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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04
BAD RECORD AT KANKAKR
How the Expenses Have Been Increased TO Pay on
Tanners Political Debts.

ent and chief OF medical stan. and DR..
Bradley, with ten and twelve years
services under Democratic and Repub-
lican administrations, were forced to
resign. DIR. Warmers place was diied
by a young man from Herscher. by
the name of Enos, with four years
practice in a small country town, at q
higher salary and house for his fam
lily residence INTO the bargain
The same can be said of the super
visors, Mrs. Nettie Earl, and Miss Ella
Myers, head supervisor for ten years.
were asked to resign and their places
were filled by friends and relatives OF
the trustees.
The Democratic administration paid
Fred Mayo, as farmer, $40 per month
The Tanner reform crowd pays the
farmer SIPS per month, house and liv-
ing expenses, an assistant farmer 500
per month or S225 for which the Dem
ocrats paid only $40.
The carpenter force, under Gerhart
Paulissen, the first man to hold the
position in the institution, beginning
when it was built, and holding It con
tinuously under all administrations up
to Tanner, was forced to resign to
make room for a ward heller by the
name of Burke from the Fourth ward
in Kankakee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04

The State Institution for the Insane
at Kankakee has not escaped the OPP
portunity for plumber for which the
Tanner administration has become
noted. Here are a few items that will
convince any fair minded person that
the people OF the state are being heav-
lily taxed to pay Tanners political
debts:
The Democrats paid as steward of
the institution $500 at Kankakee per
annum while the Republican machine
pay for the same service $500 per
annum, selecting the chairman of the
Republican county machine, who was
forced to leave the institution on ac-
count of his disgraceful actions on
Halloween night.
The landscape gardener under Dem
ocratic management got $40 per month.
The Republican machine pays Mr..
Dyer, a brother-in-law of Len Small.
trustee OF the institution. the sum of
$50 per month, house and living ex-
penses He is also said to carry his
wife on the pay roll
The Democratic administration car
ried on its payrolls the same corps of
physicians as the former administra-
ton did, only to have them succeeded
by physicians known as ward heelers.
Doctor Warner, assistant superintend-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04

I have always made it rule to avoid
because I never care to commend my
5Wa work There it is. The records
Ers there know It is right. 1 know
d cen stand the most searching in
vssfieation. know that in time
svsry man that understands 1t will pro-
aSunce Il right, so 1 have said little
nbout Il, but want to talk about the
present administration and 1t will be
nscessary to make a few comparisons.
In the former administration We
aAoptsd several rules.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04

Then came reports from various
sections of the state. where active
energetic Republicans. who had APP
piled for positions. were sent for, and
were told in one case that four
hundred dollars would secure an ap-
pointment. Reports Of that kind came
from AL parts OF the state Finally
the state administration started. and
the nrst thing 1t did was 10 abolish
the system Of buying OF the lowest
bidder. and introduce again thu system
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21

duty of making notifications in the CLASSIFIED
service to the executive branch of the gov
ernmcut and for congress TO keep its hands
of This view, which ! call the mluule
ground, whercon hope the members OF tue
house will i'm the end come to stand with me-
has received the favor of an parties for the
last fifteen years, for no one until now mas
ever proposed an act of congress TO pace
restrictions upon HE executive branch OF lhe
government in respect TO either charging OF
curtaiing the classified service. II mas peeh
generally recognized by everybody since the
act of 1871, which clothed the president with
full power to regulate the executive service
so rs to make it as efficient and economical
as possible, that the duty of modifying or
changing classification should be performed
by the president rather than by the leglsla-
tive branch of the go vernment. rms was the
evident intention of the act of 1883, known
rs the civil service act. That act was passed
by a Republican congress. 1t has been 1atl'
fed and endorsed time and again by the
Republican party. II is one of the tenets oil
our Republican creed, and think the kepuD.
lican side of this chamber ought TO upholu
and sustain ii. MY views upon this subject
have been criticised, and criticism Is always
permissible, but in the position when nave
taken stand on the impregnable rock OF
seven consecutive platforms of the national
Republican party of the United States, sup
ported aud upheld by six Republican admin
istratiors elected by Republican votes, sus-
tanned, furthermore, by what believe to be
the preponderating sentiment of my o "n
constituents, as / can ascertain II from the
| editorial expression of the leading Republl'
can papers published in the capital city OF
my district. If cannot safely stand on this
platform, thus fortified and supported, am
sure do not know where can safely place
my feet ! ask the members on the Repub-
lican side of this chamber to stand with me
upon this reasonable middle ground, and let
us uphold the arms of the president in his
effort to redeem his own and his party S
pledge and let it not go forth to the world by
the act or the declaration of a Republican
president or Republican congress that the
pledges given to the country and the world
by the greatest political organization ever
known are as false as dicers' oaths.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21

NJ. Maurice Despres, an electrical en-
gineer, of Cordova, Spain, reports a
remarkable shower of electrified rain
which he recently witnessed. The
day had been warm and MINDLESS, and
about 5 in the evening the sun was
overcast with dense clouds, lowering
to the horizon. Soon after dark there
was a flash of lightning, and two min
utes later, great drops of rain fell,
which cracked family on touched the
ground From each of them sparks
darted toward the walls, trees and soil
they fell upon. The phenomenon last
ed several seconds, and apparently
ceased when the air between cloud and
earth became saturated with moisture.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21

That beautiful transparent stone cal
led Tabriz marble. much used in the
burial places of Persia and in their
grandest edihces, consists Of pehided
water of ponds i'm certain parts Of the
country This perfection may be
traced from its commencement to its
termination; in one part the water is
clear. in a second it appears thicker
and stagnaut, in a third, quite black,
and in its last stage il is white like
frost. When the operation is com
plete stone thrown on its surface
makes no impression, and one may
walk over it without wetting ones
shoes The substance thus produced
is brittle and transparent and some
times richly striped with red, green
and copper color. So much is this
marble. which may be cut into large
slabs, looked upon as a luxury that
none but the king, his sons and per-
sons especially privileged are permit
ted to take it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21
FURNITURE
CHEAP!

DO you wish to buy FURNITURE
CHEAPER than it was ever offered you
before? If you are interested come in
and get our prices, then Judge for your
SELVES whether we are naming extra low
prices or not. We have Just completed
our annual inventory, and finding our
selves largely overstocked have decided
to offer large lot of our stock at sacri-
fice-much of it at cost and large por-
ton at less than cost in order to move it
quick. We usually mean to get profit,
but now we wish to get the money out of
same and intend to have it if low prices
will bring it.
This sale will include 80 Upholstered
Easy Chairs and Rockers, $50 Fancy
Chairs and Rockers, % Couches and
Lounges, 40 Screens, 40 Rattan Chairs
and Rockers, 10 Hall Racks, 65 Sleds,
lots of Parlor Tables and quantities of
other goods. Cut in prices for two
weeks. We have the finest store and the
largest stock of Furniture in Vermont.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21
CANINE DEG GENERATE
SHE WAS a FIT DOG BUT SOON
FELL FROM GRACE.

Left Her Master .utGcniy While On
Hunting Trip and several Years Later
She Was Heard FROM as the Leader of
Fierce Tacl, of wolves.
George Oswald has just returned
from a six weeks hunt in the wild
West. and during his pilgrimage
learned the fate of a valuable hunting
dog that was lost by Dennis Walsh,
the big distiller, five years ago, while
hunting in the forests of Nebraska.
Mr.. Walsh purchased the dog of Capt.
Abe Junker. of Lawrenceburg, Ind,
for $50. The animal was young te-
male, part greyhound, and noted for
it's fieetness. A few weeks after buy
ing the dog Mr. Walsh and a party OF
friends left for an extended hunt in the
game precincts of Nebraska, and while
on a big chase that took them half a
hundred miles from human habitation
darkness came on, and the dog became
separated from it's master. For sew
eral days Mr.. Walsh sought to find his
dog, but was forced to return without
it, and all subsequent efforts to learn
the fate OF the lost canine proved flu
tile.
Several years later residents and
travellers in that territory reported de-
predations committed by a pack of
wolves led by long-legged fleet-footed
animal that could outrun the swiftest
horse. possessing wonderful sagacity,
but bearing no resemblance to a wolf
For several years the inhabitants of
that locality were annoyed by this
band of four-footed robbers. that SEEM
| ed to delight to hover about populated
precincts and attack and destroy the
/ domestic animals Cf the residents. Par
ties Of men repeatedly sought to hunt
down and kill these pests, and While
/ they succeeded In almost annihilating
the band. We, the remarkable feetness
and astonishing cunning of the strange
leader of the marauung bruies en-
abled it to escape and evada all efforts
made for its capture and death. Dur
ing the present dry period in that
/ country prairie fires and l1ming Iof-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21

Without elephants, jungles would be
virtually impossible. The great
beasts are a mixture of strength and
weakness, of craft and simplicity. The
paths through the jungle from village
to village are merely tracks from
which the interlacing foliage has been
cut and thrust aside, and the virgin soil
trodden into a black mud. After a
rain this mud is many feet deep, and
no living creature except an elephant.
a buffalo, or rhinoceros could labor
through it, The elephant makes his
way by lifting one foot at time, and
inserting it deep into the slough in
front. Withdrawing another with
sound like the popping of huge cham
payne cork. Nothing but a ride on an
earthquake could be compared with the
sensation of being run away with by
an elephant. AS for stopping him,
some one has well said that you might
as we'll try to stop a runaway lOcomO-
tive by pulling with your walking stick
on the funnel as seek to check an ele-
plant at such a moment with a goad.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21
TO THE LADIES,

| pay for Cent Green L. =. Internal
Revenue Playing Cards stamps Sl.OO each.
These stamps were used on the backs of old
Photographs taken between the years of
1860 and 1870. Stamps can be removed from
backs of Photographs without iniuring either
stamps or photographs by soaking the backs
in warm water. Look your old Photographs
over for them. BE sure it says playing
cards at bottom of stamp. on receipt Of
same SI.OO for each one will be PROMPTLY
SENT TO THE SENDER. l also buy all other
kinds of Revenues. SEND FOR MY PRICE
LIST. CORRESPON DENCE SOLICITED. Adj.
dress, FREDERIC PORTLAND, Worcester,
Mass. Box 39S. 53wi.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21
BOSTON PRODUCE MARKET.
From Wednesdays Boston journal |

There are No dis+urbtn,, ota,oon+s i, tho
butter narl,et tbis eei} p,ia ~ tiIo
on Inc has,s Of inst we l,,s rote ~ f"sSt
receints Of high Jrsde ore soi1 ny Ttoa
vas a scercitI ~ IN orc ,,a "R H nT1
and TneSd9v ana nV +,a,,, ',r{} "" mo"Vi ny
tntned for fSncI, lois The sl,,,,l,, 1ost y,i,
was onite smnIf hnt tharn a, ieSJ f
a., inrrnasa o,,} ~ ,,,,. - i, - 81 Ii,, ~ ~,
~ otbrr n1acns lor5,P si,,, - 81 Ne s
moGp vill nroboblv l,e t,,.ooh ~ f I liz
direction. ~ '''i'
al have no trouhIe i'm e,o,tin, d., oonte for,
my. finest lois in assorted siIn ais ana ., 70
55i cents for boves but ne l,r"at o,1,,Ie ~
TO get enougn bnfter Of ms ltinGs 0tnn1 rn
ceiInrs of frn-l Vermont a,,,i E,, Ir,,,,, l. i,
talked i'm thn same strain o,d b,t,,',.l trbo
ionl,rd nromnd r'nnr,n,i tn,.yo -t33tn,,,,,,,ts
Cr1,Irs inst undor No - &C., ,i'',tif,i
cnouoh and sold rofb.r slovlV az % ta 81
cents Tni- r,ta cn,-arod 81 i,r,ss, ,,o,tin, -
,,lnf IT, ,i-foii,- .l,i n,,,il b.,, "a, t tj
ti,np of vcnr qua
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any cn9i,0r Thoro ms I,o, ,,,,i.,',t, ,,
nl,iud ami -,le. hn,n ia,n 3,0nir IN, i't. as
lyantad nt qto pi cnnts fnr dN,. [o,tt,r,, ,,,i
orca-f1,,1l f9,.,t- tn' az io ,,,t ili1r
o,.. -ft,.,- I'm fh,f .i,.,,. ., l,,i- for, ftt IN.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21

This is a true ghost story of an I'M
conventional kind. A young lady ar
rived late at night on a visit to a
friend. She awoke in the darkness to
find a white figure at the foot of the
bed. While she watched, the bed
clothes were suddenly whisked off and
the apparition vanished. After an
anxious, not to say chilly, night, the
visitor went down with little appetite
for breakfast. At the table she was
introduced to a gentleman, very old
friend of the family, who had, she
learned, also been sleeping in the
house. He complained of the cold.
Il hope you will excuse me-" he said
TO his hostess, but | found it so cold
during the night that, knowing the
room next mine was unOccupied. took
the liberty of going in and carrying
off the bedclothes to supplement my
own.
The room, as it happened. was not
unoccupled, but he never learned his
mistake.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21
Tine ColIeginn,s Retort.

Members of the class in Cambridge
had been rather flippant in regard to
some pompous authority, and Eel
low was eulogizng him. Said he:
You are probably ignorant, young
gentlemen, that the venerable person
such levity is one of the proloundest
scholars of our age-indeed, it may be
doubted whether any man of our age
has bathed more deeply in the sacred
fountains of antiquity" "Or come up
drier, Sir" was the reply of the under
graduate ecollections of Aubrey
de We're"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21

1t is easy to catch cold and just as
easy to get rid of it if you commence
early to use One Minute Cough Cure.
1t cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, pneu-
monia and Az throat and lung troubles.
1t is pleasant to take, safe to use and
sure to cure, Issue Sterns, Middlebury 4;
b. G. Peck, or Day Bros, East Middle
bury: G.. J.. Sowle, West Cornwall; d.
II. Bennett, Bridpoit; c. b. Kendall,
ShorCham.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21

A civil word is tie cheapest thing
in the world. The story has been told
of d young lady, who abruptly turAad
a corner and very rudely ran against
a boy who was ragged, small and
freckled. Stopping as soon as SHE
could, she turned to him and said:
81 beg your pardon; indeed am
sorry"
The small, ragged and freckled boy
looked up in blank amazemeut for an
instant; then, taking off about three
fourths of IA cap, bowed very low, smil-
ed until his face was beaming, and
answered: You kin hev my parding
and welcome, miss, and yer may run
as in me and knock me clean down, an
/ won't say word"
After the young lady passed on he
turned to a comrade and said half apol-
ogetically:
Il never had anyone ask my pardng,
an it kind o. took me off my feet.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21

An enterprising carter has conceiv-
ed and executed the original idea of
dyeing the horse that draws his de-
livery wagon in wildly impression
list style that attracts wonder and at
tention wherever he goes. The So
"iety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals cannot interfere, because the
dye is harmless.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21

J. A. Perkins of Antiquity. o., was
for thirty years needlessly tortured by
physicians for the cure of eczema. lie
was quickly cured by using DeWtt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the famous healing
salve for piles and skin diseases. Isaac
Sterns, Middlebury; B. G.. Peck or Day
Bros, East Middlebury; c. l.. Sowle.
West Cornwall; d. II. Bennett, Bird
port; c. b Kendall. Shoreham.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21

The best salye IN the world tor cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter. chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed TO give perfect salts
faction or money refunded Price %
cents per box. For sale by w. II. Shell
don
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21
FRIDAY, JANUARY 81, 1898.

Reliable agents are wanted to obtain
subscriptions in every county in the
state. to whom liberal commission Will
be allowed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21

81 always like 10 have at least one
boarder who is little slow about pay
ing" Mrs. Hashcroft admitted to her
dearest friend. "A man of that kind.
especially young man, is always so
anndy to use mp all the chicken necks,
...- Lid L.5cuits. and 50 on"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21
ents: Two carloads.
OTHER COUNTY MARKETS.

BRISTOL, Jan. lon Saturday, market
day, dairy butter sold at lG to Is cents a
pound; separator butter. 30 cents n pound /;
eggs, 20 to p cents a dozen; dressed poultry,
1910 ID cents pound; potatoes, 10 cents II
bushel; dressed pork and beef, So to SO a
hundred pounds.
NERGENNEs, Jan. lion Saturday, market
day, dairy butter sold at IL to 16 cents Il
pound; creamery, Is to 30 cents; eggs, Is
cents dozen dressed poultry, 10 to ID cents
a pound; dressed pork, 81 30 to 50 80 hun
dred potatOes % cents q bushel
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21

A London correspondent writes;
Reading that a consignment of kan
CARGO tails had reached this country
from Australia | FASTENED to John s.
Filter & Son, the great purveyOrs. of
Leadenhall Market and procured a
big one for a couple of shillings. |
handed it in its canvas wrapper to my
cook. simply saying, I'VE will have
this at dinner tomorrow" Her sur
prise when she opened the package
and after much consideration pro-
nounced it to be seals tail" was
great. but she treated it as one does
oX-tail, and | can assure your readers
that more delicious and nourishing
soup does not exist than that which re-
suited. For the benefit of invalids in
particular l think this fact should be
known. But how | should like to
know do so many kangaroos come to be
robbed of their great caudal appen-
dages?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the Vermont Mer-
mo Sheep Breeders Association win be held
at the Addison House, Mddlebury, Vt, on
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1898, mt eleven O'Clock.
II is expected that A. W. LlghtbOum, Secrc-
tary of the New York Wool Exchange, will
be present and address the meeting.
lw3 LEWIS A. SNIFF, Sec'y.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21


Surplus 3OO,a44.IS
Total Assets, sG,O73,607.63
TRUSTEES.
G. f. WARD, WILLARD CRANE,
CHARLES =. SMITH, HENRY GREENE,
j. l.. BARSTOw, A. q. PIERCE,
HENRY WELLS.
Receives and pays deposits daily. Deposits
made on either OF the first four business days
of any month draw interest from the 1st. II
made 8fterward interest will commence the
first of the following month.
Interest Will be credited to depositors Jan
uary ST ana July LIST, compromising twice
year. There are no stockholders in this bank.
All the earnings, less expenses, belong to de
posters. The rate OF interest depends on the
earnings and tor the past twelve years has
by the last legislature no savings bank can
pay more than
4 PER CENT
unrtlts surplus reaches ten per cent otlts
deposits, when a special dividend is provid-
el tor.
IItuxes i'm this state are pald ny the BANK
ON NepOslti of il500 or less. Deposits are
received j1 sums from : to $1,000, ana no in
terest will be paid on any sum in excess OF
orphans, administra- Ors, executors, guar
dams, charitable or religious institutions or
on trust funds de posted by order OF court.
Funds may be sent by bank check or irah
or postal money order and deposit boob will
be returned by next mail.
to standing OF the bank may be made to Rufus
Wainwright, Middlebury, or E. c. Dixie,
Bristol.
CHARLES p. SMITH. President
FREDERICK w. WARD, Treasurer.
+. S. ISTIAM, Asst Treas.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21
Strong, steady nerves

Strong, steady nerves
Are needed for success
Everywhere. Nerves
Depend simply, solely,
Upon the blood.
Pure, rich, nourishing
Blood feeds the nerves
And makes them strong.
The great nerve tonic IS
Hoods Sarsaparilla,
Because it makes
The blood rich and
Pure, giving it power
To feed the nerves.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Cures nervousness,
Dyspepsia, rheumatism,
Catarrh, scrofula,
And all forms of
Impure blood.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-21

BOOK AND JOB PRINTING in every variety
at the lowest prices consistent Win goou
work and quality of stock.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09
Oakland News Items.

OAKLAND, Dec. S.-Alfce street bridge was to-day turned over to the proper au- thorities and Is being used for trafnc De- tween. Oakland and Alameda during the construction of the proposed new Wep- ster street bridge Cotton Bros, who nave the construction contract, expect that traffic on the new bridge will be lnaugu- rated about eight months hence.
 The Keramic section Of the Ebell Socl- ety was entertained at the residence or Dr. and Mrs George c. Pardee this after noon. .
 Ynez Peralta de Galindo to-day applied for letters testamentary on the estate of her late husband Francisco Galindo John C. Galindo. the executor, died recently, and since the affairs of the estate have not been wound up--there being a mort gage held by a local bank for $70000 on some of the property-the widow now de- sires to be made executrix.
 The following officers of Oakia>d Parlor, N S. G. We elected for the ensuing year. were installed last evening: Past presi- dent, w H. H. Gentry; president, H. D. Cushing; first vice president, E. G. Will Hams; second vice president, Percy Hay selden; third vice president, H. G. Will Hams; financial secretary, D. F. Cook; re- cording secretary, l.. P. Burnham; mar shal, H. k. Elfen; trustee, J. H. Hender- son; surgeons-J. F. Kitchings, R. O. Baldwin, J. P. Dunn, J. l.. Mayon.
 The prizes to be given societies for sell ing the largest number of tickets for any day during the State Exposition held re- gently in this city were awarded by the committee to-day as follows: Grand Army of the Republic, first prize. slOO;
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09
ALAMEDA'S MURDERESS. Mrs. Mentel Will Be Defended by w
 w. Foote.

OAKLAND. Dec. S.-Mrs. Anna Mentel has engaged Attorney w. w. Foote to make her defense. MT. Foote called on his fair client to-day at the County Jail and announced that he would represent the prisoner in the criminal proceedings. The arraignment and preliminary exam ination have been set for next Monday afternoon before Justice Morris of Ala meda. Owing to Mrs. Mentel,s condition it has been decided to have the arraign- ment and examination at the same tune m to prevent unnecessary trips between the County Jail and the Alameda court
 Mrs Mentel expresses no desire to dls- cuss the relations that existed between her and her late husband. She still re- mains in bed, although she has greatly improved since being taken to the jail, and there is now no danger of anything serl- ous resulting from the bullet wound on her head