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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
Habits of a Literary Man.

ssTimothy Titcomb" had just come out
with his 'Gold Foil" and l, too began to
hammer at the old proverb: Get thy spindle
and thy distaff ready, and God will send thee
fax"
One night I got my desk in order-pen,
paper, clippings, letters, everything Inc
next morning, two hours before the usual
time of rising, thought of my spindle and
my distaff" waiting, and | hurried up, and
out into the fresh spring morning. For five
minutes, perhaps, stood around the dew
laden porches, and then went in for cracker
and glass of milk, and was ready for find
ing my flax
Going fasting to my desk, or taking even a
short walk as soon as / was up, always re-
tarded my work, and headache or early
| exhaustion was the consequence.
| The history of this morning is the history
| Of every morning for year. The old habit
was hard to break, but I was determined &c
get rid of it, and every morning l compelled
myself to write something original; to write
Il with care and painstaking, endesvoring Il
concentrate my thought upon it. Often thu
style was bad, being uneven and "Jerky,
and the matter WAS even worse, from hal
formed IDEAS, vet louhu lndt CopJ my d le'
pages of some good author the evening be
fore improved the style, and putting the ide'
on paper often introduced it as a persona
thing which | could see and handle. o
course, much of the work of those first morn
ings was gathered up carefully and cor
signed to the stove, but the habit of wsitin
for moods" soon showed unmistakable sign
of being broken up; and, after few month.
/ was delighted 10 find that whenever cam
to my desk in the morning my fax we
waiting for the distaff.
Afterward, when took up editorial wori
or became, as Horace Greeley once Gale
himself, ian editorial hack" my copy WI
not always day or two behind time becau:
/ had TO wait until l felt like writing. Fl
many years now l have been engaged
other work, writing only occasionally, al
again have formed the habit Of hanging {
, the skirts Of moods" but am convince
, that it is not necessary thing to wait f
inspiration, and, too, that the more We wal
, the more we may waltz. f. Chase in II
| Writer
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
c., N. & St. P. Excursions.

Agent Holmes. of the c.. NJ. & St. P,
has received notice that the c., NJ. & St,
P. will sell tickets at the rate OF one fare
for the round trip to all points in Mime
sofa. Dakota. Nebraska. Kansas. Mon
tana and Eastern Colorado for the hsr-
vest excursions, leaving on August 81,
September II and 25, and October and
%.
For the national encsmpment of the
Grand Army of the Republic al Colum
bus, Ohio, September 10 to ID, the Mil
waukee fixed rate of 50 90-or one
cent per mile round trip. Tickets are II
be sold September to 9 inclusive anC
good to return September 81.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
Making Butter in Uruguay.

One of the curious customs of Uruguay Is
the method of making butter. The dairy
man pours the milk warm from the COW into
an inflated pig or goatskin, bitches it to his
saddle by a long iasso and gallops five or six
miles into town with the milk sack pounding
along on the DAD behind him. When he
reaches the city, his churning is over, the
butter is made and he p ddles it from door
to door, dipping out with a large wooden
spoon the quantity desired by each family.
Though all sorts of modern agricultural ma
chinery are used, the natives cannot be in
duced to adopt the wooden churn. Fresh
milk is sold by driving cows from door to
door along tho principal streets and milking
into the jars Of the customers.-Willia
Eleroy Curtis.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

A Vienna dispatch says: "A microcephal-
ist, aged IS, has arrived in Vienna from
Galicia, and has been placed under the charge
Of Professor Nothnagel, of the Vienna uni
versity. The head of the youth is extraordi-
narily small, fiat on the sides, and coming to
a point at the crown. The unfortunate is an
idiot, but possesses great power of imita-
ton and repeats words without difficulty
He has to be tended like baby and is very
fond Of dolls and other toys In showing
him to his hearers during lecture the other
day, Professor Nothnagel said that the man
in appearance and in habits greatly resembled
a monkey, from which animal, however, he
was distinguished by his power Of speech.
Besides, the professor added, nothing has yet
been found in unacceptable brains which
| point to a closer affinity with the monkey. ~
| London Times
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
LOCAL NOTIONS.

New dates and figs at Krell & Maths.
Six room house to rent on Sixth ave-
nue., between Nineteenth and Twentieth
streets. Enquire of Z. W, Hurst.
Insure in the Boylston Insurance Co. of
Boston, Mass. organized 1872. Assets
nearly S1,000,000. E. W. Hurst, agent,
Office over Rock Island National Bank.
Bsrth & Babcock, Dentists.
No, 1924 Second avenue Special atten.
ton paid to saving the natural teeth and
inserting teeth without plates.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

better. In summer, therefore, our food must
be less in quantity Indeed, quantity then
tells more unfavorably on health than does
quality. The getting rid of waste keeps the
eliminating organs at high and dangerous
tension, and that, too, when weakened by
climatic conditions. Yet many persons eat
the same in summer as in winter, and spur
their feeble appetites with various stlmu-
lants. It is not wonderful that, when the
laws of health are thus disregarded, the
season is prominently the sickly one, al
though so much life in the open air should
make it healthy one.
Food includes water and water constitutes
the larger part of the body. 1t is also the
| solvent both of food and waste. By its
evaporation on the surface the bodily tenn
perature is kept at its proper point Hence
it should be drank freely in summer-but moi
iced.-Youth's Companion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

A new paper in the western states, called
The Rocky Mountain Cyclone, opened the
first article of its first number as follows:
I'VE begin the publication of The Rocy
Mountain Cyclone with some phew diphi-
culties in the way. The type phounder
phrom whom We bought our output phor
this printing ophice phailed to supply US
with any ephs or Gays, and it will be phour
or phive wees bephore we can get any. We
have ordered the missing letters, and will
have TO get along without them till they
come We don't lique the look ov this
variety ov spelling any better than our
readers; but mistaixs will happen in the
best of regulated phamilies, and, if the ph's
and c's and KS and gus hold out, We shall
ceep the sound the hard the Cyclone
whirling aphter phasion TILL the sorts ar
rive. 1t is no joque to US; it is ssrioui
! aphair Home Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
E,XECUTRIX's NOTICE.

Estate OF William S. Mechanism, Deceased.
The undersigned, having been appointed Ex-
ecuirix of the last will and testament Of William
s. Mechanism, late Of the county of Rock Island,
state OF Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice
that she will appear before the county court OF
Rock Island county, at the office Of the clerk OF
said court, in the city Of Rock Island, at the No
vember term, on the First Monday in November
next, at which time all persons having claims
against said estate notified and requested to at
end for the purpose of having the same adj ust
ed All persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment to the I'M
dersiGned.
Dated this 18th day Of August. A. D., 1888
JENNIE P. MCCLANAHAN, Executrix.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
.nIerast

yourself in life insurance. You will find
the renewable term policy of the Pro9i-
dent Savings Life Assurance society of
New York to be the best. the cheapest
and the fsirest Avoids the unnecesss-
rily high cost of level premiums and the
uncertainty and insecurity of assessment
insurance. Net cost for $40, 900 for year
1887. Age 95. S1O7 90; age IS, 1921 so;
age 40. $4,000; age So 1888 So.
LIEBERKNECHT & 0LMsTEAD.
Local Agents.
No. 17t2 Second ave. Rock Island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

The best on earth can truly be said Of
Grigg's Glycerine Salve, which is sure,
safe and speedy cure for cuts, bruises,
scalds, burns wounds and all other sores
VIII positively cure piles, letter and all
skin eruption. Try this wonder healer.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refund
cd. Only % cents. Sold by druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

There is one grand scheme that has caused
me frequently to wonder why it has not
been brought into general application, in
view Of the ingenuity and genius that . ly.
ing around loose; and that is the getting Of q
wife on the installment plan; that is, l don't
mean the wife, but the dowry. There are 6
good many fathers who couldn't spare &, 0Ot
cash down, but who could readily pay in in
stallments Of say $500 or si,e0O per year
Notes could be given, and even mortgages OF
land for security Of payment at the stated
periods, say from one to ten years. A failur'
to pay would enable the husband to fore
close His money would be safe at any rate
don't you seea--American Hebrew.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
ROSY MORN.

The morning sits and swings
In her hammock of rose and gold,
Her feet just touch the sea,
And the hem of her garments fold;
She watts breath to me
OF the blossoms Of hope and love,
As swinging TO and fro
She croons like the brooding dove.
Sing soft, swing low, oh, rosy morn'
Clasp to thy breast the day. new born
The morning swings far out
Ger the foam of the misty seas,
And lights with rosy glow
The tops Of the tallest trees;
The sleeping flowers wake
At the touch of her Quick'ning lips,
And drink the dewy showers
That fall from her finger tips.
Sing soft, swing low, oh, rosy morn,
Clasp to thy breast the day, new born.
Louise Phillips in Outing.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

For rich and poor who wish to enjoy
good health, and who do not wish to re.
sort to bitter. nauseous liver medicines
and cathartics, is the concentrated Cali
fornia liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs.
: Hartx-&. -Rahpseu age
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

The walters in New York restaurant
having struck, the sharp proprietor rang
tor number of district messenger boys
and thus temporarily supplied the places
of the strikers until other walters could
be secured
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

CHICAGO MUSICAL SEMINARY, 81 LOOMS
JSt. established 1870; tue larges and most com
plete music school in the northwest furnace heat
and gas throughout the entire building; music
and all the tine arts. BY their new and easy
method of musical instruction, pupils, young oil
OLE are taught 10 pea form on piano, banjo harI
or guitar in 20 lessons what requires years by The
old M hod: pupils wishing to attend from dis
tance will find all he comforts of a home at tht
seminary; room with board reasonable; send TO
new catalogue. j. IL. MACDONALD,
| iune 93-ti3,n President.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

To cure felon. fill tumbler with equal
parts of fine salt and ice; mix well. Sink
the finger in the center and allow it to re-
main until it is nearly frozen and numb,
then withdraw it, and when sensation is re-
stored renew the operation four or five times,
when 1t will be found the disease is destroyed.
This must be done before pus is formed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

For ordinary woodwork use whiting and
ammonia to rub the dirt off.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

Thick brown paper should be laid under
carpets If the patent lining is not to be had.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

Dip a sponge in sweetened water and place
1t where the ants do congregate." When it
is filed, scald and thoroughly rinse. Repeat
until they are gone.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

Grease spots can be removed from marble
by the application of paste made of crude
potash and whiting Brush it all over the
surface to be cleansed and polish off
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

1t may be useful to know that hoarseness
may be relieved by using the white of an
egg, thoroughly beaten, mixed with lemon
juice and sugar. A teaspoonful taken oc-
casionally is the dose.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

To remove warts get little bullock's gall
and keep it in bottle; rub a little on the
warts two or three times a day, and in q
short time they will disappear.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

romake sealing wax for fruit cans, take
eight ounces Of resin, two ounces gum shellac
and half ounce of beeswax. Melt all to-
gether This will make quantity and may
be melted for use when wanted.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

For chapped lips mix two tablespoonful
Of clarified honey with few drops Of laven-
der water, or any other perfume, and anoint
the lips frequently.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

Ceilings that have been smoked with a
kerosene lamp should be washed off with soda
water.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07

An excellent furniture polish is Of equal
parts of shellac varnish, linseed oil and
spirits OF wine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
In a Safe Christian Home,

where they will be surrounded by good influences
while they receive the instruction and discipline
Of experienced teachers.
Reference il also made hy permission to the ed.
itor Of this paper and past and present irons OF
the school in nearly every city in the west Tes-
timonials are given in the Annual Register
copy of which will be sent on application to
REV. G. W. LEFFINGwELL, ID, Rector,
Knoxville. Knox county, Ill
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & Quincy.

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE i ST. PAUL.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
GENTS WANTED FOR THE UNI

AAversal oil Heater and Burner. The house
| keepers delight. Cooks a meal or heats u room
AT a cost of cents per hour. Nothing like it ever
| invented. Agents are making big money. Sells
| If sight Address UNIVERSAL MFG. co.
| 81 Market Street, CHICAGO, I'LL
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
The Highest Advantages are
offered.

French and German are spoken; special atten-
ton is given to literary studies. Every pupil IL
cared for as daughter in the family, a. TO her
health manners, conversation and character. All
sleeping apartments are
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
INTELLIGENCE COLUMN.

Tor SALE "A HOUSE AND LOT
l. in very desirable location; apply to
NJ. NJ CORBETT, Atty at Law.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
BUSINESS CARDS.
VIM. MeENIRY.


ATTORNEY AT LAW-Losns money on goo1
Asecurty, mske- collections; Reference, Mich
ell 4 Lynde, bankers Office in Postofiice block
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
The Location is Perfectly
Healthy.

Itisa'so easy of access from all parts of the
country; on the C., B X z railroad, al Knoxville,
Illinois, between Gaeshurg and Peoria. The es-
adjustment is first class throughout the result OF
twenty years experience and an expenditure OF
$3.50 600 An extensive course of study is provi-
ded, and
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
CLE0ANN & SALzMA ~ NM
1923 and 1925 Avenue,

Can now show you the eD.,.
stock of 81
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
Uses Of Banana Fiber.

Among the valuable products OF the
soil now largely suffered TO go TO waste,
according TO the United States consul at
San Salvador, is the fiber Of the banana.
This fiber, which may be divided into
threads Of silken fineness, extends the
length of the body Of the tree, which
grows without a branch from ten to
fifteen high, and has a circumfer-
ence at the base Of two and a half TO
three feet. In Central America the fiber.
with nc preparation except drying, is
used for shoe strings, lariats and cords
for all purposes.
In its twelve months of existence the
banana tree bears only one bunch OF
fruit, but from two 10 four or ten trees
spring from the roots Of the one that
las fallen. At home the bunch OF
bananas is worth fifteen cents and the
dead tree nothing, though, if the supply
were not inexhaustible, the latter would
be worth ten times the value of the fruit
TO n cordage factory, paper mill or coffee
sack maker. The banana leaf, witt
stems of the toughest and finest threads,
is from two and a half 10 three feet wild,
and ten to fifteen feet long, and serves
the native women Of San Salvador a an
umbrella in the rainy season. a carpet or
which to sit and a bed on which to rest
-Arkansaw Traveller.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
Photographs of the Indians.

When the systematic study Of Indian
photographs was begun by the bureau Of
~ethnology years ago, it was supposed by
those who collected the materials that
the carvings on rocks and wood, on
barks and skins, when they were inter.
preted. would tell something Of the his
tory Of the people who made them, as
the hieroglyphics Of the east have en-
abled modern scholars to construct the
history of ancient dynasties and empires.
This expectation has been disappointed.
The Indian photographs are either
NEUROLOGICAL, or, il they relate 10 events,
il is 10 incidents in the lives Of indi.
viduals who are not identified, such as
his hunts, the number Of scalps he took
In battle, etc., or 10 such events in the
history Of the tribes as the great religious
festivals. They throw no direct light
upon the origin, age, or migrations Of
the tribes that made the photographs.
Indirectly, by the comparative study OF
the characters made by different tribes,
the relations Of those tribes may be de-
termined. It is by this comparative
study that the Indian photographs are
likely TO prove most valuable TO science.
Science,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
SOME CURIOUS ANTlPATHlEa
Peculiar Physical and Mental Weakness Of
Great Men-Problems for Psychologists

Peculiar Physical and Mental Weakness Of
Great Men-Probiems for Psychologists
The vanity Of King James | never
overcame his weakness of being unable
to look on a naked sword. Vladislaus,
king of Poland, could not bear TO see
apples. Pennant, the eminent traveller,
had a great aversion to wigs. The duke
of Schomberg. soldier as he was, could
not sit In the same DON with a cat 1t
will hardly be credited that though the
valorous Peter the Great built a fleet, he
yet from his 9th TO his i+th year could
not bear the sight Of either still or run
ming water, especially if he was alone.
La Mothe de Wager could not endure any
musical instrument, although he de-
lighted in thunder. Gretry, the com
poser, and Anne Of Austria were identi.
cal in their dislike Of the smell of roses.
The learned DIR. Beattie tells us Of
healthy strong men who were always I'M
easy on touching velvet, or or seeing
another person handle a cork. thinner
mann, the naturalist. of a lady whocould
not bear to touch silk or satin, and shud-
dered when feeling the yelvety skin of a
peach. One of the earls of Barrymore
considered the pansy an a~bomination,
and the unfortunate Princess Lamballe
looked upon the violet as a thing Of hor-
ror. Scaliger turned pale at the sight of
water crosses, and neither he nor Peter
Abono could ever drink milk. 1t is said
of Cardan that he was disguised at the
sight of eggs. Chesne, secretary to
Francis /, always bled at the nose on see
ing apples; a gentleman in the court Of
the Emperor Ferdinand had the anne in
disposition on hearing a cat new. John
Pechmann. a learned divine, never heard
the floor swept without being immedi-
ately uneasy, and feeling as though he
were sufTocated.
In Horne's Table Book is an account
of q gentleman in Alcantara, named
John Roll, who would swoon on hearing
the word lana, wool, although his cloak
was made of shat material, Again, in
The Universal Magazine, we read OF a
young woman Of Namur who tainted
whenever she heard a bell ring. The
medical pioneer, Hippocrates, mentions
one Nicanor, who swooned whenever he
heard a aute. Amatus Lusitanus relates
the case of q monk who tainted when he
beheld a rose, and never quilted his cell
when that flower was in bloom, Scaliger
mentions one of his relations who expe.
rienced a similar horror ON seeing a lily,
The Duke d'Epernon swooned on behold
ing a ~leveret, though a hare had no effect
upon him. Tycho Brahe, the supersti,
tious astronomer, was similarly affected
on seeing a fox, and Marshal d'Albert at
the sight of a pig. We hear of a French
lady who swooned on seeing boiled lob
sters; while Ambrose Pare, a celebrated
French surgeon, mentions a gentleman
afflicted with the same weakness when
he saw an eel. NJ. Vaugheim, a great
huntsman, in Hanover, felt dizzy and
tainted, or, if he had time, he would RUIZ
away when he saw a roasted pig.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
PoIIteness Of the ItalIana.

Their everlastingly praised politeness
and good looks is a lot Of sentimental
gush. They are not good looking and
their politeness is all on the surface, con-
sisting of the most profound courtesies
and a stereotyped set Of nicely turned
compliments, but genuine politeness they
do not possess. An Italian gallant will
allow a woman to climb upon a chair for
a book out of reach without the faintest
idea OF Offering his services, but will look
on admiringly and be oyercharged with
pretty expressions about her grace, or be
will step before her with unfailing ele.
gance 10 receive attention at a window
where she has been awaiting her turn
Florence Cor. Chicago Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
Advice to the College Grnduate..

The Hon. Oscar s. Straus, United
States minister TO Turkey, in addressing
the students Of Robert college on the oc-
casion Of their annual exercises, made
some very apt remarks about the danger
Of O college graduate regarding himself
as educated when he has received his
diploma. 'Tf you cease learning when
you have won your diplomas, you will
never DO educated" Is a maxim which
might with advantage be repeated else
where than In the latitude Of Constanti-
nople. The education Of school or col
lege is simply the teaching OF It's pupils
how 10 employ such intellectual nptitudes
as they possess, and IL Is successful In the
ratio that 1t turns out men with a capac-
ity for clear thinking and just reasoning
about any subject presented 10 them.
The ordinary college Ia, as the Germans
phrase il, a gymnasium, only the facul.
ties TO bo developed are those Of the mind
instead Of the body.-The Epoch
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-13
Seeds Of Various Weeds.

Recent investigation made by collect
ing a large number Of seed vessels Of
various species of weeds, counting the
contained seeds and then averaging the
results, brings the most surprising
figures. The average yield of the sand
bur is $500 seeds; Of the ground cherry,
5000; Of the horse nettle, 1,200; Of the
cocklebur, 1000; while the hull of the
Santa Fe nettle furnishes 0 1000 seeds;
the jimson weed, 100, 900; the foxtail.
IA, 1000; the pungent meadow grass, $780,.
900; the tumble weed, $50, 900, and the
common pig weed or goosefoot sprinkles
an average Of 200, 900 seeds TO the plant
each season. These numbers represent
averages, and are. Of course, much ex,
ceeded by individuals of the various
species named. Boston Budget.