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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-17

rnnns-Daily, SOC per month; Weekly, $500
Der annum.
All communications OF 8 critical arguments
tive character, political or religious, must have
real name attached for publication No such arti-
ticles win be printed over fictitious signatures :
Anonymous communications not noticed.
Correspondence solicited from every township
In Rock Island county.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19
Drawing the Line.


was sitting with the sheriff In front of
the town court house, when he suddenly
stood up, shaded his eyes with his hand
and looked across the street, and then
called out:
"Heah, yo'i Is that yo', Jimp"
A colored man, about fifty years old, who
was slouching along on the other side,
came across the street and replied:
"Yes, Mars Renfog, dis am mei'
"And what ar yo' doing heahP"
"I'ze jist walkin out, sab. dun thought
I'd drap down an see my darter."
"How did you get out"
"Jist made hole frew de back wall,
sab"
"Look-a-heah, JIM" said the sheriff, as
he sat down and picked up stick to whit
tie on, II amt gwine to stand this fussin
no mo-. This is nigh about seven times
you's broke out o. jail"
eyes, sab, nigh bout seben times, sab,
but doan' be hard on me-"
"You's got out by the doah, the win
dows, the floor, the ceiling and the walls,
and you's put me to trouble and the coun-
ty to expense. Now, yo' can't 60 back
thar no mop
please, sah"
ANOS c0A1 ~ CcSA OO AtI 1 FO RIf6u w
a fair show, and yo' can't expect no mo-
Yo' kin jist take yo'self ofp
"But, Mars Renfog, pze dun bin put in
Jail on hog case, an I'ze got to stay dar'
till de cote house meets" protested the
man.
81 know you were arrested and examined
and bound over, and all that, but I've got
tired of the fussinR. / amt going to stand
by and let nobody damage the Jail. You's
got out and come back, and got out and
come back, and now Wont abide it no
mol Jist take yo'self right of and don't
come back to my Jail again unless yo' want
to be hard used. II find yo' breakin in
I'll shoot yo' shores yo'r born"
Wont yo' try me jist once NOR" pleaded
the prisoner.
"No, sahi I've drawed the line, and now
yo' has got to go and take keer of yo'self
I'm tellin yo' 10 scatter befo' make 20
turn to and stop up that last hole in the
WALTZ
The man scattered" in a discouraged
detected way, and as he was lost to sight
down the street the sheriff growled:
"Durn q niger who don't know when
he's being used like BON gentlemanP'-
New York World
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19
-.
Shots from Many Lockers.

Shots from Many Lockers.
Ine man who wants the earth is satisfied
fhsecures the dust.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
know bank whereon a wild time
". There is a run on it.-Lowell
Ihe man who makes bad break ought
~ 70 De employed on a railroad train
a.E Orleans Picayune.
me farmer who closely packs his load
1SOOo y sure to strike the popular chord.
Lowell Courier.
Inc theatrical mechanic is not Quarrel
.ns but be often finds it necessary to
ascere.-Dramatic News.
as@ was the stroke of master hand"
- sae ooy when the school teacher pun
. nm.-Washington Star.
anas would you do if you were In my
'epason" asked Hobbs. "Black
replied Jephson.7Somerville Jour
-! = II said that the doctor pays visits,
-, VERY one knows that it Is the visits
pay the Observation-Disclosures Ameri-
liter or not cheap coat makes q
man, here is no question that a
-: - sack 1ecomes dear girI.-Phila-
ao not wish to be severe upon team
Glaze, but we are forced to the
son that they seldom turn out well.
so Transcript.
y only one person more interest
'ne man with fund Of stories,
the fellow that prevents them
ng told--Elmira Gazette.
Ion think those shoes are worth
-, Veil, yes, II sole and heel
- put new uppers ON tenn. Tho
stiil goot."-Leather Dealer.
consisting that your parrot can
-. sueh long words" mot at all.
asI.s Natural for a parrot to use words
"iaoies." -Baltimore American.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19
Aid to Mamorv.

Tod" Walters is q ten-year-old boy In
whom the spirit Of mischief and the spirit
OF Investigation are developed to an un-
usual degree; at least, his suffering grand
parents entertain that opinion. Tod made
although they are fond and proud Of their
grandson, it cannot be denied that their
principal feeling when they said goodby
to him was one OF relief
Neither Of the old people had very sharp
eyedght, and they seldom used their spec
tacles except for reading, 90 1t Yves not sur
prising that they failed to discover some
peculiar indentations which marked the
top rail Of the polished balusters on the
first morning after Tod's arrival. and
which grew deeper with each succeeding
morning.
To all appearance Tod did not notacs
them, either, until the last day Of his visit
Then he announced In conhdence 10 his
grandmother:
SIM afraid, grandma, that I've made
some marks on the baluster rails with my
Waterbury, but you see I've always run
down so fast that never noticed them til
this morningI"
with your Waterbury, Todr' echoed
his grandmother In amaxement.
why, yes'm. I've wound 1t by pressing
the winder on the rail, you know, evsry
morning dnce ! came. Il was such 8
splendid place, and saved such iot AZ
time, because could do it - ] ran down u
breakfast. And always doing Il that Wy,
Of course It kept mo from forRstking n
wind 1T you seei'--Y puth's Comp auton
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19

u d 49, 81 III 81 tllS eor q. IN =
tinGs and Gratiot strests Whsn Ssl6 fIsss
young man about his age came alonr. -
the hrst one said:
Look heah. Mistah Carr. ] want Ia I'm
70 9 few words OBJ advice. y
Well, sahl" 4
70 seems to be payin yo'r 'tenshuns
somewhat to young lady named Miss
Perkins,
Yes. sah-yes, sab"
BIN buyin her boxes Of candy an sendin
up bokays, understan."
"Jes so, sab. y
Well sab. In order to save yo' furder
Dodder an expense will inform you dat I
am dun Engaged to marry Miss Perkins In
de nigh fucher."
Aactly, sab. 'zactly; an in order to save
you furder bodder an expense will inform
you dat Miss Perkins dun becum Mrs. Carr
last eavenin at o'clocki Weddin strictly
privatei No keerdsi" Detroit Free Press.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19
His Reason.

His Reason.
The other evening about 8 o'clock
young man sat in crowded up bound
car apparently asleep. The conductor
politely tapped him on the shoulder and
said:
mo sleepin In this car, young man"
I'm not asleep" was the reply.
well, you had your eyes shut"
THAT'S because don't like to see
women stand In street car, !" was the re-
joinder. Buffalo Courier.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19

,,s,nid and tasteless morsel.
!: Az AZ ' becomes delicious and delect,
y VA b proportion as it is favored
With love
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19
Why He Was There.

"This sealskin, in my opinion" said
the salesman, stroking the costly fur and
speaking In a confidential murmur to
the mild looking man outside the coun-
ter, twill suit the lady better than any
thing we have in stock"
Mrs. Strongmind overheard him.
II viii take this other ore," she re-
marked with emphasis. 81 brought my
husband along, sir, to pay the bill -
Chicago Tribune.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19
y Kaviabls po.,.,o.

-. siaole Position.
8 som s sald chippy Oldblock, look
nelI;,sa e Newspaper that he was
100 ont, i should like TO b
~ liking little boy.n what
- !, that, dsari' asked Ma.
Ia :. -. nad tried hard 10 do her
1910 80 i grisyed her % think
49, shonld 90 out % some
ION see. this paper hays
80 g = Jorklns ms tut cons
saksr eona. oston
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19

l1~n. natoox In one hand and an
N -. the other and was making
~. uown Chambers street in The
"a e struck something soft, took
- brought up in a heap on the
savsA@ man who was closely following
s. o halt to inquire:
banana peelfb
ek~ :. u was q peach skin, +" replied
re sought to get his legs nm
N m 80. -" Isee. Answers the pur-
a 49, same however" And he
4 n snu left the other sitting help-
1ork ~ OF water.-New York Even
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19
::.": ::.,,a-ino ia a selection from som

:.''. ..,,ov,ng is q selection from some
~ hast definitions submitted;
q sns the chimney sweeper imprinted on
Wnas i;ns of the scullery maid when
the N him she favored his SCOT.
she DO'. ..,aetest fruit on the tree OF love.
~ ottener plucked, the more abundant
tgOwA ,,sa 70 no one. but much
p Pr. hsbv,s right, the lovers privilege.
.,IIn.-ent;s benson and the hypocrite's
nssA wbich you cannot give without
@ and cannot take without giving.
1919 scme of agony to bashful man.
- onIv known ''smack" that will calm
. talecram to the heart, in which the
.or uses the sounding" system.
1Totbine divided between two.
raoE In the sea of life, on which the
nod ship Bachelor was wrecked;
4 tiss from pretty girl is like having
-. traacle poured down your back by
TSs thunderclap of the lips, which in
...+sbly follows the lightning glance OF
he eyes.
4 report at headquarters.
The anatomical juxtaposition OF two
..,icnlsris oris muscles in state OF con-
traction
When lips of lovers meet in bliss
The pleasing act is termed kiss"
Rut when the pair have wed each other
The yapid thing is called bother"
The sweetest labial of the worlds Ian
gu&ge.
s.hOm the depths of mans weakness.
An article that is always accepted, and
imprinted, but not always published.
The only gift generous lover likes to
Mt back again.
The lovers privilege and the pug dogs
right
nent of the heart
That In which two heads are better than
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19
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On that banner read this legend;
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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19

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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19
KISS
....mpts OF MANY People -
rAIi what It II.

.,,.a aro London Tit-Bits ofered
eorne ., inca prise for the best definition
atNo gc even thousand answers were
q : Is The prize was awarded to Benja-
rssse1c, ..snwood, OF Tulse Hill, London.
mn :. sSsanition is herewith framed;
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19
An Ant Onmnar,.on

Brown-Pm like ivy. cling to my
church.
Fogg-Very Like ivy. Confne your
self to the outside Of the church.
ton Transcript.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-06-03

HINTS FOR TRAVELLERS Nausea, from
the motion of the cars, may be prevented,
says The Ladies Home Journal, in the fol
lowing way: Take sheet of writing. papel
large enough to cover both the chest end
stomach. and put it on under tbs clothing
next to the person. If one sheet is not
large enough paste the edges of two OF
three together, for the chest and stomach
must be well-covered. Wear the paper
thus as long as you are travelling, and
change it every day if your Journey is q
long one. These who have tried it say thai
it is perfect defense.
Those to whom the term ''sleeper" is q
hollow mockery may profit by the expert
ence of statesmen and others who travel fire..
q1ently, and havs che bed made up with
the pillow toward the locomotive. Just
why this should make sleep easier is not
explained, but the plan is highly recon-.
meuded.
If you are ever in straits for a clean hand.
ker,hief or two when no washerwoman is
within easy call, try this plan: Upon reach
ing your hotel take all your soiled hand
kerchiefs, wash and rinse them, and spread
them out smoothly on the window.panes.
Be sure that there are no creases, and that
the corners form right angles. When dry
and carefully folded no one could tell that
they had not been ironed. Heavily en-
broidered handkerchiefs will not look as
smooth as plain ones, but will certainly de-
fy detection across Car aisle.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-06-03
Stanton Spectator.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE Sd, 1891.
BETTY AND THE BABY.

My home seems deserted, Pm lonely and sad,
miss all the pleasures of home once had.
1 try to be cheerful, 1 fail to be glad.
Since Betty left home with the baby:
I sit in the room and read and I write,
I whistle and sing, but the only delight
That is mine is to joyfully dream every night
OF Betty, who's gone with the baby.
1t seems that mothers sweet face can see
AS dandle the baby in joy on my knee;
But no man was ever more lonesome than me
Since Betty's been gone with the baby.
The house is picture of silence and gloom,
Al walk through its halls that are still as 8
tomb,
Like crazy man, silently searching each room
For Betty, who's gone with the baby.
She has"gone to see ma, land it's many a mile
Every day that she stays seems terrible while
And I'll never be happy or able to smile
Until Betty comes home with the baby.
WILL 8. HAYS, in Louisville Times.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-06-03
HUMAN INSTINCT.

So powerful is human instinct, that some
of its suggestions become embodied in
social and household customs. The people
know and feel that at the beginning of the
spring season the system needs an altera-
tive and purifying tonic and stimulant.-
In all parts of the country it is the custom
for the housewife to dose her brood with
sassafras tea. Among the simple RENE
dies that our ancestors employed, this de-
coction has continued to hold its own
The demand for spring Alternative and
tonic, however, is filled more eficaciously
by S. s. g., which is itself as simple as
natures remedial medicine should be. 1t
purifies the blood, cleanses and strengthens
the system, and prepares the human ma
chine to stand the wear and tear Of the
summer months.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-06-03
MRS. sURRATTs EXECUTION.
An Outrage upon Justice in the Opinion Of
Her Confessor.
snec,al to fine Baltimore Sun.

Special to the Baltimore Sun.
WASHINGTON, May 24.-Rev J. A. Wal
ter pastor of St. Patrick's church, this city
has nrepared and presented to the Catholic
Historical Society of New York, a paper on
Mrs. Surratt, which he thinks will throw
new light on the character, trial and execu'
ton of that unfortunate woman. 1t Will be
read before the society tomorrow night.
Father Walter was pastor of st. Patrick
church when President Lincoln was assas-
sinated, and Mrs. Surratt was member OF
his congregation. On the very night that
Booth fired the fatal shot she was at Father
Walters church, and that circumstance
alone. in the mind of the clergyman, was
partial proof that she knew nothing of the
plans prepared by the assassins at her
house. He became deeply interested in
her case. was her coufessor aud adviser
after her arrest as well as before, and did
everything in his power, both by appeals to
President johnson and by bitter denunci-
ations of the unjust measures adopted by
the Government in its prosecution, to save
her from the gallows.
Although the occurrences which Father
Walter describes in his paper occurred so
long ago, he still feels freshly and keenly
the injustice which led to Mrs. Surratt's
execution. In speaking of the matter to a
Sun representative, he said: s1f President
johnson had been man of courage the
execution would not have taken place. He
simply acted in accordance with public
c,amor, and signed the death warrant
without even reading the testimony on
which the woman had been convicted. l
went to him and told him that had read
every line of the testimony, and that there
was not evidence to hang cat on; that
did not ask pardon for Mrs. Surratt,
nor communal ion of sentence, but merely
a reprieve for ten days, in order that l
might prove her innocence, but PRECEDENT
johnson did not have courage enough to
comply with my request. He feared If he
did SO he would be accused of commencing
the deed that put him in the presidential
chair. So he consigned an innocent woman
adverse criticism of a frenzied populace
The whole trial was an outrage, and there
is no doubt that the Government resOrted
to fraudulent measures in order to obtain a
conviction.
"Mr. Bradley, who defended John Sur
raft, had among his papsrs telegraph
book showing that John Surratt was in
Elmira on the night of April 10, yet when
search was made for the hotel register,
that would have shown his presence there
on that date, it had disappeared, and not
until a year ago was I able to ascertain
tn at the Government had taken possession
of it. and had withheld it in order to de-
prive the prisoners of the benefit of this
bit of evidence.
"John Surratt was allowed to escape a
trial because the Government knew it had
no case against him, and if he we're inno-
cent, his mother was also. 1t has been
charged that forbade Mrs. Surratt speak
ing, but this is not true. She declared her
innocence up to the time of her death, and
hey ond this declaration she had nothing
to say"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-06-03
Brutal Maltreatment and Murder of a
Young Girl-Swift Vengeance.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May pa story of a
brutal assault and murder, and of swift
vengeance on the murderers comes from
Sandy Hook, a mountain town near Ash
land, in Eastern Kentucky. Near Sandy
Hook, Maud Fleener died recently from
being thrown by her horse and assaulted
by George and John Wilcox, brothers, who
had been her suitors. She had promised
to marry Amos Queen, who had met her
while she was teaching school near Sandy
Hook, and about three weeks ago started
TO visit friend near where she had taught.
The Wilcoxes were passing along the'road
she travelled, saw her coming, hid in the
bushes, scared her horse, the horse ran
away, she was thrown, and had both legs
broken. The Wilcoxes picked her up I'M
conscious, revived her, drew straws as to
which she should marry, bore her to a
cabin, and demanded that she agree to
marry John, to whose lot she fell. She re-
fused and tainted. They tried to set her
legs and kept her prisoner in the cabin.
When found by her brother and sffianced,
she said: "The Wilcoxes did it," and died
soon afterward. Examination showed that
she had been chained to the cabin wall and
had also been criminally assaulted. The
Wi.coxes were captured and confessed,
whereupon they were shot to death by the
brother and lover. They explained in
their confession that they chained the girl
because she attempted to escape. Miss
Feener was the daughter of prominent
citizen of Richmond, Va, who moved to
Sandy Hook some years ago and Cied there.
She was only twenty one years old, a church
member, and Sunday school teacher.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-06-03
THE WIZARDS LATEST.
EDISON WILL EXHIBIT SEVERAL ASTON
IsHINa INVENTIONS AT THE WORLDS
FAIR

EDISON WILL EXHIBIT SEVERAL ASTON
IsHINa INVENTIONS AT THE WORLDS
FAIR
Thomas A. Edison, the famous electrician
and Inventor, is pre- pairing to astOnish the
world, by the exhibit he will make at the
Worlds Fair in 1898. II shall have two
or three thiuYs to show" said he recently,
"whch I think will both surprise and
please the visitors to the electrical depart
ment of the Exposition, which, by the way.
am fully convinced, will be great sue
cess. Two of these inventions are not yet
ready to be described, or even characteriz.
ed. The third, however, is SO nearly per-
fected, that I do not hesitate to say some-
thing about it.
I hope to be able by the invention to
throw upon a canvas perfect picture of
anybody, and reproduce his words. Thus,
should Patti be singing somewhere, this
invention will put her full length picture
upon the canvas 40 perfectly at to enable
one to distinguish every feature and ex-
prsssfSsas OF be. face, see all her actions and
listen to the entranciDg 6i5dy 81 Der peer
less voice. The invention will do for Tho
eye what the photograph has done for the
voice, and reproduce the voice as well, in
fact, more clearly. l have already perfect
ed the invention go far IS to ba able to pic
ture prize fight-the two men. the ring,
the intensely interested faces of those sur.
rounding it-and you can hear the sound of
the blows, the cheers of encouragement and
the yells of disappointment. And when
this invention shall have been perfected"
said Mr.. Edison with the trace of enthusi.
asm's glow in his face, Ga man will be able
to sit in bis library at home, and, having
electrical connection with the theatre, see
reproduced on his wall or piece of canvas
the actors, and hear anything they say.
can place one 80 it will command street
corner, and after letting it register the pass.
ing sights for time, | can have it cast
thera on a canvas SO that every feature and
motion of the passers even to the twitca-
ing of the face, can be seen, and if friend
passed during the time, yo1 may know it.
This invention will be called the 'Kiueto-
graph The first half of the word signfi as
motion and the last write and both
together mean the portrayal of motion.
The invention combines photography and
photography"
Mr.. Edison occupied nearly an acre " ith
his exhibit at the Paris Exposition. AS he
wishes to show at Chicago all that he ex
bihited at Paris, and numerous other things
beades, be is dssrous of being accorded
greater space in 1898. The electrical ex
hibtt is expected to be the wonder of the
Exposition.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-06-03
THE MERRIEST GIRL TaAT's OFT.

"Bonnie sweet Bessie, the maid of Dun.
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ask, "What are the wild waves sayinp?"
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raugements and weaknesses incident to
females.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-06-03
The Great American Chorus.

Soeezing, snuffling and coughing This
is the music all over the land just now
give got such an awful cold in my head"
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-06-03

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