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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-05

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Superintendent. Geul TSI Agent.
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-05

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-05
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-05

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pot Twel tieth street between First and Second
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-25
The Worlds Fastest Amateur Runner.

The running of that great English sprinter,
E. H. Polling, is hard to understand He
stands without doubt the fastest amateur in
the world between 200 and 300 yards He
has beaten even time for $50 yards, and yet
can hardly go under fifty seconds for
quarter of a mile. An English writer has
been endeavoring to explain the mystery,
and gives as a reason that Polling is very
methodical trainer, and never runs in prac-
tice less or further than the distance he is
training for. He says that Polling, in his
opinion, could make the fastest quar- ter mile
runner which the world has yet seen if he
trained for it, for it stands to reason that
any man with such a combination of the
burst of speed and tremendous amount of
strength which is necessary to do $50 yards
in "a As seconds, which he has done on sew
eral occasions, should be able, with a change
in the system of his training, to prolong his
speed and harbor his strength to the extent
of doing about 46 seconds for 40 yards.
Whether this will ever be proved to be
sound theory or not remains entirely with
Polling. He is taking q protracted rest at
present, and perhaps will not run again this
year. He went stale recently.-New York
Sun.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-25

The dagger exercise is more of an auxiliary
exercise to the list and is INDUCED in by very
few. A different set of muscles are used and
a contest resembles more of hand to hand
conflict than either the foils or sabers
Fencing is included iii the list of amateur
sports in America, having taken its place
there about two years ago. Contests for the
decision of the amateur championships at
foils and sabers or broad swords have been
given for two years, and have attracted quite
a number of entries, although very few out
side of New York, Philadelphia and Boston
The game is spreading, however, and although
it probably never viii take much of hold
on the mass, it bids fair to become as well
understood in this country among many Is
the more popular sports are now.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-25

arm and great allowance of play in it. In
fact it is said that one who is expert in the
French rules could easily riddle an adverse
ry with holes who used the italian method
Of defense in this line The movements in
each are so different that it can readily be
seen that if the French style is thoroughly
mastered and backed up by strong arm,
how much better it is even in theory than
the way the Italians learn. The weapon Of
the latter being strapped to the wrist and
forearm, all the movements, in acting the
aggressive, must necessarily be a straight
thrust, and in taking the part Of the defen-
sive the guard movements have to resemble
circles, and whichever way the forearm
points the sword must conform to It.
One of the strong points in the French
method, where the wrist is free, is the great
play which it allows the weapon Of course
this play would not be Of much avail unless
the fencer were expert and had a strong
wrist, for it very often happens that one adj
versary is disarmed by some quick and strong
movement of the other-his sword is actually
wrenched from his hand. This can never
happen in the Italian custom, and if one is
extra expert in the line of defense in the lat
ter method, it takes an unusually strong and
expert fencer under the French rules, even in
spite of the many movements oDen to them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-25
VARIOUS STROKES.

The first illustration shows the advance"
or 'repost" preparatory to either attacking
or defending. In this case the weapon is held
low, but there is the same position with the
point of the weapon held on level with the
shoulder. The second represents what is
called the ''high tierce' or thrust. The tierce
in attacking a man can be seen in the third.
This one shows how it is made and one way
of warding it. 1t will beseen that the fencer,
in making the attack, has stepped forward
considerably, with his arm straight, and
thrown much force from his waist and Shout
der in the blow. The one parrying the blow
has not retreated at all, simply raised his
body to an upright position and received the
blow and forced it to one side with his weap
on. There are numerous ways of parrying.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-25

Another one is shown in the fourth Illus
tration, called recovery from parry" This
attitude on the part of both fencers is noticed
very often in making thrust and parrying
the same and also in recovering from par
nv, as shown in the second illustration It is
quite important in either attacking or de-
Tending for one to keep his weapon in DELHI
crate contact with that of his adversary,
and in the case of the recovery from parry"
the one defending himself in the third cut
has swept his foil around and showed that of
his opponent to the other side, thereby Civ
ing him (the defender) much more advan-
tageous position for being aggressive HIM
self. 1t can be seen that with the weapon
of the defender in a position shown in No. 2
he would be helpless for making an attack,
but having recovered from same, as shown
in the fourth, lie is in position to thrust i'm
mediately, when an opportunity is offered.
The different movements and executions in
the use of the foils are too numerous to men
ton; III fact all are not named, and only in
diligence in the exercise can show one previ-
ously unacquainted how interminable they
are The triangular blade movements are
the same as those of the foil, only the use of
this weapon is confned to very expert fencers.
IL ID q SIlueI Dldue tud1 Cue ION, LOT Uue
angles and the three separate edges make it
so, and a thrust given with it in actual duel,
if it hits the mark, will surely penetrate, for
there is no bend to it. 1t is essentially a
dueling blade, but even used in practice, with
buttons on the point, one defending himself
from it will see the difference from the ordi-
nary foil.
Both foils and triangular blades have but
tons at the tips for practice, and in contests
for expertness, where the most number of
stabs count, the buttons are either chalked or
blackened to suit the case, so as to show
against the contestants clothes. Masks are
worn to prevent injury to the face and gaunt-
lets for the hands Also, as in the case of the
saber exercise, where a cutting or slashing
movement predominates, the sleeve of the
arm used is padded The exercise with sabers
is more violent and needs more strength than
the foils The blows are much more sweep.
ing, and as the weapons are heavy compared
with the lighter ones spoken of, muscular
strength is of considerable Importance to
successful wielder of them. The use of the
sabers does not train the eye so much as the
fOils do, and altogether they are not SO popu-
lar as the others
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-25

alluded to, to attack him successfully. Gases
such as the one described are so rare that the
good points in the Italian line of defense are
lost. The French are considered to have
brought the art up, and the fact that this
country seems to have adopted almost uni
versally the French methods is pretty con-
elusive that it is the best of all for either
simple exercise or as practical means of at
tack and defense.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-25

The American schools have in nearly every
case French masters at their head. Within
the past year or two the art has undergone
quite development this side of the water,
and a glance at several of the well known
masters will show that IL several of the large
cities there must be quite demand for tut
ton. The most prominent teachers in Amer
lea today are Renis Senac, of France, tutor
for the New York Athletic club; Professor
Castaldi, of the Naval Training school Of
Newport; Louis Rondelle, of France, tutor
for the Manhattan Athletic club; Lester
Shaffner, of London, tutor for the Actors
Athletic club; Louis Tronchet, of France,
now with the Olympic Athletic club of San
Francisco, Cal, and Col. Thomas H Mon
stery, of the Chicago conservatory. There
are others spread throughout the country of
less fame
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-25

Of defense was first used. Suffice to say, how
ever, that barbarians in all countries are
known to have used swords of different kinds
in battle. The real technique of fencing
WIS not well understood until the days of
chivalry, which became prominent about the
Tenth or Eleventh century and remained so
for several more. FencerS increased i'll dex-
terity on a ratio which the so called ''chiv-
airy" did with the community; but with the
advent of gunpowder it has given way to evo-
luton, and today is practiced, as rule, for
a far different purpose than what instigated
its old time development.
In France and Italy it is still looked on as
a way of settling questions of honor, and, as
is well known, word is received occasionally
from those countries how some well known
persons have fought a duel with rapiers.
There are schools i'll those countries for learn
ing the art, for as an exercise it is most eX-
cellent A person to fence well must be
quick and active on the legs, and as
strengthened to the wrist handling the foils
is uneXcelled Nothing could show better
the use which practicing the game Is put to
than the fact that most scholars III the sew
eral countries where the game is practiced
are laugh to fence with either hand there
by, as any one can see, bringing the game
not to a degree of expertness for self defense,
but to point Of good general exercise.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-25
Yrs. Mary q. velch, Teacher of Domestic
Economy at the Iowa State AGri-
culturaI College. says:

'Tcan unhcsitating commend the Charter
Oak Range, with the wonderful wire gauze
oven door, made by the Excelsior Manu-
featuring Co., of st. Louis, and invented
by Mr.. Giles F. Filley, as the best cooking
within my knowledge, and one
that will not fail in any respect to give
the fullest satisfaction to all who may
use it."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-25
UVKK WITH FOILS.
Fencing is Making Headway as
an Exercise.
THE SWORD USED IN DUELs.
That is, in Europe, Though the Pistol is the
FaVOrate Weapon When Americans
Are Fools

ENCING, although
a game-it is little
more nowadays
of very little prac-
teal use, is still pa
tronized by certain
classes in Europe,
and simply as an
exercise is making
Roadway enough in
the United States
to be considered n
branch of amateur
sport. 1t is unnec-
essary to ell
upon the origin of
the game, for the
sword is such an
old weapon that the
doings Of many CEN
turtles would have
to be spoken of to
do justice to when
and where that art
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-25

makes the lives of many people miserable,
and often leads to self-destruction. We
know of no remedy for dyspepsia more
successful than Hoods Sarsaparilla 1t
acts gently, yet surely and efficiently.
tones the stomach and other organs, re-
moves the faint feeling, creates a good APP
petite, cures headache, and refreshes the
burdened mind. Give Hoods Sarsaparilla
j fair trial 1t will do you good. 259
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-25
TIE MEArONS.

As a rule these fencing masters advise the
use of different kinds of weapons such as the
foil, triangular blades, rapiers, sabers and
daggers. The old time weapon known as the
two handed sword is not thought of at all
now, for it isaltogether too heavy for science.
The movement with the foil and triangular
blade is q decided thrust, but with the rapier,
which is two edged fat sword, cutting
stroke predominates. The same movements
also apply with the saber, which is a curved
blade with an edge only on one side. Dag
gers for use in exercise have generally tri-
angular blade; that is, they have three edges.
All of these weapons are made best in France
and Germany. The foils are made 81, 81 and
Sc inches in length, but in Italy they come as
long as q inches although the extra inches
over the longest blade Of France and Ger
many is added to the handle of the Italian
weapon, for they strap it to the wrist and
forearm. This method, of course, changes
materially the way in which the exercise
Is INDUCED in in that country, and the Italian
rules are quite different from those of France
or Germany, and also America. The latter
country has adopted the French rules, and,
as can be seen by the above list of promi
nenttutors, France slargely represented here,
The first weapon taught is the foil; after
the art Of handling that is acquired practice
with the other blades can follow much more
easily than though the foil had not been
touched. The French and American rules
with the foil are such as TO develop a s5rong
arm and wrist, Quickness in the use Of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-25
HERALD: WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER a5, 1883.
Wake Up.

If you wake up in the
morning with a bitter or
bad taste in your mouth,
Languor, Dull Headache,
Dependency, Constipa-
ton, take Simmons Liver
Regulator. 1t corrects
the bilious stomach,
sweetens the breath and
cleanses thefurred tongue.
Children as well as adults
sometimes eat something
that does not digest well,
producing Sour Stomach,
Heartburn, Restlessness,
or Sleeplessness-a good
dose of Regulator will
give relief. So perfectly
harmless is this remedy
that it can be taken by
the youngest infant or
the most delicate person
without injury, no matter
what the condition of the
system may be. 1t can
do no harm if it does no
good, but its reputation
for 40 years proves it
never fails in doing good.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-24
A warning to workinemen.

CRAWFORD. Dawes Co., Neb. July 10, 1889.
To the Editor Of THE BEE.-I beg leave
through your Invaluable and widely circu-
lated journal to warn the workingmen of
Omaha who are being fooled with false
promises as to wages on the B. g. M. from
Whitman, northwest to Sundance. Tho most
open, barefaced and shameful robbery Of
workingmen is being perpetrated on this
piece of road daily. The men are induced to
leave Omaha to work at 81 as per day, board
81 per week. but when they arrive at the
scene Of their labors they are told that they
will receive only sl.50 per day II they are not
retained for a full month. The board Is very
bad. 1 hardly believe an ounce of meat is
used on the road but what is condemned A
charge of 50 is deducted from pay as fare
from Alliance to certain working points,
whether the men walk the distance or not,
on the principle that there are means for
them to ride and they must pay the toll, even
II the means is not used The blanket fur.
nished arc very poor, and harbor Dedbugs as
large as beetles; the men are charged rent
for them--the blankets, not the bedbugs.
The boarding camps are about all the same,
with the exception of Hills and Arkausaw
Johns. These gentlemen pay all they agree
but the others are open, daylight robbers.
The robbers hire men at 81. 75 per day,
and safter he has worked few days
he discovers that he will only be paid at the
rate OF Sl.ou IL ne fails 10 work a full month.
"MIle-skinners" are promised S25 per month,
but IL they do not remain u month they are
paid at the rate Of $50 per month and arc
charged 10 per cent for cashing their checks.
All the worlmen are charged 10 per cent
discount on top of the % cents shrinkage
If they fail to work month and ask for their
time, l saw several fine workmen at head
quarters this morning, one Of whom had u
cash order for his pay, but was discounted
~ per cent. They complained bitterly of
ha1 treat n1pDt md
With all this, teamsters get but 81 per day
and laborers S1.50, and have to stand dis
count OF 10 per cent. On these grounds l
warn the workingmen of Omaha to stay
wherc they are and not venture out here in
search of work, or they will be sorry.
d. q. BIsMARoK
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-24

lion acres OF the old Piegan reservation
in Montana. and nearly two million
acres in Oklahoma have been opened,
to which will soon be added from the
Sisseton and Wahpeton and the adjoin-
ing military reserve perhaps one and
one-half million acres more. The
opening OF the Sioux reservation would
make available for white settlement
about eleven million acres more, and
the purchase Of the Cherokee outlet
over six million acres, while the success
OF the negotiations with the Red Lake
Indians of Minnesota for the purchase
OF two-thirds of theirextensive reserva-
tion would add over million acres to
the public domain. With regard to
this latter agreement the prospects APP.
pear favorable. Thus far the commits
sion has been fortunate in overcoming
the objections encountered, and al
though a number of tribes are yet to be
visited there is feeling of confidence
that the negotiations will be successful.
Thus the lands opened within the past
few years, and those in fair prospect OF
being opened before the close Of the
current year. will aggregate about
forty million acres, the larger part OF it
good farming land, which undoubtedly
will be rapidly settled.
There will yet remain, however, q
much larger area to be secured for set
Element under the operation Of the sew
atty allotment law. The present Indian
population is estimated at two hundred
and forty-six thousand. OF this num-
ber seventy-two thousand belong to the
Indian territory and other lands free
from the severalty law, leaving one
hundred and seventy-four thousand to
be treated with under that act,
these occupying lands amounting to
eighty-one million acres, an average
OF over four hundred and sixty-fve
acres to each person. Thus there will
be many millions of acres to dispose of
in excess of the amount apportloned by
the law to the Indians in severalty. 1t
is entirely probable that nearly, if not
quite, all these lands will be available
for settlement within the next two or
three years, as it is the understood pur-
pose of the administration to push the
severalty allotment process as rapidly
as it can practically be done. Success
In the Sioux reservation and in Minne-
sofa would doubtless expedite the work
elsewhere and render it comparatively
easy. These additions to the public
domain will unquestionably be wanted
as soon as they can be made.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-24
RE-RATED PENSIONS.

The order issued by the secretary OF
the interior directing an investigation
OF all re-ratings of pensions made by
the pension bureau during the past
twelve months, was made necessary by
the public charges that many of these
re-ratings have been made in violation
of law, particularly under the present
commissioner of pensions. There has
been good deal Of scandal set aHoat
during the past two months regarding
the condition of affairs in the
be investigated has been the prin-
cipal topic. The Office contains
large number of veterans of the war
who are pensioners, among whom are
medical examiners, legal advisers, and
chiefs OF divisions-persons having
power to facilitate the consideration of
pension claims and to pass upon their
validity. 1t was discovered that these
persons, or u number of them, had been
in collusion IN securing re-ratings for
their mutual benefit, and also railroad
ing through the applications of their
friends for an increase of pensions, and
those shown to be guilty were dis
missed. This was, perhaps, sufficient
to cure the evil, but it was obviously
necessary that the whole re-rating busi-
moss should be thoroughly looked INTO,
and this Secretary Noble has ordered
done, especially as to pensioners in tho
government service. There is reason
to believe that the disclosures will not
be uninteresting.
This and other scandals connected
with the administration of the pension
bureau are very much to be regretted, !,
but those who are responsible for them
should be shown up without fear or
isbment their culpability may render
them amenable to. The pension bureau
is the largest under the government,
and is absolutely independent in its
fiscal relations. 1t disburses nearly
one hundred millions of dollars aunu-
ally. Tho people who supply this
money and those for whose benefit it is
supplied are equally interested in an
honest, clean and careful administra-
tion OF this great trust. The pension
service of the country, If it is to be
maintained, must be kept free from all
scandal and suspicion. 1t is to be
hoped Secretary Noble will give the
bureau a thorough investigation, and
will be unsparing in punishing those
who shall be found to have been dere-
lict or dishonest.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-24

THE value of the lake route in keep
ing down transportation rates can best
be appreciated by the shippers of this
country. 1t is estimated in a report
made by General Poe to the war depart
ment that the charges for transporting
freight on the great lakes for the year
ending June 30 was equivalent to one
and one-half mills per ton for each
mile. On the other hand, the trunk
lines have demanded for like service
something like six mills per ton.
What the charges would he were the
water competition removed can only be
surmised. In all, the freights paid for
lake transportation aggregated about
eight millions for the year, and there is
every prospect;that the volume OF trade
over the water routes will increase from
year to year.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-24
The Lonr-Horned Beetle.

State Entomologist Lintner of New
York, has received from Howe's Cave u
specimen of beetle which has riddled a
painted kitchen floor in that place, says
the New York Times. The holes are
about a quarter Of an inch in diameter.
The beetle is about an inch long, gray,
with black velvety dashes on its wings.
and the males have horns. Prof. Lint
ner finds that the depredator is the
long-horned pine borer (Monohamus
confusor). Its larva, or grub, Is the one
that causes the injurious and unsightly
burrows so often seen in pine lumber.
In this instance the grubs must have
been in the pine logs before they were
sawed into flooring. From some un-
known reason the grubs occasionally
remain in dormant or unchanged con-
dition for long time. In the museum
OF Peabody academy of science at Salem,
Mass. one of these beetles is preserved
which had eaten its way out of the wood
of q pine bureau which was made fifteen
years before. As showing a greater i'm
prisonment OF beetles in furniture it is
additionally said that in 1856 son of
General Israel Putnam, residing in
Williamstown, Mass, had a table made
from one OF his apple trees. Out Of
this table twenty years afterward, n
long-horned beetle gnawed his way,
and second one burrowed his way out
twenty-eight years after the tree was
cut down.