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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21

A party of English hunters lately
slaughtered thirty buffalo in the Icllow-
stone Park without takingan parts of
the animals for use.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21

Dartmouth College students demand
that their reading room shall be thrown
open on Sunday but the faculty refuse.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21

The Norton Door Check and Spring
made in five sizes, to suit different doors,
Parties ordering will please send width
and thickness of doors. Buy only the
Norton.
Boston is said to be overrun withopum
Joints and gambling dens.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21

Burmah. against England has gone to
war. has population of 4. DOC, 900, scat.
tered over territory of l90,50 square
miles
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21

A newspaper devoted to suicide and
murder will soon be started at Chambers
burg Pa. 1t will be appropriately call
ed Death
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21

W. F. Sudds is the auther of the CAPT
tal Parade March entitled 'Hark! The
Regiment published by c. H. Ditson "
Co Now York
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21

ha We had cancer on my face for some years
extending from check bone acrOs- the nose IL
the otncr: II has gwen me great deal of pain al
times burning and itching to such an extent that
it was almost nnbcarabe; 1 commenced using
Swift Specific IN May 1883. and have used eight
bottles; it has givcnthc greatest relief by rcmov
health W, BARNES.
Knoxville Iowa. Sept.S, 1SS5.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21
All Sorts of

hurts and many sorts of ails OF
man and beast need a cooling
lotion. Mustang Liniment.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-21

| For many years was sufferer with cancer of
| the nose, and having been cured by the of :.
S. S. feel constrained by sense of duty TO suf-
fering humanity 10 make this statement of my
| case. With the fourteenth bottle the cancer be
gan to heal rapidly and soon disappeared, and for
several months there has been appear
ance of sore of any kind my nose or face,
neither is my nose at all tender 10 the touch;
have taken about two dozen bottles and Am sonnd-
| ly cured. and know that T. s. s.. effected the
cure after every known remedy was tried and had
| failed. RuEERT SMRDLEG.
Fort Gaines, Ga. May !, 1883.
had heard of the wonderful cures of Swift :
Specific, and resolved To Try it; commenced talk
ing 1t in April 1881. My general health was much
improved. yet the cancer which was in my hre st
continued to giow slowly hut surely; the bunch
grew and became quite heavy: felt that | must
either have 1t cnt or die; bnt it commenced dis
charging quantities of almost black thick blood.
j continued healing around The edges until Feb
ruary, when it was entirely healed M and we'll.
HErsl WooD.
Cochesctt, Plymou Ii &c Mass July 49, 1855.
Swift's Specific is entirely vegetable, and seems
to cure cancers by forcing ont the impurities from
the blood
Treatise on Blood and Skin Disc ,sc- mailed free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co, Drawur ;, Alnn,a,
Ga. No l5i w I'D St, n.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03
THE PAMPAs.
Peculiar characteristics Of tn, Great
Plains Extending From the Andes to the
Amazon Easin.

Peculiar characteristics Of the Great
Plains Extending From the Andes to the
Amazon Basin.
The peculiar characteristics of these
vast level plains which descend from
the Andes to the great river basin in
unbroken monotony are the absence of
rivers or water storage, and the peri
odical occurrence of droughts. or
"siccos," in the summer months,
These conditions determine the singu-
lar character both of it's flora and
fauna. The soil is naturally fertile and
favorable for the growth Of trees, and
they grow luxuriantly wherever they
are protected. The Eucalyptus is
covering large tracts wherever it is in
closed, and willows, poplars and the
tlg surround every estancia when
fenced in. The open plains are covered
with droves of horses and cattle, and
overrun by numberless wild rodents,
the original tenants of the Pampas.
During the long periods of drought
which are SO great a scourge to the
country, these animals are starved by
thousands, destroying in their efforts
to live every vestige OF vegetation. In
n OF these siccos, at the time of my
visit. no less than fifty thousand head
of oxen and sheep and horses persisted
from starvation and thirst, after
tearing deep out of the soil
every trace of vegetation, includ-
ing the wiry root of the Pampas
grass. Under such circumstances the
existence of an unprotected tree is inn
possible. The only plants that hold
their own, in addition to the indestruct-
IDLE thistles, grasses and clover, are a
little %herbaceous oxalis, producing vivi-
parous buds of extraordinary vitality,
a few poisonous species, such as the
hemlock, and a few tough, thorny,
dwarf acacias, and wiry rushes, which
even a starving rat refuses. Although
the cattle are a modern introduction,
the numberless Indigenous rodents
must always have etfectually prevented
the Introduction of any other species
of plants, large tracts are still honey
combed by the ubiquitous biscacho, a
| gigantic rabbit; and numerous other
rodents still exist, including rats and
mice, Pampas hares, and the great
nutria and carpincho on the river
banks. That the dearth of plants is
not due to the unsuitability of the sub
tropical species of the neighboring zones
a not hold good with respect to the
fertile valleys of the Andes beyond
Mendoza, where a magnificent hardy
flora is found. Moreover, the extern
sive introduction of European plants
which has taken place throughout the
country has added nothing to the bot
any of the Pampas beyond a few species
u%nassailable by cattle, such as the two
species of thistle which are invading
large districts in spite of their constant
destruction by the fires which always
accompany the siccos.-Nature.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03
Cheap But Valuable Advice.

It is not easy for American women
to resist the influence of pretty things,
and the only way is not to pay muck
attention to mere novelties of dress
and fashion, but adhere to certain fixed
and well defined rules. By good
materials, avoid cheap trimmings,
select always such colors as will go
well together, and usually have them
dark. Never wear your best or q
secondary occasion, or when it is Ike
ly to be subject to severe wear and
tear Have best dresses cut or made
by a best dress-makcr, and employ your
W efforts ON your house dresses and
washable materials. Use best black
kid gloves, ecru or beige tints. They
wear better THAI fancy %colors, and the
black are better made and a be worn
with all dresses. Never buy cheap
gloves o cheap hosiery-they are a
delusicn and a snS.ro. Always have q
plain black walking dress and hand
some black dress, and depend upon cut
and material more than upon ornamen-
tation. If you can embroider yourself
q dress. you can make a thing of
beauty with but little cost; but other
wise content yourself with the neat
ness that is the best evidence of refined
taste.-Aadtes' Home Journal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03
In the Northwest ~. Dr.:

In the Northwest the p;eo,n. vho
49, Te, Starving to death at the rate Of
aoout tnlrty q month, are now rolling
h;n an abundance of provisions of ali
Ainas. Some of them fearing q famine
sini:iar 10 their late experience, and
tuaasslhg no faith in the great father at
Washington, "who will not let them
- hungry any more $50 the agent
telis 1hem) are cacheing provisions by
Ihe wholesale to provide against a
RAINY day. The poor redskins have
oeen burned once, and they don't wan.
any more screenings of that kind if it
IS possible to prevent it. This great
!rloe mas been dreadfully thinned out
during the past three wears. The bucks.
Sail, stately, and of fine physique, who
=; 1nIe Irou the soil beneath their feet as
II they were lords of it-(and they were,
too' II we come right down to %justice)
nov go about with their heads down,
broken IN body, soul and spirit, soured
on mankind, Disguised with the pres
enI ana dreadful of the future.
1he old men, women and children.
once members of a great race, but now
a nation of beggars, feel the effects,
ana show them plainly. too, of the late
starvation policy forced upon them.
Ihey are bound to become extinct ere
l, y tor the rations they get are in
sutflclent for their support, and the
game that once throngea the North
west and supplied them With both food
and clothing has long since disap-
peared from the country, so that there
IS nothing left except to subsist on what
the Government chooses to give them,
and when that falls short to 90 with
out and perish. No nation, race or
people could long exist under such cir
cumstances; and SC, before many
years, perhaps within the next decade,
we may expect to see the remaining
Piegans. like the last of the buffaloes,
disappear from the country that has
been their home for so many genera
tionS.
Perhaps it would be a good thing for
this wretched people, instead of striv-
ing to exist under such circumstances,
to give up the ghost without any fur
ther effort to keep body and soul TO-
gether, andl let themselves be gently and
quietly gathered to their fathers by the
white people who wans their lands
Montana Cor. Pittsburgh Commercial
Gazette.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03
At THE TAP OF A BELL
An Extraordinary Instance Of School III.
cipline In a VERY Bish Depree.

An Extraordinary Instance Of School Daos
cipline In q Very High Degree.
"When 1 strike this bell, ~ said Super
%intendent Doty, of the Morris Street
Colored School. when I was inspecting
his branch OF the public school system
OF Charleston, the other day, 'ths
noon recess is over and every one Of
our fourteen hundred boys and girls ID
IN duty bound to become motionless.
preserving whatever attitude he NAV
happen to be in at the time of the bell
stroke. You may be interested to
watch the effect."'
So saying he struck a button. The
loud, sharp note of an alarm bell re-
sponded to the pressure and [ stepped
quickly to the window. The assort-
ment OF grotesque positions to be seen
below beggars description. Here q boy
a a ball raised in midair, while over
yonder stood another lad with hands
extended ready to catch the ball. In
one place some youngsters were play
ing at leap-frog. There a couple
Of lads were locked in a seeming death
grip, having been caught by the signal
IN the act of wrestling. In one place
an automatic game Of tag was illus
trated. In another a girl had her arm
extended in the process of rope-skip-
ping,
"Pompeii without the DEBRIS" I re-
marked.
This of course is only a feature of
the discipline which we try to preserve"
explained Mr.. Doty. ''Once 1rang this
preliminary signal and then walked
leisurely from window to window to
see hoy it had been obeyed. From the
last window l discovered a lad literally
standing on his head, with his feetrest-
ing rgainst the fence, where he had
been for two or three minutes. I rang
the bell second bell in haste and from
that day prohibited the fine art of pois-
ing on the head. But that incident
illustrates the prompt and iron-clad
adherence to the very letter of the law
which is cultivated here. This second
stroke of the bell forms the entire
school into PROFESSIONS"
A third stroke and as if by magic or
by machinery doors flew open in every
part of the room. Still another stroke
and in marched the files, a class at a
time, through each opening. Every
boy and girl was exactly in line. the
distances between pupils was invariably
uniform and there was a graduation of
heads in each class according to the
height of the pupils. During the exer-
else OF a whole hour that followed there
was not the slightest deviation from
rigid military order. -Auqusla Cor.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03
o ~sTEEPLEs.

Some True Stories About Climbing thu
Spires of Public Buildings.
A great many years ago a hurricane
occurred in Utica, N. Y. just as it be.
gan it was noticed that a heavy swing
sign in front Of a store was held out il
a horizontal position for some time.
Before long the force Of the wind in
creased to such a degree that severa
houses on Genessee Street Hill wer,
unroofed, and the spire of the Second
Presbyterian Church was thrown tc
the ground.
After the storm was over it was dis.
covered that the rod holding the
weather-vane iii the top of the tall
steeple of the First Presbyterian Church
was bent so that it became nearly hori.
zontal. II was unsightly; but how to
repair the injury was the question. II
would be no easy task, as there was a
large ball, or globe, on the rod below
the vane. After awhile a sailor offered
his service. He assembled the steeple,
and climbed the rod until he came Just
beneath the globe. Then he threw a
rope out a good many times, until,
after awhile, the end Topped around
over the rod above the globe, long
enough to reach to him. Twisting the
rope together, he let go of the iron
rod, and, trusting himself to the rope,
swung out free. BY climbing it he now
managed to get on the top of the globe.
Standing there, he succeeded in
Strengthening the rod that held the
weather-vane.
Now, how was he to get down:
Again trusting to the rope that was
fastened to the rod above the globe, he
swung free at a great height from the
earth; then lowering himself, and
swingingb back and foxth, he managed to
grasp the rod beneath the globe, and,
soon reaching the spire, descended.
The steeple of Salisbury Cathedral is
the highest in England, and next tc
that of Strasburg Cathedral, the high.
est in Europe. Every year a man
climbs to the top to grease the weather.
vane. This is done by ascending the
inside as far as possible and then going
out of a manhole and climbing the
rest of the way by means of the brass
staples fastened on the outer wall.
Once on a festal occasion, when the
King was present, a reward was Of
fered, as usual, to any person who
would ascend and attend to the
weather-vane. A sailor agreed to do
it, and assembled in the way l have told
you, until he came to the copestone,
when, to show what he could do, he
stood on his head. Then performing
the task he was sent to do, that Of
greasing the vane, he descended and
claimed his reward. But the King was
so exasperated at the sailor for need
lessly frightening the people by stand
ing on his head at such a great height
that he would not allow him to be paid.
-PhsIadelphlia Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03
man who keeps an OK or /,

The man who keeps an OK or COW
until it pines with old age is a double
loser by SO doing. 1t invariably costs
more in food and care to maintain an
old animal than a young one. As the
vigor of life fails, digestion is less per-
feet and assimilation slower and more
difficult, and the waste is greater. As
the decline goes on, more and more
food is required to produce milk or
meat. Old animals can be seldom fat
tened at 2 profit where it requires SO
much more time and food to do it. But
their flesh is not equal to animals in
their prime, so there is a loss, both in
quality and cost of producing.-Mi.
cago Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03
Dom Pedro. of Brazil. maintains q,

r. Dom Pedro, of Brazil. maintains as
a part of his establishment one of the
tioest military bands in the world.
When the court is at Rio this imperial
band plays in the tropical nights in tho
Black Horse Square while the dusEy
Brazilians stroll about the walks or eat
Ices and drink wine at little tables
under the palm trees.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

The California Academy ofSciences
is 10Y engaged on a study of the old
theory that the islands Of Oceanica ara
the remains of = continent which ex-
tended from the Straits of Singapore
on the west to Easter Island on the
east, and from the Sandwich Islands
on the north to the southern extremity
of Australia ON the south.-Sam Fran
CISCO Chronicle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

Edison says that if a telephone
wire could be oSrried above the trees
and mountains, n could whisr1
around the world.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

"A gentleman residing on Pine
Ridge, in this county, sent a colored
maj with two horses to sell down in
Franklin County, with the expectation
of disposing Of the animals. The col
ored man was to return in five days,
but, as he failed to do so, inquiry was
made as to the cause of his absence,
and the fact appeared to have been de-
veloped that the negro was suspected
by parties in Franklin County of having
stolen the horses and was hanged
Natchez (liss.) Democrat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03
"vELLY HuNGLY."
An Instance OF Chinese Unscrupulousness

An instance OF Chinese UnscrupulOusness
in Trade.
Sharp, INSCRIPTIONS tradesmen are
found among the placid, meek-faced
Cinnamon as well as among the more
highly civilized and obtrusive brethren
of other nations. A correspondent
gives the following illustration of this
fact. He was sitting with some brother
officers of the United States ship Dash,
in front of the English hotel in Bata-
via, Java, and was approached by q
sword-cane in his hand.
"Want buyP" said he, bowling pro-
foundly to the group. The Others paid
no attention to him, but I, being some
what inexperienced in the ways of the
"childlike and bland" took pity ON
him and asked his price.
"Six dollah,'' said he.
six dollars!" l exclaimed. sThat
is too much"
''Velly fine sword-cane. Chinaman
velly hungly," whined he, plaintively.
"Melican help hungly man alice time.
Five.dollah, sah?"
NO" said I. Five dollars is too
much.'
-Four dollah; little, little four dol
lah!' persisted the misunderstanding
object.
Still I was firm in my belief that I
could buy a sword-cane for much less,
if 1 really needed one, and declared
that I would not pay four dollars.
"Tlee dollahP Two dollah? One
dollah?!' groaned the beggar.
Then, as [ shook my head in obedi-
ence to a stealthy wink from a Lieu
tenant, sitting nea and watching the
progress of the trade, the fellow began
to cry, mo catchee chow-chow two,
tlee day! Velly hungry! Die! No
catchee chow-chow, die! Fifty cent?"
1 relented and agreed to buy it for
fifty cents. But an investigation of my
purse showed nothing but a ten-dollar
gold-piece.
81 can't take it after all, unless one
of these gentlemen can change this
piece" said I, regretfully.
Imagine my amazement when, after
one keen glance at my ''eagle," the
Chinaman dived down his sleeves and
brought out a double handful of silver,
counted nine dollars and fifty cents put
of the pile, took my gold-piece, handed
me the cane, and turned away with a
placid smile and a bow, amid the shouts
and laughter of my companions!
The Lieutenant then offered me his
arm and took me to a neighboring
shop, where there was a shelf full Of
sword-canes just like mine, for twenty
five cents apiece!-Yowth's Companion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-06-20
Good Hunting.

The adventures Of a couple Of Hell
enaites who tried bear hunting In the
Rockies of western Montana a short
time ago are summed up in the follow
ing from the Herald: During week
spent In the recesses Of these mountains
Mr.. Wells killed in all five bears
three old ones and two yearlings. OF
the latter the meat was secured and
smoked and brought to Helena, and
the five hides as trophies Of the hunt.
The remarkable part OF the killing OF
five bears IL that each one was killed
with single bullet. The territorial
bounty was obtained from the treasur-
er upon the certificate Of a justice of
the peace In Deer Lodge county, and
both Mr.. Wells and Gordon are well
repaid for the dangers incurred by
the reflection Of the heaps of fun they
had and the enjoyment Of bear steaks,
which even yet form part Of their
uaily ulehis NJ 'ueii hohle- III luAuTl-
Gus Helena. After their tussle with
the bears our hunters learned, when
going into Drummond, town on the
Northern Pacific seventy miles west
of Helena, that last season the owners
OF cattle In that vicinity lost some
thirty-fye head killed by bears, and
that club reward was offered Of fifty
dollars each for every bear killed in
that nelghborhood. Messrs. Weils
and Gordon being strangers in that
part Of the country declined TO enter
the lists for the local bounty, declaring
that their little diversion among the
wilds OF their mountains was all the
recompense they wanted"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-06-20
Barlow q wilson's Miustreis.

Concerning these monarchs Of the
minstrel stage who appear for the first
time in Miles City this evening We
clip the following: The Grand
Opera House was crowded last even
ing with well pleased audience and
one Of the best minstrel performances
ever given here. The company is
particularly strong in its comedian
element, and Milt. Barlow and George
Wilson would be bard to equal. The
first part abonnded in good things,
pleasant music, lsughables and gags
and comicalities, and closed with the
burlesque on baseball. which is one OF
the richest things ever given here.
The company appeared as ball-players
and Hughey Dougherty as umpire
was highly amusing. The Four Aces,
etc, together with those mentioned,
gave an admirable programme, which
closed with a laughable burlesque
opera. The Enchanted Castle The
MINISTRIES this evening are worthy of q
good patronage.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.n
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-06-20
Pests of the Range.

Wild animals are great source Of
annoyance on newly stocked cattle
ranges. The north Yellowstone
roundup party found calves on Gus
ter creek that suffered from torn and
bitten backs which Capt. Frand Glib
son and Others attribute to the attacks
OF wild cats. Had the calves been
hamstrung the work would have been
charged to wolves Of which there are
plenty on the north range. The re-
ports OF bear on Custer creek only con-
firm what we have heard heretofore
regarding that locality and the hunt
ers who are up there now are likely to
make living on hides and bounties
this season. Wolves have been
slaughtered with poison on the south
range but will probably never be fully
cleaned out and now there is a wide
field ready for wolf halt on the north.