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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-30
GRAND LAND EXCURSIONS

To the PRAIRIE LANDS IN THECoRN BELT
OF Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota In the
magnificent Land Grant of the g. NJ. IL st. p. X.
farming; wheat oats, flax and all root crops are
successfully grown, and corn is staple article OF
production. The purest wafer, superior drainage
and the crisp, dry atmosphere make this, accord
ing to United States reports the heathiest region
in the great Northwest.
These lands range in price from 81 to 81 per
acre. and are sold for small cash payment bal
ance on time at per cent interest. Fare free TO
all land purchasers. For maps, pamphlets and
full particulars concerning the weekly excursions
that take place weekly every Tuesday from the
office of Damhs q Holland Address
DAHMS II HOLLAND,
Cor. Maia and Lynde sts.. Moline, Ills.
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nENTIST. OfIice, corner of Second Avenue and
IL Eighteenth street. Room s, over Rock Island
National Bank. Rock Island. Illinois. nov-92-d6m
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wINDsToRM.

St Louis, April 28.-Texas dispatches
say that violent windstorm swept ovel
the northwestern part of the state last
night. doing much damage at Banham
Palo. Pinto and Belton A number OF
houses were blown down and in Bel
county several persons are reported killed
A school house containing seventy chill
dren near Fort Worth was demolished but
only one child was hurt.
Dispatches from Waco and other
places in Texas say that Fridays cyclone
was very severe throughout large section
of the state, west and southwest of Fort
Worth aud Dallas The Missouri Pacific
section house near Milanox junction was
destroyed. and one of the hands killed.
A school house at Mt. Vernon was de
stroyed and three children injured. An
other school house at McGregor was blown
down and nine children seriously wound
ed William Scott and mau named
Mitchell, living in the same neighborhood,
were killed, and two old ladies named
Graves and Donnan, were badly wounded
the former fatally. Houses, fences and
everything movable in the track of the
storm were destroyed or blown away
Mrs. Diamond was killed and her daugh
ter fatally injured near Pelton An i'm
mense quantity of hail fell on the out
skirts of the storm.
HURRICANE.
GALVESTON, Tex. April26. The Nescs'
Mineral Wells special says; Yesterday
evening cyclone from the northwest
struck the town of Pilopinto, demolishing
a small building and unroofng some
substantial places. Several persons were
seriously injured, but none are known to
have been fatally hurt. Loss $28, 600.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-30
Board of Supervisors.
SPECIAL MEETING

Pursuant to q request of one-fhird of the mem
bers, as provided by law, Special meeting of the
Board of Supervisors of Rocg Island county his,
viii be held on Tuesday the First day of May, 4.
D.. 1888, at the Court House in said county
Dated April 18th, 1888.
II. A. DONALDSON, Clerk.
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Peoria Market.


CORN-Lower; mixed, 5}1053H.
OATS-No. white, 12a42h.
RYE-5651 a5A
WHISKY Is.
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TEN CENT COLUMN.


All notices of >'Situations Wanted s'Wanted
to Rent" etc, in this column free, until further
notice.
WA NTED.
Boarders at Russ Restaurant
An active. Intelligent boy at this office Apply
at once.
Eo K RENT.
For Rent with Board. one large parlor and two
furnished rooms on the corner of 10th street and
9Th avenue, No. 1927.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE Eggs for Matching, from choice Ply
mouth Rocks and Brown Leghorns, 81 per setting
of thirteen. ID. @. White, No. 1116 First Ave.
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One Upright IL Horse Hosting and Pumping
Engine; works with link motion; been used for
driving spies and pumping; in good order. En-
quire of E. Perkins, Freeport. III 4pl-4-ci2w
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New York Market.

Money-3H
Governments
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-24

Robert Ponuer bought lot Of land
on Fifth avenue, New York, not long
ago for $3.50, 600 for which he has re-
fused an offer of $1,000, COO
The Paris omnibtlses require the
services OF 1900 horses at daily cost
OF $4,000 francs. for food. In 1881
the g omnibuses carried $4,000, 900
passengers. The horses cost 5,000,-
900 francs aud the conveyances and
harness IL, 000,0 600.
Idaho. with her valleys aud noun
tam sides covered with bunch grass, has
$1,000 square niles OF grazing land;
Montana, $4,000; Colorado, $4,000;
Wyoming, $4,000; Washington Terri
tory, 10000; Eastern Oregon, So, 900,
and Nebraska $4,000 square miles-a
total of 40S, 600 square miles of lands
capable of producing beef and mutton.
In no country in the world are there
such immense losses by fire as in the
United States, in proportion to the popu-
iation. In 1882 fully 100000, 900 worth
of property passed away into smoke
and ashes, and if 1888 holds out as it
has begun, the destruction will be even
greater. Russia has about twice the
number of people, and last year losses
footed up 800, 900, 900. England burned
up S45, 900, 900 worth, Germany $780,
600, 900, and France SIS, 000 900. Chi
cGgo Journal
A nautical mile. or an English adj
miralty knot, is $3.50 feet. The United
States Coast Survey, always most accu-
rate in such things, has adopted 1853
248 meters, or 6,0S0.27 feet as the
standard mile, which is popularity "a
minute of latitude" but more accurate
ly the sixtieth part of degree on the
great circle of a sphere whose surface
is equal to the surface of the earth. A
minute of latitude, according to the
head of the Coast Survey, would be
1861. 655 meters at the poles, and l,Sl2.-
7S7 meters at the equator One minute
of the equator would be 1855. 345 me-
ters, or 6,037. Is feet.
New York City has police force
of 2, 707 men, not counting the four
commissioners. who are not, legally
speaking, members of "the for e. ."
There are one superintendent, four in
spectors, 10 surgeons. 80 captains, l43
sergeants, 2, 1926 patrolmen and Is door
men. For the pay of the members OF
this force the city paid last year So, 1872, =
$50, of which 50 900 went to the com
missioners. The salary of the superin-
tendent is S. 900 a year; the inspectors,
50, 500; the surgeons, 81, 900 or 81, $50,
according to the date of their appoint
ment; the captains, $4,000; the SER
geants, $1,000; the patrolmen, $500 to
81, 200, and the doormen, 500 to 5000.
| N. j. Sun.
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The Popular Plan.

One can not only buy everything
from cool-stove to coffin on the
weekly or monthly payment plan, but
Dewoiter has applied the principle to
still higher object. A certain young
gentleman interviewed him the other
day in regard to the hand of his daugh-
ter, and the father heard him out and
replied;
''Wen, if Mary is willing and shall
not object, 1 intend to give her $4,000
as a dowry."
"What noble and generous father!"
gasped the young man.
"But l shall adopt the instaliment
plan" continued the father; ''instead
of giving her the sum in lump l shall
pay three dollars per week for sixty
four years. That viii not only prevent
her from speculation and loss, but
come much easier for me. ~ Detroit
Free Press.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

"A gum drOp--Reduction in the
price of Arctic oyer-shoes Puck
-"Dost thou love lifeq" once wrote
squander time, for time is the stuff life
is made OFF,
No man will excel in his profession
if he thinks himself above 1t; and com
MERGE will not flourish in any country
where commerce is not respected.
If you have a boil, roast carrot
and make poultice of it. If he boil
is on another man let him grin and bear
it. It's good for the system. Detroit
Free Press.
"A recent dictate OF fashion is inn
portant to all married men, 1t is that
small checks will be en- regle for spring
and summer silk dresses. 1t generally
takes such large checks.
Cd am speaking said long
winded orator, T" for the benefit of pos
terity." Yes said one of his hear
ers, land if you keep on much longer
your audience will be here
The shoemaker, the tailor, the car
penter and the painter talk ten words
10 a harber's one, and yet the papers
continually lather the latter for his vol
utility. Let's razor mother issue. De
troll Post
"A Chicago drummer fell through q
bridge at Des Monies and broke his
LEG while TT ing to hirt with a calico
dress hung on a clothes-line Even the
masher has his hour of sorrow. - CHI
cagO Heraid.
"A Western politician having made
speech, would up by SAYING Gen
tlemen, them my sentiments, and let
me assure you they are the sentiments
of an honest man. But, gentlemen, if
they don't suit you, they can be al
tered. "-1erGs oittingS.
Women are called " the weaker
SEX" and yet, up to the hour OF going
to press, not one of her sex in this coun-
try has shown enough intellectual weak
ness to embark in the weather prophet
business or attempt to eat sixty quail in
thirty days. -AOrriSioi0H Heraid
Charlie We're de We're contentious
ly): Geniuses, my dear Miss MariHor-
ough, are men who Just miss being fools,
and fools are men who ust m SIS being
geniuses Mi s Mar borough awe
SlTuCh)s " HtJ otlBlhdi luluBS you say
Mr.. We're de We're / sometimes tn NIX
that yoI are almost genius. -Har0aro
LaHipO1H.
The first thing a city man doe.
when he becomes rich is to buy farm,
move into the country and bankrupt
himself trying to raise enough to keeT
him from starving A rich Juntryman
on the other hand. buys hrown-stonC
front in the c ty and becon es interested
in stocks, with like re sult. -fHHadet
phia NeloS.a
The Antophone Company condu
all of their correspondence by mean o
a typewriter. The company had cca
| sion 10 send four or i've letters % al
agent way out in Wisconsin and they
were amused few DAYS ago to reeeiy,
enc rom him closing W th these words
"Iou needn't print any more letter
! that you send me, for J want You to I'M
derstand that l can read writing. -
ihac0 a. ~ Journal
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General Ignatieif's Home.

The ReUue Diplomatiq5te describes
General Ignatieff's home close to the
Winter Palace in St. Petersburg as a
beautiful residence. 1t is froHted by
four somber columns, which give it a
mournful air, but when the portals
are passed the interior is charming.
The Minister himself occup .es only two
rooms, in one of which he receives his
guests, while the other is a library or
den, where his real work is done, The
reception room is a veritahle museum
of eastern curiosities. japanese stuf5
and curtains, and hangings from China
in all sorts of fantastic patterns are
scattered about. There are Turkish
sofas and Persian chairs, while articles
of vertu lie about in picturesque con-
fusion. One secs the tastes of a man
who has passed his life in the Elst. The
workshop contains collection of his
torical arms, unique of their kind each
piece has tradition, and each Is marked
By rich and curious workmanship; all
have been given him at one time or
another by their owners. One sees the
pistols of the last sovereign Prince of
Albania, a long poniard of schamyl,
and a gem richly chased presented by
the Sultan Abdul Aziz.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-24
GettIng Ready For tine Fourth.

Preparations for meeting the Fourth
Of-July demand for torpedOes are al
ready we'll advanced. The regulation
toy torpedo consists of bit of gravel
done up in a uare of tissue paper with
"A mite of illuminate. The paper holds
the gravel and illuminate together the
gravel ives weight to the torpedo, so
that conclusion is produced when it is
thrown or dropped aga INST a resisting
substance, and the illuminate does the
business There are other kinds of toy
tor edoes in VIII ch cement or some 9TH
er subs ance strOn er tn n tissue pa aer
is ued to conlne the explosive, and
they make louder noise than the pa
per ones. They are less to be deplored,
however, because their cost places them
beyond the reach of many urch MS. The
toy torpedo is an abouination which is
populagly believed to be the product of
heather ingenuity. The historical fact
that the lirc-cra ker-the nui -ance Sec
ond to the to torpedo-was invented
by the Chine e has brought the race UNI
der the susl is on of orr mating many
evils f which the are limo emit, The
name of the inventor of t G toy tor edo
is not known. He is believed to have
persisted miserably after seeing his i'll
gotten gold turn to dross in his hands.
His descendants are not likely to reveal
the secret OF his identity, which he
guarded so closely till his death
The active work in the making of toy
torpedoes is done by little girls who are
TOO young to comprehend The enOrmity
of their oliense. Provided with the ma
terials, one tile girl will in single
day lay five or six thousand SQUARES OF
tissue pa Ct over half-inch holes in
boards containing two hundred and two
holes each, and will pun h the centers
of the $ uares down into the holes with
plug; another little girl will shove up
illuminate with a quill, and with anoth-
er qu Il viii pO& a little of the sub
stance INFO each of the paper-l ned
hole; third lit girl willscatler roof
inc gravel over the toards, filling up
the little wells; and fourth little girl
will pick the papers containing the
tulm nate and gravel on OF the holes
and twist the edges of the paper to-
gether with small daub OF paste. A
hundred torpedOes are then mixed with
saw-dust and done up in round bunch
with paper covering, TO be sold or a
paltry sum TO little boys and Q IS who
desire to ecome enemies OF humanity.
Tov torpedoes used To be manutact-
ured by machinery; but the evil ingenui-
ty OF this inventor failed to produce a
contrivante which was Q ual to the ac-
complishment of his ell purpose, and
the social ed industry is confined now
10 the hand process,
Manu- lecturers say that the seasons
demand for toy torpedoes promises to
be large, and unblushigly proclaim
their purpose to supply it-M J. Su.
A thorough system of underdrain-
age would, the ra rIc i0r er ma n
tans, "double the productive capacity
Of Illinois.
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The following narrative Is self-oxplanatory.
The letter whlcn precedes it Is true copy Il
the original, aud was seat to vs., together
with the details, 10y an odlcer nov IN the
United States Navyi
UNITED STATES FI.AGsIuP NOMAD,
NAVY YARD, BOSTON. N kss.,
'tH Januaty 10, lso-,
Ny Dear FTield Your kinI FAVOR contain
ing congratulations ON my restoration
10 health Is before me. When We parted
thirty months ago little did we imagine that
either would be brought near deaths dJOr by
a disease which selects for It's victims those
who present an internal field OF constitution
al weakness for its first attack, because you
and were IN those days the persouirCItiOn
OF health; and eau clam this to-day, thank
COOL Why ! can do so now will be told to- NOR
row, when we meet & your diuuor, as you only
know that l have passed through a terrible
illness; my de livery from death being due to
the wonderful discovery In medical science,
made by man who to-day stands in the
front rank Of his fellow workers; unequaled
b. any in my own opinion. That l, who
believer in the cd school Of medicine its
application and results, should thus recant in
favor OF that which IS sneered at by old prac-
tttOpers, m y startG you, but seeing is belieY-
ing" and when i recount the attack made
on my old hulk, how near | came to LOWERING
my colors, and the final volley, which, through
the agency above mentioned, gave me VIC
tory, you Will at least credit me with Just
cause for sincerity IN my thankulness aud
belief l will also spin my yarn auent my
China cruise, and altogether expect to en-
terrain as well as be entertained by you.
With best wishes, Sincerely yours,
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A Brave Woman.

If there is anything in the womanly
character which is truly valuable. it is
manly bravery. The fact OF its scarcity
only enhances its value. a case. lately
presented is that of wealthy woman.
ia a Southern city who thought she
beard a burglar in her room. and at
once declared hostiities She didn't
scream and call for a man, as the most
OF her sex would have done, and prob
ably scared the man to death who was
called upon, but she put on her chain
armor, reached around under her pill
low for her trusty gun and began blaz-
ing away. The room was darker than
Che Interior anatomy of a black cat,
but it made no difference to the brave
woman, aRd she kept up her artillery
practice until the neighborhood was
alarmed, and all the people in that
vicinity came pouring in. carrying
lamps and candles and looking for all
Che word like a Ku-Klux procession.
They found her sitting up serenely in
bed with the smoking gun still in her
hands and cast of heroism on her
countenance like pig-iron wall around
a picket post.
She calmly explained the situation,
and said She d Ike to see any burglar
try to scare or ROB her, so she would,
and the folks then began to look around
the room. They found picture of the
results of woman bravery equal to any
OF the works Of the old masters; on one
side of the room was an elegant pier
glass smashed by a bullet; on the man
tel was a handsome Fren h clock ruined
by bullet, cabinet in the corner had
a dose, also, and there were other and
various evidences scattered around of
female heroism turned loose with gun.
After awhile the friends, unable to find
any traces of a burglar, departed, and
the lady retired to finish her sleep in
peace. The next morning her husband
came home from a trip to another city,
and after she had told HIM what she
had done, and he had congratulated
her, they proceeded TO the bedroom,
and he looked around the desolated
precinct in amazement, and at once sat
down to make an inventory. Here is
the result.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-24

According TO a correspondent OF
the Providence Journal there Is known
and prac iced in Fall River method of
manufacturing milk in when there is
not drop of the pure article, but which
deiies the test OF the laoiometer. II is
even asserted that every mi kman in the
town has bought the right TO manu-
factura the article.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-24

wife that bravery was an excellent thing
ia woman, but if she heard any more
burglars in her room it might be more
economic if she would just let her DANCED
old pistol stay under the pillow and give
the robber a chance to help himself
The poor brave lady has nee had
severe attack of nervous prostration,
and the sight of n broken mirror or q
bankrupt french clock will throw her
into Mysteries as big as four-story
steamboat. = Cincinnati DTun3mcr
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-25

In buying breeding stock from any
one you do not regard it as sufficient
that he understand his business, that
his stock is well bred, or that his herd
or flock makes n handsome appear
snce. You want to be satisfied Of all
this, but you want to 60 still further
and feel reasonably certain that he is
an honest man. With the most snowy
stock In the country, and with every
indication of the most flattering ma
ture, a scoundrel may swindle the pur-
chaser quite numerically. The char
acter of the breeder needs to be as
well established as the fame of his
stock. In no business is honesty more
essential, and nowhere is trickery
more to be despised or Stunned. With
I'll the safeguards that can be thrown
around the purchase Of fine stock,
there are some things about which the
word of the owner must be taken as .
guaranty, which can in NO other way
be established. How important, then,
that the breeder 90 conduct his trans-
actions thst his word shall come to DO
taken - absolute security for fair
dealing. Capital, scquaintance, exper-
isncs- everything-is doubled in value
By the accompaniment Of integrity.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-25

r. = HARprSe FRANK ylsHrs
HARDING & FISHER,
WHOLESALE
BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS.
IA MAIN STREET, WICHITA.
complete making largest and finest
room in the State used for business.
OUR FALL STOCK IS NOW IN AND COMPLETE IN EVERY LINE.
consisting miscellaneous youths hGrens and
books in great variety.
FANCY GOODS goods believe that kare the finest
Albums prices from Is $780, Odor
and prices dressing and nail
workboxes writing desks weights ksands etc.,
An variety and plain
and staple writing In fact the finest stock of fancy
goods in the State
papers decorations will be
found complete and was selected with great cave
PICTURES-we large pictures
cheaper grades
SCHOOL BOOKS sEATs-we carry complete line of all the
the celebrated Auto
which takes the lead all throughout
the country.
PRICES prices
We uniformly marked goods the lowest living while
feel bought
market prices will be
We do with every schoobook
Sold because cannot afford anything value
do trash.
JOBBINGwe prepared goods
Thanking friends and the public continu-
of the Don't forget the place.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-25

A new remedy for headache has
been found by an Australian physician,
who says he has found minimum doses
of iodide of potassium Of great service
In frontal headache, situated over the
brow and accompanied by languor or
chilliness and feeling of great dis
comfort, and a distaste for food which
sometimes approaches to nausea. He
says ii can be completely removed by
q two-grain dose dissolved in half a
wineglass of water, and this quietly
slipped i'm about ten minutes. In many
cases, he adds, the effect Of these small
doses has been simply wonderful-as,
for instance, a person who a quarter
of an hour before was feeling most
miserable and refused all food, wish
ing only for quietness, would now
take a good meal and resume his
wonted cheerfulness.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-25

A correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun says that when any one runs
nail or any sharp iron in any part of
their body, take common pipe, fill il
with tobacco and light it well then
place thin cloth or silk handkerchief
over the bowl of the pipe and blow
the smoke through the stem into the
the wound. Two or three pipefuls
will be sufficient TO set the wound dis
charging. lie has tried it on himself
and five others, and found il to give
immediate relief If the wound has
been Of some days standing it will
open it again if the tobacco is good.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-25

Just before frost go into your gar
den and cut from your tomato vines
as many plants as you wish for early
tomatoes next summer, selecting good
thrifty ends Of the vines. Select box
about eight or ten inches deep, fill il
with six or eight inches of good earth,
and plant your cuttings two inches
apart each way. Put your box in the
cellar, or where the frost wont injure
the plants, water now and then dur
ing the winter, and as soon as the dam
ger from frost is over in the spring
plant in the ground. This plan is pur-
sued by many market gardeners, and
the result is tomatoes several weeks
earlier than from seed in hot-bcds in
the spring.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-25

The practice of scalding poultry be-
fore plucking has very properly been
vetoed by the market dealers. Fowls
may be plucked with equal facility, and
with better effect in preserving the
flesh, Immediately after death and be-
fore they have had time TO cool. The
action of the market men is to be COM
mended, and those sending dressed
poultry to market will do well TO act
in accordance with it.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-25
Colts will not gnaw halter that has
been well saturated with four ounces
of copperas dissolved in water.

II is said that tar can be instantane-
ously removed from the hands by rub
bling with the outside of fresh orange
or lemon peel, and wiping dry imme-
diately. The volatile oils in the skins
dissolve the tar, so that il can be
wiped off.