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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-16
ChiCagO, Rock Island & Pacific RV.,

The Direct Route TO and from Chicago Joliet, Ottawa
Peoria. La Sale, Moline Rock Island in ILLINOIS;
Davenport, Muscatne, Otrurnwa, Oskaloosa, Des
Moines, winterset, Audubon, Harlan and Council
Bluffs, in IOWA; Minneapolis and ST. Paul, in MIN
EESOTA; WATERFOWL and Sioux Falls in DAKOTA ,
Cameron. ST. Joseph and Kansas City. in MISSOURI;
Omaha, Lincoln, Fairbury and Nelson, in NEBRASKA;
Atchison Leavenworth. Horton, Topeka. Hutchinson.
Wichita. Bellevile. Abilene, Dodge City, Caldwell in
KANSAS; Kingfsher e. Reno and Ninco, in INDIAN
TERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
In COLORADO. Traverses new areas OF rich farming
and grazing lands, aording the best facilities inter
communication to all towns and cities and west
northwest and southwest Of Chicago and Pacific and
trans-oceauic seapor.e.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-16
For Rent,

For Rent.
An 11~room house on Third avenue
between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.
Inquire of E. E. Psrmenter, Mitchell &
Lypde's block. lott
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-16

Mrs. John Burklund, Goth st. and 9th ave
Moline, III.
NY symptoms were those OF ordinary catarrh. NV
nose and thIoat would fill with mucous had
severe headache and a roaring and buzzing noise
in my ears. have had severe headache for the
past six years. Bowels were in bad shape and also
my stomach 1 now feel well with one months
treatment. ] can hear all right; my bowels and
stomach are ali right and have no more head
ache.
Both myself and husband con heartily recon-
mend the faculty of the Scott Medical institute to
those amic'ed and III they cannot cure you they
will frankly tell you so.r
1t should take from two to four months of
regular treai ment to cure catarrh, commencing at
favorable season OF the year. Patients troubled
with catarrh taking trea -ment under the above
conditions who are not cured in that length of
time will be TREATED THEREAFTER FREE
MT heya yec
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
Beans and R1ushes.

The conversation of little group ran
the other evening on the odd replies that
people often make through misunder-
standing'other peoples remarks; and one
of the company told story of humil-
iating circumstance of this sort of which
he was once the victim 1t happened
quite number of years ago, when the
hero was younger man than he is now,
and when it was the fashion, if one had
ladies at the theatre. to take them to
Copeland's to supper afterwards This
young man had taken two young ladies
to the theatre, and when he entered the
restaurant with them it was with the
determination to do the wildly magnifi-
cent thing, and SO distinguish himself
before the ladies and all the other people
in the place, that young men usually
have on such occasions But before he
ordered he wished to consult the young
ladies preference. He bent toward them
%and remarked softly:
"What shall it be?"
The tall young waitress who stood be-
hind the chair must have heard the last
word and caught familiar sound in it,
for she spoke up, quite at the top of her
voice and loud enough to be heard all
over the restaurant:
"We're all out of beansl"
And it was quite out of the young
mans power to get a public reputation
for magnificence that night Boston
Transcript.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
Az Eng I.hman D. tic nnwerr.

"A cockney Went into cheap restau-
rant on the Bowery, one Of those places
that have been apply called beaneries.
He sat down and adjusted his monocle
and beckoned 10 Il waiter who came for
ward. He WAS IN his shirt sleeves and a
dirty towel was slung across his arm.
He scowled at the stranger
"WellW
law, waitah donicherno. want a
brace Of chops. an poached egg, an
some buttered toast, an mug of 'alf an
'alf, an, aw, waitah, want a napkin,
also.
The man with the dirty towel over his
arm moved back step or two, put his
hand to his mouth and yelled to the
cook i'll the kitchens
Soy, Chimmie, tell der band to play
God Save der Queen; der Prince OF
Wales is come. Marshall p. Wilder.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
GRANTS HIDING PLACE.
II Was tsii Elegantly Furnished Room Ir
the Stewart Mansion.

II Was wa Elegantly Furnished Room Ir
the stewart Mansion.
Now that the Stewart mansion, al
Fifth avenue and Thirty fourth street, is
to be turned over to the Manhattan club
for club house. it has come out that
there was one sacred room in the man.
sion. This room is on the second floor
ON the avenue side. 1t was originally
furnished in 1872. The carpets for the
room were made in Europe and fitted
like a glove. The furniture was made
in Paris and was of the most expensive
kind.
There was crystal chandelier in il
whose prisms shone like diamonds. Mar.
Bile statues from Italy and fine paintings
were some of the costly adornments.
The original outlay for furnishing the
room was $4,000. Whom do you sup.
pose it was so magnifcently fitted ur
for? None other than Ulysses S. Grant,
then in the first year of his first. term al
president of the United States.
1t will be recalled that Gen. Grant Sent
A. I. Stewards name to the senate fol
confirmation as secretary of the treas
ury. 1t was then discovered that the
constitution would not permit an import
er to take this place in the cabinet. But
Mr. Stewart, approaching the presidents
desire to honor him, became from that
moment a warmer friend than ever OF
Gen. Grant. This room. in his palatiai
mansion, was furnished expressly foI
the use of the president. No matter how
crowded the house might be, no person
ON earth except the general was to have
the use of it even for a moment. A
latch key to the mansion and key I'd
the room were sent to him, with the di
rections that whenever he wanted I'd
come to New York and have resting
spell, this room would be at his disposal.
Gen. Grant, in the eight years that he
was president, occupied it many more
times than anybody except the Stewards
were aware of. Ostensibly he was al
the Fifth Avenue hotel, but when the
evening began to wane and when wea.
ried with the days callers, he would sliu
into cab and be driven to his beautiful
hiding place in the Stewart mansion
Chatter.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
OverproductInn Of Eggs.

1t is painful to learn that the last ex-
ample of pernicious activity in the line
of ruinous overproduction is presented
by the hens of the nation. Undeterred
by the great commercial industries en-
gagged i'll the selling of picked eggs at
thirty cents per dozen, the American
hens have been misled by the mild win.
ter into turning out supply of fresh
eggs that has knocked the picked and
artificial egg business into a condition
closely approximating panic. We have
not heard that any complaint of this
state of affairs is made by the con
sumers of eggs, but the proprietors Of
more antique stock are plainly convinced
that the interests of the nation will be
sadly injured if the public gets too cheap
and too fresh eggs. A movement to put
the hens into trust which will restrict
the industrious fowls to production of
two eggs per week is the obvious remedy
according to the economic policy of the
day.-Pittsburg Dispatch
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
wonders OF Alaska.

"Wel, you must recollect that Alaska
contains 100000 square miles. and it will
be considerable period before all her re-
sources can be named with certainty:
but relating to my observations and re-
liable reports of experiments in several
localities, | will say that Alaska can raise
about everything possible to the more
temperate BELTS First, there are de
hcious wild berries of all kinds, and es-
pecially the strawberry, which grows in
abundance and is of fine flavor Within
y fifteen miles of the great Glacier bay our
exploring party of ten Indians and three
whites picked enough of these berries
within two hours to furnish us with Law
ish dessert for three days. Nowhere in
the world can finer vegetables and root
crops be raised, while sheep and cattle
raising has been tested to satisfaction,
and encouraging experiments in grain
have already been made. There is no
doubt in my mind that the harder fruits
will do excellently in Alaska"
Rather dreary country after ALL /"
"Drearyl 1t is the kind of dreari-
ness that sent over a thousand tour
Aoso AAAbO Vic IOhlibA ldSi ScdoOu. IL
has spots of dreariness that rival the
wonders of the Yellowstone park and the
grandeurs of the Yosemite valley. The
glorious vision of the famed Glacier bay
is worth crossing a continent to see, and
makes pictures on the memory that will
last lifetime.
Vegetation grows with tropical rank
ness to the south and west, while to the
north the Arctic sun on the Artic seas,
glaciers and snow fields invite the most
Prosaic and practical men to regret that
4Sfhey are neither poets nor painters; but
when | discuss the fisheries, salmon can
neries and mines and agricultural posi-
bilities | grow tedious, and when | am
permitted to expatiate on the natural
beauty of that country am simply in
terminable. Interview in Washington
Post.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
Not Afraid.

Darling" said the young man as the
two wandered about through the park
grounds, do You see that tall, distin-
guished looking man walking past the
paviliony That is Professor Braynes, the
eminent lecturer on the science of health.
He delivered powerful discourse the
other evening ON food. He says there is
nothing so injurious to the stomach as the
sudden introduction into it of-er-cold
substances when the weather is extremely
warm and the human organism necessarily
more or less heated. BY the way, dearest,
you seem quite warm"
"A little George. Let us go over by the
pavilion. 1t looks cooler there"
Perhaps, darling''-and his voice trem-
bled with emotion-'you would ike-ah,
there goes the professor again. Wonderful
man that Professor Braynes-perhaps you
would like an--an ice"
II think | would, George" answered the
beautiful young girl bravely. II am not
afraid of anything when you are along. -
Chicago Tribune.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09

1t appears that the value of the horses
which have been exported from England
during 1889 was e532,50s, against $685.
731 during 1888. The number of horses
was 1926, there having been exported
5,S57 mares, 4,919 geldings and 1919
stations. During 1888 the total number
was 12,045. OF the mares 1888 were
sent to Canada, some of these, however,
being really destined for the United
States; 1874 went to Belgium, 700 to Hol-
land, Asa to France, 41S to the United
States direct and 1888 to other countries.
Of the stations zoos were sent to Can
ada and the United States, 7S to France,
81 to Holland, Is to Belgium and s, 466 to
other countries. -Montreal Star.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09

Here is a curious little fact, and one
not generally known, even if calendars
of some sort have been in use for centu-
ries. If May day comes on a certain day
of the week Gt is on Thursday this Year,
Christmas is sure to fall on the same day.
When first heard this hardly believed
1T, but did not make bold enough to
doubt the narrator (audibly), thinking
that an investigation would settle the
matter. On returning home l looked
through twenty years of Tribune alma
macs, always with the same results.
Monday May day, Monday Christmas,
and SO on down the entire list.-St. Louis
Rennhlic
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
American Printing.

Do you know there are $4,000 papers.
magazines, etc, published in the United
States, that there are over 62, 600 persons,
1000 of them females, employed in
American composing rooms, and that
many of the 1900 professional writers
in the country are practical printersi
The most glorious of all the discoveries
on which the genius of the middle ages
may lay his hand and proudly say, "This
is mine"-and the middle ages gave birth
to all the extraordinary inventions that
give to modern life its vast superiority
over antiquity-is the invention of print
ing.
1t is a boon of unqualified good, its
possession is entirely beneficial, for it has
added to our store of knowledge, multi
piled our enjoyments, and given a new
cast to our mind and increased activity
to our powers. 1t has raised us in the
scale of thinking beings, has enlarged the
limits of our reasons, added to the dig
nifty of our nature by giving birth to pub
lie opinion, and now man is no longer
content if he does not know all the news
and have daily information about the
whole human race.-New Orleans Plea
yune.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
4 King Dethrnncd.

A well known mad doctor has just died
at Vienna. Professor Leedesdorff was
the great king dethroner No other med.
ical man has had 50 large an experience.
When, in 1876, Sultan Mourad the Fifth
was to be deposed and Abdul Aziz set up
on the throne. the professor was sent fol
to Constantinople examined his royal
patient, and promptly declared him mad.
There was no appeal from that decision.
Later on, when Louis the Second of Ba.
varia was getting unusually eccentric,
his ministers sent to Vienna for the pro.
fessor. Sometimes he would be sent foi
to Petersburg. The Romanoff family
had failings, and the professor had to
give his verdict. San Francisco Argo.
nallt
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
LIFE AND DEATH.

From eve they struggled - Life and
~ Death
W AT first it seemed TO me that they in mirth
Contended and as foes of equal worth,
30 firm their feet, undisturbed their breath
But when the sharp red cut through its
sheath
OF western clouds, saw the brown arms girth
Tighten and bear that radiant form to earth.
And suddenly both fell upon the heath
And then the wonder came-for when fed
To where those great antagonists down fell
could not find the body that sought
And when and where it went could not tell
One only form was left of those who fought,
The long. dark form of Death-and it was dead.
-Cosmo Monkhouse
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
Automatic Car Coupling.

A tabulation in the office of the state
railroad commission shows that there are
35,423 freight cars equipped with auto
matte couplers out of 100, 1913 such cars in
use on the different railroads wholly or
partly within this state. These auto
matte couplers were brought into use un-
der the law of 1884, which provided for
the putting of such couplers on all new
cars built or old ones repaired. In ac-
cordance with the automatic car coup
ling law of last year all freight cars used
in this state will have to be so equipped
by Jan. 1, 1S92.-New York Telegram.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09

There is rumor to the effect that the
Turks have alone escaped the discomforts
and terrors of the influenza" This re-
lief from distemper that has had the
civilized world in its grip is attributed tc
the Turkish custom of an always covered
head. The fez and turban seem to be
protectors in some way from the nicrobe
that sets its visitors sneezing and then
often lands them in the cold grave. II
this proves to be true it will in all proba-
bility increase the number in this coun.
try who have adopted the skull cap as a
preventive of colds. Many speakers in
variably in going upon the platform, to
avoid the effects of draughts, have worn
the skull cap. 1t is not ornamental, but
it is safegard against catarrh, one OF
the plaques of this climate. Let us give
the skull cap show Boston Traveller.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
TWo MlNp REApeRs-
Biikins and His Friend Marvel at Their
Acquired Gift.

hAhhthS anu Ills FRIEND Marvel at Vheia
Acquired Gift.
Don't say 2 word" exclaims Bilkins
impressively, as n gaunt, unshaven man
enters his Office. "bon't speak; don't utter
"A syllable. | have acquired the gift OF
mind reading. a mysterious sympathy is
established between us. | read your pur.
pose. You have come here to collect Kent
a Blunt's littlo account. Is it not sop
1T is. You are quite right" replied the
gaunt, unshaven one. IL, too, have been a
mind reader in my time. The power is ON
me now | know your thoughts. / can
tell what the speech will be that YOU are
framing even now. You are going to say.
1 am very sorry, but you will have to call
again. Am not right2"
"Marvelous" calculated Bilkins.
Il can go further" pursued the prophet
in a hoarse whisper. you will tell me to
come in about the middle of next week"
'MiraculousP cried Bilhins. "Now it
is my turn. can see into your very soul.
You will answer, L have been coming here
for the past two years every week, and it's
high time you settled up"
You astonish me-
Yea, more-you will threaten to bring
suit against me-"
just what was going to say. But I
can carry my spiritual communion further
You will say, Sue and be--blanked.'"
My dear sir you are inspired You
ought to be wealthy prophet"
Then, continued the gaunt, unshaven
party, after give you little back talk
you will watt me gently into the street."
There is no use fighting against des-
tiny" responded Bilkins, and few mo-
ments later, as the gaunt, unshaven mind
reader collected his remains from the side
walk, he was overheard to remark that the
next time he met physician he would
pass by on the other side.-America.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
A Wise nemnrrer.

1t is related of Bishop P that he
was once taken to task by few of his
UNCONVENTIONAL brethren on the charge
of exhibiting a conceit of himself at vari-
ance with the spirit of humility.
at is not conceit," said the bishop,
with that ponderous bearing that silenced
opposition-'it is not conceit, brethren;
1t is the consciousness of superiority. ~
Harper's Bazar.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
A Chemist,s Eeat.

A foreign chemist lately performed
quite feat The explosion and fire at
Antwerp reduced to "a charred mass a bun
die of 1000 form Austrian obligations
Without presentation in some identifi-
able form there could be no payment.
The imperiled obligations were given to
the chemist, and he succeeded in separ-
ating the whole of them and finding out
the numbers, and upon his report the
money was paid. Exchange.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
pillow. ,l..d. Of 1--we l..lters.


The latest device Of girlhood is fancy
for stuf1ing pillows with their old love
letters. There is one thing about the
contents Of these pillows that can be de-
pended upon with marked degree Of
certainty-they are sure to be soft. Now,
the question naturally arises. must the
pillows be stuffed with letters from a
single person. or may missives from John
and Jack aud Alger.on be tumbled pro-
miscuousv in together? Is it a test of
loyalty that when once girl really falls
in love. or thinks she does, she discard
from her pillow all the letters save those
of the Object of her deepest affection?
And how does marriage affect the fate
of the pillow? Do husbands enjoy hav-
ing their wives faces buried in a mass
of soft nothings that other men have
written to them? And what dreams
may come, and what skinny, fiat little
pillows some poor girls must have; but
how nice it is for the men to reflect that
their adored ones slumber softly on their
words Of love. Chicago Tribune.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09

A young lawyer" whose love of ease
makes practice distasteful, and whose am
pie purse makes it unnecessary, excused
himself from luncheon party the other
day, saying 81 must go to my office"
Said the hostess, laughingly; 1--WE didn't
know you had an Office"
mot have an Officer he replied. "Why,
if didn't, what would have to stay away
from?"-Harper's Bazaar.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
The Latest CONNECTIONS.

Cream straw berries are the newest and
sweetest things in the candy market
The luscious red berry is first dipped in
cold water and then plunged intoa cream
bath of rose, lemon, vanilla, orange OF
pistache flavor, the stem and little green
leaf remaining When dry the fruit Dor
bon is put into little cap or bonnet Of
fiuted paper and offered at the modest
rate Of So per pound. Another innova.
ton Of sweetness is the chocolate candle,
beautiful brown stick, three inches
long. with a tuft of hard silk to represent
the wick. Set in papier mache candle
stick Of white, pink or blue the confec-
ton is at once table ornament, favor
and delicious morsel of dessert. There
are chickens, eggs, pipes and tenpins OF
sweet chocolate that sell at ten cent?
each. and dainty little garden baskets OF
willow and grass filled with chocolate
pastilles, frilled with lace paper and the
cover tied down with a ribbon or wisr
OF straw Judging from the display OF
sweetmeats and the various designs that
are coming into the Broadway, Madison
and Fifth avenue shops chocolate is the
choice of fashion. New York World.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09

The Russian government, it is stated,
has announced its intention to begin
operations soon on the great railway
across Siberia. Work will begin at Vlad-
ivostok and at the present eastern termi-
nus of the Russian railway system at the
same time. The total length of the line
is to be 4,375 miles.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09

Mrs. Optimist-How vastly improved
dear Jennie is since her marriagel She
has quite lost that unhappy, discontinued
look of hers
Mr.. Pessimist-Not lost it, my dear
madam. 1t will shortly appear on her
husbands face.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09

1t is said that more than Il, 900 letters
and manuscripts have have been placed
in the hands of Col. w. c. Church, to be
used in making his biography of John
Ericsson. This seems almost incredible.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
His only Haven.

All women are in league against the
bachelor-th married women from sym.
pathy with their unmarried sisters and
the unmarried from desire to lessen the
number of spinsJers. With this league
against him. offensive and defensive, the
unmarried man may find peace in heaven,
but he can scarce hope To find happiness
on earth-this side Of marriage. How.
ever, once married. all the bachelors
troubles are over lie is no longer the
subject OF interested or designing atten.
tions-eXcepl the attentions which pro.
coed from love. True, the bachelor be.
comes on his marriage, if not an object
of commiseration 70 the knowing ones
an object Of comparative indifference to
all women blit one: but the superior love
OF that one atoncs for all. and his added
dignity and completeness as a man and
citizen make him wonder how he pre-
viously existed rs one-half a pair OF
scissors without tl.e other half. -Wo.
mans Cycle
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-09-09
Pay the Price of the
Royal for Royal only.

Actual tests show the Royal Baking
Powder to be Fl per cent. stronger than
any other brand on the market. If an
other baking powder is forced upon you
by the grocer, see that you are charged
the correspondingly lower price.