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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-19
They Wore Their Hair Long.

A manufacturing jeweler recently
remarked that some OF his employees
had begun to wear their hair unusu-
ally long. He watched them more
closely and discovered that they fire.
quently CREASED their hands, rubbed
them over with gold filings and dia-
mond chips, and then carefully passed
their hands through their hair. It
was their custom at night to cleanse
their hair with fine combs and collect
and sell the gold particles and dia-
mond dust stolen in the manner above
described.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-19
Who Knows Mike Farrell?

Chief of Police Sexton has a letter
from City Marshal McIntire, of Men
dOta, seeking information as to one
Mike Farrell, who was injured in a
railway accident there recently, and
who claims Rock Island as his home.
The man was injured last Friday,
and he did not speak a word until
yesterday, when he gave his name as
Mike Farrell, and said his home was
In Rock Island. The name does not
appear in the Rock Island directory,
and Chief Sexton has been unable to
Jseate anyone here who knows him.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-19
Worlds Fair ViRitOrs.

A. II. Grimm leaves tonight for Au-
rora to visit his son, from which city
he will visit the Worlds fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Simmon and
Louis Dindinger start tonight on a
3-weeks' visit to the Worlds fair.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-04

side. If | went anywhere on the rail-
road had pass. If l wanted a suit of
clothes or a ham I went into a store
and got it. don't know whether it
was charged or not, and it didn't make
much difference. Probably the deal
er's advertising and subscription bill
was enough to cover the cost, if not,
no matter. The barber shaved on ac-
count, and on account the grocer sold
potatoes. Into that Eden of delight
came the serpent when our feeble
imitator across the way got the tele-
graph plate service away from us. His
circulation doubled right away; ours,
alas, didn't.
THE economies of the office were
entertaining. My partner didn't be-
heve in spending money, even if he had
it to spend, which would have been
a monstrous and unreasonable assump-
ton. remember once we had to
print a pamphlet out of some articles
which had appeared in the paper. In
stead of resctting the matter we fitted
it in sidewise, two columns to a page,
and when we came to a cut that
wouldn't go in right side up turned
it round sidewise. 1t was a beautiful
book"
If the truth were told some such ex-
periences as these have gone to the de-
velopment of more than half the best
editors and publishers in New York.
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thrifty Lawson, proprietor OF that
great paper, is said to refer to Sir
Edwin with pardonable pride, and
rather in the tone of one who would
say: I'VE keeps a poet in the 'ouse,
sir"
As for the magazine, it would have
been magnificent opportunity three
years ago for a man OF Arnold S ability.
Within that time the British publishers
have apparently walked from their
lethargy to a realization OF the achieve
ments of Brother Jonathan American
publishers were beating them on their
own ground, and the principal Amerl-
can magazines had an enormous sale.
Probably they have no less now, but
the new cheap English magazines have
had tremendous success, and the new
weekly, the Sketch, is actually better
than anything of its kind in America
1t Is fortunate for the lotus-eating Sir
Edwin that he has had long experience
III the literary field. He Will need it
What curious fact it is, by the way,
that English magazines are read SO
much less here than ours are there. I
remember, when was last in England.
MIR. and Mrs. Pennells truthful
sketches OF the Highlands were inst
in Harper's. Everybody had
read them, and everybody was indig-
nant. Who in America reads a British
magazine?
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great age. He was drafted for the war
of 1912, but was not called upon for
actual service. His age at the
breaking out of the civil war, 20,
naturally exempted him from service
Mr.. Embry was married in 1924 to Miss
Harriet L. Embry, and by this union
had ten children, seven of whom are
living. The oldest son is now 90
and the youngest 10. The old veteran
makes his home with his two youngest
children. Besides the seven children
there are sixteen grandchildren and
twenty seven great-grandehildren, and
II the old gentleman ever gathers his
descendants about the family hearth
stone the house must be of good size
TO accommodate them all Until with
IN a few years the family has made
their own clothing. weaving the cloth
on, hand looms, and the couDterpanes
now in use in the family home are
home woven. The clothing worn by
tile old gentleman as shown in the
picture Is homespuu. During his active
life be was hard worker. eating Main
food and being simple in his habits His
life has been quiet aud peaceful. He
has hardly been outside his native conn
ty. During all his life he never rode o.,
. train of cars
He is below the medium size and his
hair is comparatively black, even at hi.
advanced age. His memory of old times
Is still good
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Cor that of the young bride were it not
for the difference in costume She has
the same great blue eyes and the char
acteristic Bourbon nose which was
prominent feature of the duchess
Princess Marie is a clever young
woman and takes an active interest in
all that happens in the worlds of litera-
ture, science, politics and art. She is
an artist of no mean talent; is lin
guist, commanding a half-dozen Ian
guages; is witty, and good and enter
tanning tallzer. She is proud of her
voice, which is lovely and soft in speak
Ing and of good soprano quality In sing
ing.
Tor many years the princess has been
In charge of an English goverpess, Miss
Mary Fraser, who has become with the
passage of years SO popular with the
members of the family that she has
been promoted to the rank of lady-in-
waiting. The princess is so attached to
her that she will probably take her to
Sofa when she goes there to share the
throne of Bulgaria.
The bride has been brought up in
simple fashion, as her parents are averse
TO undue pomp and Formally She will
win the hearts, it is firmly believed, of
the gallant Bulgarians, who longed,
when Prince Alexander was their ruler,
70 see a princess at his side.
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person" The marriages of actresses
are a fruitful topic. They turn out
sometimes so well and sometimes so
badly that it is pretty difficult to say
how Mrs. Potter would fare if she were
really to try domestic role again.
She would be following many illus
trious examples Mrs. George J. Gould
is the first that would occur to anyone
Mary Anderson Navarro next. perhaps
These, with that of Mrs. John Hoey,
are marriages that turned out happily
Emma Abbott had, and Clara Morris
has, husband unknown upon the
stage, but devoted and kind You
don't hear much said of Mr.. Cecil CLAW.
Rosina Vokes' husband, but he is one
of the old-fashioned sort. Most ac-
tresses marry actors, however, and it
is probably the wisest choice they can
make. Robert L. Cuttings marriage
to Minnie Seligman was an exception
to all rules 1t is said, by the way
cutting up nasty" about the matter
was that he had been rather attentive
to the fair Minnie himself.
Mrs. Potter's professional career has
been strange one. Going to it as the
most successful amateur in New York,
she has outdone the old hands by the
daring way in which she has acted
risky plays When she first played
Cleopatra and very literally barred her
bosom to the property asp, New York
even blase New fork-was shocked.
During her entire foreign tour she en-
ployed newspaper man here to secure
the insertion of items about her in the
papers and then quarreled with him
about the pay.
On the whole. if she wants to regain
q place in New York society, Mrs.
Potter will need to marry very well in
deed. I'd like TO know who the happy
man is. do know who ne isn't-and
that is James Brown Potter.
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temptreSS to terrible privations, the
yellow root of red evil. holds sway. In
the silver age we had combs and
brushes, buckles, toilet cases, picture
frames and other stuff cleaning with
the paler metal. Itwasn't rich enough
for the blood of New York. Gold has
not displaced it, but triumphantly
faunts itself above it.
A little time ago the satin slipper
with silver filigree toe and heel tip
was quite good enough for any
one. But it only cost from twenty
to forty dollars, and the reckless
gamblers of society quadruple the ante
by calling for gold, gold, gold! For
time they rest satisfied as they poke
their gold tipped toes from beneath
Worth creations" of afternoons.
The gold tipped shoes are only for
house wear. You don't see 'em on
Broadway, their use is to make poor
callers envious, than which there can
be no greater happiness.
This is but an instance. The men
are as bad or worse; for pair of gold
tipped shoes at $3.50 are at least visible,
and pair of SIS gold suspender buck
les haven't even that merit The only
use for them is to show that one can
stand the pace. Ostentation is like the
childish game Of "dare."
'I'll stump you to wear gold suspen-
der buckles says the king of the
dudes.
"1'll see your gold buckles" Ito
change the fgure), says pretender to
the title, land I'll raise you brilliant
in each"
And the banker is the devil himself.
Won't some public benefactor ever
call for a show down, and stop "rais-
ing?" The extravaganza of wealthy
people in small personal expenditures
has grown out of all proportion. Tri-
fies and trinkets cost fortunes; good
pictures by American artists go beg
ging, and authors of good books trim
their cuffs. 1t is not a high ideal of
culture which the butterflies cherish.
But truth conpels me to add that 1
have not yet seen q baby's bath tub in
solid gold. It's reasonably common in
silver. l shall be on the lookout.
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stub Ends OF Thought.

4 wise man knows much: a wiser
man tells much; the wisest man keeps
his mouth shut.
Thoughtfulness is the core Of charity
Self-love Is incuraoiy blind.
A man IS either fool or knzve who
buys without the means 20 par.
A hvpocrite is one-third thief and
two-thir3s liar.
The fool has no fear; the brave man
conquers It
Some people are born good; some
achieve goodness and some have good
ness thrust upon them
Only the eyes can say unutterablc
things
The world IS becoming more modes.
as Il becomes more civilized: time vas
when the naked truth aid not shock
people.
The great silent mountains and the
wide rolling sea are God 8 oratory.-
Detroit Free Press
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with the new world. The first Napo-
Icons empress came from the West In
dies. He himself was friendly to this
country and sold it Louisiana. Younger
members of the family have lived at
Baltimore and Trenton, and relatives
are plenty in the former city now.
Young Napoleon is a handsome fell
low, at least six inches taller than his
most illustrious granduncle, ''the Cor
sican upstart." He made a much bet
ter impression in New York than the
rather pompous Veragua, though, Of
course, Columbus descendant got all
the official glory.
Chicago will impress all its famous
visitors much more favorably than did
New York. Their reception here has
been bungle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-04
SHOOTING MATCHES.
How They Are Conducted in Kentucky
Where They know Rifles

now iney Are Conducted IN hentucky,
Where They Know Rifles
Have you ever been at real old
Kentucky rife shoot?" asked Fred
Plaisted. the oarsman.
Never Tell me all about II"
81 was down IN Kentucky last fall. 9"
continued the famous professional,
and had lots Of fun. The farmers
get together and shoot for a sheep
Every man pays half dollar for the
right To take six shots The distance
IS twenty yards and the shortest
string wins. The targets are home
made. y bit OF board few inches
square. a rough bull's-eye, made by
rubbing on wet powder. and a cross
cut deeply into the wood, from which
TO measure the string. are ail-suft1-
ciene The weapons are old nazzle-
loading rifles, carrying seventy round
balls 10 the pound. and possessed. of
course, Of hair triggers
The farmers shot well, but could
generally hold M ov-n. used
.t2-caliber Winchester, single shot.
bored for the - short rim FIRE, and
peep ard globe sights
Il was fooled once, though. 4 rovv
of s;alwert old kcatEclzians we're
standing il line, all of them . little
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-04

The Young Lady Who Is to Marry Fer
dinaud of Bulgaria.
The coming marriage OF Prince Fer
dinano of Bulgaria and Princess
Marie Louise of D,'-:u 0n excites much
Interest abroad Ihe princess, who in
ali probability will be a queen. some
day, recently celebrated the twenty
third anniversary Of her birth She Is
the eldest daughter of the duke of
Parma, who, with his family, has lived
at Schloss SchwarzaS1 in Lower Aus
tria, for the last fow years. The
princess is noted among her relatives
and friends for her striking resemblance
70 the famous duchess of Berry, the
mother of Count de Chambord. A
portrait of The duchess in her youth,
preserved at Frohsdorf, could well pass
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nervous about beginning, ana L was
asked to fire the first shot. My bullet
buried itself in the board, about
three-quarters of an inch from the
cross marking the center of the bulls
eye. The next shooter was long,
lank old fellow, shaking with evident
bashfulness. | took pity on him, and,
handing over my flask. said:
Here. take a drink; it will steady
you
$50 it will, mister he gratefully
replied. and took tremendous pull at
the bottle.
The seffect was magical He no
longer looked afraid, but stood up like
a man, pressed the trigger and drove
the ball fair and square into the very
center Of the cross. All his shots were
good ones. and he eventually took first
prize, while had to be content with
second"
''Who got the sheep?"
"WeI, the sheep is always divided
up; first man takes a hind quarter,
second man the other hind quarter;
third, fore quarter; fourth. ditto;
fifth, skin and tallow; sixth. the lead
that has been fred, which he has 70
cut from the tree against which the
target rested Boston Herald
Editor Cross RoaGs Chronicle-We
don't pay for poetry.
Poet-Im glad to hear it; for if you
do, YOU have been getting cheated out
rareousIv. Puck
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stage, and mar
rying a rich New
Yorker and set
Ting down again
to a quiet do
nestle life, has
been the cause
of some quiet
C a n V a ssing to
ascertain w h 0
the rich business
man m ay b e.
Perhaps t h ere
"ain't no such
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trated Magazine
from the Mac
millans is con-
strued as mean
Ing that all is
not well with
him in HIS rather
uncomfor t a b @
position as edit
or of the Daily
Telegraph. The
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know: where medical students hive.
dozens together. in the old rookerics
which were once fashionable houses:
where children go dirty and wear rags,
and all the women look carewora
Or the southern side OF the square Is
a tiny Catholic hospital. housed in q
couple OF old brown stone fronts
which have hAen thrown together Tor
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restoring Life bY EIectr;sitr.

Electricity has been successfully ap-
piled TO the resuscitation OF apparently
drowned persons. a man in Scotland,
who remained below water for two
minutes, although believed to be dead.
was restored to animation by two ap-
plications of the electrical current
passed between the nape Of the neck
and the heart
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-04

Do you wear -? Yes? Well, Prof.
Checkley says you mustn't keep EN- up
with suspenders. If a man is properly
formed, lean wasted and muscular,
there's bulge enough to the hips to
keep 'em from sliding off. George
Washington never wore suspenders.
Joe jefferson is thinking of aban-
doning the Buzzard's Bay neigh Dor
hood, but at his time of life habit is
strong.
Who is the handsomest woman in
New York? Off the stage, Of course. A
young woman, utterly unknown, who
earns not too sumptuous livelihood
as an artist and teacher
Pugilism in New York isn't going to
recover right away from the death OF
young Donovan. DAVID WECHsLER-
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the purpose. Here stood a stylish
tandem" in care of its tiger. Pres
emily out came young man and WON
an dressed in the height of fashion.
He assisted her to seat, climbed in
himself, cracked the whip and away
they went, the tiger swinging himself
to his place after the horse was well
under way.
<uch sight might seem unfamiliar
on the east side, but not boy left his
play to pass comments on the turnout.
One of them explained: och, dey's
some o dem doods, fun FIT avnoo.
Dey comes down here mos every day
fore dey goes up ter drive in de park.
l seed 'em up dere bowin' an smi-- n ter
de oder doods. Nav, dere amt no.
body belonging to EN- in dere. Tell yer
wot | t'ink; s'pose dey enjoys de drive
more wen deys blown in few cases
fer flowers an tings. Gee! hain't dey
got style, dough?"
There's good deal of philosophy in
that explanation.
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small town in
Illinois. Every
body in tow n
owed the paper,
the paper owed
everybody, and
n o one yer
thought of set
tt n & an ac-
count on either
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-04
The Country Editor.

Mr. Hawkins, who published that
unique manual for newspaper workers
and advertisers. brains" thus bewail-
eth the joys of the country editor in
the hearing of the interviewer:
For seven years l had no use for
money. My paper was published in a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-04

Pierre Napoleon
B o n a part is
known in New
York as &c. ="
B on rte, or
simply &c"
Mr.. Bonaparte
feels almost at
home here. His
family has al
ways been close
ly a S soci a t ed
III a. N-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-04
THE OLDEST DEMOCRAT.
His First Vote Was Cast for Prcsiden
James Madison.

His First Vote Was Cast for President
James Madison.
1t is claimed for Edward Embry that
he is the Oldest democrat in the coun-
try He was born in or near the ham
let of Summer Duck, Va, in the sum-
mer of 1888, and it is supposed that he
drstvoted for James Madison, the fourth
president of the United States He has
always been a democrat and told
Boston Globe man that he took much
pleasure in voting for Grover Cleveland
last November. The old gentleman
seems to have passed rather quiet,
nneventful life, notwithstanding his
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thouSand.Eno
anything about
; I u w c 5 a Z {
s q are IN q
"a que way It IS
c O w n on Z h g
east side. where
the h @ ais
are don't ron
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| themselves, with
wearing single MRS
| eye CLAWS and @A W
| saying really, yT p
:;: s; :: :;:; !: ~
sionaL as the
colonel feels obliged to sustain his
character as the manager of Col.
North's great British racing stable. He
is as fond of funny story, corkscrew
and the Accomplishments as ever, and
in his confidential moments chuckles
| hugely over "reminiscences of his story
telling prowess in Lunnon. Coming
roundabout, these stories are more
amusing than when told by Col. Ochil-
tree himself. 1 have rarely had more
difficulty in refraining from laughter
than when listening to an English
gentleman who had recently met the
red-headed exaggerator from the Lone
Star state.
America must be peculiar coun-
try" said he. Sol Ochiltree told
me that the razor-bach pigs in the
southern states are very difficult to
keep fenced in. Frequently in the
spring he says he's seen them with
sticks tied crosswise in their tails
to keep them from crawling through
the fences. And the curious disease of
the eyes that they have"
81 didn't know" said, 81 never lived
in the SOUTH
sWh-why-why, the pigs roll in the
mud and get SO covered with it that
when it bakes in the sun they can't
shut their eyes. Just fancy! And so
their eyes are weak and sore until the
fall rains wash the mud Off"
Probably those are the famous pigs
of which it takes two to make a
shadow" observed, thinking that the
chestnut collection might as well be
complete.
"Oh!'' said my acquaintance, with an
injured air, ''you-you-you, cawn't
hoax me. Col. Ochiltree wouldn't tell
story like that"
Probably he wouldn't. The colonel
is an artist.
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lArneld's New Venture.

I hear from England that Sir Edwin
Arnolds purchase of the English Illus
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50 Fun Fift Avnoo.-

Not one wealthy New Yorker in ten.
not one stranger 10 New York in ten
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The Marriage Of Actresses.

The persistent gossip about Mrs Pot
ter's intention of retiring from the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-04
&c. Bonaparte.

The American people are not noted
for reverence. Prince Roland Id1cien
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A Cradle Song.


Oh, whittier away Is the Isle Of dreams
The silent isle OF dTeamsf
It's over the ocean Of starlit skies,
Away IN the west, where the daylight dies;
Slumber, sweetheart, and your wondering eyci
Shall awake In the Isle OF dreausl
Oh, who is there dweIls IN the Isle Of dreamA
The distant Isle % drear1s'
There's Little Boz Blue with his silent horn,
And the dear Old dame whose skirts were snorn:
And you, sweetheart shall await tie dawn
IL the distant isle Of dresmss
On, what VIII you do In the isle Of dreams
The golden isle Of drca-asl
Whatever you've hoped FOR. the long dsy
through.
In the isle u dreams viii all come tr1ei ~
Listen, sweetheart they are calling 70 you
From the golden isle OF oreansl
Oh, bow DO you go 70 the isle Of dreams -
The drorsy isle OF dreaulsY 80
Al, that Is something we 60 not know
For you shu, your eyes before ron Roi
But sec, sweetheart. you are slice pin.f-so
You have found the islc % drcarosi
Edgar ". Abbot, IN Christian Union
The Princess TootIeboo.
ny household is a monarchy,
where absolute and true
4 princess IS the government
We call her Tooileb-c-
Eer thrones high cane-ses ed chair,
Prom which cornnsrdi-.z view
sh> rules, despoi. gracefully.
Tbs Princess TooiIsooo
BIT an OF familiar terrs
WIZ sparkling sgss = bia-
AID eTe-l kiss he roTal lips
OF he Princess T5ofle5oo.
For sks "a ~ dsast te-. Etaa
AID her age - scarcely tao,
Bot there & Qseezlr majesty
Ia The princess T1oleboo
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WAITED: Ven
Not s-t,erus G. znd =sFe.
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The adia Daily Eagle Thursday 7nruino aY 5, 1888.
british Tom Qchfitree.

Col. z. Porterhouse Ochiltree is cred
tied with having become more British
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Cestoria.
wAc- she wcs a Child, sic cried fo- Castoria.
When she became Miss, she cluny 70 Cas,oria.
when she Lad Cai'dren. she gave them Castoria