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The Progress., 1888-10-13

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the Court house in Detroit, on
Monday, Oct, 18th.
Prof. g. 9. Painter, agent Of the
Indians Right Association, paid
White Earth brief visit this
week. He goes to Fond du Lac
from here thence to the Oneida
and Mennonninee reservations in
Wisconsin and on to his home at
Great Darlington, Mass.
What in the name Of common
sense was money expended for,
some four years ago, in purchas-
ing 9 shoemaking outfit consisting
Of shoe findings, leather ETC., and
that the same material is still un.
packed in the agency warehouse
and allowed to become the prey Of
rust and mold. Whose blunder is
this!
Wood! Wood! As our neigh
zbors all own watch dogs, Of the
sleepless kind, we have concluded
that our chances for wood from
these sources are somewhat for
lorn, we will take all the wood
brought to us on subscription,
and promise to write the party's
obituary bringing the same free Of
cost when desired to- do so.
On Sunday morning the grana-
ry Of Mr.. R. P. Fairbanks, stu
ated in the Southwestern part Of
the reservation, together with its
contents, was totally destroyed by
fire. The granary contained about
300 bushels Of grain; several tons
of hay which was stacked near the
place was also destroyed. Cause,
prarie fire.
Major Lewis Stowe, formerly U.
S. Indian agent at this agency, is
employed in building a boarding
and school house at Pine Point,
in the Eastern portion Of the res
ervation, for the service Of the In
dians. The school will be con-
Quoted under the auspices of the
NJ. E. Mission. It is said that the
Major expressed much surprise
and regret at the utter neglect and
the deplorable outlook Of matters
in general pertaining to the res
ervation. And no wonder.
On Wednesday while Mrs. j. B.
Louzon and some Of her children
were looking after COWS, a short
distance from the village, they ve-
ry uncermoniously came unpleas-
antly close to the presence Of a
huge black bear. It is difficult for
us to define which was the most
reluctant about cultivating fur.
ther acquaintance, Mrs. L. or Mr..
Bruin, however it appears that
both parties seemed very anxious
to increase the distance that in
tervened between them, and the
consequence was that no one got
hurt, though we venture to say
that somebody got a 'leetle bit
skeerd.'
1T is an outrage on the Govern
ment and the people Of the reser.
vation, : said a qualified employee
the other day, "the manner in
which so much useful property is
allowed to go to waste and ruin,
there is the saw mill, for instance,
with foundation nearly rotted out
and with an unsafe dam, and
which a little time and outlay
would render comparatively safe,
but if no steps are taken towards
repairing the same this fall, the
probabilities are that when the
coming Spring freshets sweep
down the river the whole struc.
ture will take leave parting, and
without an act Of Congress rati-
flying the mah-chan either
The numerous friends Of Dr..
JAS. s. Woodward, formerly agen-
cy physician, and BY the way, one
Of Earth's true noblemen and one
Of the most popular and worthilv-
The Progress., 1888-10-13

The Price Of The Echo is 4
Dollar Q Year. It is furnished
with The Progress at $3.50, and
every subscribers to both papers IS
entitled to a choice from the offers
in the Dollar Department Of the
Echo Premium Book List, the
book or books selected being sent
free, postpaid, to any address any
where in the United States.
The Echo alone will be sent
with Premium Books upon receipt
of q Dollar addressed to
The Echo,
Detroit, Mich.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

japan wax is obtained from tree, Rhus
succedanea, which is found in Japan, China
and throughout the East Indies generally
In the japanese language it is called haze
or haze. The tree commences to bear fruit
when five or six years old, and increases its
product every year, till at fifty years a single
tree will produce so pounds of berries from
which seventy pounds of wax can be OBJ
tained. The wax is formed in the middle of
the berry, between the seed and the skin, like
the pulp of a grape, 1t is extracted by boil
ing the berries in water, and allowing it to
cool, when the wax separates out in solid
cake. TIE specific gravity of this wax is
0970, and its melting point 13l dogs, Fair.
1t is largely used, either alone or mixed with
talIow, by the Chinese in the manufacture Of
candles The principal port of export is the
city of Osaka, whence, in 1876, nearly 2,000,-
900 pounds Of the wax were shipped to Lon
don.-Scientific American.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

The illiteracy of criminals is Illustrated by
DR.. Scouller, of the Illinois Reform school,
thus: While the state of Illinois has less
than per cent unable to read and write,
the commitments to the Reform school show
nearly p per cent. unable to read and 70
per cent unable to writen ''What is your
nationality we asked of a young man
nearly six feet high Don't know "Are
you an Americana ''Ehr ''Were you born
in America" No was born in Shelby
vile, His The criminal is, above all, selfish
and egotistical He knows it all He is
incapable of being taught. Smartness is his
curse He is ever ready to sheer at Others.
Dragging is his unconquerable propensity.
He commits crime because he is proud of It.
Which suggests that the habit of ignora-
egotism in parents tends to breed in children
a criminal conceit and tendency to do what
ever will make them notorious. -Globe-D DEM
Ocrat,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27
Jim Keene Looming Up Again.

James R. keene is looming up again ascne
of the leaders in Wall street. Jim keene has
been very big man in Wall street in his
time, and if the reports that hear whispered
under the shadows of the city hall are true,
he will cttNf much wider swath in the Wall
street meadow than for any time in his
career. Keene is one of those uneasy, rest
less fellows who cannot sit still even under
the administration of the chloroform of dis
tress which often comes TO people who get
their eye teeth pulled in Wall street. One of
the reports which are going the rounds is
that Keene some weeks ago was visited by a
man who had read of his advance in the
world of speculation, and he said to him:
Mr.. Keene, have $4,000 of your privi-
leges. l hear that you have been making
money. would like TO have you cash these
privileges" s--.
Mr. Keene looked at him a second, and
then replied in substance that if the outside
creditors would let him alone he might make
some money, He had not, he said, made
much money lately, because he did not have
the capital with which to make investments
that he knew would pay.
Then tell me-" said his visitor, what
| shall l do to make some money!
| Buy some Northern Pacifc,'' was the
| laconic answer.
| Il will take your advice" was the reply.
| Within few days the man returned and said
I to Mr.. keene: II have made so. 900 upor
your advice, and beg to present you with
! the privileges which called for $4,000, as q
! mere payment in part for the advice yor
/ gave me regarding Northern Pacific"
]
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

In these days when society is always ready
10 follow q new craze, it is passing strange
that no one has thought of taking up the
study of the Irish language. Our ears have
been greeted by raSpy Italian, catarrhal
French and even Russian, Arabic and
Chinese. All these tongues have been studied
by the enthusiastic young folks, who always
attack a new thing as if they would tear the
soul out of it by main strength. But the
soft, liquid tones that are nearer than any
other language extant TO the original Celtic,
which you may hear rolling so richly from
helips of hundreds of Irish girls in Pittsburg,
is utterly neglected.
Here is an opportunity. Let Bridget be
brought into the parlor during the winter
afternoons and evenings. Let her teach her
language to her employers in her own way.
She will probably be unable TO give gram
NAUTICAL rules or to explain from a scientific
standpoint why she makes certain sounds TO
express certain ideas, but she will give You
the exact information of the soft gutturals,
rendering them with those peculiar inflec-
tons which are neverperfect save from Irish
lips. 1t may perhaps be difficult to see any
commercial use from the study of this Ian
guage, but it would surely open up a vast
| library Of ancient lore that has hitherto re-
manned locked in the bosoms of those who
/ from lack of educational advantages, have
/ been unable to give it to the world Pitts
! burg Bulletin.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

In this Partisan world of fashionable form
ula the first lesson in the science of life is
that of etiquette, that the dead things of
vulgarity may be wrapped in a shroud of
politeness, form and custom. The second
lesson is given when the perceptions are so
developed as to command and control the
mystery of illusion, which is the supernal
art in this sphinx like domain of exclusive
customs and Anticipated formulas. The eff
forts of whole lifetime are devoted to this
study, which, once begun, never ends. The
next lesson is in discretion, or tact, which
brings the ambitious aspirant into q univer-
sal field of social effect and action. And
thus it is that the basic principles of fash
ionable life are formed, which render the
student of human nature capable of Crap
pling with the most entangled forms of Ell
quette, the most mystical methods of Illusion
and the most subtle devices of diplomats
jesse Shepard in American Magazine
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

In confectionery establishment where
half a dozen pretty young women are en-
ployed behind the counters noticed one of
the latter cram half a dozen caramels into
her mouth at once and appear TO enjoy them
hugely. She stood in full view of the pro-
prietor as she did so and expected to see
him administer reproof. Instead of doing
50 he only looked at lie and knowingly closed
his left eye Il should think terrible inroads
must be made in your stock if all your young
women have appetites like that" observed
!. "Not a bit of it. he responded, ''when
a young woman is engaged to sell candy
for this house she receives permission to
eat just as much as she likes; with the
strict understanding, however, that she is
not to carry any out of the store She avails
herself of the permission readily enough, but
she doesn't devour half so much the second
day as she does the first; on the third she
gets away with even less and at the end of a
week she wouldn't give you ten cents for the
contents of the whole shop, so.far as her own
appetite is concerned. The girl who bolted
these caramels just now thinks she's the
luckiest girl alive. In a week she won't care
whether all the candy shops in the country
keep school or not, so long as her own EN-
| ployment is secure. My advice to youth
with candy devouring girl is for him to
| feed her steadily with it for a week. At the
end of a week he can devote his salary to
| other uses. Chicago Journal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

ming one on top of the other in case Of a col
lislon. The bell cord, connecting the en-
gineer and conductor or any passenger, was
brought into use. Improvements in the
switch, in the use of the telegraph in dis
patching trains and in other details of rail-
road management added to the safety as
well as to the comfort of the passenger
The next object to be gained was his luxury
In 1886 berth cars were put upon the railway
from Harrisburg to Philadelphia. This prim-
tive sleeping car was very rude indeed. The
steamboat companies had set the example.
They fitted up sleeping apartments for their
passengers. In 1915 there was farther i'm
provement in this direction. Finally, in due
time and in a natural way, the present luxu-
rious sleeping car grew out of the old berth
cars But the sleeping car was not the climax
| of railway travel. The hotel car is nearly at
| the top. A man nowadays on one of these
cars can eat leisurely and with perfect COM
fort The very apex of railway improve
ment is seen in the vestibuled train where one
can walk from end to end without going out
of doors, and where the electric lights turn
night into day.-Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

Once moro suggestions are in the air for
postal tube between Dover and Calais, and
this time in a more detailed form The idea
is to suspend two tubes Of about yard each
in diameter by means of steel cables across
the Channel, forty yards above the level of
the sea- The steel cables will be fixed to
pillars at distances of about 800 yards, and
in each tube little railway will run, with
cars capable of carrying 40 pounds in
weight No parcel of greater weight than
this will be taken, and the cost is estimated
at the modest figure of S5,0O0,0O0. 1t is also
proposed to run telegraph and telephone
wires through these tubes.-Financial News
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

The French Psychologist, DR.. Dastre, has
been making curious experiments with AMI
mails with the object of determining the
causes of seasickness. The creatures have
been subjected to various kinds of motion
corresponding to the rolling and pitching of
vessels DR.. Dastre found, on examination,
that the intestines were thereby strangely
displaced and violently thrown against the
diaphragm, and he presumes that similar
disturbance produces seasickness on board of
q ship. To eounteract this irritation, DR..
Regnault is stated to have administered
cocaine with excellent results. Another
French physician, who attributes seasickness
to the same causes as DR.. Dastre, reports
that he has discovered two infallible proven
tives-one mixture of atropine and strych-
nine and the other caffeine. Chicago Her.
aid
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

Mrs. Sam Newlyrich, the naughty, purse
proud wife of Montana millionaire, unbent
sufficiently to take party of Boston tourists
out riding in her own landau, drawn by four
black horses with red fly nets and plumes,
while the coachman was in scarlet and yell
low livery.
Mrs Newlyrich maintained an attitude Of
studied dignity until her John happened to
give one of her four black steeds cut with
his whip, when she lapsed into her old air of
ease and frankness, and said, smartly:
''Here ycl, Billy jackson, you stop ickin'
them horses like that or I'll lick you-blamed
If don'tl Excuse me-" she said to the awe
struck Bostonians, 'but that off boss cost
$500, and | don't intend having him licked
for nothing. Time.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

When left Moscow at noon we were told
that the train would stop for dinner within
an hour or two but it did not, and we learned
from some Russian officers who were sitting
with us that there would be no opportunity
for obtaining anything until in the evening.
As we had taken an early breakfast, we ex-
pressed our dismay, when one of them went
into another compartment of the car where
his family were and soon returned with a
hearty lunch, which be insisted upon our
taking, and which we, of course, gratefully
accepted. Imagine captain in the United
States army offering part of his dinner to
a foreigner on a railway train And this
was but one of the many acts of courtesy
which we received from them during the
long day which we were together between
Moscow and Warsaw.-Henry NJ Wright in
Detroit Free Press,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27
s.Nasa, voices, ca.arrh and False Teeth.


A prominent English woman says the |
American women all have high, shrill, ma
sal voices and false teeth.
Americans don't like the constant twit> |
ting they get about this nasal twang, and
vet it is fact caused by our dry stimula>
ting atmosphere, and the universal pres
ence of catarrhal difficulties.
But why should so many of our women
have false teeth?
That is more of poser TO the English.
1t is quite impossible to account for it ex-
cept on the theory of deranged stomach
action caused by imprudence in eating
and by want of regular exercise.
Catarrhal troubles everywhere prevail
and end in cough and consumption. which
are promoted by mal>nutrition induced by
deransed stomach action. The condition
is modern one, one unknown to our an
cestors who prevented the catarrh. cold,
cough and consumption by abundant and
regular use of what is now known as
Warmers Log Cabin cough and cons
sumption remedy and Log Cabin sar
sapariIla, two old fashioned stand
| ard remedies handed down from our
ancestors, and now exclusively put
| forth under the strongest guaran-
tees of purity and efficacy by the
world famed makers of Warmers safe
cure. These two remedies plentifully
used as the fall and winter seasons ad-
vance. together with an occasional use of
Warmers Log Cabin rose cream. to
strengthen and protect the nasal mem
branes, give positive assurance of fre>
dom, both from catarrh and those dread
full and if neglected. inevitable conse-
quences, pneum0nia, lung troubles and
consumption. which so generally and
fatally prevail among our people.
Comrade Eli Fisher, of Salem, Henry
Co., Iowa, served four years in the late
war and contracted disease called con-
sumption by the doctors. He had ire
quent hemorrhages. After using War
ner's Log Cabin cough and consumption
remedy, he says, under date of Jan. 80
1888: Il do not bleed at the lungs any
more, my cough does not bother me, and
| do not have any more smotherlng
SPELLS" Warmers Log CABIN rose cream
cured his wife of catarrh and she i:
sound and well.
OF course we do not like to have ouI
women called nose takers and false teett
owners, but these conditions can be read
| lily overcome in the manner indicated
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27
Progress Made in Railway Trsvel-NIodern
Improvements-The Climax.

Progress Made in Railway Trzvel-Modern
Improvements-The Climax.
Gen. Horace Porter in Scribners Maya
zine, has an entertaining article on the prog
ress made in railway passenger travel. There
are some facts in it which will be interesting
to those who now and then have occasion to
use the railway.
Sixty years ago the first locomotive engine
was used upon a railway built for passenger
transportation. At the beginning the loco
motive was not given the monopoly in pull
ing trains, as now 1t divided the thonors
with the horses, the two forces being used In
changeably. The original passenger car was
good deal, if not wholly. like the old stage
coach. But it was not long before American
progress discarded this old and inconvenient
style and adopted the long car, which is now
the model on which all passenger cars are
constructed. The public were not at first in
clined to look with favor upon the new style
of locomotive transportation. The legisla-
ture of Pennsylvania, especially, opposed the
idea and refused to grant any railroad char
tiers for several years subsequently. The rail-
WAYS then were not what they are now.
There were no baggagemen up to 1876 Each
traveller at the end OF Il journey was required
to get out his own baggage. The dust nearly
suffocated one, and the sparks from the loco
motives almost put out the eyes of the trav-
elers.
The cars were lighted at night by tallow
candles and heated in winter by close box
stoves which transformed a car into veri-
table oven. There were no hand brakes, and
the passenger was jolted about IN merciless
manner In 1851 an improved and efficient
hand brake was adopted. In 1863 the air
brake, operated and controlled by the en-
gineer, was first introduced. Since then the
enouglsGs in railway transportation has been
- 81 aa--s --r-.s Z. --a..tnas nnd
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

The hest on earth can truly be said OF
Grgg's Glycerine Salve, which is sure,
safe and speedy cure for cuts, bruises,
scalds, burns wounds and all other sores
viii positively cure piles, letter and all
skin eruption. Try this wonder healer.
Sstisfsctir guaranteed or money refund
ed. Onig 25 cents. Sold bv druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

OF the age in the medical line is the
liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs, man.
ufactured only by the Californ la 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, 1888-09-27

A Bar Harbor correspondent writes that
two young hearts that beat as one are en-
tirely safe in birch bark canoe without
chaperone, because the ticklish craft won't
permit of any caressing without tipping the
caressers into the water ---Hew York Sun.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

Tho manufacture of counterfeit implements
OF the stone age seems to be becoming quite
an industry. A recent deception detected at
the Smithsonian institution, consisted in chip
ping away parts Of genuine spear or arrow
heads, and selling the mutilated flints at a
greatly increased price as rare and curious
Arkansaw Traveller.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, cured
his stammering by having his mouth full
of pebbles, and many are the modern or,
ators who have cured their hoarseness by
an occasional dose of Dr. Bulls Cough
Syrup.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

lrate Matron-Never, sir; never will you
marry my daughter with my consent hate
the very sight of you, sir, and wish could
find some way to make you miserable.
Obnoxious Suitor-Well, then, why don't
you become my mother-in-lawl-Ph iladel-
phia Record.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

Sweet potatoes are two or three weeks
late this season, a backward crop insur>
ing q greater appreciation of the potatoes
when they arrive in abundance.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

Among the miscellaneous articles invented
for the promotion of beauty are artificial
veins, the wrinkle etfacer and the Circas-
sienne which imparts a brilliancy to the eye.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

He that knows nothing doubts of
nothing. Do not let your doubts cause
you to waver, for you may be assured
that Warmers Log Cabin Liver Pills will
cause the sluggish liver to resume its
wonted functions and produce the re-
suits you desire. They are effective and
harmless, being purely vegetable.
Mobile is to have an orphan asylum for
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

An artesian well sunk under the sslt
waters of New York bay on the Jersey
side. produces pure fresh water in abund
ance.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

Detroit proposes to decorate Its coun>
Gil chamber with portraits of the city's
mayors from 1906 to the present time.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

A ''stepback father" is a new term of rela-
tionship. 1t designates a mans connection
with his widows son by second marriage
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

Victor Hugo said that God created woman
the coquette as soon as he had made man the
fool
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27
TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS.

Silence is the severest criticism, but most
wives dGa', seem to know it.-Somerville
Con
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27
The Perfection

"The art of war, which everybody talks
about, is difficult. "-Napoleon.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

The crops in Georgia give promise of a
great harvest.