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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-02-02
QT. JACOBS OIL p.rf "a*o Cure = Of
IN BURNS, BRUISES, SCALDS,
" CUTS AND WOUNDS.

SUMMER SNOW for 80 years, the
one hardy peach; comes true from
seed-seedllng peaches are hardi.
est. stands 6 to 10 deg. more cold
than others; 3G-yr. odd trees still
beGr-BEAR WHEN OTHERS FAIL.
Ii. interested in Trees, Fruits
Roses, Ornamentals, tCr'ite for Or.
chard Book, Guide, prices-will save
you money, and MORE: mistakes,
APointer- Wheat50c. bu. apples
81; soc. apples outpdy So wheat.
OLD OAK PROCESS Whole Root
trees are carefully propagated re-
gardlesS Of cOsI by the one known
method that gives fruitful, long
lived trees. They"lIye longer and
bear better. Sec. Morton. They
GROW - one customer planted
is, 800 Without Losing a Tree. You
can't get better ut any price, nor
equally good for less money; ours
are the LOWEST PRICED Nurseries
in y. 5. for good st0ck-sent world
wide during Go YEARS.
Read the thousands OF = letters
from customers who order;year af.
ter year. Men do not as rule send
the second, the third, and even the
Goth order, IL not fairly dealt with.
YOUR 0RDER-we want it,wheth-
er for one tree or ore million, be-
cause we have the stock to fill it
1000 acres Nurseries. Tested, and
hardy, list Choice sorts 1000
acres Orchards in q States. We
ship everywhere, ship all Winter
FREE FREIGHT. STARK BROS NJ
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-02-02

frequently
o,..-. - cry fat. It is also
Indication OF desire to avoid the
rk Of feeding, on the part Of the
ultryman, which Is fatal to success
trough full OF corn Is temptation
the hens, and If they are confined in
Irds and are idle, they will go up to
lie trough and eat simply because they
ave nothing to do With plenty be-
ore them they will not scratch and ex-
rcise, and In short time they cease
o lay because of being too fat. Some
If the hers will evince their disgust
for the grain by refusing to eat it, con-
tinued sameness of diet causing sick
ness, in which case some of the hens
become poor, If nothing is given but
corn, the hen will sooner or later die,
because corn is deficient in mineral
matter, and is lacking in the elements
necessary to thrift If trough is used
never keep 1t full, unless you prefer
greater cost of food and smaller srotits.
Farm and Fireside,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-02-02

------o NOVoIeu sheu, 10 be
made Of muslin, may be arranged in
front The muslin may be painted
with linseed-oil to make it water
proof If preferred, the lower or ope1
space may also be inclosed by fasten-
ing strip of muslin, one yard wide,
from the side of the house, around the
posts to the otherside, as wind break.
With this continuance the hens will
have plenty of light and warmth, the
cost being but trife, and as the hens
will be more comfortable they will
also produce a larger number of eggs.
Farm and Fireside.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-02-02
HER DRESS TRIMMING.
Why Emma Rome Used Her Old
Black Lace.

Hat! f ort y
dollars m or e?
Il orty dollars
only for trim
m i n G S! M y
mother n e v e +
spent SO much
on any dress,
and you h a v e
t h e dress. |
h a t e to seem
cross, my dear,
but, w i t h S o
MANY buSineSS
men failing ev-
cry day, one
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-02-02
WINTER POULTRY HOUSE

One That Affords Plenty of Outside s
ter from storms.
An outside shelter and protec
from storms is of great assistance
flock in winter Fowls detest c
confinement and prefer to be in
open air. The illustration shows
Ordinary poultry-house, ten
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-02-02
He Didn't Exaggerate.

'Ate quart of raw oysters at one
time? Oh, pshawl you couldn't do it.
Patrick"
well, it's. meself that did do it no
later than the day afore Yesterday"
Patrick, Patrick, you're a great
liar"
I've not exaggerated at ali, sor.
ate a whole quart, sor, but at the same
time I'll acknowledge that the oysters
wur schmall vans Texas Siftings.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-02-02

FAULT is found abroad with eucalypt-
us honey, the strong favor of which
does not please the English taste. The
Australians are likely to be disap-
pointed in the market they had hoped
for.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-02-02

I'VE some men rope enough and they will
start junk shop. Texas Siftings.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-02-02

--Wife-"The doctor complained that
we always waited too long before send
ing for him" Observation-Disclosures Just
like doctor-its so much easier for
them to cureat the beginning File.
gende Batter.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-02-02

"MR. FEETLGTEs, what do you consider the
most successful thing you ever playedr
"The races. "-Brooklyp Life.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-02-02

Wv.
I remain, Sincert
ENE e. ED ~ z. Cue,
T. EE&g zn antees D.
OR MONEY RETURNEsA-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-02-02
CURRENT TOPICS.

TtmAToES are said to be in bearing at
Orlando Fla.
APPLES cost thirty cents dozen at
Houston, Tex.
CoPENHAeEN's cooperative bakery is
worth $4,000.
PALM leaves onthe Amazon are from
thirty to fifty feet long.
THE Minneapolis lour output in 1898
will reach 0, 200, 900 barrels
THE -four output of the Duluth mills
in 1888 was 1907, 61e barrels
AT Milwaukee you can drop dime
in the slot and use telephone.
HAM s. BACON is a suitable maine of
a firm of Pennsylvania butchers.
AMERICA is said to export $4,000 tons
of apples to England every year.
The largest European city park is in
Denmark. 1t contains 1900 acres
ONE-FIETH of the population of Can
ada have found homes in the United
States.
THE yield of gold from California
mines amounts at present to about $751;
10000 year.
TIE United States have CSC vessels
engaged in foreign trade, while Great
Britain has 1908.
THERE are $4,000 miles of wire in
the telegraph and telephone subways
of New York city.
II is said that wine is so plenty in
France that it is offered at penny a
quart with no buyers.
THE Paris opera house cost at the
rate of So, 300 seat. The Vienna opera
house cost 1880 seat.
AMONG the recent inventions is a
Shorthand typewriter" designed es-
pecially for rapid work.
EMPEROR WILLIAM is striving to buy
the biggest diamond in the world, it is
said, one valued at $5,000.000.
Moe JoKAI is to have a dinner given
to him in London as the creator OF
modern Hungarian literature.
The largest movable dome in the
world is that on the Paris observatory,
which is over sixty feet In diameter.
DURING the year 1893 the police Of
New York made IS, 612 arrests. OF this
number 1852 were women and girls.
A TRAIN which runs at the rate Of
eighty-fve miles requires mile in
which to stop, when going at full
Rnead.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-02-02

The currency Of the Argentine re-
public consists altogether of paper
notes, ranging in value from 1 cent up
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-08
HOLLAND MAD.
The Entcrprising and Honest Dutch Have
Captured Gotham.

The EntcrprisinE and Honest Dutch Have
Captured Gotham.
The town has suddenly gone Holland
mad, not as that thrifty little kingdom
did when it lost its heart over tulips
and threatened to bring the finances of
the country to ruin, but wisely, dis.
creetly mad, as New Workers become
The china shops are filled with Delft.
the sllversmlth's cases with Dutch Sill
yer and the very milliners display lit
tie Dutch bonnets, fashioned like the
quaint peaked caps worn BY the good
danes Of old Amsterdam. Even Dutch
furniture has become q craze. and fash.
ionable shoppers are passing by the COR
geous empire styles. decorated with the
laurel leaf, to buy the Dutch sofas and
cabinets. curiously inlaid with rare
woods and wrought with picturesque
carving.
In far better taste is this Dutch fur.
niture, fashioned, as it is. by hand to
meet the domestic needs Of a sincere.
honest folk, than the empire furniture.
with its bizarre ornamentations of pild.
ed metal and its mock classic patterns.
designed to suit newly created aris-
focracy. II we could but bring back the
simple domestic spirit of the Dutch with
our Dutch fashions. it would settle uauy
q social problem, but Dutch fashions as
they now appear are as costly as the
gilded fashions Of Louis Nv or the EN-.
pire. 1t has long been an established
fact that one must pay most extrava-
gantly for refined simplicity. so that
Delft is often almost as costly as Ores
den. There are pretty fruit baskets in
Delft, drug vases" low bedtime can.
dlesticks, shoes and the most altogether
delightful tiles imaginable. duplicating
in pattern old tiles. some of which still
exist in manor houses in old New York
and near Albany. 1t is now possible TO
get almost all the new shapes in this
modern Delft. as it is wise European
custom TO save all designs used in the
china factory. York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-08
NEW FINANCIAL PLAN,
Programme Arranged for It's Speedy Co,
sideratiOn by Congress.

Programme Arranged for It's Speedy Con.
sideratiOn by Congress.
WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-A programme for
a speedy consideration of tie financial
plan proposed by the president and Score
tary Carlisle was arranged by the house
committee on banking and currency.
Three resolutions were passed The first
specifies that the financial plan as out
lined by the president and secretary of the
treasury shall be taken ,rp next Monday,
and that Secretary Carlisle and Comm
troiler OF the Currency Eckels he invited
before the committee Monday and that
the hearings close Saturday, Dec. Is
There was little division Of sentiment rs
to the hearings and no votes of signifi-
cance were taken. The sentiment among
the Democrats was for proceeding as ran
idly rs possible and reporting a bill before
the holiday recess
A second resolution authorized Chair
man Springer to invite persons before the
committee next week to give their views.
This excited some comment, Mr. Walker
moving indefinite pOstponement of the
proposition on the ground that there had
already been too much talk" in the COM
mittce. The resolution was carried. how
ever, although Nessrs- Walker and John
son, Republicans, opposed it. A third
resolution was adopted authorizing a call
OF the committee at any time and making
nve quorum. This is to prevent DELAYS
in the speedy presentation of a bill. The
meeting disclosed that there would be no
factious opposition from Republicans
towards getting Il bill before the house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-08
MILTON AND GLADSTONE
Tho British Statesman Challenges the POET
~ q Translator of Horace.

The British Statesman Challenges the PocS
~ Translator of Horace.
This is Millions rendering of Horace.
book /. ode (Quis gractlus Puer):
What slender youth, bedewed with liquid odors,
Courts thee on roses in some pleasant cave.
Pyrrha? For whom bind st thou
In wreaths thy golden hair.
Plain in thy neatness? Oh. how oft shall he
On faith and changed gods complain, and sea,
Rough with black winds and storms
Cnwortcd shall admire!
Who now enjoys thee credulous. all gold,
Who always vacant. always amiable
Hopes thee. Of fiattering gales
Cnmindful. Hapless they
To whom thou untried seem st fnir. Me in my
vow'd
Picture the sacred wall declares 10 have hung
MY dank and dropping weeds
To the stern god of sea.
Mr.. Gladstone. ut the age of So, TINS
renders these beautiful lines:
What scented stripping. Pyrrha, woes thee now
In pleasant grotto. all with roses fair?
For whom those auburn tresses bindest thou
With simple care?
Fun OFT shall he thine altered faith bewail.
His altered GODS and his unwonted Gaze
snail watch the waters darkening to the gale
In wild amaze.
Who now believing gloats on golden charms.
Who hopes thee ever void and ever kind
Nor knows thy changeful heart nor the alarm.
OF changeful wind.
For me let Neptune's temple wall declare
How safe escaped in votive Offering.
MY dripping garments own, SUSPENDED fhcrc
Him ocean king.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-08
OLD CLOTHES IN DEMAND.


secendhand Dealers Find It DinacuIt q.
stock Up This Fear.
The demand for old clothes annasrs
70 De looking up so FAR as New York i,
concerned. l do not know whether it il
because OF the recent election and the
consequence 81 betting on the wrong
.icket or the melancholy sequel of the
last years hard times, by reason Of
which men feel the necessity Of wear
ing ont their clothing instead of turning
u over TO the secondhand dealer.
If You should be accosted ON BROAD.
way couple of times a trip by agents
OF the secondhand dealers with the ues.
ton whether you have any old clothes
20 sell, 1t may not be taken as an indi.
cation that your attire is out Of date
and coveted by the trade, but that the
trade is running short Of stock and is
pushing out for fresh supply. 1t is
better to consider the attention q subtle
fiattery, that you have the appearance
OF an individual who doesn I care for
dress and are likely to have a score of
better trousers hanging up in closets for
the moths to feed upon.
Twice on single afternoon last week.
while conversing with q friend ON
Broadway. / was accosted by sharp
looking young men in the interests of
the secondhand trade. My friend was
inclined to resent the intrusion. He
said 1t was getting too hot for him when
he was beset by old clothes men every
time he stopped on Broadway.
rs there anything out of the way
about me'' he inquired, looking him
self over critically. That is the second
time you've asked me that question to-
day"
beg your pardon, sir, " said the So
llcitor for the secondhand clothing
house We didn't want the suit you
have on"
We walked fully block before nv
friend realized what 1 was laughing at.
but when the humor of it finally DER.
meated his intellectual system he took
me IN for glass of vichy and milk
New York Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-08

Jim Root. the locomotive engineer
whose heroism at Hinckley caused him
to fall into the hands Of theatrical
manager in New York city, has retired
from the stage and is home again after
playing brief engagement at salary
Of $500 per week
Il don't like this acting business, Z"
he said. 1T may be all right for young
fellows. but I'm getting too old to start
in acting. 1t keeps a man up too late
nights. and ! never did like a night
run. The only thing that caught me
was the salary. and I couldn't refuse
that"
1t is understood that Mr.. Root will
return to his vocation on the st. Paul
and Duluth line. st. Paul Globe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-08

all the banks Issuing this kind Of circula-
lion.
1t 10 upon this class Of notes that the
bank should make profit which would
% clear one over and above the light ex.
penses for cost Of redemption and tax
alton for the safety fund and for cost Of
operating the comptrollcr's bureau. It is
On this class OF currency also that the ele-
ment OF elasticity would he found, for
sach bank could issue either none at all
or rs much as 20 per cent of its capital.
Of the present national hank capital 50
per cent. would be 1894 600, 100 or a sum
tl6s, O00, 90 greater than the total Of pres
mt national bank circulation, viz eI2a,
10000, while capital Of 1000, 900. 90
would provide for.e5OO, 0OO, 900 of this safety
fund circulation, a sum tS.5, OOO, 900
greater than the present hank issue.
so within the limits Of $50, QUO. 600 would
De the the expansion or contraction Of this
currency, and this limit could easily be
extended in future II necessary by reduc.
ing the percentage os legal tender cur
rency to he supported by the banks and
extending the limit for safety fund cur
rency beyond 50 per cent Of capital. The
legal tender currency out Of the way by
Mr.. Eckels' plan of substitution of bank
notes, the practical result would be that
AL the paper currency wonld be redeema-
Die only In gold or silver coin, for there
would exist only bank notes, gold certifi.
Gates and silver certificates"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-08
s,haoeesy NSeaee.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND CourrY. re

In Tie Circuit Court. In Ch-nccry
January term A. D.. 1sr
Joeoph Mcmahon 70 Henry e. Connolly ~sr,;,,.
.e.tsior. a. o. n c. e. q. Of the cstate OF sarah !,
ooo, occtu.ed. ef n. 10 caance,y Rim o..
Specific Performance. "'" '"'
Amdsvit OF non-reridcnce Of W,llisu p,r
Elss. D,nlel kugglcs Zenss p. X srgle-. cor.Iri;,
Ly"is k. Cot ss% s.ei S S.ns; g. ksgsls:
nuggics. Edward =. Rugeles, sarah q Nuc IL.
ottimer = kuggles. Gardner Ruxgic, f.Ss.
trnge' Co.delis Paige. Orea Psiee. PreccrseS
~ n's ~. mo inc unknown hein aod d,sisces
nled IN the clerks once Of he cirsnk rSns.
Of said county, notice IL Therefore hc,.ss
Civen TO the said nonresident dsicnS,,s. 10y
INC eomplansnf fled HE bill Of oo1pisiut n
a.x ~ on ne chancsry eide thereof on t6r s7th
.s summons issued out OF saia court wNcreS ~
suit e noe Pend ng returusble on the On ~.
Gay e The @onih Of January, next a. n sv a.
Ssps ies nov, Insss you. the .sid noa-reei-
giee, Daniel Rugxles. Zcua + Rucslcs- co,ss,sc
sS;sige, Lncy g. 9usyics, William O. Rugy e. Il.
1.a =. Cot Samuel b. Rugylcp ffic6srS -
3segce, enwsrd =. Ruxxiee. sarsh q nasv,e.
Psir. $3.50, q .Mugsice. Gsraiser Ruerlcs. Lydia
Allen. and The uufncvn Heir. "a ss Tes,cs
., oa,ah D. Cobb, decreased and s6sIl 49,
sny DC and appear before eaid cirrues covss
~ INC hrst day Of the next tenn sSercoe ~ ~
r n~sn ~ soee lelsue In and for thc ~
plead, anever or demar 70 DE esid cocn, s1e
.nLr 1ui o. complaint, the came s06 tn CsssSS
.nc s.inSs toerein changed and atrd WIN ~ ~.
80. s;.n sno decree eutesed axsipst ,ou
lung 70 the pfayse o. said Gin.
hock leland, illinoas. Nov. q, 1884.
GEORGE ". GAMBLE.
Clerk q said Coarl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-08
ABBREVIATED TeIEeRAMs.

Eugene Kelly, the well-known New
York broker has been stricken with pa.
| ralysis and will probably die.
A contest Of endurance is going on Mt
Denver whsro sixteen men are trying Ia
stay awake . week. When a man dozes
so that he doesn't hear one stroke of "A
bell, he is ''out'
The site OF the Brooklyn Tabernacle has
been sold under foreclosure to the holder
ot the second mortgage for $4,000, who
paid $4,000 above the face of his security
Russell sage held the first mortgage for
ti2aOOO, on which there was due s6l, $50.
James NJ Hawkins, a Lowry, Mo.
farmer. advanced $25 on n Sl15 draft TO
help two strangers out of trouble ut Kan
sas City. The draft was signed "A. Rus
sett Apple, and Mr.. Hawkins has SO far
Jailed to cash It,
Frank johnson, Mailing from Chicago
who recently opened a commission house
In Pittsburg, is reported to have left
town nfter swindling customers out of
t2a 900.
Obituary: At Des Moines, judge
Hugh W. Maxwell, 81; ut Princeton, Ills.
Mrs. Emily White.
The Western Union Telegraph company
has appealed from the decision of the
United states court, which held that the
Postal company had equal construction
rights along the Atlantic and Pacific rail
way.
The First National and Helena National
banks, at Helena, Mont, have consol-
dated. The general balances of the new
concern are nearly e5,OOo,OOO.
A son of General Hartman, of Austin.
Tex, was mistaken for a deer by fellow
hunter and killed.
Prairie fires have devasta ted 5000
square miles Of Texas grazing land.
Creditors ask for n receiver for the Gyp-
sum Plaster and Stucco company at
Grandville, Mich.
E. V. Dcbs is going to California to de-
liver series of addresses
The Brotherhood of Painters and Dec
orators of America voted to approve the
abolition Of conventions, and to adopt the
initiative and referendum plan
The Indiana Coal Operators association
and the Cnitod Mine Workers OF Indiana
will send delegates to the arbitration con.
ference at Columbus, o.
Nellie Dowd jackson. an actress in the
lisp" company, cowhided Eddy Rcdway.
member Of the same company, for max
ing uncomplimentary remarks about her
at Indianapolis.
The Lincoln memorial collection which
was exhibited at the Worlds fair was
sold ut auction in Philadelphia. 1t con-
sisted largely Of law books, office furni-
turc and autograph letters and realized
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-08
BURGLARY INSURANCE.

/ The Latest Thing In the Way q Guaran.
seeins Indemnify For Lessea
Burglaries have become SO frequent
In Chicago that several capitalists have
now under consideration the formation
of burglary indemnity company. Hard
~ day passes in which some residence
or mercantile building is not entered
BY thieves and valuable property dam.
aged or taken away. In a large percent
age of the burglsries the property is
never recovered Even when it is found
the article is generally in q damaged
condition and Of little value.
When the company commences bust
ness. its policy holders can go away
from home for few days or abroad for
. vacation and not be =, q perpetual
state Of worry about the safety Of their
household effects This would be be-
cause the company believes prevention
OF housebreaking is even better than
the conviction of the burglar. An eff.
Gent force of watchmen would patrol
the district in which the insured lived.
When burglary Eas committed, the
policy holder would have to report at
once to the offices of the company. Its
agents would &C to the building Just rs
the adjusters of fire company would
In case of loss All the property dam
aged would be taken possession Of ms il
It were salvage. and trained detectives
would endeavor TO run down the crimi-
nails.
A charter has already been issued to
the company in Iowa. where capital
OF $50, 600 was subscribed. Application
was then made to the insurance COM
missioner Of Illinois to do business in
this state. He looked up the law, and
though it does not expressly include
burglary indemnity companies in its
provisions he decided that the company
could legally do business il a 800. 600
subscription was raised in the state.
This will now be done, and the head
quarters for the United States will be
established in Chicago. From here
branches will likely be established in
oil the large cities of the country. In
Great Britain and Canada similar COM
panies have successfully transacted bust
ness for several years. Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-08
HOW eckeLs' PLAN WOULD WORK
The senator Think. II Il Much the Better
Of the Two,

The senator then took up the Eckels
plan. said he: $50 much for the practical
working OF the secretary's plan, and we
now take look Mt the plan proposed by
Comptroller Eckcls As he gives but few
figures ON which to base computation
but simply outlines the principles of his
plan only Hypothetical illustration of its
practical workings can he uttempted
Taking bank with elOp,OoO capital. as in
the other case, the comptroller's plan an.
pears to require that the bank depositIwith
the treasury eo0WO i'm United states notes
or legal tenders tfor canccllation) in ex-
change for which IL will immediately re-
ccive $4,000 in bank notes, for the cur
rent redemption Of which it alone shall he
linble during its life time, the gpv-
ultimate redemption of the banks notes
Of this class only upon the failure or
liquidation of the bank.
In this feature, therefore, there is
neither expansion nor contraction of the
currency, simply the exchange Of one Kind
OF currency for another just ms good but
Tor the purpose and the effect Of entirely
rriieving the government Of the burden
ana cost of current redemption during the
cxistcncc of the hank receiving and jssu-
ing the same. Under this branch of the
comptrollers plan, with the present cant
tal Of national banks (tssis, 600. OOl. er,i.-
UOO,OOO Of legal tenders would immesiint,.
ly bc retired and withdrawn from the DOS.
sibility ut being redeemed In gold by the
general government, while banking can.
ital Of xl,UD,n0,UOO would serve ms the
bnsis for retiring the entire issue both Of