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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-20

the fire department, was quite seri-
ously hurt. The truck and street car
sustained slight damages.
Your choice of any fancy silk vest
in the house for 81. so. at the remod-
cling sale at Stewards.
Any one wishing a room for q re-
pair shop. in the central part of the
town, read want column.
| The Industrial Home association
cleared about $500 on its fair, which
closed last Saturday night at Armory
hall.
The only stock of roller skates in
the three cities. full ball bearing lever
skates, full nickeled. only s.. at Spen-
GERS.
| Here they are. The Rock Island
union made shoe in black or tan. lace
or button. at $3.50. Opposite Harper
house.
Mrs. K. L. Hamilton has moved her
dressmaking Parlors to 2106 Fifth
avenue, and is now prepared to do
| first-class work.
The Reserves will resume their series
of dances tonight. Prominent naval
officers from abroad will be present.
Admission 80 cents.
The Ladies' Improvement guild of
Trinity church will meet at the resi-
dence of Mrs. r. Champion tomorrow
at 2:30 p. m.
The democratic city-township COM
mittee meets at 1870 tonight at Tur-
ner hall. Candidates are also re-
squested to attend.
Charles Ullemeyer is looking for
farm of about 200 acres on which
to raise Celery and Kola. Inquire at
554 Seventeenth street.
Some of those people that did not
get their furniture and carpets on
time will please excuse me, as am
very busy. ii. F. Cordes.
The Tri-City Building Trades coun-
ell at a meeting last night approved
the new scale proposed by the car
penters' unions of the tri-cities.
$40 solid oak chamber suits; So
cents per yard for Park Mills and
Lowell carpets, all wool. that is what
talks at the March sale at II. F. Cordes'
All the shops at the Rock Island
Plow works, with the exception of the
hours in an effort to catch up with
orders.
Invitations are out for the sixth of
the series of dancing parties given by
the 9-2-1 club. of Moline. which oc-
ours at X. of p. hall Friday evening,
March 80.
G. A. Osborn, who has been in the |
city for some time in the interests of |
the democratic national committee.
has established headquarters at the
Rock Island house.
Special for Wednesday and Thurs
day-Five dozen working shirts |
(mostly large sizes) worth IS cents
and 81, going at % cents. at the re-
modelling sale at Stewards.
The sale of the Pittsburg q Gulf
road, as announced in THE ARGUS
Press dispatches yesterday,
has local interest, from the fact that
the system was controlled. until yes
terday, at least, and is now possibly, by
the Gates people, who are the owners
of the D., r. l. & n. w. with which
latter road, it has been prophesied,
the Gulf route would eventually have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-20
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.

]. A Bingham. ex-minister to Japan
and ex-representative in congress from
Ohio. died yesterday at Cadiz, o., aged
- years.
Latest reports from Venezuela are
that the latest revolution is progress
ing.
The Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf
road was sold under the hammer yes
terday at Joplin, Mo-, for ST., 800. 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-20
A Card.

Phelps &C" Cough. Cold and
Group cure is guaranteed. 1t cures
chronic cases. 1t is out of the old
rut. For asthma and all other lung
troubles take &c" The Harper
House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-20

It's the little colds that grow it on
big colds; the big colds that end in
consumption and death. Watch the
little colds DIR. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup. For sale by Marshall & Fisher,
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-20
The weather We May Have.

Fair and continued cold tonight:
WsdneSd -. partly clio lGy with rising
temperature.
JIM. SHERIER. Observer.
Temperature-At 4. m, u above,
at $3.50 p. IN, - above,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-20

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12

railing in front of house, as if to
keep from falling. / began inwardly
to curse myself for having even dared
to suggest her guilt by my looks, if
not by my words. But found my
tongue.
"Miss Robertson" / said, hurriedly,
you say that / do not know you.
know you well enough to have wished
with all my heart and soul to be of help
to you. / have not said that l thought
you guilty of any wrong, or that |
even suspected you. But here is your
name coupled with this wretehed case.
In another hour shall have left the
city and professional detective WIFI
be placed upon the case. He win find
this peculiar evidence. You can inn
agine what you might have to face
and what / wanted to spare you. You
may have made my acquaintance in
the street, but, believe me, l have done
you no harm. Everything have seen
about you ] have liked-very much
too much for my own peace of mind.
If we meet again"
''Will you kindly leave me?" she said,
coldly. u must go back to my work.
I-never want to see you again.
II am going" l said. "and it Is not
: probable that we shall meet again.
l am not given to intruding myself.
But if we do meet again, try to believe
that the xoupg man whom you met in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
HOW STATES ARE POPULATED.
Natural distractions Have Been Sur
mounted and Great Hardships
Endured.

When the Pennsylvania farmers
builded ship and fioated down the
Ohio river into .he country which now
bears that rivers name they set the
precedent for future westward migra-
ton. Going in the easiest manner pos
sible to the easiest possible destina-
ton, they obeyed the geographical law
of least resistance by which habita-
ton has been made the thickest where
it could become so with the minimum
of difficulty.
When the gold hunters receded from
the Colorado mountains, leaving only
the mountaineers to fight it out with
the isolation and the altitude, and to
found a state Is years subsequently,,
and when the emigrants who could no
longer stand the overland trail,
camped by the wayside in Kansas,
and, in the face of Indians and cy-
clones, began growing corn and wheat,
another law was obeyed and another
precedent established, namely, that
the character of peoples is determined
by the amount of combat with the
natural Instructions of progress.
These two laws conjunctively-the
law of least resistance and the law of
greatest conquest and endurance
have fixed upon the area of the Unit
ed States q population as varied as the
topography, replica in almost every
respect of its physical features.
Population climbs hills and crosses
rivers and pushes through the winds
of the prairies only so rapidly as it is
easier to do these things than it is
TO remain stationary. Community
character evolves into the adventurous
and the experimental, or holds stur
dily to the struggle with the present,
or fingers in the complacency of bat
ties won, according as its environ
ment permits, requires or prohibits
Arthur /. Street, in Ainslee's.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
SOUTH AFRICAN srAk &C.
Their Names Are Distinctive and All
Have Meaning and Fine Ap-
propriateness.

Persons who are not familiar with
the Dutch language sometimes wonder
at the singular names by which local.
ties are known in South Africa. All,
however, have a. meaning and appro-
priateness which will be at once rec
ognized after little explanation. 'The
Cape" signifies but one place, the south
ernmost point of Africa, Cape of Good
Hope or Cape Town. The ancient Dutch
settlers gave it the name of Kaapstad.
The Cape of Good Hope is a promon-
tory, over 600 feet high. There is a
lighthouse built at the extreme end of
it, but it is seldom visited, Cape Town
being quite a distance from the cape.
Cape Colony has an area larger than
that of France.
Next to this colony is another British
possession, Natal. This was first ex-
plored by Vasco da Cana, and, being
Christmas day, he called it Terra do
Natal, Land of the Nativity. Its pres
ent capital, Pietermaritzburg, is quite
a pretentious town. Durham, Its com
mercial seaport was originally called
Port Natal.
To the northeast of Cape Colony, be-
tween the Orange river and the Vaal,
is what is called the Free State, the
Vrij Staat of the Dutch. Its official
title is the Orange Free State, but it
is often called the Orange Republic.
The capital, Bloemfontein, was named
in honor of the ancient house of the
Stockholders in the Netherlands, the
house of OrangeNassau. In fact, the
flag of the Free State, like that of the
royal house of Orange, is white and
orange, and in all public ceremonies the
president wears an orange scarf. Eng
land conquered this republic in 1s4s,
but few years later she restored its
independence, having the Crimean war
on her hands at the time.
Transvaal, "Across the Vaal River"
was first called the Dutch-African Re-
public, but this was changed to the
South African Republic.
The land beyond the TFansvaal from
tier, called Bechuanaland, is British
protectorate. The word boer is Dutch
and is applied to the rural land propri-
etors or farmers. In Cape Town you
will hear of English beers or of Dutch
farmers, according to the language
used. Both have the same meaning.
In Dutch there are: Vieboeren, raisers
Of cattle; kornboeren, raisers of grain;
wijnboeren, viticulturists, etc. The
origin of the word is rather curious.
In 1862 ships doctor of the Dutch
East Indian company, Jan Won Riebeck,
disembarked at Cape Town with some
sailors, soldiers and workmen and
gardener and his wife. Their object
was to found station where the COM
pany's vessels would be able to obtain
fresh vegetables, eggs and milk and
fresh meat-in fact, the edibles neces-
sary to keep the crews from getting
scurvy, The gardeners wife was given
the care of the cows of the company
and was called ''deborein"-tbe peas
ant. The others, the soldiers, sailors.
ETC., received small grants of land and
planted maize, wheat, cabbages, to-
bacco, tulips and other vegetation.
These were the first beers or peasants.
Afterward, increasing in numbers and
establishing themselves in cities, they
became known distinctively as the Boer
people.-N. Y. SUM-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
ON the LAWYER.

The excited caller dropped into
chair.
You're lawyer, amt your" he
asked.
Eyes, SIR
Il want you to sue feller for me-"
What for?''
Damages. l want to stick him for
$5,0oo''
what has he done?"
Called me a 'shyster.'"
What did he do that for?"
Il don't know. That's what want
to find out. I'm going to make him
prove it."
"And he called you shyster, did he?
Have you any witnesses to testify to
that?'
"More'n dozen.''
HIM! Do you know what shyster
is?"
mo. l haven't the least idee.,'
"A shyster is cheap lawyer
Gosh! Sue him for $40, 00!"-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
Her Comment.

Maud Muller on a summer day
Watched the judge who rode away.
"If he had nerve enough" quoth she.
ITO come round to the husking bee
And find red ear well, guess
We'd maybe cure his bashfulness.
If men plain common sense would note
Much poetry would not get wrote"
washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12

J. I. Bevry, Loganton, Pa, writes, II
am willing to take my oath that was
cured of pneumonia entirely by the use of
One Minute Cough Cure after doctors
failed. 1t also cured my children of
whooping cough" Quickly relieves and
cures coughs, colds, Group, grippe and
throat and lung troubles. Children all
like it. Mothers endorse it. Eli T.
Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12

Father McSweeny-Dennis, If you
keep on in this way you will shorten
your days.
Dennis-Oi was t'inlSin' that same
meself, father. Oh was sober two days
lasht wake, and they war the longesht
days of me loife.-Chicago Times-Her,
aid
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12

Size doesn't indicate quality. Beware
of counterfeit and worthless salve offered
for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. De-
Wits is the only original. An infallible
cure for piles and all skin diseases. Eli
T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12

Browne-There was burglar got
into my house last night, and immedi-
ately hurried out to find a policeman.
Towne-You surely didn't go and
leave your wife alone, did you?
"Certainly not! Didn't l just say
there was burglar in the house@-N.
Y. World.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
THE END.

L. r. Travis. Agent Southern R. R.,
Selma, Ga, writes, II cannot say too
much in praise of One Minute Cough
Cure. In my case it woi ked like charm %
The only harmless remedy at,gives I'M
mediate results. Cures coughs, col S,
Group, bronchitis, and all throat and lung
troubles. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12

F. B. Thirkield, Health Inspector of
Chicago, says, "Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
cannot be recommended too highly. 1t
cured me of severe dyspepsia" 1t digests
what you eat and cures indigestion, heart-
burn and all forms of dyspepsia. Eli T.
Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
7 R TAYLOR,
NOTICE

BIZ THE ORPHANS CouRT FOR oEc1L oouNrY,l
January 9. 1894. I
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex.
ecdtors and Guardians that have not stated
an account within year. come forward and
do the same. or show cause to the contrary.
or they will be cited up.
Test: R. E. 3ANAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12

"rhis," he said, ''is the first day
have won out on the races"
How did you do it?"
~ missed my train and didn't get to
them."-Chicago Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
He Thought Not.

Mrs. Brown-I suppose those ped
oilers don't make very much. It's a sort
of unskilled labor.
Brown-Unskilled labor? Why, they
have to sell goods to the sharpest wom-
en- in the community!-Pu
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
spanish Courtesy.

In the Spanish Bibles and prayer
books the name of the Saviourand those
of the saints are always printed with
the title ''senor" (Mister) before them,
as Mr.. John the Baptist, Mr.. Saint Paul.
Mr.. Saint Matthew, etc.-Chieago Rec
ord
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12

ramble-Dobbs thinks he is good
poker player, doesn't he?
Thorne-Yes, but it costs him a good
deal of money to think son. Y. Jour
nal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on th.
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, waniin.
their accounts stated, will please bring u
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: R. E JAMAR. Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
{ Neglect Your Liver.

ioubIes quickly result in serious
.'Iions, and the man who neglects his
has little regard for health. A bottle
.irowns' Iron Bitters taken now and then
viii keep the liver in perfect order. If the
disease has developed, Browns Iron Bitters
will cure II permanently. Strength and
vitality will always follow its use.
Browns Irop Bittere is sold by all dealers
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
Used to sometbinr stroneer

Smiling Stranger (stopping in front
of the cage)-Polly want a cracker?
Parrot (from Missouri) = Cracker
nothin', you durn fool. want chaw
o. cker!-Chicago Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12

When a man fuses his wife doesn't
care SO much that he is displeased as
she fears that the neighbors will hear
him.-Atchison Globe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
Uncle mrs Ideas.

AS rule when time hangs heavily
on man he pawns it.
When man loses confidence he
usually finds disappointment.
A barber talks because he likes to
scrape an acquaintance.
A word to :nan who thinks he's wise
is generally considered an insult
Cleveland Leader.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
The One Day Cold Cure.

Cold \ head and sore throat cured by Ker-
motifs Chocolates Laxative Quinine. AS easy
to take as candy. "Children cry for them"
Eli 7. Reynolds Pharmacy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12

Her Celestial Occupation.
There'll be no peace in Heaven
. When Mrs. Hustle dies;
For she will start house-cleaning
The mansions in the skies.
Town Topics.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
The one paY Cold cure.

For colds and sore throat use kermotts
Chocolates Laxative Quinine. Easily taken as
candy and quickly cure
Eli T. Reynolds Pharmacy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12

Hettie-"Harry is man always to be!
trusted. He has never deceived me."l
Clara-"But how do you know that?'i
Hettie-"Know it? Why, he told me sol
himself only last evening"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
Philadelphia North American.

Teacher-"Johnny, what do You
mean BY tearing out that page in
your geographic" Johnny-'I'm only
tearin' out this page on Spain's pos
sessions. It's no good; she amt got
nnne n-Svracnse Herald
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12

Kermott's Chocolates Laxative Quinine. easy
to take and quick to cure cold in head and sore
throat
Eli 7. Reynolds Pharmacy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12
A Mig Haul.

Summer girl, summer girl, where have
you been?"
"I've been a-fshing and I've just come
in"
"While you were out, little girl, you
caught what?"
~ hooked in the lobster who owns the;
yacht"
philndalnhin Nnrth American
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12

The modern and most effective cure for
constipation and all liver troubles-the
famous little pills known as DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-12

-. ~.,v Day Gold Cure.
Kermotts Chocolates Laxative Outline for
cold in the head aud sore throat Children
take them like >andy.
EuT. Reynolds Pharmacy
The Irish standard., 1900-11-10
A blrot Beaten.

w. w. Grout of Vermont has been.
retired to private life after service.
Of nearly eighteen years in congress.
He aspired to the senate and was re-
Gently defeated by Ex-Governor w. f..
Dillingham;. Grout was one of the
leaders in the movement to abolish the
Catholic schools erected in the Indian
territories and reservations. He fought
necessarily against the appropriations,
for these schools. Whenever an at,
tempt was made to give to Catholic
hospitals, asylums or houses; of refuge,
in the District of Columbia their share
of the public money, he was foremost
in opposition. His hostility to Cath
Olic interests and to the Catholic
Church was bitter and unremitting.
When the movement was started to,
permit Catholics to erect chapel at
West Point for the accommodation of
Catholic officers, cadets and enlisted
men, lie was. among the few who.
fought against it.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-10

house-to-house canvass in such cases.
In no other way can you reach the vot-
ers so directly or arouse their interest
and enthusiasm so effectively.
With the organization l have de-
scribed l can feel the political pulse Of
New York almost at will. know just
where the party stands, just how the
voters feel on all the issues, how much
interest they are taking in the election
and whether we can count on their
coming out to the polls without further
stirring up.
l begin running campaign years
before the candidates are nominated
or the issues defined. Each campaign
may, indeed, be said to begin with the
first steps taken in the organization Of
the political machine that is to man-
age it. Tammany wins in this city
chiefly because Of it's perfect organiza-
ton. The majority of the people are,
of course. behind and with Tammany,
but it requires strong ana splendidly
organized machine to hold the party
up to it's full strength, to prevent cap
lures by the enemy and to prevent a
stampede by so-called reform move
ments.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-10
Lord Russel's Last Words.

In the October number of the Irish
Monthly" the editor, Father Matthew
Russell, S. J. makes the following ref
erence to the last words of the late
Lord Chief Justice:
THis child-like faith was shown in
the last words that have reached us
from his deathbed. When a priest of
the Oratory had administered the final
sacramental rites prescribed in the
last chapter of st. James Epistle, and
was withdrawing from the death cham
Der, he was recalled by the summons:
Father, lay your hand upon my head
and bless me-
The last. words, except the aspira-
ton. faltered out half consciously to-
wards the very end by feeble lips that
had uttered SO many a strong and no.
bic word: May God have mercy on
me- The last word he would wish to
lie said of himself is what he himself
always said when any mans death
was announced in his presence: God
be merciful to him."
The Irish standard., 1900-11-10

servants will be held responsible for
the discharge of duties intrusted to
them by the electors. If they made a
mistake on Tuesday they can easily
correct it. Therefore it is that we have
an abiding faith in the perpetuity of
Republican institutions, and do not
worry about the country's future.
William j. Bryan is again defeated
for the presidency, but he retains the
love Of his friends and the esteem of
his enemies. He felt confident of vic
tory. but like Clay, Webster and other
great Americans, he has been doomed
to disappointment. The multitudes
We're entranced by his oratory during
his itinerary, and on election day they
voted for his opponent, who had not
spoken a word. Why they did SO is
difficult to explain. Different reasons
will be assigned for the apathy which
prevailed, but it appears that the peo-
pie were satisfied with existing conli-
tions and desired no change.
1t has been remarkable campaign.
Other nations watched the result with
eagerness. England rejoices over the
victory for Mckinley, while weak ma
tions struggling for liberty are de-
pressed in spirits, for they expected
the Democracy to win. The citizens of
the republic have decided the question,
and all good Americans will accept
their verdict without repining.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-10

Says the Dublin Freeman's Journal:
1t is quite comical to note the indig-
nant comments in the English papers
on American enterprise, as it is be-
ginning to show itself in South Africa.
1t will not be forgotten that when con-
structive work was to be done in the
Soudan the Yankee got right there, to
the disgust Of English contractors. The
Atbara bridge was to be put up. Eng
lish contractors would have taken
many months to do the job; an Amer
lean firm came along with an offer to
have the bridge ready and on board
ship in six weeks-and did it. Now it
is remembered that the gentleman who
was responsible for the unpatriotic
proceeding Of giving to an American
firm what could be done by an Eng
lish firm in much longer time and at
greater expense, is on the staff of Lord
Roberts, and may be bartering away
to hustling Yankees the rights. of pure
souled English contractors, This much
is certain. The American is already
on the spot ready for all sort Of work
in South Africa, "having," as one an
noyed journal puts it, fitted UP the
SOudan throughout"
The Irish standard., 1900-11-10

down by his defeat. If elected he
would be merely a tigure-head, as the
Republican legislature and state Of
ficials would antagonize him in every
thing and turn deaf ear to his rec
concentrations. The people did not do
their duty by John Lind, and they
alone will be the sufferers.
In his famous speech at the West
Hotel John Lind declared in solemn
tones that he had no desire to be gov
ernor except for the peoples benefit.
He did not care to be 1.-The states hired
man. any longer. He wanted men
elected who would assist him in reme-
dial legislation and in carrying out his
behests in the interest of the state at
large. The people not only refused to
elect representatives of reform for the
legislature, but they rejected the can
ddates for the railroad and warehouse
commission for the henchmen of the
corporations. Under these circum-
stances John Lind is not sorry for be-
ing defeated for reelection.