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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

Dare to ask for what you need. and persist
in insisting. Study your committee man
Find the best avenue OF approach to his heart
and his pocket. Cultivate him, talk with
him about school needs. Go among the pa
rents. Cunningly contrive to have them do
your preaching Write up the schools in the
local paper and send items about the boys
and girls Plan special afternoons and send
out notes of invitation to all the parents and
people of the place The scholars will help
you write them, and the work will be good
lesson in correct and courteous letter form
Get up entertainments for specific needs.
| People will always come to see their children,
and when You get them there, put into the
mouth of some little pleader the story OF
| your wants, and before the impression fades
send other tots around TO collect pay OF
promises
| 1t is not poverty or s.inginess that makes
our country schools the outrageous burial
grounds they are, but habit of indifference
and the American fashion of leaving to ow
neighbors all Interference in troublesom,
matters. Arouse a public spirit and the
work is done. And US no one knows tbs
needs like the teacher, so no one can so vel
arouse the people 10 Them. Tam the cbll
dren and keep agitating. Ply these littlt
levers diligently in every home of your dis
trict. Don't be in hurry to leave ant
secure better position, Stay, and maxi
your place desirable position. Make your
self important to your school, and then
courteously but firmly insist on respectable
pay. Teachers in country schools can d
far more for their own betterment and tina
of the schools if they wilL-Lela S. Taylo
in Rural New Yorker.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

We have received a printed communica-
ton respecting an invention which, if the
account lie correct, certainly deserves the
description of truly marvellous applied to it.
Signor Bozza, an Italian, has succeeded, il
appears, in applying electricity to the play
ing of musical instruments Numbers Of
brass and other instruments are suspended in
mid air, separated from one another as much
as the size of tho hall will permit Signor
Bozza then, by means of an ingenious electro
cal keyboard, plays on any or ell of them,
producing at will the full effect of band of
thirty or forty performers. He is at present
exhibiting his invention at Liverpool, and
he has asked permission to perform at the
forthcoming italian exhibition. If this ac-
count has any close relation to fact, what an
opportunity has been missed of impressing
credulous +. L. SIS and others by seances al
which such convincing spirit music might BIZ
played. -Christian World.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
Americas Various War Inventions,

Here the first revolving pistols were made.
Here the first repeating rifles were invented
and used; and today, when all military ma
lions are adopting magazine rifles, the Brit
ish, after the most careful and protracted
trials, have fixed upon an American model
as the best. The first machine gun ever
made was the earliest pattern of the Calling,
constructed in 1861; weapon which in i'm
proved form is now used the world over, and
which in rapidity of fire has never been ap-
preached. Another machine gun, the Gard
ner, also an American invention, and equally
of world wide fame, has qualities which make
it in some respects even superior to the Cat
ling; it is OF simpler construction, more
durable, lighter, easier to work and more &C
curate. Finally, the Maxim, the latest ma
chine gun, which, all qualities considered, is
as far superior to the Gardner and Calling
as these to the mitrailleuse used by the
| French in 1870, is the invention Of American.
| Unfortunately the want of encouragement
he received in his own country compelled the
| inventor TO establish his workshops in
Europe, as Hotchkiss, the inventor of the re-
volving cannon, had previously to do.
Almost alone among American war inven,
tons to which government encouragement
has been accorded is the pneumatic torpedo
gun, first devised by Mr.. Mefford, of Ohio
and developed by Capt. Zalinski 1t is trut
that the impossibility of retaining the ex
elusive use of this weapon for the Unitet
States has already been shown, the German
having constructed pneumatic gun which
is apparently capable of equally efIicien
work.-New Orleans Times-Democrat
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
The bismarck of Today.

The Bismarck now before me was very diff
ferent from the Bismarck I used to see in
Berlin six or seven years ago before DR..
Schweningor took him in hand. The Bis
marck OF today is thin and bony, and the
doctor has it is well known, disencumbered
him of his unhealthy fat. merely by prevent
ing him drinking with his meals He is look
ing remarkably well; his gait is swift and
automatic but denotes real vigor; his com
plexion is clear and almost pink, no doubt
the result OF tho health laden breezes from
the German ocean and the Baltic.
remark also that the features are softened
down; you scan them in vain to discover that
harshness, not to say ferocity, which are so
apparent in his photographs. 1t may, how
ever, be due to the fact Of his being in
civilian garb lis soft felt hat, very much
the. worse for wear, his long gray coat and
heavy stick, give him the aspect of u plain
country gentleman come to the station to
meet friend. When he dons his uniform
he is another man, and looks the surly trooper
all over. The country people have repeatedly
noticed this difference. The chaneellor's
healthy appearance IS not deceptive. Altht
people in whose midst he lives tell me that
his health is better than it has been for year!
| past; and proof of this is that this year il
has not been found necessary to send him t
Kissingen-M. Perivier in lie Figaro.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

She rose from her reclining chair, went to
the window. lifted the curtain aside, and
there, sure enough, was the man who had
come to my otfice-sitting on bench Of the
public promenade, with eyes fixed on the
windows of the residence. He observed US,
rose, and walked away without once turning
to look.
Then | became the witness of very as
tonishing thing-the mute love of those two
beings, neither of whom knew the other.
He loved her with the devotion of q res
cued animal-grateful and devoted to the
death. He came every day to see me, with
the question, How is sher'-comprehending
that had OWNED his secret. And he used
to weep fearfully at seeing her passing by.
whittier and weaker every day
She would say to me:
Il only spoke once to that singular man.
and it seems TO me as though | had known
him for twenty years"
And whenever they met she returned his
salute with grave and charming SMILE |
felt that she was happy, all lonely as she was,
and knowing herself doomed to die-I knew
that she felt happy just at being loved in
that strange way, with such respect and
SUI ools'aM'!' WIN sGch romantic e1ag-
geration' win such supreme devotion. And
Tor all that, sun obstinate IN her exaitation,
she persistently and desperately refused to
receive him, to learn his name, or to speak to
him. She would always say:
mo, mol 1t would spoil this strange friend
| ship We must always remain unknown to
each other"
As for him, he was certainly Quixotic, fol-
he never tried 10 bring himself any nearer tc
her. He had resolved to keep TO the very
end the absurd promise he had made her il
tie railroad car
Very often during her long hours of weak
ness she would get up from her reclinin!
chair and peep through the curtains to see
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
THE USE OF WATER.
Some Legal Information Respecting Water
Eichts-Ffrst Principles.


1t is generous principe, that every owner
of land upon natural stream of water has
right to use the water for any reasonable
purpose not inconsistent with similar right
in the owners of the land above, below and
opposite to him. He may take the water to
supply his dwelling, to irrigate his land, or
to quench the thirst of his cattle: TO use 1t
for manufacturing purposes, such as the sup
plying of steam boilers or the running OF
water wheels or other hydraulic works, so
long as such use does not sensibly and injur-
iously affect its volume. But this is mere
privilege running with the land, not prop
ertv in the water itself.
Where the stream Is small, and does not
supply water more than sufficient to answer
the wants Of the different pr0prietors living
on the stream, none Of the proprietors can
use the water for either irrigation or manu-
featuring, but for domestic purposes and
watering stock one proprietor will be justified
i'll consuming all the water.
Twenty years use adverse to the right of
another will give the person so using the
stream the right to continue the use, regard
less of the others rights
And as to the division of water, every one
who owns land situated upon stream has
the following rights:
l. To the natural flow of the stream
2 That it shall coutimue to run in its &C
customed channels
3. That it shall flow upon his land in its
usual quantity, natural place and usual
height
4. That it shall flow off his land upon the
land of his neighbor below, III accustomed
place and at the usual level
These rights he has as an incident to the
property in his land, and he cannot be de
prived Of it by grant or description
If any one shall make any change in tht
natural flow Of stream, to the material in
jury of any owner situated upon it, or by any
interference shall prevent the stream from
flowing as it was wont to flow, he is response
bic for the damage he may occasion. Thes'
rights are subject to the privilege of eacl
one to make reasonable use Of the watel
upon his own land while it is passing alons
the same 1t matters not what the source O
the water may be, whether it be backwate
or the fowage of the same, or the water o
another stream. Still, the division of
stream may be made by any one, if it be re
turned to its natural channel before it leave
the premises. Legal Adviser.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

Dr. G.. Y. Poore has told the way in which
the Landes of France have been reclaimed
and made habitable by carrying out the
plan first applied by Bremontier at about
the beginning of this century. By reason Of
the light character of the sands OF the region,
and its exposura to the powerful winds of
the Bay of Biscay, its drainage presented
special difficulties, which could not be over
come by the ordinary resources OF engineer
ing. Recognizing that it was useless TO CON
tend against the forces of nature, Bremon-
tier determined to try to make use of them
for the accomplishment of his purpose
knowing the virtues of planting and pro-
noting the growth of net work of roots, he
planted tract Of the dunes with peas, which
would grow in the sand and send their roots
to a considerable depth, and, for more per-
manent effect, with the maritime pine.
The pine seeds were sowu mixed with seeds
of the common broom, whose shrubs might
serve as nurse plants TO the infant pines, and
| the sowings were made IN direction at right
angles to the prevailing wind A screen of
hurdles made Of gorse or of plants deeply
driven into the sand was placed on the wind
ward side of the seed ground, and the seed
| ground itself was matched with pine branches
and other suitable material In the course of
time the brooms reached their full growth,
while the pines continued to grow, overtopped
them and crowded them out. The maritime
pines have grown well and have proved a
very profitable tree, yielding moderately
good timber and much turpentine, in addi-
ton to which good business Is
done in charcoal Thus the waste moor
lands on the shores of the Bay of Biscay
have become of great commercial value
The railway journey of four or five hours
from Bordeaux to Bayonne is now made
through long, monotonous pine for.
est The cultivation Of the pine improve:
the soil, which is gradually enriched and al
tered in quality by the dead leaves and othel
vegetable debris which fall upon it. In somt
places clearings have been made in the for
ests ard vineyards piantei. Popular Scienc
Monthly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no special men
ton. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise.-A purer
medicine does not exist and it is guarau-
teed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases OF the liver
and kidneys, will remove pimples, boils,
salt rheum and other affections caused by
impure blood Will drive Malaria from
the system and prevent as well as cure
all Malaral fevers.-For cure of head
ache. constipation and indigestion try
Electric Bitters-Entire satisfaction guar
anteed, or money refunded.-Price 81
cents and 81 90 per bottle at Hartz &
Bahnsen's drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

Read the following: Mr.. c. H. Nor
ris, Newark, Ark, says: WAS down
with Abscess of Lungs, and friends and
physicians pronounced me an Incursble
Consumptive. Began taking DR., Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, an
now on my third bottle. and able to over
see the work on my farm. 1t is the finest
medicine ever made"
Sesse Middlewart. Decatur, Ohio, says:
Had it not been for DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption would have
died of lung troubles. Was given uD by
doctors. Am now in best of health.
Try it. Sample bottles free at Hariz &
Bahnsen's drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

To allow prejudice or ignorance to get
the better of good judgment. lthas been
conclusively proven that constipation.
bad breath, dyspepsia, kidney affections.
and all diseases of the liver, stomach and
bowels have been cured by simply taking
Simmons Liver Regulator. 1t is harms
less, not unpleasant, and easily procured,
so there is no reason to be ignorant of
this remedy we especially commend to
your notice for trial.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
A salt palace is projected at Salt Lake.
Tho Population Of Rock Island.

Is about 10000, and we should say at
least one half are troubled with some af-
lection Of the throat and lungs. as those
complaints are, according to statistics,
more numerous than others. We would
advise all our readers not to neglect the
opportunity to call on their druggist and
get q bottle of Kemp's balsam for the
throat and lungs. Trial size free. Large
bottles Soc and 81. Sold by all drug.
gists,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
Qna Earl

Is worth a column of rhetoric, said an
American statesman. 1t is fact estab-
lished by the testimony of thousands of
people. that Hoods Sarsaparilla does cure
scrofuls, salt rheum and other diseases
or affections arising from impure state or
low condition of the blood. 1t also over
comes that tired feeling, creates good
appetite and gives strength TO every part
of the system. Try it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

Are important problems. the former de-
pending greatly on the latter. Every one
is familiar with the healthy properties of
fruit, and no one can afford to be sick
and miserable while the pleasant Califor-
MA concentrated liquid fruit remedy. Syr.
up of Figs, may be had of our enterpris.
ing druggists. Hartz & Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

The best salve in the world for cats,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, ehapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. Il
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents pei
box. For sale by Hartz & Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

Of the age in the medical lie is the
liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs, man
ufactured only by the California Fig
Syrup company. San Francisco, Califor>
MA. 1t is agreeable to the taste, accepta-
BILE to the stomach, harmless in its ma
ture, painless yet prompt and thorough
in its action. Hartz & Bahnsen, Agents
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
1t Was q Mistake.

''Send me ten dozen assorted pinafores,"
wrote the country merchant to the Chicago
purchasing agent. When he received ten
dozen assorted pianofortes by freight few
days later he concluded that somebody had
mado mistake Chicago News.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

1t is no longer fashionable to wear
flowers in the street, but it is considered
correct to carry two or three roses, a clus-
ter of pInks or bunch of violets in the
hand
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

An Oregon man has IN his garden d
tomato vine that is - feet high and the
branches of which cover an area of 90
feet
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

The Prince of Wales. who has been
visiting the courts of Europe. still wears
the solitaire stud in his shirt front.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

FAST MAIL TRAIN with Vestbuled trains be-
tween Chicago Milwaukee, st. Paul and Mime
apolis.
IRA S-CONTTNr NTAL ROUTE between Chi
cago, Council Bluffs, Omaha and the Pacific
Coast.
GREAT NATIONAL ROUTE between Chicago
Ksnsas City and ST. Joseph, Mo,
points in Illinois, Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iowa.
missouri and Dakota
For maps. time tables. rates OF passage and
freight, etc apply to the nearest station agent
of the Chicago. Milwaukee h s.. Paul Railway, or
to any railroad agent any where in the world.
ROSWELL MILLER, A V. II. CARPENTER,
General Manager. Gent Pass. Il L. Agt.
IL For information in reference TO Lands and
| Sowns owned by by the Chicago. Milwaukee
| It. Paul Railway Company, write to II. q. Hsu'
| gen, Land Commissioner Milwaukee. Wisconsin
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

The sultan doesn't allow the morning
papers of ConstanEinople to be published IN
til tho afternoon.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
A GENTS WANTED FOR THE UNI

AAversal Oil Heater and Burner. The house
keepers delight Cooks meal or heats room
at a cost of cents per hour. Nothing like it ever
invented Agents are making big money. Sells
AZ sight. Address UNIVERSAL MFG. co.
81 Market Street Chicago III.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30
INTELLIGENCE COLUMN.

EOR RENT-A FURNISHED ROOM
= for one or two gentlemen at No. sl6 Nine
teenth street 24-lw
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-04-12
A SAD MISTAKE PERHAPS.

AS it not barely possible that, in
the haste to enlighten us there has
been sad mistake made? allude to
the poles and suspensions of the
electric lights. The light itself is
all that could be desired if-first the
poles were not so high, nor the
lights suspended so high. 1t has
been necessary to cut away many
choice trees, and we all know how
proud we are who have the beautiful
ponciania rigia in front of our
houses, and there are many associa-
tions connected with many of the
trees which have been sacrificed to,
trust | may be pardoned if term
it, a blunder. 1t has been fully
demonstrated in other cities that a
light above the trees is not the cor
rect thing, and after doing as has
been done here, the trees have been
left to beautify the cities, and the
poles and towers removed, and the
lights placed on regular lamp-posts,
or those corresponding in height.
This / am convinced will be the result
here, after an experiment is made.
Besides the wires are dangerous,
and after a serious accident or two
happens, even our experienced cleo
terician will acknowledge that such
a thing is possible. Although con-
tract exists for lighting % the
streets with something different
from the electric light, no doubt an
arrangement could be effected, to
discontinue the use of these lamps,
and the posts be used for the cleo
trio lights and the wires all run
under ground. 1t might at least be
tried, Had we buildings of six OIL
eight stories high the present sys-
tenn would be all right, but we want
the light on the ground, and VIC
don't want our trees cut away, moi
our firemen killed by contact witt
the wires. i.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-04-12
NEAL DOW KNOCKED OUT.

EDITOR BULLETIN: 1t would APP
pear that Prohibition is not progress
ing satisfactorily in the banner Pro-
hibition state, as the following
Associated Press despatched to the
San Francisco "Bulletin" would in
dictate.
Portland (Me.), March 5.-The
local election to-day resulted in the
overwhelming rout of Neal Dow's
ticket. The Prohibitionists named
him for Mayor and the Democrats
Endorsed him, but Chapman was re-
elected by 1000 majority, which is
twice the average Of other years.
Every Alderman elected is Republic
can, even in the two Democratic
wards. The fight was very bitter,
especially at the close.
COMMON SENSE.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-04-12
Barg'nS in Embodied Dresses,
The Arcade EGAN & co.
WORRY.

Worry is the cause of more trou-
BILE than any other one thing, not
excepting alcohol for it leads men
to murder, suicide, embezzlement,
insanity, drink, family estrange-
ments, quarrels and business diff
cultes. Worried people cannot
make good bargains their judgments
become so warped or twisted,
through dwelling too long on the
same subject; with those subjects
they are no clearer at the end of
their thinking than they were at the
beginning. There are multitudes
Of deaths every year attributed to
regular specific diseases, as typhoid
fever, dyspepsia, consumption and
heart disease, which have for their
cause worry. Worry induces such
a condition of body that it readily
receives the germs of disease.
To one who was accustomed to
worry, friend said, who avoided
worry as much as possible; "What
would you do if you stopped every
time to consider the possibilities of
of every act. knew of woman
who walked carefully across a
smooth carpeted floor; she fell,
broke her hip joint and died in a
few days. l knew of neighbor
who ate his dinner, and fell dead as
he rose from the table. Another
went to sleep well and never woke
another rode out and was killed"
Thus instance after instance might
be mentioned, for every daily act, il
we had travelled, or read much, OF
met many persons.
Occasionally we meet people who
can truly be called born fretters
they fret at everything, and sever
days and seven nights scarcely give
them time enough during the week
to do all the worrying they are cap
able of doing; as for any one living
with them, it is their worst punish
ment that they have to endure them
selves.
We daily meet faces that show
the results of worry; they art
scanned, and wrinkled and full o
lines. They should be warning
to us. If the time and strength
spent in worry could be used in self
Improvement and benefiting those
near us, there would be man,
changes In every community
| TGood Housekeeping.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-04-12
A BOYS TRUE REROIsM.

In the Boblein Library at Oxford
is most tsuching record of heroism
and self-sacrifice on the part of a
child-a record to touch ones heart
with its pathos. The tower door of
st. Leonard's Church, Bridgewater,
England, was left open, and two
young boys, wandering in, were
tempted to climb to the upper part
and scramble from beam to beam.
All at once joist gave way. The
beam on which they were standing
became displaced. The elder had
just time to grasp it when falling,
while the younger, slipping over his
body caught hold of his comrades
legs. In this fearful position the
poor lads hung, crying vainly for
help, for no one was near.
At length the boy clinging to the
beam became exhausted. He could
no longer support the weight. He
called out to the lad below that they
were both done for.
"Could you save yourself if ]
were to loose your" replied the lit
tie lad.
81 think L could" returned the
older.
"Tben sood-by and God bless
you'll" replied the little fellow, loos
ing his hold.
Another second and he was dash
ed to pieces on the stone floor below
His companion clambered to a place
of safety Baptist Weekly.