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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

DIR. CLARK, distinguished medi-
cal authority, says there IS no phySi-
cal reason why Mr., Gladstone-should
not live till he has reached the age Of
two hundred years He has been in
Parliament sixty years. How he will
spend the second century of his eX-
isteuce is doubtful. He can recite
Homer from beginning 10 end, can
say the multiplication table back
ward, and has chopped down most Of
the trees on his large estate. He has
not quite succeeded in obtaining
home rule for Ireland, but he expects
to do so at the next session Of parlia-
ment. He must then look up some
new wrongs to right and discover
some new worlds to conquer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

A MORE complete and perfect job
of bank looting never was done in
this country than that by which the
National Savings Bank, of Buffalo,
n. Y, was brought to ruin. 1t now
appears that an examination of only
one-half of the pass-books reveals
defalcations amounting to nearly half
q million dollars. Thus far only the
trining sum Of $50, 600 has been
turned in, in money and property, to
offset the stealings. The rascals
would have carried of the building if
they had been left alone a little
longer
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04
TO STAY AT HOME is BEST.
People Living i'm Flats Must Garry Their
Valunbles When They Go Out.

People Living in Flats Must Garry Their
Valunbles When They Go Out.
Flat robberies have become fashion
| able. In fact, says the Boston Herald
ever since the average family took to
"fiat-living," the burglar and his asso.
ciates have been at their wits end to
| know how to "burgle" premises where
SO many eyes and ears were open. But
| either such tenants have grown careless
in their seeming security or the clever
thief has discovered the weak points in
their armor, for number of robberies
have been attempted and carried out
with more or less success. In apart
ment hotels, where the entrances are
watched by elevator boys and janltors,
there is much less risk for occupants,
but in flat houses, so-called, the oppor-
tunity to enter and rob, unless every
precaution be taken by the tenant, is
undoubtedly great. 1t would not be
wise to indicate by what means very
tyro of burglar might enter half the
flats in town, though, perhaps, the
criminal gentry know it as we'll as other
folks, but it is not amiss to remind alb
sentees of the day or summer that New
York is full of tiat-thieves, and what
New York has Boston is bound to copy,
even to it's faults and sins.
Naluables like silverware and Jewell
ry are rarely left in any house during
the summer by their owners; therefore
it is not silver or jewelry these thieves
are after. Rugs, bric-a-brac of port
able nature, furniture even, have been
taken out bodily from more than one
New York flat, and in one instance,
where the tenant had merely gone
away for the day, every article of cloth
ing, costly furs and silk gowns were
packed up and carted off in wagon.
The moral of this is never to leave
home without some responsible person
remains behind to take charge and pre-
vent such disaster. But, according to
the present style Of living. this is almost
impossible. There must come a time,
however, when both mistress and maid
wish to be 'out," and only the cat can
be made guardian of the little establish
ment. In that case the transformations
| abode is its own best protection, though
the newly developed fiat thief may
have his own ideas in regard to the
game being worth the candle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

Speaking of the line, it is funny
thing. The two countries have no
middle ground between them, such
as | have read there once was between
England and Scotland, strip they
called 1.-The Marches" and where
there was continual fighting and tur-
moil. The line here is an invisible
thing. The two countries touch. A
daisy may grow in Canada and lean
over and bloom in the United States,
and Of the four little eggs in blue
birds nest two may lie in either land.
What vacillating thing the line is,
too. AS it leaves the Pacific Ocean,
it seems to have resolute intentions,
but it changes its mind. 1t follows
the straight sea, Superior, and then
1T slips into the water, like a beaver,
and does not seek the land again for
hundreds Of weary miles. 1t follows
the lake center and threads st. Mary's
River and buries itself again in Lake
Huron and the beautiful St. Clair
River, and goes through Lake Erie
and down the Niagara, over the falls,
and seeks, through Lake Ontario, the
head waters of the big St. Lawrence.
1t has then had bath enough and the
water is deserted, and away it goes
across broad meadow-lands and wan
ders to the east and north, and so to
the Atlantic. That is the line. 1t
has no character. Stanley Waterloo,
in Good Form.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

AN exchange is constrained to
YEARLY remark: For the hundredth
time Constant Reader is informed
that there will be 444 votes in the
Electoral College of 1892; the winner,
therefore, must receive 223 Of them.
Probably these two simple facts, or
rather the one fact and its evident
and necessary sequence. will become
in some measure impressed on the
mind Of constant Reader" by the
closing week of the campaign.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04
CURE COBRA POISON.
The Mysterious Snake Stones of Ceyl,
and How They Work.

The Mysterious Snake stones of Ceylon
and How They Work.
The so-called "snake stones' of Cev.
lon are celebrated for the efficacy which
they are supposed to have in curing the
bites of venomous serpents. Secrecy is
maintained as to the method of tbei,
manufacture, which is a lucrative busi.
ness, carried on by monks. who supply
the merchants Of India with them
Very high prices are demanded for
them. They are employed in the ia,
miliar manner by being placed on the
wound, their absorbent material suck.
ing up the blood and incidentally the
venom, as is claimed. There is plenty
of authentic evidence of remarkable
cures performed by such snake stones
though science is as yet reluctant 10
place any belief in them.
Sir J. +. Tennent, to whose work on
Ceylon writer in the Washington Star
is indebted, tells of an occasion when
he was riding along on jungle path on
the island, and he saw one or two ma.
tives who were approaching suddenly
dart off from the road and return i'm.
medlately with cobra, the most deadly
of all serpents, grasped by the head
and tail. The man tried to place the
snake in covered basket, but handled
it 80 inexpertly that it seized him by
the finger and retained its hold for a
few seconds. Blood flowed, and intense
pain seemed to follow. AS quickly as
possible the other native undid his own
waist cloth and took from it two snake
stones. each the size of a small almond
intensely black and highly polished
though extremely light. These he ap.
piled, one to each wound inflicted
by the teeth OF the cobra. They
attached themselves closely, the
blood that oozed from the bite being
rapidly imbibed by the porous sub.
stance. After three or four minutes
they dropped off, and the suffering OF
the man seemed to have subsidized. He
twisted his fingers until the joints
cracked, and went Old his way withou,
concern. It has been ascertained with
certainty that these snake stones are
usually nothing more than pieces 0!
burned bone. The Mexican recipe fol
making snake stone is to take a frag.
ment of deer's horn OF any convenient
size and shape, cover it with grass, in
close both in thin piece of sheet cop.
per, and place the parcel in u charcoal
fire until the bone is we'll charred
When cold, remove the calcined horn
from its envelope, when it will be found
to be solid black fibrous substance
1t will then be ready for immediate use
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

The sugar trust is in fair way to
reap the just reward Of it's greed in
the form of competition by syndi-
cate of foreigners. This syndicate is
composed of Cuban and Malaccan
planters, who find they have only
one customer for their raw sugars in
the American market. That GUS
toner is the trust. They must take
the price it offers or seek another
market. Such being the situation,
they propose to see what they can ac-
complish by means of combination
of their own. They do not propose
to initiate the example Of the trust
and combine to demand their own
price. What they do propose is to
establish rehneries of their own in
this country and refine their own
sugars for the American market.
That is, instead of destroying COM
petition, they propose to compete.
The Philadelphia Record reports that
their agents have been negotiating
for water front property in that
city. 1t is also reported that they
have already begun work on re-
f1nery in Jersey City and intend to
establish another on Long Island.
This goes to show how these COM
binations to control production and
prices court their own destruction by
excessive greed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

Mrs. p. b. CHOATE, q young lady
from Memphis, recently accomplished
the feat of climbing to the summit
of Mount Vesuvius and of looking
down into the crater. She has only
been recently married. Most ladies
prefer to wait few years before
they take their husbands up into
very sulphury attitudes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04
Kansas Philosophy.

The worst kind of lie is an acted
lie.
No life that seems long is Il happy
one.
Some people tell anything, and be-
lieve it.
People exhaust JOY so much earlier
than they exhaust sorrow.
Many men loaf under the prctensc
of taking care of their health.
Woman's lips seldom betray her,
but her eyes tell the secret Of her life.
When man says he loves children,
someone is sure to ask him to hold
the baby.
A man cannot think Of very mean
things to say to his enemy until the
enemy is gone.
Patience may be found always
where there is hore, but it seldom
abides where hope is not.
We often wonder how it is possible
for some people to work so hard, and
accomplish SO little.
If ever you hear that man is re-
signed to his troubles, you may know
that it is because he has to be.
The greatest of the virtues is char
ity; probably it is for this reason that
a man keeps it all for himself.
A man will always stand at his
post, SO long rs it is the only place at
which he can get his bread and but
ter.
How people like to create the inn
preston that they are daredevils!
And what cowardly wretches they
are!
Investigate most worthless men
closely, and you will find that they
either sing, or play some game par
ticularly we'll.
When women get together one of
the main subjects of conversation is
wonder if some other woman knows
the way her husband is acting
After lovers become engaged they
begin to notice what there is to eat
on the table, and when they are mar
ried they growl because there isn't
more.
There is an impression that men
like to be petted when they are sick.
AS a matter Of fact, men like to be
petted when they are we'll, and can
enjoy it.
Treat your friend as you would a
piece of furniture; if you roughly use
him, you will have no right to COM
plain because the polish and varnish
wear off.
1t is of no avail that a liar calls our
attention to the principles of truth.
We may admit that there Is such a
thing as truth, but we cannot be per-
suaded that he knows anything Of it's
existence.
When man determines to reform
the first reform thought of is to quit
cumming around at night. Those of
you who do not have the habit. but
who are thinking of acquiring it, are
invited to think of this tchison
Globe
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

A NEW YORK neWsboy, Edward
Gallagher by name, rescued three men
and a woman from drowning the
other day, and the grateful quartette
raised u purse of 30 cents for him be-
fore their clothes were dry. If Gala
CHER had known that they valued
themselves at only = cents per head
he would have let 'em go.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

IN the efforts for the Improvement
of country roads, bicyclers, through
their clubs and central organizations.
are playing prominent part, and
are accomplishing much in this inn
portant matter. To them good coun-
try roads are prime necessity. as
without such roads the sport Of cy-
cling loses nearly all its charms, and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04
The City OF Buda Pesth.

The newest city Of Europe is Buda,,
Pesth, the capital and metropolis OF
Hungary. In kossuth's day, less than
half a century ago, the combined popu-
lation of Buda and Pesth, lying on tie
opposite sides of the Danube, was abouI
100000. The consolidated municipality
now has population of fully 500, 900
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

PEOPLE at ST. Joseph, Mo, declare
they will burn the Jesse James resi-
dencc to the ground ere it shall be
conveyed to the Worlds Fair by Chi
cago spectators. 1t might be APP
propriate enough for the Chicago
Board Of Aldermen to obtain model
of it, at least, for new city hall.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04
WHATEVER may be said of the Pas

WHATEVER may be said Of the Pas
sion Play, when performed among
the quiet hills of Obcr- Ammergau.
there can be among reverent Chris
tians but one voice Of condemnation
for the proposal to import Bavarian
peasants for its Reproduction at the
Worlds Fair in 1898, reducing it to
the level of u travelling show.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04
Will 1t Be Renewed?

"Not ten miles from Boston saw an
old lady wearing hoopskirt with her
gingham gown the other day." says sn
observer in the Transcript. owe were
driving by her little house in lonely
country, and she went in and shut the
door as if to defy our modern ways anG
gaze. But she did look cool and could
not help wondering how soon the reac'
ton will put all women back into hoop
skirt ~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

THE fish liar can now get in a word
edgewise and here is one Of his first
efforts for the season of 1872: A Bangor
somnamSulist went fishing in his
sleep and aWoke to find himself
tloundering in the water with five
hound bass on his hook.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

The career of the famous baseball
pitcher is not unlike the public life
of an opera tenor. There is sudden
glory. For a season the man is in
the sunlight of success. His photo
graph is in the show-window. His
breakfast is described with pains by
an interviewer. He is pointed at in
the street. He receives perfumed
notes In the exercise of his calling
he is applauded before he gives justi-
fication. At the zenith of his fame
necktie is named after him. But
If he loses his cunning through
nervousness or rheumatism his name
is Sejanus, and the mob that once
fawned is ready to tear him in pieces.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

SMASH the coal trust. The Read
ing combination should never have
been permitted to stand as long as 1T
has. Already the people have been
squeezed to the extent Of about one
dollar a ton, and there is no telling
where the advance in price will stop.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04
IDEAS FOR THE CAMPAIGN.

Striking Devices in Uniforms to Be Seen
Between Now and November.
A few novelties in campaign uni
forms and procession devices have al
ready been originated. One OF the
most striking is the arch torch,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

1.-THE inventor OF gunpowder de-
serves DEATH" says German philoso-
pher. Manufacturers of the toy
pistol should put this in their pipes
and smoke it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04
ats Business, Don't You Know"

1t was a patented article, and
seemed to have fairly good sale, but
the manufactures was troubled.
Il don't seem to be able to keep
them up to the standard" he ex-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04
BREAKING CAMP.

BY oRMA BoYNToN AvERILL.
We left the purple shore at eve
The lonely, silent, forest shore,
And sang, 20 summer land, we leave
Thy sylvan haunts to come no more!'
And to our ears the mig ht-winds bore
No more!
Against the tender, saffron west,
The wooded peaks stood dark and high.
And when we sang, 80 realm of rest,
O summer dells, good by. good. BY"
We heard the solemn cliffs reply,
Good-by.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

was openly practiced. Over the
portal of the shrine is the inscrip-
ton: Notre Dame de la PaiX-Our
Lady of Peace.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

result is binding flash Of white
light. The possibilities Of drill
with these tlash-torchcS may be easily
imagined.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-04

0. B. MOON, Editor and Proprietor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-20

EYLVAN REMEpY CO, -
q - Peoria Ill
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-20


it brings up the pleasures OF the past. and
hides its unpleasantnessesl You recall
your childhood days, do you not, aud
wish they would return? You remem-
Der the pleasant associations, while the
unpleasant ones are forgotten. Perhaps
to your mind comes the face of some
friend. 1t was on &c pale. sad face. 1t
showed marks of pain. lines of care.
1t seemed to be looking into the heres
after, tie unknown future. And then
you recalled how it frightened, how it
recovered its rosy hue. how it became a
picture OF happiness and joy. Do you
remember these things? Many people do,
and gladly tell how the health returned,
how happiness came back, how The world
SEEM d bright. Thew tell how they were
once weak, nerveless, perhaps in pain,
certainly unhappy. They tell of sleepless
nights, restless days, untouched food, I'M
strung nerves. And then they tell how
they became happy, healthy and strong
o1ce more. You have heard it often in
the past, have you nOt2 You have heard
people describe how they were cured and
kept in health? You certainly can re
member what it is that has so
LSipSu pcopie ia Am6Tica' Ii no.
listen 10 what Mrs An2ie Jenness
Miller, who is known universally as the
great dress reformer, says: Six years
ago, when suffering from mcn,ai care
and overwork, l received the most pro-
nouuCed benefit from the use of that
great medicine, Warmers Safe Cure All.
now you remember Now you recall
how many people you have heard Y
this same thing. Now you recOllect how
much YOU have heard Of this great Cure.
Now Won are ready to admit that memory
is usually pleasing, that the highest
pleasure comes from perfect health, and
that this great remedy has done more to
produce and prolong health than any
other discovery ever known in the entire
history of the whole world,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-20
Fanny Cleiand. Mary Case and Mrs..
Frank Taylor. and Messrs. Rudolph
We've chsuser. !Charles Case, A. d. Spery,

amy Stclehu, hoty OosC obu oAie.
Frank Taylor. and Messrs. Rudolph
We've chsuser. !Charles Case, A. d. Spery,
Frank Taylor. Robert Pearce and
G. E. Babcock enjoyed the fine sleighing
last n ght by driving to tie watch tower.
where they spent some time tobogganing
after which they returned to the city and
partook Of an elegant repast. served by
krell & hath. The night was just cold
enough to make it enjoyable, and all had
an exceedingly pleasant time,
Henry Schuck, farmer residing on
Big Island, barely escaped being killed
while crossing the Peoria tracks at Milan
about 3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon. He
was diving toward town and in attempts
ing to cross the tracks at the place stated
his team was struck by the passenger
train leaving this city at 2.20 o'clock, one
horse being instantly killed and the other
injured so that it was necessary 10
shoot it 20 e9d its suffering. The sled
was thrown to the other side Of the track
but Mr. Schrck luckily escaped uniujur-
ed
ore O. the largest bonds eyer passed
upon in the county court was approved
by Judge Adams yesterday afternoon. II
was the 100000 bond Of L. E Vince
l7ck, Jerome B Wheeiock aud c. f.
Hemeuway, Of Moline, as administrators
OF the estate of the late Hon. 5 W.
Wheelock. 1t Is signed by the three
administrators and D. L Wheeiock,
Porter Skinner. J. 81. Gould. 4. Fn5erg.
c. &. AHswoEth, c. H. Deere, Norris
Rosendel6, 5. II. Velie, J. 5. Leas, A. S.
Wright, A. r. Bryant, George Stephens
and Il. i. Ajnsworth.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-20

Why is CubeI Cough Cure called the
one m.uute 7, medyI TIE following
from Harry Lid1tt, vice president Of
state Insurance company, Des Noines.
explains his first experience: dis wife
recently became So hosrse from severe
cold she could not sneak above wbis-
per. One dose Of the Cubeb Cough
Cure afforded great relief, and a few
doses removed the hoarsencss entirely.
RE also says his children have never been
so free from coughs and colds as they
have been since ne keeps Cubeh Cough
Cure IN the house. Harlz & Bahnsen.
Hot Springs SKIN Soap not only pre-
vents all skin Gis orders. but is excellent
for the toilet and nursery.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-20
TO BE OPENED SATURDAY.
be Ready r.r TrafIIc-The street
Tar Arrangcm

! Tar Arrangement
The Rocz Island via3uct is rapidly ap-
preaching completion. You can say,
said Sup,. Taylor of the Phoenix Bridge
company this morning, that the iron
work will be completed this afternoon
and our forces will be out of the way so
that the NO dwork may be put in. That
viii take bu. a couple Of days time and
by Saturday st the outside the vfsduct
will be thrown open to the public"
Capt. Lyon furnishes The official infor-
nation that ~ Saturday, Jan. %. the
viaduct viii be open to travel and that
for few days extra guards will he pro
viied in order to avert any possible acct
dent
The cars OF the bridge line will be put
on again Sunday. Electric cars will run
between the corner Of Twenty-fourth and
Third avenues, and around the Fifteenth
street loop and back to the viaduct with a
trailer. which for the present, at least,
" III tG I1hGA bNCL VIC NihLluCL LElQgGS
with horses, aud met at the Davenport
end by an electric motor, such as was
the case in Rock Island for some time
before the viaduct was commenced. The
trailers will 60 through without transfer
and passengers entering them on eitrer
S &c of the river will not be disturbed be-
fore reaching their destination. The
traileTs will be larger than hose the Dav-
cnpoT, Is Roct Island railway has been
using aad vii require two horses instead
OF one On The ridges aud island.
The msa IN -aarge Of, and engaged in
/ the causjTu tiD of The vi4duct. have
waia q nJ.e fec Of may oosl clcs.
working IcroicsIl7 IN Che
mast exposed places possible and on the
coolest kind Ct work, and ldlt tul7
| should hayc succeeded as well as They
I'D is a matter worthy Of congratulated
/ 80 them.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-20
Annual Clearance Sale.


Bstwee en- now and the first Of
the year We shall follow our an
nual custom of closing out our
stock as c'ose as possible be
fore the first Of January. Any
one thinking Of purchasing a
piano or organ will certainly
save money and do we'll by cali
ing on D. Roy Bowlby, 1926
Second avenue, Rock Island.
We guarantee prices and terms
to suit those who wish to buy
for holiday presents. We still
handle the old reliable HalIet
& Davis and Emerson pianos.
which our house has handled
continuously for 80 years-that
alone will recommend and cur
New Scale Kimball piano is the
wonder Of the musical age.
Call and get prices: no trouble
to show goods, We have on
hand a few good upright pianos
which have been rented or used
for concerts. We positively
| guarantee to make prices on
second hand instruments that
will sell them to anyone who
wants a piano; we don't pro
pose TO carry over the first of
January anything secondhand.
VIII sell on easy payments;
call early and get your choice