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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-25
THE ARGUS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1898.

| Nal. Mackenzie's engineer corps, has
moved his family to Rock Island.
and is now comfortably domiciled al
92f Ninth avenue.
Theodore Siebert, who has been in
/ Chicago for the past two months, re-
turned last evening to Rock Island,
and will resume his position in A
Jennings barber shop.
The W. c. T. U. gave a supper at
the Y. NJ. C. &. rooms last evening.
A large number OF people were pres.
ent and the affair is pronounced a
success in every particular.
John Albrecht and children desire
to express their thanks to all who
rendered them kindness in their
affection, in the long sickness and
death OF daughter and sister.
One of our prominent ladies says
The only fault ! have to find with
the Riverside Oak is that they last
too long. III never get new stove
if | wait for mine to wear out"
Do not put off buying your wall
paper. When you can buy so cheap,
buy it if you keep it until next
spring. | mean business. Call and
see me. George Sutcliffe, 1929 -14S1
Second avenue.
The order entered by Judge Bran
nan in the Scott county district
court, relating to the case of Robert
Gregg, charged with embczzlement.
is that the proceedings are dismissed
for want of evidence to convict.
Miss Alice Bauer of Chicago. who
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs Louis
Mosenfelder FOR some time past, re-
turned 20 her home this morning.
She was accompanied by Mrs. Alfred
Mosenfelder. The latter intends Wis
ting the fair few days.
The Tennessee Speciality company,
headed by the famous Memphis Jubi-
lee quartet, will be at Russ hall, cor
ner of Fifth street and Third avenue,
tomorrow evening. All who enjoy
performance BY a troupe of good COM
edians. singers and dancers are in
vited.
DR., Coffee will be at the Harper
house Thursday and Friday. and if
YOU have any disease of the eve. ear.
nose o. throat 90 and see him. He
treated many patients here last
month-Some great cures. The doc.
tor i 4 skilled operator and sue
cessful man. Consultation free
Why docs everybody like Riverside
stoves Their ease of operation and
great durability make them friends
wherever tried. New irons of the
best kinds, and that only, with new
est machinery and skilled mechanics
At good wages tell the story. Patro-
nize home industry and build up YOUR
own town
The novel method adopted in the
Of r. :. Burnham &
Cos clam bouillon at Hess Bros
has proven not only popular.
but has served to familiarize a large
portion of our people who have taken
advantage Of the opportunity at
forded, with the delightful beverage.
All who have not tested this lucieus
drink should 10 so while the offer
lasts. st Hess Bros store
While on r"c""t visit to Chicago
Mrs. j. X. Am Dali, president of the
Rock Island and Moline Amateur
Musical club, conyersed with the
manager for Mrs. Catherine Fisk.
who is regarded as the finest singer
in Chicago, E-Iatjye t9 the distin-
guishrd lady's giving -oag recital
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-25
ORCHESTRA, DAVENPORT, IA.

shoe Store leO4 Second avenue
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In India tanks and reservoirs were
constructed on an enormous scale and
were the chief dependence during
drOuths.
In Constantinople, the capital of the
Eastern Empire, the Romans left nu
merous subterranean reservoirs c overed
with stone arcades resting on pillars.
Musk in its natural state is said to
be International perfume Of many tribes,
who annually slaughter thousands of
the rats for their musk pouches and
their skins.
The waterworks of Athens were be-
gun about $50 B. c., and consisted of
stone aqueducts lined with baked clay
and carried almost wholly OF the sur
face of the ground.
People in Japan are called by the
family name first, the individual, or
what we should call the christian
name next, and then the honOriic-
thus, "Smith Peter Mr."
Il is said that in all the forests Of the
earth there are no two leaves exactly
the same. It is also said thu amid all
peoples Of the earth there no two faces
precisely alike.
A female physician, Dr.. Bissell,
points out the. fact that, as tennis is a
one armed sport, it has d tendency to
produce a one-sided development. Yet
she approves Of cricket.
Carthage was supplied by water
brought from the hill ranges on the
south, over seventy miles distant, and
the ruins of an aqueduct, built in the
Roman style, may still be seen.
The custom of kissing hands as a
mark of respect is said to be the most
ancient and the most universal. From
the remotest times, through the ages of
Greece, and Rome to the present day,
it has existed.
4 man in HagerstOwn, Md, has an
egg which was laid by a Plymouth
Rock hen which has clearly defined
upon its shell the imprint and letters
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07

does not now rest beneath sylvan
bowers in an Eden of paradise.
Omy Mary, my darling, some would
persuade me that thou art no more;
mat l am q victim of fantasy-of de-
luslVe dreaming; that when the shades
u evening have fallen, and night hath
drawn her sable curtain around this
mundane. sphere, and sit beneath the
sparkling canopy Of heaven, gazing
through the myriads of stars into the
impenatrable beyond, that then COM
mune with idle fancy-with a past
memory.
If it is a delusion, let me remain de-
luded, if it be but idle fancy, leave it to
me to indulge in. Strike off my right
arm or my limbs, pluck out my right
eye, deprive me of my senses, tear my
heart from out this frail body, but do
not, 0 do not deprive me of this sweet
belief, tho it should be false. Do not
forbid my gazing upon my love, tho
it be through the eye of fancy. Let
me live in a dream, believing it a
reality, for It's happiness. Permit me
to gaze upon the pearly gates resting
upon pivots Of gold, within walls of
jasper, believing that one day; "some
sweet day" I shall find my love, my
own Mary, waiting there to bid her
lover welcome.
Ne thinks now, and tits a pleasant
thought, that my dear girl pauses a
momentere and anon amid the gayeties
of paradise and casts a 1eeting thought
upon the one she left behind. -
Accuse nj of egotism, call it ~conceit,
but leave, ali leave me alone-'tis bliss,
It's happiness, it's heavenly. 1t makes
earth brighter and life less irksome.
r. PENSTOCK,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07
MARRIED.

In Davidson county, on the 10Th by
Rev. J. A Young, Mr.. A. J. Lanning
and Miss S. L. Leonard.
At Morganton on the 18th, by Rev.
J. L. Murphy, Mr.. J. H. P. Cilley and
Miss Anna S. Alternately.
In Goldsboro, on the 25th, by Rev
N M. Jurney, Mr.. Geo. @. Kornegay
and Miss Maggie E Bridgers.
In Johnston county on the 18th of
January, by w. B. Goodwin, Esq,
Mr.. A. Coats and Miss Sudie Johnson.
In Caldwe county, on the 18th, by
J. @. Hartley, Esq Mr.. Charles P.
Bentley and Miss Margaret Gilleland.
In Durham, on the 26th, by Rev.
Stuart Mcqueen. Mr.. w. D. Moore, Of
Winston and Miss HELEN Bryan, Of
Durham.
At 1.-THE residence of the brides mother,
Mrs. Harriet Chapman, on the 18th
day of January, Mr. Eugene S. Smith
and Miss Matte A. Chapman. The
parties are both of Wilson's Store,
Stokes county
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07
A BORROWED ENGAGEMENT
RING.

The particular frame of mind in
which Tom Gilderbent found himself
that evening was no. IN enviable
one.
He was revolving a recent discovery
in his head and his thoughts were
somewhat disconnected and altogether
uncomfortable.
81 don't realize the thing at all, he
unused, land as for guessing who the
lucky fellow is that put it there-I just
couldn't hazard even a suspicion.
The fact remains that she wore
an engagement ring last night, and for
the first time. I could swear to that
much.
Don't I know both those pretty
little hands of hers almost as we'll as
my own2 Haven't I often thought
how pretty that slim third finger on
her left hand would look in an engage
ment ring-of my own giving?
Yes, and I've waited so internally
long that now-well I'd like to know
who the fellow is that's all.
And she was just as sweet to me as
ever last night. I can't understand it
at all. I suppose 1 was as rude as a
boor, but the shock was really a little
sudden.
And I couldn't say anything, with
the rooms full Of people, and no privacy
anywhere.
ooh, what wretched luck! l can
see the sparkle of those Internal dia-
monds now.
"And to think that some other fell
low put it on her finger. never even
suspected that there was any n else
in the running with me. Just like my
COMPOUNDED imprudence.
i've got half a mind to go up to-
night and see how the fellow is. She
won't want to see me, I dare say, now
that this some one else is the favorite
horse, but I think I'll go, if it's only to
quiz her. Quiz her, ye gods, while my
heart is breakipg2
Yes, I will. AS we'll do it now as
later"
He got up took his hat and coat and
went out.
y X X X
Maud Cheviot was standing in her
friends boudoir.
"It worked" she said to her hostess,
beautifully. There is your ring and
thank you so much. [ shall always,
in some sort, owe you much of my
happiness, you know.
sit is a pretty ring. 1 hope that
your fiance may never object to my
temporary use of it. Tom proposed
twenty four hours after he saw it on
my finger.
It's always the way with men.
When they think they have lost you
they find they wanted you all the
time.
And now you see I've got a real
engagement ring of my own on-not
yours, dear. But-we're to be mar
ried in three months. You must come
to the wedding.
"Tom has very much to thank you
for-for your ring. He shall know
about that-some day."-Chjcdgo DIS
patch,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07
Poetry.
LOVES SEASON.

In sad sweet days when hectic Pushes
Burn red on maple and sumac leaf,
when sOrrowful winds wall through the ruShes,
And all things whisper of loss and grief,
when close and closer bold Frost approaches
To snatch the blossom from Natures breast,
when night forever on day encrOacheS,-
-Oh, then I think that l love you best.
And vet when Winter, that tyrant master,
Has buried Autumn IN walls of snow,
And bound and fettered where bold Frost cast
her
Lies outraged Mature in helpless woe,
When all earth's Pleasures in four walls centre,
And side by side in the snug home nest
we list the tempests which cannot enter,
Oh, then / say that l love you best.
But later on, when the Siren Season
Petrays the trust of the senile King,
And glad Earth laughs at the act of treason,
And Winter dies in the arm of Spring,
when buds and birds all push and hutter
To free fair Nature so long oppressed,
T thrill with feelings l cannot utter,
And then l am certain | love you best.
But when in splendOr the queenly Summer
ReignS over the earth and the skies above,
When Nature kneels to the royaEcOmer,
And even the Sun flames hot with Love,
When Pleasure baske in the luscious weather,
And Gaze lies out on the sward to rest
Oh, v neither apart or whether together,
IT is then [ EnOlD that | love you best.
Ella Wheeler WilcOr, in February LippincOtt's.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07

an amateur photographer to help her
husband.
But a wise woman, again, hasanother
quality, quite as necessary in friend
ship as interest; the quality that some
one has called the oil of the machinery
of life-tact. Such a womau is aware
that absence makes the heart grow
fonder," and that her husband will
love her and value her all the more
for occasional losses Of her society.
LET him 60 to his club, now and
then" said the wife of tie most de-
voted husband I know; she always
hears something amusing, and he likes
to tell what he hears to me as much as
[ like to hear him!'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07
AS WISE AS SHE IS GOOD.

Were she as wise a woman as she
often is good, she would look about her
to discover among her friends what
women most successfully hold their
own againt the outside tempers Of
their husbands, writes Octave Thanet
in a characteristic article on THAT
Man: Your Husband" in the February
Ladies' Home Journal. She would
throw her theories into the waste bas-
ket, and makes a fresh set Of facts
seen by her own eyes. I think she
would discover-this, at least, is what
one humble observer has discovered
that unless a woman is interesting to
a man she cannot permanently hold
him.
L once knew q distinguished politi-
clan whose wife was his private secre-
tary and best helper. Do you imagine
they were bored if left alone for an
EVENING" As a matter of fact their
mutual affection was envied by other
couples.
Many men, however, like to be dis
tracted, amused, soothed. | even
know n noble woman that became
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07

of a foreign piece of money. The date
1922 and the word Constitution can
easily be deciphered.
So great has been the development
of the petroleum fields in Peru that
pipe lines have been run from the main
wells to the coast. The opinion is ex
pressed thai the Peruvian fields will
soon be able to supply the demand of
all the west coast of South America.
In France the famous Pont du Gard
aqueduct, which supplied the town of
Nismes, is still an object of interest.
1t consists Of three tiers of arches, the
lowest of six, supporting eleven of
equal span in the central tier, SUR
mounted by thirty-ive of smallers ize.
Its height is $50 feet, with a channel of
five feet high by ten feet wide. The
capacity was estimated at IA. 600, 900
gallons per day.
In the year 500 B, @, Polycrates,
King of Samos, built an aqueduct to
supply his capital, bringing water
through a tunnel driven for over 5000
yards through a limestone rock, while
about the same time the people of
Lycia, IN Asia Minor, carried water
across the Male of Patera through a
stone syphon, which would indicate
that the ancients were not ignorant of
the laws of hydrostatics.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07
HE WAS ACCOMMODATING.

Travelling between New York and
Atlanta is a very different thing now
to what it was when 1 first came South
in 1884," said Mr.. H. D. Wakefield,
manager of the Atlanta Newspaper
Union to a company of friends yester
day. To-day" he continued, lone
can make the trip in something like
twenty hours without change Of cars,
in elegant vestibule trains including
dinner car
"Ten years ago the line most patron
lied was called the Atlantic Coast line
or something of the kind. The system
was composed Of a lot of short roads
operated in conjunction with each
other, and it took about three days to
make the trip. The train dragged
along at a snail's pace, ard but little
attention was ever paid to schedules.
Ct remember, " continued Mr.. Wake
field, lone day when I was making
my first trip over the road, coming to
Atlanta on business, we stopped for
O1AlIC1 III SOn40 1AUClo GO"A AA AO4 Ch
Carolina. Twenty minutes would be
allowed, the train man said. | did not
at first feel hungry and decided that I
would prefer spending the twenty
minutes stretching my legs along the
depot platform, but after a few min
utes of this | learned that it would be
about eight hours before we made
another stop for refreshments and I
began to get hungry then and. there.
Upon inquiry I found that ten minutes
of the twenty yet remained and l
FASTENED to the dining room
Before I got fairly started the other
passengers began to leave, and l was
not half through when l found myself
alone, but looking through the door
way I saw the conductor standing
near the entrance to the dining room,
and made up my mind to keep on eat
ing as long as he stood there. [ went
clear through dessert, and the conduc.
tor still stood in the hall. Havin&.
made a very good meal, I walked out
to where the conductor was standing.
"Through2" inquired he,
Yes" said I.
We'll guess we had better be going
them" and the conductor waved a
signal to the engineer.
Look here" said I, "do you mean
to tell me that you held that train for
roo ~ ont 1i0norp1
ooh yes" said he with a smile. Il
thought I would give you time to
fill up"
"He had kept q train of eleven
coaches waiting more than ten minutes
for me tos finish my dinner. Fact
AtLGht d Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07
"ENUTHER BILL UR LEETLF
SPECK DIFERUNT."
RALEIGH, Jan. 80. I89.

Jan. 80, 1898.
To SALLY, Ny WIFE:-I'm gittin'
erlong purity well, coneiderin'. Thet
possum bill whut I tole youens bout
wuz kilt, en- I'm gwine ter shuv in
enuther bill er leetle speck diferunt.
Hyar tiz all writ out so youens kin sho
it ter the nabors when they Gums in
fur ter borry pickles or soft sope I'm
sumthin' ike they mos en- ginerly duz
evry wunse in en- while.
Mr.. Sykes interdused the follerin'
bill:
A BILL.
To relieve the peepels by curtalin'
the State exqendytoors Their ov. by
adm ov them whuts got guns, by pro
teckin' ov them whuts scared ov wild
varmints, en- luther things fur the re-
leef Nv the peoples.
l Be it enacked by the SENT en-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07
FRANKNRss BEFORE MARRIAGE.

No man should become engaged to a
woman without having a perfectly
frank talk with her in regard to his
means, and the woman should be quite
as honest in telling Of her qualifications
and willingness to undertake to master
the problem of making a home on the
income that seems assured to them
both, writes Maria Parloa in a valuable
article on the "Division of the Family
Income " in the February Ladies' Home
Journal. More than this, they both
should go over this question deliber-
ately, looking at all sides of it. The
changed mode of living, the self de
malls, the added expense Of sickness, if
it should come, all should be carefully
considered. The man who for years
has spent his income upon himself,
living, perhaps, like his neighbor, who
has a fortune back of him, will often
be frightened at the picture of the
future, which this careful weighing Of
the subject presents to him, and he
NAV decide either to wait a few years
or else do what, unfortunately, a great
many young married people think they
must do-go to a boarding house. The
woman may have lived an aimless,
careless life, her father being able to
support her in comfort and, perhaps,
elegance. The picture may have as
little charm for her as for the man
who has asked her to marry him, and
she, too, is glad to settle upon the
boarding house as promising more style
and ease for less money than can the
simple home. This is one solution of
the problem. Another common hap
pening is that either n or the other
fnds-or, perhaps, both the man and
woman dO-that they have not the in
dependence and moral courage to be
willing to live in such a simple, IN
fashionable manner as their means
would compel them to. When two
people feel that way it would be better
for them and the world at large that
they remain single; for we have to day
too many people who are trying to live
as if they had income of many thou
sands, when, in fact, it is often the
case that they have less than two
thousand.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07
DEATHS.

In Davidson county, on the 22d,
infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Obediah
Weightman.
In Kinsson, on the 22d, Mr.. @. NJ.
Griffin, aged 65 years.
In Danville, Va. recently, Mrs Sallie
Grady, relic of Mr.. Elisha Grady,
formerly Of this State.
Al his residence in Wilmington, on
the 18Th, Mr.. James D. Munds, who at
one time did business in S~tatesville.
In Union county, on the 3Oth inst,
Mrs. Jane WalkUp, relict of the late
Col. W. W. Walkup, aged IS years.
L. In Granville county, on the 26th
inst, M. L. Meadows, q prominent
and highly esteemed citizen of that
county.
In Chicago, on the 21st> ;nstj Mr.
Joseph Webb, of HIlIsborO, a brotheEx
in-Iaw of Mrs. Joseph Graham, Of
| Charlotte.
At her home near Elmwood, Jan
uary Sd Mrs. Lou V. Hair, wife of Mr..
w. Y. Hair, aged years, two months
and nine days.
At her home near Cross Roads
church, Yadkfn county, on the 14th
lLlSG., mIS. OduhL0 1ElN0GJ, WIG Ol MI.
Jonathan Trivett.
Near County Line, Davie county, on
the 18th inst of exhaustion, Mrs.
Edith Dyson, widow of the late Green
bury Dyson, aged IS years.
In Caswel county, on the 18th, Mr..
Sanford Simpson, aged about Is years.
In Mecklenburg county, on the goth
inst Mrs. ". 81. Taylor, aged 81
years.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07

House Nv Representative Nv the State
Nv N. @. in sesshun assembled,
Thet the markit valyOu Nv wild kats
skalps shall be enuf fer the truble Nv
kiln Nv them; tibet this ack shall go
in ter effeck Immediately after the U. S.
Kongres passes the Free Coinaj Nv
Silver Bill.
I shode my bill ter Bill Simpson, en-
he sed he wuld offer en- ermendment
fur ter stike out "wild" before kats.
Enuther member sed he wuld ermend
it by addin' after "Silver Bill" the
words zen Wall street quits dicktatin'
legislashun."
I'm purity sartin' my bill will pass
but I'll be chopped up inter ~hogsassage
eff I believes it'll ever go inter effect.
Enyhow I'm shown er willin' mind
en- eff it doant du no guide Their peoples
can't lay Their blame ter me. I cum
hyar fur ter relieve the peoples en- I'm
gwine ter du my level best.
l dun voted on possum bills, shepe
bills, dorg bills, wild kat bills, en- hawk
bills en- amt ny dun yit. We hain't
teched the terbaccy wurm, nor the
crow, nor the house fly, nor the jigger,
but l reckun we will purity soon. I
speck I'd better quit as I mus study
bout how ter vote after while so az
ter vote fur the guide Of the laborin'
folks, &c.
Luv ter youens all,
OBIDIAH SYKES, M. L.
Ter my wife, Mrs. Obidiah Sykes,
M. L.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07
MRS. SYKES WRITES TO HER HUSBAND.

MRS. SYKES WRITES TO HER HUSBAND.
RYELAND, N. @.
DEAR OBIDIAH:-I hev bin gittin, all
your letters, but hasn't had time to
rite ter you. The childrun heve bin
sick, an the Majors has bin visitin' us
so much since you left home fur the
legislator at Raleigh tibet I don't find
time ter rite nor do nutbin but wait on
the childrun. The Majors are nifty
proud ov us since you got lected ter
the legislator. Tommy fell off thet old
black mule Gin last week an hurt his
shoulder. I'm maxim soap this week,
an l reckin the ashes were no account
for the soap won't thicken. Ne an
the childrun nifty nigh killed ourselves
lafin' when we got your letter tellin'
erbout the bawl when the Gunner was
inawgerated. I reckin the people all
make good deal ter do over you as you
were the only Dtmokrat lected ter the
legislator frum this county in years
an it's a Republican county too an
has more niggers in it than white
folks. Mrs. johnson (Hiram's wife)
was over here an spent the day last
Thursday. She had four ov the chill
drum along. She told me that she
wished you would interduce a bill in
the legislator to keep minks from
ketchin' chickens, fer they are erbout
ter .ketch all ov hern. She also said
that she herd the men folks say tibet
you wasn't lected to the legislator, an
tibet Mr.. Green got 237 votes more'n
you did an the returnin' boOrd he'd to
throw three townships out ter git you
in. She sed White Oak, Red Swamp
an Grassy Creek townships went
against you an they were throwed
out. l don't know what your old
father, who is dead would say if he
knowed you are in the legislator under
suspicious circumstances. [ hope it
amt so. Mrs. Johnson insisted on me
bringin' the childrun an comm up
next week, but I wont go. Now Obi
diah don't you be maxim eyes at none
er them purity gurls down at Raleigh.
Reckerlect you hev q wife an childrun
at home. Don't git hurt in eny ov
them caucuses either tibet they hav in
the legislator. The COWS are lookin'
purity thin since the snow likewise the
mules. I will send you sum more
socks the next time I write. The ma
bors all send love, SO do I.
Your lovin' wife.
SALLY A. SYKES, M. L
P. S.-Oh I forgot. Bill Martin says
fer you to be sure an interduce a bill
ter repeal the tariff. The baby is
cryin' I must stop. Excuse bad spellin'
and writin'. SALLY.