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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-17
Ladies Bicycle Suits.

This week We close them out at
about half former prices. All
the necessary pieces. skirts.
knickerbockers. boomers. leg
gipgs and jackets, reduced. re-
duced. II you are interested
call early.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-17

Of . chairman Of the county commit
tee. the names Of Gustav Stengel.
A. d. Huesing. w. B. Moore and
John Oblweilef were presented. aud
all declining but Mr.. Moore. he
was elected By reclamation. Mr..
Moore made . speech in which he
pledged to do his duty for the party.
H t. Ooovoot1oos.
The committee on selection Of DEL
egates to the various conventions re-
ported the following. and the report
was unanimously adopted:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-17
Crockery Department.

Observe closely some Of our
crockery items for this week.
Gallon jugs sc.
Stone milk crooks &c. Sc. &c.
Half gallon stone jars, nicely
glazed. Sc.
Lamp chimneys. all sizes. Sc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-17

Special for this week.
A line of great sellers:
we're $I.7S. a new fresh
lot. We place them on sale
at $I.IS. You'll know
them on sight. sold all
season at SI.7s.
Another lot which have
sold all season At 81 II,
not all sizes left. Win close
them out at sSc. Come
early for these.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-17

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-17

Each day Of our sale, this
week. we shall offer. be-
sides the Bargains already
named. something inter.
esting to close buyers.
Notice the papers every
day. Don'tlet your neigh
bors get all the good
things because you didn't
zee It in the papers.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
Another Salvation Army

In England the Established church bns 40,
nm organization in th" field modelled upon
the lines OF th" salvation Army, and IL hns
proved extremely successful The Episrnnol
church here now Is taking steps towards tbr
tprmation OF similar force. II i. NOT
Thought that il work will interfere with thnt
oi the Salvationists. but IL is expected To ann.
plom"nt 1t to reach large classes inaccessible
% the ordinary ministrntions of the church
Two Efforts OF tn" sort have nlrrndy L,.,,
mair. One, several years ago ia Detroit by
tho IT. Rev. Joseph II. johnson. now Lishop
oI Los Angeles. TIL" second IL now in 4u,.
c's7Iul operation in Pittsburg. having been
ipundtd 10y james IT, Bnkcwcll, u lawyer and
a member of the brotherhood Of st. Andrew
In that city. The more general Organization
now proposed IA 10 be- under the auspices Of
the entire church and to extend lis work
over the whole country, nftor the example Of
Ih' parent order There IL room for all of
th'm and n field for their efforts wide enou,h
to give thcm all elbow room
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
As SEAMANsHIP.

Expert seamnn~hip includes today knowl-
Fc OF the ground under the sea. sound
bt once saved u steamer at night. sinking
furious raiustorm and almost utter dark
s. by feeling his way into IA harbOr with
| plummct. That is the value of looking
1n wisely and mt the proper time.
/ Il sounding" the way is found by the star.
|aring the const. wise men "heavc the lead
lind what is down below. SO with our
tristan walk aud service among men. We
ist along the world, and plain sailing by
z courses il rather exceptional proceed
j. Whom good thing Is to be done.
+ best practicable way To do il is
still great question. and IL W.
pdertako to reach our end by a
raight line, We shall take the ground. "
nj have to be pulled OF, or never start
;aln. Practical and practicable Christian
ork IL steering amid rocks and shoals.
eal courses of right must everbe cherished
Il they can seldom be followed out with
ccess just as one may conceive them. ....
ne steamship. on" may 20 too fast and
o far on right course. For there comes n
ne, crisis. when the right course shifts
direction and righteousness itself requires
change. The reversal of an originally
;ht course, at the proper time, Is simply
awng back the ship from the shadows
Y. Evangelist.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19

NNN'l N"l'N ON IilL vs. tt LIQUOR.
General \. ". Groriy shy, in the Ladies'
Homo journal; "ln his younger DAYS Wash.
ihgtoh extended M his lir,i -A>.Ljn the usual
post election hospitality, which, in those
dhSs, consisted in tnr minimum amount OF
lopl with the maximum amount OF spirits.
we Hhd him paying an account for such nm
entertainment for some 500 voters whore tho
account was three shliing5 for food and
thirty-seven Tor liquors, Tho capacity Ofthe
average drinkar may, porhays. be placed at
thrrh quarts NJ sitting, ~ derived from thia
account, which covered ono hOgshead OF
punch, or barrel of punch, forty gallons OF
Puhch, nine bowls OF punch, forty-nve gal.
IONS oil wine and fOrty-srvpn OF beer. Wash
lnSton, who was not present, expressed his
surprise at their moderation, aud wrote his
agent that he feared he had not been liberal
enough, and expressed the hopo that he had
not heSlected thOsu who had voted In tho
opposition.
"liis reflective mind and acute obssrva-
tion soon noted the rnvagrs made by drink.
and doubtless cOnirmol that personal mod
Grafton which never permitted him 10 run
into excess OF any kind. In the Provincial
army, when general charges Of drunkenness
were made against the Virginia troops, there
WAS no word against Washington uersOnally.
He had, moreover thus early deplOred il as
u serious vice, forba le IL by stringent orders.
and applied a hundred a9hes 10 every man
found drunk. still later he wrote that Gin
shops served to ruin tho proprietor and those
who make the most frequent application TO
them, and In advising his nephew ho adds,
refrain from drink, which L. the sc urce OF all
evil and the ruin OF half tho workmon of
this country"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED.
ROW OVER OUTDOOR RELIEF.
Complaints Against Huntingdon County
Poor Directors.

The people OF Huntingdon count are com
planning bitterly about alleged extravaeant
expenditures by the poor directors for aims
house purposes. Official figures. takon from
the annual statements made by the directors,
show that the aggregate expenditures have
been increased from $500 In 1884 10 over
Sl0,0OO In 1895, while the increase In popua-
uon IN the same time has been less than
1000. The amount expended by the present
board Tor outdoor relief alone has exceNled
slo,OOO In one year. The salaries of direc-
tors have been largely increased by reason OF
time consumed and miles Travelled in looking
aiter persons receiving outdoor relief Al
though the county has large and comfor-
,apie alinshouse, II Is generally believed that
'he directors have been encouraging gem
oral system Of outdnnr relirL
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL.

Alcohol, which apparently brings SO much
pleasure 20 ilt purtakor. acts as poison, IL
oven consumed In small uO5ss 'uauS, uy
means OF Its cumulative action, Hs strikingly
shown In Munich, the centre OF beer con.
sumption, by the frequent and sudden cases
OF death OF apparently healthy men. Fatty,
enfeeblod hearts, shriyeled kidneys fatty or
hardened livers. changes in the texture Of
blood vessels, which cause pardlytic strokes
and softonings Of the brain by bursting In
the brain, chronic catarrhs of the stomach
and bronchial tubes, etc, trembling Of the
limbs, aberratiOn3 and diseases Of the men
tai faculties, delirium tremcaS et6. these
arcsome OF the consequences Of an immoie-
rate drinking oi alc)hQlif st,pulan!l. Pro
lessor DR.. BDllngcr Ot Munich. has in the
Same manner proved tho prevalence OF vari-
ous diseases OF a definite nature OF the in.
ternal organs caused by the universal drink
Ing OF beer. 4 normal heart or kidney Is
the exception only IN Munich. This stat" Of
anairs also in jures the progeny In u most
serious manner. Dr. Dcmme found that Of
the children Of non-drinkers cighty-twn per
cent, were sound, while OF those OF drinkers
only seventeen per cent. were sOuui. Al
though large quantities Of beverages w'rB
drunk formerly, still onlyin the last century,
and more especially only in the last decades
In which the brewers art was perfect, has
drinking become universal. II hus sprcal
everywhere aud increased 10 lrlghtul.
most alarming extent II has been intro
duccd even into country communities, and
the only inevitable consequences will bee the
thorough degeneration of the human race, II
the evil Is not checked before II Is too lutc.
Although It ~ contendol that beer contains
less alcohol than either wine or whisky, 1t is
nevertheless as injurious ~ either Of them,
whilo it, vauutel nutrtivo value stanis IA
no proportion u it, price. When a man Is
required to perform the greatest fcats of cor
pOreal eSertions in battle. sport. "Nplora-
tions, etc.. the banoiul effect of alcohol j.
most strikingly shown. In spite of the mgr-
retrogression In an othirn sense Is unlrni-
able. the chief cause of which Is principally
due to the Increase OF drunbcuncss, bc'aus,
tho beer saloon has become the ccnter and
focus OF social life
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
LOVE So AMAZING.

II seemed, after our loss, as II life could
PleVor regain IL buoyancy, and that we must
flways be haunted with sense of loneliness.
|but the impression grows dim ON our world
worn heart, and would soon be- etfaced were
~ not for the magical resources OF memory.
Inc discovery Of letter will re-create the
past and awaken siumbering emotions, and
Nndicate the omnipOtcnce of love. The
supreme love Of our souls, the passion for
. y1u Is subject 90 such subtle decays, such
suttde revivals. No one has lived the
.lnt'r life without seasons of early
passions when the romance OF Jesus
has captured the soul without seasons
OF lekT declenslon when the green
cry O In pring grew gray in the city dust. IL
Is In IN n hours of coldncss and WEAKNESS
YnEouplt TO reinforce cur souls with the
Aacram,nt of the bread and wine. As one
btakes journey To some country kirkyard
where tpe dust of his departed are lying, and
cleanses away the moss that has filed up the
letters of his mothers name, so do we In the
hbly conlmunion again assure ourselves of n
loko SO Amazing that II passes knowledge,
put So II lterly divine that II must be true
)lev. JOHN Watson.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
THE LABOR WORLD. l- :

J union OF laundry workers was organized
In Syracuse, MY.
Stone cutters hava been on strike in Chi.
caco since January6.
There Is si3i9 in the defense fund Of the
Building Trades Section.
Abolition Of the militia Is advocated I'm the
journal OF the Knights Of Labor.
Thorough organization OF New York CITY
laundry workers was commenced.
The Sheet and Plate Glass Glazlers Union
joined the Building Trades section
The Fall River (Mass. mills have declared
an average quarterly dividend OF i.93 per
cent.
The window. flint and green glass union
organizations in Indiana are forming n
trust.
Over S300O,000 has been paid In benefits
TO members OF Cigar Makers International
Union since u was organized.
The American Federation Of Labor issued
aclrculnr 70 worktngmen on the aims and
benefits OF thorough organization.
During the month Of February sss 400 was
paid TO relatives OF members of the Brother
hood OF Railroad Trainmen for sick benefits
Germnn-Americau Typographical Union
decided to give S5 n week to each of its I'M
employed members not entitled to iutcrna.
tional benefits.
Tho trainmen on the Northern Alabama
Halfway struck for n reduction OF working
time and completely stopped the freight
business OF the road. On tho following day
the company conceded their demands.
The Brotherhood Of CARPENTERS and tho
Horseshoors' National Union hnye boon
solectedb by President Samuel Gompers, Of tho
American Federation Of Labor. to make tho
demand for the cight-hour work day on
May /.
white button with the letters II. Il. IA
meaning Railroad Temperance Association
Is now worn By moro than 19O, 900 railroni
men In tho United States and Canada Tho
movement was started three years ago by
Hon. l.. $. Coi,in. OF Iowa.
The American Railway Union advised
labor organization to form dual central
bodies, so as To be in position 20 adopt indc-
pendence in politics and take separate action
with regard TO hours Of work, wages AMI
other matters affecting labor.
The Bluestone Cuttors and Flaggcrs. the
Architectural Bluestono Cutters and the
Bluestone Cutters Associations, Of Newark.
N. j.. and Kingston and Saugcrtics, N. Y.
combined. and will be known in the futurn
ns Amalgamatcd BluestOnc Cutters Associa-
ton Of America.
MHomburg, Germany, rcccntlya workman
VINO had been condemned 20 Ave dnys' inn
prlsohinent for some uttcranccs Of n social.
lstic nature, was pardonod by tho Emperor.
lilo demanded TO be imprisoned, however.
but the police declined TO do 40 I'm yioyy of
the pardon. and the workmcn departed in n
furious state OF discomfort
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
Killed Coming From N Party.

While the three children of Willis L. Black
man, a we'll known Chicago Board of Trade
operator, were returning home In q carriage
from party, the carriage was struck by a
train at the railroad crossing In Hinsdale,
and the coachman, Samuel Russell, and two
OF the children. Carlos ii. Blackman, eight
years old, and Willis Blackman. Jr., sixteen
years old, were killed. Marguerite Black
man, ten years old, tho remaining child was
seriously injured, her right leg being broken
and her body badly bruised. The coach was
smashed and scattered for fifty yards along
the track. Both Of the horses were Killed.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
uQuon AnIrm,ErIc-oDJEc- ..asso~.

LGQUoR AnITHNETIc-oBIE -.SSsoN
"Boy at the head Of tho class, what are We
paying for liquor as n Nation1'
5000 600 eco annually"
"Step to the blackboard. my boy. First
tnke rule and measure this silver dollar.
How thick is IL"
Nearly nm eighth of an inch"
We'll, sir, how many fthem can you put
In an inch2"
Between eight and nine"
give me the benefit of the doubt call II
nine. How many inches would IL require
to pile these $500, 900, 900 in?"
400. .000,0 o inches"
How many feet would that DcI
"8, 1873, 333 feet"
"lIow many rods Is that"
"505, $50 rods"
How many miles is that?"
'167s miles"
"Miles OF what?'
"lb7s miles OF silver dollars. laid down,
packed closely together, our National liquor
bill would make. This Il only one years
grog bill. D."
Reader, If you need facts about this
temperance question, nail that 10 post ami
read 1t occasionally. II would take ten men
with scoop shovels to throw away money as
fast as we aro wasting II for grOg.-Natlonal
Temperance Advocate.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
EEIECT RELIGIOUS READING.
THE PEACE OF Yourn.

Ia not customary to consider youth rs
od distinguished by that quietude OF
and restfulness Of mind which we com
Xiv associate with the word peace. IL Is
rs an, 10 be regarded as n restless. unsat-
"a ever-changing ever-striving season
ife. full of alternate raptures and disap-
|btments, but little marked by that uni
n. deep content which Is rcckoned the
|i,nge of age. But as one advances
vears. he cannot help feeling the in
Ice and mistakcnnesa Of this COM
conception. He looks back upon
youth with wistiul sense OF its
uiiled happiness. its freedom from heevy
,onsibility and care, its innocence OF the
8and sorrow of life, its bright, dreamful
: anh sweet forgetful nights. Then. II
he knows that his soul was at peace.
NAV restore to him some measure OF that
8etude, but the peace OF age can never
.rlitc 50 perfect. so utter, so untroubled
n deeply sweet. ns the peace OF youth.
ao does not recall the days whcn ne was
4 kpd In the sun. as n child, and seemed to
IA AWAY into golden sea OF hope and
4 mud rcst Whoc forget the soitness Of
pillow of youth. the rosy dreams and
x,rr wnking, crowned with that delicious
Rsicni SENSE Of perfect fecupcration and
Tfnpared vigor? Truly, youth is time OF
4 rn ncnrc deep and sweet and memoir
!, 4itah a. we may never know again un-
,yp nra born into the now childhood ot
won. But the heart Of youth Is glad and
8ptcnt only when It is in its natural state.
"a. .ntr Of perfect harmony with nature and
I'm God. How quickly the infringement Of
4 Xinc lnw rohs the young spirit Of all
n bloom Of peace and delight. The soul
4, has di.appcarcd. the brightness Is gone,
"A of tho -kv, and the fcecincss out Of the
=, ,,,sr ,l,tida. when q boy or girl has on
- upou a course Of evil doing. Con-
=. .,nec has keen aud ready sting ere time
4. duilnd II. and the youth cannot break
{, lenst Of Gods laws without suffering for
rsnost Intensely. Tho condition Of peace
/. youth. then. Is n condition Of per-
stlInl obedience TO law, re"tltudo of
kpurht word and deed, holiness unto
Ia Lort. consecration 10 what Is pure and
hod and rnnoblng. Let no young per-
In think that the mere eNuberancc Of hi'
buth will keep him in the sunshine
life. II he gives himself over TO the
Iings which hurt the soul. There Is no
larr. whether in youth or age, save in liv-
. riyhtcously and fulfilling the nohler inn
.ilsrs of ones being. But to the young
PRISON who lives rightly shall come such a
.,nison Of pence as shall seem to bring
pwn TO him something Of heaven Itself,
|ling him with sense of the Divine Pres
nee. and bringing him into harmony with
that Is good and true in the uni
pr.t
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19

The Secretary of the United States Treasury
has received, through the Department of
State, the Consul General OF the United
States at London, and the Rev. Prebendary
Barff. OF London from an unknown person,
q bill OF exchange on New York for sl4,-
225.15. The bin will be- collected ami the
proceeds deposited in the Treasury on
account OF conscience"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
A Relic Of Indian DAYS.

An Indian scalping knife was found in
tree Ia Clcariirld county, Pad tcw days ago.
Inc hlau" was imboGuod 20 feet from mo
'ErouuG, ANA ~ the tree counted 40 rings
IRON ta" point Oi tho knife TO us hiit,
T. would iudlcatr tnHt the blade had
h''n ~ mat same position for almost two
e"hturi'-. In" stamp on the side of the
kuli" consists ui IN" representations OF u
crown uHd bottle, uld was NO DOUBT i'm
ported from Enslanu IN the early days of
tnu cOlonics and WA, pgouaoly traded 10 the
Indians.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
Raines BIZ Passes the 8 enat..

After eight hours debate the Raines
Liquor Tax bill passed the New York Senate.
at Albany, by vote OF 81 to 1S, four Repub-
licans voting with the Democrats. Senator
Pavey, Of New York City, voted with ths
fourteen Democrats SO did Senator Cog
geshall, OF Oneida, the Independent. Ths
two Others who went into the Democratic
camp on the party measure were; George
Davis and Simon Seibert, Of Buffalo.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
Girl Pleads Guilty to Murdor.

At HolIidaysburg, Penn, Minnie Swanger.
tho twelve-year-old Altoona murderess,
pleaded guilty to murder IN the second do.
gree in court. District Attorney Hammond
accepted the plea. The childs crime WAS
the murder OF her uncle, William McGregor,
by mixing poison with his coffee Her grand
mother also drank the poison. ami has not
vet fully recovered from It's effects. Judge
Bell said that he would send the prisoner to
q House OF Correction.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
THE IDEAL LIFE.

The ideal life for this world Is not vision
Ary. other-worldly, ghostly or unreal.
fhough not constructed on an angelic pat
|prn. the life OF man on earth Is divine God
hndr Adam not less than Gabriel and for
I'M our purposes In this mortal stage II Is
better 90 be "A man than un angel. The ideal
han Is clothed i'm flesh and blood ho h.
human. of the earth earthly. II this had not
been the best fashion, God would not have
b. made man. We should never attempt to
nakc ourselves into anything unlike the
battern The ideals pf the church have too Of
len gone away from humanity ;thcy have been.
Chosty. unreal. out Of touch with human
jty, II never seems to occur 10 the makers
Df saints that they have gone AWAY from the
Pattern Man. jesus was human, with red
blood In his veins: He walked among men
and discharged all the duties in His human
relations. The most human man was also
The most Divine. The ideal life ON earth is
1irst OF all loyal to the throne Of God; the
law aud direction come from above. At the
)ame time the sphere of duty Is on earth
Il(rys ayr various human relations. The
MtV;apoioiesr0tt Jesus ohrist, armed
luippy'of ready for the word of COM
to gohtitho hardest part of the field.
hint oi . desert or the monastery l.
Dr quaN compared with the actual
stnnts IN lifr's battlefield. The
Of the calendar with their hair
uncut nails aud unkept hair. make n
showing beside St. Paul and 1t. Peter.
ithor, Knox and Wesley. who entered
uman arena and fought with the beast
pm. such will hear the glad acclaim
l,t day: "lua.mGrh rs ye did IL unto
bi the least Of these, We did IL unto Me.
Is moral conflict the powers of the true
are best developed he makes the most
msolt In doing the most possible for
r.. TO do duty On earth IL really the
preparation for heaven. He who has
hargrd every duty here cannot fail to
an abundant entrance and an ample re-
II over yondcr.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
LIVE TEMPERANCE TOPICS.
A cur or VINE.

cur or WiNE.
"Thick ~ hillows ~ the snls
Are the graves ~ dchnuchcrs.
Shall we warming take Of these.
Since thcy form oi death the line?
500 tho fncrs white with care,
Scn the pictures OF despair.
Sec the shadows In the air
Coming from a cup of wincl
And the beads which bubhliug rise
Are the sorpcnts glittcring eyes.
And it, iangs are in the wine
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
Argentine Polo plnyers,

Tho Argentine Republic is going to send a
team OF polo players TO England next sum-
mer, and much interest is expressed to SEQ
their ponies, which are said to comprise
specimens OF every kind bred Ia South
America
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
MUST sror SELLING BRANDY Drors.

Owing to the receipt OF numerous com.
plants concerning the sale of candy contain
ing spirituous liquors to children the Police
Board OF this city investigated the mater
and found that the charges were well
founded, and that brandy in large quantities
Is contained in the candy known as "brnniy
drops" Orders were therefore issued TO the
police last week 10 notify c9niectioners that
tsey must cease selling such candy 10 chill
dren under penalty OF arrest. New York
Witness.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19
Insurgents Destroy a Town.

A cable despatch from Havana, Cuba, says
that insurgent bands have DESTROYED the
town OF San Juan Martinez, In Pinar Del
Rio province. -. - -.