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Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-17
ELBEHT ToTTEN.

water, strikes on the top of his head upon
a soft mattress, turns complete somer-
sault and comes up smiling to his feet
again. Five chairs is a good quota for
any athlete, but Totten easily clears six,
while seven do not even daunt him. Tot
ten is not satisfied, however, and if he does
not break his neck will soon be flying over
q row Of eight chairs.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-17
FRANCIS WILSON'S NEW OPERA.

ItsIs Better Than His Old Ones-what
He Does on the Stage.
Francis Wilson's new opera, 1.-THE Lion
Tanner" has already had run in New
York long enough to prove it to be sub
stantial success. From some points Of
view it shows little merit as literary or 4
musical effort. but every one agrees that II
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-17

MIDDLEMAN."
somewhat morbid turn of his mind; but
the result of it in his stage work is very
easily seen. His art in making up" his
face amounts to genius, and he Has such
control over his voice that he can disguise
it completely and make it f1t the character
he is playing on the stage with a perfec-
Gion that Is startling.
His wife, who is known better as Miss
Emily Waters than she is as Mrs. Willard,
as the author Of many charming short
stories, most Of which tend toward the
morbid. EDWARD MARSHALL.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-17

his perilous feat Of
diving over a row Of
chairs at the Eastern
District Young Mems
G b ri stian associa-
tion, of Brooklyn.
Totten takes a long
run, dives through
the air above the
chairs as a swimmer
plunges into the
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-17

Local and through tickets sold, baggage
checked, Pullman sleeping car reservations
plication to J. M. CRAWI4EY, Asst. g. Pas. Agt.,
No. 144 8. Spring st., cor. Second. CHARLES
SkYLER, Agent at DepOts.
lSundaye excepted.
RICh'D GRAY, Gen. Trafnc Mgr.
T. q. GOODMAN,
tt Genl Passenger Agt.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-17

scenes. There are very remarkable and
praisewurthy psychological studies, but
psychological studies are considered out of
place in the theater by most people.
John Needham's Double" another Of
Mr.. Willard's plays, tells a story of i'm
penetrable gloom. The public will not pay
for the privilege of being made gloomy.
nae legitimate purpose of the theater is to
amuse Tragedy can seldom be made to
pay nowadays and it is right that it is So
The one other play which Mr.. Willard
has presented-'The Mddleman''-is full
of human interest and ends happily. The
fact that it has been the only one of Mr..
Willard's dramas to really make money
proves that human nature and happiness
are what theater goers want to see counter
feited on the stage. Mr.. Willard has not
shown to the American people an art too
high for them to comprehend. He has
shown to them an art applied to themes
which are not agreeable to healthy minds.
But if Mr.. Willard has not made much
money in America he has made many
friends He is charming and admirable
man. He is thirty-seven years old and has
been on the stage twenty-on years, yet he
has not acquired any of the vices or mis-
takes of manner that mar the personalities
of so many actors. His favorite dissipation
is an occasional glass of ale and his chief
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-17

COUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAILWAY
- COMPANY (Santa Fe Route).
IN EFFECT SUNDAY, FEBRUARY IA, 1892.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-17
sleep ON Left side.

Many persons are unable to sleep on their
left side The cause has long been puzzle to
physicians. Metropolitan papers speak with
great interest Of DR.. franklin Miles, the emil
nant Indiana specialist in nervous and heart
diseases, who has proven that this habit arises
from diseased heart. He has examined and
kept on record thousands Of cases. His New
Heart Cure, wonderful remedy. is sold at @.
H. Hance's. Thousands testify to It's value as a
cure for Heart Diseases. Mrs. Chas. Benoy,
Love,and, Col, says Its effects on her were
marvellous. Elegant book on Heart Disease
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Things Worth Remembering,

When you feel a kind of goneuess about
the stomach it is a sign that your food
does not sit well, aud that you are aboa,
to have a fit of indigestion.
When you begin to feel nervous and
are unable to sit still comfortably; when
your clothes suddenly seem 0 lose their
tit and become too tight in places, the fiji
of indigestion is surely upon you.
When this fit of indigestion is repo ated
from day t. day it finally resolves itself
into dyspepsia.
Remember that three to 10 Of Bran
dreth's Pills will cure the worst case Of
indigestion or dyspepsia. or both, and
that regular course of them. say two
every night for week or 10 days. i'll
act as preventive of either complaint
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Mexican En- eraIds.

In the dark house in which were kept
the sacred treasures and the consecrated
taperS of T0tan, were numerous clay and
stone vases studded with eIneralds and
precious stones. but, though seen more
than once by Nunez de la Vega, they have
now finally disappeared. Many believe
that they are still in existence if only
they could be found. Some say that the
Peruvians worshiped huge emerald as
big as an ostrich's egg and offered to it as
tribute of praise and alteration other en-
eralds of smaller siZe-as children given to
their parents or vassals delivered up to
their lord.
Cortez got from the Golden castle five
emeralds of priceless value. The first was
cut in the form of rose, with its leaves;
the second was n kind of toy or "charm, F" a
hunting horn; the third was a fish with
golden eyes; the fourth was bell, of
which the clapper was a large pear shaped
pearl: tho fifth was cup set on golden
foot. trimmed with gold and bearing four
golden chains fastened to pearl, by which
it might he worn as q jewel on the breast
This piece alone was valued Mt 10000
ducats-vhether gold or silver the chron-
icle does not say. Other emeralds fell into
the hands of these ruthless robbers and
murderoLs conquerors, one being of the
size of IL pigeons egg. -London Queen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Catarrn Can't be Cured

with local applications. as they carno
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh Is
blood or constitutional disease, and IL
order to cure it you have to take interns
remedies. Halls Catsrrh cure is taker
internally, and acts directly On the blood
and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrf
Cure is no quack medicine. 1t was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians II
this country for years; and is a regular
prescription. 1t is composed of the besi
tonics known, combined with the bes
blood purifiers. acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina'
ton of the two Ingredients is what Fro
duces such wonderful results IN curing
catarrh Send for testimonials free,
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo. o
Sold by druggists price 75c.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Hot Springs, Arkansas

With the view OF placing before and
within the reach OF the suffering the ben
efits of the curative properties Of the Hot
Springs in q simple, practical sDd mex
pensivs manner, the manufacturers have
with the aid of skillful chemist. synthe-
tized all the healing elements entering
into the composition of the water in the
form of the medicines which they have
offered to the public.
Realizing that remedy which offers
the additional advantages of q preventa-
tive would be farther reaching and of
more vital importance. they have placed
upon the market their Hot Springs Skin
Soap.
Hot Springs Skin Soap acts directly
upon the delicate pores of the body,
sweetens and purifies the skin, thereby
rendering it free from bad odors, pimples,
rashes and other disagreeable and repug-
nant manifestations. Hartz d Balm sen,
wholesale agents. Rock Island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Fish Ten Thousand Years Old.

In mailing railroad tunnels, cuts, etc,
and in sinking wells and pits in Nevada,
Utah am. Arizona, salt strata often
struck az varying depths, sometimes as
much as d hundred yards beneath the sur
face Hundreds of fish, perfectly pre-
served are found in blocks of this pure
rock salt. These salt fields are supposed
to occupy what was once the bottom of a
lake thirty miles long, fifteen miles wide
and many hundred feet deep The fish
found resemble the pike and pickerel spe-
cies. and are wholly unlike the fish found
in the lakes and rivers of that region at
the present time. The specimens found
are not petrified, but are as perfectly pre-
served in the flesh as though but recently
frozen in a block of ice.
When taken out and exposed to the heat
of the sun they become as hard as blocks
of wood. Occasionally workmen ut the
salt works located in 1.-The basin" have at
tempted to eat these antediluvian relics.
Men of learning who have investigated the
matter say that these salt preserved fish
are at least 10000 years old.-St Louis Re
public
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Latitude.

The average rainfall for the entire sur
face of the earth is about four feet. The
entire annual rainfall upon the earth is
estimated at about 152, 900 cubic miles.
This is sufficient TO fill Lake Erie nearly
900 times or Lake Superior fifty times.
These figures give fair idea of the amount
OF water which is annually carried to the
clouds and discharged upon the earth, and
of the energy eXerted in the work by the
heat of the sun.
It has been seen that the rainfall is very
unequally distributed over the surface of
the earth; that some lands reap great
harvest from the clouds. others a meagre
supply. But such inequality does not
produce floods If the rainfall were dis
tributed equally through the days or even
through the months of the year, there
would be no disastrous floods. Regular
rainfall produces regular channels compe-
tent TO carry away all the water. There
are floods in arid lands and in humid lands
alike The flood which made a lake in
desert was in a region of minimum rain
fall.
1t is the concentration of rain in brief in
tervals of time that brings disastrous
floods. In France 81 inches of rain have
been observed to fall in 81 hours; in Genoa,
80 inches in "a hours; in Gibraltar, 80
inches in Sc hours; near Bombay, 24 inches
in one night; on the khasi in India. $50
inches have fallen in . successive days.
There are on record in the United States
several instances of a fall of or q inches
in . or hours. y great rainfall may ex-
tend over great area OF country, but
ofteEer extreme rainfalls are limited to
small districts, sometimes to only very
few square miles. Thus there are great
regional foods and very local floods
North American Review.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Il should b. in Evssy House.

j. B. Wilson, 871 Clay street. Sharps-
burg. Pa, says he will not be without
Dr. Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton, coughs and colds. that it cured his
wife who was threatened with pneumonia
after an attack OF ola grippe, when va
rious other remedies and several physi-
clans had done her no good. Robert
Barber. of Cooksport. Pa. clsins DR..
Kings New Discovery he's done him more
good than anything be ever used foc
lung trouble. Nothing like it. Try it.
Free trial bottles at Hsrtz & Bahnsen's
drug store. Large bottles, soc and 81.
ELECTRIC BITTERs.
This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular IS to need no SPECIAL mem
ton. Ali who haye used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise. A purer
menicine does not exist and it is guaraut-
eed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bltters will cure all diseases of the liver
and kidneys will remove pimfles boils.
salt rheum and other affections caused by
impure blood. Viii drive malaria from
the system and prevent as well Is cure all
malarial fevers. For cure of headache.
constipation and indigestion try Electric
Bitters-Entire satisfaction guaranteed.
or money refunded-Price so cents snd
$1.00 per bottle at Hartz s. Bshnsen's
drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
RAINFALL AND EVAPORATION.
The Tremendous Body of Water That
Annually Falls Upon the Earth.


The total amount of evaporation and of
constant rainfall is not exactly known,
but the approximate amount is pretty well
made out. The rate of evaporation has
been measured in very many places scat
tered over the earth, especially in Europe
and the United States. There are some
places in the United States where evapora-
tion is not more than twenty inches annu-
ally, but there are other regions, as in the
lower valley of the Colorado river, where
it is more than eight feet. These facts well
illustrate the variability of evaporation.
But more attention has been given TO the
measurement of rainfall than TO the meas
urement of evaporation. Like the latter
it is variable, ranging from less than an
inch to more than 80 feet Annually. ca
the Nohave desert the rainf&H is about
inches, and in various portions OF the
United States this increases 10 Ie, 20, So, 20
inches, until in the northwestern part of
the state of Washington there is Il rainfall
Of 1875 inches in Il single year On the pen
insula of India the rainfall varies from -
TO 255 inches annually, and at Cossyan
north of Calcutta, there is said to be an
annual rainfall of 6l0 inches. Thus rain
fall, like evaporation, varies from land to
land between great extremes.
In general, there is a decrease of rainfall
from the equator to the poles.
The following table is a fair approxima-
ton of the amount of rainfall in zones of
latitude receding from the equator:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19

can recommend Ely's Cream Balm to
al sufferers from dry cstarrh from per-
sonal experience Michael Herr, Phsr-
macist, Denver.
had catarrh OF the head and throat for
FIVE years. l used Ely's Cream Balm, and
from the first application ! was relieved.
The sense of smell. which had been lost,
WIS restored after using one bottle. l
have found the Balm tie only satisfactory
remedy for catsrrh, ard it has effected q
cure in my case.-H. L. Myer, Waverly,
N Y
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Western Investments.

Orchard State bank, of Orchard, Me-
braska, makes investments in real estate
securities; z per cent interest net to in
yestors. No loans made except upon
the personal inspection of tire officers
E. W Dart. president; j. S. Dart. cashier.
Mitchell & Lynde. bank
ers; j F Robinson, cashier Rock leland
National bark; Q. G.. Carter, Nj. d. /;
Henry Darts Sons, wholesale grocers.
Correspndence solicited.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
The Little Girl Was Right.

A story was told the other day of little
girl vino discovered cobweb and then,
seeing a spider emerge from it, called out:
.'See the cob run! How fast the cob runs!''
AS a matter of fact she builded better
than she knew, for cob, or cop, is, accord
ing to the dictionaries, the name some
times given to a spider; whence the word
cobweb, which is, strictly speaking, cop
web Cop in this sense is probably an alb
breviation of the Anglo-S9xon attercoppe,
a spider-New York Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
EXECUTORS NOTICE.
Estate Of Otto F. Ehlers, I

Estate of Otto f Ehlers, Deceased.
The undersigned, having been appointed ev
ecutor of the last will and testament of Otto f.
Ehlers late of the county of Rock Island, state
Illinois, deceased hereby gives notice that he VI =.
appear before the county court of Rock IslaI
comfy at the office of the clerk of said court,
the city CT Rock Island, the Novemhe T -erm. y
the First Monday in November next, at which tine
all persons having claims against said estate are
notified and requested attend for the purpose OF
having the same adjusted. All persons indebte1
TO said estate requested to make immediate
payment to the undersigned
Dated this oath day OF August. A. ID. 1892.
JOHN OIILWEILE (.
Executor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Special Rate to washington, D. G

Special Kate TO " aShlngton, d. z.
For the accom- mediation of the veterans
of the Tri-Citles who expect to attend
the National G. A r. encsmpment at
Washington TO take place this month.
the Rock Island & Peoria has arran ged
to furnish through cars to run TO Wash
ington and return. Route is via Indian
apolis, Cincinnati, and the famous Chess
apeake s. Ohio Railway. There will no
doubt DE q goodly number of persons to
take advantage of this special induce
ment.
Rate of S2025 has been made for the
round trip.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Harvest Excursions

Hslf-fare over the "Great Rock Island
Route
The Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific
Railway Co will sell tickets at one fare
for round trip from points on their line
east of the Missouri river, Sept. 9th.
and Missouri river points Sept 2Sth.
Ask any ticket agent for particulars.
Now is your chance at low rate to visit
the west and select a home.
Address any ticket agent of the @. RI.
l. & P. railway, or
JNO. SEBASTIAN, G. T. & p. A.
Chicago ILL.,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
sucx1.EN,s ARN1cA sALyn

The best salve in the world Cox cuts.
bruises, sores, ulcers. saLt rhetiEl, fever
sores, letter. chspped hands. chiIbl&;ns.
corns and sll skin e-uptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 4
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price SO cents per
box. For sale bv Hartz & Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
The BIackHaMk Inn.

The Black Hawk Inn will cater 10 the
orderly class OF citizens. Questionable
characters are not permitted on the
grounds, and an officer will be in attend
ance to enforce this rule. Dishes. cut
lery and tableware for rent, and coffee,
cream. sugar hot water, etc, for sale to
picnic parties. j T. MONTRoSE.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Poor Little Jimmie.

Mamma-These trousers of yours will
do for Jimmie, Tom. They are a little
long for him though and will have to be
altered bit.
Papa-Nonsensei Let him make out as
if he was a dude and turn them up at the
bottom Thatl1 make 'em short enough.
--Harpar's BaZar.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Worth Hundreds or Dollars.

NV wife used only two bottle of
Mothers Friend" before her third con-
fiuement. Says she would not be with
out 1t for hundreds of dollars. Had not
half as much trouble as before. Dock
MILES, Lincoln Parish, La. Sold By
HsrtZ & Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Miles Nerve and Liver Pills.

Act on new principie-regularing the
liver, stomach and bowels through the
nerves. A new discovery. DR.. Miles
Pills speedily cure billiousness, bad taste.
torpid liver. piles, constipation. In
equslled for men. women, children.
Smallest, mildest. surestl so doses %
cents. Samples free at Hartz s. Balm,
sens.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Reward
v-adfleId's FomaIe Regulator

has won, on merit alone, q widespread
and enduring reputation. 1t is com
bination of vegetable agents. The result
OF the experience of one who made the
diseases of women life,lonS study.
Taken accotd q 20 directions the organs
awake to new life and energy, leaving
the woman free from pain at these per-
inds SnldhY HartZ q Rahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
CHICAGO, Rock Island & Pacific Ry.,

The Direct Route Chicago, Joliet, Ottawa
Peoria, La Sale Moline, Island, IN ILLINOIS;
Davenport, Nuscatine OtSuInva. UsSalooSa, Des
Moines, Uinierset, Audubon, Harlan and Council
Bluffs, IN IOWA; Minneapolis and st. Paul. in MN
NESoTA; Waterfowl and Sioux Falls, in DAKCLA,
Cameron, St. Joseph and Kansas City, in MISSOURI.
Omaha Lincoln, Farb,1Ty and Nelson, in NEBRASKA:
A;chiscn, Leavenworth, Horton, Topeka HUchiEso1.
Wichita BeleviIIe, Abilene Dodge City, Caldwell il
KANSAS; EIngfsher, FL Reno ard Sinco, in INDIAN
TERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Springs md Pueblo.
in COLORADO. Trayerses new areas OF rich farming
and grazing lands n1oTng the best facilities
communication to all towns and cities and
northwest and southwest OF Chicago and Pacific and
tran soceauic seaporfs
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
Hot Springs skin salve.

This salve is generally considered
necessary only in aggravated cases OF
skin eruptions. although many are today
using the soap. the powder and the salve
at the same time. for instance the soap
can be used at any and all times. the
powder during the day and the salve at
night. Hartz & Bahrsen, wholesale
agents, Rock Island.
Reward
For any trace of antipyripe. morphine.
chloral or any other injurious compound
in Krause's Headache capsules.
Cubeb Cough Cure-One minute
For sale by all druggists. HartZ u
Rahnsen. wholesale druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
M.iGNZFTCENT
EXPRESS TRAINS

Leading ELL competitors In splendor OF equipment
between CHICAGO and DIES MONIES COUNCIL
BLUFFS and OMAHA, and between CHICAGO and
DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS and PUEBLO, via
KANSAS CITY and TOPEKA and via ST JOSEPH.
First Glass Day Coaches. FREE RECLINING CHAIR
CARS, and Palace SleePers with Dining Car Service.
Close connections at Denver and Colorado Springs with
divergins railway lines, now forming the new and
picturesque
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19

DSJ " " ef''N ~AJeSfs est meQlclne known: ask
druggists for WooDr PHosPHoDINE; if he offers
some worthless medicine In p' ce OF this. leave
his dishonest store enclose price in letter. and
we will eend by return mail Price, one pc ckage
Sit six, s.; one will please. six will cure; PAM
phlet in plain sealed envelope. stamus; address
THE WOOD CHEMICAL CO.,
131 woodward avenue, Detroit, Mich.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
WOODS PHOSp HOOINE,
The Great English Remedy.

Promptly and perma
nently cures all forms of
Nervous Weakness. Ennis
sions. Spermatorrhea, In
potency and all effects of
abuse or exccesset; been
prescribed over So years
in thousands of cases; is
the only reliable and hon.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
STANDARD GAUGE
GRANS-ROCKY MOUNTAIN ROUTE

Over which superbly- equipped trains run daily
THROUGH WITHOUT CHANGE 20 and from Salt
Lake City, Ogden end San Fssncisco. THE ROCK
ISLAND is also the Direct Favorite Line to s13
from Ganitou Pixies Peak and all other sanitary and
scenic resorts and cities and mining districts In Colorado
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-19
DAILY FAST EXPRESS TRAINS

From ST. Joseph and Kansas City and from all TN
porant cities and sections Southern Nebraska
Kansas and the Indian Territory. Also via ALBERT
LEA ROUTE from kansas City and Chicago TO Water
town, Sioux Falls, MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL
connecong points and northwest between
the lakes and the Pacific Coast
For Tickets Maps, Folders. desired Information
apply to Coupon Ticket Oce in the United States
or Canada, or address
e. ST. JOHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN
GW Manager. Gent Tkt q Pass Ag1s
ICGlQ. Ill