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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-03-13
What Spider Eats Eacn Day.

In order to test wha' a spider can do
in the way of eating, we arose about
daybreak in the morning to supply his
fine web with dy. At first, however,
the spider did not come from its retreat,
so we peepcd among the leaves, and there
discovered that an earwig had been
caught, and was now being Toasted on.
The spider left the earwig rolled up the
fv, and at once returned to his first
course" This was at half-past A. NJ.
in September. At I A. NJ. the carwig
had been demolished, and the spider,
after resting awhile, and probably enjoy
ing a nap, came down for the fly, which
he had finished at A. NJ A little
after 9 we supplied him with a daddy
long legs, which he ate by noon. At |
o'clock blow-hy was greedily seized,
and then Immediately, with an appetite
apparently no worse for his previous in
diligence, he commenced on the blow-hy.
During the day and toward evening
great many small green flies, or what are
properly termed midges, had been caught
in the web; of these we counted one
hundred and twenty, all dead and fast
prisoners in the spiders nest.
Soon otter dark, provided with lam
tern, we went to examine whether the
spider was suffering from indigestion, or
in any other way, from his previous
meals instead, however, of being thus
affected, he was employed il rolling up
together the various little midges, when
he took them to his retreat and tea.
This process he repeated, carrying up
the lots in little detachments, until the
web was eaten for the web and its con
tents were bundled up together. A
slight rest of about an hour was followed
by the most Industrious web-making
process, and before daybreak smother
web was ready to he used in the same
way.
Taking the relative size of the spider
and Of the creatures it ate, and applying
this to man, it would be somewhat as
follows: AT daybresk small alligator
was eaten at 7 A. NJ lamb at .
A. NJ. young camelopard; at 10 o'clock
a sheep; and during the night le0 larks
This, we believe, would be a very fair
allowance for man during twenty four
hours, and could we find one gifted with
such an appetite and digestion, we read
lily comprehend how he might spin FIVE
miles Of web without killing himself,
provided he possessed the necessary ma
chinery.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-03-13
Lord Beaconsield's Family.

Lord Beaconstield's admirers will re
joice in the reflection that, according to
the laws of hereditary longevity, he has
still many years of life to look forward
to. His father lived to be 80, and his
grandfather, Benjamin Disraeli, to beS6.
His mother WAS only II when she died,
but his fathers grandmother, Mrs.
Seybroot, lived to the age of 90. If
Mr. Beresford- Hope had known that
Isaac Disraei was the son of a Dutch
Jewess, he might have effectively re
torted Lord Beaconsfield's sneering allu-
sion to the "Batavian grace inherent
in Dutch blood. Lord Beaconstields
grandfather, on the mothers side. was
living in Billiter square, two doors from
Cardinal Mannings father, when his
daughter married Isaac Disraeli on the
10th of February, 1902, and the mar
riage of Isaac Disraeli, Esq, of the
Adelphi to Miss Baseviof Billiter Square,
is duly recorded in the Gentlemans
Magazine of the period. Mrs. Disraelis
brother, George Basevi, made a fortune
on the Stock Exchange, and spent his
later life at Brighton, where he lived
in Brunswick Square, and was
known as an active member. His two
sons were men Of some note. George
Bascvi was the architect Of the Fitzwil-
liam Museum at Cambridge, and was cut
off in the prime Of life by a fall from
the roof of Ely Cathedral during his
professional visit of inspection. His
elder brother, Nathaniel Basevi, for
many years a conveyancer in large
practice at Lincoln's Inn, and his cousin,
young Benjamin Disraeli, was for some
time a pupil in his chambers Nathaniel
Basevi died at Torquay in 1869 at the
age of ~. He had no issue, but his
brother Georges children will be Lord
Beaconsfeld's next of kin after RAJ phi,
his brother, and Coningsby, his nephhw
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-03-13
The Boston Whiting School.

The Boston Whiting School, pri.
vate enterprise, housed by the city, has
been fitted UP with work benches, divid-
ed into four-foot sections, and each boy
is furnished with such tools as he may
need. Thirtytwo We're admitted the
first year. their ages ranging from 2 to
Is. The school report says that perhaps
twelve of them had received some in
struction in the use Of the jig-saw and
knife, but none had had any previous
training in wood carving or the use Of
the chisel
There We're Iaore applicants for adrnis-
sion to the school than could be received
II any was absent two successive even
ings, his place was taken by another A
rank list was Kept and pasted on the
wall, and each boy knew how his work
was estimated by consulting The list A
course of twenty-four lessons in wood
carving was prepared with special refer
ence to secure the greatest amount of
instruction WITH the least expenditure
for tools and material. 1t was not de-
signed to make finished workmen in
wood carving but to take advantage of
lie natural inclination toward handi-
craft, the Yankee taste for whiting
which belogs to most boys, and to de-
velop it and guide it to useful applica
tiOns.
The experience OF the founders leads
them to the belief that cit would be easy
to establish, in connection with all our
grammar schools for boys, an annex for
elementary instruction in The use Of the
half dozen universal tools-viz., the
hammer, plane, saw, chisel, file and
square. Three or four hours week for
one year only Of the grammar school
course would he enough to give the boys
that intimacy with tools, and that en-
enlargement to the Unborn inclination
of handicraft, and that guidance to its
use, for want of which so many young
men now drift into over-crowded and
uncongenial occupations, or lapse into
idleness and ice.-Scientitic American
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-03-13
An EVentful Career.

Judah p. Benjamin, the first Jew who
sat in the United States Senate, is now
ending checkered career by success
full and paying practice as London law
yer. Benjamin was born while his
parents were coming to America, and
after a course at Yale and practice at
the New Orleans bar, he represented
Louisiana in the United States Senate
from 1852 to 1860. He then left TO
Join the rebels, who made him success.
sively Attorney General, Sec .etary Of
War and Secretary of State. Lincoln
considered Benjamin the smartest of the
Richmond junta. He has justified the
opinion in some degree by being among
the few rebels who have attained dis
tinction and made money since the war;
benjamin went to London, and has now
an established practice as Queens Coun-
sci, which is said to bring him in an an
nual Income Of $l50,000.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-03-13
Partisan Folly

French officers, says the London Daily
News students, young men about town,
and many other persons spend several
hours every day inside Cafes, and some
of them drink an amount of liquor
which keeps their brains constantly in
soak II is all nonsense to talk Of this
tipping as a harmless pastime. A sin
gle glass of absinthe is enough to throw
a man into excitement a second fuddles
him; if he then proceeds to mix his
liquor with beer and little nips OF cog
nae, he staggers home not fit for business
of any kind 1t is significant fact
that of the number Of men consigned to
French hospitals or mad houses with de
lirium tremens, the greater portion be
long to those classes who have never FIRE
auented wineshops, but only 60 to
cafes. The, wineshop is the club of the
workingman who wears blouse; the
cafe is the haunt of all men one degree
higher in the social scale than mechanics
in fact, of those who ''wear a coat,
as Frenchmen say. AS it is the amb-
ton Of every right-thinking artisan to
''sport coat, it follows that, on the
whole, many more frequed, cafes than
winesho,s
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-03-13
The Magic Whistle.

"You have heard" said youth to a
maiden who stood beside him as he sat
on corn-sheaf one evening about quit
ting time; "you have heard, dare say,
of the Danish boys whistle of woodl l
would give two dollars and half if that
Danish boys whistle were mine"
The maiden had heard of the wonder
full things that could be accomplished by
means of the magic whistle, and color
ing slightly, said
"And what would you do with it,
pray9" while smile played over her
beautiful face, extending clear around
to her ears.
81 would blow it," he said, land then
my fair maid would fly to my side and
sit down on the same corn-sheaf with
me, which would make me extremely
happy and make it q matter of supreme
indifference to ne whether school kept
or not, or how much corn might be a
bushel"
els that all you wish it forF' exclaimed
the maid with q laugh that started a
covey of birds in the next row. "That
may be yours without any magic, Char
lie. A favor so slight one could not find
it in ones heart to deny, you know"
and she playfully seated herself by his
side and drummed with her little heels in
the furrow.
81 would blow it again" said the
youth, who had begun to see how mat
ters were drifting, 81 would blow the
thing again, and the one fair woman be-
meath the sun could not resist the charm
and would lay her fair arm upon my
shoulder
She smilei-and laid her fair arm
round his neck.
The young man was taken completely
by surprise, but managed to bear up I'M
der it, although, as he confessed to the
writer, it was by all odds the greatest
effort of his life.
A young man of his age is never sat
titled, but is always reaching out and
grasping after the unattainable, as it
were, after drinking in for moment
the nectar of the situation, so to speak,
exclaimed
"Yet once more would blow it. This
time l would give it the awfulest blast
that was ever heard this side of the crack
of doom, and the music divine would
bring me the third time an unspeakable
pleasure. She would lay her fair cheek
to this brown one of mine, and her lips
stealing past mine would give me kiss,
Pm quite sure at least hope so. .
The maiden laughed ou- in her inno-
cent glee, just as any other young lady
would do under the same circumstances,
and said
"What a fool of yourself with your
whistle you'd make, to be sure Now
Just consider for moment how silly it
would be to sit on a corn-sheaf, like a
knot on log, and crack your cheeks
whistling for-what you might take :"
This almost took the young man $
breath He Immediately reached for
the lovely creature, but, strange to re-
late, did not find her She had antici-
pated him, and was already breaking
through the cornstalks for home, while
her laughter tloated back to his ears, re-
minding him that he had an engagement
at home to gnaw tile.-Detroit Free
Press
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-03-13

The talk at the dinner was about sew
eral acquaintance, how they married
and their domestic life. After numer-
GUS observations from one and another,
a guest addressed the hosts daughter,
a lass about ten years, who wore very
thougetful expression "Well mad'lle
what is your opinion about this = Shall
YOU marry or remain single "Neither
I think | shall be a widow"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-03-13

To weigh a hog, lay a board across the
fence. put the hog on one end and then
pile stones on the other end till they
exactly balance the hog Then guess
at the weigh. Of the rocks.
A curiosity in typographical blundef-
ing is noted in connection with the ofticial
list OF awards made to British exhibitors
a, the Paris Exhibition, which claims to
have been ISSUED BY order OF his ROYAL
Highness, the Prince Of Males
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-03-13
How to produce telling effec;-Com
municate a secret TO a woman.

A Western paper gives this little bit
Of lakewood gossip between parent and
child: rs the bowling Of dog always
followed by deathr asked a little girl
Of her father "Not always, my dear;
sometimes the man who shoots at the
dog misses him." was the parents reply.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-03-13

onas Gasnell. of San Frarcisco, was
caught in cog wheel of Touring mill
and was carried around several times IN
injured. bu. when the weeel go, through
with him he had TO order new suit a,
once. Like Lorne, he travelled in cog.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-03-13

Ants that keep the world busy-Inf-
ants.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22

Let a square issue be made aud see if
the Democracy will dare 10 persist in tEeir
understandable demands till the wheels of
government are blocked GeneSeO RCpUb
Hc
Exactly, let the issue be squarely made
and see if factious minority will dare to
block the wheels of government. By what
right, divine or partizau does this minor
ity expect to rule-a minority that in no
way represents the people. We know it is
hard for republicans to comprehend that
their power is gone, their rule broken, but
it is true all the same and the sooner they
accommodate themselves to the change
the better for the peace and prosperity Of
the whole country. BY Gil means let the
issue be squarely made, until we can see
what desperate things once patriotic
party will dare to do to perpetuate its power
to arrest, without process, all who do not
vote as they demand.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22

The special treatment of Disease of the
Organs of Respiration-em embracing the
Head, Throat, and Lungs, has been prac-
ticed by DR.. ROBERT HUNTER for nearly
thirty years. His system consists of the
inhalation of remedies directly into the
Lungs and Air-passes, combined with
such tonic aud Alternative treatment as the
complications of the case may require, and
is unquestionably the most thorough course
of Local and Constitutional medication ever
applied to the cure of these diseases. Its
success is attested by thousands. His Office
is at 103 State street-cor. of Washington
Chicago, where he can be seen or ad-
dressed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22

The Supreme Court of Ohio has decided
that where drunken and unruly passen-
ger is put off railroad train. and is theu
run over by another train, the railroad is
not liable. 1t was the duty of the couduc-
tor to protect other passengers against him
by ejecting hin, and if he was too drunk
to take care Of himself after that, it was
only his own fault Similar law has been
laid down in this and most of the other
states of the Union, and it seems to be
about settled that if a man will get drunk,
the safest place to do 1t ia at home. where
he can abuse his wife and family.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22

The republicans now being the minority
the Chief is thinking of going over to help
them. The under dog is always our dog.
Cambridge Chief.
Very proper, considering that:the CHEZ
assisted in electingi thel republican ticket
last fall by its support of the third party
which was only an auxiliary Of the repub
lican party. under the direction and the
pay of republican state officers. The
Chiefs chances are good for continuing
with the under dog.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22
Unfortunate.

Weakness lack of nerve power or
substance inherited or caused by early
imprudence, excuses. dissipation, mis-
fortunate &c; causing premature
decline, night or daily losses, general
breaking down, irratition, nervousness,
loss of power ofrapid recuperation.
dyspepsia, dependency, melancholy
tendency to mania &c; This unfortu.
nate condition thoroughly and perma
nently cured by wells Health Renew
err" Acknowledged by all the greatest
medicine on earth. 1t produces q
complete restoration to full manly
power, giving to the aged or early
wrecked the Vigor and bouyancy OF
youth, Sold by druggists at $1,00 oil
sent by express on receipt of price
Advice free, see circular with bottles
Address E. S. Wells SO Barclay St. New
York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING New
YoRK.-One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and others
to stop at when in New York is the Grand
Union Hotel, nearly opposite the Grand
Central Depot, kept Oh the European plan
you therefore only pay for what you get.
Everything is first class, and prices mod.
crate, adapted to the stringency of the
times. You save the expense of carriage
hire, and By leaving your baggage check
on the counter of the Hotel, your baggage
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22

There is no doubt 10 our mind, after Pc
rusing the testimonials, aud investigating
the merits of PUTNAM's hot forged and
hammer pointed horse shoe nails, which
are guaranteed not to split and silver in
driving, that they are superior to others,
consequently are indispensable in every
blacksmith's forge throughout the length
and breadth of the land. Owners of horses
should insist upon having them used il
shoeing in preference to cold rolled iron
cut mails, which lame horses The Put
cam nail is the cheapest and best horse
shoe nail. and you get from 45O to SOC
pals more in box than Of any Other
make,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22
q Woman's Name.

Gulnare means the blossom of the pomegranats
Nearly all female names signify birds, flowers
scents, or other ornaments or luxuriss which
modern times ideas have been caught from the
Orient and the same significance is given to the
name English Female Bitters. 1t implies q restor-
alton to health, radical cure of all those chronic
arrangements and Irregularities that affct the fe-
male sex. 1t implies quick and powerful action
restoring aid and young females to their natural
condition, and no lady should fail to use them
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22

DIAMoND.-The best in the world
SO acknoulsd By all who have tried EvoRY'
CELEBRATED CALIFORNIA DIAMOND
CATARRH REMEDY. 1t gives immediate
relief, aad few bottles cure the worst
cases. Be sure you get the DIAMOND
Grade markl as there are worthless imita
tons offered for sale. The genuine il
prepared only by DR.. A. T. EvoRY & Co.
80 Hall street, Brooklyn. P. U. Boz
5000, New Work City. Sold by all Drug
gists. so cents Bottle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22

But short time remains before snail
be compelled to turn over my books 10 me
county treasurer. The law is exactlng 10
these matters, and to save costs would
request all who have not paid their taxes
10 call at my office, Room 5, Masonic
Temple, over Rock Island National Bank,
and settle at once.
d&w Nj. L. STAFFORD, Collector.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22
A Public Demand

Has long been made for and effectual and perman-
ent chill remedy containing no quinine arsenic or
mercury, and that produces no unpleasant sy mn.
toms about the head, one that can be taken by the
most delicate stomach, and acts upon the secretions
thoroughly without other medicine; one that
strikes and completely eradieases ali miasmetic
polsons lurking in the system. Such remedy has
lately been placed before the public and is known
as Days Ague ionic, which is having q wonderful
run. 1t can be taken at all times by the moeR deli
CATE makes permanent cures, and ond bottle Ia fire..
quenty sufficient to cure whole family,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22

The bankrupt stock of boots and shoes
at Mitchell 4 Parsons, is going off at q
lively rate, and we should not think that
the stock would hold out over thirty days
longer. Call early, if you wish to secure
a good fit. Remember it is the Kelley &
Retticker stock, and is first class every
way, DIFF
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22
Have You Headache /?

One cents worth of Bailey's Saline APPARENT will
cure you. Have you acid stomach or heartburn
Half cents worth of Bailey's Saline Aperient will
cure you. Have you constipation? Two CENTS
worth of Bsileys Saline Aperient will relieve YOU
Are you biliousg Three cents worth of Baiiey's
Saline Aperient will remove all biliousness. Are
you dyspeptie? Bailey's Saline Aperient will do
and tosms like soda water. Its pleasantness makes
1t quite fayorite among the ladies. For sewing
women, factory girls, and all who lead closely
confined life, its effects are gratifying, relieving
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22
Bucklen's Arnica salve .

The BEST sALvE in the world for Cute
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Tet
ter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns
and all kinds of Skin Eruptions. Thi.
salve is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction in every case, or money refunded
Price rs Cents per box. For sale by @
SPEIDEL, Rock Island,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22

Illustrated Marriage Guide. $50 pages, cloth
and gilt binding, so cents; same in paper
covers, q cts. Manhood, 10 cents; Woman.
hood, 10 cents; Pamphlet, 9 cents-eecurely
sealed, by mail. Send money or postage
stamps. DR.. WHITTIER, the great specialist,
GIT st. Charles Street, st. Louis. Mo.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22
Free of Cost.

Dr. Kings New Discovery for con.
sumption, coughs and colds, asthma, bron-
chitis, hay fever, etc., is given away in
trial bottles free of cost to the afflicted.
1t you have severe cough, cold, diff
Guilty Of breathing, hoarseness or any at.
lection of the throat or lungs, By all
means give this wonderful remedy a trial.
As you value your existence you can not
afford to let this opportunity pass. We
could not afford and would not give
this remedy away unless we knew it would
accomplish what we claim for it. Thou
sands of hopeless cases have already been
cured by it. There is no medicine in the
world that will cure one-haIf the cases
that DR.. Kings New Discovery will cure.
For sale by G. Speidel, Rock Island.
CHEW ATYEP
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22

Frank Miller's Harness Oil and Backing
is pronounced by the trade generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade OF
these goods is always standard aud their
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
firm is one of the Oldest in the country and
has the largest trade in it's line. diff
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22

Since the enlargement of the Chicago
Times, housewives all through this section
gaze on their bare shelving and howl.for
joy. Those who have been wasting preci-
Gus time for years in looking through all
the slush of the Times of old for the little
that was meritorious, are disconso!ate. -
Ei0in LEADER
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22
WIVES KNOW THAT THE BROW or eARF

is often soothed by a delicious supper, to
which perfect, bread, rolls, biscuit, ETC..
are soimportant, To have these delicate
products of baking always reliable, the use
of DooLEY's YEAST POWDER is ver7 i'm
portant. This article is among tho most
valuable of the day 10 its bearing 90 Meath
1t is put up in cans always full in weight.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22

Reader, you must try and not cough: II
irritates the membrane of the throat; use
daily very few Devine's Compound Pitch
Lozenge. This sooths and theals. They
are sold in boxes at your store. For sale
| nv John Bengston.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-22

Nausea, headache, furred tongue, bit
ter mouth and bad breath in the morning,
are all dismissed by Milk of Magnesia, q
remedy Endorsed by the family. The ner-
vous sensations produced by indigestion
are always conqured by it. Druggists sell