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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23
Korea.

Of intellectual and spiritual life
there is but a feeble glimmer. For 3, 0O0
years the influence of China has been at
its dry rotting work. The language, lit
erature and moral teaching of China are
the badges of refinement, hayo depre-
ciated the native tongue, and in conse-
quence the natural mental development,
and have drawn line of demarl.ation
between the aristocratic or Chinese bred
and the plebeian Korean speaking
classes.
OF late there has been some reaction,
japanese prompted, SO that official doc
uments and The Gazette are now issued
in a mixed script, partly Ermun, the
national language, and partly Chinese.
This revival If the language is thu most
hopeful sign Of Korea. Necessarily since
the mortnaIp OF China has kept the ma
tional life at It's lowest ebb the rdi-
gious teaching is Chinesetoo. Coufucian-
ism is the doctrine Of the upper classes,
its precopts vigorously honorcd in the
breach, inst as the Ten Commandments
are made conspicuous farther west
Blackwood's Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23
= Youthful Reasoner.


johnny" exclaimed Mr.. Blykins,
what are you doing?"
Thinking, sir"
How dare you waste your time
thinking, when you ought to be study
ing your lesson:'
Il was thinking about my lesson"
"What book are You engaged in Pc
rusing at this timer" inquired the old
gentleman.
Natural history"
"Ah, very useful and interesting
study! It broadens the ideas and assists
in taking the mind from the customary
cares Of life without the danger of de-
mornlizaticn which sometimes attends
frivolous forms of diversion.
Eyes, sir
How far along have you proceeded
in the study of natural history?''
I'm learning about amphibious ami
mails now"
And q highly interesting branch of
the animal kingdom. Can you namo an
| Gmphibious animal-one with which
we are all familiar" And Mr. Blykins
folded his hands before him and gazed
at his sen with lock Of wise expectan-
cy.
81 think so. l. man az animal:"
"ln the scientific sense, yes"
"And an amphibious animal is one
that consumes both air and water:"
Eyes"
"Then a man is one. II he weren't.
what would be the use of having any
soda Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23

tie metal melt5 AID rc1S Ike so much
wax. Only Short ti:@c Is required to
bore great many holes
Captain T.. l.. Zalnski, tie well known
inventor Of the pneumatic dynamite gun,
has contriyed flying torpedo which is
calculated to work lot Of mischief, con-
tanning, as it does, n quantity of high ex-
plosiyes together with an electric battery
to set them off when the proper moment
arrives. The battery is of chemical ma
turc, and the chemicals are put into IL
dry. 80 long Gs they remain dry no cleo
trical action Is excited and the apparatus
is harmless. Thus tho projectilo may ba
Cred by q gun with perfect safety. 1t is
intended to be thrown into the water neal
hostile ship. a halo in the shell is plug
gcd with gelatin, which is presently
melted, and the water, entering. energies
the battery, exploiting the torpedo and dis.
tributing the cnomy's vessel o-sr the
briny waves In frag not too large
for kindlirg
Another sort OF use for which proiectiles
of this kind are recommended Is the clear
ing away Of sut torpedccs in Eay5urs. Be-
Ing thrown ahead CT u ship, thoy may be
SO timed Us TO burst soon after reachln :
bottom. exploding mircs IN the channel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23
LIGHTNING IN BATTLE.
A New and Terrible Method of
Destruction.
POWER TO WIPE OUT A FLEET.
An Electric Gun For Throwing a Continu-
Gus Stream of Observation-Disclosures
of q Flying Torpcdo-5cuttling Battle
ships by Electricity.

Yankee ingenuity is deyising innumer-
able war implements, and many Of them
nro apparently Of practical utility. Quite
q number, says the Washington Post, en-
ploy electricity as en- agent Of destruction.
Among these aro various patterns of cleo
trio guns, electric projcctilcs and electric.
ally nctuntcd torpedocs.
Tho direct employment Of electricity as
q weapon, In imitation of natures light
ming. Is u problem that Is believed by some
experts to be on the point of solution.
without going so far as To indorse this as
scrtion. DR. Emil BeIlinor. the famous
electrician, said:
"RccCnt invention has produced appa-
ratus In which great quantity of electric
ity may Dc put away In very little room.
Contriyanccs uf this kind, which are mere
l. improved Leyden jars, arc called con-
dcnsCTs, aud those of the latest pattern
iJok like so many dress suit cases, though
only about one fourth tho size. They arc
neatly made of wood, and thousands of
them can DO put together in small space.
There Is no limit % the electrical power
which may 10 thus accumulated and mado
ready for discharge. A fow OF these con-
denscrs will hold many times as much
electricity - IS contained In celestial
hundcrholt-indccd bolt of lightning
contains no great amount of the i'uid. 1t
Is tho voltage that is big. BY voltage is
meant propolling force"
Summed up, this means that fighting
ship today may carry on her deck store
Of actual lightning sufficient In quantity
to wipo out whole fleet. 1t only remains
To devise n way Of discharging 1t at the
foe. Ono Of tho new ideas is for an cleo
trio bomb, which is to contain stored
charge Of lightning, to be distributed with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23

fearful havoc on striking The projectilo
Is tn be attached by copper wirc to a
powerful dynamo at the firing station.
Being fired, II will carry the wire with it,
and through the wire the exploding cur
rent will bo sent when the bomb has
alighted ON hostile ship.
Examiner Soely, chief Of the division Of
electricity at tho patent Office has dcy ised
an electrical gun for throwing q continu-
Gus stream OF projcctilcs containing high
explosives. The weapon Is u tube COM
posed Of series Of wire coils, and it is fed
with tho explosive shells from q hopper.
Along tho tube runs copper channel, and
wires nro so attached us TO connect the two
ends Of the gun with battery. Tho con-
trivance is very simple, being Of the sort
known to electrical experts as n "sele-
mold" The spherical projeotilo, rs it
runs through the tube, closes the circuit
at a series OF points ana obtains n steadily
augmented velocity, being finally project
ed from the mouth OF tho gun with force
enough 10 throw u six miles.
A gun of this description, concealed be-
hind hill or embankment. could project
q steady rain Of bursting prcjectilcs upon
ships at sea OF into a fort occupied by the
. enemy. 1t would be silent Us well as in
visible. no rcpors and no smoke accom-
panying It's discharge OF course there
would he no danger of the bursting OF q
projcctilc In the tubc-that peril always Sc
dreaded when dynamite Is used in guns
because tho shell would receive no shock
) In being thrown.
Two Inventors Of Russian birth, named
Bernados and Olszewski, have offered q
schome Ivy which steel ships may he bored
rs full of holes as 50 many colanders. Il
Is perfectly practicable, too, apparently
There arc various ways in which &c Tligh
be carried out, but preferably submarin,
: boat Is employed. Having arrived at ,
point Immediately beneath the vessel thai
IL to be attacked, the operator attaches
copper wiro "a her bottom. Tho wire i
connected with n powerful battery, and {,
the latter is also bitchcd second wiro
which terminates In a carbon stick, suci
ss l. used for arc lights. Taking this siicl
: IN his hand, the operator holds Il close Il
she ships bottom, though not quite I,
contact. and the current being turned OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23
HOW THE GURKHAS FIGHT.
They PunctuateG Their Attacks on a For
tress With Football Games.

They Punctuatea Their Attacks on For
tress With Football Games.
Not two miles from Nilt progress was
again arrested-and this time for weeks
by the fortresses of Thol and Nahum.
These seemed impregnable, for where
the slopes of the cliff were not inaccessi-
bic the defenders had turned the water
course on the e1ge CT them, so that they
were quickly coated with ice.
Ia front Of theso strcagholds the off,
cers and Gurkhas played football every
afternoon. the latter, who were very
keen, kicking the ball without bending
the knee The hunzas, however, object
ed to the game, and as soon as one COM
menced would open fire, which the
players regarded rot. So the Kanjutis
started game Of polo on the maiden
outside Thol, but the British fire was
more effective, for the Gurkhas are
capital marksmen, and the game was
soon dropped. Finally Dogra sepoy
named Nagdu discovered gully which
seemed possible and assembled this alone.
The following night, 90 Gurkhas
and so Dogras of the imperial service
troops under Lieutenant Manners
Smith, an expert cragsman, hid at the
foot Of the gully and remained shivering
there for hours, until at early dawn
the remainder Of the force diverted the
eremy's attention by a continuous fire.
Followed by his so Gurkhas, Man
ners-Smith commenced the perilous as
cent, and behind them came Taylor and
his Dogras, with the notifying result
that after two hours climbing the gully
was found to be blocked. Steps were
retraced to where the gully forked, and
there no again led upward in such
manner that had one of the leaders
missed his hold most Of tho party
might have been swept away.
This timo they were right, and the
leaders were within 90 yards of the first
sangar before being perceived. The
alarm being given, the interchange Of
shots as once ceased, and all attention
was directed to the daring climbers
Rocks and showers of stones were pour
ed down, but the little band had passed
the most exposed points, and Only 9
few were destroyed. Calmly they swung
themselves up from rock TO rock until
at length the pluckly subaltern ana q
| few of his men were seen to storm the
first sangar, the defendants scattering
after short resistance. Pail Mall
| Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23
INSOMNIA CLUB.
Universal Guild of the SIeepIess Which
Knows No Arlstocracy.


Knows No Arlstocracy.
The Guild of the Night Worshippers
is one Of the most remarkable creaniza-
tiCns ever perfected to work out an exalt-
ed religious idea 1t is worldwide in its
membership. 4 constant and habitual
suffering from insomnia is the necessary
qualification for membership.
There are - people belonging to this
wakcful organization. They ere scattered
about the world, and in the ranks are to
30 found members Of the nobility, army
and navy officers, clergymen and servants.
Sleeplessless knows no nristoeracy.
Seven Americans, three Of them living
in Chicago. belong to the insomnia club.
The Rev. George B. Pratt, assistant rector
CT the Church of the Epiphany. on Ash
land boulevard. is In q double sense one OF
the most wido awake members Of this
curious association. TIE names Of the
other two Chicago members Mr.. Pratt
viii not disclose, for It is an unwriiton
law Of the organization that the identity
VI the slcepleSs ones Dc withheld. The fact
is that in many cases no ore but the sec
rotary CT the guild, Lady Eardley. Lan-
caster street, Hyde Park, London, knows
the real names Of those belonging. Every
member has, however, list of pseudo
ny1ns, with the proper address of tie per
SONS who have assumed them. Then when
lying awake at night tho thoughts IF the
vakeful cnes travel fFc.n place to place
about the elobe, and they End rest and
eompanionship in the thought that others
in these places Tar away OF near are think
ing OF them.
Every member, in addition to thought
coiuPcnionskip with other members dur
iug sterpless nights, IS asked TO pray for
the guild and for those within its ranks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23
Bucklen's Arnica Saive.

The best salve in the world for cuts
bruises. sores. ulcers. salt rheum
fever sores, letter, chapped hands
chilblains, corns and all skin erup-
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pay required. Ii is guaranteed TO
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box. For
sale by Hartz & Ullemever
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23
Variations ON an Ancient Theme.

my WIFE," said the tall, lantern
jawed man, lis as womanly woman
as you could find, but she can hammer
nails like Lightning.
Wonderful, 9 sang the chorus.
Lightning" the tall, lantern jawed
man continued, seldom strikes twice
in the same place. Cincinnati En-
Ouirer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23

At +. II. Thomas drug store. a
marvellous cure for kidney complaints,
nervous exhaustion and female weak
ness. 1t is Foley's Kidney Cure.
For Sale by +. II. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

CHICAGn, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAIL
" wsy-TioSets can re purchased or bAerfse
checked At X a Twentieth street dept, OF
O l& depot, corner Pi.th avenue and Thirty
frst tirrei, Frank II Plummer, Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23
TRAINS.


.Arrival. tDepartnre. .Oaily. exc pit Sunday.
Az Others daily. Telephone 1898
sunday evening Pullman SLEEPER yin he AZ
the depot after :1, which will leave Tor Chi
cseo q; = IN. Monday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. Zoe or sc
IL G. Z. &. fail to cure druggists refund money
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23

DunllNGT0N ROUTE . y so NAIL
= Nts--Derci RiTsi s,Uuns s.a sists-sr;l
f-reei, = ! Young. agent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23

D JCK I-LAND a. PgoR A RAILWAY
II Bep't tifFt Ayrnn. and twentieth street
4 s'osahoase, GEM Tai Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-23

CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE & ST PAUL Rsii.
- way-harine & so4ih sesiern Dfvisios--
bepo: 7 =, Meth rect, be ca First aud second
avenues. L II Greer, Aren't
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-16
in DAYS LIKE THESE.
THOMAS H. STACY, IN BOSTON JOURNAL

y God of hosts, whose mighty hand
Our fathers led across the seas,
We took from Thee our gOOdly land,
TO Thee we look in days like these;
Mid swelling tumult bitter word.
Mid clashing arms and bugles' blare,
While wardrums fret the fevered air,
In days like these, be near. o Lord.
The winds have swept our colors out,
Our polished guns the sun has kissed;
With measured step and loyal shout,
The men trOOped by who now are missed
The hilltOps signals far away.
And sea calls sea with beacon lips,
Where ride our far-fiung battleships,
70 strike the foe, at break of day.
Forgive, o Lord, that we forget
To humble self and Thee to please;
Our vows unkept, sins thought. unthougllt;
Forgive. o Lord, in days like these
Our gift upon the altar lies,
Accept it ere Thou call US hence,
Although Thou Saidst obedience
Is better than a sacrifice.
'Tis not for gain OF vengeful spite
Our treasure and our life is poured,
But for the wrOnged who have no might,
Whose cry has reached the ear of God;
In days like these, our motives take,
Since whom Thou useSt Thou must trust,
And when we Smite because We must.
Help us to heal the wounds we make
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-16
The Star-SpangIed Banner.
(Parkersburg (W. Va.) News.)

That ocean-guarded flag of light,
forever may it fly! 1t flashed DER
Monmouth's bloody fight, and lit
McHenry's sky! 1t bears upon its
folds of flame to earth's remotest
wave, the names of men whose deeds
of fame shall e'er inspire the brave.
Ships have crashed and guns have
pealed beneath it's radiant glow, but
never did that ensign yield its honor
to the foe! It's fame shall march
with martial tread down ages yet
to be, to guard those stars that
never paled in fight on land or sea.
Its stripes of red eternal dyed with
heart-streams of all lands; its white
the sncw-capped hills that hide in
storm their upraised hands; its blue
the ocean waves that beat round
Freedoms happy shore; its stars.
the print of angels feet that shine
fOrevermOre.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-16
Lieutenant HObsOn.
(Atlanta COnStitutiOn.)

Up to the present time the South
has furnished two of the most signal
exhibitions of courage which the ex-
isting war with Spain has developed,
viz, the martrydom of Ensign Bagley
while engaged in returning the fire
of Spanish guns in Cardenas waters
and the bold exploit of Lieuten-
ant Hobson in sinking his own vessel
in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, at
its narrow entrance, for the purpose
Of effectually entrapping the Spanish
fleet under Admiral Cervera.
Both of these brave deeds of hero
ism deserve to be embalmed in the
gratitude of the entire nation; and if
history is just to the dauntless spirit
of the men who nobly wrought them,
she will record their names high upon
the scroll of honor which She dis
closes to the worlds uplifted gaze.
In adding fresh luster to the Stars
and Stripes these men have exhibited
to better purpose the same contempt
of danger which characterized the
knight errants in the days of chiv-
airy.
While Lieutenant Hobson Jared
better than Ensign Bagley in that,
with the stout-hearted men who
shared with him the perils of his ex-
pedition, he managed to escape to
land, still the nature of the enter
prise upon which he volunteered
stands out with such unique promi-
nence on account of it's peculiar dan
gers that he is clearly entitled to the
hero's laurel. When Lieutenant
Hobson undertook to enter the mar
row waters of the harbor of Santiago
de Cuba for the purpose of accom-
plishing his bold design, he had every
reason to believe that whatever his
success might be in his efforts to
close up the channel he would never
be permitted to return again to his
comrades of the squadron. He went
with the spirit of the martyr to sac
riticc himself at duty's call upon the
altar of his country's cause. Let
pessimists who bewail the degenerate
civilization of the nineteenth CEN
tury contemplate the spectacle of
tnlS lntTeplu O1Hcef IN SINKING MS
own vessel under the frowning
shadow of Moro castle. There is
nothing finer in Spartan annals than
the exhibition of unruffied fearless
ness presented by Lieutenant Hobson
in the face of circumstances which
might have awed the bravest.
Without regard to the justice OF
the cause which underlies the exist
ing war with Spain, it must be uni
versally admitted that its lessons
cannot fail to exercise the most salu-
tary influence upon the lives of men
who out of its grim horrors are born
such notable examples of self-immo-
lation as Ensign Bagley and Lieu
tenant Hobson furnish.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-16
HENDERSON, N. c., THURSDAY JUNE 16, 1898.

comming summer. The very fact
which has made Chickamauga a
mobilization center for armies of the
United States is that which will
induce a large patronage of the
Southern mountain resorts this year
No one can doubt that timiditv on
the part Of many persons will lead
them to select the mountains for
their summer outing, instead of the
seashore. The resorts along the
coast will probably have good
business, but they must share to
greater extent than ever that bus
mess with the secure, health-giving,
comfortable and picturesque resorts
Of the Appalachians
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-16

The intrepid volunteers on the
Merrimac jumped on life raft which
had been towed alongside. The yawl.
boat which they had hoped to escape
to sea in had been too badly dam
aged to be used.
There was only one course open to
the heroic men. They had escaped
death from shot or shell while the
collier was being riddled. The only
hope was to paddle the raft to a
ship of the enemy.
They began this task valliantly,
and were soon under the searchlight
OF Admiral Cervera's flagship. The
Spaniards did not regard the party
on the raft as having any hostile
intent. Hobson and his comrades
were picked up at the cruisers side
and were taken before Admiral
Cervera.
The Spanish chief
was astounded at the heroic deed OF
the men. He received them with
great courtesy, and asked them to
describe their trip. When he asked
Hobson and the latters comrades
what he could do for them, the in
trepid leader of the little band re-
piled that above all they would like
to get back to their ships and to OBJ
tain a change of clothing.
The Spanish admiral complimented
them and said he would see that they
were exchanged as soon as possible.
CAPT. OvIDEO IMPRESSED.
Captain Ovideo took in with
scrutinizing glance the entire Ameri-
can fleet which spread in circle
about the flagship and he was un-
mistakably impressed, although he
did not betray himself in words. He
expressed surprise at the richness of
a nation that could afford to use a
100000 ship to block channel.
His visit continued and ended with
the same ceremony which had marked
its beginning.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-16
NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRACY.

The North Carolina Democratic
convention went strong on its en-
dorsement of the Chicago platform.
free silver and Mr.. Bryan. but in the
plainest and most emphatic language
declined to accept Mr.. Bryan's
advice and fuse with the Populists.
The people of North Carolina have
had enough of fusion with the Pop
ulists, and in our opinion the Demo-
cratic party can win the State back
by repudiating fusion and making a
bold fight against both Populists and
Republicans. That is just what the
State convention, under the superb
leadership of that grand old Dem
ocratic war horse. Thomas j. Jarvis,
decided to do.-Danville Register.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-16

Nine-tenths Of the sickness 0f women
comes from some arrangement Of organs
distinctly feminine. Nine-tenths OF this
sick ness can be cured and avoided by the
use Of DR.. Pierce's FavOrite Prescription.
There Is nothing miraculous about the
"Favorite Preseription"-not super
natural 1t Is the result Of rational
thought and study applied to medicine.
1t has been prescribed by DIR. Pierce
Chief Consulting Physician to the To-
valids' Hotel and Surgical Institute.
Buffalo, n. Y. for over 20 years. 1t has
made thousands OF women healthy and
happy. and has brought Joy to thousands
OF homes. In female weakness" 1t acts
directly and strongly in healing and
streng ,hening the parts that are most
severely tried. 1t clears out impurities
and promotes regularity At all times. To
prospective mothers IL Is . priceless boon
as, IL taken during pregnancy is 80 pre-
peres the system for delivery IS 70 make
labor almost painless, besides shortening
the period Of confinement.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-16
SUMMER RESORTS
IN THE MOUNTAINOUS SECTIONS
OF THE SOUTH.

in Popularity Each Season
Among Both Health and Pleasure
Seekers-The fountain Resorts of
Western North Carolina Destined
to Lead all the Rest-Easy of Access
as Reached by the Southern Railway
and SeabOard Air Line.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-16

1t is folly for people to subject them
selves to attacks of chills and fever and
malarial troubles, when by the timely use
and Ramon's Peps;n Chill Tonic they can
so fortfy their systems and entirely prevent
them. Every one knows these famous
remedies. but for fuller information ask
your druggist for pamphlets and sample
dose.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-06-16
A Man of Means.
(New York Weekly. }

Mrs. Stuckupp-..Is this MIR. Slim
purse you have engaged yourself to a
man of means?'
Sensible Daughter-''Yes, mother.
He means all he says, and that's the
sort of q husband l want