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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-09
WHAT WoaEN WEAR.
STYLISH THINGS IN WHICH FEM
ININITY ARRAYS HERS Elf.
al,oveIy Cloak in Gray Cheviot- Town
and Cloak Recently Worn at the
Opera by Mrs. W. c. whitney of
New York-Costurnes for Chilaren.

The hats worn by women of fashion
we're never more becoming nor more strik-
ing in style While there is not an ugly
line about them they are yet so different
from the conventional shapes of past sea-
sons that they startle one by thei, oddity.
A great felt circle, as large arc und as
small tub, will be taken by the milliner,
wired until the edges lie in futed waves,
and then turned up at the back and sides
and caught with bunch of featt ers and
bow of ribbon.
The elegants who are always after ex-
tremes OF fashion are trying to revive the
carrying of small, fancy muffs for evening
wear with demi-toilets. They are not at
all CONVENIENT, as they induce pc SEPARATION
if one hands are gloved, and hide the
elegance of jeweled fingers if no gloves are
worm and they also work in direct OPP
position to the fan, entirely putting aside
the last named popular article of dress, for
no one colld be so absurd as to carry a
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-09
ITO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

JACKSON s. HURST Complts sol'rs.
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ton for the Reichstag will demon
strate whether the remarkable expansion
noticed took place In consequence or
In splto OF the reprcssive legislation.
II we may Judge from recent by-elections,
the number of Socialist electors will be sine
gularly increased now that the gag and the
gives have been removed. 1t remains to DO
seen whether the attitude OF BISMARCK was
less prudent than is that OF his successor to-
ward the Social Democrats whose funda-
mental principle involves the overthrow OF
monarchical institutions. Prof. GEFFcKEN
poses as q fervid royalist, and he may yet
have reason to deplore the ENCOURAGEMENT
OF party which aims avowedly at the down.
fall OF the house OF HoHENzoLLERN. 1t must
also DO left to the future to determine the
adaptation OF B1sMARcK's commercial and
fiscal policy to the circumstances OF his
country. 1t is certain that In all his economi-
cal legislation since 1878 he has represented
the wishes and supposed interests OF the
land cultvators on the one hand, and OF the
manufacturers on the other. 1t Is known,
too. that BISMARCK will enter the Reichstag
with the purpose Of opposing the ratification
OF the commercial treaty with Austro-Hun-
gary, which he has denounced as q needless
sacrifice OF German interests. Whether
this concession and similar agreements.
whose collective purpose is to organize
central Europe in n species OF commercial
union, will be sanctioned by the German
Parliament is extremely doubtful. We may
add that Chancellor CArRIv1 has already
found it impracticable to materially inter-
Zero with BIsMARcK's arrangements for pro-
noting the production Of beet-root sugar.
On tho whole. we think that Prof.
GEFFcKEN's article will fail to shake BIS
MAHcK's reputation In the mind OF a single
American reader. On this side OF the Allan
tic. as we'll as in his fnthcrland tho fame Of
tho Chancellor is founded upon a rock.
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a 0AMBLER,S STORY


well-known lawyer In town. who IA A o...
man by birth. tells the following story OF ~.
oftho many embarrassing positions his pAss,os
for gambling has placed him In:
Some years before his coming to this co,n...
he made flying trip from bis homo in Bs,,,.
to the gambling halls OF Monte Carlo. Nh.
season there was at It's helcht and the rlacs
was filled with wealthy. reckless mon and W.
men trying to rouse tho!r deadened feeling,
by induleing in high play Although The
lawyer had no frieLda to invegie him
into the game. the fever was on him, and h.
hurried to the gaming tables to try his LUCY
For hours no kept hls place at tho table. Soma.
times winning sometimes losing. sliding n.
AMI down tho scale OF fortune until the almos,
inevitable end came-not sou was left 10 hin
His 10000 francs were gone and he wanders1
aimlessly out into the beautiful gardens sur.
rounding the Casino. as 30 many had dons
before him. hungry and worn out with the tor.
rible strain. wondering what nextto do Finally
niRht came. and the now pennilees man whotts
any sFs ns sasd "a hs best 81
oSshiy $Iseasted and tired bat h. could mot not
swore he would never make another stake
Visions Of suicide came up before him. and he
OF his mourniui reverle policeman prowlipS
SEss5Sa rim IT,. on. liz felt Very nues
ass 1sas e sssS f:
come paper to write . farewell note home. Tor
way through the PARK he met 1 man le WARNS AZ ms
Hsk along maG ro A. the We
yosns was esS e.
and he asked the official for money to get him
MT yronc +" snawarod IN. v,ca- p-o.,a...
s sS%s the bank would a.
He stili continued his, arguments, however.
telling who he was: and giving the names 81
any truth In ihs yoans mans statements Tie
,.nts Te EM M the % 10 wants he con.
on that condition, and to see that It was ful.
BE- w sSss
him there amid profnee apologies and thanks
he out o. sight than the SAMPLER: WITH ~
Re .ae
lie knew he mad little time and less chance to
retrieve his losses. for ne must catch the out
Temptation. Dividing his money into iiye paris
he began to play. He could not lose. wherever
ne put MS money blacE or red. ne seemed to win
as IL he controlled the marble that spun round
and round and meant life or death to him. He
glanced at the clock, But few moments were
would stake his life On one turn OF that
brightly painted howl. Gathering tho gold be.
last sou. The croupier turned the bowl-the
little ball whirred and whirred slower. and
ished in velocity and then hesitatine for a sec-
opd tel With a rattle into on. one OF the pockets
weight would have been lifted from him
than was lifted from that mans heart as
With trembling hands he gathered In his win.
nings and hurried back In time to board his
Once settled in his seat he counted over his
money. In that last thirty minutes he had
dragged back from tho clutches Of the bank
all he had lost and was now 1000 francs ahead.
Some years have passed since that eventful
occasion in his life but he has never gone back
to review the scenes OF his wonderful luck.
Yet tho gambl ing fever is. on him still: and hs
cont on Guttenb berg selling platter.
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a contrite act and condoning thing for tho
Republicans to hold their state Convention
In New York.
Nor does this exhaust the list. oswego,
the city by tho lake; Utica, the homo Of
patriots and statesmen; Bnghamton, the
parlor city and roosting place OF Lieutenant
Governors: Pittsburgh, where the political
cock bears too often the feathers OF the
crow; Troy. the town Of purple, fine linen.
and pretty girls; Ogdensburg, in the Repub-
lican stronghold OF st. Lawrence, and Kings
ton, where perhaps better than any place
else the Republicans could cement their
many divisions: each OF these has It's advo-
Gates and champions flushed with conf
dence and eloquenti In arguments OF patriot
ism, statecraft, and expediency.
But, although very much may be said In
favor Of EACH there has been ono sugges-
ton outweighing in value all the others.
1t is that the Republicans State Convention
should meet this year at Manhattan Beach.
The party In New York Is at sea. and why
should not Its Convention, with peculiar an-
positeness, be held near tho ocean Besides
this, TON PLATr Is there, on the spot. and
outside OF Owego what town could better
serve his convenience? BY all means, there
fore, 1t would seem that tho Republicans
should hold their Convention by tho Allan
tic, where they can contemplate tho cold
prospect on either side Of them. can listen
to the oceans reverbcrating roar, and can
study tho inspiriting splash OF the white
winged waves and sweet singing of the
shells among the seaweed! No improve
ment could he invented upon this ideal and
suggestive location for the Convention this
year, except perhaps the sea itself.
But 1t will not do for the Democrats to
depend too much on the ebb tide Of Repuh-
lican prospects rs shown in the nautical OBJ
servations OF July and August. They may
meet with powerful fool in November
and who knows where, how, and with whom
as their standard bearer it may then find
the great and glorious Democracy?
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No Human Being Knows.

Gen. RAuM pretcnds to state both the
number of Union soldiers who have died dur
ing and since the end OF the war; and the
number of those who are sill living.
He puts tho dead veterans at 1904, G5S and
the survivors at 1.2Os,7o7, making a total OF
2,213,3G5 individuals who bore arms in the
Northern armies at some time during tho
four years between 1861 and 1865.
We have shown why it Is probable that
this estimate and consequently the estimate
of surviving veterans. arc grossly exag-
gerated. II 2.2l3,3G men went to the front,
as Gen. RAuM alleges then, on the basis Of
the census figures OF 1860, it follows that
just about one-half OF tho total male popula-
tion of the North OF the military age wore
the blue and carried muskets.
This is preposterous supposition. as any
body with common sense will perceive at
the first glance.
The truth is that no official statistician,
no unofficial student OF military history. no
person In or out OF the War Department., the
Navy Department, or the Pension Bureau.
no human being anywhere. knows the num-
Der of soldiers who fought at one time or
another in the Federal armies.
The number OF enlistments is known with
some approximation to accuracy. In round
numbers the eulistments and Refreshments
were 100000. But this total is far from
signifyins that 100000 different individuals
went into the army. 1t reckons as two SOL
diers every individual who enlisted and re-
enlisted as three soldiers every individual
who enlisted and resnlsted twice; as four
soldiers every individual who enlisted first
for thirty days. then for ninety. then for two
years, and then for the war and so on. But
no veteran is entitled under any pension
act, to one pension as thirty-day soldier
and to another on account OF his second en-.
listment for a longer period.
The total strength OF the Union armies at
each OF the various stages OF the war is also
known. 1t reached the highest point in the
spring Of 1865, just before disbandment,
when there were nominally more than one
million mon in the service. The effective
strength of the armies. however. was nearly
quarter OF million less.
1t Is simply ridiculous for the Pension
Commissioner to put forward such figures
rs those which he uses to cover and excuse
still further political enterprises in the way
OF Governmental bounty.
What is definitely and exactly known, on
the authority Of Con. RAUM himself, Is that
now, twenty-six years after tho close OF the
war, and thirty years after its beginning,
the bureau is granting pension claims at
the rate OF 800. 900 year-as many new pen
sioners in single year rs there were deaths
in the Union armies from wounds in battle
and all other causes during the entire war!
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periods seem pnltry by comparison. Greater
armies than the world ever saw or imagined
arc now at the command Of the powers OF
Europe. Tho navies OF even generation
ago were chenp and feeble compared with
the navies Of this time. In our own peaceful
country we are building up new navy
which makes the ships and floating guns OF
the period OF our past naval renown seem
like the empty display Of power still In the
childishness OF barbarism.
As this progress has gone on, has war
diminished under the terror the deadlier
weapons excite2 The history OF the period
since our civil war, when the great military
advancement began, shows no such diminu-
ton In the amount OF fighting. Europe now
Is restrained from war by both political
complications and to some extent by tho
equilibrium In the preparations Of the great
powers for war; but the clashing OF arms
may occur at any time. Mere fear OF the
destructiveness Of modern engines OF war
fare does not prevent 1t; for II the attack
has become more dangerous, 80 also are tho
means Of defence strengthened. Thus ono
tends to neutralize the other. and 1t Is not
improbable that III the future the inteli-
gencc. courage. drill, and discipline Of tho
individual soldier will be moro OF a factor
than ever.
1t is therefore very doubtful whether the
end OF war Is as near at hand rs this good
Quaker matron imagincs. Armies will not
fight to determination in our day, aud
tho cnginery OF war will not become SO utter
ly destructive that men will give up battle
as II useless contest. The chances for the
individual soldier escaping with his life
are probably about rs good as ever, and the
uncertainty Of the result Of tho sanguinary
game rs great rs ever. The spirit Of war
also remains in undiminished force. Men
love to fight as much now rs they did in
any past nge. Tho emulation In strength
and endurance was never moro eager among
young men. and 1t is akin 10 tho passion
for bnttle.
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S7ONEV.ALL JACKSON,
Beaureeard's Aid. Camp Gives Hts YER
sion How jackson Got His Sobrlquet.

Beaureeard's Aid. e.Camp Gives Hts Yer.
sion How jackson Got His SobrIquet.
To THE EDIToR OF THE SUS-Sir: notice in
your issue OF this date a letter from Oneonta
July 81. signed Howard Thomas. relative to
tho fobri1uet OF Stonewall Jackson. Mr..
Thomas is mistaken in his version.
The facts in tho case are as follows: Con-
Beauregard had concentrated the troops und er
his command along the line OF Bull Run. with
his centre resting on Mitchclrs Ford. his right
on Union Mills Ford. and his left near the
Stone Bridge. Blarkburn's Ford eng about
100 yards to the right OF Mitchell's Ford. Con.
jackson. upon his arrival. was stationed In the
q July Il: 1862; wa. ordered By Bsaure:
rank az :Lieuterant- colonel. to conduct
Gen. Jackson. with his command. to the
a movement to turn his lett Hank and had so
informed me several days before the battle
Evans. Wheat. and Bee were driven back BY
MsDowett,s advance ,;N Bee was enIeaY oring TO
jackson came upon the field with his COM
mand in per ect order In line OF battle. Bee
riding among his men: appealed to them to re-
form their lines: excluiming:
The line was reformed. Evans. Wheat Bee.
Barlow. Hampton. and Jackson then made
the famous charge upon the plateau ut the
battle. A shell exploded under BeauregarIs
were Killed. Hsm"t1n. Wheat. and nd Jackson %
wounded. the latter very slightly. From that
'n ALEX. ROBERT CH1soLM.
NEW YORK. July %.
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The Passion for Fighting.

III I read the papers Alright" said
matron at the Westbury Quaker Conference
last Sunday, during discussion of the SUBJ
ject Of war; "the guns that are built are 80
destructive that when n war comes all the
fighters will be extermnated. That will
leave nation OF peace-loving people, and
there won't be any need Of such discuss ion."
That is a notion or an expectation which
has been prevalent for long time past.
AS explosives have been made more terrible
and guns more powerful. tho hope among
peace-loving people has grown stronger
that mankind would soon give up war as
too dangerous and too frIghtful. Men
would not go out to fight they argued,
when they were sure to be swept away by
the modern cngincry of destruction.
Yet war has gone on the same us ever. 1t
is wngcd increasingly somewhere In the
world and as it is provoked by Christian
greed, ambition, or enterprise. the military
inventions of Christcndom are employed in
the fighting. Except in few savage re-
gions first entered by civilized men. tho saw
ages themselves are armed with modern
weapons aud are adept In their use. Oppor-
tunities to test tho working OF new machines
and explosives in actual fighting are OF fire.
quent occurrence. and therefore 1t Ia posi-
bio to get some indication OF what their
effect on war Is to be.
Never before. too. was the study OF war;
fare pursued with so much scientific method
as now. Every art and every science Is
brought under tribute to It,. and the most
splendid rewards await the men who make
important contributions to tho business OF
killing. In no department Of human enter
prise is invention so steadily and SO zeal
ously engaged. Warfare Is moro Of pro-
fession than ever before. More thought and
more energy and enthusiasm are expended
on 1t than even for the propaga-
ton OF religion. The cost OF the
churches and OF missionary agencies, OF
all education, is far less than the expense OF
the military establishments of Christendom.
In the laboratory. the foundry. and the
target-tleld, Investigations and experiments
In its behalf proceed without cessation. The
philosophers stone was not hunted after SO
eagerly. Machine guns, improvements In
arms OF precision, tho abstruse and secret
study of explosives. new devices Of destruc-
ton, are receiving tho earnest attention OF
the most acute and best trained scientific
and mechanical genius Of civilization.
Meantime the ornaments OF Christendom
make the military preparations Of all past
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New Jersey seems to be the special breed
ing ground OF things eccentric. The Z. 8.
Umbrella Providing Company was fifty incor.
porated t. ere the other day. Tho company
Intends to loan umbrellas for moderate fee
to the umbrellaless. It will be curious to
note the result OF this characteristic Jer.
sey enterprise. At frst blush. 50 TO
speak. one might fear the first rainy
day would bankrupt the company. unless
human nature with regard to ,ambrellns
has boon belied BY all competent humorist
or Is to undergo complete and sudden rsvo-
luton. To tho natural man. rs theologians
would say. umbrellas are rs free us air
or As postage stamps They arc like
cats or dogs In the eyes OF the old
special plenders. things In which there can be
no special property. II this is SO. eeen DR..
DErEw would lose his self. esteSm II he re-
turned any umbrella. or the Same UNI.
brella. the day after storm. 1t Is OBJ
vious that tho company does not count
on human nature remaining in its
present state OF klept-umb rella. mnnia 1t
Is. then. q Observation-Disclosures enterprise,
and its object is to reform tho people OF these
States. and to hasten their evolution into COM
paratively unspotted angels. Such project
can receive only the sincerest commend alton,
especially from the careless. tho forcettul. the
impecunious, and all who do not know enough
to 20 indoors when 1t rains.
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FOR COMMANDER. IN. CHIEF.


Private Dulzell Speaks Els Mind Plainly.
To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: The boys
In blue who carried muskets are writing to
me from oil parts OF the country urging me to
run for Commander in Chief OF the Grand
Army Of the Republic, at Detroit. on tho plat
form outlined In tho communication which
THE SUN so kindly published week ago. and
which the papers friendly to the private SOL
diers all over the country are republishing
with approval.
While care nothing for tho office. or for any
offlce. yet at the request OF my comrades OF
the rank and file. AMI in the hope and OK pee
tation Of benettng them. l have reluc,autly
consented to tho use OF my name In that way.
But. IL elected, shall DO lively decline 10
serve unless tho National Encampment ~ cut
of these batnucles OF life members. mako
all officers OF the National Encam rment
elective. drop out all odious distinctions OF
rank. and. in short. elimi a,e NIL the hateful!
fnI costly spren q the hSteh Hh.se
capita tax. require nll officers 10 nay their
own expenses tho snme a. we poor ,pli,ntes
,nnketi"e over The county. Iaradns 'S on
horseback, and boarding in big hotels, at tho
nnS roaEcs the anS and
Army Of the Repnbic shall be enna, to ali mud
price. as was tue original intention of the
musket bearers who organized 1t. VINO to. day
comprise nine-tenths OF ita membership. and
Ing to $luO,OOO year. eNacted from them hy
the gilded bosses who rule us all with 70 Is OF
iron. manifest contempt for our lowly rank
and do not .yen permit US to 1T In the halls
hi,si and paid for out OF our pitlful pensions.
house. and with II down 90 the bosses. too 1t
Ia our money that guilds them, mounts them.
and enable. them t, show oil on these ginger
brea aradca. The poor privates loot tho Hills
ana have to stay. ut home In poverty. and rigs.
l. their name cry out against this abuse
don't like II. or mo- and don't care.
The POOR prtvatcs have boen. ridden almost
to- death. like Bnniam'S ass, hy all sorts Of
riders. and dubbed and cursed beeides unit l.
mt last. like the protesting ass OF old. thev cry
out AMI prepare 10 throw their riders. We will
he ridden no longer by politicians bosses. or
other humbugs. PRIVATE DALZELL.
CALDWELL, July 90.
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A Recent Mystery Explained.

About two weeks ago thcro was strange
little tlutter observable among the scattered
CLEVELAND press. scarcely to be accounted
for merely rs periodic eruption Of the ord-
nary stuffed sentiment or as n effort to stiffen
up rapidly declining faith in the prophets
luck. 1t seemed to be new. Something had
happened, II only the expectation that some
thing was about to happen. 1t was as though
the hesitating boomers were soaring on the
top Of spontaneous explosion OF renovated
hope, none the less elevatinG because it was
mysterious. Tho devotecs were ardently
gathering a sensation, not without evidence
OF expectation that 1t would actually eventu-
ate. The New York delegation In 1892 was
after all to be the Claimants!
I'VE speak by the card" said the leading
oracle. the 81. Louis Republic land ad-
vise doubters to cut the paragraph out and
hold it. We predict that in any event, with
or without Governor HILLS opposition.
majority Of New York's delegation next year
will be for CLEVELAND"
The explanation OF this extraordinary freak
in clairvoyancy was not long delayed. but 1t
was explanation without justification. This
sudden revival OF CLEVELAND fanaticism
evidently broke out on the calculation that
q certain faction OF the Buffalo Democracy
would at last get tho CLEVELAND banner
hoisted again by shifting the Democrats led
by the Hon. WILLIAM F.SHEEHAN and rout-
ing them out OF the rarity control in Erie
county on Friday. July "a. First blood in
the Empire State would wash out dozen
failures in outside Conventions such ms those
in Kentucky, Ohio. or Iowa; so the Mug
wumps again thought that they detected the
dawn OF n recurring day ut tho spot where
the CLEVELAND star Of destiny had first
risen over the Buffalo Jail.
The Democrats were overwhelmingly VIC
torious and the men who wore Mugwump
badges were beaten. The Mugwump flag
will not 60 up. But 1t was funny little de-
fusion on the part Of tho Clevelandltes.