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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-26
Stories Of leopold Morse.

One of his hobbies according to Kate
Fields Washington was the rehablita
ton of the American navy, and his
plan of proceeding was thoroughly
characteristic. He insisted on the
governments giving out all its ship
building to contractors instead of at
tempting to do any in its own yards.
Spread de work ofer de whole coast"
he would say, in his Bavarian dialect,
sand you will hat efery congressman
from a seapoard district voting for
your authorizations, because bart of
'em will 90 TO his own beople. In dat
way you git full-krown nafy in apout
tree years"
MIR. Morse was too much of a man to
be ashamed of his calling. and never
failed to turn the tables on any one
who chaffed him about it. A story
used to be told of visit paid to his
store in Boston by Washington swell
who had met him at the Metropolitan
club here. and who thought to have a
little amusement at his expense. As
the visitor entered Mr.. Morse was just
in the act of bowling out a customer to
whom he had sold large bill of
goods.
'Ha, Morse" cried the Washington
ian, show l wish the fellows at the
club could see you now. l watched
the way you handled that poor wretch.
1t was artistic, but it wouldn't do to
tell away from home. What will you
give me to keep quiet about it?"
The clothier looked his caller in the
face without a smile.
Il must gift you someding to bay
your silence?" he asked soberly.
Certainly. It's only fair that !
should be rewarded for holding good
thing back"
Mr.. Morse turned to one of his
clerks:
"Choseph." he said, "get down one
o. dem monkey chackets We sell for
two tollars and a quarter. Let dis
chentleman 'af it for one tollar and
sefenty-fife cent-he's frient OF
mine"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-26

uinerence."
What a calamity! lam sorry for
you." he stammered.
"Is that ALP" she sobbed. 81 have
changed my mind, Ray. I shall be
glad to trust my future happiness in
your keeping, and feel that you will
love me all the more because / am q
cripple"
But Rayland did not answer; he was
a vain man; he could not marry a wo-
man who would do his taste positive
discredit. Better flight than that!
Muttering some confused words he
turned and left the room and house.
No sooner had his footsteps died
away than the squire slipped from
behind the sofa and blurted out:
The Infamous, cold-blooded scoun-
drel! You were right, child, and l was
wrong. l beg your pardon"
Masterman left town that night-he
never returned for sundry reasons.
The little souvenirs with his autograph
attached are folded neatly away and
filed: ITO be collected in the day of
judgment"
One day, not long afterward, Idelle
approached her papa in wheedling
manner and in a pleading voice said:
You must be gentle with Harding;
he is coming this evening to make q
very important request"
''Pll help the lad along, never fear!
He had sense enough. after all, to cap
ture my little wooden-legged girl.
ldelle you are born actress. - Vac
9h &Iqdzine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-26

What the Hon. George G. Vest says in
regard TO the superiority of the II rsch-
berg's diamond and interchangeable ispec.
taclos
II am using glasses which purchased
from Prof. Hirschberg and they are the
best ever tried: it affords me great
pleasure to recommend Prof. Hirschbe re
as AL excellent optician, and his glasses
arc simply unequalled In my experience
G. G.. VEST
These spectscles are for sale by T. b
Thomas agent for Rock Island
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-26
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Changesble Spectaclrs srd ~.
The glasses are the grests..!s.
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chasing a pair OF these NorEs
Glasses never has TO chan . NJ y
from the eyes. and every M,
is guaranteed, so that ii tFsY ~ ~
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with 8 new pair Of ) lssses M -
T. 81. THOMAS hsss mi -
ami invites ell to satisfy -
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and examine the same stTE -
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N-qDI1N
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-26

R. II. Patton. 6l3 Walton Ave. N. Y.
City, wrltes:-''l rave Csed Dr.. Bulls
Cough Syrup for years ard hrd it the
most eff1cacious remedy for coughs, colds
and laryngitIs | have ever tried"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-26

Blow, blow, bow! That disagrsesble
catsrrh can be cured by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the constitutional remedy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-03
Feeding Bees in Winter.

Inc following paragraph is from The
American Agricultui1st Don't under
lake to feed bees in the winter. 1t is
sometimes done successfully, but it
proves Il failure in so per cent. of all
raises so treated. There is no practical
method. and no feeders by which feed
Ing can he made success or practical"
A correspondent in The American Bee
journal comments thus on the foregoing:
Brother Alley surely does not mean to
let the bees starNe just because it is win
Ter. hope he will excuse me when
gay yes. feed your bees any day out of
the 800 If they need it. just the same as
you would feed your horse, and if you
nre any beekeeper at all you will be more
successful every time rather than let
Them starve. 1t may be more difficult to
teed bees in the north during winter than
II Is here, but assure you that if lived
IN the north | would feed my bees if they
needed it, But it is best to leave the
bees alone III winter unless it is actually
necessary to disturb them | feed my
bees tsome of them) all winter, and 10
not lose any of them either. and any one
IAN Il" the same. for | use no particular
means only see that they get the food.
When the weather is warm enough
nsr lnllkpan feeder on top-if not
hill comb and hang il right up to the
:'uster
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-03
Agriculture In Alaska.

There are ~ stores in eastern Alaska
and 80 trading stations extending along
the coast, nearly ell of which are under
the control of a few corporations.
Trade of this sort can flourish in "A way.
but it is plain that -laska will never be-
come an agricultural territory The
cereals will not ripen there, the grass
cannot be dried into hay, and only po-
tatoes and turnips can be grown in few
specially favored spots
The government has established schools
at different points for the education of
Indian children. which seems to be max
ing some progress, and courts for the
trial of civil and criminal cases have also
been established, but the social order
of the territory is anything but desir-
able. Burlington Free Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-03

Tennyson used to say, Keats, if he
had lived, would have been the greatest
of all of u.s." He considered Goethe
'the greatest artist of the 10Th century,
and Scott its greatest man of letters"
and he said Of Swinburne, He's tube
through which all things blow into
music" He said wv ordsworth would
have been much finer if he had written
much less" and he told Browning in my
presence that IF he got rid of two-thirds,
the remaining third would be much
finer" After saying that, and when
Browning had left us, he enlarged on
the imperative necessity of restraint in
art.
1T is necessary to respect the limits"
he said. IAN artist is one who recognizes
bounds to his work as a necessity, and
does not overflow illimitably to all ex-
tent about matter. soon found that
if | meant to make any mark at all it
must be by shortness, for all the men
before me had been so diffuse. and all
the big things had been done. To get
the workmanship as nearly perfect as
possible is the best chance for going down
the stream of time. A small vessel on
fine lines is likely to float farther than
a great raft. "-Nineteenth Century.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-03
! spent two hours looking about, and TO

spent two hours looking about. and to
three different citizens | said:
Il came here to see a man. I had his
name writer down, but have lost it. l
think it was Watson or Watkins. He has
an artificial arm and is somewhat bald"
No one knew such q man. | tried at
Hopew l 1T Smithville and at Davis
burg. " nCn reached Cook City, q town
of 1000 people, | was about ready to
throw up my job. had not inquired for
"Charles Andrews" anywhere, because
believed that 10 be fictitious name. The
town was tlrce-quarters of a mile from
the station, and got up with the driver.
After bit of talk got around to put
my question, and he promptly replied:
why, you mean Sam Taylor, who
runs the Eagle hotel.
That's the name-that's it, of coursei
How stupid in me to get mixed up SOL
I've heard his creditors were going to
shut him up, but dunno He's mighty
slick fellow, Sam is, and may dodge 'em
some way"
The Eagle hotel was more of saloon
and gambling den than hotel. dropped
around there after dinner and saw the
proprietor. The instant saw him felt
sure he was the man. played game
of billiards with hanger on and made
few cautious inquiries. | found that Sam
Taylor was away from home day and a
night at the time of the murder, but no
body knew where. He had come home
tight and had been in that condition
half of the time since. He had been very
anxious to get the Chicago papers every
day and ha0 evinced extraordinary inter
est in their contents. was working for
scoop" and must work alone. took
Sam Taylor to his room up stairs and
boldly charged him with the murder. l
found envelopes there which matched
the one spoken of. l told him the woman
had written his name and address before
she died, charging him with the crime. |
made him believe men saw him enter and
leave, and inside of an hour had his con-
fession in writing. Then l made him re-
alize that it was better to return with me
and give himself up, and at Z o'clock that
evening we took the train east. We
reached home next forenoon, and | took
the man to my room at The Tribune Of
fee and kept him there until 4 o'clock
next morning. Then our forms were on
the press, and | could safely turn him
over to the police. There was a great
cutlery over my action. with threats of
arrest, but / had figured for scoop"
and got it.
And who was Sam Taylor? He was
Miss Viewers nephew. He came to see
her in hopes to raise $1,000. She was
worth about $50, 600. The paper he handed
her that night was a note he wanted her
to indorse, and when he found he could
get no assistance from her he murdered
her in the heat of disappointment and
anger. He was hanged long ago.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-03

There is an industrious and argument
tative old gentleman in this city who is
also of an inventive turn of mind, and
who has always engaged in the construc-
ton of what he calls ''paytints." He
has constructed a windmill which will
not work because he has not yet per-
fected the bellows attachment that he
intends to run it with. He has "A patent
gate which, he says. will work all right
just as soon as he hits on the proper kind
of hinges to put on it. He says that his
beehive-which is closed at night by the
chickens going to roost and opened in
the morning by them coming off the
perch-would work all right if all the
chickens had not been stolen.-San An
tonic TEX Light.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-03
A SHADOW CLEV.
By CHARLES B. LEWIS On. QUAD
Copyright. 1893, by Q. B. Lewis.l

On Maple street, about half way be-
tween police headquarters and The Trib-
une office, there was a 1-story tumble
down cottage which was an eyesore to
the street. Next on the east was a fine
dry goods store. Next ON the west was
jewelry establishment. The owner and
occupant of the cottage and ground was
IN old spinster, and she refused to sell or
lease. You will find such spots in every
city, and the public rejoice when the pig
headed owners are finally gathered to
their fathers.
AS 1.-THE criminal reporter" on night
duty on the staff of The Tribune | had
taken notice of this old rookery-associ-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-03

Touching the sense of sight, which is
brought into play during such sleep eff
forts. a remarkable case is recorded of a
young lady who would rise from her bed
and write intelligently and legibly in
complete darkness. The most curious
feature in connection with her efforts
was that if the least light was admitted
into her room she was unable to CON
tinue. A ray from the moon passing In
at her window was sufficient to disturb
her. She could only continue so long as
she was enveloped in perfect obscurity.
Boston Globe.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-03

BOLDLY CHARGED HIM WITH THE MURDER.
fornia was found to be the nearest one.
and it was a fortnight before he came.
Meanwhile ! was at work | first visited
the hotels to see who had arrived and de-
parted that day. There were many
strangers, but had no luck until found
the name Charles Andrews" He had
not given his address and had only taken
supper. The clerk remembered that the
man had no baggage. The porter re-
membered that he had asked the way to
Maple street. The bus driver had picked
him up at the L. and q. depot on the
4;30 train, ! returned to the hotel and
said to the head waiter:
ION Thursday evening stout man,
more or less bald, with a long nose and
an artificial left arm. took supper here.
Please find out who waited on him."
In 10 minutes was talking with the
waiter. He remembered the man be-
cause he could not hold his fork or spoon
in his left hand, which was incased in
glove. That was my shadow man."
learned that he was about 30 years of
age, had black hair and eyes, wore
sandy goatee and looked somewhat dis
sipated lie had come in from the west,
but how far? | hunted up the conductor
of that Thursday afternoon train. and
after thinking for awhile he said:
IL think ! remember the man, but his
ticket had been punched by the conduct
or on the other division"
The two runs took in 42O miles.
Az Z. Al
2lO miles, comprising the last run, but
how much more2 On the first run there
were 30 stations. | might have to in
quire at every one of them. | went up
to the managing editor with my case and
got leave of absence for 10 days. Adairs-
vile was the first town on the other run.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-03
The Hedge Fence.

W. ! Chamberlain. of Ohio, is a great
admirer of the hedge fence. Mr.. Cham
berlain's road fences and nearly all his
line fences are hedges, He set out mile
this hear He has some twenty-seven
years old They have to be pruned from
two to four times year. owing to rain
fall, but man can average one mile
day, trimming both sides and top. THE
best of it is. says Mr.. Chamberlain,
that the only cash outlay for neat and
serviceable fence is eight cents rod; all
the rest 10 labor"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-03
ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION.

Points Given by an Expert Operator or
the Management of Incubators.
Here are some of the points given by
=. II. Jacobs, whose wide experience in
artificial incubation renders them of es.
pecial value He says in manual issued
by the Rural Publishing company. under
title of The Business Hen" that Leo.
horn male mated with large hens, par.
tlcularly of the Asiatic or American
breeds, produces chicks that will grow
rapidly and sell well as broilers. and the
eggs from hens so mated are usually fer
tile No one can be successful who de-
ponds on eggs from all sources. Eggs
from hens in confinement and which are
overfed either fail to hatch or produce
weak chicks. AS long as operators buy
their eggs for incubation the work will
be uncertain no matter what make of
incubator is used. Small incubators of
Il capacity not exceeding 200 eggs give
the best results. The incubator is more
easily operated in room of even tenn
perature. 1t should not be placed near a
window. Having placed the eggs in trays
or drawers. keep the temperature at 1913
degs Turn twice day.
The cause of chicks dying in the shells
may tie due to too much moisture. too
high temperature. too low temperature.
lack of constitutional vigor of parents
too frequent opening of the incubator or
to the fact that the eggs are from hens
that are overfed and fat Where the
chicks do not hatch out until the time il
past 1t indicates that the temperature
was too low. If they hatch on the nine.
teenth day it indicates that the tempera-
ture was higher than necessary.
Give no food the first thirtv-six hours:
then allow rolled oats scattered for them
to pick up. also stale bread crumbs
dipped in fresh milk, which should be
placed IN little troughs After the fourth
day give the bread and milk rs a morn
ing meal rolled oats at noon and cracked
wheat and cracked corn at night occa-
sionally little chopped eggs or meat,
Dry food Is hest for chicks After they
are ten days old feed them anything they
will eat, compelling them to scratch for
H. much as possible. Water must be
gwen III Il manner to avoid allowing the
chickens to become wet Grit. such AS
pounded shells, etc, should be always
within their reach. The main require
ment for chicks is warmth When the
chicks crowd together at night under the
brooder it indicates lack of warmth.
When they separate under the brooder it
Indicates that they are comfortable.
In winter tue warmth undera brooder
should not be less than 80 degs. or over
100 degs. AS the chicks separate and
week the edge of the brooder the tenn
peratnre should be about 81 dogs. Keen
the breeders clean Do not attenpt to
ventilate the coop with cold air. AS a
rhl"k Is close to the floor it will secure
NIL the pure air necessary. Feed a va
riety of food if possible, but cracked
wheat and cracked corn ought not to be
after the chicks are old enough
To eat these. When chickens are large
Enough to keep themselves warm they
may be taken from the brooder and
placed in Il warm. comfortable coop or
house
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-03
MT. F. OIUKFl HuguSta, Ne.
Please Listen to an Old Soldier,
FORTY YEARS A SUFFERER
NOW CURED.

If | am allowed to judge others by
myself, l saw that everybody can be
cured. If you only use the proper remedy.
1 have, during my many years suffering,
tried great many different kinds of
medicine. and have also employed good
physicians. Would get relief for a short
time, but could not seem to get perma-
nently cured until used Groders botanic
Dyspepsia Syrup, then at once | noticed
n change. In the first place, it regulated
my constipation trouble, and in short
time my stomach began to perform it,
work. My food digestcd, my headuch,
Disappeared, and all the rest of my
troublcs, such as Sour stomach, Heart.
burn, Palpitation of the Heart, Nci.
vousne,s. Floating spells, Kidney Com
plant. sharp I'leurisy Pains all through
my body L am now, as you can see, il.
good flesh, and healthy, thanks to Crodcr's
Syrup. Yours respectfully,
Il. STORY, Augusta. {
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-03
nlnerence o, OpinIon Ahout Asnarngu..

Difference Of Opinion About Asparagus.
Horticulturists do not all agree in re-
gard to the question Of varieties of aspara-
gus. There are some who claim that there
Is but one variety, and that the so called
varieties are only improved strains
hrought about by careful selection of
seed and superior cultivation. Aspara-
gus unlike the varieties of most other
vegetables does not distinguish the diff
ferent sorts by color. taste, form. or in
deed any other characteristic except size.
IND when removed from the favorable
conditions that have developed IL superb
"rlty in the plant it deteriorates. Aspar
agus is ii dipcious plant-that is to say.
the male or staminate flowers and the
female or pistillate flowers are on sep
Irate roots. The latter only bear seeds,
and these seeds will not he fertile unless
the flower was impregnated by the pol
len of the former.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-03
lUPROV TIE The M rn5ta f.

On and after October / 1891, we give every
person selling our medicine the privilege Of
selling six bottles for 5000, aud guai antee
that iii case it does you no good you can
receive your money back. Read guaranty
with every bottle. We claim to cure Dys-
pepsia, Headache, Sour Stomach Heartburn
Kidney Complaint, Neuralgia Distress after
eating, Palpitation of tbs Heart Collie Ner-
vousness, Loss of sleep, Dizziness, Irregular
ity of the Appetite, Pleurisy Pains. Bloat
Wind on the Stomach, Hacking Cough, and
Constipation. And why will 1t cure? BE-
cause 1t 10 Relaxing, Purifying, Soothing,
and Healing. IL is compounded from the
pureSt roots and herbs, free from Alcohol
or Morphia. IL Is harmless to the smallest
child; children like it, ard il is far superior
to Castor Oil and all other preparations.
Call for GrOder's Botanic Dyspepsia
SvruP. None genuine unless bearing our
Trademarks the Beaver.
TIE Glnnrp nXcnEncIA nmnr nnmnAMu
Mohave County miner., 1893-05-06

1T took me hve years" said a mar
red man, "to heroine convinced that
the cheapest way for me to rnn my house
WAS to give my wife so much money
everv month, to spend as she saw fi'.
| think that | have saved at least twenty.
five per cent ny this plan. l never have
anv large hills coming in now at inop'
perfume times, for my wife pays as she
buys. Nv house is heiter equipped and
managed than il Was under nv old sys'
TEN, and furthermore my wiie has a pri
vate bank account, to which she adds a
little every month. would advise every
man who has practical wife to try the
same scheme. ."--Exrhange.
Mohave County miner., 1893-05-06
Helping Themselves.

New York has established a school
in which the children Of the poor are
taught TO make and dress dolls The
charge Of teaching the system is fit,
cents a week The parents pay thiri
sum. and the little ones bring their own
materials Everything they make, dolls
and dresses. is their own, and there ar.
many pup,s already earning q living in
their own spare hours. In the poorest
houses there are srr4px OF flannel, dress
goods and what not, which find their
WAY the rag bag. These apparently
useless hits are taken TO school by the
children. and converted into dolls and
their itfi,s II 'earhe- the srt Of dress
making, M the admit system is only the
enlarged doll system.
Mohave County miner., 1893-05-06
Steel 6arrehs

A new industry is sprinping into lie,
al harrow, England For some time.
experiments have been conducted ~
Wakefield, in the proinc'ion Of steel
barrels for the conveyance Of petroleum,
and, ~ they proved u sus:..s., the works
OF Card 4 Purdle, shipbuiiders. are h.
ins fitted mp with machinery TO prodn~-
these barrels. In the first place. the
barrels, which . light stel, are mtl-
In halves by means Of compression IN ,
mold. when hot. Afterward they are
~sldsi together by means Of electrici'r
the oper stiop is in every sense n move
one, and will he watched Niih interest
The brrrls are intended for use by IN
large o'l-carrying companies engaged /"
the oil triie vi the East, where temper
ature has a great effect on wood cask'
and results in 80 much leakage. Minins 3
Industry.
Mohave County miner., 1893-05-06

snouid bt thoroughly tested as tn guar.
Ah'se profit sufficient to pay ihe whole
cost of such plant.
rum, The mine heinv ~eil cpensd and
the reductions plant established, The yen.
er"i success Of the enterprise must de
pend upon the ETH .iency OF the business
management.
Mohave County miner., 1893-05-06
Minister'S Wife Mucb Pleased.

Elder s. 5. Beaver, OF McAllisterville,
.Juniatta Co. Pa. saw bis wife il subject
to crsmp in the stomach. Last summer
sbe tried Chamberl.iu's Collie. Cholera
and Diarrhpa Remedy for it. and was
much pleased with the speedy relief It
afforded. She has since nsed it when
ever necessary and found that it never
fails, For sale by
II. II. Watkins,
Druggist.
Mohave County miner., 1893-05-06
E0TicE.

Notice il hrreh, given that neither the FL
Dorado mine. situated in Gold Basin min
ing district, Mohav- rOnni,, tor The un"
dersgnrd will he r-sponslhlr for any
debts coniraried hy the lessers of said
nine. II >. LUBBOCK,
MARY l. ELAN
Kinpman, April 5'h, 1893. 23tf.