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for SlGorfsre. Gu 6armer9ut.
Decorah-posten., 1896-02-28

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Decorah-posten., 1896-02-28
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Decorah-posten., 1896-02-28
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-24
STILL NO TIDlNGS COME,
Mystery About the Uptown Lady's Dlsap-
pearance Grows Deeper.

Mystery About the Uptown I.ady's Dlsap-
pearance Grows Deeper.
Still there comes nothing tending
to clear up the mystery surrounding
the disappearance of the uptown lad Y
referred to in Saturday evenings AR
GUS.
The matter has so af6used people
residing in the neighborhood with
the young lady. in question that the
police have been called in to assist in
the investigation. The lady's name
Is Miss Belle Friestedt and the house
she occupied is at SIS Twentv-fourth
street. She has been missing abou,
ten days. Il was first thought she
had been i'll. aud neighbors opened
up the house only to find it uucccu-
pied. but all the furnishings in their
place. 1t is probable that she has
gone to California, where she has a
sister.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-24
IT MAY MEAN MUCH,
Railroad Officials la secret Conference Mt
the Harper.

Railroad Officials In secret Conference Mt
the Harper.
General Manager w. c. Brown, of
the c., Ii. 4 O., accompanied by his
private secretary and also Superin-
tendent OF illinois Lines +. c. Rice.
arrived in the city this afternoon and
Division Agent II. ID. Mack soon
joined them at the Harper. where
they went into a private conference.
Later +. a. Blair, OF the Davenport
Il Rock Island Bridge and Terminal
company. arrived aud sent up his
card. He was later admitted. The
significance of the conference is evi.
dent. and while it may pertain ex.
clusively to river front tracks and
sites. it may pertain to an under.
standing between the road and the
bridge company as regards the flu.
ture.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-24
now they are selling K. S. & Cos.
dnilaes for EQ canfz

now they are selling K. S. & Cos.
dollars for SO cents.
Al 81, 81 so and 81 you get the
pick from quite pile of coats and
jackets at McCabe Bros. Not SC
many for Tuesday as tkere we're to.
day, and they won't last long.
Adj. Gen. C. c. Hilton inspected
Company A at its armory Saturday
evening. Quite a number of the
boys turned out and the appearance
pleased Gen. Hilton very much.
Drikus Snitjer. vice president oil
the Central Cycle Manufacturing
company. Of Indianapolis. makers Of
the Ben Hur bicycle, is in the city on
business. W. j. Kerr has the agency
here.
"'Tis an i'll wind that blows nobody
some good" X. S. & Co.'S. failure
was an i'll wind for them, but it's
blowing a wonderful amount of good
into the purses of M. & X. custo-
mers.
The fire department was called to
the premises Of A. Burton, Twenty
eighth street and Fifth-and-a.half
avenue. Saturday evening. A fire
was discovered in q barn, but was
quickly extinguished.
The closing out Of those.ladies' and
misses coats at 81, $3.50 and g
drew large number of buyers to
McCabe Bros. today. Still a
number left. II you want any be on
hand promptly tomorrow.
The Swedish Republican club of
Moline held a banquet Saturday
evening in that city which deprived
the Lincoln club banquet here of
some of the eloquence that would
have otherwise been uncorked.
The absolute bargains of this week
in ladies' dress shirts and REFER suits
at McCabe Bros. are bound to at
tract the attention Of discriminating
buyers who are wanting the latest
things at better than the RICH. prices
Lyman Ellinwood will start out in
the role of full iledged travelling man
March /. representing the Moline
Wagon company with which he has
been identified :or several wears in a
clerical capacity He is bright and
industrious young man and will I'M
toubteily succeed.
Rock Island loses a distinguished
citizen this week. Robert Bennett
having determined to move to Mont
pelier, Iowa, and engage in sgricul-
rural pursuits. He left for Peoria
this morning to attend the state A..
p. a. gathering. On his return he
vii! locate on the Iowa side.
The joint meeting Of the city coun-
Gil and railroad officials and inter-
es'cd property holders with a view to
arriving at a satisfactory solution
OF the First avenue track problem
occurs tonight. Quite an animate
conference is expected, as it is
thought majority of the aldermen
now favor the removal of all Illegal
tracks.
The Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation directors have meeting this
evening. when the reports from the
several departments will be submit
ted. During the current month the
attendance at the Sunday afternoons
mems meetings has been the greatest
in the history of the association in
Rock 1sland-the aggregate being
$50, while the average attendance
has been 40.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-24
A I.asting Cure.

OsCEoLA, H.. Feb. >. 1S96.-My
little daughter has been troubled
with hives for three or four years.
She has been taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and it has accomplished .
lasting cure. have used other
kinds Of medicine, but hereafter shall
regard Hoods Sarsaparilla worth
half dozen Of any other kind.
G. II. HILL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-24
GIddness Comes

M1ith better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
zeal ills which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease. but simply to a constipated condi-
ton OF the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs. prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families. and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. Its therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, then laxa-
tives or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most sllillful
physicians, but if in need of laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informcd everywhere Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-24
Female Ushcr, IN Ch.rch.

A church In Sedalia, No., has female
ushers for the evening services Every
body In Scdalia knows whore to ind the
young men Sunday evenings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-24

Hoods Pills cure biliousness. iudi-
gestiou.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-24

MACKINTOSHES.
For good and sufficient have decided to
close out six lines of Mackintoshes. The gar
ments are the best that money produce at the
prices asked, aud every guaranteed give
isfaction. We will waste time over it. This week
the 6S Mackintoshes will go in four lots this
Lot it's Mackinto.hes S2@
ott-SS MAcxintoshes
Iot3-S1 so Nackntoshes,
Lot ass
The
- " 80 " ~ - Nf
DRESS GOODS
New spring arrivals al very low prices:
and - r' ~ " '
Al 15c fancy ssnch Check
At CSC all
3ec Spring
these Ps - - - " " "
BLACK GOODS.
At Sc Sc inch all
Al SIC fancy ngured M"ha jacquard. SOC.
thing and especially cheap.
At 75c heavy Mohair isn.v me
Al sc hne Tortoie Ct designs so inches wde
si.o we have IL In navy a,d gold brown also
Al 9sc
wearing Qualities, va,u- 81 n
Al - IL handsome Gr.na Cloth. value Sl.4S
Al 4sc, nne India Twill 90 inches wide worth
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25

"a Women to travel for responsible establish
81 81 mouse IN Washington. Salary $7S0. payable
80 81. weekly and expenses Position permanent.
neief af ence Enclose self-addressed stamped en-
Nctope. The National, Star Building, Chicago.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25

The government postal savings
bank, as advocated by the republican
party, is one of the things which if
carried into effect, will prove blessing
to the country at large says the Fair
haven Herald. Few realize the impor-
tance of the movements, who do not
mix with the middle life, in large
manufacturing and other industrial
centers, where part OF each weeks
earnings are placed in saving banks
either on call or to draw interest,
In this country the money deposited
with savings banks reaches the
enormous sum of $l,7S5, $50, ,957 but
it is safe to say that 20 per cent more
or certainly not less than $3.50, ,OOO, 900,
would be added to that prudential
reserve if the postal savings system
were extended to this country. Qflate
years, since The panic has demonstrated
that even savings bank are not prCoi
against stringency in the money
market, and since hundreds of the poor
have lost their savings, no better
measure could be introduced than the
postal savings bank.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25

"To BUILD FOUR hundred millions OF
dollars worth of ships, to retain $500
100000 annually in the United States
now paid in freights, passage money,
mail carriage, insurance, banking and
other business resulting from shipown-
ing to foreigners, is what is expected
to result from the success of the cam
paign now being conducted by .he
American Merchant Marine Associa-
ton in behalf of the policy of discrim-
mating duties"
The above, together with much
other matter in support of the nation
al republican platform and the pro-
lection and upbuilding of our shipping
interests has been received from the
American Merchant Marine Associa-
ton, of which Arthur Sewall, Of Bath,
Me-, is the president. Mr.. Sewall is
candidate for vice-president on the
free-trade ticket.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25

Prof. j. Laurence Laughlin, of
Chicago, contributes an able article to
the September Review of Reviews
showing why free coinage would not
double the price of silver. and how it
would make every man who works give
81 of labor for 81, because his labor
would be based on the commercial value
of silver and the prices of all the goods
he bought would be based on gold, as
they are invariably in all countries
having free coinage of silver. Prof.
Laughlin says respecting the relative
use of gold and silver:
"Mr. Bryan may mean that intro
ducing silver into the United States,
and driving out gold to Europe, will
raise the value of silver and lower the
value of gold, so that silver would not
have to climb all the way from 53c to
lOOc, and par would be reached at
some point between. This theoretical
abstraction, however, does not take ac-
count of the actual facts Of business
experience. Silver and gold have not
been interchangeable, or homogeneous.
for money purposes. They do not
flow into each other any more than
two liquids of different specific gravi-
ties. What are the facts? The abun-
dance of gold since 1850 has made it
possible for Europe to throw aside
silver and admit gold. If we drive
out gold-as we surely will, by free
coinage of silver-it will only give
other countries Qike Austria and
Russia now preparing for the gold
standard) our former gold supply, and
throw more silver out of use in Europe.
We shall only rob ourselves of gold
with the effect of Strengthening the
position of the gold-using countries of
Europe. As gold production increased,
more nations adopted it; as silver pro-
duction increased, the reverse has
taken place. Nopeople have yet given
up gold to take silver any more than
they would give up good horses for
cheap ones when cheap ones become
abundant. The effect of free coinage
of silver by the United States-accord-
ing to all commercial history since
1S50-would not lower the value of
gold perceptibly, but it would only
throw more European silver on the
market. To act alone in this matter
would place us with Mexico, and rivet
more strongly the gold system on
Europe. If it is the purpose of the
United States to increase the gold cir
culation OF Europe we could not do it
more effectually than by free coinage
of silver"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25

2 E, Cross Post No. 90, G. A. B.
Meets in l. Q. o. F. hall first and third Saturday
nights OF each month. Comrades are cordially
invited to visit and join.
FRANK MUNSoN ]. b. RITNER,
Adiutant COMMANDER
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25

SPEAKING of the claim that the price
of silver would advance under the de-
mand for free coinage, a correspondent
asks: "Why did not the p:ice of sill
yer bullion go up when the govern
ment was making its large purchases
of silver under the provisions of the So
called Sherman law" It is certainly
true that under the Sherman silver
act the government purchased 1900
600 ounces of silver each month or
81 100000 ounces a year. While
these purchases We're in progress the
value of silver fell from 90 cents to u
cents an ounce If during the time
while 54,O00,000 oun ces a year were
being purchased the price fell 20 cents
az ounce, how would the price be
raised by the mere coinage, not pur-
chase, of 100000, 900 ounces OF silver a
year?-Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25
Society Cards.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ron
REV. F. HI. WEBSTER, PASTOR.
Preaching services every Sunday at 1890 a. m.
md 7:S0pIn. Sunday school at 2:3O p, m b.
Y'P. [. at 6:5O p. m. Prayer Meeting every
Thursday evening at o'clock followed by Z. Z.
{ class All are made welcome at these services.
Corner Fifth and Gotta Sts
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25

prosperous as the United Sta tes, ever
in this time of depression? Is there
any in which wages are so high as they
are here, or in which the dollar received
in wages will buy so much? Is there
any silver-basis country that has q
large commerce, prosperous manufac-
turers or a well-to-do agricultural Glass;
Is there one in which gold circulates OF
is used as money? Is it not fact
that in every silver-basis country in
the world abiect and hopeless poverty
on the part of the masses is the rule?
Will you explain to us for our en-
lightenment and guidance how our
country is to escape like conditions if
We 60 to silver basis, or how we are
to avoid the lapse to that basis if we
adopt free and unlimited coinage at 16
to l when the commercial ratio be-
tween the metels is about twice that?
And If you tell rs, as many free
coinage advocates do, that free coinage
will raise the commercial value of silver
to the coinage rate, will you explain
to us how in that case free-coinage is
to make money cheaper or easier to
get, how it is to relieve tthe debtor
class" how is it to increase the price
of wheat or any other commodity?
There are in N. Y. state SS,719 pen
sioners. They drew from the Govern
nent last year nearly $4,000, 600
Considering the nature OF this debt of
honor-when justly due-can you look
with favor upon any policy that might
result in paying them in deprecated
currency?
The "rise in price" which you pre-
dict as a result of free silver coinage
would, of course, mean an increase in
the cost of living to all the people
to wage-earners, salaried men and the
whole body of consumers Do you
know Of any case in which rise in
wages or salaries has been parallel with
the rise in prices? Is there any way
to render it certain, or even probable,
that the wage-earners will be compen-
sated for the increased cost of living?
You attribute the decline in silver to
the demonetiZation of the silver dollar
in 1873, though that dollar was not
then coined IN any considerable num-
bers and was not in circulation at all
owing to the fact that silver bullion
was worth more in the market than at
the mint. Do you not consider that
the increase in the worlds silver pro-
duction from 61,100,000 ounces in
1873 to 165,000,00O ounces in 1895
had something to do in causing this
decline, even though gold, the standard
money of all the great commercial
nations. and the most sought after of
money metals, has also increased its
yield meanwhile?
You speak of the "crime against
silver" involved in suspending the
coinage of non-circulating dollar.
Has your attention been called to the
fact that the government coined only
1885, 600 silver dollars in 1873, but
that from Jan. / to June 80 of this
year it coined 7,500,412, or 908,691
more than in the entire eighty-one
years of its history up to 1873?
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25
Reward! Reward!

Wilbur's Puget Sound Cough Cure
positively cures la grippe, coughs,
colds, hoarseness, woooping cough,
lung and throat trouble, and consump-
tion.~ Can be taken by the most deli
cate female or child. Every bottle
guaranteed to cure. Price 30 cents.
Sold by Druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25

BARNABAS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH
= REV. R. J. MOONEY. PASTOR.
Services held in Masonic Hall each alternate
Sunday at IL A. NJ and 7:30 P. NJ.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25

SENATOR Jones, the popocratic chair
man hits the nail on the head, when ne
saws I find that the thing which hurts
us most ia the statement that free
silver means 50-cent dollar; that it
will cut wages in half" The sting in
that argument is its truth. We think
so too.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25

CEDAR CAMP No lS0
y WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at Masonic
Hsll Shelton Visiting neighbcrs cordially IN
vlted 10 camp with us, DR.. W. NJ. Beach,
Al J. Munson. Clerk. Consul.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25

pUBY REBEKAH LODGE, No IS.
IL 10. F.
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday evening in ODD
Fellows Hall, Shelton. Visiting brothers and
sisters are cordially invited to attend.
Bertha McLsrty, Sec. Emma NJ. Munson, N. u.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-02
Hunting the Sloth.

The tamest hunting in the world is
s1oth hunting, in comparison with
which the pursuit of orchids is quite
exciting, and turtle catching is wild
and dangerous sport. But have done
my turn at it, nevertheless. Once on
the mighty Essequibo river, in British
Guiana, I took a native companion, Il
gun, an ak and a leal1y canoe aud set
forth to round up lot of chestnut
headed sloths. We padded about &c
miles that day and packed eight sloths.
They were found by padding along the
shore and watching the treetops for
things that looked like big gray spi-
ders. Sometimes we found our sloth
"spread-eagled" on the outer branches
of a tree; others would be hanging up
side down, but always eating. They eat
50 slowly that before one meal is over
it is time for the next. Usually the gun
would bring them down, but sometimes
it was not necessary. Two were taken
alive by Paulie, who climbed up and
plucked them like so much fruit, and
twice we had to cut down trees.-Wil-
liam T. Hornaday, in st. Nicholas.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-02
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

An open-headed tree grows the finest
fruit.
4 low-headed tree gives less purchase
to the wind.
In setting out an orchard set all of
variety together.
Apply manure broadcast, or theroots
will soon grow out beyond it.
The best time to shape the heads Of
trees is while they are young.
A dead limb is a source of disease
and also shows lack of vitality. .
Unbleacl1ed wood ashes make one of
the very best fertilizers to use on straw
berries.
It is not good plan to set out an
orchard without first thoroughly pre-
pairing the ground and seeing that it
is reasonably rich.
One good treatment to keep ont bor-
ers and destroy bark lice is To wash
the tree thoroughly with strong soft
soap water, using one gallon of soft
soap with two gallons of water.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-02

We need better roads. Why we have
SO long been blind to the economy of
good roads is a question that passes
understanding, for we usually are not
a people that are penny wise and
pound foolish" In South Carolina the
system of working and building roads
by convict labor is giving eminent sat-
isfaction and in other states the same
idea is taking root. 1t has many things
to recommend it, principally that, it
gives us what we much need without
interfering with the labor of honest
men as is the case under the abomin-
able contract system" The sight of
a "chain gang" at work on the public
highways is not an edifying one, per.
haps, but it is certainly better than
taking bread out of honest mems
children's mouths in order to keep the
convicts at work.-FarmN News.