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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27
WOMAN AND HOME.
NOTHING IN THE WORLD so BAD AS
PERPETUAL MOTION.

The Woman who Works Too Much.
Hariships of Poverty - Don't Hear
EverythIng-Woman's Sense of Com
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. f Girls.
There is nothing in this world so had as
perpetual motion. What blessed thing that
no one has ever yet quite invented perpetual
motioni Yet | know some little mothers
that are almost that; they never come to a
full stOp-n0t till death trips them up. | do
not wonder these little bodies think OF the
future life only as rcst-one great eternal
rest That word involves all that they can
conceive as desirable. SO this life becomes
tolerable because 1t points toward one huge
stop. 1t is their fate here to go on. II it he
not broom it is "A needle; and il not these it
is pun Of dough. Up in the morning with
a groan and into bed at night with sigh
Their babes are puny because the mothers
never could stop Yes, l know some babes
that at birth looked as if they had worked
hard for 100 years; and they never get over
their weakened look They always looked
tagged, but with fretted nerves they go
trotting on through life, hoping for rest
hereafter What can a genuine Yankee
woman do about i'll She inherits the go
ahead Of dozen generations. Bless usl but
she knows no more how TO stop than she
KNOWS now 10 ny
And how is it about the boys and girls
themselves born OF such stocki They come
into the world as some actors come on the
stage, with leap and a halloo; and they
never stop till they die. Some one has de
fined q Yankee as man who cannot sit still.
You do not know why he whites. 1t is
generic action. 1t is not he, Jonathan Tar
box, who whittles, but the whole of New
England, for 800 years-the whole Yankee
nation--represented by Jonathan. Every
nation thus gets its features, its type its
cut, its characteristic An Englishman emf
nently knows how to stop and when to stop.
He is stubbornly constituted in the words,
~ WON'T The Yankees stubbornness is in
II will" So baby, born in this line Of
restless aggressiveness, is nervous as an eel.
do not think you could do better than
collect a gallery Of child portraits taken Of
the common people. You would find the an
tthesis most perfect between the babies of
Holland and those of America the former
phlegmatic as their sires, and the latter as
restless as their mothers. Indeed, but the
one great national need is for our women to
learn the art Of stopping am not talking
10 those who are bonded to poverty. Poor
sousl do not know when society will learn
how to help you to stop 1t is our great les
son yet to be learned. e L. p in Globe
Democrat
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27
The Hardships of Poverty.

Poverty is no discriminator of persons 1t
binds the refined woman and the impractical
woman in the same chains that rest more
lightly upon tho broad shoulders of verita-
BILE Bridget or a peasant born drudge. TIC
live in comfort there is more work necessary
i'll household than mere onlOokers ever
dream Of The routine of good housekeeping
Is like the steps taken by sheep on treadle
it is walk walk, walk all the time, and
never any advance to new ground. There
are more martyrs in the kitchens than ever
vet perished al stakes. Smile at their discom-
forts and their sorrows If you Will, but the
woman doomed to do kitchen work, who has
no taste or uduptability for it, is sight for
tears rather than scorn.
There are only two remedies for her lot
one is patient endurance of it; the other is to
get out OF it, To endure it, lift it as high as
YOU can out of the shadows. Cultivate-if
God has not mercifully given it to you-an
appreciation of the ludicrOus. A good laugh
will put to flight more cares than n shotgun
can scatter blackhrds. Draw a deep line
between the essentials and non essentials
Never neglect the hygiene of the home, but
never mind the frils. Toss pound of cop
peras down your drain, use ammonia and
pure carbolic freely, but let your windows
and your silver go without cleaning when
YOU are tired. Don't care u snap of your
finger fer any caller who Will look down upon
you because you do your own work. Take
delight in shocking all such. Never let your
work drive You. Better sit down a minute
with the work undone and play a jig on the
piano, or read the newspaper, than yield a
slaves allegianc to the work that awaits you.
Paste lot of your favorite poems all around
the walls, over tho sink and in the pantry
closet SO that the words shall greet you like
an encouraging voice, aad keep your soul,
at least out Of dish water.
And now about getting out of it, Buy
type writer and got jobs to do at home that
will pay at least the wages Of girl; or open
a two hours school for the little folks whose
mothers dread to send them to the public
school and earn enough in that way to hire a
servant, or take in u moderate amount of
sewing, if you have a machine. If you have
taste, paint menu cards and the like, and earn
a IN. Whatever work you can do that is
preferable to household drudgery, do it and
exchange the money earned for help in the
kitchen Do something either heroic or sensi-
BILE, and may the good Lord help you out of
your ape!-"Amber" in Chicago Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27
GUM CHEWING AS AN ART.
You Can Read Character In 1t and Tell
who VIII Win the Game.


who win Win the Game.
The habit of chewing gum by men, women,
babies, young and old, in the west, is grad
ually working its way east. IL is matter
of common practice at most health resorts,
and strikingly so at Hot Springs in Arkan-
sas, and nearly all the physicians in these
sanitariums commend the exercise as ma
terially aiding digestion, cleaning the stom-
ach, and as a help of breaking OFF chewers
from the use of tobacco.
A few years ago, and even now, in staid
eastern cities, young lady who chewed
gum would be summed by other fair ones
and held up as an example as one on the
direct road TO perdition. Whereas, in Chi
cago, Kansas City, st. Paul. Minneapolis
and all the rest of the progressive west and
northwest cities and towns, if one can't chew
at least a nickels worth of gum per day one
is not up to the standard. 1t seems odd, but
there is perfect dial to the thoughts in the
way the gum is chewed. Let any one chew
ing gum become excited or enthusiastic, say
at horse racing or any other interesting en-
joyment and tho mouth will work quickly
and with an automatic regularity. Entire
rows of men and women, watching a baseball
contest, will show on which side the chewers
are betting. When good play is made on
one side the hackers of that side chew
feroclously; tine losing side cheW and work
the gums alphabetically. A home run causes
the masticating and crunching to go on as
though worked by Keely motor.
A young lady visiting the cast from one of
the western cities neglected to bring with
her a stock of genuine gum. Life seemed in
tolerable, until a thoughtful friend sent her
bundle of sweetly scented chewing gum.
To watch another chewing gum very long
will make YOU hungry and the younp lady's
mother, having watched her "chewn for a
long time and seeing the evident relish with
which she chewed, asked for II paper. After
chewing for five minutes she suddenly threw
the gum Indignantly out of the window.
Later, when the young lady's mother re-
marked that the habit of chewing gum was
pernicious, unladylike and vulgar, the
daughter understood that the neopbyte in
gum chewing had a swollen tongue chewed
jaws and bleeding lip. There are slips
even in gum.-BaItimore American.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

For the relief and cure of the inlam-
nation and congestion called 'cold in
the head" there is more potency in Ely s
Cream Balm than in anything else it is
possible to prescribe. This preparation
has for years past been making brilliant
success as remedy for cold in the head,
catarrh and hay fever Used in the mi
tial stages of these complaints Cream
Balm prevents serious development of
the symptoms, while almost numberess
cases are on record of radical cures of
chronic catarrh and hay fever after all
other modes of treatment have proved of
no avail.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

Ever Gin e can remember, my mntncr has sOf
ferci from milk leg Nothing NO Id do her any
good She had the best medical talent. bur they
all dill her good. She suffered with her leg foi
thirty .ars and never knew well day. She would
have to sit up haf the night, holding up her leg
and moaning She had no peace. She use all the
best known remedies in the country without eff
feet | asked her to try your Gu lcurA Remedies.
Got her bottle OF Cutlcura ResolyCut, and she
TOOK it, and has taken In all about six or seven
bottles, and now she IL a well woman today. Her
leg Is ent rely healed, and her health was never
better. She can go out every day, something he
has not done in ten years,s you sec cannot help
stating to you about Your wonderful CauCur1
Remedies. GU have saved my mothers life. |
cannot find worjs to express my gratitude have
advertised your Cuticura Remedies far anu near.
EpMARD | ukDAR, 1905 Broadway, N. Y.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

As rule southern wsmen have small and
pretty feet Certainly they do not spoil them
in walking, for in no section of the country is
so little physical exercise INDUCED in by the
gentle sex, They, too, are large Of eye and
soft of speech. To mako themselves agree
able is canon, and their hattery is seductive
because apparently unconscious, They are
strong not only in family feelings and the
ties of kinship, but have an unbounded pride
in their particular state, and an affection so
strong for it that if the old issue had de-
pended on women one doubts that they ever
would have been beaten. Now York Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain Of cutting teethH II so,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. Its value is incaculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. It. cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom-
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
tenn. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one OF
the oldest and best female nurses and ply,
sicians in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world Price 25 cents per bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27
Extremes If a Great city.

In this monstrous and constantly more
monstrous growing town extremes meet iu-
cessantly. spent the evening with friend
lately, in gigantic apartment house near
Central park, where he spent 5000 year
rent for a fiat like "a Venetian palazzo, and
has over 800 900 worth of furnishings and
decorations in his hired rooms. Within a
couple OF blocks found myself in a mob in
front of miserable alley way leading to q
tenement house in back court. A tenant
was being evicted for non payment of rent.
The amount of said rent, which was for
room and bedroom, was SO a month-Sl2O a
year, as against the 5000 l had just left.
Quite contrast, is it notl But. bless you!
it is nothing when you are used to it, as you
must become in New York.
know man whose entire property CON
sists OF tenement houses. He owns them in
solid blocks. He himself lives in the Dakota,
our most colossal OF swell apartments. He
pays more than tho whole rental he receives
from two of his tenements for his fiat; that
is to say, some twenty or thirty poor people
have homes and good homes of their kind
for he keeps his tenements in good style, for
the money he spends on dozen unfurnished
rooms He can afford to live in New York
The poor can afford it, for they have no
social duties and would be Just as poor auy-
where
But the young business man, who derives
handsome income from his business, or the
man VINO lives on modest investment can
not remain here unless he is willing to sink
all social ambitions and go in for life of
modesty and economy, such as a literary man
or an artist might enjoy, but no man with
aspirations to place in society can. So,
there are forming all around New York, as
l.. Q
colonies of well born and well bred people,
where thoy entertain handsomely, keep their
stylish turnouts and where metropolitan life
finds imitation in II small way in the winter
dances and entertainments, that tho papers
are at present chronicling at great rate,
and where what would be poverty in the
squandering town is abundance If not &C
tual wealth. Alfred Trumble in Pittsburg
Bulletin.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

Nearly all diseases originate from in
action of the liver, and this is especially
the case with chills and fever, intermit-
tent fevers and malarial diseases. To
save doctors bills and ward disease. take
Simmons Liver regulator. a medicine
that increases in popularity each year
and has become the most popular and
best endorsed medicine in the market for
the cure of liver or bowel Diseases
TELEGRAPH, DUBUQUE. Iowa.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

P stands for pudding for peach md for pear,
And likewise for Poetry and Prose;
The parrot. the pigeon that flies in he air.
The pig with tho ring In his nose;
For paper and pen, for printer aud press,
For physic and pc, pie who selit
But when you are sick. 10 relieve your dlstress
Take at once Pierce's purgative pellet.
Oh, yes. indeed! These are the P's for
you, poor, sick man or woman. Moths
ing like them for keeping the bowels and
stomach regulated and in order-tiny,
sugar-coated granues scarcely larger
than mustard seeds. They work gently
but thoroughly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

Is continually going on in the human
system. The demon of impure blood
strives to gain victory over the constitu.
ton, to ruin health, to drag victims tt
the grave. A good reliable med CT II
like Hoods Sarssparilla is the weapon
with which to defend ones self drive the
desperate enemy from the field, and re-
store peace and bodily health for many
years Try this peculiar medicine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27
County Building.

24-John Rauch, by master, to Jurgen
Tagge, lot 10, block 8, Andrew Il Bar
rows addition, Moline, 81, 1853 O4.
Stilman W. Wheelock to Helen NJ
Ingallson, lot 10, block 5, Wheelock'
addition, Moline, 1910.
Frank Grinell to Mary E. Grnell. 10
4. Brasher's subdivision, II. II, 2w, 81.
600, and Frank Grinell to Geo. H. Rich
mond, same, 81 900.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

Feminine hair dressing in Paris now
strictly follows code according to the color
of the tresses. Fair hair is to be turned back
loosely from the face, so rs to form a golden
aureole; dark locks must be parted down the
center and smoothly arranged; chestnut
tresses may be piled high on the head in Jap
anese style, with few curls straying over
the forehead. Chicago Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

1t is not welcome fact, but it is a very
pregnant one, that the less babies are talked
to and noticed the first year the better. All
success in training them, indeed, depends
Supor this calm letting them alone, leaving
the nerves unwrought upon, and allowing
the little frame time to become accustomed
to the strain upon it of acquaintance with
this restless, rioting world Of ours,-Demo-
rests Monthly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

with J. E. Loosely s. Co, Successors tc
Hayes & Cleaveland) general insurance
agents. Fire. tornado, cargo, life an(
accident insurance policies written al
lowest rates given by any reliable com
pany. Ocean steamship passage tickets
for sale. Office removed to No. Ills
Second avenue, next door east of Nc
Intire & Co.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27
Children's Remarks.

Often parents with all good intentions re.
prove their children for making remarks on
the nature Of the food placed before them;
but when children are at home they ought to
be encouraged rather than otherwise to be-
stow well merted praise or blame, as it indi-
Gates a refined and acute condition of the
senses of taste and smell. --Olfactics.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

To the taste. more acceptable to the
stomach, and more truly beneficial in its
action, the famous California liquid fruit
remedy. Syrup of Figs. is rapidly super
SEEDING all Others Try it. One bottle
will prove its merit. Hartz S Bahnsen,
Agents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27
Don't Hear Everything.

The art of not hearing should be learned
by all 1t is fully as important to domestic
happiness rs n cultivated ear, for which SO
much money and time are expended. There
are SO many things which it is painful to
hear, many which we ought not TO hear, very
many which, if heard, will disturb the tenn
per, corrupt simplicity and modesty, detract
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

Concentrated I've is the best of all contriv-
ances for cleansing bedsteads. Never keep
either I've or any poisonous substance in a
bottle or pitcher or cup that may be drunk
from by mistake. In tin box or china soap
dish, nobody would mistake them for any
beverage. Boston Budget.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27
Rheumatism

| 10 Is an established fact that Hoods Sar.
| saparilla has proven an invaluable remedy
in many severe cases Of rheumatism, effect
| ing remarkable cures by It's powerful action
in correcting the acidity of the blood, which
is the cause Of the disease, and purifying
and enrichlng the vital fluid.
It Is certainly fair TO assume that what
| Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for others 1t
will do for you. Therefore, II you suffer
the pains and aches of rheumatism, give
this potent remedy fair trial.
A Positive Cure.
az was troubled very much with rheuma-
tism in my hips, ankles, and wrists.
could hardly walk, and was confined TO my
bed good deal of the time. Being rec
commended to try Hoods Sarsaparilla,
took four bottles and am perfectly well.
cheerfully recommend Hoods Sarsaparilla
as one of the best blood purifiers in the
world" W. f. WOOD, Bloomington, III.
For Twenty Years
have been afflicted with rheumatism. Before
1888 found no relief, but grew worse. then
began taking Hoods Sarsaparllla, and it did
me more good than all the other medicine
ever had" II. T. BALLOON, Shirley, Mass
81 suffered from what the doctors called
muscular rheumatism. / took Hoods Sar-
saparllla and am entirely cured" j. V. a.
PRoUDFoor, letter carrier, Chicago Ill.
We shall DO glad to send, free of charge
TO all who may desire, book containing many
additional statements Of cures by
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for s. Made
only by G. l. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses Ono Dollar.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

Unless you have long purse, never buy
anything because it is cheap, especially gloves
and millinery. Such purchases are always
dear in the long run. woman who dresses
well on hundred year says, Il am too
poor to buy anything but the very best
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

small or larger The blessings of health
are best appreciated when We are SIGH
and in pain. A hacking cough, Il sevnrk
cold, or any throat or lung disease are
very troublesome; but all of these lhay be
quickly and permanently cured by DR..
Bigelow's Cure. Safe and pleasant for
children. Price 80 cents
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

A German physician says that in child.
hood the male and female hearts are of
the same size, but later on the masculine
heart develops much more than the female
and the former ends by being two square
inches larger than the latter.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

To remove mildew from linen rub the spot
with soap; scrape chalk over it and rub it
well; lay it on the grass in the sun; as it
dries, wet it a little; it will come out with
two applications
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

Insure in the Boylston Insurance Co, of
Boston, Mass, organized 1872 Assets
nearly $1,000,00O. E. W. Hurst, agent,
Office over Rock Island National Bank.
E. E. Parmenter, attorney at law
Makes collections, loans money and will
attend to any legal business intrusted to
him Office. postoffice block, Rock Isl
and, Ills. ds&w1y
Hard Coal Market.
All sizes and best grades of Anthracite
coal 5000 per ton, delivered to any part
of this city. usual discount for cash; can>
mel coal for CRATES So.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

The flavor of nearly all kinds of fish is i'm
proved by removing the skin from them be
fore they are cooked The skin has a dis
agreeable flavor, as does the fat is between
the skin and the flesh.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27
Drunkenness

Or the Liquor Habit, Positively Cured by
Administering Dr. Haines Golden
Specific.
, 1t caa be given In cup Of coffee or tea without
me knowledge OF the person taking #: it s absp-
lutely harmless, and Will effect p rm 4ncnt and
speedy cure, whether the patient is "A mod rate
drinker or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands Of
drnukards have been made ten )crlte man wiD
have taken Golden Specific IN their coTes VIII
out their knowledge and to-day bel eve they OUT
drinking OF their own free will. 1T NEVEF
FAIL. The system onC1 impregn 'tad with tn
specific, 1t becomes an utter impOs -ibity for tn
liquor appetite TO exist. For sale by T. II. Thorn
and Marshall g. Fisher, Druggists Rock lsla"d.
Ills. feb 2-i}Tl"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

George Holmes. jockey, eloped with
Miss Mary Morris, of Kansas City, and
created sensation until it was discover,
ed that Holmes father was n millionaire.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

Never speak loudly, or whisper impress
sively, or talk continuously in a sick room.
above all don't gossip about cases of sickness
that have come under your observation.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

After thirteen years litigation an AL
bany IN. Y estate has realized eighty
five cents apiece for the heirs The law
yers got about $11 900 each.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

Never let the whites of eggs stand during
the beating process, even for a moment, as
they will begin to turn to a liquid state and
cannot be restored, aud thus will make a
heavy cake
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

Sold everywhere Price: CUTICURA, 50 cents
soar. rs cents; REsoLvENT, 81. Prepared by
PoTrER DRUa AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston. Mass
Send for How to Cure Skin Diseases"
GA pages. so illus trations and 100 testimonials.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

The widows of President Garfield and
Gen Geo. B. Mcclellan are guests at the
same hotel in Paris where they are spend.
ing the winter
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

CutIcura, the great skin ca e, aud 'uticurt Soar
prepared from it, ex terna ly. and Cuticlra Resell
vent the new blood purifier, internally, are posi-
tive for every form Of skin and blood disease
from pimples TO scrofula
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-27

"Tho funeral Of marriages. is what Chic
Justice Peters, Of Maine. calls divorce day il
the supreme court