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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-13
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
MORRISON INTENDS TO CALL up HIS
BILL IMMEDIATELY.

WASHINGTON CITY. Dec. 1a-Col Morri-
son, referring Friday to the report that lie
will Immediately press the consideration of
the tariff question, SAID: t'Is think it quite
possible that the subject will be under dis
cussion next week. can not tell whether
our people will all be here or not bat now
expect to call up the bill next week. The
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-13

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. l3.-The house
Saturday passed the bill extending United
States laws over the unorganized territory
south of Kansas, known as the public land
strip. The bill opens the land to actual SET
tiers under the homestead law
Morrison, Harris, and Mckinley were ap-
pointed conferees on the fractional gallon
bill, and Cobb, Van Eaton, and Payson on
the alien landlord bill A motion by Ran
dali that consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill beproceeded with was lost
yeas ll9, nays 12L Payson OF Illinois from
the committee on public lands called up tho
bill declaring forfeiture of the Ontonogan
and Brule river land grant.
The bill was passed without division 1t
forfeits SS4, 600 acres.
The house then proceed with the consider
alton of the sundry civil appropriation bill
The bill was discussed by Lanham of Texas,
Herbert of Alabama, and Randall Of Penn
sylvania, until 3 O'Clock, when the COMMITTEES
rose and the house adjourned
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-13

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec t3.-In conver-
sation with a western congressman Friday,
the president intimated that Judge L. K.
Churchof the Dakota supreme court would be
appointed governor Of the territory upon the
acceptance of Governor Piorce's resigna-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-13

WASHINGTON, Cry, Dec. .I3.-Louis H.
Stanton, of Minnesota, son of the late Edwin
Nj. Stanton, is in town and says that he will
produce from the papers left to the family
by his father, ample evidence to refute Gen
McClellau's allegations against the secre-
tary.
Mrs. Langtry is very clever pistol
shot.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-13

WASHINGTON Cry, Dec. 13-Advices re-
Gently received here indicate that the health
of Justice Woods, of the supreme court, is SO
precarious he will never be able TO return to
his his judicial duties and that his demise
may be expected at any time The indica-
tions are that the position when vacant will
be rendered to Senator George, of Mis-
siSsipDi
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-13

WASHINGTON CITY, Dee. Is There was
very pleasant meeting of the house com
mittee on reform in the civil service at 30
Saturday afternoon. Recently, Clements of
Georgia, one of the most popular members Of
the committee, was married, and the meet
ing was for the purpose of presenting to him
very handsome present i'll the form of a
silver tea set. After the presentation lunch
was served in the committee room and many
draughts of sparkling wine were drunk to
the health of Mr. and Mrs Clements
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-13

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. l3,-The pres
ident, although still suffering from rheum-
attic pains in his knees, was able TO resume
his official routine. he received an unusually
large number of congressional visitors in the
forenoon, and shout noon shook hands with
the members of Gabriel Ii Paul post, No,
i01, of the Grand Army of New Jersey, now
on a visit to this city As the Grand Army
men were filing out Of the east room, Gems.
Sherman and Sheridan, who had Just en-
tered to see the president, stood in the hall
way and shook hands and exchanged famil-
lar greetings with the Grand Army mea as
they passed out. The accidental meeting
was happy one, and was the cause OF much
pleasant comment
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-13
HALF-CENT A W0R \.

THE ARGUS hereafter viii publish In this col
umn all advertisements of Lost, FOnnd For Rent
For Sale BOsrd or Rooms, Wanted. and similar
notices, at the low rate Of one hall cent a0Ord
each figure word, but NO advertisement less
than ten cents
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-13
kOCk ISLAND,
VIM. McEniry,

Attorney at law, loans money on good
security, makes collections. Reference,
Mitchell & Lynde, bankers, sOftlce in
post office block
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-13
z PER CENT MORTGAGES

FOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOMS
l. with or without board, Third avenue oppos.
ite court house. !. STOCkWELL.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-13

Illinois Not only Patent
Medicines but on all Standard Drugs Fancy Goods ana MIS-
celaneou art
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-13

PRESCRIPTIONS the
exp
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-13

NEW loRK, Dec. H.
Wheat NJ. red STATE 9 Iac No. do, sat,;
No 1: red winter JsHuarg. as4c; February,
!2sc. Corn <o EiNed cash, i7c. Oats
Ne twl.it. stat w. M. No , do 3S Rye-Dul
ir'l uclUil,,i. Barley Nominal. Pork
- aSIcr; Lew ness, l..e2it6,l2.N. Lard
Sst-' E,c,uirel, s5.4f January; 1858 May.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-13
COMPETITION DEFIED.
PRICES WARRANTED

TO be 20 to 80 per cent cheaper at the
, 1886-01-27

When executions were tolerably fire.
quent and the bodies were left suspended
in chains till they fell to pieces a small
range of gallows did not suffice. NJ.
Violet lie Due, in his Dictionary of
French Architecture. - devotes an article
10 the Fourches patibulaires, and gives
several e~ngravings of that of Montfau-
con restored. The place of the gallows
formed a quadrangular platform about
forty-four feet square. This platform
was raised about six feet above the level
of the soil, and was built over a vault to
contain the bones as they fell from the
gallows. Sometimes in addition to this
vault it contained a chapel.
On three sides of the platform were
piers rising TO the height of thirty feet,
united by beams of solid oak at the top
and in two heights below, so as to form
three ranges or stories of gallows. OF
these stone piers there were six on each
side. One side of the quadrangle was
left free for the stairs and for the block
for executions with the sword. Thus,
on the Montfaucon Fourches forty-fve
men could be hanged simultaneously
or rather ninety, as each opening was
made to accommodate two persons. In
the middle of the area was a stone with
an iron ring in it, which could not be
raised TO allow of the bones being
pushed through the hole in the vault be
low. Access to this vault was also OBJ
tainable through n door at the bottom.
-Belgrayia.
, 1886-01-27

Notice is hereby given to all persons,
that on the 18th day of Dec, A. ID. 1885,
letters te~stamentary with the will annexed,
wcre granted and issued by the judge of
probate Of Laramie county, Wyoming
Territory, to the undersigned as executor
Of the estate of Samuel Nj. Montgomery,
deceased. All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby notified and
required TO exhibit the same to me for al
l%owancc. within six months after the date
of said letters; or they may be precluded
from any benefit of SAID estate, and il
such claims be not exhibited within one
year from said date, they shall be forever
debancd.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec %. 1885.
W. L. KuYKENDALL,
Executor.
, 1886-01-27
OUR INDIAN RESERVATION.

The Shoshones Of the Wind River res
e%ryation in this territory, number not
more than | 800, and the Cheyennes and
Anpahoes, of the same reservation, about
300, making a total Of 600. They occu
py a territory half as large as the state IL
New Hampshire, and containing some Of
the finest agricultural lands in the West.
There is no game on this land and there
fore they have no occasion to roam over il
As the land is held by the tribes abol Q
mentioned under n government treaty,
there is no present possibility for the
white man to occupy any of it for settle
ment or agricultural purposes The In
dams have thus far made no efforts to
cultivate the large sections set apart for
their use, the government furnishes them
farmer-teachers and artisans of various
kinds to assist them, and seeds, farming
implements and wagons; but the white
employees at the agency do all the work,
while the lazy sayages are idling AVA the
time and eating government r%ations, and
the useful implements Of husbandry, fur.
nlshed by a generous, but too coniiding
government, lie r%otting on the ground.
No advance whatever has been made by
these Indians in the ways of civilized life;
they simply block the wheels of progress
and prevent the development of the finest
portion of Wyoming Territory.
The Wyoming legislature should me-
moralize congress in favor of an act pro-
viding for restoring the Wind River res
e%rvation to the public domain for the
benefit of the white man, who is ready TO
occupy and cultivate its soil. For each
head of an Indian family 800 acres might
be set apart to be the Indians property
in fee simple whenever he manifests a dis
position to go to work and gain his own
livelihood. Such a measure would be of
vast benefit to the territory of Wyoming,
the people thereof and all those thous-
ands who are now looking for homes in
the for West. 1t would also be for the
best interests of the Indian, for he would
knew hat the land allotted to him would
become his own eventually, provided he
goes to work and makes it productive.
The Indian is generally shrewd and alive
to his W. interests, and when he finds
that Uncle Sam intends to stop his %rations,
he will begin to rustic for himself.
, 1886-01-27

A singular sort of manure for potato
field has been introduced on a Pomeran-
ian model farm. Hitherto herrings and
potatoes have been known as a palat-
able dish in family households. The
manager Of the farm in question has hit
upon the idea of blending them from
the start, by planting his seed potatoes
with a herring placed in every heap,
and with 30 decided a success as to cause
him TO increase the area thus planted
from twenty acres last year to sixty in
the present one. The expense he calcu-
late Mt about 0 marks per acre, which is
cheaper than the cost of any other ma
nure, and amply repays the outlay. OF
course it can only be employed near the
sea coast.-Foreign Letter.
, 1886-01-27
THE PERUVIAN BARK MONOPOLY.


How Peru Guarded the Cinchona Tree
The Seed Secured at Last
For many years Peru and Bolivia had
the monopoly of Peruvian bark, whence
is extracted quinine, of the most i'm
portant of medicines. Extraordinary
measures were taken by these two states
to prevent any foreigner from procur-
ing seeds and slips of the cinchona tree
to transplant and sow in other coun-
tries. After several years Of opposition
and failure, the government of India
secured, through Mr.. Markham, many
cinchona plants, which they success
fully planted in Hindostan. The Meth
erlands Indian government also estab-
lished Bark gardens in Java, and have
successfully cultivated a celebrated
species OF this medical tree, which they
have named after Mr.. Ledger, who pro-
cured the seeds, the Cinchona Ledger
lana.
The story of how he secured the seed
of this priceless tree is interesting as
showing how jealousy the authorities
and Indians of Bolivia and Peru
guarded their valuable monopoly. In
1856, Mr.. Ledger was travelling among
the Andes, engaged in buying cinchona
bark, alpaca wool, and alpacas to
transport to Australia. He was accom-
panied by a Bolivian Indian named Man
uel, and two of his sons, all Of whom
were much attached to Mr.. Ledger,
One evening, as the party were sitting
around their campfire, Mr.. Ledger
mentioned Mr.. Markham's journey into
the cinchona districts of the Yungas Of
Bolivia, TO secure seeds and plants.
THE gentleman will not leave the
Yungas in good health" said Manuel,
"if he really obtains the Rogo plants
and seeds.
Every stranger" added the Indian,
Reluctantly, ION entering the Yungas is
closely watched. If he secures the true
seed, it is changed by the spy, or its
power is destroyed"
One day Mr.. Ledger, who was looked
upon as a doctor by the Indians, said,
Manuel, l may some day require seed
and flowers from the famous white
flower, Rogo cascarilla, as a remedy;
and shall rely On your not deceiving
me in the way you have told me-"
Patron, answered Manuel, "if you
aver require such seed and flowers, l
will not deceive you"
Mr.. Ledger thought nothing more
of the cinchona seed for several years.
He went to Australia, taking with him
Manuel's son, Santiago, and other In
dams, to aid him in building up an al
paca ranch.
After three years. the Indians wished
to return home, and the day before their
departure, Mr.. Ledger gave Santiago
200 Spanish dollars and said to him
You will give these to your father.
Tell him 1 count on him keeping his
promise to get me forty or fifty pounds
of rogo cinchona white flower) seed.
He must get it from the trees we sat
under when trying to reach Mamore in
1851. He must meet me at Tacua PERU
by May, 1858. If he does not bring pure,
ripe rogo seed flowers and leaves, he
must neye expect to see me again"
Mr.. Ledger wa unable to reach Tacua
until January, 1866, and at once sent
for Manuel. He arrived in May with
the precious seed, from which were
grown the trees hat are now not only
the source of wealth to Java and Cey-
Ion, but have made the world independ-
ent Of Peru and Bolivia for its supply of
life-giving quinine.-Youth's compan-
ion.
, 1886-01-27

Is impaired to the kidneys and bladder by
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which is
most useful in overcoming torpidity of
these organs. Besides infusing more ae-
tivity into them, this excellent tonic en-
dows them with additional vigor, and en-
ablcs them the better to undergo the wear
and tear of the discharging function inn
posed on them by nature. Moreover. as
they are the channel for the escape OF
certain impurities from the blood, increases
their usefulness by strengthening and
BEAUTIFULLY stimulating them. In certain
morbid conditions Of those importont or
gans. they fall into a sluggish state, which
is the usual precursor OF disease. What
then can be Of greater service than a med
icine which impels them TO greater activity
when slothful 7 No maladies are more
p%erilous than those which Affect the kid
neys, and a remedy which ayerts the peril
should be highly esteemed.
, 1886-01-27
raE9-pLAsTlNe At THE CAPITOL.



Tho New rerraoes-Trer aud sh~rubbery
in the Grounds.
During the long recess the capitol has
been nicely secured and polished all
over, and the new congress finds it as
white and smooth and shining MS a
freshly planted gravestone. The marble
surface had begun to weather into a
texture to hold the mellowed light in
stead of rejecting 1t back from the gilt
tering points and streaks and patches as
from FURNISHED metal, and the staring
white had begun 10 cloud into soft
grays, when II usual resolution To scrub
the buildings exterior was passed. The
reason for whitening up the walls to
make the masses OF hadow appear less
profound and all the recesses more shall
low has not been revealed. Meanwhile
the architecture terrace on the north OF
the capitol has been completed, AS has
thai on the south side, with the keep
ton OF some surface details and 1t Is
evident now how the dignity and N
bihty OF h entire structure are sus-
tanned ana augmented by n
soiidlty OF the base. IL Is PLAIN, too, that
the grading OF the grounds when 1t Is
completed, strengthens the architecture
purpose and effect OF the work.
In the planting there is little OF what
Is known az landscape gardening, al
though the art with which a breadth OF
open greensward with surrounding
masses oil toliage has been secured on
the west front OF the capltols north
wing IL noteworthy. But the prevailing
purpose has been TO reveal and set forth
the commanding proportions OF n mon
umental building. from every line OF
approach 1t can be seen, with nothing
TO obstruct the sight or distract atten-
ton' M from many points 1t rs pre-
sented IN a hitting framework OF foliage
To detach II from objects,
while n drapery or background OF trees
mas been arranged To bring out It's lines
with dlstlnctness. PROVISION for crowds
OF people on grand occasions like the in
auguratlon OF a president requires large
paved areas, and many paths are needed.
But belts OF shrubbery, without being
high enough to ebstruct the view, have
been disposed 80 as to mask the walks
ana overcome the hard, stony effect they
would otherwise produce.
Inc street trees OF which people here
are justly proud, naturally come into
mind any public planting at
the capital Is thought OIL In no other
city OF h country have trees beer so
generally used, n nowher else have
they succeeded so well. 1t has been OBJ
Jected TO them that they are too close
together u there are two sides to this
question. 1t Is an ~undeniablo misfor-
tune, however, that so large a proper
tlon oil brittle, soft wooded species like
poplar and silver maple were selected.
1t has been prephesied, too, that they
are now At their best, because the soil ls
sterile. A little OF tins was mo
where each tree was set, and its place
was hlled with rich loan.
Inc trees must have already taken up
most OF the nutriment contained in this,
and the fear Is that the roots viii find
scant feeding hereafter. BUTT will be
time enough to AXE up this lamenta-
, 1886-01-27

-Uncle John, l thought your cows
Were well bred 2"
-Of course they are, my dear. They
arc Attorneys, and | have their pedigree
from way hack"
Il don't care about that. They are
no well bred. One Of them just chased
me out Of the pasture lot, and ! think
they are just ms rude as they can be-
New York Graphic.
, 1886-01-27

The weak stomach is said to be the
lodging house of many vagrant diseases
These can be turned out by Strengthening
the stomach, and the digestive organs in
partnership. There is no strengthened
like Browns Iron Bitters. Safe, speedy,
and sure, MH. Henry Corning, Hart
ford, Conn, says; Browns Iron Bitter
relieved me Of general weakness and dys-
pepsia and made me strong"
, 1886-01-27

MR BLAINE uses his second volume
of history to endorse the position of the
West and South gu the silver question,
but Mr.. Blaine should remember that the
wheel is turned but once by the same
water. For seeing his ability through a
back sight he Is the most brilliant of con
Temporary statesmen.
, 1886-01-27

SEVERAL years ago Senator Ramsey
gave his wife the choice of a 5000 block
in Minneapolis or a spring bonnet. Mrs.
Ramsey, having heard how economical
men had their hats blocked, chose the block
which has lust been sold for 800, 600.
There isn't any moral to this, because IT'S
a fact and not a fable.
, 1886-01-27

QUEEN VICTORIA pays her premier
$4,000 5000 a year to write her
speeches for her. An American con
gresham gets his written at from $40 to
$50 a speech This shows the contrast
between Jeffersonian simplicity and econo-
my in this country and the e-xtravagance
OF the eifete dynastics of the old world.
, 1886-01-27

A PHILADELPHIA girl declined to kiss
the book before a Philadelphia magis-
trte, saying The witness who kissed
it before me had sore lips and the one
who came before him chewed tobacco.
will not kiss it," The Philadelphia girl
was auile RIGHT.
, 1886-01-27

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, 1886-01-27

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, 1886-01-27
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, 1886-01-27

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, 1886-01-27

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, 1886-01-27

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, 1886-01-27

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