Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-12
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the wolf at one door, another animal Of
the same kind is scratching the paint off
his other residence. | am sorry to know
That these things exist, and no one can
be more panied than | am to see two
sets of widows tearing up the green
sward and pelting each other with i'm
! mortelles mt the grave of one they have
loved us one man: but il sometimes oc-
ours. and if you contemplate removing
to New York, and your wife favors it
rather more than you do on account of
the great shopping facilities thus afford
ed, advise Won 10 show her this piece.
Coming rs it does from litterateur and
man about town it is of great value.
G. NJ, Springfield, Mass. writes:
'DEAR STR-PravinS that Won will not
throw this letter into the waste basket
before reading it. VIII enleavor to give
you the reason for it, being written. |
am IA man of 40 vars. married. and IA
constant reader Of yo;u' work, and can
assure you warm a,linirer of the same
But, Mr.. Nye. have brother who
is no less so. Well. he is married for
the past six months and Is IA very straight
forward business man. but last Sunday
while ut church, seated in the same pew,
felt shocked To have him commence
playing with his wife-taking her Bible
from her. changing rings and foohng
around generally to the constant annoy
ance of others-and the thought ut once
suggested TO me to write you, knowing
your remarkably peculiar way of writ
ing on such topics, and suggest that
if, when thinking of subject to write
upon, You should adopt this, it would be
read with great interest bya great many,
and you would confer great favor upon
me, and hundreds of mankind will call
you blessed"
There can be nothing more reprehen-
sible than the custom among frivolous
people of carrying the customs and Ell
quette of the skating rink into the
sanctuary 1t is far more consistent to
stay away from church entirely and
read the Sunday paper ON some pretext
or other than to whisper and play tag
through the litany. OF course Young
people are more difficult to manage in
church, and their spirits are more buoy
ant than those of more elderly people,
so they should not be so harshly dealt
with; but Il grown man with a full head
of whiskers who will go to church and
whisper and frolic through the service
or the sermon may one day, when it is
too late, turn on the fire alarm and get
no response.
People who have not respect enough
for whatever they are attending to keep
quiet and listen, or let others at least,
do more to make me doubt and distrust
the wide open policy of Col. Ingerson
than most anybody else.
There are only two kinds of more CON
temptible people. One is the man who
bats his lobster traps with his grand
parents, and the other is the microbe
who writes you anonymously on a postal
card.
Connie Ill Faw, One Hundred and
Twenty-ninth street, writes: What
should do with callers who come lust
as am about to go calling myself? (o1
What sort of man was Sitting Bull per-
sonally? Did you meet him while on the
frontier
A good way to cut short disagreeable
call Is to come down stairs with your
sealslSin sacque on. Some keep a winter
cloak or bonnet handy for such emer-
gencles, and do first rate without getting
reputation for rudeueSs. IL is very
painful, indeed, to have string of callers
catch and hold you all through a pleas
ant afternoon, when YOU had made calcu-
lations on going out and making forty
or fifty calls. and feeling sure that with
the bright weather you would find no
one at home. Sometimes it takes a
week in uncertain weather, with more or
less people at home, to cover the ground
you might on Il pleasant afternoon 90
over In two hours.
9. Yes. | knew Sitting Bull. and got
him to write in my album in the sum-
mer of 1876. had letter to him from
the Prince of Wales. Sitting Bull was
personally very gentle and courteous to
MS friends, but most disagreeable per-
'on to invite 10 your house to meet a |
mixed company.
A friend Of mine asked Mr.. Bull to
one to dinner and meet the pastor at |
lls house at one time, and he said he
Would never do 50 again. The great
.msf was not in good form. He was ill
iatured, and swore at table because his
uxuriant hair got in the 1na-onnaise
Iressing.
Sitting Bull was married three times
wo of his wives surviving him. He
vas liberal in his religious views and
utterly opposed to silk underwear
mong his people He scoffed at the
eachlngs OF Delsarte, and did not 90 to
ear the Rev. Joseph Cook lecture.
nough at one time he could have done
D by walking less than nine miles.
Sitting Bull, with better supplies and
lore encouragement from the war de-
artment, would have made very sue.
essfui commander, but socially he had
o standing at Washington, and so mill
ary leaders with less ability but more
!, 81 promoted. while he was kent .
rolic. ieDar how at a
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