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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-23
Tea and Dinner Sets.
All sets honest throughout quality considered
prices the bottom,


gain. Is 81.
56-piece Tea Set, Q beauty, nice
decoration, tl.S7.
Decorated Toilet 30fa.
Three big bargains in toilet wsre.
Every piece warranced. go
6-piece set decorated, tl.49.
Fish takle. hammocks. oroqusts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-23

There 10 NO
prettier sight in
the world than
that of . healthy,
happy mother at
play with her TO-
bust and roliick-
ing baby. It is a
sight entirely too
tnhequent- Too
often the baby is
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24
Words Of Warning.
(Ch!csgo Nows.)

There is always grave
danger at this time of year
that young and thoughtless
persons will be misled by the
stereotyped advice as to
what should be brought for
Christmas presents, This
happens year after year,
and thereby the festal sea-
son is robbed of half of it's
pleasures,
Whatever else you do, Or
no account buy anything
useful or appropriate, Use
full and appropriate things
may be purchased at other
times of the year, but not at
Christmas. Nobody cares
for a Christmas present THAI
is of any use, 1t destroys
all the good.fairy suggest.
ion and in many of the more
enlightened states presents
of embroidered slippers and
neckties are sufli cient
grounds for divorce.
In buying for Christmas
therefore, be careful to spend
your money foolishly. III
green tea is the only social
beverage known to your
household buy a punch.bo |
If you cannot afford to go to
the theatre buy your wife a
pair of opera glasses. If
your husband does not smoke
buy him a cut'glass cigar
jar and fill it with cigars,
For a person of sedentary
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24

How does it come that it
is much easier for a boy to
learn some silly nonsensical
ballad or a darkey stump
speech, than his Sunday
school lesson; that he will
nearly work himself to death
in I football game, out will
hardly move while by his
dads wood pile; that he can
walk easily five miles to see
a horse race but is too lame
to run an errand for his ma;
that he always has head
ache when he must 90 to
church, but would 60 to a
circus if his head were ready
to split?--Ex.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24

habits who never goes out
of doors in cold weather Il
pair of skates is just the
thing.
A gentleman living on the
west side confesses that the
most satisfactory Christmas
present he ever received was
a beautiful silk hat, which
he has never been able to
wear owing to the con-
dition of the rest of his
wardrobe.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24

Assume that everybody in
the army was married in
1865.
Still you get this result:
There ought to be now
alive less than one hundred
thousand soldiers and wild
ows of soldiers who we're
wives at the end of the war.
The pensioners outnumber
the probable survivors nine
to onel
A miraclel A miracle!
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24

WANTED!-An agont in
every town to sell the Post
Dispatch. Tho Post Dispatch
contains from s to IA pages
daily and from 3S to so Sunday.
The Sunday Post-Dispatch is
the biggest and best Sunday
paper outside Of New York Citv.
Besides its $4,000 words of spec
lal telegraph it contains a IL to
l6-pago magazine section, This
IS a big budget of bright, in
toresting articles arranged in a
most artistic mannea. Write for
samples 50 Big money for agents.
Nearly a hundred per cert prof
IT. Don't think your town is too
small but write for particulars
and try il, Address at once
POST Dispatch,
c,,. st. Louis, Mo.
Circulation dept,
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24
Mercy and Justice.

The following article is
from the editorial columns
of the Knoxville (Tenn.)
Journal and its worthy
careful perusal by and the
thoughtful consideration of
every American citizens that
loves law and order. This
is what the Journal said:
Many criminals under
stand human nature and
when in trouble play to the
sympathy of the tender
hearted, hoping and bellev-
ing that that mercy will
overcome justice. There
is no nobler passion that
sways the human heart,
within proper limits, than
that of mercy. 1t adorns
our nature and aids in ideal
izing men as having been
created by Divine Creator;
but, like every other attri-
butte of human nature, it is
often abused. Justi c G
should always be tempered
with mercy, but it should
not be lost sight of entirely.
Justice to the criminal is
mercy to the community.
The object of laws is tc
protect the weak and the
yirtuous against the strong
and the vicious. A mans
property is the reward fol
: his industry and his frugal
ity, both cardinal virtues; his
, life is given him by his God
: and no man has a right t.
: deprive him of it, except il
: be necessary to save hi,
: own life or that Of some one
dependent upon him. Mercy
is commendable always; bu1
whers justice is forgotten
throttled and overthrown,
liberty degenerates in tC
license and vice runs riot.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24
Memphis Route.
Kansas City, Fl. Scott &
Memphis R. R.

The best line to Kansas City, the
West and Northwest. Palace
Sleeping Cars and Reclining Chair
Cars seats free on all through
trans. Entire equipment first
class. Close connections at Union
Depot, Kansas City. The only
line with through service from the
West to the South and Southeast.
Entire tram runs through from
Kansas City to Birmingham Ala,
and to New Orleans, Send for
map and Timetable folder. Write
for Illustrated papers and pamph-
lets, with county map, descrlp
tive OF Missouri, Kansas and Ark.
ansas, mailed free. Address
J. K. LOCKWOOD,
J. j. Fletcher,
Traffic Manager,
Kansas City.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24
"A Miracle of Miracles.
(Now York world.)

What is the meaning o.
this pensions appropriation
OF one hundred and forty.
one millions of the hard
earned dollars of the peo-
pie?
That greatest of figures,
Dingley, showed ore aspect
of it-total cost of the
government, IS per capita;
all the running expenses of
the government, So. SO: in
terest or public debt, so
cents: pensions, 50!
AS there are o75,O00
pensioners, one family in
every fourteen in the country
is largely supported by a
collection Of 81 from each
member Of the other thirteen
families,
But a better way Of realia.
ing the grab is by means of
the tables of the probability
OF human life used by our
life insurance companies,
Double the chances of life
as shown by these tables.
Assume that everybody
who took part in the war
was alive and well at the end
Of it,
Assume that the average
age of the participants was
only % years in 1865,
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24
TW ELVE REASONS.

The st. Louis Republic
gives a dozen good reasons
why newspaper readers should
read this paper. Here they ar e
l. The Republic Is the grea
est newspaper published.
2 1t has a cable news service
over the entire civilized world.
which no other st. Louis paper
can secure.
3. Special correspondents in
all the large cities and capitals
of Europe.
4. News Bureau in New York
City and Washington, D, G.
s. Special correspondence in
T. Publishes daily the mark
ct reports Of theworld.
8. Issues magnifce,.t color.
ed magazine cover with the
1uiluIy paper.
y. More Notedwriters and ar
lists contribule.to the Republic
than any other paper.
10. Issues an unequaled four.
page comic with each Sunday
paper free,
II. Publishes pages of inter
est and value to womaukiud.
II Its l0Cent Dress Pattern
Department d is the most popular
leatrre ever introduced dy a
every city and town inth Wes-
tern Uuited States.
9, Member Of the Associated
Press, the greatest news gath
Serer in the world.
newspaper, Thousands patro.
'nize it.
The daily and Sunday st.
Louis Republic is 6 dollars n
'year, 3 dollars for six months
and LOO for threemonths. The
Iwicea' Week Republic is /.
doIl aa year-!04 papers, two
each week.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24

Russell Sage, the million
alre miser of Wall Street,
New York, last year shock
ed the country by -purchas-
ing a 81 suit of clothes. But
this fall he has passed all
former records made by him
for extravaganza and has
actually bought three SO
suits Of clothes, making an
investment of $27. He
bought one suit and after
ward came to the conclusion
that owing to the tariff they
would be higher next year,
and he went back and got
two more suits at the same
price, ,--Ex.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24
n LIFT LIZ MONEY

n vested in the great Lead and
hloc INNING region Of Missouri and
Kansas ,Galcna, Empire CITY,
Joplin, Webb City, CartcrwlIva.s
very llkcly to make YOU n fortune
lhat is a commoG experience in thr
rch mntng section. New mineral
strikes are beng made dnIy,
Good m0ora) lands are vet chpaD.
No other mines Of any character
ollgr 10 sure road TO wealth.
Iho Kansas CITY, Fort Scott and
memphis railroad Is the ouIy line to
All OF these great mining eamps,
Tor map and time table folder, ad.
Dress
j. f. LOCKWOOD,
"cn1 poss'r AgL,
ta Kansas City, Mo
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24
Arkansas Illicit Stills


The report of the Com
missioner Of Internal Rev
enue for 1897, just made
public, gives some interest
ing figures, The to t a |
amO2rt Of internal revenue
collected during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1897,
WAS $40, ,619, 593,47. Of.
this amount the state of Ar
kansas furnished $50, ,674.
81. During the year forty
three illicit stills were seiz-
ed within the boundaries of
Arkansas and one hundred
and forty eight actions
against violators of the
internal revenue laws were
begun in the federal courts
n this state, of which ninety
nine were left pending on
the 1st of July, 1897. This
was an increase of nineteen
over 1896. Arkansas has
fifty six registered stills,
thirty seven Of which are in
operation.
The report says: 1.-The
seizure OF illicit stills within
the last few years has great
ly increased. This matter
should receive serious con.
sideration. In 1894 1,016
unregistered stills were
seized. Since that time
seizures of that character
have gradually increased
until during the last fsca1
year they reached the un'
precedented number o1
2,273. The cause of the
increased illicit production
of spirits is, no doubt, in ;
great degree attributable t.
the increased tax on tha
product" This opinion
of the commissioner i
futher substantiated by tn
figures on the number o
registered stills in the Unlte(
States. The whole numbe
on these in 1896 was 1868
of which E, 1877 we're in oper
alton. In 1897 there wer
. only 1861, with 3, 15S operat
ed. This shows an enor
nous decrease in a singl
year.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24
THE OXAEKS.

liIN LAND or BIC RED APPLES, ~
an attractive and interesting book
0ahdSomeE illustrated with views
Of OF South Missouri scenery, ,ncIud ,
" ing the famous Otlcu fruit farm Of
5000 acres IN Howell Co. It pcr.
Ca'nS to fruit raising in that Great
iro't belt of America, the southern
s!sope OF the o2arEs, and will prove
OF great value, not only to fmt,
growers hul to every farmer pnd
home'socEor looking for a farm
aud a home, ''"
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24
Snap shots in south
MISSOURID

Is a magnificent book of SIXTY or
more photo>engraved views of
varied scenery IN South Missouri.
From these views an accurate
knowledge can be obtained as to
the productions and general
topography Of that highly,favored
section thatIs now attracting the
attention of home>se' kers and in
vcstOrS the country over.
Address J. Z. LOCKWOOD,
G. p. A. Memphis Route,
Kansas City, Mo.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24
letter, Salt.Rbeum ,

The intense itching ANA,
dent to these diseases iga. i,i,.
by applying Chamber,ii'. i.
Skin Ointment. Mani 10. ,
have been pcrmanentlye
is equally efficient for t, \.
a fayOrite remedy for ,'
chapped hands, ciilb,sr
and chronic sore eyes.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24

DIR. Cady's Condition
just what a horse neej,
condition, Tonic, bloI
vermifuge. They are
medicine and the best IN
horse in prime conljH,
cents per package.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24
Many Persons

Many Persons
Are broken down from overwork or household
cares Browns IrOa Bitters
rebuilds the system, aids digestion, removes ex.
cess OF bile, and cures malaria. Get the genuine
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24

w ANTED ANT SEVER
W Full MEN r,1 d
TO travel for respon,;I i.
house in the Stsr,
Salary $3.50, "
weekly and eype5. 4,
permanent, Rntpr.,
self addressed STAN
The National, StarBp
60.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24
SOCIETl

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: ssturdy before r.
Ioalf. sec' y.
nv ra1Se SHAPE De
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ty ID each month ,iiI ;
MRS. KA'rE5Ht,
LILLE AuLT' sec
RURAL CHAPrEf
lids regular COZ o.,
iii in Evening 81
each month.
JEO u
DavIdson See.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-24
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Sharp County record., 1897-12-24

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
BOMB SHELL AT LUCY COBB.
Eighteen Pupils suspended For an
All Fools Day Joke.

Athens, Ga, April Eighteen Of the
young ladies attending Lucy Cobb Insti-
tute left the breakfast table this morning,
and going out the back way broke down
panel of fence and came down town to
play an April fool joke. They were for
the most part bareheaded and ran along
the streets chatting at a lively rate. Down
town they played jokes on a number Of
merchants by ordering things and then 60
ing off and not taking them. They took
jaunt into East Athens, then got a tai
.yho and rode around the city. They
wound up at photographers after three
or four hours trip, and from there went
TO the institute.
Mrs. Lipscomb had already heard of the
affair and had written letters to the pa
rents of the girls notifying them of the
incident and requesting the withdrawal of
the girls from the institute. Mrs. Lips
comb will not give the names of the young
ladies, but they belong to some of the
most prominent families in Georgia. The
eighteen young ladies will leave to-mor-
row morning for their respective homes
Mrs Lpscomb regretted very much the
taking of this step, but said that it was
rendered necessary TO protect the dignity
of the institute as it discipline had been
grossly Violated The young ladies are
very sorry for the occurrence and say they
only intended paying a little April fool
joke.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
sMAsHUP ON THE SOUTHERN.
Four Train Hands Injured in an Ac-
cident at a switch.

Atlanta, Ga, April IA smashup on the
Southern railway at 1920 o'clock this
morning near Belt junction injured a num-
Der of train hands and did considerable
damage to an engine. postal and baggage
car. but fortunately, all the passengers
escaped unhurt.
The injured are:
SEABORN WALLACE, engineer, arm
and breast badly bruised, and ankle
sprained.
ROBERT MCBRIDE, fireman. left arm
slightly wrenched
BAGGAGBAIASTER CLEMENTS, hand
badly cut.
NEAL UPSON, hagman, side injured
and knee bruised.
All of the injured men were brought to
Atlanta and were given medical attention
Their injuries are in no way serious, and
they will be ready to assume their duties
again within few DAYS.
The train was the fast mail, which left
Atlanta for Washington at 1850 o'clock
last night. 1t consisted of a postal and
baggage car, two coaches and a Pullman
sleeper.
The engineer of the switch engine had
calculated the time which 1t would be
when the fast mail reached Belt junction
and had backed his train with several
freight cars onto a siding clearing the
switch
Back of the switch engine go or 800
yards up the track were standing several
freight cars. In some unaccountable man
ner these cars were started running down
into the switch, and struck the switch
engine and cars with such force that the
switch engine was driven out over the
switch sufficiently to block the main line
The fast mail came just at this time and
the train was side-swiped by the switch
engine the left side of the passenger en-
CINE was torn away and the postal and
baggage car damaged.
All the passengers escaped unhurt, and
after delay of several hours the passen-
ger train was brought back into the sta
ton and a new engine took it out.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
wAYoROss LINE TO FITZGERALD
The Preliminary Survey of the
Route Completed by the Engineers

Route Completed by the Engineers
Waycross Ca, April 1.-The preliminary
survey for the Fitzgerald extension of the
Waycross Air Line has just been com
pleted by Civil Engineers J. r. Stone of
Pensacola ana J. A. Austin of Blackshear.
The survey from Nichols, the present
northern terminus of the road, to Fitz-
gerald. shows the distance to be thirty
seven miles, and passes through a rolling
country, which is interspersed here and
there with creeks and branches. The
Broxton creek in Coffee county, where the
line crosses, is nearly half mile wide, in
GLIDING the swamp on either side, and is
the largest swamp on the route. Mr..
Stone is taking the levels of the line on his
return trip, while Mr. Austin is drawing
the map Another survey for the loca-
ton of the line is to be made soon after
the map is approved. The company in
tends to connect at Fitzgerald with the
Georgia and Alabama railway, and there
is reason to believe that the projected line
to St Marys from Waycross will be the
outcome. This is the best opening for the
Georgia and Alabama to reach the coast
and Florida at one and the same time. If
this project shall be successful Waycross
will in another year or two, have COM
petng trunk line to the west.
ries of adventure pertaining TO the re-
cent two weeks survey to Fitzgerald, the
most striking one of which IS the exper-
fence the surveying corps had in Broxton
creek Mr. Stone is about 65 years of age.
and is about feet tall though Mr. Austin
is under forty and hardly so tall. The sur
vey was made during the recent rainy
weather that caused freshets in the creeks
along the line, and BroXton creek rose two
feet the night previous TO the crossing of
il by the party Mr.. Stone waded across,
the water striking his shoulders. Mr.. Aus
tin was csrrying the maps and books and
did not want to get them wet, so he waded
in the crCel- up to his waist and got astridc
a floating log. He was steered across by
the negroes, and when he landed, his body
and clothes were infested with innumera-
BILE ants, lizards and other insects which
took refuge from the log and a watery
grave All the creeks had to be waded by
the party, and there was rain nearly every
day and night No time was lost on ac-
count of the rain. Farm houses were not
always accessible. and there was more of
adventure and exposure than even the eX
perienced civil engineers liked.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
END OF ATLANTIS PAPER WAR
The Report About the Evening Con-
stItutiOn Confirmed

Atlanta, Ga, April 1.-The announce
ment made in these dispatches last night
that the publication of the Evening Con-
stitution would be abandoned shortly as
the result of a contract made between the
Constitution and the Journal received sub
stantial confirmation to-day. Hoke Smith,
president of the journal, returned this af-
ternoon from Washington, where the deal
was made, and he stated that the telegram
sent out from that city about the contract
for the Associated Press service was au-
thentic. 1t is understood on the best au-
thority that the agreement between the
two papers will be published in full on
Saturday. which will be the last of the
Evening Constitution. Under the terms of
the agreement the Journal reserves the
right 20 print a morning paper if 1t de-
sires, but the Constitution is prevented
from having anything to do with an after
noon paper in the future. This ends the
warmest newspaper war that has been on
the local boards in a long time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
SPECIAL NOTICES
BICYCLE GIVEN AWAY JULY 4.

EVERY CASH PURCHASER of 25
cents will be given a ticket and larger
purchases more tickets in proportion.
THIS BICYCLE will be a 800 Remiug-
ton of the 1897 model. and selection of
any model that the Remington Arms
Company make.
WHILE THIS INDICTMENT is Of
fered it will pay no one to make cash
purchases of anything in our line, except
from US.
SOMEBODY will get this bicycle free,
and it will certainly be a beauty. A call
at our store will give you a look at all
OF our wheels. which we think represent
the very best of agencies.
1t takes a long time to introduce new
makes of wheels, but our bicycles have
taken from the very first.
Everybody knows our Barnes White
Flyer, our Remington, Heating and our
Eagle, and our Saxon and Saratoga at
$3.50, which are strictly guaranteed for
a year. These last two are the cheapest
class Of durable goods on the market to-
day.
- AA<Af II I10(ON E4fNED ana some
time since, that in our Heating, $75 we
have bicycle that is eclipsing EVERY
OTHER PLEASURE WHEEL IN SA-
VANNAH. 1t is extremely light and
amazingly strong, and out of about 100
we have put out not single frame or
break of any kind has occurred. 1t is a
truly WONDERFUL WHEEL. and by
far the ladies' favorite, as well as of all
the long distance riders.
Once you ride a light wheel like the
Heating, you would not give SIS for an
other heavier wheel, or even ride one even
if presented to you.
We are pleased to sell the Heating at
price, SIS and 500, as every rider of 1t be-
comes an enthusiast on this particular
wheel. r. d. & w. LATTINIORE.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
HOUsEKEEPERS.

Defensive Fluid makes old cloth
ing look new. Large bottles, 25c.
CamphOrette Balls are a cheap
substitute for camphOr in keeping
clothing, ETC., free from moths.
PaxtOn's BID Big POisOn-One tn
pIicatiOn n season will keep yOu
clear of these disgusting little pests.
Put up in large bottles, Csc.
sOLOMONs & Co.,
Congress st. and Bull st. Branch
Store.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
POWERFUL is REEDS PULL.
HIS ENDORSEMENT OF AN OFFICE
SEEKER FINES HIM.

The Speakers Signature to an APP
pIicatiOn Looked Upon by the Pres
ident as Request For the FnV-
orcd Ones AppOintmcnt-BiIl
PIedgcr of Georgia Gets the speak
er's Endorsement For Consul at
Nfngston-Dr. W. W. Thomas TO BE
Nominated For Minister TO Norway
and sweden.
Washington, April THE President has
decided to nominate DR.. W. w. Thomas
OF Portland Ne, for the position of min
lister TO Norway and Sweden, and so in
formed a delegation that called on him
to-day in the interest of State Senator
Erickson of Iowa.
DR.. Thomas was indorsed by Speaker
Reed and all the New England republicans
in congress. He was twice the diplomatic
representative of the United states at
Stockholm, married a Swedish woman and
speaks the language Of the country. A
large number of swedes in the United
States indorsed his candidacy.
The delegation that called in Mr.. Erick-
sons behalf consisted of Representative
Dolliver of Iowa, Representative w. A.
Stone of Pennsylvania and Mr.. Sonnberg
of Pennsylvania. the secretary of the Tri-
State Swedish League Of the United States.
Mr.. Erickson was Endorsed by several
thousand Swedes.
1t is said that Speaker Reed has Endorsed
but three men for places within the gift
of the President and that he will ask for
no more. His signature to an application
DO -fl1 Io Fa~u aNf ra1I oct
for the appointment, and it is believed
that President Mckinley will so regard
It. DR.. Thomas was one of the men in
dorsed. Representative Aldrich wants
to go to Belgium as minister, and the
third person was Pledger the colored re-
publican of Georgia, a candidate for con-
sui to Kingston, Jamaica. Pledger has
long been friend and admirer of Speaker
Reed Representative Aldrich conducted
the speakers fight for the presidential
nomination last year, and DR.. Thomas
was a schoolmate Of the Maine leader