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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12
speaker Cr,sp,s wisdom

Speaker Crisp has a lucid way of pre-
senting an argument. In the American
Journal of Politics, referring to com
mon sophistry. he says:
Our protectionis. friends point to the
fact that in the las, % years there has
been a great reduction in the price of
manufactures, and claim that all this is
due to the present protective system.
They forget that something is due to
science, art and invention. Twenty we
years ago one Il an was engaged whole
day making q pair of shoes; the pay
which he received for that pair of shoes
had to include sufficient sum for labor
to support him, and therefore, necessari-
ly, the price of the shoes WAS cOnsidera-
Bile. Now we have machines which with
the aid of three or four men will make
100 pairs or perhaps 200 pairs of shoes q
day. Under such cumstances ought not
the price OF shoes to be reduced. tariff
or no tariff? So persistent and enthusi-
astic are our friends in making claims
for the beneficial effects of protective
tariff that they profess to believe that
even our inventions are due to a protec-
tive system. No one has any shadow OF
right to assume that had there been no
protective tariff in this country, there
would have been no inventions; that
without it there would have been no ef-
fort on the part OF the inventive genius
of America to do all it could to facilitate
production and cheaper prices. No
legislation that may pass or that may
fail to pass can prevent American ingen =
uity from doing all that man can do to
diminish the cost of producing the
necessaries of life.
The injustice Of the protective system
Il thus clearly stated:
To constitute Q market there must be
BUYERS and sellers. The buyers of man
ufectured articles in this country are
numbered by millions. the sellers By
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12

ST. LOUIS Republic: Governor Fifer
said in his Pinkerton speech: "a repub
lican governor recommended and re
publican legislature passed law re-
strictiug the Pinkertons. WHY was 1t
not enforced at East ST. Louis under
Oglesby. and at Brsidwood under Fiferf
What Senator Palmer insisted on in 1888
was that the law should be enforced, and
what be said was that his administration,
il he VAS elected, should be "as strong as
the law, no stronger; as weak as the law.
10 weaker"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12
An Enemy of Tobacco.

.'Oh, papa, see the pretty humming
birdr'
The object at, which the child pointed
was poised above big white flower on
rapidly agitating wings, robbing the bios
som of nectar with its long beak.
THAT is not humming bird, pet" said
the gentleman who sat on the porch in the
gathering dusk of evening. 1T is a horn
blower moth. Once upon time it was a
big green caterpillar"
"A caterpillar, papas"
''YeS. dearie. The insect which looks so
like a humming bird, as you say, is an en-
envy Of my own. because it destroys to-
bacco. Perhaps l would not have had to
pay so much for this cigar 1 am smoking
If there were no such moths In existence"
But the moth does not eat tobacco,
papa"
NO, my dear, but it lays eggs that
hatch out into caterpillars, and the cater
pillars feed on the tobacco leaves. There
are plenty of them over in Maryland and
Virginia, and the planters have to fight
them constantly. The moth deposits its
eggs on the leaves and the new born worms
eat holes through them, which render
them useless for making cigars. When
they are full grown they are about three
inches long. They are bright green with
small red heads and are very fat and IN
pleasant"
W nat becomes OF tneln aller InSy get
big."
"Oh, they keep on eating as long as they
are growing, gobbling up whole leaves and
plants, and after shedding their skins a
few times they burrow into the ground
and stay there quite torpid for awhile.
Then they come out of the earth in the
shape of great moths, such rs the one you
saw a moment ago. After that they do
not care to feed upon tobacco leaves any
more, but they live on the juices of flowers,
particularly on those of the honeysuckle
and plant called the jamestown weed
They extract the honey from the blossoms
by means of a flexible tongue five or sin
inches in length. When they are not feed
ing the tongue is coiled up like n watch
spring under the head. Pretty soon they
lay their eggs on the tobacco leaves and
then die. -
''But what do they do to kill thenn:"
"a favorite way of the planters over in
Maryland is to plant the jamestown weeds
in the tobacco fields and put in each flower
a little black arsenic or other poison. Then
the moths come along, feed on the poisoned
honey of the blossoms and die Men go
through the fields also and kill the cater
pillars by pinching off their heads If such
measures were not taken the insects would
destroy the tobacco crops. "-Washington
Star
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12
As TO Exported Carpets.

new Ork
We find in one of our con-
temporaries the following remarks
about carpets. credited to the Press
of this city:
"In spite of all the talk about carpet
woods we ship carpets of considerable
value."
If it were true that our manufacturers
of carpets were selling considerable
quantities of their goods in foreign coun>
tries in open competition with carpets
made in Europe, why would they nsed
the enormous duties now i'm
posed to prevent the sale of foreign car
pets in open competition with their own
goods at homes
But it is not true The Carpet and
Upholestry Trade Review reports that
the quantity manufactured annually in
this country exceeds So 900, COO yards.
Out of so large an output, only 1856
yards were exported in the eleven months
of the last fiscal year ending May 81.
The following table shows the quantity
annually manufactured. and the quanti>
ties exported in the last six years:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12
COMPENSATION.

When Eve her paradise forsook,
She cast a swift despairing look
At Eden in its loneliness;
Then, conscious of her sad distress,
From heaven she stole bit of sky
To beam forever IN her eye.
A star that cirrled in dance
She seized to radiate her glance;
A tiny rose that blossomed there
She plucked to make her checks as fair
And snatched a trembling drop of dew
To purify her heart anew;
And so, amid all hopes and fears,
A bit of Eden woman bears.
-Abram S. Isaac IN Ladies' Home Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12

The exported goods are lower priced
carpets, the value of those shipped in
1890 having been about 20 cents ysr1.
The export trade in carpets is sub
stantislly nothing. And yet, If the cost
of the manufacturers raw material were
not largely increased by tariff duties,
large quantities OF American carpe's
could be sold abroad. The manufac-
turer must import his wool, for wool OF
the kind which he uses is not produced
in this country except in very small
ouan tiles. The tariff tax for carpet
wool is 80 per cent for one grade and so
per cent for the other. These are the
Mckinley duties, which are higher than
the old rate by SO per cent in the frs.
case and Sc per cent in the second.
Even these high duties have been in
creased by the treasury departments ap-
plication of certain tricky phrases which
were inserted in the Mckinley bill by
persons who desired to make the tax as
heavy as possible, and the truth is that on
a part Of their raw material the manufac-
turers are forced to pay duties OF "a or
100 per cent.
An American manufacturer who must
pay upon his raw material tax OF at
least 80 to so per cent of its original
value, cannot expect to sell his carpets
in foreign countries in competition with
the carpets of manufacturers who pay so
much tax. The few yards that are sold
abroad are sent to South America or the
West Indies under exceptional condi-
tions, but the quality is so small that it
scarcely deserves to be noticed in the
official report. The less that is said
about the export trade in carpets the
better for our high tariff friends. They
cannot with profit to themselves invite
attention to one of the most indefensible
and absurd Of the Mckinley taxes.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12
Rectifyinr a Mistake.

One of the things which amused n lot of
wicked young men at the Oriental the
other day was the manner in which an al
together sweet and modest New Yorker
got herself on the register. The mother
did the registering and wrote, ''Mr. and
Mrs. -, New York; Miss -, New
York" ooh, dear" she exclaimed when
she saw this; Il forgot the children" And
this is the way it read on the register,
miss - and two children, New York. +"
Brooklyn Eagle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12
Democratic County Convention.

The Democrats of Rock Island county are here
by requ.tted TO send delegates to a convention TO
be held at the court house in the city - Rock
Island W Wednesday, August "a, 1892 at IL O'Clock
q, for the purpose of nominating car didstes
for the Offices OF states attorney. circuit Clerk
coroner and surveyor, and selecting delegates to
the congressional convention TO be held at Mon
mouth, Sept. /, and also to the senatorial convcn-
ton he basis Of representation at said county
convention will be one delegate ior each town
ship and upon the vote for Cleveland and Thur
man in 1855 apportior ed among the different
townships, precincts and wards in the ratio of one
delegate 10 every 80 vCter-, and one delegate for
every n ajor part thereof. ana according TO which
the following will be the representation:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12
Inces.ant Novel Readers.

The general notion seems to be that girls
of from sixteen to twenty form the main
audience of the novelist But we are in
clined to think that the real audience con-
sists of young married women sitting at
home in the first year of their marriage.
They find themselves without any con-
straint upon their reading-they choose
what they will, and they read necessarily.
Yankee Blade.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12

John j. Taylor. OF Streator, lila, once
wrote LOO words ON the blank side Of .
postal card without artificial aid. The
words on that single card II printed In
regular Newspaper type would Ill ~ col
umns Of any Of the great mctropolitan
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12

IF you are painting n boat anything
that viii be much exposed to the atmos-
phere, take pains TO buy n good paint.
made of white lead and linseed oil and
other reliable ingredients, from q trust
worthy dealer.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12

THoUGH the next solar eclipse does
not take place until April IS, 1898, as
tronomers are already asiir making plsns
for observing it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12

In 1893, at the siege of Herat by the Per
slams, Mahmoud Shah had n heavy bronze
gun cast in his camp, and when the siege
was raised the gun was sawed to pieces and
taken back to Teheran.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12

The longest canal in the world is claimed
to be the one which extends from the from
tier of China to St Petersburg. 1t meas
ures in all 4,472 miles.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12

% % .
The caucuses in the several townships viii b
held at p. m. and in Moline ana Rock Island a
SEQ p. IN. on Monday. August I'D, 1892.
T. S. SuvIs, Chairman.
WIN. McEsIRT, Secretary.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12

In Australia there are caterpillars from
six inches to Il foot long, and when a young
lady has one of them drop on her back
hair she says something in seven octave
voice, with a calliope attachment rung
onto il
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12
DEMOCRATIC CONGREssIONAL
CONVENTION.

The Democratic voters in the several counties
comprising the Eleventh Congressional District
are requested 10 seLd delegates TO Congress
ional convention to be held 81 Monmouth. Ill nois
THURS GAY, SEPT 1, 1892.
at 0:30 O'CLOCK a. m for the purpose of nominal
ing candidate for congress, a member of the
BOARD Of equalization, and 10 transact such other
business as msy be presented for the consider.-
non OF The convention The several counties In
the congre ssional district will be entitled to u
representation the basis Of delegate for
every 30 votes End for frac Ion of 100 votes
or over, cast for Edward S. Wilson. for state
treasurer in 1890 = follows:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12

Every testimonial regarding Hood:
Sarsapariila is an honest. unpurchaseC
statement of what this medicine has act
uallv done.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12

GERMANY, in anticipation of awar
with France, has golden treasure of
$50, 600 600 marks slowed away in a safe
place.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12

Coughing leads to consumption.
KempS Bslsam will stop the cough at
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12
Don't Grunt

about your feet hurting you when ChrYso
Corn Cure will cure corns, bunions, etc.
Every bottle warranted at Hartz q Balm
sens.
Are YOU troubled with any skin dis
order1 Hot Springs Skin Salve is all
that the name triples. The salts from
the evaporated waters are embodied in
it's composition. and it should be used
wherever q salve or ointment is neces-
sary.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12

Cubeb Cough Cure-One minute.
For sale by al druggists. Hsrtz q
Bahnsen, Wholesale druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12
DEMOCRArICN NATIONAL ICKEr.

For President. CLEVELAND
For Vice President .ADLAI L. STEVENSON
STATE.
For Governor. John p ALTGELD
For Congrt ssman al large. JOHN a. BLACK
For Cougressman at large. ANDREW j HUNTER
For Lieutenant Cove rnor ...... JOSEPH h GILL
For Secretary of state ~ VI II bISRICHSE<
For Auditor -...--....-..........-.DA DAVID GORE
For Treasurer. RUFUS RAMSEY
For Attorney General. IN T MALONEI
For Elector, 18th Dist ..-.....-.J j. ii. HANLEY
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-09-16

Pacing back and forth il the dim 81.
lence Raymond Lane vowed, then and
there, with Gods help, never TO touch
the accused drink again.
Right here we will say that he never
did. The wings of purpose, enfeebled
by desire, grew strong and uplifting
once more, and as the years went on
the young man mounted, with unfail-
ingvigor, higher and higher in tks path
of purity and noble endeavor.
As tired little Bess said goodnight to
her mamma, she added: "On. l forgot
to tell you that Uncle Ray has just
come home, and he's splendider than
ever, though l didn't see him much.
He Rugged me ever SC tight and told
me was precious little girl, and that
my wings had begun to grow already.
What did he mean by that, mammal"
But sleepy Bess was too near delight
full Dreamland to wait tor an answer.
Helen A. Butler, in Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-09-16
POISON IN SMALL DOSES.
The PerIIs of Tampering with Alcohol,
StimulaDtS.

That the immoderate use of iAtoxi-
cants and stimulants is injurious to
health, says Rev. Jesse Gilbert, and I'M
favorable to longevity, admits of no de-
bate. That moderate drinking has a
like tendency many win question, aud
vet we believe such to be the case. In
the first place it is not easy to decide
where moderate drinking begins The
one insensibly glides into the other.
There are ten million drunkards in the
United States, and of these one million
die off every year. If their ranks were
not recruited, in ten years the race of
drunllards would be extinct. But the
ranks arc filled up. Whence come tho
new recruits? Certainly not from the
total abstainers; from the moderate
drinkers every time. The peril Of
what is called moderate drinking lies
in its tendency to cross the line and be-
come drunkenness. If, however, this
peril is escaped we still believe that
even the moderate use OF strong drink
is a physical evil ever tending to i'm
pair the vital forces and to diminish
the expectation of long life. Alcohol
is a poison, and poison in small doses
may not be fatal, but certainly cannot
be wholesome. Alcohol Injuries and
disfigures the blood globules and pre-.
vents the proper elimination of carbon.
In hot climates the most moderate use
Of alcoholic stimulants has been found
to be decidedly injurious. DIR. Moseley,
in his work upon tropical diseases,
says: Il have ever found from my own
knowledge and custom, as well as
from the custom and observation Of
Others that those who drink nothing
but water, or make it their principal
drink, are but little affected by the
climate, and can undergo the greatest
fatigue without inconvenience. -
Christian al Work
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-09-16

rare srllle "But God blessed the seed
and caused the harvest and not |. You
sea-" turning again to the visitors I've
saw such need for better Bible educa-
ton on the part of our young people.
During the three or four years of my
travelling SDnday-school work in Illi-
nois and other states, | became greatly
impressed with the astonishing, and to
me alarming, ignorance of the Bible on
the part of our church people, Sunday
school teachers and Christian workers.
My own knowledge of the Word Of
God was superficial enough, bat when |
saw people looking for Jude in the Old
Testament or for one of the minor
prophets in the new, I realized the
great need of more thorough and com,
prehensive Bible study on the part Of
those who were or might become re-
ligious teachers"
"Then, too" remarked DR.. Meyer,
who had come in at the dismissal of the
noon class, "she had seen how many
of the workers in the field, both al
home and in foreign lands, had failed
through lack of knowledge Of ways to
act and how to meet emergencies. They
had met with many things they did not
expect, and grown faint-hearted be-
cause of them. Here may be secured
a thorough training in Bible study,
nursing the sick, house-to-house vista,
ton, Sunday-school work and all the
many branches Of religious teaching"
Producing here the annual report Of
the school, he showed with great pride
what he considered all the work of his
wife, keeping himself generously in the
background.
| The report showed over 1000 calls
made in the work, more than that num-
Der of tracts distributed, and over IL, 900
children taught in the Sabbath school,
over 900 in the industrial school, be-
sides numberless cases of distress and
restitution relieved the count of which
they left with the All-seeing Eye.
The young ladies in the school are re-
quired to be over twenty years of ago,
to furnish a few articles necessary to
the equipment of their rooms, to pay IS
a week for board, lights and fuel, the
house being heated by steam and lit by
J gas This, excepting S. or $40 for the
years books, is all the expense ncccs-
sary, no charge being made for tuition.
In addition to this, each lady is ex-
pected to assume her share of the gen.
eral light house work of the homo, the
time allotted to each girl being one hour
daily, except in case of sickness or great
emergency. Those who desire co be
excused from the hour of house work on
account OF health, or for any reason, pay
IS weekly instead of So.
The students of the school do not
wear uniform, only the deaconesses
and the nurses being required to do SO.
Deaconesses are of two kinds-nurses
and visitors or evangelists. Both are
educated fully in Bible doctrines. The
training usually occupies two years,
the course beginning in September and
ending in May.
1t is band Of noble, true women do
ing great work.
Apropos of the visiting, several anus
| ing anecdotes were told. One teacher
tried TO impress her class Of boys that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-09-16

and dcclSed over with the Same. In
order TO fold it there must be three long
canvas hinges from stem to stern, and
the daring Captain writes by AN in
coming ship when nc is hundreds Of
miles from shorc) that he finds the
=" 'Sapolio' in q sca-way is a scrnbbcr
but very leaky." No better proof Of his
GOODNESS and pluck could be given.
The start was made at 4:50 Wcdncs-
day, July 10th, the destination being
Palos, Spain. Capt. Andrews has in
structions to scour the seas until he
discovers that port and the starting
point of Columbus 1t is believed that,
sailing in fourteen foot boat without
80 much as a hot cup Of coffee 10 vary
his dict Of biscuits and canned goods, he
will, singlc-handcd, eclipse the record
Of that Spanish-Italian advcnturer who
almost failed to cross the great ocean
with three ships, $50 men, after sccar-
ing the Queens jewels TO pawn and
having the blessing of The Church
thrown in. ThiS Columbus is sailing in
a boat which had ncVcr been in water
until the hour when nc started on his
in mid-ocean several times scorning all
assistance and confident Of ultimate
Success His effort should interest all
Americans as a test of pluck, endurance
and good scamanship. That il is not a
foolhardy affair is proved by his for
rner Success and by the notable trip ia
which he battlcd for sixty-tro days
without reaching the other side. Thon-
sands of people saw the start his pres
cuce at different points on The ocean
has been noted by large numbers "a
vessels and his landing on The other
side will no doubt be made a matter Of
public demonstration and rejoicing As
he sailed from the pier he said, In
sixty days ! will be in Spain and up
to the last reports he had made better
time than he anticipated. Every day
during the voyage a bottle w1l be
thrown orcrboard noting the location
and other information about The trip
II Capt. Andrews succeeds in reach
ing Spain and joining in the October
celebrations which win be held in
honor Of the discovery of America, he
will then return in one Of the great
steamers and arrange to exhibit his
boat and The hog which he writes aP
day by day, at tho Worlds Fair in CAi-
cago, where he win be one 81 the fca-
lures of the magnificent di;play which
the manufacturers Of ,5apoliO are nn~g
pcrfccting. The assurance we NIGH.
almost say the i-apudcace. 81 these az
ercssive manufacturer in securing .
Columbus OF their owa probably Vita
out precedent in advertising.
Mrs Enpcc-'You cannot say did
the counting; you were crazy 10 marry
me-" Enpcc-''I must have bcen-s
0ibbcrine lunatic."-N. 7. Herald