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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17
4 Dry Land Fish.

c. f. Holder tells of how, some years
ago, detachment of troops doing duty in
Africa came upon level stretch of coun-
try perfectly dry and devoid of the least
suspicion of moisture, yet while they were
digging holes for the posts of their tents
one of the number unearthed a fish, dry as
chip-a long, eel-like member of the finny
tribe, coiled in "A bail, seemingly incased
in a mud cocoon. The fish was supposed
to be mummified and WAS taken as a curl
osity.
Finally, after the lapse of several weeks,
it fell into the hands of Il naturalist, who
placed it in water The mud of the cocoon
slowly dissolved; the fish gave a gasp and
was soon swimming about at lively rate
Here was Il singular example of a fish liv-
ing out of water. 1t belonged to a group
known as lung fishes" the members of
which have the peculiar faculty of migrat-
ing overland and of being able to exist not
merely for days but for months out of the
water.
AT certain seasons the small lakes and
ponds of the Dark Continent" dry up,
anu, were 1t not for some provision which
enables these fishes to live through this dry
season it is evident that they would have
long since become extinct. In this case, as
in all others where nature is interested,
provisions have been made by which this
curious fish either creeps overland to other
streams or lives in a semdesiceated state
until the return of the wet season.-St.
Louis Republic.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17
Life Saving Soap.

A cake of soap is said to have saved the
lives Of five men and boy off tie coast of
New Guinea. The story as told in the
smoking room of a steamer going to Bris-
bane, by an old man, the owner of several
vessels engaged in pear fishing. is reported
in Mr.. Nisbet's Colonial Tramp"
at all happened in a moment" said the
old man. THE ship struck part of the
reef and went down like thunderbolt,
and we had only time to jump overheard
and swim ashore.
we were at the mouth of Cloudy bay,
which meant slow roasting alive as soon
as the natives got a peep at us. We were
wet, hungry and miserable, with nothing
to stay the pangs of hunger.
AS daylight dawned saw case slowly
drifting to shore. In moment we were
all wading and swimming to secure the
treasure. We had it on shore in no time,
and prying it open with our fingers found
it filled with soap. We bemoaned our hard
luck in emphatic language.
"'Close round the case, boys, they're
comingp l shouted, and saw fifty mop
headed savages armed with spears, bows
and arrows, rushing toward us. At fifteen
yards distance they paused, and their CHER
came out to talk with us. | grabbed an
armful of the soap tablets and advanced to
meet him. His eyes lightened as he saw
the amber like cakes on which the sun was
shining. Novelties, when they take, mean
success.
Going straight up to this man eater
offered him a cake. He took it, smelt It
and tasted it. Evidently he did not like its
taste, for he scowled at me- BY signs I
showed him how to use it. The Papuan is
fond of washing himself, and my pantomine
took his fancy. Seeing a stream of fresh
water, led the chief to it. First washing
my own hands, gave him the tablet He
did as had done and was delighted.
Then for the next ten minutes there
was scrubbing among those copper skins.
Their weapons We're thrown down, and they
lathered one another and then tossed the
water over their bodies
"We were saved and made on the spot
medicine men of the tribe. The pictorial
advertisements of the soap makers were
used to decorate the idol house. Two
weeks afterward we were rescued by an
English war sloop.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17
How Passengers Ar. Taken Aboard,

Speaking of the St. John river, the peo-
pie who live on its banks have delight
fully risky way Of getting on and off the
steamers which run on the river. As the
steamers cannot make many landings,
man who wants passage gets boat and is
rowed out into the river. When the
steamer comes along she slows down and a
man armed with long pikepole gets a
grip Oh the rowboat and literally Snakes"
1t alongside. The passenger is then hauled
on board by some hanging steps,
This shaking" process is skillfuily done
by the pikepoie man. He always gets his
boat and he always gets his passenger. As
a harpoon thrower he could make records
fifty times a day. But he is not gentle.
When he swings the rowboat in the sud
den jerk comes within an ace of swapping
the passengers head off or of breaking his
backbone. Then, to add to his enjoyment
and appreciation of the situation. three or
four barrels of water, more or less, are
washed into the rowboat. He gets it all.
But the New Brunswick Canadian has
the disposition OF a saint. He comes on
deck wet and collapsed, but smiling, as if
the steamboat company which is good
enough to accept his fare had perfect
right to kink his neck. fracture his spinal
column and soak him in brackish water
New York Tribune
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17
FREE TRADE IN MEN.
ssRAIAds on Immigration" Is the Key
note of High Professionalism.

note of High Professionalism.
"Yes, neil are on the free list. They
cost us not even freight. We promote
free trade in men, and it is the only free
trade am prepared to promote" said
Hon. William D. Kelley, of Pennsyl-
vania, the leader of the high protection
lists in congress in 1872.
Ever since the contract labor law of
1864 was sandwiched in between the in
ternal revenue laws of 1862 and the
tariff of 1864 ''free trade in men" has
been the keynote of the high protection
list policy. This contract labor law went
so far in its promotion of free trade in
men" as to provide that manufacturers
who imported their workmen should
have first lien upon the workmen's
wages to reimburse them for their ex-
pense.
So persistently have the protectionists
advocated free trade in men" that to-
day thousands of work men are employed
in the coal mines and iron mills of Penn
sylvania whose names are not put down
upon the day books of the manufacture
ers, but who are designated in the pay
rolls by numbers alone.
That the beneficiaries of high protec-
tionism will see to it that this policy of
promoting free trade in labor shall not
be changed is shown by the following
statement made by Andrew Carnegie
just before embarking at Liverpool for
the United States. Said Mr.. Carnegie,
in reply to the question, "What do you
think, Mr.. Carnegie, of the unchecked
food of undesirable immigration into
American
Il say don't touch immigration; let it
flow on. We are getting the cream of
Europe. want to see America great,
really great. We need all the popula-
ton we can get. We have only seven
teen persons to the square mile, and
there are hundreds of millions of acres
of land where the sod has never been
turned. l say, hands off immigration.
When the Mckinley tariff was being
discussed its promoters demanded its
enactment on two grounds:
First-To provide work for the unem-
ployed in new industries; and
Second-To provide home market
for our surplus farm products.
NObhinS vas ihO1o pIOlIIlucuJ Judl IQ6
protectionist assertion that the labor
market was congested, and that our
farmers were suffering from overpro-
duction. But now that the tariff bill
which they advocated has become a law
they are using every effort to keep the
labor market congested, and at the same
time to continue the overproduction of
farm products. This means low wages
for workingmen and low prices for farm
products. At the same time, the real
benefciaries Of the tariff by the forna-
tion of trusts to regulate production and
raise prices will see to it that they get
all the bonus the tariff allows. Free
trade in labor, the only thing the work
man has to sell, and high duties upon
everything the workman has to buy is
the keynote of high protectionism.
How long will it be before the farmers
and workingmen will see through this
hypocrisy?
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17
A PROTECTION" PARADOX.
The Farmer Nearest the Protected Man
ufactorles Suffers Most.

The Farmer Nearest the Protected Man
ufactories Suffers Most.
VIII some member of the Mckinley
party please explain how it is that labor
ers in industries benefited by '.protec-
ton" usually vote against the system
that, according to Mckinley logic, pro-
vides them with bread and butter, while
the votes that sustain protection" come
largely from rural districts in no way
benefited, but in many ways cursed by
protection" to manufactured articles
they have to buy?
For instance, the large manufacturing
cities of New York are Democratic, while
the rural counties are oftener Republican
or have been SO. Admitting that pro-
lection has built all the mills that have
been erected in New York during the
last thirty years, where is the farmer
benefited by the supposed ''home mar
ket" accompaniment? He has lost half
the value of his farm during this time,
and often has had to mortgage the other
half for all it is worth. 1t is remarka-
bic fact that farm values have declined
most near these home markets. Albany.
Schenectady and Amsterdam. have
doubled their populations during the
last fifteen years. In this same time
farm values, even within few miles of
corporation lines, have declined so per
cent, while abandoned farms are nu-
merous within twenty or thirty miles
from any of these fiourishing, protected
cities. Surely, if this sort of .'horne
market" has any virtues, for the farmer
its good effects ought to be manifest in
such plain cases as these.
But the truth is that protection" has
not built the vastlnajority of these mills
that it does not provide any appreciate
home market for farm products and that
the benefits from protection go neither
to farmers nor wage workers, but to
manufacturers aud trust corporations.
The wage earners have found this out
and refuse to support a system that taxes
them for the benefit of manufacturers.
That the farmer may yet see and vote
for his own interests is the wish of all
honest. intelligent citizens.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17

have been botheredswith catarrh for
about 20 years; had lost sense of smell
entirely. and he'd almost lost my hear
ing. My eyes were getting so dim had
to get some one TO thread my needle.
Now have my hearing as well as / ever
had. and l can see to thread as fine :
needle as ever did. my sense of smell is
partly restored. ard it seems to be i'm
proving all the time. think there is
nothing IKE Eye Cream Bslu for catarrh.
MIS- Z Z Grimes. Rendr:ll. Perry Co,
Ohio.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17

In the pursuit OF the good things OF
this world we anticipate too much; we
sat out the heat and sweetness of world.
y pleasures by delightful forethought Of
them. The results obtained from the use
OF DR.. Jones Red Glover Tonic far exceed
all claims. 1t cures dyspepsia. and all
stomach, liver, kidney and bladder
troubles. 1t is perfect tonic, appetizer.
blood purifier, sure cure for ague and
ualarial diseases. Price. 90 cents, of
druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17
The Wrong Brown.

Mr.. Henry Brown went TO the telephone
in answer TO a call.
as that you, dearsp
"Yessy." (Mr. Brown says he thought
it was his wife,
DO you love me as much as you did yes
terdayS'
81 think you have the wrong Brown
my name is Henry" sale Mr.. Brown. with
Spartan virtue.
He says he heard a shrek of "Oh,
m-e-r-c-yf and the telephone was rung off.
and he returned to his lelgers and the cold.
cold world again.--Detrot Free Press
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17
To s.rvou. and psbl,.,.d Men.

II you will send me your address we
will mail you our illustrated pamphlet
explaining all about DIR. Dyes celebrated
electro voltaic belt and appliances, and
their charming effects upon the nervous
dabilitated system, and how they will
quickly restore you to vigor, manhood
and health. Pamphlet free. If you are
thus afflicted. we will send you belt and
appliances on trial.
VoLTAIc BELT Co.. Marshall. Mich.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17
A Safe Ipys.rmen,.

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results. or in case of
failure return of purchase price. On
this safe plan you can buy from our adj
vertised druggist bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. IT is
guaranteed to bring relief in every case.
when used for any affection of throat,
lungs or chest. such as consumption. in
Elimination of lungs, bronchitis. ssthma,
whoopirg cough, Group. etc. 1t is pleas
ant and agreeable to taste. perfectly safe,
and can always be depended upon. Trial
bottles free at Hariz & Bahnsen's drug
store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17
BuckLEN's ARNIcA SALIVA.

The best sslve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter. chspped hands, chilblains,
corns snd all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price IS cents per
box. For sale bv Hartz s. Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17
No Hope.

Clergyman (solemnly)-I greatly sympa-
thize with you in your affection. madam,
but you should not abandon yourself I,
grief. You should know where to turn for
consolation.
Young Widow-3ut who would want to
marry woman with three childrens-New
York Weekly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17
Merit Wins.

We desire to say to our citizens. that
for years We have been selling DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Btters. and have
never handled remedies that sell as well,
or that have gwen such universal salts
faction. We do not hesitate to guarantee
them every time. and we stand ready to
refund the purchase price, if satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great popularity
purely on their merits. HsriZ & Balm
sen, druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17

Under which king. Bezomiuef" Will
you shut your ear to the voice Of the
many who know whereof they speak and
suffer heart>killing neuralgiag or will
you buy bottle of Salvation Ois
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17

What is more attractive than pretty
lace with fresh. bright complexioni For
IL. use Pozzoni's Powder,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-17

The soft glow of the tea rose is &C.
nired by ladies who use Pozzo7i's Com
plexitn Powder.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-14

Since the President endeavored to
convince people along the route Of his
late western tour that reciprocity was
his aud not BLAINE's idea, the hostility
OF the HARRIsoSs TO the Secretary OF
State has increased in virulence and
meannesS. 'Son RUSSELL" was raped
over the knuckles by the decent and
unSubsidized portion Of the Republican
press for his impudent attacks on Mr..
BLAINE so that he WIS compelled TO re-
tire in confusion. But the war had to
be carried on. 1t was no easy task to
find Republican editors TO do the work,
however. as most Of the loyal editors
were tied to the public crib, and it
would hardly look we'll for them to lead
the assault against the 'plumed
knight" whose friends In the Republi-
can party are numbered by the thou
sand where HARRIsoN's are numbered
by the unit.
In Editor ELLIOT Fool SHEPARD,
however, the leader Of the forlorn hope
was found. He has started in with a
determination to leave nothing OF the
obnoxious BLAINE to interfere with the
HARRISON boom. This he hopes TO ac-
complish by presenting the premier
before the party as broken-down man,
with one foot in the grave and all hope
extinguished. To this end he has
stationed a female correspondent at
Bar Harbor, who daily "writes up" Mr..
BLAINE for the Nail and Express in the
most woeful vein, her accounts differing
totally from statements made in the
other New York papers by their Bar
Harbor correspondents, who report Mr..
BLAINE's health as considerably i'm
proved, and speak Of his apparent cheer
full look and generally robust appear
ance. 1t is very contemplate method
of warfare, unworthy of even such
fre-eater as Colonel SHEPARD, and it is
apt to hurt the HARRIsoNs far more
than it can Mr.. BLAINE. 1t Is bad
enough to steal all the distinguished
SecretaryS thunder, without going to
the extreme of killing him off before
his time. Mr.. BLAINE may return to
Washington sooner than his enemies
expect, and show them that he is still
leader of the party and able to sweep
away from his path the pigmies who
would usurp his position and popularity
in the party.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-14
A WRONG VIEW TO TAKE.

The esteemed Iltelligencer has not
yet shaken off its bad habit OF
opposing every move OF the REGISTER
looking to the progress and increased
prosperity Of Wheeling Our neighbor
has learned nothing from its numerous
disastrous defeats, from the ratification
OF the Union DIidSo OrdiH~"Vo, which
our neighbor opposed, TO the choice OF
stone as the material for the Main street
bridge.
1t now comes to time, as usual, in OPP
position to the REGISTERS plan to sys-
tematically present the great advantages
of Wheeling as an industrial centre to the
world at large, and thus to induce new
industries to locate among US, and also
to put stop to the removal Of already
established industries to "boom"
towns, which have already taken
one establishment from us
and secured the promise of two others
to leave Wheeling, on the representa-
tions and tempting offers Of their tai
ented ''boom" bureaus. None Of these
''boom" towns have half the solid adj
vantages of Wheeling, yet they are cap
turing some our most prominent indus
tries. AS the REGISTER has pointed
out. the removals now made or contem'
plated, mean the loss of something like
half million dollars annually to Wheel
ing, and half a million dollars is con-
siderable sum to withdraw from the
circulating medium of city OF oul
size.
But the Intelligcncer pooh-poohs it,
"Wheeling is all right" it says, at
tempting to make light Of the REGIS
TER's suggestions. Yes, neighbor
Wheeling is all right, but it has not you
to thank for it, with your opposition t
everything in the line of progress thai
YOU have not been first to suggest.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-14
TWO HORRIBLE DEATHS
A Boy Dies from Lock-Jaw and a ,
Meets Sudden Death on the RailrOs
c..<.xnI Tsilnr0fa 10 ne ReQister.

A Boy Dies from Lock-Jaw and y
Meets a Sudden Death on the RailrO.,
.Sp>efol Telegram TO shs Register.
SrEUBENvILLE, July 13.-Some \
weeks ago Charley Harris, nine.,,l
old SON of William Harris, the No
Third street butcher, while rum
around in his bare feet, stepped O.
piece OF glass, which badly cut his Id
Although the injury was painful, ucI
effects were anticipated from it o..
last Wednesday, when symptoms
lock-jaw developed and continued
grow worse as the hours went by. l.
night the disease eliminated in I,
death of the boy and released him h,
terrible agony.
This morning about seven o'co
Peter Rittenhouse, well-known Cit,
OF Wayne township, attempted TO On
across the Panhandle track, just q
OF Unionport Station. Three hon
were attached to the wagon and only
lead horse had cleared the track WI
the Dennison accommodation, q
bound, came around a curve at hi
speed and ran into the team, killing
Rittenhouse and the two hind hors
A wife and two children mourn his S.
den death.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-14
A Glassworker Talks.

The glass business now is not what 1t
used to be in its palmy days, in this
city," said a prominent South Side
glassworker, who is home from one Of
the Ohio gas towns to spend the sum-
mer stop. ''Ten years ago we all work
ed at Hobbs factory, but now the boys
will find them in ffihhdlay, Fostoria,
Toledo, Tiffin, Bowling Green, Ander-
son, Ind, Wellsburg, Lazearville, Steu-
benville, Pittsburg, Farentum, Blairs-
vile, and Rochester, Pa. Why, there
are enough Wheeling and Bellaire glass
workers in Findlay and Fostoria alone,
to make small town. Some OF the
ablest glassworkers in the country
graduated from the Hobbs and Central.
Mike Owens is managing factory In
Findlay, VIM. Russell has charge OF the
Model factory in Findlay, Jim Russell
is managing the Nickle Plate in Eos
torla, and many others are holding re-
sponsible positions in factories through
out the country. New factories are
springing into existence every day,
resulting in vast overproduction. No,
the business is not what 1t was ten
years ago."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-14

Stuffed In y H <r-lr
W1SoSA, MINI, July l3.-Ne.'',
two wears ago sensation was cau'e'
here by the suicide Of Lena WelnOe ~
for thirty years housekeeper Oh .u0 ~
Huff House, and the discovery AFTER ne'
death of about $4,000 in eoid cd hsr
slowed away under false bottoms III h ont
s sronSs with this money she was aoou'
70 return to her native land o" v,,.i
and had shipped her trunks 70 Dali a1v
more but in moment of insane irenas y
took her own life just as the TINE :,
rived for departure. Tne mone'
Maid over to her heirs in Sweden. Lose
A sequel now turns up scapce.y tuSs
interesting than the initial. On Sata.-
day evening her executor, Z. "A. uoe I'D
ZEN had his attantion drawn to an oiu
niano stool that had been used oy .ne
woman Lena, and taking it to pieces
there was found further sum OF slo,-
600 In gold, which the misery house-
teener had evidently slowed away.
There are various theories as to wnele
che obtained so much money. one CT
them Is that the real ownership is Coi.
Cockrell. the former proprietor OF tne
Huff house. 1t is probable Id" sun
will result.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-14
Burglar Shot Dead.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, July 13.-Yes-
terday Policeman Cuban caught two
men in the act of forcing an entrance
into residence in the western part Of
the city. The burglars Immediately at
tackled the policeman with clubs and a
bloody fight ensued, the officer getting
the worst of it. He managed to draw a
revolver and shot one of the men, kill
ing him instantly. The other submitted
to arrest, but refused to tell who the
dead man was or give any name.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-14
Rlaine,s sunday Attack.

New YORK, July ia Bar Haroor
special to the Tribune says: Secretary
Blaine had bad turn Sunday AFTER
noon. 1t was about two weeks since ne
had been seriously affected by any OF
the sudden attacks of his malady' ner-
vous dyspepsia. Almost within hall an
hour after the first news came from
Stauwood, hundreds of people were
anxiously listening for the latest news.
Presently Mr.. Blaine's coachman came
down the street with buggy, but ne
would not stop and hurried to the house
OF DR.. Taylor. The physician went 10
Stanwood. The weather has been sultry
and rumor says Mr.. Blaine had Just sat
down to late luncheon when he had
the attack. He was helped to his couch
and in a short time grew better ana
talked some. He, himself declared, so
it is said, that the heat was too much
for him, that he had on too much WOODEN
clothing for the raise in the tempera-
ture. He did not drive yesterday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-14
Are You Interested?

The following frank strtement from
J. E. Hare, of Trenton, Texas, will be
OF interest to many OF our ctisens:
my little boy was very bad off for two
months with diarrh9a. We used
various medicines, also called in two
Doctors, but nothing done him any good
until we used Chamberlain's Collie
Cholera and DIarrh9a Remedy. which
gave immediate relief and soon cured
him. l consider it the best medicine
made and can conscientiously recon-
mend it to all who need diarrhoea OIL
collie medicine" For sale by c. r.
Goethe, w. w. Irwin. Jno. Kari, c.
Menkemiller, W. S. Mccullough, NJ. w.
Heinrich. w. E. Williams, 5. l., Brice,
Jno. Coleman and w. Fl. Williams,
Wheeling. VIVA; Bowie & Co., Bridge
port, Ohio; B. F. Peabody, Benwood,
w. Va.