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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-15
The snrplus Reduced ~. GOO GOO

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 15.-The heavy
purchases of bonds during last week,
together with the purchases of silver, have
had the effect of reducing the surplus in
the treasury which Saturday was little
more than s12.000,00O. At the beginning
of the week it was $4,000. 900.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-15
Governor-EIect winaus Dangerouslx mn

DETROIT, Dec. l5-Democratic leaders
here are greatly alarmed over the report
from Hamburg that Edwin 3. winans,
the first Democratic governor elected in
Michigan since 1853, is Dangerously i'll
with pneumonia,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-15
Negroes Against the Election Bill

WASHINGTON CRY, Dec 15-Ata meet
ing of the executive committee of the col
ored reform tariff bureau here Saturday
nigt resolutions denouncing the ''forcc'
bill as prejudicial to the happiness and
peace of the colored men of the south were
adOpted
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-15

100000 to loan on real estate security.
n sums OF 5000 and upward. At lowest
current rates OF interest, without COM
--'--'- M u-,~~. sss~--~~ -
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-15
-Four killed Instantly.

The express train struck the wagon, in
stantly killing Neal McIlvaine, Joseph
Hussey, and Hugh Dever. John McIlvaine
had his shoulder and leg. broken, ribs
crushed, and was otherwise internally in
jured. He is not expected to live
Joseph johnson, who was crossing the
track on foot, was also struck by the
engine and instantly killed. John McGee,
who was also in the wagon, was badly in.
iured
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-15
COST FIVE HUMAN LIVES

Raising n Safety Gate Too Quickly
Names of the Victims.
BRISTOL, Pa, Dec. IA shocking acct
dent occurred at the Mill street railroad
crossing Saturday by which four persons
were killed, one fatally wounded. and one
seriously hurt The accident was caused
by the safety gates at the crossing being
raised just before the New York west
bound express was due. John McIlvane.
a teamster, started across with a wagon.
containing himself and four other per-
sons
Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-09-19
That Day.

How terrible they nrs--soiDe days
that eat into the brain and stamp them
selves On the memory for all mortal
time! We can forget weeks Of placid
living, but Dever the pain that comes
with one day of grief.
A poor little faded woman had been
brought into court as witness in u dis
agreeable case. involving very serious
issues. fhe entire case depended on
the fact that q paper had been signed on
certain day, aud this the forlorn little
woman prepared to prove.
You saw the paper signed p asked
the opposing counsel in cross sxamina-
ton.
''Yes. sir "
you take your oath that it was the
Both Of August ?"
II know it was, SIR"
The lawyer, who thought another date
could be proved, assumed an exasperat'
ing smile, and repeated her words.
"You know it was And now. be so
good as to toll US just how you know
il.
The poor little creature looked from
one countenanee to another with wide
sorrowful eyes, as if she sought under
standing and sympathy. Then her gaze
rested on that of the kindly judge.
a know" she said, as if speaking to
him alone, '.because that was the day
the baby died"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-09-19

THE TWO LOVERS.


THE TWO LOVERS.
TWO lovers by a moss grown spring
They leaned soft cheeks together there,
Mingled the dark and sunny hair.
And heard the wooing thrushes sing,
Oh, budding time
Oh, loves best prime!
Two welded from the portal slept;
The bell made happy carolings,
The air was soft as tanning wings,
White petals on the pathway slept,
Oh, pure eyed bride
Oh, tender pride
Two faces DER cradle bent;
II Fwo hands above the head were locked
These pressed each other while they
|E rocked,
whose watched life that love had sent,
x Oh, solemn hour 49,,
oh, hidden power
Two parents by the evening fire;
The red light fell about their knees,
On heads that rose by slow degrees
Like buds upon the lily splre,
Oh, patient life
Oh, tender strife
The two still sat together there
The red light shone about their knees,
But all the heads by slow degrees
Had gone and left that lonely pair.
Oh, voyage fast
Oh, vanished past
The red light shone upon the floor
And made the space between them wide
They drew their chairs up side by side,
Their pale cheeks joined, and said "Once
moreW
Oh, memories
Oh, past that is
Iv;af
Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-09-19

An Iowa editor takes pains to tell his
readers that he had an Introduction to a
young lady from Ohio, aud says she is
all sorts Of lovely girl, sharp as
frosty morning. as full Of tricks as a
deer. and happy as a flock of snow
birds
Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-09-19

An frishman remarks that the reason
the evenings are longer now, is because
it does not stay light so long after dark
as il did awhile back
Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-09-19

After SO many years it has been dis
covered that Queen Victoria has big
feet But then. a good many would
like to fill her shoes.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-09-19

An expedition of geologists bas found
in the Bad Lands of the West bed Of
extinct oysters, many of them four feet
long. We have in our minds eye a
girl who could get away with half a
dozen of them without much effort.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-09-19

"What were your husbands last
words r "He hadn't any" sobbed the
widow, Il was with him."
Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-09-19
10 r p II | N i / N q
sUcHA
LARGE POSTERS, HANDBILLs
CIRCULARS,
ARDS, BLANKS
BILL-HEADS,
Together with every other description Of
PLAIN AND FANCY PRINTING,
Executed with neatness and dispatch.

Yearly advertisers will be allowed to
change four times during the year without
charge Advertisements should be marked
with time and space they are to occupy.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-09-19
REAME1S
HOW ARD HOUSE,
Howard and Baltimore streets,
BALTIMORE, Nh.

I TAKE this method Of informing my Mont
i gomery county friends, and the public
generally, that have leased the above we'll
known hotel for term Of years, and have
thoroughly renovated and iefnrnishei the
same. ! hope by polite aud strict attention
TO business 10 merit liberal share OF public
patronage. Terms, 81 so and $500 per day.
aug ely JAMES REAAkR.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-09-19
Wonders

Are wrought by the use Of Ayers Hair
Vigor in restoring gray hair to its original
color, promoting q new growth. prevent
Sg the hair from falling. keeping IL soft,
silky, and abundant, and the scalp cool,
healthy and free from dandrnn or humors.
The universal testimony is tliat this prep
aration has no equal as II dressing, and
Is, therefore, Indispensable 10 every we'll
furnished toilet.
Il have used Ayers Hair Vigor for some
time and 1t has worked wonders for me. !
was troubled with dandrufi aud was rapidly
becoming bald but since using the Nignr my
head Is perfectly clear Of dandruif. the hair
has ceased coming out and now have a
good growth, Of the same color AS when ]
was young woman. can heartily recon-
mend any one suffering from dandrnff or
loss of hair to use Ayers Hair Vigor as u :
dressing" = Mrs. Lydia q. Moody, East
Pittston, Me,
"some time ago my viie's hair began 10
come out quite freeIV
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-19

nave only one moro thought to pre-
sent. Tho wings under which Ruth had
come to trust were gentle wings. There
IS nothing softer than a feather. You
nave noticed when bird returns from
i lllght how gently it stoops over the nest.
Inc young birds are not afraid of having
their lives trampled out by the mother
blra; the old whip oor-will drops into
its nest of leaves, the oriole into it's cas-
he6 OF park, the humming bird into it's
hammock of moss-gentle as the light.
ANA so, says the psalmist, He shall cover
Ieee Win His wing. Oh, the gentleness
vi e1 you! But even that figure does not
iuliy set 1t forth; for have sometimes
iooked INTO the birds nest and seen a
uead olfd-lts life having been trampled
out by the mother bird. But no one that
ever came under the feathers of the AL
mighty was trodden on.
Blessed nest! warm nest! Why will
men stay out in the cold to be shot of
temptation and to be chilled by the blast
when there is divine shelter? More
beautiful than any flower 1 ever saw are
the hucs of birds plumage. Did you
ever examine it? The blackbird, float
ing like flake of darkness through the
sun light; the meadow lark, with head
OF lawn and throat of velvet and breast
OF gold; the red tiamingo, flying over the
southern swamps like sparks from the
Jorge OF the setting sun; the pelican.
white and blacS-morning and night
tangled in It's wings-give but a very
faint idea of tho beauty that comes down
over the soul when on it drop the feath-
ers of the Almighty.
TT
:, Here fold your weary wings. This is
the only safe nest. Every other nest
VIII VII be destroyed. The prophet says So:
Though thou eXalt thyself like the
eagle, and set thy nest among the stars,
yet will | bring thee down, saith tho
Lord OF hosts" Under the swift wings,
under the broad wings, under the strong
wings, under the gentle wings of the AL
mighty find shelter until the calamities
be ovcrpast. Then when you want to
change nests it will only be from the
valley of earth to the heights of Heaven;
and instead of ''the wing of a dove" for
which David longed, not lSnowning that
IN the first mile of their flight they would
give out, you will be conducted upward
by the Lord God of Israel, under whose
wings Ruth, the beautiful Moabitess,
came to trust.
GOD forbid that in this matter of eter-
nal veal or woe we should be more STU
pld than the fowls of heaven; ':for the
stork knoweth her appointed time. and
the turtle. and the crane, and the swal-
lows observe the time of their going; but
my people know not the judgments of
the Lord,'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-19
saIoons spoil the Homie.
From the Chicago Herald

We take the following extract from
Miss Frances E. Wizards eloquent ad-
dress before the International Sunday
School Convention, recently held in
Pittsburg, asking for at least four dis
tihctively temperance lessons per year in
the Sunday school:
In one Of our work meetings the
question was asked by Miss Anna Cor
don in her speech, "Why are saloons bad
for this village?" A hundred little folks
wore present and many hands were
raised. "You may answer" said Mrs.
Gordon, turning to a pale-faced boy of
twelve, whereupon he said in a voice full
OF pathos, "Saloons are. bad for our vii
lage because they spoil the home. We
harmed later that he and his mother
Were kicked out into a snowdrift the
night before by his father when drunk.
1.-Two years ago had to speak before a
ctmmittee Of the United States Senate
oil behalf of our white ribboners' petit
tton for prohibitory law. Louis Schade,
attorney for the Brewers Congress,
stoke also, and based his argument on
.%ested interests" claiming that the
Government was in duty bound to pro-
tct these. When my time came to an
4yer pleaded for the holy motherhood
d America, who have gone down into
1he valley of unutterable pain and in
the shadow of death with the dew of
eternity upon their foreheads; have
passed the sacred but terrible ordeal
that gives to America her sons. BY as
tluch as the home is better than dis
tller's vat and the mothers heart more
Precious than brewers cask: by that
huch is the temperance reform bound to
be victorious.
| And so l am not thinking wholly of
this blessed throng with its kind hearts.
These faces fade from view, and be-
bold the children in ten thousand homes;
the little soldiers newly mustered in the
brmy of temptation and sin: the boys to
whom hard hands hold out mugs of beer,
Ind poison cigarettes, and greasy packs
IF cards. l see them shared and trapped
by. the legalized temptations of the
ktreets. But these have been to Sunday
kchool, where sacred standards are sci
IMP, where life is squared to laws divine.
E[f they had come to my class, sin 1906
land ever so few," they would have
learned, perchance, theory concerning
the species of sheep on which grew The
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-19
Not FaIlen So Low as That.

An English magazine, in an article
on restaurants, tells of a New York
speculator who came to grief and went
to work as waiter in cheap eating
house in that city. To this walters
table came broken-down, eedy-look-
ing individual of an aristocratic, Fifth
Avenue, brown-stone front type, sneak
ing in with every sign of being very
much ashamed of himself. When the
waiter arrived to take his order there
was mutual recognition, and the new
conner murmured: "Great Scott,
Thompson! you here?" The attendant
showed no sympathy at all, but draw
ing himself up haughtily, dryly replied :
eyes. Jones, wait here, but l don't
dine here"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-19

THERE was once an old Roman SEN
ator who was accustomed to conclude
every speech he made in the Senate with
these words: Carthage delenda est,
Carthage must be destroyed. He knew
that so long as Carthage existed Rome
would have woe. For the new party 1
would have the watchword, 3Caupona
delenda est" the saloon must be de-
stroyed; and I would set aside every
other issue until the country did see the
saloon destroyed. - Reu. Charles T..
Deems, d. d.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-19
Visiting Manners.


our good breeding are singularly blind
as to what is due to friends who are Wis.
ting people unknown to us, or who are
entertaining guests whom we havenevel
met. Nor are we more assured as te
some OF the points of etiquette toward
our own guests and to our own hosts
when we make an occasional fitting
from home.
1t is useless to decry etiquette by say
ing that the best manners in all cases
are those which hurt no one. This il
true as general law, but there alway,
are some points which leave no room
for experiments as to what will hurt
another. and which yet may be settled
once 1o1 all by a few ruzes,.
If you have an acquaintance who is
entertaining friends whom she wishes
you to meet, it is your duty to call
promptly, and if possible offer some
hospitality to both guests and hosts.
Ii the position is reversed, and your
friend is visiting people unknown to
you, never go to see your friend without
leaving card for the hostess. If you
give any entertainment for the friend
be very sure to invite her hosts also. II
does not follow that your invitation will
be accepted, but if it is, the hostess
must be treated as the guest Of honor
and shown every Difference. If, for in
stance, the entertainment is luncheon
for young ladies, she may be asked tc
take the seat at the end of the table op.
pcsite to your own.
If the mutual friend Is your guest,
you may be sure that, If she is woman
Of good breeding, she, in turn, will &C
cept no invitation which does not in
clude you, although you may think best
to decline it and insist upon her going
alone. Nor will she receive visitors
without asking you to join them in the
parlor-should her friends be rude
enough to have sent you no cards.
Here, too, you may excuse yourself, OF
at most, join them with such delay as to
give them short interview alone.
These same rules hold good for you
when you are the guest. Before you
go to make the visit, send word to your
friends where and with whom you are
to stay, so that there may be no idea
that you are in boarding house, and
therefore mistress of your time and sur
roundings. This constant Difference to
your hostess should lead you to order
all letters and packages to be addressed
to her care.
As TO the disposal of your time, when
you are visiting, no etiquette requires
you to accept all the plans of your hos.
tess, if you feel unable to do so; but
care is needed to show that refusal
means lack of strength, not lack Of in
terest and inclination. With little
tact on both sides, you will have many
hours for your own.
Indeed, skillful hostess will manage
to secure you this privilege, and not
make the mistake of working too hard
to amuse you, and so absorb every mo-
ment of your visit into her idea of what
is pleasure for you.
No greater compliment is possible
than the quiet acceptance of your pres
ence in the intimacy of family life.-
Youths Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-19

PAPA (who used bad word when he
tore his trousers)-I forgot myself,
Sammy. It was wrong of me to say
such word. Sammy-Oh, you need
not apologize, papa! 1 often use it
myself.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-19

WOMEN should not be too clamorous
for the ballot. They have their hands
full, and more too, in raising American
wives for the foreign market.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-19

In Northern Wisconsin there is q
w. c. T. U. composed of Americans,
Germans, and Norwegians. One week
the devotional exercises will be conduct
ed in one language and the next week in
another. Sometimes the Bible will be
read in English, the prayer made in Nor
wegian, and the songs sung in German,
but the entire audience is always at
tentive, and remarkably friendly feel
ing prevails among the different nation
alities.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-19

The New York State w. G. T. U. is
raising money for the erection of a dis
tinctively temperance building upon the
fair grounds of the New York State Ag-
ricultural Society.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-19

A DIAMOND merchant may speak of
his goods being of the purest water,
but the milkman may not.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-19

A VACANT mind is standing offer to
the devil of free house-room.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-19

If the young man knew, if the old
man could, there is nothing but would
be done. :,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-19

TOLsToI's latest crusade is said to be
against tobacco and alcohol. 1t is
stated that he has work nearly ready
for the press, in which he strongly in
Weighs against gluttonly and drunken
ness, and shows in vivid manner the
effect of narcotics and intoxicating
drinks ON the human system.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-19
A Little Private Opinion,


Some folks think that the Republican
party loves the saloon. We don't.
Some folks think the Democratic party
loves the saloon. We don't.
Some folks think that both the Repub-
lican party and the Democratic party
are married to the saloon, love or no love,
We confess it look so to us.
Some folks think the Republican party
dare not refuse to support the saloon,
because she will thereupon refuse to
make her home with it. We think that
way.
Some people think the Democratic
party dare not refuse to support the
saloon because thereupon she will refuse
to make her home with it. We think
that way.
Some people think that if the Repub-
lican party and the Democratic party
should both refuse to support the saloon
she would die of neglect, and we think
so, too.
Some people think that if the saloon
should refuse to make her home with
either of the political parties, that party
would be out nights making it's home with
her. That is what we think.
Some people have moral scruples
against this way of enjoying life. We
ve.-Nort7,,oestere Mail
sTIERE is one way the authorities in
the prohibition States can make the
original package business tired. That
is to arrest, imprison and fine every man
who is on the street or public highways
under the influence Of liquor. By a
rigid enforcing of police regulations and
persistent attack all along the line, the
whisky and beer peddlers and their
customers could be SO annoyed that the
business would have to be done so SUR
reptitiously as to be practically pro-
hibited. "-YOTkUtllc (Ill.) NelUs.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
Residence for an Elector.

One of the registrars of Logan
county, being in doubt as to what
constitutes an elector, asked the
Governor for advice and received
the following, which may interest
others:
SIR: am asked the question daily by
registrars and others: How many
months residence in the state is neces-
sary to become qualified eiect"rf"
For the information of all concerned
| respectfully call your attention I" sec
ton 2, article 6, Suffrage AMI Election
Of the Constitution OF the STATE" I Idaho.
SECTION 2, Except as 10 tais article
otherwise provided, every male citizen %
the Cuited States. 81 years old. who la'
resided in this State Tor Territory fo
six months, and in the county where IL
offers to vote thirty days next preceding
the day Of election, if registered AS pro
vided by law, il a qualified voter; ant
until otherwise provided Ivy the iegisia
ture. women y no have the qualification
precribed in this article may continue t.
hold such school offices and vote at suci
elections rs provided hy the laws of Lila
/ no Territory.
The provisions Of the foregoing section
requiring six months residence In tn
Htate Tor Territory and in the count,
thirty days. are now 10 fuii force.
Will you kindly notify all registrar
in your couuty7
Respectfully, Gro. L. SHouP,
Governor.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
No Entries in the Arid Districts

WASHINGTON, d. g., Aug. 49,
Commissioner Croft of the general
land office has issued to registers
and receivers of land offices cir
cular giving the recent opinion OF
the attorney general, which sustains
the construction placed upon the
law Of 1888, known as the arid land
law, by the interior department.
Attention is directed to the depart
ment circular Of August, 1889, in
which they were instructed not to
permit entry on any part of the arid
region which came within the OPP
Grafton of the act of October 2, 1888,
although, in any case, says the COM
missioner, if there be at any time
no designation of land involved
therein as selection for a site or
sites for reservoirs, bitches or ca
nails for irrigation purposes, or as
land thereby made susceptible OF
irrigation, that fact is not to be con-
sidered as showing that the land is
open to entry. Although not yet
selected: it may be liable to such
selection under said act, which Is
held to withdraw all lands SO liable
for disposal. Absolute obedience
to the order is enioined.