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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13

Who OF us are without trouble be they
small or larger The blessings of health
are best appreciated when we are sich
and in pain. A hacking cough. severk
cold. or any throat or lung disease are
very troublesome; but all of these may be
quickly and permanently cured by Dr..
Bigelow's Cure. Safe and pleasant for
children. Price 30 cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13

In the pursuit of the goou things of
his world we anticipate too much; we
eat out the heart and sweetness of world
ly pleasures by delightful foretbought of
them. The results obtained from the use
of DR.. Jones Red Clover Tonic far exceed
all claims. 1t cures dyspepsia. and all
stomach. liver, kidney and bladder
troubles. 1t is perfect tonic, appetizer.
blood purifier. a sure cure for ague and
malarial diseases. Price, SO cents, of
druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13
After Twenty Years.

BALTIMORE, April 20. 1Ss7.-For over
twenty years have been troubled with
liberated bowels and bleeding piles, and
grew very weak and thin from constant
loss of blood. Ihave used four bottles OF
B. B. B., and have gained 10 pounds In
weight. and feel better in general health
than have for ten years. recommend
your B. B. B. as the best medicine have
ever used. and owe my improvement to
the use Of Botanic Blood Balm.
EUGENIUs A. SMITH.
31S Exeter street.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13
AN OLD MAN RESTORED.

AN Old MAN HESTUHED.
DAWSON. Ga, June 30.-Being an old
man and suffering from general debility
and rheumatism of the joints of the
shoulders, found difficulty in attending
to my business, that of lawyer. until
bought and used five bottles of B. B. B.,
Botanic Blood Balm, of Mr.. Il. G. Jones,
of J. r. Irwin & Son, and my general
health Is improved. and the rheumatism
left me. / believe it to be good medi-
cine. j. II. LAINa.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13

Testimony has been given before the grand
Jury at Russellville, Ky, that farmer re-
Gently had an old OK he ysas driving stick fast
in the mud, whereupon lie skinned the animal
alive, and, taking the hit.e, left the poor brute
to die in lingering agony.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13
HE DIDN'T KNOW HIS WIFE


Two years We're passed i'll Stockton, when
the joyful intelligence was received by old
Mr. Long that his sol seemed in a fair way
to recover. The news was almost too good
TO believe. Careful nursing for six weeks
followed, and the physician sent word that
the wife and frisnds might visit him, but
with this statement came the startling intelh
gence that Maurice Long had absolutely for
gotten all events that had transpired since
the sale OF his ranch after the burial of his
wife at Bakersfield. Thinking her presence
would restore her to his memory, the faithful
little mother at Chico went TO the hospital,
carrying with her the boy, now nearly two
years of age The reader can Imagine her
terrible grief when she saw before her the
face of her husband ard beheld in it all the
evidence of restored intellect, but no recog-
milton of his spouse. Vanity she recalled the
events of their courtsbip and marriage, and
despairingly she held before him the chubby
faced baby. The poor man hung his head in
despair, unable to remember anything that
she sought to bring to his attention
The death of her hus band in his irnbeciltty
would have been easy 10 bear in comparison
with the terrific fact which here confronted
her. Almost wild with grief she returned to
her home in Chico. Six weeks longer the
poor man stayed at Stockton, gradually gain
ing strength The little woman came no
more to see him. The father, the brother
and the physician by degrees convinced him
of the truth of the story of his marriage and
the birth of his son. When he was released
he repaired to Chico and accepted the situa-
ton n truth establish in his mind by
testimony but not experience. He took his
wife and child, and selling his business re-
movedto Goleta. Assoc alton with the woman
who bore his name anu the child who called
him papa entwined his afection around them.
These strange events occurred seven years
ago. The couple have esided on their pretty
little ranch at Goleta nearly that length Of
time. To all appearances the man aud wife
are one. They never refer to their terrible
sorrow, but each strives to forget the awful
past and live In the present. 1t is a strange
story. The neighbors know nothing of the
circumstances. The gentleman who gives
this information was a resident of Chico at
the time referred to and familiar with all the
narrowing details, having learned them
directly from brother of the hero of the
story y.-loS Angeles Tribune
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13

LOST don't know where; can't
tell when; don't see now-something OF
great value to me, and for the return OF
which l shall be truly thankful, VIZ;
good appetite"
FOUND. Health end strength. pure
blood, an appetite like that OF wolf,
regular digestion, all by taking that pop
ular and peculiar medicine. Hoods Sar-
saparilla. want everybody to try II
this season. # is sold by all druggists
One hundred doses one dollar.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13

An apple tree near Fresno. Cal. is re-
ported to have borne one ton of fruit the
past season
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13

The weather is springlike in northern
Montana, but unfavorable for stock
raisers. as cattle are suffering for water
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13
Traiuman NJ. & q. r. r.

A horse swap was successfully accom-
plished at Braidentown. Fla, by the
payment of % cents as "dicker."
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13

The latest craze among actresses is the
hand and arm photograph. They spend
no end of money for such pictures.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13

The German emperor now has his Ber
lin palace lighted with electricity.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13

The cost of the Paris exposition Will
be Sf0, 900, 600.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13
lHE Doc AND THE s

A DOC, crossing a bridge over q
stream with piece Of flesh in his
mouth, saw his own shadow in the
water, and took Ii for that OF another
Dog, with a piece Of meat double his
own in sire. He therefore let 60 his own,
and fercely attacked the other Dog.
to ge, his larger piece from him. He
thus lost both. -4Es9p's Fables.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13
Paine's
Celery Compound

L. G. STIcKNEY, Druggist. Havana, Ala.
Moral; Use Paine's Celery Compound and stop
running tho intestinal tract with harsh purga-
tive pills. si.oO. SIX for $500. Druggists
WELLS, RICHARDSON q Co., Burlington, Vt.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13

49,, renfle laxative Paine's Celefy COM
-. surely without peer, think ought
P'r, NV Since have tried remedy after RENE
...'r sn,ut i've or six years and have found
s,,br. that equals it'll my case of fcostiyeness-
IA ITyklNs, Teacher Cloyds Creek, Tenn.
The great West., 1889-12-06
Starving Professionals.

In Germany there are three times as
many professional men as there is work
for them to do. One-third die, 20 into
other occupations, or leave the country.
Another third manage to drag out half
starved existence, with no prospect but
the poor house in old age. The other
third succeed reasonably well, some bril-
Iiantly. The London Spectator remarks
that the same is true for England. In
America it is at least as bad. Time and
again our young men have been warned
that the professions are overcrowded,
that they must go elsewhere if they
would make living. Go into shop
keeping, say their advisers. learn
trade, or go on farm. But there are
more things to sell now than people to
buy; the trades are so full that the
unions permit only so many boys an
nually to go into them; farmers say:
Don't come into our ranks. There are
SO many of us now, farm products are
away down to nothing. Keep away
from here. On the whole, if boys and
girls will have the good taste and good
sense not to be born for generation or
two, till the old stock gets worked off, it
will help solve the problem of living
NIGHTLY
The great West., 1889-12-06
That Quaker Coat.

j. A. Solomon, Dep. Co. Lecturer
OF Sibley county, writes us a glorious
letter from which we stake by
stealth:'
II am glad that you have succeed
ed in getting up a paper which will
be farmers voice. Let us make it
so powerful that trusts, railroads
and professional politicians OF this
country shall be made to submit to
the will of the people. The farmers
will not long submit to every outrage,
but will turn and defend themselves
as the Quaker did When he got
mad at the man who insulted him, he
took off his coat and threw it away,
saying: 'Lay there, Quaker, while 1
lick this MANI
The great West., 1889-12-06
Our Icelandic DISCOVERIES.

Old Icelandic records positively de-
clare that in the Eleventh century Lief,
Norseman, sailed southwark and made
a settlement that he named Vinland
The Icelandic people to this day claim
that their ancestors discovered America
before Columbus.
Mr.. E. w. Horsford, of Cambridge,
Mass, has been for some years investi-
eating this subject. He has studied the
1celandic sages and the oldest maps and
records Of European explorers. He has
come to the conclusion that the Morse
mems claims are we'll grounded. In
New England he recognizes Vinland,
and in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
other localities visited by Lief. He also
thinks that Cambridge itself is the site
of an ancient city called Norumbega,
and believes he has discovered some of
its ruined Notifications.
The great West., 1889-12-06

The young gentlemen students of the
University of Pennsylvania. who oppose
the equal admission of women to this
state institution. assert that if girls want
an education there are colleges provided
for their own sex. where they can get
all the higher education they want. This
is not true. There is not an exclusively
female school on the globe this day where
girls can get any education to compare
with that of Harvard, Michigan Uni
versity or Cornell. The question re-
minds one of the remark of Fred Doug
lass when the subject of admitting COL
ored persons to the spectators galleries
in The Capitol at Washington was dis
cussed. Douglass said: ''Well. if the
negroes can stand congress. guess con-
gress can stand the negroes"
The great West., 1889-12-06
Troubled Theology.

1t cannot be concealed that two great
questions are now agitating the religious
world. One of these is the Calvinistic
doctrine of election and foreordination.
There are communicates of the Presby-
terian church, devout Christians, who
find it difficult to believe that certain of
their fellow men are foreordained from
the foundations of the world to be
damned. while others are elected to be
saved.
The other burning question is one that
is causing deep and anxious thought in
various Protestant denominations. It
concern the state of man after death.
Is the =, .lishment of the evil doer eter-
nal, or is there a time of probation al
lowed him after death. during which,
by suffering and penitence, he can atone
in measure for the sins committed in
the body, and after purgation be fitted for
the joys of heaven? The latter view is, in
fact, departure from the belief in eter-
nal punishment, and is called the doctrine
of future probation. 1t is an oriental and
Roman Catholic tenet, and many learned
and devout Protestants have given their
adherence to it. That the subject is
stirring the Episcopal church was shown
in the animated discussion on form of
prayer for the dead which was proposed,
but not adopted, among the changes in
the prayer book.
The great West., 1889-12-06
Why He Succeeded.

Those who write inspiring and instruc-
tive books for young people will find a
new theme in the life of B. T. Babbitt.
the soap manufacturer. To grown peo-
pie he will be immortalized as the man
who first made decent soap, at mod
crate cost, in America. For this alone
he is to be classed among the benefactors
of his country. He it was, too. who be-
gan the invention of that agricultural
machinery which has made America
famous the world over.
No college bred lad was B. 7. Babbitt.
A farm boy with only the rudiments of
education. he learned the blacksmith
trade as soon as he was man grown. Here
he first found he had inventive genius,
and here he learned that practical work
ing of iron and machinery which was
afterwards of incalculable value to him.
Everything that came to him. no mat
ter how insignificant, was an opportu-
nifty of which he made good use. This
was one secret of his success.
Another was that he never gave up.
Disappointment after disappointment
struck him, like blows in the face. They
staggered him, but could not down him,
because he was man who could not be
downed. That will be good point to
emphasize with the boys and girls.
He had fair start in 1843, when he
was 80 years old. Then, through the
dishonesty of man he trusted, he lost
every dollar he had. Nothing daunted,
he began again, trying harder than ever.
So many difficulties beset him that not
till he was so years old did he really be-
gin to gather the fortune of $4,000, 900
of which he died possessed. Another
strong point in his character was his
kindly, trusting nature. This trait he
never lost, though deceived over and
again and subjected to heavy losses
from those he had trusted In spite
of the losses he continued to trust his
fellow men, and with it all he was not
prevented from laying up $4,000, 900.
Another fact to note was his strong,
erect, healthy body. He got it from the
active, outdoor life of his boyhood
This rugged health and strength stayed
with him almost till the very last, and
he was 80 years old when he died.
The great West., 1889-12-06
Premium for Hard Work.

premium for Hard Work.
Sec'y Haigh writes:
Il am receiving very many flatter-
ing reports from both old and new
Alliances in all sections of the State.
Among those worthy of special
mention is No. $50, New Prague,
Scott Co., chartered Nov. 3rd, and
has 70 (seventy-nine) members, and
more to join. Secretary Frank
Minars writes me that by the time OF
the next State meeting that they will
have every farmer in the townsa
member of the organization.
Mr.. B. Fey, very intelligent and
earnest member of Lake Prairie Ali
ance, Nicollet Co., suggests the pro-
priety OF giving handsome premium
to the member of an Alliance who in
duces the greatest number to join.
Say by the time OF the next State
meeting"
The great West., 1889-12-06
Cost Of a Great Newspaper.

In an interesting paper in Lppincott's
Magazine Melville Phillips figures out
the cost of one of those mammoth jour-
nails of the present that take whole day
to read them thoroughly, when anybody
does read them.
The paper bills are the item of greatest
cost, though it hardly seems so. A daily
of the largest size, with an average cir
culation of say $4,000, costs $1,000 a
day, or nearly that, for paper alone. For
the ten and twelve page dailies the COM
position bills are $4,000 weekly.
What may be called the brains COM
ponent of newspaper is, strange to say,
the least item of its cost. Many hard
working day and night reporter on a
newspaper is not paid weekly as much
bye third or fourth as the printer who
weaves into type the spinnings of his
brain. There are journals, highly sue
cessful ones too. that pay their compost
tors four or five thousand dollars week
and their editorial writer's less than
hundred. On the other side are journals
that pay as much as $1,000 weekly for
editorial writing. The best paid writer
of this class in the Union is said to be
Mr.. Mayo w. Hazeltine, of The New
York Sun. In connection with this it
may be said that the excellence of The
Suns editorial page is noted among news
paper people.
Another item of expense unknown to
the old-time journals the telegraph news
service. Papers like the St. Louis Globe
Democrat, Cincinnati Enquirer, Phila-
delphia Press, New York World and sew
eral other New York papers pay anywhere
from $500 to 81, 200 weekly for telegraph
news from all parts of the world. Some
of the papers that pay the least for ed
itorial writing go to the heaviest expense
for telegraph news. Large newspapers
pay reporters SIS to $25 week, and the
city editor S35 to $50 weekly, and have a
staff of from ten to twenty five report
ers.
Eacn OF the great newspapers has Its
own telegraph Office under its own roof,
with from two to five persons who re-
ceive the news, night and day, and edit
it for publication. The syndicate idea is
now utilized to its furthest extreme, both
in news and correspondence, by journals
in different cities clubbing together and
paying in partnership for matter each can
use in its own place. The managing
editor of large journal gets $50 to $50 a
week. It is said that Mr.. John A. Cock
erill, managing editor of The New York
World, is paid $4,000 year. Summed
all up, our largest newspapers cost mil
lion dollars annually. and sometimes
more than that.
The great West., 1889-12-06

The San Francisco Chronicle feels hurt
that the welcome California habituallv
extends to Nrangers should be set down
only to the shrewd eye to business devel-
oped by the western man. California is
fond of company on general principles.
says The Chronicle, and lavishes her
wealth of fruits and wines upon visitors
because she likes to. Well. well, who
doubts it? There is large, generous
hospitality throughout the whole west,
by no means least among those who are
not unwilling to do tenderfoot if good
opportunity offers.
The great West., 1889-12-06
ALLIANCE NOTES.

AppOintm'ts A Of Pres. Spraque.
Geo. w. Sprague ESQ., President OF the State
Farmers Alliance, will hold meetings OF the
farmers and make addresses as follows:
Dec. IL, Wednesday, Ortonville, Big Stone Co.
IL, Thursday, Appleton, Swift Co.
" Ii. Friday, Graceville, Big Stone Co.
IA, Saturday, Browns Valley, Traverse Co.
g 16 Monday, Wheaton, Traverse Co.
H. Tuesday, Breckenridge Wilkin Co.
$ 1s Wednesday, Elbow Lake, Grant Co.
IS, Thursday, Evansville Douglass Co.
20. Friday, Alexandria. Douglass Co
q, Saturday, Sauk Centre, Stearns Co.
%. Monday, Glenwood, Pope Co.
Mr.. Sprague will particularly address himself to
the Insurance features of the Alliance work. and
he will be glad to confer with all those seeking
agencies in that particular. Mr. Sprague is a
very forcible and interesting speaker. Every one
is invited to hear him.
The great West., 1889-12-06
Labor Journal, Fulton. XIV.

~, ~ "i, u1COH, NY.
The Toiler, of Nashville, Tenn,
knocks the bark off the sanlino.
all the year around at one lick IN
the following manner: "If a
member of our Order becomes q,
candidate for any office, there
are a few political hirelings in
both the democratic and repub-
llcan parties who set up a howl
that we are going into politics.
1t seems to scare them nearly to
death, and they pretend to have
great concern for the interest of
the Order. Brethren, mark we'll
all such editors or individuals
They are only hirelings for some
political boss who is afraid some
farmer will get in his political
bosses way. Whenever a news.
paper abuses the Order or your.
chosen leaders because they are.
fighting your battles, Just cut off
it's rations. In other words. do
not give such an editor a stick
to break your head with, by helm.
ing him to support it.
The great West., 1889-12-06
TOO MUCH POLITICS.

Mr.. Cutler, of Sumter, is live
worker. He sends us a club and a
good word-we like to be knocked
endways by such ''clubs:''
''THE GREAT WEST is Just what
has been needed by the farmers.
send you a list of subscribers with an
express order. Had an interesting
meeting last evening-will take in
new members at next meeting This
is one of the Oldest alliances in the
state, and about the first organized
in the Sd Cong'l District. Too much
politics and too little business has
been the bane of the alliance, and we
gladly welcome the change. We have
arranged for a
BIG MEETING AT NEW AUBURN,
Dec. 9Th, at which Mr.. Allison will
speak, and we hope to organize a
big alliance. Success to the GREAT
WEsT!'
You just ought to see our mail
some days.
The great West., 1889-12-06

The champion money spender of this
generation is probably Eugene Benzon.
young Englishman. He ran through
with Sl.250.O00 in less than two years.
1t is fortunate for the rest of the world
that rich mems sons are so often spend
thrifts If it were not SO, in two or three
generations all the money in the world
would be accumulated in the hands of
few families.
The great West., 1889-12-06

The following are the dates for the
Farmers State Institutes. Mr.. Gregg
is in the field with a full force of work
ers. His annual No. % which is
being printed at this office, will be-
issued in a week or ten days:
Dec. 3-4-Monticello, Wright Co.
Dec. (eve.,) 6,7-AnOka, AnOka Co.
Dec. 10-l2-MankatO. Dairy Convention
Dec. u teve.,) 13. HEMapleton Blue Earth Co..
Dec IL teve.,) IL, 1S-LOng Lake Hennepin Co.
Dec. 10 (eve.,) 20, 21-Litchfield Meeker Co.
Dec. 27-29-SOuth st. Paul, Washington Co
The great West., 1889-12-06
The Millers at Crookston

A correspondent writes: THE
mlllers at Crookston take one-half
OF the wheat to pay for grinding it
into flour. This is sheer wholesale
robbery if true-which we doubt.
The, law of the state fixes this mat
ter for them. II true it should be
looked after,
The Supreme Court of the U. s.
has decided that the State Legisla-
lures have full right to fix the rate of
compensation for milling, as the mills
are as much quasi-public institutions
as hotels and taverns.''
The great West., 1889-12-06
WE'RE GOING IN FOR BLOOD

GARY SOUTH OAK, Nov. 2O-S9.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
The Farmers of Manfred Township,
Lac qui Parle Co., Mimi, met this
evening and organized an Alliance,
with nineteen members to start with.
John Lathrop was elected President;
Gordon Stone, Vice President; S. H.
Hooper, secretary, and W. R. La
throp, Treasurer. Mr.. M. L. Snow
delivered a rousing address at our
first meeting.
We propose to go in for blood, and
make things lively, in our town, for
the old "Chronics.''
Look out for our dust, when the
old "Orpheus c. Kerr" arrives next
fall. Most of the members of our al
lance have already subscribed for
your paper, and all think it is a
''rouser." Let the good work go on,
and don't let up till the farmers Of
Minnesota have q fair show for their
lives. Yours, etc.
WILLIAM, R. LATHRoP.
FROM THE STAUNCH ALLIANCE WORKER.
DEAR SIR:
Your paper has come to hand. 1t
will give me pleasure to send you a
communication; meanwhile / send
list of some Alliance workers.
Yours Truly, ALLARD BARNwELL.
A good friend writes:
"Do not miss me for any numbers
because | must bind them up at
the end OF the year."
The great West., 1889-12-06

The Republican candidate for governor
OF Massachusetts has been much praised
because he declared he would not pledge
himself beforehand to any particular line
OF action in case of state measures to
come before him. Now let us find a
candidate brave enough to say he will
not pledge himself before election to ap-
point any particular candidates to office.
The great West., 1889-12-06
A GOOD MEETING AT SUMTER

Prof. John Allison writes us that he
had crowded house at Sumter, Nov.
18th. There were a number of farm
ers present from New Albin, five
miles distant: They proposed to
organize an alliance there this feeling
is good. Mr.. Cutler is helping along
the good work.
The great West., 1889-12-06
Minneapolis Tribune.

In glancing over the official
statements Of the profits of the
Pillsbury mills, as furnished by
well known chartered accoun-.
tants of London, Eng, and pub,
llshed exclusively in yesterdays,
Tribune, we were panied to OBJ
serve that these mills only cleared
40 cents for every second, night
and day, last year. This a.
monnts to a mere bagatella of
$24.OO profit a minute, $144 .33
per hour, $3,493.7O per dav.
~ ,247.3 per week, or $1, ,26O.
$50 per year. These quick sales
and small profits may be all
right in the milling business, but
it takes a profit of at least so
cents per second to make a news
paper go.