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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13
The Senatorial Campaign in Illinois.

Chicago Herald.
Shelby Cullom's successor in the
United States senate should be nomi-
mated in the state convention that
will meet next year The democrat
ic party in Illinois has declared in
favor of the election of United States
senators by the people. In the alb
sence of action on this matter by con-
gress. the democrats of this state
should do as they did in 1890; nomi-
nate their choice and let him make a
canvass of the state during the cam
paign. Illinois democracy has plenty
of good senatorial material. But the
next senator to be elected should be
an issue in the next state campaign.
In that way it will be an issue in each
senatorial district in the choice of
members of the legislature.
Democrats in Illinois cannot afford
to take backward step in this mat
ter. There must be no slip in the
replacing of Shelby Cullom by dem
ocrat; a democrat who can command
the respect and votes of the people
of Illinois, as well as the votes of the
members of the next legislature.
Cullom's successor should be chosen
by the state convention, not by a
party caucus in the Legislature.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13
BOUND TO GET EVEN,
How Bill Hopkins Will Make His Bar
Der Bill Even Up.

How Bin Hopkins Will Make His Bar
Der Bill Even Up.
Hello" said the city man to his
suburban friend, II take notice you
haven't been getting shaved for the
last couple of weeks"
jess so, answered the tiller of the
soil
H"Whats the idea-you haven't had
the time?"
Had loads O. time
"Getting Economical, perhaps2"
Nothing O. the kind
Got tired waiting in your barber
shop and walked out, not caring to
get scraped elsewhere?"
You're away off. >"
81 have it You're going to raise a
beard?''
I'm your mind"
well, what in blazes do you mean,
then?''
Its jess this. | amt cheatin' the
barber ner nobody else. You know
that I'm a square an fair man. | git
scraped a piece in town here, an my
barber hez been OWN me two dollars
fur some time, an I'm bound to git it.
I've asked him fur it about n dozen
times an I've jess concluded that he
don't mean to pay it; SO I've decided
to go unshaved for ten hull weeks, and
that'l save twenty cents a week, ten
weeks is two dollars, an I'll git even
with him. He thinks he's smart, but
he amt smart enought for Bill Hokins,
b. poShr'
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13
A PERILOUS TRIP.
That Made In China Many Years Ago
Through Chinese Tartary.

Inat maze IN Sn1na Many Years ago
Through Chinese Tartary.
1t may be safely asserted that not
one of his episcopal brethren has ever
performed such feat as formed an
episode in the early life CT the newly
appointed bishop of Norwich. After
serving couple of years as curate
under DIR. Hooks at Leeds, Mr.. Sheep
shanks went out to British Columbia
in 1859, when that colony was a far
wilder and more isolated country than
now. He did eight years of the rough
work and then determined to go home
for holiday, at all events, electing to
travel via Japan and China, in those
days by no means familiar route
For months he disappeared entirely
from mortal ken and his family began
to entertain serious misgivings as to
his fate. One evening young
Cambridge man, afterward head mas
ter of Well-known grammar school,
but tutor for the nonce to a Russian
prince, was smoking a cigarette in his
rooms in St Petersburg, when his SER
want announced that moujik wanted
10 see MIN very urgently. Inc I'M
known visitor was shown up and ap-
peared in the well-worn garb from
which Brian O'Lynn devised his simple
but practical sartorial notions To his
hosts utter bewilderment this I'M
couth being addressed him in refined
English, and presently explained that
he was brother Cantab DESTROYS of
securing his good offices. The man,
in short, was Rev. John Sheepshanks,
who, having landed some six months
before near the mouth of the Amoor
river, had made his way alone and on
foot through Tartary, Turkestan and
Siberia to the banks of the Neva.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13
Full of 1t.

1t was at late quarterly meeting of
Seven-Day Baptist churches in Wis
consin that two clergymen were to
present papers on the same day, and the
question of precedence having arisen,
Mr.. A. sprang to his feet and said: Il
think brother B. ought to have the
best place on the program; he is an
older man than am, and, besides is
full of his subject" When the audi
ence remembered:that brother B. IS sub
jeot was THE Devil" cheerful smile
seemed to beam around the church.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13
Sylvester Night.

Sylvester Night, as the night pre-
ceding New Years day is called in
Germany, is an occasion for family
gatherings and rejoicings. The even
ing hours before the clock strikes
midnight are devoted to a musical
family entertainment, which is fol-
lowed by the brewing of the New
Years punch, while the cakes are
placed on the table. With the first
stroke of the midnight hour glasses
are clashed together and good wishes
for the coming year exchanged
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13
Success of the Fair.

There are persons not a few who
have been disappointed in :he at
tendance at the Worlds fair A little
comparative study of figures may re-
assure them.
At the centennial exhibition in Phil
adelphia the paid admissions during
May were 37S, $50; at Chicago they
numbered l $50, O37; or nearly three
to one. For June at the centennial
the figures were 695, 666; at Chicago
they were 1888, 1876. or considerably
more than three to one.
The total paid admissions at Phila-
delphia were 1910, 500. If the three
ito one proportion is maintained, as
there is little doubt that it will, the
admissions at Chicago will be about
3O,OOO,OOO
The following table shows compar-
atively the results of the three spe-
cial days so far occurring:
Philadelphia. Chicago
Opening Day: ..5S'i.2 is sSS
Fourth of July. 1921 S74,917
The greatest single days attend
ance at Philadelphia was on Penn
sylvania day, Sept. 2S, there being
237, 169 admissions. That record has
already been broken at Chicago dur
ing the early and least favorable
months.
The best month at Philadelphia
was October. when the admissions
numbered 1884, $50. Even the June
attendance at Chicago exceeds that
by 364, S65.
1t is the greatest of Worlds fairs
and its success is assured. The fig
ures of the two months gone give
sure promise of an attendance in eX-
cess of anybody's anticipations.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13

/ was troubled with catarrh for
seven years previous to commencing
the use of Ely's Cream Balm. 1t has
done for me what other so-called
cures have failed to do-cured me.
The effect of the Balm seemed mag
ical.-Clarence l.. Huff. Biddeford,
Me.
After trying many remedies for ca
tarrh during the past u years,
tried Ely's Cream Balm with COM
plete success. 1t is over one year
since l stopped using it, and have
had no return of catarrh. / recon-
mend it to all my friends. Milton
T Palm. Reading Pa
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13
omen WaDtedi

Between the ages OF fifteen and forty five
Must have pale, salow compile xion, no appetite.
and be ha dly able to get abour All answering
this description will please ap ly for a bottle of
DR.. Perce's Fayorite Prescription; take it reg
ulary, according to directions, and then note the
generally improved condition. BY a thorough
course o. selftre atment with this valuable REM
ely the eItrem. cases of nervous prostrstion and
debility peculiar to women. are radically cured
written guarantee to this end accompanies
every bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13

The Cosmopolitan has fired bomb
into the camp of magazine journal
ism by reducing the price of that
magazine to $3.50 year or 123 cents
. number.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13

FIrs-All fits stopped free by DR.
kline's Great Nerve Restorer. No
fits after the drst days use. Marvel
Gus cures. treatise and 81 trial bot
tie free to fit cases. Send to Dr.
Kline, 931 Arch street, Philadelphia
Pa For sale by all druggists; call
en- yours
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13

The prosperity of Blue and Gray.
which has been noteworthy even in
this country of great successes in
journalism, has been signalized by
the publishers in their July number.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13

THE New York World remarks that
every time John Sherman explains
his connection with the silver-pur-
chase act he gives the back bone of
Ben amin Harrison a severe wrench.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13
THURSDAY, July IS, 1898.

The Infanta Eulalia, who has re-
turned to her home in Madrid, bulb
bles over with enthusiasm in regard
to her visit to America.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-21
MAS cuLfNrrrEs.

a negro who was arrested ~ Albany
Ga recently. for cow stealing, gave
six different aliases
4 Pike county. Ga. man. ayel So
years, was married tnu woman lately
who yas his Junior ~ fifty years
Ivan kamitz died ~ schenectady.
y. 81. lately. u blood poisoning,
caused by wearing coiprrd ltUsr On 4
foot which had blistcrrl
a Mr.. Sorchrad. ~ small New
Jersey town. aapirss % political honor
II he expects 10 got II 10 should
change his name immediately
The difference between the barbar.
Gus, semi. barbnrous and civilized na.
tions is quirkly noticeable "a d tray
clcr The barbarous peoples are the
most polite
Every man whose babies arc grown.
mp men aud women make. Inc claim
that he took an the care II them when
they we're little. and his wife cant
convince him he Didn't.
Whittier was not afflicted with the
proyerbtal poverty 81 poets. His will
gives his homestead valued ut 81. 900.
and sl5,0on in money t. relatives, in
addition 70 other requests.
Don't throw a towel over the gas
bracket earclessly and then 20 10
sleep without waiting 70 see what
happens. man In Newark accident.
ally turned on the gas in this way and
was nearly suffocatcd
There are cx-military officers. cx-
doctors, cx.lawyers, one lord by court.
csy, one baronet, several honorables
one eX.nember Of parliament and a
dozen bankrupt landed pronrietors
among the London cab drivers.
A large rat which allowed his hun.
ger or curiosity to get the better Of
his discretion tried To explore the in.
terror Of the shell OF Il live oyster
which had incautiousiy loft It's door
open, The biyalvc closed down on
the intruders paw and held him 4
prisoner till drowned by the rising
tide.
miser living near GriGin's Corner.
N. y, had occasion Il few days aVo TO
examine his money, which he Rent
secretcd in an old boot box, conccnled
among a quantity Of newspapers. lie
was much surprised 10 find that some
mice had entirely destroyed his for.
tune in preparing winter quarters for
themselves Not II piece of the money
was left large enough for idcutiaca.
tion,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-21
MATCHES ANo PINS

iltttr Ihtuge. has Thss rtsy so tu-
portrait Fnrt IL IIf-.
Matches aul r.ns being among tho
uD,l ronm0a thtag, IN dAilf use y
j. seldom ;hut any thought i Ia Tow
"A upoa tben Matches that are x.
ut.ed uy fraction Weru irl used 10
1891. before which stme they wcru
tuAlu 70 ca,ea hra from q spark struck
from Tint 30 sser. a very incnnyeai.
cnt method Il ~ hard to w. how
many millions % matches ARE made 10
any but when ghe number o. people
that u.c them i rsckouoJ Tie total
sum Il appalling Probably In tho
city ~ New York alone over - 0OA
uUJ matches are used every twenty
four hour. BuI matches AFRO such
isttlc thiugs that no body ever seems
O. tntaa 81 ihum From an ordinary
three inch plauk 1856 UUO matches
may b. made JET even 81 that raso
tho lumbrr usci IN the match bust
ness nItaia- enormous proportions
Ftns are mentioned rs far back -
1853 but not unlu tho beginning ~
liii. century wcrc they manufactured
by machinery he old Way ~ max
iug each pin ~ hand must have been
very tedlouN md it Il not kelly that
people acrr - careless with them then.
~ they we're much more expensive
than uow. 1, has often hesn won.
dercd what becomes Of pins that aro
lost but u Is hard - say. there
arn fourteen distinct operations 10
making q pin aud lots oi trouble at
tachcd o. tho process Pins nio
made 81 brass and thon timed aud
bianchcd aud millions Of them IRE
manufactured daily. A. pin can
lie used more than once the number
used does not equal that 81 matches
but stlll mi,ca upon miles Of wire arc
used annually In their manufacture.
Like matches they are little things
and not much thought o. but uhen
sou need pin or match aud there
II none to be found ihan yDd realize
what 90 Important part they play -
daIly ITO llarpcr's Young People
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-21
a rAuNnER-MAKeR.
How a Band of sioux Indians Wero
surprised. .


Surprised. .
II have seen good many serim'
mares WITH Indians OF various tribes
but the widest and woolliest OF the
whole copper colored breed are tho
Sioux. said Major Dan Alleu. one OF
the original pathtinders' OF tho
trackless West.
Most Indians are born sneaSs and
towards, VINO do their lighting from
cover but the Sioux fears mother
God, man nor the devil ana would
fight NapoleOn's old guard in an open
field. A blutt wont work on them
worth u cent and when they tackle
you you can just mako up your mind
TO do some killing or lose your scalp,
| was out In tho Southwestern part
OF what is now South DAKOTA TOW
wears ago with hunting party
when we encountered lot Of bucks
on the war path There were TWEEN
liz OF them white ny party only
numbered halt dozen But the red
skins mad the old fashioned mu zla
leaders while We were armed with
Wlnchesters.
8 There wasn't Il roak or tree for
miles and We had to Just stand up to
the rack and take our fodder Ono %
the party was Il mining cngtneec who
had been prospecting for pay rock
and had with him several pounds OF
dynamite and TN elecB'ic battery. He
was a Yankee -0ne ~ those quick,
witted people that would had "A way
to get out o. perdittol though all
Millions terrors guarded the est lilo
concealed the explosive Ia the grass
attached his wire and We reiterated
slowly about 100 yards ana stopped
The redskins didu't waste any time
mnueuvering the came and saw and
expected TO conquer ia short order.
On they came straight as the CROW
tlies aud we las down III tho grass
with rifles cooked. tell you it vas
an interesting mpmcn. for u.s.
II the battcr failed 10 40 H. duty
we were gone to Il man But il dtdu /
The blue belIie' had dropped his hat
near his Fcsuyiu5 20 that BIO could
tell Just when 10 touch tho button.
When the foremost horse had reached
the hat hc turned On tho current
There was an explosion that made tho
very ground recL ana the a.r 10.
forty rods was NH d hose Josh ana
fragments 81 noble rcd mcn saddles
and rifles blanket. anl back-Eln
Now our time boy I raltel and
so ran forward and began pumping
the lead into the tcrr.Nel -ayage3 10
fast a5 WI could pun 4 trigger The
remnant Of the party took ltgat anl
am known nml the Sioux To this
day as the thugIar maEar ul tito
does not belong 70 me h1t Il il
mighty good capita. oa.ia their couu
try
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-21
nIppgM nv 4 CORAL wall
Natives Foand ON the piatsau Of an E,.,
Indian island.

Natives Foand on the piatean OF an E,s,
Indian Island.
A curious discovery has been made
on the island OF hitaba one OF tho
Trobrland group OIL the northeast
coast Of New Guinea A great many
sailors passing this little island have
imagined that il had no inhabitants
because they SAW no evidence OF hu.
man occupation. Sir William Nc.
Gregor the administrator % British
New Guinea says the island mas nm
area Of only five or six square miles
On all sides 1t presents IA low and
slOping margin. usually about a
quarter OF mile broad covered by
heavy timber Within is preelpl,.
GUS coral wall which can be assembled
only at "a lew places Tho bank rises
to height OF SEQ to 100 feet Once
at the top tho visitor finds within this
walt plateau which occupies the
whole OF the center ol tho island aud
Is rom 80 TO 100 feet below the corai
wall surrounding II
There ABOUT one thousand natives
tive aud till their gardens The rica.
chocolate colUro1 soil yields then Al
ample supply u food They are com.
plctely protected from the Wind hy
the rocky rim thar lncloses their
plateau The island seems 10 have
been an atoll which was lifted ab0yo
the sea several hundred feet 40 that
tho a,Ul ring nos forms ihu c0ral
wall surrounding tho pialcau Ga
this elevated aud almost inaccessible
plain ARE thirteen villages each IL
which contains Ovev twenS houses.
sir William McGregOr says the IA.
tiyes gave him "a mos, pleasant rocep
ton lie found 1t 4 iieult 10 travel
through some Villages on account u
the yams cntOaunts mats and other
ARTICLES that were laid DOM before
him ior hiS acceptance There arc
80 luter,trlbal hDsgliit.cA and Il is not
possible fur tho natives 81 other
islands 20 Cypress the people because
Ga their plateau naturally fortified as
II y, they are inaccessible y hostile
Tribes The Jra mage 81 the plateau
il excellent There are grea, cav.
tiles IN tne coral wall through watch
tho rainfall filters Iud makes IT, Wag
10 lhg sea
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-21
SHE HIT 1T.
A Little Girls Good Dennltion of the
Word WIFE

A Little Girls Good Definition of the
Word wife,
The pretty school teacher for little
advertisement had asked her class for
the best original definition OF wife y
and the boy in the corner had prompt.
ly responded "A rib, +" says the 81.
Paul Pioneer Press.
She looked at him responsibility
and nodded TO the boy with dreamy
eyes who seemed anxious to say
something.
Mans guiding star and guardian
angel" lie said in response to the nod.
"A heLpmeet put in q little ilaxen-
haired girl.
One who soothes man in advcrsi-
ty suggested demure little girl
And spends his money when hes
flush added the incorrigible boy in
the corner.
There was lull. and pretty
keyed girl said. slowly:
"A wife Is the envy OF spinsters.
One who makes q man hustle.
was the next suggestion.
And keeps him from making fool
OF himself put in another girl.
Some one for a man TO find fault
with when things 90 wrong" said a
sorrowtul little maiden
stop right there. said the pretty
school teacher. That's the best
definition
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-21
THROUGH A sHowsR OF LEAD.
a Brave Engineer DIsaes Through AM
bush and Saves the Troops.

A Brave Engineer DIsaes Through AM
bush and Saves the Troops.
Many of the heroic deeds OF the
civil war that have passed into histo.
rx like the stone covering the bones
of thousands OF the Union dead at Ar.
lington. are monuments to the ''un-
known 1t was when General j. +.
b. Stuart commanding the cavalry of
General Lees army struck Tunstall
Station on the York River line. on
June l3 1882 that an engineer whose
name has not been preserved " ith the
record OF his daring decd proved
himself to be OF such stuff rs heroes
are made.
General Stuart conceived the idea
of thanking the right wing OF the Fed.
eral army. In carrying out his plan
he completely eucircIed the army Of
General Mcclellan. On the afternoon
OF June | : he left camp ostensibly to
go to Northern Virginia but really
on his HanEing movement The next
day he descended upon Tunstalrs sta
ton and cut the telegraph wire in or
der to interrupt federal communica
tlon. While this was in progress d
small body Of federal cavalry APP
peared. but seeing the approach Of
the main confederate force retreated.
The confederates charged the station
and captured company OF infantry.
They then felled trees aud placed
them on the track with other obstruc-
tons. This was scarcely done when
a train came laundering down from
the direction Of Richmond. loaded
with union troops Taen it was that
the engineer proved himself the pos.
SCISSOR OF a cool mead and stout
heart, Seeing the Instructions on the
track and large force OF the cOnfed-
crate cavalry ne suspected danger
and disregarding the flying bullets
that whistled about his head he put
on full head OF steam. The engine
struck the distractions knocked :hem
out OF the way and passed on without
accident thus saving from capture
and consignment to rebel prisons a
train-Ioad OF union soldiers The con.
federates threw a close fire into the
passing train killing and woundng
a mum Der OF the troops.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-21

gayly celebrated. the young couple
left on their wedding Journey and
nj. Perronnet was at last free to enter
his son.in.law's room. There he
discovered. TO his stupefaction. very
few books simple box of note paper.
a rusted pen and in the inkstand.
some ink half dried up.
1T must be that no does mental
work v he said. as he took the famous
lamp and respectfully bore it down.
stairs to room which he had pre-
pared for his son-in-law. to which he
had given the name OF work room.
Then he waited iupatiently for the
return of his children
They came back happy enchanted
she little fatigued BY the journey.
he still fresh, still handsome.
After pleasant family evening the
young couple retired and John went
to find his lamp
'9our worS-lamp." cried the
astoashed father-in.law
Why" said John surprised it
isn't u worS-lamp it is simply .
lamp"
''Simply a lamp2r
'1es; ] cannot go to sleep without
lamp in tine room. And then it
makes burglars think you are awake.
you know. and you can sleep with no
fear of being robbed. Adapted for
the Argonaut.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-21

There ID says traveller eat
popularity about the streets Of this
African town. owing TO which an old
Dutch custom | beieve-it was not
until | had resided here for several
months that found out what street
] was living in. This sounds absurd.
but it is fact nevertheless. The
plan OF the city is simplicity itself
seven main streets. each two miles
long. crossed at right angles by six
lesser ones The plots OF ground be-
tween the main streets on which the
houses stand are named, not the
streets themselves. For example
our three main thoroughfares are
called Church street I.ongmarket
street and Loop street. Now in
walking down Longmarket street the
houses on the right hand side are in
Loop street but those on the left are
in Long market street Similarly in
peram bulating Church street those
on the right hand side arc in ! ong-
market street while those on the left
are in Church street.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-21
SCIENTIFIC.

why is the vaulted sky so bluel
And why the rising sun so bright!
.All-sapient Science, surely you
Can set this fponderous question rightl
Refraction2 Radiation, Pshaw,
Such terms some student may content,
But TO the lover optics law
Will not suffice. It's evident
The SKY was gray the sun obscure,
When Phills turned from me her eyes,
While since know her love secure,
see but radiant sun and skies.
Refractioni Radiation, No!
Ills love that tints the vaults above,
THAT gives the sun his crimson glow.
But what can science know OF love.
Milton Goldsmith in Life.