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Preferred His Sweetheart.

The story OF Senior \ barra and his
American wife is interesting and ro-
mantle says q letter from Caracas,
Venezuela, to the New York sun.
Her father Mr.. Russell of Boston, |
terlaerly Is'7iesa mere o"e IN
the president, he was nJrtieos tnssasa
would find more healthful climate IN.
the States That form of invitation is
usually accepted in South America,
and Mr. Russell returned to Boston
But it so happened that the young
Gen. Ybarra, the nephew and tavorlte
Of President Guzmsn- Blanco, and the
commander-in.chief Of the army at the
ape of 2S. had been smitten with the
charms of Miss Russell and expressed
himself frankly and emphatically re-
parding his uncle's treatment OF her
father. Some of his remarks having
reached the ears of the president, Gen.
Yharra was summoned before his eX-
cellency and informed that such critl-
cism was highly unbecomlng IN
Young man Of his age and position
The general declined to apologize, but
4 reiterated what he had'said with even
r Greater emphasis. The president ther
5 cave him his choice between the CIR
l and the command of the army; where
upon, believing that an American
n wife was better than military glory II
Venezuela. the young general brok
d his sword over his knee, threw tn
V fnaarnants at his nncle's feet, tore o.
J the shoulder straps and gold brai
from his Jacket, and left the presiden
lie lie went to Boston. got his naturallzf
y, tion papers, married his sweethear
and formed a connection with an in
le porting house Of that city, whose Il
< terests he looks after now in Caraca
90 With his distinguished uncle his rel
st tions have never been renewed, al
IL probably never will be.
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HUMOROUS.
Running expenses -Chillrel

hunning expenses -Childrei
Business men as well as religious
men should beware of false prophets.
1t takes pretty smart phrenologist
to tell what is in a barrel by examin-
ing its head.
When a trotting horse dies it is a.
ways one day after his owner was Of
fered fabulous price for him.
One man in Germany has made and
sold 100000 Thermometers. That's
what you might call making money by
degrees
"There," said the young husband as
he placed the paregoric handy before
golng ln he'd. "Pm like the prudent
sailor. making ready for squalls"
a little girl with the mumps re
Gently explained her feelings to her
sunday-school teacher by saying that
she "felt as though a headache had
slipped down in her neck"
"I'Il make you dancelp cried an irate
mother. pursuing her erring son. slip
per in hand. "Then," remarked the
Juvenile, 1--WE shall have bawl."
Wisdom anu poiitene5s are not al
ways associated. The owl said to be
the wisest Of birds is also thea mos.
contemptuous. lie. boots 5,,.rs cry
thing. ,6,atf
\ Said Brougham wh(ev was
struggling lawyer ~ saas.anees ". ,a,',5
I, alter eases, but ~ NY no'u
- hl asler my
lDsner: A waggish guest before
whom has been placed a dish OF fish
turns to his fair neighbor and says;
"Miss. will you have some of this dead
fish ?" Dead fish? Oh-ugh how
horriblel 0, no; none for me, thank
you"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-03-27

Fer Constipation, or Costiveness, no
remedy is so effective as AYERS PILLS.
They insure regular daily action, and re-
store the bowels to healthy condition.
For Indigestion, or Dyspepsia, AYERS
PILLS are Invaluable, and sure cure.
HEARTBURN, Loss of Appetite, Foul
Stomach, Flatulcncy, Dizziness, Head
ache, Numbness, Nausea, are all relieved
and cured by AYERS PILLS.
In Liver Complaint, Bilious Disorders,
and Jaundice, AYERS PILLS should be
given in doses large enough to excite the
liver and bowels, and remove constipation.
As cleansing medicine in the Spring, these
PILLS arc unequalled.
Worms, caused by morbid condition OF
the bowels, are expelled by these PILLS.
Eruptions, Skin Diseases, and Piles
tie result Of Indigestion or Constipation, are
cured by the use of AYERS PILLS.
Tor Colds, take AYERS PILLS to open
the pores, remove inaammatory secretions,
and allay the fever.
For Diarrhea and Dysentery, caused by
su3}en colds indigestible food, etc, AYERS
PIIs are the true remedy.
rheumatism, Gout, Neuralgia, and
sciatica, often result from digestive derange-
meat, or colds, and disappear on removing
tie cause by the use OF AYERS PILLS.
Famors, Dropsy, Kidney Complaints,
and other disorders caused by debility or
obstruction. are cured by AYERS PILLS.
Suppression, and Painful Menstrua-
ton, have a safe and ready remedy in
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A FEW HINTS
FOR THE USE OF

4 DOSE. - 10 more the bo,c-
els gently, 2 to 4 Pulls
, thoroughly, 4 10 G Pills.
} Experience WiU decide the
proper dose IN each case.
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The Superiority of Grandfather's
Clock.

That the best power for clock is
weight. is beyond dispute. The inven-
tion of the coil-spring came near an
Initiating the race of good common
clocks. "Grandfather's clock, with
It's wooden wheels and other crudities,
is still the superior of the grandson's
clock as time-keeper, for grand
fathers clock" had the great advan-
tape Of a uniform power sufficient and
lust sufficient to propel the clock when
it was properly cleaned and oiled.
The grandson's clock has coiled-
spring as a motiye-power, having,
when it is tightly wound, not less than
three times the amount of power re-
4 ouired to drive the clock, and dimin-
ishing in amount, thereby altering the
rate of the clock, with each successive
hour. The grandson's clock vii
march on, oiled or unoiled (and there
fore usually unoiled), until it comes t.
premature end as complete as that 0
the "one-hoss shay" The grand
fathers clock on the other hand
, which declined to go unless its ration
of oil were doled out to it once in
year or less by the peripatetic tinker
2 is good for another century, since il
a bearings have been saved from cuttin
themselves away from lack of oil. II
kitchen clock of to-day can only
# made to keep respectable time by
regulating it that the gain it max
n when tightly wound shall be offset
a. the loss as 1t runs down.-PopuE
Science Monthly
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-03-27

In 1870 about 10000 pounds Of
opium were consumed in the United
States: in 1880, 1884 pounds. In
1865 there we're about 10000 habitual
opium eaters in the country; now they
number over 100000. More women
than men are addicted to the use of
the drug The vice is one so easily
contracted. 50 easily practiced in
private and so difficult of detection
that it presents peculiar temptation,
and is very insidious.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-03-27

khartOum.
Into the wild uninveled land,
To meet the Mshdi and bis band,
Alone be went-with his right hand,
Not with mon or cannon-bocm,
Went the hero of Khartoum.
And there, as merger reco ds tell,
Alone in their own citadel,
A year he fought tn inhdgl,
And held back thy threatened doom
White walled city Of Khartoum.
And then he waited for the hum
Df English voices-and drum,
But all the desert winds were dumb
'rwasa mir &c in the gloom
owed rescue for Khartoum.
Now, like a desert storm Of sinl,
BY the sirocco iercely f,nned,
Burying fields Of fertile land,
Arab hordes rake & ,rdons tomb
" the City OF Khartoum.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-03-27

Every English lord chancellor gets a
pension of $4,000 a year aud some
times there have been as many a. IVY
IN receipt of sdch pension" horo
Cairns is now the only one.
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tirring a woman as ever | see.'


late" said Aurilla Ann. IL declare, J
never in all my life felt as sorry as !
do for Daniel Dorking He's adretful
peaceable. good tempered man. and
Mariar treats HIM real mean. lie
does all the work of the house himself,
even to the washing and ironing,
because Marian chooses to fancy her
self sick; and | Jest wish you could see
the poor mans shirts Besides, there's
the mill to see arter, and the farm
work, though of course that last amt
so heavy this time o year. But IT'S
too much for one man, let alone the
worry of it,
'Ain't they able to hire no help
said Mrs. Getchey, who had fallen
bqck on her knitting work.
"Why, of course they be" Aurllla
Ann made answer. But Mariar won
have no help about the house
That's rather hard on Daniel, amt
it?" said Mrs. Getchey.
"Wer, l should think So" replied
her sons wife, piling fresh knots oi
wood under the wash boiler, prepara
tory to her Mondays work.
While the neighbor who, uncon
sciously to himself, was the subject o
90 much solicitude among the sur
rounding families, hung out his las
wet and tapping sheet, securing 1t D.
A battered clothes pin, and hastene'
with blue nose and frozen fingers, INT
the house.
"Marial he spoke up the stairway
which wound around and around llk
a wooden corkscrew-"Marla
"well?" sighed mOurnful voice
"shan't l make ye little buttere
toast?"
al don't care for no buttered toast
returned the funereal strains
"or fry ye an egg2 Do try an eg
Naria-with a shaving o bacon al
some coffeel Ye must eat, Maria
ve'll break down. For my SAKE NJ
ria, eat something"
Only a sigh was the response
But Daniel Dorking made the coil.
and fried the little slice OF bacon WI
its accompanying eggs, speedily carr
inc the tray up stairs, where he open
the door by means of a gentle lmpe'
with his foot.
Maria occupied the best room III
house. that was very evident
D A rag carpet, woven in gay marc
and yellow stripes, covered the ne
i u cheerful wood fire blazed IN
$ chimney; the window was euFtail a
with Turkey red; and Mrs, porAl
nronped up on pile of feather
lows, was surrounded with VarleI
devotional books, camphor oo'
and fan.
The washin' is all out Maria,
moor little : Mr.. Dorking; "and
wiped up the floor, and set tt the ,l,. k
:, rsgetablss back, where it'll sim
and not burn. And now III leS'
, over to the mill"
.And leave me all alone, Dam
said his wife, lugubriously'
aThe mill has got to be seen TO-
fbat Elsab johnson hes gone oa
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-03-27

The dHgemejuc ZsHu2 gives some
particulars of remarkable success in
indicating the presence Of water
springs by man named Beraz, who
seems to be a recognized authority in
such matters. The scene Of his per
formances was in the Bayarian high
lands, at height Of more than 1901
feet above the level Of the sea The
commune of Rothenberg suffered
greatly from want Of water, and in
yited Bera1 last autumn o endeavor
to find some source of supply for them.
He inspected the locality one afternoon.
in the presence of the public authori-
ties, and announced that water was
to be found in certain spots at depths
which he stated. The first spot was
in the lower village, and he gave the
| likely depth at 62 and n feet. adding
| that the volume of water which the
| spring would give would be'about the
| AIgei InceSsanu labor for four weeks
/ consisting mainly of rock blasting, the
workmen came on copious spring of
water at depth of almost 67 feet.
What he declared about water
source for the upper village was very
singular lie pointed to a spot where
he said three water courses lay per
pendicularly under one another, and
running in parallel courses. The first
would be found at depth of between
225 and 26 feet of about the size Of
wheaton straw, and running in the
| direction from southeast to northwest,
The second lay about AZ feet deep was
of about the size Of thick quill, and
ran in the same direction. The third.
he said lay at depth Of about 56
feet. running in the same direction,
and as large as a mans little finger
The actual results were as follows.
The first water course was struck at a
depth of %! feet, running in the di-
rection indicated and having diane
ter of one-ffth Of an inch. The work
men came on the second at a depth of
422 feet; it had a diameter of Z 25ths
/ Of an inch. The third was found at
62l feet below the surface, and having
diameter Of 3-5ths of an inch-all
running in the direction Beraz had
indicatnl.
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barracks

France has followed the example q
Germany in raising microoiolosy rso 70
the rank Of a recognized science ne
establishment over which Dr. TIKI l
presides in Berlin is the c0mPlf'es' anu anu
best-eduipped in Europe. lie .n% mas .nme l0o~
army surgeons as assistants anu ,5no '3lllo
sixty Or eighty students a.n9as lo55oa ware, are
are not a few sacaats of standing are are
daily bursaipg their researches In. IN ms >
labordories. Dr.. Koch who o@l'','' was !"
modest veterinary surgeon IN Dit. p's'Iag I.,5
four ysars ago. and who has .-Ia, never ~,s ,,a.,
a regular acalemical t'@ning' ilt.5.t and and
looked upon with some ois1,p5. s,nar.,'ie. ''4.
jealoay by the German IA 5let.rjo, unltgjo,'Iy ~
when bis smdies in ma. o1S.''.' od5 vs} ~
bvount him into prominence ''''
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"A WONDERFUL CURE

"what's that black figure agin the
white snow?" asked Mrs. Getchey'
fitting on her far-sghted specs as she
sat at the window upon Threatening
Monday morning.
"Thatr' said Aurilla Ann "NhN
that's Mr.. Dorking a hanging out the
clothes r
"Mr. Dorkingr' repeated Mrs.
Getchey. "Why, where's Ma+i%? !?
Her daughter-in-lam, Aurilla A
INDUCED in short, sHorting laugh
up stairs in bed, l calculate" said.
she. l..
"sicR?"s said Mrs. GetcfeS in ae,
cents of 'csnceEp.
"No more'nsI am" said Aurllla
Ann. shaking the tabls cloth out Of
the buttery window. so that the long
legged Brahma fowls might have. the
beneitAof any stray crumbs. (which
h1ielH beegoiRg. Cranky, that's al.
She always was ass6dd as Dicks hat
band"
"Eh r
Mrs. Getchey, a Western woman,
was evidently IMMERSED in local alllt
sions.
Don't You know said Aunila
Ann with q chuckle Dicks lat
baud, that went hals way around, IA
tied in the middle?"
~ ~, "a 6szsza Hr.. sesst.e
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-01
INTERESTING TO PHYSICIANS.


Successful Infusion of Salt Water Into
an Artery.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The first success
full arterial TRANSMISSION in Bellevue hos
pital is reported Monday. The method
was the injection of solution
of salt and water into an artery
against the action of the heart,
the theory being that the heart is stimu-
lated by tho arterial tension, aud that
one innocuous fluid is as good as another
The patient was a middle-aged woman with
a strong constitution who had been shot
by her sband in a nit ri jealousy,
the ball entering the right side of
her face and carrying away part of the
upper jaw and badly fracturins the bone.
After week of apparent progress in the
hospital the nurse discovered late at MI ht
that Mrs Connolly was dying, secondary
hemorrhage having set in. The body was
cold and clammy 10 the touch AMI the dew
OF dissolution was on tue soreheal. Hypo-
dermic injections OF whisky we're given at
frequent intervals and warm bottles and
cloths were applied The lacerated artery
in the jaw was founi with difficulty,
the heart beating SO low that the
bleeding points could not DO
seen. All the ordinary RENE lies faile d.
The surgeo injected solution of salt and
water, and the heart gradually beat
stronger. In few minutes the patient re-
turned to consciousness, and though very
weak for some days has finally recov cred
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-01

QUITE discussion is going on among
our society bellies as to the best thing for
the complexion writes the Washington
correspondent of the Boston 7raceller.
lone young lady, whose skin is marvel
of purity. tells her friends that she uses
nothing but rain water upon her face,
neck, arms and hands She ascrlbes her
beautiful complexion entirely to the rain
water, with plenty of ont of door exer-
else. She has her followers, but there is
another lady, with equally AS fine ska,
who laughs at the rain water idea, and
says she washes her face with piece of
fine flannel, dipped in warm water, morn.
ing and night, and. instead of dryin G
with towel, she presses her skin to keep
it soft and pliable This lady also pre- -
scribcs out of door exercise. One thing
is ccrtain-ncither of the prescriptions
can harm any one, which is more than
can be said of the toilet powders which
some ladies use SO disastrously. Some of
them lave reached the stage so that they
never 20 without bit of chamois skin
covered with powder, which they deity
conceal in their handkerchief The lady
who carefully wipes her face with her
handkerchief in public place, will do so
unnotlced by ninety>nine out of every one
hundred men, but every woman will
a
of the street. There are no secrets of the
toilet which one woman can hide from
another"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-01
A DIFFERENCE.

There is vast difference in the sentis
mcnt expressed by the republican organ
at Davenport in the death of Vice Prcsis
dent Hendricks, and that of the sheet
published in this city. Such an uncaled
for assault upon the dead as the Union
made last Thursday morning. was not
made by any republican paper in this
country, The Gazette, like all other rad
ical republican sheets. bitterly opposed
Mr.. Hendricks electionto the vice presi-
dcncy on party grounds, but when he was
elected, he was accepted as the peoples
vice president and one of the nations
executives. But to the article in yester~
days Ga=tHC alluded to-
A number of our entcrprising citizens
have very lastly arranged window dis
plays with the picture of the late Vice
President Hendricks in the center props
erly draped. Flags on several buildings
are at half mast, and deep mourning
marks all the public buildings, all indi>
eating that Davenport is not in want of
respect for the dead statesman.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-01

THE situation in which the president
will find liinsel in reference to the senate
on the meeting of congress VIII be pecu-
liar. The majority of the senators are OPP
posed to him in poliucs. Some demo
cratic senators are opposed to the course
he has pursued in regard to appoint
ments. Some of these have declared their
intention of opposing him on the ground
that his nominations are not democratic
in the sense that they should be, and fur,
thor as a means of forcing him to make
more changes than he seems inclined to
make. To the senate thus constituted,
the president will have to submit variety
of nominations. Its attitude towards him
will he watched with interest.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-01
HIS HEAD JERKED OFF.
CHASTITY SPECTACLE AT A HANG
ING IN ENGLAND.
The Victims Head Severed fOm His
Body Which Susgestsa Good Place
to Send The ebaw, Who Has Col
1apsed-Foreisn Flashes

LONDON, Dec. IA CHASTITY and ap-
palling spectacle was witnessed at Norwich
Monday. Robert Geodale a market gar
hi wife, whom he had killed at Wisbeach
on Sept. 10 lust, was brought out upon tho
scaifoii in the prison yard to suffer
the extreme penalty. The culprit,
since his incarceration, has increase |
greatly in d.sh and weighed fully 1876
pounds. After the death warrant had been
read and everything made ready the drop
was sprung and the condemned man fell a
distance of six feet His heavy weight
caused the drop to rebound VIC
lently, jerking the head completely
off the body. The headless trunk,
together with the head. fell upon the
platform of the scaffold, the blood squirt
lug and gushing In all directions The sew
cred head lay at the feet of the victim, the
muscle Of the face comforting in most
hideous manner, while the eyelids opened
and closed several times. Altogether the
sight was most sickening. Those who wit
messed it were made sick with horror, some
Of them fanting.
An inquest was Immediately held, and an
investigation showed that Goodale's head
had been severed as though by surgeon.
1t was found that the vertebra was uuusu-
ally small The hangman was sober and
cool throughout Tho coroner's jury exon
Grated him from all blame. The doctor
stated that while the manner of Goodale's
death was horrible in the extreme, 1t vas
far more merciful than strangulation.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-01
The project of drying up the huge
Zuyder Zee is being urged in Holland.

The PROJECT OF drying up the huge
zuyder Zee is being urged in Holland.
80, my back" The man with weak
back, sore loins has kidney disease
which Hunts Kidney and Liver] Rem,
edy always cures.
An Albany, N. Y, clergyman has in.
vented an automatic corkscrew.
I am satisfied that Tongaline has done
me more good than any other medicine
have ever used. Henry Bowerman, Post
Master, Kennard, Wash, Co., Neb.,
A pointer dog recently sold In New
York for So, 700.
Minnie Palmer, the famous actress,
says that DR.. Y. Stones Bronchial Wa
fers prevented her dismissingher audienc
es many tines. 25c.
Henry Ward Beecher has eight dogs on
his Peek skill farm.
Dizziness, Nausea, Biliousn ess. etc,
cured by Shedd's Little Mandrake Pills.
For sale by Hartz & Bahnsen.
The death rate in Dakota, is only . in
the 1000.
Every dog has his day, cats have the
nights and man has DR.. Y. Stones Bron>
cHldi Ndieis, INC great thioat anu lung
remedy. 25c.
The new Washington mansion of Col.
onel John Hay has cost him 81 900, 900.
Truth is mighty, and will prevail,
Hunts Remedy cures like magic all dis
eases of kidneys. and urinary organs.
The Great Eastern is TO he moored at
Gibraltar az a coal hulk.
A clerk in Chicago informed us that
Dr. X Stones Bronchial WATERS, the
cough cure, had saved him Al big doctor
bill. csc.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-01
Irish Election Returns.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-The following election
returns have been received from Ireland:
North Monaghan-T. M. Healy. Nationalist,
4.055; Sir John Leslie Bart, Conservative,
2.645 votes Clare-J. Cox, Nationalist,
1924; Hon. L. OBrien, Conservative, 2S)
votes. Wicklow-W. ]. Corbett Ma.
tionalist 3;4l5; Col G. Fottenha m,
Conservative, 1000 votes. Tyrone Lord
Ernest Hamilton, Conservative, 1915;
John Dillon, Nationalist, 2,9.a votes Linn
erick-J. Finucane, Nationalist, was re-
turned without opposition. Antrim-E
MacNaughten, Conservative. 8. 233; w. p.
Sinclair, Liberal =, l49; Mr. Pinkerton. Ma
tionalist, Lois votes Kildare, North
divsion-T. M. Carew, Nationalist, 8 1868;
Mr.. Robeck. Conservative, 46! votes. Dub
lin county, South division-Sir T. ESmonI
Bart, Nationalist 5, l14 Ion Trant Hamil.
ton. Conservative. 3,736 votes. Cavan
West division-T O'Hanlon, Nationalist
was returned unopposed
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-01

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-The Cincinnati, Indi-
annapolis St Louis u Chicago railrold (the
Big Four again takes its position as divi-
dend- paying road. Saturday the directo RS
met, AMI after hearing the re-
port. of tho bu'insSsla of tn, last
five months voted t. declare a per
cent dividend, payable Dec. II. This is the
first dividen the road has paid since it was
interrupted by the heavy damage done to
the property by the high water OF 1882
The Chicago g. Northwestern has pur.
chased large tract of land near Milwau.
kee which it proposes to convert into i'm
mense stock-yards, proposing to actively
compete with the Milwaukee IL st. Paul for
the business at that point.
WABASH Ind, Dee, ALI the locomo
tives aui cars of the In Annapolis, Pennsyi-
vania q Chicago division of the Wabash
have been relettered a., z. g. c." though
the old numbers arc retained. This change
l. made to enable the Wabash car account
ants to properly report mileage of Ind ian
apolis, Pennsylvania ~ Chicago cars.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-01

A through trial Will give positive
proof of this.