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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24
A Specimen Tariff Picture. :"

The New York Press says: The In
dian bureau buys certain quality of
cotton duck every year for tents. In
1890 it paid 1911 cents a yard for it.
This year, in spite of the terrible Nc
Kinley bill, which, after all, applies only
to imported goods and not to goods
made in this country, it got its supply
for 9.23 cents per yard of goods of the
same qualify
To complete this statement, it must
been from % to 80 per cent. below last
years prices; and further, that the Nc
Kinley law reduced the duties on coarse
cotton cloth.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24

There are fourteen sugar planters in
the state of Texas who have applied for
the bounty. They propose to raise 49,
100000 pounds of sugar. and they will
get from Uncle Sam $500, 900 if all their
sugar comes up to the standard test. One
of these planters, Colonel Edward Gun
bingham, expects to receive $3.50, 900 in
bounty money.
This sugar bounty is a mighty sweet
thing to the few men who are to get it,
but it is downright robbery of the people
who pay it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24
Catarrh IN Colorado.

/ used Ely's Cream Balm for dry ca,
tarrh. 1t proved cure-B. F. NJ.
Weeks, Denver.
Ely's Cream Balm is especially adapted
as remedy for catsrrh which is aggra.
waited by alkaline dust and dry Winds
w. A. Hover, druggist, Denver
can recommend Ely's Cream Balm to
all sufferers from dry catarrh from per-
sonal experience. Michael Herr, phar>
mscist. Denver.
Ely's Cream Balm has cured many
cases or catarTh. II is III constant de-
mand.-George w. Hoyt, pharmacist.
Cheyenne, Wy.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24

4 new method of lubricating passenger
car journals is under the experiment of
members of the Eehigh Valley Railroad
company. The idea is as simple as can be-
consisting of strip of goods resemb bling a
lamp wick, one end of which is immersed
in oil; the wick outside of the oil is wrap
ped around the journal, and at every revo-
luton of the wheel the oil is drawn to the
journal, keeping it continually cool. One
pint OF oil, it is claimed, will run train
5000 miles without the slightest danger of
an overheated bearing. The Manufactur
ers' Gazette, authority for the foregoing
says ifthis method is developed it will I'M
doubtedly meet with success, as hot boxes
resulting from friction are the source of
much trouble
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24

A protection organ parades the report
of press agent that glovemakers are
earning only $50 to So week in Ger
many as an argument for taxing Ameri-
cans who Wear gloves. The organ omits
to say that Germany has high pro-
tective tariff. New York World.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24
sucxLEE'e ARNIcA shLyE.

TIE best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, aores, ulcers. sal. rheum, fever
sores, letter, ehapped hands, chilblains.
corns snd ali skin eraptions, snd posi-
lively cures piles, OF 10 pay required. II
is guaranteed TO give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price rs cents per
box. For sale Nv Hsr.z z Rshuseu.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24

The tobacco crop of Montgomery and
surrounding counties in Ohio will send a
million and half dollars to that section.
No Amer tobacco land can be found than
that which lays along the Illinois river
this thate. 1t is said to be much better
adopted to the cultivation of the plant
than the soil in Ohio
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24

In view of the extensive use of rope in
the place of leather betting for the trans
mission of power, considerable interest at
taches to a wire rope which has recently
been introduced
The illustration here reproduced from
the st. Louis Republican shows the struc-
ture of a I-incb rope, which is claimed to
be equal to an S-inch fat belt in its pow
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24
UNWILLING OF THE GRANT MON
UMENT.
Linc0IRaPark, Chicago, October ssh,
1871

For above occasion the Burlington
route. c.. B. & @. R. R, will sell ex-
cursion tickets at half rates to Chicago
and return.
Tickets to be sold October 6, from
points within 800 miles of Chicago, and
October from points within $50 miles of
Chicago.
Imposing street parade in correction
with the ceremonies at Lincoln park. also
theatres, Chicago exposition. World
fair grounds, and host of special attrac
tions in the Worlds Fair City at this
time.
Ask your local agent for particulars.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER "a, 1891

The Prince of Wales smokes cigars
that cost 81, 800 per thousand. while the
men who furnish the money to purchase
them seem to be reasonably content with
the duddeen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24
AN ANOMALY IN FROGS.

a Recent Acquisition to the London Zoo
logical Garden.
The London Geological society has con-
tributed many curious objects to the gaze
of the wonder loving public A recent
acquisition of kind to interest visitors
is none other than white frog-a rare OBJ
ject indeed He was caught in Wiltshire,
and is a fine specimen of his kind.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24

Pozzoni's Complexion Powder pro-
3nces soft and beautiful skin; it com.
bines every element OF beauty and purity
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24

He takes existence calmly in his weed
strewn box, not at all disturbed by the
curious who throng to see him all day
His large black eyes are trimmed with flesh
of dull golden color and make him
rather CHASTITY object than otherwise
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24

A careful examinAtion of the aqueous
bumor of the eyes OF cattle will determine
whether they are suffering from tubercle
or not. The bacilli will be found there in
all cases where the disease exists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24
WOVEN WIFE ROPE.

erful transmitting capacity. The author
ity mentioned says thai the rope is hollow,
being nothing more than a spiral spring,
woven through and through with small
wire. Actual tests of cable of this char
aeter, weighing ten ounces to the foot and
made of ordinary Bessemer wire, showed
that it possessed a tensile strength Of
COCO pounds
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24

William 81. Greene, Phelps, NY.
Frank w Page, Rochester. N Y
Z. Z. soverhill, Newark. y. Y.
l.. II. Sanford, Albion. n. Y.
Fred II. Lancaster. Syracuse NY
Jno. Bowles. Washington, u. c.
Prof. Charles b. Gordon PHILADELPHIA. Pa
Charles Wright. Philadelphia, Pa.
George L. Hoxie, Ithaca, n. Y
CharlesP II. Mays. Washington. ID. G.
George +. Carter, Orange, n. j.
c. G. Rauch, Lebanon, Pa.
Is. Frank Hand, Woodbury., n J.
A. J. Lamborn, Philadelphia Pa
n u. Jones. East Providence. r.
nr. Robert @. Nolan, BayOnne, n. ].
Hiram Buckingham, Baltimore, Nd.
James Morrison, Boston, Mass.
Frank Leonard. Norwalk. Conn.
-eorge II. Morrison. NY.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24
DETROIT Free Press: Respectfully re-

The quarrel is a very pretty
Emperor VII GU rrel a. il stands; we should
liam and his only spoil il by trying to plain
grand ma. it, lkichard Brinsley sheridan
ia men this plumber still you
Ward Meal fni.
lister. All think their little set man
kind VI Hannah Moore.
What rage for fare attends
President both great and small
Hari ison. Better be id than mentioned
not at all John Wo-cot.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24

Chocolate, vanilla and peach ice cream
and lemon ice at Krell s. Math's.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24

George F. Mcfarland. Ho--.- y
Mrs. George +. Mctarlan- y
Mrs. NJ. q. Norton, SteWaIle
Frank Stone, Grafton, Ma
Louis w. Klein, Eeokuk, !
Frank :. Allen, New lOTs y.
w. II. spoOner. Boston, y
ID. b. Saxton, Philadeipl. 1'
Edward Coach, Orange , j. d.
c. G. Morrison. Philadel pA-A' '.'
J. J. Badgley, Quincy, Mis,. .-
-tepben l.. Selden. Duluth. al"-
George c. Bowen, EIgin. IL
Il. II. Gibson. Wayne. IL
J. b. Allen, Chicago, IL.
+. Ii. Pharis. Chicago, III,
L. j. Busch, Providence, y. J.
A. c. Pryor. PetersbUrE. y de- --..
q. +. :. Burton. PlatsnI' ulA.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24
What Present Stockholders Say:

G. :
We the of
Company being in the city of Taapooa for t
the OF the Company and the accuracy %
regarding their value and earning capacity and the location
development of tie city, hereby testify: j
First That made by tie
printed matter regarding Taapoos the manui
building developments uuder
much within the facts existing
Second That find the actual situation TalapooSa
rather than oyerstated by the Company in every ~
being fully verified by the ground
OF great Importance not being mentioned either in Their
printed natter the TaaIoosa
more promising and far better than expect iron
made by the Company in their various publications.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24
THE FARMERS MARKET.
WHERE OUR WHEAT CROP WILL
BE EATEN.

Only $4,000, 900 Bushels viii Be Con-
sumed by Our Protected Glasses to Gill;
900, 900 Bushels for the Foreign Mar
ket-How Protection Has Failed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24
ADVISORY eolRn
International Trust Co., Transfer Agents. rs Milk Street, Boston, Mn
$4,000 Shares Only now offered to the Public 0A m pgg
Until Oct. LIST, if not Previously Taken at 1TEUu-9.

Al stock purchased during the month of September e
dividend 20 share
October 1st, for the payment of the dividend.
Only 10000 shares offered when sold the
drawn from SALE listed the
The directors of the Alabama Investment Du-
pany have decided to offer to the public the balance
pany remaining unsod50O haresunt Oct 50 per s
On that date the 81
payment OF the October dividend and the listed
and price advanced o par.
Checks tie October dividend
in October to al! stockholders ya
IN September sciU receire the October dicjdend.
As but 10000 shares remain unsod and when -aEs
entire issue will have been disposed Of applications
September will be filed in the order received until Cc5:
and al subscriptions in OF this VII 6s
to the subscribers
No orders u De eued the present price $40 lTa
after II O'Clock midnight, I. @
mailed possible lcsa
10 ttdt GATE to insure delivery at price f0 @
ADDRESS ORDERS HtEE
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-24

If protection had carried ont its boast
ed scheme Of creating a home market
large enough to eat all our farmers
wheat, il would have had to bring here
$4,000, 600 people and put them into some
form of rejected manufacturing.
With such figures as these before them
our farmers viii see what an enormous
contract at market building protection
has taken upon itself. Do they believe
that it viii ever finish the Job?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-08-21
Grains of Gold.

The chains of habit are generally
too small to be felt till they are toe
strong to be broken johnson,
All our actions take their hues from
the complexion of the heart, as land
scapes their variety from light.
We do not trust God but tempt
him, when our expectations slacken
our exerlions.- Matthew Henry.
The readiest way of killing some
men is to give them n reputation.
They'll spend the rest of their days
taking care of it, Cheever.
There is more power to sanctifv,
elevate, strengthen, and cheer in the
word Jesus-"J ehoyah- Saviour
than in all the utterances of man
since the world began.-Charles
Hodge.
Make a valley receive the rain.
Low grounds are filled, high grounds
are dried up. Grace is rain. Why
dost thou marvel then, if "God re-
sisteth the proud and giveth grace un-
to the lowly.- Augustine:
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-08-21
A Free Fight.

The South Jersey farmers, with
their families and friends, 5000 in all,
held their annual reunion at Penns-
vile, N. j., last Thursday. The din
ner was hardly over when liquor be-
gan to assert itself, and a single
quarrel was enough to start q general
fight. At l o'clock Salem youth
had fight with Pennsville youth,
A big mob surged around the boys
and several fights were started. In
an hour 400 men and boys were fight
ing along the shore of the Delaware
river, on which Pennsville is located.
They fought with their fists and bruis-
ed each other badly. firing of this,
the farmers armed themselves with
their carriage whips, and using the
butts wore them out upon each other
In the hottest of the riot one Of the
ringleaders was knocked down and
kicked in the head. His recovery is
doubtful. Twenty men were SO bad
ly injured that the Pennsville phys.
icians had their hands full dressing
their wounds. 1t was impossible to
get the number of those slightly injur-
ed, but 20 will GOV Ell the number
When matters seemed to have quiet
ed Pennsvillc farmer wagered $50
to a Salem farmers gold watch on a
fight to a finish. They were well I'M
derway when the crowd began to fight
again. The farmers who live near
the towns of southern New Jersey
fought for those towns, and this pro-
badly accounts for the second fight.
DIR. John Henry Hopkins, Jr., cld-
est son Of Bishop Hopkins of Burling-
ton, died at Hudson, n. Y, last Fri
day after loug illness.
A mill was burned at East Haven
last Friday belonging to the Hall &
Chase Lumber company. The fire
was discovered at 4 o'clock, when the
roof was falling in. Half million
feet of lumber and 200 cords of wood
were burned. A dwelling house was
badly damaged. The loss will exceed
$4,000; insurance, $500. The origin
of the fire is unknown. The mill will
be rebuilt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-08-21
Temperance Notes.

lntemperance is the most dcstluc.
tive of all fanaticisms.
Who does the most for the devil
the man who makes the whisky. 81
the man who drinks it +?
Fashionable men in Paris and
London, it is stated, are now using
electricity as cure for excessive tip
pling.
a 100000 shipIoad of New Eng
land rum has just been started for
the African coast. The exporters
are bound that the field for foreign
missionary work shall not fail.
The Georgia Legislature has pass
ed a law for the punishment of drunk
en- doctors. 1t provides that convic-
ton of drunkenness shall disgualifv
a physician for further practice in
that State.
A French mechanic of fiftv-tbree
committed suicide because he had lost
the power to drink He left a letter
saying: "One small glass of liquor
makes me i'll now. As | cannot live
without drinking | am killing myself"
A bill for the suppression of inc
briefly is being prepared in the Ger
man Bundesrath. The Emperor
takes the liveliest interest in the
scheme to check drunkenness. and
has ordered that the progress of the
measure be reported to him.
DIR. S. II. Sheppard, of Brooklyn,
in his address before the Internation--
al Medical Congress on the best
treatment of alcoholism, said that the
Turkish bath was the best thing to
cure q drunkard, because the most
powerful agent for restoring natural
condition to all bodily functions.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-08-21

There are now blooming in st. Au
gustine sixteen plants of the agave Vic
toria regina species, or what is com
monty called the century plant.
towering column rises ont of the center
plant to the height of sixty feet, but il
is often relegated to the rubbish hear
as worthless, for the reason that as d
thing Of beauty il has no furthei
charms fot the eye Vot many thou
Sands of the siavins people Of the Old
World. utilize thi, shaft of the plant.
They make use OF i. as a razor strop.
Ar. w. Chambers auditor OF the
East Coast railway line, has had one
in use for many years, and 1t shows moi
the slightest defect from wear and tear.
The strop is made by taking the shaft
of the agavc and cutting it into
icngths Of twelve inches; these are split
into four, Or as many quarters as
possible, allowing to each piece suf-
iiciency of the pulp or heart of the
stalk to present surface of not less
than one inch, on which to strop q
razor. The heart hardens in time and
presents II zine. soft and naturally In
bricated surface for stropping razor.
Florida Times Union.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-08-21
A Poisonous Fisl,.

The anglers and lovers of fish about
Park Rapids, Mimi, are much dis
gusted and seriously alarmed over the
appearance Of numbers OF peculiar
fish in the lakes and ponds OF that vi
cinity, and which fish is said to be high
ly poisonous The best hnturalists as
well as the oldest and most experienced
fishermen of the neighborhood, have
declared that they are at a loss to
name the strange fish, which are SO
voracious that they swallow all bait is
soon rs placed in the water, and pre-,
vent others from biting while wholly
uneatable themselves. 1t is also be
iieved that they are exterminating the
other varieties, as immense quantities
of the latter are found dead every day
along the shorca of the lakes and
ponds.
The unknown member of the tinny
tribe is not unlike small trout, very
plump and very tender with few bones,
and those large II is, however nearly
black in color, except about the under
parts. where it is of metallic gray mixed
with gold, and a few red botches hear
the fins and about the head. 1t pre-
sents a handsome appearance in the
water about the surface Of which it
delights to linger, making 1t very easy
game. Eaten it has pleasant flavor,
bnt will produce violent pains in the
stomach, which if not allayed precede
death only a few hours How these fish
came into the lakes no one knows but
they first appeared about two weeks ago
after heavy fall of rain, when many
firmly believed they accompanied it. =
Philadelphia Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-08-21

Nashville, Tenn, Aug, l4,-Sur.
rounded by a few loving friends, Mrs,
James X. Polk, wife of the 10th
president of the United States, died
ut 8 80 o'clock this morning, peace
fully and quietly, in the full posses
sion of her mental faculties. Mrs.
Polk had been in perfect health until
Wednesday evening, when, on re-
turning from short drive, she was
taken suddenly i'll, and she never raj
lied, Had she lived until the 4th of
September next she would have been
Is years beyond the allotted time Of
three score and ten. The cause of
her death was simply exhaustion, re-
sulting from old age.
The bells throughout the city are
mourufully tolling, and expressions
of sympathy and regret are heard
from the masses of people as they
gaze upon the bulletins announcing
the demise of this honored and be-
loved lady, who spent her years
among the people she loved so well,
and who respected her as one of the
noblest of her sex. OF course as
yet no arrangements regarding the
interment have been decided upon.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-08-21
Eivihy Awny Brjdes.

A novel gift enterprise has been in
troduced in the clothing business by n
Washington firm. which actually give
away a blushing bride to any of Their
customers who apply. All that the ap
plicant has to do is to purchase a wed
ding suit. The firm do the rest-fur
nish the bride, the best mag and the
officiating clergyman. Six of their Gus
toners have already taken advantage
of this offer, and it is claimed that the
supply of brides, rs well as wedding
suits, is practically unlimited
On the last ascension the bride, a tall
and willowy brunette, was tastefully
att!red III travelling costume of tan
colored Henrietta cloth. with hat to
match, The groom wore black dag
nal coat and vest. with dark gray
striped trousers, I3Hlne lately after tie
ceremony the newly uHi,r!ed pair drove
TO the station for all extended bridal
trip --CIothier and Fnrrishpr.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-08-21
ODDS AND ENDS.

vaseline, taken half a teaspoonful at
a time, cures n cold
The best spice IL hunger; the bess
stimulant is exercise,
The only thing that will use an
enemy up completely ls love, Love
never fails
Women professors and lecturers are
10 be added TO the faculty OF Michigan
university,
The output of gold from Venezuelan
mines in 1890 amounted to more than
81, 900, 600.
The headdress of the shah Of Persia
is one mass Of diamonds and other pre-
cious stones.
Tie largest railway depot in the
world is at Birmingham, England II
covers eleven acres.
The debt of the Argentine Republic
is nearly 500, 900, 900, or about $l65
for every inhabitant
Don't worry your brain about the
man in the moon, but study the man
In your own ocercoat.
Nubian horsemen hold the reins with
their big toes, and Chinese boatmen
pull their oars by the same means.
It is said that harvest hands in Min,
nesota, Dakota and Montana are being
paid 50. 80 to "a, 30 per day and board,
: The leaves OF the so called American
aloe are made into razor strops and are
also employed for cleaning and securing
pewter.
From observations on the transit of
Mercury recently taken at the Lick OBJ
servatory. the diameter of that planet
is given as Q, 900 miles.
To yield love for service is too much
like a commercial bargain; but to serve
for love is a monopoly of souls, and
selfshness can never break the comb
nation.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-08-21
Gypsy Lore.

The wandering exiles whose origin
has been traced to the valley of the In
dies make it n rule to conform to the
dominant creeds OF their adaptive
lands. They are good Mussulmen in
Turkey, Roman Catholics in Austria,
and Protestant Christians in northern
Germany and the United States. But
in addition to those doglnas of expe-
diency, they profess tenets of an elder
creed which has been defined Us a sort
OF sun worship, and involves rites
which are still observed at certain times
OF the year, or even publicly upon ex-
traordinary occasions. A few weeks
ago hundreds of gypsies assembled at
Mascoutah, His, to attend the funeral
rites of prince" Celiouka Laja, the
young son OF an influential chieftain.
The body Of the little nornad was
buried with strange lamentations, after
having been completely stripped and
exposed for six hours to the hallowing
rays of the sun. - Exchange
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-08-21

He was born on Staten Island March %,
ls42, and while a boy was taken to Albany,
where his father opened paint shop, In
which the sou worked. At the age Of
nineteen, on Sept, 10, 1851, he enlisted in
Company b of the Ninety first New York
volunteers and was elected second lieu
tenant, His rise through the war was
slow, and he was but brevet captain
when he reached home, July 8, 1865 He
had taken part in very large number OF
engagements, and always with honor At
Five Forks the horse of the adjutant was
shot dead and fell on Captain Palmer, the
adjutant's saber piercing the captains
back IN such way as to almost sever the
spine A very delicate and skillful opera
tion saved his life,
Since the war he has been boss painter
In Albany, prospecting in business and liv-
Ing in good style, He has always been
active In Grand Army affairs and Repub-
lican politics.