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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-26
Railroads in the Far North.

The most notherly railway in the
world will be one now being constructed
in Sweden 1t will run from Lulea,
on the Calf of Bothnia, through
Swedish Lapland to the White Sea.
Within the last few weeks the road has
been constructed to point within the
Arctic circle, and the first locomotive
has crossed the imaginary line which
is supposed to inclose the regions
where the Frost King holds almost
complete sway. The head of the Gulf
of Bothnia, where the road commences,
is itself within short distance of the
Arctic circle. The most northerly
point reached by rail in Canada is on
the Canadian Pacific railway, about
the summit of the Rocky Mountains,
being about halfway between latitudes
fifty-one and ffty-two degrees. The
terminus of the Manitoba Northwes-
ern Railway reaches within a few miles
of latitude fifty-one degrees. The
southern point of the Swedish road
will be in the neighborhood of latitude
sixty-seven degrees, or about sixteen
degrees north OF the most northerly
point reached in Canada by rail.-Win
nipeg Commercial.
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JOINING A CIRCUS.
The Satisfying Experiences OF
Two Farmer Boys.

We two Illinois farmers boys, had
run away from home and joined a cir
GUS
The circus hostler showed us bunk
where We could sleep and dream of the
picnics we would have, and how they
would miss us at home.
1t was not what we had been ac-
customed to. 1t was pile of moldy
hay within easy reach of a mule that
hadn't yet got acquainted with us.
About two o'clock in the morning we
we're told to make a hasty toilet and
repair to the dining tent. As a matter
OF course, was not hungry. The sight
Of that table made Frank turn pale and
ne wanted to back out, but chided
him for his weakness and we took a
seat | ordered the waiter to bring us
cup of coffee. 1t wasn't served in
china cups and saucers either. Every
hing about a circus dining tent is
made to prevent breakage, and of the
plalnest kind of tinware. The bread
was stale, the meat tough and the but
'er-P That was our fare; but for
ulnner we had potatoes cooked in full
dress.
After breakfast, when we were ready
70 start, we found, to our dismay, that
our wardrobe had disappeared. What
we're we to dop Who could have taken
~ went to the hostler. He told me
. keep still and he would find it in a
day or two.
Ihe boss told us how and what to do,
aaa soon we were ready to start with
ue rest; you see we travelled by land,
ana oy night and day as well.
NY Job was to drive the caravan con-
@lhing the lion, while Frank had a
age Of wax figures. When l climbed
up on my vehicle and pulled up the
'eins' thought myself the most i'm
pr1ant Parsonage connected with the
whole concern.
more than once I caught myself
ualioing air castles. II have taken
s'e right STEP" / said to myself, "to
.ome famous as a great circus man.
nave begun at the bottom round of
4e adder, and am going to work my
sV up by degrees-that's the way to
wan success. won't have to drive
'efs long. The boss will soon recog-
s''0 my Importance and promote me
"a better position"
sas. then l heard a cry of "all up
.0'ae down the line. Not knowing its
@s4aing Ipaid no attention and kept
:. WIN my castle building. received
saock that almost threw me from my
a@ awakening from my reverie |
m ruud had run into the cage in front.
~ made the driver very indignant and
s1ou'ed back to me: Here, what's
-, - matterP you gawky, son-of-a-gun
i. .A nayseed in your hair. If you run
- ~ uie again your pumpkin-faced far
- girl won't know YOU" I turned
~. sna and, to my dismay, Frank was
y n'sng similar lecture. saw them
imoing down from their perches
vas chilly night and they were
Preparations to warm up
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


The largest soap manufactory In
Philadelphia, at which 1, 100, ,000pounds
are boxed every week, was founded in
1858 by thrifty German, who walked
into the city that year with only s25 in
his pockets.
-Verre givre, or hoar frost glass, is
an article now made in Paris, so called
from the pattern upon it, which re-
sembles the feathery forms traced by
frost on the inside of the windows in
cold weather.
-Winemakers are experimenting
with electricity. 1t is said that if an
selectric current is sent through bar
rel of wine the liquid loses its rawness,
gains in bouquet, and in every way
takes on the qualities that used to
come only with years of age.
The high price of gum arabic has
led chemists to seek for q substitute
for it, and two products-one from flax
seed and the other from starch-have
been evolved, which, it is believed,
will take the place of the Arabian gum
in all the preparations in which that
article is now used.
"A third crystalline form of carbon
has been discovered in meteoric iron
from Western Australia The mineral,
which is to be called cliftonite, resem-
bles the diamond in the shape of its
crystals, but in color and other respects
it is more like graphite.
-Copper-plated sheet steel is already
taking an important place in various
industries. The sheet is made of de-
carbonized steel. After being rolled to
| the proper thickness, it is electroplated
with copper on both sides and timed
on one side, in which condition it is
found to be a better article for many
purposes than sold sheet copper.
The new machine just invented for
printing postal-cards prints them from
the roll and turns them outin packages
ready for delivery. 1t runs them off at
the rate of 800 a minute, with paper
bands pasted around each twenty-five.
1t is said one man can look after two
machines.
1t is stated that not less than ninety
nine per cent. of all the flower-seeds
sold in this country are raised abroad,
chiefly in Germany. In that country
immense tracts of land are devoted to
the growth of flowers for seed, and the
full and systematic manner.
Soft soap, with half its weight in
pearlaSh-One ounce of mixture in
about one gallon of boiling water-is
in everyday use in most engineers
shops in the drip-pans used for turning
articles bright in wrought iron and
steel. With this kind of treatment the
work, though constantly moist, does
not rust, and bright nuts are immersed
in it for days till wanted and retain
their polish.
Between the orbits of Mars and
Jupiter, at a distance of about 250, ,000,-
600 miles from the sun, there revolve
some 265 little bodies, whose diameters
vary from eight to ten miles to 200
Whether they are, as Professor Young
once described them, parts ''Of a plan.
ct spoiled in tho makingn or not, is
unknown, and perhaps may never be
solved. But certain it IS that there are
always numberless little celestia
bodies of this character, whose revolu
tions around tho sun are performed a:
unerringly as those of the larger plan
cts. They are called planetoids, from
two Greek words, which mean resem
bling a planet or wanderer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-26
His Way of Reckoning.

Tell you Seth, that brain foods a
caution. Sense usin it | kin recollect
most everything-clear way back to
thirty-eight.
..Well, there's that little account
that's been standing agin yer for two
years, Bijah; mebbe you recoilect that,
now, and can settle ?"
'Waal, no. Ye see, / reckon the
recollections from thirty-eight up.
Guess I'll have ter tackle couple
more bottles fore ketch up to that
account. Harper's Weekly.
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identity, and that If l would say moth
ing about my false imprisonment he
would give me two dollars. l forgave
him, though two dollars was q small
compensation for the shame of such a
thing.
l just quit my day dreams of ever be-
Press.
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PAID HIS WAY.

fain'ta complainin' any.
I'll 10 il you think it's right.
Yneyer ask nary bite nor penny,
nuly Just to be treated mhHe.
uut steve e-bimeby-wheny you see Ine laid out
Remember the words say;
-rhoueh now some hates to see me about,
rye usually paid my way.
I'm eighty next January
Horu eighteen hundred an eight
I've opened two farms on the virgin prairie,
An worked 'em early an late,
Come rain or come shine, a-scrapin' together
Eschtmouthfie we eat day by day;
7 never rode deadhead in no kind o weather;
always paid my way.
your mother an me worked hard
How hard you'll never know
Bearin, the heat an standin' guard
To Keep out the rain an snow.
The morgidge KEEP eatin' into the bone,
An the war, 1t come along, too,
ven, went-I went an left mother alone
With Sis in the cradle, an you.
Served m time an then commenced
On the second prairie quarter.
Is'pose you've forgot how plowed an fenced,
s AM ntqgered as no man orter,
To raise my babes an feed my wife,
An she scrimped till her hair was gray.
We didn't lead no joke of alife,
But reckon we paid our way.
No tavern amt good enough
For man like me to die in.
The work that's made me stubbed an rough
Should "a earned me a bed to lie in
Under the roof of my only son,
Though his wife is proud an gay)
raised you, schooled you so you got on;
Ireckon I've paid my way.
Your city bred wife Is set
Ag'in me, as / can see,
Gdon't blame her; ats turrible fret
Her havin' to eat with me.)
She never speaks, an she never dreams
Wharklr.: to what say;
But yor.f babes love me, an 1t hardly seems
.sheir grand is in the way.
So ye want to board me round.
Well-mother's heart ID be broke,
II she warn't sleepin' under the ground,
/ Not hearin' the words you've spoke.
She'd allow you'd like to have me hero
What time I've got left to stay;
For, Stevie, better than fifty year
She knowed me to pay my way.
OF course I'm too old to learn,
But Hkind O. hate to leave;
Parin' from you an my gran Children,
It's that tht knocks me, Steve.
Iukeep to myself, an I'll try to do
Such small Jobs as 1 may
Jest TO be near to the babes-an' YOU
Iguess can pay my way
-HdmlR Garland, in America
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-26

"A new delicacy of marine origin,
and surprising in the opinion Q. many
foreign gour1nands the finest oysters,
is about to be introduced into this coun-
try. 1t is called the strongylocentrotus
and is swallowed syllable at a time
Pittsbur1b Chronicle 1eleGrana.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12
SETH MORGAN's METHODS.

The Former Rock Islander severely
Handled by Des MoineSJudge for
UnprOfessiOnaI conduct.
Seth Morgan. the aforetime manager OF
morning sheet published in this city,
and who, since rounding up his career in
Rock Island and afterward presiding for
short period over some of the fateful
experiences of the now defunct Daven-
port Gazette, has been figuring of
late years as boss drsyman and also
as miniature legal luminary at
Des Moincs, has undergone what
would be to most people an exceedingly
unpleasant experience. He has received
severe castigation from Des Moines
Judge, and the Ledder of that city tells
about it as follows:
The constabulary gang which has in>
tested Des Moines has been having rather
hard Seeding of late. A year ago they
were the honored guests of such a pre-
tentious organization as the grand lodge
of Good Templars. Tuesday not even
Doc Hutchins would do them reverence.
Not only are the constables treading a
thorny path, but some of their attorneys
are finding life burden as well. One
of these is a sprg of the law named
Seth Morgan. He poses as the legal
defender of G. Washington Potts. Yes
terday he received dressing down at
the hands of Judge Given in open
court that would have caused the
blush of shame to mantle the cheek of
wooden tobacco sign. Morgan appeared
in case that had some peculiar
tiles, entitled Hayes g. Houk VS. Clark
1t seems that at some previous stage of
the case Morgan had appeared upon the
opposite side to that to which he ap.
peared yesterday, and while so acting he
came into possession Of confidential in-
formation in professional capacity, |
which he proposed yesterday to use
against his former client. A motion was
made to exclude him from the case on
this account, but Judge Given overrued
it for the probable reason that the court
did not suppose an attorney would COM
init such a breach of professional faith |
as this would indicate. Mr.. Morgan,
however, went upon the stand, and fear
lessly disclosed the information he had |
obtained in bis professional capacity. |
This was too much for the endurance of |
the court and the judge proceeded to hold
him up to the contempt and execration
of all men. The Judge said that in his
long experience in practice and upon the
bench he had never seen such Il flagTant
breach of professional confidence. lie |
forthwith proceeded to dismiss him from |
the case with a regret that he could not
then and there be summarily dlsbarrcd.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12

Of good health is found in the regular
movement of the bowels and perfect ac
ton of the liver. These organs were in
tended by nature to remove from the
system all impurities. If you are consti-
pated, You offer standing invitation
TO whole family of diseases and irregu- =
larites which will surely be accepted >
and you will have guests nnwelcome and
determined. All these unhappy cOndi
tions may be averted by the timely use
of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgativc Pei
lets. Powerful for the efTectual regula-
tion of the bowels and liver, establishing
a healthy action of the entire wonderful
with which we are created.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12

Is Consumption Iucurable7

Read the following: Mr.. G. II. Nor
ris, Newark, Ark, says: WAS down
with Abscess of Lungs. and friends and
physicians pronounced me an Incnrable
Consumptive. Began taking DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, am
now on my third bottle, and able to over
see the work on my farm. 1t is the finest
medicine ever made"
Sesse Mlddewart, Decatur, Ohio, says:
"Had it not been for DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption would have
died of lung troubles. Was given up by
doctors. Am now in best of health. 1"
Try it. Sample bottles free at Hartz s.
Bahnsen's s drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12

The best on earth can truly be said of
Grggs GlYcerine Salve, which is a 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-
ell Only 25 cents. Sold bv druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12

EXECUTORS NOTICE.


Estate of Jacob Wolf, deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed execu-
tor OF the last will and testament OF Jacob Won,
late Of the county of Rock Island slate OF Illinois,
deceased, hereby gives notice that she vii al,
pear 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 July term
on the First Monday in July next at which
time all persons having claims against eaid es
tate are notified and requested to attend Tor the
purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons
Indebted to said estate are requested to make i'm
mediate payment To the undersigned
Dated fhis 10Th dAy of May, A. D. 1858.
CATHERINE WOLF, RXeeutriE.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12
$500 Reward.

We will pay the above reward for any
case of liver complaint, dyspepsia, sick
headache, indigestion, constipation or
costiveness we cannot cure with Vests
Vegetable Liver Pills, when the directions
are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable. and never fail to give
satisfaction. Large boxes containing 80
sugar coated pills, csc. For sale by all
druggists. Beware of counterfeits and
The genuine manufactured
only by John @. West & Co.. S62 w.
ST., Chicago, Ill.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12
ExEoUToR's NOTICE.
Estate of John Dickson. deceased

Estate OF John Dickson, deceased
The undersigned, having been appointed Execu-
tri of the last VIII and testament of John Dickson
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 CT Rock Island, at the July term on the
First Monday in July next, at which time all
persons having claims against said estate are no
titled and requested to attend for the purpose OF
having the same adjusted. All persons indebted
to said estate are requested to make Immediate
payment 10 the undersigned.
Dated this 21st day Of April. A D.. 1888
MARY Z. YOUNG,
apl a1-d4w EEecutriX.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12
G. B. & @. Railroad.

REDUCED RATES.
for the convention of the Illinois
HoRGopathist Medical alassociation, thirty.
third annual meeting at Chicago, May 15,
16 and II. The c., b. & @. will sell
tickets at one and ne>third fare for the
round trip on the certificate plan to del
egates from Illinois points. Good, gong
May Is, 16 and II. Returning, May IL,
II. 1S and 10. II. d. MACK,
Div. Pass. Agt
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12

That the body is now more susceptible to
benefit from medicine than at any other
season. Hence the importance of taking
Hoods Sirsaparila now, when it will do
you the most good 1t is really wonder>
full for purifying and enrching the blood,
creating an appetite. and giving healthy
tone to the whole system. Be sure to
get Hoods SarsapsrilIa, which is peculiar
to itself
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12

This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no special men
tion. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise. "A purer
medicine does not exist and it is guaran-
teed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the liver
and kidneys, will remove pimples. boils,
salt Iheum and other affections caused by
impure blood Will drive Malaria from
the system and prevent as well as cure
all Malarial fevers.-For cure of head.
ache, constipation and indigestion try
Electric Bitters-Entire satisfaction guar
auteed, or money refunded Price so
cents and $1,00 per bottle at Hartz 81
Bahnsen's drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12
Doctors Bills.

Nearly all diseases originate from in
action OF the liver, and this is especially
the case with chills and fever, intermit-
tent tcvers and malaral diseases. To
save doctors bills and ward disease, take
Simmons Liver regulator, 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, Dubuuue. Iowa
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12
Syrup of Figs

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
indigestion. piles, etc.
only by the California Fig
Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal.
Hartz & Bahnsen, agents, Rock Island,
III
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12
The Babies Cry for 1t

And the cid folks laugh when they find
that the pleasant California liquid fruit
remedy, Syrup of Figs, is more easily
taken and more beneficial in its action
than bitter, nauseous medicines. 1t
strengthens the liver. kidneys, stomach
and bowela. while it arouses them to a
healthy activity. Hartz 81 Bahnsen,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12
REDUCED RATES.

For the State Sunday School conven-
tion at Rockford, ILL.,, May 22d and Gath.
The c., B. & Q. will sell tickets for one
fare and oue-third for the round trip to
delegates from Illinois points on the Ger
tificate plan, good, going May %, 90, land
"a. returning May %, 23, "a, % and 90.
II. D. MACK, Div. Pass. Agt.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12

To millions, pleasing their palates and
cleansing their systems. arousing their
livers. kidneys. stomachs and bowels to
healthy activity. Such is the mission of
the famous California liquid fruit remedy.
Syrup of Figs. Hartz & Bahnsen, agents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12
Drunkenness

Or the Liquor Babit. Positively Cured by
Administering DR.. Haines' Golden
Specific.
1t caa be given In a cup of coffee or tea without
the knowledge OF the person taking IT: II is abso
lutely harmless, ard will effect permanent and
speedy cure, whether the patient is a moderate
drinker an alcoholic wreck. Thousands of
drunkards have been made temperate men who
have taken Golden Specific In their co1es with
out their knowledge and to-day believe they quit
drinking Of their own free will. 1T NEVER
FAILS. The system once impregnited with the
specific, It becomes an utter impossibilty for the
liquor appetite to exist For sale by Il. II. Thomas
and Marshall q Fisher, Druggists, Rock Island,
Ills. feb 2-iwly
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12
RucKLEN's ARN1cA sALyE,

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, tetter. chapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Hartz s. Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12

Increase of weight may be produced by
change of clmate. Incidents are known
proving that man may be stout in one
place and thin in another.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12

A British shipmaster at New Orleans
reports that while off the coast of Pata~
gonia butterflies were blown aboard his
vessel at distance of $50 miles from the
land
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12

A New York halter says that none of
the so>called Panama hats are made at
Panama. The best of them, he explains,
come from Guyaquil
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12

A New York physician says he is con-
tinually surprised by the increase OF
wealth and power among the Jews.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12
The Earth Exhales Poison

To the air in localities where vegetation,
rotted by freshets, is laid bare to the
suns rays by the retiring food. Millions
of square acres in the vicinity of the
great tributaries of the Mississippi and
the Missouri in the south and southwest,
give forth this feVer>laden miasmatic
vapor, disseminating malarial pestilence
broadcast. Not only throughout the
great west, but wherever on this conti-
nent fever and ague makes its periodic
appearance ce-and what locality is wholly
exempt from it2 Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is the recognized defense, the
most highly accredited aud popular
means of cure Fever and ague, bilious
remitteut, dumb ague and ague cake are
eradicated by it. Nor is it less potent
when used to remove constipation, liver
complaint and dyspepsia. kidney trou~
bles. nervousness and rheumatic all
ments. Use it upon the first appearance
of these troubles, and with persistence.
A feature of the Cumberland County
(pa \ Agricultural Fair this wear will be