Sterling Daily Gazette from Sterling, Illinois • Page 2

THE EVENING GAZETTE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 1888. PuDIHhon and rroprlf-turs fcT .10 ctn.1 Per DHLIV1BJSD BT OAH.IUKR. b'si it MONDAY, FF.n. 37. MAN OF all creatures has need for sympathy, creature as he is of weakness, liable to error, and knowing not when In moment of passion he may do that which calls for punishment; yet It.

is none the less true that punitory enactments do restraitTcrime and that their non-enforcement does cause an increase. Murders are punishable at the south as at the north, but because of a mistaken sense of honor and the sentiment that he who a grievance by the taking of life should bare immunity from execution of the law, murders down there are of fre qaent occurrence. They who would hang the highwayman and the burglar, that aro there i't pessimism. As there iwo envious souls in every community, so there are numbers of men (and their number is infinitely in excess of the others) whose sense of fairness nnd whose admiration of ahility enables them to do justice to the object urder consideration; and as the anarlish, envious, unsuccessful handful yawp and lind fault, the great majority overlook defects and praise the excelling qualities of the man talked about. And BO we repeat; as the thermometer-tells of the weather, so the gauge of man is the amount of interest excited in his community, in his words and deeds.

But go not to the handful of snarlers and growlers to determine what the man is, but to the majority, and as their verdict is, so ia the man. FRANK STOCKTON, now 53 years old been a persistent writer for the press and periodicals for more than thirty Scarcely ten years ago, Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ii'-if and who would execute the assassin, let the redresser-of-a-grievance-murderer go scot free. Murderers have nothing to commend them te public favor, yet there is a wierd, uncanny, inexplicable fascination in the eyes ol many for a manslayer, as Is shown in the attention he receivts in prison, and the zeat with which people read of his sayinxB and doings while Incarcerated and the final scene on the One hanging scene is as another; yet every morning paper of the large cities in ita every Saturday Issue has accounts in detail of hanging here and tlwre.

which men read as they have read nun- di PtJa and hundreds before This inter- eat begets a kind of sympathy, or pity, which certainly affects the verdicts of juries, and which is altogether wrong. No man can say, "As I am free of blood, so I always shall be free of blood," because while it is true that lawyers have played upon emotional temporary insauit) and other forms of insanity of a transitory nature and have thus cheated the gallows oftentimes of scoundrels whose release proved a menace to society, at the same time. it Is none the less true that there IB such thing as a sudden, awful, wicked, uncontrollable passion seizing hold ol men and impelling them Irresistibly to crime of man slaying. And st II we say, that ttioughlhil-be-true, the example's sake, they who take human life should receive the sentetid- a its execution which the law marks out, that those not Insane for the moment may not put In the same plen, and thus those that are wicked at heart may not like wise kill, knowing they can employ the subterfuge to escape pun Ishment. The most difficult enforcement of law Is that against what tin- termed of the cities, who by divers dishonest methods rob the city treasuries of money.

This is so, because thli class of men is inadr up of what are called good fellows, men of jolly fellowship, hail fellows- well-met, liberal-to-a-fault, ready to the last cent with their acquaintances and friends. --They got ollice because of these qualities, which are of kind to call out the friendship of all they know, who as soon as criminality IB shown, begin at once to condone their offenses, sayiug-they are not bat', that they are only weak and yielded to temptation. Qratia exempli, saio. the Latins; for the sakti of example let the punishment be made that all may kuow that a man may be companionable and liberal and still knaVe. Society must-protect Itself, If it would reach heights of enlightened morality.

Mercy Is a divine attribute and there are extreme cases in which Its exercise would be beneficial; but as a rule, It.t uim who violates law suffer its penalty, If the people would see law respected and society protected. when he was upwards of forty, his articles were sources of great merriment to editors.who rejected them valorously His Rudder Orange struck a popular vein, and his Tiger or the Lady followed. Today he is one of the most popular writers of short romances in America. Jules Verne whose novels are translated as fast es written into every civilized tongue, and who has more readers than any living man, for years persevered in writing without gaining readers. The multitude of writers in this generation, and the millions of books already written make successful authorship the most difficult of all professions.

When writers were fewer and subjects had been less exhausted, recognition was not nearly so dilTicult. And, again, hard as it is to gain popularity, even the moat popular writers make scarcely more than a good living. Alany writers known to favor do not make enough to support their families, but are compelled to teach, or follow some other profession, or speculate, In order to make out a support. The lack of an international copyright law. of course, adds to ihe difficulty; LADIES WHO BOARD.

GAUGES ABE instruments which di- terralne the standard of anything; thus, a thermometer indicates the heat condition of the air; a uarometer, of the weather condition, while pair of scales determines the weight ii ounces and pounds of any body. usi aa truly as either of these shows what they are designed to determine, just so truly can one declare the strength of character, the activity, energy, eto. ol a given man of any community by of talk that is excited concerning him. When it la r'o- that desire, for notoriety, fame, greatness or any other quality which may bring man to the front, if congenital and that a man cannot possibly overcome this desire, and furthci when it ia considered that man realize he must curve out his own fortune, it will be seen what sacrifice is demanded to praise one who baa already attained unto that which all aim at. ''Jl if," human nature "help by praise to elevate this or that neighbor, I increase the difficulty of getting the goal of my desires; for only about certain number in each comtnuni'j can reach fame anyway." And, tin from the frequency with which envy ia condemned in the Bible, it will admitted that that undesirable quality is too of ten found in man; and envy (and Its suggests unfairness in the object of praise and gossip, in reaching his place of prti-r moot.

We might point out many er resaona why the man that Is on up is talked about, misrepresented, ln- undertttood, maligned, slandered, bitten; why are made tod: him off his pedestal; show his moti. es to be selfish, his character to be doi. bt- ful; bow ttdTantage is taken of every mistake, fault and blunder; how ooloi given to nets of bin which in others would be unuotlced; and ftaaliy, why many are interested in u- injfhi.n, JJut, enough boon said le show that the man of prornlueucv is in toe way of others who wish lu INI MKt it wa4 gemip about an A Ljuicllixly Telia Why They Are I.oclcert—Not Iln-Oiti'sRllke. "What is tlio mutter that women who hnve no home IIml It BO dilllcult to obtain wliat passes for one even by p.iylng for Itt What advantage hus a irmu over woman RS roomer or boarder? I am beginning to find the burden of my woman's ivlnte too heavy to bear. I have hltliertoconsUlered it very enjoyable and honorable, but the experience of the last three days has made hie willing to change places with the veri- est wretch that ever wore tronserH.

Now, will you, out of your own experience and observation, solve this mystery, for you do not seem like one to hold au unauthorized opinion?" "Of course," replied the lady, "there are bonnii-rs nnd boarders Just as there are landladies and landladies. For my part I like ladies In the house. Every house Is plcasnnter and should be the better for thjelr presence. But the fact remains that they are more trouble than men. When they are In their rooms all day, where they have a right to be, they are wanting something not In the bond.

am talking now of the careless, selfish, or simply incousid- extra service; they will ring for the girl to corao up three flights of stairs to put a lump of coal on the grate, to open a window or shut it, or to flnd their nightdress. They'll go into the bathroom, even those who have no need to economize, and wash out all sorts of things, laces and handkerchiefs and stockings; this In time fills up the waste pipe with shreds and ravellugs, and the end thereof Is a plumber's bill. They will either ring for a flatlron or else they will come down into the kitchen with their trailing skirts and attend to the pressing out of their gowns there. They will bother the girl, want a little more tire and an Ironing, board, a little starch and a holder, and it will frequently end by the, girl offering to do the work for them just to get them put of the way. They want a little thread, or a darning needle, or a teaspoon, or some mustard, or table salt, or camphor.

It seems to me there's nothing from a pin to a porous plaster that I have not been asked for by my lady lodgers. "They want frequent changes made In the arrangements of their room. The bed doesn't stuud the right way, the curtains are too thin or too thick, the back of tho rocking chair Is too high or too low. They lose their paps keys and burn the gas to heat curling Irons and pipe stems wherewith to curl their hair. They receive colls, properly enough, but they forget that it requires the time of the answer the bells for these callern.

And aa women spend money less freely than men they do not consider that extra service should receive extra pay. If the truth must be told, I find It much easier and more pleasant to transact email matters to greater a man than with woman. Women ore not businesslike, and they will pay $20 for a bonnet willingly and haggle over a wash bill. Again, in a house full of lady lodgers or boarders there are occasional strifes and envylnga, jealousies nnd gossipings not pleasant. These are a few of the reasons why women are considered undesirable as lodgers and Perry In Chicago Tribune.

Dying; Out. Accustomed as we are In America to the overcrowding of the professions, as If by a law of nature, It seems scarcely conceivable that in a country like France the numbers of the medical profession are actually notwithstanding the increase of population. In the four years 1883-fl tho number of annually granted by the medical schools of Francs steadily diminished from 603 to 540, whilo the numlwr of physicians was also an steadily reduced, of course, by retirement and death. The phenomenon ia explained by the circumstances that the falling off Is In tho rural districts, where French thrlftj with penury and "proprle tary medicines," wotfld naturally tend tc starve out the Bccord. Scarcity of Buffalo Much has been written about the terrible loss ot life in the northwest during tho blizzard being due to the scarcity of buffalo robes, which contribute tlr only defense against the rigors of that country.

It Is true that a buffalo robe or coat now beyond the reach of those with (lender purses, and It IB true that for certain purposes the buffalo hide and fur are superior to any others. This leads me to the suggestion that It some of the great cattle kings of the west would give np raising cattle anil go Into buffalo they would flnd it aa profitable Not only would Brery obtainable flud a ready ule, bat meat would fled a market la citiwi, and tbe refuw ot cooU aaeule luto (ha doeen ot oomnMccc that now DtsaoonU. court convenes this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Hon. Charles Hent, editor of the Morrison Sentinel, was at Sterling this' afternoon and called at the UAZKTTK office.

L. M. iiarrett, of Hopkins, was fined by Justice Alexander this after noon, one hundred dollars and costs for furnishing alcoholic drink to Kate Col- lins, an habitual drunkard. Decker has been summoned by Marshal Fitzgerald to appear before Justice Alexander March 1, next, to answer to the same Charge upon which he was convicted for violation of State law, selling liquor to a drunkard. will be seen elsewhere, in cor- lesdondence between the office; of the respective organizations, the Wednesday Club will re-present the opera of the Mikado, devoting the entire proceeds to the Sterling Public Library.

This opera was presented (in highly creditable manner and called forth high praise) by the Wednesday Club Pleasing so gteatly and the proceeds devoted to so laudable' an ubject, it would seem that a crowded house mus 4 greet the entertainment. is great suffering at Mt. Vernon. It was not expected or asked that individuals parties should give large sums, but that if persons would deny themselves some single luxury but a day or so, and one dollar, fifty centa, or twenty five cents, they would thus show sympthy, while the aggregate would be considerable. The GAZETTE would onco more urge this matter up its readers, asking them either to send themselves or leave at this ofllce any sum however small.

We guarantee that whatever is left at our ollice shall reach the sufferers and lie distributed among them. The money when received at Mt. Vernon is faithfully divided among the cent of It, those parceling it out charging nothing for their services. population, and it is constantly going on, will demand soon increase of room in the school buildings of Sterling and Rock Falls. If a central high school were established the number it would take from the fmir districts would obviate the necessity of building houses in each of them for a time, at least.

It will not cost nearly so much to build the one high school, asjt.jfflll to put up The expense of maintaining theschools wonld be considerably diminished by this arrangement. The children must have school room provided for them; the Wallace (Third ward) has already had to invade Us basement; the Second ward, by adding another edifice in ispn in not crowded just now, but- soon will be, for it has no spare rooma now; the First ward is crowded to its fullest, ah is also the Hock Falls school. So, it is matter that cannot be long postponed. I as is certainly true, it will be cheaper and more beneficial, to have a central high school, and do away with tbe four that now are in existence, why not do that good thing, aud why i ut it off 't GAZETTE fallows its practice, declining to comment upon the rouble between the and its employ en. is a matter which while all the pubic is concerned in it, is yet one which hose outside cannot thoioughly under- land.

It Is certain, that ome of the grievances alleged oy The ngineera and liremen call for a redres- al. Here at Sterling f.nd Rock Fulls, we regret to learn that material needed iy manufacturers la eniroute over tb(-. Burlington and Qutncy and if the rouble should continue for any length time it may occasion trouble to some extent to thenf.T'It ia a misfortune of our civilization that Interests aeemiuglj 'ar apart are so connected that a rouble with one ia a trouble with all. Whether the mail cars will cease running remains yet to be seen. The Chicago train pulled out this morning with but the mail coach.

The Rock Island train came in this morning an late, and was run by Conductor Horn; Mr. Dempsey, the too young to join the Brotherhood, tired the engine. Robert Fraser, conductor of the freight that arrives here at 1 was conductor. The train had an extra baggage car containing the paraphernalia of tbe Around the World in Eighty Days. There was quite a number of people down to see the train come in.

It will leave on time this afternoon. one subject of talk around the depot, and a very engrossing aubject of talk all around town Is the C. B. Q. trouble.

Aa ia natural, one hears two. sides, aotne blaming and others sympathizing with the strikers. All aorta of predictions were made as to the duration of the trouble and the manner of Ita adjustment. A report that Mr. Stone had secured a 'large number of engineers and firemen to take the place of those gone out, com- Not just what SoroMs nntl itfl aro, although It bprn more tnlketl of written about thnn any iu Now York, ar least duriiiR iti infancy.

there ore woniMi anil niPii In Ihlx city who call Ilirnwlves tvlm frequently ask: "Wlml in Sorosis, anyway? pood does Jt accomplish? 1 never hear of Its lining any wonderful net of benevolence or reforming anything. Those untaught belngn assume that a club of ladiew couM have or should have but one purpose in organiz- Irrtf, and tlmt must, be either philanthropic or reformatory. Sorosis Is neither. Its purpose Is to eimbln the intellectual ladles of the city to meet and become better acquainted, and at the same time advance themselves Intellectually by the dlscnsRiou of various topics which could be classed under the hend of "culture." Its founders were wise women. They forbade the discus- Stan of religions beliefs and opinions, and the two or three other questions upon which people are prone to get fighting mad.

To that wise constitutional provision Is clue the credit of holding the club together for twenty years, In the face of the widespread belief that women are able disintegrators. It has had ita divisions, to be sure, but they have never been violent enough to disrupt the clety. New York Press. of Tho. cif umi fnnr of to Knrnpo nnd civen them snmn very pood' fldviro, which ia in Tli" Bangkok Times.

Ho tollH them not to IM- mmie the of prince in Kurnpe, nnd not, to bonst thnt they nrn prlnci-s. AH the Ifl nil from his own privnto nud nor, out of the funds of tho unite, he him deriiled on depositing a sum In tho banks mrtlnieiit to give ench of thorn fl.WM) a year for the first flvo years ami a year for the second five yenrn. A sum of 18,000 will bo placed In the bunks, bearing interest, and each son will be able to draw the stir- plns on of News. Council Upper dam meeting in the Rooms next Wednesday evening. Damp Hoavpfl In Loudon and FarlB.

In London It Is admitted that houses, even of the better class, cannot safely inhabited iu less than nine -months. Indeed, registrars of deaths are aware that an extra death rate is, after all, usually attendant on their first occupation. The majority of bent flcnres In our villages aro duo to the Infliction of rheumatism from damp. In Paris, notwithstanding Its peculiarly dry subsoil and its drier climate, the sanitary, or insanitary, evils of the common architect's constructions appear to bo even greater than In Ixmdon. I was assured by Parisian bulkier of considerable experience thnt it was unsafe to occupy any new bonne In Paris In less than a year after ita construction, and that there were houses in Paris which would never be dry "in their lives," and would always afflict their occupants.

The A Fair Maldnn'i Strategy. "Mr. Sampson," she said with a blush, "I want to ask what you may think Is a very strnngu question: Do yon know It youi 3 Mr. Brown Is a gentleman of correct Mr. Sampson grew pale, and hemmed and hawed: "Well er ttm yes," he said, "I think lie is, but, oh, Miss Smith Clara'V A little later he looked down Into her eyes nnd Bald: "Why did yon me about Mr.

Brown, darling?" "Because I fancied lie Is becoming interested In a very dear friend of mine," said the girl, Philip H. Welch in the Epoch. ot Popnlntlon. If you wish to go to the best place to buy goods, be sure to go to the place that keeps down expenses, anJ that does not try to, be too stylish run ning up expenses so that goods must be marked up to keep up with them. The place here at Sterling where you will find such a place is the Boston dry goods emporium of the city, where is a full line of goods, always new, and always cheaper than the cheapest.

You cannot find a better place to buy in this whole section of country. 11 Pay 1'our The tax books for Sterling township are now open at the Sterling National Bank. A few days yet in which to pay personal taxes. Will be at the Bank evenings from 6:80 to 8:30 o'clock. WM.

A. COfTNtXLY, dwtf Tax Collector. The can had A. narkeu, The follewing are the Closing quota tions of grain, cattle and hogs on the Chicago market, reported especially for the GAZETTE by W.S.McCreaA Co. May cash May; 48o cash; steady.

May; cash; steady. 10 higher. 10 higher. A. HENDRIGKS OPPOSITE CALT HOUSE.

PORE LARD Academy of Music, TO-NIGHT 1 Grnnd Production' of the greatest of all 8pw- tacular AIUUVALS. Miss Kilgour, from a visit to Chicago. Mr. James H. Rowland is visiting his family.

Mrs. N. McBride, of Chicago, in visiting relatives here. Mr. Arthur E.

Coe, of (kundy county, Iowa, is here visiting. Mr. Clayton Tracy, of Chicago, visiting friends here. Mr. Jacob Buzzard and wife, of Dakota, are visiting the father of the former.

Mr. Henry Dietz and family, former residents, have returned from Pennsylvania to reside permanently. Mr. J. Q.

Wilson and wife, of Streator, are here to attend the funeral of Mrs. Col. W. C. Uoblnson.

The deceased is a sister of Mr. Wilson. DEPAHTURE3. Mrs. W.

A. Klntzle, for Freeport. Mr. Jos. H.

Chamberlin'and family for Chicago. Messrs. H. Bennett and Chas. J.

Johnson are at Chicago on business. Dr. J. K. Ebersole left this morning for Monmoutli, 111, to take charge of the office of a physician who is about, to take a long-visit some distance.

He changed his mind about settling on the west side of Chicago, as was announced a day or two ago. KOCH. Under the Immediate nupervlslon of the well- known Metropolitan Amusement Director, W. J. FLEMING, Esq.

(Late Manager Nlblo's, N. VS. REFINED LARD, SPRING SUITS JeS The Public's attention has been called to the subject, through the proceedings of Congress regarding the subject, and we vish also ti JACOB EISELE, HAS JUST BECfikvED A Full Line To the fact that we have of Special MAONIFICKTT 8TAOE EFFECTS, MARVELOUS MECHANICAL AND SPECTACULAR INCIDENTALS. A STRONG CAST. GRAND AMAZONIAN MARCHES AND DRILLS.

Notwithstanding the enormous expense with this grand production, regular prtoei will prevail, viz: 88, 60 and 75 Cents-no higher. now on sale at Fuller's Book store. At 12ic per Pound, We have a tew more of those Sweet Florida flranp, At 25 30o per Dozen. Nr more to be had after these are gone. Tho Choicest Line of fonts' and ft IVuts, and Tobacco ing from a respon lible course, aa it did, led many to think the difficulty somewhat complicated, in consequence At llock Island, the regular St.

Louis train pulled out this morning with one of the officials there, in charge. He was formerly an engineer, and bin son, brother of the fireman on the train between Sterling and Kock Island, vviis his fireman. We understand that the Burlington purposes utilizing all the old engineers and firemen now in ita employ in other capacities, causing them to take the places temporarily of the Mr. Stone is a man of considerable will and purpose and also a man wonderfully fertile lu expedients, The strikers, on the ether band, are thoroughly imbued with the purpose of holding out. At Rock Island this morning there was surprise among the engineers and firemen at the ability of the company to move the of the pMteiiger and they asked acting aa if they "were goiag back oa them;" but they showed uo totapttr all axprewtxi violence ot way I Wolf! stock men of Rock Falls are shipping over the Northwestern, because of the strike on the C.

B. gas well showed this morning at ten o'clock, a depth of 845 feet. The drill la now In a gray shale ot somewhat more consistency than that it has In. -f-The strike of the Q. engineers and Bremen may prove inconvenient for some of our factories, which have ateel and other material iu transit via that road.

If the strike continues for any length of time it may prove very inconvenient indeed to these factories. -i-The switch engine of the fired up this morning and switched three or four cars for the accommodation factories and merchants. The engi neer went to Amboy this morning early, leaving his engine with the fireman; his journey was, presumably, for instructions from the Brotherhood. At ten o'clock the engine was run into the engine house and Ores put out. -t-The gas well boring is now down more than a third of its proposed depth and ia nearly or quite through any a sible coal depths; uot absolutely so, of course, because aa long as shale la en countered there is that, possibility.

However, hearts were not set upon striking coal particularly upon coal, as all geologists are agreed that we arc- put of the reach of coal in this locality-v A Rock Falla manufacturer living on this aide of the river has "been in- veatigating the matter of toy wagons fur some little time and ia almost persuaded to embark in that business. There is no question in tbe world but it would be profitable: Millions ol these toys ranging in price (retail) from twenty cents to four dollata, are sold annually. The small happiness is not complete until he hat a wagon duly labeled "express" to draw around with him. The demand ia itoady aa for hati and boots. Dr.

C. M. over i Sterling, or anywhere else, can be found at JNO. LAWRtE'S. OUR CANNED FRUITS i VEGETABLES are selling fast.

PcTible Cout But ton, 91 Hens Laee, Button and Congress, 85 Kid and Ooat Button. SO Ulsoes Kid and Goat Button. 1 WINTKB GOODS AT COST. D. W.

HOPKINSQN. store. Ctirouie ot taj dlttsftMM ftUdj M. I ATTENTION I cannot say that 1 have the largest stock of GtRO ElfcX IS la Starling, or that I tell lower than any other house, but will give you an Idea of my Stock and And let you Judge for yourself. January 4.

1KS8 823 Sacks Minnesota Flour; the very best Put- ent. 11.26 per sack. 370 bushel Potatoes at 11.00 per bushel. 80 barrels Eocene and Know WhlU) Oil: Whith 12e per gallon. boxes Klrk'n, Fairbanks, Froctor QammVa Laundry Soap: 5 to 6 oenta per bar Over 300 boxes Toilet Boap at 3 to lo cents per Oake.

Boo pounds Smoking aud Chewing Tobacco, from tfl to 80 cents per pound. 000 pounds Starch. 8 to 10 cents per pound. Over pounds Baking Powder, a) to 40 cents per pound. Besides, Sugars, SYRUPS, SPIOE8.

Extracts, Foreign and Domestic Frultm Qneu actl Dried, and a LARGE STOCK O( othoi articles too uunuroua to msulloa. PMM compare iny Mock aud priors with nib- on aud toe whether ibey are notliled to claim aud lu toe City." TRY OUR COFFEES AND TEAS The best in the city. Maple Sugar and We can save any 'one money trading with us. SPRING-WOOLENS to Order. Perfect Reasonable Prices.

Shortcut Notice. CHICAGO REAL ESTATE. Being connected with an old experl- rleneed IlKAL, KMTATK firm In Chicago, I have at all tlmen choice City and suburban property for'sale. Lots, MHO acres, for Into lota. Chicago In growing rapidly real estate IncreaMlnK In value an Investment there IM sure to pay big Interest.

I can cite many Inntancea where property, both lots and aerea, have more than doubled In value In the past Mix mouths, JnHt now 1 havft two extra good bargains to offer. Alsu, Home houses In Htcrllng, and two good farms near Sterling. J. V. KMMITT, Sterling, 111.

Iry one and you'll smoke no other. Sold only by RKA FBASElt, who also keeps choice brands ot Tobacco, cigars, pipes, and fine ecu fectlonary ut lowest prices. ha9 revolutionized the world dur- last hall century. Not least among the wonders ot Inventive progress Is a method, and system ot work that can be performed all over the country without separating the workers from their homes. 1'ay liberal; any one can do the work; either sex, young or old; no special ability required.

Capital not necoed, you are started free, Cut this out and return to us and we will seed you treti something of great vuluu and Importance 10 you that will stxrt you In business, which will bring you In more money awny, than anything else In the world, Grand outfit free. AUdreaa True Augusta, Maine. dwtf t. L. JOHNSON, We show an immense line of new Wall Papers.

The most desirable patterns in every grade, with borders, ceilings and decorations to match. Plain and figured Ingrains. Embossed and plain bronze papers suitable for any kind of room. The greatest variety oi patterns we have ever shown. STRICKLER BOQRSE,.