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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-08

80 pieces blesched twilled towel
ing, Is inch wide, worth 12c,at SIC
20 pieces blesched twilled towel.
ing, Is inch wide, worth l7c,
at. $3.50. l3c
20 pieces plain blcached crash
worth 12c, at.................s SIC
40 pieces unblcached crash, worth
Zoe, at................... 74c
Is pieces bleached linen table
damask, full width, worth SOC
at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sc
SO dozen bleached buck towels
l7x34. worth l5c, at. lOc
80 dozen bleached fringed buck
towels, 20x40. worth zoe. at. lac
50 dez,n plain white hem.
stitched huck towels, 1886,
worth soc, at -. 2Oc
LADIES' UNDERWEAR.
100 dozen ladies' summer ribbed
vests, all sizes. worth &c, 60 at
two for. DC
100 dozen ladies' summer ribbed
vests. all sizes, worth 10c 20
two fjr. lOc
CD dozen super ladies' ribbed
vests, all sizes, worth lego at
three Cor. ................. csc
IS dozen ladies' ribbed veste, all
sizes, fancy laced neck. worth
2Oc, at two for. ............ 25c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-08
The LOWEST PRICES EVER ASKED.

Lot ) 10 inch fancy figured
China silk in dark ground worth
S9c at. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. I9
Lot Fancy figured China silk
% inch wide. dark ground,
worth 55c at .............. Acc
Lot 5 ~ inch wide brocaded
India silk in light ground worth
S5c at. ,................ 65c
DRESS GOODS.
80 pieces wool mixed diagonal
cheveron and novelty goods
worth 22c and 25c 90 at.... Ia
IS pieces French challies hand
some patterns worth Is and SIC
go durIpg this sale at. ....... 25c
9 pieces all wool poplin in all the
late shades SS inch vide worth
Csc at. ................ soc
81 pieces &c inch wide sill wool
cashmere serge in all the late
shades worth % at. soc
Z pieces brocade mchair 40 inch
wide in good colors worth SIC
Al. HUG
46 pieces SO inch wide wool nov
cities in small check effects
worth &c and &c at. soc
II pieces English check suiting
worm rc AT. ................ J0c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-08

1920, 1922, 1924. 1926 and
1928 Second Av.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-08

Office Corner Eighteenth street
and Second Avenue, second door.
Telephone No. lOl7.
ROCK ISLAND, ILL.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-19
A Knowing Mare.

The instinct of animals sometimes
approaches as closely the processes OF
reasoning as to puzzle person greatly
to tell why it shouldn't be called reason
A blooded mare belonging to Mr. Muir
ray Hickson, of Goodman, N. j., has
gangling, long-legged colt that is al
ways in mischief. Not long ago some
acid used by Hickson's daughter in
amateur photography was left standing
about, and the fool colt drank it all I'D.
to the wild confusion of it's internal
arrangements. Seeing at a glance what
had happened, the sensible old mare,
pushed and pulled the colt to the wood
ash leach and forced it to drink some
of the diluted I've in the kettle under
the spout. Diluted I've is not pleasant
beverage, but the thoroughly fright
ened colt obeyed directions and was
shortly relieved, the alkali of the lye.
neutralizing the effect of the acid, acS
cording to the familiar chemical rule
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-19

Jackie, Jackie" she cried, what shall
I do? My poor doggie! can't give YOU
up, | can't 1t l could only go with
you; if ] could-Oh! Jackie, Jacket
He was conscious that something
allied his mistress-what, he did not
know. He could only throw himself
upon her in q transport of affection
and lap her face with his great soft
tongue and gaze upon her with mild,
beseeching eyes while she made her
moan. Failing to rouse her as she sat
weeping. he became frantic, and dash
ing to the woodpile, brought her
splinter and threw it at her feet in
vain endeavOr to rouse her to play.
Even that made no change, and so
he sat upon his launches and lifted
up his voice in one long piteous howl
which made the echoes ring back
again from the hedges on the hills and
scared the little fishes in the brook
and runaway chipmunk on a tree
back to the homes of their mothers.
1t made Sarah look up from her apron
and throw her arms about Jackie'a
neck fer a long embrace.
The next two nights were sleepleSS
ones to Sarah. Over and over again
the battle was fought; the situation
was considered in every light, but at
last she decided what was too evident
to her that there was but one thing to
do, and that meant death to poor
Jackie. Miss Larcom's will should be
respected. She thought she could not
complain when a home and where
Withal to live was offered her. Indeed,
what more could she ask; unworthy
and helpless as she was? No, she must
not ask more. and still she seemed
ccld-blooded and heartless to ring the
death knell Of poor Jackie.
The day but one before Miss Lar
CONS arrival daWned brilliantly beau.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-19

dom what I had to do. But said,, AS ,
long as I'm in it I'm in it, an it's tt a
law that's to blame, an not Mich AZ,
Murphy With steeling me heart with
such thoughts as that got alor 81 well
enough until old man Lough' an had
the process against him, an was sent
to put him and his daught e,> Kitty in
the road: an he an old CT >mrade of me
father that fought with MIN in the Cri-
mea. Twas the harde st lob I ever did,
but, praise God, it Was the best one.
too.
When "enr. to put out the few
traps OF things that they had, an tryin'
not TO care zap, his bit of a girl, Kit
~, thre" N Irseif before me an told me
1or the s AXE of me fathers memory
(God res him) to leave them alone. *
W. Juld you have me break me
oath?.' says I.
Your OATH says she, an me in
yc or way?'
sShure, you're but sweet little
crumb,' says I, that fly could carry
I off an be glad of it. too An with that
> picked her up ar put her outside the
thatch, with her great eyes streamin'
q tears.
n Then in for the old man, who was
g moanin and weepin' in the corner, I
went Leave me alone says he. Take
d the bits of things out, an when they're
q gone I'll go,too; it's little trouble they'll
) ever give We, an We the son of the man
v I saved from the Roosians, now forty
r years gone. Take them all; it's well
q the old womans gone, or her heart
= would be broke; an me, with lead in
IS me shoulder that got at Malakoff, toe
IS poor to pay twinty-two shillin's.'
|. Twas little trouble I had to get the
IS things out save for me heart that was
l. frettin' me soul; but what could I do:
The process was on them az I had tt
e do it.
le Every time I passed over the sill
saw the lass cryin' an raisin' her big
Is swollen eyes to me, an before I was
through I was like to put them all bach
e an throw up me job.
d GAS I went back for the last few bits
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-19

an was turnin' me head away, that I
wouldn't see Kitty, she says: Michael
Murphy, that's the meanest days work
We ever did, an may We never forget it
till the day Of yer death. There's not
another in the County Of Longford that
would do what We have done this day.
Then she got up an followed me
under the thatch, took her old father
by the hand, an said: Come, father,
the son of yer old comrade has turned
We out in the world. Ask no more of
him; I'll find bed for We with someone
An they walked out, while I gathered
up what was left and placed them on
the pile of old traps outside.
"By the time I was through the
neighbors had learned Of the eviction,
an began to gather as I was nailin' the
rickety old door that wouldn't keep out
:: cat. I didn't get many blessings for
me days work, an only me size an
reputation for fghtin' qualities saved
me from a beatin.
IT went back to report to the agent,
an me heart smote lie. AS I was
pdSSlu Lu0 DdrTdCkS / IuOuSnC OF the
small sum they were evicted for, and
said to meself: Mike, it's dirty trick
We did the day, to put old Loughran and
Kitty out in the world, an now that yer
duty's done, ye'd better put them under
the thatch again. an not have yer ia
theirs curse on ye.' An with that I
went to me room an got the price of
the rent to take to the agent.
when I walked in he says: Well,
Murphy, did We put them out?' 4 did
that says I, an never did worse
job in me life 'How's that?' says he.
Never mind, says L; an with that he
laughed, an says in KNOWN way:
'Kitty's a fine bit Of a girl-a sweet
heart, maybe?' Not bit, SIR says I,
for the members of the constabulary
can't marry, do We mind, an I never
thought of Kitty for a sweetheart, but
did then, an her big eyes, an rosy
cheeks, an sweet voice came between
me an the agent, an couldn't see him
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-19

He Watched Her Out of Sight.
tiful. The birds were holding carni-
val all around, and the distant ring ct
the moving machine sounded in the
still. clear air. Early in the morning
a little figure crept from the little red
house On the terrace and across the
brook, and Jackie bounded gaily from
his bed under the lea of the wall and
rushed after, barking in ecstatic JOY
at the prospect of an early morning
walk. But the poor little woman. on
the border Of the wood was forced to
turn and with tears streaming down
her face and choking voice bid him
go back and be Oh guard. Accustomed
to obedience he dropped to the ground
and watched her out Of sight with
wistful, loving eyes.
Deep into the receSSeS Of the maple
grove Sarah slowly and painfully crept
till at last she reached a little glade
| bordered by primeval forest. carpet
ed by the thickest green moss, and
shaded with q canopy of maple leaves
and above them the bluest Of skies.
| Maiden hair and sweet modest Or
chids grew all around, and above, in
a leafy branch. a pair of hermit
thrushes were caroling their love
/ song.
In this sylvan solitude she sat
down and wound her head in her
apron. that she might not hear the
sound of a distant shot, and there she
moaned and sobbed all day long.
The sun was sinking in glowing
splendor behind the western hills
The pools in the little brook We're inky
black and a cool, quiet shadow en-
veloped the cottage under the hill
when a wan and dismal figure crept
slowly from the forest. No glad bark
welcomed her No Jackie" came
bounding and curveting around her
All was quiet and still and sorrowful,
and under the lilac tree in the orch
ard was a little mound.
The next day Miss Larcom came,and
a fretful peevish voice replaced the
quiet tones Of Jacob, and thin and
scraggy yellow cat sat down in
"Jackie's'' corner and glared and snarl-
ed at every passerby.
Six months later the snowt1akes
were falling gently on the little mound
under the lilac tree and the earth be-
side it was disturbed for another
longer deeper grave, and Sarah slept
Il beside her dog.
\ decline, the neighbors said, and nc
one knew or cared that Sarah had
died of a broken heart for the love of
a foolish, paltry dog.-Clementina
Dawes Manner.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-19
Australian Rabbits for Food.

The Australian Secretary for Agri
culture has received a letter from Mr.
Berry, of the Agent Generals Office,
stating that it is expected during the
coming season that the price of rab-
bits will be from 1Od to lid each. The
charges for dock dues, carriage and
commission at London are about Id
per rabbit, and to Hull or any other
manufacturing provincial cities about
I penny extra. He adds: There is not
the slightest doubt that very large
trade indie a. is open to Victorian rab-
bits in the great manufacturing dis
tricts, such as Leeds, Manchester, and
Sheffield, where all the members of a
family work at the mills, and there
fore have not much time to spare for
cooking. Rabbits can be easily cook
ed, and are accordingly much favor
ed by mill workers. and it is no unus-
ual thing when rabbits are cheap for
them to be the sole meat food eaten
by the family during the week. He
STRONGLY urges Victorian shippers to
take small profit in order to assist
in pushing trade in rabbits in these
districts Argus.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-19
CuriouS Alaskan Cusfono-

A fact remarkable to our civilized
women is the one that the Alaska
squaws make their ages public. They
wear a piece of wood or bone in the
lower lip, the size of the ornament in
dicating the age Of the owner. When
a girl marries her lower lip is pierced
and pea is inserted. AS she grows
older this is increased in size until il
is almost as wide as her chin and one.
fourth of an inch high. The result is
naturally most unsightly. There is az
interesting family at Fort Wrangel
which illustrates perfectly this peculia,
custom. 1t includes four generations
A young girl may be seen sitting al
enc side of the one-yoomeG square
frame house, while her mother, grand.
mother and great-grandmother are
squatted on the earthen floor near the
door, offering mats and baskets to the
ships passengers who come on shore
There is no disfiguring ornament or
the girls chin, but there is big one
on the lips Of her great-grandmother,,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-19
The Senate Carpet.

There is lots of money for the COM,
pany that secures the contract for max,
ing the carpets for the United States:
senate. 1t is especially woven from
an exclusive design. This design is reg
istered in the patent office, which pre-.
vents other manufacturers from max
ing the same thing. The quality is,
known to the trade as extra super.
After supplying the carpeting required:
for the contract the company is able to,
make good thing in selling to
wealthy people who are willing to pay
a large figure for having the same kind
of carpeting in their houses as is used
in the United States senate.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-19

the stage and in novels, are recruited
from the ranks of veteran rondaines,-
and in society we can daily witness the.
amazing successes of the ripe CO.
quette. Nine. la Comtesse de Martei,-
the witty novelist, better known under
the pen name of Gyp, is responsible for
this rather unexpected turn of affairs
in a great measure. The vogue of her
delightful novelties is undeniable, and
so is the influence created by them On
ali classes of society and, considering
that the exquisite type of Parisienne
which she SO cleverly describes in every
one of her books is invariably that of Il
woman between 80 and 40, one can.
hardly be surprised that we who have,
unfortunately, lost the first bloom of
youth should have found in her works
an incentive to maintain our suprem-
acy on the social battlefield. l may add
and this without an atom of sarcas-
tic intention-that Gyp is herself one
of these charming instances Of q,
'grande dame" who, although the
mother of grownup sons, is still, both
in appearance, in manner, and also III
thought and deed, thoroughly young
and "seduisante." Moreover, she is by
no means the only writer who adopts
as the principal character" Of her
books that of woman past 80. Henry
Greville, in "Un Vieux Menage," de-
picts admirably the extreme fascination
which can be exercised by woman Of
Sc, even after twenty years of the wear
and tear of married life. All this is
| very consoling to number of us, and I,
for one, do not see-perhaps for the very
| same motive as Gyp does-why it is alb
solutely necessary to be an ingenue in
order to be a pleasure to the eye and
mind of the world in general
Here in Paris the example Of the
emancipated English maiden and that
| Of the pretty Independent American
Miss has for some time past been
feebly followed by some of our young
girls, much to the Indignation of staid
old matrons, and greatly to the delight
of the masculine element; hence the i'm
portation into our midst of the bicycling
young lady, the tennis-playing young
lady, the amateur actress young lady,
and even the cricketlng young lady,
but either our "demoiselles" do not
know yet how to make the best of this
relaxation of the cast iron rules which
have held them bound for so many cen,
turtles past, or then it is because it takes:
more than few years to so completely
change the views and habits of whole
population, for the fact remains that
the "too modernized young lady" did
not take in France, and that even the
men soon became tired of this fin-de-
steele innovation. The healthful sports
remain for both young and old. but
the preference accorded to very youth
full unmarried women is, as I remarked
before, decidedly on the wane.-Paris
Letter in Vogue.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-19

rest yer eyes if We were blind. There's
nothing like it in this country, they
say
Have you been in this country
long,"
who? L? Can't you see I'm a
yankee?" with chuckle. But, faith,
I guess it's not hard to tell where !
came from. Comm the middle of ALL
gust I'll be here seven months, and
comm the first of the year, an the job
holds out, there'll be more of me here
than there is now"
More of you; how can that be-"
True for We, but, big as I am, the
biggest half Of me is at home, and
she's only wee bit of a woman at
that. But it's her heart that tells,
an it's as big as an OK. It's for her
that I'm here, although, God knows,
it's little I cared for me job at home
when I had it.
''There now, be aisy, please, till I
stop the car. I'll have no one hurt
if I can help it," He rang the bell, al
lowed the last passenger but the re-
porter to step off, rang to go ahead
again, and the conversation was con-
tinued.
What part of Ireland did you come
FROM"
"Ballinamuck, an me name is Muir
phy-Michael Murphy, by the grace of
Father Gilhooley an the holy water"
e"Were you not doing we'll at home?'
"Aye, in pounds, shillings an pence"
III ''Then why did you come here?"
"For the little woman"
"But you left her behind you?"
AYE, man, but how could help it?
Twas, meself that only knew was
comm when I came. Ye see, it was this
way: I was in the constabulary, an
with the evictions an what not was
always gettin' some poor devil in
trouble, for they'd fight an raise rue
tons, an as I was the biggest man Oh
the force I'd to take every one ia
prison.
1T was hard life, an me that ten
der-hearted that couldn't bear to be
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-19

numbering, good-natured Irish con-
ductor stepped to the ground, went for
ward, and taking a child in each arm
tenderly carried them to the sidewalk
and deposited them beside their moth
er.
Did she thank him? Not a word OF
thanks did she utter. 1t is doubtful
if she thought of doing such thing.
Some persons might have felt the want
of pOliteness, but not so that conducto +;
, for, with 'There, get along with We
now" to his motorman, he swung Aim
self under the hood at the rear of the
car and began humming Kathleen
Mavourneen' as the car sp I'd along
toward the end of the line.
His ''bit of brogue," hi 5 actions and
manner indicated very Clearly that he
had left Ireland but a short time ago
and yet he appeared to be thoroughly
familiar with his dties as conductor
The reporter begc4n to talk with the
mass OF Irish goc d nature Getting &C
%. luainted was ca .sy enough. A few words
, about the speed at which the car wa:
running and the danger it occasioned
and they We're as we'll acquainted al
though they had been through a cam
oaign together.
Its a fine bit of level country y,
have here, but it hasn't the green" tn
conductor said
"The green-what green?" he wa
asked.
why, man, the green of home-Ire
land-the emerald fields that woult
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-19
for time, an before 1 thought OF pay
III. the rent he SPOKE:

for time, an before thought OF pay
IN the rent he spoke:
"'Well,' says he, it'll be hard fndin'
another tenant for the old place, but ]
had to make an example of some one.
Maybe I could find We tenant
says I, If ye'd tell me the rent We ex-
pect,' thinkin' quick.
I "'Theres little land, an it's not
worth much, an tenants are scarce, so
if We can get me f5 year for it it will
do says he.
"'It might be long before We get
tenant says I. True says he. An If
I can get We one at once, would "a do?''
says I. ... ....s
"He thought for a moment, an then
says: Yes, if it's a good tenant Then
says L: I've friend that wants me to
get him place, an if yell rent it to me
for him, I'll take it at "a an hold it till
he come
CIVIL We be surety for the rent says
he Aye says I, make it in me name,
an before I left I had the old place
rented, an the papers signed an in me
pocket, an so he could not object I
paid him down the money I had in me
pocket before I left.
"I went back an found KITTY an the
old man sittin' on their traps, an ev-
eryone cursing me an the agent an
the lord that owned the place. It was
some time before I could make them
understand that had rented the place,
and when I drew the nails from the
door, an asked them to help me carry
the things in again, they let out a
shout that the agent could hear, an
with the things in they went.
when everything was in, went tt
Kitty, an says I: I carried We out tho
first thing, an now I'll carry We in thu
last thing, that scripture may be full
filled as Father Gilhooley used to say.
She was for gettin' away from me, bu
the women wouldn't let her, so I picked
her up in me arms, while they al
laughed and shouted, an as
passed over the sill again will
her I stopped me head tt
get in the door, an it was then I wills
pered, Can the fly come back for tn
crumb again. If he don't wait till tn
law sends him. says she, openin' he
great eyes, an as she looked at me
knew I'd have to get out of the con
stabulary, the precious burthen that sh
was.
II got letter last winter from Coz
Ryan, that's in New York, tellin' me al
about the strike on the cars in Brook
Ign, an I says, Mike Murphy, now
your chance. Go to America; We Cal
get work at once, an then We send TO
Kitty an the old man. I thought
over for a day, and then, says I, I
they won't accept me resignation, II
accept it meself.' So I called mesel
into executive session, presented tn
resignation, accepted it unanimously
an that night, bein' a free man, GU
for Dublin. From there I went t
Southampton, shipped as a stoker an
reached New York while the strike wa
\ on. I came over to Brooklyn, was pu
on car, an there, thank God, I've bee
ever since, and sendin' money to Kit
to pay the rent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-19
VI SHALL SEE HER PASS"

Once mere through the path that
strays
On the low fields tangled edge;
BY murmurous waterways,
BY poisoning thickct and hedge;
Once more with her filmy gown
Bending ,he soft, new grass,
Her radiant eyes cast down.
| soon shall see her pass!
For to-day in the sweet spring wood
The sllkcn-tasselcd wood
In the sunlit wake of Il shower
And fresh from the dewy mold.
l saw her own loved flower
The tender, frail wind-fo vel
Lifting beneath it's haad
A welcoming eye of gold.
And straight within my breast
A slunlherng gladness woke;
And the spell of deep unrest,
OF lingering sadness. broke;
For although nor love nor bliss
My heart hath found alas!
Yet fate doth yield me this;
/ shall once more see her pass!
.e Midland Monthly.