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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26
INDIFFERENCE TO coNrAGIoN.
Dreading Cholera and Yellow Fever, but
Not 4 harmed by Children's Ailments.

Dreading Cholera and Yellow Fever, but
Not Alarmed by Children's Ailments.
at is astonishing how much excitement
can be stirred up in this city over a conta-
gious disease that New Workers have little
reason to be afraid of, while there is so much
public Indifference to diseases that are de-
stroying thousand of lives every year. said
a physician of the health department re-
Gently Just consider how much public
alarm would be caused by few hundred
deaths from Asiatic cholera in New York
next summer. Yet that disease, frightful as
it may be in some parts Of the world, could
not compete with diphtheria as a destroyer
of human life in our climate and in a city
with good sanitary regulations Since 1866,
when l, 157 persons died from cholera in this
city, there has not been death from the
disease in New York, and the next epidemic
will not be as fatal as the last one.
Next to cholera, perhaps, yellow fever is
regarded by many New Workers as plague
that must be kept away at all hazards.
Every time man who has been exposed to
the disease in another port falls a victim to
it in New York, there is a cry of Yellow
jack as if an epidemic were threatened.
We had a so called epidemic of yellow fever
in 1856 and only thirteen persons died from
it. During the last thirty years not as many
as two persons a year have died from the
disease in New York, and all the patients
caught the fever elsewhere"
"Typhus fever and smallpox have caused
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26

man, dressed in greasy overalls, went
into newspaper office and asked to see the
editor. When asked If the city editor or
some other man on the force would not do as
well, he replied that he had come on very i'm
portant business, and must see the editor-in-
chief When at last his persistence had
forced an entrance into the room where
greet policies were outlined the editor said:
"You were determined to see me; now, as
quickly as possible, state your business"
"All right, sir. l like your paper, and
want you to have chance of saying some
thing that will startle the country. For
some time have been engineer at Grayson's
mill"--
"Well, but what have I to do with thatF'
"Just hold on minute. This morning the
boiler exploded"--
go to the city editor if you want to hand
In piece of news"
~ thought that would give you chance
to write a startling editorial"
editorial the deucel We have such acct
dents nearly every day"
''No, you don't. Just give me chance to
get done, and you will thank me. No one
was killed when this boiler exploded"
''That's nothing strange"
sAnd," continued the visitor, "no one
would have been hurt had the boiler exploded
five minutes before it did"
A strange expression settled upon the
editors face. "Will you please repeat that"
he asked.
81 say that no one would have been hurt
had the explosion occurred five minutes before
it did. All other explosions that l ever
heard of would have been five times as dis
astrous if they had occurred a short time
before, for party of young ladies or COM
mittee of gentlemen, or some important per-
sonage had, of course, just left the mill when
the explosion occurred"
The editors eyes had grown wonderfully
bright. my dear FRIEND" said he, "dear
because you have chosen me to be the orig
inal recipient of this great piece of intelli-
gence lead on, and 1 will follow you. A
man with such glorious appreciation of the
truth is rare jewel. Come, sit down be-
side me, that may feel your presence as
write. Stay by me, gentle keeper of the
truth, for my mind is stirred up, and l fain
would muse n-ArkansaW Traveller
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26
COAL VALLEY.

Coal VALLEY. Jan. %
The weather is mild but storm is ap.
preaching.
John Brown, of the soldiers home, is
here on furlough.
John Stevens has returned. He has
been mining over Rock river.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Peters gave nm
to the young folks on Fri
day evening.
A large number of the young folks
from here and vicinity, surprised WIN, $,
Bailey last week.
C. N. Barton has arrived from Ell Paso
and Secor, where he has been the past
week visiting his brother.
Some twenty seven of our people at
tended the A. o. U. w. entertainment
at Rock Island last week.
Ernst Rode is home from Cable. He
has been to see his son Henry, who had
his hand crushed with the cars.
Thomas Reese had his house burned
not long ago. He has engaged 81, 900
brick of j. T, Hass, and will build in the
spring.
The new we'll at the county farm is
down thirty-five feet. There are indica-
tions that plenty of water will be obs
tanned.
The arbitrators on the Edwards Sher~
wood case have settled the case by allow
ing Edwards $l65, but left out the ques,
ton of house rent.
A party of married folks surprised
Edwin Twomey last week The family
bad retired, but they soon arose and gave
the guests hospital reception.
G. ID. Gordon will take charge of the
Gordon restaurant the middle of next
month, His brother the present propri-
etor has gone west on account of bad
health.
Elder James Robson, of the Christian
church, died last week in WOudford
county. III, He was ninety years old
last May, He had been in the ministry
seventy years, was IN the state legislature
in 1916 and had been life long democrat
and has been fitty-two years in the same
county,
Patrick Campbell died on the 14,h.
He has been ailing for some time. He
was native Of Ireland, an old resident,
and has lived for many years on farm
in Rural township, but since The death Of
his wife has been with his daughter Mrs
Wilson The funeral took place Monday
and the remains were taken to the Cath
olc cemetery in Rock Island, Father
Grieves of Moline, officiating. He was
nearly eighty years of age.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26
sHE WOULDN'T INTERFERE.
A SIother-in-Law's First Visit to tn
Home of Her Newly Acquired Son.

A Mother-in-Law's First Visit to the
Home of Her Newly Acquired Son.
"No," said old Mrs, Dragon, who had Just
arrived for her first visit at the home Of her
newly acquired sonin-law, Chauncy Breene.
mo, l don't believe IN mothers-in-law inter-
fering in heafTairs of their married children.
I've always said that | never would and +
why, Hattie Brocne, you amt using best sill
verware every day, hope
Eyes, mamma; Chauncy likes it,"
ooh, he does; we'll, it makes an awful sight
of work securing it, and you know you amt
extra strong. But, as / was saying, | don't
believe in-IIattie, hope you don't try to
keep that baby dressed in white all the timel'
Eyes, mamma, dear; Chauncy dislikes col
ors on a baby
"Oh, we'll, suppose the child must wear
white, then; but it must make your wash
bills awful heavy. However, as l was say
ing--Chauncy, if [ was you I'd speak TO the
butcher about leaving SO much fat on the
steak"
"Chauncy likes it that way, mamma"
ooh, does he. Well, he'd better learn not
to like it; it's unhealthy. You oughtn't to
put sugar in tomatoes, Hattie they're health
Ter without"
"But mamma, Chauncy"---
"Oh if he likes them so, Of course it's no
affair of mine. But 1 won't eat them that
way. Seems to me | smell tobacco smoke"
II guess it's Chauncy's cigar smoke, man.
ma"
"He doesn't smoke in The house"
"Why, yes, he he-dOes-mamma."
"Mercy on US! | wonder the baby lives
through it. But, Of course, it's his own
house and-Chauncy, don't you think Hattie
looks thin and palea l noticed soon as saw
her. Hattie, you make your coffee entirely
too strong"
"Chauncy likes it so, and"-
"Thats just what makes his color so bad
and you know very well that you oughtn't to
touch it. Chauncy that baby mustn't wear
spring heels yet. III change these boots you
brought home this evening. And you and
Hattie make a mistake in feeding tho child
as you do III see TO its diet hereafter; and
l think | must speak to your provision man
about the meat and potatoes. And, l think
Hattie that your servant needs a little look
ing after. And, Chauncy, I'm afraid you
burn too much gas, and I'm sure the furnace
wastes coal. If | can find good carpenter
around here I'd like to change some of these
doors l don't believe in meddling mothers
in-law, but it's a real help sometimes to have
a little advice isn't it children E'-Zenas Dane
in Detroit Free Press
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26
An Actor Who Needed Casters,

Those who know w. II. Macdonald know
that he is one of the most graceful actors on
the operate stage He possesses unusual
histrionic talent. But he was not always
thus When "MacH first went on the stage
he used to make the statues painted in the
scenery weep, But he thought he was i'm
mensely clever, until one day his brother
came to see him.
"Well, Sam, what did you think Of my
performance" asked Alr Macdonald.
"You sang splendidly.n
"What did you think of my acting' Twas
just a trife stiff, wasn't li'
"Well, think they could have moved you
about good deal easier, and you would
have made better appearance if you had
been on castersf'
That is what made Macdonald study
Minneapolis journal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26

much alarm in the city at times, but they
have been suppressed in great measure. Last
year the deaths from typhus fever numbered
only fourteen, and the deaths from smallpox
thirty-one.
81 remember that in 1881 there was much
excitement among medical men and many
other New Workers because smallpox caused
AL deaths, and 100 persons died from typhus
fever, yet the same year over 1000 children
died from diphtheria and scarlet fever. In
an average year over 5000 persons, mostly
children, die from diphtheria, scarlet fever,
measles and whooping cough in the city, yet
we are not half as much excited about such a
slaughter of the innocents as we ought to be.
These four diseases are called 'preventable,'
because it is claimed that child will not
take any of them without exposure to con-
tagion New York Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26
Questions and Answers

Editor Argus:
REYNOLDS, H., Jan. 23'-The follow.
ing information is sought by reader of
your paper. % Who is the present
vice president of the United States? To-
Where is he from? (3) Who is chief
justice of the supreme court. Name the
associate justices? a. Who is the old~
est senator of the United States? %
Who is the oldest and who is the
youngest justice7 (6) Please print n
national directory.
% The office of vice. president is
vacant by the death of T. j. Hendricks,
Senator j. j. ingalls, is the present pre-
siding officer of the senate and acting
vice president. (2) Mr.. ingalls, is from
Kansas 90 Morrison r. Waite, Sam-
uel T, Miller, Steven T. Field, Joseph P.
Bradley, John NJ. Harlan, Stanley
Mathews, Horace Gray, Samuel Blatch,
ford, L. c. Q, Lamar, a. Geo. f.
Edmunds of Vermont. % Joseph B
Bradley, of Connecticut. Oldest; j. NJ
Harlan, of Kentucky, youngest (G)
President, Grover Cleveland; secretary OF
state, T. f. Bayard secretary of the
treasury, Chas s Fairchild; secretary of
war, W. c. Eudicott; secretary of the
navy, w. G. Whitney: attorney general.
A. H. Garland; postmaster general, Don
NJ. Dickinson; secretary OF the interior
W, F, Villas; presiding officer of the
senate, j j. Ingalls,; speaker of the
house, John G. Carlisle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26
THE HARDEST LOT.

10 look upon the face Of a dead friend
Is hard, but lis not more than we can bear
If, happy, we can see peace written there
Peace after pain, and welcome 50 the end,
,Vhatc'er the past, whatever death may send,
Yea, and that face a gracious smile may
wear.
If love till death was perfect, sweet and
fair;
But there is woe from which may God de-
fend:
To look upon our friendship lying dead,
While we live on. and eat, and drink and
sleep
Mere bocles from which all the soul has
fled
And that dead thing year after year to keep
Locked in cold silence in its dreamless bed
There must be hell while there is such a
deep.
John White Chadwick in The Century.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26

The decision of the railroads that the
interstate law applies to the transporta-
ton of circus companies is likely to abol
ish that sort of amusement for a year OF
two, or until the small boy arises in his
might and secures an amendment which
which will exempt the circus from its
operations. In former years the circus
companies were granted special rates of
transportation so low that the tax was
hardly felt. Now, both the eastern and
western lines have adopted a schedule
which not only includes the hauling of
the cars, but makes a passenger rate
charge of every employe accompanying
the show. Barnum has been figuring
recently on the basis of this schedule and
finds that it would cost him this season
an average of $4,000 day to transport
his show
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26

As a people we have not learned the art Of
getting the most out of what we have. With
our larger incomes and better opportunities
we often enjoy far less OF comfort and con-
tentment than our foreign brethren, who
with their limited resources have learned
how to husband and to make the best of the
little that falls to their lot. Those who have
seen the inside of life'in France and Germany
know how true this is. Iwell remember how
it impressed me in my first experience in
Germany Living in private family my
breakfasts, which, though consisting only Of
the usual rolls and coffee, We're nevertheless
ample, were always brought TO my room.
With the coffee there came invariably little
jar Of milk and some Jumps of sugar. Dur
ing the whole six months of my stay in that
house, the number of Jumps was never more
nor less than five. An American lady living
in anOvner family in the same city was won't
to aver her conviction that her landlady
counted the grains of coffee for every potful
she made. Every scrap of food was utilized.
Like economics were manifested every
where, indeed, they were a part of common
education, not only at home but at school,
where, for instance, the girls were taught to
sew and mend as they were to read and write.
And when l went about with the people and
saw how they lived; how contentedly and
Pleasantly Ihey loph Iue ulldlIs Oh Hlei now
much they made Of simple and inexpensive
pleasures; how little they were beset with false
pride or show and the petty ambition to go
ahead of their neighbors, which are such cor
rosive inf ences in American and English
society; how much of human kindness and
home joy and social satisfaction they had
with incomes and prices which would make
life for average Americans of similar station
q torturing struggle with WANT could not
avoid the conviction that in their ways was a
lesson which it would be blessing for us to
learn.-Prof w. O. Atwater i'll The Century.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26

You cannot afford to waste time in OK
perimenting when your lungs are in dan
ger. Consumption always seems at first,
only a cold. Do not permit any dealer to
impose upon you with some cheap imita~
ton of DR.. Kings new discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds. but be
sure you get the genuine. Because he
can make more profit he may tell you
he has something just as good, or just
the same. Don't be deceived, but insist
upon getting DR.. Kings new discovery
which is guaranteed to give relief In all
throat lungs and chestatfections. Trial
bottles free at Hartz Il Bahnsen's drug
store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26
MAY GOD BLESS YOU"
A Boston Paper Hangers Trouble and
How he Got Out of It-Plain
Words from the Sunny South

When we are ia trouble we cry for help, When
we are relieved we often forget to be thankful
But not always. Mr. w. W. Griffin of Trout creek,
St Clair Co. Ala, writes: ~ had bad attack OF
chills and fever; my system was fun of malaria.
For two years was arcely able to work at all,
Some times my heart would palpitate for two
hours at time; my legs wonld get cold to the
knees and fully expected to di-. In september,
1851 | bought a bottle Of Shaker Extract of Roots
or Seige's Curative Syrup Of your agent, X NJ
Kin and before | had taken the III 81 bottle Il
better. and in short time was able to go to wo.&,
May God bless You Tor the good you have done"
MIR VIM. j. Mccain, 80 Randall street, Boston
writes: six months ago began to throw up my
food after eating. / thought was going into con
sumption, | soon began to have pain II the chest,
stomach and des. got little sleep and woke all
tired out once lost Ave pounds In four days.
began using Shaker Extract of Roots. or Seigel's
syrup, and when had finished the sixth bottle
could eat three square meals day, and go to
sleep the minute | struck the bed am paper
hanger by trade, and have worked every day since
I took the second bottle, and gained eighteen
pouuds | ought to be thankful and am"
This remedy opens all the natu al passages OF
the body expes the poison from the blood and en-
abes n4ture to rebuild what disease has de-
stroyed.
sh k Extract u Roots, or Seigels Syrup, Is
sold by all druggists send to the proprietor A.
j. White, 81 Warren street, New York
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26
ADVICE M MurHEEs.

are you disturbed al night and broken
Of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain Of cutting teeth2 If so,
send at once and get a bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tecthing Its value is incalculable.
It will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mcdiately Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. II cures
aysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom.
Gch and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
tau. Mrs WinslOws Soothing Syrup
Cor Children Teething is pleasant TO the
taste, and is the prescription Of one Of
the oldest and best female nurses and ply
sIcians 10 the United Suites, and is for
sale by all druggsts throughout the
world. Price % cents per bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26

A medical man mentions that, like his
father and paternal grandfather, he has al
ways had the power of voluntarily
ejecting food or fluid from the stom-
ach at any time. When troubled
with acidity or nausea, the stomach is emp
tied at will without the slightest difficulty,
and may be washed out with several glasses
of water. At college this faculty was used
for gain, large doses Of narcotic poisons being
swallowed for wagers and afterwards inn
mediately expelled. An investigation is sug-
gested to determine the cause Of this gift, or
what voluntary muscles account for it.--Ar-
kansaw Traveller
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26

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, 25c. For sale By all
druggists. Beware of counterfeits and
limitations. The genuine manufactured
only by John c. West & Co., s62 W.
Madison st., Chicago, III.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26
Wonderful Food Medicine

Known and used by physicians all over
the world SCOTS Emulsion not only
gives flesh and strength by virtue of its
own nutritious properties, but creates an
appetite for food that builds up the
wasted body. Il have been using SCOTS
Emulsion for several years, and am
pleased with its action. My patients say
that it is pleasant and palatable, and all
grow stronger and gain flesh from the use
of it. I use it in all cases of wasting
diseases aud it is specially useful for
children when nutriment medication is
needed as in Marasmus IT w PIERCE,
NJ D., Knoxville, Ala
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26
Scratched e Years
A ScalY, Itching, Skin Disease with
Endless Suffering Cured by
Cuticura Remedies.

II had known Of the Cuticura Remedies wen
ty-eight years ago it would have saved me ga
1.-TWO hundred dol ars) and AN immense amount of
suffering. My disease (Psorlasi-) commenced ON
my head in spot not larger than cent. II spread
rapidly all over my body and got under nv nalls
The scales would drop of me all the lime, and my
suffering was endless and without relief, one
thousand dollars would not tempt me to have this
disease over again, anu poor man, but feel rich
TO be relieved Of what some Of the doctors id W 8
leprosy, some ring worm, psoriasis etc took .
and Sarsaparillas over one yea and Ii | but
no cnre. went to two or three docto's but no
cure. cannot praise the Cutcura Remedies too
much, They have made my skin as clear and free
from scales as baby's. All used Of them was
throe boxes of Cutlcnra, and three bottles Of On
ucura Resolvent, and two cakes Of Cuticura soap,
II yon had been here and said you would have
cured me for $500 Yon wauld have had the money.
looked Ike the picture In your book Of Psortas
picture number two "HOw to Cure skin his as
es, y but nov am clear any person ever
was through force Of habit rub my hands over
my arms and legs TO scratch once in a while, but
TO no purpose, ! am all well | scratched twenty
eight years, and 1t got 10 be kind of second ua-
iuie TO me. thank you thousand times Any
thing more that you want to know write me or
any one who lads this may write to me and will
answer ii. DEM Dowglaa
Waterbury, Vt, Jan. 80 1857
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26
Ben: perley Poore.

Ben: Perley Poore left great amount of
valuable papers. He had tens of thousands
of autographs, and he began to keep auto
graphs with one which Andrew jackson gave
him. He never allowed anything interesting
to go to waste, and his collection is very
valuable one historically. His wife, who is a
very accomplished woman, is spending the
winter in Washington, and she lives at the
Ebbitt house, in the same old rooms which
she and Maj Poore occupied last year She
helped Ben: Perley Poore very much with
his work, and she was as interested in his sue
cess as Mrs. John A. Logan was in that of
the general Carpenter Washington Let
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-26
The Old Man Ahead.

"No, Mr. SampSon-George, dear" said
the girl. Il can never, never be your wife,
but l will always be al
"Ah, darling, iuterposed young Mr.. Samp-
son, and his heart was throbbing the buttons
off his new silk vest, why do you address
me in such an endearing term if it can never,
never beP
because, George, dear" and again the
name fell from her lips like music in the
night "I'm to DO a mother to you i'll the
spring. Your father'--
But the son,in-aw had ded.-New York
Sim