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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

SALT LAKE CITY, U. T., Oct Opposite
Lorenzo Snow presided over the Mormon
semi-annual conference, which opened here
yesterday. In his remarks be gloried in the
persecution suffered by tine saints for the
sake OF the Lord He urged the establish
ment of private Mormon schools, and said
the membership of the church was never in
creasing rapidly as now. Elder Jacob
Gates sand that as the prophets of old broke
down the prison walls, so the priesthood OF
the church would pull down its prison walls.
The church must grow until it covers the
whole earth
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06
WENT TO SEE THEIR LEADER.
Two Delegations of Citizens Spend a
Hour with Gen, Harrison,

Two Delegations of Citizens Spend an
Hour with Gen. Harrison.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. Thirteen hundred
of Fountain county's citizens came here yes
terday in lavishly decorated special train
to call upon Gen Harrison. The delegation
was composed largely of farmers, but among
the visitors were number of Tippecanoe vet
Grams and an organization of first voters
from Attica. Three bands accompanied the
crowd, and Capt. Ben Heyber, of Attica,
came as the spokesman of the delegation.
At $50 o'clock 500 citizens of Madison,
Wis, arrived on special train, having left
home at o'clock in the morning. Accom-
panying this delegation were leading citi-
zens of GAINESVILLE, Belot and other places
At the ball the reception given Gen. Harri-
son was unusually enthusiastic. His speech,
covering points heretofore mentioned, was
received with great appreciation.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 6.-The situa-
ton presents few new features, except the
mider type which the fever is assuming.
The weather is warm, but not oppressively
so.
DR.. Neal Mitchell, president of the board
of health, issued the following official bull
letiu yesterday: New cases, 81; deaths, g.; to-
tai cases, 3,022; total deaths, 271 -
Editor Martin, of The Times Union, is in a
serious condition, and his death is looked for.
In St Augustine the board of health and
city council have issued letter calling upon
property holders of ST. Johns county to con-
tribute voluntarily toward the meeting of
the heavy expenses which are now being in
CURED by both county and city to ward off
the dread scourge of yellow fever, and which
amount to more than can be met by any tax
alton allowed by law
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

Maria Pia, queen of Portugal. is very
talented woman. 1t is safe wager,
though, that she can't sharpen lead pen
ell with a pair Of shears.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

LONDON, Oct. 6-Advices from the east
state that Suakim was attacked by the rebels
Thursday night, but the heavy fire of the
British troops repused them.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06
DECATUR ~ DISTRESS.
The Fever Increasing in Violence and tn
Worst Yet to Come.


Worst Yet to Come.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 6.-The relief
committee of Decatur has telegraphed Mayor
Lane, Of this city, asking for assistance al
once Money and provisions will be for
warded to-day.
A special to The Age from Decatur says
the weather has suddenly turned very warm,
and the situation is much worse. Seven
new cases were reported yesterday and one
death, Ed Booker. Dr. R. V. Williams was
stricken down with the fever yesterday, and
DR.. W. Gill, who has been sick two days, is
expected to die. Only three physicians are
left. Dr. Cochran, state health officer,
thinks the warm weather will develop many
new cases, and fears that the worst is yet to
come. W. B. Mcmillan, Decatur refugee,
died Thursday night at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
making total of twelve refugees who have
died with yellow fever
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

PTrTsBURs, Pa, Oct 6.-Since Thursday
evening 100 men have passed through this
city bound for Chicago to take the places OF
the striking street car men. They were
tlv from Nav York and Philadelphia, and
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06
THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Oct 3.
Board Of trade quotations to-day ware as fol,
lows: Wheat-No. October. opened 81 lOh
closed sll3 November. opened 81 1ll3. closed
SLl4Is December, opened 81 1874, closed S1.l5ss
Corn-No. = October opened 45c closed 45aec;
November, opened $3.50 closed 4534 &c: Deem
Der opened +5sc closed age. Oats No DC
tober opened 242sc closed 34i4 ssc: November.
opened and closed &c December opened 25Isc,
closed 25l4c. Pcrk-November. opened Sl5.i5,
closed sl5s'; year, opened Sl4 80 closed sl465;
January opened Sl4s0, closed Sl475 Lard
November, opened 81. 40, closed s9.37J1.
Live stock-Following were the quotations at
the Union Stock yards: Hogs-Market opened
moderately active; prices unchanged: light
grades $50 Gs5; rough packing, S600G6 IS;
mixed lots s605@6 45; heavy packing and ship
ping lots, SGsOa675. Cattle-weak; native
beeves, S3.4@625; bulk, S4.5o15.0 90; cows, 81 40
6t2s5; stockers. S20OG2&, Sheep-Steady
native muttOns sSO06s5 s.; western sheep $500
Qt565; lambs, S39Od5S
Produce: Butter-Faucy Elgin creamery IA
24c per 10; fancy dairy, 800 I6c; packing stock
10149lllec- Eggs-Strcty fresh, l9c per doz /;
Poultry Spring chickens, &c per Id; old hens &c
roosters, 56E5Ssc turkeys loo; ducks, slsG9c;
geese, S. 5Ot65o per doz. Potatoes Irish, 400
Is per bu; sweet POTATOES, S2O0GlaJ1 per Dbl APP
ples-Choice reds Sl756l25 50 per Dbl; fair to
choice reds, S-oo11.s5.
New York.
NEW York, Oct. S.
Wheat-IrregIlar No red state. 81 Is, No 9
do Sll5a4: No / white do, 81 Il; No. red
| winter October, Sill, do November. 81 r5ss
| Oorp-lrregular; No mixed cash, SIC; do &c
tober, 5I3,c, do November, 52Lc; do Decem-
her, 5ic cats-Steady; No. / white state. &c;
| No. do &c; No. mixed October 29lec;
do November s1t4c, Rye-Dul Barley-Nomi-
| nal. Pork-Dull, but very strong: new mess.
| SI6 e5dl7.O0 I.ard-Nominal; October, $40 80;
November, s9G5.
| Live Stock Cattle-Active and higher; com
mon to fairly prime native steers, s. 90l5 81 y
| 100 ms: Texas steers s. 25G3.50; rangers s. 5Oa
S:75: one car load at s4Oo Sheep and Lambs
Easier for both sheep and lambs; sheep S. 75G
| AIS . 100 MS few choice, s. IS; lambs, s. 5O6t
ego Hogs-Quiet; live hogs, s6.45D670
ROCK ISLAND
| oats-New 2OG2s
| Hay-Upland prairie iS6Gss.
| Hay-Trmoiny-new S74s51.
Hay-wid, S5G0Gs6
| Rye-40c.
Corn -40@442
| Potaioes-25435c-
| Turnps-15c.
| Cosl-soft lie hard 800
Cord wood-Oak g. Is; Hickory, S..
| straw-s6 90: baled 81 90.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

Butter contracts during cold weather,
forcing the brine to the surface, and the
water evaporating, leaves the salt that was
in the brine in fakes on the outside Of the
butter
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

Cloves are said to be better preventive Of
moths than tobacco, or camphor, or cedar.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

Among the dead letters this year was
one addressed to Charles Dickens, the
lecturer, requesting copy Of "Your
latest novel, Cricket on the HEARTH"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

New iron should be gradually heated at
first. After it has become used to the heat 1t
is not likely to crack.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

A broth of fennel, which is such a SAUCE
for mackerel, is advised for persons who are
growing too feshy, or the roasted parsnip, or
parsnip wine for those who would grow
plump and full bosomed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

Keep bit of emery paper in your work
box for Frightening and sharpening needles.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

By adding a spoonful of vinegar and
little sugar to the stove backing high pol
ish is easily produced.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

Apple sauce is much improved by the ad-
dition of tablespoonful of butter, and re-
quires less sugar.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

Wash all marble daily with ammonia and
water in place of soapsuds.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

Keep separate sauce pan for boiling pot
toes in If possible
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

will reach Chicago this morning. Two hun
dred and fifty men have been engaged in the
east to go TO Chicago
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06

WASHINGTON CITY, Oct, 1.-THE presi-
dent returned last evening from his near by
fishing excursion. He caught a basket full
of fish
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-18
Care of the Eyes,

The Turks regularly cut open the outer
corner of the eyelids, if the eyes of girl are
not large enough for their ideas of beauty,
and inferior eyes can be gradually enlarged
by gently drawing the lids apart, day after
day, and bathing them in cool soft water
The stronger the eye the larger it will seem,
for the first instinct of weak eyes is to con-
tract and span themselves from light. Amer
leans ruin their eyes with too much news
paper reading. The enormous tax of going
over twenty columns of close print daily,
besides office work, is moro than human Or
cans can bear. One uses his eyes more il
this way in a month than our forefathers did
in a years study over black letter folios
Indeed tho relief of reading such huge vol
umes in block print as "Miller's Dictionary
of Plants,n for instance, is SO apparent to
overworked modern eyes that one wishes
only one book in twenty were printed. and
that in large plea
Worn type, poor impressions and crowded
pages with fine type exhaust our eyesight,
from the school book to the cheap novel and
cheaper newspaper, Reading long lines on
a wide page is trying to the sight, as there is
a change of focus necessary in following the
lines which is positively hurtful. So says B.
Joy Jeffries, of the Massachusetts Eye and
Ear infirmary, who first gave the warning
that the eyes of school children were steadily
injured by defective books, desks and lights
Shirley Dares Letter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-18
Biting tho Finger Nails.

A novel accident, resulting from a habit
of very common prevalence among nervous
people, was brought to my notice recently.
young lady presented herself at my office
complaining Of constant irritation in her
throat. Two weeks previously she had been
taken with very severe ''sore throat"
which was treated by neighboring physi-
clan Under his care she says, the infam-
nation quickly subsidized, but there still re-
NAMED q sensation of irritation. Examina-
ton revealed a small, feshy looking object,
about the size of kernel of wheat, adherent
to the tissues posterior to the left tonsl by
one end. The other parts Of the throat were
normal
The little mass could not be detached by q
cotton covered probe, but by the use Of for
ceps it was easily removed, and on examina-
ton proved to be piece of finger nail, which
had become covered by cheesy deposit. A
broken piece of the nail was also removed
from under the mucous membrane at the
same spot by sharp pointed probe. The pa
tent then confessed to the habit of biting her
finger nails, and, moreover, could remember
that day or two previous to the onset of
her throat trouble piece Of nail which she
had bitten off had become lost in her mouth,
but after it had caused fit Of coughing she
had forgotten about it until reminded by my
discovery. Jerome Tuthill in Medical
Record
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-18
Howard on the Whipping Post,

We need different grade of penalty We
need something that shall appeal to the ma.
ture OF the criminal. A man beats his wife
Or his mistress, whales her until il would
seem as though life itself must leave its froil
tenement de is arrested and given sir
months on the island insist that not only
Is the victim uncompensated. but the Grim
maj Is IN no sense punished An eve for an
eye, q lash for lash, would seem to be nearer
equity Than the present incomplete sequence,
lne whipping post is regarded as a. relic of
oarbarlsm, and when some years ago its use
was discontinued in Delaware, | remember
all the northern journals made much of the
fact-congratulated the state upon its an
proach to more complete civilization.
Now, believe that the uss of the lash on
beasts of burden is at times necessary Brute
force is often an essential. There is but one
way of managing bull dog. There is bnt
one mode of dealing with wild beasts Ex.
perts tell me that an attempt to control a
company of elephants without the pred would
be a supreme folly. The elephant is c,,n.
ming The elephant is cruel The elephant
is long suffering. He waits for his opportu.
nifty and then in a twinkling of an eye
his doclity disappears, and his marvellous
stlelStH, iHlellIoeulIy directed by an eX-
traordinary degree of cunning, is utilized
to uproot, to pull down, to sweep into de
struction everything and everybody that
has ever stood in his way or afforded him the
faintest excuse for SO doing. Beast tanners
tell me that nothing under heavens keeps
the lion, the tiger. in his place. crouchius
with fear, except a firm faith they have in
the superior physical strength of their mas
ter. The red hot iron, the knotted lash, the
lancet shaped prod, starvation, red hot Goals
Of unquestioned fire. these are the elements
with which to control four legged brutes,
and when man, made in the image of his
Creator, puts his moral nature on all fo1rs,
approaching the very blasts in their BRITISH
ness, he invites, it seems to me, the lash, the
red hot iron and such physical torment as
will convince him of the physical strength Of
of his master, the community.
Do l advocate the lashl For men who use
tho lash, do
Do advocate physical tortured For men
who use physical torture, do.
We hang men who kill; why not fog men
who whipl-Joe Howard in Boston Globe.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-18
Customs of New zealanders.

Formerly the New ZeaIanders worshiped
various gods apparently personiiications of
natural objects and powers, to whom they
addressed prayers and offered sacrifices
There were no idols, their gods being invisi-
BILE; many of them deified men. Quarrels III
the early times were principally about wo-
men aud land The natives still tattoo them
selves, and make their faces look hideous
That, however. is simply matter of taste,
for they think that purple in the cheeks and
over the bridge of the nose, and few swan
feathers in their matted hair, greatly en-
nance their beauty. They also have peculiar
customs, such as kissing by rubbing noses
lobe Democrat
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-18
rrac.pess In Commercial Statistics.

Nowhere in the world, suppose, are com
mercial statistics kept SO closely as they are
BY what you people call the French steam
ship line-the "Compagnie Generate Trans
atlantique." Every time the screw turns
round between Havre and New York it is
recorded, every ton Of coal burned, every
DAYS work Of every man, every expense of
the passenger service, every detail of the
freight--all are known down to the incest
certainty in the general office of the com
pany. So there | have been shown the
measure exhibiting how far one turn of the
screw will push forward the Champagne on
her way across the sea, and next it on plat
ter the exact amount of coal which must be
burned in order to turn the propeller around
once IL has been calculated how much
each kilometer Of ocean travel ought to cost
and what it ought to produce. Indeed, there
is nothing, down to the amount of rope and
painting and tar, which the company cannot
calculate TO the utmost nicely in its office
and the law of averages always brings their
calculations out correct. Chicago News. =.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-18
Temptations of the Teller.

The big banks down town with which ex-
tensive brokers and merchants deal do an
enormous amount Of business every day. A
great deal of this business Is by checks and
drafts and the balances to be paid to settle
the debts and credits are fixed every morning
at the clearing house. But with all the checks
and drafts, the paying tellers in these banks
handle fortunes in cash every day that they
are at their windows attending to business.
Aside from the amounts which they pay out
between 10 and o'clock, there is ALWAYS
large cash fund held in reserve for contin-
gencies that may arise suddenly and unex-
pectedly. 1t is nothing extraordinary for a
paying teller to handle from 81 900, 900 to
$4,000, 900 of cash in a day.
When the doors of the bank closed the
paying teller counts his cash to see that the
amount on hand corresponds with the
amount called for by the books. He puts
his cash balance In the vault and quits work
until next morning. From tho time he
leaves the bank until the hour for him to
reappear no one Of the officers of the bank
knows where he is He may, in fact, stay
away couple Of days on the plea of illness,
and if, as is usually the case, he has the con-
fidence Of his superiors, his absence arouses
no suspicious
Express trains leave for Montreal at and
Ills every evening A paying teller can
put a million dollars in greenbacks in his
pockets, walk out of his bank when the bust
ness of the day Is over, and be In N y treal
before he or the money is missed.
Paying tellers are considered well paid
when they get a salary of s., 500 year. They
know that their chance Of becoming cashier
or president Is very slim, and that the prob
abilities are they will go to the grave paying
tellers, or else be bounced because of old age,
or because change in the officers or board
Of directors has brought into power some
rich and influential man with poor rela-
tive whom be wants to support without cost
to himself.
Consider for moment the terrible tempta-
lions some of these tellers suffer They see
men making money by methods which are
neither exactly dishonest nor exactly fair,
and that nobody interferes with them. They
also see and feel enough money day after day
to make them SO independent of work that
they could live on the fat of the land while
life lasts and not turn a hand--New York
Cor. New Orleans Picayune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-18
INDIANS, MEDICINAL. IoA9
mysterious Herbs by which Tbev "a,
Formidable Disssass. A., 49,,

mysterious Herbs by which rh.- 60.
Formidable Diseases In Mex,co.
Without doubt men of n rnorov ,.,.,...
turn might, with perseverance, acc,,;,s ~
tne Indians knowledge of the pv.,.r;, 49,.
herbs with which they cure. radicai,v sa,'.s
OF those formidable diseases which hag,s si.o
greatest physicians Of the world. Fror
Chiapas and Tabasco up 10 Sonora and rY't
hnahua, the Indians make good ,,sa 30 -.
NERDS OF the field and forest The Ind;ars
VINO 1--we around the little hill oa,lad 81 !.
fenoi, near tl-is city, can cure ipteynittant
levers much more easily than our pbva;c;a,,.
and, in the state of Oueretaro. the Trdiars
nave remedy, known only 10 themaelvas
ena 'ne secret OF which they most jealousy
guard, which cures the worst forms ~ h,or.a
ui &c as many foreigners here can testify.
% cunning are these Indians that they
employ, as am told, medicine which ~
sne properly OF paralyzing temporarily the
SENSE OF taste, and thus their patients can
~ no ciew TO the nature Of the herbs they
aie 1aklhg. Malaria yields quickly to the
powerful remedies OF the Indians, and these
same rude practitioners will cure bad cases
10y pnus lever In the treatment Of the
smallpox The Indians are very successful
placing their patients In dark rooms, but
permitting currents of air to be continually
passing over the body Of the patient, while
some herbal remedy Is continually admins
.ered- Ihat the Indians of the country
Towns and OF the little hamlets up in tn
n :, are healthy is plainly to be sean.
iney I'VE often to an incredible age, and
say themselves that the white man Is sickly
Fellow who has gray hair while their own Is
still coal black.
A recent patient of the Queretaro Indians
sad the remedy administered to him by the
Indians seemed to take hold Of him in eyery
part OF his body, and that for twenty DAYS
he was kept covered up and sweating pro-
fusely. 1t seemed to him that they were
getting bis blood washed out" and every
organ OF his body cleansed At the end Of
The prescribed time he was told that he was
cured, and SO found himself beyond any
doubt. Many of the herbs used by the In
dams are declared by them to be Of great
value owing to their scarcity, and it ia Ger.
tain that they cherish them and will not
part with them for song. Even educated
physicians here employ remedies not known
In the United States The homeopathic use
the poison Of certain venomous snakes and
the sctive principle Of poisonous native
plants. 1t is possible that science will vet
make good use of the weed with which In
dian PRISONERS take away the wits Of their
enemies A little of this powder In yo,,r
soup, and away goes your intellect and rea-
son. On the principle that ''like cures liker
4 may be that in this baleful weed there Il
remedy for some forms Of insanity, for we
know very well that the treatment of brain
trouble is in its infancy, SO to say.-Mexico
Cor. Boston Herald.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-18

The world will hear something OF woman
l., art before the Twentieth century comes In.
: have been listening to a singular con
aort in,provised by the damsels who car
ia, off the prizes for violin playing this au
.nun at the Conservatoire. There were eight
- them. The flower Of the flock was
: chit of fifteen. Paganini never had a
mora accomplished disciple. She looks
= mere gamin All of them acquitted
themselves brilliantly. Is it not curious
t . girls were SO long in finding out how
walJ the violin suits theml If they have
talent and good figures, they are, as violinists.
.i,nnly irresistible. The outline of the bust,
when the fiddle is against the shoulder. is
given its fullest value; the forearm energies
from a nest Of lace, the head gracefully bends
dawn towards the instrument, and, if the
frock is not very long, the feet, which of
course are in Eeat shoes and stockings, are
well in view. The drawbacks are that the
violin wants an accompaniment and that
girljsh beauty is feeting Very ripe beauty
does not 20 so well with the instrument. But
skill and soul in the playing will make
amends. English Journalist.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-18
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