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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-21
Bits Of Tin.

can ordinary political campaign, +"
said novelty manufacturer, sis not an
unmitigated evil to all branches of
trade. Among those that profit by it are
the tin can manufacturers. Most of the
campaign buttons are made Of tin, and
when big political struggle is expect
ed the makers send out agents through
the tin factories of the south to buy up
all the waste tin and useless cans they
can find TO make their buttons with.
Most of the campaign buttons are made
in Newark, and the amount paid by the
makers to the can factories. particularly
those CT Baltimore, is considerable, even
though the tin is waste, if anything
can he called waste nowadays.
Nor is the tin waste useless even
when no political excitement is on. l
know a man who visits Baltimore at
regular intervals and buys all the scrap
tin he can find and sells it to the button
makers. 1t is used for the backing of
ordinary buttons. Any day i'll parts of
Brooklyn you can see wagons loaded
with scrap tin and old cans. The great
er part of this goes to the places where
buttons, toys and gewgaws of various
kinds are made. New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-21
She Studied French.

Four young women were walking to-
gether on Charles street today and en-.
gagged in animated conversation.
''What do yOu think 1 done today,
Clara?'' said one. 81 translated 40
pages of French exercise. Wasn't that
fne:''
Fine said the other, 81 should
say it was. 1 wish had done as good.
1 only translated 20.''
Comment is unnecessary, but one
feels like asking. Is this sign of the
times? Is what Mime. Butterfly called
UNITED States American English" be-
ing neglected for the so called accom-
plishments?
One can forgive the woman who,
gazing at some renaissance lace, bland
y remarks, "Ah, that is the Kenny
SAINT, 3" but for the girl who assiduous-
ly studies French and murders English
meanwhile. as Macbeth murdered sleep,
there seems no possible excuse. -Balti-
more News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-21
What Is a Signature?

When Constable was requested to put
his signature TO one of his pictures, he
answered, why, my dear sir, it is
signed all over" Let the preacher pre-
serve his personality, and his sermon
also will bo ''signed all over" A num-
Der of Thackeray's pen and ink sketches
were sold not long since in London,
and, although they bore no monogram
or signature, no one disputed their gen.
uineness. A true preacher also cannot
be hid.
That which John had seen and with
his own hands handled of the word of
life could never be to any other person
just what it was TO him. a preacher
who puts himself into his sermon is as
readily detected in his sermon as any
where else. Even his apprehension of
truth, his way of looking at it, his fash
ion of delivering it, is all his own. Let
Us repeat it. His sermon will be "signed
all over. "-Homiletic Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-21
TWO OF THEM.
Private O'NIars' Tart Retort TO His
accommodating Colonel.


UnaccommOdatinEC Colonel.
Here is a story told of Patrick O'Mars,
q private in the Ninth regulars: Not
long ago he went to the colonel, who
was a severe disciplinarian, for two
weeks leave of absence.
"WeII," said the colonel, "what do
you want two weeks furlough for?"
Patrick answered, "Me wolfe is very
sick, and the children are not we'll. and
if ye didn't mind she would like to
have me home for few weeks to give
her bit of assistance.
The colonel eyed him for few min
utes and said: Patrick, i might grant
your request, but I got a letter from
your wife this morning saying that she
didn't want you home; that you were
a nuisance and raised the devil when
ever you were there. She hopes 1 Won't
let you have any more furloughs.'
"That settles it. 1 suppose l can't
get the furlough them" said Pat.
mo, I'm afraid not, Patrick. It
wouldn't be we'll for me to do so under
the circumstances.
1t was Patrick's turn now to eye the
colonel as he started for the door. Stop
ping suddenly, he said:
Colonel, can l say something to
yez?''
Certainly, Patrick. What is it?''
"You won't get mad, colonel, if l
say it:''
Certainly not, Patrick. What is it?"
81 want to say there are two splendid
liars i'll this room. and I'm one of them.
1 was never married in me loife. -
New York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-21
A MoNoMANiAcAL WITNESS.
How His Phase of Lunacy Was De-
Nelored During N Trial.

"That calls TO mind queer expert
eEce of my own" said a lawyer who
had listened to a story. ''Some years
ago 1 defended a fellow for murder in a
little southern town, and the worst wit
ness we had against US was an old Ger
man wis was a Stakeholder by trade.
y stack, Ly the way, is merely another
uame for big chimney.
1.-The cid fellow was perfectly honest
ma gave his evidence in such a clear,
straightforward manner that 1 felt my
client was doomed unless l could think
IF some way to break him down. While
| was cudgeling my brains a friend
whispered &c me 10 ask him how high
he could build stack. What do you
mean 1 asked, in surprise. Never
mind, said my friend. Just slip in
that question and see.
$50 at the tail end of the cross exam
ination l paused, as if struck by an aft
erthought, and said, You are stack
builder, l believer Yes, SIR replied
the witness. Well, sir, continued,
about how high can you build l
never got any further. a swift, inscru-
table change flashed over the German S
face, and he rose ezcitedly from his
chair. AS high as der sky! he roared.
SO high dose angels come around it
like birdsr
"Iu five seconds he was raving. You
see, the man was a monomaniac-sane
on every subject but one, and my friend
happened to know his weak spot. 1t is
hardly necessary 10 say that his evil
dence in regard to the homicide was
promptly ruled out by the judge, and
as there was no other witness of impor
lance my man was cleared. The rascal
should have been hanged and would
have been but for the lucky reference
TO the stack. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-21
Water Waste.

The chief of the Philadelphia weather
bureau, in a paper recently read by
him, showed the wonderfully large ag-
gregate to which apparently trivial but
continued leaks may amount
One drop of leakage per second
amounts 10 five gallons per day. This
may well be remembered by central sta
tions with leaky piping, paying for wa
ter by meter, and also that apparently
trivial steam leaks are loss not only of
water, but of coal, and electrical leaks,
of water, coal and labor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-21
Kiplfng's ResDonse.

The Cantab, the Cambridge univer-
sity weekly, asked Mr.. Rudyard Kip
ling to contribute to its columns. In
response came the following reply:
There once was a writer who wrote:
Dear Sir-In reply 20 your note
OF yesterday 5 date.
am sorry to state
It's no good ut the prices you quote"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-21

Big Ben of Westminster has proved
itself accurate to less than second per
week. 1t is the largest and most power
full clock in the world. One weight
takes five hours to wind up This is
done twice week and it will go for 8 y
days. The dial measures 22T feet in
diameter. London Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-21
Perish the Thoucht:

First Golfer-I believe L could make
some money getting cut a cheap golf
dictionary.
Second Golfer-Don't do it, man !;
don't do it Do you want the sacred
language of the game TO become COM
mons-Indianapolis Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-21
A Work of the Imagination.

"You are not looking at my face now
at all, " said the sitter
NO." observed the painter. "I'm
putting il the expression now. Chi
cago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-21
Benefits Kid Gloves
Are the Best Made

Ladies Kid Gloves, Ladies BIZ
cycle Gloves, Ladies' Fencing
Gloves. Ladies' Driving Gloves,
Gents Kid Gloves of all kinds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-21

Green is the color most beneficial to
the eye in diffpsed light and reds and
pinks the most harmful. IN strong
direct light, however, blue and neutral
tints are the best for the eyes and pure
white the most harmful, as is proved by
the phenomenon snow blindness
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-21
FuISe Alarm.

Wife (time, midnight)-Hark! Hus-
band, wake up! / hear the rustliDg Of
silk and the clang Of chains.
Husband-You do? Horrors! Then
the reports are true. 1 was told this
house was haunted.
Wife (much relieved)-Oh, is that
all? / was afraid that Fido had broken
loose and was tearing my new ball
dress.-London Fun.
The Republican journal., 1899-12-07

rr1
no "iiiss "n' breasts vi sea guns are
Soln9 '0 p0 very 4a7tl0A"O'e laiT winter
Il". ~ - women encourage ing ltShloh
~ a ''S'lsl an "zeNt IRON y l't e l1lIhefy
i''l'A0 lu w" ok went t' iu adiooi
'l0 en7aSe'l an Itle lholah men an" ooys
~ eV'.iU ~ we "eie Wen cam ping
IVY ~ T. "l'! Y '''llot9 ''-'A SAoot Tag
s'nIs g VIII GUY an }ou can snooV
loi lilg Ng g.. loui years was 'nt PROMISE
Y ~ 19"l'ln woman lola one WIN" was IN -
{eLesVe %, enough 70 lh4HIie INTO paIueu-
IdiS' ne IStHl leIt ms agency mere IN
.Ie ii1l''s ~. a eIelf, III QUE on 'he ho'eis'
WI "eil' "n ms way 10 r.'a' p"'1' ana SO
ni'nE Tue coast engaging az many men
an" ooyA as ne couio 10 ehlel upon the
NViN ol UoS4iot4u Iie guns lnal heIP 70
nldAe we oodst 50 picturesque ana also
~ ~ -" FeilSelS di9pS lhe SPORES eallhS
'"f uodu u9n ana o'Ier decaAeu matter.
II - nala5y necessary even TO state mat
lii9 ilieH ~ "o5 "le no! Always expert
sLiolH' aliu 'heIelo! u, are likeiy 70 WOUND
a. a. r.itnS aS lngy hhl5 mus pleasure h9a'S
Hoa1ine over 1he charming pays ana lnlets
ol we Maine eoa5t e'll9 Ian are IlKeIy 10
9''N 90 "90 S"l'1 Will P1Uh0H Wings
The Republican journal., 1899-12-07
The Stars as Time-keepers,

| Fropaoly the maj ity of people suppose
that the observat tories obtain the correct
time from the sun. When the AVERAGE
man wishes to give his watch the highest
praise he says: ''It regulates the sun. ~
not being aware that a watch which would
keep with the sun around the year would
nave to be nearly as bad as Sam Weller's
The farmer may safely decide when to 90
III to dinner by the sun, but if the mariner
was as confident that the sun marked al
ways the correct TIM as the farmer is he
| would be sure to be at times two or three
hundred niles from where he thought he
was. In other words, the sun-that is, a
sundlal--ls only correct on a few days in
each year, and during the Intervening
tunes gets as tar as. a whole quarter hour
fast or slow.
| These variations of the sun from uni
form time caused no end of trouble be-
tween the astronomers and fine clock
makers before it was discovered that sun
time is subject to such irregularities. The
better the clock the worse it often SCENE /
to go.
But as the variations in sun time are
now accurately known, correct time might
| be obtained from the sun by making
proper allowance, were it not for the
difhculty of observing its position with
sufficient exactness. The large disk of
the sun can not be located so perfectly as
can the single point which a star makes.
| FOR this reason astronomers depend al
most wholly upon the stars for obtaining
accurate time. 1t is the method of doing
THIS which we propose to describe,
There are several hundred stars whose
| positions have been established with the
! greatest accuracy by the most careful OBJ
| seryation at a number Of the principal OBJ
servatories of the world. If a stars ex-
act position is known, it can readily be
calculated when it will pass the meridian
OF any given place-that is, the instant it
Will cross a north and south line through
the place. The data regarding these stars
are all published in the nautical aimanacs,
winch are got out by several different OBJ
| servatories for the use OF nayigators and
all others who have uses for them. These
| stars are known AS ''cloek stars. From
How STANDARD Time is obtained, by T. Is.
WILSON, in Appletons' Popular Science
Monthly for December
The Republican journal., 1899-12-07
Getting the News.

re collection of news is not restricted
any question of the cost of obtaining
Fifty years ago it was considered a
NArkable feat for one newspaper to
9ain information of an important event
uiYance of competitors. To day it is a
alter of comment if any newspaper fails
publish all the news desired by its
ers. If war is fought on any part
Tie earth there are reporters on the
80 line, and no expense is spared in
citing and transmitting by the quick
method available full reports of any
e4t OF world wide Importance To-day
firing of special trains, the stringing
special line Of telegraph wire, the
Ter of a ship, the fitting out of an
oring expedition, or any Other great
rprise in the way of collecting in
Hltion for the newspapers of the
n-ed States, is SO much part of the
9day business of journalism that such
IS are accepted as matter of course,
duse no more than passing CONNIE It.
Htit century ago the result of ma
ldl convention or election was not
4'wn all over the country for weeks
erward. In the case of national
'oyention to-day, telegraph wires lead
10 the convention hall into the offices
Vi the newspapers in the larger cities.
-l operator sits near the platform OF the
siding officer, and with a muffled key
sends over the wire full report of the
6eeedings, with description of every
leident of interest. At the other end of
w Inc IS an operator at type casting
.@chine receiving the report and putting
'nt0 lines as fast as received. When
'ldldate for President has been nomi-
@ted, extra editions of the daily papers
'e Selling on the streets of cities thou
.ad miles away almost before the APP
auSe for the winning man has died out
1 The convention hall. The people OF
Every city and town in the United States
sAere newspaper is published would
ss themselves cheated of their rights If
ley failed to receive news of the result
/. 40 election by midnight of the day on
inch the ballots were cast. From De
4sopment of the American Newspaper,
N Walter L. Hawley, in Appletons'
lpalar Science Monthly for December.
The Republican journal., 1899-12-07
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident, of which Mr. Johr
Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject, is
narrated by him as follows: Il was ia {
most dreadful condition. Ny skin was
almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated
pam continually in back and sides, no appe
tlte-gradually growing weaker day by day
Three physicians had gwen me up. Fortu
nately, friend advised trying Electric Bit
ters;' and to my great joy and surprise, the
first bottle made decided Improvement.
continued their use for three weeks, and an
now a well man. | know they saved NV
life, and robbed the grave of another victim j
No one should fail to try them. Only 30 cts
guaranteed, at r.. Fl. Moody Drug Store.
The Republican journal., 1899-12-07

this kind of tease.
Do not want any more Of it.
1t makes life a burden.
We are Glad to he rid If # at INV,
price. Chase < sanborn's Teas. on
the contrary. make life 4 inv, Ind
vet are sold at a price that g.;tbin
the reach of all
Whoever once uses Cb7ze X Son
horns nackaq,. teas ,s-,.,-i-,,-.,,- No
f,Irtbar
The name Of This rslial,7s firm,
that ha, eaineI j5s reputation Nv
giving t. the pubic the best that
The Republican journal., 1899-12-07
e Heart Rescue in 80 Minutes after

rHeart Rescue in 80 Minutes after mo-
mentarily expecting for Years That death
might snap the vital cord at any minute.
This is the story thousands could tell and
have told OF the almost Divine formula, DR..
Agnew's Cure for the Heart Every day
chronicles the taking away of many who
have not needed natures warnings that tile
heart was tired out and needed the helping
that this wonderful cure gives. Heart dis
orders are insidious. Don't trlhe This
great remedy attacks the disease Instantly
Sold ny kilgore x Wilson and A. A. Howes
a Col
The Republican journal., 1899-12-07

Every Day Affor'is New Proofs of the
peculiar effects of PAIN KILLER. In cases
where a disordered condition of the stom-
ach, liver and bowels is combined with
great debility, nervous weakness and in
tense melancholy. It's effects are most bene-
fetal and wonderful. 1t should be kept by
every family. Avoid substitutes there il
but one Pain Killer, Perry Davis Price %
cts. and so cts.
Warnings of a Patriot. Tart Lady w hat
do you want?' Tramp: Il don't want
nothin' to eat, lady. But of course you'll
gimme 10 cents to help buy Dewey a gold
watch" tChlcago Record.
Women love clear, healthy complexion.
Pure blood makes it. Burdock Blood Bit.
ters makes pure blood.
" Daughters are agreat anxiety s'How
so, Mrs Nooch?" of you don't dress them
handsomely they are not attractive: and if
you do dress them handsomely men are
afraid to marry them" Chicago Record,
Neglected colds make fat graveyards. ),
Dr. Woods Norway Pine Syrup helps men
anu women to happy vigorous old age
Watts II that Markham, the hoemap.
says the time is coming when mems souls
will be expressed by their clothes" Potts .
"lf that ever comes about there will be sew
era prominent citizens frozen to death ~
indianapolis Journal.
Eczema, scald head hives, itchiness of
the skin of any sort instantly relieved.
permently cured. Deans Ointment. Al
any drug store.
The Republican journal., 1899-12-07

Isn't our laundry lovely? Yes, my dear,
it is washed with Lautz Bros & Co.'S.
Marseilles White Soap.
The Republican journal., 1899-12-07
[ OJJ. n
LUClLLA p. KELLEY.
EMILY j. STETSON


AT Probate Court held at Refast, within and
Tor the County of Waldo on the 18th CAV of
November, A. u. 1899.
On me foregoing petition it is ordered that the
petitioners give notice to all persons interested
py causing copy of said petition and of this
order thereon, attested by the register of said
Court, to be published three weeks SUCCESSFULLY
in the Republican journal, newspaper publish
gu Is SAID Belfast. Also that personal notice be
gwen to said Arthur PIERCE by serving him with
attested by said Register, at least fourteen days
before the twelfth day of December next that
they may appear at Probate Court next to be
n mel at Belfast within and for said County of
waldo, on the twelfth day of December next. an
Ten O'Clock in the forenoon, and show cause if
any they have, why the prayer of the petitioners
should not be granted.
GEO. E. JOHNSON, Judge.
true copy. Attest:
CHAs. P. HAzELTINE, Register.
The Republican journal., 1899-12-07

"You say he didn't get into office honest
ly ?" so l understand. l am told that the
voters who didn't demand cash ia advance
never got a cent from him. TChicago Even
inc POat.
The Republican journal., 1899-12-07

1 dSktti ms VIE y eSteruay preached from
the text, Be We therefore steadfast'" an-
swered the good man, "but the printer
makes it read Be ye there for breakfast ?
| tChicago News.
| One Short Puff Clears the Head Does
| your h4ad ache? Have you pains over your
| eyes Is there constant dropping in the
| throat? Is the breath offensive? These
are certain symptoms of Catarrh. Dr.. Ag-
| news Catarrhal Powder will cure most
1t you've mad Catarrh week its sure
cure, II its Of fifty years standing its just
as effective, Sold by Kilgore & Wilson and
A. A. Howes & Co.-52.
Longchump: ''Did she give any reason for
etusing you?" Hardit treason? No.
that's the woman of it. Simply said she
did not love me. Philadelphia North
American
DIR. Agnew's Ointment Cures Piles
Itching, Bleeding and Blind Piles. Comfort
in one application. 1t cures in three to six
nights. 1t cures all skin diseases in young
and old. A remedy beyond compare and
it never fails IS cents. Sold by Kilgore &
Wilson and A. A. Howes & Co.'S.
Trying to Please employers. Mistress 81
am surprised. You say you were married
SIX months ago divorced three months ago
and remarked to your husband last night"
Domestic: "Yes'm. You see at the first
place he had they wanted married man. 50
we got married; but the next place IL ey
wanted single man, and We got divorced
and l came here. Now he's found q place
where they want a man for gardening and
wife to cook, so we got married again. and
I'm going there with him" New York
Weekly.
Jealous RIvals-Cannot turn back the
tide. The demand for DR.. Agnew's little
Pills is marvel. Cheap to buy, but aia-
monds i'll quality = Danish nausea, coated
tongue, water brash, pain after eating, sick
headache, never gripe, operate pleasantly.
10 cents Sold by Kilgore 4 Wilson and A.
A. Howes & Co.-54.
Did you have good passage % was ask
ed of a recent traveller Fair but
couldn't sleep. The first three nights [
couldn't tell whether to shut the portfolio
and go to bed, or TO close the bed and 60 to
the portfolio, And the last three ] spent in
reading the customs laws" lLife.
Eat What You Like-This may seem a
startling speech to make to the poor despon-
dent dyspeptic who for years has been, oh,
so careful not to eat. Give the digestive
organs some work to do. These functions
need exercise as much as any part of the
human anatomy, but if they're delicate,
give them the aid that DIR. Van STAINS Pine
apple Tablets afford and you can eat any
thlng that's wholesome and palatable. IS
in box, 10 cents. Sold by Klgore &
Wilson and A. A. Howes & Co.'S.
II am ninety eight years old p he insisted
OF course we laughed him to scorn "How,"
we retorted, eff you are as old as you say,
does 1T happen that you cannot read fine
print without the aid of spectacles ?" Where
upon the fellow, perceiving that his impos-
ture was discovered, broke down and con
1essed that he was only eighty three. De-
troit Journal.
The Republican journal., 1899-12-07
Literary News and Notes.

'Mr. Dooley" advises, in The Ladies'
Home Journal, that doctoring man with
''col on the chist," to ''get Casey's mix
ture FIR man an baist, put him in bed,
slap musthard plasther on him that II
keep his mind employed, an lave thin to
fight it out. May tn best man win. If
the patients alive in tn mornin' he'll not
have stem til to cough.''
Christian Science is again held up for
public inspection by President David
Starr Jordan, OF Stanford University, in n
article, The Education of the Neminist,
which appears in Appletons' Science
Monthly for December. The article gives
an account of the education in neminism
(-nobody ism-Christian Science) of a
hypothetical student from an astral club
Of California.
The naturalization of the spots where
the n orthmen landed and founded their
settlements during their voyage to Amer
lea of nearly thousand years ago is an
everything question with us, and each
new speculation on the subject revives the
interest and adds to it. In Appletons'
Popular Science Monthly for Deem Der
Miss Cornelia Horsford presents an IL
Illustrated article entitled Vinand and its
Ruins, the proofs from geographical, top
ographical, and archaeological data, in
favor of her fathers theory that one Of
their principal settlements was on Charles
River, Massa chusetts
The Republican journal., 1899-12-07

(NorE. Carrots do not have 80 high a
percentage Of dry matter as potatoes, the
percentage of digesuble matter being ! per
cent. of protein, I per cent, of carbohydrates
and 5 of one per cent of fat; while potatoes
will have LA per cent. OF protein, 161 per
cent. OF carbohydrates and i of one per cent
OF fat. You viii see that the nutritive ratio
does not differ particularly, and you would
feed carrots for the same purpose that you
would potatoes You would therefore need
TO feed few more pounds of the carrots
than You would of the potatoes to accomplish
the same enthusiastically