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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18

The most interesting of the islands in
Loeb Maree is by no means the biggest, but
1t differs entirely from the others in its
varied vegetation. There is a romantic le-
gend in connection with this island In
olden times n Norwegian prince and prin-
cess lived there happily. In time of trou-
bic the prince went forth to war, leaving
his island to be guarded by his wife. 1t
was agreed that when he was in sight of
home on his return white flag should be
hoisted if all was well; if not, black one
Time passed, and the princess became jeal-
Gus of his long absence. When his boat at
length appeared in the loch black flag
was hoisted, and when he landed he found
his wife lying, as if dead, on bier, she
having feigned death to prove his love.
Heartbroken at the sight, the prince I'M
sheathed his dagger and plunged it into his
breast. A thud, and he lay dead at her
feet. Mortified ut the sight she grasped
the dagger from his breast and took her
own life. They were buried in this ro-
mantle spot, foot to foot, with the hilt of a
dagger engraved on their tombstone. Since
then the landowners of the neighborhood
have had the right to bury on the island,
and some of the graves are of curious I'M
hewn stones. This island burial is quite
common in Scotland. 1t is a delightful
idea that the dead should rest in peace,
surrounded by beautiful scenery, and far
enough from human habitation to do no
harm to the living.-London Queen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18

As AN innovation upon the standard
Sunday school story, the Chicago Mail
relates the following:
A Pittsburg merchant discovered the
other day that one of his trusted en-
ployes had stolen $500 and lost it at
poker. The old gentleman thereupon de-
termined to save the boy. if possible. He
replaced the stolen money, and calling the
erring yonngster before him, explained
the situation, gave him $50 in cash, and
told him 10 leave town and begin life over
again. With tears in his eyes the boy
thanked his benefactor. and between his
sobs said that he hoped his future would
prove that the confidence of his wronged
employer, though unmerited, had no;
been misplaced. Then he went forth
into the cold, cruel world once more, and
before night. with that $50 as nest egg.
he had W on 5000 at poker, and repaid his
debt OF honor. If there is any moral
whatever in this story, it probably lies in
the fact that "a kind action is its own
reward"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18
yar Over Fifty Yaara

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been used by millions of mothers for
their children while teething. If dis
burbed at night and broken of your res
by a sick child suffering and crying with
pain of cutting teeth send at once and get
q bottle os Mrs. Wipslow's Soothing
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Depend upon it, mothers. there's no mis-
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collie, softens the gums. reduces inflsmma-
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whole system, Mrs Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" for children tee hing is pleasant
to the taste and is the prescription of one
of the Oldest and best female physicians
and nurses in the United States. Sold by
all druggists throughout the world. Price
twenty-five cents bottle. Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18

KEoKUK Constitution democrat: Com
mon sense demonstrates that it is Iows's
veal that prohibition should be repealed.
The will of the people has been def
nitely ascertained and there is no sense
in temporizipg. 1t is foolish 10 advo-
cate resubmission of the question 10 a
vote of the people at special election.
We are having too many elections as it is.
The democrats will submit license and
local option bill, with fair provisions in
accordance with the platform. 1t should
be promptly passed and made law.
Then Iowa will advance to her proper
place among the states.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18

PauDer Labor.

In his speech to the Standard club of
Chicago, Ben Butterworth stated that on
his recent trip through Europe he failed
to discover the much talked about pau
per labor:
II have always" he said. ''been an
ultra-protectionist. have made speech
after speech about the psuper labor in
Europe. have tried TO bring tears to
the eyes of my auditors in describing the
pitiful conditions and the hard times
across the sea. The first thing when l
got to Bremen. / began to look for pau
per labor. hunted for it in Hamburg,
in Saxony. secured Berlin for it. but
not one pauper laborer could ! find.
There are more loafers in an American
city than there are in all Germany.
affirm this as an absolute fact. There
are two things they don't have in the
acknowledgements and losfersl In q
crowd of 100. 600 people in Berlin on q
public occasion. after searchicg carefully,
j found only one poorly dressed man.
had q notion 10 buy him. and bring him
home to show that had found one of
those pauper laborerrs used to talk
about"
Nevertheless there is much psuper labor
in Europe, as the low average wages paid
there and the large and constant exodus Of
laborer TO other lands, especi ally to the
United States. incontestably prove. For
this condition. as the Dubuque Telegraph
maintains. neither protection nor reve-
nue. tariff is pansces. Wsges are cons
stantly falling in this country dispite high
duties, and notwithstanding the so called
free trade policy of Great Britain destilu-
ton 10 general there and deaths from star
walton are Of frequent occurrence. Abso.
lutte free trade, something which no civi>
lized nation now has, would do much to
remedy this deplorable state of affairs.
but even absolute free trade would be in
sufficient to insure such an equitable dis
tribution of the products Of labor as to
abolish or even materially minimize pow
erty. A more radical reform than the
subsection to or exemption of imports
from customs duties is needed to accoai>
plish this. ard until the reform has been
instituted the spectacle Of the constant
enrichment of the few and the gradual
impoverishment of the millions will con-
tinue.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18
Diamond Cutting.

Diamond cutting and polishing form an
interesting but difficult art. Very few ex-
pert cutters are found in the world, al
though our modern system is as old as
1856, when Louis Bergnen established q
trade in Bruges. From that time until
quite recently the best diamonds were all
cut in Amsterdam. where today many Of
the finest cutters and polishers carry on
their'bnsiness. Since this early date i'm
provements have been made in the trade,
such as the invention of machines for SIM
plifying the work, but the general prin-
ciples of the art remained practically un-
changed. George f. Walsh in New York
Epoch
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18
VoLrA1o BELT Co.. Marshall. Mich

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stomach, liver, kidney and bladder
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blood purifier, sure cure for ague and
ualaril diseases. Price. 80 cents, of
druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18

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had catarrh for three years. Two OF
three times q week my nose would bleed
thought the sores would never. heal.
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did the work. My pose and head are
well. feel like smother man.-C. S.
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18
To Nervous ana D.bltar.d Hen.

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appliances on trial.
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18
where GYp.ie. Az. Pound.

The majority Of the Scottish gypsies have
emigrated to America, where they have
spead over a vast tract of country. Here
they have gradually become lost to view az
a distinctive race. Ia Europe they are
found in the greatest number today in
hungary and Wallachia, where there are
about 500,00o.-George f. Walsh in New
York Epoch
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18
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or money refunded. Price 90 cents per
box. For sale bv Rsr.z g. Bshnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18
Merit Wins.

We desire to say to our citizens. that
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New Discovery for Consumption, DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Bucklen's Arnics
Salve and Electric Bitters. and have
never handled remedies that sell as well,
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them every time. and we stand ready to
refund the purchase price, if satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great popularity
purely on their merits. Hsr,z & Balm
sen, druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18
"WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1891.

MONMOUTH Democrat. Nov. 10: Hon.
Ben. T. Cable will leave for Washington
tomorrow. He goes early, at the request
of Mr.. Springer, to assist him in his fight
for the speakership. We sincerely hope
that Mr.. Springer will be elected
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-18

Under which king. Bezomine?D Will
you shut your ear to the voice of the
many who know whereof they speak, and
suffer heart>killing neuralgia or will
you buy bottle Of Salvation Oil!
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
Baccarat and the Prince.

Inc famous game Of baccarat at Tranby
Oroit still continues to crowd the London
court room and to be the main attrac-
non Ior the time being of the English
uaiiies' vi course it is not the mysteries of
oaccara. mat people throng the court room
VI ieau Inc papers to learn about. nor is the
truth about Sir William Gordon Cnn,n,,nn,o
play on the night in question the thing
sought after by the great majority 81 the
crowd: Had the banker Of the game not
Deen his Royal Highness, the Prince of
WaIes' interest In this suit would have hoo,
connned to very few people The consnjcu-
GUS figure in the business is the heir ap,'.
emit to the British throne, and II is arnpna
him that all the interest in the trial revolvos
The kind of advertisement that Alhe,t
Edward is getting is not likely IN
make more pleasant to the people ~
England the prospect that he will SOON
occupy the throne. OF course it has been
perfectly well understood that the Prince
was not very strait-laced person, but direct
ana unimpeached testimony In court pro-
duces much stronger effect upon the pub
lie mind than vague rumors circulated from
mouth to mouth. The worst feature of the
case is the revelation that the Prince was
really the instigator OF the gambling game,
and that it was started chiefly for his enter
tainment. Mr.. Wilson, at whose house the
affair took place, was opposed to gambling,
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
The excellent effect of our fish and game

The excellent effect of our fish and game
laws in attracting summer visitors to the
State has suggested to the Dexeter Eastern
State the advisability of still further effort
on the part Of the State government to ad-
vertise Names attractions. The State of
New Hampshire. which is in certain sense.
the rival OF Maine in the summer resort busi.
ness, has issued through the labors of its
Commissioner Of Agriculture, a hand -book
descriptive Of the natural beauties of the
State and its other attractions for snmmor
visitors. This book Is finely illustrated and
contains full descriptions, not onlv of the
places, but of the best means of reaching
them, and of the hotels and boarding bopses
Names resorts have been advertised go far
solely by the efforts Of private persons or
corporations. The Maine Central railroad
has done great deal of good work in this
line; the Chicago and Grand Trunk road
has also assisted some in the West. and Mr.
George II. Haynes has written for varIous
towns some admirable little books setting
forth the beauties and.attractions of those
places. But OF course different interests
working for particular places cannot give
the general treatment that a State WORK
might give. Maine has no commissioner of
agriculture; but by an act of the last legis-
lature the board Of agriculture was allowed
salaried Secretary. That position is filed
by an accomplished gentleman. DIR. Twitch-
ell, who is very well acquainted with the
State OF Maine. Should the State ever decide
to follow the example Of New Hampshire,
the facilities for doing the work well and
economically are all established. Perhaps in
connection with the coming exhibition in
Chicago something in the line of a Maine
report on Maine resorts might be very useful.
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06

The PRESS finds itself confronted this
morning with the strange task of defending
the word Of Samuel j. Tilden against the OBJ
stinate ignorance of the Portland Argus!
Yesterday the Argus said:
- The PRESS quotes from letter written by Mr..
Pilden oct 20; 1850 to prove that there was no
But the election on Nov. 4, 1860, showed / 929
Lincoln votes and SAG, 3l9 Bell votes Now
neither MIR. Lincoln nor Mr.. Bell from 1882 up to
1856 had cast any other vote than Wing vote
Soil Wings and Free Soil Democrats. The Bell
Soil attachment. The Lincoln party absorbed the
Bell party in 1864.
Inc figures of the election of 1860 will
show that Mr.. Tilden's statement was right.
The 1929 Lincoln votes cast in 1.-THE seeding
states in 1860 were cast in Virginia, which
then Included West Virginia, later set off as
loyal state.
Because Lincoln and Bell were in the
same party up to 1856 does not cause 1t to
follow that they were of the same party in
1860, when the one was leading the Republic
cans and the other the Constitutional Union
lists.
The figures Of the election Of 1860 will show
that the Argus is widely in error when it
says that "the Lincoln party absorbed the
Bell party in 1864. The Bell party numbered
59O.6S1 votes in 1860. OF these 40, 291 were
in the states that went out Of the Union and
had no votes In 1864. Hence these could not
have been absorbed" by the Lincoln Party.
There remained, then 1S6.34O Bell votes that
might have been absorbed" by the Repubi-
cans in 1864. But in all probability large
part of these Bell voters in the Union States
went with the Democrats. The figures of
the Kentucky electors show that only o.
7S6 out Of 66,058 Bell votes could by any
possibility have gone to the Republicans.
Therefore. If every Bell man of 1860 outside
OF Kentucky and the seeding states voted
Republican in 1864, the Republican gain from
this source would have been less than 150-
600. or about quarter Of the Bell vote of
1860. But it is probable that large part If
not majority of the 10000 went with the
2SsAA.ssAase, AviivwAns "a
their ablest men. Bell himself esroused the
cause OF the secessionists.
The facts show Mr.. Tilden to be right and
the Argus wrong.
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06

and had banshed baccarat. But when the
Prince arrived with his baccarat counters
the stern morality of the head of the house.
mold had to be relaxed for the heir appar-
ent's entertainment.
vi course the English Radicals are viewing
Tue court room spectacle with certain
amount of satisfaction. Everything that
impeaches the character of royalty weak
ems 1t in the estimation of the people
and tends to hasten that downfall which the
Radicals are working for and praying for.
To the great body of Englishmen, however,
who still have lingering fondness for kings
and queens and princes. the spectacle of the
heir apparent going visiting with baccarat
counters in his pocket that he might be sure
the means would be at hand for his en-
joyment, is somewhat painful one.
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The initial article in the current number
OF the New England Magazine is Wagner
and Tannhauser in Paris. 1861. by Edward
II. House. 1t is illustrated with two beau
tiful full-page portraits of Wagner, which
are entirely unknown in America, and are
now published for the first time. Mrs. Eliza
beth Akers Allen writes appreciateIy of
MRS. Partington" and her less famous, but
equally genial, creator, the late Benjamin
Penhallow Shillaber. At Andersonville, a
poem by franklin Stanton is very appropri-
ate at this time of year. Mr.. Edward 7.
Bouve writes on The Battle at High Bridge.
The First Line of Electrical Telegraph, by
Stephen Vail. a son Of Alfred Vail, whose
name Is familiar to all interested In the elec-
tric telegraph, Is very interesting and COM
prehensive account of the early experiments
and successes In which his father took con.
siderable share Mr.. Edwin D. Mead writes
brightly and forcibly on the Message of Pu-
ritanism for this Time. Gilead, BY Isabel
Gordon, and The Giant Wisteria, by Char
l0tte L. StetSOn, are excellent stories. and
Sidney ii. Morse writes approximately of
George l.. Stearns.- the Boston philanthro
and A Southern Study, by Lille Chace Wv.
man, will deservedly attract attention.
A new subject is taken up in the article on
the Development of American Industries
since Columbus. in the June number Of The
Popular Science Monthly. This is 1.-THE Man.
ufacture of Wool, which is handled by the
author, Mr.. S. N. Dexter North, in notably
attractive manner. DIR. IAndrew ID. White
concludes his chapter on Miracles and Medi-
cine in this number, dealing with theological
intolerance of Jewish and other nhvsicians
incubation, and an@shetics, changes Of
vogue in regard to sanity relics, the royal
touch, etc. Under the odd title, Our Grand
fathers Died too Young, Mrs. FL. M
Plunkett sketches the progress in sanitation
which has doubled the average length Of
human life within few hundred years.
Lieutenant Colonel A. B. Ellis contributes
an essay on Survivals from Marriage by Cap
ture, describing great number of curious
customs. Some Questions concerning the
Minor Planets are reviewed by F. F. Tisse-
rand. The Natchez Indians, an ancient
Mexican people that occupied the lower
Mississippi country when America as dis.
covered. are described by Howard A. Gid
dings There Is copiously illustrated arti-
Louis Montillot. A number of quaint medi.
cal prescriptions from an old book entitled
Inc Pearl OF Practice are embodied in a
paper by Miss Elizabeth Robinson. If our
grandfathers died too young, as another con-
s sr9uToe ciamh very likely their reliance
h'Apparent discourses on The Future of the
ofYne BBitus, 9hHsc1a Y Rms 81 Tbs Music
L. Cheney, with music. The life of the
great astronomer, Copernicus, is sketched,
with portrait.
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06

One OF Names most brilliant young orators-a
very dear friend, whom it pains us to criticize
SO far inexperienced the proprieties of the Me-
morlol occasion as TO devote his address deliy-
cred before G. A. r. Post on the Kennebec, to
an elaborate discussion Of purely political ques-
ton, much to the chagrln and modification OF the
old soldiers composing the audience.-Bridgton
News.
The News allusion is somewhat indefinite,
but there cannot be much doubt that Attor-
ney General Littlefeld is the orator aimed at,
inasmuch as he was the only one of the
speakers along the Kennebec who went out
side of the beaten path. But instead of Mr..
Littlefeld's address being improper or inap-
propriate, as the News suggests. 1t was both
highly proper and highly appropriate His
subject was the restriction of immigration.
That, to be sure, is political question In
Its broad sense-it concerns the citizen-but
1t is not partisan question. There is no
party in the United States today, unless 1t
be the party Of anarchy, but believes that
the pauper and the criminal, the insane and
the inhrm. the ignorant and the vicious
hordes which foreign governments are dump
Ing upon US should be turned back. No
body wants to turn back the thrifty man
who comes here to better his condition and
become loyal citizen of the United States.
That class all parties are ready to welcome,
but the class that yearlyadds to our criminal
population or fills up our poor houses, or
plots against our institutions, every lover of
the Republic whether he be native born or
naturalized citizen, wants to see prevented
from landing on our shores. Therefore the
question of restriction of immigration.
though political in the broad sense of that
term, Is not political In the narrow sense of
the word, and therefore not improper to dis
cuss on Memorial Day. But not only is it
not improper, but as we have already said.
1t is highly proper. What can be more
appropriate for discussion on day dedi-
Gated to the memory of those who died TO
restore the Integrity of the Republic, than
measures needed to preserve that integrity?
The greatest menace today to the institutions
which the soldiers of '6t65 died to save,
comes from this stream Of ignorant and cor
rupt immigration. How then. can the sur.
yivors Of the bloody strife of that period
better glorify the deeds of those who fell
than by giving upon the day consecrated to
their memory thoughtful attention to meas
ures to preserve the results of their sacri-
hees! The man who on Memorial Day pro-
nounces glowing eulogy upon the men who
fell on the field Of carnage does well, but the
man who calls attention to the dangers
which threaten the Union which they died
to save, and teaches how to avert them,
does better. There is no occasion for the
News to part with any of its respect for its
very dear friend" for discussing the ques.
tlon Of immigration on Memorial Day.