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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
Doctor p. W, CoNNAUGHToN.
Davenport, la.
From JUDGE Ed. II. TuAYER, OF THE
rrTNp AIr

FROM JUDGE Ed. II. TuAYER. OF THE
CLINTON AGE.
Doctor ConNaughton is spoken of
very highly as one of the most success
full practitioners in Catarrh, Deafness.
Lung and Nervous diseases in the West,
He seldom undertakes a case, and fails
effect speedy and permanent cure. Those
know him best are loudest in his who
praise. He is endorsed by some the most
prominent citizens Of Davenport his home
which is great card for him, but not so
great as the hundreds of cuers which he
has effected. those being every ready and
willing to herald his praise.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

At Salzbury. Switzerland, the Diet has
passed law against the sale of the bon>
ME edelweiss plant with roots.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

A bill has been introduced in the Kan,
sas senate ito change wo0dchuck day
from Feb. 9 to Feb, /.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
From Rock ISLAND UNION:

Mrs. Thos. l.. Johnston, of REYNOLDS.
H., speaks in the most commendatorv
terms of DR.. CoDNaughions skill in her
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

AT Woonsocket, d. T., named after
WoOnsocket. r. l.. is - perfect little
palace of a school house"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

They want SAC, 600 more TO put Bar,
tholdi's goddess on her steadfast perch.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

A grudge against Sing Song black.
smith was meanly taken out of his colt,
from which some bastard cut the tail the
other night.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

HUNtHltHN iOf II TIHCUI-s Vt FtntUI.
NORRIsrowN, Pa, Feb. AN Informal
meeting of citizens was held Weines lay
evening to take steps for procuring the
means Or the erection of a suitable monu-
ment to tn mtmory OF ten Wmhc5d Scott
Hancock. A local committee on objections
was appointed A committee will lie APP
pointed in every borough and township in
the county
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
T Thousands of cases Of
SICK
DR.. LESllE'S

Headache are permanently cared every year "a
the hundreds Of testimonials in my posse sion Wi
testify by the use Of
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

eAEE want statesmen everywhere, local and
(kf travelling 10 sell our goods. Vii, pay good
MI salary and all expenses; write for terms al
- once. and state salary wanted STANDARD
SILVER WARE COMFY Boston Mass.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

Prescription will cure the most obstinate cases of
SEX headache | mean just What | say and that's,
Thai il moi merely relieves bet
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20

Special Prescription This remedy stands 10 day
without rival. and with scarcely a competitor in
the world. thousands Of physicians throughout
the country have acknowledged their inability TO
cure it, and now prescribing Dr. Lesfie's
Special Prescription for all eases of Sick
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
PRESCRIPTION

20 that they have moi had an attack foT over five
year..
If you are troubled with a sick headache and
wish 10 he
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
HEADACHE
SPECIAL

arising from obstruction. congestion or tOrpidify
of the aver. Whea ( SAY that DR., Leslies
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-01-08
scenery "f "saxon Switzerland. :,

Although there is but little likeness
between the two switzerlands, yet this
saAon land can hold its own for wild.
ness and singularity, il not for actual
beauty. { is. indeed, peculiar coun-
try, and contains an upper and an I'M
der world, as distinct as those throug
which Ilante and irgil wandered.
Leaving the t.lbe, the principal thorough
fare Of the district, one turns right or
left into the valleys. through which flow
tributary streams, their course marked
by saw mills-into ravines so profound,
20 shut in by rocks, so overturned by
trees, that into some of them, even at
summer noon, the suns rays never pen
citrate. -.
You may wander for hours without
coming to an open space, and on a sun
less day the gloom is almost oppressive
under these pines and hemloeks, and
the towering, menacing walls of lichen-
covered rocks, which assume the most
fantastic shapes, ustifying their names
OF Devils Kitchen. "'"Devil's Cellar. ~
Devils Pulpit" etc. The black gen
tleman always plays a prominent part
IN these freaks OF nature, and one can
fancy all sorts Of superstitions and leg
ends arising amid such surroundings.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-01-08
A Croatia, weii u.

When once whispered about in Croa.
tian social circles that young man and
maiden have looked kindly upon each
other, the affair is Immediately laid be-
fore two Gospodars, venerable patri-
archs, men of wise understanding, hold
ing in charge all matters pertaining to
financial and social interests connected
with the well-heing of the community.
These sage councillors determine the
value of the young girl to be paid in
cattle; this point settled is regarded as
an official pledge.
A clown leads the wedding procession:
he must ride the most ungainly beast to
be found; he must be clad in a gro.
tesque blending OF male and female at
tire: on the hat must be the wing of q
goose. and he must be the readiest OF
the uproariOus crowd, with the widest
of okes and wittiest of speeches. with
bright word and saucy est for all
whom he meets. The bride follows the
clown, having by her side faithful
companion of her own sex. The groom
follows on horseback, bearing a hand.
some' bouquet; over his shoulders is
worn cloak, thrown about him as he
left the home Of the bride.
eaching the church, the betrothed
stand under canopy, and two silver
gilt or bronze crowns are held above
their heads. Prayer is offered by the
priest, after which, holding crown
over the groom's head, he says: 81
crown thee, servant of God, for this
maiden. Lifting the second crown
above the head Of the bride, he repeats:
i crown thee, servant of God, for this
man sumptuous feast, held at the
Dridegrooms house, follows, continuing
three days and nights. The morning
after the ceremony the bride serves
water to her guests, receiving from
each a gift.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-01-08
From Peltry to Fur.
san Franci-co T hron'c'e.


Sealskns when taken from the ami
mails are simply sailed and brought here
in barrels The natural color Of the
fur which underlies the coarse hair or
outside covering is dirty cinnamon,
and, instead OF having the rich, velyety
color which its wearers take such de.
light in, is tangled an curly. the first
work done on the raw skins is to lay
them, fur down, on semi-circular beams
and strip off the fat with knives of diff
ferent shapes. Next they are stretched
on hoops and placed in a drying. room.
Next comes the business of plucking, or
'unhairing, as 1t is called in the ng.
lish factories, and this process is kept a
secret. The skins are then washed clean
and hoped and dried again. once
more they are shaved, then butter.
tanned, and then put into tram.
ping tub, where msn in Adamic cos.
tune kneads them until the whole mass
Of skins is impregnated with animal
heat.
The tanning and trampling are re
peated again and again, until good
leather has been made The cleaning
machine and the ieating machine come
next, and then the skins are taken into
the chemical room. and the door locked
upon the operator. Then come the
smearing, the rubbing, the beating, the
smearing again, and Sc on until the
dark bron e or ct black color required
has been obtained. may be gathered
from this hrie outline, the whole pro.
cess involves vast amount of labor
and skill. Zach skin is handled more
than 200 times, and at least two months
are required to bring the pelt to perIec.
ton.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-01-08
nANpuNa q vsanMsnr FUNDS.
rhs Money Of tho Treasury Not Visible 70
the Ordinary v,aItor.

the Ordinary Visitor
rwasAin-to1 Cor rimes-r,m'sl
The recent loss Of large SUN by ous
Of the banks through careless handling
on the part of one of its messengers,
calls attention to the careful manner
In which the government funds are
handled. There are millions and mill
ions OF dollars in the treasury building
here, yet you seldom sec any money as
you pass through the building. The
ordinary visitor might go through the
treasury q hundred times without see-
ing 500. il you 90 into the cash room
and look down from the corridor you
may see few dollars being handled by
some of the clerks there who are paying
OF employees or something OF that sort.
Occasionally when shipment Of gold
or silver has come in, if you go to the
cash-room you may see some of it being
counted, but you can see greater dis
play of money in an ordinary bank
almost any day than in the treasury.
About the only place aside from the
cash room where you see money is in
the redemption division, where large
numl er of people are employed in count
ing and asserting the ragged. dirty bills
which have come in from the country to
be redeemed, They all work behind
gratings, however, and you cannot get
near them. All You can do is TO look
through the iron barred doors and see
their defts fingers count the ragged,
filthy currency which has come in from
its two or three years journey about the
country. The lite of an ordinary bill,
especially one of small denomination, is
no more than two or three years on an
average. They get worn out in about
that time, and are sent back for redemp-
ton. The fact that you 90 not See
much money in the treasury, however,
does not argue that it is not being
handled there; it is handled in large
quantities.
Any day in passing through the build.
ing you are liable to meet messenger
or two pulling low cart. whose wheels
are covered with rubber tires. On this
Is generally a SQUARE box. three or four
feet long and a foot and a
half in width. IL is securely locked.
In this box the money which is sent
from one part of the treasury TO an
other, is transferred. Although mill
ions OF dollars pass from one room TO
another and from one story of the build
ing to another, you never see any of it
carried about in the hands of employees
or in any manner to attract attention.
IL is always handled in these toxes or
packages, and when it goes from the
building TO the depot. to be sent away
by express, or is brought in on some
train, il is carried back and forth be-
tween the treasury and the station in
large iron safe, mounted on wheels,
looking like large BLACK Maria, and
attended by two or three armed guards.
You may see this curious vehicle driv-
ing up and down Pennsylvania avenue
almost any day. 1t carries thousands
and sometimes millions OF dollars
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-01-08
t.m!I, Govern melt In CInNia



Two evils We have noticed in Canadian
Families There is a considerable
Enough pro ably decreasing number of
parents who, following nglish training
Of tradition, are accustomed to give
&ke Logs OF the family precedence over
the girls on all occasions The boy is
treated as the future lord of the house.
hold, whose whims are to be consulted
q all occasions In other and still
n,ore numerous families The order ia
preciseIy reversed. The oys are tie
interiors and are taught to wait upon
their sisters to defer TO their wishes and
- yield TO them the best of everything
Both practices are Injurious, especially
- the favored sex. The arrogance and
Aomineering spirit of many disagreea.
bls man, aud the intens. selfsbness OF
nany an exacting woman, may be
1raced to these respective faults IN
heue training
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-01-08


81 OWE singing bird that can't b,
got from me with money, said tn,
dealer, as he turnel to cage behind
him. "ile only sings one tune but |
can tell you a remarkable story about
him. My daughter trained him herself
when We lived in Germany six years
ago She trained him to sing a song Il
her own impro isatlon. I course it Is
much harder for a person 10 train q
Lird than for another bird to be tie
teacher, and it took her nearly six
months before the little fellow coud
sing it through without making q mis-
take"
Here the bird fancier whistled few
bars of a melody which the bird took up
and finished without a break.
We'll, continued the dealer, AT
about that time concluded 10 come to
America, and leaving my daughter be.
hind me 1 was widower-l sailed for
New ork. soon after landing
opened store in Harlem and sent for
my daughter. BY some mishap failed
to meet her, and the most careful in
quiries threw no light on her where.
alouts. | knew she had sailed, but |
couldn't learn the name of the steamer
or anything about her At last, after
searching for her Until had spent al
most all the money had | gave up in
despair. One day was walking down
Mulberry street, when heard street
boy whistling this very air you have
Just heard the bird sing. | stopped
him, and inquired where he had heard
it, He said that young woman in the
same tenement house where he Ii ed
had bird that sang it. Need | say
more. | had him lead me there at
once, and soon discovered that the
owner of the bird was my lost daughter.
She was miserably poor. and was max.
ing her living scrubbing Offices. She
had come on another steamer than the
one ! bad intended her to take, and
having lost my address had not been
able to trace me any better than | had
her."
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-01-08
Vine AduiteratIon In chit.


Our ship received barrels of honey,
bags of lentils, Chilian beans for Liver
pool, and large amount OF macquie in
sacks for Bordeaux This last shipment
interested me very much, for gentle.
man in the wine business, passenger
bound for England. gave me its uses.
He said it Was a chief ingredient OF
Chill wines of which great Quantities
were made at Tomo where We're large
vineyards. That the wine usually sent
out contained about =, per cent grape
juice and the rest was mere manu-
facture in which this macquie had a
very prominent place. That in the
sacks found TO be berry which be-
fore drying was about the size of large
elder cry. Ii had hard seed like a
raisin and was surrounded by a pulp
which on being chewed gave forth a
deep red color like loywood II grows
extensively in this country and enters
not only into the wine making of the
land, but also goes to France for the
same purpose.
This gentleman told me that not one
bottle out Of 1000 from or eaux or
even Chilli was pure grape wine. lie
said he bad receipts for do .toring and
nxing VINE ami freely used them -
that pure wines could not he obtained
at any such price as the purported to
be sold at This product once grew
wild but Is now eng cultivated for the
crop. lafterward learned from pres-
dent of Patagonia thatit grows in large
quantities there. 1t is sort of wild
thorn bush. and is called by the Pata.
gonians callabbat. In time its value
AS an article of export will be felt in
that far Of region.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-01-08
wsahenlar ,u,N tioaIE,srsy

There is hrrdly house ong the
well-to-do classes that does not contain
its bottle of morphine or some similar
medicine, so called, which is admin.
istered upon the slightest occasion and
with very little, If any. consideration of
is well-esiahlished evil uaiities and
tendencies Thousands upon thousands
of otherwise sensible and discreet men
and women turn 10 such remedies in
cnses of passing headache or sleepless-
ness. and even the little ailments OF
children are frequently SO treated by
thoughtless parents.
1t is impossible to doubt that in time
such a practice must materially dimin.
nah the country's fund of general en-
cry, and correspondingly reduce the
Deasure of its con lucSt and progress.
We can not hope by any Improvement
of opportunities to maintain our stand
ing for enterprise and the accomplish
n,ent OF great and TAR reaching objects
n We forfeit he strength which has so
Ear enabled US to win in spite of all OBJ
Ufructions
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-01-08
Ming sIfonso's Iir.t Wife


The late King Alfonso cherished q
most tender recollection of his first wife,
the youthful Mercedes. who died about
five n.onths after their marriage, and
always kept in his private apart
ments in Madrid, says one who has Wis
tied these rooms, the veil and wreath
Mercedes wore at her first communion,
those she wore when he married her
and also some toys with which she
played in childhood, in addition To good
pictures OF her. AS Mercedes did not
live long enough after her marriage to
become the mother of one likely 10 te-
come a monarch, she could not be
buried in the spot specially reserved for
members OF the royal family of pain
AMI their progenitors. She is buried
IN chapel, however, but under the
cirt umstances, of course, her husband
cannot I've laid beside her, for he will be
placed with those who have been kings
and queens of Spain in their own right.
His eldest child. the daughter OF his
present wife, was named Mer edes by her
mother for her i'll fated predecessor.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-01-08
steamed po..,o.. '. no,,. d

Prof. Wagner publishes analyses in
D1pport OF his conclusion that cleaned
Dgfatoes are far mere nutritious than
boiled ones the process of boiling,
nhe vegetables give up considerable por-
1kons OF nutritious nalts, while they also
Anke up more waite. than when steamed,
nnd become proportionatelv weaker.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-01-08
smoothlng Out the Lines,

Hundreds OF people are now engaged
In smoothing out the lines of incoln's
fsce-forcing all features to the CON-
mon mold 50 that he may lie known,
not rs he really was, but, according to
their roor standard, as be should have
ueen.
Morris tribune., 1886-09-01
Where He Was Vaccinated.

WAS l ever vaccinated? Well l
should say so! was vaccinated where
no man ever was vaccinated afore, I'll
bet," said a tramp, in answer to the
query of a Newark physician.
"Compulsory?' queried the doctor.
81 reckon that's what you'd call it,
cause didn't intend to have it done. l
was trampin' in Rhode Island, and when
applied at police station for lodgings
they run me into room, peeled my coat
off, and vaccinated me before could
say Jack Robinson. was posed to
vaecinatlng, and didn't intend to have
no sore arm. so jest as soon as got in
to the lodgin' room | took off my coat
and licked all the stuff off the scratches
on my arm. Bout week after that |
had the worse-looking tongue you ever
see, and had to 60 to hospital and be
fed with Il force-pump. The doctors
said my tongue must have been sore
from smoking. and the vaccination took
in it. 1t felt as if it was bigger than a
house, and hain't been able to taste
anything with it since. guess don't
want any more of it. I'd rather have
smallpox. '':-Nescark CaH
Morris tribune., 1886-09-01
The Good White Apron.

The rehabilitation of the apron is good
thing. Many ladies clung to it when it
was tout" 1t is one of Mrs. Whitney's
characters who longs as the hight OF her
ambition for the power to 'haye on a
clean white apron every afternoon OF
the week" 1t is true that the apron OF
the hour is little more than on excuse
for the wearing of embroidery and rib
bons, yet there still exist aprons that are
worn without any idea OF decorative eff
feet that are none the less effective on
that account. There is a homcliness
about white apron that is most at
tractive. A certain very busy woman
whose duties call her actively into pub
lie life invariably wears a large, white,
motherly apron when in her own home.
She says that it rests her and makes her
forget that the day of domesticity and
nothing else for women has gone by.
It is her flag of truce, she says, between
the past and the future, and with its
protection she finds time to breathe and
grow strong for more work in the pres
ont
Morris tribune., 1886-09-01
Styles in Sandbagging.

The fashions in sandbagging have
been little changed during the last year.
Neither has there been any falling off in
tho number of gentlemen who indulge
in this pleasant pastime The promoters
of what may be termed rising young
industry have fourished on the contri-
buttons of generous citizens.
The oldest, the most primitive, and at
the same time the most poular style of
sandbagging has been employed very
successfully on the west side this winter.
By this plan one artist walks up on one
side of the victim little ahead of his
companion. He then seizes and holds
the victims head in firm grasp while
the other artist deity applies the sand
bag.
The higher grade of sandbagging is
carried on in the southern residence
portion of the city. Gentlemen who
operate on the stone-flagging sidewalks
in this district wear the old-style gum
shoes, with double soles. Considerable
discussion has arisen in select sand
bagging circles over the recent intro
duction of secondhand boxing-gloves
as "a substitute for bags of sand. The
gloves are considered an improvement.
In sandbags the old styles are still in
I use. The best are made by filling long
and slender bags with alternate layers
of shot and sand. They are very effec-
tive and warranted not to produce frac-
ture of the skull The more ordinary
kinds are made by putting gravel in a
rough cloth pouch. The most wonder
full combination of innocence which pro-
duced q deadly weapon was baby
stocking with big glass marble in the
toe. 1t was found by the side of man
who had been sandbagged on the wes
| side. Ckicad0 Ne3US.
Morris tribune., 1886-09-01

The principal railroad lines east
and south of Chicago and Milwaukee,
have arranged to sell through ex-
cursion tickets ut their ticket offices in
Chicago and Milwaukee, ut very low
round trip rates, to La Moure, James
town, Bismark, and Dickinson, on the
Northern Pacific II. r., and to Crooks
ton, Grand Forks and Devils Lake,
on the Manitoba road, for what they
term "haryest excursions" This gives
land and home seekers east and south
of Chicago and Milwaukee u grand
opportunity to view the wonderful
| Northwest ut II very favorable season,
anu for very low price. These tick
cts are good for 20 days, giving abun-
dant time to see and examine the fine
agricultural land tributary to the
Northern Pacific and Manitoba roads.
The tickets will he on sale September
Sth and 22nd, at the offices of the
Milwaukee, Northwestern, Wiscon'
sin Central and Minneapolis and St.
Louis roads and allow the usual stop
over privileges. you have friends on
any of the roads aaovc mentioned
who, wish ITO see this fertile Northwest
write to them and advise them to take
advantage of these "harvest eX-
| cursiOnS.'
Morris tribune., 1886-09-01
STATE OF MINNESOTA, g.,
Stevens County. %

STATE OF MINNESOTA,( &C
stevens County, IS
In the matter Of the estate of Joseph Rey-
nolds, Deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Mira
E. Reynolds, of Morris, said county, repre-
senting, among other things, that Joseph
Reynolds, late of said county, ON the 18th day
ofNovember, A. D.1SS5, at Swan Lake, Tp.said
county, died intestate, and being an inhabi-
tant of this county at the time of his death,
leaving goods, chattels and estate within this
county, and that the said petitioner is widow
of said deceased, and praying that adminis-
tration of said estate be to said Mira E.
Reynolds granted: 1t is ordered, that said
petition be heard before the Judge of this
Court, on Monday, the sixth day of Septem-
ber, A; d. 1885, at 10 O'Clock, A: NJ, at Judge
of Probate's Office in said county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be
given to the heirs of said deceased, and to all
persons interested, by publishing a copy OF
this order for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing, in the Morris Tribune, a
weekly newspaper printed and published at
Village of Norris in said county.
Dated at Village of Morris, said county, the
sixth day of August, n. D. 1886.
By the Court,
Seal of JNo. A. GILTINAN,
| Probate Court Judge of Probate