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upon a neglected inclosure, without the gray
walls of which is the unfinished memorial
sketched for this paper. Cattle Craze about
the base; it is discolored by time and wealth
er; the relic hunters hammer has been bAsy
with the chiseled edges; the stately shaft
that should bear aloft the bust OF the sleep
er's august son and the national emblem,
lies prone and half buried in the earth.
1t is needless to discuss here the reasons
why the patriotic or ambitious individual
who began TO build was not able to finish.
According to one tradition, his ardor was
quenched by disappointment in love; others
assert that this pious design was threatened
BY financial disaster. The sun shines upon
no sadder ruin in the length and breadth of
our land; winter SHOWS cannot cloak this dis
grace to our nation, the CHASTITY satire upon
the gratitude of republics.
Associations of ladies have been formed to
right this wrong, and just now Marion Har-
land, the friend and helper OF women every
where, is appealing to the public for funds.
Her address is 10 West TwentY-seeond
street. New York.
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had LOST THE CORPSE.
curIous Cause OF Delay at q Funeral in a
Maine Village.
{ To be continued nezt Sunday.

OUtlOU8 O4uuC u DclAy ~ u = a1SAeA - -
Maine Village.
New York SUM-
There is still some towns in Maine whic b
neither the railroad not the summer visitor
: has invaded. In such town the greatest
event is wedding or funeral. In little
village on the Upper Penobscot the monot-
ony of long winter was broken by the
funeral OF the year old child of one of the
church deaconA The whole town poured
out to the funeral services. They were
ushered into the parlor, and there sat with
an air Of sOrrowful expectancy, waiting fol
the ceremonies to begin.
Something had gone wrong, and tht
guests grew impatient Finally the deacon
appeared at the door. His face was long 81
he said:
my friends, excuse this unseem1y delay
We have mislaid the corpsel''
After much trouble the object OF theil
search was found. The little coffin had
been placed on a table in the hall where i
had been forgotten by the bereaved family
and the guests as they entered had throwr
of their wraps upon the table, and thus the
oversight was caused. The corpse being
found, the services proceeded as usual.
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CHAPTER XI.

BEATRIcE MAKES AN APPOINTMENT.
Lady Honoris leaned back in the cab and
sighed a sigh OF satisfaction.
"That is capital idea, she said. 81 was
wondering what arrangements you could
make for the next three weeks. 1t is
ridiculous to pay three guineas q week for
rooms Just for you and Efie. The old gen.
beman only wants that for board and lodg-
ing together, fer asked him."
,,r''1 daresay it will do" said Geofrey.
sew hen are we to shift?"
Tomorrow, in time for dinner, or rather
supper; these barbarians eat supper, you
know. 90 by the morning train, you see,
SO as to reach Garsington by tea-time. 1
daresay you will find it rather dull, but you
like being dull. The old clergyman is a
low stamp o. man, and bore, and as for the
eldest daughter, Elizabeth, she's too awful
she reminds me Of rat But Beatrice is
handsome enough, though ] think her hor-
rid, too. You'll have to console yourself
with her, and I dsressy you will suit each
other"
"why do you think her hOrrid, Hon.
oria2"
"Oh, don't know; she's clever and odd,
and hate odd women. Why can't they be
like other people? Think ol her being
strong enough to save your life like that,
too. She must have the muscle of an Anna
Eon-it's downright unwomanly. But there's
no doubt about her beauty. She is as nearly
perfect as any girl ever saw, though too in
dependent looking. If only one had q
daughter like that, how one might marry
her. I wouldn't look at anything under
100000 a yesr. She is too good Tor that
numbering Welsh squire she's engaged to
the man who lives in the castle-though
they say he's fairly rich"
Engaged" !" said Geofrev, 'how do You
know that she is engaged.?'
''Oh, don't know il at all, but suppose
she is. II she isn't, she soon will be, for a
girl in that position iI not likely to throw
such q chance away. Atany rate, he's head
over ears in love with her. saw that last
night. he was hanging about for hours in
the rain, outside the door, with q face like
q ghost, till he knew whether she was dead
or alive, and he's been there twice to inquire
this morning. Mr.. Granger told me. But
she's too good for him IRON business poini
Of view. She might marry any body, if only
she were put In the way OF it
Somehow, Geofrey's lively interest il
Beatrice sensibly declined on the receipt oi
this intelligence. OF course it was nothing
70 him; indeed be was glad to hear that sh'
was in the way Of such a com portable settle
ment, but il is unfortunately fact that one
cannot be quite as much interested in |
young and lovely lady who is the potentis
property OIL numbering Welsh squire. a
In one who belongs to herself
The old Adam still survives in most men,
however right thinking they may be, snc
this Is one Of its methods OF self-assertion,
"Well, " be said, 'I'm glad to hear she il
n such 8 good way; she deserves it
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The Design. to the memory Of her
who gave birth to the founder and preserVer
of the Union"
Mrs. Sigourney wrote poem for this au-
gust ceremonial, beginning:
Long hast thou slept unnoted.
Tardy justice was done-so declared the
press, and so believed the nation-to the
names of great and good woman.
To-day, 81 years subsequent to
the date of the pageant, the tourist
to the battle-felds of Fredericksburg strays
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Use for the Trailing skirt.

Boston IImes.I
Scientists tell Us that the cane was IN.
vented in order that q man might have 90
cupation for his hands. If the same need
was ever felt by wOmen-vell, that would
explain the origin Of the trailing skirtl
watching passers-by it involuntarily occurs
to one that il she bad no dress to hold up q
woman would look-and feel--as aWkvard
and uncomfortable as the gilded youth who
has mislaid his Btiekl
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hurling. The game is play ed in an hour.
with short rest in the middle of the game,
80 there is no danger of anyone in ordinarily
good health suffering from over-exertion.
To become an expert hurler no peculiar
qualifications are required. A small man
can play as well as big one. all other
things being equal. Activity is the main
thing, combined with quickness OF sight
and good Judgment, which enables the
player to use his hurly with more accuracy
and effect. <s--..,
Among professional athletes the game Of
hurting is hardly likely to become popular,
but among gentleman amateurs it. ought
for many reasons, to become faxorite game.
To business men and men of sedentary hab-
its it furnishes rare facilities for keeping in
good physical condition. the exercise being
sufficient for this without being too severe
for persons unused to physical exertion.;
Once the public came to know its good
points, it could scarcely fail to become
widely popular. SAMUEL N. CRANE,
Pitcher New York Baseball Club.
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she Takes Snap Shots.

Boston T1mes.l
Beacon Hill-Reject me, if you will, but
don't add insult to injuryi Your cousin
Belle would be glad to take mel
Miss Boyston-P Perhaps she would. She's
an amateur photographer.
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who seems at sometime 70 have cut his in
itials irreverently on the sacred relic, has
deposed on oath before Q Justice Of the
Peace that il was long the property of his
family, and known among them, at least, a.
"Shakespeare's table," and that he remem-
bered hearing his grandmother say that she
purchased 1t from aWoman who had bought
II at q sale at Shakespeare's house in Hen
ley street. This evidence will satisfy those
who like to believe in it, and will amuse
those who do not
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WAsHINGTON's MOTHERS GRAVE.
The UneOmpleted and Neglected Monument
II National Disgrace.

ONE HUNDRED
and five years ago
Mary, the mother Of
George Washington,
died in Fredericks-
burg, Va, at the age of
80 years. Her wasted
body was laid rev.
erently in a family
burial-place on the
outskirts Of the town.
For 40 years that grave
remained unmarked.
On May 2, 1888, an
imposing procession
marched to the grave.
There were Masonic
ceremonies and prayer
and an Oration, re-
spondsd to by Andrew
jackson, President Of
the United States, who,
in concluding his sd.
dress, laid the corner.
stone Of "a monumen'
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SHAKESPEARE'S TABLE.
A Relic Of ElIznbeIhnu Time Backed By an
Old Mans OaIh.

Old Mans OaIh.
Antiquarian relics Of literary biography
demand strict scrutiny before we admit
them to be genuine articles; this little round
oak table, with its stout central leg standing
on three crazy toes, may or may not be Of
Elizabethan date, and Shakespeare may OF
may not have used it among the furniture OF
his house at Sratford-on-Avou. All we
know, at present, is that John Wheeler, aged
80, late an inmate OF the Warwick Union
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twice as many men enRaReQ hS kucE0 dI0 IL
a matched game of football, and when these
get mixed up in melee over the small ball
used the thing is likely to become exciting.
There are opportunities for some pretty
rough play, too. In the game Of football the
most the hot-headed players can do when
they get excited is to slug with their lists. In
hurling each player is armed with stick
three feet or more long with q curve on one
end. The possibilities that these hold forth
to players who do not care to control their
temper can be readily understood.
RULES OF THE GAME.
Hurling, when played by two full teams,
engages A men. It may, however, be
PLAYED by as few as IL men on side, but
should be played by no fewer. When two
teams complete face each other they are not
unlike football teams in formation. Beside
goalkeepers each has half-backs, right point
covers, left point covers, wing men, centers
and rushers. Sometimes, too, the tactics
used are not unlike those of the football
men. The rushing and tackllng are much
the same and the famous wedge movement
of the Princeton football team has often be-
fore now been brought into play on the
| hurling field. The main qualifications for
PLAYER are activity, pluck, quickness Of
| sight and good judgment of distance.
When played by full teams the hurting
ground should be 1876 yards long by 140
wards vide. The ground should be clearly
marked off as in football At each end Of
the field stand two goal posts, and there is a
| cross-bar 10H feet from the ground. The
object OF the game is to drive, the ball be-
tween these posts and under the crOss-bar.
This counts goal. If driven over the
cross-bar it counts but point. The same
count is made ii the ball goes oyer the goal
line within q feet of either goal post.
The arrangement Of the men is not
altogether like that Of the football team.
The goal keepers stand near to and in front
of the goal, and two men govern the
UpoInts." -Four others are posted few
yards in advance as pickets. In the center
of the field seven players are ranged in a
straight line, like football rush line. The
other seven are variousiy placed to guard
various points and to rush and tackle, OF
perform any other duty for which they may
be required.
PARAPHEREAL1A OF THE GAME.
The paraphernalia Of the game is simple
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HERE is prob
ably no athletic


game of hurling, which seems about TO be-
come quite popular with our athletes.
Chronology has it that Hercules first cele-
brated the Olympian games in the year LIS
B. c. At about the same time, according
To the historians, the early colonista Of Ire
land founded what were known as the Tail
ten games, which were held annually IN
Meath and which were, as far as they could
be, national. They were kept up until the
end of the eighth century, when Ireland sui-
fered from the AngIo-N Norman invasion.
when they languished. The Tailten games
were the forerunners Of the Irish athletic
games Of to-day. and some of them we're
yery similar-wrestling, weight-throW1ng,
running, horse racing and the like. In some
respects the old games were more renneo
than those of our own times, tor IN addltlon
to trials of skill and strength, there were
also contests in music, poetry, chess playing
and such innocent pastimes.
In America the game is but just begin
ming to get fair foothold, but the outlook
for It seems to be particularly good. In q
way. It has been known to Americans for q
considerable time, tor the American school
boys game of ''shinny" is in reality but a
form Of hurting. However, playing the
game EclentlncAlly Win reg uIaE teaWs, oS ~
Is played in Ireland, England and Scot
land, has been but lately attempted here.
EFFORTS TO PoPULARIzE IT.
The company of all-around athletes who
came to the United States from Ireland
about year ago played the game in various
cities while here and did good deal to pop
ularize it. John Boyle O'ReiIly and other
prominent Irish-Americans who have been
seeking to revive interest in Irish games
have also helped to give hurling lift.
The New York Gaelic Society now has two
regular hurting teams; there are several
more in Philadelphia and Boston. and there
are others in other cities.
Hurting as game is simple enough. The
Irish used to call it bsire, as they called the
goal keeper cuIbair. and the hurly or stick
used in the game was called canaan. To the
average American unused to the game ii
seems at first to partake Of some of the
qualities of football, hockey, lacrosse and
polo. It is exciting, too, for it is game
that calls forth great activity, and wher
pIaved by two full teams there are about
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pARApHERNAL1A OF THE GAME

The paraphernalia Of the game is simple
in the extreme. The ball used should weigh
from seven to ten ounces, and should be
made Of cork and woolen thread, covered
with leather. The hurry or stick which is
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The Boston WAY Of Pn,rlnr Il.

Boston Oourier.1
a woman may 1ress and pose a. belle,
And gracefully antfer japanese fan;
But stone at a hen she cannot propel
For she isnfg : constructed upon that plan.
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BILL NYE AND EUGENE FIELD.

The parting asunGer OF Bill Nye and j.
Whitcomb Riley of which the newspapers
have had extensive notice within the past
week recalled to one who knew it the story
of an incident connected with an appear
ance of Eugene Field in the company of
those two humorists. 1 tell the tale as it
was told, without vouching for it. Once
when Nye and Riley were to read some
where in the neighborhood OF Chicago, they
persuaded Mr.. Field to try his luck by
joining the combination for the evening.
When the evening came Mr.. Field was to
follow some recitation OF Nye's, and that
gentleman, having responded to one recall
answered a second by coming forward to say
that be must beg them to excuse him for
going on any further Just then as he wished
their attention for q friend who was to make
his Hrst appearance on this evening He
| praised the strangers powers, said he was
extremely difident and wound up BY say
ing: "And shall have to AJAX you 10 ex-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-13
DEpEw AND PowpERLY.
The Railway President Interviewed
About the Central Strike

The Railway President Interviewed
About the Central strike.
NEw YORK, Sept. I2.-Wnen informed
that N'r. Powderly, of the Knights of La.
Dor, had expressed an intention of wait
ing on Mr.. Depew in reference to the diff
hculty between the road and some of its
late employees. and when asked whether
he would grant Mr. Powderly an audi.
ence, Mr.. Depew said: II never face diff
culties until encounter them | never
Daild bridges over dry streams do no,
believe in laying out programmes for fu-
ture action, as circumstances may arise
that will make them of no use 1 have
not received any communication from
MIR. Powderly, and do not propose to
consider one in advance of its reception.
Referred to Vice President Webb.
Are there any vacancies on the road
that may be given to the strikers if they
apply individually for themr"
You will have to see Mr. Webb about
that. He is the head of the operating de-
partment, the trouble occurred in his de-
partment, and all matters pertaining to
1t will be referred To him. / certainly ap-
prove his course during the strike
Not Studying Antiquities Now.
How about the proceedings of The state
board of arbitration?'
"Oh, that is all passed / never study
antiquities, except when / am on vaca.
tion."
"The knights of Labor claim that the
road broke contract it had with its EN-
ployes by making discharges as it did"
Il do not know of any contract or pledge
which the road has made that has not
been kept to this moment The road
never breaks contracts
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-13
SneeZing.

Alb! you sneezel In old times
your nearest neighbor wonld
pat you on the back and say,
"God bless you" Even now
this is a custom in some Of the
Morse countries. The words
are the remains of an old pray
er or exorcism. The reason is
that anciently people believed
that when one sneezed, he had
inhaled a devil who crawled up
his nose, and was endeavoring
to effect Judgement in that
manner. IF his nearest neigh
Dor uttered the exorcism in
time, the devil would be expell-
ed, and the soul Of the sneezer
saved from peril. Modern
science shows that the sneezing
is the result of a cold, so that
there is a devil trying to effect
an entrance after all. The
blood vessels in the nostrils
have become congested from
the effect of the cold, and the
effect upon the sensitory nerves
is the same as if an intruder or
foreign body had made it's way
thither. The lungs expand, the
head is thrown up, then the
lungs discharge their volume
of air, the head is brought for
ward, and an effort is made to
expel the intruder, so that the
act of sneezing is a danger
signal. In all such cases take
a dose of Reid's German Cough
and Kidney Cure. 1t at once
stops the cold where it is, and
eradicates it. There is nothing
that equals this great prepara-
ton in the treatment Of diseases
arising from sudden colds,
coughs, and al diseases of the
respiratory organs. When the
lungs have been severely
affected, patients have been
known to drink it from the
bottle, not only with impunity,
but with decidedly beneficial
results.
For sale by all druggists.
SYLVAN REMEDY Co,
Peoria, Ill.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-13
WAS 1T AN OMEN2
The United States Ensign Hoisted Abov.
the British at Montreal.

The United States Ensign Hoisted Above
the British at Montreal
MONTREAL, Sept. 1.-The royal stan
dard of England was seen yesterday morn
ing flying from the custom house with the
stars and stripes above it, 1t appears that
as soon as Prince George arrived the Brit
ish ensign was hoisted from the dome.
Yesterday morning the latter flag was
lowered and in its place appeared the royal
standard and above it the stars and
stripes. Groups of people stood on the
streets debating how so fragrant an insult
to the royal visitor could be allowed from
government building.
The Incident Explained.
The officials connected with the build
ing claimed that they dia not know that
the flags were hoisted at all, and in IA few
minutes they were lowered. The author
tiles at 'be customs were very much an.
noyed that such a thing should have oc
Cured, but ridiculed the idea that it was
done purposely. The deputy collector in
vestigated the matter and found that the
flags were put up by the children of the
guardian, who wished to add eciat to the
occasion and hoisted the fl .gs without
knowing there was anything wrong.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-13
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-13
To Get

In one store where We 1t to buy Hoods
earsaparilla the clerk tried to induce me buy
heir own instead of Hoods; he told me theirs
Would last Longer; that might take it on ten
lays trial; that if did not like it need not
pay anything, eic. But he could not prevail
on me to change. told him knew what
HOODS Sarsaparilla was. had taken it, was
iatisned with it, and did not want any other
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-13
The Great Benefit

Which people in run down state of health
derive from Hoods Sarssparilla. conclu-
sively proves that this medicine makes
the weak strong" 1t does not act like a
stimulant. imparting fictitious strength,
but Hoods Sarsaparilla builds up in a
perfectly natural way all the weakened
parts. purifies the blood, and assists to
healthy action those important organs.
the kidney and liver.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-13
AK Yopr Friend, Ahopt Il.

Your distressing cough can lie cured.
We know it because Kemp's Bslsarn
within the past few years has cured SO
many coughs and colds in this commun-
ity. Ask some friend who has used II
what he thinks of Kemp's Balssm. There
is no medicine 80 pure. none so effective.
Large bottles SOC and 81 at all druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-13
Be Sure

sou nave made up your mind % bun
noou oarsapari IL do not be induced to take
any other. Hoo,ps Sarsaparilla is peculiar
u'edicihe, possessing, by virtue of its peculiar
eohoihation, proportion, and preparation,
curative power superior to any CHER article.
Boston lady who knew what sic wanted,
ana whose exam pie is worthy imitation. tells
her experience below:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-13
Hoods

When began taking Hoods SarsapariIla
was feeling real miserable, suffering
great deal With dyspepsia. and so weak
that at times could hardly stand. Hooked,
and had for some time, like person in con
sumption. Hoods Sarsaparilla did me SO
much good that Iwonde- at myself sometimes,
and my friends frequently speak of it." MRS.
ELLA 4. Corr, 81 Terrace Street, Boston.