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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16
Practicai Observation of the situation.

".Honest Money, Personal Liber-
ty.' With this motto inscribed on
its gonfalon, and its banner held
aloft by q standard-bearer who is n
northern man and a foe Of debascd
currency besides. the democratic
party can be led to certain victory
in 90" the prophetic declaration
of Postmaster Washington Hesing. OF
Chicago, Sunday night. on his return
from pleasant sojourn recently
made by Mr.. Hesing and his wife at
Mass. MIR. Hcsing WIS caught in the
cvolutions of the Christian Endeavor
army at Boston, and AYERS that he
never saw as many women wedged
into streets before. An occasional
man observable among the crush
only made the numerical preponder-
ance of the women all the more ap.
palling.
lin regard to business" said Mr..
Hesing, II found in the east Won
derfuliy promising outlook. Manu-
facturcrs of wooden and cotton goods
of boots and shoes, all through the
industrial districts in Connecticut
and Massachusetts,. many of whom
have been personal acquaintance for
years. told me they were running full
time with orders ahead. Factory
hands are all employed and all are
getting good wages. Many bankers
told me that there was m active de.
mand for money, and it was all going
into legitimate business. For 20
years I have been spendiug part OF
my summers in the New England
states. and this is the first time
have failed to see single mill or fac
tory Idle. The panic and its hard
ships are only "reminiscences now in
the east. Everyone there expect:
the fall business will be unprece.
dentcd. Silver men are odditie.
there. Fasteners can't under. tant
the silver craze. The only advocate.
of the white metal saw among then
are republicans. Manufacturers &c
clared to me that il the next repub
lican platform is anyway ambiguou,
on the currency question, and il the
democrats will declare for sounc
money with an honest money advo
cate from the north as their candi
date FOR president. they will vote thu
democratic ticket to a man.
Roosevelt, with his blue law re
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16
AlpHoNsE pAuosr.
A Slow Writer. and He IL Never Satisfied
With His Work.

a SLOW ~ EfSer, and He Is Never Satisfied
With His Work.
AlphOnse Dandet thus describes his
method OF writing a book: Il write
slowly, vcry slowly, and revise and re-
wise. i am never satisfied with my work
My novels I always write myself. new
er could dictate novel. As to my plays,
l used formerly to dictate them. had
q certain talent in my legs, just as Ma
poleon had 4 certain genius in the legs
Of his soldiers. My books go through
many processes. To begin with. fill my
notebooks. Each note rs it is used is
scratched out in blue CT red pencil
From these written Notes and the tablets
Of my memOry-'the deltoi of my mem
o-y'-I write out in copybooks the first
copy of my novel
Il write this first copy on alternate
pages Of my copybooks, and leave the
opposite sheet blank. When the book is
finished in its rough state, rewrite it
page by page on the blank sheets The
page Oh the right is the amended copy
of the page on the left. Then my wife
looks at this second copy and suggests
to me what improvements might be
made. note these down.
Then Irewrite the whole book again
with the joy Of a schoolboy vino feels
that wcarisomc task is ended So that,
apart from my notes, l write each man.
uscript three times over, and if could
do SO 1 would write it as many times
more, for, rs l have said, am never
satisfied with my work. But 1 am very
irregular in my way of working. Some
times 1 work IS hours n day, and day
by day. "-Rockland (Me. Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16

ALI the employees OF the Mahoning
Valley Iron company. whose wages
are not governed by the amalga-
gated scale, have been notified that
commencing at once their wages will
be increas ed 10 per cent. The ad-
vance was voluntary. and employees
numbering nearly 1900 were taken
by surprise. The increase is due to
the prosperous condition of the iron
trade. and it is understood other in
dustrial plants will fall in line.
Poor Mckinley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16
city Factories,

Chicago's manufactured products
are valued ut 5000, 100000.
Cincinnati makes every year over
$50, O0O,0 900 worth Of goods.
Philadelphia manufactures every
year 1926, 900, 900 worth of material.
The manufactures of Brooklyn are
annually valued at 1928. 100000.
st. Louis annually makes up and
sells S225.O0O.OO0 worth of goods.
The manufactures Of Baltimore arc
valued annually ut nearly sl50.OOO.'
COO
The value of the manufactured
products of New York exceeds $3.50,
O)0. 900.
San Francisco manufactures each
year about Sl50,00o,O00 worth OF
goods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16
An Odd Wager.

A queer wager is the one popularity
believed to have been won by Sir Wal
ter Raleigh from Queen Elizabeth. on
the debatable question Of how much
smoke is contained i'll pound Of to-
bacco. A pound Of the article was
weighed, burned and then weighed in
ashes. and the question was held to be
satisfactorily settled by determining the
weight of the smoke as exactly that Of
the tobacco before being burned, minus
the ashes. The fact of the ashes having
received an additional weight by COM
bination with the oxygen of the atmos-
phere was unthought Of By Elizabeth
aud the knight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16

THE Fall River mills, which re-
Gently advanced the wages of all
their operatives. paid dividends dur
ing the past three months amount
ing to $4,000 on 4 capital stock Of
So, 10000. This is at the rate Of
$l.JO0.0o per annum. So large a
sum Of money paid to stockholders
right on top OF. an advance Of wages
Is further and solid evidence for the
Wilson tariff. Another blast for Nc
kiplev
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16

The patent egg business has met q
setback in Ohio. The state author.
tiles lately seized lot Of such
eggs" sent from New York to a
dealer in Cincinnati. The state
chemist says the albumen in the
desiccated egg is obtained from the
eggs Of iish-eating seabirds, which
can be secured by the million on the
low, uninhabitable islands along the
Atlantic coast. They are not fit fOr
food, and the albumcn alone is taken
from the dessicated eggs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16
Piles! Piles: Piles!

DR.. williams Indian Pile Ointment will c. re
blind bleeding, liberated AMI itching plies. II
absorbs the tnmors. ali,ys the itching at once
acts as pou,tice. gives in tan. relief. Or. vii
Hams Indian Pile ONT eat il prepared only fol
piles and itching OF the private part. and noih,r
else. Every box il guaranteed. Sold by cru..
Gists, cent by mail, fer 50 cent AMI 81 per box
Williams Mani featuring company. Proprieto-s
Cleveland. Ohio. Sold by T. ii. Thomas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16
n Household Treasure.

ID. W. Fuller, Of Canajoharie, N.
Y, says that he always keeps DR..
Kings New Discovery in the house,
and his family has always found the
very best results follow its use: that
he would not be without it, if pro-
durable. g. A. Dykeman, druggist.
Catskill, n. Y. says that DR.. Kings
New Discovery is undoubtedly the
best cough remedy; that he has used
it in his family for eight years. and
it has never failed to do all that is
claimed for il. Why not try a rene
dy so long tried and tested? Trial
bottles free ut Hartz Il Ullemeyer's
drug store. Regular size SOC and 81.
DID YOU EVER
try Electric Bi,tcrs as remedy for
your troubles? IL not, get n bottle
now and get relief. This medicine
has been found to be particularly
adapted TO the relief aud cure of all
Female Complaints, cxerting a won
derful direct influence in giving
strength and tone to the organs. II
you have loss of appetite. constipa-
ton, headache. fcinting spells or are
nervous. sleeplcss. excitable. mclan-
choly or troubled with dizzy spells.
Electric Bitters is the medicine you
need. Health and strength are guar
antecd by its use, Large bottles
only so cents at Hartz & Ullemeyer's
drug store
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALvE.
The best salve in the world for
cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt
rheum, fever sores. tettcr, chapped
hands, chilblains, corns and all skin
eruptions. and positively cures
piles or no pay required. 1t is guar.
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, OF
money refunded. Price IS cents per
box. For sale by Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16
UncohSenial.

A washerwoman applied for help to q
gentleman, who gave her a note to the
manager Of certain club. 1t read as
follows: "Dear Mr.. X.-This woman
wants washing" Very shortly the an
swer came back: Dear SRI dare say
she docs, but don't fancy the job. -
LOndOu Tit-Bits
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16
BUCKLEN's ARNICA sALvE.
Rheumatism Cured In . Day.

mystic Cure" for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in one to
three days. Its action upon the sys-
tenn is remarkable and mysterious.
1t removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits-75 cents.
Sold by Otto Grotian. druggist. Rock
Island. and g. Schlegel s. Son.. 22O
W. Second street. Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16

BIG conventions appear to be the
order Of the day. At the recent
Chattanooga EpwOrth convention.
10000 young people; at Denver.
1900 teachers; in Boston, $4,000
representatives Of the Young Peoples
Christian EndeavOr societies. and
other similar grand musters yet to
be heard from.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16
Regulated.
ssGoI''

The form of the young and beautiful
girl was drawn up to its full height, and
quiverins with rage she pointed to the
door. lyon told me it would be-
With commanding gesture she hand
ed him back the ring he had Just ten
dered her
lat least three carats. Detroit
Free Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16
She Ruined Her Health at school

Sad. but needless. With proper
care and the use of Zoa Phora al
needed periods, her splendid intcllec,
might now be supported by pc, feet
physical powers and graces. Sold
by L. II. Thomas and Marshall 4
Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16

Wh1n ste ,as Child, she cried for CassriA.
Wien she became Mis-, she chung to CashxlA.
VIA. .hs bad Children, she eave them Cassusaa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-16

MARK TWAIN may be short on
cash assets. but the genial humorist
still has plenty Of brains.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-19
Does It Mean Chicago?

Considerable stress Is laid. and no
doubt ~deservedly, upon the tact that
Joseph H Manley, ex-Chairman of the
Republican National committee, has
written to a friend in Chicago asking
him to engage thirty rooms for the
Reed headquarters at the Republican
National convention. The inference. Of
course, is that Chicago will be h sue
cessful bidder for the convention, and
this looks very probable. The disas-
trous experiences of the last convention
argue heavily against the selection Of
an untried site; and while Pittsburg
might prove equal to the emergency Of
entertaining a convention in proper
style, Chicago is sure to. Another fact
in Chicago's manifest favor is that Chi
cago is on neutral ground. Pittsburg
would be a Mckinley city; but the pre-
ference Of Chicago is this time unim-
portant. and it is reasonable to suppose
that each Of the various candidates
would have q fair following.
After all, Chicago is the great con-
vention city; and its selection would be
sure to give general satisfaction.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-19
man infrmit;es embalmed in the codes Of

II
As BELTS the Lsvite. the pulpit Is more
definite IN charges. more specific In enum-
Grating. the sins of the century than the
discursive essayists. As n matter of fact.
the first signal of the controversy came
from the rector of Trinity church, New
American women of depravity and Ameri-
can men OF inlidelity, not only in breaking
the commandments, but accepting false
OF duty in business and pub
lie life. The tale, at its utmost Is told in
Buckles History of Civilization" 1t Is
found in ample terms in the earliest litera-
lures known to scholarship: Deuteronomy
and Ecclesiastes pretigure 1t In the juris-
prudence of the Mosaic dispensat.on. A
comparison of all races in ail epochs will
show that the people at the close Of this
century are no more degenerate than the
people of any century since the race be-
gan.
There may be more sin now, since there
are more people 10 SIM; there Ia be moro
refinement of vice, with more conspicuous
results-because, in this age. there is no
such thing as privacy. What men do row.
all men know. In other days mystery en-
wrapped. the individual, shrouded high
rank and took no concern of the obscure.
Hence 1t is easy to saddle this century
with depravities hitherto buried in the re-
cesses of secrecy. Actual experience with
our fellow-men reveals a higher ideal of
social. marital, civic duty than the world
ever dreamed in days that may be sup
posed unregenerate. Contrast the turpi-
tude Of society, the murderous rapine of
rank and caste. the lawlessness of the
powerful in ether ages as compared with
the orderly processes Of justice main
tanned in any civil state. /. is possible
that the church function may have lost
some of the aUsterity which formerly dis
tinguished the devotee from the Laodice-
an. ~,
But as for lessenins its manifestations,
faith by no means NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ly the faith that impels men to believe
we'll of each other. The obvious fact thai
stands out in all the coil and swelter of
confusion, in which our mortal doinss and
arr wrapped, is the need the
social organi IA, finds in keeping faith with
itself. Never were men more Gocile to the
teachings of right for rights sake. never
more amenable to the uman instincts
that uphold the social compact. Never
were the christianized races more sus-
ceptiDle to the generous sympathies, the
kindly emotions hat constitute the eternal
basis of race solidarity. To the clear see
and right doing the world is not worse;
but very much better than the records
it ever to have been.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-19

farther and our command would be
respected. Again, In a case such as the
recent Venezuela dispute, we could say
with dignity hat in ACCORD with the
doctrines contained in the constitution
of the states such things should be SO
and SO, and there would be a submis-
sion to our wishes, without question in
stead of the weak. vacillating policy
which now compels US to submit to the
negotiations and Investigations OF an
other power. instituted possibly in the
hope of securing some advantage"
1t is something unusual for a general
in the army to be SO generous In recog-
milton of naval needs; but in General
Schofield's talk there is an abundance
of sound sense. Republican statesman
ship, in the near future, will have not
only to repair the revenues and pay off
the Democratic debts, but also to con-
tinue the upbuildlng of the navy mi
begin the fertilization of our coasts,
with the ultimate object in view of
making his country the foremost ma
ton on the earth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-19
New Trials IN Criminal Cases.

St. Louis Globe Democrat: "There is a
growing feeling that society would be
benefited. and the cause of justice pro-
noted, If motions for new trials in crimi-
nal cases Were entirely prohibited. 1t Is
a notorious fact that in ninety-nine in
stances out Of a hundred such motions are
made upon frivolous grounds and for the
purpose of preventing the enforcement Of
the laws. There is no reason to believe
that errors justifying new trials are COM
mitted except at rare intervals; but in
every case of conviction q motion
for a new trial Is Immediately entered,
and 1t must be acknowledged that the
courts are far too willing to grant them,
as a matter Of habit rather han because
there are good reasons for such action.
The theory Of the jury system is that the
verdict of twelve honest and disinterested
men, after a full hearing of the evidence
and arguments on both sides, is as apt to
be right as can be expected: and this
theory is antagonized and practically re-
pudiated every time a new trial is grant,
ed. 1t is conceivable, of course, that there
are cases now and then in which gross
errors entitle the accused parties to new
trials; but the exceptions are very few to
the rule that jury verdicts are correct and
ought to stand"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-19
Our Defenceless Coasts.

Like most military men, General
Schoield is an enthusiastic champion
If coast defences. He realizes in the
first place that billions of dollars worth
Of property is today exposed to the fire
Of a foreign fleet should war bring one
to our shores: and that the work of
f%ortifying this property is SO slow and
laborious that it cannot safely be de-
ferred until the necessity itself arises.
Asked the other day how much it
would cost to put the coasts of u
country in the proper shape he re-
piled: mo more than is s%quandered
every year on rivers and harbors.
Enough money Is wasted every year or
these congressional grabs and jobs to
maintain . complete system Of de-
lenses throughout the country"
The general. in the interview from
which we Quote--it appeared in Sum
days Cleveland world-dismisses the
fears Of those who. have dreaded the
appearance OF a hostile fleet in the
great lakes by saying that the govern
ment at Washington has already pro-
vided a secret system of lake port de-
lenses which he believes will be ade-
quate to any probable emergency. But
he does believe in a larger and better
navy, although not a navy as large as
England's. Unlike England, we need
v fearinvasion because the moment
a hostile force landed on our shores wef
could surround it with O million men
and virtually annihilate the army.
There is also a plea about England
needing her great navy to protect her
scattered possessions, but I doubt very
much II, in the event Of trouble, she
would try to hold them, q least by
force Of arms: she might have other
means Of retaining possession. Were
the United States in the possession Of
such q navy as 1 think she ought to
have. however, England would be very
loath to have trouble with us, for fear
Of Injury to her merchant marine. Our
armored cruisers, commerce destroy
ers,' call them. are capable Of fearful
havoc and would. I believe. prove very
effective.
Then there 10 another benefit, and
one which a never be conferred until
we have an adequate coast defense and
navy, ana that IL the impartins Of pow
er and dignity to our diplomatic rela-
lions with other nations. We would
then b in . position to ~ 70 any for
eien goverument Thus tar ana no
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-19
The Ferment of the Times.

The appearance of Thomas Hardy's
newest novel in book form under the
title Jude the Obscure"-which. in
modified form. ran as a serial in Har-
per's under the title Hearts Insurgent'
adds another to the list Of great men
who, apparently turned awry by fin de
steele influences, have recently
%espoused. in theory at least, the doc
trine of free love and of the superiority
and unimportance of marriage. Mr..
Hardy is perhaps the greatest living
writer of sustained English fiction, if
we except Hall Game; and it has more
than a passing significance that in the
period of his intellectual maturity he
should employ his striking talents in an
attempt to bring the institution of mar
riage into contempt. His story was
bad enough in it's expurgated magazine
form; in the bold unrcserve of its pres
ent shape 1t is little less than a literary
iniquity.
The adage used to nave it that a lit
tie learning was a dangerous thing. The
peril of today appears rather to be in
an o%verplus of culture which has sent
mems minds to seed and left their
morals starved and stunted. With our
new women militantly seeking release
from chains" which our grandmothers
wore without a suspicion of heir "slav-
cry" and our advanced men Joining in
a degenerate h%ullabaloo aginst the bull
warks Of established society it may
we'll be a question whether ignorance
be not bliss and patient obscurity a
benediction and a joy. Mr.. Hardy's
men and women may play hide and seek
among the Ten Commandments as
much as they please-in books; but
the experience of several centuries
seems to be strongly aginst the suppo-
sition that this can be done in real life
without mourning the traditional penal
ties. The wages of sin is still death,
Notwithstanding the desperately pre-
contradictory claims put in
evidence these cnd-of-the-century days
by the vague and various ap%ropogand-
lists of revolution.
After all, there is one %consoling refiec-
ton. Fin-de-sieclism a hundred years
ago deluged Europe with human blood.
This century it has done as yet little
worse than to deluge America with lit
erary rot. :
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-19
An Admirable Record.

Accompanying a s~even-column sketch
by Colonel Henry Hall. Of the Indiana
ex-president, the Pittsburg Times prints
this suggestive editorial paragraph:
"Ex-President Harrison is no longer
merely the grandson of the old general.
He is recognized as n of the ablest
men that ever sat in the presidential
chair. The t~opsy-turvey condition or
public affairs and the ruinous state OF
business under the present administra-
ton contrasts sharply with the pros
perity that characterized the four years
of Harrison, and help materially to
make conspicuous the wise and careful
course that the predecessor of MI.
Cleveland pursued. A comparison of
the four years of Harrison and the two
years of Cleveland is about all that need
be said at any time in behalf of Gen.
Harrison. If the Republican conven-
ton of next summer shall pick Benja-
mir Harrison as the nominee, the cOun-
try as we'll as the party will accept the
result with satisfaction, for the period
during which he directed the destinies
of the Nation was four Of h brightest
years in it's history"
It is, Of course, uncertain whether
General Harrison shall be thus favored
next year. If he were not so cold, dis
tant and suspicious in his attitude to-
ward the public it is our guess that he
would Se renominated with something
like a rush. This attitude of his is per-
haps the result of a high sense of honor
striving to preserve itself from politi-
cal contamination; but in a vOte-get-
ting sense it is unfortunate, and is the
one characteristic in his composition
which keeps many men from proffering
to him their enthusiastic support. With
this one personal defect overlooked,
General Harrison certainly stands be-
fore the thinking men of the country in
as fair a light as does any other living
statesman. What the Times says of
him is literally and completely true, and
the bitterest opponent Of Harrison's re-
nomination is forced to concede as
much. Whatever the future may hold
for him, General Harrison's past at least
is secure. His administration will be
remembered in history as the cleanest
one in a stirring and eventful quarter |
of a century.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-19
THE SINS OF THE CENTURY.

Philadelphia Bulletin: Nordau's rather
empirical diagnosis Of the tendencies Of
reviews for q year, the pulpit is now adj
dressing itself to the so-calfed degeneracy
Of the races. The clergy. like the re-
viewers, accept the superficial synopsis
of tendencies Nordau sets forth as Q con.
elusive proof that the world. Is going TO
the bad: hat vice, first an incident, spo-
radio in its manifestation and abnormal In
IT. phenomena-is now an lrremsdiable
today. through hersdlty. the sum Of iii
the perveru1onG 6n0oad Il. 1.-The ritual .ofchu,