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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04

Hall No. 1 &: headquarters Is being pre-
nared for use as reading room, and will
Sc ready for use In the courseeefi . week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

few Thousand dollars to tide over the
next day. As ne sat thinking the matter
over in the cool air of his front yard n
man came strolling through the front
gate. II was his friend. of course he
asked the banker what made him look
SO pale, and the story came out little By
little. The next day the hank had IN
limited capital to back 1t and was soon
on u solid footing. II WAS AL through
that cigar smoked several years before.
SO the ex-drummer said. Now, my wife
would say that was no argument for
such a filthy habit, and that her husband
had never had any such fabulous expert
ence. That's the way with PEOPLE who
won't reason about these things. isn't
it," And the travelling man pss!lcd out
two fresh cigars from his pocket and
left one behind ~ he w,ni hurrie,iIy TO
settle up his bill in time 10 catch q
train.-Omaha Syorli-liara!l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

OF four, and felt better. At that time
Weber could hold mis- liquor splendidiy, and
nothing less than ten bottles could knock
him out at night.
After a long, Ieisnrely breakfast Weber
sent for his trap. and we went up the road,
stopping at Gal,e Cases and the Casino for
half a dozen or more drinks Of brandy
Then we came back. and went tn the races
/ went with $500 and came back broke.
Weber went with $1,000 and came back
about even.
we mad kept up the drinking process
at the track and were feeling at pretty
high tide when we came buck Tell you
what We'll do, said Weber Well drive
around and get the girls and take them to
dinner at the Palette We accordingly
drove to Twenty-third street for one lady
and to Fortieth street for another. and the
four Of us had dinner in the Palette We
sat down at half past and finished at
half past 3, in time for the ladies' to prepare
their stage make up.
I'm that time We had drunk half q dozen
bottles of champagne, and think Weber ;
bill was $50. We drove TO the stage door
OF tie theater and left the girls u face the
stage manager. Then we went out and
bought two beautiful baskets of Hcwers
ard tried tn send them in, but were scaled
Oil by the doorkeeper. We kept right on
drinking, however, ard by the time the
play was over we were pretty hilarious.
can tell you
I'VE met the girls and went around to
the fiat, but Weber was 81 noisy that |
had to leave. Next morning went around
TO the Nat and found that Weber had not
been to sleep at all! He was roaring
drunk and still noisy. He was i'm tine Iii n
ing room trying to teach the cook how to
manufacture an omeiet
Oh, lie down on the sofa and 90 To
sleep, Al, said one of the two WORKOUT
chorus girls.
The answer came in the shane of a
cake of soap that flew into the parior and
broke handsome mirror. 1t was follow
ed by another. Then came one of the
cooks shoes, hairbrush and u lemon
sqneezer More furniture followed, and
then Weber himself appeared on the scene.
III teach you folks to allow u gentleman
OF leisure to enjoy himself without sleep if
he sees fit, said nc. Let's all have anoti-
CT bottle Ish all ri Drank about 50 las
nj. Feel finer
And so we began to drink wine again.
This debauch, which began so Unceremoni-
ousiy- was continued by Weber fer three or
four days until the $50 was spent
This is only sample day OF Weber's
lie for the last ten years. After his di-
vorce from his first wife he had married
Irene Perry, but this was IL mere incident.
He made his new wifes life miserable 10y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

reason OF his cscapades, and she left him.
He did not care New flames were not
hard tn find 81 long rs he had money.
When all of his money was spent, the nat
ural consequences followed.
The fair Nina Harrington found other
friends, as did Miss Chrissie Carlisle later
on. Then Weber's knack of getting into
trouble began to increase During his ca
rcer as g pr0iligate lie has been examined
In supplementary proceedings, according
tn his own confession, al times His wealth
Is all squandered, and his fines on the oc-
casion Of his last two arrests have been
paid by friends.
And where will poor Albert Weber final
ly lara: In q private asylum if his friends
come forward and place him there. If not,
he Will go To the island. Here through
iron barred windows he may gaze across
the water al the great city, in the roar and
tnmult of which he has frittered away his
fortune, his mind and the best years of his
lie.
But WAC cares? Fill M tine glasses and
drink to u short life and u merry one
Other men are following Weber's path.
other men are waiting To step into his
shoes. Boys that are now in the kricker-
bockers of youth will emulate the insane
man oi Bellevue when their time comes
and eyes that now CLEAN beneath the soft
lace cap of bahyhood will smile upon them
and lure them ON.
30 the fools come and go, and SO the
world rolls on.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
samples.

Careful inquiry at the leading dry
goods stores i'll this city shows that but
few OF them give Samples indiscrimi.
nately nowadays. All Of them prefer To-
send samples by mail. The average Gus.
toner who asks for samples is requested
to leave her name and address and the
goods VIII be forwarded TO her. This il
especially the case II she wants VIVA: is
called line Of samples is.
pattern upon pattern of the same style
and species. livery big shop employs its
hfties OF persons whose duty il Is 10 NJ.
tend TO nothing save the cutting and
sending cf samples I've never sperd
less than $500 year in goods TO be
cut up for sample. - said the mail de-
partmeBt managJr az one firm. land
sometimes the SUIT D. much larger" IL
Is generally urdc:siood among dry rood,
houses iha: Ct, samples sent ara 20 be
returned OF ccuTsc t.-cssrnal;e.s .re NJ.
ways favored with samples, which thev
are not requested to return nor mas.
along to Their next door neighlor. Thev
are privileged because reu,uue-..ixe
class The new order Of Things IN the
sample line - dus to the cr.xv ouilt
lad, which cost many merchants a lo;
of money ana no end Of aunovanc.
New York Letter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
THAT WICKED HABIT
q DRUElMER'S VIEWS OF SMOKING
AND ONE Or t:iS STORIES.

He Can Tell All About a Man From the
Way He smokes n CiSar--i Tanker Who
Escaped Euin Because Of the Sociability
In the Smoking Habit.
You can tell IA good deal about a
man by the way he smokes cigar"
said travelling E;an in philosophical
mood at one Of the hotels the other day.
And 1t goes without saying that you
can also tell something of his disposition
by the brand he generally smokes. For
instance, you see him coming OF; from
the lining room after RECALLING the phys
zeal man with tie delicacies of first
class menu. He sits ON the cool side Of
the Building. draws long black cigar
from his pocket aud bites abou; half an
inch on from ore end, sets the other TO
blazing and is soon putting great clouds
OF smoke that ring and curl all around
him. If he pals At it furiously. al.
ways think he doesn't know how TO Gu
JOY q good cigar. he Will probably
smoke two cigaIs while an1thcr man is
enjoying one. II that event. IL is gener-
ally iElid weed that lie prefers. Al
any rate, it Is ~: indication of his rcr.-
oas temperament. Such man is never
happy unleio nc is in the midst Of cog
slant change. II" Is inpulsive and even
hot tempered. Il You want to sell him
any goods, it si:unll b. policy on ycur
pant not to cross Kim il you can avoid il.
Then thera il the other fellow who
methoslicaily takes his knife ont of lie
pocket while L. continues talking To MS
companion and .loW IL trims the end Il
his favorite brand. returns his knife ia
his pocket ais. sciti,S baci. in his char
for quiet su:cle. Putting the cicar
into his month, Lc generally c.;cws lie
end OF it Tor h.n- minutes before the
lighting operation is performed. And
when be pIiffs, Won would hardly li.ow
il. The delicate white ash hides the
fire, and tie thin line Of sI,lok,. is hard
lyvis:hic a. it curls lazily upward. Yet
he never has to rslight his cigar. Such
"a man is lntrospcc;ive, cool in an emrr-
gency, logical i'll his thinking and Just
the opposite III temper to the one | pre-
viously described. If any thing star
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

ting snouid tam Up, he would never aD-
pear surprised. Il he gets beat in a
game of high five, he never shows his
chagrin. And venture to say that if
his life purpose We're thw aI;ed-aui ne
has one-yery few people WcUld ever
know it. He would suffer like tine Spar
tan boy with the fox concealed under
his coat and Gnaving out his yi,ais.
Some woUlu sag this Is all bosh, but
fancy there is something in it," And
the man relapscd into silence again for
moment while he watched the blue
rings waited away by the cool breeze
that is SO graceful On u hot August CAV.
Speaking Of the wicked habit IF
smoking, he continued after a minute,
Il know man who conscientiously &C.
clares that it Is Ict so. he says iha; il
he didn't know how TO enjoy & good
cigar lie would have been "a poor man
today. That sounds little strange,
doesn't il: Well. this is how il hap
pened, as the story teller says. He WAS
seated in front of the Southern hotel.
St. Louis, one day. He was travelling
man and had lit his after dinner cigar.
A gruff locking gentleman YVES seated
next 10 INN. Ee was smoking too. They
sat there III silence for several minutes,
perhaps a half hour Finally the drum
mer was aroused from his reflections by
hearing an expire ssiun from his neigh
boris lips which Noah Webster never
invented. He was going Though his
packets for u match Tho drummer 10
litely rendered him clie from hisLcat
little matchbox and handed him u
cigar, too, adding that he had better
take fresh one. From that they fell
to talking, first about cigars. The gruT
gent warmed up AT once and wanted t.
know where the drummer got such q
choice cigar. 1t happened to be first
class brand which the latter had picked
mp in the south. From that the two fell
into quite a pleasant conversation. The
drummer left town that evening. But
they met by chance several times after
that, and gradually q warm friendship
sprang up between them
Years afterward the travelling man
was engaged in the banking business.
Of course the only way a drummer ever
becomes banker is by the timely death
OF rich relative. Well, he still retained
the friendship Of his st. Louis acquaint.
ance AMI often heard from him by let
ter. The drummer was prosperous until
his bank. like many Others In 1893. was
drained with q terrific run. 1t seemed
- though be must fail unless he had n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
Farsecing Scotchvomnn.

1t would probably take many genera.
tons or CndcsiTcd and undesirable sd
versi'y to train Americans into the far.
seeing thriftincss of the Scotch An II.
instratlon OF this thrift is contained in
the story of Scotchwoman who had
been promised present of a new hon.
net by lady. Before she made the
purchase. the lady called and asked the
good woman:
"Wouid you rather have a felt or n
straw bonnet, Mrs. Wilson,
'"eel, y said Mrs Wilson, Il think
III tax "a strae ane. It'll maybe be a
mouthfu TO the COO when I'm done WI
it!'-Youth's Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
Hoods
Sarsaparilla
Hoods Pills s-., % s s' a@.' e s'A'
CAST HIS LOT WITT. BLACKS.
White Nan Wac Wa fsro-Ehs IL
ftss.uf. SLAVE.


TAX. the ease - Esv. 81. !. White.
the "diiuE q Baptist weekly l,nilislifa
at Augusta. "a. white j. n man ai in.
,ollig nee a;.a integrity. end his &C.
coaEt Il has early life has never been
disputed.
Briefly this Is tie story: 4 few yrars
before TN MAR q dark faced boy made
has APPEARANCE ga large Goorgia plan.
ia;iun. lie VAS suIpos.d Ia BE- a ssElat.
b. and when ;hc planter died the
yuuDEsier was sold with the estate.
After the war this alleged mula;io
picked up an education ami invest gated
his arr stiy. lie was not i,inch suF.
pris,d io learn That d. s..i, not have a
particle al negro blood in hts inns. Hts
mother was an Indian AMI his father
was a whit. man.
White WAS not long in deciding 60
cast has lot with ,iir blacks he had al.
WAYS be,,4l classs-,l - III, theta. IL Iaas..rl
90 a. IL. viii ct ;h. Almighty that De-
should share the burdens Of IA. nrp,o
race. and h. made ~ has mind 60 stick
to has old companions.
He pfospcfed aud became a leader
amone the people. tie bas the r,-s,sxt
and confidence e bc;i races. ia, De- has
mover attempted to rise ai,Ys. what he
believes 10 L. his diviBrly ordained
sphere. IL Is easy 60 sc at a glance that
this ran n not "a inulaiio "a a quad.
room. fer his niXod Indian and eau.
rasian blusI cannot be- mistaken .bui be-
has ~ desire Ia cut ioose grosa iie *.
slaves = ilh WHOM hc has spent il.
bet years ~ his ille.
Many al TIE whit. ministers at has
denomination know ibo peculiar faris
Of his Css-. aud they iscat him with
great consideration. OVERWHELMINGLY
he leads bis lifc o! q, II sacrifice. and has
only object seems Ia a. The a,i arrcin,nt
Of his adopted r.4cg. lie mAiTird a mu-
latto and submits Co al The laws and
social distinctions which frpara;e the
two fargs in the .uuth.
Few ncn similarly si'taici would
have followed Whites example. A. a
rule. pcrpl. e Indian ard " bise parent
age claim To- b. iiic social equals At The
whites. and II they have a Pucabontas
strain in their blood they are proud of
it, Chicago Times Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
BIG CALIFORNIA FORTUNES.
BALI Of Those Who Inherited Them Are
Pennlic>.-


PennIicss-
California has long had 9 reputation
rs the home OF the Bonanza king. ana n
recently issued dcc1ment, based On the
records Of the San Francisco PROBATE
court, tells an interesting story Of tine
contests and sntanelemeufs which have
massed ahcnt the last testament Of many
famous milliunaircs and the final dispo.
sition Of the vast sums they left behind
them. The document gives ;hc history
az 53 wills, di=p.sinr of sis5. 00O. 600
About 200 heirs divided THAI vast sum.
ard today nearly half of that number
are renn;less scain. and only a Few
have succeeded IN adding To their in
heritauce.
Tie average number q. persons pro-
viGcd for III each will was ten, though
ia . number IT instances. lie mos. not
able IF which was ;hc case Il Florence
Blythe. the entire estates passed into
the hands OF single heirs. The compar-
a;iv.iy small estate Of Kate johnson,
which, was appraised at $3.50, 600.
reached rio-c heirs than AIRY other. tho
number on the lies being -. while the
"a. 600. 600 az Thomas Blythe wen; 20
the one child. Florcace. after n celebra:.
ed trial. The estate az Maria Coleman
was valued at 81. .j1 .OC0, and it went
equally to three heirs. Charles Crock
er's s22, 0O0 rearhcd six persons.
while Mary Ann CTocker's S1I, $50, s57
went share and share alike TO four Of
the six who got Charles CTocker's larger
fortune.
Peter Donahue's So. eos, 3I2 went in
equal parts TO three heirs. Mrs Theresa
Fairs u, 693, ESQ went TO three persons
Charles l.. Fair. Iiss Virginia Fair
and Mrs. Herman Oclrichs-while VIII
liam Il. Fuller distributed his $I,11i,-
262 To- seven persons Of his name.
Emanuel Goldstein's $1,000, 600 went
to six heirs. George Hearst's IS, 1Ss, IL.
went IN equal parts TO his wife and son.
while Walter 5. Hobart's S5.253, 500
went in thirds to his three children
Walter Hobart. Miss Ella Hobart and
Mrs. Winthrop Leste-. Mary Hopkins
$50. 6s4, s62 went to two persons. Rob-
eIt q. Johnson's Sl,9l0. $50 went to IL
persons in almost equal portions.
There are few exceptions to the
general course Of estates, as in the case
OF Lick and Stanford. The So, 900, 600
OF the Lick estate went chiefly to one
heir and to number of trusts Of a pub
lie nature created before James Lick's
death. Charles Mclaughlin left his
W, 4'6, 600 tn his widow. while Alexan-
der Montgomery 81, $50, SO went TO
three heirs. Daniel Il. ,Murphy's ss.-
Oil, GO went to six heirs. William 5.
O'Brien's 50, sos, $50 reached eight per-
sons. James Phelan left an even mill
hon, which reached four persons in
shares and a number Il small requests.
A. j. Pore's 81 1850, 600 reached four
heirs. Washington Ryer left 81. 2s6, 3es
to 10 persons. Leland Staufo-d's $I..-
osS,3i9 went 70 four persons and the
trust for tine university.-Denver Field
and Farm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
Merit
vaiac % NS
u ~ NO

Merit In medicine mean. The power 10
cure. Hoods sar-spariila possesses actual
and unequalled curative power and ihcso-
fore IL Ia. true merit. When yor has
Hoods sarsapariiis. and take IL according
TO directions, to purity your blood. or
cure any OF the many blood disease. you
are morally certain 20 receive hencfii.
The power TO cure g. there. Voc are NC;
trying an experiment !; will make your
blood pure. rich and nourishing. aud thus
drive out the germs of disessc, sircngthen
the nerves and build up the " holes system.
Severe Case % Dyspepsia
81 suffered from dyHpcpssa - years. .
had iceiing as though there ~ss lump
In my stomach. ! did no; dare &C. cat
meat or warm bread. very ten v.rctal,l.s.
for feaE Of the rrest dis;rcn. food caused
me. experienced relief right after COM
nencing to take Hoods sarsapsrilia. Ny
appetite increased. ! gained in general
health and strength. lean cat alfnos; any
thing nov without discomfort. Although
] had been an invalid for twenty YEAR,. .
can iruihfgliy say that am better than
for long time. fnevcr weighed so much
In my lii..' Mrs. EMILY p. Brnr. Is
Portland street, Miealsboro. Mas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
Gave Him Axr-x

sophy twho had accepted Mr.. Charles
fleetwood the night before,-Does Mr.
Fleetwood strike you as being a seusi.
tive man, Pauline.
Pauline twbo doesn't know Of the en-.
gaeemert)-Gracious. no. A man vino
has been rejected by IL girls within six
months and gets fas on il cauuo, be-
sensitive. Why. sophie. what's the
matter:-Strand Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

Glow the wind bowls tonight said
the melancholy l-oard.r.
II shouldn't wonder IL IL had the
tooihache. suggested Mr.. Asbury Pep.
pcrs.
"Too;harhcy''
"Yos. Have you never heard of the
teeth # the galog'-Cincinnaii I'm.
quircr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

The children Of the blacklist Africans
are born whitish. In a month they -tc.
come pale yellow, in a year brown. a,
4 dirty black, at or 2 glossy black.
The change is in the mucous membrane
below the cuticle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
An Old Hand.

Bob-How much is it customary to
give the minister when he marries ycu:
Ben-Oh, / generally give him $40.
-Yonkers Statesman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
ssassefoas ssssufss

From q letter written by Rev. j.
Gunderman. Of Dimondale. Mich. We
are permitted 10 make this extract:
Il have no hesitation in recommend
ing DIR. Kings New Discovery. rs the
results are almost marvellous ia the
case Of my vile. While I was pastor
Of the Baptist church n, Rivcs juno
tion she was brought down with
pneumonia succeeding In grippe.
Terrible paroxysms q coughing
would last hours with lit:le Interrupt
ton. and IL seemed As IL she could
not survive them. A friend recon-
mended DIR. Kings New Discovery;
it was quick in its work and highly
satisfactory In results" Trial bot
ties free at Hariz & Ullemeyer's drug
store. Regular size SOC and 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

The great fire Of New York took nIace
IN 1885. The value Of property DESTROY.
ed on this occasion was tI5. 600. 600
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

"What is the basis Of friendship be-
tween Mrs. Dash and Mrs. Rash:''
Each thinks the other is 50 flighty."
Chicago Record
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

Tobacco was first grown fos export in
this country In 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
THE SOUBRETTE Habit
Its Fatal Effect on Weak Minds
and Plethoric Pocketbooks.
THE PASSING OF A PROFLIGATE.
How Albert Weber Squandered the Mil
lions Inherited From His Father on
Wine and tyomen-Now He Is Penniless
and HOpeiessly Insane.

In the insane pavilion at Bellevue hos
pital In New York there sits, with bowed
head and disheyeled hair, a young man
who for Ii years has Travelled the pace that
Kills. His name is Albert Weber, erst-
while millionaire and high rolling man
about town.
He has paid the penalty for years Of dis
sipation. Not the dissipation of drunken
ness alone but that Of turning night into
day. Not the penalty of Il weak constitu-
ton, but that OF "A weak mind-the pen
atty of butterfly that flut'ers its summer
out needless of the coming frost.
And how the long, ghostly corridors of
time are filled with the faces of these but
terfy men, who fiutter and flourish and
diet Do you know that the average career
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
workinr wemsa's Home Associates.
q S. Peoria ST.. Chicago. Ill.

q S. Peoria ST.. Chicago. Ill,
Jan. II. 1896.
Our Working woman's Home a.
socistion used Foley's Honey and
Tar six years ago. and are using is
today. Ii has always been . favor
tie. for while its taste Il not at ell
unpleasant its effects are very bene-
fetal. II has never yet disappointed
us Wishing you sll possible sue
cess. sincerely yours.
LArEA g. ffxox. Bus. Mgr.
Sold BY N. ?. Bshosen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-11
THE SALT LAKE HERALD SUNDAY OCTOBER II. 1895

bolero is plated to form an effect of
jabots, and the top of the sleeve is
loose from the close part, and is slashed
and plated, and falls in the same way
and all the bolero is stitched round an
inch from the edge, so that it ap-
pears hemmed.
Another is made of blue and green
plaid silk. The blouse, but not the
sleeves, is covered with white chiffon,
and over the blouse is a sleeveless bo-
lero of blue velvet. The bolero is lined
and corded with green and has appli-
QueS on the corners of gilt passamen-
terie sewn with mock eneraldS. Mar
row blue velvet knouted in front, with
buckle of gold and emeralds. These
seweled passementeries are not neces-
sary to the dress, but they are con-
siderably worn, and it may be we'll to
say that they are not at all out of the
reach of the modest purse. In Paris
at least they are so cheap as to tempt
to abuse. They are in taste only in
the evening and should then be used
with discretion.
A princess gown of white cloth has a
yoke and sleeves of brown velvet. 1t is
bordered with cable round the foot,
round the yoke and the top of the neck
band. and two straps of sable run over
each shoulder.