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Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
TIE NERVOUS MAN.
He Who Requires the Constant Care
of nm Attendant.

\ crowded car of an up town bound
Lexington avenue elevated train,
"Wednesday afternoon, about 3 o'clock,
was deeply interested in Il couple that
entered it at Reid avenue station. The
man was so nervous that he could
scarcely stand, and he fairly trembled
as his wife supported him to a seat.
As soon as he reached il squarely, his
eyes closed, and he appeared to be in a
deep sleep. The woman carried in her
right, hand a saw. hammer and sew
eral other sorts of carpenters tools.
She sat stern and erect, and lool- cd as
though life to her was a pretty tough
experience. The passengers guessed
that she was leading her nervous hus-
band home from work, but how on
earth he ever used the tools she carried
was n puzzle. If you look about you
sharply these days it is no uncommon
sight to see women careworn of copn-
tenance leading along faded men. e
other morning n silent woman walked
into the barber shop on Evergreen ave-
nue., near Cooper street, followed by
her husband, pale faced. thin individ
ual, who acted as though he was walk
ing on air. He fell into IL chair, and the
barber rapidly shaved him, while the
woman sat in n corner and waited I'M
til the process was complete. Then she
handed over the price OF a shave, with
no tip, and walked out, followed by her
broken down better half.
'Oh, that's nothing" said the barber.
as he looked after the queer couple. Il
have had numbers of men come to my
place like that. Some of them are so
confounded nervous that before you
get half finished they want to jump
from the chair. I've got six outside
customers whom l shave at their
homes, ard two of them l shave in two
days; one side today. the next side to-
morrow, because of their excessive ex-
citability. When l was over in the
Produce Exchange building, 1 had men
jump from my char and run out of the
shop because they couldn't sit still long
enough TO be shaved. d.''-Brooklyn
Times.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
FAILURE
Is Frequently Caused by the Worry
Attendant On Dyspepsia.

If You would win in the Battle of Life
you must have a clear brain, keen
senses, perfect vigor, shrewdness, en-
ergy and ambition.
Dyspepsia kills these needfu1 quail
ties. You can't succeed if you are con-
stantly tortured by dyspepsia or indi-
gestion. But you can get rid of dys-
pepsia, indigestion, biliousness, sour
stomach, or any other ai1ment of ston-
ach or digestive organs by simply
taking one or two of Dodd's Dyspepsia
Tablets after each meal.
With perfect digestion go strong,
healthy body, a clear, capable brain,
vigor, ambition, determination, ener-
gy, activity, keen, alert senses. Dodd's
Dyspepsia Tablets ensure all these.
Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets have nev-
er failed to cure any or all of the dis
eases named wher they have been
fairly tried. They cannot fail.
DIR. r. B. Strong, New York City,
writing in the American Journal of
Health, describes Dodd's Dyspepsia
Tablets as a remedy which could not
possibly be more efficacious though it
emanated from a council of the leading
physicians of the world.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
PROBABILITIES FAVOR TAYLOR.
Decision in the Kentucky Election Will
r-f- soon BE Handed Down.


Frankfort. KY. Dec. S.-The decision
of the state board OF election commits
sionerS covering the -uhcrnatorial con-
test will Ice handed down tomorrow
morning. The strong probability is
that certificates of election will be Civ
en- to William s. Taylor, the Republic
an candidate for governor, and 10 the
Republican candidates for the other
offices on the state ticket Tie vote
will probably be two for the Repub-
Hcan and one for the Democratic state
ticket
II was thought when the board ad-
journed AT noon yesterday after the
conclusion Of Judge Hargis' argument.
that two of the members Cf the board
had practically decided 10 vote for
Taylor. and that they wished to spend
the time between the adjournment of
court and the time set for the reading
of tn eopinion in preparing Il syllabus
of the opinion they had decided TO rem
der. The three members of the COM
mission have been placed in a most un-
enviable position. Their best friends,
even their relatives. have pleaded
with them on both sides of the ques-
ton. some for Taylor. some for Geobel.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
Peculiar Fatal Accident.

AIoville. Ia. Dec. S.-Miss Sarah
McDermott. of this place. shot and
killed herself under peculiar circum-
stances. She was in the presence of
her sweetheart, Hank Stevenson. who
had been calling on her. The young
woman asked the man if he had seen
her new present. He replied in the
negative. and she walked over to Il
trunk. taking from it Il % calibre re-
volver. 1t was unloaded and she
handed it to Stevenson. Later. how
ever. she put two cartridges in the
cylinder. There was a snap and Il re-
port and the girl fell dead with Il bul-
let just over her heart. Stevenson
declares he did not see how it hap
Dpnpd
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
Pains Fire works Company Assigns.

New York. Dee. S. = Pains Fire
Works company, whose headquarters
are in this city. made an assignment
yesterday in Brooklyn to Bertram
Gardner a lawyer of Manhattan. The
cause of the assignment is stated to
be principally due to complications
arising from an accident occurring At
Columbus. o.. during a sham battle.
resulting in a large number of suits for
damages for injuries. as we'll from
the disastrous fire which occurred at
the company'S factory.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
Conference of Woman sun'ragists.

Indianapolis. Dec. S.-The national
conference of woman suffragists be-
gan here yesterday with short adj
dressed by Governor Mount. Mrs. May
Wright Sewall Miss Susan Il. Anthony
and W. Il. FiShback. Last night. at
the first regular meeting of the con
ference Miss Anthony spoke upon
Women as Il Moral Force in the
World" and Mrs. Harriet Taylor Up
ton spoke on the subject AS the
World Sees Us
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
NO R.nearInE Tor the Trust.

Springfield. Ills. Dec. SIN the SUI
preme court Yesterday the petition of
the Sugar Refining company for leave
to file suggestions in support of Il pc
tition for Il rehearing in the glucose
trust case was denied.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
Great Northern to Get the Roa !.

Sioux City. Ia. Dec. S.-Railroad
men in position to know say there is
no question that the Great Northern
will secure the Sioux City and North
ern when it is sold under foreclosure
Dec. II. From Il usually reliable
source comes the information that the
Sioux City and Northern and the Pa
cific Short Line are to he taken into
the Great Northern system.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
Surprise for the Liberals.

Winnipeg. Man. Dec. SELECTIONS
for the provincial legislature We're held
throughout the province of Manitoba
yesterday. Early today the returns
show the election of twenty-One Con-
servatives and sixteen Liberals The
result is il surprising turnover. The
Conservatives have as their leader
Hugh John Macdonald. son of the late
Sir John Macdonald. for many years
premier of Canada.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
FIRE IN A HOSE FACTORY.
One Woman Burned to Death and Sixty
Others Injured.


Reading. Pa, Dec. S.-One of the
most exciting and disasterous fires
that has ever visited this city occurred
yesterday when the extensive hosiery
mill OF Nolde x Horst company took
fire. destroying the plant, causing the
death of one person-Miss Louise Clay,
aged IS. and injuring about sixty oGh
er employees of the company Miss
Clays body is still in the debris at this
writing The hosiery building was 4
large four-story structure, and nearly
COO persons We're employed. most of
them being women and girls. The fire
was discovered about IL o'clock and in
a few moments the girls were panic
stricken. They made a dash for the
fire escape and the stairs. but found
that the latter means of escape not
carry all of them down ut the same
time.
Several hundred of the girls then
made u rush for the windows. ana
appealed TO those in the street to save
them. Ladders We're brought into use.
ard many girls were taken from the
burning building safely. Most of them.
however. jumped and We're seriously
injured. For few minutes from ev-
cry window on the second and third
floors girls leaped one after the other.
s>onIe iOuSett III tht stiIiIS VI luOSe Dt-
low, but many struck the ground. They
We're picked up and rapidly removed to
hospitals or their homes.
OF the injured thirty have fractured
broken. or diSlOcated limbs. and in
ternal injuries, the most serious cases
being those of Annie Baer, Annie Bow
man. Katie Dapler. Ella Kimble. Ma
mie Kramer. Catherine Kelly. Gather
inc Luippold. Sallie sherman. all in
ternally hurt: Emma Lorah and len
ME Warner. both legs broken: Lelah
Hendershaw. both thighs fractured:
and Mary Yeich, seriously hurt. The
remainder had hands OF faces burned
limbs bruised. or otherwise injured.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
Boys barely saved from Drowning.

Baraboo. Wis. Dec. S.-As RoIlin
Sansum and Milo Sivers were cross
ing the Baraboo river Wednesday the
ice gave way letting the boys into the
cold water. They had a desperate
struggle to keep from going under the
ice and just as they had given up hope
of being rescued they We're able to at
tract the attention of Frank Farwell.
who rescued them by means of
board. Prompt treatment brought
them back to their normal condition.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
DIED IN AN EXPLOSION.
Powder Works Blow Up. killing Three
Men-One Fatally Injured.

PottStown, Pa. Dee. S.-The powder
works of james s. Miller. near Sum-
neytown, We're completely wrecked by
explosion yesterday and three men
were killed and several others injured.
The dead are: William Baer. Superin-
tendent of the works: Allen Schneck
and John Schwager. Frank Schaefer
was probably fatally injured, and Ray
mond Faust was seriously bruised.
There We're two explosions, the first
occurring in the glazing house. The
other explosion followed within thirty
seconds. and the entire five buildings
which comprised the works were de-
molished. Baer and Schwager We're
in the glazing house when the explo-
sion occurred. and Schneck was ut
work in the mixing house Their bodies
were horribly mangled
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
River Pilots Association.

Lacrosse. Wis. Dec. S.-The Upper
River Pilots association in
here elected the following
officers: President, Joseph Buisson. OF
Wabasha. Mimi; ary-trcasurer.
4. o. Day. Clinton, Ia.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
believe the Man a Fake.

Chippewa Fails. wis. Dec. S.
Frank Stewart. the man who gave
himself up to the police Monday night
and confessed to having defrauded j.
w. Duganne, of Eau Claire, out of
money. turns out TO be fake. He
was recognized by Chief of Police Hig-
gins Wednesday as an old-time hobo
and afterward confessed that he was
merely looking for q niSeIt's LODGING.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
At Home to American Nurses.

London. Dec. S.-The British Medi-
cal society gave an at home
last evening to the American nurses
who will accompany the hospital ship
Maine when she sails for South Afri-
can waters Dec. II.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
Acquitted of Murder.

Lacrosse. Wis. Dec. S.-A. F.
Lynch of Tomah. was acquitted at
Mauston Wednesday of the murder of
William Welzel father-in-law of the
defendant. Tine first trial resulted in
disagreement of the jury on the ques
ton of insanity.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
Emmett. the Actor. a Bank pt.

New York. Dec. S.-JoSeph X. EN-
NETT. the actor. yesterday filed Il peti-
tion in bankruptcy. with liabilities
S1T.C10, and no assets.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08

VroR SALEM JEFFERSON COUNTY,
II Ill. leo a res nf good land: two small
houses and barns. wells etc; - acres bear
Ing orch ard: on publ road. joins church. half
NIL TO school: 4 splepdid stock or grain "A m:
a big bargain Price SIS per acre. Address
sam Casey, Mt Vernon. III.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08

Ny yANTED-TO LOAN MONEY ON OLA
W monds, watches. jewelry, hardware.
nuslcal Instruments, bicycles, clothing, dry
goods, furniture, etc Highest cash prices
3aid for second hand goods of all kinds also
The above goods for sale at half the usual
store prices. All business transac tions strictly
confidential. His new number and location,
,s23 Second avenue. Don forget It. J. W
Iones. Two rings on 1877
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
FOR SALE-FARM LANDS.

NOR SALE-Iso ACRES OF GOOD p RAIRIE
Id land: stoty frame house, frame BAN.
orchard. wells, etc lies beautifully: price
only S22 81 per acre. Fifty acres of farm 10
timothv hay. send for piats ana fun d~srrip-
tion also LIST OF farms Address Sam Casey.
MI. Vernon, Ill
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

01O FOR sl-FORTUNES IN ST OCkS
spIO invest 81 to 500 and get 81, ,OUU IOr Slol
sure: safe as bank. Reed & Co, 129 South
Fifth street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08

26c per fb; extra dairy. &c: pack
ing stock, 15G1515c. Eggs-Fresh stock,
20c per doz. Dressed poultry-Turkeys.
choice. 9M91ac per rb; fair to good. s
oslo; chickens. hens, &c; springs, Sc;
ducks, 7QSc; geese. 799c. Potatoes
Illinois, s3.50G4.O0 per brl. Apples
s1.25@2.75 per brl. Cranberries-Cape
Cod. Si.00G600 per brl.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Dec. :.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day,
46. COO Sales ranged at IS. 7003.9 95 for
pigs, S3.S5@4.05 for light. $3.S0G3.S5 for
rough packing, SO. 9GD4. O7z: for mixed.
and So 9O64.O5 for heavy packing and
shipping lots.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for the
day, $500. Quotations ranged at $7.10Q
7.5G for Christmas beeVeS. 81. 406 100 for
choice to extra steers. S5.60Q6.25 for
good to choice do, s4.90GD5.55 for fair
to good do. $4.2OG4.sO common to me-
dunn do. s4.O00440 butchers steers.
81 406625 fed western steers, s3.25047O
feeding steers S2.OOG4.25 COWS, $1,000
500 heifers. 81. S004.40 bulls and oxen,
S375G46G stays. $S.40G4.40 Texas steers,
81 l06I530 grass western steers, $3.40Q
40 western COWS ard heifers. and $500
G1.O0 veal calves.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for the
day. $4,000. Quotations ranged at $3.50
$4OOG5.45 lambs.
Milwaukee Grain.
Milwaukee. Dec :.
Wheat-Steady; No. l northern, &C;
No. northern. 65G66c. Rye-Steady;
No. I, $50 j5lac. Barley-Quiet; No. g
4215c: sample, 35g411c. Oats-Quiet;
24G25Ec.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
LOST AND FOUND.

I OST-A FUR GLOVE. RETURN TO Ar
Ia GUS office aud receive reward.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN-CHATTEL MORT
VI gage loans by w. II Eastman, 1712 Sec
md avenue. without pub:ity or removal He
.lso makes collecJions-hard ones a specially.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08

UANTED-HONEST MAN OR WOMAN
w 10 travel for large house. Salary $50
monthly and expenses with increase. Position
permanent. Enclose self-addreSSed stamped
Chicago.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08

Local Markets.
Spring lsmbs-s250d3.5
sheep 4Gt4%
Corn $3.50.
Oats-3f125.
Hay-Timothy slOaII; Wild s75OGs
Straw .5OG5.
Potatoes-3c.
ButIer-Choice to fair, zoe; fresh Creamery.
24c.
Eggs-i1c.
Hens-5c per pound.
Spring chickenS-6c.
Turkeys-9s per ponnd.
Ducks-6c per pound.
Coal. soft-IIc.
Cattle-Butcbers pay for corn fed steers
5G5s4; cows and heifers, 3HG41z; calves,
516c.
Hogs-3H03z.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
8 Per Cent Money
to Loan.


Properties released from banks and
building associations and loans granted
for period of 3, 5 or years, or IL pref
cradle loan can be redeemed by yearly
or half yearly installments of principal
and interest. In the latter case, inter
est to be computed and charged on
balance actually owing At end of
each year. Money to help you buy a
home, build home, pay on a mortgage,
pay back interest, or taxes, lift liens,
stop fore reclosures, or effect necessary
improvements. Money 10 loan on
life insurance policies, legacles inher-
ltances, undivided interests In estates,
real estate in probate. leasehoIds and
annuities- Money to finance meritori-
GUS Inventions, or TO place patents on
the English and American markets. II
requiring money on any class of Sc
curfty, write to or call on
Z. RUxToN,
1S5 La Sale St..
Chicago, Ill
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08

IF YOU WANT TO BUY. SELL. TRADE
L or rent anything, engage help or secure
situation the Mail is the one paper In Moline
that can do il for you. Mail wants are popu-
lar and Mail wants bring results. One-half cent
per word is the pri Z TO all alike caSII in ad
vance. 3-cent stamps viii do. Evening and
Sunday Mail. Moline, Ill.
r ADY OR MAN WANTED TO TRAVEL
IL and appoint agents So per month and
expenses. Ziegler ~ Co, No. az, Monon Build
ing, Chicago.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, Dec. T.
Following were the quotations on the
90 I'd Of q
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
WANTED.

UTANTEr-BOARDE CHOICEROON5
w and board at 2226 Fourth avenue
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08

NTED-COMPETFNT GIRL FOR GEN
w eral hOusework at 73G Seventeenth
street.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08
T. II. THOMAS,
FOR RENT.

dor REST-FURNISHED ROOM, WITT
hear, at 5l4 Twenty-second street.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08

WANTED Two GIRLS 1AT wRIGHT'S
w restaurant. 1879 Sc cond avenue.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08

WA NTED A GIRL FOR GENERAL
w hOCsewOrk- Cali or address lOi5 second
avenue.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08

"ANTED-PLAIN SEWING AND DDRESS-
w making TO do at 5l4 Twenty-second
street.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08

NOR RENT-SEVEN-ROOM HOUSE ALL
l. modern conveniences. Apply 1903 Sew
enth avenue.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08

SITUATION BY GIRL OF "a
w nurse. at light house ork. In
quire At 5l4Twenty second street
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08

WANTED COMPETENT COOK AND
w launcress- References required Mr..
H s. Gable.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-08

"TANTED-THREE OR FOUR UNFUR-
w nishtd rooms for light housekeeping.
Address "A 81, n RGUs.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUNNI: Will you
allow me n little SPACE in which / may add my
mite against this ~farcical dcceiving mode OF
treatment enormously called Christian
science" Very recently | lost a devoted
mother. a victim of these tanting sycophants.
What science is there, l should IKE to know. In
the treatment which consisted in my mother
repeating. at IL A. NJ. daily. the following
words. | am well, | nm strong. l am happy
Each sentence was a direct lie. and to IN ABB
sent woman giving the Treatment" IA weekly
fee was paid for it,. the woman promising 70
pray at the same hour! Death closedthe scene.
Mrs Eddy and her followers are reaping a
harvest OF gold and their victims a harvest o.
sorrow. 1t is. fanatical. dangerous. and an
imposition gu the weak and hslplers. 4 phy.
stefan IL not allowed by law TO practice without
a diploma from a licensed medical college, ami
WY are these charlatans allowed 10 introduce
tnelf lying cant, eXtorting fees while thelf
victims sink and die?
Mrs. Eddy challenges tho world 10 disprnYe
her tat but when honestly challenger
ana asked for data. she fails TO answer. Christ,
WhoIl they pretend to emulate. did not eNtoft
lees for prayer. II you have no money the sect
nave no time to pray for you. no time for thH
poor: their victim must nay. Who're is ms
science Where Is the Christ?
TO the cant. the deceit and the snare OF the
mlsdlrected scot my mother was lost, and l an
disguised with s~O-called Christian Science
PIrTsBuRG. Pa, Jan. %. CECIL GRAL
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entered into English literature. IL u IN
the legends OF saints. az. for example. u
Alban OF verulam, handed down from tne uays
OF the Roman occupation, that we ma VesuEos
OF the influence on English literature oil the
Christianity which Britain owed to Romans
The chief story is that OF Helena and her ln-
vention OF the true cross" Constantine VINO
was proclaimed Emperor at York. was the son
OF Helena. the daughter of a Dacian innkeeper'
whom legend made into a British princess
One OF Cynewulf's noblest poems celebrates
the dream and victory OF Constantine. the voy-
age OF Helena to Jerusalem and her discovery
OF the rood; nor is the story unrepresented IN
the later literature OF England.
On the whole. however. the influence OF Brit
fish Christianity on English literature is all but
imperceptible. The slaughter which the Eng
lish heather made OF the Britons and the de-
struction Of the British shrines in the first hot
years Of the conquest left only a few traces OF
the Roman civilization and OF British Chris
tianitv. H. Ia SUGGESTED that Canterbury may
have retained a remnant OF Christian churches
and schools. 1t is certain that Roman civiltza-
ton ano 'hristianity remained alive In Wales.
but where the English heather pass ed. ruin
was on their right hand and their left. When
England, In its turn. became Christian. the
memory OF the cruel days Of the conquest kept
the British Church apart from the English.
and when. eventually. the Brltons were alb
sorbed into the English. they became children
OF the Latin. not Of the British Church.
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responsibilities which the command OF the
army involved; but he allowed himself to be
overpersuaded, and set himself. after a day or
two. TO devlsing a plan Of operations"
The result OF the experiment with Burnside
Ia we'll known. On Dec. Is, 1862. the Army OF
the Potomac suffered q disastrous defeat at
fredericksburg, and on Jan. %, 1853. Gen.
Burnside was superseded by Gen. Hooker.
The only important reason given by Burnside
for fighting the battle was that he thought that
the troops which Gen. Leo had sent down the
river to oppose the landing Of the Federal
army in that region had not returned. II 10
true that Gen. Lee did not recall these troops
until the last moment. He showed on this o.
casion. as on several others. a singular lack OF
caution. Tho divisions OF Early and q. II. Hill
did not arrive on the field until the morning
Of the 18th. and to reach the field then
they had to march all night. Mr.. Ropes con-
siders that Burnside was not justified In at
lacking such n position as that which Gen. Lee
occupied at fredericksburg simply by aaaum-
Ing that Lee might unnecessarily have delayed
the assembling OF his army. 1t may be adj
mitted that this delay on Lees part was, per-
haps, in view Of the known facts. rather TO be
expected and that, had Burnside attacked him
on Dec. IL. he would have had. pro tdnto. a bet
ter chance OF success. But. as We have shown.
the position was n worry unfavorable one for tho
Union army. and even the absence of two di-
visions from the Confederate line of ibattle
would not have compensated Burnside for the
radical defects Of the situation as viewed from
the Federal point Of view"
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somE x o
Hop,.,. History of the civil war.

We have received the second partof The Story
eTths Civil War. by JOHN GOODMAN ROPES Put
namsl. Thip volume Is devoted to the events
Of 1887. including tho Peninsula campaign.
the assumption Of tho offensive by Lee in the
East, the battles OF Antietam and Fredericks-
burg. and tho contemporancous operations In
the West. Tho reader who recalls the thor
ouehness OF research and the sobriety OF judg-
ment which were exhibited In the first part OF
this work will be interested in learning the
conclusions reached by Mr.. Ropes with regard
20 many questions raised by the campaigns
here discussed. questions that have provoked
much heated controversy. We shall indicate
some OF these conclusions in their order. refer
ring the reader 10 the narrative itself for most
Of the data on which they are based.