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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13
Pretty Kitchens.

There is no objection TO pretty kitchen,
or to a girl filling one up with bric-a-brac if
she keeps it free from dust. A kitchen to
those who do the work in it is the living
room, and why should it not DO made con-
venient and pretty; II the kitchen is com
Portable, CHEEKY room, most girls will take a
pride in keeping it 50. Give them pink
colored tissue paper for tile shelves, il they
wish it, and II fancy lamp shade to rest by
after the kitchen is tided up for the night
See, too that they have convenient utensils
to cook with, gooj clothes wringer and
plenty of clothes pins and good stove.
1t will pay you well to look after these
things in the good, wholesome dishes that will
come on to the table well cooked. Many
girls have to do with makeshifts that you
would not think possible for yourself to use
"a broken wringer, tub without handles
or a wash boiler or tealettle, with rag run
through hole to prevent leaking. No girl
likes to ask for repairs, and oftentimes the
mistress is too careless to look well after the
little things of her kitchen. | would add
Let the girls sleeping room be pleasant,
attractive place. Many horse has better
quarters for rest than our servants have.
Look well to the comfort of the servants. If
not appreciative at first they may learn to be
so-Detroit Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13


The best pet of all is the little child old
enough to talk and to understand, with a
child's comprehension. The child that is a
pet is always promising to be better pet,
because a more appreciative one. Its recep-
tive and retentive mind is greedily gathering
ten thousand facts and then ten thousand
more, all with each added year the little one
not only fills larger place in your affections,
but you are becoming more to the youngster,
to be treasured in fond regard through all the
years of mature life.
Every month, and week, and day is a step
toward manhood or womanhood, evincing
expanding intelligence and growing affec-
tons, and cementing the bonds of friendship
and love between the little pet and the elder
persons who are nourishing its absorbing
mind and are guiding its otherwise uncertain
footsteps in the best path of life toward the
goal of thought, love and action.-Good
Housekeeping
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13
Advice to Mothers.

II you say "No,n mean "No.n Unless you
have a good reason for changing given
command, hold 10 1t.
Take an interest in your childrens aTnuse
ments; mothers share in what pleases them
is a great delight.
Be honest with them in small things, as
well as in great If you cannot tell them
what they wished to know, say 50, rather
than deceive them.
As long as it is possible kiss the children
good night after they are in bed; they like it,
and it keeps them very close.
Make your boys and girls study physiology;
when they are Ill, try 10 make them compre-
bend why and how the complaint arose, and
the remedy, so far as you know it.
Impress upon them from early infancy
that their actions have results, and that they
cannot escape consequences, even by being
sorry when they have done wrong.
Respect their little secrets; if they have
concealments, fretting thom will never make
them tell, ami time and patience will.
Allow them, as they grow older, TO have
opinions of their own, make them individ'
uals, and not mere echoes.
Mothers, whatever else you may teach your
girls, do not neglect to instruct them in the
mysteries of housekeeping. So shall you
teach them in the way Of making home
happy. Herald Of Health.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13
School Hygiene In Winter.

In summer the child is greatly favored by
the free, natural ventilation of the school
room, the wide range of his sports, his SYM
pathy with exuberant nature and the long
vacation, with its varied rambes, its fire.
quent bathings, it's exhilalating sense of free
dom, and, perhaps, with its change of air.
The absence of these favoring circumstances
in winter suggest greater attention at That
time to the physical condition of school
children.
Their food should be suited to the season.
Fat is to the body what coal is to the stove. 1t
is simply fuel No sailors are allowed in
expeditions to the North Pole who cannot di-
gest an abundance of fat The child can
safely withstand our northern cold only as
he carries within him a copious source of
heat. He not only should have, but should,
IL necessary, be trained to love, fat meat,
grayies and well cooked rashers.
Where oatmeal is an important part of the
daily diet the large proportion of fat it con-
tains meets the need in part and so does the
well buttered bread, but it is well to add
daily the fat of meat.
But while we introduce heat producing
food within the system, we must guard the
heat from too rapid loss. The child may be
exposed to extremely low temperatures.
Good wooden flannel should be worn next
the skin all winter, while the outside cloth
ing should be thick and warm. Wooden
stockings, thick boots and good rubbers are
indispensable, and the child should be taught
the danger of going with cold or with damp
feet.
1t is important, also, to remember. the
physical difference in children. In some of
them the recuperative power is strong, and
asserts itself at once; in others slight cold
means death, or protracted invalidism.
But the school room itself needs constant
looking after. If it is not properly ventil
ated, the vitiated air lowers the tone of the
physical system, and renders it very sus-
ceptible to colds and other ailments. Aten-
dency to colds Will also be caused by boo high
q temperature, which weakens the resisting
power of the skin. On tho other hand, the
weakly are sure to suffer from too low a tenn
perature. This should be regulated by a
thermometer, and should not be allowed to
vary much from 70 degs. Fahrenheit Youths
COMPANION
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

Adam Lieberknecht, proprietor of the
Geneseo Republic. and who is at the head
of the new German Volksblatt Printing
company, is meeting with the usual diff
culties in starting a new paper. A fire
broke out this week in the building
wherein his new press was stored in CHS
cago prior to shipment, and the press
shot through two or three floors into the
cellar. AS Lieberknecht has had long
and varied experience in the newspaper
business, this little incident is not likely
to perturbate him in the least. and, indeed,
we think it only presages successful
career for his new enterprise.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

Are you disturbed at night and broken
OF your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting tcethH If so,
send at once and get a bottle of Mrs,
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. It's value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer inn
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery. diarrhoea, regulates the stom-
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
tenn. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one of
the oldest and best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggista throughout the
world. Price 90 cents per bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13
WOMAN AND HOME.
LIFE HISTORY OF A GIRL STOW
AWAY FROM SCOTLAND.

Good Manners mt Home--school Hygiene.
Ignorance of characterization OF Bed
rooms Advice to Mothers - Pretty
Kitchens-HeIpful Hints and Items.
Here is the life history Of woman who is
well known to many New York shoppers as
the forewoman in the suit department. She
Is still quite young-on the sunny side OF S5-
with pleasant face, a sweet, low voice and a
manner that helps her greatly in her profess
sion This may not seem a very exalted po-
sition TO some people, but when they consider
the long, steep road she has climbed her pres
ent stand may appear an enviable one. AT
all events, her work is light, though the re-
spopsibilities are heavy She gets very
nearly 5000 a year, and has a cheerful,
pretty little fiat Of her own, where she has
books and birds and flowers, and she consid-
ers herself an individual greatly to be envied
This is the story: Twenty five years ago a
man died in little squalid Scotch village by
the sea and few miles from a port where
the smaller sort of sailing vessels cleared for
harbors all over the world. There was moth
ing uncommon concerning this mans death;
in fact, it was the usual business, helpless
widow, three crying orphans, no money and
no prospect Of any. The eldest brat was an
ellish girl with a sharp tongue that offended
a close listed relative who offered to tak1 the
mother into his hume as housekeeper and the
two boys TO work on the farm as soon as
they were able but wouldn't have the girl
at any price. She heard MS proposition and
her eyes flashed. She wouldn't stand in her
mothers way or in that Of the little brothers,
SO the 1O-year-old imp packed her one other
dress and few childish treasures In an old
handkerchief, kissed the three tenderly, and
when they were asleep stole away 10 the
neighboring town through the darkness. She
hung about the wharf for two days until she
found a ship bound for America.
When that ship sailed she wasn't in Scot
land, and yet she didn't seem TO be on the
ship. Third day out up comes white faced
brat from the hold, CHASTITY with hunger.
The captain swore a little, then laughed, and
the women fed, clothed and corseted the only
girl stOwaway they had ever seen. When
the ship reached New York one of the wo-
men took the child to mind her babies at
home. She learned to read from the chill
dren's blocks and picture books; she learned
to write and figure from one of the older
girls, who was going to a primary school and
liked to have help in her lessons. At Is she
was behind counter in shop; at 20 she was
at the head of her department. The uncle
was dead, the boys apprenticed ard the
mother alone; so she sent for her and took
two rooms. In five years more she was the
headwoman in the big shop, and every two
or three years her satdry increases. She lives
well, saves something each year, has an ac-
count in the savings bank and is as plucky as
ever-New York World.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13
An Editor Dead.

A. H. Swain, the founder of the Mon
mouth Recieso. and for thirty one years
its editor, died at his home in Monmouth
Tuesday morning from blood poisoning
resulting from erysipelas. with which he
had been suffering just four weeks. Mr.
Swain retired from the ReUieae, and from
the newspaper business, in November,
1886, owing to the extreme helpless con-
dItion of his wife, who was an invalid,
and who soon after died. Since the
death of his wife, Mr.. Swain has spent
most of his time in Montana. but re-
turned to Monmouth a short time ago
He was the father of one child--a dsugh-
ter-who is married, and who lives at
Helena, Montana. He was an able edi-
tor, and was held in the highest esteem in
Monmouth and throughout Warren
county. The funeral was held in
Monmouth today.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

Meeting Superintendent Griffith OF the
tri-city telephone exchange. Davenport
Democrat Gazette reporter asked him
what is up 10 your liner" There is a
good deal up, but 1t isn't strong enough
to reach us yet" he replied cit will,
though" he added as he glanced up
telephone tree which supported nearly
one hundred wines. The improved tele-
phone-or the "tel-autograph." as the
inventor Gray calls twill probably sup
plant the present method OF talking by
wire. at no distant date. The key OF this is
TO reproduce not only the words Of the
transmilter, but the writing also. Paper
is placed on u plaque. AS writing is done
by the sender the vibration is produced
and corresponding series of impress
slons made at the receiving station. We
cannot realize what we really believe to
be the fact--that invention is still in its
infancy. There is Edison, who is telling
the cOmpositor that Il have experiment
cd with a device for enabling printers to
set type directly from the dctation of the
phonograph, and think it will work to a
charm. 1t is so arranged that the printer
by touching a.lever with his foot, allows
five or ten words of the phonogram to be
sounded. If he is not satisfied with the
first sounding he can make it repeat the
same words over and over again" What
boon for the type setter, who often
wrestles with manuscript that can hardly
be deciphered by the writer after it has
been out of his hands half an hour.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

What Of sleeping apartments Shall they
be warmed or left coolf Perhaps, in q
Yankee way, these questions may be an
swered by another: How shall fresh air be
admitted il windows are closedi And, since
plenty of fresh air is absolutely essential, and
warmth sufficient may readily be secured by
bedcovering, it seems better to have them
open to outside air and rooms unheated.
There arN certainly fewer cases of acute
catarrh Among those who adopt the open air
plan than where warm rooms are INDUCED in
during sleep; and less liability, less sensitive
ness to those lurking, sneezing bronchial
coughs that are so annoying and so difficult
to cure
But it is only during sleep that chambers
should be cool, While dressing or prepaf ;ne
for bed they should be as warm as the rest Of
the house-that is, Is dogs. This plunging
into a cold bed with skin all tense and pro-
testing, is q good way to insure a sleepless
night to any one over twenty-fl years of
age, and is a relic Of the unseientiic past that
looked upon a warm sleeping room as a piece
Of folly Of unmanlT coddling.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

Awaits that countless army of martyrs,
whose ranks are constantly recruited from
the victims of nervousness and nervous
diseases. The price of the boon is a
systematic course of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, the finest and most genial of
tonic nervines, pursued with reasonable
persistence. Easier, pleasanter and safer
this than TO swash the victualling depart
ment with pseudo tonics, alcoholic or the
reverse, beef extracts, nerve foods, mar
cotics, sedatives and poisons in disguise.
Tired Natures sweet restorer, balmy
Sleep" is the provideutial recuperaht of
weak nerves, and this glorious franchise
being usually the consequences of sound
digestion and increased vigor the great
stOmachic which insures both is produce
tive also of repose at the required time
Not unrefreshed awakens the individual
who uses it, but vigorous, clear headed
and tranquil. Use the Bitters also in
fever and ague, rheumatism. kidney
troubles, constipation and biliousness
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13
The Verdict Unanimous.

W. d. Suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind.
testities 81 can recommend Electric
bitters as the every best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every case,
One man took six bottles, and was cured
of rheumatism of ten years standing"
Abraham Hare. druggist, Bellvllle, Ohio,
affirms; THE best selling medicine |
ever handled IN my 90 years experience,
is Electric bitters'" Thousands of others
have added their testimony, so that the
verdict is unanimous that Electric bitters
do cure all diseases of liver, kidney and
blood. Only half dollar bottle at
Hartz & Bhhnsen's drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

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. II have been using SCOTS
Emulsion for several years, and am
pleased with its action. My patients say
that it is pleasant and palatable, aud all
grow stronger and gain flesh from the use
Of it. I use it in all cases of wasting
diseases. and it is specially useful for
children when nutriment medication is
needed. rs in Marasmus IT. w. PIERCE,
NJ D.. Knoxville, Ala.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

The Pilots society of the upper Mis-
sissippi held its annual meeting a. st.
Louis the other day and elected James
Allen, president, and Washington Hight.
secretary. The board of directors are:
Frank Carston, Chas. Lewson. Thomas
Good. Eph. Banks, jos. Mccullough,
James Montague, Mason Chapman and
Warren Renfrew. The society now has
eighty-five names on its roster, and has
had a most successful year.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

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 G. West & Co., 962 W.
Madison St., Chicago, Ill.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

The average length OF life is on the in
crease. The science of medicine has made
great progress; many diseases are now
controlled that were formerly thought in
durable The greatest discovery is DR..
Bigelow's Cure, which cures consump>
ton in stages that other remedies are of
no benefit. Coughs, colds, Group, whoop-
ing cough, bronchitis, and all throat and
lung diseases speedily and safely. Price,
so cents and 81, of druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

It is easy to shut a register upon opening
windows, and tn open it again in the morn
ing when they are shut dowsi, 20 let the room
get warm enough to dress comfortably.
Then little nap extra, leisurely toilet
under comfortable circumstances, and one
goes down to coffee with a sense of readiness
70 meet whatever the day may bring forth
Family Physician In American Magazine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

According to a Florida exchange, the
largest lemon ever grown in that state
was recently plucksd in Brevard county
1t is 15t inches in circumference, and
weighs two pounds and two ounces.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

Salvation Oil, the greatest cure on earth
for pain, has no equal. Persons suffer,
ing from rheumatism. neuralgia, or from
cuts, bruises, sprains, etc should not be
without it. Cures are effected in an in.
credibly short time. Price only twcnty>
five cents bottle. For sale by all drug
gists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

Wild cats are Frequently encountered
in the mountain regions of Ulster county,
New York. A large one was caught in a
trap near Shandaken lately, which
weighed over thirty pounds.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

There is boy living in Union town
ship, Auglaize county, Ohio, who is only
sixteen years old and is six feet and
three-fourths of an inch in height aud
weighs 1872 pounds.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

The first recorded photograph of
rainbow has been exhibited to the Pho>
tographic Association of London. The
arch has the appearance of something
solid-like an arch of wood.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

A French philosopher asserts that
"He is the happiest who makes the great
est number happy" and the French phil
osOpher is right. if. with the most of
mankind, he thinks that the greatest
number is No. l
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

The late John Algernon Clark. the
eminent English agriculturist, was the
inventor OF Psyche" the puzzling su-
tomaton whist PLAYER.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13
Constitutional Catarrh

No single disease has entailed more suffering or
hasteued the breaking of the constit ltion than
catarrh The sense of SMELL of taste, of sight Of
hearing, the human voice, the mind-one more,
ard sometimes all, yield to its destructive infu-
ence. The poison It distributes throughout the
system attacks every vital force, and breaks up
the most robust constitutions, ignored, because
but little understood, by most physicians, impo-
tently assailed by quacks and charlatans. those
suffering from 1t have little hope to be relieved of
1t this side of the grave 1t is time hen, that the
popular treatment of this terrible disease by rem
edies within the reach OF ali passed into hands at
once competent and trustworthy, The and
hitherto untried method adopted by DR., Sanford
in the preparation of his Radical Cure has won
the hearty approval OF thousands 1t is instanta-
neons in affording relif in all head colds sneezing
snuhling ami obstructed breathing, and rapidly
re L. owes the most oppressive symptoms, clearing
the head, sweetenirg the breath, restoring the
senses OF smell taste and hearing, and neutraliz-
ing the constitutional endency OF the disea.e to-
wards the lungs, liver and kidneys.
SANFoED's RADICAL CURE consists Of one bottle
OF the RADICAL CURE, one box CATARRHAL Sol
VENT and one IMPROVED INHALER neatly wrapped
In one package, with full directions; price S1.0O
POTTER DRUe AND CHEMICAL Co. Boston.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13
1NEANTILE
Skin Diseases

our oldest child. now six years of age when an
infant six months old, was attacked with vlru-
lent, malignant skin disease. All ordinary rene
dies falling, we called our family physician, who
attempted to cure it; but 1t spread with almost in
credible rap dity, until the lower potion of the
little fellows person, from the iddle of his back
down TO HE knees, was one solid rash, ugly, pain
full, blotched and malicious. We had no rest at
night, no peace by day. Finally, we were advised
to try the Cuticura Remedies The effect was
imply marvellous. In three or four weeks u com
plete cure was wrought, leaving the little fellows
person as white and healthy though he had never
been attacked. In my opinion your valuable rem
edies saved his life, and today he is strong, he IL
thy child perfectly well, no repetition of the dis
ease having occurred. GEO. B. WITH,
Atty at law, and ex Pros. Atty, Ashland, o.
RefereAce: j. G. Weist, druggist. Ashland, o.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

Teacher-Correct the sentence: The
liquor which the man bought was drunk.
Smart boy-The man which bought the
liquor was drunk.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

DR.. Pierce's Purgative Pellets-the
original and only genuine Little Liver
Pills; 25 cents vial.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

Sometimes my wife and 1 say on Sunday:
snow let us agree that we will not say a
single cross word to any one this whole week
Let us be studiously polite to each other and
to the children Let Us be very mindful of
the feelings of every person with whom We
may come into contact Let rs not fret nor
complain nor do anything that good, decent,
well behaved Christians should not do" And
il when the next Sunday comes, we have,
through the grace of God, kept this resolve,
it goes wishopt saying that we have been
h-pry and the world has perhaps been made
little better for our being in it.-Zenss
Danein Good Housekeeping.
The clinic student knows that pills
Are not diyisible from pef;
ThsaVIle Of medicine is this
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13
HosroRD~ ACID PHOSPHATE

DIR. A. Trau, Philadelphia, says: cit
promotes digestion and improves general
nutrition of the nervous system.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

LOCAL NOTICES.

Insure in the Boylston Insurance Co. of
Boston, Mass, organized 1872. Assets
nearly $1,000,000. E. w. Hurst. agent,
Office over Rock Island National Bank.
Hard Coal Market.
All sizes and best grades of Anthracite
coal 500 per ton, delivered TO any part
of this city, usual discount for cash; cans
mel coal for CRATES SO.
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