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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22

Iowa Legislative Matters.

Des Moines. Ia, Feb .22.-The house
laid en- the table a resolution for an in
vestigation Of state institutions. This
Kills the investigation. Hnman intro
duced resolution directing the railway
commissioners to endeavor to secure
reduced rates from the railways to ship
Iowa corn east. Both houses refused to
adjourn over Washington's birthday.
The house passed a bill aimed at insur-
ance departments in railway companies
1t makes invalid the agreement of the in
sured not TO hold the company respon-
sible for injuries received
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22

Paris. Feb. 22.-It 10 stated the
powers have accepted the proposal to
grant autonomy to Crste. Even IL
this 10 true it would naturally be at
once followed by an ultimatum to
Greece. This probably accounts for
the rumors on the bourse regarding
the ultimatum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22

Statistics show that thousands of
infants and children yearly die of
membranous Group. We do not ex-
aggerate when We state that every
one Of these inrocents could have
been saved had Foley's Honey and
Tar been given them in time. Can
you afford to be without it in your
household? Sold by NJ. F. Bahnsen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22

Hannibal. Mo-. Feb. 22.-By fire in
the residence ard store Of n. MARKS
early this morning four persons were
ssphy xiated. two boys Of Marks,
William Reed and Marks himself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22

At the outset a resolution hv Cameron
of Pennsvlvan;a- was ,n.r,r,o,,.,v
oaor+ea a~rrs-..,,. =, -.r -
e:o. o.r. e pn, eon'inen'ai CON
~, NueS soes. W ornns iorwaro tne
r,N" SssoA " iooA ln.o 'ne IA
wi p.ooi., ou' ~ was sooh oispieceo
soee "a % ~ 60 70 take up the IN.
en "pPi"Pi .a'ion. Inc iatter measure
leu u TWO anhmateu DISCUSSIONS. first on
sliver anu .hen on sectarian schools. A
provisioh tnat certain Indian payments
snah oe made-in silver. In accordance
Win treaty requirements. led Allen to
Soi"ieh' On ID provision tor oO-cent
uoiial coihihs hro" soio men on tne
apPropriatlons committee.
me sectar'ah schoois question was re-
.Neu. Loose oi Massacnusetts assert
ing tnat the senate committee had re-
por'eu an amenoment reversing the pol
ICY Vi last year ror the abandonment or
SeS.a.iah schoois aiter July l, 1871.
ieher said ne opposed sectartan
schoois' put ne supported the amend
,neht because II was better to continue
'ne sectarian scnoois Tor year or two
lather tnan turn the Indian school chill
@ u.en ou' VI schooi' as tne government
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22
Bic, srti In the North.

Plainield, Wis.,, Feb. 22.-The
worst blizzard in many years ragged
last night and today. One to two
feet OF snow fell. drifting badly, and
many drifts are six feet deep.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22
A Case of Circumstnn,ial Ev,d.pc.

Middiesbcro. KY, Feb. 22.-Joseph
Murdoch. of Scott county, Va. who was
supposed to have been murdered
twenty-five years ago. and for which
Bud Lindsay served tweny-one years in
the Virginia penitentiary. has returned
to his former home. Lindsay died re
Gently.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22
M'MlLLIN's BLAST AT THE COURT.
What the Tennessee Statesman Said Of Gu,
Supreme Tribunal of the Land,

What the Tennessee Statesman Said of Our
Supreme Tribunal of the Land.
Washington, Feb. 22.-The house spent
Saturday in discussion of the general
deficiency bill, which was not finished.
There was warm debate over an agree
ment by Hopkins Of Illinois to take out
the item of 1900 to pay members Of
the Fifty-third congress for amounts
withheld from their salaries for
absences in accordance with a
rule adopted by that congress. Hopkins
carried his point-113 to IS. The
talk on this matter was not lively in
comparison with the attack McMillin
made upon the national supreme court
Bartlett Of New York had announced
that he would defend Justice Shiras
from the attacks of DeArmond and Nc
Millin, when the latter got the floor.
Referring to his previous remarks on
Justice Shiras, he said: Il intended it
as an attack. and if it was not SUFFICIENT
1 stand ready to renew it at any time"
Continuing. he said: Il hold that there
is nothing in the American government
so sacred that 1. as representative Of
the American people. am not at liberty
to attack it when it goes wrong" Turn
ing to Bartlett he said: 1T ill becomes
the gentleman from New York who has
taken his bag and baggage out Of the
Democratic party, to dictate to me what
policies 1 should pursue. I am at the
old camping ground, fighting the old
battle" democratic applause.1
What / said of Justice Shiras was
that he was the man who tore down the
federal constitution and who took away
from the American people the right Of
100 years to tax the wealth of this coun-
try, and I repeat it today and 1 am
glad that I have got through his.thick
hide at last" McMillin said, he would
present some facts regarding the cir
cumstances under which Justice Shiras
had changed his mind. For the present
he would content himself with having
read the dissenting opinion Of Justice
Harlan in the income tax case. This
was being read when Bartlett inter-
rupted to ask whether McMillin would
also have the majority opinion Of the
court read
Oh! / don't want such slush read In
my time" 4cMfllin exclaimed.
SENATE TaREsHEs OLD STRAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22

Seventy million people know
Hoods Sarssparills purifies she
blood. strengthens the system and
gives good health.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22
Nov MeK,assy n.s . Ceu.h

Canton, Ohio, Feb. 22.-McKiulev
10 not 90 we'll today. He has . trou-
blesome cough. but his physician
says his condition need cause NO sp-
prohension.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22

Sc. Paul. Minn.. Feb. 22.-The
venerable Arch bishop Grscs died at
st. Joseph hospital this morning
after Q protracted illness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22
john 5. John.on Recoveriur.

Toronto, Ont, Feb. 22.-John S. John
eon is now recovering from his attack
OF pneumonia, and unless complications
arise will be around in a week CT SO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22

Chicago, Feb. 22.-Frank A. Wander
lip, assistant managing editor OF The
Economist, a financial paper of this
city, has accepted the position of pri.
vate secretary to Lyman J. Gage. when
that gentleman becomes secretary OF
the treasury.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22

out the lodgment Of charges and that he
had been murdered by his jailers Con-
sui General Lee was Immediately di-
rected by cable to investigate the affair,
although it appeared from his dis
patches that he had already had his
attention directed to the case.
special Fakes as Usua,.
The official reports Of the Spanish off.
GERS are said to show that Ruiz COM
mitted suicide while in Jail, but this
has not yet been communicated to the
department of state. Meanwhile, Con-
sui General Lee is Investigating the
matter and the state department is
awaiting his report. In the absence Of
this the department officials feel no ap-
prehension Of any complications and all
stories that warships have been called
for by General Lee, or that this gov
ernment is making ready to take forci-
bic measures in the case are without
foundation. DR.. Ruiz is said to have
been raturalized American citizen He
studied and practiced dentistry in Phil
adelphia for some time and returned to
Cuba about the beginning of the pres
ent insurrection.
Don't Know Him at PhiIadelphia.
But news from Philadelphia makes
"Dr. Ruiz" somewhat of a mystery. A
telegram from there says: ''The best
posted Cuban patriot in Philadelphia,
DR.. John Guiteras, said that neither he
nor any of his acquaintances here or in
Cuba had any knowledge of DR.. Richard
Ruiz. who was said to have been a
naturalized American and a Philadel-
phia dentist, and was reported to have
been beaten to death in the Guanahacoa
Jail. DR.. Guiteras. himself a dentist,
has never known Of a DR.. Ruiz prac-
ticing dentistry in Philadelphia"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22
Hc Was Sure.

"Drummers, sometimes called com.
mercial travellers. are, like ministers
and doctors, fond of chatting each other.
i've great story to tell you, boys, -
said drummer to group in the corri-
dor Of the Iroquois last night. II don't
think any of you ever heard me tell it
before"
"Is it q really good story:" asked one
Of the party doubtingly.
1T certainly is.''
''Then I'm sure you never told it be-
fore. Buffalo Times
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22

To Cure . Cold IN One Day.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the
money II Il fails to cure. Is cents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22
Grants Communication to a Thug.

Washington, Feb. 22.-In the case Of
Marion Gamble, sentenced in Montana,
Dec. is. to imprisonment in the ter
ritorial prison in Montana for the term
Of his natural life for robbing the Unit
ed States mails and putting in jeopardy
the life Of carrier, the president has
finally cofnmuted the sentence to four
teen years actual imprisonment.
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Washington. Feb. 22.-The Daughters
of the American Resolution will hold
their sixth annual congress here begin
ming this morning. The sessions prob
ably will continue all the week. The
president general, Mrs. Adali Steven
son. will make the opening address, and
Mrs. Elroy Avery. state regent Of Ohio,
will respond
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-22

Tx A-ecs. only 100 . wssk.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-02
~ our fam1lles sing rs they ought.

I'll our FAMILIES sing rs they ought.
There Will LIE Il great revolution on
this subject i'll all our churches. God
will come Down by his spirit and rouse
up the old hymns and tunes that have
not been more than half awake since the
time Of Or srandfathers. The silent
pews in the church will break forth in
70 music, and when the conductor takes
ais place OIL the Sabbath day there will
be :. great host CT voices rushing into the
harmony. My Christian friends, if we
have no taste for this service on earth
what will we do in heaven, where they
all sing and sing forever? 1 would that
our singing today might be like the Sat
urday night rehearsal for the Sabbath
morning in the skies, and we might be-
gin now, by the strength and by the
help Of God, to discharge duty which
none of us has fully performed. And
now what more appropriate thing can l
do than to give out the doxology of the
heavens Unto him who hath loved us
and washed Us from our sins i'll his own
blood, to him be glory forever!"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-02
Singing Among the Greeks.

Our present system of public instruc-
ton is not so modern as some would
have us believe Sparta had her state
superintendent, who, if distant report
is to be trusted, was an educational
despot. But while he welded his walk
ing stick freely during official visits
and encouraged his subordinates to ply
the rod on all occasions, he was as dill
gent promoter of music as is any hui
name and progressive educator of our
era AS result the little Laced@mo-
mans sang blithely, no matter what tor
ment was going OH under their tunics
And all over Greece, i'll those dim days,
were schools ranging from infant
grades instructed under Arcadian hedges
to university extension schemes harbor-
ed in buildings uniquely termed "places
of leisure The infants were drilled in
their alpha beta gammas, the older
boys were taught poetry and gymnas-
tics, with something of arithmetic,
geometry and drawing, and adults spent
their leisure with rhetoricians and soph-
lists, paying handsomely for the PRIV
ilege. But music was IL sine qua non of
Grecian life, i'll school and i'll sport, in
battle and in burial. The epic and ele-
giac chantings at festivals, the calm
speculations Of Fythagoras as to the
music OF the spheres, the choral out
burst of "thc great fifth century" the
martial odes OF TyT,aus and Pindar,
all show the national love for melody
of voice as well as for high and harno-
NOUS thought. An old time Greek set
down amid the strident, metallic voices
of our occidental world would feel that
the furies had seized either upon him
or the continent he was visiting.-Ger-
trude E. Wall in Lippincott's.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-02
A TRlFLE TOO MUCH.
How an Old Darliy's Sympathy Was Un
feelingIy Imposed Upon.

feelingly Imposed Upon.
General Nichols of Louisiana COM
manded brigade of Infantry during
the valley campaign in Virginia which
so immortalize6 the name Of Stonewall
Jackson. In one Of the three famous
victories over Banks, Milroy and Shields,
says the Nashville American, the Louisi-
ana brigade bore a conspicuous part,
and it's gallant commander was carried
from the field mortally wounded, as
every one supposed, but good nursing
and slillfpl surgery saved the life Of
the general. He left a leg and an arm
on the battlefield and list one Of his
eyes. He wears an artificial leg on one
side of his body and an arm on the op-
posite. The pluck which enabled him
to Withstand these terrible wounds, and
to which he is indebted for his life,
perhaps more than to any other cause,
sticks to him yet, and he is one of the
most jovial of men, enjoying a good
joke as much as anybody. He tells this
on himself:
When canvassing for governor, he
was invited by lady who knew of his
loss of limbs to make her house his
home, and he accepted She ordered her
manservant, who knew nothing of the
generals misfortune, to see that he was
comfortably put to bed. The darby felt
proud Of the honor Of serving distin-
guisled general and the next governor,
and the general was inclined to be COM
municative, which delighted the negro
very much and made him feel at home
with his guest. When he took the gen.
erals arm off and laid it on the table,
he commenced to express great SYM
pathy saying:
cit sho' is bad for man to lose he
arm dat erway An de Yankees done
dis, did dey?'
When the general told him to take
his leg off, the neglo thought he was
joking, but went at it in businesslike
way, thorgh he was almost ready to
shed tears of sympathy this time. Plac-
ing the leg on the table by the side Of
the arm and looking at the general, he
said:
"Umph! Leg off on one side an arm
off ON t'othcr Dat is too bad, to cut
manvlp in dat sort O. way. %
The general saw the opportunity for
little fun had come, SO, leaning his
body forward, said
Come, now, take my head Off
But the negro was gone.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-02
= Place For George.

One day we were at luncheon, al
though it was 6:15 p. NJ, when lady
was announced and ushcred in at once.
She was apparently an old friend Of the
family, and she opened fire without los
ing moment. "Ia am SO glad, NJ. Rail-,
that you are prime minister Of Greece,
and my George, won't he be delighted
too! You remember him, don't you? He
is at the front you kp w, working Won
ders. Now, want yol. to do him lit
tie service. You can do it with a stroke
of the pen, you know, and we shall all
be so grateful. !"
Here the minister looked at the lady
from above the rim Of his spectacles,
and, with u humorous twinkle in his
eyes, asked her what the service was.
She copiously explained it. And do
you know what the law says on the sub
ject?" he inquired when she paused to
draw breath "Oh, of course do, but
then you know that the law has often
been disregarded, and besides, you"-
81 am very sorry to have to refuse
you anything, exclaimed the minister,
laughingly interrupting, but you might
just as well ask for the moon. 1t is abb
solutely impossible If the law were
the embodiment of injustice, it must be
administered till it is changed by par
lament. - "But won't you listen to
ason and argument mo, madam,
it IS useless. am very sorry, but the
law must take its course. u The lady
rose in dudgeon and left in haste, and
her Georges anticipated delight lost
its raiSon d'etre She is not likely to
interrupt his luncheon again in the
hope of inducing him to suspend the
law for her son. Contemporary Re-
view
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-02
MADE IN MAINE.
Interesting Facts About the Genesis o.
Spools and Shoe Pegs.

OUOOlS anu oIOt ICBns
"Oxford county, Me-, turns out>near-
ly all the spools on which the sewing
thread of this country is wound, :" said
a wholesale dealer in such articles to
the writer. 1.-THE spools are made from
white birch timber, and they are pro-
duced by the million in Oxford county.
There are many other parts Of western
Maine, also, where the industry is i'm
portant. There are numerous sawmills
in that part of the state which are kept
busy all the year round saving white
birch logs into strips feet long and
from l to inches wide and of the same
thickness. These strips are sent to the
spool factories, where they are quickly
worked into spools by the most ingen-
ious labor saving machinery.
1.-THE strips of white birch are fed in
to one machine, and they are not touch
ed, in fact, arc hardly seen again, until
the spools, all finished for market ex-
cept polishing, drop out by the bushel
from another machine several rods away
from where the strips started in. The
spools get their gloss by being rapidly
revolved in barrels turned by machin-
cry, the polish resulting from the con-
tact of the spools in the barrel.
SIN the backwoods villages of Ok
ford county one sees scarcely any other
industry but spoolmaking, and every
person in the neighborhood is in some
way interested in the business. The fac
tories have been eating into the Maine
birch forests for years, but there still
seems to be enough of the timber left to
feed the machinery for many years to
come. Hundreds of thousands of feet Of
logs are cut and sawed into spool TIM
Der annually.
"Shoe peg factories are also an i'm
portant branch of business once pecul-
lar to Maine, although it has of late
been followed to some extent in other
eastern states and is spreading to the
hard wood forests Of northern Pennsyl-
vania Maple is used largely i'll tho
manufacture of shoe pegs, although
white birch is lsed ct some factories.
Shoe pegs arc $ Il - the bushel and
are worth all the way fro:n IS cents TO
81 bushel, according to qylality. Moro
than $50, 600 was recciTed by Maine
shoe peg factories last yea fer goods
GA curious ard profitable business
has grown up i'll Tie Maine woods near
the sawmills il the utilizing Of the im-
mense quantities. Of sa,y'iust ~ compress
sion. Thousands OF tcus Of this waste
material are bought for a mere nothing
and are pressed into compact blocks and
bales, and in this form is finding u
ready market for kindling and fuel in
eastern cities '-Washington Star.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-02
Effect of the Cars visit on France.

met the other day on the Boulevard
dcs Italiens two friends, one of whom
is monarchist, the other a republican.
Both were in high spirits. "Mon cher, :"
exclaimed the first, monarchy is an
accomplished fact. Who will now dare
to tell rs that tie country wants re-
public? Consider the enthusiasm excited
by the emperor of Russia's visit. At
sight of Nicholas II the monarchical
sentiment was reawakened in the breast
of the Frenchmen. repeat monarchy
is an accomplished fact. Thereupon
the second, holding me by the button
of my coat: "Mon cher, the republic
has, from now on, nothing more to fear.
1t is indestructible: The homage of the
most powerful sovereign in Europe has
demonstrated its strength. Who will
dare to tell us that the republic has no
prestige?"
My friends were right, both of them,
and also wrong The cars visit has
done no good to the monarchical cause,
but it is not certain, either, that it will
do good to the republic. A republican
regime is regime Of labor, not Of fes-
tivities; of reason and forethought, not
of enthusiasm and vivid impressions. 1t
must look to itself for stability, and in
this stability it must find its strength.
The capital of a republic cannot be-
come the favorite resort of kings and
emperors without an influence being ex-
erted on public manners and habits by
the fact. A people which has main
tanned the republican form of govern
ment perseveringly through innumer-
able dangers and difficulties does not
certainly revert to the principle of he
redity, but it is always confronted by
this temptation-to abdicate the liber-
ties of which it is every citizens duty
to avail himself into the hands of
chiefs.-Pierre de Coubertin in Century.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-02
yvha, a Woman Says About Trunk

"When u y.o:i:an tells you trunk -
light, lcok OFT for it. These are tho
words of baggage expressman, and he
ought to know. He had gene to house
in the suburbs in response to hurry
call and found the hoase in Il great bus
tie. The lacy was going to leave town
in all hour, and her trunk was up stairs
and had to be brought down and loaded
into the wagon. Its not very heavy, "
she said to the man, whereat he spat Oh
his hands and called in his helper. He
had all he could do to lift one end.
1--WE found it always the case" said
he, "that when woman says trunk
is light it's dead sure 10 be heavy, and
when she says it's heavy I can usually
handle it with che hand. I don't know
why woman is this way, unless she
thinks l charge her more for heavy
trunk and will never find out how
much it weighs unless she tells me.
But if that is so, why does she tell me
that light trunk is heavy? I'll give it
III. "-Nebraska State Journal
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Sparkling Music.

Music ought to rush from the audi
encc like the water from rock-clear,
bright, sparkling If all the other part
of the church service is dull, do not
have the music dull With SO many
thrilling things to sing about, away
with all drawing and stupidity. There
is nothing makes me so nervous as to
sit in pulpit and look off on an audi
ence with their eyes three-fourths closed
and their lips almost shut, mumbling
the praises of God. During my recent
absence 1 preached to large audience,
and all the music they made together
did not equal one skylark. People do
not sleep at coronation. Do not let us
sleep when we come to a Saviour's
browning. In order to proper discharge
of this duty let us stand up, save as age
or weakness or fatigue excuses us. Seat
ed in an easy pew we cannot do this
duty half so well as when, upright, we
throw our whole body into it. Let our
song be like an reclamation of victory.
You have right to sing. Do not sur
render your prerogative.
We want to rouse all our families
upon this subject We want each family
of our congregation to be a singing
school, Childish petulance, obduracy
and intractability would be soothed if
we had more singing iii the household,
and then our little ones would be pre-
pared for the great congregation on Sab
bath day, their voices uniting with our
voices in the praises of the Lord. After
q shower there are scores of streams
that come down the mountain side with
voices ripping and silvery, pouring in
to one river and then rolling in united
strength to the sea. So would have all
the families in our church send forth
the voice of prayer and praise, pouring
it into the great tide of public worship
that rolls Oh and on to empty into the
great, wide heart of God Never can
we have our church sing as it ought I'M
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-02
The Wheat King.

The "wheat king" Of the world be-
longs to Argentina He is an Italian
immigrant named Guazone, and hia
broad acres are situated in the south of
the province of Buenos Ayres. His crop
occupies an area Of &C., 30 acres He
numbers his workmen by the thousand,
and each one receives a certain share Of
the profits. When his seasons crop is
harvested, lie fills over 5000 railway
trucks with the grain.