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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15
Stay-at-HO ONES.

A Chinese tea merchant in a small
town in California came home from San
francisco one day with his new wife,
.or whom, according to custom, he had
i'aid great amount. 1t soon appeared
that she was as proud of the trade as he
was.
Ah Lee permitted the wife and daugh-
ter of his chief customer, Squire Hadiey
to pay his young wife a visit of courtesy
an unusual privilege.
How do you like our little city, Mrs.
Al Lee?" asked Mrs. Hadley; lit mus,
seem very quiet here after noisy San
Francisco"
Me no hear heap noisee down Sa'
Fansco.' replied Mrs. All Lee with dig
nifty.
81 suppose not, said Dora Hadley.
Your women and girls are not allowed
to go about in the way we do. / should
think you'd just hunger and thirst to &c
shopping and buy things; don't you ever
You no buyee, no shoppee?"
There was light of pride in the dark,
almond eyes, a naughty turn to the
queer shaped head, and Mrs. All Lee re.
piled with feminine emphasis:
MEXICAN lady walk, walk, walk; buy
heap dresses; spend heap dollars. China
man lady cost heap dollars, for why
Chinaman lady stay by she. Chicago
Herald
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15
MERIT WINE.

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling DIR. Kings
New Discovery for consumption. DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Bucklen's Arnics
Sslve and Electric Bitters. and have
never handled remedies that sell as well,
or that have given such universal satis>
faction We do not hesitate to guarsn-
tee them every time. and we stand ready
to refund the purchase price, if satisfac-
tory results do not follow their use.
These remedies have won their great
popularity purely on their merits Hartz
& Bahnsen, druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15
A safe Investment,

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case of fail
ure q return of purchase price On this
safe plan you can buy from our adver.
tise druggist bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for consumption. 1t is guar
snteed to bring relief in every case. when
used for any affection of throat. lungs or
chest, such as consumption. inflamma-
ton of lungs. bronchitis, asth ma. whoop-
ing cough. Group. etc ii, etc. Ii is pleas
ant and agreeable to taste. perfectly safe.
and can always be depended upon. Trial
bottles free at Hartz & Bahnsen's drug
store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15
Not to be Baked,

Once upon time in country theatre
'he heavy tragedian had forgotten his
dagger and only discovered its absence
IN the stabbing scene. Equal to the oc-
oasion, he three himself upon the villain
vi the piece and cried:
Die, wretch! l would have stabbed
rnee to thy wicked heart had not left
my dagger in my chamber. But thou
shalt not escape, as / propose to strangle
thee in the presence of this honorable
assembly Judge
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15
A Enren.ic snau-..,an

well, Pat" said the lawyer to his
client, who had just been convicted, Il
did the best / could for you"
''An' was thot the best yez could dog'
Certainly"
"Wull, begorrah! the prosecutin' at
torney ought to pay yez a salary to de-
fend cases, thin he wouldn't have any
work t. do at all, at all. l."-Merchant
Traveller.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15
To Nervous Men.

Ii You will send me your address we
will mail you our illustrated pamphlet
explaining all about DR.. Dyes celebrated
electro voltsic belt and appliances. and
their charming effects upon the nervous
debilitated system, and how they will
quickly restore you to vigor, manhood
and health. If you are thus afflicted. we
will send you belt and appliances on a
trial. VoLTAIC BELT Co,
Marshall, Mich
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15
BuCKLKN's ARNICA sALvR

The best salve in the world for cIts,
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. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded Price 25 cents per
box. For sale bv Hartz e. Bahnsen
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15
A SURPRISE FROM LARRAseg.
iows's Governor Sends to the Senate HI
Biennial Message.

towas Governor Sends to the Senate His
Biennial Message.
Dies MONIES, Ia, Feb IA = Governor Lar
rabee created a smalLsized sensation yester-
day. He had his biennial message read in
the senate and a copy filel in the house. The
consequence is that everybody is warm un-
der the collar It has never been the custom
to send in governors message until the leg.
islature is organized Governor Larrabees
tion on his part that the legislature is ready
for business
Views on the Railway Question.
The governor devotes great deal of space
TO the railway question and declares that the
act of the last legislature regulating the
roads had been proved wise The railways
he says, having failed to defeat the law in
the courts, raised the tariff. whereupon the
commissioners proceeded to fix state tariffs;
then the roads attempted to enjoin the COM
missioners in the federal courts, but were de-
feated there, and, he says, their reports show
that their earnings are abundant under the
new law. He proposes some amendments,
mostly in the direction of more power TO the
comm ssioners; one for the prohibition of
passes, and another for the decrease in the
number of Sunday trains
As to Prohibition
On the prohibition question the governor
is as radical He says he law is a success,
and urges 10 compromise witt the saloon; he
approves the pharmacy law, but thinks it
should be amended so as to make it easier on
druggists. He declares against trusts, and
in favor of hallot reform in the direction of
woman suffrage at municipal elections, and
also the adoption of the Australian system
In the legislature yesterday nothing was
done. the Republicans m king an offer Civ
ing them the speaker, which the Democrats
promptly rejected
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15

Makes the lives of 50 many people mis-
ersble. and often leads to self -destruc-
ton. We know of no remedy for dys-
pepsia more successful than Hoods Sar-
saparilla. It acts gently, yet surely and
efficiently. tones the stomach and other
organs, removes the faint feeling. creates
good appetite. cures headache, and
refreses the burdened mind. Give
Hoods Sarsapar;lla fair trial 1t will
do you good.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15
As to Prohibition.
Englishmen Buy the Rubber Mills.

TRENTON, N j., Feb. I4.-A cablegram re-
ceived here announces that an English syn
dIcate has purchased the mills of the Central
Rubber trust There are seven Trenton
companies in the trust. The amount in
volved is over S3,00,p00.0 The conditions
named were accepted 10y wire on the part of
tho fr,ict
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15
A BIue-Blooaed Poodle

New YORK, Feb. t4.-Mr John g. Heck
sher, judge of poodles at the dog show, has
awarded the special prize offered by the
Westminster Kennel cub for the best poo-
die TO William c. s nfords black poodle dog
Styx. His pedigree is unknown. He is val
ued at So 600
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15
RETrER THAN COED.
ESToRED IIER HHAI-H.

ESTORED iIE.R NEAllH.
Fos % ,ears suffered from to.ls, c-ys'2elas
and other blood affections, taking during that
time great quantities OF different med cnes with
out giving me any perceptible rei.cf Friends
induced me to try S. 5. S. II improved me from
the start, and after taking several bottles, re-
stored ny health as far as could hope for at
my age, which is now sevcnty-lve years.
MRH. S. NJ. Lucas, Bow ling Greco. Ky.
Treatise Blood aud skin Dr..,,-.s i.,i, d Iree.
SWIFT SPECIFIC a., t.-. Ca
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15

Rival combination: "An she worlds q
STAGE" but only for variety performances.
The armament has all the stars.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15
Getting Square.

Bob Happy-Whst you doing of there,
Billy?
Billy Golucky-To tell you the truth, /
can't stand that cigarl
Bob Happy-Why, you gave it to me
ypa.r-alft
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15

At Yakoutsk in Siberia nine nihilist
exiies were recently msssacred by Rus
sian soldiers
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15

A Rockaway lad, fifteen years old, has
constructed a one horse power engine
that is success
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND q PACIFIC RAIL
~ way Depot corner Fifth avenue and Thirty
frst street, j. Cook, agent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15

Billy Golucky-I know; but / had no
idea you were going to smoke it while you
were here.-Puck.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-15

Passenger trains arrive and depart from Uuion
depot Peoria.
Accommodation train leaves Rock Island 6:45
p. m arrives at Peoria 2 20 a. m Leaves Peoris
7:15 p. m. arrives al Rock Island 1 :0o g. m.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04
ANCIENT OIL WELLS.

Prof. Newberry says the Mound Builders
 Knew the Value of Petroleum.
 Petroleum was sought and used in North America as early as anywhere else in the world, since 1t was collected in many places and in large quan- tity by that mysterious people or peoples whom we know as ''the Mound Builders" When, in 1859. I went to Titusville. like thousands of others, called there by the Drake oil we'll, noticed that the bottom lands on Oil creek below the town, and where cov- cred with magnificent forest of hem- lock trees, were pitted in a peculiar way; that is, the surface was occupied by a series of contiguous depressions ten or fifteen feet in diameter, and from one to three feet in depth. These were cir cular and symmetrical, in that respect differing from the pits formed by up rooted trees. 1nquiring of Brewer and Watson, who had an oil-well there, what was the cause of this series ot pits, I received no satisfactory answer from them: but by-stander answered my question by taking me to his we'll. just begun in the vicinity. As it chanced, this we'll was sunk in one oi the pits before referred to- It was car ried to the depth of about twenty-five feet in the earth when the rock was reached and the drilling begun. Throughout this depth it followed the course of an old we'll, which had been cribbed up with timber, and in 1t was a ladder such as was commonly used in the copper mines of Lake Superior by perhaps the people who worked the oil wells. This ladder was a portion of a small tree, of which the trunk was thickly set with branches. These were cut of four or five inches from the trunk, and thus formed steps by which the well-owner could go down and gather the oil as it acHmulated on the surface of the water, just as was done by the old oil producers on the banks of the Caspian and the Irrawaddy. Some of the trees which grew over the pits which marked the sites of the oil wells were Ghree and even four feet in diam eter, thus proving that the wells had been abandoned at least 400 or 500 years ago.
 At Enniskillen, Canada, and at Mecca and Grafton, O., found similar ancient oil wells. AS Enniskillen the oil was obtained by sinking pits through forty or fifty feet of impervious clay. Be- meath this the oil accumulated on the surface of the limestone, and sometimes thousands of barrels flowed out when one of these reservoirs was tapped. In sinking one pit, which was seven by fourteen feet in area, on the banks of Black creek, the operators found that one corner of their shaft cut into an older shaft which had been filled up with rubbish, twigs, leaves, etc. At the depth of twenty-seven feet from the sur face a pair of desr's antlers were taken from this old pit. Here, as on Oil creek, the surface was occupied with trees three feet in diameter, and some oi them were growing immediately over the old oil we'll. l.-Prof. J. S. Newberry, | in Harper's Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04

IN Chicago jewellers window there was recently placed large sheet of white paper on which were several hun dred diamonds varying in slze from the most minute stones to those the size of . pea. Above them was a card announcing that his choice of the lot would be pre- sented to the man making the nearest estimate of the number of diamonds on the paper. It looked 50 easy that hun. dreds stopped every day to count the stones, though very few guessss were registered. The catch lay m the fact that the diamonds glitter so brilliantly that by the time the counter had half completed his task the whole collection became a..mass of glittering colors, thus making it an utter impossibility to com plete the count.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Germany produced in 1889 2,372, 413 tons of wheat 5,S6S, 426 tons of rye, 1,9Ss,4 tons of barley, and 4,197, 124 tons of oats.
 Sir John Lubbock has just discov- cred that the death rate in London is 1611 per 1000 as against 1T56 in other English cities
 In Buenos Ayres the police alone have the right of whistling on the streets. Any other person whistling Is at once arrested.
 The English fruit crop is failure as well as ours. There are no native apples to be obtained that are worth the eating, and plums are very scarce.
 There has been an enormous in- crease in the value of land in Berlin. For piece of property in the suburbs, which was sold for $4s0 thirty years ago, S15O, 900 is now demanded.
 A novel theater will be the Parisian Theatre de la Plume ct Pensee, in which all dialogue will be carried on by means of the symbols of speech used by the deaf and dumb. The opening play, "Love and Death" is the work of a young deaf mute.
 In some wards for infectious dis eases, in European hospitals, telephones have been placed, to enable the patients to converse with their friends, when closer communication would be inad- visable. The cheering effect of conver- sation has been noticed in the speedy convalescence of most of the patients.
 In Germany the telephone subscrib- CTS are estimated to number S1, S25; in France, 9,4S7; in Great Britain, 20, 426; in Russia, 7,5S5; in Italy, e,1SS; in ustro-Hungary. 4,200; in Spain, 2,21s; | in Portugal. s9O; in Switzerland, 6.570; in Belgium, 4.6T4; in the Netherlands, 9, STE: in Denmark, 1887; in Sweden, 12, s64; in Norwya, $500 The Berlin Boersen Courier estimates the number of subscribers in America at 1000, 900. and in all the world at 1,200, 900
 -Advices received at San Francisco from the South Sea Islands, tells a startling story of the result of the semi-slave treatment of the island savages. Whole islands of the Solo, mon group, the New Hebrides, and in other sections of Polynesia, have been depopulated by the ravages of men em- ployed to seize and transport the na- tives to the plantations of New Gale | &OuAd anu buS lJA 4S1duuS' n1Eby UT more vessels are engaged in the ne- farious traffic, and men are disguised as missionaries to entice the natives on board the vessels.
 On the Island of Mokiam. in the Moluccas, a volcanic outburst has taken place. A crater there which had re- mained so quiet since destructive out break in December, 1861, that the coun- try close by had been brought under cultivation, again burst into activity on the 10th of June last A column of smoke rose out of the crater to height of thousands of feet, and red-hot stones shot aloft to amazing distances. The ground in the neightorhood quakes con- tinually ever since, the heat around has become unbearable, and the ashes cast out darken the air. The inhabit. ants have fled from the island in all haste, and the loss of life among them has been small.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04
Good investments.

We offer Waterbury Mortgages; Middle sex Banking company 6 per cent deben- lures in denominations of $100, to $5, 1000 each; Equitable Mortgage company ditto; Equitable Mortgage company stock Gts capital to be now increased from S1 ,000, ,O00 to $4 ,00O, ,Oo0, with surplus of S1, 800, GOO, making it one of the strongest corpora tions of the country); Texas Loan Agency 612 per cent debentures Denver Water Storage company, 6 per cent god bonds; besides the cream of Waterbury Real Els tate investments. etc, etc.
 & Son, Rral Es.Agts.
 Masonic Temple 1G2 Bank St
 Open Tuesday and saturday ev'gs. 7toS s o'clock.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04
License Application.

Town Clerks Office, Waterbury, Conn, Nov. s, 1890. This is to certify that George E. Reid has filed an application to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors, at 90 Woleott street, in said town, and is endorsed by Patrick Reid, James McCar- thy, Patrick Malone. P. J. Gilmore, Ed ward Cunningham, electors and taxpayers in said town.
 JAMES ]. MADDEN, Town Clerk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04
Red With Black

MAKES brown; white with brown, WI chestnut; carmine with white, pink {: and red with light blue, purple, but none equal the perfectly pure combination that results in that necessity in every house. hold, the[G. o. Taylor Bourbon and Rye Whiskey, bottled by 0. H. GRAVES & SONS, and sold by every reputable Druggist and Grocer as of guaranteed purity
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04
License Annlication.

Town Clerks office, Waterbury. Conn, Nov. 3, 1890. This is to certify that Ed ward Kane has filed an application to sell ale and lager beer at 13 Scovill street, and is endorsed by Dennis Slavin, Henry schmitz, John II. Loughlin,, Fenton J: taxpayers in said town.
 JAMES J, MADDEN, Town Clerk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04
License Annlication.

Town Clerks Office, Waterbury, Conn, Nov. 3, 1890. This is to certify that Patrick Reilly has filed an application to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors, at 0 North Elm street, in said town, and is endorsed by Jeremiah Dwyer, B. c. Reilly, Augustus Peck, John Lane, Thomas Dunn, electors and taxpayers in said town.
 JAMES J. MADDEN, Town Clerk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04

JUDGE SToNEMAN, of the Iowa superior court, has decided that the Wilson bill lately passed by congress could not he retroactive and rehabilitate any statute declared unconstitutional by the su- preme court of the United States. The prohibitionists in Iowa were trying to break up original package houses. It will be necessary, therefore, for the Iowa legislature to pass a new prohibitory law, should Judge Stoneman be upheld by the Iowa supreme court.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04
License Application.

Town Clerks office, Waterbury, Conn.,, Nov. 3, 1890. This is to certify that E. J. Casey has filed an application to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors at 115 West Main st., said town, and is endorsed by Thomas Herman, Michael Mcdonald, James Bryan, Edward Bryan, Henry T. Sherry electors and taxpayers in said town
 JAMEs J. MADDEN. Town Clerk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04
A LUMINOUS SEA.

A Body of Water That Is One Vast Ex-
 panae Of PhOsphoreseent Wavea.
 During the whole of the present year, as we'll as the last five months of 1889, the whole of the Sea of Venice has been as one vast expanse of phosphorescent waves whenever lashed to even the slightest extent by the winds. Former ly this luminous appearance has only been noticed at intervals of about ten or fifteen years, then only from the be- ginning of summer until about the end of harvest, and in places abounding with ssa-grass- Now every thinmA seems changed, the whole surface of the sea or gulf appearing as a sea of pale white Are As soon as darkness sets in on . windy night In calm hooks the mere drawing of a stick or cane back and forth through tho water is sufficient to give the effect of an electric flash, the light dying out and again returning with the ebu1litions of the water. A flask filled with the water emits no light until shaken violently; the tntrod uction of a lead pencil or small stick. however, will cause the fluid to glow with greater intensity than any amount of shaking on the part of the experimenter. Strained through hne cloth, the water loses all of its peculiar properties, they having been impartsd to the cloth. which now fiicksrs and Rlows all over the entire surface like the spot where a damp match had. been scratched in the dark After the aforementioned peculiarity was noticed scientists made examina- ton of cloths used in such operations, and were rewarded for their pains by the discovery of the light-giving midge, a minute worm or maggott, scarcely the one-seven-hundredth of an inch in length, each bow-shaped and very live ly. Each of these little creatures is provided with 22 mamile instead of feet, Il on each side, and has Il luminous rings around his tiny body. Persons living on the shores of the gulf say thatwhen the waters sparkle more than usual it Is a sure sign of storm.-St Louis Republic.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04

IT is the Massachusetts state board of health that has discovered a use for the much abused chewing gum. The last monthly bulletin of the Iboard suggests that "every ship calling upon the high seas should be well supplied with chew ing gum," so that in case of shipwreck the unfortunate passengers would have something with which to bsguile the weary hours" The suggestion seems to be seriously made, and we do not know that any one should be surprised at it as coming from Massachusetts. The ship wrecked individuals might indeed find comfort in thus "chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04

4 GREAT deal of confidence will be that he has not only discovered the bacillus that causes consumption, but has also found a method of curing that terrible disease by inoculation. The re- searches of Professor Koch in the past have been such as to justify full belief in any proposition that he is willing to subscribe to authoritatively. The dis covery of a practicable method for stay ing the ravages ot tuberculose diseases would be boon to mankind. It would rank as one Of the greatest achieve ments of medical science.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04
License Application.

Town Clerks Office, Waterbury, Conn, Nov. 3, 1890. This is to certify that Thomas Murphy has filed an application to sell ale and lager beer st 23 Baldwin street, and is endorsed by Philip Healsy, Maurice Harrington, Patrick Pendy, Fenton Bowes, said town.
 JAMES J. MADDEN. Town Clerk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04
License Application.

Town Clerks Office, Waterbury, Conn, Nov. 8, 1890. This is to certify that Wm. H. Miller has filed an application to sell sptrituous and intoxicating liquors, at Harrison ave. in said town and is en- dorsed by Charles Klinzmann, Chris SchwAeble, Max Burner, Andrew Winter, Edward Hablitzel, electors and taxpayers in said town.
 JAMES J. MADDEN, Town Clerk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04
License Application.

Town Clerks Office, Waterbury, Conn, Nov 3, 1890. This is to certify that Henry J. Flanagan has filed an application to sell spirituous and Intoxicating liquors, at 120 Bishop street, in said town, and is endorsed by John Savers, John J. Dawson, William Sweeney, John Moran, Thomas Rafferty, electors and taxpayers in said town. JAMES J. MADDEN, Town Clerk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-04
License Application.

Town Clerks Office, Waterbury, Conn. |, Nov. ., 1890. This is to certify that Chas. Steinmier has filed an application to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors. at Concordia hotel, 1o2 Bank street, in said town. and is endorsed by H. Fischer, Louis Feldt, John Merkert, William A. Funck, Fred Nuhn, electors and taxpayers in said town. JAMES J. MADDEN, Town Clerk