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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-16
A FoilIe of the Great Rachel.

Look at the presents Rachel made to
every one," says the panegyrists. They
forgot to mention that an hour afterward
she regretted her generosity and from that
moment she never left off scheming how to
get the thing back. Every one knew this
Beauvallet, to whom she gave a magnif-
cent sword one day, instead of thanking
her, said: Jpn have a chain put to it,
mademoiselle, SO as to fasten it to the wall
of my dressing room. In that way I shall
be sure that it will not disappear during
my absence"
Alexandra Dumas, the younger, to whom
she made a present Of a ring, bowed low
and placed it back on her finger at once
ALLOW me to present it to you in my turn,
mademoiselle, 30 as to prevent you asking
for it" Sho did not say nay, but carried
the matter with one Of her fascinating
smIlee-An Englishman IN PARIS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-16
A Lover in 1861.

My present suit and service are paid to a
certain lady, who is fearful of receiving
any tokens of my affection as 1 am of offer
ing them. am only permitted to admire
her at n distance; an ogle or leer are all
the advances l dare make; if l move but a
finger, it puts her all in a sweat; and,
like the sensitive plant, she would shrink
and die away at touch. | also once
plucked up courage sufficient to attempt
squeezing her by the hand but she resisted
my attack by so close touch of her fist
that my grasp was presented with nothing
but sharp pointed knuckles and a long
thumb nail, and l was directly after sa-
luted with violent stroke on my jawbone
If 1 walk out with her, use all my ell
deavOrs to keep close to her side, but she
whisks away from me as though / had
some catching distemper about me. In
short, sir, begin to despair OF ever COM
ing in close contact with her. But what
is still more provoking, though she keeps
me at so respectful distance, she tamely
permits strapping fellow of the guards
to pat her ON the cheek, play with her
hand, and even approach her lips, and
that, too, in my presence.-Bonnel Thorn
ton
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-16
Hot Springs Skin Soap.

Prepared principally from the evsp-
GRATED waters of the Hot Springs. Arksn-
sss. Delightful for the toilet. The
healing powers of the Hot Springs of
Arkansas have long been known and rec
ognized by the medical profession all
over the country. The manufacturers
believe that in presenting to the public
their Hot Springs Skin Soap, they have
given a wonderful opportunity for pre-
venting all kinds of skin disorders, and
believe that their patrons will be we'll re-
paid by its constant use. For sale by all
druggists. Hsrtz s. Bshnsen wholesale
agents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-16
A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE
Estate of Edwin II. /

Estate of Edwin II. Barker Deceased
The undersigned having been appointed admin
strator of the estate OF Edwin II. Barker late OF
the county of Rock Island, stale OF Illinois de-
ceased, hereby gives notice tina: hi will appear
before the county court of Roc. Island coun.
ty, at the Office of the clerk of sale court in
the city OF Rock Island, at the October term, on
the first Monday in October next at which
time all persons having Claims againr said ee-
tate are notified and requested to attend for the
purpose OF having the same adjusted. AL per
sons indebted to said estate requested L,
make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Dated this 18th dav OF July, A. D. 1892.
j. r. JOHNSTON. Administrator
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-16
DUPLICATION NOTICE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS

oF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY, Sc
County Cont OF Rock Island county, to the August
term. A. ID. lS9f.-Petition TO sell real estate to
pay debts.
George II. Murphy, administrator Of the estate
of Maria b. HAYES. deceased VS.. Edward Muir
ply, Edward n Murphy John Murphy. Melissa
OwingS, Frank Wollsrd, Caroline Race, Henry c.
Connolly, administrator, and the unknown heirs
of Maria b. Hayes, deceased
Affidavit OF the non-reeidence of Edward Muir
Owings. Frank Wolard Caroline Race, and the
unknown heirs of Maris i. HAYES. deceased de-
PENDANTS above named, having been filed in the
ONCE of the clerk of the county court of Rock ISL
above named non resident defendants that the
said George IL. Murphy, administrator of the es-
tate of Mari- B. Hayes. deceased, has filed his
petition in the SAID county court of Rock Island
county, for an order to sell the premises belonging
to the estate OF said deceased, or much of il
as may be needed to pay oebts OF said deceased
and described as follows to-wit:
The north twenty (2D) feet of the east thirty
two (32) feet of lot seven "a in block ten (l0l in
the old town OF Rock leland in said Rock island
county and state of Illinois.
And that a summons has been issued out OF this
court sgainst you, returnable at the August term,
A. ID. 1892 of said court, TO he holden the first
Nonoay OF August, A d. 1892. at the court house
in Rock Island, in said Rock Island county.
Now unless you, the said above n1med non
resident defendants, and each of you, shall per-
sonally be and appear before said county court of
Rock Island county, on the first day OF the term
county, the first Monday OF September 1892
and plead, answer or demur to the said complain
ants Petition filed therein, the same and tn e
matters and things therein charged and stated
against you according to the prayer OF said bill.
Rock Island, Illinois, July 27th,.iS92
81 ,LMAR KOHLER. Clerk.
ADAIR PLSAsANTs, Complaihant's Solicitor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-16
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-16
A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

Estste OF Lawrence Sengcr. Deceased.
The undersigned having been pointed admin
lstratrix OF the estate OF Lawrence Sepger,
late Of the county Of Rock Island, state of Illinois,
dec eased, hereby gives notice that she will appear
before the county court OF Rock Island county, at
the Office OF the clerk OF said court the city OF
Rock Island, at the October term, the first
Monday in October next, at which time
all persons having clsir1s against said estate are
notified and requested % attend, for the purpose
of having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said estate reques-
ted TO make immediate payment to the under
signed.
dated this Sth day Of Aug, A. d. 1892.
CATHERINE SENGER,
Administrator
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-16
Ladies, Women

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-16
BUCKLEN's ARNICA sALyR

The best salve IN the world for cuts,
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-16
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-16

ROBERT k0EHLER,
City Clerk.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18
Overconscientious.

That strain Of morbidity in the Puritan
conscience which supplied Hawthorne with
motives is curiously active today in the
descendants of some of the old Puritan
families There is one family in which it
has persisted in a manner as tragic as it is
interesting. The father, in the days when
men made income tax returns, used to put
his in, withdraw it, file it again and per-
haps again Withdraw It, tortured lest he
had not been scrupulously honest. This
excess Ut conscience preyed upon his health
and he finally shot himself
When his three boys grew up they went
to their grandfather and asked him not to
leave them any more money, but to give it
to their nieces and cousins who had not so
much as themselves. In one of these boys.
good and lovable both in character and
person, early developed the morbid con-
science. 1t took the form of remorse at the
numbers of insects he must have killed.
Such destroyer of life had no right to live,
he argued. He was fond of riding, and kept
several horses
Finally he gave up riding lest his horse
might step on and crush beetle. Even this
precaution did not allay his sense of guilt,
and he at last shot himself
His brother, the possessor of a splendid
fortune, devotes his life to teaching, not for
money, but in the hope of impressing
young boys with the sense of the impor-
lance of becoming upright citizens.-New
York Evening Sun.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18
The Man He Needed.

An eccentric man was Captain King,
governor of an Australian colony. A set
tier once waited on Governor King to ask
for the loan of a prisoner to help him in
shingling his house.
"Come to me in six weeks, when harvest
is over" said the governor "and I will
find man for you'll
At the end of that period the settler,
whose reputation for laziness was well
established, again presented himself.
"Have you shingled your housed" asked
the governor,
sob, dear, no! I've been waiting for
help"
"Well, go into that room and you will
see your man."
Presently the settler returned saying he
could find no man, although he had looked
all over the room, even under the table
and behind the sofa
''Not find him!'' said the governor,
"How can that be? Come along with me
and I'll soon find him for you"
Governor King led the man up to the
large mirror over the mantelpiece.
'"There's the man to single your house."
said he. "Take him with you, quick, and
see that he does iti''-'.The Convict King"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18

Because you cannot help YOURSELF Ha
hal hal Don't you know who | ami? You
: cannot meet your Nellie tonight"
| secretly resented his speaking so famil
iarly of my betrothed, but / bottled my
wrath and simply said:
"Why not7''
Because / will not let either of yor
pass me.''
"Ridiculousl" l returned holly. "You
talk as if you controlled the traffic of this
/ park. How do you mean to stop us?''
every easily l am the Ghost of Run
ming Water, and my very nature gives me
power in spirit land that no one can with
stand. Don't you know that ghost can
not cross a running stream?"
l saw that the specter had thoughtlessly
made lapse in his logic, and it was with
ring of triumph in my voice that l said:
Ghosts seem to be sometimes troubled
with narrowminded views as we'll as NOR
tails. | have heard that beings of your
kind are stopped in their perambulations
and mischief by running stream. and
doubtless your being the Ghost of Run
ming Water gives you a great deal of in
fuence in your sphere But you surely
don't suppose that you can-after fulfilling
your mission on earth, as | presume YOU
did-continue to interfere with people who
are still struggling along in this matter of
fact world?"
The ghost was about to reply when sud
denly l saw a white, diaphanous dress
glinting through the trees, and the next
minute my Nellie was in full view. She
smiled joyously as she caught sight of me,
evidently not noticing the shape on the
ground.
Only for second however.
With low cry of terror, pain and de
spair, she felt and succumbed to the icy
atmosphere of the ghostly presence, as
stretching her arms supplicatingly toward
ME, she fell PROSTATE by the side of the
grinning immateriaIism
l was so overcome by the peril of my
Nellie that l could not move at first Then
recovered and sprang forward just as the
ghost stretched his clammy arms and &C
tually drew her into his embrace With
bound was at his side, while the long,
wet leaves of the mountain ash tapped
spitefully in my face as if they, too, were
taking part with the supernatural powers
against me.
''Ghost, mortal or devil! care not what
you arer' l gasped as | tried to seize him
by the throat, feeling ready to brave the
hosts of hades itself for Nellie's sake.
The mysterious, icy feeling l have re
ferred to before ran through my veins, as
if my life blood had CONCEALED, as l tried
to tear Nellie from his fearful clasp
Then
II forgot all about this brook and I actu-
ally walked right into it," was Nellie's
half laughing, half crying plant, as !
raised her to her feet and led her toward
the house to get rid of wet clothing
eyes, DEAR" replied, ''but l must GER
tainly see physician, for my nerves are in
a terrible condition. ] have entirely too
much imagination. I am afraid l have
been working and studying too much
lately"
81 am sure you have, dear You look as
though you had just seen ghost" was
Nellie's response, as she forgot her own
uncomfortable plight in her solicitude
for me.
Iwonder how came to mistake little
stream of water in the moonlight for the
burglars ghost?-Georg G. jerks in Pitts
burg Bulletin.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18
She Was All RIGHT.

"Well, of course l cannot contradict a
lady," l heard a gentleman say to lady
the other day, and then heard her retail
ate with vengeance. They had been dis
cussing some point relative to the de-
parture of trains-I don't know what
point-and when he said in an heroically
helpless way that he couldn't contradict
her, she asked: "Why not? l know what
am talking about l invite the discussion
and promise not to get angry. I believe I
am right, but desire to find out if am
wrong. AS it is, have proved my case
ana now, just at the interesting point, you
hide behind my skirts and whine" I
didn't wait to hear the rest of the argu-
ment because l didn't think it proper TO
do so, but I'll wager the woman was right.
Detroit Free Press.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18
The Miseries of Daily Life.

To pull out a drawer with jerk and fall
backward, spinning on the carpet with the
drawer handle in your hand.
To accept from handsome lady cupof
tea, and while bowling your thanks spill
half of it over your white shirt front,
To go out in pair of new boots and per-
ceive, after paying and dismissing your
eabby, that the shoemaker has forgotten
to take out the pegs stuck in the middle of
the heel.
To give large box to your cook, who
gives you every satisfaction, and when she
has carried off the spoil overhear her say
ing, ''That is all was waiting for before
leaving this horrible auctionp'-Soleil du
Dimanche,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18
They Ward Of Rheumatism.

Hickory nuts, the buckeye and it's cousin,
the horse chestnut, which brings good luck
IN New Jersey. are foes to rheumatism in
different localities Some people wear a
strange ring made Of potato, with a hole
bored through it, for rheumatism, and
others carry plain potato in the pocket
The charm is more potent if the potato has
been stolen. Almost everything seems to
have rheumatism fighting properties, for
in southern Michigan pebble in the
pocket serves to ward it off. Washington
Stap -
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18
why Chinese Discourages a Scholar

A. and the writer both started with the
determination of studying Chinese ami
the writer let A. buy grammar; but on
discovering that the single letter had
l4a ways of being pronounced, and that
each pronunciation had an entirely diff
terent meaning, we said that there was no
poetry about the Chinese language, that it
was not worth learning, aud A. IS gram
mar was secretly consigned to the river
mud by being dropped overheard Black
woods Magazine.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18
ONE WAY OF PROPOSING.

Over the balusters bends face,
Darlingly sweet and beguiling;
Somebody stands in careless grace,
And watches the picture, smiling.
Tired and sleepy, with dropping head,
wonder why she fingers;
And when all the good nights are said,
Why somebody holds her fingers.
Holds her fingers and draws her down.
Suddenly growing holder,
Till her loose hair drops its masses brown
Like mantle over his shoulder.
Over the baluster soft hands fair
Brush his cheeks like feather;
Bright brown tresses and dusky hair
Meet and mingle together.
There's question asked, there's swift
caress,
She has flown like bird from the hall
way;
But over the balusters drops Yes
That shall brighten the world for him
alWay.
Boston Globe.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18
Protection of Ships from I;ebtn;r,

lthas been remarked that ships at sea
are now struck by lightning much less
than formerly. The explanation is to be
found in the general use of wire rope for
rigging, as we'll as in the fact that the
bulls of ships are now usually constructed
OF iron or Steel The ship thus forms an
excellent conductor, by means of which the
electricity is diverted into the ocean before
It has time to do serious damage,-New
York Telegram.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18


Smith and his wife have every luxury
that money can buy, but there is one
thing lacking to their happiness. Both
are fond of children, but no little voices
prattle, no little feet patter in their
beautiful home. 81 would give ten
years of my life if 1 could have one
healthy, living, child of my own" Smith
often says to himself. No woman can
be the mother Of healthy offspring I'M
less she herself is in good health. If she
suffers from female weakness, general
debility, bearing-down pains and func-
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blood, dispels aches and pains, gives re-
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It's the only guaranteed medicine for
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tune 5-1Vr
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18
1AL,E y CENTURY in ACTIVE
OpE3ATION.
It ehould%oe N Every House

j. K. wilson. 81 clay s. ,Sharpshurg,
he Will NOT he wi hon Kings New Tsis
for Consnm ptiop. olghs and ODDS u at u e
his wife who was threatened with Pneu
after an attack of LA GRIPPE" when va:
other remedies and several PIN sicians had
her no good Robert Barber Oh Cookspor
claims Ur. Kings New Discovery has done '
more good than anything he ever used for
Trouble. Nothing like it, Try it. Free
Bottles at Hughes & Bells Drug Store La
bottles, soc. and 81.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18
First Lesson in the Art of COMPOSING.


Mile. Sale was in the last century, the
most accomplished and fascinating bale.
teuse at the French opera house. In ad-
dition to her other qualifications she played
and sang with extraordinary artistic skill
and depth of expression. She once confided
to Rameau, the famous musician, that her
ardent wish was to be able to compose, and
asked him to give her few lessons in the
art. Nothing easier in the world,n Ra
meau gallantly replied. He handed her
sheet of paper ruled for music and asked
her to take her valuable breastpin and
prick holes in the lines wherever she
thought proper.
After the lady had completed her task,
Rameau took the sheet of paper, turned
each puncture into note, determined it's
length, selected suitable key and the
thing was done. This remarkable compo-
sition turned out a lively piece of dance
music, which was afterward entitled, Lies
Sauvages dams les Indies galantes," and
was popular in France for a great number
of years.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18
Electric Ritters.

This remedy is becoming SO well known and SC
popular as to need nospecial mention. All who
have used Electric Bitters sing the same song Of
praise.-A purer medicine does not exist and it il
guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and
Kidneys, will remove Pimples Boils, Salt Rheum
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VIII drive Malaria from the system and prevent
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Headache, Constipation and Indigestion try
Electric Bitters-Entire satisfaction guaranteed
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bottle at Hughes & Bells Drugstore. feb2S 1y
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18
Bucklen. 8 Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter
Chapped Hands, Chilblain, Corns, and all Skin
Efuptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect salts
action. or money refunded Price 25 cents pe-
box For sale by Hughes & Bell, Druggists
feb PLY
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-03-18

Not Much Eutchery After All.
The wonderful progress made i'll Surgery
is shown from the fact that only per cent.
OF all operations in amputations are fatal.
New York Journal,