sufficient as
surance that you will not be disappointed
in the result.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16
News Ahout Town.

1t is the current report about town
that Kemp's Bslssm for the throat and
lungs is making some remarkable cures
with people who are troubled with
coughs, sore throat, asthma, bronchitis
and consumption. Any druggist will
give you a trial bottle free of cost 1t is
guaranteed 10 relieve and cure. The
large bottles are SOC and 81.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16
BuCKLEN's ARNICA sALYE

The best sslve in the world for cIts,
bruises, sores, ulcers. Salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains.
corns and ali skin eruptions. and posi-.
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is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale bv Hsrtz & Bahnsen
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16

Who OF us are without trouble he they
small! or larger The blessings Of health
are best appreciated when we are sich
and in pain. A hacking cough, a severk
cold. or any throat or lung disease are
very Troublesome; but all OF these may be
quickly and permanently cured ny DR.
Bigelews Cure. Safe and pleasant for
children Price 81 cents
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16

The hest on earth can truly be said Of
GrIgg's Glycerine Sslve, which is a sure,
safe and speedy cure for cuts. bruises,
scslds. burns wounds and all other sores.
Will positively cure piles, tetter and al
skin eruption. Try this wonder healer.
Sstisfsctio q guaranteed or money refun6-
ei. Ouie 2h cents. Sold bv druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16

In the pursuit Of the good things Of
his world we anticipate too much; we
eat out the heart and sweetness Of world.
ly pleasures by delightful torethought Of
them. The results obtained from the use
Of DR.. Jones Red Glover Tonic far exceed
all claims. II cures dyspepsia, and all
stomach, liver, kidney and bladder
troubles. 1t 10 perfect tonic, appetizer,
blood purifier, sure cure for ague and
malariAl diseases. Pnee,t 30 cents, Of
druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16

wooden shutters and heavy psneled door
peculiar 10 Philadelphia are no longer
fashionable In that city. Now light has
come TO the inhabitants.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16

A Washington lady recently purchased
IN Winchester q mahogany sidebosrd
over 100 years old and shipped it to the
wife of ex President Cleveland as q
present.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16

Female pail bearers were the feature of
a funeral of colored man at Augusta,
Ga But one man was present at the
funeral-the sexton Of the cemetery.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16

A Franklin, Pa, woman means busi>
ness. She advertises in a paper that If
anyone attempts 10 break into her house.
his brains. if he has any, will be blow n
out.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16

Secretary Blaine has moved into the
old Seward house In Washington.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAIL.
~ way Depot corner Fifth avenue and Thirty.
6rEt street, j. z Cook, agent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-09-19
The Turning Point of the war.

Mayor Thomas J. Newsham writes in the
st. Louis lobe-DemOcrat: | met General
Sherman two years ago at the LindeL
Hotel, and In the course of a long CONVEX
satlOn asked him what he considered the
critical event or turning point of the wal
his reply was that what he considered the
most critical event of the war was a little
incident that occurred in the woods Of
Tennessee a short time after the battle Of
C0rinth-the intended resignation Of
General Grant Sherman had been on
special duty with his command and had
returned to report to General HallecF
While at Halleck's headquarters he was
informed that Grant had determined to
GeSign, He Sherman got on his horse
and rode direct to Grant headquarters
some distance away He found Grant with a
number of papers before him on an I'M
provised table Grant and Sherman shook
hands cordially. Sherman asked Grant
what he was doing, and also told him that
he had heard that he Grant was going to
resign Grant handed Sherman a paper,
which proved to be his resignation already
written out can stand this no longer
SAID Grant, abiding to his i'll treatment
by his superiors. If ! can't command
brigade or a division, can carry mus
ket. There was "A great deal Of sadness
IN these words as Grant spoke
them. sherman asked Grant if he would
do him a favor Grant replied that he would
do anything in his power for Sherman.
Sherman took the written resignation,
tore it into fragments, and said that the
favor he asked was that Grant would with
hold his resignation for two weeks. Grant
agreed to this, and the resignation was
not heard Of again Halleck was re-
moved in a few days. and Grant was re-
stored to his command That, . said Gen
eral sherman. 81 consider was the turning
point of the war.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-09-19

status, there is no market for the best part
Of the American farmer fax, as far as the
linen industry is concerned. because there
is no machinery which will prepare it for
spinning Throughout the northwest, for
example, and especially in Minnesota and
Dakota the farmers raise fax for the seed
and burn the straw after it has been run
through their threshing machines. When
they burn the straw, and they have been
burning millions of tons Of it, they
destroy part of their fax crop, which is
worth seven times as much as the seed.
The enterprise Of the Eau Claire concern
will thus be of great significance to farmers.
Linen manufacture is certain to make
great strides in the west the next few years.
The desirability of an effective method of
preparing the rotten flax for spinning will
eventually mean source of considerable
profit to the farmer. Experienced men
are agreed that fax which is grown in
this country is just as good as the foreign.
The necessity of importing fax-dressing
and spinning machines is of course draw
back, but it will surely be obviated by
American ingenuity as soon as it is de-
monstrated, as it certainly will be, that
this country can make its own linen out of
its own flax.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-09-19

The music was a success. The applause
and excitement that followed its concur
sion amounted to an ovation Mr. Duri-
wage drew near the piano and read the
title.
Ladies and gentlemen, she said in
loud clear tones, the name Of the original
quadrille which has so delighted us is
Rags, and Jags, and Velvet Gowns.
There came a time when Florence
Annable could tell her friend, Mr. Duri-
wage, the whole story, and the following is
the substance Of his reply
u determined, be said Ito WOO and
win you that night at Mrs Van Cort-
lands. had cared for you from the first
day Of our acquaintance but how could
help feeling that you might be like your
sisters ultra-fashionable, purse-proud,
regardful only Of appearance
What kind of help-meets would your
sisters make if misfortune should over
take their husbands? And then, Flor
ence, | have always maintained that it
was just as reprehensible fol woman to
be idle and dependant az for man. As
my wife, there will be no need for you to
continue your professional career, but
your talent must never neglected, and for
two reasons: First, because it will always
be our greatest source of enjoyment; and
next, because every woman should always
hold in her hands the means of support. ~
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-09-19
sENsrBIL1TY OF rELEGRAPHERs.
Incidents from the Experiences of War
Time Operators.

The following incidents are from an
illustrated paper by DR.. ] Emmett O Bri-en
in the Century for September. on
"Telegraphinz in Battle in Butler
advance on the Petersburgh and Richmond
Railroad, eth of May. line was carried
along with the column to within sight of
that road, and worked until Beauregard
struck US at Drewrg's Bluff on the 10Th,
when Gen. Butler ordered his chief ope-
rator TO bring the line within the en-
trenchments. In these trenches, one
night, Maynard Huyk was awakened
from sleep, not by the familiar voice of
his instrument, but by the shrek of a
Whitworth bolt, six-pound steel shell,
which passed through few clothes he
had doHed, then recOchetted and exploded
beyond Congratulating himself that he
was not in his ''duds' at the moment,
the boy turned over and slept through the
internal turmoil of an awakening cannon
ade until aroused by the gentle tick of the
telegraph relay We used no saunders
in those days at the front
In illustration of the sensibility of
hearing acquired by the military opera
tors for this one sound, the writer may be
pardoned another personal sncident. At
Norfolk, in April, 1863, he happened to
be alone in charge of the telegraph when
Longstreet, with a large force, laid siege
to Suffolk. In the emergency, he re-
manned on duty, without sleep, for three
days and nights, repeating orders between
Fortress Monroe and the Front Toward
morning on the third night he fell asleep
but was aroused by the strenuous calls of
the fort and asked why he had not pivan
80 X ~ for the message just sent. He
replied that none Nad been received. eve
called you, said the operator at the fort;
you answered and We sent you two mes
sages, but you failed to acknowledge them.
The dispatches were repeated and forward
ed, when on taking up a volume of Scott
novels, with which he had previously
endeayored to keep awake, the writer was
astonished to find the missing kilograms
scrawled across the printed page in his
own writing, some sentences omitted, and
some repeated. II was a curious instance
of somnambulism.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-09-19
A STRAIN OF MUSIC.
HARRY s. CHESTER.


I ruz settiD by my wnder all alone one Sunday
When tier bells he'd quit Their rngiu' an Their moon
WIZ shinin bright
An | felt little lonesome TIL Their sudQeh come
along .,,
Their sweetest strain O. music from an old familiar
song.
They want no ordinary notes-they seemed ter
throb and swell
with a different kind o feelin' then pen could
They seemed ter lift me up an take me back
through many years
OF happiness an laughter, Of misery an tears-
saw Their dear old places tibet my childhood used
where the sweet arbutus an the tender water
Where the crystal water bubbles out o springs
30 bright an clear
Tibet drink of Il nd brace yer quicker n any wine
or beer.
l saw Their happy faces thet 1 cherished in my
youth,
when lie wuz full o happiness, an love an hope
an truth,
An they seemed ter smile upon mo ~ they used
ter long ago
when the future seemed so distant an the present
seemed so slow.
We sang again in chorus the old songs We used ter
sng,
An We vent into Their orchard where the great big
pippns hung.
An We dropped ON % We used ter do when they
an wus young.
They seemed ter cheer me up again an start me on
the way
Tibet I've travelled sence left EN- down until the
present day
An lhen We separated an each took a different
lane,
But somehow kinder thought thet mine I'D
strike the richest vein,
An ~ I Travelled on | saw the chances tibet
lost
An q thousand different slips for which the future
maid the cost,
An thought Of could sec the future % see the
Thet I'd make different shown an a record thet
nd last.
Now all those friends | cherished is scattered far
an wide
Jest few, hear is Twin, but Their better part hez
died.
Yet alters see Their faces in happy joyous
thrOng
When hear a strain O. mus,, from thot old famil-
lar song
ELKHAEr, Ind.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-09-19
Interesting statistics.

The bureau of statistics has lately pub
lished a volume showing the arrivals of
immigrants in the United States from 1920
until 1888, which presents very many
features of interest and is well worthy Of
study by all socialogists
The Irish were the first people
strongly attracted to America, and in mum
bers led all nations from 1920 down to 1854.
These tables show very clearly the social
and political condition Of the foreign cOun-
tries which influenced emigration. The
period of Irish agitation under O'COnnel
marks the increase of Irish emigration. In
1884 the number jumped from about 5000
the year previous to %, 900 In 1912. when
the repeal of the corn laws was agitated
another jump was taken to 81 .0OC, increas-
ing steadily under the succeeding years of
distress and famine to 100000 in l847,-
10000 in lS4S, 10000 in lS49, 10000
in 1850, and 22l 600 in 1851, the high-water
mark of Irish emigration to this country
Before 1882 the Germans came over at
the rate of from 800 to 1900 annually,
but in that year the number increased to
10000, and from that time averaged over
that number until 1899, when they reached
q 600, increasing rapidly until the num-
Der reached 10000, $4,000 and 10000 a
year In 1851 it was II, 600, in 1852 AS,
900, and in 1854 2l5,000. The highest
point of German emigration was reached
IN 1881 when 249, 900 persons were register
ed as coming from Germany and in 1889.
232, 269. The great increase in German
immigration began in 1876 the time when
Europe was in the ferment Of revolution.
The scandinavian people did not com
mence to get interested in this country until
1913 when ,74S arrived, and the number
averaged about $500 year until 1866, |
when it doubled, increasing largely every
year until in 1882, when 81 $40 Swedes and
Norwegians came over, and the number
annually has fallen off but very little from
these figures, 1888 showing $1,000.
Up to 1854 the Chinese came only in very
small numbers, but in that year, drawn 10y
the reports Of the California gold fields, |
they came in a swarm, 1900 arriving. |
Alter that time they came in patches of
from four to seven thousand every year
until 1882, when the first limitation law
was passed That year 35, GA came over
the greatest number Of any one year. The !
next year the number was only 3Sl. and |
since then almost none Only one arrived /
in 1888.
It was not until 1866 that the Italians /
awakened to the fact that their golconda /.
lay in the New World. Before that time |
Italian immigration had been insignificant |
but that year it exceeded one thousand. in |
creasiug year after year until 1872, when |
7 600 was reached, and then almost doub- |
ing annually until 1855 when 47,724 Ital- |
ians arrived in the country
In all, from every part Of the earth, /
10. 465, 476 people came to this country be- |
tween the years 1920 and 1888. All were |
not immigrants, some being merely travel !
ers, but it is safe to say that more than ten
million foreigners have settled i'm this
and have largely contributed to
the growth, ;he wealth. and the glory of
the United States
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-09-19
Indifference to Peril.

A Denver gentleman who has been on
a camping tour though the mountains has
recently returned and relates an incident
which testifies to the statement that even
the most dangerous calling become ordin-
airy every day affairs to the men en-
gagged in them, the element of danger be-
ing apparently lost sight of. He was
driving his team across a mountain road
when, coming to narrow place, another
team was met In this latter were the
driver and his wife, and as the passage
was narrow and rough, there being many
boulders on the side where the turning
out had to be made, his wife got out of
the wagon. This was to be expected, but
when the Denver tourist saw her run
somewhat speedily and hide herself be-
hind a large rock, it somewhat astOnished
him.
II say, he asked what makes your
wife act that way?'
oh don t know exactly but | guess
she may be a little scared,
but what is she scared about p
TOh, have got some stuff in my wagon
which she does not like to see bumped
over these rocks, and he c. oily proceeded
to head his team over the boulders.
Say, what have you got in your
wagon
you see those three boxes well, they
are full of giant powder
MY God. man. you don't intend to
drive over these rocks with all that explo-
sive matter?"
Yes, | do. Why not? have been
teaming giant powder for ten years
But it might explode and blow us,
horses and all, to the devil.
"What of it? We would never know
what hurt MS, would we?'
And it was with difficulty that he was
persuaded to wait and carry it about fifty
feet.