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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10
A Very Delicate Heat Discovery.

The new bolometer has been put to splen-
did use by Professor Langley, who with it's
aid has measured the heat radiation of the
light of the glow worm. He states that
the light given by this highly scientific in
sect is accompanied by less than one-four
hundredth part of the heat given by an
equal amount of gaslight. This means
that the light of the glow worm is four
hundred times more economical OF energy
than gaslight, and also vastly more eco
nomical than the electric light. York
Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10
HE new departure in form adopted by

The new departure in form adopted by
the Daily Continent Formerly the Starr
of New York, under the proprietorshi
OF Frank Apnsey, seems to meet with
popular approval. tits fi7e-c QUINN,
sixteen page sheet, ably edited and filled
With bright and newsy matter. The
columns are narrower, and about half as
long. Mr.. Munsey has deviated consid-
ersbly from the prevailing custom
adopted by metropolitan journals in his
makeup of the Continent, and il is to be
hoped that he will at least not regret his
action if it does not prove brilliant sue
eess.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10
Do You Corgki

Doubleday. Take Kemp's Bslssm, the
best cough cure. 1t will cure your
coughs aud colds. 1t will cure pains in
the chest. 1t will cure influenza and
bronchitis and al diseases pertaining to
the lungs because it is q pure balsam.
Hold 1t to the light and see how clear and
thick it is. You will see the excellent
effect after taking the first dose. Large
bottles SOC and 81.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10

KANSAS CITY annexed about $4,000 in.
nsbitsn's before the census. but is TO-DAY
out just that number of inh sbitants. The
ordinance annexing the outlying territory
has been declared illegal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10

GOVERNOR ALBEIT says that the yalpe
oil land per acre is gro alter in New JERSEY
than Ia any other state in the union.
Ihere is not farm in the state more
tnan ninety miles from either New York
or Philadelphia, and very little land more
than six miles from a sbi ppino naipt
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10

FORMERLY the great arctic or snowy
Owl was rarely foundln GENITAL or north
ern New York. but during the present
winter The species has been numerouslv
represented and numbers have been killed
Ahls Is thought to be due to the fact tn at
rabbits on which the birds feed. have
been uncommonly plenty this season and
have attracted them.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10

MR.. WINDOW like General Grant and
Secretary Manning, was a great smoker
oil cigars, and his excessive use of tobacco
IS supposed to have aggravated his heart
trouble. He was disinclined to take any
physical exercise and disliked walking.
Even in going the short distance from the
treasury building to the white house he
was accustomed to take carriage.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10

There is no danger of cold resulting
in pneumonia when Chsmberlsin's Cough
remedy is used as directed "for severe
cold" 1t effectuslly counteracts and
arrests any tendency of q cold to result
in pneumonia. This fact was fully prov
en- IN thousands Of cases during the cpl,
demic of influenza last winte. For sale
by Hartz s. Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1881

BANGOR, Me-, seems disposed to take
the lead in Introducing fsds. Att com.
ing ball in that city the prompter will be
suspended from the center of the ceiling
in basket.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10

DOCTOR KoOH's lymph is probably a
very valuable medicine but like most
other valuable medicines, it is most likely
to Kill you when you are least likely to
get well without it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10

oT' LOUIS Republic: After the demo.
Gratis of Illinois have made a nomination
lor United States senator and have sub.
mltfed it to tie people, its approval at the
polls binds them to support it to the ten
housaudin ballot in the Iegisls ture if
necessary. To abandon it would be to
repudiate the principal and to DEW the
night of popular choice.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10
A heal Bslsam IL Kemp. Ba,s.m.

The dictionery says. "a balssm is a
thick, pure, aromatic substance flowing
from trees" Kemp's Balssm for the
throat and lungs ls the only cough medi-
cine that is real balssm. Many thin,
watery cough remedies are called balssm' g
bnt such are not. Look through bottle
of Kemp's Bslsam and notice what a pure.
thick preparation it is. II you cough
use Kemp's Bslssm. at all druggists i.
Large bottles SOC AMI E.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10
gUCKLEN's ARNICA sALYK.

The best sslve in the world for cats,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblsins.
corns and all skin eruptions. and posi-,
lively cures piles, or no pay required. II
is guaranteed 70 give perfect satisfaction
CT money refunded. Price 25 cents Der
box. Fo- sale bv Hsrt3 & Bshnseu.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10

Mexican children are very seldom rude
or saucy They are taught to he polite I'M
der all circumstances, and to all people
Some parents would rather have their boy
be almost anything else than grosero or
rude person. For this reason one hears
little quarreling or rough talk among chill
dren playing, and sees hardly any hghting
or bullying of little boys by larger ones
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10

Senator Elect PETER. of Kansas, be
lieves IN women suffrage and prohibition.
How lonely he will be in the United
States senate.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10

The length of the ballet girls dress is
considerably over two feet.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10

The tired street>csr horse best knows
the luxury of whoa"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-10

John l. Sullivan Indignantly denies
that he is drunk again. II must be the
same old drunk. then.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-08
hEKLA'S PASSENGERS.
New York"sun", April 7th, 'el.)

Aboard the Thingvalla Line Steam.
ship "lIekla'', that arrived at this port
on Sunday, there were 700 Scandina.
yian immigrants, healthy, hearty
plthy, and light-hairrd young people
of both sexes. They were bound for
the West, the far West, even for Oak
ota, where they will take up land and
begin new life as American farm
ers, raising grains, fruits, and cattle
for their own ncurishment and for the
service of mankind. They were wei!
and warmly dressed as they marched
ashore, and they looked as though they
possessed all necessary sense, reason,
and practical qualities. There were
among them no paupers. OF felons, or
lunatics, or contract laborers, or per-
sons afflicted with loathsome diseases,
and it was hardly necessary for the in
spection agents at the Barge Office to
take a look at them in order ITO see
that they belonged to the class known
as desirable immigrants"
They had come to America as hun
dreds of thousands of other SWedes
and Norwcgians have come during the
past forty years; they have struck out
West to take land as those others did;
and they are pretty sure Of enjoying
tho prosperity that so many OF their
couptry,nen already enjoy here. 10
them let bountiful nature give good
IRONS fine breeds of cattle, and pleas
ant long lives.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-08

The grand old party goes right along
opening foreign markets, while the
democracy never opened anything
but its mouth on the subject.
Sioux City Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-08

An Alaska exploring party though
to be lost has returned.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-08

A prosperous year in South Dakota
is q sad thing. 1t will effectuallyt
paralyze one industry that has thrlved
for SO long at the expense OF the farm
er. The vocation Of the jaw-smith,
the calamity orator and the precinct
blathersklte will be gone.-Sturgis
Record.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-08

Foreign laborers have not recover,
from the excitement Of May day.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-08
A New Orleans Italian asks for pro-
lection from the Mafian murderers.

A Nebraska judge decides baseball
not sporting, and can be played on
'unday.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-08

Enemies Ex-senator Delamater
Pennsylvania wait to get him in ja
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-08

President Harrison was "pelted wit
flowers" again, don't you know.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-08
wEss1NGroN DAKOTA FRIDAY ya gg

Now, if all our other immigran'
from Europe, including those fro
Italy. Poland, Hungary, and Russi
were as spirited as these Scandin
vians, and would follow their exampl
how much better it would be for thel
than crowding into cities, strugglin
for daily hash and spending years !
complaining.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-08

Forest fires have devastated Il
southern portion of New Jersey.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-11
ANUTHER MINE DISASTER,

One of the Big Mines of the susquehanna
Coal Company ON Fire.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb. 6.-Followlng
closely upon the heels of the drowning
Of the seventeen men ut Evansville and
three at Nanticoke comes another mining
disaster which, although unattended by
loss If life, means enforced idleness and
consequent ~privation to SIX or seven hun
bred miners in Nantlcoke. The gas
feeder in No. Z lift of No. 4 slope of the
Susquehanna Coal company at that place
was today ignited by men wi were driv-
ing new openings. The feeder rapidly
increased until flames spread along the
face of the workings, setting fire to. the
coal and driving the men to the surface.
In a short time the interior of the mine
was u mass of flames, roaring like a fur
mace, and threatening total destruction to
the entire underground workings. Prep
STATIONS were made as soon as possible to
hood the workings, and a trough 2,7OO
ieet long was thrown down the slope TO
carry water into the mine. The trough
was completed this evening and a large
volume of water is now pouring down
the slope. Whether this will extinguish
the flames is aquestiol no one can decide
as yet. In any case the work of flooding
the mine, which is a large one, may re-
quire months, and in the meantime hun
season of the year when steady work is
most needed,
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-11
A SHOOTING sCRAPE,
Three Fellows Tried to Do Up Jack
EnriEht.

Three Fellows Tried to Do Up Jack
Enright.
Schmitz & Henderson's beer hall was
the scene of a lively row last night.
Early in the evening Jack Enright was
notified that an attempt would be made
to kill him. He treated the matter as
a joke and thought nc more about 1t till
crossing the hall when three persons en-
tered the door, one going in front of him
and the other two behind. The next
thing that Enright knew he was knocked
up against the wall and from there he
fell to the floor. On regainirg his feet,
an out lder, a stone mason by trade, took
q chair and struck Enright over the head,
knocking him senseless. Butler, who
was standing near by, laid out the stone
mason, and the patrons of the place made
a lively scramble for the door. During
the melee a shot was fired which is
a miracle that 1t did not kill
two or three. 1t ranged down
along q ~lunch-counter and passed u
through the window fronting on First
avenue south. If the waters, who usu-
ally stand behind the counter, had not
stepped to the outside while the fight
was in progress some of them would I'm
doubleday have been shot. As 1t wss the
bullet passed through the shoulder of a
bystander's overcoat, barely grazing the
skin and clipping the neck of u bottle on
the counter, passed out through the
window.
Another version Of the story Is that
"Brocky Pete" a gambler, demanded an
apology of Enright for some real or i'm.
aginary insult and was the first to
begin the row This "Brocky
Pete" is the individual who got
into a row at a colored sporting house
and shot q man through the hand. He
was promptly arrested last night and
placed In Jail.
1t must not be supposed our guardians
of the peace were idle. They we're on hand
when the row started, but everything
happened so quickly tina. nobody seemed
to realize what was the matter till the
officers had the offenders in their clutches.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-11
Tho Raum Investixation,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Representative
Morrill,, chairman of the Raum investi-
eating committee, has made his report
which has been agreed to by his republi-
can colleagues. Democratic members of
the committee will present q minority re-
port. With regard to the refrigerator
branch of the investigation, the report
says:
There was entire absence of any evil
dence showing or tending to show that
any refrigerator stock had ever been
offered for sale, or purchased by any of
the employees of the pension Office, or
that there was any stock held by any one
for the benefit of employees or any of
their families, the only exception claimed
being Bradley Tanner.
The committee finds that Tanner spent
four days while he was on his regular
yearly leave of absence on company's
business and wrote a few letters for the
company, but that he was never inter-
ested In the Universal Refrigerator com
pany, directly or indirectly, and that his
promotion was due to Commissioner Tan
ner, who appointed him. The committee
fnd Inat there 10 no evidence to ahow any
favorltism to Lemon or any other attor'
ley, and no truth In the charges that
Lemon procured situations in the pen.
sion Office for his former employees.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-11

to be sure, suicide in Paris is much
more prevalent than in London. The
phlegmatic German is of all Euro
peans, where statistics are obtainable,
the most disposed to suicide. In Sax
ony the rate is AS high US 81 per
100000 of population, and with the
kindred Danes it is as high as 255.
whereas with the volatile and fever
ish Frenchmen it is only 1911. The
same differences appear in the British
isles. Among the sluggish Saxons OF
England the rate is 4-very low in
comparison with the continental coun-
tries-but among the warm-blooded
Celts of Ireland the rate is only 81,
Where the two races have mingled,
rs in Scotland, the rate is 44-mid'
way between the two,
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-11

T. dozen and a half glasses \ y and
paid SO dozen for them" These were
imported glass and very fine. A short
time ago he wanted a dozen and a half
more, and was astonished because they
cos him but $3.50 per dozen, although
they were much finer and smoother, being
of American manufacture. He lays itall
to "protection."
Now these patriotic gentlemen entirely
overlook an important fact. Natural gas
has cheapened the manufacture of glass
more than two-thirds in three years.
Take the duty on glass entirely of and
eve then the American manufacturer
with his natural gas can make better
glass, can make 1t cheaper, pay twice the
wages of his European competitor, and
still make o profits on the capital
invested. At least that was the testimony
of Geo. Macbeth, a P%lttsburg msnufac-
turer, to a congressional committee. Our
indianapolis friend therefore bought his
glasses tour times cheaper not because of
protection" but in spite Of. it; not be-
cause of freedom from European compe-
tition, but because of improved methods
of manufacture and the cheapest fuel In
the world.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-11

THE census bureau will soon Issue a
bulletin upon the subject of the popula-
ton of southern Alaska. The total pop
ulation is gwen as 1880, as far as ascer-
tanned. Full returns will, however, prob
ably increase the number for the whole
territory to about $4,000. The total num-
Der of males who would be entitled to
vote should Alaska be granted a repre-
sentative government is $50.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-11
THE FURNACE MEMS STRIKE
They Want al Advance Equivalent u
9eyanty Par r>rt

They Want an Advance Equivalent to
Seventy Per Cent.
CHICAGO, Feb. 8.-The strike of the
furnace men in the Illinois Steel COM
pany's works and South Chicago has vir-
tually caused a shut down Of the big
rolling mills. Yesterday afternoon the
day force consisting of $50 men walked
out. The night shift came on at SIX
o'clock and when the men learned OF the
situation they also struck. Tire FUR
naces were partially manned by other
employees about the works and were kept
going throughout the night. The situa-
ton today was decidedly unsettled
There are 500 furnace men out. They
demand an advance In wagesa and the
discharge OF an obnoxious foreman
The advance demanded BY the meu
is said by the company to be
| equivalent to 10 per cent. While the
men only ask for a slight adavnce In
actual wages, they want MOI helpers
The men claim they would not have left
their furnaces in full blast had it no
been that just ns they started to blow
them out, Foreman Foote discharged
sixteen helpers. They thereupon qui
work. They claim the helpers have beer
discharged and the work increased. Tn,
company claims the strike Ia in Violate,
of the term of an agreement entered Int
by the men some time ago.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-11
THE CUSTOM or TREATING.

TIE custom of treating is n of
the most pernicious and foolish that
ever cursed society, and its abolish
meut. if it were practicable, would be
one Of the greatest of public boons.
The custom is SAID to have originated
in the primitive days of the nation,
when the settlers had to resort to
the mutual help plan, and when the
neighbors gathered for barn raising
or a log,rolling the host set EN- up
for the boys, and upon similar occa-
sions the compliment was returned.
But, whatever its origin, it is dis
tinctively an American custom. In
no other country do men stand up to
a bar and buy drinks alternately for
each other until both become tired
Two-thirds of the drinkingdone, two
thirds of the money spent for drink,
two.thirds of the resulting wretched-
ness, are due to the treating system
Men take drink after drink that they
do not want, and spend money for
other people. oftentimes for men
they hardly know or perhaps dislike.
Furthermore. the custom, looked at
in the proper way. is degrading and
unmanly. 1t assists in forming bad
association, habits of 'loafing around
and precludes a person from his
most sacred privi!ege-that of choos
ing his W associates. People VIII,
ION in the social drink should bt
those who are on the closest and mos
intimate relations. There is no more
hospitality or generosity in the
American treating than there is il
the giving of an Indian who takes hi
present back. Every man keeps I
uean little tab in his head Oh his
fellows, and the score is kept ever al
around. There is comparativel.
little solitary drinking among on:
people. The number of men who g
to the drinking places and buy
drink for themselves alone are com
paratively few Abolish tre.ting ant
) the saloons would be shorn of three
J fourths of their revenue, and thei
number would be diminished in tn
same ratio. 1t vas upon these fact
} and principals that some years ago
club was ful uIvL in DrooLlyn with III
object of making it discreditable TO
a gentleman to give OF accept
/ treat. But it accomplished nothing
and was short lived. The custom
d expensive, absurd and mischievous q
it is-has taken too strong a hol
u to be easily uprooted, and wi
d probably last as long as the saloon
Minneapolis Times.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-11
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY IL, 1891.
7lfEY WANT FREE WOOL.

The Wool Consumers Association,
through its executive committee. has
published a reply to the statements OF
the National Association Of Wool
Manufacturers on the free wool qnes-
ton last November. The committee
claims that the wooden manufacturer
cannot be placed by the aid of com
pensating duties in a position equal
to that which be would have with
free wool. A terrible popular reac-
ton I as set in, and when the wool
manufacturers were urged in 1888 to
accept the free wool of the Mills bill,
and were almost asked to fix o rthem-
selves the duty on goods, this very
danger that the last election has re
yealed was urged in vain. The Ma
tional Association of Wool Manufac-
,ure1s and It's allies have pushed the
principle of an exclusive tariff TO
such an extent that such men as D.
Wiley Edmands and Mr.. Z. b. Bige-
low, who practically made the Ma
tional Association and the wool sched-
ule of the tariff act of 1867, and the
great mills which these men represent,
are NO longer members OF the associa-
ton. II is clear nov ,uat there h"e
been an education of she people and
that they will see that free wool is in the
interest of the whole people, and that
free wool is an essential element IN
the permanent prosperity of the WOO!
manufacturers. The address further
alludes to the recent strange restric-
tive decisions of the treasury depart
mrut. declares that the wooden sched-
ule Is exceedingly oppressive, and
that the last election makes a recon
sideration necessary; and that free
wool, for the benefit of all the people
should be decided upon.
1t is for the interest of more than
60,000,O 600 OF the people of this coun-
try that wool should be free. The
cost and the quality and the real
value of their clothing depend upon
it, and it is wiser not to array ones
self against such an overwhelming in
terest.
The document is sigued by the
members of the executive committee.
Arthur I. Lyman, T. Quincy Brown,
Henry c. Weston, Jesse Metcalf, Will
liam B. Weeden, Galen c. Moses, and
Chas. Nj. Beach.