Sterling Gazette from Sterling, Illinois • Page 7

ti 1 rn I Oups atid Saucers, Tea Pots, Bread and Milk Sets, Odd SKaped in great variety, Screens, i Panels, all Christmas Lower h.p- i of Mr. Fred Ko Blanche Overholfer. It be e. quiet affair, celebrated at J. P.

om o. good neighbors in Jordan para Mr. nr.d Mrs. John Deltorle a hosplta- b'a farewell the evening previous to their removal from the old home to the city. formerly in the employ of D.

W. Hopklnson, has traded his property at 000 went Fifth street, near avenue for the Eiy farm in Hume township. and after Sunday, the 24th, the services at the Fourth street church in the mornlnjr.wlll be timed as follows: Holiness meeting at 9 a. Sabbath school at preaching at 10:45. day marks the twenty-ninth marriage anniversary for Mr.

and Mrs, Johnson. In honor of the occasion they ate turkey with their daughter, W. Mr. and Mrs. W.

N. Harrison were a'so to the feast. -Samuel Nunemaker, who lives about a mile and a half out of the city on the Preeport road, was so happy yesterday that he was perfectly willing everybody should know It. A spanking fine new baby boy that arrived Monday night. ladles of the Aid society were exceedingly mortified at the non-op pearance of their concert troupe but they hope to make up for the loss of funds to their society by the surplus from Saturday nights' lecture at the Congregational church.

8. Rohrer, of the Bee Hive grocery received a telegram at one o'clock th(s afternoon giving the sad news that mother was d.ving at her home In Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He left by this three o'clock train, hoping to get there In time to see her once more be- fora she passed away. In Blossom's store is a fine gold watch and chain and In Clark, Glddlngs a handsome gold-headed cane, which have been selected by the mem- ben of the Peerless band, t.nd at a proper time In the midwinter fair they will be awarded In competition. Oh I the boyt are going to make that event a hummer.

Ella Richards sang very sweetly In the choir of the Second Congregational church and made a moat favorable Impression. Miss Richards former favorite musician here and may be engaged aa boprano next year.by the Second Congregational people. While in the city she waa the of Mr. and Mrs. A.

D. Rockford Gezette. was a thrifty tramp at Bis-'- ele's tailor shop this morning. He was tramping eastward and called at Mr. Etsele's to be.g a few buttons and thread to make his thin garments'a little more snug.

He said when he left Chicago fur the west, a couple of years ago, he possessed earned In tha carpenter trade. He Is book and would be willing to work for his board alone. state boar dot health calls attention to the fact that out of an aggregate of 227,000 scholars In Chicago, where tbe vaccination rule has been en- foroed, only seventeen cases of small-pox have occurred in fifteen years. Unvao- cinated children are twenty times more liable to small-pox than those vaccinated, over ten years of age tbe unvaccinated person Is five times more liable to take the disease and twenty times more liable to Napier, an English scientist, prescribes a vegetable diet at a cure for Intemperance. He states that tbe lovers of strong drink will eschew all strong drink and masticate and turnips, for six, months, all desire for alcoholic will depart from them.

That this will work has been demonstrated In Rook Island. A resident of that city confined hlmaeU to a diet of cabbages and turnips for-six months, and at the end of that time 1 he had no further use for strong He bad a splendid funeral, and the said he died of Herald. latest addition io the of curiosities at police headquarters is a sabre that saw service all through the late World's Columbian exhibition, in Ita (scabbard just as it waa carried proudly every day by some memoes of that wferd and majestic organization, the Columbian Guards, or as they were niore familiarly jays." The blade is a keen one of finest steel, twenty Inches la a.d in the hands of a desperate man. It would make a formidable weapon. It was presented to Patrolman Del Gould by a Chicago admirer.

Palmer's court room was packed this morning. Interested par- perched all over the coal-box, the desk, window ledges, chairs and were even suspended, from the hooks on the wall. It was great crowd, a motley crowd, but they got no juice from the meat, for the case waa dismissed. The jurymen, witnesses, attorneys cipole were 'all there. His Honor ad necktie and turned on the As jurors to tho case the constable Lad drafted R.

Wilkeaa, B. J. King, WSlHaai Watson, Robert Smith, Marshall Lee William Wig- giaa. AMoruey ShaWoa sn4 olieat, Md dtd JitfGr It, Ij dSftoiicfced if III BOW go to ttiB i itj i c. rf ncoupv tho puipU Phillips cont-innM to remain n.t bin fiom-i, 111.

This is his third ftbienco the boya sro all dsad buny. will not be many jollier parties this Reason than 'the ons that drove out Monday night to the home of Mlas Wetherboe, daughter of Supervisor Charlie Weth- erbse, on the Prolrievllle road. Hopper has amngnlfiront Chinese lilly in one of the windows of tho V. M. C.

A. rooms. It has nineteen spikes and is a most attractive bit of flora. Attractiveness and. entertainment are Mr.

Hoppers two winning canls. what fool things men will do. There are some who would even go so far ai to tickle a mule's hind feet with a straw. O-ie of these has recently been flooding this part of the country with ''green goods" circulars. This by itself may not have been so foolish, but the fellow directed one of bis circulars to Colonel George Clark.

Just think of it -Won't somebody pleaee inform this man who the Colonel Is; and tell him that before trying any of hfs out-of-date "oon" games on Colonel George Clark ha wants to take a preliminary four years' course at kidnapping weasels' eyebrows. When gets to be pretty slick at that it will be time to think of trying to fool the Colonel. nOtTKKS. The condition of the unemployed in Chicago Is Indeed serious. According to a careful estimate not less than 117,000 people in that city are out of work and in sore need.

So alarming is the situation that the Illinois Conference of Charities and Correction started a movement to raise a fund of 11,000,000 for deserving and needy poor. Great pains will be taken in distributing the money to those seeking assistance. The bare announcement of such a movement Is sufficient to draw to Chicago numbers of people who find living on charitable funds the fastest way to live. The nearness of our city to such a ri'lghty army of the hungry and unemployed, is alone sufficient to make the situation one of much local importance. THE TOTE GEHTLEMAH.

Albany Press: Show us at man who can quit the brilliant society of the young to listen to the kindly voice of can hold cheerful conversa tlon with one whom years has deprived of all charms; show us tha man who is willing to help aa if the blush of Helen mantled on hU cheek; show us the man who would not sooner look rudely at the poor girl than at the well-dressed lady in the strata of fashionable life, show the man who treats unprotected womanhood as ho would the heiress, surrounded by the powerful protection of ranks, riohea and family; show us that he abhors the artful libertine's insinuate blandishments or power of steal- Ing the fractions of innoo nee and purity io ruin the power of shuns him as the blasphemer and Ira- duoer of his mother's sex -who scorns as he would the coward, the rldlculer of a woman 'i reputation; show us the man who never forgets for an instant the delicacy and respeot that Is due to a woman, in any condition or class, and you show a trua genileioan. CLTO. Tha Sterling Club's opening reception and muolcale of the season of 1S98-4 last night wai a delightful affair. The spacious nnd brilliantly lighted parlors of the club were all well Oiled, and the attendance. would ha-e been much larger but for the severity of the weather.

Two sleighing parties from Dlxon Ward abandoned at the last moment on account of the cdld, and there would hava otherwise have been ona or two from other places. It was there were no'vacant chairs, and in every room there was the sound of happy laughter and hearty enjoyment until a late honr, The muslcale that preceded the dance was only too brief. Miss Lulu Newcomer's sweet voice was never heard to any greater advantage, as was shown by the insistent encore that followed her first number. Misses Lu Wilson and Dorothy Brookfleld played a charming duet, and Miss Ella Yulll gave a ooupla of flne The numbers throughout were admirably selected. Among the young lady guests of the club from abroad were Mrs.

Zalla Beck Gray, of Chicago, with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gait; Mies Mutsohler, Chicago, with Mr. W. T.

Gait; Miss Anna Hyde, Kansas City, with Mr. W. 8. McCloy. HAD HJJ HKHTS WITH HIM.

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Carpenter drove tfrom 1)1 xon to this city.

Shortly after they left their home a large, ragged tramp rang the front door bell, and then while the girl WM going through tha house to answer the boll, he walked around the house and when she returned to the kitchen the Dlxon. Telegraph he was comfortably seated by tha stove. A loaf of caw bread was on the table, and when he aaked for something to eat the girl said that she would give him some bread and butter and that waa all she could give him. He pointed to some shells on the tabla and said: "Cook ma gome "I hava BO more," said eb.e. hava you doing with thoae?" be taked.

"Moklpg caka whioh la Io sha oven," was tha reply. "Then I "Will lor tha the ts-amp, aa in choir. Wbea taydra flatted UitiBS on tho Aslfi tit-ju is, Uta viu tba iUo- inpo; T'lt' 0 1p ft WMhlnRton stancln nn tbe other. Fur cupst are the favorite headgear for gentlemen. To be fully In the sw they must have mil filers st- Tkay have rather a fine depot, placed on the wrong side of tbe railroad tracks.

Thoy have nn original portrait In oils of the famous Indian chief, Wa-bo-ldes- sholk, or The Prophet, ihat comblnns the genius of aGeorga CRtlln and of aG. P. A. Healy. They have a prejudice agalnnt sooing sidewalks bare of snow and ice in cold weather.

They have miny handsome, residence cottajres of tasteful architecture. They have a number of saloona, none of which look as though there was much there in the business. They have fine churches, that reflect much credit on the city and its citizens! They have a prime view of handsome residences- from the rear windows of their new depot, the principal feature of the landscape from the front being a not especially attractive livery stable. They have Judge Aaron ger some of the time and Hon. Charlie Bent all of the They have the County Fair.

THE WHTO OAHQ. "Com" Egan is a local celebrity of the tough order who is thoroughly at home on the inside of the city jailj Dom has been there "many a time, many time," docketed gODnrally In the police court as and To hla brethren of "de gang," Dom Is known as "the Philosopher." That Is because ha never any time when he is on the outside in useless worry as to how long it will be before he is once more on the Inside. Dom knows he has a oioch on that; all he has tado is to wait till the world has gone around a few times. 1 The Whyo gang Is the full formal name of this select society organization, bestowed by Dom himself in compliment to a former somewhat similar crowd In New York, most of the mem- bets of which, excepting one or two who have been hung, are now In retirement. Besides being a philosopher, Dom is some.what of a wit, as the fol- lowing-rostar of the gang printed by him on the whitewashed surface of a wall In the interior of the jull, during one of his periods of seclusion from the giddy world's mad whirl, will show.

It is, as it were, the gang's blue book; not exactly its Pour Hundred, but its Big Nine. Ita wit will be more particularly appreciated by the members of the press and mlnnions of the law, whose line of duty, not to mention pleasure, has so frequently brought them into close contact with the distinguished citizens referred to. Dom's stylus was the pointed end of a broomstick charred at the jail fire, and In a bjld flowing hand he has printed and written oa the wall as follows: "THE WHYO GANG." BY "WHISKY NELL." John Burns Detective. Bill Reagan, sixteen days for flopping. Larry Curtln, fifteen days for malice and fore-thought.

Dom Egan, fifty-five days for making Sallle H. beat Nancy's time. John MoMabon, twelve days for peace-making. Ed Holland, fourteen days for entertaining bad company while on a visit. Ed Dwyer, twelve days "After the (Morrison) Fair is Over." Miller Thompson, tha oyster fiend, Bill Scanlan, better known as "border man." Fugitive from justice.

"Chap" shuit koom pack, vonst." "All good brotherhood men and never known to leave a drop in the bottle." A BIT OF PHILOSOPHY. Sterling has but little reason to complain of the tl OK s. We regret to" see sensible people, who ought to know butter, falling into a pessimistic mood. Because some things have gone wrong, our gloomy friends assume that everything is wrong, that the times are out of joint, that we are going to have a long and fearfully cold winter, etc It is the easiest thing In the world to talk in this strain and find appreciative listeners, but It Is bad policy, and void of sense. Such talk eminates among loafers and pessimists, and it is a notorious fact that neither ever do anything to help their neighbors, or their country, or make times better.

The inin who spends his croaking and grumbling generally wears patches on the seat of his trousers. He is an Obstacle to enterprise, progress and good works. We oftlmes laugh at the optlplst, but, after all, he Is one of tbe best fellows to meet thatypu ean flnd. He imparts'to you his own brightness, of get ug and dust, of work to be dona. 'Tls hp that is always welcome In social, bualof SB and religious Ho never up, never acknowledges that he 1 hopeless, always has his sleeves up and by bis cheer, plucu and promise turns a fellow face about, and in so doing helps him, We want more' of this spirit amoog Whltealde county ie too well circumstanced to admit of the croaker.

True, we felt a of the general daprewioa, but, pshaw a little more eoouomy, a little more grit will stop that unsteady motion In your head. Thick of tha crowded sorrowful Colorado, starving in Michigan bod then of your own actual bec- We are a fortunate and truly rou 1 people. laatoad of oooiia- looking oa side, try for Sims yuu tu worst of 1 PT "iflrcn 4 wo all know it la always brighter a storm. 'in' i --rk 1 l''' ml eumis er wore a PlHStCJf TS8.TID CRITICISM. The President In his to Congress aow in session, "the discovery has be-on made that many names have boon put on the pension rolls by wholesale nnd gigantic frauds." What constitutes a irsud In pcnslona, does it attach to the peneloner atono, or do tha government administrators perpetrate fraud on tho pensioner? In civil life tbe equity of justice demands tha employee and the employer shall emch perform thulr duties in good faith, the workman receiving pay in accordance to the merit and skill of the employee executing the task assigned him; her- culeon capacity demands and reclevea increased compensation in the ratio of ability and skill tor execute or direct the successful performance of important undertakings.

And the refusal of the employer to compensate his employee in the ratio of his ability to earn, will constitute a basis for fraud just as much as does fraud attach to the demand for pay by an employee who demands greater compensation for labor, than be gave as an equivalent. Thus is civil business transactions tbe equity of compensation is mutually established. This same measurement of equity is entailed upon governments and their servants, payment being rendered in accordance with the grade of labor in civil vocations, and the refusal on the part of a government to so adjust its wage scale would make It liable to a suit in a court of equity for fraudulent witholdlng just compensation. Assuming this basis as just In principle, then in the case of great Immergen- cles, where insufficient pay Is rendered by the. government to its workmen, morally and rlghtously are they entitled to the deficit aa soon as the exigency of distress is removed, by a proceos of liquidation payable In either graduated installments as io bulk sums equivalent in value to the deficit due each employee, or submit to rest under tbe odious stigma of perpetrating "wholesale fraud" by refusing to pay just debts due its employees.

The soldier In the war of the rebellion devoted three and four years of his time to the Nation for the preservation of its existence and the restoration of its assaulted liberties. Having successfully accomplished the task, receiving pay for the same in a sum greatly below the ruling wages in civil pursuits, he is entitled to the adjustment of the difference in pay thus received by the two classes of employees, and If refused by the government, such refusal constitutes a fraudulent transaction against the employee, and morally should be so designated and recognized In courts of justice. This being the point of view held by tbe soldier in contra distinction to that of higher criticism In tffl circles. The old ly demands recognition by his fellow man of the justice of his assumptions. J.

W. SHEAFFER, ex-private. Thsu ihfri severs! rather inont men mro taklns- preai to gfl fG That now slippers (, tbe old nnan much on tho part of the youngsters. I Thnt somo men put In a very small I That what enmo merit would fill a house. That the toy pistol Is, as USUR), absolutely harmless.

That tha neighbor's children will, of course have noisier toys than yours. That tbe Transit will made happy by being given more time. That a merry Christmas should be a condition, not a theory. '7 1-1 J. 1.

1. er bob-H-d last Fnilaj- "DOKT'B" AHD 'THAfi." Don't be a "coot liar" whatever that is. Don't believe that alcohol wlil'klll the microbes of grip. Don't defend the present foot-ball Sterling The' OA CA i last Thursday, and Graham figure in Markls, rules simply because you hold college degree. Don't fail to distinguish Between pertinent and "noise and clamor." Uon't risk your soul for the sake of saving other people's.

Don't worry about the past. The future Is an unmarked blackboard and you hold tbe chalk. Don't talk too much about times if you really want better. Don't drop a nickel la any slot, how and expect a five-dollar bill.V Don't make' a speaking-tube of your hat. That "Aba" Marks is a misflt when be quotes Byron.

That there is such a thing "stomach manya boarder That the grip, like the tariff, doesn't become a local issue until It 'affects you personally. That public office seems to beget sometimes private distrust of people. That that winter race-track at Wash Fresh are ihs tho oonnSr7 in of prodnoera. Onr Rnsgestion to fir-aW togsthsr and cS torn rar Iws4 mill feed not -jit terrm tei.l,-tffVH» alrendy refle-Mng attsntion. All j.ucvb buab Wlubor raCO'lraOsC -wotw ifiuu vw ntrv.

nwtna ington needs a strong dose of Innocuous nm ont McAA beiD 5Ktr deeuetudu. to a miracle that no one fcort. That there is a good deal of misrepresentation about taxation. That "querulous Impracticability" Is the most amusing phrase in the President's message. From West Sdenoe Rldffa.

A harmless mouse almost soared wits put of Ambrose the other night. thonght a bnrglar was trying the door and was about to yell, "murder, robber," when he discovered that it was only a HHU moasa gnawing at tho coal Seattle. Patrick Kenny does not waax that big, broad smile for nothing. Last Thnrsday a little girl arrived at hU place and will mintrees of the bonne. I One day last week, as Q.

F. was going home from town, several boys jumped on his sled, and when it neared J.Q.Eeis- propocitton arrangements with J. U. John Honeer sad who with I'ranS HSSOWE last have'retnrned to down at 10:.10 a. m.

auu isterasd et P- m. Peter Hemma xnont last week. MoCrsy did sm last Friday night. ts sM the attorneys except Hon. I.

G. Andy Oerdes of Sterling waa ity last week and in a few hoam fifteen The Yoncg AniBricaa society wiU aUoiSoen Friday night. floe In view On Sunday, as John wai home from church tbe pots of tbs kialigfe broke, bat he repaired as best tm again started for home. An he was ing the hili at J. Maha't tha naiookaO and In attempting to stop itocMt polled tbe steighnpon their Tiny to run, bat Mr.

Relnner to ibsM them till a line broke. With etter he rolled them into a fezuw, they were glad to stop. Mrs. KSFSSRS Mm. Barbara Weaver and Danisl who have been visiting in vicinity, left Tuesday.

The Whisperings has plaead Eoc prfEttag press to their -bnildlng which printing 40,000 oopiee p4r hoar, flo Jntteh tut lie ntw editor and the society of It tbe official organ, Frank Beehler of Eria ppcnt SAtarasy night in this vicinity. The society's attorney is ready for "oonrt" in five or six weeks. Charlie Moroer is confined to hia becl sickness, but the thereof Vs bm learned. T. Y.

Shannon will retire from faimfeff and take life easy. That's right. Ed Zigler has placed an engine In hit miU. Formerly this mill was ttg horae- power. "Shall Hawaii be anneiefl Statee will be diBcoued at ner's one of them in attempting to jnmp oS Ridge Friday night.

J. H. got his footoanght between tha bos and bob, H088 TALK. In 1664 but seven trotters entered the 2:30 class. Crit Davis earned with his stable this season 117,180.

Jim McCune's mare.Flora Is now recognized by most of the as a lace maker. Nancy Hanks. 2:04, will bred to Arlon, 2:071, next spring. Nlo Gaulrapp's Iowa Is counted among the speedy ones. Nothing phenomenal, but good at keeping up with the Councilor, by Onward has been shipped to Mexico.

Over thirty horses with marks of 2:80 or better, have died this year. August Frank cornea put on road now and then with a very good, gal ted family mare. Uncle Sam, 2:22, by Louis Napoleon, baa been shipped to Europe. Charlie Davis and H. Aldrlch were taking up room oc the road Monday with a sorrel plugger that should be named Rapid with a copper OD.

Trotting bred or pacer bred, the pacers are great money horses, Hank Woods, of the stock farnTjust outside of Rock Falls, shows a fine colt on the road occasionally. Nobody seems to know much about the youngster, but he belongs to the Glt-thar, line. Financial depression has hurt harness racing less than was expected. Harry Wade, 2:19, holds the track record over five Illinois half-mile courses. From the judges stand: Hereafter Dr.

E. W. Wahl and Jerome Curling will please line with Jonathan Rutt. Old Hal Pointer IB running out In the biggest and best paddock at Village Farm. Reason John Myers gives for cot being seen of tenor on the road Is that whenever the slewing Is fine he cannot borrow a outter.

Ha has got tho trotter all right enough. The M6.000 winning of the Dobla stable the season includes the rake-off with Nancy Hanks. The news that C. W. WiUlamg.

Independence horseman, hae .1 all his property "except hla horsea" to a mortgagee oa account of bis losses the pant year, eomos aa a great surprise to many of his Sterling friends. Williams few generally been considered as very wealthy and aa always successful, but the error ol thw is sbowa is Saturday in property, bis horses, io tt CwupiwU. be Allerice, in which left him hanging. In this petition was dragged along in the yejiing like an The team wai stopped and the little one's foot taken from the trap. Farm- era would do well to keep lads off their 8ledB Commissioner Jonea has finished graveling the east end of the Woat Science Hldge rer se.

neary nocng road and is now hauling gravel to the road over and then starting oa tva. west of N. J. Bush's. after it, bnt it was raptarad soaMwkeM M.

Flock denies. It is the ens torn of the gravel iseslwa nnhitoh and feed their teams from box. One day last ireek while Feter wu feeding his team in the above way, evre attempted to drive into bow of tbe sled stmok one of Mr. horsMontho teg, canning to Usur jamp over the sled, nearly knooklag The two boys who threw paper' at risttors during the mock ooart Friday night showed a bad sense of If they wish to attend these meeting! they must conduct themselves more becomingly. One of them, having signed the constitution nd become a member, Is "liable to impeachment." Perce Danrieter and Ed Hoover, are talking of going to California to tpend the win- tor and take in the exposition.

Last Friday three little boys were hanging around the Pennington road, catching onto boba. Evidently their did not know bnt that they were at echooL Do you know the names of those two planets that show up BO pretty at night 1 Sunday was hunters' day the corn fields, hedges and timber were full of guns, ferrets and hunters. Harry Hart ing has sold his ferret to a gentleman south of the river for Sherman silver, of course. Wm. Shrader'a.

Thoiswho saw say he reminded them of a the "Eye See" saw. HU.i'Jjf iff -t i fc V'l 1 REAL ESTATE. FOB SALE. oMpABM fairly well'lmproved. This is No.

1 land, seven roiln west of Eock for par acre, worth AoBB FARM. well, nf- teen minutes ride to Rook Falls, for £0 acnre. QOA A niilofl from Har- tn fair. for $28 par acre. A Number of other good on side of the river, from $60 to per acre.

i A A 1UU frosaNri- lor 8S8 paaf TkU Uad is worth five roona house, eorcer tot, close to II town, I hovs also over 300 plasst in SUrltesr stxsA Fails for taU from fiOO FOR EXCHANGE. 320 Acars GOOD near ran, MarshaU M0 area nnder plow. This tera right in the wheat bolt distriet state and it No. 1. 5 Fine well located Chieaga Ic.wfi SvU, wiih caau for a hero.

25 Well Good brisk hoiusa oa for yetx. A A You can buy a western feral of far 1 can loan all tbe you kvts SBbarMjr, C.aa't but suit yon. This only partial list, ef lie j-Kftmny I oo alstfess to.