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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

Editor What do you mean by this
expression you use, "A shapeless mass
Reporter-Why - err um-anvthing
that mean, something that-a-er-
why, you know
Editor-Thanks. only asked for in
Observation-Disclosures Leader.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03
A MODERN BARN.

them as light and sunny as day itself.
Two cows are chained in each of them
in 8 feet inch stalls. There is u
matched floor over the COW stalls, and s
feet above the floor, and 10 small ven
tilators carry off all bad air. The big
iron tank on the basement floor holds
water for four days drinking, and is
supplied from rock well, and a tenn
perature of about 80 dogs. is maintained.
The addition to the barn, 40 by 81
feet with IS foot posts, is balloon built
frame, with a self supporting roof, and
was built ready to be painted for $40. so,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03
A USEFUL TOOL.

Continuance Especially Designed for
Destroying PursIane.
n correspondent writing for the bene-
1t of Popular Gardening says in regard
TO the tool shown in the cut:
l built 1t for use in eradicating purs-
,ane. The one made is for use in nv
grape nursery, where the rows are eight
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

First Amateur PhOtographer-Did that
expert show you how it was done?
Second Amateur Photographer-Yes,
but he didn't show me how to do it
Life.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

The proprietors of Eiy's Cream Balm
do not claim 1t TO be cure all. but sure
remedy for catnrh. colds In the head and
hay fever. IT'S not liquid or snuff.
but Is easily ap piled into the nostrils. II
gives relief at once.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

First Wife, went to my husbands
pocket for something and found letter
there
Second Wife-From some woman.
suppose.
First Wife-No; one | gave him to
mail month agO.-Cape Cod Item
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

One of the first openings made for wo-
men in the mercantile world was at the
cashiers desk, and despite the numer-
GUS channels since opened to women work
ers in no OF her field do they make greater
success You never hear of woman en-
bezzler.-Clicago News.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

No friends hip is so cordial or SO delicious
as that of girl for girl; no hatred so intense
and immovable as that of woman for wo-
man. In youth You love one above the
others OF your sex; in ripper age you hate
all, more or -ess, in proportion to similari-
ty of accomplishments and pursuits
Lander
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03
LAEe Results.

Johi:at Cumso-Did you go fishin'
yesterday:
Freddy Fangle-Yep.
Johnny Cumso-Wojjer catch?
Freddy Fangle-Five fish and a whip
pin'.-Judge.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

Pain and dread attend the use of most
cstarrh remedies. Liquids and snufis are
unpleasant as well as dangerous. Elv's
cream Balm is safe, pleasant, easily an.
nlled into the nostrils, and a sure cure
IL !, ciesnses the nasal passages and heals
.ne lnnamed membrane, giving relief at
once. Price soc.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

all so s,, per ton for best anthraci, coal.
all sizes. delivered within ci,v ,io,s Ok
81 hoa, discount sc Tor cash. Indian,bIack
ca ooanu Oannel coal So per ton delered.
onn se ADDED on all orders for les Than
o"' 'oh' CARRYING in CSC per ton stra.
Z. G.. Fp.vp
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

ffr NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lITl m IITi IN n n ET,
~S,~,-ll wv = t-n,!sls II
A saw WIFE H1cKorY BOW ArrAcIIMESr

SAW WITH HICKORY BOW ATTACHMENT.
When not in use, says The Michigan
Farmer who originally described this
convenience IN a Philadelphia exchange,
the bow can be slipped off and allowed
70 straighten. This bow stiffens the
saw, adds little to its weight, and is
said to be about equal to a good boy at
the other end of the saw.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

Dirty Dickson-Puggsy's gittin' to be
a resler dude.
Weary Watkins-Whaz he done?
Dirty Dickson--He washed hisself this
uiOrnin' .-Wesr- ss55th;;G,~e.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

Conductor-Ticket, please!
Dead Beat-I travel on my cheek.
Conductor-Very well: which cheek
10 yOu prefer to travel on?-Puck.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

The necessity for leaving bees undis.
turbed a far rs possible during the sea-
son In which they cannot gather honey
or pollen Is not understood bv beginners
as well as it ought to be. Quinbv adj
vised many years ago what most modern
DeekeeperS now practice. He said: 'If
1t wer" not that an occasional cxanina-
ton Is needed to see that rats or mice
have not effected an entrance ortoa sca-1
tain If the room Is not unduLara = r
would advise locking thee. damp l
wlntering ap3rt1gnt, ~ door Of the
-yrius,s., -. wiz and not opening IL
TN eea AL but | advise making these
examinations and all needed changes as
quietly and as seldom as possible. All
ventilators should Boo So arranged as to
be regulated from the outside. and means
for ascertmulu- the temperature. with
ont entering tn" room for the purpose.
should hr provided
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03
lee.

WIN me ss Hildebrandt & weiuReer.
co.. nave a,,.a purchased the Rock Ia Ice
"a "a ou'ht' began delivering Nov.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03
e2ft
Plan OP MODERN BARNS.

and is a thoroughly well built barn in
every respect. The walls of this part
are of matched lumber, doubled, with
tarred paper between, and it never
freezes in the stable, the temperature
there being rarely below 10 dogs
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

The figure III the annexed cut SHOWS IA
convenience for those who saw wood
alone. 1t is simply hickory bow
fastened at one end by short bolt and
slipped over the saw at the other end.
and held in place by the handle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

Celestine-Why didn't you take that
seat the gentleman offered your Ernestine
Because would have had to sit next to
that woman WI ose dress doesn't harmonic
with mine
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

% clean ma bile mix whiting with COM
n soap till thick as paste Spread it on
marble and leave it for a couple of
IL. When the paste is cleaned Off the
ms will also be removed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

To keep the bright, green color Of sum-
mer cabbage and some other vegetables
boil fast in plenty of water in which has
been dissolved piece of washing soda the
size ostwo peas; cover until the water boils
and then take off the lid. II the steam is
shut in the cabbage will be yellow.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

. carpet, especially dark one, often
ks dusty directly after sweeping.
ing spon &c almost dry out of water
wipe off the dust from the carpet. 1t
i brighten t quite effectively
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

He was an Irish hostler who named his
horse Favor because il had to be curried
much,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03
Slightly Mixed.
IL In a EiRfaka

Can you count far now, Tommy?'
''Yeth. can count ath far ath
HarpeS's Young People.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

a hole in the stock shelter lets feed
through just rs truly rs does a hole in,
the rrauo,-- 'H
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

Ii is what is done and suffered in the
house. in the constitution, in the tempers
ment, in the personal history, that has the
profoundest interest for us Fact is better
than fiction, If only we could get pure
fact-EmersDn
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

Of [KI ss sockless Jerry ,.op.
Of in A hia .,s didn't get anything speak
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

The wife of a well known member of par
lament keeps a scrap book in which she
pastes all tie uncomplimentary para
graphs printed about her husband. They
.ame in handy for quotation at times.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

Miss Frances E. Willard, in her walks
about Chicago, has discovered women who
make skirts for seventy five cents a dozen
and furnish their own thread. She also
finds children working twelve hours a day
for 81 "A week
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03
Hard Coal MARIE,

sv 1--we mas no respect for locks, annie
average bald-hesded man can tes,i,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

rasI NAIL TRAIN with Eiec;rir lighted end
siean heated Nes;ibuled train. h,f-ecn CHI
eAco, Milwaukee. 81 PAul and ~ une aJsoii.-
ThAN-CONT1SF STAL ROUTE vita Eicc'rir
lEhicd and steam heated Nesffbulcd ffsin. be-
sesn chicago ana Counou Blufs. oElahs o.
~ raul and the PAciac Coast.
GREAT NATIONAL ROUTE no;weru ClirAro
ksnsas City and ST. Joscph. NO.
oso NILE OF ROAD reaching Al prlrr "a
polnh- IN Illinois, Wisconsin. Niuns-uia. in~A.
-onn. South DrkoiA and North Dakota
10y mAp.. time table,, rAies of passage snc
freight etc. apply 20 the nearest .i.ii0r as,stf
OF the CnleAgo. Milwaukee a ST. Pnui RAils., o.
70 any railroad Aren't anywhere In the world.
koswkLL MILLER. A. V. n. CARPENTER
Sehera Manager Genl f..s- a !. Agt.
- ror informafion IN reference 20 Lands ara
ioshs owned by By the Chicago. NtiuAukas a
~ ra1l Halfway COMPANY, write 20 n. q. Hau-
gen. Land Commissioner NIl~aukee Wl.oon.Ir
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

zSor solder ia ke mixture of two parts
S5neo one d. IT of lead. For. q soideripQ
w dissolve zinc IN muriatic acid, then
/ nan little SO ammoniac and dilute it
81 G little wJIter.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03

Don't put too much trust in .
ready. Vi ~
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-03
Country Comforts

Farmer Griffins - Amt your face
changed some sence last night? | don't
remember that ere goatee.
Transient Guest-My friend, I've just
washed. That's an icicle.-Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-17
.: August
Flower

81 inherit some tendency to Dys-
pepsia from my mother. suffered
two years in this way; consulted
number of doctors. They did me
no good. then used
Relieved in your August Flower
and it was just two
days when I felt great relief. soon
got so that I could sleep and eat, and
felt that 1 was well. That was
three years ago, and I am still first
class. / am never
Two Days. without a bottle, and
if 1 feel constipated
the least particle dose or two of
August Flower does the work. The
beauty of the medicine is, that you
can stop the use ofitwithout any bad
effects on the system.
Constipation While was sick
felt everything it
seemed to me a man could feel. /
was of all men most miserable. lean
say, in conclusion, that I believe
August Flower will cure anyone of
indigestion, if taken
Life ofMiserywith Judgment. A.
M. Weed, 22e Belle
fontaine St, Indianapolis, Ind" Q
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-17
ga LITTLE NONSENSE"

| -Teacher-"Whata are draft riots?'
Pupil-'-Quarrels caused by people not
| shutting the door"
Most of the literature published
| for boys these days is unhealthy" Il
know it, but unhealthy as it is there is
| no killing tn Y. Press
BY proud father
| If everyone would think OF me
| As nay boy does. I wis
To all the world I'd seem to be
The greatest man there is
-Jessiers ain.-Cora-''What did
Jessie say when he threw himself al
her feet9'' Dora-'Opch. Murder.
That's my favorite corn. IN Y.
Herald
II tell YOU" said Murray Hill.
there's an indescriba bic sense of lux
ury in lying in bed and ringing ones
bell for his valet" You got Falet?"
NO: but I've got bell
Country Farmer-'Ha. Ia: is it re-
ally true that you poured boiling water
down a hens throat to make her lay
boiled eggsg City Farmer-'Oh. yes.
but nav partner did still better-he
tried it on rooster.
-Father-'Cone, now. my SOM stoo
beating about the bush VIII you bring
the coaI?" Old Uncle John-"Whsn l
was boy I didn't beat about the bush
much- Il l was slow about doing an
errand, the bush had fashion Of beat
ing about me"
"A Judge of the supreme court has
decided that the term home" means
simply shelter and cot support In
that view of the subject one would re-
alize more domestic comfort from an
um brelia than fro-n a lamp-post-
Lowell Courier.
A Remarkable Resem blance.
O'oueer---Faith,o our Johnny and Mag
gle Murphy resimble each other strong
W." Mrs OQueer-f'Sure. In what
way?" Mr.. O'Qaeer-"Why, its asily
seen Both his father and her father
are hod-earriers Yankee Blade
What are you crying about? asked
kind-heartedstr stranger of q lad who was
standing in front of a newspaper Office
weeping as If his heart would break
.-Ofa, dads gone upstairs to lick the edit
or We'll, hasn't he come down yet?''
Pieces OF him have" exclaimed the
boy, in a fresh burst of tears, 'and I'm
expecting the rest every minute
Mamma. please give me drink OF
water I'm so thirsty" S.So. you are
not thirsty. Turn over and go to sleep !"
IA panse.l Mamma, won't you please
give me a drinke I'm SO thirsty" IF
you don't turn over and go to sleep
I'll get mp and spank you." (Anothez
panse-) Mamma. won't you please
give me drink when you get up &c
spank me?'
Mrs La Mode-''Oh. I beg VOC t
take off that dear little bird So much
is being said about this destruction of
bird-life that would not wear one TO.
the world Haven't you anything elses"
Milliner uaying wing. on the hiatt
81 hardly think we have, madam We
are trimming with birds and wings al
most entirely" Mrs La Mode-"That
wing would do very well were it not SO
small If you can get more OF that
style you may trim it up with winga''-
Harper's Bazaar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-17

"Ho,c do I look ?"
That depends, madam, upon how
you feel. IF you're suffering from
functional disturbances, Irregular
ties or weaknesses, you're sure TOT
look it." And Dr.. Pierce's Fa-..
vorite Prescription is the remedy:
1t builds up and invigorates the.
system, regulates and promotes the
proper functions, and restores health
and strength. It's a legitimate
medicine, not a beverage purely
vegetable, perfectly harmless, and
made especially for woman's needs.
In the cure of all "female COM
plaints," it's guaranteed to give sat-
isfaction, or the moneyis refunded.
No other medicine for women is
sold so. Think of that, when the
dealer says something else (which
pays him better is Just as good"
"Times have changed" So have
methods. The modern improve
ments in pills are DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets. They help Nature, in
stead of fighting with her. Sick
and nervous headache, biliousness,
costiveness, and all arrangements
of the liver, stomach and bowels
are prevented, relieved, and cured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-17

sMokkLKss POWDER And MODERN SIFLSs-
concur in tbs Recommendation o. the sssys-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-17

mere roafsne
PructornT
appointmept.
Vermont E&
10 his Colleague
wNeN to IlE
the depsrtHA
In the aduHa
Arizona republican., 1891-10-02
A MEXICAN LEGEND.
Indian ms Who Believe in D Wonderful In.
 land City.


 land City.
 During the frequent visits I have made to Mexico." said mining engi- neer of Philadelphia to an Inquirer man, ''I have come in contact with many of the Indians resident there and have heard some very singular stories. One, which all the Indians unite in tell ing, is that far in the interior exists an enormous city, never yet visited by white men. It is described as pcopled by race similar to the ancient Aztecs, who are sunworshipers and offer human sacrifices to their diety.
 "The race is said to be in high state of civilization, and the Indians say that the city IS full of huge structures which are miracles of quaint but beautiful architecture, and are situated on broad, paved streets, far surpassing those of the City of Mexico.
 "One Indian, I recollect, assured me that he had seen the city and it's inhab- tants with his own eyes, but had been afraid of being captured and had fled, Of course, did not believe him, but, all the same, it is not little strange that the accounts of the Mexican h. dians relative to the mysterious and magnificent interior city agree per fectlyn
Arizona republican., 1891-10-02
COULDN'T SEE THE JOKE.
A Story Which 1T True Illustrates Eng glish Ignorance of American Affairs.

A Story Which fl True Illustrates Eng.
 glish Ignorance of American Af,irs.
 According to a gentleman who re- gently returned from England some of the wcll-lnown men there are not well infor rl as to the details of American history. lr told New York Times re- port DO tory:
 Dul stay of Mrs. Mckee and Mrs. RU ell Harrison m London the Lon don Times gave considerable space to de- tails of the receptions given them, and on one occasion spoke of Mrs. Mckee as the daughter of Mir Charles Harrison, president of the United States"
 This caused good deal of comment on the part of Americans in London. A few days after the publication occurred one of the dinners given in honor of the distinguished Americans in London, and Gen. James $. Clarkson was one of the after-dinner takers. He professed his ignorance of the details of English pol itics, and expressed regret at the fact, but said he thought there were some reciprocal conditions among English men, as he had seen the name of Mrs. McKee's father printed as Charles liar risOn. president of the United States. '" This he thought should be an offset for any errors he might make in speaking of Englishmen and affairs.
 burst of applause and laughter from the Americans present followed, and when it had died down a titled Englishman, who had not joined in the applause, spoke up: And where is the jole?"
 Then the Americans again applauded.
Arizona republican., 1891-10-02
DEVOTED TO SPIDERS.
A Lifetime spent In Collecting and study
 ing the Insects.

A Lifetime spent In Collecting and study
 ing the Insects.
 'One of the curious things of this life" remarked an eX-congressman to a Pittsburgh Dispatch man, lis the de- votion of some men to an idea without regard to the opinion of the rest of the world and without hope of reward. l know of man from my state who has devoted lifetime to spiders. He died in the Alps, where he had been for two years collecting specimens of spiders. He sacrificed his life to spiders. He has left collection of some twenty eight thousand distinct varieties. You would hardly think there were many more spiders in existence. This man had them stuck up in sections, in classes, fully labelled.
 He began fooling with spiders when a boy. He had room that he would allow no one to sweep or clean, and en- couraged the spiders to such an extent that they would come to him and feed out of his hand. He discovered that by repeatedly destroying a web a spider reached a stage where his power of reproducing web isexhausted. When that stage was reached the spider at tackled another spider, killed him, and took his ball web from him. Just like human being, don't you see? Before this man died he embalmed his knowl- ,dge of spiders in two volumes. He was spider crank"
Arizona republican., 1891-10-02
HISTORIAN MACAULAY.
His Appearance Gave No Indication
 His Mental Gifts,

Although not an athlete, Macaulay to amuse himself at Cambridge and probably in later years with such sports as horn blowing until his neighbors wished him far enough away. He was a good walker, and that, if it can be dignitied by so pretentious name, was his only bodily accomplishment. Ride he never could, and when. as cabinet minister in attendance on the queen, he was informed that a horse was at his disposal, he replied that if he were to ride it must be on an elephant In per son he was not prepossessing, says the Gentlemans Magazine. Mrs. Beecher Stowe. in sunny Memories of Foreign Lands" describes him as short, stout and onplace-indeed. thoroughly English, to quote her uncomplimentary language. Fat and rather ungainly with a cOuntcnancc that in repose was ,ingularly wanting in animation and intellect, ic might have been mistaken for an unlettered farmer; indeed, he was actually taken for a cholera doctor"-SO. at least, Mir. Greville in forms us, with exquisite good taste and very scant courtesy to the fol lowers of Galen. That very accom- plishcd gossip describes with some humOr his first interview with Mac uulav and his consternation when he discovered that the fat, silent man at his side who had been so busily ab- ,orbcd getting through his dinner, was the famous Thomas Babington Mae aulay. The model in Mime. 1ussaud's gallery is faithful enough, and it is m no sense that of an imposing or par ticularly handsome man. He dressed expensively but with want of taste, and he looked more like good-humored, country-bred tradesmenof slender parts than brilliant wit, distinguished statesman and irrepressible talker. Talking. when he was in humor, was his delight He would talk for hours, no matter who was present, and he rarely gave his hearers those brilliant occasional flashes of silence, as Sydney smith humorously and felicitously called them.
Arizona republican., 1891-10-02
DOGS ON MONEY.
The Canines of Different Nations shown
 on Their Coins.

The Canines of Different Nations shown
 on Their Coins.
 There is an important group of about forty coins containing outlines of dogs, which deserve careful study. The in terest of some of them, says Chambers Journal, IS mainly mythical, as with L@laps, the hound of Acteon, presented to Cephalos by Procris or with the dog of Segeste, which symbolized the river Crimisus. But there are enough to show how extensive were the operations of the dog fancier in early times. The coins afford no evidence of the develop ment of spaniel, there being no ex- ample of pendulous ear, or of mas tiff, though bulldogs were undoubtedly known in the arenas of imperial Rome But they prove conclusively-what is shown, indeed, by the less artistic products of Egyptian pictography-that the ancients had four kinds of dogs-the wolf dog, the hound, the greyhound and the terrier. The Umbrians had their wolf hounds, the Apulians, of Asculum, their grayhounds, the more rugged hunters of the Tuscan forests their fox dogs. The favorite dog of Artemis Laphria, as on coins of Patre and Sparta, was a greyhound, while Act eon's dogs must have been half-breed deerhounds. Rhegium, if the cons may be trusted, had his sheep dogs; the Macedonian city of Mende its terriers, and Cume, just above the bay of Naples, to which all the luxuries of the ancient world were brought, its poodles. Further pursuit of this line of inquiry would probably throw some useful light upon the direction of canine do. mestication.