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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-10

Exchanging confidence-Clars: have
such horror OF growing old. Maud
(sweetly): l should think you would
have got over it by this time.
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Pine. Annie for Dinhtheria.

1t is said that nature has her own
remedy for every ill to which flesh is
heir. Some of her remedies have not
vet been discovered and some that have
been found out have not become gen.
orally known. Medical science has
long sought for sovereign remedy
for the scourge of childhood, diphthe-
ria, yet the colored people of Louisi-
ana, and perhaps of other localities in
the South, have for years known and
used cure which is remarkable for
its simplicity. 1t is nothing more nor
less than the pure juice of the pine
apple.
"The remedy is not mine," said a
gentleman, when interviewed, "it has
been used in the swamps down South
for years. One # my children was
down with diphthcria and was in a
critical condition. An old colored man
WHO Hedlu VI lnb Cast dshtu IL Wt hou
tried pineapple juice. We tried it and
the child got well. | have known it
t1.sA IN hundreds of paseS:" have told
my friends abort it whenever | heard
of a case and never knew it to fail.
You get ripe pineapple, squeeze out
the juice, and let the patient swallow it.
1.-THE juice is of so corrosive ma
ture that it will cut out diphtheritic
mucus, and if you will take the frui
before it is ripe, and give the juice to
person whose throat is well, it makes
the mucous membrane of his throat
sore. Among those who have tried
the cure on my recommendation, |
may mention Francis j. Kennett, the
Board of Trade man, whose children
were all down with diphtheria and
were cured by this remedy" Mr..
Kennett confirmed TIE statement
| TChicago Tribune.
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Formation of Strong Mnnd.

A knowledge of the strength and
durability of timber as influenced by
the conditions under which the same
was made is of great importance. 1t
would greatly advance forest tree cul-
ture if we only knew the most suitable
conditions for making the best ash,
oak and score of other woods. The
position trees occupy in the wild state
is not always guide in making plan
tations. Because tree grows upon a
rocky cliff it is no reason why it would
not thrive in rich soil. Is it true that
the more quickly wood is formed the
stronger it is? When we look at the
end of log it is seen to be made up
Of a number of rings. These rings
are caused by unequal growth during
each season. A comparatively porous
layer is made during the rapid growth
of early summer, followed by a more
dense portion later in the season. 1t
would seem that the more rapid the
growth, other things being equal, the
more porous would be the product
New York Telegram.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-07-04
Drowning a Herring.

Forest and Stream is just now circu-
lating a legend of the sea, which may
or may not be true. Readers must
ia5.Ss,ss 5.s,sstfsor stor themselves. The legend is
IS fUii0Ws: Henrik Dahl of Aalesund,
Norway, was reader and follower of
Darwin. Wishing to apply his theory
of the limit of adaptability of a species
to its environment, he procured a her
ring from a neighboring ford and
carried it home in tub of sea water.
He renewed the water daily for some
time, and gradually reduced the guam
tity, with so little inconvenience to the
herring that he concluded that the fish
might, in time, learn to breathe air
undiluted with water, like the cat and
the man.
1t turned out as he expected, and
the water was finally turned out of
the tub of the herring, never to be re-
placed, even for bathing Henrik
next removed the fish from its tub and
placed it on the ground, where it
Topped about very awkwardIy at first,
but soon learned to move freely and
rapidly. In little while the herring
was able to follow its master without
difficulty, and then it became his con-
slant companion about the streets of
the city. On certain unfortunate
day Henrik had occasion to cross de-
lapidated bridge which spanned an
arm of the harbor. The herring COM
ing gracefully along, needless of dan
+ ger, now and again springing at the
ephemera, for which it had acquired
special fondness, missed its footing.
slipped through crack into the water
beneath and was drowned.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-07-04
Business Mems Widows.

One day recently six sisters met in
reuni near Philadelphia, the Oldest
eiGhty-four, the youngest seventy.
four. Five were widows; of the SIKH
the husband is living. And this suo.
gests something else of similar i'm
port. Some years ago sixteen city
men, all in active life and all married
built as many country places in Ger
tain locality. Today only four of tbe
sixteen men survive. There are nine
surviving widows--no widower. If
there is any moral to this story Il
seems to be, that it is worth while bo
ing business mans wife rather than
a business mans self. The attent;on
of fiction mongers ia invited 10 H.
figures and the situation they imply.
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A New Hat Material.

Many of the cheap derby hats that
will be worn on the streets of st.
Louis this season, says the Globe
Democrat, will be made of a new ma
terial of which the matters have lust
got hold. The stuff is called linteis.
1t is the short cotton left on the seed
after the cotton has been ginned by
the cotton-raiser. lie sells his cotton
to merchant and the seed to mill
that makes cotton-seed oil. The miller
puts the seed through another gin,
specially made to clean short cotton
from the oil. In an oil-mill of small
capacity several bales of cotton are
ginned from the seed in this way.
.i'ii iiic i;;5fe is broken ami very SNORT,
and up to a few months ago the mills
sold it TO stuff bedding with. Its price
was about half that of average cotton.
The colored people in the South were
the buyers generally, but occasionally
the mills would get a good big order
from concerns that made pillows and
mattresses. Suddenly somebody
found out that it could be made to
initiate felt for cheap hats. The ex.
pertinent then Of making hats of lin.
ters was tried on a large scale this
winter by a New York factory, and
the hats were sold to retailers for in
PRODUCTION very cheaply
The test showed that the hats stood
wear, and the oil-mills were at once
called on by the manufacturers to make
contracts for all the inters they could
get off the cotton-secd. Now Inter;
has gone away mp in price, and is only
few cents pound cheaper than cot
ton. The discovery is likely to have {
lowering effect upon the kind of Der
bics which have sold for So; and, ii
fact, some merchants are already using
the linters Derbies as "leaders" fol
their other goods, selling them at hal
the cost of the felt hat.
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A Buhach Plantation

The work of gathering and drying
the bu zach blossoms is in full blast at
the buhach plantation, says the MERGED
(Cal.) Star. About one hundred men
are scattered through the fields picking
the blossoms. As fast as they are
picked they are slowed away about
two inches deep in wooden boxes, the
boxes being two aud one-half feet
square. Wagons are employed in
lhanss+~ g, boxes ID the driving house.
Probably it is called drying house
because it is alongside of the spot
where the drying is done. Certainly
no artificial heat is needed at the bu-
bach plantation TO dry anything at this
time of the year.
The suns rays come down within
the inclosure of big poplar trees with
force that makes it pleasant to stand
from under. The trays are allowed to
lie there, the blossoms being stirred up
by force of men until they, the bios
SONS, are fairly cured. Afterward
they are placed on large platform
about 60 feet square, where they re-
main until dry, and Then are sent to
the reduction works, where they are
ground into dust. This is done by
men who are proof against sneezing,
otherwise it could not be done at all.
Whether or not it makes flies and mos
quitoes sneeZc we don't know, bat it
~ -y-17-e..., ,-...ss ,s.>~ .,e...,essssusaras,
=, t6.3aihly The best preventive m -
to keep those insects at a distance.
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HUMOROUS.
e.Give us a rest"-Opiates.
A man of morbid tastes--The auc

"Give us a rest"-Opiates.
A man of morbid tastes--The auc-
tioneer.
Al! Al! parents suffer with babies' lung
troubles.
Makes ''pretty kettle Of fish,"
Speckled trout.
a crack in a teacup is not worse than
nick in fine saw, sir.
Is telegraph operator who reads by
sound an ear-sighted fellow
Men are often said to ''feel their
oats" when in fact it is rye or corn.
The song of the bees BE 1t ever SO
humble, there's no place like comb. -
Sometimes a woman has real golden
hair, and sometimes it is only plated.
Cotton may be king in its native
Southland, but when it gets into
Northern dry goods stores it is only
prints.
Edith(wh has been given one of the
Edison Photographic dolls)-I am so
sleepy, mammal Can't Dolly say my
prayers for me?
Bob Easy-Cheer up, Jack. You
shouldn't borrow trouble. Jack Short
-Humph! It's the only thing my
credit is good for.
Great Caesar crossed the Rubicon,
A river small, though wet;
Great Caesar now is dead and gone,
The Rubicon's there yet.
Acquaintance You say your little
son is u prodigy among children?
Parent - Yes. sIn what ways"
"Therc are several things he can't
do"
First Trunk-Say, Saratoga, I'm
full, and want to go home to Chicago.
Lend me a dollar, will you? Second
Trunk would, old Sole-leather, but
you see I'm strapped.
Bronson: What a heavy shower!
1t is raining eats siitd sssiiiitl lees a AR nv
! (quizzingly): What kind of dogs
does it rain, Mr.. Bronson? Bronson'
Skye terriers, probably
"Maria, you will please start the
him." called out the parson from the
stairway at eleven p. m, and young
Doodely, who had accompanied the
parsons daughter home from church,
took the hint and left,
Conscientious-"R "Richard, what does
make you read so constantly" "Why
you see, mamma, next week shall be
nine years old, and must get through
this book before then, for you see it
says, For children of six 10 eight
years."
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VOL. XI.

ar an adjourned meeting of the
'Ai'MERs' AND PLANTERS AGENCY
y baltimore City, held at their Office
0u Wednesday, the goth day Of February
Soh SHEPHERD. Of Anne Arundel Co.
.. Z BRIScoE, Of Calvert Co.
:. y. CRAWFORD Of Calvert Co.
r. Il. TUCK, Of Baltimore City.
ADkIAN FOsEY, Of Charles Co.
sAML M. KINKS, Of Frederick Co
y ". DORSEY, Of Calvert Go
1889, JOE SHEPHERD was elected Presi
dest; j. p. BRrscoE, Vice President; /;
SAMUEL NJ. links, Cashier c. w.
DORSEY, Treasurer, and l.. L. links,
Secretary.
The Board Of Directors for the year
ioov was elected as follows:
l.. Il. KINKS, of Frederick Co
J. Frank Talbot. Calvert Co
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There is positivly not the slightest
similarity between the dog tax and
horse nails.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-07-04
Strange Mlcroscoplc AnomalIcs

Strange anomalies exist in the mi
croscopic world. The monad, for in
stance, reproduces its kind by dividing
itself, two perfect individuals result
ing, thus leading Wiesman to infer
that it is possible for the life of such
an organism to be continued for ever.
The rotifers have a natural life-period
of only about nineteen days, accord
ing to Lewes, yet they may exist as
dry and inanimate dust for months, 10
be resurrected by drop of water
Trenton On. j. American.
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gallery, where few paintings hung
with wide spaces between them, invit-
ing admiration or criticism.
"But Matte" Miss Cope was say
ing, 'the face and figure are a per-
feet portrait of yourself. You look
different, too, more childlike. The
expression is not so intellectual, but l
am sure you looked just like that when
YOU were very youngl Now, mann
ma, isn't it like Mattie?"
al think il isl" was the quiet reply.
ssNo. 80. Why Carrie, it is one of AL
IIutchinson's pictures. ] Wonder if
he is in Parisl"
"Cease to wonder. Cousin Mary"
said masculine voice, close beside
the group. How are youi 0h Cad!
what an atrocious hatr
al won't be called Cadw pouted
Miss Carrie. "Yes / will, too! You
may cali me Cad for 'auld lang syne.'
Matte, let me introduce my cousin
sixteen times removed, my dear-Mr.
Hutchinson"
But already Mattie's hand had been
taken in firm clasp, and Mr.. Hutch
inson was expressing his delight at
meeting Miss Pitcher, and inquiring
for Aunt Martha.
1t was a delightful morning. They
sauntered through the gallery, admir-
ing the works of their countrymen,
chatting of old times, planning a
thousand excursions, until Mrs. Cope
gave dismayed exclamation over her
watch, and hurried down to her car
riage.
"The Copes have really taken pos
session of Mattie," said Mrs. Mont
rose, month later. "She is never
here. 1t is fortunate there is no son,
Algernon."
Eyes; but there is an artist fellow
always with them-a eonsin, or some
thing Willett says he is immensely
rich, and paints for love OF it. | don't
know myself whether it is Miss Cope
or Miss Pitcher that is the attraction,
but he is always dangling after them.
"Oh, Algernonl how can you let
such things 90 on? Why don't you
exert yourself, and make yourself at
tractive to Matte? You are the hand
soonest man in Paris at this minute =
nWell, the truth is, mother, Miss
Matte seems to look upon me as about
one remove from an idiot, because
cannot talk art or books or music"
Which last remark certainly proved
that AlgerHon Montrosc had not, at al
events, lost /: powers of penetration
Mrs Montrose, however, made one
strenuous effort to mend matters by
proposing TO leave Paris at once, anC
proceed to Italy.
81 think, !" Matte said, "that shoulC
like TO stay month or two longer il
Pals. But ! need not detain you
Mrs Montrose. Mrs. Cope has mos
kindly invited me to join her party.
A letter crossed the ocean, not long
afterward, to Miss Martha, some sen
fences of which may be here recorded
''We will delay the wedding until COM
home, dear Auntie, but that will be in few
weeks. 1t may be that Albert aud | vii
return to Europe next year, but we are com
ing back to you now. He is anxious to Sc
you, and be sure you are willing for me t.
marry your tramp. 1 never thought, ,whel
he left us, that in a strange country WI
should meet again. End / hear from ii. owI
lips that. sse'sS ,ed MS y sss-
, heart-broken when he went to seek me a
Arrowdale and found only yawning Goa
! pitt But it is all right now, Auntie, and
! am the happest woman in the world"
-rNpw York i,p1onr
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'ORT TOBACCO, MARYLAND. JULY 4, 1890.
The Treasure Ship.


We are always building castles
OF the richest, grandest kind,
Where we sway imagined vassals
In the court rooms of the mind;
And down the Arcadan pathways
OF the mind are wont to roam,
Where wc'd stray in fact-not fancy
If our treasure ship came home.
And we find it very pl, asant
In nh atmosphere of dreams
Quite forgetful Of the present
TO indulge Utopian themes;
We would climb to high ambition,
We would stand upon its dome,
We would claim earth's recognition
IL our treasure ship came home.
So, with hand and foot inactive,
Dreamy-eyed aud lazy-limbed,
We can find life still attractive
While our lamp remains untrimmed.
And we calculate the pleasure
In Conceptions laden tome
Wen indulge in beyond measure
When our treasure ship comes home.
Oh, the dormant, selfish scheming
OF the idler cannot last;
There will be a truce to dreaming
When the present is the past;
And there'll come a dull awaking
When he u find that life has gone,
And his treasure ship is breaking
Der the sands he built her on.
&c. G.. Rogers in Detroit Free Press.
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MISS MARTHA'S TRAMP
BY CHARLES B. RIPLEY.

"He certainly is tramp, or Il ped
der! Whichever he is, won't hav'
him inside the gate"
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NO. If.
Natures Lesson.

oh, ye that love, and deem love returneu
Is treasure cast away,
The lesson We have never truly learned
BY Natures taught each day.
For see the flowers that have gracious pioo"
In forests lone and far,
Yielding unstinted largesse OF perfume,
Where none to love them are.
They are content with giving; full and iree
And royalty they give.
They look not for reward; oh ! thus do ye
Unloved, who loving live!
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-07-04
A Dangerous Locality.

First Tramp-Jim, let's get out of
this country; it's dangerous.
Second Tramp-Dogs?
First Tramp-W Worse'n that. Nearly
every man | meet offers me work
New York Sun.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-07-04
4 Partial Ynnngster.

"Thats queer thing about a babyT
q? p
"He cries himself asleep and every
body else awake. ."-TBazar.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-06-12

you a few lines to tell you how we is
geteen along. you know how bad of us
all was when you gin uses that Ii olandine
we'll marin my husbon tuck all them
bottles and got we'll and etc all you fetch
him, you kro he VS. most dead and you
saved hisn life and them too Childer you
gin them six bottles Of nolandine the is
big and fat boys all them sores is well.
my old man is doing smart, he dun got
a fine farm and makes good livin and
has good health. nolandine saved his
life and them too children too. We calls
our home nolandiuc because it saved my
old man life and the ChilIrens life too.
we pray for you and good man who
made nolandine every lite and morn-
in and hope god will less you both and
hope we Will meet i'll hcven. there Amt
none of us willing to be here without
nolandine and hcep of peple here
never herd Oft aforc we told them about
it. now they like it like We docs, and
git it by the dozen dear good madam
you has made we'll man Of lin and
them too children and s ID bless you for
that. it takes nle week to write so
much this is first letter | have writ for
nigh on fore year you is only one would
rite too if you don't mean rit us few lines
and thank that good man for given us
that nolandine were save my old man
and them too boys who is all we'll and
harty. your devoted friend,
SARAH ANN LAROCuE.
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About two years ago I took your "No-
landine"; since then my health has
been and is now as good asst ever was.
Can eat in moderation now food that
two years ago dared not touch. Atthe
same time 1 was afflicted with a disease,
I believe, of the skin; for the last fif-
teen years it has been plague to me.
1t invariably made its appearance il
February and lasted until April. When
1 got warm in bed it would commence
itching. There was no eruption until I
was compelled to scratch, then little
pimple, not as large as pins head,
would appear, and then my misery
commenced. have laid many cold
winters night without any covering I'M
til I could stand the cold no longer,
and then would pull the cover over me
and get snatches of sleep. I have not
felt it since taking your valuable "No-
landine," which was taken for dyspep-
STA, and I believe that it has cured me
of that plague. write this to show you
II have been cured by your valuable
''Nolandine, 7" Invaluable to me. owe
you many thanks. lido not write this
for publication, but if you think it may
benefit any of our fellow-men similarly
afflicted, you may use it as you think
proper. Very respectfully,
JAMES L. EGE,
at 1.-THE house of John H. Tyler & Co.
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Liver Complaint.
OFFICE OF ]. W. CALDWELL, /
RICHMOND VA.

OFFICE OF J. W. CALDWELL,
RICHMOND, VA.
Dear Sir,-For the benefit of persons
suffering from Chronic Liver Com
plant, I beg leave to call their atten-
ton to your vegetable preparation,
"No1andine" Iregard it as "chola-
gogre," combining also tonic and reno
waiting properties, and in this respect
differing from any medicine I have
ever taken.
The effects of your Nolandine" in
my case, has been on the liver and Sc
cretions identical with calomel; at the
same time, entirely free from nauseating
and facilitating consequences follow
ing the use of that mineral.
I very cheerfu1ly recommend your
"Nolandine" for the diseases enume-
rated On your circulars, and am convinc-
ed from personal benefit derived from
its use, that it must become a stand
ard family medicine.
a1n II OF alone in the very high esti-
mate Iplace on "Nolandire," and trust
it will be universally known and be, as
it should be, the means of taking the
place Of mineral preparations for that
class Of diseases in which it has prov
ed SO successful and already gained such
areputation. Hoping that ''Nolardine"
may reach allpe: sons suffering from bill
ious arrangement ard prostration from
chronic diseases, I am very respectfully
yours, JOHN w. CARDWELL.
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Iornid Liver.

VALUABLE MED1cINE.-Un this
head the Petersburg Daily Index has
the following:
1--WE have received from Rev. Mr..
Kelley the following testimonial in re-
gard to the virtue of 'Nolandine, which
we cheerfully publish for the benefit of
those who may be in need of such a
medicine"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. time ago there
was a notice of the above mentioned
in the local columns of the Index,
which attracted my attention. After a
conferen ce with one of the proprietors
I procured bottle of "Nolandine,"
and received so much benefit from its
use that I tried second one, and am
now using the third. Having suffered
Undesirable tortures for more than
forty years from torpid 1iverthis medi-
cine has afforded me more relief, than
anything I have ever used. A desire
to benefit my fellow-creatures is my
sole motive for publishing this state
ment. JOHN D. KELLEY.
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A Family Medicine.

Having suffered for several years with
liver complaint, indigestion and an OBJ
stinate form of cutaneous disease, after
unsuccessfully using other remedies, I
was advised by several physicians to try
your celebrated preparation, NOLAN
dine"
Since thoroughlytestingit, Icancon-
fdently recommend it as the best alte-
rative blood purifier and liver invigora-
tor have ever used; and it can also be
taken with much efficacy by delicate
females. consider it a valuable family
medicine, possessing the advantages of
Mercury" without its injuriousefects,
and with pleasure offer my unsolicited
testimony in favor of Nolaudine.
Very respectfully,
MRS. 6. w. FRANCISCO,
Richmond, Va
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ChillS and Fever.

FLEET, KING AND QUEEN Co., VA, !
January 81, 1887. !
I was afflicted with chills and fever
during the fall of last year. 1 could
stop them with quinine, but they
wouldn't stay stopped. They would re-
turn the 9TH, 18th, 2Ist, or 18th days.
A friend gave me part of a bottle of No
lardine. l used it according to direc-
tons, and haven't had chill since.
Am in good health and weigh as much
or more than ever did.
E. S. WILSON.
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To the Nokandine Company:
Permit me to add my testimony to the
curative properties of Nolandine.
For many years I have suffered from
varicose veins. Twelve months aye
struck my leg against chair, breaking
one of the veins. The wound thus
made could not be healed except for
short time; then break out afresh. At
times I suffered untold misery from To-
cal fever and most insufferab1e burning
sensation. After using two (2) bottles
of your "Vegetable Nolandine" the
liberated places healed, the swelling
disappeared, natural sleep was restoroi
and my nervous system composed.
Asa ver1nifuge, Nolandine acted s.
cifcally on one of my children. As :
blood purifier and general tonic, YOU
Nolandine has no equal. Gratefully
yours, D. B. PROSSER,
at 1903 Main street, Richmond, Va.