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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-11
FOR THE BLOOD

Mr. RUSSELL MrRrcK, of the firm OF Myrick &
Henderson, Fort Smith, Ark. says he wishes TO add
his testimony to the thousands which have already
been given as to swft's Specific He says he de-
painful boils and sores resulting from impure blood
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-11
Intelligence Column.

EOR RENT-ROOMS SUITABLE FOR OF
= nces or dwelling. j. ID. Taylor, Ninth avenue,
Nineteenth street
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-11

Tor RENT-A COTTAGE HOUSE, NEAF
u the residence Of G. Moore, at Sylvan view
enquire of the undersigned G. MOORE
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-04-13
Keep Still.

Keep STILL When trouble is brewing, keep
STILL When slander is getting on its legs,
keep still. When your feelings are hurt, keep
still, till you recover from your excitement, at
any rate. Things look differently through an
unagitated eye. In commotion once wrote
a letter, and sent it, and wished | had not.
In my later years had another commoton,
and wrote long letter; bat life had rubbed
little sense into me, and kept that letter in
my pocket against the day when could look
it over without agitation and without tears. /
was glad did. Less and less it seemed ne
cessary to send it. | was not sure it would
do any harm, but in my doubtfulness learned
retcenee, and eventually it was destroyed.
Time works wonders. Wait till you can speak
calmly, and then you will not need to speak,
may be. Silence is the most massive thing
conceivable sometimes. 1t has strength IN
its very grandeur. 1t is like regiment or
dered to stand still in the mad fury of battle.
To plunge in were twice as easy.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-04-13
Virtue in Onions and Beef.
orocers and Gamers Gazette,

What is the most strengthening food for
convalescent? Well, you know the beef tea
theory has been exploded. The most life
giving and digestible food that can be given
to one Just recovering from an illness is chop
ped beef Just take a pound of the finest
round of raw beef, cut off all the fat, slice two
onions and pepper and salt. Then chop the
onions and meat together, turning them over
and over until both are reduced almost to
pulp. Then spread on slices of rye bread and
eat as sandwiches. People talk about celery
being nervine, but let me tell you that there
is nothing which quiets the nerves without
had results like onions. The use of them in
duces sleep, and much strength is obtained
from them. That is the ideal food for con-
valescing or for any one who is in weak
state of health.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-04-13

1t is beneath the dignity of soul that has
but grain of sense to make chance, and
winds, and waves the arbitrary disposers of
his happiness.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-04-13

Annapolis is to have trades display aud
carnival on the 23d instant, and great prepa-
rations are being made for it.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-04-13
Original poetrg.

Original poetrg.
EARTH'S FAREWELL.
Written for the Democratic Advocate.
BY OLIVE LUCILLE.
That word dead and gone forever
Lingers sadly in my ears;
And who can say that it must sever,
While mine eyes are filed with tears
Grief and pangs no more can know them,
Sacred memory ofthe past;
Only in that heavenly mansion
Shall my joys be known at last.
When in the grave I'm sweetly sleeping,
From my sad and lowly fate;
VIII there be one kind heart weeping
Alone all sad and desolateH
No, only Angels then will meet me
In that heavenly home above;
Where hope that may meet thee:
Those that are gone that so love.
In the memory of the living,
Who will give one thought 10 me,
When in life eternal living
say earth farewell TO thee.
Silrer RcS Maryland
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-04-13
Correspondence Solicited.

WADE H. d. WAKEFIELD.
MARI II Sykesville, Nc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18

Brander Matthews tells good story OF
the ethical influence OF the east on the
wild and woody west, says the Washington
post. A young Bostoniau, reared beneath
the brow Of Beacon hill and educated at
Harvard, went to Texas and turned cow.
boy. He rapidly caught the spirit OF the
country and az rapidly shook off the out
ward semblauoes of teuderfoOted eastern
habit. RouRh-bearded ieather-olad,
sombrero as vide as the widest AZ caliber
Colts on his hips, he was wild as the wild
est. Yet within his bosom still Ddrned
the flame Of Boston culture and refine
ment.
One day he was riding with a stranger
across the prairie. Turning his head
suddenly Che Yves slightly ahead he saw
his companion make a suspicious motion
toward his hip pocket. without hesita-
ton he drew his revolver and shot him.
The stranger dropped ike a dog. TIE
cowboy dismounted and looked at the
body OF his victim.
II wonder if il was really going 10 shoot
met" be soliloqnised. "l'll See"
Turning the body over he discovered
a flask Of whiskey protruding from the
pocket.
poor fellow!" said he in tone Of re-
greet. Owe made a mistake. I've killed
an innocent man and gentleman atthat.
He wasn't going 20 shoot mel be was
going to invite me TO have drink. Wen,
he sighed, drawing his sleeve across his
mouth, "the last wishes u the deceased
shall be respected
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18
JOSH BILLINGS PHILoSoPY.

The way to git eunytkinE IL 10 ac.kt
4 Just az tho yu didn't kare whether yu got
II or not. This IL a first-rate way 20 git
a cold toe.
II Is az difficult 20 define success az
1t " 70 ackonnJ Tor The meazIes,
tits dredfu easy for q man TO dispise
ritehes who has got about two hundred
and nifty thousand dollars well invested.
If fortune .haz emmy favoritie,, il is
not the Indifferent, bpt itiz thoze whom
she haz 70 pay to get rid of their teazing
Luy is like the measels; II We have
really got them they ara sure to sho.
When man il puGed up With
harmless kind of pride that don't 90
ennybody any hurt, 10 Is a krewel piece
of buzziness to take the konseit out ov
him; II IL AZ krewel az 70 pull the feath-
ers cut ov a pekok's tail.
The harte IL mysterious thing; We
kan almost always find ont wha 5 in a
mans he'd but the things that sleep in
the heart are often unknown even 20 the
possessor.
Every one who trades with the devil
| expekts to get the best ov him, but
never seen it did yet.
One reason Why advice costs 90 little
IL bekause every one haz sum Of il to
spare.
We are so avarishus that even when we
trade with ourselves, we 20 for getting
the best end OF the bargain.
My philosophical kreed IL -"Giv "a
bear the whole oy the road il he will
take it,
My sentimental kreed liz "Strawber.
ries and kream, If they are handy; il
not, kresm anyhow
1t may be difficult TO decide which men
pursew the most eagerly, interest or
fame.
Yu kan find men who will sometimes
repent ov q sin, bu; seldom ov bluuder.
There IL nothing so natural az to lie,
and then dodge behind it.
Mankind kan be divided into two heaps,
and not wrong them mutch - heap oy
geese and heap oy gauders.
l observe more phools among the old
men thar | do among the old wimmiB.
think am honest when say there IL
no man who luys to be praized more than
do, or who hates to be Aattered worse.
would rather watch two raskles than
one phool.
To kno how TO talk il great art, but
to kno when IL greater.
The only sure way to keep sekret il to
fpryst
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18

of the hin of Cape di Monte, where already
many ancient cataeombs have been
found, doorway lover which there is a
marble relief of the head OF Meiusa) was
discovered leading into a subterranean
chamber. Along the center of this
chamber rups mosaic pavement, and on
each side there is a double row of sepul-
chres hewn in the rock the fronts of
which are succeed and painted and
decorated with terra Gotta and marble
reliefs. Within the tombs were perfect
skeletons, vases and other objects, the
antique lamps being in such good copdi-
tion that on April Is, when this new lind
was inspected by party of German
psychologists, the workmen made use of
them TO light up the vaults. The many
well-preserved inscriptions are chilly in
Greek, with some in Latin, and prove that
the epoch of these tombs was about 1000
B. c. Other tombs in a second chamber
have not yet been exoated. Il is prob
able that this subterrsnesn dwelling of
the dead may extend some dIstspce and
prove to be potion of large acropolis.
Naples Dispatch to the London Daily
News.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18

Inc strangest canal ia the world is one
never saw mentioned ia any book or
newspaper. II Is canal sixteen miles
long, between Worlsey aud ST. Helene, in
the North Of England, and is underground
from end 20 end. In Lancashire the
coal mines are very extensive, half the
country being undermined, and many
wears ago the duke OF Bridgswater's
managers thought they could save money
10y Transporting the coal underground
instead of on the surface. So the canal
was constructed, the mines connected and
drained az the same time. Ordinary canal
boats are used, but the power is furnished
men. On the roof OF the tunnel arch are
GROSS pieces, and the men who do the
work OF propulsion lie ON their backs on
the coal, and push with their feet against
the GROSS bars ON the roof. Six or eight
men will draw train Of four or Ave
boats, and as there are two divisions in she
tunnel buats pass each other without DIM
Guilty.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18
kANSAN PHILOSOPHY

The best wolf is the wolf that has never
seen a sheep.
The fear of a redioule prevents more
failures than ambition.
Eternity-The time between the last
| payment and the next.
! When women remembers to be kind
men forgets TO be cross.
! There is time for men TO laugh, but
1t is not when he sees his wife crying.
! man never knows that a woman has
any old clothes until he has married
her.
Man, with all his wisdom, never knows
who is his best friend as well as q baby.
1t takss a strong woman to say that it
came from the bakers when guest
praises her cake.
There are two ways of raising boys,
but, judging from the men turned out,
both ways are wrong.
The more / know of humanity the
more l wonder what Christ saw in as to
die for.
l have sometimes thought that Christ
thought we were so bad that It would be
easier to die for US than to live for us.
The danger of admitting to-day that
raisius are as good as pl umbs in pudding
is that you will say tomorrow that cur
rents are as good as reisins.
The man Who does not believe IN
friendship never deserves any. There are
plenty of good friends in the world for
those who deserve them.
In marriage one breaches economy
and the other practices it, but no man
and woman were ever able TO agree a. to
who did the preaching and who the prac-
tioing.
We have always been hearing of men
who did the best they could, but 80
should like TO zee one. The best
mau we ever knew mourned good
deal because of neglected opportunities.
The man of the present day who mar
ries girl with calloused hand, with the
hope that he will find a hard working
wife, too often wakes up to the fact that
she Is a laun-tennis player.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18
Spanking the General.

do you know General Schodeld" said
a Third Precinct officer to reporter
recently.
Il have passing acquaintance with
him. l generally give him military sa-
lutte. which he always promptly recog-
nlzss Why do you ash r.
Il saw you salute him, bnt il vas the
first time ever saw you do Il, and it was
a piece Of curiosity on my part to know
II YOU were acquainted with him. |
have not seen the general for SON g
time. you know that once spanked
him ~
You are giving me marine Yarn
mo; tits the truth. Some years ago |
worked in the Wateryllst Arsenal, over
which General SohofeId bad command.
He was then hard a. work getting q pistol
Of his own invention made. he fire.
q gently came into the shop where va
and mingled among o., and often be came
in dressed IN workmsn'- garb and
worked at the lathe. One day, however,
I missed hin from his accustomed lathe,
and in looking around saw man bend
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18
His Name Was Nellie,

IL is s1berly related that youthful
married couple, whose name shall be KEEP
sacred secret in these columuF, whose
house has recently been glorihed by the
addition OF fac smile OF the beautiful
little mother, decided to have the christ
eniug services NO home. A venerable
minister WAS called 20 ofl1iate. He TOOK
the babe in his arms very atftcti0ndtely
aud addressed in a parental fashion few
words Of advice to the young parents.
"See that you train up this child ln th'
way that he should goi that YOU surrouuc
him with the best influences, and that yor
give him good EXAMPLE. II You DO IS,
who knows but he may become John
Wesley OF a George White6eldY What IL
his nameYn
"Nclie, sir, replied the mother.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18
CLAY AS A STEADY DIET.
People in Alabama Who Eat Clay from In.
fancy and Like il.
New York Times
"Those people are olayeaters."

"Those people are clayeaters."
The people referred 10 were a group of
men and women of various ages who had
gathered at a country store in Winston
| county, Ala, to barter q few eggs and
chickens for coffee and tobacco. They
were poorly clad, men and women wers
barefooted and their children in the party
were also bareheaded.
The clay eaten by these PEG pie is fou nd
ong the banks of the email mountain
tsreams in inexhaustible guam titles. 1t is
of r very white color usually, sometimes a
pale yellow. 1t has peculiarly oily ap-
pearance and this oil keeps it from stick
ing TO the hands or mouth. When dry it
does not crumble, and few drops of wat
er will easily soften it until it can be roll
ed into any shape desired. 1t is almost
without taste but must possess some
nourishment as these people declare they
can subsist upon it for days. They place
a small piece in the mouth and hold l.
there until it gradually dissolves and is
swallowed in small quantities at a time.
The quantity eaten at one time varies
from a lump as large as a pea for the
child or beginner TO a lump as
large as hens egg for those who have
y
How did you learn to eat this oley?" l
asked of man whose face was almost
the color of the stuff he was eating.
Dunno" he answered. II see pap and
t'others eatin' it, an | got at it,
docs the habit grow until you acquire
a taste for this stuff?n
"HuhYr
"Can you quit eating clays"
Dunno; never tried
"Has the stuff pleasant tastf"
"lf 'twant good / wouldn't be eati1'
it," and the native drew a second lump
from his pocket and began to eat it with
relish.
The only bad effect of clay eating seems
TO be the peculiar appearance 1T gives he
skin of those who become addicted to the
habit The skin turns pale; so pale, in
fact, as to give the face the pallor of
death, and later on it turns peculiar
pale yellow, color closely resembling
some of the clay eaten. Children who
become addicted TO the habit grow old,
at least in appearance, prematurely, and
their faces lose forever the bright glow of
youth and health. There is little sickness
among the clay eaters, and they live as
long as the average of man kind, SO it is
conclusive that the habit is not fatal in
its efforts.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18

ing over in search of something that |
thought he had dropped. Mischief
prompted me az that moment 10 seize
hold of large foHr barrel stave. Ia the
twinkling of an eye that stsve hit som
thing, and there was round of a mans
head bu nping on the hoot. l expected
when the mar got Cp to see the face Of
an angry man, and for him TO show H. ht.
Great Scott! when he did get up, and that
le'sureiy, | saw that he was General Soho
held. Ny face showed a very marked de-
gree of surprise, and the general relieved
me by bursting out with laughter, in
which he was joined by hundren york
men. For a second or more thought my
name was Dennis but when he took IL
40 good naturedly 1t was big relief TO
me. l always noticed afterwsrd that be-
fore he made an ,gort to bend he would
fist turn around sideSays, and | under
stand that Is his habit now.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18

Owe had ny bosses and wagon stoler
shouted an excited farmer as no rushed
into police headquarters yesterday, says
the Detroit Free Press.
"Where fromi"
Fright GU. here on the sq1are"
An officer was detailed 70 20 with hin
and investigate, and az they reached the
market the farmer said;
Il left 'em right over there ABOUT ff-
teen minutes ago"
There's q team around the corner
there" replied the officer odd you
have d woman with your
yes ny wife. Say, by goll tha's my
rig as sure's you ive'
whats the matter, Samf" asked the
sife a. they approached.
Though. be rig vas stole"
Il just drove around 20 be 10 the
shade
"You 20 Of the handle pretty easily
I should gay, observed the officer TO the
man "Wny didn't you look AROUND a
htae'o
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18
SNAKE YARN FROM TEXAS.

A Little. Girl Charmed by Rattlcr-Thc
Chid's story.
II. p. Hedden who resides southwest OF
Dennison, Tex, brought 20 this city few
days ago his little child Sallie 10 be
treated for snake bite About ak O'Clock
in the morning the girl left the house
with pail to gather blaokberries near
Stone Spring. She was absent long
tune, aud when Mrs. Hcddon went in
search of her she found the child seated
on a rock and in her lap was large rat
| tlesnRke. The snakes head was slightly
raised and moving 70 and fro. Some
times it would almost touch the lips Of
the child, who pushed IL away without ap
pearing 30 anger the snake. The child
was so com pletely under the spell of the
serpent that IL paid no attention To the
mother, who screamed so loudly that her
husband heard her quarter of mile
distant and hurried to the scene. When
Hed6en appeared the snake placed itself
in IA attitude of battle and the air vi
Grated with the noise of the rattles. He'd
den advanced upon the snake, the child
fell back as il in a swoOn, and the snake
struck 1t on the thumb OF the right hand
and then sprang at Hedden, who killed H.
with g stone. Holden sucked the wound,
which he is confident saved the life Of the
little girl. Saleratus wss also applied to
the wound. The head and arm of the lit
tie girl were only Slightly swollen whom
she was brought to the CITY for treatment.
The child says she was sitting on the
rock picking berries when the snake ap-
peared, and that she WAS unable to move
when she looked at it, and when il waved
it's head to and fro before her face she
felt like going TO sleep.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18
A REMEDY FOR SNORING


simple Enough ifYou Can Only Manage to Dc
1t.
Only one man or woman chained 10 that
rest.destroying angel, a snOrting partner
can appreciate it, sinfulness, says the
Washington Critic The wicked emotions
aroused il the soul % the sufferer against
the sleeper cannot be transferred 10
paper. Could a man or woman preserve
their night thoughts Of the innocent
offending during the entire tweDty-four
hours, married life would be a bleak, tiee
le-s, uuwatered waste. For this sort OF
D ffliction, if made public, a man or WON
an gets only tne same class OF sympathy
accorded TO malsria-s grinniDR: "Ihst's
700 bad
There is 3 remedy for sgue; quinine is
bitter, but IL breaks up chills. There IL
remedy for snoring, and that is bitter TOO.
Scientists have dlsc vs'ed that suOrers
are Invariably great lGughers and takers,
Who exist principally on their mouths
vice open, thereby clOgging the breath
ing apparatus with dust and rough 4ginR
the delicate cords by contact with crude
air. To these good ugtured and loque-
clou- sleep killers, science sage: Shut
up; keep your mouth closed; better de-
pflye the world Of your ogckis and chat
ter than turn honey into gall and make
marriage failure"
II this does not care snoring. Bob
Burdette's remedy for dandrufi is the only
resource chop the head of.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18
A Llye Question al the soath

The subject of education, specially the
education of the masses, is everywhere a
matter Of earnest discussion. Teachers,
editors, candidates for Office, preachers,
farmers, mechanics, white and black
people, all classes, are discussing the sub
jeot. How widespread this awakening
has been is illustrated by the interest
shown in the subject by the country
press. When southern country town
weekly, depending for life chic fly on
county advertising, takes an abiding in
terest in a matter Of general concern, 1t
is proof that the people are beginning TO
be aroused. The south is beginning to
awake TO the perils that lie but partially
concealed in the igHvrant classes, both
white and black, that makes up so large a
part of the population. IL is time TO
awake; there is reason TO be ashamed
when the tenth census reports in the
twelve states under consideration Ia this
paper 1928 white voters and $50 9s5
negro voters a. "usable e write" II in
a union OF states like ours, which binds
all into one this alarm should not extend
to states N ore fortunate then these twelve
southern states, il would indicate an in
difference TO common interests aud COM
mon dangers more alarming than ignor-
ance itself. Revelations g. HaygoOd, ID.
D., L. l.. D., in Harper's Magazine for
July.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18
Pretty Much All Pocket.

The Sioux Reservation in North Dako-
ia, for the purpose of which the Govern
ment is now negotiating vito the Indians,
comprises 100000 acres. This area is
about equal to that of Massachusetts and
New Hampshire together. 1t is, indeed,
large enough to be worthy the coeptance
OF railroad company, if protfered with
deljoacy, on easy conditions, not inolud-
ing the construction OF railroad The
price at which the Government hopes to
acquire it is $4,000, 0OO and as it is not
mortgaged, the whole sum would go into
the pockets of the present owners, if they
had pockets. As they have not, the
money will be kindly cared for by the
frontier traders, who are pretty much all
pOcket.-San Francisco Examiner.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-18
EnlogY ON the Hircd Girl

The time is az hand when the domes-
tic servant shall command her place in
the columns of the daily paper alongside
of the prominent citizen. This is how
an lows paper speaks of one who had
moved to another town: "Well done,
thou good aud faithful servant Her
services in this CITY, covering a period
of many years, we're confined to two
families. She was master of her art in
all its branches, and it is said she could
manage a large house without fuss, wor-
rying or apparent effort. BY her sup
erior talent she was able TO have every
department. running smoothly without
clash or friction, and the mistress of
the house was made TO feel
that ease, security ard comfort
which well paid domestios should provide.
For perfect neatness, austere cleanliness
and quiet dignity 10 her place, this young
woman was a model many, even house"
wives, might pattern after. Never a
queen on her throne or belle in the ball
room more beoOmingly conducted herself,
or was more perfectly master OF the sit
uatioD, than was this young girl 20 be
honored and respected by all who knew
her in our city