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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-11
CHICAGO, Rock Island & Pacific RV.,

The Direct Route to and from Chicago Joliet Ottawa
Peoria, La Sale, Moline, Rock Island in ILLINOIS;
Davenport, Muscatne, ottunwa, Oskaloosa, Des
Moines, Winterset, Audubon, Harlan and Council
Bluffs, in IOWA. Minneapolis and St. Paul in MIN.
NESOTA; Watertown and Sioux Falls in DAKOTA (;
Cameron, st. Joseph and Kansas City in MISSOURI;
Omaha, Lincoln, Fairbury and Nelson, in NEBRASKA;
Atchison, Leavenworth, Horton, Topeka, Hutchinson
Wichita Bellevlle, Abilene, Dodge City, Caldwell in
KANSAS; kingfsher. FL Reno and Minco in INDIAN
TERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo
in COLORADO. Traverses new areas OF rich farming
and grazing lands, aording the best facilities inter-
communication 10 all towns and cities east and west
northwest and southwest of Chicago and TO Pacific and
transoceanic seapOrts.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-11

Economy is the parent of integrity, of
liberty and of ease, and the sister of tenn
perance, of cheerfulness and of health; and
profuseness is a cruel and crafty demon,
that generally involves her followers in
dependence and debts-that is, letters them
with irons into their souls. New York
Ledger
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An odd Kind or Meteor.

On Thursday. March 19, 1710, there appeared at London about o'clock at night n sudden great light moving alter tue manner. but moro slowly. Chan falling star. It started from . point DAlow Orion's belt then lying h the southwest and went upward iE- stead of downward like falling star
 Its size. according to the testimony of numerous observers in Spain. FrancA
 Ireland. Holland and some parts cf Germany. as we'll as those who saw 1t in London. and all over England. was about that of the full moon. It was of whitish color. with m eye in the center as blue as the most azure DOT. ton of June sky after thunder. storm. It went straight upward in iis course until out of sight. leaving . track of fiery red sparks in it's wake"
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HORSE POWER.
Established ns q Unit by Names Watt
 About n Century Ago.

Established ns a Unit by Names Watt
 About a Century Ago.
 When men first begin to become familiar with the methods of measur- ing mechanical power they often spec ulate on whore the breed of horses is that can keep u: work raising 3S, GOO pounds one foot per minute, or the equivalent which is pore familiar 10 some mechanics, of raising $50 pounds 100 feet per minute. Since 33,000 pounds raised one foot per minute is called onc-horse power. j; is natural that people should think the engin- eers who established that unit of meas. uremcnt based it on what horses could really do. But the horse that can do this work does not exist The horse power unit was established by James Watt about a century ago, and the hgure3 were fixed in curious way. Watt found that the average horse of his district could raise 22. GOO pounds ono foot per minute. This then, was an actual horsepower. At that time Watt was employed in the manufact- ure of engines. and customers were so hard to find that all kinds of artificial inducements were necessary to induce power users to buy steam engines. As a method of encouraging them Watt offered to sell engines reckoning 33, 900 foot pounds to horse power And thus he was the means of giving false unit to one of the most important measurements in tba rnr1A
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THE JEST FER.

Traveller (entering dining room carl- ''ls this the smoking car, my good mani" Porter--No, sah; this is the chewing car, sah. ''-Yonkers Statesman.
 ''So you are not in favor of tho an- nexation of Cuba, eh.n No, indeed :. Where would we be able to get any good imported 0Gars in that casein--Indianap olis Journal.
 Mir Townly--'I got letter from your cousins dayn Mrs. Townly--.I Inviting us to spend tho summer of course.' Mir Townly--''No; stating that they do not intend to run charity hospital this sea- son. New York Herald
 Prudent Mamma--'sWhat is your obtec- ton to him, Clara, He seems to be a first-class young man." Hesitating Young Woman-''How can he be, mammal He is the third assistant in a second class postoffice, Chicago Tribune.
 ''Yes, we've struck it rich" said cap italist to friend. Doing whati" in quired tho friend. Manufacturing old family clocks with ancient dial-plates The market was nearly out of heirlooms, and we took advantage of the demand :" Detroit Free Press.
 Tommy Slimson (to his sister)-'If Mir Dashaway calls while you are dressing what shall sayr' Clara Slimson-'' Ask him to wait, of coursen Dashaway tin the parlor a few moments later) What did your sister say when you told her 1 was heresn Tommy-s'She said you could wait. .n--Cloak Review.
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A Perslan Tale.

Haroun the Caiiph. walking by light in Bagdad, saw one standing without the great closed doors of the bazaar of the gold workers, with taught upon him but his frail khamees. and it was cold. Whose son art thoup" said the Caliph. Il am a mer- chant of amulets, returned the man.
 'I am starving. and I sold my cover- ings one by one, as tree in autumn letteth fierce wind have it's leaves. rather than fall a heap and die. am . child of misery from my birth. !" Then" said the Caliph. take this, sat drink and be merry" " and he gave tho great ruby that men call tho Eye of Love" and went on his way in peace. The next night came again Haroun. and finding the merchant of amulets about to die for need of food, csio4 .Alpsl Why did you nsA epl1
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ELASTIC. BUT STRONG.
Liberty and Fraternal Gener osity in Car
 Noble Land.

Liberty and Fraternal Gener osity in Car
 Noble Land.
 ''When foreigners impugn the elGs. ticity and strength of our institxtions, said Robert L. Layton to me yester- day. Il am fond of quoting to them . bit of my own experience. In the spring of 1865, was present when Gen. Johnston surrendered to Sher- man. The regiment 1 served in, tho Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. formed part of Gen. Sherman's es. cort. One of the surprises of that day to us troopers was the appearance of Gen. Wheeler, the famous confederate cavalry leader. He had been raising Cain with us for months, and this and his raids in former campaigns had made us think of him as being of fear full proportions. We expected to find giant and when little man of spare frame was pointed out to us a the terrible Ger. Wheeler, we were rather disgusted.
 Well. almost twenty years later, iH the winter of 1881, guess it was. I happened to be in the visitors gallery of the house of representatives at Washington. Ralph Beaumont tho labor leader, was with me, and I ask ed him who the little man was who was tncn addressing the house on tho tariff rom the Democratic side. You ought to know him, said Beaumont. He used to make it warm for you once; he's Gen. Wheeler And for the second time l was surprised to sec the little man from Alabama. The first time I mot him he had just given up an attempt to smack the United States government, and here sixteen years later was he making laws for the United States. The country that can furnish such proofs of it's elastic liberty, strength and fraternal gener- osity as this has nothing to fear from within. ."-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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was 5.645 cents per pound for 96 degrees centrifugals and 6. 301 cents per pound for granulated. The average daily prices from April to July 1 was 3. 3s1 cents per pound net for 96 degrees cen trifugals and 4.215 cents per pound net for granulated. And the American Economist adds: "Here was a fall of 2.264 cents pound on the flrst-men- tioned grade and of 2.0S6 cents on the other, both directly caused by the Mo Kinley law. Consumers will no dorrbt appreciate these, the real Mckinley prices" There is nothing like making a man banker for more as to give him only a taste of good thing
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my jewel and livep" Then answsssA the dying man, Some said it was false some said 1t was stolen, and none would buy. It is as when Allah gives . toe great gift of soul to 8 lowly man it getteth him only the food of mockery. But now have the amulet called death, and I shall no longer hunger or care" Upon this the man died, and the Caliph took the Eye of Love" from the clutch of death, and went his way hand in hand with thought Century.
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Why Wool Has Fallen.

The struggles of the Amerjcdn Ecoro. mist to reach other than the true cause of tho fall in the prlce of Ohio and Michigan wool since tho Mckinley tariff went into effect are ludicrous, to say the least
 On July 10 1t ascribed the fall in price to the fact that wool had gone down in the worlds markets, and said "Without 1t (the Mckinley tariffl nothing could have prevented American wool from going down in sympathy with the worlds market"
 It soon found. however, how inconsist ent was this statement with the actual facts, namely, that Australian and other foreign wools are higher now in our markets than before the passage of the Mckinley tariff. In this fact it found an enigma too difficult to solve.
 Accordingly, on July 9i, it took an- other tack declaring that our imports of wooden goods for the eleven months end iSg May 31, 1891, were S1o, $50, ,0Co less than for the corresponding period in 1890, and said; "Here are nearly S1i,- o0o,00 kept at home to employ Ameri- can labor and to enlarge the market for American wool"
 Here, again, it ran foul of the facts, for although that amount of goods was made here, 1t was manufactured from foreign wool. since our imports of cloth ing wools for the six months ending April 30, 1891. were over l4,o00, GOO pounds greater than the corresponding period last year.
 And finally, Tn its last issue, 1t accepts and indorses the reason given by the Chairman on Organization of the Nation al Wool Growers Association, to the effect that "the real cause for the demoraliza. tion in wool values is due to the absence of organization in the trade and not to the tariff.
 The capacity of this high tariff organ for walking all around thing without seeing it is remarkable.
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hQovnRNoR cAMPBELL- rant, William Mo- Kinley, Jr., and an exciting and interest @g contest is assured. There are odds Em favor of Mckinley and his "tin-plate" advocates. says the New York Herdld. This State will be flooded with money M the manufacturers of the country, who draw immense profits from an "in- jquitous system of taxation," for with the defeat of Champion Mckinley high Protective tariff will meet an ignomini- 0ls death.
 ss Despite all this Ohio's gallant Gov Stnor, after having put to rout the mal- contents of his own party, enters the light with confidence and determination
 10 win. He feels that the eyes of the nation are upon him; that great politi- cal trust is imposed, which, if he can not ultimately carry out his efforts, must at least rebound to his credit. Governor Campbell has the reputation of being vigorous campaigner, and it 10 evident that he is thoroughly alive to the situation. He is just now in the full strength of manhood. Forty-eight years have tinged his hair with gray, but he possesses a wonderful amount of energy, which has carried him over many a Tough place. He comes from good 4tock-good fighting stock, as his ene- mics in Ohio can bear witness One of hts ancestors was Capt. John Parker, Who commanded the colonial troops at the battle of Lexington, and another was with Montgomery at the assault on Quebec
 \ Both his grandfathers were soldiers In the war of 1872. His father, Andrew Campbell, was a physician of prom- pence in Middleton, Butler County, Ohio, Where, on July 2, 1s43, the future Gov erhor was ushered into the world. His Qncle, too, Lewis D. Campbell was 8 3tatesman of note.
 Ten years ago the "Butler County Mascot" as he is familiarity known, was
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or elsewhere are SIS week. Some weeks, It Is true, they make 425 to $30. But how often does that happen? May be ten to fifteen times year, and then they have week after week whom they have nothing to do at all. The same with the felt natter. The maker, or hat sizer, if he averages SIP week, year in and year out, is doing well. Now, the next to him, the man who presses, or does what is called "inishing," in our trade parIance, if he averages $15 . week, he also can say that he has done well. Next is the curler, who, years ago, made very large wages. He, too, has come down to the same level as the above named ellow-tradesmen
 A "rather slight eXaggeration, to be sure, but the Press doesn't believe in telling big ones.
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PERT AND iMPERrlNENr.

''what is tho meaning of the word luke warmf' asked the teacher. sJohnry Cumso, you may answer" Water Is mkewarm when it looks warm and isn't" -Harper's Baxar.
 An uptown little girl who expressed de- light at the prospect of trip to Atlantic City was asked why she was glad to 20, and answered: ''Becanse 1 love to feel the ferrvboat bump against the wharf n--phil- adelphia Record.
 The naming of brand of five.cent cigars Ben Hur' may be intended as . graceful compliment to the distinguished author of the book of that name, bat 1t looks like the cheapest kind of puffery - New York Recorder
 At recent examination in geography in one of the public schools the teacher asked: What valuable things are taken out of the earth' Much to her amaxement one young hopeful immediately replied: "Clans and mummies, r-- Boston Times
 A housewife whose bell had been rung by sand peddler said to him in tone of simulated astonishmcnt. Sand! why, of course not There was . straw. berry man just here momcnt ago. How much sand do you think . small family wantsf"-Philadelphia Record:
 Harpcr's Balar; Mike--sArs yes com;u' to my Maggie's weddin', Patr Pat-sI can't come, Mike. I've had me arm broke at two weddin's this winter, me eyes blacked at another. an wux knocked down an jumped on at another If had chance to lick someone, Mike, I'd come. But fate's agin me"
 A flsh- -jolter called at the rectory one day with fish for sale. What have yon to-dayr' Sole and plsice, your rsyer- cnce; the finest iver swum the say.'' Rector, after examining them for sorss time: Dam your sole, leave the plaiee. n It would not be easy to get bettsr double pun than this. London Spectator.
 Pupils who learn sby ear" without thought as to tho meaning of >bings. coa- trivs to afford good deal of amuseusnt to their teachers. Recently . teacher . grammer school asked one oi her boyp: What is the meaning of the word topasl'' "A topas" said the boy, '.ts whsro the uules walk when they'rs drawine . sanAl- boat r--Exchange.
 She was . plain natter sfnst kind e girl. and didn't tAks guy extrncrdinary interest in art. As shs walkod paat q piece of stAtuary the yonng man eaids '1sn't that dne pisce of w0rki Jvst Dottce the poss and the general air of n.n seYes," shs replied aftsr gaxing q is 1sv noemeatss s'he lcoln lfks psrfest eGnnle, mals teos "--W esAiDgtea IesA
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RECURRING NAMES.

Berry Wall is credited with making an income of sa5,ooo year as a life insur- ance agent.
 Gen. Neal Dow says he thinks there is less temperance sentiment in Boston than when he first went to that city.
 Prof William &. Tyler, now in his eighty first year has been instructor in Greek at Amherst college for fifty five years.
 Mrs. Julia Ward Howe writes: 'sThe woman suffrage movement is part of the new order. We are becoming baptized into the great faith of a common human ity, Woman, now is your time'
 Rev, Howard MacQusary remarks that his heresy has not brought him as much as he could have earned as a clerk in a dry goods store" This is an answer to public comment, and not Q confession that he went into it for gain.
 Seth Abbott, the father of the late Elm ma Abbott, has been forced to assign at Minneapolis because of real estate entan- glement. He says his real estate was worth $50, 900 three or four years ago, but to- day it will not bring more than the incum- brance upon it--mortgages to the amount of St 1 1000.
 The late Prof Sophoclcs, of Harvard, was singuiarly sscetic. The room in which he lived for nearly forty ye~rs while connected with the institution con tained only plain table, rough chair. . bed and an open stove. He prepared his own simple meals, and ate them in the most primitive way without dishss-
 Of Walter Savage LanIor's republican, ism an old friend lately wrote; s1 well remember nne burst of Landor's elo- quence in favor of republican institutions; and when especially praising tho Ameri' eans. among whom hs had many friends, he concluded with tho rsmark: Bat could never nve 1n Anerica, becauaD thnp AAvs - g4noerah = palnee4 Glanss
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MOTHERS AS APPROPRIATENESS.
l The Point at Which the Parents Inter- ference Ought to Stop.

The Point at Which the Parents Inter-
 ference Ought to Stop.
 There is kind of matchmaking which it is mothers duty to attempt writes Amelia E. Barr in the Ladies' Home Journal But it has strict lim- itations. It resolves itself into the simple duty of introducing to her daughter young men whose moral character is good, who are in 9 position to marry, and wh9. physically. are not likely to repep her The young peo- pie may then safely be left to their own instincts. There should be no attempt to coerce; DO moral force used to make even suitable marriage; though ex- tremities may lawfully be used tO pre- vent an evil marriage. A mother's matchmaking really begins while her daughters education is in progress. And it is one of the strangest of facts that mothers generally force this edu- cation in the direction of those quali- ties likely to amuse young men-music. dancing singing, dressing playing games. chatting witti!y. etc. Now. such attractions are likely to procure plenty of Irritation; but young men rarely marry the girls they flirt with. And why do not mothers consider, most of all. that approaching period in their daughters lives when they will. or ought to. cease being made love to? Why should the preparation for young ladyhood absorb all the girls sduca- tion? How many curriculums contain any arrangement for education fo" wifehood or parenthood? Yet, what man wishes to pass his life with wo- man whose only charm is the power to amuse him? He might as wisely dine every day upon candy sugar.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14
IT YOU DOUBT IT. COUNT ,RM.

Paris has 2, 4aa, 96o inhahitants
 There is an average of 2,694 ties c . mile of railroad in this country.
 Of Uncle Ssm's 14,5o0. 900 cotton gpin. dles, 4,500, 900 are in Massachusetts.
 A sensational novelist in New York turns out four novels year for sso, 900.
 One person in every ten who died In New York in 1889 was buried in potter's field
 According to Mrs. Alice Freeman Pal. mer, there are 40, 900 girls in tho collegss of the United States.
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sunnower.

SunAower, gaudy and bold, Rounding myself to the sun, Up from the shadowy mold Haunting thy challenging gold, Till the long day is done. Broadly thy petals unfold. Sheen by the sunlight spun. There is none like thee, none.
 Sundow~. Fair is the lily, but cold; Roses know of old, Quickly their race is run, Soon is their story told, Thou art hardier one,
 Sunfiowsr.
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the Buddhist Vatican, tho Dalai-lama's l

the Buddhist Vatican, the Dalai-lama's palace. on Mount Botala, is known to be filled with gold enough to create a financial panic if it should be melted and thrown vnto circulation in the form of coin. These treasures ase now guarded by strong Chinese garrison, but sixty years ago their safety was entrusted to the sacred awe inspired by the presence of the supreme pontiff, who is known as the grand lama.
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REcIpRocrrY doesn't seem to be crowd ing Great Britain out of the Brazilian market The imports from England for the first four months of 1891 show gen eral increase of cotton goods from S3,- 700, 900 in 1890 to $7, 600, 900 in 1891, with decided increase in linen and woo'en stuffs and railroad material. Reciprocity doesn't decrease the selling price of American goods or increase the price of takes the market. There is no senti- ment in trade.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14
The Mecca or BaaAA,s~.

The holy city of the orthodox Budd- hists is Lassa or Hlassa. situated in a barren highland valley of Northern Thibet $500 feet above the sea- It is the wealthiest town of Central Asia. The numerous convents are crammed with the pi0us contributions of somo stxty geoeratiops of true bsllevora an1
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'sA HasAsr slight Exasxsration..

The New York Press, the high tariff organ, had . beautiful picture in its issuo of July a9, declaring that matters n France easn only s. 50 per week, whereas in the United States matters earn eo0 per week. Concerning this etAtemont hatter of Danbury, Conn.,, himeelf . believer in high tariff, writes to the Press n follows: .I see in to- 1Ay's Ffess in the sTaeiR Pictures & Hn1heR olight exaggerstioh In regard to 111 wares of hatters There are . oood many hatters in France uoo moke nore. ny from 50 0 oe &poncs (o1O to ots) week.
 eoo1o4 oNov Axe arst-class men, and
 NoGoe oeoogdlnely. Now. let n S1 ~ " 11oxtean hAttar. Tho aver-
 I - . ll,k hattsr in Her York
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|6H1O'S CHIEF AT HOME.
GOVERNOR cAMP1ELL's LIFE AT COLUMBUS.

xho Gallant Democrat Who Has Shown
 Ale Mettle in Many Campaigns and Is {. .CSandent in the Present One-His
 Cheerful Quarters.
 RTho eyes of the nation are turned to- ward Ohio and her gallant Governor, James K. Campbell. The Buckeye State has been chosen, not for the first time,
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as the ground for t h @ preliminary skirmish of 8 na- tional campaign.
 Governor Camp bell, as the cham pion of Democ- racy, has taken u p t h 0 tariff gauntlet, tossed into the arena by
 that knight or
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WHLETTs < GRAY. in discussing the daily Qao>ations From Jan. to April
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-09
NEWS FROM HAYTI.
POLITICIANS FoMENTING A REVOLT
AGAINST HIPPoLYTE.

POLITICIANS FoMENTING A REVOLT
AGAINST HIPPoLYTE.
NEW YORK, July 6.-Atlas line
steamer, Alvena, which arrived here
from JEROME and other West Indian
ports brings some interesting Haytian
news. The Alvena left JEROME on
June goth and there were then in
dications that the black republic
would soon be the scene of another
bloody rebellion. JEROME is in the
southern part of Hayti, where Hip
polyte possessed his strongest support
in wrestling the presidency from Leg
thine. At present, however, that sec
ton of the island is bitterly opposed tc
Hippolyte, and there are loud mutter
ings against his rule. So strong is the
opposition to the president that an
outbreak is apt to occur at any mo.
ment and many of the residents are SO
fearful of an impending insurrection
that they are leaving in all haste.
Alvena carried a number of residents
of JEROME to Kingston. Jamaica, and
other fugitives are leaving on every de.
parting vessel.
Second officer Seagraves, of the
Alvena, said that an old resident OF
JEROME, who formerly occupied an
important position under the govern
ment, told him that the present gov
eminent will not last long. The PEG
pie are so constituted that it is almost
impossible for the government to last
long. An old Haytian politician
named Brant, is secretly fomenting a
rebellion, and is looked upon as Hip
polyte's successor in case the president
is overthrow. There have been nc
executions by Hippolyte's soldiers
since the execution of the six men re
ported some time ago
Later-The steamship Alvine ar.
rived from JEROME, Hayti, this morn
ing, and reports 200 persons were put
to death by order of Hippolyte at Port
au Prince. A private cablegram from
Rio Janeiro says the Brazilian cabinet
has been reorganized with Lueena
minister of the treasury.