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The Progress., 1889-03-02
Epitollle of the Week.
INTERESTING srllEs NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL.

Second Session.
The Senate was not in session ON the Cd -,
In the House. the Naval Appropriation bill
was passed and the Naturalization bill was
discussed.
THE bill to declare unlawful trusts and COM
binations In restraint Of trade and production
was considered in the Senate on the 4th. The
Legislative, Executive and judicial Appropria-
ton bill was reported, and q bill was introduced
to establish National Board of Health -
In the House the Senate amendments to the
Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill
were nOncOncurred In and q conference Or
dered. A bill was passed for the allotment OF
lands in seyeralty TO the Oneida Indians In
Wisconsin. At the evening session the bill to
divide the Sioux reservation was discussed at
length. This involves the relinquishment OF
over million acres.
THE House bill for establishing Territorial
government In Oklahoma was presented in the
Senate on the 5th, and, after lengthy discus
sion, was referred to the Committee on Terri.
tories. A joint resolution for payment of $780,
900 to the representatives of the late James 3.
Eads was passed.. In the House u favorable
report was made on the Naturalization BILL
The time was mostly occupied in discussing the
Nicaragua Canal bill.
THE time was occupied In the Senate on the
9th in discussing the Leg slative, Executive
and Judicial Appropriation BILL the pending
question being the amendment to increase the
clerical force of the Civil-Service Commission,
but no action was taken. -. In the House the
DILL to divide portion of the Sioux Reserva.
tions in Dakota into separate reservations and
to secure the REIMBURSEMENT of the Indian
title to the remainder was discussed The
conference report on the Nicaragua Canal bill
was agreed to. Frank B. Posey was sworn in
as member from the First Indiana district
to succeed A. P. Hovey, recently elected Gov
crnor.
THE conference report on the bill to incor-
porate the Maritime Canal Company OF Mica
ragua was agreed to in the Senate on the 7th,
andthe bill now goes to the President for his
approval. A bill was reported to remove the
charge of desertion from soldiers OF the late
war and of the Mexican war who atterward
served faithfully till the expiration of their
time. favorable report was made on the
proposition to present Mrs Irene Rucker
Sheridan 5000 in token Of the country's ap-
probation of the services rendered by her hus.
band, General Philip H. Sheridan In the
House bill increasing the pension of the wild.
ow of Brigadier-General w. H. Emery to $50 a,
month was passed. The Senate bill allowing
persons who have abandoned or relinquished
their homestead entries to make another was
passed.
The Progress., 1889-03-02
Use It Now!
EAE7A7ED =El0f7 Babies stsfns it sIee1, ,ocU
- SSN nights. Weke Louga;no

kyHfTfiHD DYES Color Feathers md Ribbons
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
ADVICE 10 nurakKs.

Are you disturbed at night and broker
of your rest by sick child suffering .nG
crying with pain of cutting teethf If so
send at once and get bottle of Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. Its value is incalculsble
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers
there is no mistake about it. 1t cure,
dysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums. reduces Inflammation. ant
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
tenn. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrul
for Children Teething is pleasant to tn,
taste, and is the prescription of one o
the oldest and best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States, and is fo
sale by all druggists throughout tn,
world. Price 25 cents per bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
Running and Trntfinc Races.

CHICAGO, July 3l.-The races at the west
side course yesterday were won by the fol-
lowing horses: Palisade, y mile, 1:30A
Ernest, / mile, :45lE; Champagne Charley,
3-lG miles, 2:J7;4; Chilhowie, q mile lis;
Dutchman, q mile, 1.lS12; Festus, q mile
20
ST PAUL, July 3l-At the races here
yesterday the STAKES were captured as fol.
lows: Jou-Jou, "a mile, 1:l514; Argenta,
l5-lG mile, l :37 a; Henry Mack, q mile
1:O34; Kate Malone, 1:1-16 miles, 1:471l
Avondale q mils 1:lhA; Riddleman, gen
tleman's race, l mile, :5715.
CLEVELAND, c., July 31-The trotting
meeting opened yesterday. Reference wor
the 2:3O trot, best time 2:l91E; Hal Pointer
the 2:25 pace. best time 2:l5M, and Lady
Bullion the 2:22 trot best time 2:1S4.
NEW YORK, July 3l.-The feature of mote
at the races yesterday on the Monmouth
park course was the IL mile, in which Fl
renzi and Kern we're the only starters L
was farce-a sort of equestrian burlesque
the time being 3:lG Firenzi winning.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
E,-Ea,tor vets Litiration Trouble.

CHICAGO, July 3l.-Replevin suits wer,
begun in the superior court yesterday by
Mrs. Ida b. West, her father and mother
and Chauncey w. Boucher against tn,
sheriff and the Commercial National bank
to recover pictures, books, china and othel
articles to the value of 81, 600, levied on {
week ago to satisfy the sl3, 900 Judgment oh
tanned by the bank against James j. West
late managing eiitor of The Times. Mr.
Boucher claims the articles mentioned in hi
affidavit for reple vim under a bin of sale from
j. j. West, while Mrs. West and her father
and mother claim the articles mentioned by
them as their property, and that it neve
was the property of James ]. West.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
THE VERDICT UNANIMOUS.

w. D. Suit, druggist, Bippus. Ind,
testifies: Il can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Ever.
bottle sold has given relief in every case
One man took six bottles, and was curet
of rheumatism of ten years standing
Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellville, OHIO
affirms: "The best selling medicine
have ever handled in my twenty years
experience, Is Electric Bitters." Thous
ands of others haye added their testimo
nv, so that the verdict is unanimous tha
Electric Bitters do cure all diseases O
the liver, kidneys or blood. Only hal
drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01

FAST N" IL TRAIN with Vestibuled trains be-
tween Chicago, Milwaukee, ST. Paul and Mime
apolis.
TRANS-CGNT!N5 NTAL ROUTE between Chi
cago, Council Bluffs, Omaha and the Pacific
Coast.
GREAT NATIONAL ROUTE between Chicago
hsnsas City and 81. Joseph, mo.
$40 MILES OF ROAD reaching all principal
Joints in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa.
Missouri and Dakota
For maps. time tables, rates OF passage and
freight etc, apply 10 the rsarest station agent
OF the Chicago. Milwaukee h ST. Paul Railway, or
to any railroad agent any where in the world.
ROSWELL MILLER A. V, H. CARPENTER,
General Managed. Genl Pass. s. T. Agt
sFFor information in reference to Lands and
Towns owned ty by the Chicago Milwaukee q
TT Paul Railway Company. write to II. q. Hau-
gen. Land Commissioner Milwaukee. Wisconsin
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
Wa nted to Go Easter.

81 was reading in a paper yesterday" he
said as he halted citized in front of the
soldiers monument, that duck could fly
ninety miles an nour. Do you believe it pos
sibleP
THAT is rather a strange question to ask
me, 1" replied the other. with considerable
cold storage in his voice.
"Yes, | know, but | want to find out
There are occa ions when have to leave my
house in a hurry, and if duck can make this
gait, and there is no patent on it, I'm going
to catch on. Perhaps you never tried to out,
run a fiat iron, sirF"-Detroit Free Press
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
The Original Oil Torpedo Man Dead.

TITUsvILLE, Pa, July Sl-Dr. W. B.
Roberts, the originator of nitro-glycerint
tCrpe,lus for Dl isting in oil wells, died at
O'clock yesterday afternoon Ten years age
he was proprietor and editor Of fhe New
York Dental Journal, and established ma
tioDal rCpu alton throughout the country
He was delegate 10 the national Republican
convention in Chicago last year, and a strong
supporter of Harrison aud Morton. He wa.
prominent in state politics and served severa
terms in the star legislature He leaves al
estate valued at So 0OD. 900
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
Vlgor and Vitality

Are quickly given to every part of the
body by Hoods Sarsaparilla. That tired
feeling is entirely overcome. The blood
is purified. enriched, and vitalized. and
carries health instead of disease to every
organ. The stomach is toned and
strengthened. the appetite restored. The
kidneys and liver are reused and invig-
GRATED. The brain is refreshed. the mind
made clear and ready for work. Try it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
Brutal Murder in Wisconsin.

EVANSVILLE, Wis, July 3I-Josabella
Royson, "A lady 50 years old, residing at Ed
gerton, was found dead at 10 o'clock yester-
day morning, lring on her bed with her
clothes all on. Her neck was broken and
greatly discolored. A chest in her room was
broken open and its contents scattered. A
srriaH orn"unt OF money found TO be
missing. The Indications are that murder
has been committed for robbery, but as yet
there is no clue
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
British treaty with japan.

LoNDoT:, July 81 The foreign Office is ne
gotiatinS commercial treaty with Jnpan,
which has for lis olj'ct the pening of the
whole interior # Japan 10 British trade on
the same ter ms as those secured by tine United
States gcvernmrnt Iii a treaty now pending
In eturn for Ills concession on the part of
the Japanese England proposes to surrender
the judicial privileges she now exercises in
Japan in cases involving the rights of Brit
ish subjects
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
A AWoman's Discovery.

"Another wonderful discovery has
been made, and that, too, by lady in
this country. Disease fastened its
clutches upon her and for seven years she
withstood its severests tests, but her vital
organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months she
coughed necessarily and could not sleep.
She bought of us bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for consumption and was
so much relieved on taking the first dose
that she slept all night. and with one
bottle has been miraculously cured. Her
name is Mrs. Luther LutZ." Thus write
W. G. Hamrick s. Co.. of Shelby. N. G..
Get free bottle at Hartz & Bahnsen's
drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
Reduction in Passenger Rates.

CHICAGO, July Sl.-The Louisville, New
Albany and Chicago, and the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois roads yesterday gave notice
OF reduction in passenger rates to meet the
cut recently mad by the Pennsylvania lines
between Chicago and indianapolis, Louis
vile and Cincinn Att and rates will be the
same via all lines after Friday. The reduc-
tion amounts to about 40 per cent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
RuCKLRN's ARNICA sALyE.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter. chapped hands, chilblains
cOrns and all skin eruptions. and posi-.
lively cures piles. or no pay required. II
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents pei
box. For sale bv Hartz & Bahnsen
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01

A medical y.hrnal asks: when should
people eattr There is M physician in this
part of Cil,,ad tut as Iayman who lives
upon foud and e.. t,Hlance, we would suggest
that meal time comes about as close to the
stomach of the monster man as any hour of
the day that occurs 10 Us at present.-J. Bur
dctte in BROOKLYN EAGLE
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01

Professor B.Mr. Addlepate, notice that
you invariably add up your column from the
bottom; may | ask the reasonG
Mr.. A. t@0- Economy of time, professor.
In the ordinary way you add from the top,
and then, as n proof, add again from the bot
tom. Now, 10y my method the addition and
proof are obtained at one operation. .-Colum-
ba Spectator
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01

Tom Wells, while fishing for bass near
Reading, caught three fish at one time
one on each of the three hooks attached
to his line.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01

James A. Gilbert, of Syracuse. recently
caught 160 bass in the st Lawrence in
less than two hours, using only rod and
reel
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01

Kind Lady-Here's pair of trousers my
son wore at college. You can have them.
Tramp tsadly)-Madam, Pm only tramp,
but | have some consideration for the COM
munities throu gh which travel shouldn't
want to arouso the people from their slumber
If l should happen to pass through village
at night.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
East and South East

Passenger trains arrive and depart from Uuion
depot Peoria.
Accommodation train leaves Rock Island 6:45
p. m arrives at Peoria . 30 a. m Leaves Peoria
7;15 p. m. arrives al Rock Island :05 a. M
CABLE BRANCH.
Aeon. Ac ON. conn. Accom-
400 pm 910 an " r. Isl'd ar SO5 am $40 pm
5 90 pm 10 20 am ar Rey'lds w 40 am l45 rm
% pm,2 o. am ar Cable Nv. $50 am - so pm
Chair on Fast Express between Rock Island
and Peoria in both directions.
II. b SUDLOW, r. STOCKHOJJSE
superintendent. Gen1 Tkt. Agent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01

"Who was ii at you bowed to on the car p
she asked of her friend as they stood in a
store down on Woodward avenue.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
allow sweetly she bowed back


"Yes, we love each other dearly. When
her father died last year was the only friend
she had though ful enough to count the car
riages and tell her there were forty-seven. ~
Detroit Free PTesS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

THICAG0, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAIL.
~ way-Depot corner Fifth avenue and Thirty
fret street, j. F. Cook, agent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-01

OHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAIL
~ way-Racine l. Southwestern Division-De-
pot Twentieth street between First and Second
avenue, +. ID. W. Holiness agent
The Progress., 1889-03-02
"A Sewing-Machine Mans Talk.


There has been a wonderful Oh ange
in the business methods Of sewing
machine dealers within the past dec
ade, and that the change is for the
better goes almost without the saying.
There was a time when the sewing
machine agent and the lightning rod
man were looked upon as land pirates
and their approach regarded with
genuine dread. The only way to get
rid of the sewing machine agent Of
auld lang syne was to give him an
order. The majority OF agents worked
on commission, and they must sell Sr
starve. Nowadays, the business is
conducted much upon the same plan
as that of the wholesale grocer or dry.
goods dealer. Regular travelling men
are employed, paid salary and ex-
penses, and they sell machines to
those who want them, and not to those
who do not, but purchase to get rid Of
q bore. Some Of the best commercial
men in the country are now engaged
in the sewing chine business, and
the dignity added by the ;ioption OF
business-like methods is rapidly put
ting that branch of trade In the front
rank as desirable occupation. st. St.
Louis Globe-DemOcrat.
The Progress., 1889-03-02
WHAT THE EYES TELL.

GRAY eyes do not indicate intellectually
any more than eyes Of other color.
DEEP, close set, little eyes Of any color in
sdicate temper, sel6shness and ignorance.
NEGRoEs of all degrees of morality have
dark eyes; 80 Indians, good or bad; SO other
races. q
ARcHEp thin eyebrows indicate the
artistic temperament, love OF color and
orderly arrangement
II is probable that thin eyebrows do not
indicate deceit, or heavy brows honesty, as
many think.
WHOLLY contrary to popular belief, the
color of the eye indicates in no instance any
moral characteristic
THE lids are pregnant with meaning In
tho vacantrminded, the vulgar, they are
wide; IN the cunning. close.
In the religious fanatic and prayerful the
awhite Of the eye" shows above the lower
lid; in the naughty, more Of the upper eye
WHETHER the brows are thin or heavy,
whether they meet or are wide apart, are
only physiological characteristics denoting
no bent,
The Progress., 1889-03-02
!" "ANOTHER BABY. !"

Il sg { 5s i :
When the wild winter winds did blow,
The bitter winds Of January.
1hat swept with sparkling swirls of snow
Inc wastes OF western prairie d
Attic Child came to my arms 4
10 bring me- joy-or sorrow may ha
ana SO, beset by vague alarms
sighed: Another babyi,s
Another little waif 70 tend,
" Another little helpless stranger, I;
TO lead, TO feed, to fold, to fend,
From every wrong and danger,
TO make one anxious, make one sad
Ana fearful for each morrow may be- u
With heart half-sorrowful, half-glad,
moaned: Another baby! y
And then thought how near, how dear,
The little children God had sent us,
How full they made our home OF cheer,
Ana how their presence did content U.s.
Hard II but one were laid away
This year or next, as might or may be,
Our hearts would ache, would burn, would
break,
And now-Another baby!
All, SO thought! and so said,
In ecstaoy OF peace and pleasure,
As bending down kissed the head
OF my last, weest weakest treasure:
Oh, dear child OF my life and love,
What'er you are, whater you may be,
take you from the Christ above.
And thank Him fcr-Another baby!
Kate 4 Ceary, In Good Housekeeping.
The Progress., 1889-03-02
THE DUCK BUSINESS.

Experience Of a Man Who Has Made a
Success of 1t. ss
After had learned to grow ducks
quite successfully, | found upon re-
peated calculations that the cost of
production was about 81 cents per
pound, or 81 cents per pound including
the cost of eggs. I could scarcely
credit the figures, but long experience
since has shown their truth. I can
grow ducks in three months as cheap
" as Can grow pork in year or beef
in two years, and can get six times as
much for the duck meat as for pork
or beef. Since obtaining these results,
l have not had a hog on my farm. keep
ing spreader to work over the ma
nure, and simply grow fruits and veg
etables enough for feathered thieves
and home consumption, instead OF
working early and late in the bare ef-
fort to make q living under the old
system. keep my cows not so much
as a matter Of profit, but simply as
machines to convert my hay and grain
into manure, and pay me the market
price for grain and hay, while, giving
the manure to keep up the farm This
is all I expect Of the COWS and all i
get. Whenever / have asuperannuatel
old COW that can't get rid of short Of
giving her away, l never fat her, but
fat duck instead. My land will grow
enormous onions, but with one-tenth
Of the labor and capital employed on
that crop. can raise ducks enough on
one acre to buy all the onions | can
raise on ten acres
1t has been predicted that by using
the same yards. year after year, my.
land would eventually get poisoned,
and then disease would clean me out
But / know that reserving the land and
cropping it would always disinfect it,
SO that a crop of ducks is always fol-
lowed by a crop of something else,
and u succeed each season in getting
two crops of ducks and two crops Of
either rye, barley or oats Ny land
therefore, instead of being poisoned,
IS growing richer. Plum trees have
also been sat in the duck yards, and
yield handsomely. Nor is the market
for ducks Hooded, as the demand Is far
in excess Of the supply, and market
men me are willing to pay 2 cents to 4
cents per pound more for my artificial
y grown ducks than they will pay Cor
stock grown in the natural way.
James Rankin, in Farm and Home.
The Progress., 1889-03-02
MEANT FOR MERRiMENT.

IHE rich man has his mug at the barber,s
snop. The poor man takes his there
B TUTOR Of Boston says that twenty years
aRo Harvard graduate didn't know the
dlnerence between o sloop, a cutter, and a
cat-boat, and now it's the only thing he
does know
1T doesn't matter how little Won NAV
save, 4 moralized Jggs, s'as long Us you put
alt away regularly, it amounts up at the end
OF the year Now, put away ten cents
every night. But you cant keep up a res
olution like that 81 have.'' s:When did
You beginsn Last night"
UNTO little niger,
A-swimming in the Nile,
Appear quite unexpectedly,
a hungry crocodile,
Who with that chill pOliteness
That makes the warm blood freeze,
Remarked: TIL take some dark meat
Without dressing, It you please
HE'D been waltzing with his hosts daugh-
ter, and was in the corner repairing dam
ages. Here he was espied by his would be-
papa-in-iaw. She's the flower Of my fam
lily, sir, said the latter. $50 it seems, !,
answered the young man. 'sPity she comes
on so, amt it3" he continued, as he essayed
another vigorous rub at the white spots on
his coat-sleeve. f
An old man would not believe he could
hear his wife talk a distance OF fiye miles
by telephone. Being in circumstances suit
able for q test, and told how to operate the
phone, he walked boldly up and shouted
Hello, Sarahln At that. instant lightning
struck the telephone wire and knocked the
man down, and, as he scrambled to his feet
he cried 'sThat's $ Sarah, every inch.''
Mr.. SPEAKER, began an eminent states
man with stentorian voice and tashing eye,
1T this here yellow fever was carried about
from place to place, as the gentleman from
Florida says it was, by somebody by the
name OF Mike Robe, I move, sir, that the
United States Guvment offer reward
Of" But q fellow member whispered
something in his ear, and the eminent
statesman sat down grumblingly.