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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-20

Economy: 100 doses one dollar"
Merit: peculiar to ITSELF"
Purity: Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-20

Doctor; What is your husbands com>
plant, ma'am9 Is it chronicf Wife:
Yes. sir. Ihave never known him to be
satisfied with a meal for the last IS
years.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-20

X. & N. for ice cream and fine cans
dies.
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Quite a Difference.

american girls come cheaper than
Circassian maidens. :"
''What do you mean?"
"Why, the Sultan of Turkey buys Cir
cassians, but we often read of American
girls being presented to Queen Vic
toria. IN. Y. Sun.
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a ROUGH DIAMOND.
Good Advice for Persons who Have the
Western Fever.

Good Advice for Persons Who Have the
Western Fever.
We are asked many times in a year:
Would you advise me to go West? We
can not answer the question. We can
not give advice upon such matter.
There is the West, many parts of it as
splendid land as the sun ever shone
upon, and destined sometime to be as
thickly settled as Illinois. Much Of il
is wild now. There is no civilization,
little government except of the crudest
kind, plenty of rum-shops, and the usual
rough crowd that first finds the frontier.
A mans life and property are safe, how.
ever, if he behaves himself, and in time
he will have all the civilization he needs
and wants. Now if the man has the
pluck and industry to take the rough
diamond that is offered him as a free
gift and cut it and polish it, he viii
likely become the possersor of some-
thing worth having. That is all We can
say.
People are going to Dakota, Montana
and Washington, and some of them seem
to be surprised when they get there to
find that all is rough and wild. What
else can be expected? The prairies are
untouched and the towns are primitive.
If this was not the case the land could
not be had for nothing. Nobody can 70
West and find developed farms lying
around loose or cities and towns with
magnificent architecture. building them.
selves. Everybody must turn in, in
new country, and help make it, and out
side of the natural fertility and other
advantages, the community viii be just
what the people choose to make it. The
West is rough diamond. -Western
Rnral
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THE uNDERToNE.

,,..~ vvnrd. o Lord, for evermore is true:
me- deem without calls to the deep within.
tssra on the sunlit crags lie at ease,
Whence behold an endless vast without,
And dirnly know deeper vast within.
90 with eternal voice of pealing sound,
ana one with ceaseIess crying of the soul,
xVbile each to each solemn answer gives.
IIearlep NV SOU, be still and understand
event by swift winds and drawn by secret
power,
rae waters break in music on the shore,
And With a speechless yet meaning voice,
Eot to be heard but by the fortunate ear
attuned to high and spiritual sounds,
Tbese waters cry, behold, they cry aloud
Moaning in tender sympathy with pain,
cbouting anon with fresh and childlike glee,
er murmuring low as in loves fond embrace,
n, Ike the prayers of saints about to die,
Tsan laundering the warriors battle-shout
lTvbe markets hum, the gold of eloquence,
THIS eyerwearying wrangle Of the schools
And the vain babble Of the idle crowd.
Allthese hear, repeated from the world,
mt underneath them all, in deeper strain,
pipdiug the whole in smooth, unbrolxen rhythm
4 one low marvellous voice, as thunder strong.
Diyinely clear, and sweet as heavenly bells,
Fbst pauses not, nor ever changes tone,
INT speaks unto the soul for evermore
lis one eternal prophesy of peace.
That wondrous voice, o Godi is surely thine;
That self-same voice, Eternal God lis mine.
IT. T. Munger in Century.
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ment felt myself plugging downward
with that horrible sensation one ex-
periences when falling into space. My
feet struck the water, when, with sud-
den, terrible shock, felt my further
course arrested.
Stunned and rendered senseless as l
was, for the first few minutes, by the
terrific force with which my downward
plunge had been checked, it was some
little time ere recovered sufficient con-
sc5ousness to take note of my surround
1ngs and of my own situation.
When I did so, l discovered that in
falling the roll made by my blanket had
caught in the bare, projecting spur of
dead balsam that lay top downward in
the pool. 1t was a veritable monarch of
the forest, with huge trunk gray with
age and almost branchless. What was
now the upper portion, with the roots
attached, rested securely against the
topmost edge of the precipice, while the
other end was buried deep in the pool.
The pool itself was about twenty-five or
thirty feet across, and of considerable
depth as judged by its dark, still-look-
ing surface.
To unbuckle straps that held the
blanket across my shoulders was the
work of but a few moments when once I
had recovered possession of my facul-
ties. Leaving the blanket and straps to
to take care of themselves, l scrambled
upon the balsam, after considerable eff
fort, and with great difficulty, for was
still suffering from the shock of the fall
and made my way by means of the
hoary trunk to the top of the precipice
1t was now after six o'clock, and the
dense gloom of the balsams had SO
deepened that could scarcely see how
to make my way through them. Realiz
izing the utter foolhardiness of attempt
ing to do any thing further towards
finding my way out through the dense
night that was now fast settling down,
selected the dryest and most sheltered
spot could find near to the stream, and
building fire of the dead balsam boughs
prepared to spend the night.
The next morning about eleven o'clock,
after many hours again spent in what
seemed but useless effort, struck dis
tinct trail. Following it with no great
difficulty, l soon reached the hut of one
of the mountaineers. On relating to
him an account of my adventures, the
honest fellow seemed considerable struck
with what he looked upon as my most
miraculous escape from death.-Win-
throp Burroughs, in Yankee Blade.
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Mr.. BIxBY.s PATENT.
Tt Was Good Thing, But Needed q Few
improvements.


'By Jove! I've an ideal" said Mr..
Bixby gleefully, while at the dinner
table the other day. ''Now here we've
spent half our time while at the table
passing things to each other and it's all
nonsense. l know just how it can all
be done away with and I'll have the
thing patented before month and
make mint of money out of it. I'm GO
ing toput in all my spare time on it and
I'll soon show you model of one of the
cleverest inventions Of the age.''
Mrs. Bixby did not say any thing.
She was accustomed to outbursts of this
kind on the part of Mr.. Bixby, who was
frequently seized with a mania for in
venting and patenting something, and
as he had always recovered without
mortgaging the house or injuring any of
the family, she hoped all would end
well this time.
Three days later, after he had worked
most of the night before, he came to
Mrs. Bixby with his latest "clever in
vention."
''You see, my dear, what it isl he
said calmly as he gave it whirl. ''It's
revolving dining-room table, to do
away with this eternal passing of things
to each other. When you see any thing
out of reach that you want, all you have
to do is to give the table gentle little
whirl, and there you have the dish you
want right in front of you, Now what
do you think of that, my dear? Don't
you think our fortune is made, eh?
"Itmight work, Elijah" replied Mrs.
Bixby calmly, ''if you could make sew
eraI little improvements"
"What improvements" snapped out
Bixby.
"Well, tell me, please, where your
own plate would be when the dish you
wanted had been whirled around in
front of you?'
'Why, I-I-it-''
"And where would the rest of our
plates be?'
swell, never thought of that L
7"
81 suppose, my dear, there might be
some sort of signal given by which all
the others could grab their plates and
hold on to them when the table was
about to be whirled, or we might"
Take care, Harriet Amanda Bixby;
don't yon go too far nowi''
'sOr we might-why, Elijah, what do
you mean by throwing valuable patent
like that into the fre?''
"What do I mean, woman? You'll
know what l mean when you're left
despised grass widow with six young
ones to look out for! And that is just
what will happen, as sure as sheol if
you open your mouth again! Laugh now!
Giggle! litter! Tee-hee some more,
can't you? Darn woman, anyhowi'-
Time.
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WHAT SHE SAID.
II Was q Practical Remark, But Rather
Unexpected.

It Was q Practical Remark, But Rather
Unexpected.
He was San Franciscan in the played
out city of London. He came from the
West, where he had developed that in-
dependence and self-reliance which,
combined with good looks and twenty
dollar gold pieces, made man superior
to all Europe. He strolled with graceful
dignity into a gilded bar, over which
presided divinity of superb physical
form, but still woman, with that air
which only an English barmaid can pos
sibly put on-an air of mingled cOnceit,
pride, coquetry and humility. She
awaited his order.
He was dressed in the latest fashion.
He threw the lapel of his coat back with
a proud gesture, and fixing his fascinat-
ing eye on the bar beauty he said:
Tell me, my pretty maid, what can
you suggest for man who ate Welsh
rabbit last night and does not feel well
this morning?"
She did not smile; she did not appear
to be affected by the appearance of his
swelling chest or his wicked eye she
simply said:
''Why didn't you heat two Welsh lab
bits and let 'em chase beach hother2'q--
San Francisco Chronicle
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$500 per Annum.
PuNeENT PARAeRAPHs.


1T is not well to believe all you hear;
but it is well to appear to believe it
when your wife is doing the talking
Somerville Journal.
Husband during a quarrel)-"We
shall never meet in heaven" Wife
20, yes, we may. There is plenty Of
time for you to reform yet. Yankee
Blade.
Many man confesses in the prayer
meeting !hat he is full of sin, who would
be very sorry to have his customers adj
NIT that he is right.-Texas Siftings.
II suppose you still dabble in art?''
"Dabble! Why, my dear boy, pictures
from my brush are on exhibition all over
the city" ''You don't say! For what
firm of billposters do you worl1?"-Bos-
ton Herald
Rev. DR.. Primrose-"I had most
pleasant time in Paris this summer, but
it didn't rest me as much as thought"
Merrit-Yet it should be some consola-
ton to you to know that your congrega-
tion got the est."-Life.
Colonel Blaze-"Sah, am a Ken
tuckian! There is my cahd, sah "Billus
81 don't want it. I'm no fighter"
Colonel Sab, you are cowardl''
Billus-'I know it, and so do you, or you
wouldn't have challenged me. ''-Time.
For remembranee.-Mr Gayboy--
''Tom, you really must have some pho
tographs taken" Mr.. Gayboy-ssWhat
for?" Mrs. Gayboy-"For me. You aro
home so seldom that am afraid will
forget how you look. ."-Terre Haute Ex-
press.
-"You see Ihave some reputation as
painter. Even the bank director,
Kripfer, has ordered his portrait from
me-" Sly old fellow-"When he runs
away and they send out his likeness,
from your picture, he knows he viii be
perfectly safe. "-Fhegende Blatter.
Gifted young man-'Don't talk to
me of religion or philosophy What
light do they throw on the problem Of
existence? Why do I live? What is
the object of my being?'' Venerable
sage contemplating him mildly
young friend, am sorry to say can not
see any good reason for it."-Chicago
Tribune.
Mr.. Highup-'I don't see why
Brother William doesn't prosper. He
has as good business as mine and an
excellent location, but he is constantly
having reverses. No matter what he
attempts, he seems to blunder." Mrs.
Highup-"Bu you must remember, my
dear, your brother William has no wife
to advise Hmm. Y. Weekly.
-''Why," said travelling man to
Willie Washington, twill men put an
enemy into their mouths to steal away
their brains?" 'Tdon't tlnow, you know, y
said Willie, "Pm suah I nevah did. "
''No," said the traveller patronizingly,
''and don't believe you ever will II
you do it will be horse on the enemy
Merchant Traveller.
"A worthy deacon in Vermont coun
try town was discovered by his pastor
one Sunday morning saving an armful
of wood for the kitchen stove. The sur
prise of the discovery caused the deacon
to drop his saw in CONSERVATION. 'sI-
didn't suppose you'd see me, parsonp' he
faltered. "Ah," replied the good man,
severely, ''you must remember, deacon,
that there is One higher than /, who
sees every evil act you commit" ''Yes,
parson, assented the deacon; sFbut then
He doesn't make such an awful fuss
about it. Burlington Free Press.
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The Doctor for Him.

'eWhy, Stebbins, old boy, what's uE
to-day? You don't seem to be at all in
your usual form"
''No? Well, suppose it's my deuced
liver again. You know I've consulted
ct least dozen doctors, but all in vain. :
s'Well. you should go to Jones. He's
che only man who can pull you through. z
Indeed! Has he made special study
sf liver complaint?"
4 should say Sol he's got It himself
Judge,
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THE CARDINAL FolLED.
How One of Richelieu's Intended Victims
Was Accidentally Saved.

How One of Richelieu's Intended Victims
Was Accidentally Saved.
Dumont, the proprietor of small fac
tory in Paris, one day received polite
invitation to take supper with Cardinal
Richelieu at his country residence. Du-
mont was somewhat surprised, as he had
no acquaintance with the Cardinal; how
ever, he made his preparations for the
trip, and mounting his mule one after
noon he started for the Cardinals villa.
Dumont had scarcely left Paris when
tremendous storm overlook him, and
he was obliged to seek shelter in tav-
ern. He was warming himself by the
fire when a second traveller, who had
been oyertaken by the rain, entered.
While the two strangers were drying
their clothes by the fire, they entered
into conversation with each other, dur
ing the progress of which Dumont mem
toned his proposed visit to the Cardinal.
"Have you ever said any thing to
awaken the enmity of the CardinalP"
asked the stranger of Dumont.
mot that I know of. Well, now 1
come to think of it, believe that did
say something about the death of the
Duke de Montmorenci.'
''And your name is Dumont?"
Certainly, that's my name"
t'You seem to be an honest man,
Monsieur Dumont, so let me give you
some advice. Don't go to Cardinal
Richelieu's. You are mistaken in his
object of inviting you to supper. He is
going to have you hung"
''That is not possible!"
81 know better, for am the man who
is expected to hang YOU"
Dumont recoiled with horror.
"'Who are you?" he asked.
81 am the public executioner. have
received an order to come to his country
house to hang you. Overtaken by the
storm, like yourself, sought shelter in
this inn. Your honest face impressed
me, and determined to save you. The
Cardinal frequently calls on me to do
things abhor, and am about to give
up my position. You had better take
my advice, return to Paris as soon as
possible, and get out of the country if
you can. l hope you will remember
that / have done you good service,
and the least lndiscretion on your part
may cause my ruin"
Dumont thanked the executioner,
mounted his mule and returned to Paris
as fast as he could travel. He then
went to a friend to whom he intrusted
his secret. By the liberal use of money
he obtained a forged passport and
finally reached England in disguise,
where he lived until after the death of
the Cardinal, which occurred two years
later.-From the German.
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ABOUT MAKING MONEY
A Problem to BE Considered as CAREFUL
as Higher Things.

Problem to BE Considered as Carefully
as Higher Things.
In the rush and whirl of life in the
cities, it seems as if the old, slow ways
of building up comfortable fortune
would be forgotten. But, though every
thing else changes, human nature re-
mains about the same. Radical differ
ences of disposition and habit will never
be wiped out. However severely we may
be shaken up together, we shall never
be all alike. Forethought and care and
responsibility will still govern some ma
lures, be their capacities more OF less
developed; in others self-assertion, self
indulgence, immediate enjoyment will
be the chief objects, even when many
admirable requirements are at their
command.
No one who has any experience can
doubt that money is one of the great
practical forces of all organized society.
The poor boy who resolves to make
money" is not necessarily mercenary in
his spirit or low in his aims. To gain
foothold by the ownership of property
is simply one step on the road to sue
cess. That gained, he has gained great
lever. Every energetic, aspiring Ameri.
can boy may rightly and naturally look
forward to the accumulation of property.
But to wish for money, to seek it, or to
use it in selfish, base spirit, to make
it in itself the first and most important
object OF life, is contemplate and de-
graded manhood.
Think about making money then;
think about it earnestly and with a
fixed determination to do it; but think
quite as seriously of other and higher
things to be done.-Country Gentleman.
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Transparent siiEen Fabrics,

Transparent silken fabricS-mousse-
line de sole, crepe lisse and the crepe
mousselines called chiffon-are exquisite
thin materials used in conjunction with
brocades and richly repped silks, form
ing the drapery of the bodice, the
sleeves, and the tablier. These fabrics
with cream-white ground serve with al.
most any silk, and are often richly en-
broidered in many colors, or else in sin
gle color in deep mitered edges. A new
arrangements is festooned paniers of this
silk muslin on the skirts of Partisan
gowns, giving promise Of the revival
of draperies in the near future. Acharm-
ing gown of this kind is of Louis Seize
brocade in lowered stripes of pale-green,
rose, and cream color, with snail Marie
Antoinette paniers of cream mousseline
de sole, caught up on the hips with bows
Of pink velvet ribbon. The low, slightly
pointed bodice of the brocade is cut of
at top under the arms, and the nous
seline fills in the space above and forms
the sleeves, a band Of rose velvet ribbon
passing along at the top of the brocade
to conceal the joint, and another band
sdging the waist hne.-Harper's Bazar.
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And He ProbahlY DId.

Impecunious Dude-rd like to put
this gold-headed cane in soak.
Pawnbroker examining it and hand.
ing it back)--In that case 1 guess you'll
have to keep on carrying one end Of It
In your mouth, my friend ---ThiaaRO
Tribune,
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-"Gentlemen," said an eminent Aus
tralian lawyer recently, "the case for
the Crown is mere skeleton-a mere
skeleton, gentlemen; for as shall pres
emily show, it has neither flesh, blood
nor bone in it." Onanother occasion be
solemnly declared that verbal agree
ment is not worth the paper it is writ.
ten on
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-17


ne MississiPgS rlyeE ~ keE ls'stan,
"a IS fsessn osex
Heasg Ruest a. fll3seas aaaa. ~~s
sst4lly shs1 scar lycas. Ia, a+1asaf
shile k1nt-ag
Us C48s laasT Tie 4.nd eFis< sserks
Il FessNess. O.. beraed AoAa4y, e&as-
"a l,.s 81 $500 partially inss.rea
stringent erdvrs have esen seat -
- SsoYernszent osecisls Is t-ae Naiieas'as
for the sxpulslon % al sle~s MAO are
aot authorized - ressce tAsFS-
A. Eze1 kosWorth. Fresi2eat a tAe
First NstioB4l B4nk and a the hesa ef
the lumber arm u BoswortA 4 heilsy,
a stevens Polnt Wis. diea AonoAy
n Is reported that the varioos agents
3a the Sioux reservation are reerlFing
numerous applications from Indians
= ho wish 20 take their lands Ia ses-
crafty.
Arab residents OF New YORK have
formed = syndicate and win engage ia
silk-gsowing aud frait-raising IA this
country. Land Will be purchased Ia
either Pennsylvania or Arizona
A mortgage for SO, o00. 600, executed
BY the nion Pacific railroad in favor
Of Edwin o. Morgan and oskes Amesl
was filed at Fremont, Neb., Monday
The Instrument was dated ia 1893
AT Decatur, Ala, the postmaster ab
seconded last week deficiency OF
more than s. 800 has already been dis
covered in money orders alone The
value Of postage stamps, cards and
stamped envelopes stolen viii amount
- - 500
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-17
coNcREss EsslokAI.
The Mouse Bsfasss - tfrfofris Fuuhs
for . Monument 80 Rerolntiouarf re-

The Mouse Bsfasss - hrrfoflr Funhs
for Monument 90 ReFointiouars re-
roes.
WktB1veroN Dec f6 -In fhs Houec
Monday bills vyere introduced a. author
ise National banks - loan monef Ora
real estate security and eprra afriaiius
500 oee fo este i'lIsh soldiers home -
Chattanooga and ChiclramsuQs haflonal
Military PARK a bn ~ appropriate
500 08o for monument - she
victims ~ TIE prison shipt 81 PORT
Green. Brooklyp. oufiBa she re
oluNgnsrv var was defeated 9uf.
ing thc debate NJ Cannon Dnl
SAID thst ne Wa Informed that tss com
mitfes 0n tbs hhrsrf had reported fave
orabiv ftirfF monument bills There
was sn estmsfea increase in the e.
peQdifures ~ the Gorsfnufnf ~ g7-
0H0 noo a8td 81 esiiroated decrease iu
the revenues ~ 80 600 coz Congress-
had - l9ok ths rrafter eqnsrelr y FRI Sc
fsoe and cho0ss between giving proper
relief - fbs living veterans enc erect
ing nouurnerfs. no matter hoU worthy
the deeds - hs con ~lsInnrsted
Mr KeK - presented tss res
oiufinr ~ erfens fhs bonded perios hut
withdrew when Nr Cuii.effsar
rTeK shovrs disposition to dsfsts a
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-17
moonshlners Attack a Posse.

MoNTGoMERY, Ala, Dec. 1e.-A
bloody fight occurred at Bonefay, Fla.
just over the State line, Saturday night
between a posse Of Alabama revenue
officers and band of moonshiners. c.
ID. Alexander and J. o. Thompson.
members of the posse, were both
wounded in the battle. The officers
think several of the moonshiners were
wounded. but they all managed 10 get
away. The officers had been at work
in South Alabama several days and had
raided Ellmber of stills and arrested
ono moon, hfngr
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-17

manner until I was seventeen years oiu' duu
one dav i'm January 1879. read an account IN
the Tribune of your CUTIcURA REMEDIES III
described my case 50 exactly. that tnouEht;
FIRST anplied them was all raw and bleeding,
from scratching myself. but went asleep al
most Immediately. something ] had not done
for years, the effect was 50 soOtblng. IN ABOUT
two weeks I could stand straight. but not
walk. / was so weak; but ms sores were nearly
well AS near AS l can Judge, the CVTiCUkA
REMEDIES cured me in about six 70 eight week >
and up to this date q. e., from January BIs.
TO January lSsT) ! have not been sick IN any
way. or have had the least signs OF the disease
W. ]. MCDONNELL.
1892 2Dearborn-st., Chicago. H.. June 20. 81.
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-17

ArcHIsoN, Kan. Dec. IA citizen
Of Rocks County, Kan, who is in
Atchison says: The people Of the
Western part of the State no longer try
to conceal the fact that many people
have left the country on account Of the
drought over 1900 have left Rocks
County alone. Many Of chose remaining
are unable 70 get away. Tor miles over
the prairies" he says. "one can see
nothing but tenantless houses and
abandoned farm machinery"
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-17
STILL T0TTERlNG.
Many Firms Fesl the Pressure q
the Monetary Crisis.
Bankers ~ FeansYis3r0a ana 5rick-
makers ln he~ Nork FaH Ear aig
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