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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-03-26
THE L HOME.

remember an old gray farmhouse,
All messy, and stained with time
With a film of old age upon it,
While yet it stood in its prime.
A broad, low-browed old homestead,
Where clamhering wild woOdbine
Hung out it's flames in the autumn,
Like wreaths on a holy shrine.
Great. dropping elms swayed DER it;
And blossoming litacs tall,
Thrust their purple plumes in the win
dows,
With the bees they held in thrall.
All under it's roof so messy,
And around it's heart so warm,
1t gathered its happy children,
In a merry, busy swarm.
With the beat Of rain on its shingles,
1t lulled them all to rest,
When spring brought the muttering show
ers,
SURFING up from ont the west.
AS a hen soothes her sleepy chickens,
Beneath her wings widespread,
So we heard the soft, sweet wind-song,
OF the old roof overhead.
And now when | fall a.dreamiug,
When it rains, and the wind is strong,
l hear again the deep murmurs
And peat OF the old roofs song.
And tie years fall away and leave me,
Asleepy child once more;
Slow rocking on grand wild surges,
Toward some dreamiand shore.
Now drifting among the tree-tOps,
Now floating DER rivers deep,
Till | sink in that rushing, sweeping sea,
Down to the land Of sleep.
Elizabeth Cole in Cool Housekeeping.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-03-26
Gov. Curtin,s story.

Ex-Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania ~
a speech in the house the other aay
told a very good story to point al e.
tack he was making on someof the he-
publicans as follows: AS to these
bloody-minded men. some OF Wno.n
would wipe out everybody on on's
side OF the house, these warriors WY
can never BIO appeased, they renl,nu
me of a noted character h lived !,
my town years ago. He was on oIu
fellow: I think he had been q wagon
master in the revolution; that waS
the tradition of the town. he USED -
tell q story ofhis warlike achievements
in battle, and he told it so often tna'
he came to believe 1t and when stran.
gers would come to the little vliiaso
n which he lived they would g'v9
Capt. Curry THAT was his na'ae NJ
a drink or two and get him TO tell sns
story. The story rs he told ~ VIZ
about like this: "At the battle y
Monmouth, he would say, .althong''
in the light horse, / fought that oay
on foot, / slashed with my saber GUS
one and ty,.snd q head went on neLs
|snd q Emb went off there, until the
blood actually ran into my shoes
Laughter. A pile of dead poo'eI I
surrounded me; ( was excited, ana :
was still slashing away when ie'p {
| tonch on my shoulder. / looked "
and there was Washington! lLaugu'
teri I shall never forget the solear
| nifty of his appearance or ? gras I
| OF his speech. He gazed at me i4I !
moment without speaking, ana tie.
said, young man, restrain your -, y,
petuosityl In thename of God 40 .g S
make aslaughter house out Of 2 new
Of battle. Renewed laughterJ
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12

"DocToR," said lady at fashionable
dinner party few years ago, to the pres
ent Bishop Henry c. Potter, of New
York. 81 observe that you take no winel'
mo" said DR.. Potter, 81 have not done
80 for many years-in fact for twenty
five years" She expressed surprise In the
look which met the doctors answer. ut
may interest you to know why abstain"
said DR.. Potter, observing the expression
OF his companion, Il will tell you A
man with an uncouquerabe passion for
drink came constantly to see me and told
me how this miserable passion was bring
ing him to utter ruin, how his employers,
every time he obtained position. were
compelled TO dismiss him on account of
his terrible habit. One day said to this
man: Why will you not say here, and
now; before God and in his help. never
will taste liquor again The man said,
Doctor, if you were in my place you
would not say that answered: TEN.
perate man that am, will say so this
moment, and | spoke the solemn vow
that had called upon him to make. My
poor friend looked at me with consterna-
ton; then an expression of hope over
spread his face. With steady voice he
pronounced the VOW. A moment later
he left me. He returned often to see me
The vow has been kept, and he that was
fast losing soul and body, found posi-
ton, keptit, and became not only sober
but a cody man" The man thus saved
from intemperance by DR.. Potter. was
afterward shot by an Indian in the west
while on an errand Of mercy to that In
dian tribe. A tablet to his memory has
been placed in Grace chapel, New York.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. IL CONSUL Dith-
mar at Breslau, Germany, has made re-
port to Che department of state relative to
lahorer usually lives upon the estate and is
employed upon 1t the year round. The
working hours are in summer from G a. IN.
10 p. H., and in winter from sunrise to
sunset he is given free lodging
and free fuel, and it is customary
also to allow his family the
use of 100 square rods of land
for raising Vegetables As direct wages he
receives per apnum SO to S22 so in cash and
twenty -four bushels of rice, three bushels of
barley three bushels Of peas, and ono and
one-half bushels of whest The laborer's
wife is bound to work in the field whenever
required, and receives for days work in
summer IL to Il cents and in winter 10 to IL
cents A writer on economic subjects figures
that a laborer's family consisting Of himself,
wife, and five childfen under y years can
subsist for sl.0J1z week, or s57 year.
Consul Dithmar also gives a tabular state
mont Of the wages paid to miners and mine
lahorers, showing that they receive daily
from So cents which is paid to foremen,
engineers and carpenters 20 1st9 and Is
cents, plId to women and minors. the
average cost Of the subsistence of miners
family, Including rent, clothing and ta9ss,
amounts to s122 ~ per anniin. The rents
pail By miners range from 80 cents to 81. IS
pei month SSs
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teethf If 80,
send at once and get bottle OF Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. It's value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery, disrrhoea, regulates the stom-
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
TEN. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one OF
the oldest and best female nurses and ply,
sicians in the United States, and is fol-
sale by all druggists throughout the
world Price IS cents per bottle.
feb 2S-m-w-s- m ~
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12

In his new novel, White Heather"
William Black introduces an alleged
Chicago girl as one of the characters.
She is much givea TO slang and talks of
playing it low down on pa" though she
announces herself as "a real high toned
North society lady, and can behave as
sicb-wben there's anybody present"
Papa. dear" said she, There's noth-
ing mean abont me. There's many a girl
! know would play it on her pa; but I'm
not one Of that kind When | have three
kings and pair" Stop it. Carry"
said he angriy: "I'm tired of your Tex
as talk. What do you mean?" II only
want to show you my hand she said,
sweetly. Yes, she must have been Tex
as girl-the sister of cowboy-not a
Chicago girl.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12

A WASHINGTON correspondent describes
the man who has claim against the
great United States Of America: He
comes TO Washington full OF hopes and
with firm belief 10 the justice of the
government. lie thinks that all he has
to do to secure recognition is to present
his case. He finds that he has 10 reduce
ais claim TO writing He does so and he
sees it disappear behind the doors of a
commlttee-room 10 which Ambulance is
denied him. He begins to talk to coa-
gressmen 10 the lobby, 10 the streets, at
their homes He becomes known. He
is marked man. Everybody avoids him.
He is voted bore; nuisance. Public
men docge him as they see him approach.
They dart down side streets or seek ref
uge in obscure passages when they hear
his footstep. He is Stunned as if the
mark Of some dreadful disease were upon
him Bewildered, he turns to other claim
ants for advice. He is told to employ
counsel. With heavy heart and grim
forebodings as to the result he hands
over to some shark portion of his slen -
der means as a retainer. He might as
well have thrown his money in the sea. 1"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12

Special Prescription This remedy stands TO day
without a rival. and with scarcely competitor in
the world thousands of physicians throughout
the country have acknowledged their inability to
cure IT, and are now prescribing Dr.. Lese's
Snerial PreaceintiNn for al cAses % Sick
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12

New YoRS, Jan i2-The Baltimore &,
Ohio Railroad company Monday morning
began the sale OF tickets to wests points
at the following through rates: Chicago,
SIS; Cincinnati, sl3; 81 Louis, IS ~; cut
of s. to each point from standard tariffs
As result all the Baltimore & Ohio Offices
in this city did rushing business. An Off
cial OF the Baltimore Il Ohio railroad sal
that the company would undoubtedly adhet
TO the purpose to fight the other lines. AT
the Other ofices here it was said that M
attempt TO meet the cut mad bloI made, IoY
would be until Il meeting OF the Trnak line
managers had been held, which meeting had
not been called 1t was not thought the cut
would hurt the Pennsylvania, as that road
did not have TO change cars as the Baltimore
Il Ohio did
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12

ALBANY, \. Y, Jan. l2-The superin-
tendent of New York state prisons in his re-
port on those institutions during the past
year makes the following strong assertion:
There is an apparent esaggcTat.on of the
evils o! prison competition with free labor
Every nan who enters prison and can work
in prison was hborer before lie was sert
to prism, or be wal a droae WHO lived OF
othe-' people. If b. was the last be was the
consumer Of the proiug Is OF free labor, ard
paid nothing for what he used When he sup
ports himself &c relieves free labor OF 50
mach tan as b. laid upon il. Ttat means
relief to free l5bor. Is any convict IN prison
aaIntaino3 himself before be went to
prison, and is made 20 40 Il il prison, ne is
no moe COMPETING " Z free lo5, than he
was win ether free iatcr u,fo-a he go
INTO psisDa. So Free laIor gains
Wien every man in prison is SET at work
Sometimes spe, iii industry may feel the
pressure Of competin. pri on industry Blu.
that is something which. in q little time,
6nls adjustment, and ueh friction is re
novel
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12
AN Engishman, who YVES permitted TO

AN Engishman, who YVES permitted TO
visit the sultan's treasury building, says
the back wall on either side of the central
door is glazed in and forms case in
which is arranged a vast collection OF an
cient arms and armof. Unfortunately, the
specimens are only imperfectly seen. for
the glass is crushed with dirt in the man
ner Of old wine bottles, and it has probab>
ly never been cleaned since il was put 10
place. The arms are nearly all of oriental
origin and considerable portion Of them
of historic note. Several suits OF mixed
chain and plate mail, richly damascened
with gold and silver. are the autheuii ID
panopGes Of sixteenth and seventeenth
century suliins. Sabres, cimeters, dag.
gers battle axes. shields, bows, quiveIs,
sbesves of arrows, matchlocks, pistol:
and ancient firearms of every pet,ern and
from every part OF the eastern world arc
represented in bewilderiDs variety. The
whole building is filed with rare arch9o-
logical relics, the spoils OF Mohamnedau
wars, the state robes of all the sulJans
and all sorts Of interesting. trophies
everything apparently but money,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12
THE National Dress society very wisely

The National Dress society very wisely
draws attention TO the inconvenience OF
the ladies' riding habit, the strained, I'M
healthy and firing position it forces a
woman TO sit in, as well as the Injury TO
the horse, which has to bear the weight
OF the rider on one side. The comfort
and well being of both horse and rider
would be vastly increased if the weight
of the body was equally balanced on both
sides OF the horse, the rider having dress
in which she could assume this position.
In such a dress and position not only
more comfort, but more safety would be
obtained. by greater security of seat and
absence of encumbering and entangling
drapery.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12
ONE MYSTERY SOLVED.
TWO PEOPLE BELIEVED TO BE DEAD
TURN UP ALIVE.
A Mans villainy and Woman's Weak
ness Cause a Current Sensation-Ciever
Scheme to Cover the Tracks of Sin.

CHICAGO, Jan. 12-The Evening News
. of Monday has the following;
A mystery which has puzzled
the police of this and other cities
and the friends of the parties ever since last
September is at last solved Some time in
July last Miss Mary Larned, daughter of
A. H. Larnsd, Of this city, came home from
teaching school in Kirkwood, Mo, where
she formed the acquaintance of J. I.
O'Rourke and his family. O'Rourke is a
lawyer, transacting business in St Louis
He also arrived in the city shortly after
Miss Larned To his relatives and friends
in St Lous he stated that he intended to
purchase property here and permanently
locate in Chicago, his family to follow him.
Arriving here, O'Rourke put up at the
Sherman house.
Thursday, Sept. 5, he called at the Lar
ned residence, on Dearborn street. The
next day he put in an appearance and took
supper with the family. Early in the even
ing he invited Miss Larnei TO take a toat-
ride with him She readily assented and
about p. m he hired from John Frenaux a
l6-foot yawl and the couple started out for a
row Up to the present time their whereabouts
had been a profound mystery, and a
great many people believed them TO be
sleeping in the bosom of the lake. 1t was a
foggy night whea they embarked, and as
they were never seen to return, it was
thought that they became befogged, driftad
out into the lake, were run down by pro
peller OF tug and drowned. The boat vas
found Sept 9 at the foot of Sixty third
street half full of water and with 10th oars
missing. ihis sten ;thenat the supposition
that the occupants mad persisted
Every enoft IN Tue power Oh ponce anu
friends was made to md the missing palr,
and only resulted IN confirming thu conelu-
sion that they would never eT seen AGAIN
But the puohc VIII o' Sfcat-E sE esi5=i TO
learn mat the toat II Wai a Nj. u hourko
una Miss Lained emDarkei wa rot cap
sized and that the couple, after rowing on
'he iake ohth GcsA' iahded saIely on the
pier at ihirty-ihnth stre't me cra-t IVES
SET adrilt and the lovers walked 10 the YAK
land station, boarded one OF ta9 Illinois
central SUBURBAN trains, ana roIa down
town. Arriving at the Michigan Central
depot they took TIE ngit am and IN a
few hours were at Detroit, Mica They OBJ
tanned rooms at hotel, bat as . koGrke
was short OF money they subsequently
moved INTO cheap lodgings IN modest part
OF the city. AS OkourSe's purse was rap
IDLY becoming empty, be began TO look
around for employment fnaiiy lie found
work as porter in dry goods store on a
small salary. Miss LaTned Kept koase, and
nader an assumed name trey lived together
III one room as man ana VIE for nearlT'
tour months.
firing finally Of the result Of MS nefa4iors
Intrigue with Miss Larned, O'Rourke inditej
an synonymous letter in a disguised hand.
writing to his deserted wife. The letter
stated that her husband and Miss Lanes
were living in Detroit When Mrs O'Rourke
received the epistle she Immediately com
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12
Loss of a Valuable Collection.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, Jan. 1.-THE intenss
cold continued over Sunday, the thermome-
ter marking IS degrees bslow zero Sunday
morning and at midnight Sunday night Sun
day evening a fire destroyed the double frame
dwelling owned and occupied by George
Liewe and Charles Buettner Buettner is a
great German naturalist, and his residence
contained the finest collection OF birds, in
sects and animals west of New York and the
Smithsonian institute, and included - coilec-
ton of 5000 insects purchased two years
since from DR.. August Hotfmeister, of Fort
Madison, Iowa. The collection contained
many specimens from all over the world of
the rarest beauty and Of great value.
Hydrants wera frozen so that the fire depart
msiN WAS unable to arrest the flames, and
the fierce northwest gale blowing made
quick work Buettner is in despair over his
loss
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12
= l AE' VI
SIC X
Or. LESLIE'S

Headache are permanently cured every year tas
the hundreds OF testimonials IN my posse sion III
testify by the use of
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12
A PRIZE THE LOTTERY

Of life which is usually unappreciated un-
til it is lost, perhaps never TO return, is
health What priceless boon it is, and
we ought to cherish it, that life may not
be worthless blank 10 us. Many of the
diseases that flesh is heir to. and which
make life burdensome. such as consump-
ton (scrofula of the lungs), and other
scrofulous and blood diseases, are com-
pietely cured by DR.. R. v. Picree's
Golden Medical Discovery" after all
other remedies have failed. DR.. Pierce's
treatise on consumption mailed for 10
cents in stamps. Address, Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, 663 Main
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12
An End to Bone Scrapiue,

Edward Shepherd. of Harrisburg, Ill.,,
says: Having received so much benefit
from Electric Bi,ters. | feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know ii. Have had
4 running sore on my leg for eight years;
my doctors told NE would have 10 have
the bone soraped or leg amputated.
used, instead, three bottles of Electric
Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, and my leg is now sound and well, =
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents a
bottle, and Bucklens Arnica Salve at CSC.
per box by Hartz & Bahnsen.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12
Nervous DeDilltated Men.

You are allowed free trial of thirt.,
days of the use of DR.. Dyes Celebrated
Vol,aic Belt with Electric Suspensory
Appliances, for the speedy relief and PER
manent cure Of Nervous Debility, loss OF
Vitality and Manhood, aud all kindred
troubles. Also, for many other diseases
Complete restoration 10 health, vigor and
manhood guaranteed No risk is incurred.
Illustrated pamphlet, with full informa
ton, terms, etc, mailed free by address
ing Voliaic Belt Co, Marshall, Mich.
decd &w
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12
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THE FIRE RECORD.
Several Disastrous CONGREGATIONS Ac-
companied With Heavy Loss.

Several Disastrous CONGREGATIONS Ac-
companied With Heavy Loss.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 12-The block Of
buildings bounded by Coral, Adams, Taylor,
and Emerald streets, was destroyed by fire
Sunday. The buildings were owned by the
Arnott Steam Power company, and were
leased to various occupants. The total loss
is estimated at 81, 900, 900, with only S305 200
insurance. Several tiremen were injured
The fire broke out in Joseph Greer's dye
room, and the flames spread 50 rapidly alter
the first alarm was given that two addi-
tional alarms were sent out, bringing large
number of engines and trucks to
the scene The Eremen were delayed
considerably by the reason of snow
and the frozen condition of soma
of the fire plugs AMI the extreme cold. The
flames passed rapidly through the Arrott
buildings and across Adams street to the
Beatty mills In about two hoars, when
the fire was checked, the Arrott buildings,
with their contents, were completely de-
stroyed, and the Beatty mills were in ruins,
the portion of the contents which ESCAPED
the flames being almost totally ruined by
water and smoke 1t was only by the most
systematic and vigorous work tat the
dwellings and houses opposite the burning
buildings were saved
The estimates of individual losses obtained
Sunday night are: The Arrott Steam-Power
mills company, owners OF the Arrott Mill
block, consisting of eight buildings, sl0o, 600;
Joseph Greer, manufacturer, 500, 900; Stead
& Miller, upholster goods, $4,000 Robert
Beatty, cotton hosiery, Sl25,000; Firth &
Foster Bros, dyers, S0,0i0; William Beatty,
owner Of eight mill buildings and
manufacturer, $4,000; Joseph Hodson,
upholster goods, 81, 600, Thomas Honey &
Co, cotton yarn and hosiery, SIS, 900; the
James Smith manufacturing company,
$4,000 to $4,000; Henry Grant, $50, 900,
All the firms mentioned are heavily
insured, the insurance in each instance
nearly, if not quite, covering the loss.
About 500 hands are thrown out of employ
ment
LEAvESwoRTH, Kan, jan l2.-Early
Sunday morning fire destroyed the four
story brick building occupied by John
Larrenson as a wholesale furniture house
The cold weather rem Tered tie efforts Of the
bremen to sabdue the fire futile, and the
building and stock were completely de-
troyed The loss is S21, 900 on the stock
nd $4,000 on the building, partly insured
CONVICTION, KY, Jan 13.-The Presby-
terrain church was burned Sunday 1t was
built, at cost of $4,000, three years ago.
A fine organ, Just completed, was burned
with the church There is no doubt the fire
caught from the furnace, in which a rous-
ing fire had been built There is insurance
amounting to $4,000 in local companies
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12
GOOD RESULTS IN RVERY CASE.

D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer
of Chattanooga. Tenn, writes. that he
was seriously afflicted with severe cold
that settled on his lungs; had tried many
remedies without benefit. Being induced
to try DR.. Kings New Discovery for con
sumption, did so and was entirely cured
by the use of few bottles. Since which
time he has used it in his family for all
coughs and colds with best results. This
is the experience of thousands whose lives
have been saved by this wonderful dis
covery. Trial bottles free at HartX &
Bahnsen, drug store.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 12.-The presi-
dent Monday sent to the senate the follow
ing nominations for postmasters: Charles
W. Lebow, Wamego, Kan; William B.
Mead, Oberiin, Kan; John Wright, Sedg-
wick, Kan. James Rutherford, Milford,
Mich. T o. Carlisle, Missouri Valley, Iowa;
Frank D. Travis Holdrege, Neb. Henry Q.
Goodrich, Jerseyville, Ills; Charles l.
Haskell, Virginia, Ills; F. A Trousdale,
Metropolis City, Ills; ]. S. Il. Scoville
Morris, Ills.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12

LoNDoS, Jan l2-The Teleg aph says
that the powers demanded tLat Greece,
Sarvia, aud Bulgaria demobiiz. their
armies
A dispatch from COnstantinopla . The
Times says that England proposes that
Turkey shall also demobilze her army. 1t
is stated that the Austrian government viii
cot expend much money on repeating
rifles foe the army unless other countries
shall decide to adopt that kind Of arm.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12
Contagious


] am native Of England, an while I was in
that country contracted terrible blood poison,
and for two years was under treatment a an out
door patient at Nottingham Hospital, England,
but was not cured | suffered the most agonizing
pains in my bones, and was covered with sores all
over my body and limbs. | mad vertigo and deaf
ness with partial loss Of sight, severe psins in my
head and eyes, tic. which nearly ran me crazy.
lost al hope in that country. and sailed for
America, ana was treated at Roosevelt in this
city, sw. Il as by prominent physician in New
Yor having no connection With the hospitals.
/ saw the advertisement Of SHIft's Specific. aud
determined - give ii a trial last resort. /
had given up all hope of being cured, as | had
gone through the hands OF the best medidal men
In Nottingham and New York, took six bottles
Of 3. $. 5, and can say with great joy that they
hive cured ne entirely. | am as sound and well
a. ever was in my life.
l.. FRED .LFOBD.
Na.r Aarl Inn. 80