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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-10

The grand commandery will listen to re-
ports today. Last night the city was again
illuminated and filled with music. A
number of receptions We're held-Grand
Master Goblin at his headquarters, Illinois
at the St James hotel, St. Bernard at the
same place. The Kansas and Col
orado grand communicates also received.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24

hop-pickers in the autumn, and scaven-
gers in general the remainder of the
year. They camp where they work,
and though often reduced to nbiect
wretchcdness, are Il kindly and CHEEKY
set OF men and women.
The road gypsies generally retain and
occupy their vans, carts and tents. Out
Southwark way, over in Surry, are
large communities. Many may be found
roundabout Esher and Working. The
Chelsea marshes are another winter
haunt; while Epping Forest, depths and
edges, arc full of them. With these
summer thrift is never exchanged for
winter idleness. Many of the stout
gypsy lads get employment in gentle
mons and public stables. The men
haunt the horse markets and weekly
suburban markets and buy, sell and
trade horses and donkeys. Many of the
women rove about the poorer districts
OF the city telling fortunes for whatever
they can get Those too old for these
jaunts mind the pots, kettles and little
ones against the wanderers nightly re-
turn. Old men and lads and lasses re.
naming at home are never idle. Rude
mats, market baskets, stable and street
brushes, by the hundreds of thousands,
are their annual handiwork, and the
millions of skewers in use at the London
meat-stalls are everyone whitfield out by
busy gypsy hands
EDGAR L. WAKEMAN.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24

When the British steamer Yorker ar
rived at Marseiles from Rangoon the
captain reported that several of his crew
had died in terrible agony after partaS
ing of some fish which had been caught
N tropical waters. In these regions many
fish are found which ut certain seasons
or it may be in the case of some species
always, are exceedingly poisonous when
used as food. This is especially tho
case with such fish as feed on meduse
and on certain coral banks. Experts
say that great caution has to be Observed
in eating fish caught in tropical waters,
and too much attention cannot be be-
slowed on the warnings of those whose
experience of the fish found in various
neishborhools enables them to say
which should be avoided as articles Of
Iiat
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24
KILLED HIS TWO CHILDREN.
A Fathers Plan to Keep Them from
Becoming Wallis of Charity.
Then the Despairing Parent Cut His Own
Throat--Summary End to tho Existence
of Three Starving Human Beings.

-
Then the Despairing Parent Cnt His Own
Throat summary End to tho Existence
of Three Starving Human Beings.
BosToS. MASS, Nov. l6.-Guissepe Pa
tone, an Italian, murdered his two chill
dren, aged and II years. last night, and
then cut his own throat. His wife died last
June, and since then Patone has shown
symptoms Of insanity.
PatOne made a miserable living by SELL
ing chestnuts on the street, and even this
bare pittance had been cut Off by his sick
ness In his pocket was found d receIpted
undertaker's bill for his wife's funeral,
dated June 9TH, 1892, and Il certificate for a
burial lot in the Holy Cross cemetery at
East Maiden.
TWO PATHETIC LETTERS.
Two letters were also discovered They
were written in excellent Italian and
showed cunclusively that the writer was
well educated and had seen better DAYS
In the first he writes: :" have decided to
finish il now that my sickness has become
chronic and will not give me long lite. and
also on account of my wife. who died five
months ago, who was my comfort and the
comfort of our family.
TO THE TOMB MAY THEY COME.
"rhe maternal and paternal passion
toward our children requires me not to
leave them on the street without attend
ancc and without care of their parents. To
the tomb may they come; So now they
will enjoy more felicity. May our souls
rest in peace"
Later he wrote "Until to day DELAYED
to kill my children. Now | can do SO no
more. II is now five months and 80 DAYS
since my wife died, who was my peace and
my, comfort, and who died loving her
Children and her husband. remain mad
dened, and had not the courage to leave
the house or to leave my children, whom
sec lost from day to day.
rEARs FOR MS CHILDREN.
And sec that my poor children will be
lett on the street without comfort or futher
or mother crying day and night. Great
God, would rather die Il thousand times
and save the honor of my family.
My children were born with all the
comforts Of life and are of good family
and are rot used to living on the streets
like those born to misery. That my cour-
age may remain in all its strength and not
leave me living still in misery, and that
may die within six months of the time of
my wfe's death, pray. | have been sick
10 months and am not improving, and
seeing that ii is useless to hope to improve,
would sooner die Il thousand times.
REMEMBERED THE ORPHANS.
Everything in my house | leave to
justices of this department to be sold to
pay the expenses of my funeral, and to
have us buried where my wife is, which is
in the lot that | have bought. Pay all ex-
pcnses, and il any money is left give it all
III the benefit Of the orphans society.
pray to the authorities to make the uuick-
est way possible to transport MS to the
burial ground, and that the bodies be re-
spected and not maltreatcd."
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24
Had Deen There Before.
Detroit Free Press.

i'oh'ib ECO L0SHs
Algernon was whispering low to the
girl in the gauzy glinmcr of lace and
tulle.
She had bent her lovely swanlike neck
to catch his words,
ANONYMOUSLY they tloated outward
and fell upon the pearly, pink. white
ear, as crystal drops touch silver cords
and waken sweetest music sleeping
there.
You are so much to me, he said. ain
all the dozen years since first my heart
responsive grew to woman's sweet solici
tude, there has been none whose fingers
spanned the octave of my soul and
wrought the manly harmonies dormant
there into living theme. No face but
yours has brought to me the face Of
angels, fair and pure, beyond the skies
that bend above the earth, far, far re-
moved from all its sordid thoughts, its
groyellng cares, its motiveless material
ism. In you concentrated all my dreams
are realized, my hopes to full fruition
come, my dearest wishes made my own"
Slowly she lifted that fair, sweet face
until her soft, blue eyes looked into his.
Then she laid her little hand upon his
arm.
"Algernon," she murmured, "wont
you please come off the roofW
And as Algernon clambered down he
recalled the fact that he had tackled a
Chicago girl.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24

Senator Vest Says 1t VIII Proceed Slowl,
and That no Extra Session Will b

senator Vest Says 1t VIII Proceed slowly,
and That no Extra Session viii DO
Needed.
KANsAs CITY. Mo-, Nov. Ex-senator Vest
started for Washington last night Before
leaving he said that the Democrats would
proceed cautiously in reforming the tariff,
and would not smash the Mckinley bill as
Il blacksmith would destroy d watch Free
trade. pure and simple, lie said. was i'm
possible, for the only proper way to raise
money to carry on the government was BY
customs tariff. The tariff, however,
would be reduced along the lines in such
a manner rs to lessen the cost OF living to
the common people.
The senator ridiculed the idea of an
extra session to deal with the tariff MIR,
Cleveland he said is too leyelheuded for
such nonsense, He does not believe in
cavalry charge upon the existing system of
taxation and finances. He will proceed
slowly.
New YoEH, Nov. 16.-All the fuss about
IN extra session of Congress is recognized
here as part of scheme to create Demo-
cratic embarrassment. The question can
not be determined until the record of the
approaching congressional session shall
have been made. Mr.. Harrity, when
questioned upon the subject to-day
declined to so into speculation on remote
political contingencies, and no one has the
CaveIena Il IN IN iaas, ai.,,sed t u, . III
an, ~ ~ sp''',' ~ IeaIi
mrsse,it Itnn,,hI;o,,, S attsl VIZ ~
co,,rse a. ~ ,oe,ats ,aI H9, ,,, ~
H. ia 1or,oora,; reiori ~ oliis passeH
tyes i Il "iiI Ga T., ih"use m hepeseiiita-
cn,,rs Nv, WI e IA oLugr 10 aeterihime what
Meanwhile, the suggestion that finds
Tariff + 2o t,,ss VI ..e appo'htineht Oh
Iii far y ~ ~ "a :" ptepare
r. tho PnnnIIin, " ~ "au n2ngress'
oo,t IN M Hei,uD'icvil oe'ate REFUSES 70 &C.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24
GIN IT NE TREE2
A Claim That an Ancient Beetle Alive
IN Iron Has Been Found.


IN Iron Has Been Found.
III Paso Bullion.
Our fellow-citi2en, z. r. White, is
the owner of what we believe to be the
most interesting Insect and mineral
specimen in existence. Some months
ago Mr. White was presented with n
specimen taken from considerable depth
in the Longfellow mine Of Clifton, Ari-
iona. When the specimen in question
was fractured, u beetle of dull reddish
gray was disclosed, surrounded by a
closely fitting mold of iron ore: in fact
the beetle lay in state as perfect as in
life, III the sarcophagus of iron. Nat
urally very much impressed with his
acquired property, Mr.. White fastened
To enyelop it in a piece of cloth, with
the view of conveying it to his cabinet.
On his way, however, he had occasion
10 examine the interesting specimen,
and his surprise may be better imagined
than described when he perceived a
young beetle slowly emerging from its
dead parents body, and in every char
acteristic resembling it, barring the fact
that it was smaller.
At the time Mr.. White called the at
tenuon of the writer to the fact, the
young beetle was placed under glass
by its owner. 1t continued to prosper
and increase in dimensions and lived
for five whole months. The specimen,
the insect in its cyst of ore and the
younger insect generated in prehistoric
period to be born in the 10Th century,
are now in the Bullion office awaiting
Judge j. i. Crosby of this city, who
proposes to present them with the
compliments Of our fellow-citizen, Mr..
White, to prominent scientific associa-
ton of the Atlantic slope. Fossil in
scots are common; beetles and other in
scots inclosed in amber and other com
pounds are frequently met with, but
geology in all these cases gives an ex-
PLANTATION TO account for the appearance
Of organic matter, but in this case there
is no plausible pretext to account for
the insects enveloped in q matrix of
iron and found far beneath the surface,
no other traces of organic life being
present 1t is almost beyond crcdence.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24
WnY M vts Ca11rD ",JUDGE.n

And There We're Great and Sufficient
Reasons Why He Deserved the ritlc.
St. Louis Globe Democrat
yes, I'm called Judge hut think
my title is somewhat cloudcd," said John
Thornton, an old newspaper man, who
Is known as the Charles Birmingham
Edwards of the Northwest. you sec,
1t happened this way. ] went TO Dakota
good many years ago and started u
newspaper in the end Of corn crib.
There was blacksmith shop half II
mile to the north, farmhouse of one
room quarter to the west, and horse
thief hanging to q scrub oak 300 yards
due south. | felt that with such Il
foundation a live newspaper was all
that was lacking to build up great
commercial metropolis, so | unloaded
my washington hand-press from tie
prairie schooner, shucked ing coat, put
a navy revolver on each hip and waded
IN. In few weeks the corn crib had
Deen enlarged, another horse thief had
been hanged, two tramp printers struck
the town, and | felt that was not labor
ing altogether in vain.
Fortune, like misfortune, is inclined
to slop over, and about that time the
blacksmith, the homesteader on the west,
myself and the tramp printers held
mass meeting and organized the county.
We did not know much about due forms
OF law, but our hearts were in the right
place and we went ahead. After the
mass meeting | ran off some ballots on
the proof galley, and we held an cleo
ton. was unanimously elected county
judge, the blacksmith became sheriff
and the homesteader collector and
treasurer.
We telt then that our future was as
sured, and decided to issue bonds and
build q 100000 court. house. printed
the bonds and the treasurer mounted
his male and started to ST. Paul to float
EN-, lie defaulted, the sheriff started
after him, and neither of them ever re-
turned. | was left alone to uphold the
peace and dignity of the county, the
tramp printers having exhausted my
grubstake, stolen my six shooters and
composing stick and departed between
two days in company with span of
mules which they found in an adioin-
Ing county. That is how | came to be
called 'iulpn ~
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24
SHE GOT TnE STauP.
The Difficulty a Lady Encountered in
Getting Her Letter Fixed for Mailing.
DairDit Frpe preaa

The Difficulty Lady Encountered in
Getting Her Letter Fixed for Mailing.
Detroit Free Press.
A lady who was visiting one of our
large cities wanted a postage stamp.
Stepping into drug store, she asked to
be accommodated with one.
"There is stamp machine at the
corner Of the street." said the druggist.
Drop nickel in the slot and you will
get two two-Cent stamps"
81 don't know that | care 70 donate a
cent to the government" answered the
lady, and She went away with her letter.
Her next trial was at a large drygoods
store.
"Can ! get stamp here 2" she
inquired at desk on the main floor.
Take the elevator to the fourth floor;
you will find the stamp department
there answered the clerk.
perhaps, madam, | can accommo-
date you" said man at her elbow ~
think | have two-cent stamp in my
poGketbook.
lie rummaged and found one, and
taking the letter from the lady he affixed
the stamp.
"Thank you, sir" said the woman,
grateful for the small favor, and extend
ing TO him the two cents in return.
keep your money, madam" said the
stranger. 81 am an actor and supersti-
tious. | believe little service like that
will bring ME good luck" and bowling
respectfully he walked away.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24
WHIT MIGHT MAZE NEW.
They Thought 1t Was II Dynamite Car.
fridge in the Fire, But 1t Wasn't.


New York Times.
Two gentlemen who figure extern
sively in Wall street affairs occupv n
small suite of offices on m unner tioor
of No. 81 Broad street, Ike wet.
chlIllhg atmosphere of last Thursday
hampered them somewhat in their
work, aud after brief conference they
determined to have u fire built in the
one CRATE which does duty for two
rooms. The janitor's helper was sum-
moncd, and soon fierce young fire was
roaring behind the sheet-iron "blower."
So vigorously did the fire roar that one
OF the gentlemen stepped to the CRATE
and removed the "blower." lie was
about TO remark that coal lasted longer
In Il slow.burning fire, when an object
i'll one corner of the crate caught his
eye. He let the blower fall with a bang,
and retreated precipitately into the other
ROOM Tom, he cried excitedly, "there's
q dynamite cartridge in our CRATE"
"rhe deuce there isl said Tom
calmly, without looking up from his
table of figures.
Yes, mean it," exclaimed the other
with a perccptible tremor in his voice.
oh, Walter, what are you talking
about" said Tom. as he arose to take q
look Mt the CRATE. In an instant how
ever, his indifferent demcanor left him
and he emitted prolonged whistle.
"Sure enough, Walter, there is cart.
ridge, and its getting hot, too. Get
pail of water and put out the fire."
Half Il gallon of water was dashed
upon the fire without regard for conse-
quences. There was an incipient cx-
plosion, a cloud of steam, and CRATE
full Of suffering embers. With a wet
towel Tom heroically snatched the
dangerous cartridge from its hot bed.
He examined it carefully, and, hand
ing it to Walter, went back to his desk.
Walter looked it over, threw it back
into the CRATE, and went out fora breath
Of fresh air. The cartridge" was one
of those round tive-cent savings banks
which were 50 plentiful year or SO
ago.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24

Mr.. Go.ham-What has become of
the DE styles? Mrs. Gotham-L met
Mrs. De style on the street Yesterday.
She said MIR. De styles health had been
so much improved by the ocean air that
they had concluded to remain in their
seaside cottage all winter. Mr. Gotham
-uum! just as thought. Got caught
IN that wheat tiurry.-NeW YOrk
Weekly.
Miss Mqulie to instructor in Ian.
guages)-"Professor, with our knowl-
edge of French, do you think sister and
| could safely venture upon Il trip
through France" nstrGctor-"With
perfect safety, my dear young lady.
You and Miss Mabel could go anywhere
in France and speak your minds in
entire freedom-in French without
giving the slightest offence - Iii. Bits.
A parson who had 4 call from little
country parish TO u large and wealthy
one in a big city, asked time for prayer
and consideration. Finally someone
met Lis youngest son on the street.
How is it, Josiah" said the neighbor,
SIS your father going to B.?n "Well,"
answered the younSster iudiciously,
paw is still prayin' for light, but most
Of the things Is packed. "-SaN Lake
Herald.
"Harkins," said old Mr.. Barlow TO his
foreman, 1.-THE firm has decided to inau-
gurate system of protit-sharing with
its employees" Good enough ~ re-
piled Harkins. "What were the firms
profits last year?' Last year the firm
lost $1,000 That nccessitates cut OF
~ per cent in wages under the new sys-
TEN. Tell the men the new arrange
a!ent goes into effect Immediately, llar-
kins. "-PWck
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24
WIEN WITS LEE RLpE.


The frost-king comes By stealth at night,
Painting the leaves III colors bright.
With magic wand, in impish glce,
lie breathes upon each shrub and tree;
Der hickory, walnut and the oak
He sheds Il variegatcd cloak,
And as they ope' their sleepy ewes
His breath comes thick from chilly skies,
The morning sun, in mild reproof,
Sweeps from the fences and the roof
The crystal footsteps of that raid;
lie smiles upon each leaf and blade
And welcomes to his genial rays
The friendship of Il mistic haze;
While voices through the hill and dell
Echo clear as silver bell.
Glad, golden days. o, mystic haze
And all the swelling symphonies
Of ringing shout and childish mirth-
The brown nuts pattering TO earth;
The scolding of Il saucy jay.
All, glOries of an Autumn dav
" earthly paradise a type
The troat-crowned woods, when nuts are
ripe. Good HOuSekecDing.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24
a Round of Pleasure in tue Courts.
Toronto, Ont, Globe,

1t is claimed that most people 20 to
law for the mental satisfaction of win.
ming. 10 them our Canadian judiciary
system must be most gratifying. They
can go from county court to superior
court judge, thence to the full court,
and on to the court ofappeal then on to
the supreme court, and if they have any
money remaining they may go to tic
privy councilo of England. The litigant
does not secure one or two favorable who
decisions along the road must have u
hopeless case
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24
ALithe Girls Experience in Lighthouse.

of the government lighthouse at Sand
Beach, Mich, and are blessed with Il
daughter, tour years old Last April she
was taken down with measles, followed
with dreadful cough and turning into a
fever. Doctors at home and at Detroit
treated her, but in vain, she grew worse
rapidly, until she was a mere handful of
bones. Then she tried DR.. Kings New
Discovery and after the use of two and
half bottles, was completely cured. They
say DR.. Kings New Discovery is worth its
weight in gold, yet you may get n trial
bottle free at Bcatun Smiths drug store,
corner Seventh and Pine streets. Goods
delivered frpp
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24
Mourning aarment, IN pnnllr.

From tea to tears is short step, as
one writes it, and it is now beginning to
be felt that when any one is bowed
down by great grief and sorrow that is
just the time one needs distraction.
heretofore, when one was in mourning.
she must stay at home closely for at
least year and nurse her grief and
melancholy. A more sensible view Of
ii is now taken, and n lady even in deep
mourning can so tocOncerts, to theatres,
Of quiet little dinners or receptions, and
she can also entertain in simple
fashion. This is as it should be, for the
bruised heart, beating under the heavy
Grape, needs to feel that she is not cut
oil from her friends because of her be-
reGYcmen,.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24

There is Il town in the north of York
SHIRE. says an exchange, to which a
peculiar omnibus runs. The peculiarly
is that first, second and third class pas
sengers are carried by it. A gentleman
getting in saw this fact announced at
the opposite end of the bus. Wondering
how this could be, he waited patiently
to see. In short time they arrived at
the bottom of hill. The bus stopped
and guard shouted out: "Flrst class
passengers keep your seats. Second class
passengers get out and walk. Third
class passengers get out and push"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24
Complexion to suit tho Light.
fiIarpuIa Tttan,t,,

Maid lat the door of the summer re-
sort casinol-My mistress wants to know
whether the hall will be lighted by
electricity or by gas for the ball to-
night?
Waiter BY electricity; but why does
she want to know?
Maid-oh, she wants to arrange her
complexion, that's all.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24

Smoking gowns are reported by an
exchange as the latest addition to the
wardrobe of the popular woman who
is beloved by her fellow man. They
are of the warm, rich brown of The
tobacco itself, or Of the faint gray blue
of the rings and clouds Of smoke. The
possession of such gown does not indi-
cate that the wearer is a lover of the
weed, but rather that she lends TO the
atter.dinner smoking hour or to the
goodnight cigar the ioy of hnr presence.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24
A Snake Around His Log.


Thursday, Chancellor Rand of Nc.
Master University received by express Il
box which when opened was found to
contain snake some nine feet long, of
slender build, and Of dull mud color.
An accompanying letter explained the
arrival. Last May, while on the way
from the Philippine Islands, the Theo-
dore II. Rand, n ship named after the
chancellor, was caught in heavy gale
oil the African coast. Everything was
battened down, and yet, after some
hours, during which the seas ran bodily
over the vessel, the holmsman felt some
thing like rope around his leg, and
looking down, was Mortified to find this
snake. The ship at the time was more
than n 100 miles off the shore, was
closely battened, and had not been in
port for some weeks. Many theories
have been raised to account for the
reptiles presence, some thinking it had
been washed aboard during the storm:
others that it had lain dormant since the
ship left port, and others suggesting
that a genuine sea serpent had at last
been found. The captain forwarded the
snake to the chancellor as Il curiosity.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24
TINE skAsoY,s CHANGE.

Where are the leaves! Upon the ground
They fall IN faded clusters,
As through the trees with whirring sound
The winter wind now busters.
No more up in the attic high
The ulster is reclining,
And 2T,t moths no s. no 70, longer play high spy"
Our summer trousers grow more light
As winter swallows autumn.
lhey re not so comfortable quite
AS when last spring we bought 'em.
And as of politics VIC chat
1t fills us with detection.
10 THINK that we may lose that hat
We bet on the election.
-tIO,hter aud FUrnisher.