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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-26
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Their Long Struggle Over Two
Appropriation Bills.
ALLISON EXPLAINS THE TROUBLE

And Predicts a Good Crop of Deficiencies
for Next Session to Figure On-Holman
Charged with Deadlocking the House
in Order to Defeat the Fair Appropria-
tion-George Talks Four Hours to the
Senate Anti-Option and Isn't Feel
ing Well, Either.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-When the con-
ference report on the sundry civil bill was
read in the senate yesterday the changes
in spite of the extreme length of the
port-were referred to entirely by num-
bers, which made it to the other members
of the senate, as Platt put it, "as intellig
ible as Sancrit." Cullom also wanted
some more definite information to the
situation and Allison essayed to illu-
inmate the darkness. His explanation
was interesting. He said that the cases in
which there was an utter disagreement
were limited to the Worlds fair appro-
priation and a small appropriation for
police to serve during the g. a. r.
campment.
Concessions Only Postponements.
The police matter amounts to this:
The house tackled on to the appropriation
a condition that no part of it shall be paid
to Pinkerton men. Allison said that the
senate conferrees had offered to withdraw
that whole item, but the house conferrees
did not feel that they were at liberty TO
withdraw the house amendment to the
item. Though a casual reading of the
report conveyed the impression that the
senate had made large concessions to the
house, an analysis of the bill would show
that most of the concessions were merely
postponements. One item surrendered
was s9oO,OOo for the completion of the
eleventh census. The senate conferrees
had also been compelled to surrender $780,
90 included in the bill after most careful
examination for expenses of the United
States courts. The house had appended
to that a large amount of legislation,
much of it on topics now under discussion
before the senate Judiciary committee.
Will All Have to he Appropriated
The senate had yielded the appropria
ton to get rid of this legislation, but of
course with the full knowledge that every
dollar would be needed before the year
ended and must be provided for by a
deficiency bill during the short session.
Another item yielded was $3.50, 600 O. the
$500, 600 appropriated for the Washington
city postoffice. The argument of the
house conferrees was that inasnuch as
the original law allowed the architect TO
make contracts in advance of the appro-
priation this sum would be sufficient to
run until next winter, when they would
be willing to appropriate the balance if.
needed.
Crop of Deficiency Bills.
As to most of the other surrenders a
careful examination of the report would
show that the senate had been compelled
to divide its increase by two, but they had
reserved enough to ensure that the work
of the government could run along until
congress met again in December. ain re-
spect to many of these items" said Alli-
son in conclusion, Il am compelled to
admit that there will be fine crop of
H.. hx-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-26
Latest Purchase of silver.

WASHINGTON, July 26-The treasury
department yesterday purchased 10000
ounces of silver at 50. $3.50 per ounce.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-26
What lrruguayan Dirt l. Worth

WASHINGTON, July .6-According to
official IT turns just received by the bureau
of American republics. the value of the real
estate of the republic of Uruguay is
given at $50 400, 900 gold
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-26

Charged with Deadlocking the House
in Order to Defeat the Fair ApProPria-
tion-George Talks Four Hours to the
Senate on Anti-Option and Isn't Feel
ing Well, Either.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-26
GEORGES NEW ANTI-oPTloN BILL

Ne EItmin ates the Tax and Puts Flour
on the List.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The anticipation
bill which George of Mississippi advocated
in the senate yesterday, and which was
reported by himself and Pugh of Ala
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17
CAN'T READ A NEWSPAPER.

Queen Victoria is not allowed to handle
a newspaper of any kind,nor a magazine,
nor letter from any person except from
her own family. and no member of the
royal family or household is allowed to
speak to her of any piece of news in
any publication. All the information
the Queen is permitted to have must first
be strained through the intellect of a
man whose business it is to cut out from
the papers each day what he thinks she
would like to know. These scraps he
fastens on silk sheet with gold fringe
all about it, and presents to her unfor-
tunate Majesty.
This sllken sheet with gold fringe is
imperative for all communications to
the Queen. Any one who wishes to send
the Queen personal poem or a COM
munication of any kind Except a per-
sonal letter, which the poor lady isn't
allowed to have at alb must have it
in gilt letters on one of these silk sheets
with a gold fringe, just so many inches
wide and no wider, all about it, These
gold trimmings will be returned to him
in time, as they are expensive, and the
Queen is kindly and thrifty, but for the
Queens presence they are imperative.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17
It Opens the Ewes,

"My daughter is losing her sight"
said an anxious mother, ''and Just on
the eve of marriage, too! What shall l
dor" "Let her get married, by all
means" responded the doctor; marriage
is a regular eye-opener." A mans eyes
open pretty widely, when he finds his
wife's charms disappearing. Health is
the best friend of beauty, and the in
Vulnerable ills to which women are
peculiarly subject, its worst enemies.
Experience proves that women who
possess the best health, use DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. 1t is the only
medicine for women, sold by druggists,
under positive guarantee from the
manufacturers, that it will give salts
section in every case, or money will be
refunded. This guarantee has been
printed on tn bottle-wrapper, and
faithfully carried out for many years.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17

Jasmin, the Gascon poet. who was also
barber, had many strange adventure
arising from the incongruity of his two
professions.
At one time. when he was visiting the
mayor of a French town, and had prom
ised to give an Informal recitation to the
townspeople, the hour arrived and his
host did not appear. Several important
personages assembled to accompany
them to the hall, but the mayor re-
mained invisible, busted with his toilet.
Finally, fearing the impatience of his
guests, he opened the door of his cham
Der to apologize. and showed his face
covered with lather.
Just moment" said he; Il am fin
ishing my shaving"
"Oh," said Jasmin, "let me help your
He at once doffed his coat, gave fin
ishing touch to the razor and shaved the
mayor in twinkling, with what he
called his "hand of velvet" In a few
minutes he was in the hall receiving tu-
multuous applause for his splendid reci-
tations.-Youth's Companion,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17

rency. Nine kinds of money are enum-
Grated, and the most striking feature is
the preponderance of silver and its rep
resentatives. OF the total stock OF
money in the Treasury and in circula-
ton, amounting to s2,236. .494, ,5lS, there
are S412, 100000 standard silver dollars.
S77,000,000 in subsidiary silver, $685.
100000 silver certificates, and 5000
600 treasury notes representing pur-
chases of silver bullion at the rate of
100000 ounces per month";, total of
over $500, 100000. OF the paper money
there are s346, 100000 "greenbacks. -
Sl72, 100000 national bank notes, and
S29. 100000 certificates, leaving $685.
000,000 gold coin and 5000, 900 gold
certificates to fill out the total.
What the business interests require is
not more money, but an assurance that
the quality of that which We have al
present will not be further deprecated
by free silver coinage.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17
BRIEF AND STRIKINGST STORIES.
Some are Funny and Some are Not.

MARK TwAIN's LOVE OF TOBACCO.
From an Interview by Luke Sharp.
1 have been told that his annual al
lowance is 5000 cigars. But it must not
be thought that his devotion to tobacco
stops at this trivial quantity. The ci-
gars merely represent his dessert in the
way of smoking. The solid repast of
nicotine is taken by means of corn
cob pipe. The bowl of this pipe is made
from the followed out cob of an ear Of
Indian corn. 1t is very light pipe,
and it colors brown as you use it, and
ultimately black, so they call it in Amer
ica ''the Missouri meerchaum." | was
much impressed by the ingenuity with
which Mark Twain fills his corncob pipe.
The humorist is an inspired idler.
He is good man, and likes to do
things with the least trouble to himself.
He smokes granulated tobacco which
he keeps in a long check bag made of
silk and rubber. When he has finished
smoking, he knocks the residue from
the bowl of his pipe, takes out the stem,
places it in his vest pocket, like pencil
or stylographic pen, and throws the
bowl into the bag containing the gran
ulated tobacco. When he wishes to
smoke again this is usually five min
utes later he fishes out the bowl, which
is now filled with tobacco, inserts the
stem, and strikes light. Noticing that
his pipe was very aged and black, and
knowing that he was about to enter a
country where corncob pipes are not, 1
asked him if he had brought supply
of pipes with him.
.'Oh, no" he answered, 81 never smoke
new corncob pipe. A new pipe irri-
tates the throat. No corncob pipe is fit
for anything until it has been used at
least fortnight"
"How do you manage, thenG" l asked.
''Do you follow the example of the man
with tight boots-wear them a couple
of weeks before they can be put on?"
"No," said Mark Twain, "I always
hire cheap mana man who doesn't
amount to much, anyhow-who would
be as well-or better-dead. and let him
break in the pipe for me. L get him
to smoke the pipe for couple of
weeks, then put in new stem, and con-
tinue operations as loEg as the pipe
holds together"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17
A PECK OF TROUBLE.

Werners Voice Magazine.
A little colored boy was recently found
sitting on the steps of fashionable
house crying pitifully.
whats de matter wild you?" asked a
colored woman.
Matter nuff, double trouble all ober
de house. Fader am drunk; mudder
hab gone home wild cloze; sis broke de
loonik' glass wild de broomstick, de ba-
by got her eyes full of kyan pepper, and
little Ned Antony put de mustard on
his hair for goose grease, | put salt in
my tea for white sugar and it makes me
seasick De dog licked Ned's face and
got his mouth full of mustard, and he's
under de bed howlin'. De kitten got
her head in de milk pot and | had to cut
her head off to save de pitcher, and den
| had to break de pitcher to git her
head out, and de way I'll git licked when
mudder comes home for settin' de bed
afire will be sin. Oh-Oh--oh!'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17
MONEY IN CIRCULATION.

Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
At the present juncture, when the
owners of silver mines and Alliance
men are trying to convince the people
that more money is necessary to the
prosperity of the nation, the statement
Just issued by the United States Treas
ury Department, will be of special in
terest. 1t shows that the total amount
of money in circulation is 81 sos, ,558, 1872.
This is an increase of S91 ,1I9,573 COM
pared with the corresponding date one
year ago, and is equivalent to $24.74
for every man, woman and child in the
country. The period of greatest pros
perity this country ever experienced-if
by prosperity is meant expansion of
trade, high wages and high prices-was
in 1857 and yet the amount of money
in circulation at the beginning of that
period was s945, 100000 less than at the
present day, or only $3.50 per capita.
These figures prove conclusively that a
plethora of money and national pros
perity do not necessarily go hand in
hand. If any additional testimony were
needed on this point it is furnished by
the New York bank statement, which
shows the largest accumulation of de-
posits ever known, in the face of un-
precedentedly low rates of interest.
The Treasury statement also shows
the heterogeneous character of our cur
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17

HAVE been great sufferer from dry
catarrh for many years, and 1 tried
many remedies, but none did me so
much benefit as Ely's Cream Balm. 1t
completely cured me.-M. ]. Lally, 80
Woodward Ave-. Boston Highlands,
Mass.--I think Ely's Cream Balm is
the best remedy for catarrh ever saw.
l never took anything that relieved me
so quickly, and have not felt so well
for long time. | used to be troubled
with severe headaches two or three times
a week.. A. Alcorn, Ag't U. P. R. R.
Co., Eaton, Colorado. 310-2t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17
Merit Wins.

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling DR..
Kings New Discovery for consumption.
Dr. Kings New Life Pills, Bueklen's
Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and
have never handled remedies that sell
as well, or that have given such universal
satisfaction. We do not hesitate to
guarantee them every time, and we
stand ready to refund the purchase
price, if satisfactory results do not fol-
low their use These remedies have
won their great popularity purely on
their merits. Patterson & Sons, Drug
gistS, St. Clairsville, D.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17
Happy Hoosiers,

VIM. Timmons, Postmaster of Idaville,
Ind, writes: Electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other medicines
combined, for that bad feeling arising
from kidney and liver trouble" John
Leslie, farmer and stockman, of same
place, says: Find Electric Ritters to
be the best kidney and liver medicine,
made me feel like new man." J. W.
Gardner, hardware merchant, same town,
says: Electric Bitters is just the thing
for man who is all run down and don't
care whether he lives or dies; he found
new strength, good appetite and felt
just like he had new lease on life.
Only SOC bottle, at Pattersons' Drug
Store. 2
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17
Eyes and Ears

have we that we may see and hear;
brains, that we may reason and under
stand; so there's little excuse for much
of the suffering that is tolerated. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is
fast becoming the one recognized rem
edy for all diseases resulting from thin,
impure and impoverished blood. InLi-
gestion and dyspepsia, scrofulous affec-
tions, liver and kidney diseases, sores
and swellings, catarrh and consumption,
are blood affections. With purified, en-
riched and yitalized blood, they flee as
darkness before the light DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is the only
guaranteed blood purifier and liver in
vigorator. Sold on trial. Money prompt
ly returned, if it doesn't benefit or cure
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items from Everywhere, Condensed for
Quick Reading.

Items from Everywhere, condensed io1
Quick Reading.
First Presbyterian church at youngs-
town has split.
Wellsville wants to issue $2OO,OOO
bonds for city hall.
James Smith, section hand, killed by
train at Alliance.
Winter term of Lake Erie seminary at
Painesville closed because of much sick
ness among pupils.
James Hollis fell from trestle near
SalineviIle and was instantly killed.
A gang of eight tramps took posses
sion of Massillon rolling mill and police
had to be called to dislodge them.
Ten-year,p old Josie Webb was burned
to death in the West Jefferson school
building by her clothes catching fire
from stove.
A mob lynched three negroes at
Memphis, Tenn.
A bowling blizzard swept over the en-
tire Northwest. Much damage resulted.
The Standard oil company has decided
to submit to the decision of the Supreme
Court against trusts or monopolies.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17
What They are Doing.

In the suburbs of Mobile, Ala, reside
a number of negroes. the defendants OF
and part of the last cargo of slaves
brought into the United States in 1861.
They have never associated with other
negros, are but partially civilized, still
use their native language, and are ruled
by queen of their own choosing. They
enjoy good reputation for industry
and honesty, and their colony is one of
the curiosities most eagerly viewed by
sightseers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17
THE LAST DIVISION.

Good News.
Teacher-If your mother should wish
to give each one an equal amount of
meat, and there should be eight in the
family, how many pieces would she cut?
Class-Eight.
Teacher-Correct. Now each piece
would be one eighth of the whole, re-
member that.
Yes'm.
Teacher-Suppose each piece were cut
again what would result?
Smart Boy-Siyteenths.
Teacher-Correct. And if cut again?
Boy-Thirty-seconds.
Teacher -Correct-Now suppoes we
should cut each of the thirty-two pieces
again, what would result?
Little Girl-Hash.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17
How Long it Takes.

Supposing that our great forefather,
Adam, had begun to count as quickly
as he could, and that when his life was
ended his son commenced where his
father left off, and that he spent his
whole lifetime, day and night, as fast
as he could, and supposing that upon his
death he had enjoined upon his heirs an
eternity of counting, and that they had
continued doing so up to the present
moment, their united efforts would not
yet have reached the amount of one
quarter of a billion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17
THE CRY FOR FREE WOOL

Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
The tariff debate was opened in the
House yesterday by Mr.. McMillin, who
led off in support of the proposition to
place wool on the free list. The utter
lack of interest in the subject was ap-
parent from the very limited number
of members in attendance, and the
thinness of the audience in the galleries.
II has been determined, however, that
the tariff shall be attacked in detail, and
while no one expects that any of the
bills placing raw materials on the free
list will pass, the Democrats must go
through the motions for the purpose of
manufacturing campaign material.
How the Democrats expect to make
votes, especially in the wool growing
States by advocating a measure which.
if passed, would destroy that industry,
is something incomprehensible. Under
such a law as the Ways and Means
Committee has proposed. not a pound
of wool could be produced at profit in
this country. Australian wool, with
the present duty removed, would be put
upon the market at prices which would
defy American competition. 1t is esti-
mated that free wool would entail an
average loss of IL cents pound on the
entire product of the focks of America,
or an aggregate loss of $27, 100000
divided between $4,000 farmers, and
directly affecting at least 100000
people.
The cry for free wool is raised in be-
half of cheaper clothing, but it must be
borne in mind that while prices of woolen
goods might recede for time, 1t would
not continue so very long. The next
step would be to remove the duty on
woolens, and with reduction of the
worlds supply of wool by at least $780,
100000 pounds, the present product of
the United States, how long would it be
until the American manufacturers would
be driven to the wall along with the
sheep -raisers, and the foreign manu-
facturers and importers dictate prices
to consumers? This is the logical re-
suit of the free trade policy, and farmers
engaged in raising sheep as well as
those who have capital or labor employ
ed in manufacturing wooden goods, will
not fail to perceive the suicidal policy
of supporting party with such de-
structive tendencies. Woolen clothing
was never cheaper, quality considered,
than it is now, and it is notorious that
the demand for free wool does not come
from the working classes, but from
political demagogues and free trade
doctrinaires, backed by foreign manu-
facturers and importers of foreign goods.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17
INCAPABLE OF CITIZENSHIP.

Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Another mob, this time located in
Memphis, Tennessee, has declared by
its action that the people who compose
it are not sufficiently instructed in the
duties of citizenship to require a fair
administration of justice. This is the
only conclusion possible when a mob
takes prisoners from Jail and shoots
them without a trial. If the law can
not be trusted to administer justice and
punish criminals it is the fault of the
people. If the administration of law is
efficient, still more egregiOus incapacity
for government is shown by mobs
that usurp the right to commit murder.
1t is time to speak out plainly, and
assert the principle that people who
assume the right to kill others, black or
white, not only commit murder, but
prove their own incapacity for citizen
ship in a country governed by law.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-03-17

YOUNG MEN-Who have become victims of soli-
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evacu tions of the bladder, often accompanied by
slight burning smarting Sensation, weak ening the
system a manner the patient cannot account for
On examination of the urinary deposits, ropy
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