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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-30
MYsTERIousLY MISSING.

JOchim SchD, cklo,h. of Davenport.
from the Rock leland Bridge
Jocbim Scnneckloth. an aged citizen of
Davenport. has been missing since Mon
day forenoon. and fears are entertained
that be has been drowned. Spe, king of
his disappearance, the Leader says:
When in the afternoon he did not ap.
pear. a searching party was formed to
look for him. He had left the house at
~ o'clock. being seen to board a car on
Second and Scott street. He was next
seen By Officer Hass in the vicinity OF
the bridge. officer Hass no'iced some>
thing peculiar in the old mans converse
ton, but was not alarmed by it. After
that nothing authentic has been heard in
regard to him. A little girl informed
the family this morning that she and her
mother had passed him on the bridge
strolliDg along laughing and talking to
himself. The name of the little girl has
not been learned.
At O'Clock the guard on the bridge
noticed that the little gate on the draw
leading to the pier below was open and
suspected that someone had gone below.
Shortly after he was met by Charles
Schnecklouh and questioned in regard TO
apedestrisn over the bridge. The guard
at the south end of the bridge WAS salts
fed that no one answering to his descrip-
ton had passed him during the day. Mr..
Schneckloth and his psrty searched the
island in vain for traces of him, but re
TURNED to the city in despair Later on
hearing that he had gone 10 Rock Island
they again crossed the fridge and
one of them in rubbing his
hand along the railing near the
draw gate discovered the cane that the
father had used Ii was nan ging on the
railing This seemed to indicate that he
either jumped off the bridge or had gone
below on the pier and fallen. Either
superstition was terrible to Mr.. Schneck-
10th and his party. They returned to
the city and issued several hand bills Of
fering $500 reward for trace of him.
The river WIS dragged yesterday, but
without success.
Mr.. Schneckloth was formerly
wealthy Scott county farmer. living in
Lincoln township. Fifteen years ago he
moved to Davenport to live with his son,
Charles Sohneckloth. Mrs. Schnecklo b,
the aged wife. is Frustrated by the news
OF her husbands departure. He is 50
years old, about six feet in height and
weighs between geo aud 240 pounds
Smooth face and wore gray clothes when
last seen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-30
Cheap Rates 10 the South.

X L. Il 2. railway now has on sale at
its depot, foot of Twentieth street, Rock
Island. tourist tickets to winter resorts of
the south. But two changes Gin union
depots) necessary. Through solid yesti,
bule trains from Gin ,iunati to Florida.
Choice of routes via Cincinnati, Louis.
vile, Evansville or St. Louis. Full in
formation can be obtsined from
4. SToCKHoUsE G. T..
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-30
THE TRAVELLERS, GUIDE.

yhlCAGU, kOCk ISLAND q PACIFIC nail
~ way-Depot corner Fifth avenue and Thirty
hrst street. Frank H. Plummer, agent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-30

Ties imonial from Hon. s. p. Hughes,
judge supreme court, Little Rock. Ark. !:
Il have used your diamond spectacles
about year, and have found them clear,
easy to the eyes and very satisfactory.
prefer them to any have used. Yours
truly. Simon P. Hughes.
These glasses are for sale By r. Fl.
Thomas, agent for Rock Island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-30
Lodge FL, c.iOu

Last evening o Sau-Kee tribe 10 In
dependent Order of Red Men, elected OF.
6cers for the ensuing year:
Prophet. Albery.
Sachem-Msx Snyder.
Senior Ss9amore-J, L. Maslin.
Junior Sagsmore-D. P. Williams.
Q of R.-William Guldenzopf.
K of VIC. Oberg,
/ G.-Ch4 aries Foine.
6. John Shelley.
Trustee, Is months-E. Illingwor,h
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-30

"Sull from the sire, the son shall hear
not of the stern strife. and all that sor, of
thing. but how to cure his cuts and bruis,
IS, and such things. with Salvation Oil.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-30
PROTECT YOUR EYFsv
MR.. H HID ccrrn--

~, MI, MIR. H, HIRsCHBEPG
The weh-known Opt.c.sr - ~ ~
y. h. cor. I-h ana olive :, - VlVtS,.
appointed T II. Thoma. g, -, on la.
CGIeora' eh Diamond Sgec,sris.. 80. ~ io J, hi:
giasses and also for his Ut,r,ail-gt Eye.
manageable Spcc'srlss and '-I FglI, Non.
ne glasses are the .r,st..- , y as.ts.
ever made IN sVectacics. Nv 'ei'irs
construction Of the Lors g., F0pef
CHASING pair Of these Nor'rts.l l2'.
SIas es never has 10 chance f1o. .als'eao.s
from the eyes. and every Ia rr Eissse.
y guaranteed, so that if thew s Fq,'T pc
me eyer mo mstter how or srrs.C ~ ave
Lenses are) they will furnish 49, es
WIN new PAR Of P'asses fee Of ,-S az pNl
Il. II. THOMAS hasa IN ,,,o g.a'gs
snd invites al TO ts'Isfy .be- ,ltns
oil The great superiority Of th..s Ic5is'es
over any and eli othet now in me- O." lt, ,
and examine the same attn rs,v 80!
drulgist and opticisn. Roc,Isjs,5 u llA'
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
Different Kinds Of Gold.

"Most people suppose" says an
assayer, "that all gold is alike when
refined, but this is not the case. An
experienced man can tell at a glance
from what part of the world a gold
piece comes, and in some cases
from what part of particular gold
district the metal was obtained.
The Australian gold, for instance,
is distinctly redder than the Cali
fornia, and this difference in the
color is always perceptible, even
when the gold is 1000 fine. Again,
the gold obtained from the placers
is yellower than that which IS
taken directly from quartz. Why
this should be the case is one OF
the mysteries of metallurgy, Tor
the placer gold always comes from
the veins. The Ural gold is the
reddest found anywhere. Few peo-
ple know the real color of gold,
as it is seldom seen unless heavily
alloyed, which renders it redder
than when pure. The purest coins
ever made were the $50 pieces that
used to be common in California.
their coninage was abandoned for
two reasons: First, becanse the loss
of abrasion WAS SO great, and, Sec
ondly, because the inteTlQr would
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
A Tree Village.

One of the curious features of
some of the islands of the Pacific is
the tree village. One of these vii
lagos on Isabel Island is built on
the summit of a rocky mountain,
rising almost perpendicularly to the
hight of 800 feet.
The trunks of the trees, in the
branches of which the natives have
erected their houses, are perfectly
straight and their surfaces smooth.
while the distance from the ground
to the first branches varies from SO
to $50 feet.
One of these novel abodes is at a
height of 80 feet above the ground,
while the home of a neighboring one
is 40 feet higher. Each house is
reached by a ladder made Of some
creeping vine. which is supended
from one of the door-posts, and can
be drawn up when it is desired.
Each house is large enough to con-
tain ten or twelve persons, together
with ammunition for long siege.
Such lofty habitations- are only
occupied in time Of war, at night or
when danger is expected. At other
times the more convenient and ac-
cessible huts on the ground are
preferred.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
A Great Yea. for Little Immigrants
from Heaven.

A medical man, who knows what
he is talking about, said to me yes
terday:
"This is baby year. l do not
know how to account for it, but the
statistics will bear out my assertion
that some years are noted for the
great number of births that occur.
This year of our Lord, 1891, is one
of these seasons. If you will take
the pains to look the matter up you
will find that 1884 was a very pro-
life year, and 80 was 1886 and 1888.
Now we have 1891 with more than
the usual number of births. There
will be great number of happy
families before 1892 comes to greet
Us. It is fortunate, too, that there
has been comparatively little sick
ness among the children SO far,
which was not true of either 1886
or 1888.-Boston Globe.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
Is Egyptian Corn PolsonousP

No little excitement has been Gre
ated in the vicinity of Red Bluff
during the past few days, growing
out of the poisoning of large num-
Der of cows which had been feeding
upon growing Egyptian corn. A
Mr.. Wilton first lost 80 cows, who
died almost Immediately after eat
ing the corn in the field. At first
it was thought poison had been
maliciously or otherwise scattered
upon the corn, but a day or two af-
terward Under Sheriff Fish of Red
Bluff lost two cows in the same
manner several miles from the To-
cality of the FIRST case; and DOW
comes q Kansas man who says that
Egyptian corn will kill cattle very
suddenly if eaten at certain stages
of its maturing growth. The case
is an interesting one and should be
carefully inquired into.-Mining
and Scientific Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
Barnum and the Deacons.

Barnum was bringing a lot of
Connecticut deacons and such like
persons to New York in his yacht
one Sunday morning. They were
all in need of shaving. 1t was found
that the only man in the party who
had razor was Barnum. He agreed
to lend it on condition that each
should shave one-half of his face
first, and then pass the razor on.
The razor was to be passed around
a second time, when they could all
shave themselves completely. This
would insure fairness and an equal
division of the use of the razor.
Barnum began by shaving half his
face. He gave the razor to the 9th
ers, who used it in accordance with
the agreement. When it returned to
him again he shaved himself COM
pletely and threw the razor over
board. The deacons and others had
to walk up Fifth Avenue each with
the right half of his face shaved.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
POLITE HlsnWAYnAn.
How He Performs His Jobs With
Neatness and Dispatch.

"The modern highwayman doesn't I
understand his business" said an
old traveller as he looked up from an
account of man being ''held up"
"He's brutal-unnecessarily So"
"Do you want him to take off his
hat when he stops your" he was
asked. 'Do you want him to beg
your pardon?"
90, no; you quite misunderstood
me. I'm not an admirer of Paul
Clifford. But why jar q mans
nerves or mar his beauty? Why
hit him on the head with a sand
bag or scare him to death by jump
ing out at him from an alley?
II was held up once in way that
l admired. No force, no serious
shock to the nervous system, and
no affected courtesy. I've been in
a good many different countries and
heard or read of all the different
methods, but for the quiet and
quick transaction of business of
that nature without any unneces-
sary trimmings commend me to
the man who got my watch.
"He was sauntering along the
street ahead of me, quietly hum
ming a tune. He wasn't keeping
in the shadow of the buildings and
he wasn't doing anything else that
was suspicious. He was just saun-
tering along with his arms folded
on his breast. was walking faster,
and so l had to overtake and pass
him. l passed him on the left
that is, I started to pass him on
that side. When l got even with
him he said:
II say I"
'tIt was said quietly and didn't
even startle me. None of this alb
surd courtesy and nothing sensa-
tional in it. Of course l looked
toward him, and l saw the tip of q
revolver resting on the crook of his
left elbow. His arms were still
folded, but had an idea that his
right hand was on the other end of
the revolver.
"Just take it easy" he added.
$50 l sauntered along with him,
and at his suggestion transferred
my watch and money to his pockets.
Then he said:
"Go on and don't look back. But
I have always considered him a
man who could do a job with neat
ness and dispatch, and without un-
necessary trouble and excitement.
That wouldn't have hurt a man
with heart disease.-Chicago Trib.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
Arab Proverbs.

Never tell all you know; for he
who tells everything he knows often
tells more than he knows.
Never attempt all you can do ;
for he who attempts everything he
can do often attempts more than
he can do.
Never believe all you may hear /;
for he who believes all that he hears
often believes more than he hears.
Never lay out all you can afford !;
for he who lays out everything be
can afford often lays out more than
he can afford.
Never decide upon all you may
see; for he who decides upon all
that he sees often decides on more
than he sees.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
We Don't Chip in Counter.

In the princes set they call them
counters, but we much prefer the
word "chip." In the highly intel
lectual game of poker it is so much
easier to say II chip along" or "I'll
hooper up blue chip" than it
would be to say, "My dear boy, old
chappie, I'm compelled to counter
up another" or "I'm shy red
counter" No, the American name
is much the more preferable, al
though we may copy after the Eng
lish "chips" and not ape royalty by
calling them counters.-Phil. Call
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
Josh Billings Philosophy.

Trew generosity konsists in CIV
ing what you kan afford to thoze
who deserve it.
Mi yung friend, look out for the
men who shuts up one eye and talks
to yu with the other.
Happiness seems to consist in
wanting nothing.
Health will bring mummy, but
mummy won't bring health.
We may gro wizer az we gro older,
but we never gro better.
Thare IL this difference between
honesty and honor-honesty sup
ports a mans karakter, honor sup
ports hiz reputashun.
When hope dies in a man he il
az dark inside az an old tin lantern
whoze kandel haz gone out.
A fop IL a konseited ass, impu-
dent and brainless.
Idleness il one of sins brothers,
and both are the DEVILS children.
Death IL the only sure cure for
laziness, and it takes a good deal
ov that
/ hav been hunting for the last
seven years tew End out when man.
kind were comparatively virteous
and find it waz just after the flood.
I think man should hav leetle
vinegar in hiz disposishun, just
enuff tew keep the flies of.
A phool il like a hornet; he IL
list az like to sting q friend az pho.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11

counterfeits in such an extraordi-
nary degree that no trained banker
can compete with them in their un-
ique avocation. In plying his trade
the ape cashier meditatively puts
each coin presented to him in his
mouth and tests it with grave de-
liberation. From two to five seconds
is all the time this intelligent ami
NAL requires in making up his de-
cision. If the coin is all right it is
carefully deposited in the proper
receptacle; if base it is thrown vi
olently to the floor, while the coin
tester makes known his displeasure
at being presented with the coun-
terfeit by giving vent to much angry
chattering.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
Wouldn't Take the Air.

George Hopcroft who kept a ia
nous chop-house in New York, says
that on one morning a well-dressed
man came into the chop-house as
soon as it was open and fell asleep
in a chair. A waiter urged him to
90 out, but he was petulant; 90 the
waiter performed the regulation
bouncing act, with q hand on the
mans collar and hand at his back.
"Come," said the waiter, "youIl
have to go out and take the air" He
got the man out into the vestible,
at which point. the befuddled chap
turned upon the waiter and said i:
an go out, because I've got to; but
I'll be id if I take the air"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
The Electrical Era in Silver Mining.

r. S. Hunter, one of the leading
mine-owners of Colorado, says that
electricity opens up new era in the
production of silver. The reason
of this statement is that many of
the high mountain mines have been
almost valueless because of the ex-
pense of transporting fuel to them.
Now through the utilization of wa
ter-power with the electric-motor
these mines can be operated cheap
ly, and a notable increase of output
may be looked for. So evident is
this fact, that there has already
sprung up a demand for electrical
mining machinery in Mexico, and
our American electrical manufac-
turing companies are now sending
large quantities of apparatus there.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
Bits of Informatlon.

The forest era of the United States
is estimated at 4S1, ,764, ,598 acres.
The heaviest forest fires in Mich.
igan and Wisconsin have occurred
in 1871, 1881 and 1891.
An electrical expert says that no
light has been found that will PEN
citrate a fog better than the old oil
lamp.
The great Treasury vault at Wash
ington covers more than a quarter
of an acre of ground and is twelve
feet deep.
Seventy-two years ago this month
the Savannah, the first ocean steam
ship that ever crossed the Atlantic,
safely reached Liverpool.
The organs of smell in the turkey
vulture and carrion crow are 80
delicate that they can scent their
food for distance Of forty miles.
New York paid over $4,000, 900
for the 800 acres of land where Gen.
trail Park has since been created, at
an expense Of many millions more.
The name of Alaska" is q COR
ruption of Al-ay-ek-sa, the name
given by the native islanders to the
mainland, and signifies great coun-
try" 1t contains nearly 100000
square miles of territory.
Chicago, first and last, has ex-
pended more than 100000 in
purchasing lands on the outskirts
Of that city for her system of parks.
There are twenty-nine of them in
all, containing 1000 acres.
Twenty-seven counties and large
number of towns and cities are
named after Washington, 43 after
jefferson, 81 after Jackson, II each
after Lincoln, Madison and Monroe,
II after Polk, 10 after Grant, 8 each
after Adams and Harrison, 4 each
after Garfield, Pierce andVan Buren.
A New Hampshire man whose
cows bothered him by jumping over
fences shoed his COWS forward with
horseshoes and he has had no
further trouble. He explains his
method by saying that the cows,
surprised at finding that they have
a solid instead of 8 split hoof, do
not attempt to jump.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
'nopptRs 4 LUXURY.
The Diggers Considered Them q
Dainty in EARLY Days.

A gentleman just in from the
Consumes to-day says they have
been bothered some with grasshop-
pers this season, but their depreda-
tions are not near 80 bad as in for
mer years. When California was
first settled by the whites immedi-
ately after the discovery Of gold,
there was estimated at that time to
be over 10000 Indians.
There were several large campoo-
dies on the Consumes river, and
an invasion of grasshoppers, which
we look upon as calamity, to
them was veritable blessing. l
remember very we'll the great ''grass-
hopper year." as it was called. 1t
was in 1855. During the last of
May and the first of June the entire
counties of Sacramento and San
Joaquin were covered with locusts
or 'hoppers, and nothing to equal
it has been witnessed in the state
since.
With the Digger Indians the
grasshoppers are great luxury,
and are used as meat and eaten in
various ways. That year Indians
swarmed into the valleys from the
mountains and had royal feast for
several weeks. Some would catch
the grasshoppers, thread them on
a string, hang them over the fire
until done brown, then eat them
from the string the same as children
do popcorn.
Others would set the grass on fire,
which both disabled the choppers"
and cooked them, when they were
picked up and eaten or stored away
for future use. The most popular
way, however, when the choppers"
were thickest, was to dig hole SO
deep that they could not jump out,
and driving them to the center and
into the receptacle prepared fol-
them. In this circle, which some
times covered many acres, were all
the women and children in the
camp. They carried a brush in
each hand and would driye the
choppers" without difficulty. Wher
the drive was over the "hOppers'
were put in bags and baskets, sat
urated with salt water and laid tc
one side for future use in winter
They are eaten then as white people
do shrimps. They are also mixed
with their acorn or seed meal, after
being ground into paste.-Sacra
mentO News.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
A "Billion-Dollar Country"

Secretary Fosters recent remark
that "this is billion-dollar coun-
try" is accepted by the unthoug ht-
full organs of his party as splendid
vindication of the lavishness of the
Billion-Dollar Congress. They in
sist that the growth ofthe country"
renders necessary and therefore JUS
titles this increase in expenditures.
Let us see. The population Of
the country just doubled from 1860
to 1890. But the expenses of the
Government during this period in
creased almost eight-fold = from
500, 900, or about 81 per head,
to $500, 100000, or So per head.
To bring the comparison down to
more recent periods, as the Indian
apolis Sentinel has done, "at the
last session of the Forty-fourth
Congress, presided over by Samuel
J. Randall, the appropriations were
$144,392,149. At the last session
of the Fifty-first Congress, presided
over by Gear Reed. the appropria-
tions were $419,341,153. The in
crease was 1873 per cent, although
in the same time the increase Of
population had been only 80 per
cent" In other words, the appro-
priations increased nearly five times
as fast as the population.
This may be "a billion-dollar
country" as Mr.. Foster says, but
the people indicated by more than
million majority last year that
they do not approve of Billion-Dol-
lar Congresses.-N. Y. World.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
Monkeys as Coin Testers.

It is said that the great apes OF
Siam are in demand among the Sl-
amese merchants as cashiers IN
their contingencies. Vast guam
titles of base coins are known to be
in circulation in Siam, and accord
ing to advices from that scorched- up
little Oriental kingdom, no living
human can discriminate between
the GOOD and bad coinage with as
much accuracy as these apes. These
monkey cashiers possess the faculty
of distinguishing the rude siamese
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
A Poor Year for Liars, Too.

It is announced from Rome,
a dispatch, that the Italian
has lost 13, ,O0O, 900 lires
this season. While the Italian gov
ernment is losing lires, the United
States is holding right on to hers
with q brother-like grip. At this
season of the year, most of our liars
are off on fishing excursions but
they will all return to US much inn
proved in health and hold their own
for another year to come.-Ex.
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edged 70 be the sole representative OF he
Great Upper Wood River and 6aWtootA
mining regions, and, located N II 10 in The
very heart of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth, and leav-
ing nothing undone to present its readers >
complete synopsis of all mining news and
importance in the growth of Ketchum, the
future metropolis OF Idaho, it is aninvalua-
BILE guide for capital and informant to the
settler of every craft and position. Sub
scribe for it, read it, and let your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
Pineapple Cure tor Diphther1a.

One of my children was down
with diphtheria and was in a criti-
cal condition. An old man who
heard of the case asked If We had
tried pineapple juice. We tried it,
and the child got we'll. l have
known it tried in hundreds . Of cases.
/ have told my friends about it
whenever / knew Of . case and never
knew it to fail. You get = ripe pine
apple, squeeze out the juice and let
the patient swallow It. Tbs. juice p
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-11
An Alleged Cure for Caneer. .

Professor Rosander of Stockholm
claims he has found cure for csa-
cor. According to his statementshe
has cured four cases Of this disease
by the inoculation Of tho patients
with some lymph Of his own inven-
ton. His experiments were varied
in 90 far az the place in which the
fluid was injected Is concerned, fof
two of the patiets were inoculAt11
in tho breast and two In the fsd4 :