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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02
Collided In "A Snow storm.

Burlington, Vt, Feb. 2.-The mail
train south from this city over the Rut-
land railroad was stalled yesterday
morning a short distance below Shell
bourne. Two engines loaded with men
were sent out to pull the train out. The
snow blinded the engineers and they
ran into the rear end of the stalled
train. Fred Dubuc was thrown between
the engine and tender and SO badly
crushed that he died in a few hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02

GloveTsvil.e. y. Y. Feb. 2.-The Al
word Hous-, one Of Gloversville's old
land marks. as well as the largest hotel
in Fulton county. lies buried in it's own
ashes. Vt this season the businss Is
unusually large and ii is understood that
rcarly every room in the building was
occupied. The fire staterd on the grcand
focr and shot up through the upper
stories with lightning-like speed. the
broad stairs and Railways furnishing
great ilues which carried the flames
upward. Almost Immediately after the
flames were discovered the alarm was
sounded through the house and the big
hotel was soon the scene Of widest con-
fusion. There was a wild scramble on
the part Of the guests to escape from
the building with their personal proper
ty. but many were forced to flee with
cut saving anything.
Many Had to Jump for Life.
y few of the guests made their escape
by the stairways. but the smoke soon
cut on this retreat. The next resort of
the Imprisoned people was the windows
The guests who were thus entrapped
did not long hesitate TO take the risk of
juraping. though some were rescued
from their pcrilous posisons 10y the
firemen. Others leaped from the win
dows. several being more or less in
jured. Find!ay Morrow. a travelling
salesman for an Albany house clad only
in shirt and trousers. jumped from a
window, landing safely in the snow.
Names of the Lost aud Injured.
Six persons were undoubtedly burned
TO death. They are as follow: Henry
c. Day, GlovcrsviLe: L. KmbIli,
wife and daughter. Indian polls; Cras.
RUPERT. bell boy; and Benjamin +.
Strickland. contractor and bu lder Hen
~ {. Day was one Of the mos, prom
inent business men Of Glorcrsyille.
Among the seriously injured are l.. c.
lambert. Of Chicago. broken arm and
internally hurt; William Maloney.
travelling man. residence unknown.
sprained ankle. and B. M'Ross. travel
Ing man. Rochester, y. Y, badly
! bruises.
None OF the Victims Bodies Found.
Ths flrernes searched all day in the
| ruins for the remains of victims, hut
their efforts were unrewarded. Electric
lights have been strung over the ruins
and a large force continued the search
all night. The two travelling men re-
ported missing were accounted for late
last night. leaving six known victims.
Elwood DE Long, a fireman. was seri-
ously frozen. Andrew Watson. of Tor
onto. ont. Jumped from the fourth floor
to q shed ard was only slightly hurt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02
Port To Lien Wan. Some refuse to
credit the report.


Constantinople. Feb. 2.-violent
earthquakes si Balikescr and Bruss.
Asia Minor. resulted in numerous
fatalities and great dsmsge. The
sultan has has ordared relief for the
sufferers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02

Philsielphia. Feb.2-The Grocers' and
Importers exchange has made its
third snd final shipment % provisions
70 me poor az Cuba.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02
ma, ,o Amer,ess Rsuss.

Berlin. Feb. "A decree has been
issued against the importation Of
every kind OF American fresh fruit
on the ground that California and
other vermin threaten the German
trees aud fruit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02
.,,rm N., Rs,,.s .. E.si..s.

London, Feb. 2-S,orms are pre-
vsilirg throughout Great Britain.
Severe gales have swept the coast. and
worse westher is predicted tonight.
Gales reschiug hurricane force are
reported on the contirent from Bar
lin to Buds Pes, resulting Ia eonsii-
cradle damsge 10 property.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02
Ham IN Peerla spiriss.

Peoris. Feb. 2.-Osing to the
shortage 10 the potato crop in Ger
many 1000 barrels Of spirits have
been ordered 10 shIs city to be
shipped TO Hamburg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02
Eastern >,,aa,,.n .. Ns,ln seriou.

London. FEB. IA dispatch to The
Daily Mall from Narasak! says: The
Ear eastern situation Is ve-y serious and
.; .. believed iha; japan II actively pre-
raf,ng for var"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02

Nashville. Feb. 2.-The legislature
In ioint convention elected T. Il.
Turiey. democrat, United States ser-
ator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02
~ i,ssn,s rriAs ArssseA.

Lcutcr. Feb 2-The afternoon
pspers co, ment 10 very severe terms
upon the alleged withdrawal Of Great
britsin's demand foe the opening OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02
His Advantages.

"Our organist has an easy timeof it. Z"
''Ir what way:"
when he wants his wheel pumped
up, he attaches it to the organ. Chi.
cago Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02
rhs n,.s,s LEGISLATURE % n. vsss..

Springfield. Feb. 2.-The sen
ate after advancing the appropriation
bill TO o second reading adjourned
until tomorrow. The house passed
the revenue bill ~ to 4. nearly all
the democrats reiraining from vot-
ing. Seventy.sevsn votes are neces-
sary for passage, and these we're not
secured Tor some time. % several re-
publican members at frst refused
TO vote. This does not, however,
carry the bill With the emergency
clause. which would require i02
votes; 90 the emergency clause Vas
stricken out aud on reli call for pas
sage without that clause 10 received
81 yotes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02
Wreck of n Fast Freight.

Nichclasville. KY, Feb. Fast
freight No. II. south-bound on the
Queen and Crescent, q double header
with twenty-one cars, was derailed at
the crossing of the Richmond, Nicholas
Vile and Bea<tyville railway over the
Queen and Crescent. All went over the
embankment. Engineer p. J. Sullivan
and George Shirley, OF Lexington,
jumped and were seriously injured and
conveyed to st. Joseph hospital
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02

The mission Of Hoods Sarssparills
Is TO cure disease. and thousands Of
testimsnials prove IL fulflls ito mis-
sion well
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02

Winnipeg. Feb. 2-The Mcintyre
block Vas burned this morning with
o less of $500. 600.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02
Sci. The rescued passengers lost every
thing. even their clothing,

thing, even Their ctothlng.
Boston, Feb. "A three-masted
schooner. believed to be the Charles S.
Briggs, of Bath, Me. laden with coal.
was wrecked off Little Nahant Monday
night. 1t is believed there were eight
men on board and all are thought to
have been drowned. The vessel is a
total wreck
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02

Arnold's Bromo Celery cures head.
sches; 10. Is and 80 cents. Rsiss'
drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-02
HOTEL H0LOCAuS'!,
Six Lives Lost by a Fire in the
AIvord House at G!overs.
vile, New York
MANY NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH.

House Was yuil of Guests, This Being I;s
Bu-y Timc-s,airs Burn Away and Leave
the Windows the Only Egress-Loss Of
Life at ,ea-Giouccs;er Report. Eighteen
oa the Dead Hoil-wreck ON the Island
Of Guernsey Costs Twenty Two Lives.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13
Cruel Murder by an Indian.

Wichita, Kan, Jan. 5.-Mrs. Julia
Leard, a white woman was murdered
by Seminole Indian yesterday even
ing, four miles east Of Maud, Okla.
The crime was committed IN the pres
ence of the womans children. Earlier
in the afternoon, Mrs. Leard had
frightened the Indian away, threaten
ing him with a rifle. Later she stepp-
ed out of doors carrying her baby
and the Indian stole into the house
secured the rifle and attempted to
shoot her, but the cartridge failed to
explode. The Seminole then attacked
her with the butt of the gun, clubbed
her to death and outraged her body.
He hurled the baby into the house
through the open door.
Several Indians have been arrested
but the murdared woman's eightyear
old daughter, the Oldest OF her family
has been unable to identity any OF
them as the murderer. There Is great
excitement in the vicinity.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13
Good Manners.
Philadelphia Methodist.

Philadelphia Methodist.
Good manners are part OF good
morals. We all acknowledge .he truth
of the trite saying that true politeness
comes from the heart and that 1t Is
only the outward and visible sign OF
that inward grace which makes us give
up In small things to the comfort OF
others. The polite person must always
be more popular and give mo1e pleas
ure to others than the rough and boor-
ish one. A little courtesy costs nothing
but little thought and it makes the
wheels of society move vastly more
smoothly. We do not mean that the
form OF good manners should take the
place of the reality, but unseltishness
can be cultivated and with its growth
naturally comes politeness.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13
Cruelty to Animals.
Biblical Recorder.

Biblical Recorder.
The cruelest animal is not the tiger,
it is man the most thoughtless of liv-
ing things is not the moth, it is the
boy. A woman ran into the street,
because her heart made her, and cried
out a protest against the punishment
of three men, whom it we're compliment
to call brutal who were infllcting upon
team of mules that were straining ev-
cry sinew to pull wagon out OF hole
into which their foolish driver had
guided them. They had each taken
q stick of wood from the heavily load
ed wagon and were goading the mules
with them. And when the woman
cried out the boys on the street
thought 1t was funny and laughed and
jeered. Pity for the mules, indigna-
ton for the men but sorrow and fear
and indignation Tor the boys and con-
tempt for the parents who had taught
them no better.
Cruelty to animals is all too COM
mon. Poor, ill fed never-rested horses
and mules ploddlng painfully along
with heavy loads, driven by sodden,
unfeeling and unthinking men, with
seedlings and beatings, are not strange
sights. We have law, but public
sentiment does not enforce it. Parents
have duties but they are not teaching
their children the beauty of gentleness
or training them to revolt at cruelty
Some day men are going to realize
that they have no more right before
God to starve an animal than to starve
man, to beat horse than to beat
q workman, to work their stock te
death than to work themselves to death
A man worthy of the name will ntt
be cruel, will not be unkind to any
thing on earth.
II animals think-we know some
that make a better show at it thar
some people-they must in many case
have far better opinion of the brute
creation than they have of their mas
ters. Let us have change. 1t yo'
see man treating dumb animals cru
elly. talk to him In Coos name. l
| he insults you or persists, report hin
to the civil authorities. There Is n
measuring the good that may be dom
this way. He who serves Gods creature
ia a noble man of God. To love 90
and forget his creatures that is a false
hood no matter who says it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13
A Drummer's Trick on Bryan.
San Antonio, Te1os, Dispatch.

San Antonio, Te1os, Dispatch.
William Jennings Bryan arrived
here yesterday from his extensive tour
of Mexico, and left last night fol
Austin. 1t was announced that Bryan
would arrive here Thursday, and al
all the towns along the line
of railroad between here and Eagle
Pass demonstrations were given by
crowds. An amusing imposition wat
practiced ON these crowds at severa
stations by Henry Long, a commercial
traveller of St. Louis who has q resem
blance to Br yam. Long was in th'
Pullman car of the train on which
Bryan was expected and when th'
crowd at the small tow ns caught sigh
OF him, they cheered him vcclferously
and called ior speech.
Long thought.it an opportunity TO
Joke, and he walked out on the plat
form, and wasiintroduced to the crowd
by the conductor OF the train as MI
Bryan. Long then startled the NJ
dlence by making strong sound NOR
ey speech, saving his views on coinag
had been completely changed by hl
visit to Mexico. and that he had reaci
ed the conclusion that William MI
Kinley was one of the best Presiden'
that this country ever had.
The speech was repeated at sever;
places, and was not greeted with ! gre;
applause, except by the sound none
men iu the crowds, who were high
elated over the supposed change
i the views of the former great free 81
YER champion. They did not learn n
til to-day that an imposition had bee
: practiced upon them, and their wra'
F: was great.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13
THE LADY Is A1wAYsA LADY.
The True Keynote Of the Grande
Dame Is aentleness and Simplicity.

Ruth Ashmore, writing on THE
Simplicity of the Grande Dame," In
the January Ladies' Home Journal,
asserts that "a lady may stand behind
the counter. be mistress in her own
home, or busy all day at a desk, but no
matter what her position In life is, she
never swerves, and unconsciously she
always impresses those who are around
her with the fact of her gentleness and
her simplicity. The lady gains her
strength not from riches, not from her
high position, not from great learning,
but from good common-sense. Any
one of us may learn this if we will take
a good model and copy it. No lady is
free-and-essy in her manners. She does
not, however, go to the other extreme
and become stllted, but she tends
rather to quietness and to slight re-
serve, since, when she takes friend,
she proposes to keep her. She does
not become intimate with you after
twenty-four hours acquaintance, put
you in the place of a confidante In
forty-eight hours, and in weeks time
tire OF you. The lady knows you first
merely as an acquaintance, and then,
If she finds you interesting, or if she
thinks she can in any way be OF use to
you, she permits you to come gradually
into her life, and between you may
grow up friendship that may last
through life, even unto DEATH"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13
sCOT1AND NECK N C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 1898

wounded the over-eager hand. There
upon though the game be plentiful !;
though the keeper put the bow once
more into the still useful hand, though
other arrows rest in the full CULVER, the
game passes unheeded, the bow warps
for want of work, and the arrow-heads
rust in idleness. For one false shot,
therefore, a culver full of arrows Is lost
and an empty larder cries ont upon the
falnt-hearted one. How many of us
are here described
-
ARISE, misguided ones. The old year
Is dead but the New Year has risen
from it's ashes. The past is with God
-irrevocable. The future is with God
uncomfortable. But the present, the
Living Present., is yours-yours to
shape and brighten, until it hide the
Past by it's greatness, and WOO the fu
ture by it's loneliness. Be like the
artllleryman who hurls she'll into
fenced city, he has done his duty if hi'
gun be well pointed, and his powder
dry but whether he will slay the com
mander-in-chief, or shatter tobacco
nist's dummy, he cannot tell. Pom
at the frown1ng ramparts of all oppos
ing forces. Aim high and you vii
overcome.
sTrust no future howe'er pleasant.
Let the dead past bury its dead,
Act, act In the living present,
Heart within and God o'erhead."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13

Persn:s who are troubled with in
diges,iou will be interested in the ex-
perieuce of VIM. III. Penn, chief clerk
in the railway mail service at Des
Moines, Iowa, who writes: "It gives
me pleasure to testify to the merits o.
Cham berlaiu's Collie, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy. For two years l have
suffered from indigestion, and am sub
i.ct to frequent severe attacks of psir
| in the stomach and bowels. One o
two doses of this remedy never fails q
give perfect relief. Price 20 and q
cents for sale by E. T. Whitehead 4
Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13

The progressive ladies of Westfield,
Ind. issued a "Woman's Edition" OF
the Westfield News, bearing date OF
April 8, 1896. The paper Is flied with
matter oi interest to women, and we
notice the following from correspond
ent, which the editors printed, realiz-
ing that it treats upon a matter OF
vital importance to their sex: "Ihe
best remedy for cronp, colds and bron-
cbitis that have been able to find Is
Chamberlains Cough Remedy. For
family use it has no equal. 1 gladly
recommend it," 25 and 80 cent bot
ties for sale by E. T. Whitehead 4 Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
hons Of mothers for their children while
teething, with perfect success. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and ls
the best remedy for Dlarrhoea. 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferer imme-
diately. Sold by Druggists in every
part Of the world. twenty-five cents 9
hottie. Be sure and ask for Mrs
Winsiow's Soothing Syrup" and take
No other kind. q 1y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13
)mpOse your man

you kuoWu uOW " COtupOso your Hlau
ners? You have done a great dea
more than he who has compos
books. Have you known how to tak,
repose! You have done more than l.,
who takes cities and empires. The
glorious masterpiece Of man is, t.
know how to live to purpose !; all othc
things-to reign, to lay up treasure
and to build, are at the most but huh
appendices and little props"
The stern puritanism of old, which
occasionally breaks out s:ill,- even n
County Councils and Petty Session
put the ban upon many innocen.
pleasures, and interdicted any semi
lance of them on Sundays. The peop;s
were taught by their spiritual guides
that to look upon the green fields and
running brooks was Sabbath break
lng," and that Sabbath breaking was
of equal tulpitude with drunkenness
and tornication. Thus their moral and
| religious ideas became confused, and
they were dlven to revolt against all
restraints, on the principle that one
may as we'll be hanged for sheep as a
lamb. A Saturday night Hymn fo'
children commenced Haste, put you:
playthings all away, Tomorrow is the
Sabbath day." A stanza OF another,
sung in infant schools, went:
"We must not laugh on Sunday,
But we may laugh on Monday,
On Tuesday and On Wednesday,
On Thursday, Friday, Saturday
| Till Sunday comes again."
In regard to the question OF opening
the Crystal Palace on the Sunday
"The Record" which describes itself a
{ Liberal conservative" and the orga'
of Low or Evangelican Chnrchmen
said, As years ago: ut Is surprising
, that an animal, with head OF highe
order than a Chlmpanzee, should PFC
, nounce it innocent to open place 10
' public worldly amusement on the Sab
BATH It is through influences sucl
as these that hypocrites-young mel
a and old-have been manufactured j
multitudes, and that crime and in
/ morality are unwittingly promoted
e The crying want of the time is MOI
r abundant means of Sunday recreatio
, and OF cheap and harmless evenin
pleasures for the toiling millions whe
their weekly and daily tasks are dom
. The narrowness of Sabbatarlanlsl
= should be repudiated by all who la
any claim to intelligence. A cheerf,
spirit and love of wholesome plea
ures should be encouraged thrOug
: life. Nor should we be too squeamis
in our discrimination. The eye tn;
sees notes often suffers from bean
!, The same pleasures are not suitable Il
!. all, yet all may be suited. And til
:, men who lnvents a new pleasure
undoubtedly public benefactor. B'
= whether we are old or young, rich {
poor, ignorant or learned, or occupy
:, middle station, as the old morals
said: "Withal, let us be gay and soc
able"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13

The best anodyne and expectorant
for the cure of colds, coughs, and all
throat, lung, and bronchial troubles, is
undoubtedly, Ayers Cherry Pectoral'
the only specific for colds and coughs
admitted ON exhibition at the Chicago
Worlds Fair. For sale by E. T. White
head & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13

"Old, yet ever new, and simple and
beautiful ever" sings the poet. In
words which might we'll apply to Ayers
Sarsaparllla-the most efficient and
scientific blood-purifier ever offered to
suffering humanity. Nothing but
superior merit keeps it so long at the
front. For sale by e. T. Whitehead q
Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13

Every man having a beard should
keen it an even and natural color, and
If it Is not go already, use Buckingbams
Dye and appear tidy.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13

When Jesus said, "Let your light 30
shine," he was talking to those who had
light that did shine.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13
Before
Retiring....

Ike Ayers Pills, and you will
eep better and wake in better
Pndition for the days work.
yer's Cathartic Pills have no
[ua1 as a pleasant and effect
i remedy for constipation,
1iousness, sick headache, and
q liver troubles. They are
ngar-coated, and so perfectly
repared, that they cure with
ut the annoyances experienced
d the use of so many of the
bills on the market. Ask your
Druggist for Ayers Cathartic
Pills. When other pills won't
help you, Ayers is
THE PILL THAT WILL.
For sale by E. T. Whitehead q Co
Scotland Neck. n. G..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13
(os'S ENGLISH KITCHEN,
y Main st.. NORFOLK, VA

BIZ Main ST., NORFOLK, VA.
he Leading Dining Room in the
|Dr Ladies' and Gentlemen. Strict
temperance Place. All meals 25c.
Hudson's Surprising Coffee .
lty. i 16 1v
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13
VOL. XIV. New Series---Vol. z.
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

Why, certainly the South ought to
have the best eating houses in Ameri-
ca. We make more good things down
here, and our people are clever enough.
We give expression to such opinion
because of the statement of q recent
writer to the New York Sun, that the
railroad eating houses in the South
are the best in America. And amongst
those mentioned by name are the eat
ing houses at Hamlet, Charlotte and
Weldon, in this State.
Hotel keepers might do great deal
towards bringing money into the
South by feeding their guests we'll and
giving them the very best service.
Men from the North and other sections
are willing to pay good money for good
fare.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13
OURS TO CHOOSE.

THE PAST IS SURELY FIXED.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-01-13
AN APT PARABLE.
Some Rambling Thoughts.
BY "NEMo."
copyrighted by Dave & Tabor.)

Copyrighted by Dave & Tabor.)
We're my readers welding this pen
they would recognize the difficulty
the impossiblity-of touching all classes
each week. Lives are so varied, and
thoughts even more 80, that one must
be content with throwing out words o.
courage almost at random, satisfied
with the mere chance OF nerying some
BODY whose needs are unknown. There
is widespread class / would commune
with this week-the discouraged.