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the affairs of the nation. but 81
strong. coarse, lustful men. lighting Tor
spoil. and thoroughly understanding
The best methods of reaching 1t. After
he had listened to this conversation OF
saloon politicians. and later to poiit-
zeal speech addressed to them and their
compeers as constituents, he said; =
began TO understand why my pleasant
and well-educated host in San fran
cisco spoke with bitter scorn OF such
duties of citizenship as voting and tax.
ing an interest in the distribution OF
officers. Scores of men, he said, have
told me without false pride that they
would as soon concern themselves with
the public affsirs of the state as rake
muck with the steam shovel. ms IS
as others see us who come from abroad
as students of our political institutions
from the saloon standpoint of our large
cities We may well be thoughtful con-
corning the future in the light OF such
a picture as is thus presented to disin'
terested observers of our present NUM-
cipal situation. Northwestern Mail
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SETTER EMPTY.
Explorer stanIey's story of the Brandy
Bottles.

Explorer stanley's story of the Brandy
Bottles.
AT a dinner in London lately Mr..
Henry NJ. Stanley, the African ex-
piorer, related some experiences OF ms
latest Journey, one of which was De-
cidedly interesting. Several men 81
the expedition, he said. received on
starting out bottle of brandy each
The liquor was French, and the bottles
were ornamental
The first two months Of the long jour
ney were easiest of all, and did not tax
severely the endurance of the men,
who nevertheless found II convenient.
having the brandy at hand, to consume
it little by little, so that at the end 81
those two months their supply OF the
stimulant was exhausted.
After that the hard work of the jour
new began. The men were none the
worse for the lack of brandy. Mr..
Stanley, after his many African jour
news. knew this perfectly well. On a
long and hard march in any country
stimulants are useless. In an African
I tourney. where everything depends up
Z on cool head, steady will power
which is subject TO no fluctuations and
a state of bodily endurance without
reactions, alcohol is particularly in
( furious
But. Mr.. Stanley had cautioned his
men. after they had exhausted their
brandy. to keep the bottles. They did
so. and by and by they found soms ma
tives who were highly DESTROYS Of pos.
sessing those articles. Being in need
of provisions, Stanley exchanged the
empty bottles for supplies to the value
of twenty-five pound5 sterling when
sum was very much more than the
brandy was ever worth at the highest
valuation. This experience seems L
suggest that while it may be wise &c
take bottles into central Africa, It II
rather better, on the whole, to TAKE
thers empty than filled. Youths Com
DaniOQ.
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HERE AND THERE.
panion

THE stained glass windows in the sa-
loon do as much to help the devil as the
bottles on the counter.-Ram's Horn.
IT has been proved by statistics that
a life insurance company on total alb
Thence basis gains thirty per cent. by
reason of the superior vitality of ITS
policy holders.
DURING the last eight years the
liquor saloons of Paris have increased
from twenty-four thousand TO thirty
nine thousand. In the last thirty years
the consumption of alcohol has been
trebled: in the last ten years doubled
A BUFFALO On. W saloonist in offer
ing his business COR sale for thou
sand dollars states as an inducement
the purchaser that five thousand labor
ers pass his place daily. Does not gov
ernnient owe protection TO these men
rather than to the place where drunk
ards are manufactured?
The laws of Draco in force at Athens
condemned todeath anyperson convicted
of being drunk. Persons who We're seen
TO enter a drinking house were dishon-
ored ever after. Notwithstanding this
inebriety steadily increased and became
alarming in its extent and publicity
journal of Inc briefly.
THERE is rejoicing among the friends
OF temperance in the fact that they
number an English duchess among their
ranks The new duchess of Bedford
hitherto the marchioness of Taristock,
is like her sister, Lady Henry Somerset.
a strict teetotaler. Other lady members
of the English nobility who have en-
listed in the cause of temperance are
the countess of Carlisle and the countess
| of Ellsmere.
| A PAPER on heredity read at the an
nual meeting of the American Social
Science association credited forty pei
cent. of drunkards directly to inebriate
ancestry. and twenty per cent to IN
sane and mentally diseased parentage'
so that sixty per cent. of all inebriates
are Launched into existence freightec
with diseased tendencies and impulses
which burst into activity from the
slightest exciting causes"
THE first petition for prohibition II
this country came from Passaconaway
| CnleI Illc ltndCOOhSs WIZ - =
the Merrimac. He was a sagaciou'
ruler. and seeing the demoralizing ef
feet of drink upon his three thousan'
braves, besought the English govern
ment not to sell them firewater. II
1865 an English trucking house wa
opened among the PenacoolSs, and TN
drunken Indian" became so nnmerou
, that delegation of chiefs journeyec Z
Piscataqua to enter their protest IN per
. son against the sale of spirituou
!. LIQUORS to their tribe.
Il WAS always told said reforme
I smoker. that could not give up tn
! cigar habit. which had INDUCED IN 10
: twenty years; but ! resolved one "a
: to give it up and have kept the resoi'
4 ton for two years. II you want to
> sure that You have any mind left 9
4 any self-eontrol. just do as did and
v Won can't keep your resolution you n,a
y be sure that you have not the capaca'
a of self-control, and are on the way
Z imbecility. j tested my mind BY r
| solving that would not smoke, and
a have stood the test: and know TN
q nv will has grown stronger IN cons
ouenee. 1t is a great thing to have
y viii that is under the control Of .
s.,dr-r,.s..f ~ L. sun
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-25
Randolph Wilkes
DESCRIPTION.


Randolph Wilkes was foaled in 1855; IS
beautiful bright bay stallion, stands NJ
teen hands and two inches high, weighs
upwards OF one thousand pounds. lie IS
a very promising young horse, ana, az
though his stud service has been short,
the Oldest OF his get being only two Years
old this spring, is proving very success
full as a sire. He is a sure foal getter. HIS
colts speak for themselves. Randolph
Wilkes is a good representative 81 the
Wilkes family that stands to day as the
most popular family Of trotters.
PEDIGREE.
Randolph Wilkes was sired by Mani
brino wilkes, $3.50, with q record OF 70
a.. who sired Arthur Wilkes ~ Ia, Il.
NJ. Wilkes lbs Ia. Mambrino WiiSes
was sired BIZ the great Geo, Wilkes 2.z-
vino sired Harry Wilkes 2.13 II, Guy
Wilkes 2.f5 ia and so others in the z5v
list. more than any other horse living or
dead. The dam OF Randolph Wilkes WIS
a daughter of North Star by lhurston' 5
BLACK Hawk, by vermont Back Hawk
Randolph wilkes viii make the season
Of isgi at the stables OF the undersigned.
Terms, 40 to insure. Send for circular.
j. +. MEAD, Randolph, VI.
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ma standard Bred Lambert. stallion
Prince F!

One of the handsomest and best bred Nor
GAN stations living. He took first premium IN
RI class al the last Addison Co. Fair. Lam
bert Prince is a handsome chestnut tour years
old, stands IL 2 weighs looo ms. 1890 9od w. w.
lpneed Bred bv Oliver Severance, Middlebu,
py. IT.. Sired by Motion. 22g, son Of Dame,
Lambert. dam BY Abraham, son OF Daniel
Lambert. End. dam by Daniel Webster, son OF
Blackhawk.
send for circular giving full pedigree Lam
bert Prince will make the season OF io',i az my
,;laga Ii Is my intention 10 take adyaii-
noe N the law giving lien on the foai. No
business done on Sunday. ,n,er,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-25
SALOON POLITICIANS.
A Foreigners Impressions Of Our Political
system.

A Forelgn Impressions OF ouf EoiAAcsA
system.
A German traveller who recently
made a fiying visit to this country,
studying carefully the workings of our
noliticai system in some of our larger
cities. and referring to his visit IN san
Francisco. says in one of his letters; Il
went to a saloon where gentlemen in
terested in ward politics nightly con-
qrepate. They were not pretty per
cons Some of them were bloated- and
they all swore eheerfuly until the
heavy gold wateh-chains on their fat
stomaehs rose and fell again, but they
talked over their liquor as men who
had power and unquestioned access 70
nlaces of trust They talked Of prae-
teal politics; they had been there
tbev knew all about it They banged
their fists on. the table, and spoke o.
political pulls the vending OF votes
etc. He adds. Theirs was not tn
talk Of village babblers, reconstructin'
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-25
FIRST CONFEDERATE GUN.
A valuable Relic Owned by a ChattanOOr
(Tenn.) Woman.

A Valuable keno ONhtu Nv N"aN'eH'Vea
(Tenn.l Woman.
The first gun made for the Conieder
ate government is owned by Mrs H.
Miller of this city. The gun was nadebV
Mrs. Miller's father. W. S. MeElwaine
at Holly Springs, Miss. in the summer o.
1851. Ii was carried through a part o.
the war by young man OF HOLY
Springs. a friend of Mr. McElwaine' i
had a rifed barrel originally Aooui
the middle of the war the barrel was
injured by ball, and the gun was Re
turned to Mr.. McElwaine, who cut
off at the injured point and bored Ito
a shotgun. As seen by Globe-Dene
erat reporter lately, it was in eompafs
lively good condition. n.
Mr.. McElwaine was native OF ms
field. Mass, where he learned the ira's
Of a machinist Afterward he WofA'a
in a gun factory in New York alo'nsa
moved TO Sandusky, o., where he en-
gagged in the foundry and machine ous,
ness In 1859 he moved to MlssislpN
In a crude way he began the iounal!
business. with two partners. Nhen%
war broke out the company had wen
equipped establishment, ana JeHel'v-
Davis, being eonversant with the pVg
ertv induced its owners to CONVEX
into an armorv. Small arms were 0'-
IL needed and Mr.. McElwaine havl.
neither the machines nor patterns W.,
to work to produce them ne pam Y.
and made the necessary machl,ie!
making stocks, barrels and ooIil &.
working out the patterns, ana VIZ 'ig n y
own hand made the first gun "li'' -
daughter now preserves. .A.
When the battle of Shiloh was ious-
in 1852 the plant was turning o.. s' Il.
ty-five stands of arms a day Ia, ~. ..,,o.
Moved five hundred hands. Inc s ,s,.
~ was afterwards sold to the .on,'. -
ate government for one hundred =, =.
sftv Thousand dollars in addition " :. !.
s;xtv thousand dollars paid Tor al- =. ].
10 that time. The plant was re .i.0 4
n Mason. Ga. After the evaeuau s'a,,
Corinth and vicinity BY ne 'vu nd;,g
ates. a raid was made and the g sa.,,o,.
of Holly Springs set fire to ana '. u, ,',.sr
al After an eventful career INC - ~
Of the first gun of the coniedera. ..r, i
in Chattanooga in 1872. Inc 0S !" sar-s.
Libby Prison, at Chicago are !, M am mr.
nondeuce with Mrs Miller for = .ni ISus
chase Of the historic reno
Glnhe- Democrat.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-25

-Judge-and he took s s h.. III
throat and eho>ed you Wv ,rasi q
Yis. sor: he sguazea - n me Aia''
.o-ht he'd mex sitherou' =
.snnle buffalo Express
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-25

--Reaections make = - mnsi y
A. ugiv philosopher who
been rizing into . mirfo1'
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-25

Several anecdotes are - ,'s.-sncs %
ting Gen. Johnston indinsi. .i,,,iu
danger in battle. and then tn ,',S S' , b
Is made of his opinion regA'u ~ IN tx
miliar household utensil; .Sdsss
most timid man in the worio' - Ne
fullv afraid Of a kerosene lalnr r,ys
other day a servant put one ~ ! II buuS
I was but half dressed ana ,,n,p b
ont as fast as / could run. Ii III
was going to burst Then ls s.
The very next night some k.nI NJ 5 J
ent kerosene lamp was SEM y
present. and the donor 1t u 81 4 80
: me the method of working I "
was my nervousness that p p.,sr. .ss
10 was talking to me. Ls .ss So
somebody had extinguis .s,,,.. n, VS.
noltroon was. We get n .s;nr 81
time. but | assure you no. ..inSsii.ss !
ever induce me to light or eA 81 rs
kerosene lamp. would ~
armed with kerosene lamps ~ nsai,r'
me off the field. l should "
sonifed. -Harper's NeeA's.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03
THE UNReOEEMED.

Oh, an elegant meerschaum pipe am l.
Ny couch is a velvet case complete.
Ana many companions round me lie
AS we steadily stare at the stony street
foT rates unkInd. and the months have flown
Since the sacred fire my altar cleaned;
No friend have l. for I'm left alone
Along with the rest of the unredeeuled
There's volume there, a birthday gift
That a mother bestowed on her only son;
But he's long been out on the world adrift,
And his parents race on earth Is rrr
TO My Darling Boy" so the sentence goes
You may read inside, and she doubtless dreamed
OF future bright for the lad-who knows,
But the book lies here with the unredeemed
There's diamond ring that was often worn
BY handsome pink tip fingered belle,
And many vow was duly sworn
When it first was placed where it looked so well
But the faithless jade had a stony heart:
She was false when fortune frowning seemed,
so the ring went back, and their ways apart
And the bauble's come to the unredeemed
petticoat yonder's up for sale
That has long been left for paltry sum,
But the woman that pledged it looked SO pale,
AS though by WEAKNESS overcome:
Shed tiny child, and it cried for bread.
Her motherly heart had planned and schemed
III she had To come to the shop she said
And the garment is here with the unredeemed
Aye, We are a most mysterious crowd
Ot pledges the sign of cold neglect:
Some OF us once were wondrous proud
Some of us claimed the worlds respect
Now we are ticketed. all may spy
Time our appearance has SCARED and scanned
Never purchaser comes TO buy:
Who viii invest in an unredeemeds
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03

ROSE CoGHLIN and Lydia Thompson
net by chance at hotel table in ALBANY
The other week, and to the surprise of
some observers, fell to exchanging rem
iniscences in very social way. During
their talk the fact was developed to an
interested few that Miss Coghlin first
came to this country from England when
agirl, with Miss Thompson. playing a
subordinate part in company under the
management Of the latter.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03

SECRETARY WINDOWS sudden death at
the banquet table at Delmonicos Thurs
day evening last naturally created a pro-
hound sensation throughout the country.
The secretary was man of robust phys
ique and apparently vigorous health
That the death messenger should have
come to him so suddenly, striking him
down while in the full tide of success
tul career. in the center of festal scenes,
surrounded by bright and brilliant COM
pany, is another startling reminder of the
uncertainty of life and the vanity OF all
that poor humanity strives and struggles
anr
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03
Guarding Against Counterfeit Bills.

The Lounger was sitting in notary's
Office the other day when man came in to
make an affidavit to some papers. The
notary's charge was twenty-five cents. and
the man handed him Sc bill.
'Do you know whose picture that iss"
the notary asked in genial tone, pointing
to the portrait on the bill.
THAT'S Hancock" replied the stranger.
'Is it?" The notary did not seem to be
certain about it, and putting on his glasses
he held the bill up to the light and scanned
IL closely.
YES" he said at last. 81 guess you are
right. It is Hancock" Then the stranger
received his change and went away.
81 always do that with people don't
know" said the notary to the Lounger
when the stranger had gone "You see it
gives me fine chance to see II the bill Is
counterfeit. "-New York Tribune
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03
REV. SAMUEL BAYS, of Bowling c

REV. SAMUEL BAYS, of Bowling Green,
Ky, is daisy. He not only furnishes
spiritual consolation to the souls of his
congregation, but to their bodies as well =.
On Sundays he dispenses the gospel and
on week days sets out good old Kentucky
bourbon to his thirsty parishioners, also
cigars and tobacco. He has been making
= good thing out of this thrifty mingling
together of secular and sacred pur.
suits. But he has struck q snag, in
his broad and liberal Interpretation of
the command to "be all things to all
men," as recommended by St Paul, and
left our venerable relative, Uncle Sam,
entirely out of his field of view. In SOL
ing whisky he may have been violating
the divine law as interpreted by most of
the churches. and for this he has not up
to the present time been called to &C.
count. But he has also been violating
ihe internal revenue law of this country
in not first obtaining license. For this
he is called to account and now LAM
quishes in Jail, without any bail. and I'M
til he gets out his congregation will 60
dry seven days in the week.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03

LOUISIANA has the largest farm in the
world. 1t runs 100 miles north and south
and twenty-five miles east and west. 1t
cost $50 600 to fence it. All cultivation
IS done by steam power. Three men,
With cable ropes and portable engines.
olOw fifty acres per day. The Southern
Pacific runs through this far m for dis,
nance Of thirty-six miles.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03

CORRESPONDENTS are taxing their de-
scriptive eloquence in efforts to set forth
lhe beauty OF the bride of young james
z. Garfield. One of these enthusiasts
winds up his pen picture by saving that
"she beams like star in world IF an
gels, which somehow doesn't seem to
mean much except, perhaps, beer on the
part OF the waiter.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03

ARNOLD Koch. of St. Louis, brother of
the famous DR.. Robert Koch, says that
the latter is the third of thirteen children,
the first zine Of whom were boys, and
shat he was uncommonly studious as a
BOY, studying lichens and NOSES under
she microscope while the others we're
playing
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03

IN the treasury Of the sultan of Turkey
Is gold cradle, studded with diamonds.
IL is Kept under guard in Consts ntinople
and IN it dozen sultans have been
rocked.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03

A CONVICT in the Colorado penite ntisry
mas invented gallows that compels Grim
mails when sentenced to death TO become
their own hangmen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03
II Your House 10 On Fire

You put water on the burning timbers
not on the smoke. And if you have
cstarrh you should attack the disease in
the blood, not in the nose. Remove the
impure cause, and the local effect sub
sides. To do this, take Hoods Sarsspa-
rilla, the great blood purifier, which radi-
cslly and permanently cures catarrh. II
glso strengthens the nerves. Be sure to
act only Hoods Ssrsspsrilla.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03

A GIRL of Is at Atlanta, Ca, was re-.
Gently divorced from one hus band and
has just taken another.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03

REDWOOD trees 400 feet nigh and thir-
teen feet in diameter are found in Wash
ington.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03

Foes IN London have lately been thicker
and olacker than for years. and gas is fire..
aaently lighted at midday.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03
His Word Sufficient.

Boh~ lie author)-Wait n minute.
end 81 snow you the proofsof my novel.
Gore-No, no! / don't want any
proofs. Your word is enourh.-Pnck.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03
You Should Not Fail to Read
This Story.


I" S'T'' HHd tArNe a II. OF Mutton.
y leg Of mutton should always be brought
to the table on its back, with the handle"
or knuckle to the right Of the carver Cut
crosswise, beginning almost in the middle.
but little nearer the knuckle than the
tail Cut the slices toward the right until
you come 10 The bone, proceeding in the
same way OF the other side II Won are
studying economy use the less juicy slices
Sear the bone while hot, a the thicker
s!ices are much better to be warmed over
or eaten coId.-Cor. New York World.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03
THE ARGUS.
T.sns-Daily, SOC per month; Weekly, $40

TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1891.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03
4 Partial Reform.

Have 4 ciGa-. Nrill-irs.7"
~, eTUfn UII.
Given up snohIn-:"
No; given up Your cigars. New
York SIM.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-03

Mexico celebrates OF the 9Th OF May The
anniversary Of a great victory over the in
vadiug French army, aad most Of the
other American republics observe the an
niversaries Of important events in their
own history.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-17
Wood. stews.

We have all had our sympathies
aroused by the statement that the natives
of northern Siberia are often, during
famines, compelled to resort to wood for
food. The fact is that careless observ-
ers have simply been imposed upon, or
they have jumped at conclusions with
out caring, or perhaps being able to
make inquiries, and because they thought
that a statement about being compelled
to use wood for food would make heart
rending page for their books, and by in
ference show what a distressing time
they themselves must have had among
such surroundings.
Wood in a certain form is most COM
mon and constant article of diet on the
Lena river, all along the north coast and
in the immediate neighborhood of Yak
utsk, in fact wherever the Yakut resides.
North of Verchoyansk, except in few
sheltered valleys, it may be said there is
no other wood than the larch, and for
miles south of the tree limit absolutely
no other.
The natives eat it because they like it.
Even when fish are plentiful it usually
forms part of the evening meal, as the
many cleanly stripped larch logs near
every hut testify.
These people know by experience that
the fact of their eating wood arouses the
sympathies of strangers, and shrewdly
use it to excite pity and to obtain gift
of tea and tobacco. They scrape off the
thick layers Immediately under the bark
of log, and chopping it fine mix it with
snow. 1t is then boiled in kettle Some
times little fish roe is mixed with it,
and further south cows milk or butter.
II have often," says William H.
Schuetze, 'seen it eaten without any
thing additional, although, as in the
present instance, there was apparently
enough other food on hand. YOUTHS
Companion.