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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-07-31

.castoria is the best remedy for children of
which am acquainted. hope the day Is ho6
far distant when mothers will consider thereal
interest of their children, and use Castoria IN
stead Of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
AGENTS down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DIR. J. T. KINcHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-07-31

The centaur Company II Murray Street, York City
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
A Remarkable Occurrence.

A remarkable occurrence is narrated in
telegrams received from Southern Cali
fornia, namely, the recent and sudden APP
pearance of shallow but extensive lake
IN the so called Colorado desert to the
southwest of Saiton, in San Diego county,
IN Lower California. The lake at last
accounts ranged from fourteen inches to
three feet in depth, but was about thirty
miles long and twelve miles wide. 1t is
apparently the result of an overflow; and
IL has been shown that the water comes
from the Colorado river. The Southern
Pacific Railroad company. whose tracks
run through the district, has sent out in
vestlgating parties to locate if possible,
the point at which the water comes into
the desert. The. appearance of the lake has
recalled number of schemes of irrigation.
which contemplated in part what has now
taken place by accident.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

1t seems extraordinary, says The Illus-
trated American, to observe a number of
o5ts In the evening flying back and forth
through the trees with remarkable rapid
lty, BUT without ever coming in contact
with the branches or hurting themselves.
opalianzani, the Italian naturalist, placed
Dat In dark Enclosure, across which
were stretched a number of threads. cross
Ing and recrossing each other The bat
new rapidly back and forth, trying TO effect
It's escape, but avoided the threads with as
much ease as if they had not been in its
way in the least. Whether this curious
power was the result of sixth and I'M
known sense was long puzzle to natural
ists- 10 decide this knotty point, Spal-
Ianzanl resorted to the cruel expedient of
binding bat, and found that it still few
among the threads without being, to all
appearances, any more incouvenienced than
If it still had its eyesight
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

t,yTg J-ysr.r g.rl AT 1871 second avenue
,.-.-.,a-. 10 once. 24-lw
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
LUCAL NOTICES,

Lemon ice cream at Krell & Maths.
Peach ice cream at Krell & Maths.
Peach ice cream made from fresh ripe
peaches at krell & Maths.
Chocolate, vanilla and peach ice cream
and lemon ice at krell s. Maths.
The finest and sweetest line of French
candies just received at Krel & Maths.
For Rent-With or without vault. the
rooms formerly occupied by the Peoples
\ ationsl bank at 1907 Second avenue
Enquire at the Peoples bank.
Brick ice cream takes the lead and
Krell & Math take the lead in turning out
the finest. purest and best in the three
cities. Try them when you want some-
thing nice in cream.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

tly-El-A- persons who cook ana bake 10
=, !5- .l. 1.-' Cooking stove IN the world;
If!!lll.S@G terms, 10 per Oen:. dis
\ ,s,l g.. 0rltr. ur one half with order.
n Day, Alfred COLss, $50 Myrtle
| &c BlN, IL, Ny. Il
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

A short but characteristic letter from
Carlyle has recently been published. A
Wesleyan minister at northampton dis
covered 1t the other day in an old book
which he picked up at a bookstau. The
letter, which is very clean and beautifully
written, Is dated Chelsea, 10 Nov, 1853 y
1t. reads as follows: Very WE'LL Be dill
gent, in business, fervent in spirit there
fore, SaHd let me have credit of you as a
pupil Remember always The end of man
Is not a thought, but an action a series of
manful, faithful actions land of modest.
silent, steadfast endurances withaD, which
make up worthi,y mans life here below
With many good wishes and friendly re-
CARDS, l remain always, you-s truly, 7. Car
lyle"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31
Intelligence Column.

Sale Rent. exchanges aad M!scei-
4 .,ys wants Inserted one day at lc
4 CO... three days at &c per word
5,s wesk AZ nc psr word.
FS,ms,,5ns wanted and local Help"
ms r-- exceeding three lines in
10 one week IN the DAILY ARGUS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

>ALE-GoLE.' Box OR WARDROBE
l-y5Er. pa-fe,i lounge by ssy and per
'-a11!-l-, ana yss can put away g. much
D. O. 0.1'- i;ria r a. in the average ward
You Csr - three articles for the price Of
\ extra .large for packing or shipping
w. l4nI1-t wife Of the celebrated
-a- 'l7' .aS,e i3CH-eS are very nice
r. y cr.,1., 81, So. Sl4: raine, sig, Sl4;
! = ;! 81, s5,k 5rocaSslle, SIS. $40. Al
OLE Grand and Myrtle avenEe, Brook
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

AETEO >ALEsSEN AND AGENTS II
= 4.4r g. r..lcrt "rTvasFCr, -f9y wN"-c
lsll- wife 4. suoc Tor the agency OF my
-'>s' G.'.-- 81 Iron. EIp8f Csi "a
,ii.- 20 weak. new beginners mike
IS E.. We, " CtE.E household article
I.ii,a Lex. sand for particulars. ssu-
e., 90 Il. :. srlsc, Box 20, Cine Rnat o.
S-llm
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

IN Ssrr-Auir-I Horseand surrey at Murray
g., 3 'Esm.,l shop. 2e-lt
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-31

.STrp-Gr- Tor hosSew0rk. small family;
,,,gs -a g Twgu;y-lGIrl street. lf.lw
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24

while we had rolled back onto the
track, and were foundering about
over the ties
Suddenly a low rumbling noise
reached my ears. At first / was at q
loss to account for it, but as sudden
shift Of POSITION gave me chance to
glance up, was Mortified to see a
great globe of yellow light advancing
through the darkness. Even as ]
looked the sound increased, and the
rails began to shake.
A train was coming through the
tunnel! We were in the very center OF
the track!
The awful sensations of that mo-
ment are with me as I write. For q
few seconds / was weak from fear,
then fresh strength seemed to leap
into my veins and made a desperate
attempt to tear loose from my an
tagonist. But he chung to me with a
grip like iron. We had been lying
side by side, and now he rolled me
clear over, and his heavy bulk held
me there in the very middle of the
track unable to move an inch
'"The train! The train!" shrieked,
"don't you see it coming? We shall
be cut to pieces.'
The man laughed hoarsely-I
believe he was out OF his senses with
passion-and shouted something in
my ear. The train was too close for
me to catch the words, and the glare
from the headlight was flooding the
track and the Shiny walls and roof OF
the tunnel. In an instant more the
iron wheels would grind us to atoms.
The thought was horrible, and !
shrieked at the top of my voice again
and again. Then, as though in a
dream, saw q red light flashing by
the side of the track, and just as the
headlight of the advancing locomo-
tive seemed to be scorching my face a
heavy weight was lifted from me and
| felt myself forcibly jerked off the
track. After that I knew nothing.
When came back to consciousness
l was out into the open air lying on a
grass patch by the side OF the track.
Jack and Tom were bending over me,
and the swltchman was pressing a
wet handkerchief to my face. My late
enemy was nowhere to be seen.
l owed my life to the switchman.
He had seen us enter the tunnel to-
gether and had followed US up, reach
ing the spot barely in time to drag
us from under the very wheels OF
the train. The other man, he de-
clared, broke away and fled farther
back into the tunnel. The switchman
did not pursue him, but sought the
open air at once, carrying me in his
arms, and was met outside the tun-
mel by my companions, who had been
attracted by my pistol shots. soon
recovered from the faint. and, accom-
panied by the switchman and his Ian
tern, we went back to make an inspec-
ton. The gun was found leaning
against the wall, but the thief had no
doubt, gone on through the tunnel, and
we concluded that it would be useless
to pursue him.-Philadelphia Times
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
HISTORY OF THE UMBRELLA.
Its Exact Origin Is Unknown, but 1t
Is Very Ancient. ...z

Its Exact Origin Is Unknown, but 1t
Is Very Ancient.
No one knows whether the umbrel-
la was originally used as a defense
against rain or as screen from the
sun, but it seems probable that the
first umbrellas were sunshades. In
countries where very little clothing is
worn rain does not make much differ
ence, but the sun is a power Why
shouldn't the palm leaf be the first
sunshade, with it's ribs and handles?
1t hints at the umbrella as well as
the fan.
Travellers among the Amos OF Japan
often make temporary sunshades Of
gigantic dock leaves, which are some
times six feet high, large enough for an
account of CULVER. The umbrella,
has q very great antiquity. The word
itself means a "little shadow" show
ing that it was named for its protec-
ton from the sun in this case Tor-
ace says:
"Among the military standards the
sun beholds an Egyptian canopy;
On coins and in the rock-carvin of
the ancients the umbrella often slows
it's familiar form. This goes to p.ove,
that Jonas Hanway did not invent
the umbrella, but he saw the value Of
the eastern sunshade, and soon it be-
came the fashion to carry this article
of apparel. There must be a great
difference between the umbrella OF the.
eighteenth century and the modern
steel-ribbed, silk-covered, slender ar
ticle which it is regarded as misfor-
tune to get wet.
The desideratum at present is por-
table umbrella. There is q fortune
for man who invents d really good
umbrella which can be slowed in a.
valise or trunk. There is an impatient
ed Corean umbrella that may fill the
bill. When it begins to rain the pic
turesque and stately Corean swell
reaches into his sleeve and produces a
folded, oiled-paper affair resembling a
fan. This is spread and set over the
hat like an extinguisher, and is kept
in place by two strings held under the
chm. 1t is not very large, but any
thing that will cover Corean hat will
keep the rain from q Corean.-Ir
Times
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
An Irish Fish Stor

A veteran sportsman, with rod and
gun, who resides near Stewartstown,
County Tyrone, has had a novel ex-
perience while fishing on the Tullywig-
gan. He had occasion to or ass 60 the
opposite bank over series OF stepping
stones laid in the bed of the river. He
slipped off bowlder into the stream.
The river was low, but he fell flat INTO
the water and was thoroughly drench-
ed. AS the day was bitterly cold he
had. on an overcoat, and when he
scrambled out on the bank he found
something Tapping about in the inner
breast pocket. A search revealed a.
splendid three-pound A~9ut. Il was
the onlyfsh he caught that day.-Der-
ry Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
STAGE FRIGHT.

1t Was Mistaken for Pure Acting
and Made Great Hit.
. I once sent con- a young medical
student in the character of a young
lover who had to make a declaration,
be accepted, be surprised by a rival,
challenge him on the spot, declare he
would not stir until this green sward
was stained with the blood OF one if
not of both, order parenthetically pis-
tolls for two at once and coffee for two
in ten minutes, and, in fact, go through
the greatest amount of bombast COM
pressible into short time. -,
OF course the love-making was to be
OF the most highfown charac ter.
On he went, and at the sight of the
audience and the lady seated at her
work table subsidized Immediately into
a very abyss of fear.
Instead brushing frantically toward
the object OF his affections, finging
himself on his knees and bursting into
a tremendous rhapsody, as he ought
to have done, he simply stared at her,
twisting his hat teebly in his hands.
Not one word could he say, but in
dead silence crept across the stage,
slowly took up chair, offered to sit
down, looked behind him to make sure
If the chair was really in it's place, sat
down on the extreme edge of it, looked
at the ground, rubbed his knees slow
~, and now and then glanced up at
his intended bride, much as doglooks
up when it has stolen something and
knows it is going to be whipped,
The audience were in ecstacies.
They all thought it was pure acting,
and that the part was that of a bash
ful lover. Certainly anyone who could
act half as well ought to make his for
tune.
He had been in possession of the
stage some seven or eight minutes with
out speaking a word, when he opened
his mouth once or twice, rubbed his
knees again, and at last said, in a bro
ken and husky voice, Flows your
mother?"
A perfect shrek OF laughter burst
from the audience and gave the oppor-
stunity Tor getting him off the stage.
The rival rushed forward, bounced
on him, hauled him off by mis- collar,
flung himself on his knee, did all the
rhapsody himself, and we had to patch
up the scene as best we could. AL
though SO complete g. failure on the
part OF the individual the scene was
the best Of the evening, and was well
remembered for many day. Boston
Gl0ho 5Gl5
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
REMARKABLE MEMORIES.

Good Memories Of Sonce Of our
Great Men.
"Memory," said old Fuller, the au-
thor OF the Worthless" who himself
possessed wonderful power of rem
nlscence, lis the storehouse of the
mind, wherein the treasures thereof
are kept and preserved" It is I'M
questionably true that, as a rule,
great writer's have had memories of
more than ordinary tenacity and
range. The faculty of Renaissance
feeds the fires of the imagination, and
keeps lucid and orderly the sequence
OF philosophic thought. How much
Milton, for example, profited by his
prehensile and trustworthy memory
is evident. Not only such poems as
"Lycidas," out 'Paradise Lost" and
Paradise Regained" are studded with
TRANSACTIONS and paraphrases OF ex-
quisite extracts from the classic poets.
We are told that Pascal never forgot
anything he had seen, heard or
thought. Avicenna could repeat by
note the entire koran, when he was 10
years DID, and Francis Suarez had the
whole of St. Augustine in his memory.
In three weeks, Scaliger, the famous
scholar, committed to memory every
line of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey."
Another scholar, Justus Lipsius, Of
tered to repeat the "Histories" OF
Tacitus without a mistake on forfeit
of his life. Charmides the Greek, &C.
cording to Pliny, could recite the con-
tents OF every book in his library,
which was by no means a small one.
Walter Savage Landor also carried
his library in his head. When henad
read book he always gave it away
on principle, having, as he said, OBJ
served that with such a purpose in
his mind he was sure to retain of a.
book all that was worth keeping. In
his old age landos was furious if he
did not at once remember any pass
age OF a book, or any name or date.
1t is we'll known that Macaulay's
memory was prodigious. He could
pass from the minutest dates of
English history Or biograpy to a dis.
cusslon OF the comparative merits Of
different ancient orators, and repeat
whole strophes from the Greek dra-
matists. He could rehearse every
word of every article he had written
without prompting. OF M de La
cepede, a. we'll known French writer
on natural history, it is recorded that
he composed and corrected his works
from beginning to end before he wrote
them down. A similar practice is as
cribed to Prescott, the American his
torian, who, it is said, used to COM
pose and finish his narratives in his
mind before word of them was COM
nlitted to paper.
That man should be able thus to
store his own writings in his own
memory is harder to understand
than that he should recall the writ
lngs Of another because in The one
case every word is immutable, where
as, in the other, nothing is absolutely
fixed. It is a significant fact that a
powerful memory is more generally
coveted than is either the in,agina-
tive or the ratiocinative faculty. This
is apparently because strong mem
DRY can be turned to so many uses,
not only in literature but in the con-
duct of life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
WOMAN,

o, woman, in our hours of ease
You do about just what you please;
When the reduction sale is on
Weak man should hasten to be gone
run, run, Orlando, climb thee up tree,
Fly from the onset of the shopping She;
Her sights will make a battery in his breast.
And pierce into the cavern Of the inside
pocket
Where he had tucked away the fifteen dol
lars. S.
Long kept for sorest need against
The evil day. sr
Her tears will pierce into marble heart.
And when she spreads her elbows for more
~. n. room,
Sharper than thankless tooth of serpent
They'll bayonet the ribs that guard that
heart.
0, Jane G., Frailty, thy other name is
A little month, or DER, those shoes were Old
And now you want another pair because
For summer moccasins is patent leather,
With red toes and yellow heels forsooth,
Upon shoe Of green. Scat! Get thee to
anunnery.-Bob Burdette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
Fortunate Dream.

An engineer on railroad in North
Carolina dreamed that large rock.
had fallen on the track near Leather
wood creek and that his engine had
been smashed by collision with it.
The dream so impressed him that he
declined to make his usual trip over
the road in the morning until he had
telegraphed to ascertain if there was
anything the matter at Leatherwood
creek. An answer was flashed back
that hugh rock had fallen on the
track within a few feet Of the Identical
place dreamed about, and although
hands had been working for hours to
remove it the track was still OBJ
structed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
700 LATE,

Twas dark upon the beach that night,
We'd never met before;
She sat down promptly by my side,
And asked me for the score.
shewore a lovely percale shirt,
A collar and cravat,
And on her dainty little head
There perched a sailor hat.
We talked Of tennis and baseball,
Till things got very slow;
And when cloud obscured the moon,
said we'd better go.
We went, and now weep to think
What might have been my joy. -.,t
Alas! if had only known
That she was not boy!
Tom Mason in Cloak Review.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
A Mothers Idea.

There is just one person to whom
the enthusiasm Of the amateur
photographer is to be forgiven, and
that is the young mother. There
isn't any fun in the world like snap
ping the youngsters in their uncon-
scious moments at play, in the bath,
asleep or awake. There is a young
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
How She Saved Her Hat.

A rare piece OF presence of mind de-
lighted the passengers on surface car
one rainy night. It was exhibited
by girl in a lace gown and the tiniest
scrap of a hat that ever called Paris
home. No girl could have owned that
hat and not loved it. That it had a
firm hold on the wearer's affections
was proved by the sequel.
The girl and her escort had evident
ly been to the theater. They were
umbrellaless and apparently on terms
OF Notwithstanding, That a cab had
been suggested and declined was learn
ed from their merry talk. Finally the
young man signaled the conductor to
stop, and turned to his charge.
eve will make a run for it. am
sorry for your hat" he said.
"Wait minute, " she answered. She
calmly removed the creation of silver
lace and pink roses from her head,
tucked it under her wrap, replaced it
by her companions hat, picked up
her gown and marched serenely from
the car, followed by a murmur of ad-
miration from the passengers and a
surprised, bare-headed young man.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24

mother OF two strapping boys still
under 6, who, through the use of a
little camera, has kept most com
Plete and satisfying record OF the life
Of her children from the first month
up to the present. There is young
James, just able to balance himself
on his fat little legs, holding small
biscuit up from greedy Fido, who is
jumping after it. And there is
Tommy, with his goats nose thrust
over his shoulder after the bread and
butter with which Master Tom had
designed to placate his own stomach.
There are the two boys in kits rolling
over each other on the floor, and
again there are the two in a child's
quarrel over a rocking horse, the
younger mounted in triumphant
possession, the elder, pouting and
sullen, standing at one side. All these
and scores of others are neatly
mounted in two large scrap books.
The mother says she Will keep q series
OF these books until the boys are
married and on the wedding day she
will give them to the brides.
Dresses at Two Weddings.
At Narragansett wedding the bride
wore a dress of white duchesse satin,
arranged with Brussels lace. The long
train was perfectly plain, and her tulle
veil was fastened with natural orange
blossoms, and a pearl agraffe. She
carried a bouquet OF white exotics,
with a chatelaine of blooms. There
were four bridesmaids dressed in sal
mon-pink silk crepon costumes, yelled
with white chiffon, and large picture
hats, with pink and White os-
trlch feathers. Each carried a posy
OF pale pink roses, tied with long
streamers Of salmon-pink ribbon.
The BRIDES travelling dress was of soft
wooden material, edged with metallic
gallon and pink chiffon, with hat to
match. At another wedding which
took place recently the bride wore a
dress OF white corded bengaline, trim
med with fine Irish lace, and tulle
veil, with sprays of real orange bios
so1ns, the former being held in place
by a. diamond star. The bridemaids
wore costumes of cream crepon, with
Swiss belt of brocaded silk, tufts of
white ostrich feathers in their hair,
and tulle wells. They carried bouquets
OF white and salmon-colored carna-
tons. The bride went away in a
travelling dress of heliotrope crepon,
with hat to match.
She Asks the Reason.
~ WONDER" said woman, as she
looked up from her Summer novel,
"why the story writer, when he
chooses charming old maid for
heroine, makes her look always like
an old book of beauty picture?
"It is delightful" she said, and she
sighed as she said it, for she: like the
heroines under discussion, is charm
ing and unmarried, "to read OF the
elderly hero who returns, constant
to his old love, and is not reft away
by an odious mink in her teens; but
his devotion would be at least as
probable and explicable if the lady
had made some little attempt to
keep up with the times In real life, if
the years had been merciful to her in
the matter OF hair, she would make
the most of that advantage and
would assuredly not arrange it in the
style of fve-and-twenty years ago; if
not, she would pay her respects to
age with a becoming little cap" and
the woman rose and went to the
glass and looked at her own soft,
Wavy brown tresses.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
A STRANGE ADVENTURE.

Y companions,
Tom Hollis and
Jack Allen, had
crossed the river
in their canoes to
get q bucket OF
fresh water from
q spring a quar-
ter of q mile dis
tant. They had
taken the lantern
with them, and I
was lying back in
the darkness with
my head propped
up on q roll OF
blankets.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
A Fascinating Creature.

Young Barrister: II have got to
pay a visit to the wife Of Judge s.;
can you tell me Swhat5sorr OF a. person
she is?'
Attorney: "Ah! A most nnlable
LADY, OF such engaging manners, in
fact, that, when you have chatted
with her for half an hour, you will be
SO bewitched that you will there and
then propose for one of her danph-
tiers. Hume ristische Batter.