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SUNDAY SMILES.

Mrs. Sungmuch (who is the first guest to arrive, to her hostess s)-"And so you expect Mrs. DAsh2 Fine wo man, very fine woman, though, be- tween ourselves. triAe loud. And really she shouldn't go on as she does with young Mir. Mlda. And he's coming, too? Nice fellow, extremely nice fellow, if he does make me think of a monkey every time look at him And Miss Jole' Lovely glrl, Pity sae's 50 very plain and unpleasantly rldc. And MT. Ritewell, the author Clever man, but horribly conceited. And Mrs. Wood? An, there's a charming old lady. l admire her sc much for this reason; You never hear her say word against anybody. ."- Harper's Bazar.
 II Is sad that a McCook man has a nose 50 red thly when he opens his eyes slowly in the morning he imag inc, he see, the sin rising. -O nlha Herald.
 Quite ano,her t1ing.-"Hole on dlr," said a colored man, bailing his  acqGlintaHce, "docs yer cross der street ebery time y.r sees me to keep from payin' dat bill?" "No, l doesn't" "What den2' "Ter keep from being lxed fir il. "-rexas Slit inss,
 "What is e,'ucation?" asks a writer Well, it is s)iu-thing a college gra1u. a,e thinks be hls until he becomes a prwspopev mAn.-Chlclgo Tribune.
 Office boy to clitor-rhere's man ontsidc who says that he has bill he mts to present. Edtor-Sly to him that hts manuscript is respectfully de cii3ed
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GOoD MANAGEMENT
How Bob Burdette Succeeded tu Gettin:
 Along With a Coiored servant.

It doesn't lie in some people to get along with servants. They have no tact, no knack of managing. There is a great deal in managing a servant in such a way that the minlon isn't aware of it. But some people don't know how to do this, and consequent ly a servant that is jewel in my well-regulated household is utterly useless in my neighbor's service. Now not long ago l had occasion to part with a colored man. l didn't want to cast him out upon the cold world, because l feared that if the world got too cold he would come back to me. So I unloaded him upon a nelghbor, 1 never had ripple of trouble with him. l had employed him ostcnslbly to groom a horse occasionally and mow the lawn once or twice a year l soon learned that he was running an African dormitory and poker layout in my stable, and the general appear ance of my premises finally brought me letters from the American Ms sionary Union, asking permission to establish one of their Congo out sta tions between my barn and kitchen. This as much as any thing else in duced me to part with Albert. He shipped with me under the nom de plume of Albert Wilson, but l noticed that some of the natives called him "Lame lake," and he requested me, in writing his letter ofrecommcdation, to call him Tom Eislcy. By and by my neighbor said to me: "rhat man, Sam Norton, you sent me-did you ever have any trouble with him?' l said no, never. "Well," said my neighbor, 'I can't get along with him. He won't do thing tell him, not a thing" ooh, we'll" | said, "he tired that on me, too, when he first came, but l settled that in short order" "How did you manage" asked my neighbor, "Well," told him, q quit telling him to do any thing" And do you know my neigh bor was real angry with me, and abused me, and said 1 was fool, and had deceived him. You see he had no tact. That very night Albert landed on my coast again. He con- fided to me that his real name was James Sinclair, and brought with him his brother, whom he introduced as Walter Taylor. They took up their old quarters in the barn aud boarded with me for 2 week, before 1 was able 10 secure them places in the country work-house, They both left me with sincere regret, and Albert said, in parting, that any time wanted him 10 come back, a letter addressed to Charles Martin would reach him. Al bert was d saddle-colored pagan, but he was the richest man in names l ever worked for.-Burdette, in Brook lyn Eagle.
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gans IS disturbance of the great nerve entrepot, the brain. lnvlgorate the stomach, and you restore equili- brium to the great centre. A most reliable medicine for the purpose IS Hostetter's Stomach Bitteri, which Is far preferable 10 mineral sedatives and powerful narcotics, which, though they may for time exert a soporlic influence upon the brain, soon cease to act, and invariably injure the tone of the stomach. The Bitters, on the contrary, restore activity to the opcr- ations of that all important organ, and their bene6cent influence IS re- hected in sound sleep and tranquil state of the nervous system. A whole . some impetus is likewise given to the action of the liver and bowels by its use. novI I'm
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Tnese fine, long fleeces, suitable for combitg, bring the highest prices of any of the market wools. The sheep not only produce profitable wool, but profitable carcasses of good mutton. The selection and breeding must lie with the farmer. To enable him to do this inteligently he must study the quality of fleece. There Is no better time to do this than at shearing time. He must also study the form and quail ity of the sheep producing this wool. There is no better time fGr this than immediately alter shearing time. Still another fact, an important one, IS the constitution and feeding quality of the sheep. This may be constant study, in which quantity and quality of food and the power of assimilation thereof { must be considered. When you have arrived at fair selection, and are on the upgrade to success, do not sacrl- flee your flock because wool happens to drop temporarily. The man who sells because an industry is depressed sells low. It is then good time to buy. It is not a good time to buy just when boom is eliminating. It is not even a good time to buy breed ing stock because there is a boom; but with sheep, boom or no boom, animals that will produce high-priced wools and good carcasses are the sat est.-Stockman and Farmer.
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pAsrERS AND WESTERN RIDERS.
Totally Different Styles of tho Cowboys
 And The Cross Country Mon.

Last spring I had to leave the east in the midst of the hunting season to join round up of the cattle country of western Dlkota, aud it was curious to compare the totally different styles of the riding of the cowboys and the cross country men. A stock saddle weighs thirty or forty p ounds, instead of ten or fifteen, and eeds an utterly different seat from that adopted Tn the east. A cowboy rides with very long stirrups, sitting forked we'll down and depends greatly upon mere bal ance. In cutting out a steer from herd, in sitting blcking bronco, in stopping a night stampede of many hundred naddened animals, or in the performance of hundred other feais Of reckless and daring horsemansh'p, the cowboy is absolutely unequaed; and when he has his own horse gear he sits his animal with the ease of d centaur, and yet he is curiously help less the first time he gets astrlde Of the small eastern saddles.
 Last summer, while purchasing cat. tlc in Iowa, one of my ranch ioremen had to get on an ordinary saddle to ride out of town and see bunch Of steers. He is, perhaps, the best rider on the ranch, and will, without hesl- tation, mount and master beasts that 1 doubt if the boldest rider in one Of our eastern hunts would care to tackle vet his uneaSiness on the new saddle was fairly comical. At first he did not dare to trot, and the least plunge of the horse bid fair to unseat him, nor did he begin to get accustomed to the situation until the very end of the journey. In fact, the two kinds of riding are so very different that a man only accustomed to one feels al most as i'll at ease when he first tries the other as if he had never sat on a horses back before. It is rather fun :. ny to see a man who knows only one kind, and IS conceited enough to think that that $ really the only kind worth knowing, when first he is brought into contact with the other. Two or three times IhaYe known men to try to follow hounds on stock-sad- dies, which are about as ill.suited for the purpose as they can be; while 1t IS even more laughable to see some young fellow from the east or from England, who thinks he knows en- tirely too much about horses to be taught by barbarlans, attempt to do cow-worS with the ordinary riding or hunting rig. Etch kind is best in it's own place; and lhe man only accus- toned to one will at first find himself at disadvantage when he tries the other It must be said, however, that m all probabiIityc>wb)ys would learn to ride we'll across country much sooner than the average cross-cosntry rider would master the dashing and peculiar style of horsemlnship shown by those whose life bu,iness is to guard the wandering herds Of the great western plains. A cavalry officer trained q, W st Point Is, perhaps, for ail.round work, not unlikely to sur pass a' horSeman both cowboy and and fox-hun,er. - The Jdorr R JOS welt Tn The Century.
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Walter J. Hlll-P.O. Flagstaff, Va vapai Co.,, Ariz. Ranch, Volunteer Spring; range, San Francisco and Mogollon mountains; cattle branded H on left hip; ear mark, mortise in left ear; horses branded H on left jaw; all stock sold vented; sheep brand ed H on left side of nose; ear mark, left ear cropped short or metallic tag, or both.
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Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT PRESCOTT, ARIZONA,
 l.l

LAND OFFICE AT PREsCOTT, ARIZONA,
 November 9th, I885. NOTICE is hereby given that the follow IN ing-named settler has filed notice oi his intention to make final proof in support ol his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Prescott, Ari- zona, on December I3th, ISS6, viz; Thomas ljams, of Williams, Arizona, for his Homestead Application Number z6o for the E 1l and , W 4 of N W 4 and x E 4 of w 4 of Sec. 10. Township 2I, N of Range ?, E.
 He n ,mes the following witnesses to prove his Continuous residence upon, and cultiva- ton of, said land, viz: A C. Armstro g Arthur Armstrong, C. B Holloway, G. $ May, all of Williams, Ariz.
 nov6 J. L. CAMP, Register.
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The Pa 'edt oi iusom iia.

The plrent of insomnia or wakefui ness is in nine eases out of tel l dys- peptic stomach. Good digestion gives sound sleep, indigestion interieres with it. The brain and sto nlca syn
 pathize. One of the pro ninent symp- loms oi 3 weak state of the gastric or
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The Grand Canyon.

Being thoroughly convcrsant with all the trails leading to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, I am pre- pared % conduct parties thereto at any tune. l have a fine spring of water near my house on the rim of the Can yon, of which tourists and their ami. mals can always have free use.
 oct9tf JOHN HANCE.
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NO'E'aGE.

THIS is to certify that on or about the 18th day of Jane, 1881, l took possession of and located as a home that certain unsurveyed Public Land of the United States, designated as follows, to wit: Bounding lines, com mencing at pile of stones, or monu- ment about 300 yards south of the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Col orado in the Coconino Forest. and near the place where trail known as the "Hance Trail" leads down into the Grand Canyon aforesaid, and run ping thence west one mile, on a line marked out, by blaze5 or scalps on trees to another monument of stones, thence south Z of q mile by line designated as above to 3rd monu- ment, thence east one mile by another line designated as above to another, ] 4th monument of stones, ,and thence north to place of beginning by line designated as above. All of which l hereby declare my intention to claim as home under the public land laws of the United States.
 JOHN HANCE. Witness to above facts,
 Y. CRoTHERs.
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on left side; ear mark, crop and box in right, crop off left. Most all the cattle also branded and vented (X) on right side.
 BRANDS TO BE KEPT UP. Al on left shoulder of all horses. Al on left side of all she cattle with jinglebobbed ears.
 x on left side of all male cattle with jingIebobbed ears.
 B. B. BULLWINKLE,
 Agent and General Manager. P. 0. Fort RlckerSon, Flagstaff, A. T.
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All cattle bearing the above brand on right hip are the property of the undersigned. Ear marks: crop and split in right ear, and split on top of left ear. Also all cattle with bar Nj on both sides. Also all horses branded barM on left shoulder. Range Mogollon Mountains, P. o. Flagstaff, Ariz.
 F. NJ. VANDERLP,
 W. B. VANDERBILT, JR.
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Ear marks: Square cut lett ear-over slope off right ear. w. D. BLACK, P. o. Flagstaff, Ariz.
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BUREAU OF GENERAL IN
 FORMATION. ROOM B. ,CORCORAN BUILDING, WASHINGTON, ID. C.

For Tee Of one dolllr. to ue enclpsed { gether with g stamp for reply, this Bureau wlll promptly and accurately answer any inquiry concerning the writer's business C. fore the Execuuv-, Legislative. or Judicial Departments of the Government, or uron any other subject upon which information can be obtained in Washington. %
 C. E. CREECY, Manager.
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p. o. Camp Verde, Arizona.

!. P. WILLIAMS, P. O. Blue Clnyon, via Keam's Canyon, Yavapai County, Arizona.
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TIE ARIZONA CATTLE Co.,

N"'iSN
 Francisco Nlts. Brand: Cattle, A II on left ribs; wat itle on each cheek; slit in each ear;
 THE ARIZONA CATTLE C o. have pure h ] sed the brand published below, formerly 'cwned by Saun- ders x French. Cattle brand x left side, horses
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shoulder; range, San Francisco moun- tains; P. O. address, Flagstaff, Ariz.
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reverse thIt of ewes Rms brand d r on horl. Range M Jrnln Llk. MogoIlon Mountains. P. Q. aIircss, Flagstaff, Arizona.
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REFERENcEs:-Hon. Stilson Hutchlns, Editor of "rhe PJst;" Ho1. E. ". Fox, Editor of "National Republicin;" Hon. EPpa Hunton, of Virginia; Hon. Jsd. Chandler. of St. Louis, Mo.
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top oi night; horses branded same on left thigh, range Mogollon mts.
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Verde and Mogollon mountains; P. O. address, Flagstaff. Ariz.
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est. st.-Stockman and Farmer.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-13
What Is Home Without a RurY

There are men running about the streets
with big rugs on their shoulders They are
statesmen for an installment house in this
city. There are forty of these statesmen,
and in three months they have sold nearly
10000 rugs in Chicago, Anything that is
pretty will sell ON installments These
are genuine Smyrna worth from So to $40
each. They are manufactured in Phila-
delphia.
This instailment business is a big thing"
said one OF the salesmep, as he hung his
burden on letter-box and paused to wipe
the perspiration from his sooty brow; its
just fun selling rugs. Nearly everybody
wants one, and says they are nice; but
they haven't got the moeey. Then we say
small cash payment and the balance in
installments of 50 cents week is all that is
required, and that settles it. I've sold rugs
in swell offices, where you'd think from the
style that 800 bills were as thick as pict-
ures on the walls, Just because of the in
stallment plan, and where / couldn't have
made a cash sale to save my neck. Lots of
people don't pay for their rugs, though.
Down at the office we have 1000 or 5000
that we've had to pull from people who are
not ready with their 80 cents when the col
lectors go around Lots of times wei sell
nice rugs to women and get the cash pay
ment, and when the man comes home he
kicks and says he won't have his money
squandered on such things The result Is
that the woman pays 81 for the use of the
| rug one week, and we can stand that Say,
let me sell you this rug 1t is little
dusty and III give it TO you 10 of. Chi
| cago Herald.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-13

A Connecticut farmer cured balky
horse in tine following manner: He drove
him, attached TO a rack wagon, to the
WOO lot for a small load OF wood The an
imal would not pull pounl lilo did not
beat hun, but tied him 20 tree and let
him stand He went 20 the lot at sunset,
and asked him to draw, but hs would not
straighten tug Il made up my mind,
said the farmer, when the horse went to
the barn, he would take that load Of wood.
| went 60 the barn, got blankets, and GOV
cred the horse warm, and he stood until
morning Theu he refused to draw \,
noon went down, and h. was hnngry and
lonesome He drew that load OF wood the
first time | askeI him returned, got an
other load before led him | have drawn
several loads siuce Olco he refused To
draw; but soOn u he saw ms start for tue
house, he started after M with the load -
tx hange
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-13
Commensurate Features.

There were three distinguishable and
cOmmendable features in connection with
Barnum s. Co. s show that visited Rock
Island Yesterday, which aside from the
merits of the combination, will make it
friends everywhere. One was the sytem-
attic and accommodating mode OF ushers;
another the programmes by which the
audience was enabled to know just what
was coming next; and the greatest of all
was the noticeable absence of peanut,
candy and lemonade vendors, that always
make themselves a nuisance with the
stale articles they peddie around These
positions are always filled with class Of
sgipdlers. liars and confidence men, and
they generally succeed in getting more
money out of one unaccustomed to their
games than the price of admission to the
show. Other shows would do well to
follow Mr.. Barnum's example in this re-
gard
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-13
A SEVERE STORM.
Last Evenings Blew---Freaks of
Lightning.

When the angry clouds rolled up from
the northwest at 8 O'Clock last evening.
there was almost panic in the city. Peo-
pie fearing destructive storm, and those
who had never seen cyclone, but had
read much about the appearance OF one,
were sure the clouds were Just such as
those accompanying one of the electric
terrors usually, and when the wind rose
suddenly and fiercely, people, especially
strangers in the city, became wild with
frenzy and sought shelter where ever it
might be found. There was great
crowd waiting for the ferry to be convey
ed to Davenport but the wind blew on
the Iowa shore with such force that the
boat was unable to get away for some
time. The gathering however anxlously
watched the clouds until the sky peeped
through again and when there was no
longer a prospect of trouble, they all
made fun of each other for being fright
ended.
The river for time presented an an
cry appearance. The St. Croix on the
Iowa side was almost torn fEom her
moorings and swung around facing Gown
stream. -
The steamer Dick Clyde had gotten
fairly started on her return up the river,
but when the wind began to blow. the
little craft trembled and shook and
rocked. There was almost stampede on
board The excursionists were in appar>
ent peril for a few minutes, but the boat
weathered it through.
East and southeast OF Rock Island the
storm was more severe, Along the line
of the R. |. & P road. corn aud fences
were blown down, sheds and barns I'M
rooted and few structures lifted from
their foundations, though the damage
was not of sufficiently serious nature Il
be called the work of a cyclone.
A bolt of lightning descended upon The
Transit house at Cable, owned by Mr.
Israel Downs. but aside from giving thu
guests severe shock, the result was no
alarming to property or people. Aftel
the wind had subsidized, the atmospher,
was cooler, and on the whole the storm
did more in the way of benefit thar
otherwise to Rock Island county.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-13

Their observations are always upon the
left hand, and with tolerably well de-
veloped system The elements observed are
the thumb, fingers, nails joints, lines and
mountains There are four principal lines,
the line of life, which IL the most import
ant, curying between the forefnger and the
thumb, around the base of the thumb TO the
middle of the wrist; if regular and dark
colore1 it indicates long life; if crooked,
pale and broken, ill health and short life
The line of health starts at the base of the
foretinger and passes directly across the
hand if clear and regular it indicates
soundness OF tho mind and body; if tortu-
Gus it reveals propensity to steal; if in
terrupted in the middle it points to great
perils. The line OF fortune runs to the base
of the little finger, and according TO its
various phases indicates happiness OF misery,
poverty or riches
The mountains are the various protuber-
ances within the palm, and are called re
| spectively the Mount or Venus, the Mount
of Mars, mountain of sun or moon, ant SC
| on. Small lines parallel with the line OF
| fortune at the base Of the little finger prom
Use happy marriage Small lines taking the
| form of the branches of the tree indicate
| general prosperity spots on the nails, the
| fultilment OF hopes Detroit Free Press
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-13

The Iowa Messenger, published at Dav-
export, speaks very highly of the Rock
Island county democratic ticket 1t says
1t is one of the strongest tickets the
party ever nominated All factions OF
the party has been given equal represen-
tation and they should he well satisfied
1t is a ticket that every good citizen
regardless of party can heartily sup
port. Any Que that tries to cause dissen-
sions should be readily sat down on:
Rock Island has few "cranks," who, II
they don't lead every movement them,
selves, will oppose it. And the sooner
they are sat down the better for the
growth and prosperity of either party
The ticket should be elected.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-13

On August p will be held some impor-
tant meetings of bodies connected With
the Augustana Lutheran synod One Of
the bodies To meet is the board of edu-
cation. Then there will be d joint meet
ing Of the board of directors and the
building committee appointed by the
synod, which board and committee form
the general building committee of Aug
ustana college; and lastly there will be
convention to discuss educational mat
tiers in relation to the Swedish people in
general The board of education meet
ing will be a practical business meeting
pertaining TO the educational institutions
of the synod. The building committee S
main business will be to devise means of
flushing the new Augustana college
building 1t is thought that the buIld-
ing can be plastercd and the steam
heating apparatus put in and
the building piped for gas and
drainage before fall. The piping will
surely lie done before the plastering, rs it
is always desirable to have a building
piped first. to hide the unsightly pipes.
1t will also he decided whether gas shall
or shall not be used, some of the most in
iuenual members of the committee being
i'll favor of electric light.
The convention to discuss general edu>
cational matters will be composed of de-
legates from each conference within the
Augustana Synod. as follows: Illinois 4.
Minnesota ), Iowa l. Kansas 4. New York
4, and Nebraska 4, and delegates from
the faculty of each college, as follows:
Augustana college, Rock Island, ); Gus
taf Adolph academy. st. Peter. Mimi, 4;
Bethany academy, Liudsborg Kan, );
aud Luther academy, Wahoo. Neb., 1.
This convention will be very important
affair educationally, rs most likely the
Augustana Synod will be largely ihfuen-
ced bv its deliberations in matters pers
tanning to the education of the Swedish
people