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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23
MANNERS ARE DEcAYlNG.


Gradual Decline Of Social and Domestic
Sweetness-The Missing Lihk"
Higher education has something to do with
the gradual decline in that social and domes-
tie sweetness which is the outgrowth Of the
performance of loving little duties and at
tentions one toward another, The daughter
has her school, her college, her post graduate
courses her societies and her discussions of
political economy and her ''aims, and no
longer relieves her mother of household cares
or places the slippers by the fire for her
father Tho son has his night key, his own
set of companions and associates, is only seen
at meal times and not always then, and has
50 many engagements that mother or sister
can rarely rely upon him as an escort, and
are often obliged to seek or accept the atten-
tion from strangers or mere acquaintance
which they do not find at home,
Bat this is not the worst of society young
mon. Vanity and lmbociity are fast rend.
cring them an indistinSuishable race-nei-
ther divine, human nor respectable as brutes.
but "A new species, possibly the missing
link to be invest gated and assigned place
ny nntnralists. y young dude recently made
1t n condition of going 10 a party with his
sister that she should not ''intcrducen any
ono He didn't want to 'incweasen his list
of acquaintances; besides, he was ''afwaid"
the COLLECTION" might be mixed" This is
literally true
Modern improvements, inventions and lux
urious appliances havo done their share
toward ridding US of the humanites.
Nobody now wants to take any trouble for
themselves or for other people, not even the
members of their own households. What IS
the use of taking a message or carrying a
parcell There is the telephone in the house
or office and the messenger boy on the corner
Memory is no longer cultivated in the dircc-
tion of performing thoughtful little acts and
fails even in the service of directing others
to attend to them. Personal solicitude per.
sonal sympathy is dying out for want of ex-
elcise, because every one is too busy to more
than write note or send a bouquet of
flowers, and even tho illness of our nearest
and dearest is turned over to the ''trainedn
nurse and doctor, and the busy nothingness
of our lives goes on as before. jenny June
in New York World.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23
Sign of IA Tobacco Chewcr.

II want chew of tobacco" whispered u
man in a crowded court room to a friend
Il wonder who I'll ask"
His friend looked around from one to an
other until his glance rested on little man
with big mustache only half conceallnG his
mouth agape.
There he said, there's your man."
He got the coveted leaf, then returning,
with some curiosity asked: How did you
know he had anyN
because he keeps his mouth wide open
That shows that he is an inveterate chewer
A great many chew aud keep their mouths
shut, but you can depend upon it that nine
times out of ten the man who keeps bis ismouth
open, with his under jaw banging down as if
weighted with a load of some foreign sub
stance. uses the weed. Buffalo News
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23
Their Bus,nes Booming.

Z Probably no one thing has caused such
general revival of trade at Hartz d
Bshnsen's diu store as their giving away
to their customers of so many free trial
bottles of Dr. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. Their trade is simply
enormous in this very valuable article
from the fact that it always cures and
never disappoints. Coughs. colds, asth,
ma. bronchitis, Group, and all throat and
lung diseases quickly cured. You can
test 1t before buying by getting a trial
bottle free, large size 81. Every bottle
warranted.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23

Who of us are without trouble be they
small or larger The blessings of health
are best appreciated when we are sich
and in pain. A hacking cough. severk
cold, or any throat or lung disease are
very troublesome; but all of these may be
quickly and permanently cured by DR..
Bigelow's Cure. Safe and pleasant for
children. Price so cents
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23

Nearly all diseases originate from in
action of the liver, and this is especially
the case with chilIs 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, 1888-01-23

Is natures own true laxative. 1t Is the
most easily taken, and the most effective
remedy known to cleanse the system
when bilious or costive; to dispel head
aches, colds and fevers; to cure habitual
constipation, indigestion. piles, etc.
Manufactured only by the California Fig
Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal.
Hartz & Bahnsen, agents, Rock Island,
I'll
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23
No French or German Pugilists.

Nobody ever heard of a German or French
pugilist The Germans and the French can
become good fencers, but when it comes down
to flst fighting they have no heart, or, as we
say in sporting circles, no bottom-Tom
Kelly in Globe Democrat
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23
a Great Victory
a Terrible Case Of Scrofula
Cured by
Hoods SarsapariIla

I'm the winter of 1879 was attacked with
Scrofula in one of the most aggravating forms.
At one time l had no less than thirteen large
assesses over and around my neck and throat,
continually exnding an offensive mass of
bloody matter disgusting to behold, and
almost intolerable to endure. 1t is impossible
to fully describe my sufferings, as the case
was complicated with Chronic Catarrh. After
three years of misery, having been treated by
three physicians, was worse than ever.
Finally, on the recommendation of W. j.
Huutley, druggist, of Lockport, was induced
to try Hoods Sarsaparila. And now, after
having taken twelve bottles, within the last
twelve months. the scrOfulous eruptions have
entirely ceased, and the assesses have all
disappeared except the unsighty sears, which
are daily becoming smaller by degrees, and
beautifully less l do not know what it may
have done for others, but / do know that In
my ease, Hoods Sarsaparilla has proved an
my cTG'itude ] send these facts unsolicited,
and / am le9dy 10 verify the authenticity of
this cure, by pei sCnai correspondence with
any one WHO doubts it," CHARLES a. Ron
FRrs, East Wilson, n. y.
This statement is confirmed by W. j. HUT
ley, druggist of Lockport, n. Y, who calls the
cure great uietory for Hood 's6arsaparlla.
Send for book giving statements ofmany cures.
Hoods SarSapariIia
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for S. Made
only by Q. /. HOOD s. CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23
Health is Wealth !

Dr. E. G Vests Ierve and Brain treatment, a
guaranteed specific for hystera, dizziness, CON
yulsions, flts, nervous neuralgia, heaIache, ner-
vous prostration CAUSED by the use of alcohol or
tobacco, wakefulness me ital depression soften.
ing of the brain resulting In insanity and leading
to misery, de ay and death, premature old age,
barrenness, loss of power in either sex, involun
tary losses and spermatorrh7ea caused by over
eXerton Of the brain, self abuse or over indul-
gence. Each box contains one months treatment.
81 box, or SIX boxes for s., sent by mail prepaid
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23

According to a Florida exchange, the
largest lemon ever grown in that state
was recently plucked in Brevard county
1t is 154 inches in circumference, and
weighs two pounds and two ounces
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23

He--'My darling, really believe my
rheumatism has wholly disappeared. ="
She-"Ob, Am so sorry Now we sail
never know when the weather is going to
change"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23

Does it pay to be good?' somebody
asks, and the first impulse of everybody
else is to answer: 1T does, if there is
any danger of being caught"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23

A South Carolina paper tells us of q
farmer in that state who has been at the
plow for sixty-eigbt years. 1t is time to
call the old man to dinner
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23
Yes, he loves You now. 'tis true,
Lass with cyssof vi5lel blnc,
Lips as sweetas huney-dew.
Bonnie little bride!
VIII he 10. . you as today,
When your bloom has fed away,
Whps yOur golden locks are uTry

Yes if il is the true kind it will sur~
vive all the inevitable waste and changes
of life. But it is every womans desire
and duty to retain. as long as she can,
the attractions which made her charming
and beloved in youth. No one can keep
her youthful bloom or cQuable temper if
weighed down and suffering from female
weakness and disorders DR.. Plerce's
Favorite Prescription is a remedy for
these troubles. Sold by druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23

Macon prohibitionist-th Atlanta elec.
tion was a Waterloo. Macon anti-No,
it was whisky loo.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23

The conductors of the New York ele-
waited trains are called guards" by the
Anglomaniacs
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23
DYSPEPSIA,

Is that misery experience when we sud
j d-nly become aware that we possess
diabOliCal arrangement called stomach
The stomach Il the reseryI Iir from which
every tibre ana tlSspe must be nuurished,
and uytrpuhle with IL il loon felt through
out the whole system. Among Dozen
dyspcptics no two Will nave me sam re.
dominant symptoms Dyspept Cs of active
mental power and billions temperament
are sub ect to SICK Headache; those,
feshy mud phltgmutic have Co.'s II "a ION,
while The thi and nervous are abandoned
10 gloomy foreb0dinga. Some dyspeptics
are wonderfully forget'ul others have
great irritAbiltN Of temper.
Whatever form dyspepsia may take, one
thing il certain, THE UNDERLYING
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23

Why do you put on the right shoe
first? Because you don't put on the wrong
shDp
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-08-02
Reverence in the Sanctuary.

The Rev. DIR. John Hall has spoken
upon this subject with directness and
force. His remarks in reference to the
close of worship are to be earnestly
commended:
81 could sometimes wish that yor
did not leave your pew so abruptly
and promptly as you do the moment
the last syllable of the benediction has
been pronounced. There is no need
that you should have your hat ir
your hand; no need that you should
have the great coat on your shoulder,
nor yet that. the moment the last
syllable is pronounced, doors should
be thrown open as though you were
eager and impatient until the thins
had come to close. 1t would be vel
lit would be better-more in har.
mony with those outward expressions
OF reverence Elf there were moments
silence, a silent pause indicating that
when the service is closed you have
not been eager for its close, and Their
it is yours to 60 away in the hopeful
confidence that God, who has been
reverently waited upon by you, and
whose benediction has be IN pronounc.
ed over you III His name and by Hrs
authority, would go with you and
help you to make the the rest OF your
life, not secular as distinguished from
religious, but spiritual and godly
through and through"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-08-02
Foreign News Notes.

| dispatch from Wady Halfa, In Egypt,
| says that three boats loaded with native
| fugitives, who left that place during the at
tack of the dervishes on the Goth inst, sank
in the river, and that 16O persons were
| drowned.
The story of terrible drowning accident
| comes from the st. Maurice region, Canada.
A gang of thirty or forty men on log drive
| on the Mattawan river procured some whisky
and in a drunken freak decided to run the
rapids. Fourteen men boarded a driving
boat. When in the middle of the rapids the
steersma was seen to take his paddle out
OF the water for an instant. The current,
which was terrific, swung the boat broadside
and over, and the fourteen occupants were
dashed to death on the rocks.
A Chicago detective, speaking of the arrest
of the Bohemian dynamiters says develop
ments far more important and sensational
will soon follow, and at least six more An
arehists, all Germans and prominently iden-
titled with the Haymarket riot. will be placed
under arrest. 1t appears that since the
Northwest side group, of which Fischer and
Engel We're members, was disbanded about q
year and u half ago a number of small an
archist groups have been formed in various
parts of the city. The groups are organized
under u plan suggested by Johann Most.
Each group is composed of but three or four
members, and is entirely independent in it's
actions.
T. c. Power & Bro. of Helena and Calgary,
N. w. T., one of the wealthiest firms in the
Northwest, put in bids for furnishing 2,000,-
900 pounds of dressed beef of the Canadian
Indians. The bid was in proper shape, COW
cred by certified check and was Is per cent
below the Others, but the government
awarded the contract to Canadian cattlemen
chief among whom was Senator Cochrane
who is quite power in the provincial gov
ernment and who is alleged to have exerted
crooked influence. The affair has created
much comment in Canadian circles and the
only excuse given by the officials is that they
preferred to give the contract to Canadian
cattlemen
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-08-02
A Young Savage.

There can hardly be doubt tina,
there is something wrong about the
Indian country, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. There is not q jail
anywhere within the bounds of the
Cherokee reservation. No country
can ever be at high point of civiliza.
tion in which there are no jails and
nobody does anything to need them.
We have always been taught to look
upon Damon and Pythias as one OF
the most beautiful stories OF friend
ship and honor. Listen to this from
the Cherokee Indian and ask yourself
if it does not giAe you some different
opinion of him. An Indian was shot
for killing another man some time
ago. A stranger in the territory hap
pened to be with the sheriff when the
news that the appeal had been lost
and the sentence must be carrie out.
eyes," said the sheriff, "I'll have to
have the poor fellow shot"
"Where is he? don't see any JAIL"
"He's at home"
ga prisoner under sentence of death
at home!'
Certainly; he's out on his word.
He's been at home three months.
We've got no Jails here"
well, you don't expect to get him
to come and be shot?'
Certainly do. He'll be here to-
I can't far him, -
And the merry stranger laughed.
Next day he was on hand to witness
the sheriff's discontinue. But q few
minutes before the hour a cavalcade
appeared in the distance. 1t was
headed by a manly young Indian and
it was made up OF his friends. They
rode gallantly up and tho yonng In
dian surrendered himself to the sheriff.
He went about among the crowd,
shook hands with everybody, gave
one his saddle, another his horse and
SO on, until he had disposed of all he
possessed. Then he selected his
bosom friend as the man to fire the
fatal shot, en- honor his bosom friend
esteemed highly. He took his place,
pinned a piece of blue ribbon over his
heart, the point the bullet was to
take, and stood up like q man. A few
seconds, there was shot, and he was
dead. wonder if there is nothing at
all the white man can learn from the
Cherokee Indian.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-08-02
MY BABY.

Iknow baby, oh! so sweet
Mine, all minel
From the golden head to the dimpled feet
Mine, all mine!
With passionate words and soft caress
My darling's face to my own press,
With love and longing can't express
Mine, all mine!
OIL the wonderful baby eyes
Seeking mine!
Knowing no shadow or surprise.
Wholly mine!
And oh! the delicate, rosy ear,
pray harsh words it may never hear
No trouble or sorrow must come near
This babe OF mine.
fold the fluttering baby hands
Close in mine;
Soft fingers. stronger than iron bands,
Clasping mine.
Can l not keep the hands so sweet,
Can not keep the tender feet,
That the worlds rough path they ma.
not meet
Dear babe of mine?
OH that this dainty thing should be
Mine. all mine
That into it's future 1 may not see,
Though wholly mine!
Ii only mothers love might fold
AS safe from harm as it does from cold,
No sad story would ever be told
My baby, mine!
The dear little lips are so innocent
Raised to mine;
Thy baby brow is so purely bent,
Dear baby mine!
Lip and brow Ifervently kiss,
Drinking the wine OF n mothers Bliss
No earthly happiness like to this
Can e'er be mine!
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-08-02
NORRIS STEVENS MINNESOTA THURSDAY 2. 1888

oil q fabrication, Major Henderson
having gone no nearer to London than
the top room in Honeysuckle Cottage.
The truth was, the Major had dis
covered what was going on when he
had come upon the lovers SO unexpect.
edly. He then devised the scheme
which he afterward carried out SO
successfully, in order to test the sim
cerity of Lieut.. Mapleson's attach
ment to Maude. Major Henderson
had, of course, been Obliged to
take the landlady into his confidence,
and she, fully entering into the
spirit OF the thing, had suggested the
Majors occupying the top room in
her cottage, whence he could watch
Mr.. Brownies movements. And SO
Major Henderson had merely walked
to the station, portmanteau in hand,
and, returning, had entered Honey
suckle Cottage by the back way.
Maude's grief and humiliation were so
real when she heard these details that
her uncle, thinking she would not care
to remain where her story was known,
wisely suggested returning home the
following day.
1--WE can give garden party or
something OF that kind in honor OF
your twenty first birthday. 1t will be
Il few days after the event, but that
won't matter. l would give good
deal to see that young fortunc-hunter's 8
face when he finds out now he has been
duped. There's no fear of his title
tattling about it, though, for his own
sake. so the story won't get all over
the town. suppose, my dear" add
ed Major Henderson, rather anxiously,
you'll never let him again find the
way to your kind little heart with his
honeyed words?"
Maude drew herself up to her full
height.
No, indeed, uncle, that I never will.
To use his own words am quite cured"
Before the year was out another
suitor asked for Maude's hand. and on
this occasion the anxious pleader did
not have any canse to complain oi
Major Henderson's obstinacy. Cham
bers' journal.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-08-02
From the Toledo Blade.

from the IOIeuO Biade.
The newspaper paragraphs, the col
umn articles, even the books which
are written to show the reason why
so many young men remain bachelors,
is because girls are so extravagant in
their tastes that it is impossible to
provide such homes and living as they
demand, can not be counted. A
great deal Of this is the veriest bosh.
It is the exception rather than the
rule for young man to remain single,
if he wants to marry. He thinks il
the girl Of his heart is willing to 90
with him, they can rub along some
how, and many times it proves to be
the severest kind OF rubbing. II q
yound man don't marry, set it down
that he didn't want to give up his free,
easy-going, independent life; to deny
himself his wine and cigars; to be
Obliged to think Tor somebody else be-
sides himself; in short, to assume the
burdens and responsibilities OF afami-
" man. The girl he thinks he loves
need not worry over his loss, not a
bit, for he is too selfish to make
her . good husband.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-08-02
Personal News Items.

Miss Lucy r. Johnson, one of the visiting
school teachers of the National Educational
association at San Francisco, was taken
sick after returning from u tour through
Chinatown, and, despite the efforts of n phys
ician, became gradually worse, and died,
supposedly of heart disease. Her home was
in Black River Falls, Wis, but she had been
engaged in teaching school at Laramie
Wyo., for the past two years.
Rev. George B. Whipple, of Faribault,
Minn., died at Nantucket beach. Mr.. Whip
pie was born at Adams, Jefferson county, N.
T., fifty seven years ago. A large portion OF
his early life was spent as missionary in
the Sandwich islands, he having been there
three times, once before he was married and
twice since. He came to Minnesota about
1860, and since his residence here has been
identified with church work.
The family of Mr.. Randall are very indig-
nant ut the statement that Mr.. Randall has
cancer of the stomach. and that his physi-
clans have informed him oi that fact and
that his days are numbered. The son-inlaw
of Mr.. Randall, Mr.. c. p, Lancaster express
es the opinion that it is designed to injure
the political prospects of Mr.. Randall, and
to create q feeling in his district that in view
of his present state of health it may be well
to nominate some one else. The attending
physicians, Dr. Lincoln and DR.. Martyr, very
emphatically deny that they have ever ex.
pressed or entertained any such opinion.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-08-02
Some farmers Wives.

1t is an easy matter for a person Of
leisure to sit in comfortable room,
surrounded by all that is pleasing,
and, perhaps, luxurious, and with
gold pen extract ink from a silver
ink-stand, and write what we wives
of poor farmers ought to do. Let
this person change places with one of
us and I doubt her ability to find
time or money. economic as she may,
for much intellectuat improvement.
l have been called upon to fill both
positions, and think / know whereof
l write.
Notwithstanding. science and the
advancement of mechanical arts have
done SO much to lessen household Ia
Dor, we poor people must of necessity
trudge along i'll the old grooves. not
because it will be cheaper in the end.
but it costs less hard cash now.
You may say what you will of such
labor impairing strength, running
health. being unwise, unjust to ones
self, and make host of other objec.
tions; do you think the money loaner
or mortgage cares anything about
our health? Much depends on the
farmers wife in saving and IN man
aging so as to make the most of
everything, as we'll as in training and
instructiug her children. though we
may crave time for intellectual inn
provement we have no means to buy
books or subscribe for papers unless
we deny ourselves not a luxury, but
a really necessary article.
A lady friend of mine, daughter of
q farmer, conducted Sabbath school
held IN q log schoolhouse, when the
only time she had in which to prepare
her lesson was while she was perform
ing her domestic duties. She tackled
her lesson book above her workable
and thus studied. Both her parents
were quite advanced in years, and her
mother was a paralytic invalid; the
daughter had the sole care of them;
all the housework to do, the sewing.
and in summer she did garden work
and took care of from five to teIcows,
and on the Sabbath walked two
miles to conduct the school. We
wives OF poor farmers think we know
the possibilities of our circumstances
and needs Of our position full as we'll
as those who earn their bread by the
pen, or any other intellectual way,
and arc entirely unaquailted with
our trials and perplexities.-A Mime
sota Farmers Wife in the Rural New
Yorker.