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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-19
Ex POST FACrO LAW NOT GOOD.
Supreme Court Finds One Thing Beyou
the Power of q State.

Supreme Court Finds One Thing Beyond
the Power of State.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The supreme
court in the case of Martha Barnitz VS..
John l.. Beverly, in error to the supreme
court of Kansas, reversed the decision of
the lower court. The opinion was delivered
by Justice Shiras. This case was brought
on note for 1850 and interest, but its
decision involves the constitutionality of
the mortgage redemption law Of Kansas of
1893, and is far reaching in effect. The
case was twice heard in the state supreme
court.
The opinion in the last hearing was in
Bcverly's favor, holding the act in ques-
ton TO be applicable and valid in case of
contracts made before ane after its pass
age" The supreme court reversed this
decision, holding that no law was valid
which prescribed the mode Of enforcing a
contract in existence when the law was
enacted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-19

eCIucU kOr Cue 1A8hIWay VOHnP8uys
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The case Of tho
Illinois Central Railroad company versus
the people of the state Of Illinois, involving
the right to compel the railroad company
to run all its trains into Cairo, the county
seat, under the state law, was decided in
favor of the railroad company by the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-19
Protecttves split ON Mckinley,

WASHINGTON, May 19.-The A. P. A.
council has adjourned after selecting
Kansas City for the next annual meeting.
Later representatives Of, as claimed,
twenty states met and repudiated the
action of the council as regards Mckinley
and resolved to vote and work against the
Ohio mans election
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-19

Lochren's Nomination Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The senate has
confirmed William Lochren Us district
Judge in Minnesota, vice R. X. Nelson,
.esipned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-19

The suit against the Joint TraAlc assocla-
ton. The bin relating to the price Il dis.
trict gas was passed and an executive
session held at which Judge Lochren's
nomination was confirmed
The house passed the bills 10 allow tho
hottling Of distilled spirits in bond; to ex-
pedite the delivery Of imported goods in
parcels and packages not exceeding 800
IN value; to provide for the registration Of
trade marks on bottles, barrels, corks and
other receptacles used In interstate and
foreign commerce.; to incorporate the
Ancient Society Of Colonial DANES Of
America, and for the general distribution
Of condemned cannon by the secretary of
war and secretary Of the navy. A special
order was adopted for the consideration Of
immigration bills today until 4p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-19
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

HIoA0O, R00E IoLAMD . PAOJvIO
Railv.y!TieAsts esn b perchassd or bog.
eAee cneeked a1 e D TW1utteth street. depoe
o. depot corner mn svenue nd
rRVerst street Prank Il. PlsAmer. Agent.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20
SOME POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

SOME POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
The ignorance that Is bliss is the ignor-
ance of the man who thinks he knows 1t
all.-Puck
People who rake boast OF saying whe :
they mean gcn-,slly have mean things 10
say.-Boston Transcript.
one reason a man hates to be bald is
that all his fool friends are continually
patting the bare spot.-Buffalo Times.
Never argue the point with the man
who tells you that he is one in thousand
he may be one Of the ciphers.-Loulsvllle
Times.
Always do as the sun does-look at thu
bright side of everything; it is just az
good and three times as good for the d.
gestien.-The Doctor.
After a man has made pleasant allu-
sion to the days when he courted his
wife there isn't anything she will refuse
TO do for him.-Atchson Globe.
4 man out in Western Massachusetts is
busily trying to discover the secret OF
perpetual notion and Mr.. Moody is busy
trying to convert New York-Boston
Globe.
Before a girl gets married she never
thinks a man has such a thing as a
stomach. After she's been married a
while she wonders if he's got anything
else.-New York Press
Nothing hatters a man more than to
tell him that the recipe he gave you cured
YOUR cold. whether, as a matter OF fact
YOU really tried the dose or not.-Somer-
VILE Journal.
It Is beginning to be recognized that the
rabbits foot is an agent Of good luck only
while it remains on the rabbit and helps
him to escape from the hunter-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20

9-year old boy doing these days? This
man and the
HUMAN ANTS WHO WORK
with him, cannot stop long enough to
be merry, and l doubt if they would
know how to be happy It's been such
q long time since they thought OF any
thing but work. But the mother, well
she remembers something about the
Divine Child who came so many nun
dred years ago, and she has saved a
few pennies to buy some of the queer
German candles that are never seen
ON Fifth avenue, but which are sold at
a very low price over on the East Side
Christmas is something of a bore TO
Won. SUPPOSE to rid you of ennui you
hunt ont one of these Woodworking
ants rolieve him of his work for the
dov and try TO teach him what happi-
ness means: try to make him under
stand by giving him and his day Of
Measure that the good will about which
the Angels sang. was meant not only
for people like you, but for the people
who work and work and find little OF
iov in anything until the grave is
reached. 49,,
wonder IT tue SlIA WAo WI NSu III
o o'clock Christmas morning 10 finish
your dinner dress can have a merry
Christmas?
WHERE JOY IS ABSENT.
Il is true you never saw her, person
ally-it is the suaye French Madame
who promised you so positively that
the gown should be yours at the time
You wished-but there are many ants
needed to give steady, earnest work, 70
nut in stitch after stitch, before the
beautiful combination Of lace and silk
and velvet and l3umes becomes a tot
lette. It is true that a holiday is to be
given to the girl WAC puts the LAST
stitch in your gown, q hohday which
she doesn't accept Tery gladly, because
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20
SIX ENPREssWE NOES.

"ln our Christmas holiday examination
the pupils are TO say no i'm six different
ways. The first is the sad no of rejec-
riQn. IL comes in the twice-told-tale of
the guardian who falls in love with his
beautiful ward. The ward reveres him
as o. father, but cannot love him as a hus-
zand. one evening the man draws his
ward TO his knees and insists upon an an
swer. The girl hesitates. struggles be
tween parental devotion and her own love
Tor some one else. and says q sorrowful
no. The girl who can show feeling in
her voice viii say the no in a sweet cod
ding sort of way. with a sorrow in it that
is positively delicious
"Then there is the no for the sutton
who tries TO marry her for her money.
This is a quick. scornful no as though
she were ordering q dog. 1t is utterly be-
meath the luxury of an infection. and is
short and sharp. The sutton has been dis
covered i'm his ntrigues to find out the
extent OF the girls fortune and her no
is short and convincing.
There is the no of the girl who loves
the man and supposes he loves her He
is rich and she is poor. He finally ex-
plains to- her that he loves her. but must
marry another woman for the sake Of
family pride. But win she continue to
love him just the same? Here there is a
chance for heroic no. Mary Anderson
I'm Evadne had such a thrilling pitch that
even the deaf got the high vibrations.
which caused the very cobwebs to swing.
"A soft. sweet mo- is for the girl who
loves poor lad. but cannot marry him on
account of "the puir auld folk at home, p
whom she must support This is q tear
ful and soulful mo. cheered only be the
fact that both viii hide a wee for each
other.
"The mo- of the girl who commits per-
jury for her lover is q steely no that
could Doe cut with knife; Did YOU see Ba-
sl enter the room where the dead body
was afterwards fovnd?" There is a dead
silence. Undmchingly the girl looks at
the court and says No" Basil is cleared
by The law but the girl believes him gull
ty of murder and when he comes to
claim bier she says No to him. The no
is SO fun of tears that there is not a dry
eye i'm the house and everybody is trying
10 explain TO her the true situation.
THE PITIFUL APPEAL.
"Now. Basil is proud He leaves her
forever. As DE is going the girl discovers
the part tine villain played. No. my love.
DO not so. no, no. she cries. and her
sbrieks drive every one in the audience
into a cambria handkerchief.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20
CHRISTMAS NERRNESS
Where One Days Joy Is an Event
of a Lifetime.

THE WEARY ROUTINE OF HUMAN
ANTS-HOW YOUR NEW GOWN
ENTAILS HARDER WORK FOR
THEM - TWELVE-YEAR-OLD
cash" IN SANTA CLAUS, BAZAAR
HOW GOOD CHEER CAN BE
SENT INTO YOUTHFUL HEARTS
THE FOLLY OF YULETIDE-THE
BIBLE AS A HOLIDAY GIFT TO A
CHILD COMPARED TO A PRETTY
TOY.
Qrom Our Regular Correspondent
New York, December IA, 1896.
l make my very best bow and wish
you a Merry Christmas" The wish,
I can assure you, comes straight from
my heart, for after all what can be
better than to have everybody in the
world merry for one day? You, to
whom money means little, whose pleas
ures are numerous, who need scarcely
TO express a wish to have it gratified
to you d day-one entire day in the
W nOlN y cal ONGi nv Wing Will nlCA 4 l.
ment seems but little And yet there
are people, thousands of them, millions
of them, to whom a day of joy would
mean the episode of a lifetime. They
are not people like you-they are the
people who are really the human ants
carrying burdens larger than them
selves. l wonder if a man / saw the
other day over on the East Side will
have a merry time? My friend he
lived in one room, and in that room at
> o'clock in the afternoon it is so dark
that the foul-smelling kerosene lamp
must be lighted. This man is only 30
years old, but he has bent over a sew
ing machine until, judging from his
body, he looks fifty. He has wife and
children-three of them. The poor al
ways have so many children. And
they love them-sometimes. Then
there are three men who come in every
day to sew with him, and the wife does
the finishing. The children-well, they
hope that the oldest boy will soon be
able to help a great deal; he is years
old, and does help a little now, for he
draws out the hastings. What is your
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20
THE moss CURED HER.

The following story is told in the
memoirs Of Lord Blachford, recently
published in England: Mrs IS re
lations with her maids are rich. She
was describing one who was breaker
of china. at last she broke three
things in one day. So l said to her:
You are i'll, Jane you want some cas-
tor oil The maid stared and was as
tonished. Your hand shakes, you
want some castor oil, Jane. The maid
took it as a joke and grinned. But,
when bed tine came, the upper maid
was duly summoned. Jane is i'll and
wants some castor oil. Come with me
and l will give it out for her Mrs.
- appeared at the bedside with
quite infiexible determination, ex-
planned that Jane was i'll and did want
castor oil and must take it. She did
take it, and no further breakage oc-
Cured.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20

ly places and who we're Gods own peo-
ple-the poor. How can the
ANGELS SING THEIR SONG OF HAP
PINESS
when they look down on a world so
mean and so full of selfishness? Make
it easier for them, my friend. Give so
joyfully and so merrily, and so certain
ly to those who need gifts, that, like
the quiet beasts in the stable, there will
come to you, as in a dream, the sound
of the melody, that first echoed through
the world so many hundred years ago.
You can be so happy when you are
generous. You can be so glad when
you give and give freely. And you
need not be rich, my friend to do this.
What seems so little to you becomes
so much to somebody who is poorer
than you. No one ever gave with free
heart who did not receive a great gift
in return. 1t may be long coming
You may not know it when it does
come. But oftenest 1t takes the form
of quiet pleasure that pervades your
whole soul That is the blessing OF
God resting upon you. The recipient
of your gift may forget, but God never
does. His thanks stand forever, and
are written opposite yonr name in the
great Life-boOk. How can you refuse
to be generous on Christmas day? How
can you draw the strings of your purse
and the strings of your heart so closely
when before you there must come, if
only in the very name Of the day. the
memory of the first Christmas gift?
There will never be another like it, but
in our poor way we can initiate it by
Offering of our very best. A mean gift
is worse than no gift at all. VIII you
give a thought, or better still, will you
lift the burden for this one day from
some poor ant? If you do this the an
gels will sing a song in praise Of you
a song that will echo and re-echo
throughout heaven until your name
and your generosity are known to all
the dwellers therein. You will do it.,
l am sure. You are good and kind, but
sometimes just little thoughtless.
But to-day you will remember. And
because of the good gifts, far off, max
ing a bow. her best bow, and saying
God bless you and give you a Merry
Christmas" is Bah.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20
/. 2NNG 70 SAY NO -
inst Be Said in Six Different
Ways

Young Ladies School of Act
The Manager Knows the I'M
nee of the Little AIOnOsyua-
Nay Not Appreciate the
I- May Inhict-When the
Graduate They Take Part in
divorce History OF the World
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-20
SURROUNDED BY THOSE WE
LOVE.

and those who love us. We've got to
20 beyond that. We've got to lift the
burden off the back or the soul of some
Door struggling ant, and teach it what
Merry Christmas means. We've got
to feed it well>pd we've got to give it,
not only that which is useful, but that
which is luxury.
wonder if you ever saw, as I did
once. the face of a child, when, at
charitable Christmas tree a dull dark,
wooden dress had been given to her!
She needed it, of course, and it I'M
doubtedly was generous to give it to
her: but the dress might have been
bright and with it there could have
been a bit of folly, a toy, a box of
sweets, or a book full of gay pictures.
All the year round the ants work for
the necessaries of life. When you are
generous to them let them know how
its pleasures taste. Pure folly is good
good for everybody
THE FOLLY OF THE CHRISTMAS
TIDE
makes us young again. When we give
to you who will really enjoy it the
smartly dressed doll, the wonderful
get up Of soldiers, or the ship that will
sail all around a wash tub and back
again. we'll it may be folly-stockings
and rubber shoes and undershirts are
more sensible. perhaps, but somehow
they are not Christmas gifts. What
hvpocrits a little child must have be-
come when he can be thankful at
Christmas time for a useful present!
Too many Of the so-called charitable
institutions make hypOcrites Of chill
dren. Fancy giving a boy who had
looked forward to a pair Of skates or
q bicvcie or something that was in
tensely boyish in its possibilities, dull
" bound Bible. because he could re-
cite six hundred verses from the old
testament l should fear that boy.
should conclude that he would be so
conyersant with some Of the vengeance
expressed by the
GREAT SOLDIERS OF THE OLD
TIME,
those soldiers who Numbered forth
their belief in a revengeful God, that
he would live up to some of the verses
he had learned.
One verse is enough for any OF US
but how few OF us explain in ourselves
all its beauty! If we could only man
age to think OF the last part of it just
now. You know the verse l mean?
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart and thy neighbor as thy
self" Your neighbors are all around
you now. They are the poor hard
working ants. and a gift TO each one
means for you the being a happier
man or woman and the certainty Of
Merry Christmas" Give, and give,
and give of your plenty 70 those who
have but little. Teach your little chill
dren TO be really generous, not to give
in a condescending way, not to give in
a patronizing way, but to give as God
gave that first Christmas Gift. That
Christmas Gift that came with good
Will TO ell the world. Not just TO the
kings and princes and to the rich of
the earth, but to those who were in low
The herald., 1896-05-10

coast to give the crews a little shore
leave. and the latter left no stone un-
turned to show their appreciation.
Each crew of the two cruisers was di-
vided into two sections, and each sec
ton had two days leave. AT low av-
erage each man had $50 to spend, and in
four days the 900 men got rid of $4,000,
for the man who returned to his ship
with any change in his pocket was the
next thing to freak.
All of this $4,000 was spent within
a very small section of the city, not
more than half a mile in diameter. with
Chatham square as the center. In the
old days this was the toughest part of
the city, and even now, when the angel
of reform is so hard at work, it is pretty
tough. Chinatown, with it's many vic
ious ways, is close at hand; the toughest
end of the Bowery is within striking
distance; the sailors dives in Water and
cherry streets are not far away, and
the hundreds of people who make fat
living by catering to the shore wants Of
poor Jack haunt the district like hum
CRY vultures.
They help Jack to spend his money
In alarmingly quick time. They are not
very bold as long as there is a glimner
OF sobriety In his brain or body, for the
people who compose the -rag-tag of
The herald., 1896-05-10
DENSE RUSSIAN IGNORANCE
Peasantry Thought That q Balloon Was .
Dsyil

DEVIL
The Russian Geographical society is
trying to give the people of Northern
Russia and Siberia a clear idea of a
balloon, and to impress them with the
fact that they may see one next summer.
A leafiet is now scattered among all
these northern people embellished with
two pictures of a balloon, one sailing
through the air and the other alighting
on the earth. while people are running
toward it from all directions. The leaf1et
tells the story of DR.. Andree's coming
balloon voyage in language as simple as
that of the one-syllabled stories in old
fashioned spelling books.
Three men who know great deal, the
leafiet says. will go up into the clouds
next summer to get some more knowl-
edge. They will be in a basket that is
fastened to a great big bladder filled
with a sort of air that puffs it out. This
is a balloon and when 1t is up in the air
it will look like picture No. l. Now a
balloon won't hurt anybody. Look at
picture No. 2 and see the people running
to 1t when it comes down to the ground.
They wouldn't run to 1t if it was any
thing to be afraid Of so nobody should
be scared if they see the balloon.
Neither should anyone be afraid of
the three men in the balloon. They are
good men, and everybody should help
them. 1t will be pleasing to God and to
the car If those who see these men are
kind to them and give them food and
take them to the nearest officials and
the king of Sweden will reward the
deed
1t would be interesting to know if any
of the czars subjects, whose state of
culture fits them for this infantile sort of
talk, Will be able to read the leaflet after
they get it.-New York Sun.
The herald., 1896-05-10
Against Coast Defenses

1T Is perfectly fascinating" Maud
exclaimed, ito read about the proceed
ings of congress-"
Il suppose it is interesting" Mamie
answered, with a sigh. But it's rather
hard to understand"
Yes. But that's where the enjoyment
comes. You find out so many things.
l never realized until a short time ago
how greatly we are in need of coast de. ].
fenses.'
Il don't think we need them at ALL"
Mamie replied, with emphasis
why of course we do"
II know better. A brake is only in
the way. If you come to q hill so steeD
you are afraid to coast it with one foor
on the front tire, the only thing to do
is to get off your bicycle and walk"
And Maud admitted that this was a
view of the subject that had not been
presented to her.-Washington Star.
The herald., 1896-05-10

sea fighters got leave and charged upon
the city It one swoop. Two hundred and
fifty belonged to the cruiser New York,
and the other 200 belonged to the cruiser
Columbia. Both of these war ships
form part of the North Atlantic squad
ron, commanded by Rear Admiral
Bunce, which has been kept under wait
ing orders in Hampton Roads for the
last three months. first with the nten-
tion of making trouble for the atrocious
Turk should he outrage the American
missionaries in Armenia; second. for the
purpose of making it lively for Johnny
Bull should he try to enforce his bound
ary ideas in Venezuela: and lastly, for
the purpose of being within striking dis
tance of Cuba should the Spaniards do
anything offensive in retaliation for
American sympathy with the insur-
gents. %
Rear Admiral BHnce has been very
stringent in offering the ships, and
there has not been much shore leave.
On the few occasions when the men were
given couple of days liberty they
made it SO red hot for the people of Nor
folk. Va, thatfthe good mayor Of that
town. under the pressure of its leading
citizens. was forced to write an eXpostu-
latory letter to Admiral Bunce protest
ing against any further visits by the
crews of the feet to that town. Il
AS it is the first duty of the sc
sailor to absorb vast quantities of whis-
ky as soon as he puts foot ashore, it
made quite an impression on the -, ,lc0
people of Norfolk when 500 or SO of the
bluejackets We're let loose at the same
time. Admiral Bunce easily appreciat-
ed the forceof the remarks of Norfolk S
mayor. and he promised him there
would be no further annoyance.
This is. the reason that the cruisers
New York and Columbia, and later on
the battleship Indiana, unexpectedly
appeared in New York bay. The war;
ships made the trip expressly up the
The herald., 1896-05-10

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