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The Dickinson press., 1889-08-10

10 lbs. of Baggage Checked Free. Fare always
rs low as the lowest. For Time Tables. Through
Tickets. etc, call upon the nea rest Ticket Agent.
or write 10 c. ii. HOLDRlDGE,
..Genl Tiki. & Pasr. Agt. Minneapolis, MINI.
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-10

Remember a Tns Trs 4 So on L Iss Mi Rasi:
way are composed of Comfortable Day Coaches,
Magnificent Pullman Shaping Cars, Horton Re
e1'n's esls Hhait S' Fsi n"s Dining Cars.
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-10

Close connections made in Union Depot with all
trains of the st. Paul. Minneapolis & Manitoba:
Northern Pacific; st. Paul Il Duluth: Minneapo-
lis. ST. Paul " Sault Ste. Marie Railways from
and to all points North and Northwest.
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-10
WOMAN AND HOME.
CLEARING THE DECKS FOR ACTION
ON WoMAM'S WIDENING SEA.

They Have Been Mothers of Good Men.
Woman Not a Joker-A Clersyman's
Tribute Something Concerning Little
Men and Womcn-lIousehold Hints.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-30

throwing them In corner and helring her
self TO Ionrth TO dry her hands AID fisth
10 rub GOWN her face. Another takes her
hair doN,, pins one towel about her neck
to protect her dress. aud with another wipes
away the dust from tho roots. The next
has mud on the bottom OF her dress and IL
IL cannot be removed with three towels then
upon. i have seen these dainnsk towels
weed for p yder rags. rouge brushes. mani
re polishvrs. and soused with psriumery
TO rub out spots from the fronts OF "A dress.
/ have seen them punched, folded and
pinned in dresses Tor hustle. and time and
again have watched a negligent chaperone
I'LL towel with crushed ice and press il on
the brow or the semi-insensible girl
stretched at full length on the couch. Now
and then IL does happen that heady wine
will send lady from the dining room and
the Argus-eyed master who attends 10
everything gets a restorative TO the cabinet
as soon IA the victim.
Aside from the dresses. flowers. and
mannerisms of the elegant women who
rendezvous mt this cafe about midday. "a
locker on can always get point or two for
personal instruction. For instance. you will
rarely see a real swell put water on hrr
lace. The woman from out OF town scrubs
"A gloss on her nose and cheeks. which she
afterwards smothers with pink or pearl
powder. but the belle from up town. across
town. or the suburbs declares her cosmo-
politanism at once by the careful. cautious
way that she brushes the dust from her
lace. ruts 1t down with gentle. caressing
touches Of the towel and lastly laws on and
works in the powder. When finished she rs
not only in better. prettier face than her
country cousin but cleaner. Then there is
the girl who. instead OF putting perfume on
her handkerchief. rubs it in the palms Of
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-30

hands and pours it over her couture; and
still another belle who tips the scent bottle
over her mouth and vets her lips with the
sweet stuff.
Stays are essential TO n womans health.
comfort, and appearance. and in attacking
them. as an error OF woman's dress. men
seem TO have had but one idea in connec-
ton with these articles of feminine attire.
that every wearer OF n corset must neces-
sarily compress her waist 10 the danger OF
her health. Because a few foolish women
squeeze in their waists, under the delusion
that they are improving their fgu Q. is
every woman 10 be denied the use OF an ar
ticle without which she would not only be
an uncomfortable and unsi -htly / cling but
likewise suffer in health? Doubtless the
female writer of this articlB will earn the
imputation Of being frivolous creature for
expressing the opinion that TO make our
selves presentable to other eyes ia a social
duty. but / am fully prepared TO state
that a woman who discards the sup
port afforded by corset can never
look trim and neat, nor will any
garment likely 10 please the eye of the ma
jority hang we'll upon her. by the way. it
is well-known pastor who tells me that in
the year l77O n very remarkable measure
was introduced into the Connecticut Legis-
lature. 1t did not become law; but one
can imagine what a hubbub 1t would have
caused had il ever reached the statute book.
1t ran as follows: That all women who
impose upon, or betray into matrimony.
any man. 10y the use of cosmetics powders.
paints, washes, scents, iron stays, hoops,
high heeled boots, or bolstered hips, shall
incur the penalty of the law now in force
against witchcrait and like misdemeanors:
and that marriage upon conviction shall
stand null and void" Imagine such meas
ure being brought before Congress OF to-
day? | do not think the luckless sponsor OF
the bill would have a very happy time at
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-30

commonly goose 1eshed arms as warm AS
toast. and enabling shapely woman TO
postpone the cloaking and mantling OF her
upper half.
However. the supply OF wraps is not less
ened. nor will the demand be appreciably
curtailed. Furs are on sale LARGELY and
handsomely. of course. but there Is less
novelty in them than in the cloth garments.
Long and complete envelopes are III high
vogue, and favorite model Is illus
trated. (See figure L. The stylish
four-i hand capes are in vogue. The
ments precludes the possibility OF their
becoming very general but regret TO see
that they have become TO certain extent
Vulgarized. though tis happily i'm a manner
which may be promptly suppressed IL the
leaders of fashion will take IL In hand at
once. / allude TO the recently introduced
fashion of embroidering the wearers
Christian name in gold thread upon one
side Of the outstanding collar. Monograms,
which are also 10 be seen, are less objec-
tionable, though these are rather too sug
gestive of the initial devices on horse cloths
20 be actually pretty, but the Idea OF ems
baZ oning ones full baptismal name on the
collar OF ones outer garments by no means
commends itself to good taste In the first
place. IL forcibly reminds one of the in
scriptions upon the collars OF pet pugs and
poodles; but the greatest objection TO this
absurd ashion lies in tho fact that ones
name is thus published 10 the public. and
this is by no means desirable when girls are
out alone. Why should we label ourselves
Nellie" or Maud" or Ethel" for the bene-
fit Of inquisitive strangers? and. having
thus informed passers-Dy what is 10 pre-
vent girls from being accosted by their
Christian names by unprincipled prowlers
of our thoroughfa-es?
Jackets are less destructive OF feminine
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-30
home or abroad.-Neto York letter TO Chi
cago Ledger.
A Terrible Weapon.

a series of experiments have Just
taken place in England in connection
with the thirty six FOUNDER quick firing
gun. The experiments were to deter
mine ID the velocity of the armor-
piercing shell at different ranges which
would enable 1T to penetrate armor
plating; CD to determine at what angle
to the line of fire one armor plate will
keep out the thirty six-pounder armor-
piercing shell; 90 to determine the
thickness of plate which will keep out
common steel shell fired direct with
a full charge of powder. The results
were that at 1900 yards the armor-
piercing shell, with velocity of 1.076
feet per second, penetrated plate of
mild steel three inches thick. At 1000
yards range with 1857 feet velocity,
il penetrated four-inch plate of hard
steel, and five-inch hard steel plate
was penetrated at 500 yards range with
LAS feet velocity. In the second ex-
pertinent it was found that the shell
penetrated three-inch mild steel plate
ut an angle of 30 degrees or 50 degrees
to the normal. Against hard steel
plate of the same thickness the shell
broke up at an angle of 30 degrees. At
four-inch hard steel plate the shell
glanced off at an angle of 30 degrees,
while at As degrees the plate broke up,
as did also fve-inch plate when fired
at from the same angle. In the third
trial il was found that thirty-six-
FOUNDER common shell, fired direct
with a full charge, was able to pene-
trate a three-inch mild steel plate, but
failed against a four-inca plate
Scientific american.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-30

FLIGHTFUL as IL Is
TO ~ fine figure OF a
woman TO show her
best outlines, the sen
son has come when
she usually enwraps
herself against cold
temperature. II Is a
new and odd device
TO utilize pu n o d
sleeves for warmth.
II you can keep your
arm 5 comfortable.
YOU know. your body
Is pretty sure 10 be;
so all you have 10 do
in these days OF bag
|gy sleeves Is to wear
thick wooden armlets.
Il h es Sc may reach
from the very tops of
the shoulders TO the
NVriSfa kaeninQ the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-30

Books, like friends, should be few
and well chosen. Like friends, too, we
should return to them again and again
for, like true friends, they will never
fail us-never cease TO instruct never
nln,r
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-30
FASHIONS FOR AUTUMN.
STYLES THAT THE RULERS OF DRESS
HAVE DESIGNED.

Early Winter Wrap. Long and Complete
Envelopes Are I'm High vogue-Jackets
Are Eeing Much Worn-The Rage for
Green Bon lSons.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-30

SOME men are born Yich, some achieve
riches and some get into fat govern.
ment Offices.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-30

WHEN man gets to be grand
father he sighs as he thinks how old hi
wife is.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-01
The Great Wrestling Match

Tonight at the Turner Grand opera
house, Davenport, occurs the great and
long anticipated battle between the
giants of the wrestling profession. Thomas
Connors. late champion of England, now
Of Pittsburgh, and Martin Burns, of Big
Rock. Iowa, and champion wrestler of
Iowa. The contest is to be for $3.50 a
side, conditions ca tch as catch can, style
two points down, The best three in five,
Burns two falls to win, Connors three
falls to win.
This morning Messrs. Burns and Con-
nors and their baczer w. H. Gibson
and l.. Sweeney, called at the ARGUS
office and Withdrew the original forfeit
mOney-S25 a side--deposited March II,
and which was put into the hands of
james Sweeney. permanent stake holder.
Mr.. Geo. Raible. of Davenport, has
been mutually agreed upon as referee
and the match pro misses to be one of the
most exciting and artistic in all respects
that has ever been seen in this part of the
country. A great number of sport loving
people from this city will go over to wit
ness it,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-01
The l.0rm ans TOniShf.

Tonight the Germans famous Spec
tacular Minstrels give one of their meri-
torious entertain ents at Hsrper's
theatre. The Omaha Herald gives the
company this commendation:
Germans Spectacular MINISTRIES showed
to very large aud ence at the Boyd last
night. and the erfoEmance was one of
the best of the kind ever seen in Omaha.
The old first part, for so long a leading
feature of minstrelsy, has been elimins-
ted by the Germans, and an entire new
feature substituted in the shape of q
burlesque called Scenes at q Seaside
Hotel" which abou nds in lively dances,
pleasant music aud ridiculous situations.
While ches tnut turns up occasionally
during the peri orm ance. the fact is cheer.
fully overlooked by the audience, owing
to the many new and novel features in
troduced 1t is free from vulgar gags
and Objectionable illusions. The three
Germans are really the life of the troupe
but every member Of the company is an
artist of no mean ability. The Dane
ing Musketeers" are we'll worth seeing.
Add Ryman made hit with his political
speech and Billy Lyons impersonstion
of a female was something marvellous.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-01

Geo. B. Wakefield, now of Omaha, and
formerly of this city, and Miss Ida G.
Mincke, of st. Louis. were united in MAR
riage in St. Louis at the residence of
Mr.. Adolph Herther. brother-in>law of
the bride, and prominent banker in st.
Louis. The wedding was quite a bril-.
liant affair and the presents numerous
and elegant. The happy couple are now
visiting the groom's mother at 7OS
Twenty first street. Mr.. Wakefield is
well known here. He was with the Rock
Island Lumber company for over five
years, and was at one time foreman of the
planning mill. His friends were very
much surprised to learn of his taking
unto himself better half and they all
wish the happy couple long and happy
life. They will make Omaha their home.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-01
That Settles it.

Read this Kansas logic why the "ma>
sheen" nominee should be elected town
ship collector. 1t appeared in the morn
ing sheet yesterday:
Charles Fiebig for collector-who
doesn't know his merits? As an expert
on bank locks he has probably seen the
inside of more bank vaults than any man
in Illinois. His character is of such ster-
ling worth that there isn't a banker in
our city who would hesitate moment to
leave Charles Fiebig alone in his vault,
with uncounted cash before him. That
is the kind of man we want for collec-
tor-one whose honesty and integrity has
been fully tested. and is beyond the need
of proof. The collector handles over
$40, 600 every year--too large sum to be
trusted to an untried man. Let US see to
it that Fiebig handles our cash for the
next two years.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-01
JUST BEFORE BATTLE.
Significance Of TOmOrr0w's Great
Struggle.
Pro .ress VS. Antf-PrOgress---W Which
Way VIII Won vsteY---Where the
Ci'y's Fate Hangs.

Tomorrow at the polls will be decided
whether the exec utive branch of the city
government 10 to go into the hands of q
man who exercised his right as an alder
man to cry down the best interests of the
city and to attempt to depreciate the
property interests IN the business part OF
the city, or man who has been identi.
fed with every m ovement looking to the
upbuilding and advancing of the city and
its institutions.
MIR. McConoch e. at the time the Citi>
zens' Improvement association sent its
proposition to the city council relative to
paving Second avenue, rose in his sea,
In the council and sarcastically and with
a sheer said that while he had no objec-
ton to paving Second avenue. he did not
care to be dictated TO by that mutual
admiration society over on the corner,
an organization composed of the manu-,
facturers, merchants and tax-paying citi>
zens of the city. The same evening be
expressed his further contempt for that
body by saying 'you know we don't take
much stock in those fellows over on the
corner"
At another meeting, when the propo>
sition came to purchase the armory. he
said: Il would prefer leasing our present
quarters for term not exceeding three
years, for property below Twentieth
street is not worth twenty five cents on
the dollar. and at the expiration of that
time 1t will have deprecated the other
twenty-five per cent"
These. together with McConochie's
double action ion the license question,
cited more fully elsewhere constitute his
only official acts of any prominence and
these have given distinction that is not at
all enviable.
Will the voters of Rock Island elect
this man in preference to man who has
always said a good word for the city, who
is leading. hari>working member of
and president of the Rock Island Citizens
Improvement association 1t would
seem to strike a conservative thinking
man that the best interests of his busi-
ness, his property and his home would be
subserved by electng Fred Hass These
are thoughts that it will do we'll to pom
der over well on the eve of contest
such as is to take place tomorrow-one
between the fearless, brosd-n inded citi-
zen and selfish, political ''masheen."
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-01

A cellar full of good cider proved very
handy for quenching fire that broke
out in Edward Bliss house at Brimfield,
Mass, during recent cold spell, the
pump being froze up.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-01

All who desire to avoid imposition and
be cured, should insist on having Ponds
Extract. put up only in bottles, with oul
landscape trademark, on surrounding
buff wrapper
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-01
For Rent.

For RenI.
The fine residence on bluff in South
Rock Island. known as the Field place.
with eight acres Of ground. plenty Of
fruit, good house and barn for rent cheap
to good tenant. II. ]. LowRsV.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-01

nus IL Is LuhL Tie CHtOH, huOWIuS as IL
does, that the "masheen" slate has been
made up for the appointive offices should
McConoehie be elected, tries to conceive
that the democrats also have slate and
that W. II. ladders is to be marshal The
fact that Mr.. ladders has been a resident
of Chicago for some time. having moved
his family and effects there, shows that
there is not much accuracy about the
Unions guess work. While there has
been no "masheen" work or slate making
among democrats, they are nevertheless
confident enough of success to begin to
think about some of the duties that will
devolve upon a live. energetic, public
spirited business man in the office Of
mayor.
The democrats of Davenport after
having elected John McSteen city clerk
for eight different terms of one year each,
decided Saturday that it was time for a
change Notwithstanding that McSteen
had made good clerk. and nominated
P.J. Haggarty instead. The republic
cans of Rock Island have permitted
Bob Koehler to have the Office of city
clerk for ten years. and although they
wanted change this year. the ina.
sheen" had use for Bob on the ticket and
he was placed upon it. The difference
between McSteen and Keehler is that the
former retires gracefully and with the
good wishes Of his party; the latter re-
tires after being beaten al the poles for
an Office he greedily sought IN OPPOSE
ton to the best elements OF his party and
in spite of which he made combinations
to again capture.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-01
schooi Attendance.

Supt. Kemble has made the following
report of the Rock Island public schools
for the month ending March 90, 1889. and
corresponding month of last year:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-01

The ladies friend, Ponds Extract. No
household should be without it. Book
Of directions around each bottle.
Iron County register., 1889-01-03
FOB OUR YOUNG READERS.
DESSY'S DREAM.

Dear little Bassy, all tired with pa ay.
Sat down to rest on warm, sunny day,
Under the shade of an apple-tree,
BY the side of the brooklet growing.
She wore q white bonnet and pink gingham
dress,
And what a sweet picture was dear little BesS,
With her sunny hair, so wild and free,
Over her shoulders flowing!
The murmur ng brook. as it glided by
Whispered TO Bessy sweet lullaby;
Her eyes grew heavy, her curly head dropped.
And soon she was fast asleep.
She scarcely had slept but moment or two
When three little fairies ali dressed in bright
blue,
Softly down from the apple-tree hoped,
And into her eyes did peep.
Finding her sleeping. they made slight sound
And soon all the fairies came hov'ring around,
They took off her gingham and dressed her in
silk,
And one little fairy said:
Dear Bessy we've come to invite you to tea,
Our food is as dainty dainty can be-
Sweetest of honey and best of milk
Come, for our table is spread.
She woke with start, and opened her eyes,
When what do you think was her great sur
prises
No fairy table was waiting near,
And in place of her robe OF silk
She wore her white bonnet and pink gingham
dress;
And instead of the fairy-do you think you can
guess?-
Mamma and Carlo were standing there,
With her bowl of bread and milk.
Grace S. BroaDn. IN Our Little Ones.
Iron County register., 1889-01-03

organic matter. are destroyed within
one hour by lime water diluted to one
fourth of its original strength.
When existing in organic matter
a larger per cent. of lime is
required. In practical appli-
cations it will be efficient on wood as
a whitewash. In infected pens the
soil should be covered with powdered
or Stacked lime in thin layer. The
lime water will percolate into the
deeper layers of the soil and destroy
any bacteria that may have penetrated
into them from the surface.
From experiments on the vitality of
hog-cholera virus in the soil it is safe
to say that period of six months is
the maximum and three the minimum
time that need be allowed for infected
pens and grounds to become safe for
occupancy when no disinfectiOn is
practiced. Lime as whitewash on
woodwork or scattered over the soil
at Stacked lines, used, in short,
wherever there is any suspicion of
virus, may reduce the time during
WHICH Lne ground SIOulu remain un-
occupied to two weeks.
From the results OF the experience
gathered at experimental stations dur
ing the past three years it has been
shown O that healthy pigs can be
kept free from infection, even on a
farm where such disease is constantly
kept up for purposes of Investigations,
provided they are kept in clean pens
and there is no transmission of virus
from the sick to the we'll through i'm
plements, or through the carelessness
of farm hands carrying it in their
clothing, shoes or otherwise. (2)
That the disease may be carried
to previously uninfected local
ity by pigs brought from un-
known sources. (3) That the disease,
supposed to be extinct, may lurk in a
chronic form in some animal without
being recognized, and may be thus
transmitted to fresh animals, usually
in spring and fall, when least expect
ed. (D That the safest way of rails
ing swine is to be breed them on a
place that is itself known to be abso-
lutely exempt, and maintain strict
quarantine against neighbOring herds,
and make no additions unless the
source be positively known 10 have
been free from disease for at least one
year past. Western S1Uineherd.
Iron County register., 1889-01-03
JOHN JACOB ASTOR.
AS He Appears Among His Less Fort,
nate Fellow MortaIs.

As He Appears Among His Less FOrtu-
nate Fellow Mortals.
No figure is more familiar on Broad
way than that of John Jacob Astor
Stripped of his wealth, an ordinary
factor in affairs, his personality would
attract attention. He stands tall, COM
manding in figure, portly-loOking, rath-
er like prosperous English manu-
facturer than any thing else. He walks
with steady, sturdy, self-possessed
manner, is recognized by hundreds
every day, interchanges courteous rec
ognition with all he knows in gra-
freely, pleasantly and with an utter
absence of ceremony or pretense, and
is open in no single direction, that l
ever heard of, to the charge of purse
pride or self-conceit. The story of
the Astors is trite and familiar.
There are just so many lots on Man.
haitian Island, and the man who had
pre-science sufficient to understand
that, sooner or later, every lot would
be occupied, and that a great physical
embarrassment would confront people
then living, and had pluck and cour-
age enough to indorse his conviction
by his action, was obviously on the
high road to unbounded prosperity.
That man was John Jacob AstOr, Sr.
He impressed upon his sons the neces-
sity. as we'll as the desirability. of ad-
herring to programme once laid down.
Holding on with virile tenacity to
property then owned, rarely if ever
parting with any, constantly adding to
it's area, the Astors have. by nor
NAL growth of property values, be-
come the wealthiest family in the
country. As go the rentals of the
Astors. of necessity follow the rentals
of every other landlord in the city. A
fortunate man is the present John ia
cob Astor Born to an inheritance,
the hither verge of which, his mind,
the mind of any living man. can not
begin to understand, his shoulders
early laden with vast financial and So
cial responsibilities, he, by simple
honest adherence to the programme
laid down by his grandfather, followed
conscientiously by his father, sees his
enormous properties increase and null
tiply as the years roll on. so that if
mere aggregation of wealth is all there
is to be desired. he. more than any liv-
ing man, has his wish completely filled.
Joseph HoWdrd'S Letter.