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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
CHAPTER XII.

PANIC does not always follow defeat.
Indeed it seldom does. A battle is a
checkerboard wherein all the spots are
marked with blood. The checkers are
men-men lying in reserve, men on the
battle lines, men charging on tanks or
center.
The generals in command watch the
board. If one makes a move on the
right or left, the other seeks to take ad-
vantage of it. For the time being they
shut their ears to the roar of battle.
shut their eyes to the sight of dead and
wounded. Beauregard halted at the
threshold of victory at Shiloh. So with
Mcclellan at Antietan. At Freder-
icksburg Lee permitted Burnside to re-
treat after defeat. At Gettysburg Meade
did the same with Lee. jackson had
thrown himself against Shields at
kernstown on the right, on the left. on
the center. He could not break the line
anywhere. He left his dead along a front
of a mile and half, but the sacrifice was
in vain. 1t was military tactics to re-
treat-7to fall back to q strong position
1 and oblige Shields to attack him or give
over his march up the valley. There is
sometimes more generalship in a retreat
than In an advance or III fighting bat
tie. The trains must be saved. the
broken and disorganized commands
picked up and reformed. the best troops
sent to the rear TO stand as a bulwark
between the exhausted army and the en-
thusiastic enemy.
jackson left nothing behind him-ar-
| tlllery, wagons OF muskets-worth gath
erinS up and reporting. Most of his
wounded were carried up the valley as
he tell back. Shields followed slowly,
and the rear guard had no fighting to
do. The panic of an army, of an army
corps even, is terrible sight, but the
panic OF town is something which no
one can fifty describe. The news of
Jackson's defeat preceded him, and
when he reached Winchester it was to
find town wild with fear and crazed
by terror. War was young then. In
after years the old town changed hands
without trenor, gathered up the dead
off its streets and buried them as part
of the regular programme.
The Yankees are coming! The town
will be given up TO sack! Winchester
is to be burned, and women and chill
dren must heel''
So rose the cry from house to house.
Some locked their doors and rode away
on horseback or in their carriages.
Others left their doors wide open and
took the turnpike to the south on foot,
carrying whatever they had at first laid
hands on as a burden. Furniture was
brought out and piled in the streets and
set fire to. and had not Jackson's adj
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
CHAPTER NJ.

AZ before stated, Ike Baxter belonged
TO the class known at that time and
still referred to as poor whites. :"
Through the efforts of his wife he had
managed to hold onto small farm just
outside of Winchester, left him by his
father, but it is doubtful if her argu-
ments would have carried the day had
any one made cash offer for the few
acres. While Ike always referred TO
himself as broken down by hard work,
about five days out of every week had
been spent tramping around the coun-
try with his gun or discussing YAM
KEGS and "niggers" in the village bar
rooms with others of his ilk. Accord
ing to his own line of argument, he was
a martyr. Ill luck had always followed
him, even to the birth and death of
triplets.
Mrs. Baxter also had constitutional
and ready made grievance. If she had
been allowed to have her way about
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
CoprRiGxTro 1854 ny Amrs,r
' BY AmeR'eAS PRESS ASSOCIATION.

you Know of suci casey''
heckon do, and l feel it nv dootv
20 tell 20 about him. Jist tell yo'r
siherai to inquar among the prisoners
."r man named kcnton-Royal Ken
ION. lie un's a Yankee deserter and n
SPY fur Ginoral Jackson.'
But why do You tell of it?'' queried
tho surgeon.
Cause it amt fair deal"
nan an hour later Kenton was taken
peiore GENERAL Shields under the charge
ihaue by Baxter. The latter had over
,c'1ched himself. Had only the two
oceh captured it would have been a DIFF
iefent matter, but there were 20 of the
guards who gave testimony in favor of
henton, though it came from mes. of
them grudeingly. y search of his pei
son brought to light PASS from Cen
eral jackson in which nc was mentioned
rs a scout.
Nhlle you are cleared of the
charge. said the general after long
examination, how does it come about
That yon. northern man. are found in
the Confederate ranks:'
enlisted in the cause of virginia.
my adopted state. was the reply.
But the cause of Virginia was and
Is UNJUST. She is guilty of treason.
every one OK you under arms is a traitor
TO tho government. The principle is So
plain that no one need doubt
But there ate doubts. sir. A largo
proportion of the northern people are
doubtful. and some of the most irfluen.
tai OF the northern papers contend fol
the right CT secession"
The general could not gainsay that
The government was rushing troons
into the field, and battles were being
fought, bat the principle was still being
discussed, and men eminent as jurists,
statesmen and journalists We're still di.
vidcd. kenton was dismissed to be re.
turned to his fellow prisoners. Only
one guard accompanied him.
Half way between headquarters and
the spot where the prisoners were he.
Ing held under guard they encoun.
tered two men bringing in wounded
man on stretcher. The victim proved
to DO the guards brother. For Il mo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23

Ike. "If l never git to be a gineral,
it's he un's fault. If git killed or
captur'd, it's the same. Duke Wyle
would make me sergeant tomorrer but
fur that dod blasted Yank.''
Then if yo' doan' pay him out |
will!' exclaimed Mrs. Baxter as she
rose up with look of determination on
her face.
That's wAat Ike was waiting to hear.
He was now ready to develop the little
plan sketched out in Captain Wyle's
tent before leaving camp.
| 81 reckon yo' kin do it better n we all
if yo' want to try" he finally said.
"Io' know them stuck up Percys in
town. of co'se?'
"Of co'se."
He un's in Inv with the gall
Il heard that Yesterday"
III we all could brek it up. it would
fiatten he I'M out. Jest think of south
ern gal luvin a reg lar Yankee spy, and
probably goin TO marry him, when she
| could hev Duke Wylev'
Shoe, how you talk!'
And if we all could fatten him ont
I'd soon be gineral and prance around
on boss, y continued Ike. "Drat him,
but he talked about yo' to Gineral Jack
BON, and that S what hurts me mo- than
t'other,"
How kin l fiatten him out?' she
| asked, ready TO begin work at once.
Ike slowly lighted his pipe and sat
down on the doorstep and made room
for her beside him. He kept her wait
ing for another minute and then unfold
ed his plan. She listened patiently until
he was through and then pointed out
the obstacles here and there. He re-
viewed the case and explained how ev-
erythlns was to be overcome. Although
an ignorant woman, she had a good
deal of natural shrewdness in her COM
position, and after the plan had been
gone over in detail for the third or
fourth time she said:
III try it anyhow. hev allus dun
hated Ianks like pizen. and that Per-
cy gal is Jest too stuck up fur anything!
Might do her heap o good to come
down few pegs! III ! fiatten he un
out, that will make yo' a gineral:'
Il reckon"
And yo'l ride around on a critter
and W ar cooked hat:''
YES"
And buy me two new kaliker
dresses, a bonnet, par of shoes, "a
a.
"1o'll jest be richness and wealth and
look like queen.' said Ike as she hest
tated.
Then III do it if l hev to walk
through fire, and p raps II ride around
on critter tool"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23

For the relief and cure of a cold in
the head there is more potency in
Ely's Cream Balm than in ANYTHING
else it is possible to prescribe. This
preparation has for years past been
making brilliant success as a rem
edy for cold in the head, catarrh and
hay fever. Used in the initial stages
OF these complaints Cream Balm pre-
vents any serious development of the
symptoms, while almost numberless
cases are on record of radical cures
OF chronic catarrh and hay fever
after all other treatments have
proved of no avail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
(To be continued.

First Action-Second Action-Third Action.
So said the wise Athenian. We shall be wise
follow his advice in many matters; in none
more so than in graphing with q cold or
with dyspepsia; or in seeking relief from
consumption in its earlier stages 1t is absolute
ly Us eless 70 sit down ind bemoan our bad for
tune. We must act-2c,-act. The first and
most imperative action necessary is TO procure a
bottle OF Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
TIE second action will be 10 use il; The third
scton will naturally follow-we shall proclaim
abroad its virtues
sardis, Big Stone County. MINI.
X. V. Pierce, n d Buffalo. n Y.-Des- Sir:
Having felt il a duty to write OF the good re-
ceiVed by taking your medicine. / now woald
say tina. enc year ago l was given mp
10y my family physician and friends;
all SAID ! must die. My lungs were
4 skeleton. Ny people commenced 10 give me
your Medical Discovery and l soon began to
mend. II was not long before ] became we'll
enough to take charge Of my hotsehold duties
again.
owe my recoveryto Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery. Respectfully, MIRA Mills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
HELP FOR ALL.
Summer Advantages-Com-
mence Now.

In all troubles of catarrhal or
bronchial nature, one months treat
ment in the summer i. as a rule.
worth two in the winter. II i in the
summer that nature lends her aid to
the work of the physician. The even
temperature makes conditions spec
tally favorable for speedy cure.
The liability to catching cold is re-
duced to the minimum. Time and
again have the physicians of the
Scott Medical Institute urged pa
tients in desperate stages of catarrh
TO wait until summer for treatment.
and they have never failed to urge
ali who have any traces of this insid
lous disease to embrace the opportu-
nifty which summer offers. and rid
themselves of it then. even when its
symptoms are less distressing than
usual.
Testimonials-These People are Cured.
Rev. NJ A. Head. Rock Islsnd ill-Cat.y,b
Rev NJ. Nordstrome, Woodruff rl.-Catsrrhal
Deafness.
Rev. NJ. Blombcrr Everett. Mass -Bronchitis
Rev ) Bostrome, Davenport. Iowa-Catarrh
Dr. Wilson hae in his possession over 100 ,es.i-
moniais from patients cured by his treatment.
Now Is the Time to Commence
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23


0dnglC q slrOrd?''
1t had- t been for Kenton, not a man in
our company would have been killed or
captured.
And what BEGUN of he unf''
oh, he was captured, too. but of
course that was all a trick. However.
l don't want you to say anything as
coming from me. You needn't even
say you have seen me-"
Il understand. Ike said yo' was after
the sal too. / hope yo'll git her. Do
yo' reckon Ike was killed:'
I'm quite sure he wasn't
Then III see him agin:''
Yes, after bit
Pore, pore lke.' walled the wife as
her apron went up to her eyes. lie
had his streaks-he was shiftless-but
he never complained. He was emery
about some things, but good as pie
about Others. He WASH t with shucks
at teamwork, but as fur KNOWN all
about nevis, Why
She looked up, but the captain had
disappeared.
(To be continued
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
ARGUS BUSINESS DIRECTORY

ARGUS BUSINESS DIRECTORY
BOOKS. WALL PAPER, ETC.
Champion, r, 1925 Second avenue.
RESTAURANT.
Alars, L, 1903 Second avenue.
FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
Cordes, II f, 1892 Second avenue.
GLOVES AND FURs.
Bennett, Geo, 1903 Sccor d avenue
MERCHANT TAILOR.
Emig, ", 10. Second avenue.
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
Beselin, II 1903 Second avenue.
BAKERS.
Munro, dc Rue & Anderson, aaG Market Square.
DRUGGISTS.
Thomas. 7 II. 1850 Second avenue.
Speidel, CHICO. Second avenue.
PLUMBERS AND GAS FILTERS.
Blake & Murphy, 1870 Third avenue.
WALL PAPER, ETC.
Adams Wall Paper Co. sIO-s,i Twentieth street
GRoCERs.
Buncher, Chas A, 22l Twentieth street.
Hess Bros. 1870 Second avenue.
Brooks Il Thierrnal, 00I Fifth svenue.
husohmann. Robt, go. Fourth avenue
Long, C j, Second svenue and Nineteenth street.
Browner & Co. 1851 Fifth svenue.
UNDERTAKEN.
Knox, B 2. 400 Twentieth street
HARDWARE, STOVES AND MANTFLs
Noft.ker. I, 500 Twentieth street
LAUNDRY.
Parker's Laundry. 1924 Third avenre
C. D, 221 and ss3 Eighteenth street
BREwERIES.
Rock Island Brewing company
MEAT MARKET
Schroeder Hans, 81 Twentieth street
Tri-City Packing and Provision Co. 18th and ao,h
JEwELER AND OPTICIAN.
Rsmser, j & Son, ls=7 second avenue.
MILLINERY.
Blackburn d Co,,I.as Second avenue.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Boston Shoe Store. 1863 Second avenue
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE.
Harris. Geo W D. 2as Seventeenth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
The Work of q Higher Being.

The Work of a Higher Being.
He (after the proposal)-I hope You
don't think I've made fool of myself.
Miss Penelope?
She-Oh, no. "a pause.) You know
am not an atheist.-Truth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23
EVERY DURABLE DISEASE TREATED.
Scott Medical Institute.

Over American Express Co.
2sl Brady Street, Davenport, Iowa
sPECiALTIEs-Catarh. Eve, Ear. Nose
Throat, Lungs; Nervous diseases, Skin diseases.
Chronic diseases
oFfiCh HOuRS-e 10 II a. m, 9 TO .. m, Z
to p m. On Sundays the ONCE will be one.
from a. m. to lp.m
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-23

the mud, but didn't reckon it was as
bad as this! Fur shame on yo'!'
"How's we all to drive he un when
Gineral jackson is in the way?" asked
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-21
LOCAL ITEnS.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Young Mems Invest
ment Company, will be held for the
election of officers on Tuesday, De-
cember 25, 1894, at 10 O'Clock a. M, in
their office building, room 2O1-202.
Fritz VoIk, a poor, friendless fell
low who has been character around
Mankato for some time, will be eX-
amined today with a view to having
him sent to the asylum for the feeble
minded at Faribault.
DR.. Grant, who is making his
headquarters in this city, is organizing
and sending out number of compa-
MES under the title of the Oregon
Indian Medicine Company. There
are already three companies on the
road and a fourth is now being fitted
out. Harry Stafford, a member of the
organization, is painting a complete
set of scenery for each crew.
Frank Osborne, of Minneapolis,
has leased and taken possession of
the NicOllet house. He will remodel
and refurnish it as an European
apartment house.
Los Angeles, Calf, Herald of Dec.
18th notes the death of Mrs. ]. Isa-
bella Wise, wife of P. E. Wise, of that
city, on Dec. 9th. Mr.. and Mrs. Wise
were former residents of this city and
will be remembered by the old resi-
dents. They went to California some
ten or twelve years ago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-21
PLUMBERS HOP.
First Annual Ball Last Night Was
Big Success.

The first annual ball of the Mankato
Journeymen Plumbers was given at
the City hall last evening. There
were about forty couples present.
A piece of bunting in the national
colors broke the mOnotony of the
walls just over the rostrum. and the
floor was waXed to perfection. The
Concordia orchestra, whose music is
not surpassed in Southern Minnesota
furnished the harmony advertisement
to the most perfect time, and dancing
commenced at $50 and was not COM
pleted until the gray streaks of dawn
had almost reached the horizon.
There were twenty-four numbers
on the program to most of which was
appended a title such as ''Hook and
Ladder No. l." 'Board of Public
Works." Railroad Boys" "The
Plumbers Best Girl" "The Appren-
tice," "Mankato Police Force etc.
There was no formal announcement
of supper, but at II o'clock most of
the dancers repaired to Aliens Bos-
ton restaurant, where a splendid col
lation of Seasonable viands was served.
The result of their first attempt at
annual hops was highly gratifying to
the boys, and the next will be looked
forward to with interest by those who
were nreSent The committees were
as follows:
Arrangements w. B. Cole, Chas.
Masters, Cyril f. Sweet, d. F. Hal
pin, Martin M. Murray.
Reception-P. I'll. McGraw, VIM.
Hopkins. Michael O'Gara, w. H.
Ward.
Floor-M. f. McLaurin, Chas. Mas
tiers, W. B. Cole.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-21
THE WELSH PASTOR.
Probabilities that the Church Will
Have Regular Sunday
Services

Rey. William Evans, of Milwaukee,
arrived in the city Saturday and
preached two excellent sermons in the
Welsh church on Sunday.
The church society has been without
a regular pastor for some time, and
Rev. Evans was invited to come to
MankatO on probation, with the .un-
Outstanding that if his new home and
friends were agreeable to him and he
to them he would be given the perma-
nent pastorate of the church.
So far everything has been all that
could be desired. The society is de-
lighted with their new pastor and he
seems pleased with his congregation.
He will deliver two sermons each Sun
day until the end of the year, when
the church society will announce a
definite decision in regard to his ap-
DOintment
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-21
CONFEDERATE rONEY SHARP.
He Is Picked up by the Sioux City
Police.

The confederate money sharp, who
victimized a couple of Germans in
this city last week, has evidently
turned up in Sioux City, for the fol
lowing extract from the Sundays
Journal will show an arrest of this
kind:
William Carter, a CRATER of ST.
Paul, was arrested last night by De-
tective Morrison. He has been in the
city before and is known as a smooth
ICON" man who generally works with
a steerer. He had confederate cur
rency in his pockets when arrested.
He said he was on his way to Colorado
Springs for his health. No charge
has been placed against him, the in
tention being to detain him over Sun
day so that he could not yield to
temptation.
Chief of.Police Yates said this morn
ing that the man who did the swind-
ling here was not definitely known,
and it may be this one is wanted also
in Mankato. Further advice will be
awaited with interest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-21
BARNT RAINERSON DEAD.

Barnt Rainerson died at his home,
235 Bradley street, last evening about
eight o'clock of typhoid fever, after
an illness Of some two months. The
funeral services will be held at the
house tomorrow, Friday, afternoon,
at 2 o'clock, and the remains will be
entered in Glenwood cemetery.
The deceased was born at South
Bend, this county, on July A. 1867, and
has passed the greater portion of his
life in this city. He has been a
member of the fire company for sew
eral years back and enjoyed the res
pect OF all within his circle of &C
quaintance. He was married to Miss
Rena Johnson, on December 10, 1886,
who with three children-two girls
and boy-survives him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-21

-AmbOy Herald: The bank of AM
boy pays out daily from $1,000 to $1,000
for hogs and grain brought to this
market. -. Pleasant Mounds, eight
miles west of Amboy, are spoken of as
point of interest. The mounds rise
some seventy-fve feet above the level
of the country. From this elevation
you can count over 200 farm houses,
and nine fine church edifices repre-
senting all the various denominations.
"A quiet wedding took place at 2
o'clock this afternoon at the home of
County Attorney Benedict. 1t was
the marriage of his brother, Mr.. Man.
fred Benedict and Miss Laura Meyer,
both of Good Thunder. Rev. f. M.
Washburn performed the ceremony,
and the young people received the
cordial best wishes of their friends.
DIR. W. M. Standish, representing
the state board of health, has been
investigating hog cholera in Maple
ton and surrounding townships for
the last three days. The doctor says
the farmers have lost between four
and five hundred.
Mrs. Hunt received another in
voice of new Christmas novelties from
the Wales Art Studio this morning.
Call early, as they are going fast.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-21
WHAT DOES 1T MEAN?
Fact or Fiction about Two Great Fair
Awards.

A newspaper paragraph denounces
as "false" the claim of baking
powder company to an award at the
Worlds Fair. Whom can it mean?
Certainly not DR.. Prices. Why? Be-
cause, as the records show, DR.. Price
exhibited, competed and received the
highest award, both at Chicago and
the California Midwinter Fair. The
award in California included Gold
Medal. The official examiners pro-
nounced it the strongest, the purest,
the most wholesome and efficient of
all the baking powders. It's title to
confidence is unquestioned.
Can it be the manufacturers of a
New York powder, fictitiously label
ed absolutely pure" who are making
"false" claims? That would be strange
indeed, inasmuch as they were not
even considered in the awards.
Was it Ammonia in the New York
powder that prevented it's makers
from competing? If not, what?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-21
BANQUET AT ST. PETER.
Hon. w. w. Thomas, Ex--Min--
lister to Sweden, Receives a
Pleasant Reception.

Hon. w. w. Thomas, Jr., of Port
land, Me-, consul to Sweden, nn-
der President Lincoln and twice since
minister to that country, met with a
reception at ST. Peter last evening,
where he was booked for talk upon
the people of that country.
II He was met at the train in the eve
ming by reception committee, who
escorted him to the Nicollet house.
Here mutual introductions followed
and the company repaired to the
dining room where covers were laid
for sixty guests. There were toasts
and speeches and responses by Mayor
Moll. Rev. Reynolds, Dr. Tomlinson,
Ex-Governor Ives and others, after
which Mr.. Thomas delivered his lec-
ture.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
What the Presbyterians Have Been
Doing.

Sunday school of Presbyterian
church has been reorganized on latest
improved methods. The senior de-
partment and primary department
being separated by means of the sys-
tenn of class rooms. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year, commencing January 1st:
Superintendent-W. d. Willard.
Observation-Disclosures. D. Snow,
D. d. S.
Secretary and Treasurer1T. j.
Jones.
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer
Miss Alma Wilson.
Librarian-C. X. Willard.
Organist-Miss Carrie Christensen.
Assistant Organist-Miss Belle
Beattie.
Superintendent Primary Depart
ment-MrS. G. S. Robbins.
Secretary and Treasurer-Miss Daisy
Wallace.
Organist-Miss May Chapman.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-21
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.
A Wagon Tongue Driven Into the
Lungs the of F. krOn's Horse.

Wagon Bros. team ran away this
morning, going down the alley be-
tween North Front and Second.
When near the alley rear of the Stahl
House Fritz Kron's horse, which was
being driven out of the barn faced the
runaways. The wagon tongue was
driven into the horses front fully a
foot, and it is believed the animal will
die. The shoulder blade is broken and
the tongue penetrated the lungs. DR.
Donaldson has the case.
The injured horse was an old family
pet of Mr.. Kron's, besides being a val
liable animal.