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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-06
The Happy Medium.

Father Boyle, the lz:= pastor Of ST.
Matthews church, slid ti.ai a worthy
lrishman, with an iz.i.cdiment in his
speech. brought him q c-i!a - be baptized
While making RECORD Of il he was in
some doubt a. to tie correct s7eilingof the
family name given him. and zs-sed the TnAn
how he wrote H.
"Indeed, aid ! don't write al ali, - WIS
the reply.
II jast want 20 know said Father
Boyle, whether the name L. 'McGrAih' or
'hsgrath'-whetbeTt the second part of il
Is spelled with q big 'G' or a little 'g''
After scratching bis bcs-d borclus,iy tie
puzzled parent saw his wAy o-t of tie
difficulty. We'll. fstte-. JUS; spell il rid
middlin' sizsd K '''-Ns.sbinyton Post
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-06
A ,tachIn. for Bu-n.a. Need.

An Australian exchange describes a
machine IN use there TINS season for
burning weeds and Utilizing the ashes.
II consists Of large sheet iron tank
mounted on three low wheels 1t is Gov
cred over with V shaped bars Of iron.
with m inch Of space between each bar.
A hange Of sheet iron IL attached 20 The
top, extending outward about two fee,
all round The tank Is drawn by one
horse attached TO a wire rope twelve or
fourteen feet long. The weeds along
fences are cut and dried on the ground
Then the tank is hauled along and the
airy weeds are forl.ed in st the top and
Kept in a constant blaze. The ashes fall
through the hsrs and are rezdy for U.s.
~ fertilizer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-21
Dressmaklu9.

r ADIES'- NJ AID and SEAMSTIiISS.-Ex
L. pericnced IN dTes-makinc and all fam
Iiy sewing. operates on the different ma.
chimes "a good packer; understands al
her dutiee best city reference. :. A., Box
TO- Tribune Uptown Office, l,2Ss B'way.
4 AIDES TAILOR ard dressmakeri Is
IL years experience perfect eloNe-htting,
kALLAGE, East l4th-st., near 5th-aNe.
1TNF. O. NJ. DURRAND. Partisan dress
M maker. i'll West 10th-st Elegant. per-
feet nt :. latest STYLES; speaks spanish.
" ISITING MfLLiNER.-t)ity and sub
urbs: ladies' own materials made 10
all the Attest summer STYLES. V. 1. NJ,
24O Wet 14th-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-21
domestic Situations Wnnte
A[aIes

MINES.
A PHYSICIAN. 80 viii travel. or take
y charge %. an invalid IN town or 10
With a party experienced reliable: refer
esces. COMPAN3 ONABLE Tribune UD-
town once. 1888 Broadway.
AZ EXPERIENCED chef De cuisine
a wishes a lrst-c.ass engagement IN TIE
city; 10 years reference. Address q. r.
Tribune Omee.
As BUTLEK or WAITER IN private fam.
y iy-Bv single Nan middleaged good
] afefenct-; city or country. WM. AIM
ID vTLER.-Bv nrst-cla-s man. single
ID Protestant take care unr!or willing and
Ohllging ffst-class cltv references Acdr. as
HENRY. o Elst f2d-st
- rTLf.K.-by q nrst-clas- Hwede; highly
ID recomH ended city or country Call
Mrs. AALMBERG. 3J2 4lh-ave., one clght
Up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-21
Businrss &banrcs

A RARE CHANCE.
~ To invest SlOO. 600 or more, " manu-
facture .he most staple article on the mar
ket growing export trade over 30 l'5 per
cent profit party investing VIII bave IMAM
eiai mana gementi principals only
Address Box 20,
Short HIS,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-21

yNoMAN WILL co OFT by Jhe day or
w week 20 work; viii DO scrubblng aud
honseceaning good plain cook will do any
IND O; hOuseWOrk good washer and irOner;
lat reference. 842 East 20tb-st., ID n00r.
" DUNG LADY "a nurse b. Invalid insane
i or elderly lady asylum aud hospital *
pefienee; refined JeNi'h family preferred;
tarms moderate references. BOX rs Trib-
tine Uptown once. 23s broadway.
VOUNC WOMAN wishes 20 DO general
houseNork c..y or country -'ss 49,
encss. ga West lSth-sG.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-21

Males.
CENTLEMAN lover 50). good education
si,e business experience. desires situation
9may b. Of trust. o. a. companion 10 alsiy
~ send. Invalid gentleman; moderate sails y .
ref,fencos security; no canNasslDg' IVA
es TrihiIue ONCE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-21
frlp mduteo.
Males.

Males.
An ACTIVE. intelligent. well bred young
"A man. Is, y year Oh age. a. companion
10 a seni-lnNalidcd young man must be Of
happy disposition. Oblieing, and willing ~
be useful Ia a general way good general
reference required some musical Ability ana
aptitude IN outdoor SPORT aud athletics pre-
fsrrrd absolute trustworthiness essential.
Please give full personal description. and
any Information TO the point. which will be
treated cODlGentlally photo or tntype II
nclosed viii be returned Address, with
full particulars a. . age, height weight,
nationality, prescott Occupation, expectat on,
&C.. TRAVELLER. BOX 675, Tribune Up
town once. l.23e Broadway.
4 OBJ COMP0sIToR-wan two
y thirler; steady work wacos, tlO.
Addrcss THE DOWD PRINTING CO.,
Winsted, Conn.
- ALEsMAN wanted In the retail line
- references required Cal Monday De-
fore II a. m. at store, % Nontgomefy-st &,
Jersey City.
D.-Amorican Protestant boy,
w living with parents and writing good
hand, for Onice Work. Adurens a. Ii. -
Box AZ. Tribune once.
yYTANTED-A nrst-class advert's sing sole
w TOR ~ an established weekly jouinal :
excellent Opportunity for a man OF ability ;
none but Az experienced man need apply.
tANeiTs - - A4AB----
w ANTED.-A pharmacist (graduate).
w Lavs1g practical experience - chem
81 and executive ability competent %
axe full charge Of laboratory. Address
with full PARTICULAR aud references, MANU-
FEATURING CHEMIST, Tribune Uptown
once, l,23S Broadway.
w ANTED. -Flrst-class engineer % work
w In apartment house: wages, SO per
month and rooms single man preferred ref
erences required. Cali alter II a. m. Mon
day morning. Room 10. 20 Nsssa1-st-
~ ANTED.-Sal smen on salaT or com.
w mission b. haAdle thu New Paeent
Chemical Ink Erasing Pencil the greatest
cling novelty ever produced erases INK
tnnroughlv IN two seconds no abrasion o.
rspet 200 b 800 per Gems profit one SCENTS
Aios amounted % ed2l IN six days anotheI
General Agent for each STATE and Territory.
For terIns and full narhtll1rs 9odf IS
THE MONROE ERASER MEG. CO., Ls
Crosse, VIA.
Females.
DIAMONDS. Watches, Jewelrv delivered
~ e4sv payments samples sent upon r.
quest SYNDICATE WATCH CO., II
Fast 14th-st
~ ANTTD Girl for lght homework
~ wages. AZ 20 "a a month. Mrs. IRE
LAND. 30 East 4ith-st.
Good neat ch.5nbema'd; Ger-
w man OF swede preferred. 127 West
34th-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-21

A DvTRTIsEMENTs FOR TIE NEW.
~ YORK TRIBUNE WILL ~, c Ke-
y I, 25S Broadway, corner Thirty -ffst-st. ;
70 broscw8y. corner 20th-st. Until =
p n. F; 270 West Twenty .thirdgt., conner
eefneF boufteeathEt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-21
6crses ano Garrlases


L LAhDRAl & CO.,
i So, ga, $40 BrOome-ss,s
sPRiNa AND SUMMER CARRIAGES
-, Of the beet . s.ssss;
SiSr'dtss.. pepst Wagons.
s Toi'vw,s sss,,r. Cuftain Roekawsys,
TsX phaetonS TX. Top Cahriolets.
nnssSsases' Road wagons,
S.Psss' Rockawsy,. fog Phassons,
Coupe Roesaways, Ladies fnseeons'
SPIDER Phsatons. Buskooaros.
isnaaus Runabouts,
Fsncy Traps. peroy PhsetOns.
yySossssSOrrs, sroSshsms, 6hiiaien,s Traps
Fancy bO'kep ssEFSesoSp 5 :a%Sp p'ae''n''
Wagons rhaetOns, nueSSosrd', w. Rocss
pos y sssSo! CART spaVsS sRSsOe si boosts stss
t casopy victoria PSsetOns,
A v1SS A FfAffssEFI RSrFkdEgAfRR5 SET's
$50 and ls? ksst isth;;ss.
Al PRIVATE SAFE.
AN ENORMOUS ASSORTMENT Of AL tne
new styles Of SPRING and SUMMER
Az The NEW DESIGNS in OAK, MA.
PIE and OTHER NATURAL WQoDs,
Gd3SPs a TsSs shiis or Is sS S SysAy and
- FNAANAN~
sHOO Inc WAGONS, Kenslng;ons, Der
BY Wagons Triple Buckboarct, snrreys.
w'th ard without canopy tops, JeuoerS
4 White Buckboards for four ana sn pas
DR0TSHAMs AND oCTAGoN FRONT
BROUGHAMS, new and second haho' oy
the best city eHiNIsbsjHsii -s
GLASS FRONT AND LEATHER HEADS
SIX PASSENGER GSb EXTENSION
FRONTS 0'gyPfsc sF n6 Sp,ssin H0'AA"1'''
LANDAULETs sne lAIL PgAlIOsNS'
T-CARTS and SPIDER PkAEIONS;
LADTFS, DRIVING pHAErONs. En-
TENSION Top PHAETONS and DOO-
roP W. GoYs, AND no TOP TOP W W rfs
and bEPoT wAGONs PAINT
I'D AND IN OAK: oo>-v
TILBURYS. DOG, CARTS AND FoN J
OUR HGRSEss ROOM
HAS . 49,,
The LARGEST AND FINEST SIOCh Or
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC y AN
NESS, SADDLES AND BR1Rkr;S'
WHIPS, FUR AND CLOTH ROBES
IN AMERICA.
HORSES -,
OF ALL KINDS-Fami.y Horses, RoSot;
stefs, TrO;Sers. SADDLE Horses. ana
ALWAYS ON HAND s,r
AT PRIVATE sALio
INTENDING PURCHASERS VIII %
WELL 70 examine our lMd1.NSh
STOCK before buying elsewhere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-21

n ROOM-By al English lad. Il good
W foferrnce Address X. b.. ,026 sd-ave.
= ROOM on ,DACHMAN.-By rcspsctat .e
~ single man understands hls business
city 0r c0ui fry reference. Gail or address
JOHN, ISL East D. th-st.. private stable.
q ROON.-By frst-class man IA private
" family s0Der ana fehabl willing AID
o1lgluc; best r-fere.ces. Call or address
THOMAS COOK. care Nob.ctt, l0l West
ijti-s-
= ROOM or COACHMAN.-By young
" Eng.i.hu an on gentleman's country
pacr; useful in any capacity good refer
ance. .. j.. 2.0ir M-a.'
A DVFRTIsEMENTS FOR THE NEW.
n YORK -RIBUNE WILL BE RE-.
tEINED AT THE UPTOWN OFFICES.
30. LBS Broadway. corner Thirty-frst-St. :
!, i4O Broad WAY. corner 26th.st.. until Q
D. n. 30 West Twenty thiri-st.. corner
shave: 81 Gth-ave 1873 Fourth-aye.
corner Fourteenth -. go Thrt-aye.. cor.
Ter t0Ptv-seNeutn-at- ! 02G Third ave. neAr
sixty -fistst. 1.7O5 Firs lave. lO6 West
- Use cne-st.; 90 Columbus ave .
ITO Ninth ave, corner 72f-st. GO
Lihfrtv-g-., - Avenue =, l.323 Thifd-ave
and the HARLEM CFFICE. $50 East One
hundrgd-ane-tve ntv.Af-h-st up 10 5 .. NJ.
and 200 West One-hundrec. ana TWEEN ~. ar "a.
~. a. regular otiee rates
Middletown transcript., 1891-08-13
A WONDER.


She is college graduate. Packed in hel
Are ali the living languages and many that
are dead;
She thinks her thoughts In Latin ana she
While with Chinese Washee-man she easily
can speak.
The whole array of sciences are at her finger
tips
And problems mathematical just bubble
from her lips
Whene'er she talks her hearers Try tneif
hardest to look wise;
But, to conceal their ignorance. they ven
ture no replies.
Not only is her learning far ahead of any
But sne in college tennis was the captain OF
a team;
And in the college races on the lake and on
the land,
was always crowned the victor, to the
music of the band.
A dainty pair OF glasses on her dainty little
nose
Adds to her look of culture and her statue
like repOse;
But when discussing subjects with Boston
maiden's might
Her eyes Hash through her glasses like To-
comotfve's light.
Oh, she is Just daisy. Though the draw
-
Keeps her from being President. her mind it
doesn't veX;
For there are higher stations she is able to
attain
BY having so much knowledge in her active
little brain.
And now the wonder cometh; this sweet
college girl, who might
Reform the very universe which men have
ruined quite,
Stays at home to help her mother in the
kitchen where she makes
The most delicious lpuddfngs. pies and
homemade bread and cakes,
a man who thinks a woman's higher educa-
tion tends
70 make her hate domes tic work, on which
his bliss depends, s:-gsz
should taste this maiden's cooking, for the
more that women know
The more OF sweet home happiness they're
able to Destow. 3.E %
H. c. DODGE, In Inter-Ocean.
Middletown transcript., 1891-08-13
An Ingenious Prisoner.

There is at present a prisoner in the
Allegheny County Workhouse, Anton
Reich, who possesses such remarkable
skill and ingenuity as has perhaps
never been surpassed in this or any
other prison institution in the country.
His mastery work consists of a full
representation of everything that was
used at the crucifxion. All the
pieces connecting each part are very
delicate. smooth, and cut from fine
wood, and placed together in a square
quart bottle. The best part Of the
work consists in putting all the pieces
in position and together when in the
bottle. All are beautifully arranged
in group, and glued together.
The cross is the main and largest
portion of the wonderful miniature
collection. 1t is as high and as wide
as the interior space of the bottle will
permit it to be. Below, on the right
and left of each arm, is miniature
cross, representing the crucifxion of
the two thieves. The ladder, the next
highest portion of the collection,
stands erect against the cross. On the
right side of the cross is the rooster.
The rod used with the sponge, the
lance, the soldiers swords, and all
other parts of the crucifxtion are
neatly placed in position. All this
the prisoner made in his cell in two
evenings. Two of these bottles have
J cen presented to Sharpsburg people
lone to Councilman G. Casey, the
other to the wife of ex.Councilman T:
j. Murphy. Mr.. Casey will present
his gift tc the Vatican, in Rome.
Middletown transcript., 1891-08-13
Those Kansas Mortgages.

The public is not quite unfamiliar
with the tale of how eastern monsters
waxed fat and bloated by gathering
in the farms ON which they held mort
cages in the west, and particularly in
kanas, and driving the poor agricul-
turist to ruin and suicide
But correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune tells the neatest story. He
says that in southwestern Kansas a
number Of years ago some men, al
legged farmers began pre.empting
claims. They made known far and
wide that they wanted money for de-
veloping their land. They sang a
siren tale in the ears of the eastern
capitalist. did these unsophisticated
rustics. They gave mortgages at high
rates, showing to the sharp eastern
capitalist how green they were to
think they could pay such interest.
The shrewd eastern capitalist smiled
as he thought to himself that in few
years he would have snug Kansas
farm, all improved, to settle son-in.
law on.
Time went on. 1t was as the east
ern capitalist thought when he smiled
that smile. The unsophisticated far
mer could not pay his mortgage. He
did not. He simply pocketed that
mortgage money and jumped his claim.
When the capitalist came to take pos.
session Of his Kansas farm he found
that grasshopper would starve to
death Oh it. There never had been
any idea of cultivating the land. The
rustic pioneer had simply been sharp
er than the eastern capitalist, and
sheared him like lamb. And now
the abandoned land claims 60 to swell
the account of Kansas mortg ages.
Middletown transcript., 1891-08-13

And now comes preacher who
gives US some specimens of recent
eloquence The readers of the
Drawer will remember that tie late
Bishop Gilbert Haven was reported
as saying, when dying of weariness,
that he Expected to rest in heaven
for thousand years with his head ly.
ing in the lap Of his dear wife Mary" /"
This poetic fancy made its impression
on the mind of a worthy minister who
had recently married second wife.
Being called to preach funeral ser.
mon, his new but second wife being
present, he gave his ideas of the rest
and bliss of heaven. and warming up
with his theme, he exclaimed, Il ex-
pect, in the language of the. lamented
Bishop Haven, to spend my first
thousand years in heaven with my
head ON the lap OF my first aoifte.' =
What occurred when the funeral was
over and the parsonage doors closed
has not been revealed. Harper's
monthly. :
Middletown transcript., 1891-08-13
Blood oranges Cannot Be stained.


BLOOD oranges" have been inves-
tigated by order of the health officer
of Washington. The story that they
are fixed" with syringe and little
aniline dye has been going the rounds
of the newspapers. 1t was seen by
DIR. Townsend, and as the supply of
"blood oranges" in the Washington
market seemed to be abundant, he di.
rected 40 inquiry with view of con-
demning the fruit if it had been tam
pered with. The chemist to whom the
matter was referred says in his report
"The oranges are naturally stained,
no artificial coloring of any Kind hav-
ing been used. The small spot on the
side is a fungus spot and not a punet
ure. 1t is impossible to stain an
orange by injecting any artificial
staining fluid into the fruit either be-
foe or after pluckiug from the tree "
Washington Letter.
Middletown transcript., 1891-08-13

Farmer Derben kept a large flock
of geese. His fences were good. and
his geese rarely escaped from the pas
ture where they were confined. His
neighbor, Farmer Cole, also kept d
flock of geese but his fences we're not
carefully repaired, and his geese often
strayed into his neighbor's grain fields.
Last summer this annoyance became
intolerable TO Farmer Derben, and he
resolved to make an end Of it. Meet.
ing Farmer Cole one day in the road,
he told him of the annoyance, and
added. Il now give you fair warning
that if | agsin find your geese tres.
passing on my land | win kill them
A few days after, as Farmer Derben
was sitting at dinner, be chanced to
look out the window, and there, on
bis very lawn, he beheld flock Of
geese enjoying themselves. Not wait.
ing to get his hat, he seized his cane,
and rushing into the midst of the flock,
he laid about him with such vigor
that several geese we're killed and
several more wounded, when his
daughter, bounding up to her irate
parents side, screamed in his ear, "Pa,
these are our geese r ~
This story is kept as a family secret.
Middletown transcript., 1891-08-13
sheepishness.

Some men are constltutionally ner-
vous. Though they should address
an audience or q jury three hundred
days in year. they would be about
as bashfil on the last day as on the
first. Lord Erskine once insisted
that the frequent practice of public
speaking begot confidence in ones
SELF The assertion finally brought
out the following witticislu.
Erskine's remark was repeated TO
Counsellor Lamb, an old lawyer. al
do not find it so," he said for
though | have been many years at the
bar. and have had q good share of
business, | don't find my confidence
increase; indeed. rather the contrary" I"
On Lambs words being told TO
Erskine, the Witty advocate observed,
/" No wonder every one knows the
older lamb grows, the more sheep
ish he becomes. "
Middletown transcript., 1891-08-13

celebrate Maj. Graham's brave deeds,
and Elizabeth always felt proud that
she had maintained, even in the teeth
of her sisters opposition, that Mrs.
Cyril was not bad-looking.
Cissie was too happy now to care to
look back upon the miserable past
when she was a stranger in strange
land and the conquest over Cyrifs
aunts was completed when they were
presented with an heir to Graham
stone by the mother who had been
considered unworthy to bear the honor
Of being called Cyril Graham's Wife.
Middletown transcript., 1891-08-13
FREIGHT RATES.

Q p z
The tenant on NJ. H. Davis farm
shipped twenty-eigLt crates Of Red
Astrachan apples TO Boston, Mass. !.
consigned to iona Bigeiow q Co.,
| where they were sold for Sl6.e0za
fair price for the fruit bat note the
net proft--not counting labor, haul
ing from the farm, or considering the
care of the orchard. III
BY . crates apples q CSC. $3.50
To freight on 10 cratss sll.eo
!. cartage =. .n
= commission s.ss6. E6e
"cfates cost ..s.....s LIZ
A.st
NET RETURNS sLss
On the same date the same parties
shipped twenty.six crates OF the same
apples to Newark, N. j., where they
were sold for $13.00--the following
shows how much the farmer had left
to pay him for his work after the rail.
road and commissioned people got
through with it.
BY IS crates q sec. -. =. sls0o
To freight s6.7e
.sartags :. ca,am, g,ssion ,., Iss l.ss
crates Los
NET RETURNS. 400
This shows plainly that something
must be done to help the farmer and
encourage the culture of fruit in this
part of Delaware, or the railroad COM
pany will loose entirely this class of
freight, and the farmer be compelled
to permit his farm and orchard to run
desn thus impoverishing the whole
country.
We must act, and act at once. The
mandates of the officials 10 the main
Offices on Fourth street in Pkiladel-
phia must be broken or our State will
go backwards in the march of proc
gress. Kent county lost population
in the last ten years. Why was itf
Because her farmers and fruit grow
ers have contributed eighty per cent
of their products to the Public carriers
with possibly ore exception il one
locality, and that one, Wyoming.
Take for instance the freight on
peaches and apples--both packed 10
the same kind of packages. E
BREIaHr FROM MI FORD 10 NEW xoRk.
Apples in baskets lsc. crates s5c s.{
Peaches in baskets &c. crates 3sc.
Why should this be ? Both weigh
about the same, and require the same
handling. It is a crushing, grinding
out process that is . rt-sighted
policy on the part of the railroad
people in Fourth street. Il
Recognizing that these people who
make these rates. are simply iem-
ployees, paid to earn money for q
great corporation, and subject to the
censure Of its directors. we UNDER
stand their desires to have the profits
for their employers as large az
possible, but we hold that it i far
more to their interests TO encourage
such industries, and make material.
in quantities to freight. &c
Railroads are necessity to the
prosperity of the country, and We
should be willing to encourage them;
but their unjust demands should be,
resisted. even If We have to improve
the mouth Of our river and put on
steamer in self-defence. Milford
Chronicle. IS
ss q --
Middletown transcript., 1891-08-13
The Purest and BesI

The Purest and Bes5
Articles known to medical sciiencs
are used in preparing Hoods Sarsal
parilla. Every ingredient is carefully
selected, personally examined, and.
only the best retained. The medicine,
is prepared under the supervision of
thoroughly competent pharmacist
and every step in the process Of ma1
facture is carefully watched "a
view tosecuring in Hoods Sarsa1
the best possible result,
Middletown transcript., 1891-08-13
CYRIL GRAHAN'S WIFE.

.6OOD gracious, child, wherever
II did you learn to make a bed -
said Aunt Susannah, in acrid
aud horri6ed tones and, receiving no
Middletown transcript., 1891-08-13
DIRECT TAX.

NOTICE Is hereby given that the original
~ Direct Tax List, containing the names
OF persons in the State of Delaware who
has been delivered to me by The Internal
Revenue Department, and that all persons
whose names appear on the said List will be
emitted TO have the amount paid by them as
shown by the said List. refunded and notice
viii be given hereafter at what times and
places Will attend for the purpose OF re-
celvlng the Claims for Taxes to be SO re-
funded. JFRANK WILDS.
Commission er.
Dover, July 1lth, 1891. stse