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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17

CHICAGO, March 1.-THE large and
handsome siS-story and basement furniture
warehouse and saIe5room of Il. lleinHl a
Bros 81 AMI SO Waba h. avenue was re-
duced to runs by fire Monday night Mr..
Dcimel says that he carried a stock OF about
$50. .Oo1, upoa which there was S6o,oU
insurance. lie regards his loss as almost
total
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17

A congressman was besoIght by some
one in his district the other day to requns
the United States Minister at Rome to
send the writer, by mail, living Italian
queen bee,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17

PoRT JERvIs N. y, March 17.-Early
Tuesday morning a lamp exploded in the
room of Mr. W. Z. Butler in tho Clarendon
hotel here Mr.. Butler who was an invalid,
and unable to give any alarm, was burned
to death before assistance came. The pecuni-
ary damage i slight
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17

CLARION, Pa, March 11.-Shortiy before
noon Tuesday the boiler used al Hick S
coal shaft on the Pittsburg a Western rail
road exploded William Banes engineer,
and Joseph Elsaner, fiat trimmer,
were buried in the debris Elsener die in
a short time Haaes was torrit ly scalded
and his skull fractured He ,an not re
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17

CHICAGO, March ia dispatch has just
been received stating that Tuthlll King died
suddenly at Cumminsv lie, Ga, at clock
Tuesday morning Mr.. King was wealthy
octogenarlan, and several weeks ago went
south on a bridal tour.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17
Now What VIII bismarck DO =:

BERLIN, March l. The committee of tho
reielIstag, to which was reported the bill for
prolmgins the anti So iaiSt law, has de
cidei to repo the N asure unfavorably.
Tie committee which la, Ieen considerinc
the simultaneously bill, and which had al
ready rejected the frs! two clauses thereof,
has now re Jected the whoe bill
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17

| PARIS, March r. The chamber of depu.
| Ties has otea under the rule of urgency a
credit of 1000 fran toward the establish
IN nj of the proposed Pasteur institute.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17

L. W. Hurst represents the leading
American and Foreign Insurance Co.'S
Policies carefully written at current rates.
Agency established 1874. Office over
Rock Island National Bank.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17

Anyone having business with the ARGUS
office after p IN. I'm the event that the
office is ciosed) will please call at vii,
mans & Gait news stand in the postoffice
building, who are authorized TO transact
business of every nature for the ARGUS.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17

Insurance in reliable companies al loves
rates, apply to E. Lieberkneeht, real ess
rate, loan and insurance agent and nola-
ty public Collections made. office ~
Second avenue. eouti
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17

The tax collectors office for Rock Isl
and is now open in the county treasurer 8
Office in the court house, where people
are requested to call and pay their taxes.
GEO. E. LAMBERT, Tax Collector.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17

The finest mail and paper box ever in
vented is for sale at the ARGUS office at
the low price of 81 each. The same box
is sold everywhere at S1.s0 Call and ex
anime them.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17
For Sale.

A house and lot on Twenty seventh
street and Sixth avenue, by Frank W
Blockhnger. Inquire of Sweeney y
Walker 13d3w
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17
HALF-CENT A W0R y.

The ARGUS hereafter will publish IN this col
ann all II yertisemeHts OF Lost, Found For Rent
For Sale, Bo 'rd or Rooms, Wanted. and similar
notices, at the low rate OF 0nehdlf a cent Word,
each figure word, but advertisement less
than ten cents
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17
CUNNING FOR SINNERS.
+. BUSINESS IN WHICH THE HUNTER
MUST AIM LOW.

Some Nome Thrnsts at the rdinary
Christian-HOw do You Grade" and Is
Your Own style of Religion What You
Want Your Son to Have?
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-17
ROCK ISLAND.

oat--39c
| Hay-Timsthy-x1o 90
Hay Wild-Ss.00
Rye-38c.
| Corn -3sc.
| Potatoes-40c.
Onions soc.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-13

Many of the houses in the village arc
OF the fourteenth or fifteenth century,
and have walls four feet thick and win
dows with deep embrasures; one house
especially is a good specimen of the re-
Nuisance. Every one in the village, as
indeed in all this part of France, how
ever miserable the novels they live in, is
monsieur or madame. Every one is a
proprietor, though very small one.
They can all talk of my house, my gar
den, my vineyard. The different fami,
lies live so near each other, and so entire
ly removed from every one else, that they
see each other at all hours of the day,
and the children are brought up together
like flock of pigeons Every Sunday
in summer the whole population takes to
the river like ducks, swims, plungcs, and
teaches its children to throw themselves
into the deep water from the top of rocks
or to fish with their hands under the
great stones of the river, Afterward a
joyous partition is made of the fish which
has been caught, and they go home to
enjoy all but the best, which are sold at
Argenton, when there are no strangers in
the village. In the evening they dance
on the castle hill in the bourreo which
though long and monotonous, is full of
character. Life is very cheap at Gargil-
csse. When house is for sale, which is
not very often, very tolcrable residence
and plot of ground in this lovely
situation may be bought for G25. Half
of one of the double whitcwashcd cot
tages, in the very centre of the village
life, with steep roof, and stone steps
leading to its door, was that where
George Sand lived, loved and wrote. The
landlady of the little inn remembers all
about her, and was the Madame Resale
of the "Promenades autour dun Vii
lage. '-AH Joumm
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-13
JaOunese Women,

Pretty as she is on pictured fan, a
Japanese women is far more satisfying to
the aesthetic soul as she pattcrs along,
alive, on her wooden clogs or straw san
dals; the poorest woman in her single,
cheap, cotton gown or kimono is as much
a picture as her richer sister in silk and
Grape. With their heads ClNborate!v
dressed, and folds of gay Grape or gilt
tering hair pin thrust in the smooth loop.
of blue black hair, they seem always i'll
gala array, and, rain or shine, never cover
those elaborate coffurcs with anything
more than paper umbrella, Below that
the loose dress, opening in point nearly
to the waist, has lining and folds of gay
CT grapes and silks laid inside, and the
glory of the toilet eliminates with the
broad obi or sash. The obs of striped
and figured grapes, brocaAcs and silks
are lined with stiflly-starched cloth,
wound round and round the waist and
fastened in a big cushion-like bow at
the back, The long, loose sleeves give
grace and ease to the scant, smooth gown,
and each slender figure is a pretty study
by herself. The sweet, soft voices the
gentle manners and elaborate courtesy
displayed by every one of them add the
last and most gracious touches to these
picturesque and irresistibly charming
women.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-13
Picking Out Good Oranges.

To very many an orange is an orange,
the only variation distinguishable being
in size and corresponding price, while
those who know the difference between
Florida ";'evillc,' and "Messina'
oranges are considered experts. The
FLORIDA Catcchsm' tells us better than
that. We learn from it that there are
cover thirty" varieties of sweet oranges,
not to mention the natural stock, :"
which is a larger and handSomcr fruit
than the sweet orange, and is excellent
for orangcade and marmalade but, being
very sour, is seldom shipped North, The
medium sizes are apt to be the choicest,
and probably the very sweetest orange
| that is marketed is the rusty coated and
rather Unlocking orange, which might
he considered inferior by an amateur. "
Furthermore, 'the way to detect or
angcs is to 'hcft' them in your hands :;
pick out the thin skinned heavy fruit,
and you are all right" The light weight
fruit is apt to be iuiceless, a condition
caused either by a slight freezing while
on the tree, or, more probably, by the
poverty of the soul in which it grew.
All this applies to the sweet oranges.
The 'kid glove oranges are grown in
Florida from two stocks brought, re-
spcctivcly. from China and Tanglers
Hence they are called Mandarin and
Tangcrinc oranges. Both are small the
skin is loose and easily removed, and the
sections fall apart so readily that lady
can cat one without soiling her gloves;
hence the name.
Some other interesting bits of informa-
ton may be picked out from this Cate
Chism,' 1t is not generally known, for
instance, that IAN orange that is entirely
dead ripe in December will hang on the
tree until March, and is ready at any
time to be picked and shippcd' while
50 far from deteriorating, "the longer
they hang on the trees the sweotcr they
grow" and Florida oranges, purchased
in February and March, are therefore apt
to bear better than those procured early
in the season. Again, the notion that,
to know what an orange is really like,
one mnst 60 where the oranges grow ap-
pears to be popular fallacy, as we arc
told that "the orange picked from the
tree is no ripper or better than the orange
on the fruit stall in the North. "--Hila-
delphM EnQuirer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-13
SWindling by Mock Auction.

That aged system Of swindling by
means of mock auction sales of cigars is
still carried on successfully in New York.
The other day wcll-known Southern
man entered little place where cigars
were being sold by an auctioneer. There
we're apparently three or four men who
were bidding briskly, and as the cigars
seemed TO be fine the stranger competed
for a choice box, which was knocked
down to him for S., Immediately after
ward the sale was declared closed. The
Souhcrner stepped up to the counter,
where apparent customers were receiving
parcels and asked for his box, at the same
time rendering a s. bill.
You owe $780," said the cashier Sc
verely.
For WHAT
These cigars are sold in lots, not by
the box
But | distinctly bid for one box
"You are mistaken"
We all bid for lots" declared the
customers.
The Southelncr concluded he had q
bargain anyway and that his friends
would be glad to take such cigars of his
hands. He thought that he might, after
all, have been bidding under misapprc.
hcnsicn. lie wrote an order on a promi.
ncnt hotel where he was staying for $50,
and directed that the cigars be sent
there. Then he went down town and
forgot all about the matter until evening
When he returned to the hotel the
clerk said 1--WE paid your order, but
we know that you have been swindled.'
"Oh no; the cigars are worth double
the money"
Look at them and scc.'
The package was united, and twelve
boxes of the commoncst kind Of cabbage.
leaf cigars were exposed to view. The
Southerner turned away in intense dis.
Gust.
Don't give mo away he begged,
"Rathcr give the cigars away--to The
porters-anybody.'
The next day he took policeman to
the auction store, vowing vengeance.
The place was empty, and he invested
another dollar in treats to the official,
begging him also in the same disguised
manner, Don't give me ay.'-Nf'C
Y0rh TWbpc
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-13

Beaded collars show Byzantine effects
Duchesse lace is made up in full ia
bots.
Evening silks have superb brocadc de
signs.
Boucle cloth has stripes of plush OF
MORE.
Shell cameo and painted brooches will
again be worn.
Evening reception and dinner dresses
have long trains.
Velvets for panels are brocaded with
rich gold leaves.
Visiting and home dresses are made
with demi- trains.
Materials with woven borders, for trim
ming are favorites.
swansdown is used for trimming party
dresses for children.
velvets and pushes have fine gold
threads running vertically.
Plush beaded with garnet ornaments is
used for millinery purposes.
Shirred collarettes Of ribbon are worn
contrasting in color to the dress.
A sealskin plush bonnet is trimmed
with bows Of zght brown faille ribbon
on top, taad Of golden tiligreo galloon
scrosses tho bonnet from ear to ear.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-13
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
Culture of Cabbuges.

The culture of cabbage is one that pays
large profit whenever it is well done.
An instance OF profitable crop of this
vegetable growth in Michigan, a State
which is taking leading position in re-
gard to vegetable culture, is given as fol
lows: 1t was Mr.. Wilson, of Tecumseh,
who planted 10 acres, for which the Len
awee County Agricultural Society award
ed special prize. The method of Mr..
Wilson was as follows: lie MANFRED the
10 acres Of stony, sandy, loamy, three
ycar-old sod with $50 loads of barn-yard
manure, 1000 pounds Of superphosphato,
and 5000 pounds of salt The land was
thoroughly plowed and narrowed and
planted July and . with $4,000 flat
Dutch plants, trimmed to single leaf,
and puddled with mud. The land was
cultivated six times and kept mellow and
clean. No pests or diseases troubled the
plants which bid fair to head well when
the examiners visited the field about the
1st of October. Perhaps some reason for
this success may lie in the fact that Len
awcc County boasts one of the Invest
Farmers Clubs in that State or in the
United States. -NeW lork Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-13

Those who have families of children
should interest themselves in the district
school, and see that it is well taught and
sustained. No farmer who is parent
can afford to neglect his duty in this mat
ter, and should manifest lively interest
in the school where his own and neigh
bors' children receive their rudimentary,
if not principal, education. Able school
trustees and commissioners, with capable
and efficient teachers, are important
requisites, aud it is the incumbent duty
of every parent to aid in securing these
desirable auXiliaries to public and home
education. To this end, attend the
school meeting, vote for the best men for
school trustees, and aid in making lib
cral provision for irst-class schooi in
your district. And do not fail to visit
the same occasionally, and encourage the
teacher. In this and other ways you can
do much to improve the school, and
every judicious effort in that direction
will rebound to the benefit of all inter
csted-parcnts, pupils and teachers.
Good officers and teachers can best be Sc
cured through the personal attention and
influence of parents who manifest lively
interest in their selection and manage
ment, Furthermore, provide your family
with pure and useful books and periodi-
Gals. Money invested in reading matter
of the right quality pays large dividends.
The rule should be to "gct the best, =
only such publications as are instructive,
useful and elevating. Avoid all trashy
story papers, and other reading of a
senselcsS and sensational charactcr-of
the nickel novel and love and murder
genera They are dcmoraliziug, and
worse than poison for young people. In
stead of such useless trash, secure stand
ard works pertaining to rural and domcs
tic affairs, as well as history, science and
literature Imerican 1grjcultTia.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-13

To young stock, growing fast, feed
good, strengthening food, which will
produce muscle and help in forming q
large, strong frame. While the chicks
are still growing they should be fed often
and with a variety of food. They are
often fed on fattening food to keep them
in good order, but this is not what they
want, and such treatment will often pro-
duce Informed, weak -limbed fowls.
OF the several remedies for the cabbage
maggots tried at the New York expert
ment station, the kerosene emulsion, pre-
pared as follows, has been found most
effective: One pound of common soap is
boiled in four quarts of warm water
when all is dissolved and while the suds
are boiling they are removed from the
fire. One quart of kerosene oil is then
added and thoroughly mixed by stirring
vigorously until the mixture is cold. One
pint of this emulsion is dissolved in ten
gallons of hot water and applied to the
roots of the plants.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-13
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS,
The greater the depth of ocean water
the more salt it is.

The greater the depth of ocean water
the more salt it is.
It was in oldcn time customary to rat.
ify an agreement by bent coin.
The Cuban dandy sometimes attends
ball in black dress suit, white necktic
and a green shirt.
Ex-senator Stewart of Nevada intends
to elevate gold mounted lightning-rod
on the fine residence which he is build.
ing at Carson.
Caesar bought lands to be distributed
among the poor. The system of public
distribution of bread or grain among the
people was not abandoned until the
seventh century after Christ
st. Peters Cathedral, just finished at
Moscow, has five cupolas and 900 pounds
of gold were used in OVERLAPPING them.
The doors of the temple cost $780, 900,
and the marble floors 81, 100000.
Tea was sold in England in 1860 for
sixty shillings pound. This, consider
ing the different value of money, was
about twelve times as much as is paid nov
for pound of the same commodity.
The practice of saluting ladies with a
kiss was once very general. The cce.
brated "kissing comtits' were sugar
plums, once extensively used by fashion
able people to make their breath sweet
In days gone by neither sowing, plant
ing or grating was ever undertaken
without a scrupulous attention to the III.
crease or waning of the moon. 1t was
thought that the increase of the moon
made plants fruitful, and that un-
der the full moon they were in their be-
strength.
One of the most common weeds in all
southern and western Texas is the from.
pillo (SOlonum eleognJ0iiunD, whose
black berries when ripe have the remark
able property Of curdling milk, though
they disclose no acid reaction. The
MeXicans crush the fruit, put it into a
muslin bag, aud submerge this in pan
of milk until coagulation has taken
place.
Millions of squirrels have been chi.
grating from Mississippi to the more elc.
waited grounds of Arkansas. The plucky
little animals swim the Mississippi River
beginning at point about five miles be-
low Memphis, and continuing from there
twenty miles down stream. Thousands
of them have been killed by the farmers,
who use clubs in place of guns, on ac-
count of the immense numbers. A similar
emigration took place in 1872.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-13
Musical Sands.

An examination of the musical sands
OF Kauai, California, which has excited
so much interest on the part of biologists
and Others, shows that they possess a pc.
culiar microscopical structure. The grains
are found to be chiefly composed of small
portions of coral and apparently calcare.
Gus sponoes; they are all more or less
perforated with small holes, in some in.
stances forming tubes, but mostly termin.
ating in blind cavities, which are fire..
quently enlarged in the interior of the
grains, communicating with the surface
by small opening. There were also in
the sand small black particles, formed
principally of crystals of ougitc nephe,
line, and magnetic oxide of iron, embed
ded in glatsy matriy. The structure Of
these grains explains, it is thought, why
sound is emitted when they are set in
motion; that is, the friction against each
other causes vibrations in their substance,
and consequently in the sides of the cavi.
ties they contain-and these vibrations
being communicated to the air in the
cavities, under the most favorable condi-
tions for producing sound, the result i.
the loud noise occasioned when any large
mass of sand is set in motion, there being,
in fact, millions upon millions of resonant
cavities, each giving forth sound.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-13

The King of Bavaria keeps carefully
out of sight, but contrives to provide
matter Tor more stories about his private
doings than any of the visible monarchs
of Europe. King Ludwigs latest &C.
centricity is remarkable even for him u;
he has been photographed. During one
of his solitary walks in the Bavayian
Alps he encountered an amiable OK,
which barred the way and refused to
allow his majesty to pass. For a bovine
subject to make himself so unpleasantly
conspicuous was not TO be endured ,
wherefore the king seized plank
which happened to be at hand, and
placing himself in position of attack,
as with bayonet, he prepared to charge.
Then, of course, the surly OK shcered
off and allowed the King to pass, and he
was so pleased with his own exploit that
he had himself photographed in the at.
titude of charging.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-13

A lady who has just returned from an
extensive European tour tells of an inter
view she enjoyed with Miss Florence
Nightingale, the famous heroine, at her
London home. During the conversation
she could not fail to notice the singular
shape of that eminent lady's foot. She
had never heard that Miss Nightingale
was lame or uniformed, but certainly
something was the matter Her curiosity
prompted her to inquire of a mutual
friend, who at once explained that Miss
Nightingale, despising the modern instru-
ments of torture vended by fashionable
bootmakers, is accustomed to plant her
stocking foot firmly on piece of leather,
draw the outline of the figure it forms
and have her shoe made to correspond cX-
aotly with it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-13
Berries Oh the Farm.

Many of those who own farms or gar
dons and might, by little care, and at
small expense, have continuous supply
of berries of different kinds on their
tables, during the summer and fall, and
thus add much to the comfort and health
of their families, too often have none,
except the meagre supply which arc found
growing wild. In fact, many such do
not fare as well in this respect as the fam
lilies of many laboring men in our towns
and villages, A family supply of straw
berries, especially, may be grown on so
small plot of ground, that any land
owner, certainly, cannot have any excuse
for not being supplied with them in their
season, for want of room. Planted in
the spring, in rows three feet apart, with
plants one foot in the row, and then left
to form matted row fifteen to eighteen
inches in width, and given clean culture,
good crop may reasonably be expected
the following ycar-Am0ican Rura!
Hume.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-13

Chain-gold purses, with gold initial
or diamond monogram, are the latest
Partisan fancy.
Tobliers of tulle, lace or gauzc, richly
embroidered with beads, are worn with
all robes of ceremony.
Yellow continues in favor, and some.
times is too lavishly used on walkin"
costumes to be in good taste,
Girls party dresses of soft cashmere
arc trimmed with oriental lace and bows
and loops of watercd ribbon,
The new striped brocades have water
lilies and leaves and delicate fern designs
on grounds shot with gold or silver.
Folds of white Or colored Grape have
superseded ruchings for the neck. Some
times the folds are enriched by large
pearls, which always match the Grape ip
color.
Clasps of the raIest workmanship in
gold and silver are used for fastening
bodices. Persons having old Norwegian
or German wrought silver ornaments are
utilizing them for embcllishing their
bodiceS.
A brown felt hat of Spanish shape
has the brim lined with brown velvet.
The crown is cncirclcd by band of the
velvet, while in front are three knots of
ribbon set one behind the other against
the crown; the outer one is of pearl
white faillc the middle one of moss
green and the last of golden bronze.