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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-07
BLAIR's COMPOSITE PENSION BILL
1t Includes the Per Diem, Dependent,
and Disability Schemes.

WASHINGTON CITY, June blair intro
duced pension bill in the senate yesterday
which looks like it might cover the whole
ground of the controversy. 1t provides a
service pension for those who served sixty
days in the war of the rebellion, or any In
dian war prior to 1856, of l cent for each
day of service, monthly not to be more
than sl2 or less than % q month in addi-
ton to any other pension granted. No
service pension is to be granted to any
person whose annual income at the time
Of making application is more than 81 200.
Takes in the Disabled.
The bill also provides q disability PEN
zion of IS to $12 a month, according to the
degree of disability. The service pension
Is to be paid to widow, minor children,
Or dependent father or mother, without
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-07

Six room house for rent. Apply to E.
w. Hurst.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-09-12
HORSE GOSSIP.
Notes from Track and stable About Notcd
Drivers and FLYERS.

Mr.. w. II. Clark sold his handsome pair
Of black mares full sisters, to a party in
Cincinnati, Ohio and they were shipped
yesterday, Frank l.. Washburn, jr, going
in charge.
A. b. Way brought a finely bred two
year-old colt from Hardwicb last week and
is getting him into line with tho expccta-
ton of having trotter; the goding is by
Nordick, by Don Cossack by August Bel
mont, dam by Darkey, sire Of Highland
Gray, by the Rounds horse, by old Black
Hawk. Burlington, as Mr.. Way has named
his colt, was foalod the property of his
owner who also owns his dam
Much dissatisfaction is expressed among
the horsemen of our town over the way the
Breeders meeting at Rutland was managed
especially iu the award of the premiums.
it being evident to every one that the iu dge
was either incompetent or preiudiced. We
predict it Will be a great damper on tho
success Of future meetings T.. G. b.
Speaking Of horsas-D. p. Cushing Of
Burke, has n Pcrcheron stallion that he
raised, which beats the record. He is three
years old, II hands high, black as ink
and weighs ljlJ pounds He is believed
to be tho biggest three-year old colt ever
raised in New England or in the country.
Fun grown Percherons reach q weight Of
!OUO pounds or more, bu. this animal
promise to outweigh lis race
Roy Wilkes paced a half mile Saturday in
the face Of a heavy wind in the uuurace-
dcuted time OF l:0l:t, the fastest half mile
ever trotted or paced by any horse
Nearly q thousand shetland ponies are
imported into the United State, annually
Some of the ponies bred by Il Michigan
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-09-12

To Mr. r. D,Peterson, Of Wolverhamp-
ton, England, the inventor Of the roller
process for pressing ensilaga stacks, is
due the invention of a new method of
heating green forage or grass whom
placed in silos, 1t IS that Of exhaust
ing the silo Of all air when in the cours'
of filing by an exhaust fan placed cat
side, and worked either by hand or other
power A connecting pipe passes from
the inside of the silo to the fan, and the
valve on the pipe is open when the fan
is at work
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-09-12
AN ACRE IN FRUIT.

Ono Way to Plant 1t with the Twelve
Varieties Commonly Grown.
Apple trees fifteen years from planting
may be expected to produce two bushels
each. All the other tree fruits may bo
expected to produce one-half Of a bushel,
in periods varying from six to fifteen
years from planting To produce thirty
bushels of apples would require fifteen
trees, and twelve bushels Of other tree
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-09-12
PAINS AND WEAXNEG2

PM and g5 n. .s .,. D ...',. .a.a.e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

The life of the chestnut and peanut
vender is a hard one, especially when
the street arabs of tough but tender
years band together and swoOp upon
him in serried array and compact sally.
A specimen of the lately landed" order
stood before his caldron warming his
five digits and nursing the glowing
chestnut when band of young urchins
sailed by. One gave aquick kick at the
stand as they passed, which made it tot
ter. The Italian in charge made an eff
fort to save it. but it went sprawling.
tossing out the luscious nuts upon the
street. This was the grand strategic
effect sought for by the urchins, as 1t
put the vender in hesitating position.
If he chased the boys he left the
stand. and if he went to the stand he
left the nuts. The vender hesitated q
moment, and the little band of young
arabs waited to see what he would do,
prepared to scatter into complete indeh-
niteness. The vender chose 70 look
to his stand, and his DONG SO was
a signal to the youngsters. Like crows
to the prey they swooped down upon the
nuts in triumph, and with bowls and
boots filed their pockets to the full. pay
ing little heed to the forceful eJacula-
tons Of the vender.-New York Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
Brooklyn Libraries.

In the parlors of the Hamilton club, IN
Brooklyn, the other evening a discussion
arose about the private libraries in that
city. One gentleman i'll the party made
this statement:
Il maintain that some of the largest
private libraries in the country can be
found in Brooklyn. In the first place,
there is Gordon L. Ford's collection,
which mounts up to $4,000 volumes, and
is particularly noticeable for the large
number of books that it contains having
reference to American history and to
political science. Charles L. West has q
splendid miscellaneous library Of at least
$4,000 books. James A. II. Bell has more
than 10000 volumes in his collection,
and S. L. Elliott has an equal number,
a majority Of the latter being publica-
tions on American topics. Mind you,
in giving these estimates, l refer to
books, not to pamphlets"
Small libraries running from three to
four thousand books, are owned by
Thomas q. Sherman, the Rev. John
w. Chadwick. Laurence Kehoe, Mayor
Chaplin, Eugene G. Blackford, Daniel
T. Treadwell. R. r. Bowher and Gabriel
Harrison. The collections OF the last
named gentlemen, in many instances,
are of books on particular subjects. Mr..
Kehoe, for instance, collects works hav-
ing special reference to Catholicism, and
Mayor Chapin's hobby is treatises about
the earlier history of the country.-New
York Star
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

While extra train No. GIL was coming
east Sunday afternoon a few miles east
of Mast Hope. on the Delaware division,
Engineer Edward TAYLOR espied large
deer descending the almost perpendIcgI-
lar bluff on the north side Of the track
The deer reached the track few yards
in advance q the engine, and those on
the engine expected 20 see it run down,
but instead il started down the track II
advance Of the tram for a distance Of a
quarter Of mile. and then bounded
down the bank toward the river. The
men on the engine saw the deer until
the train went out Of sight 1t was a
buck with five prOngs. and must have
weighed IN the neighborhood Of 800
pounds II seemed to be greatly IA
tigued, and was probably started up BY
a party Of hunters in the heavy woods
back Of Mast Hope. Taylor and his
fireman confidently expected 70 have q
saddle Of venison fer their Thanksgiving
dinner.-Port Jervis On. y Gazette.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
Hotels and Tlnnsekecninr.

The other day ] heard q prominent
merchant say that the building of so
many elegant hotels uptown would lead
trade to follow them. and that the day
was not far distant when Fifth avenue.
below the Cathedral must be given up
wholly to stores and club houses. 1t was
with this thought in mind that / went
into the Plaza hotel and looked at its
parlors and dining rooms, its cafe and
restaurant While wandering about |
came to the conclusion that American
women are fast becoming. indeed that
they have already become, indolent.
The new hotels afford beautiful resi-
dences for people who can pay for the
high cost of living in thein-the man.
aCement at the same time taking upon
itse.f all the cares of housekeeping.
Fashionable women. as rule, deteSt
housekeeping, for it interferes with their
society duties, and / thought. while re-
facting upon this subject, that the time
may soon come when there will be hotel
chques composed of rich families that
belong to the same set. Such family
hotels will have no transient custom, but
will be constructed solely with the view
of meeting the needs OF rich. indolent
women, with a ballroom and private
dining rooms at their disposal. In such
a hotel family could maintain a pri-
waite establishment and pay only one
bill-the laadlcrd's-for which individ-
ual, by the by, society may yet invent a
more elegant title.-Epoch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
The Only Case on Record.

A curious surgical case is that pre-
sented by Henry Breen, of Fort Wayne.
He suffers from aneuris1n of the orbit,
and his is the only case of the kind re-
ported by physicians. He has received
many letters inviting him to appear be-
fore medical colleges, so they can exam
ime and study aneurism of the orbit, but
as he fears that the blood vessel back of
the orbit may burst at any moment and
thus end his life he has preferred to re-
main under the care of surgeons at home.
Breen was brakeman on the Wabash
railroad, and while engaged in coupling
cars at Cecil, o., he was caught between
the steps Of the caboose and the end of a
saw log which extended over fat car,
and his skull was fractured. After long
and painful illness he rallied sufficiently
to walk about, but it was found that
the cords of the left eye were paralyzed
and refused to perform their natural
functions. The affection grew worse
and Mr.. Breen went to Springfield, Ills,
where the Illinois surgeons were holding
their annual convention. He was ex-
amined by 173 surgeons, who pronounced
his case ''aneurism of the eye" and the
only one ON record.
He was put under the influence of
opiates and an iron collar was placed
about his neck, to which was attached
thumb screw which was pressed over
the orbit to stop the rush of blood. He
was thus kept for forty-eight hours, but
his case was pronounced incurable. He
is nov at his home in Fort Wayne.
Breen il , man Of strong muscular de-
velopment, and would appear to have
more than the average mans chances for
longevity. He is not disposed to be
melancholy over his condition, and says
that he may outlive the entire Spring.
field convention. At any rate, he has the
strange distinction of being the only man
alive who wears collar made at black
smith shop.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
Careful of His Hat.

Going uptown on a horse car one
stormy night | saw a man who wore a
new silk hat, but had no umbrella, a
combination of circumstances which, as
everybody knows. is quite unpleasant.
The man seemed truly alive to the situa-
ton, and hung on the step of the car as
he approached his street, having grim
expression upon his face which fully in
dictated that he was about 10 adopt des-
perate measures. When his corner was
reached he aighted, took off his hat,
turned it upside down and ran like a
wild steer. He was baldheaded, and
looking down the street you could see in
the twilight the bare head bohbing up
and down as the rain battered on Its de-
vastated crest. He thinks more of his
hat than he does of his health" re-
marked a passenger. who also saw the
bald head skipping down the street. and
he was right by a large majority. When
the man who was so choice Of his hat
gets laid up with the influenza, and the
doctor gets the grip on him. he may
wish that he had kept his head covered,
and paid twenty-five cents for having ms
nat misunderstanding Standard Union.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
TWO VIEWS OF LIFE.

Oh. what is life? A space so brief.
We scarce distinguish joy from grief.
puff, a sigh breath of aiT,
Hurls us from bliss to cold despair.
And what are earthly wealth and fame
But treasures only in the name,
And honor, love and learned lore
But houses built u bon the shore?
One heaving Of old oceans breast,
And vanished are the things loved best.
Death comes 10 claim his struggling prey,
Man disappears from earth for aye.
And what is life? A waiting here
Until we reach that heaven so dear.
Each duty done each day Alright
Gives us hoy calm delight;
Each work begun in fear and love
Nears us unto our Gcd above.
To honor here his holy name
Should be our goal Of earthly fame.
Oh, death is not the end Of all,
For since the very first mans fall
a heaven is opened to our eyes,
And after death comes paradise.
Lulu Winter in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

long time, an once when the old COW got
out Of the lot and wandered of an didn't
come up in time to give milk for the
lamb l searched for her on the mountain
side an way down in the valley. 1t was
late when | got back home an long De-
fore | reached the house l heard the
lamb a-bleatin'. He seemed to be pow
erful glad when came in with the milk,
an the thought 1 read in his eyes was:
4 never will forgit you Wal, to make
long story short, I brought up that
lamb till he was as fine a sheep as you
ever saw, an in every look out of his
eyes he said that he never would forglt
me. We called him Bob an he 'peared
to like the name.
Zone day the next fall Nat Sarschet,
that l owed s., come over to my house
an lowed that he must have the money.
] didn't have it an told him so. Just
then Bob, he come up. I'll take this
sheep says Nat, an he done it in spite
of all my begin an promisin' that l
would pay him as soon as could get the
money. Last spring l heard that Nat
had sold Bob to the Wilder Dalton. So
much for the first part, an now for the
second: A day or two ago | was goin'
through the woods, caITyin' bag OF
corn on my back, an all at once ker-
bhip! something took me an almost
knocked me lifeless.
LAS soon as l could git up l looked
round, an thar. not more than ten feet
away, stood Bob. a-shakin' of his head.
Gracious alive. Bob said /, don't you
know me? He backed little, an jest
as l expected to see the look that said ne
was never goin' to forgit me he shot at
me an gave me a Diff that sent me
sprawlin' on the ground. | think he hit
me three times before l could git up, an
then he followed me to the fence, a.
churnin' me every jump of the way-an'
tickled! Wy, L never saw ram enjoy
himself so in my hfe. Well, when got
home l sot down an thought long time
about the ingratitude of this life. an
then / thought [ would teach that rascal
a lesson; so L got my gun and went back
down into the woods. l held the gun
DSAAt4N Llt etii pOfACu ctOOtSs uSby oOOu
l saw Bob, an he saw me about the same
time. Here he come! 1 didn't say a
word. He was so tickled that he thought
he'd stop an laugh little before biffin'
me, an he stopped an snorted with de-
light. an jest then I ups with my gun.
Il never saw such surprised sheep.
When he saw that was fixed for him
he tried to look lovin', but let him have
it right between the eyes. That's my
statement, ledge. an it shows that L
want out after meat, but revenge, fur
didn't even skin the rascal; an now, if
you want to whip me an make me work
ON the county road, all right"
''Jeems," said the judge, ''any court
that could have the heart to convict
you oughter be hung. Wilder Dalton,
what have You did with that sleeps
meat
1--WE got it at home"
"Wall, You go home an roast a him
quarter of it. This court an Jeems air
goin' to take dinner with you to-morrer.
-Opie p. Read in New York World.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
llIIilIIa f;a9le
BROKEN FLIGHT.

Isaw bird, light winged, gay,
Leap from the earth in circling fight,
saw it cut the clouds Of gray
And dart into the drifts Of light
And IL envied and yearned,
Like it, to break the bars Of fate
While fierce the fame Of longing burned
To do and dare-but not to wait.
/ saw a bird beneath nny feet,
Laid in the dust with broken wing;
All hushed the minstrel music sweeJ-
A crushed and wounded, dying thing.
All, met not those who cleave the sky
Are safest when the storm gods jeer-
Not those who fret and fume to fly
Are always fitted for that sphere.
Ahiwell that DER our judgment weak
heart Of mercy throbs for all
To hold from us the hurt we seek,
And, plying, note a sparTow's fall.
Matte Bonner in Philadelphia Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.
The Indescribabie Tri6es That Give One
the stamp 0f GOOD Form"

the stamp Sf GOOD Form"
All the etiquette books that were ever
published from those that enforce the
somewhat obvious precept of do not eat
with your knife" to she carefully shaded
maXims written by well known society
people in this country and in England,
cannot instill the distinctive marks Of
good form" that come from customary
contact with people of good breeding.
There are little shades which mark an hab-
ftual knowledge OF the world that 10 the
uninitiated would be impcrcepiiblc Tie
Tribune illustrates this point with a story
OF little girl who was trying TO describe
the family CT one Of her schoolmates-thor.
oughiy nice persons-rich and comfort
able, with better house and more servants
than the child'S own people could boast of.
and vet she felt instinctiyely there WAS a
difference and she c0ald not define il.
Finally she burst out with, Well. they
ere the kind Of people that never see
Punch"
Women Of observation and tact quickly
pick mp the shibboieths OF fashion aud
often out-Herod kfero,i in their approPria-
ton OF the to-the-mauor-bOrn cir OF the
hes; society and their use OF the intangible.
indeScribsble nothiugs thar give ne stamp
OF caste: while through want OF contact
with the world we see the descendants o.
the Oldest families become very often YER
ltacle rQstics.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
Useful Remedy in Heart Disease.

DR.. Orlando Jones calls attention in The
British Medical Journal 20 cactus grsndi-
iorus as remedy Likely 70 prove useful il
certain conditions Of the hesrt. Dig1talis.
strophsnthus and convallaria are not al
ways reliable in the varied conditions OF
the heart. The action Of digitshs Is not
unfrequently Disappointing II the case Of
a feeble heart, especially If that fee5leDess
Is excessive and Of long duration Ia such
instances cactus grandiAo-us may fiH 4
zap where other remedies appear 20 be
lacking. The action OF this remedy seems
to be the very opposite Of that Of diZitalis:
that is. IN the final stage Il strengthens the
heart.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
A striking" Suggestion

Rich Banker 90 future son-in-lswl-l
hope you appreciate, SIR, that IN mar
rying nv daughter you are marrying
young girl full Of heart and generOsaty-
Poor Young Aan-Ys<. INDEED. sfr. and
hope she gets these quahties from her
.ziher-Hzrper's Bazar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
Bl.nN1rsG-

Housekeeper tinSignantlyf-No. don't
want anything This Is the twentieth time
I've had 70 answer this bell this morning
Peddler with an injured aIr}-This j.
tn first time I've rang Il, nuro--S;rest &
smith : Good News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
a n.sLru.tien o. HI. oa.llty.

A-Corkle-Is Col Weber sn of5eer II
the regular army or IN the militia
McCrsckIe-Ser her. he isn't a-EniiIiary
man az all We cali hiz1 Kernel because
he 5 hard nut-West S6ors
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
"a Drill VII

rs Hawkins 5-iga ssCIdsaas
Nav, - eoSlda't rzsSs an exEziest.o1
IN tic coiiese yell - <sSe-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
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Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-28

has been disagreeable to degree that ia
not paralleled in the annals of the city.
and while there has been great deal of
illness as consequence of these drench-
ing rains and continuous cold, vet there
has been no increase whatever in the
mortality of the city, nor in that of the
surrounding country. The influenza has
been OF mild type that has
passed away in few days in most cases.
leaving no evil effects behind it. In the
discomfort we have experienced and the
impairment of health most of us have
| suffered we should remember that still
| our lot is not bad as compared with that
of other sections of the country or parts
of the world. 1t is no consolation to
know that others have suffered more
but it is good deal to know that our
case might have been ten times worse.
And it is much to know that the climate
even in its malign moods is by com.
parison good.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-28

Mr.. HENRY GEORGE will arrive here
this week to fulfill a lecture engagement
at Illinois Hall on Friday night. The
last time Mr.. George wss in Los Angeles
was in 1878. He was then State Inspec-
tor of Gas Meters, and came here to at
tend to the duties of his Office. 1t was
we'll known to the friends OF Mr.. George
Of the time that he was engaged upon
some important literary work; but no
one dreamed that he was then quietly
preparing that great book on political
economy Progress and Poverty"-
which has made him famous all over
the world. Since he was last
here Mr.. George has ripened in the
atmosphere OF great men, and held his
place with poise and persistency, and
with fertility of intellectual resource
which could only come from one en-.
dowed with an abundant store of mental
wealth. His rank is fixed among the
greatest thinkers of the close Of the 10Th
century. and his fame will 60 down the
ages with that of such men as Adam
Smith and John Stuart Mill. AS the
father of school that may yet work
into practice the striking theories he has
SO perspicuoualy' laid down, Mr.. George
may even be known and venerated by
the MACS of mankind when the greatest oi
his contemporaries are only known tc
bookmen.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-28
Scene-POlice Court.

Judge-Stand up, Mr.. Editor. What
have you got to say why sentence of death
should not be passed upon you for
criminal and atrocious libel in publishing
that gorilla-facad portrait as the likeness
of the prosecuting witness?
Priaoner-May it please your honor,
all have to say is that told the boy to
60 down to the cellar and get cut out OF
the box where We keep statesmen and
distinguished scientists, and he made a
mistake. He got into the box where we
keep the cuts of noted eloggers, burglars
and murderers. l am sorry, but it is one
OF those mistakes that are liable to hap
pen in newspapers that are compelled to
supply the long-felt want for likenesses
of individuals who may become suddenly
notorious.
Judge-I commiserate your position,
and regret that l cannot overlook your
crime. But as there is nothing mean
about this court, 1 shall sentence you to
be executed by electricity instead of by
hanging.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-28

The Chico Daily Enterprise. paper
published in the section in which the late
Northern Citrus Fair was held, became
go elated at the display Of few amateur
raised oranges that it lost its heaf, and
exclaimed, in burst of idiotic Mhusi
asm, that "the true citrus belt Of Cali
fornia is located north Of the State Capt.
toll" AS oranges are not made out OF
snowballs, come friend of the ebullient
Chico editor should apply wet towels to
his head. Orange shipments the pres
ent season from Southern California will
reach $500 carloads. Shipments from
the n. @. B.. nil.