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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-04
J. E. REIDY,
Real Estate
AND
Insurance.

FOR SALE
room house on Twentieth street, lot 3Sx150.
room house ON Sixth avenue between Twenty
fourth and Twenty-gfth streets, lot 25x125.
loom house on Ninth avenue between Twenty
seyenth and Twenty-eighth streets, lot 40xl5O.
Two fine lots on Thirty-eighth street very cheap
IA room residence on Seventh avenue and Nine
teenth street.
Double brick residence corner Seventeenth
street and Seventh avenue.
a room cottage lot 60xf10, Eighth avenue below
Eleventh.
:, Also agent for the Syndicate Insurance Co., of
MINI, the Amazon of Cincinnati and the Grand
rapids Of Grand Rapids, Mich.
1903 Second Avenue, over
Hopes Tailor Shop.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01
Will the African Elephant work,

In modern times, we have only 10 look
TO India TO be convinced OF the great
of tho elephant. To the
agriculturist, who uses him before his
wagon or his pillow, he is indispensable,
and for the transportation of heavy
articles. he has no rival We see him
carrying immense tree trunks out Of
the Indian forest, and by his indefati-
gable industry. in picking up and car
rying of large stones, aiding the con-
struction OF roads and railways. For
labor OF this kind coolie receives
from four to eight annas. while FIVE
and six rupees are paid for the daily
work OF an elephant, From this fact,
we conclude that one elephant per-
forms the work of from twelve to
coolies.
From the record of the British ex-
petition against King Theodore OF
Abyssinia in 1868, we learn that forty
four elephants were shipped from
Bombay for use in the campaign.
Each animal was in charge OF two
men. OF this number FIVE suooumbed
during the campaign. The remaining
thirty-nine rendered valuable services.
being entrusted with the transportation,
through a mountainous country. OF
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01

"unnson's Magic Corn sniye."
Warranted Ia cure, or money refunded. ASK
your druggist for II. Price II cents.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01
IN AFRICA.
Experience OF Young scanhinivi,u In
tho Wilds.

If young man is really bound 10 go
10 Africa, be can lind an opportunity
one way or another, and il he doesn't
mind roughing it in savage land and
an unhealthy climate he has plenty of
experiences and adventures that are
sometimes exciting If not always agree
able and does not regret his visit To
the new world Mr. Carl Steclslemann
n scandinavian who lived in Indiana
is an example of this sort of II young
man. lie went to Africa poor boy
when he was hardly out of his teens.
He was determined to go and see some
thing of the land which Stanley and
others had so eloquenty described.
Casting about for an opportunity, he
finally succeeded in securing employ
ment at the station OF "A Liverpool firm
in tho West African trade and short
time after, found him at Mayumba,
some way above the mouth of the Con-
90. Here he lived for about three
years, during hitch time he learned
the Fiote language. studied the natives
carefully and collected n great deal of
information about their habits, and
folklore, made an overland expedition
through the little known valley OF the
Kwilu-Niari to Stanley pool, and finally
returned to this country with one OF
the largest collections of African eur
iositics that has ever been brought
here, His fine examples of native
carvings, cloth and many other manu-
features have been seen by many thoss-
ands OF our people, particularly in In
diana and Ohio. Steckelmann had no
intention of remaining here very long.
Nearly two years ago he returned TO
the west coast again. and is now at the
head of the large trading station where
he was originally employed as n clerk.
When he was passing through New
York two years ago on his way back to
Africa, be said he loved that country
very much. and that 1t was the ambi-
ton Of his life rs soon as he had accu-
| mulated money enough, to do some
thing in the way of original explora-
ton.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01

FASHIONS .tacorits
fad, centers in that famous, fascina-
ting game-lawn tennis.
But there are women who cannot
engage in any pastime. They are
delicate, feeble and easily exhausted.
They are sufferers from weaknesses
nnd disorders peculiar to females,
which are accompanied by sallow
complexions, expressionless eyes and
haggard looks.
For overworked, "worn out"
I" run down." debilitated teachers,
nilliners, dressmakers, seamstrcsses,
"shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing
mothers, and feeble women gen.
orally, DIR. Pierce's Favoritc Pre-
scription is the greatest earthly
boon, being unequaled as an appe-
tizing cordial and restorative tonic.
It's the only medicine for women,
sold by druggists, aeoder a positive
guarantee from the makers, of sat-
isfaction in every case, or money re-
funded. This guarantee has been
faithfully carried out for years.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01
WAITING TILL MEN DIE.
Life History of Prominent People Al
ways Kept In Readiness.

Lie history OF prominent People Al
ways Kept in Readiness.
Newspaper obituaries are not always
written on tho spur Of the moment. In
fact the reverse, as n rule. is the
case, and the lives of great men or
other personages are written by the
hand OF the journalistic biographer
long before death knocks at the door.
In every important newspaper office
in the United States is department
devoted to the preparation and preser-
vation OF the biographers OF promi-
nent people and where they are
available for immediate use, and
where memoirs, shorter or longer. ac-
cording to the public Importance Of
the subject, are regularly classified
and ''pigeon-holed, ready for use
when the fatal moment arrives. From
time 10 time these records are added TO
and brought up to date for the purpose
of avoiding confusion or delay in case
that the biography is TO be made use of
at brief notice. To large part of
the public this information will be in
the nature of news and will serve TO
explain to their wondering minds how
n two or three column obituary OF
some public man appears in the daily
papers in conjunction with the an
nouncement of his sudden death.
1t is "A curious fact that the practice
of writing obituaries OF great mon
seems almost invariably TO have the
effect of keeping them alive. At any
rate they rarely die very soon after
their biographies are written. and
very frequently many years elapse be-
fore their death gives an opportunity
for their posthumous praises to be
sounded.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01
cannon. ammunition and supplies.

cannon. ammunition and supplies. II
was frequently very difficult to procure
proper food for them. and as it was
often necessary to traverse great dis
tnnces Ia reach the watering places,
tho death of the five animals is ascrib-
ed to these hardships. Although ele-
plants movo slowly through mount
ainous country and soon become foot
sore, they performed their task with
admirable faithfulness. Without them
it would have been necessary to await
the building OF wagon roads.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01
a New Looped Fabric.

A foreign textile journal records the
invention OF a new kind OF looped
fabric, which has novel and beautiful
effect with durability never before at
tanned. The popularity about it is
that worsted is used for the thread
forming the figure OF the design, and
alpaca or mohair for the threads form.
ing the ground OF the design. The
contrast between the lustrous and
beautiful threads OF the mohair and the
worsted gives, 1t is said., an effect that
10 strikingly novel
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01

Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup, for Chill
dren teething, softens the gums. reduces iniiamma-
ton. ailays palm. cures wind collie. 2jc. bottle.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01
a disappointment.

DE you Dr. Smith?' asked a tall
lean specimen, walking into the Office
of the fashionable practitioner in New
York.
II am. replied the doctor
We'll. look-a-here, old Teller" re-
marked the visitor, I'm glad tor find
we at last. Dye remember In go,
when you was in Kansas how yer set a
feller's arm and didn't charge him fox
it?"
Yes" said the doctor, with the
prospect OF u big fee rising before him.
I'm that Teller; an I've broke the
other arm. an | como ter have II fixed
on Their same terms.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01
HOW TO EARN $500 MONTHLY

ToNrJNE Association navs To its mem
bers 800 in 2 months. 1000 members
in Philadelphia first month. Our pay TO
Secretaries is extremely liberal. Write
STAR TONTINE ASSOCIATION,
1921 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. PA
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01

The man who plays the clarionet,
The man who blows the horn,
The man who makes the flute his pet
And wakes you up at morn,
The man who plays the tenor drum
May put the soul on thistles,
But the one who oftenest makes you glun
is tho blooming wretch who whistles.
Washington Post.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01
e. q FAT FOLKS REDUCED

r r Nc AND YARNfNG LANDS in Central Michigan
UAUmS Rich soil, fine climate good roads, excellent
schools. churches Railroads and markets near have
roo farms unmproved farming lands Tor
sale Prices low Terms easy All in the center and rich
county In the state Send for price list pamphlet
4 ". HOPKINS, Mount Pleasant Isabella County. Mich
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01

"A Savior OF her SEX" Is title bestowed
upon Lydia T.. finkham by the women OF
the world. millions Of whom arc indebted
% her for health.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01

General Booth has invited boom for the
Salvation Army in Berlin by endorsing the
use OF beer as "A beverage. used as the Ger
mans use it,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01

The only woman In America who IL an
operate conductor l. Miss Emma Steiner.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01
August
Flower

have been afflict-
BiliouSneSs, led with biliousness
o., land constipation
So"st'l'atoh'" for fifteen years |;
S+or,ch first one and then
another prepare
Pains. ton was suggested
tome and tried but
"to no purpose. At last a friend
recommended August Flower. |
"took it according to directions and
"its effects were wonderful, reliev-
ing me Of those disagreeable
stomach pains which l had been
troubled with so long. Worcs
cannot describe the admiration
"in which 1 hold your August
Z" Flower-it has given me a new
lease of life, which before was a
burden. Such medicine is ben
efaction to humanity, and its good
"qu alities and
wonderful mer- Jesse Barker,
its S h ould be
made known to ''''e''
everyone suffer Humboldt,
ing with dyspep-
"sia or biliousness Kansas. .
Il. G. GREEN, Sole Man 'fr, WOodbury,NJ
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-01

George W .Childs OF Philadelphia has sub
scribed $500 10 the Mary Washington fund.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20
The use OF Short Words.

Love, nor hate, nor zeal, ever
waste their force by the use Of in
volved or long winded phrases. Short
words are not vague sounds which
lull Us as they fall upon the ear.
They have clear ring which stirs
our minds or touches our hearts.
They best tell Of joy or grief, or rage
or peace, or life or death. They are
felt by all, for their terms mean the
same thing to all men. We learn
them in youth; they are on our lips
through all days, and we utter them
down to the close Of life. They are
the apt terms with which we speak Of
things which are high or great or
noble. They are the grand words Of
our tongue; they teach US how the
world was made. God said, Let
there be light, and there was light.
-Horatio Seymour.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20
A Good Authority.

THE more patient and exhaustive
the investigation into Iowa's equip
ment rs a safe field for investment,
the more surely are her claims ad-
vanced, :" said Banker McHugh to the
Iowa Bankers association in this city
the other day. Upon that question
Mr.. McHugh is undoubtedly good au-
thority. He is one Of the energetic
gentlemen who have for years. we do
not know how many years, been en-
gagged in farming the farmers Of Iowa,
and when he says that kind Of farm
ing pays, there will be few, we imag-
inc, who will care to dispute his
words. In fact, there has for years
been a growing sentiment among the
actual tillers Of the soil, that one rea-
son why agricultural farming did not
pay in this state was because farm
ers" of the McHugh variety were
blowing little too deep. II anybody
still has any doubts, the $20O, OOO, 900 OF
real estate mortgages, not including
those Porter did not find, and $780,
600, 600 of chattel mortgages and other
indebtedness in the state ought to
convince them that it pays to farm
the farmers.
But the business has been some
what overdone Of late years. Mr.. Nc
Hugh and his fellow farmers" have
crowded things little too close, and
now the farmers propose to be farmed
no more. They know full well that
Iowa, with her vast area Of product
i've soil and uniformly benificent eli
mate, and her thrifty and energetic
population, will always be . profita-
bic field for the work Of McHughs 80
long as they are allowed to use It,
but they also know that 50 long a.
McHugh's farming Is allowed. tilling
the soil will never pay.
Mr.. McHugh will shortly be called
upon to give up his very profitable
farming operations, in the interest
OF the real Iowa farmers.-Liberty
Bell, Sioux City, la.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20

The extravaganza Of the admins
tration OF Buchanan was the stock in
trade of the presidential campaign OF
1860. Its total cost was $S5, COX, 900.
The cost of the last republican con-
gress was over $1,000, OOO, 900; as much
as twelve years of the most expensive
administration the United States ever
had prior to 1860. The first year OF
republican administration cost over
1866, 900, 900.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20

The world is surely getting to be
better than in the days gone by, or
else it is rather hypocritical. Lotter-
les used to be run to provide means
to build churches, to pay the preach
ers, to convert the heather, to main
tain the army, in fact for almost ev-
cry conceivable good and bad pur-
pose. And now some genius decides
that marriage is not lottery because
when you have taken one chance you
are not permitted to take another
one, though you've drawn a blank.
Queer world anyway.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20

Francis Willard, president OF the
Woman's Christian Temperance I'm
ion, says that corsets have filled more
graves than whisky. 1t will now be
in order for Iowa statutory soul-sav-
ers to urge the enactment of q prohibit
tory corset law. In quoting us as OPP
posed to such a law, on principle. we
insist that the opposition press shall
not report US as championing free
corsets.' We do not propose to be
involved in any unpleasant contro-
versy with the fair sex in regard to
the freedom of their corsets, and
hence we deem it best to hedge
against any distortion Of our language
or meaning by yenal opposition
press. -Des Moines Leader.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20
Carnegie and the Reader.

To get all the satisfaction to be had
out of the increase in the average
per capita wealth of the country =
dear Reader, consider yourself with
Andrew Carnegie, the many million
aire-iron-king Of Pennsylvania. 1t
almost stagsers belief to know that
the annual increase of the wealth of
Mr.. Carnegie and yourself is 1,5OO,-
600, an annual average Of $3.50, 900.
And while the actual figures show
such an annual average in the in
creased wealth Of Mr.. Carnegie, and
if you please, the man who tramps
and begs his meals from door to door,
there are those who carp about, and
complain Of the general prosperity
Of the people. What ingratitude!
This grand result of the annual
average increase in the wealth of Mr..
Carnegie, and,the most poverty strick
en- man to be found in Howard Coun-
ty, or elsewhere on Gods footstool, is
the result of thirty years OF high tar
if taxation and Republican financial
legislation. The former has taxed
the masses for the benefit of classes,
while the latter has drifted the coun-
try away from a cash paying basis of
interest bearing credits. Under these
two baneful policies, the people are
in debt as they never were before in
the history of our country, and under
the republican policies, there is no
hope that their condition will ever be
bettered, and this, although through
the labor Of the people, the general
wealth of the country has been in
creased until the average wealth Of the
poorest farmer, and Of any Of the
thousands Of wealthy plutocrats, is
counted by millions, dear reader.
What part Of this wealth, every cent
of which has come from labor do you
own?
In a population of 6o,OOO,OOO, are
IL, 800 900 families, an average
OF about five to each
family. According to the census
enumerators, engaged on the mort
gagged liens of the country, there are
now 2, 491, 73O homesteads under mort
gage. This is a mortgage Of two out
Of every ten throughout the entire
country. The number of unlnortgag-
ed homes has not been reported, but
from the number mortgaged, four out
of every ten families in the United
States, live in homes they do not own.
The mortgage indebtedness upon
homesteads in this country is estima-
ted by the census enumerators at
81, 565, 900, 900 with an annual interest
of 8 per cent. which makes an interest
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20

In advertising the. Howard County
Fair, the managers realize that
promises may get friends, but it is
performance that keeps them, and as
they not only have in view the sue
cess Of the Fair this season, but for
many years to come, they are en-
devoring to SO conduct the exhibition
that they shall be able not only to
get q crowd, but through the satisfac-
ton each visitor will feel, shall make
him their friend and patron for all
time to come. In connection with
fine Autograph advertising, ETC., they
have issued 10000 Fair Bulletins, de-
scriptive of the fair, and thousands
of letters, which will reach $4,000 peo.
pie.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20
debt to be paid yearly by 2.491, 900
heads OF families of $2O5, zoe, 900 year

debt to be paid yearly by 2.491, 900
heads OF families of 500, zoe, 600 year
or about $50 to each family.
At the average rate OF wages in the
United States for unskilled labor,
this interest burden alone would re-
quire the labor Of the head of the
family 50 days Of each year, leaving
but go working days Of the year for
the needed family expenses. This
means that the money lenders Of the
east, have force Of over two and .
half million men working for them 50
days in the year under q system that
has many advantages to them over
9 system OF absolute slavery as they
are not responsible for the workers
support in sickness, nor burial after
death, nor are the workers fed and
clothed at the cost OF their eastern
masters, which makes debt-slavery,
vastly more profitable than chattel-
slavery.
This vast burden is borne chiefly by
the agricultural states.
The preliminary statement OF the
census bureau puts the average mort
gage Indebtedness in our own state
at $1.2S3. but to divide the mortgage
debt of Hiram C. Wheeler with that
OF the tramp as we did the average
increase Of the wealth of Carnegie,
makes the average debt of the two
only $36, 500 which is quite relief to
Mr.. Wheeler.
This great load Of mortgage debt,
constitutes but q small portion OF the
real burdens or debt on which inter-
est must be paid every year, chattel
mortgages, unsecured notes, county,
municipal and state debts and rail
road debts are yet to be added.
Does the country need the relief
from these oppressive burdens de-
manded by Horace Boies and the
democratic party, instead Of drifting
further into the slough Of poverty
for the masses that is the only legiti-
mate promise Of republican policies
in tariff and financial legislation
Answer these questions at the ballot
box as you prize your home and love
your children. Their welfare depends
upon the result.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20

The man who prays in public but
swears in private, may fool his neigh
bors, but the devil has him down all
right.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20

1t will be noticed that Farmer
Wheeler does not return dollar in
money and credit although he is re-
quired under oath to do so if he has
any.
1t will also be noticed that his re-
turn of farm machinery ia only $500.
although his G, 200 acres are supposed
to be comfortably stocked with the
modern field utensils of agriculture.
The bankers say that Mr.. Wheeler
has personal property to the value Of
100000. To the tax collector Mr..
Wheeler swears that his personal be-
longings are worth $7,541. One or two
things is evident, either the bankers
don't know whatlthey are talking
about, or else Mr.. Wheeler is q most
expert tax dodger and perjurer.
These bankers also accompany their
statement with documentary evidence
that Farmer" Wheeler spends an.
nually among the merchants of this
town about 1000, and this they con.
slider o liberal patronage. 1t is, in
fact, but a small proportion Of the sup
plies he buys annually. 1t is an ex
penditure of IL trifle over 81 for eacll
acre of land owned by him. II thi.
were the extent of the patronage o.
other farmers about here our mer
chants would have been compe lied K
GO out of business long ago. An in
teresting item in the local paper tell
the story: "Among the arrivals OF
Yesterdays train was II car load o
groceries for II. C.. Wheeler" is til,
way the fact is chr onicled here a
home.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20
THE OTHER SIDE.
Conflicting Statements Made BY
Wheeler and the Bankers.
The Republican Candidate for Cover
nor Did Not List AL His Proper.
tv for Taxation.

Odebolt telegram, 6: The bankers
and money lenders have come to the
rescue OF Farmer" Wheeler and his
SO, 900 farm mortgage. They say in
a published statement that $4,000 OF
this mortgage has been paid of, leav-
ing only $50, 900 still unpaid. Proba-
bly, this statement is true, although
there is nothing on the county records
to show it. But granting their claim,
there still remains pretty healthy
lien upon his big plantation, aver
aging $40 per acre, or nearly three
times what the land cost him when
he bought it of the railroad company.
The bankers also claim that Mr..
Wheeler had bought and now owns
in the neighborhood Of 800, 900 in real
estate outside Of his holdings here,
and that the same is uninculnbered.
II this is true it is singular they did
not locate it SO that their statement
could be verified by investigation.
The banker friends of Mr.. Wheeler
also claim that this mortgage does
not represent losses in farming, but
that it was incurred for the purpose
of allowing the mortgage to develop
and stock his farm, to deal in import
ed horses and carry the long time
notes he receives in payment therefor.
They say he has 1000 head OF Polled
Angus graded cattle. $50 common
horses and mules and various bills
receivable amounting to over 800, GOO
personal property in oil. Bankers
ought to know what they are talking
about, but their statements here do
not correspond with those made by
Mr.. Wheeler under oath when the
assessor last visited him. MIR. Wheel
er's farm lies in two townships. Most
of his land in Wheeler township, but
his house is in the town Of Odebolt.
The property is assessed in which
township it happens to be located.
The entries of personal property for
the purpose of taxation in the county
records at Sac City show the follow
ing items scheduled to H. G. Wheeler:
-. -. aa&e,. 40 O~s