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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02

Pittsbug. Dec. 2.-All the factories
under the control Of the Pittsburg
Plate Glass company resumed opera
tions in full today after long idle
ness. Indications are for q compar-
atively steady run. Each factory
employs 100 hands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02
Iowa Sheriff KILLED.

Lamars, Iowa, Dec. Nv. E
Heron. sheriff of Plymouth county.
was found beside the track between
Merrill and Lamars this morning.
Marks in the snow showed that he
fell or was knocked from a train.
The body was cut and bruised in
sliding on the ground, and frozen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02
Why Lytlc Committed Suicide.

Chicago, Dec. Edgar Lytle's mo-
tive for suicide was explained when L.
V. Abbott. of 61c6 Butler street. who
represents Tower. Dawson & Co. type
writer manufacturers Of New York city.
told the police he had received word
from the firm to cause Lytle's arrest on
a charge of embezzlement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02

DIR. J. c. Bishop. Of Agnew, Mich,
says: 81 have used Fo,ey's Honey
and Tar in three very severe cases OF
pneumonia the past month, with
good results" Sold BY N. F. Balm
sen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02
VARIOUS NEWS OF FTHE DAY.

Prominent Politician Insane-Tragedy at
st. Louis, Etc.
Guthrie, Ok, Dec. 2-Jucge W.
L. Cundiff, one of the most promi-
nent lawyers Of the territory, crazed
over politics. has been sent to an
insane asylum. He is a personal
friend of w. j. Bryan. and nomi-
mated the latter for congress the first
time. and stumped Nebraska for him
in the late campaign. His condition
is dangerous.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02

London, Dec. 2.-One Of the principal
causes Of complaint among the Uitlandcrs
against the Transvaal government has
been removed by the action of TIE latter
in decreeing the establishments of st tie
schools in which the language to be
taught Is English.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02
Faralyzed While Arguing in Court.

Topeka, Dec. 2.-Thomas Pfenton, a
well-known lawyer of Leavenworth, Ka1.,
was stricken with paralysis while making
an argument in the supreme court here.
His entire left side WAS paralyzed but it
Is thought he will recover.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02

WoCODstu HT0cttOu HO8ru Ef0ms
Madison, Wis, Nov. 2.-The official
canvas in the late election shows
that Mckinley carried the state by
1O2.612. The next legislature will
be almost solid,y republican.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02
Fatal Fire In New Jsrsey.

Atlanta City. N. j., Dec. 1.-Two
men were killed at fire this morn.
ing. which destroyed $4,000 worth
OF property. Another man is miss
ing. and is supposed to be in the
ruins of the church, where the fire
occurred.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02
Killed With an Az.

st. Louis. Dec. 2.-This afternoon
Harry Schneider. young man quar-
relied with Christopher Ludwig.
aged 50. and struck Ludwig with an
AK. killing him instantly. Schmel.
zer escaped and is being pursued by
q posse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02

Do not allow your system to get
weak and debilitated. It is easy to
keep we'll and strong BY taking Hoods
Sarssparilla.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02
New York Canals Closed.

Albany. Dec 2.-Th, canals Il the state
were officially closed yesterday by ortirr Of
the superintendent of public works Ac-
tive work on the improvements is to be
begun at once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02
Grosvenor Not Against Reed.

Cincinnati, Dec. 2.-Gen. Grosve-
nor telegraps from Athens that there
is no truth in . statement that he
intends to oppose the election of Tom
Reed as speaker of the house. and
declares Reed will be chosen to that
position.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02
No Reward for Finding C-onin's Body.

Chicago, Dec. 2.-The suit OF John
Roach, who found the body of DIR.
Cronin in the sewer, to recover a re-
ward of s., 900 offered for evidence lead
ing to the conviction OF the murderers.
was dismissed by the court yesterday,
The court held that the finding of the
body was not evidence leading TO the
of the murderers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02
ar. San Trust Dissolvca.

New York, Dec. 2.-At meeting Of the
Wire Nai, Manufacturers association
held at the Waldorf hotel yesterday it was
sotei to dissolve the organization
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02

There are 700 miles Of travel before
the railroad passenger who starts frcm
St. Louis to 20 to New Orleans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02

To Cure . Gold In One Day
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the
money II il fails to cure. 25 cents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02
Pottery Combine Dissolves.

Tren on. n. j., Dec 2--The American
Sanitary association. composed Of four
teen pottcries in the United States en-
gagged in the manufacture OF sanitary
ware, met here yesterday and decided to
dissolve. The association was formed last
March for the purpose OF maintaining
unifo III prices and discounts. Too much
sutslde competition
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-03
Fs,ni WAI,nern.

4 Portland ctnoer sells about pious
speculation in foot warmers. way back
in the thirties, when churchgoers de.
pended ON little individual box stoves to
keep their toes from freezing. These
were about foot square the frame of
wood, the side of wire netting or cast
iron perforated. and with deep sliding
pan in which were placed about three
pints of hot hard wood Goals, or some-
times charcoal. Every family group 60
ing to church would carry several Of
these stoves. Finally the janitor Of tho
second parish, Mr. Leech, undertook
to take charge Of all stoves for 81 each
during the winter. He would bring them
to church every Sunday morning, full
Of live Goals, and place them in the pews
where they belonged. AS he had so or
more of the toe ticklers to care for. he
must needs have had big bank of Goals
to draw upon. Times
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-03
GUN STOCKS.


Gun stocks of good workmanship are
made of well seasoned walnut
"That piece of wood" said gun
smith, holding up heavy billet sawed
into rude semblance of gun stock,
"may have been 90 years seasoning.
I've known the pile of wood It came
from these II years. The piece, as you
see It, is worth SO. II is English wal
nut. This piece that am shaping was
worth 81 in the rough. II is German
walnut. The Brazilian walnut costs as
much as s15 for a single billet"
Cheap gun stocks are made from
American walnut, which costs but
trife in the rough, but is too porous for
use in the hest guns Gun stocks are
now turned cut by machinery, and thus
made they are cheap The best are still
handmade, and IL costs about $40 to
reduce the billet of seasoned walnut to
the finished and ornate stock. Most
stocks are now made with the pistol
grip feature in addition to the shoulder
piece. Doubtless the stock as whole is
development from the pistol handle.
The traditional ornamentation is a Sc
ries Of crossed lines. Skilled gunsmiths
spend much time and care upon the
fashioning of the stock. After it has
been shaped to the right form II is fin
ished to n smooth and uniform surface
with laborious sandpapering, and final
ly shellacked and rubbed down and pol
ished after the manner Of treating the
best cabinet made furniture. A gun
smith may spend two days or more in
making a stock. and handmade stock
of Brazilian walnut may be worth s25.
Fancy woods are not much used in
gun stocks that are to be anything but
show pieces. Mahogany is too brittle for
the purpose, and rosewood is too heavy.
The finishing has to be of a sort to re-
sist water, and hence ordinary varnish
is not used in polishing well made
gun stock. There are comparatively few
gunsmiths in town that make special
ty of handmade stocks, and those are
usually Germans. A gunsmith is occa-
sionally asked to make an especially Or
nate stock with carvings, and possibly
even inset pearl, ivory or gold. These
stocks are costly, but for practical pur-
poses they are less useful than the plai
stock of English, German or Brazilian
walnut, New York Sun,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-03
Lung Diseases.

A New York specialist ON lung dis
eases recently prescribed course of
treatment for woman who was evil
IDENTIFY far Oh the road to consumption.
What he told her to take was all sorts
of strengthening food, such as rare beef,
cream, lots Of butter, etc. Besides this
he directed her to eat raw eggs beaten
up in milk until she could bring herself
to take ~ day. This last regime alone
faithfully carried out has, it is believed,
saved another consumptive patient to
many years of usefulness, and it has
helped the first woman greatly as well.
-Philadelphia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-03

One day toward uight, while l Va
passing through wooded section of th'
country close to the broader line between
Connecticut and Massachusetts,, red foS
suddenly dropped into the middle of the
road. The soft gliding motion Of the
rubber tires did not attract his attention
until the cycle was within rod Of him.
Then with wild scamper he started on
dead run toward distant swamp. The
creature was fleet of foot. and he swept
down the dusty road rapidly. turning
his head occasionally to watch the
strange apparition following him, and
he laid his body almost fat upon the
ground In his endeavor to outrun the
new pursuer. But it was no use Tho
wheel slowly overhauled him. foot by
foot, and the front wheel almost brushed
his bushy tail before he acknowledged
defeat. Then. with half sob and yelp
the creature jumped clean over the ad.
joining ditch and landed safely ON the
neither grassy bank The wheel flashed
past him, and he remained seated upoI
his launches watching it until out Of
sight, probably the -iost astonished fox
that ever rOaDet ~ gocds. New York
Post
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-03
NUMBER 5.
DON'T LEAN OUT OF PLUMB.

Did you ever observe in your ramblcs about
The political scenes of the day
How often reformers engonder doubt
BY their overpunctlious way9
Their censorship always reminds me Of those
Who beneath my inspection have come
Attempting TO strike magnificent pose,
Have o'erdone II to lean out Of plumb
They lean too far back. and, in fact, become
bent
Most foolish the posture they take
And instead Of expressing their upright intent
They lead you TO fear they may break.
They wish you to feel that they're honest and
wise
And not at all crooked or dumb,
Yet there they will stand with their eyes tc
the skies
And unconsciously lean out Of plumb.
In trade or religion, in politics, too,
II our rcctitude we would disclose,
Stand modestly forth to the popular view
And don't try to strut or TO pose.
For ofttimes our eagerness may be too great
AT least IL has happened TO some
And our efforts to tower in matters Of state
Dwarf nll chance We lean out of plumb
Harry o. Dowd in New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-03
THE IRON DUKE.
wellington and His Ways as Seen by Two
English Artists.

When engaged on the two pictures,
"The Queen Receiving the Sacrament"
and 1.-THE Christening of the Princess
Royal, much of my fathers time and
money were spent in taking them from
one nobleman's house to another TO OBJ
tain sittings, but often to find, after
making an appointment with u duke or
a lord, first that he was engaged, and
after waiting for hours that he regretted
not then being able to see Mr.. Leslie,
but would be at his service OH the fol-
lowing day. The Iron Duke was an ex-
ception, and the day after he received a
note from my father saw white hair
ed elderly gentleman walk up the short
gravel path and steep steps Of our little
villa, and shading his eyes from the
sun take rapid survey of the front gar
den as he stood on the steps, and how,
when small maidservant answered his
knock and question, "Is this Mr.. Les
lie?" with "Yes, sir. What name,
please?" his reply in very clear. loud
voice, "The Dock of Wellington, near
ly made the girl drop where she stood,
and not only brought my father, palette
and brushes in hand, to her rescue, but
many heads out Of the upper windows
of the adjoining villa.
Then, before going indoors, he in
formed my father and all the neighbors
in the same loud tone that the distance
between Apsley House and ours was
five miles" repeating IL more than
once, and when my father ventured to
say, "I think not quite so much, your
grace, he closed the argument thus
"Oh, yes, IL must be. I'm good judge
Of distance, and consider it certainly
over five miles" " The duke had come
ON horseback, and was much pleased
when told that my father would wait
upon him for sitting at Apsley House,
but on doing so he was received by the
duke with, "Well, Mr.. Leslie, didn't
you find 1t long way-over five miles,
I am surep''
A few days later my father CHANGED
to mention this to Sir Edwin Landseer,
who knew more of the duke than he
did. Sir Edwin said: "It is no use to
differ with the duke. l once did about
some engravings of my own pictures with
which he was having room papered,
and ventured to suggest that, as many
of them were valuable proofs, they
might be attached to the wall only by
paste round the edges, 30 that at any
future time they could be removed
without injury. But he cut me short at
once with: NO, no, that would not dc
at all. What do is this: get man
with pot Of strong paste and a big
brush, and he pastes them all over the
backs, and up they go at once, with nc
more bother about them. '"-Temple
Bar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-03
One Way of Catching Fiddler Grabs.

There are various ways of catching
fiddler crabs. One way of catching the
black or mud fiddler, the one that bores
into meadow banks along salt creeks, is
with two boards so placed as to form a
deep sided letter v. The fisherman seeks
a spot where there is little strip of
sand at low water, between the base Of
the mud bank and the waters edge.
The crabs come out of their holes and GO
down to the edge Of the water, often fn
great numbers The fisherman comes
over the meadow with his boards, which
he sets up ON edge as quietly as he can
on the sand, with the opening Of the V
toward the water. Then he alarms the
crabs, and they come scurrying up the
little beach in multitudes. bound for
their holes AS they come they carry
their big claw aloft, somewhat as the
soldier carries his gun. 1t is from this.
habit that the fiddler crab gets the name,
Of soldier crab, by which it is also
known. Those crabs that are opposite.
the opening in the v hustle with the
rest of the line, but when they strike
the board sides they are thrown more
and more together, until they converge,
in n mass at the point. The fisherman,
sitting outside, takes them out by the
handful. New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-03
THE GOOD TIME COMING.
with the New Woman on the Platform II
VIII BE Time to Look Out.

with the New Woman on the Platform It
VIII BE Time to Look Out.
"Dey tells me-" said Aunt Dinah
pausing in the dining room door and
resting her hands on her hips, "dey tells
me dat dc wimmin is ad meetin goin
on whar dey jiss spechifys same IA de
men. Is dat so?'
Her mistress laid down the paper in
which she was reading the reports of
some Of the brilliant papers delivered
before the Association For the Advance
ment Of Women, and tried TO explain
matters TO her.
"Dey des got up ON de platform. did
dey2" asked the old woman, IAN speak
right out in meetin?"
She was assured they did.
can dey kin talk backp"
She was Informed that was their priv
ilege.
"Bless Cord l done live to see dis
day |" she replied fervently. 81 lay I'll
des git Brer Jones at de meetin dis very
night. De odder night felt called on
to 'zort sinners, an he say: Set down,
Sis Dinah, de wimmin must keep ST.
lence in de,chu 'ch. Dey's de weaker YES
sell I was hot, an l 'spon': 'Ef dey
want no wimmin in de chu 'ches,
Brer Jones. whar would de chuc'h be3
Who pays de preacher? Whar you get
dat fine coat ON yo' back? Amt it dc
Daughters of Zion done raise de money ?
Don't seem lax hear nobody complain
in bout wimmin in de chuc'h when it
comes to passin roun de hat
"You say de time comm when de
wimmin gwine run de town? Dey'll
clean up Things then, sho'. boun de
mayor himself can't sweep like me, let
lone depupity piece men. Des give me
q broom an kin clean mo- street in a
hour dan dscommittee does In year.
"An wimmin gwine to vote too2
Good marster, how the worl do change |!
Fus' de niggers an den de wimmin.
Recon folks think some dem wimmin
what's been goin to school an colleges
is got most mach sense as niggers now.
whats dat you say? Wimmin gwine
purify politics an amt gwine sell their
votes? Sho'! What's de good Of votin il
dey amt no two-bitsin iti Dis ole mig
gers been plannin to lay off work an
vote fer all it's worth. New Orleans
Picayune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-03
A FLOOD REMlNISCENcE.
How n Young English Engineer Saved
Lowell From Destruction.

The city of Lowell was saved from
destruction in 1869 by the foresight of
one young man. About 1885 Lowell
devoted much attention to investigating
a tradition of great flood in the Merri-
mac in 1885 and found an old man who
remembered that his father marked the
height of the water by driving q spike
in an apple tree Mr.. Boyden persevered
in his search until he found the tree in
Tyngsboro, several miles above Lowell.
Its trunk was hollow, and entering it
from below he discovered the spike, its
head wholly concealed by the bark, at n
considerable distance above the ground.
1t showed that in 1885 the water had
risen to point 49, 4 feet higher than
the top of the dam at the mouth of the
canal, which furnished the Lowell wa
ter power in 1885.
The engineer in charge Of this power
was James b. Francis, young English
man, who urged the directors of the
corporation to provide against the recur.
renee of such rise Of water His argu-
ments prevailed, and he was allowed to
construct two immense wing walls of
masonry, diverging from the canal lock
and inclosing the entire country between
the canal and the river. Over the water
way he hung an immensely strong gate,
weighing 20 tons, which was suspended
by wrought iron chain. A sledge and
cold chisel were placed in the care of
the watchman for use when needed. The
work was finished in 1850, and for two
years was laughed at as "Francis'
folly"
On the morning Of April %, 1859, the
waters rose so high that the city OF
Lowell was threatened with destruction,
and the young engineer was sent for.
He rode to the dam without saddle
and hurriedly cut the chain, releasing
the great gate. His work stood bravely,
and the Boston Advertiser, five days
later, said that if it had not been con-
structed "every vestige of the old guard
gates would have been carried away and
q mighty and uncomfortable river would
have swept through the heart of Low
ell, destroying everything in its course. !"
A service Of plate was presented to Mr..
Francis, and during the remainder Of
his life, which ended only recently, he
| was one Of Lowell's most honored citi-
zens. For more than 40 years he was
agent Of the corporation controlling the
water power. Inter Ocean.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-03
Reaching nm Understanding.

What want to know" he began
after the chief clerk had been sent for
and had arrived at tho window, sis
whether the money order department is
open nightsY"
"No, sir.
"Not open at 10 O'Clock at night,
eh?''
"No, SIR"
"Should / receive money order from
my brother in Tawas ut 10 O'Clock ut
night could not get it cashed?"
"No, sir.
II would have to walk around all
night with that order in my pocket,
would I?"
mot necessarily. You could go to a
hotel andhave it cashed next morning"
81 see. The idea is good one. Even
If the landlord did not know my broth
er in Tawas 1t would make no differ
enceY'
"I can't see how it would"
"H / had note from you, for in
stance, persisted theman, Stating that
I expected money order from my
brother in Tawas tomorrow night
"But you haven't a note from me-
"And 4 won't get one?'
"No, sirl''
"And in case my brother in Tawas
fails to send me money order cannot
depend upon you?'
''No, sirr'
"For note?'
"No, sirp'
"Nor the price of a bed?'
"No, STRIP
"Thanks--I see. I WANTED to know,
you know, 80 there could be no mistake.
Money order not to open at 10, no note,
no price Of bed. Brother in Tawas
better bring the money down himself.
Good day. Detroit Free Press
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-03
The Cat In Several Languages.

The cat is called a kat in Danish and
Dutch, katt in Swedish, chat in France
and the most of its dependencies. katti
or katie in German, catus in Latin. gat-
to In Italian, cato in Portuguese and
Spanish, kot in Polish, kots in Russian,
keti in Turkish, cath in Welsh, kath in
Cornish, catua in Basque and gaz or
katz in Armenian. Mr.. Harrison, tho
great English authority ON cats. says
that there are not dozen languages or
dialects known that spell the word cat
without beginning with the letter Q. x
or 9. The native Australians and those
Of Mexico had no words for the name of
domestic felines. s.-6t. Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-03
Autlrpuo Gtmr Gables.
~co~o~N~~o.~ooSN-O.N
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT MAY Il, 1896.

Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division Time
Table. Trains leave Drlftwood.
EASTWARD
e,0i m-Train $, daily except Sunday for
Sunbury, Harrisburg and intermediate sta
tions, arriving at Philadelphia 6;23 p. m,
New York, 9;23 p M. Baltimore, 500 p. mi
Washington, 7;i5 p. m Pullman Parlor car
from Kane TO Philadelphia.
$3.50 p. m.-Train 9, daily except Sunday for
Srs HSrrisSaTS 9nd 'SSSnY Se% YorE
harrisburg to Phiadelphia and New York
sleeper undisturbed until 200 A.. NJ.
e;35 p. m.--Train 4, daily for Sunbury, Harris
burg and intermediate stations, ARRIVING az
A. NJ on week days and 1O35 A NJ. on Sum
day; baltimore, 6:20 A. NJ; Washington, 7:4O
AN. Pullman cars from Erie and Williams
for Baltimore and Washington viii be
transferred into Washington sleeper NJ liar-
risburg, Passenger coaches from Erie 70
Philadelphia and Williamsport to Balti-
more.
WESTWARD
7;2l q. m.-Train 1, daily except Sunday for
Ridgway, Dubois, Clermont and inter
mediate stations Leaves Ridgway at 300
e:5o a. m.--Train g. daily for Erie and inter-
mediate points.
Kane and intermediate stations.
THROUGH TRAINS FOR DRIFTwOOD
FROM THE EAST AND SOUTH.
TRAIN II leaves Philadelphia s:23 A. m.
Washington, $50 A. NJ; Baltimore, S:50A, NJ;
Wilkcsbarrc, 10:l5A. NJ; daily except sun
day, arriving at Driftwood ut 6:06 =. NJ. with
Pullman Parlor car from Philadelphia to
Willlamsport.
TRAIN leaves New York at p. M; Phila-
delphla, 1l:20 p. M; Washington, 1910 a, mi
Baltimore. 1880 y. M; daily arriving at
Driftwood ut $3.50 u. m. Pullman sleeping
cars from Philadelphia TO Erie and from
Washington and Baltimore TO Wlllamsport
and through passenger coaches from Phila-
delphia to Erie and Baltimore To Williams
port.
TRAIN leaves Remove at $3.50 n. M. daily
except Sunday, arriving at Driftwood 7:2i
a. m.
JOHNSONBURG RAILROAD.
DAILY except Sunday.)
TRAIN 10 leaves Ridgway at 9:20 n. M; John
sonburg at 9:3s "A. m, arriving at Clermont
at 10:35 q, m.
TRAIN 20 leaves Clermont at i0:i5 a. m. ar
irving at Johnsonburg at 1l;4l u. m. and
Ridgway at 1900 a. m.