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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-29

everybody sees it
Till everybody is sick Of
seeing it
Till everybody knows it
without seeing it
that DR.. Sage's Catarrh Rem
edy cures the worst cases Of
chronic catarrh in the head,
catarrhal headache, and "cold
in the head"
In perfect faith, its makers,
the Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association of Buffalo,
N. Y, offers to pay $500 to
any one suffering from chronic
catarrh in the head whom
they cannot cure.
Now if the conditions were
reversed-if they asked you to
pay $500 for positive cure
you might hesitate. Here are
reputable men, with years Of
honorable dealing; thousands
Of dollars and a great name
back of them and they say
"We can cure you because
we've cured thousands like
you If we can't we'll pay
you $500 for the knowledge
that there's one whom we
can't cure.''
They believe in themselves.
Isn't it worth a trial? Isn't
any trial preferable to catarrhf
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-29
Intelligence Column.

THE DAILY ARGUS delivered at your dool
i every event ng for 12Mc per week.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-29

Z OST-A Hunting Case Gold Watch, between
II Rock Island and Davenport; contained
two photographs; return to ARGUS office and re-
ceive reward.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-29

MIk offer agents big money, in exclusive terri
w tory patent Safes sell at 81, hit in city
or country; new agents in the field actually get
ting rich; one agent in ole day cleared $50: so
can you; catalogue free. ALPINE SAFE Co. No.
81, clark street, Cincinnati, o.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-29
FROM LONDON AND BERLIN,
DIR. Thorne, of the London Sanitary Board,
Not Hopeful-Sensible Kaiser.

DR.. Thorne, of the London Sanitary Board,
Not Hopeful-Sensible Kaiser.
LONDON, Aug. 29-Dr. Thorne, chief of
the sanitary division of the local govern
ment board, says he has grave doubts
of the ability of the board to keep
the cholera out of London. He says
the great source of danger is in
the East End. 1t is impossible to
watch and locate INDECENT immigrants
who naturally gravitate toward the East
End on arrival in the country. They do
not know themselves where they are 60
ing, and their addresses cannot be regis
tered. They have no work i'll prospect
and no friends to receive them, and they
drift to the slums and are lost sight of
They are of course subject to a medical
inspection at the port of arrival, but they
might pass this and yet be infected with
cholera in the incu baton stage, which
would develop afterward.
Radical Measures Talked of.
Ordinary travellers can be watched for
any desired length of time after arrival, as
they have destinations in view and can
give their addresses. At the instance of
DR. Thorne all the leading medical officials
under the government met Saturday to
discuss the situation. 1t was resolved
that more stringent measures than now
possible should be authorized. There is
a growing feeling that Gladstone should
convene the ministers and pass an order
on the ground of public expediency en-
towering officials to absolutely exclude
immigrants at their discretion SO long as
the danger from cholera exists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-29

Well write it down till
everybody sees it
Till everybody is sick Of
seeing it
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
Cats of Long Ago,

The piercing and cutting teeth of some
Of the cats of long ago are the most per
fectly adapted instruments for cutting
purposes that ever were seen, being un.
equalled by any manufactured tools for
such uses.
For example, there was the 'gompho.
dus," which was as big as the largest
panther and had two teeth in its upper
jaw resembling daggers, each five inches
in length. AS weapons for penetrating
flesh they are unrivaled among carniv-
orous animals, recent or extinct. They
are rather like the teeth of some huge
flesh eating dinosaurs, the terrible rep
tiles" of the Mesozoic epoch, which had
cutting teeth that nothing could resist
Doubtless this creature was inconceiva-
bly, bloodthirsty. Quite as fierce. how.
ever, and even more formidable by rea-
son of its greater size, was the contem-
porary "pogonodon, which was as large
as the biggest jaguar.
There were two species of this animal,
which held the field in Oregon during
the period speak of against all rivals.
1t was undoubtedly great destroyer Of
life among the herbivorous beasts. In
terview in Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
The First Edition" Craze.

Is this hankering after first editions
but mere craze or fashion?-in which
case l would venture to predict that
when the book loving and book buying
public once begins to consider seriously
what it is that really constitutes the
value Of any first edition the ridiculous
and artificially enhanced prices Of such
issues will fall.
Upon this public weakness, whether
fostered by sentimental or any other
feeling, the booksellers are now trading
and are in the habit of calling attention
in Roman capitals in their catalogues to
first editions of almost every conceiv-
able book-of course at the same time
adding a correspondingly increased
price to books which are hardly worth
purchasing in any edition.
For the present great demand for first
editions the keen competition among
English. speaking peoples from abroad
for any book of special value now
offered for sale may be in a great de-
gree responsible, aided by large class
Of unreasoning beings who buy books
merely because they are first editions,
and who by dint Of their long purses are
able to crush in where angels fear to
tread" These are they upon whom
ordinary book lovers look with dread,
and the booksellers not always with
approval.-Notes and Queries.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
How q Prisoner Escaped.

If we will only rightly use little things
1t is surprising how much may some
times be done with them. A vizier, hav.
ing offended his royal master, was con-
demned to lifelong imprisonment in a
high tower, and every night his wife
used to come and weep at its foot. go
home," said the husband, land find a
black beetle, and then bring a bit Of
butter and three strings-one Of fine silk,
one of stout twine, another Of whipcord
and strong rope"
When she came provided with every
thing he told her to put touch of but
ter on the beetles head, tie the silk
thread around him and place him on the
wall Of the tower. Deceived by the
smell Of butter, which he supposed was
above him, the insect continued to as
cend till he reached the top, and thus
the vizier secured the silk thread. BY it
he pulled up the twine, then tho whip
cord, and then'a strong rope, by which
he finally escaped.-Detroit Free Press
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
DIR. Mackenxie's Kindness.

Here is a story about Sir Morell Mac
kenzie which gives typical instance Of
his kindness to nonpaying patients.
A wretched girl tried to commit sui
eide by drinking carbolic acid. She in
jured her throat fearfully, and in hospi-
tai came under the notice of Sir Morell
for few weeks. She fingered on being
mortally injured) for fifteen months,
and when lying dying in her miserable
home longed and longed to see 'her doc
tor again. At last, persuaded by her
entreaties, said would go to Harley
street and ask him if he would visit her,
though l could not reasonably hope for
any success.
"Can I help her" he asked.
mot physically, but it would give her
untold comfort"
"Alf right, I'll CO." and go he did that
very evening, and, at the farthest verge
Of an east end slum, sat by the girl,
suggested one or two simple alleviations,
called her "my DEAR" and left her with
two sovereigns squeezed up in her hand.
She died next day, but she had seen
"her doctor. London Tit-Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
Pets of English Regiments.

It may not be generally known that
there is special reason why the Royal
Welsh Fusiliers should have @ goat.
They are very ancient corps, and at an
early period of their existence it was the
custom to have goat with shield and
garland on its horns to march at the
head of the drums. Every 1st of March
being the anniversary of their tutelary
saint, David, the officers used to give an
entertainment, and after the. cloth was
taken away bumper was filled around
to the Prince of Wales, and the goat,
richly caparisoned for the occasion, was
led thrice around the table in procession
by the drum major.
In 1884 the then regimental goat of
the Welsh Fusiliers died and her mai
esty presented the regiment with two of
the finest goats from a fock-the gift of
the shah of Persia-in Windsor park,
and since that date the queen has con-
tinued to supply the Welsh Fusiliers
with goats as occasion required. The
pet Of the Second battalion Derbyshire
regiment used to- be a ram; that of the
Eighth Kings Royal Irish light dra-
goons. now hussars, q horse; the Royal
Warwickshire had arPantelope, the Ros-
shire Bluffs deer and the Fifteenth
lancers tiger.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
Polite Photograph ers.

The knack which French photogra-
pliers, and especially those Of Paris.
possess in relieving their sitters Of a
constrained and distressed look while
sitting for their portraits has long been
the envy and perplexity of photogra-
pliers of other nations An American
photographer, on recent visit to Paris,
took pains to study the means by which
this very desirable result was reached.
He reports that it all lies in very
simple device, which we'll illustrates
the nature of the Frenchman.
When lady, for instance, is sitting
to a photographer for portrait, the
operator does not, in a perfunctory
manner, coldly request her to Look
pleasant now, ma'am" He says to her.
in the most natural and graceful man.
ner in the world:
"It's quite unnecessary to ask madam
to look pleasant; she could not look
otherwisei'
The lady of course acknowledges the
compliment with her most gracious
and highbred smile. "Clickr" goes the
camera and the picture is obtained, re.
vealing the sitter at her highwater
mark, as it were.-Youth's Companion
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
Carrier Pigeons in France.

Englishmen, it appears. enjoy in
France a curious privilege, which is rig
idly withheld from Germans and Bel
gians. It is that of flying carrier pig
cons. This, however, as explained by
Mr.. Tegetmeier in his curious lecture on
this subject, is on the strict condition
that both the birds and the senders are
English. In Belgium alone, according
to this authority, there are 6OO, 900 acing
birds, which in case of a war would be
put at the disposal of the government.
and every one of these is trained bird.
They used, it is stated, to train them
over the south of France, but that is
now interdicted, and no bird from Bel.
gium or Germany is allowed to be
trained in France. The fear of course is
that in the event of war these trained
pigeons would be smuggled into the in
terror, and thus information could be
carried out.-London News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
His Rebuke.

Much of the music sung in city
churches would scarcely be character
lied as "sacred" if it were heard any
where except in the house of God. And
there are some odd people who even in
this age Of progress consider that such
music belongs rather to the concert
room than to the church.
Parson Snow was one of these people.
and when he exchanged" one Sunday
with an old college friend who was set
tied over large city parish he was both
amazed and shocked by the vocal dis
play-the snthem-with which the
members of the choir electrified the con-
gregation.
"They had fine voices, my dear" he
explained to his little wife when he was
safely back in his own home. "and
presume they wanted to show them off,
and so took advantage of a time when
their pastor was away. l thought at
first of rising and requesting them to
desist. Then felt that perhaps it would
be my duty to report the matter to
Doctor Green.
"But l finally concluded that, as it
was undoubtedly first offense and
caused by an almost pardonable vanity,
! would deal gently with them. So
waited until they had finished, and then
rose and said, We will now begin the
religious services of the morning.
"And feel sure concluded the sim
pie minded pastor, "that they felt my
rahuka and will NOT lat sueb a thin ~
occur again!'-Youth's Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
A Growing Industry.

Inventive ingenuity of the highest
order is constantly at work to discover
uses for paper, while the manufacturer
and the inventor of papermaking ma
chinsry are straining every energy to
improve the quality of the product, to
cheaper production or to provide special
grades for new uses Judging from the
still undiminished food of inventions, it
would appear that the industry is yet In
Its infancy as compared with the infiu-
ence it is destined to exert ON the COM
fort, intelligence and advancement Of
the human ce.-Engineering Maga-
zine
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
True to His Word.

There is an unfortunate relic of sena-
torial greatness who hangs around the
Capitol during the winters. On one oc-
casion he applied to Senator Jones for
relief. "Say, JONES'" said he, lend me
City dollars, won't you? I've got to go
home and ! haven't the money. can't
pay you till / come back in six months?'
"No," said Jones promptly, ~ won't
let You have fifty dollars for six months. I"
The old mans jaw fell. "But I'll tell
you what Twill do. I'll let you have 800
for twelve months if you'll stay away
that long" The wreck was tickled, and,
strange to relate, turned up exactly
twelve months afterward to a day and
paid back the hundred.-Kate Fields
Washington.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
Auroras Forty Miles High.

The scientists of the Royal Danish
academy have made public the results
of some interesting experiments, which
were conducted for the sole purpose of
ascertaining the exact, or at any rate
the approximate, height of the aurora
borealis. At Godthaab M. Adam Paul
sen, with two theodolites situated only
four miles apart, found that the height
of different auroral displays varied from
one to forty milesl Near Cape Fare
well, with base line of three-fourths
Of a mile in length, the best calcula-
tions obtainable placed different aurora
at from one to ten miles in height; at
Spitzbergen it was shown that they
range from height of one-third of a
mile to eighteen miles.
In this case 1t will not prove uninter-
esting to mention some of the remark
bic opinions entertained by the early ex-
perimenters in this line. Flogel esti-
mated the height of the various aurora
observed by him at from 80 to $40 miles
above the earth; Reimann found that
one observed by him was at least 500
miles high, and Nordenskjold's earlier
deductions gave such phenomena an av-
erage height of 1876 miles. Then Leem-
strome came forward with the announce.
ment that he had taken notes and Oh
servations on an auroral display that
was not separated from the earth by
more than 1000 feet, while Hildebrand-
son concurred to the extent of declaring
that many of the displays were below
the clouds.-St. Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13

A missionary had taken his wife with
him TO India. There she died, and the
brokenhearted widower received permits
sion from the missionary board of his
church to come home. Here he promptly
consoled himself, and with his second
spouse returned to the field of his former
labor. But fate was still unkind and at
the end of year he was once more be-
reaved. Again he besought the permis-
sion of the board to return home. but
this time they gently but firmly de-
clined, saying that they did not feel
justified in the expense of giving him
two vacations within two years. They
suggested, delicately, however, that II
his desire was to recoup himself for his
recent loss It was possible for him to
deputize a friend TO secure for him n
new partner of his joys and sorrows.
This he accordingly did.
The day the steamer was signaled the
bridegroom elect went down to meet it,
accompanied by amarried friend. When
the latter returned he was pounced upon
by his own wife, who demanded all the
particulars of the meeting. "Did DIR.
Smith seem much overcome when he
saw Miss Browng' was the first ques-
ton. "Well-yes-a little" Wasn't
he overjoyedY" "Well-overjoyedis is not
just the word, perhaps" "Why, didn't
he say he was delightedf" "Well-no-
not exactly" But, at least, he seemed
pleasedr" "Well-I don't quite know"
For mercy's sake, tell me just what
he did say and do" "Well"-with evil
dent reluctance. when he saw her
she was at the other end of the deck and
she was pointed out to him by the friend
she had travelled with. Smith looked at
her for minute, and then he passed
his hand over his eyes and heard him
murmur, Red hair-for the third time
and after so much prayerv"-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
THE NOBlER LOVER.

II he be q nobler lover, take himl
You In you seek, and not myself;
Love with mems what women choose to make
him,
Seraph strong to soar, or fawn eyed elf
All am or can, your beauty gave It.
Lifting me moment nigh TO you,
And my bit of heaven, fain would save IT.
Nine thought II was, never knew.
What you take Of me Is yours to serve you.
All give. you gave 10 me before:
Let him win you'll II but deserve you,
keep all you grant TO him and no more;
You shall make me dare what others dare not,
You shall keep my nature pure MS snow,
And light from you that others share not
Shall transfgure me where'er go.
Let me be your thralll However lowly
Be the bondsman's service I can do.
Loyalty shall make IL high and holy;
Naught can be unworthy. done for you.
Men shall say. "A lover Of this fashion
Such an Icy mistress well beseems."
Women say, Gould we deserve such passion.
We might be the marvel that he dreams"
james Russell LOWELL
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
NUMBER 10.
A Broom Speculation.

A 6-foot Yankee, seated upon o load of
brooms, drove his team up before the
door of an establishment where he ex-
pected to find purchaser. Jumping
from his seat he entered the store and
the following colloquy took place:
Yankee-Can't I sell you load of
brooms today, mister
Dealer-No; don't want any.
Yankee-Better take 'em-sell 'em dog
cheap.
Dealer-Dont want 'em; got enough
brooms.
Yankee-rll tell you what I'll do. II
you'll take the lot I'll let 'em go for one
dollar dozen. You know they're wuth
double that.
The dealer stroked his chin for mo
ment, as IL in deep thought, and then re-
piled:
"Well, I don't want any brooms, as l
told you, but l don't mind making o
trade with you"
Yankee-What sort Of a trade?
Dealer-Well, I'll take your whole load
at one dollar dozen and pay you one
half cash, you to take the other half in
trade.
Yankee-No you don't misterl You'll
charge me such an all fred profit on the
other half that might come out at the
little end Of the horn.
Dealer-Oh, no; promise you that
you shall have the goods just at what
they cost me-
Yankee-Wall, mister, that's what
call square dealin. It's a bargain.
And he commenced to unload the
brooms in pile on the sidewalk. When
he got through he walked into the store.
"There you are, mister; fourteen
dozen, which 1 calcurlate makes just
seven dollars comm to me-"
Dealer-Yes. that's right; there's the
money. Now what goods do you want
for the other seven dollars9
Yankee-Wall, dunno. You see,
mister, hain't much posted in your
other truck, so guess I'll take brooms
House Furnishing Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
Captain Dave Silver.

Everybody who took a trip on the
Missouri dozen or twenty years ago
remembers Captain Dave Silver, one of
the handsomest men that ever guided
the destinies of those old timers. Cap
tain Silver is still alive-he is some
where in the south, think. But wher-
ever he is, he is still the courtly, stately
figure that used TO stand forward and
bow to the passengers leaving the boat
at jefferson CiSS, st. Joe, Omaha or
Kansas City-Westport Landing IL was
then. They all knew young, handsome
Dave Silver-they all liked to ride on
his boat. It was the Lucas, think, one
Of the fastest that ever rode the river
She wore the champions deer horns on
the pilot house for years.
II was hard on Captain Silver for all
Of the floating palaces to pass out of the
river forever, but he had another mis-
fortune. He had a brother. How he
loved himi They were inseparable. One
day they were standing near the rail of
a big boat just as she was pushing off.
The brother leaned forward bit, the
rail broke, and before Captain Dave
could catch him the man had fallen into
the water. The boat swung around at
that instant and poor Silver was dragged
under the wheel.
"It's Joel" gasped Captain Dave. That
was all he said. He had seen his broth
er go under the vicious paddles, and he
fell into partial faint. That was one
of the reasons that this tall, handsome
man, with the elegant manner and gray
hair and beard, left the Missouri for the
low banked streams of the far SOUTH
Detroit Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
How He Came to Write . Book.

How Professor e. A. Freeman came
to be the author Of the famous work on
the Norman Conquest is curiously in
teresting to those taking part in COM
petitions. That subject was selected
for an English prize essay at Oxford,
but the essay that he sent in did not
win. He went on studying the matter,
wrote the foregoing standard book and
was, in consequence, afterward elected
by the university to the lucrative post
of professor of history.-London Tit
Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
The Earth to BE Like the Moon.

The water of the earth is all destined
to disappear from the surface Of the
globe by being absorbed by subterranean
rocks, with which it will form chemical
combinations. The heavenly spheres
exhibit sufficiently striking examples Of
such an evolution. The planet Mars
shows what will become of the earth
in some thousands Of centuries. Its seas
are only shallow Mediterraneans of less
surface than the continents, and these
do not appear to be very high; and in
the appearance Of the moon, all cracked
and dried up, we have a view of the
final state of the earth-for the absorp-
ton of the water by the solid nucleus
will be followed by that of the atmos-
phere.-Popular Science Monthly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
Appearances Are Deceptiye.


He looked every inch the hog. but he
wasn't.
He sat inside Cottage Grove avenue
car, while two women and q man stood
just In front Of him. One woman held
on to a strap, while the other wabbled
about in manner very disconcerting to
man who was sitting.
Glancing up uneasily he discovered
the cause. The man who was standing
was grasping two straps in one hand.
The man who was sitting may have
resembled the street car hog, but, as we
have said, he wasn't, not by long shot.
Reaching up. he touched the man on
the shoulder.
II beg pardon, but won't you let this
lady have one Of those straps9"
Then he drew his pet corn from under
the seat and resigned himself to his
paper.-Chicago News Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13

In great French houses dinner was
announced by the blowing of hunting
horns, and it is on record that at certain
gala feasts the dishes were brought in
by servants in full armor, mounted upon
caparisoned horses, o practice we could
only look for during the reign Of chiv-
airy. OF the attendents at dinner the
tarver and server took precedence over
all the others; they stood probably ON
each side of their lord. The server, It
may be mentioned, was the officer who
placed the dishes on the table.-London
Cor. Chicago Herald.