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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-30

. out OF her pipe on the hearth OF the
kitchen range. which TO us children
was a preliminary sign that old 'Tllda
held in reserve one OF her reminls-
cences of her life on the Old Carter
plantation, near the city of Charleston,
and Of the civil war.
We children. my sister and l, used
to love to steal down to her especial
domain in the cleaning. and tease for
a story of that enchanted land OF flow
ers and especially of those battles
fought near the Carter place, and OF
which the old negress was an eye wit
ness
Reflling her pipe. and settling her
self in her easy chair. she continued:
u jes' done recolmember one noah OBJ
den yarns, but it's erbout how my ole
missus KEEP Decoration Day all by her
lone self, an how she done put poses
on one grave fur fifteen long years
afore she found out who de poah young
fella was"
Here old 'Tilda stopped and lighted
her pipe, pulled away with retro
spectiye glance at us two girls, as we
erept closer to this oracle in ebony, and,
having stimulated our curiosity. she
continued:
wal, jes' a couple O. days after dat
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-30

Above the tide that seeks the sea,
Through groves of song and haunts OF
bee,
A mighty camp in silence lies
At even meath the starlit skies;
No sentries guard with stately tramp
At day or dusk that sacred camp,
Where peacefully, meath shade and sun,
Repose the brave of Arlington.
Beneath the Pines uplifted crest
Sweet blossoms fall on many a breast;
No roll of drum or fife so shrill
Can wake the sleepers on the hill;
Above the carpet Nature spreads,
Ger all the violets lift their heads.
And once a day the sunset gun
The soft leaves stir at Arlington.
No thrilling dreams of war invade
The camp deep in the cedar's shade
No charge across the crimson plain
Could rouse the dead TO life again.
Beyond the river, flowing down
Past ruined fort and ancient town,
The Nations dome shines in the sun
Which lights, at MONDAY, Arlington.
o sacred bivouac meath the rose!
Thy tenants rest secure from foes;
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-30

One by one the heads OF gray
Bow before the last command
To pitch their tents across the way.
To go and join the silent forces
Bivouacked on the plains OF peace.
To meet again the long lost comrades
Death has granted full release.
All that roll OF names Respondent
Cheatham. Jackson, Forrest, Lee,
Loved commanders gone before
To join the great majority.
Unforgotten voices call
And unseen hands across the way
Beckon. and the old guard follows
Down through death, to victory
Adele L. shaw
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-30
DECORATION DAY.
MEMORIES RECALLED BY THIS
GREAT ANNIVERSARY.
No Political Differences Can Ever Enace
from the American the Love of
Country 49, All Worship at Altar of
Patriotism.

HE RETURN OF
this national ami
versary has a tes-
timony to offer
you. Every Deco
ration Day wit
nesses a smaller
number of northern
and southern vet
Grams. The maxi
mum is passed: the
minimum increases
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-30
Calumet Houghon Michigan Saturday.

now fragrant with springs gifts, their
thankfulness will be that in this great
land there is peace. sweet peace.-New
York Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-30

The fight that stirr'd their blood OF
yore
Is a vision past forevermore;
And once a year the fragrant bloom
OF May falls softly on each tomb.
The land is peace, the victory won,
o love-invested Arlington!
IT. c. Har baugh.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-30

The right kind of Christian VIII
always do right.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-30
AFTER MANY YEARS.
BY III. Luqueer.

you Is alus a want
in 4 story about
dem tryin' times in
Ole Caroliney. an
is jes don tole we
all | knowed ober
ober agin.
And our own
colored cook,
'Tilda J a c X s o n,
knocked the ashes
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-30
ARLINGTON.

Above the tide that seeks the sea,
Through groves of song and haunts OF
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-30
AT THE SOLDIERS GRAVES.

AIN G o o ID
frie n d S, we
gather here,
Each with his
grateful offer
ing.
he earliest bios
SONS of the
Year,
A n d greenest
laurels of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
fUlKl!l bath l00I!

Baths Of all kinds, including
Turkish, plain. shampoo. cleo
trio, electro-thermal, etc., may
be obtained at the 0anitarium
Bath Rooms, on the first door Of
the Harper House.
Rooms OPEN.
For Ladiss-From . .. m. to
II N. on week days For Gen.
tlemen-From 2 p. m. to 10 pm.
on week days On Sundays the
rooms will be open from I .. m.
to IL .. m. for Gentlemen only.
Electric aud Electfo-thermal
baths may be obtained at any
time during business hours.
Gymnasium connected With bail
rooms.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
SOLITUDE AND SILENCE.


Essaliar Charm Possasssd b. oousA AZ.
ricaa Scenery.
4 peculiar charm which South Arr.
ran scenery possesses is that Of primeval
solitude and silence. II is q charm
which is differently felt by different
minds. There are many who find the
presence of what Homer calls 1.-THE rich
works of men, essential to the perfec-
tion CT q landscape. Cultivated fields,
gardens and orchards. farmhouses dot
ted here and there, indications in one
form or another Of human life and Ia.
Dor, do not merely give greater variety
to every prospect, but also impart an
element which evokes the sense of SYM
pathy with our fellow men and excites
a whole group of emotions which the
contemplation Of nature, taken by it.
self, does not arouse.
No one is insensible to these things.
and some find little delight in any scene
from which they are absent. Yet there
are other minds to which there is some.
thing specially solemn and impressive
in the untouched and primitive SIM
plicity Of a country which stands now
just as it came from the hands Of the
Creator. The self sufficientness Of ma
ture. the insignifcance Of man, the
mystery Of q universe which does not
exist. as our ancestors fondly thought,
for the sake Of man, but for other pur-
poses hidden from us and forever undis-
coverable-these things are more fully
realized and more deeply felt when one
-
seems to have known no change since
the remote ages when hill and plain and
valley were nodded into the forms we
see today.
Feelings Of this kind powerfully at
feet the mind of the traveller in South
Africa. They affect him in the Karroo,
where the slender line Of rails, along
which his train creeps all day and all
night across long stretches of brown
desert and under the crests of stern,
dark hills. seems to heighten by con-
trast the sense of solitude-a vast and
barren solitude interposed between the
busy haunts Of men which he has left
behind ON the shores Of the ocean and
those still buster haunts whittier he il
bent, where the pick and hammer sound
upon the Witwatersrand and the palpi-
tating engine drags masses Of ore from
the depths Of the crowded mine They
affect him still more in the breezy high
lands of Matabeleland, where the eye
ranges over an apparently endless sue
cession Of undulations clothed with tall
grass or waving wood, till they sink in
the blue distance toward the plain
through which the great Zambezi takes
its seaward course. James
Bryce, NJ. p, in Century.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
Armour and Sons Acquitted.

CHICAGO, June 4.-For two nights the
directors of the board of trade have been
listening to evidence in the case against
the Armours in which the Armour eleva.
tors were some time since declared irregu-
lar. The verdict Of the directors was nc.
quittal for p. ID. Armour and his two sons
by practically q unanimous vote and tho
suspension Of Manager Valentine, of the
elevators, by vote Of nine to eight. The
charges against the Armours was largely
technical, being that they had INDUCED in
certain irregular proceedings in connection
with the transfer and storage of wheat in
their elevators.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
ABBREVIATED relseaAasa

Persimmons, the Prince Of Wales horsA
won the Derby yesterday. 1t was the first
time in a hundred years that q Prince Of
Wales horse won that race.
Judge Austin, of Milwaukee, decided
that the street railway company had no
right to lay tracks on Washington avenue
and sustained the injunction.
It is said the authorities at Colon. Mich,
have secured evidence that Del Swartz,
now serving life sentence at jackson for
the murder of Willard n. johnson, Oct.
II, 1894, is innocent.
H. E. Tuttle, . switchman for the Chi.
cagO and Eastern Illinois railroad, was
killed in the switchyarsls Of that company
at Chicago.
H. A. w. Tabor, the millionaire ex-scn-
ator Of Denver. Col, has been summoned
to be present in chihuahua, Mex, within
forty-five days and either pay all claims
against the Ell Salto mill and the Tabor
mines or sign deed of foreclosure. The
value Of the property is given at $500, OOC
and the claims amount to $500, 900.
Stephen T. Bowen, Jr., ran away from
home at Chicago. sending word to his par
ents that he was going to Orchard, Neb.
His father started after him and Mt Scales
Mound. 153 miles from Chicago, accident
ally found his boy stealing a ride on the
baggage car Of the same train. The lad
had walked sixty-one miles Of the dis
lance.
Gas has been struck in Q we'll at Broad
Ripple, nine miles north Of Indianapolis.
Its pressure is about 3OO pounds. Land in
the vicinity has advanced in price.
The Social Purity League and Minis
terial Union, Of Topeka, Kan, are joined
in an appeal to the city council to suppress
nude art exhibits.
Cardinal Satolli attended the first ball
game he ever witnessed at Worcester,
Mass. He didn't understand 1t.
Thirty members of Salvation Army
were arrested at Decatur, Ills. for ohstruct.
ing the sidewalks. All were taken to Jail
and then released and a hallelujah meet.
ing followed.
w. P. Collins, q respected citizen Of AT.
ton, Ia, has sued Robert Battleman, ex-
county auditor, for 5000 for alternating
Mrs. Collins affections
The Schoolfield- Hanauer Grocery com.
pany, one Of the oldest wholesale firms in
Memphis, Tenn, assigned. The liabilities
will reach 500, 600; assets, nominally $780,.
Co.,
Macej Chlelik. saloonkeeper at Chi.
caso. committed suicide by shooting him.
self. The man is said to have been dc.
spOndent for some time over financial af.
fairs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
CABLE CULLINGS.

CABLE. June S.-Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hass, Of Coal Valley. were
visiting with Mrs. Alois Fritchle, sis
ter Of Mr.. Hass, last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. st. John we're in
Rock Island Tuesday.
A girl baby arrived at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Angus Thursday
evening.
Fred Hawton. j. F. Ryan, Fred
Schroeder and r. W. Clark atte nded
church in Sherrard Sunday evening.
Mr.. Hendricks, editor of the Cable.
gram, is the proud father of q baby
girl, which arrived last Saturday
evening.
DIR. K. G. Christy gave an ente,
tainment and dance Tuesday even
ing for the benefit of Mrs. Maurice
Evans and children.
Ed Nelson. who was proprietor of
the Cable hotel, has moved to Chi
cago and Mrs. Elizabeth Bell will
run the hotel in the future.
Mrs. Lizzie Neave, of Gilchist, was
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Neave, and her cousin William
Fowl. Sunday. Mr.. Fowl will leave
Tuesday for British Columbia.
Decoration day at Cable several
lodges turned out and marched from
the opera house TO the Congrega-
tional church, where memorial ser.
vices were conducted by Rev. Ed
wards, of Cable, and Rev. Forsell, OF
Sherrard. After services they
marched to the cemetery led BY the
Cable and Sherrard bands.
The male quartet of Cable, com
posed Of w. j. Lee, John Alexander.
Thomas Blenkinsopp and P. N!
Brown. gave a free concert Satur-
day evening. the program consisting
Of old war songs accompanied by
Miss Sheppard as organist. A large
audience attended and the entertain
ment was declared q social success.
A republican township caucus was
held last Thursday evening for the
purpose of electing IL delegates to
the Mercer county convention. The
delegates are as follows: Thomas
Martin, william Terrill, William
Angus, William Williams, Alfred
Nelson, John Alexander. Samuel
Pascoe. Sam Stranghan, A. r. Tom
linson, T. L Vernon, Mr.. Danielson,
ST., and Samuel Ickes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04

Where are you going. my pretty maid
So modest and sedate!
To church, kind sir, she sweetly said,
And l am afraid I'm late.
Can 60, too? And when there
We quickly can be wed;
You bet your life; I'm stuck on you,
For your clothes are up-to-date.
Many thanks! cried he, for admiring them
They are my tail0r's good taste,
And anyone wanting fine clothes,
Go TO Hopes and have them made to tn
Queens taste.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
Where Water II Scarce.

A. B. Ellis, while ON q visit to As.
cension island. met an old friend, who
shook hands, reached down q coat from
a peg and put it on, saying:
Excuse my not putting on shirt,
will you?''
''Of course, of course, =" replied Mr..
Ellis. 'Take off more Of your clothes il
you'll feel more comfortable.
"N-no. It's not that, but the fact is ]
haven't shirt clean enough to pat on. -
Mr.. Ellis could only murmur his sur.
prise ct this strange circumstance and
endeavorcd to look sympathetic. The
friend continued, II dare say you think
it odd that don't have them washed?''
Mr.. Ellis. hardly knowing what to
say, inquired, "Why don't you?'
The friend unfolded q horrible tale to
the effect that the water supply Of the
island consisted principally Of wha,
quantity being obtained from Danpier' 4
drips and Brandeth wells; that water
was always SO scarce that it was served
out like . ration Of rum. only more
sparingly, the allowance in prosperous
times being two gallons day per man.
When clothes were sent to the wash,
the water for washing them had to be
sent with them. But the condenser al
that time had been out Of order for some
nine or ten days, and everybody or che
island had been put on short allowance.
so that they had not enough for drink.
ing. much less for washing either them.
selves or their clothes-Portland Ore.
e,oniav,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
SPIRIT LAKE EXCURSION.

Opportunity 20 vlsas . Rsno1s ssnnsr
Recent Tor . Mere SONG.
Announcement il made OF . grand
excursion which will be run to Spirit
Lake. Iowa's famous summer resort,
Saturday, June ~, by Eph. Ra-
dasch. who 10 widely known AZ an ex-
cursion manager. The fact that an
excursion 10 to b 'spersonallv con-
Quoted" by Mr.. Radasch, whose
ability IS . promoter and manager Of
excursions has brought him an ex-
cellent reputation. is sufficient guar
antee that every convenience will be
at hand and that the trip will be .
pleasant one to all.
Spirit Lake, the objective point Of
this excursion, 10 the most beautiful
spot in Iowa. As attractions for Wis
itors there are large bodies of fresh
water with vast stretches of beach
and wooded shores. Lake Okoboii
with it's wild scenery. the monument
erected to the survivors of the Spirit
Lake massacre, the pretty town Of
Spirit Lake, rides on team and cleo
trio launches and in sail and row
boats, fine bathing pavilion and
beach. the state fish hatchery, unex-
celledpfishing, aud the Hotel Orleans.
magnificent and immense caravan.
sary. costing $125, 900, with accom-
modations for hundreds of guests.
In order to accommodate the large
number who will dou btless take ad-
vantage of this opportunity, four az
special trains will be run, leaving
Burlington, Davenport, Iowa City
and Cedar Rapids. OF these trains .
special will leave Davenport at 8 p
m. Saturday evening. June p, and
will reach Spirit Lake in time for
breakfast on the morning of June 20.
The excursion trains will leave Spirit
Lake on the return trip on the even.
ing OF June %, but those so desiring
can remain until the evening of June
30. as their tickets will be good until
that time. The fare for the round
trip from all stations is only $3.50
Assurance is given that seats will be
provided for all who make the trip
Sleepers will be provided for those
who make application to local ticket
agents by June &c.
For further information address
Eph. Radasch, Keokuk. Iowa, or call
on B.. G. r. q N. agents.
j. MORTON,
G. p. & T. A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
United PreabYterians.

XENIA, O., June AT the United Pres
byterian general assembly the matter of a
financial secretary to devote all his time
to the church was laid on the table. The
report of the committee ON education was
accepted. showing: Students in attend.
ance at theological seminaries, 143; en-
rolled in colleges, Lac. The productive
endowment of seminaries is SOL, $40, of
colleges, $s52, 600; total, s844, 400, an in.
crease of 81 400 during the year The
board asks for appropriations of $4,000
for the regular work and 10000 to the
special educational fund The matter of
cooperation with the Presbyterians in
home missionary work was defeated. The
place for the next meeting of the assembly
was fixed for Rock Island, Ills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
Useful Gum Chewing.

Even SO disagreeable habit as gum
chewing may once in q great while
serve useful purpose. as witness an
incident narrated by the Chicago Jour-
nal:
A guest was washing his ring in o
washbowl. when the diamond came out
and started for the sewer. 1t could be
seen at the turn in the pipe. but was
out Of reach.
The clerk Of the Auditorium annex.
in which the accident occurred, ap-
peared oh the scene. He was equal to
tine emergency. He called bellboy and
sent for a package of chewing gum.
When it was brought. the boy chewed
gum as he never had before. Theh put.
ting the soft. plastic quid on the end
Of long lead pencil, he reached for
the diamond. His aim was true. The
diamond stuck in the gum and was
brought out safely.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
MASCULINE MEDICINE CHESTS.
Every Man Carries His Eavorite Rene
Always with Him.

Every Man Carries His Eavorite Remedy
Always with Him.
It is customary for men to sneer good
naturally at the physical weaknesses of
the opposite sex, but women would
doubtless be surprised could they know
how generally the medicinal remedy
habit permeates the ranks of their mas
culine friends. Think over your list Of
male acquaintance and pick ont the
few who have no ailments and carry no
bottles, powders or prescriptions. They
will be very few indeed, unless your list
includes but very young mon.
1t has been said that every woman
knows the best face wash on earth and
is willing to part with her secret only
on compulsion, but will try anything
else suggested by friend. But men are
the most obstinate believers in sovereign
remedies. Every man carries at least
one remedy in his inside pocket and is
willing to unload it on anybody who
will listen or dare to test its infallibil-
ity. have known four or five healthy
looking men in group, not one Of
whom would be suspected of ever being
i'll, draw concealed walls of pellets and
little unsupported boxes Of pills and as
tonishingly worded prescriptions from
their confidential hiding places and dis.
course most learnedly upon their miracu.
lous powers.
In every case Of this kind there has
been at some time. more or less remote.
an apparent justification of merit claim.
ed, from which time and thencefortl,
forever that particular individual gees
contentedly and even boastingly bound
to that medicinal chariot wheel New
York Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04

People begin to ask Themselves, where shall
spend the eummery" An ocean voyage. an in
land jaant. or cosstwise trip. which shall 1t be
In eth n use, osc Of the m,st useful travelling
eompanions, one that never fails in ~ emergency
to which IL is adapted, 10 Hostettcr's Stomach
Bitters. whic, remedies g . sickness, nausea,
heacache. billiousuess and Ealarisl complaints.
Dyspepsia, rhsuustisa. nervousness and kidney
trouble are also remedied By the great Alternative
and preventative. Tourists by sea and land. ma
rim r., emigrAnts and western pioneers all testify
10 its defensive and remedial emcscy. Bodily
and mental fatigue a,e couatesacied BY II. and !,
prevents maladies which would otherwise BE-
brought ON by exposure. No one should start or
summer outing without 1t. II lie the most geo.
iai and reliable Of summer tonics. and suite Tho
mos; fastidious palate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
Pennoyer to Re,luce m, Own WAGES,

PORTLAND, Ore, June Ain speaking OF
his policy as mayor of this city ex-Gover.
nor and Mayor-elect Pennoyer sad: 81
shall endcavor to reduce expenses where.
ever I can to meet the existing conditions,
and / will now say what could not well
say and what I did not say before election
that while 1 am endeavoring to faithful
ly discharge my duty as mayor, shall
t,ke but one-half the salary"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
Obliged to Give Up al. Elephant Chops.

I'VE used to have elephant chops for
breakfast regularly in Africa. said q
traveller who has just returned TO the
city after long absence, land occa-
s,onally we have them here. and like
'cm. but We live III fat. the kitchen is
small, We can't get but one chop into it
at . time, and the cook has to stand out
ON the fire escape and turn it with .
pitchfork, and it's such slow, incon-
venient way of cooking them that sup-
pose We'll have to give 'em up New
York Sun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04

Magistrate-You're charged with
stealing some diamond studs. Have you
anything to say:
Prisoner-Well. yer worship the card
on which was the studs was marked
collar studs" SO l took it as an invi-
tation. an did collar 'em@London Fun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04

CARRoLLTON, Mo-, June 4.-Henry Miles
was waylaid and killed near his home in
Dewitt by an unknown ASSASSIN, who used
q double-barrcllcd shotgun and who shot
tho hsad of Miles nearly u. There Il NO
cluo g the murd9u1.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04
Bankers for the Gold standard.

WHEELING, W. Va, June AT the an
nual meeting of the Bankers association
Of West Virginia q resolution favoring
the gold standard was passed. The bank
ers present were about evenly divided
politically, but are unanimous against
free silver