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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27
TOOK TREATMENT IN CHICAGO.
Few! Remarks From a Lady Well
kEaNSn in the Three Citi.s

Il have lived in Moline for the past 90
years and been sufferer from catsrrh for
the past nine or ten years I can trace its
origin 10 diphtheris, hGd the ordin sry
catarrhal symptoms-sore throat, week
eyes, Headache, constant discharge
into my throat, nostrils filed up and
sore. 1t would take me fully an hour in
The morning to free my bronchial tubes
fl0m mucous. l treated with a well
known Chicago specialist with very little
success
My Distressing symptoms were the roar
ing or buying noises in my ears. It was
almost uubearsble and had become quite
deaf Since treating with DR.. Wilson OF
the Scott Medical Institute. l find am
not only being bene fitted, but being
curd This statement is given free and
Volunt-ry md is true in every respect. 4"
MRS. Fl. E. THOMAS,
3'4 17th Street, Moline, III.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27
The Lar guage of Animals.

1t used to he told in the fairy tales
that the hero could hear the grass grow
and speak with the animals. In reality
it is not likely that we shall ever develop
the sense of hearing sufficiently to hear
the grass grow, but it is quite likely that
we shall be able to converse with the
beasts of the field. But do the beasts
have Language? He would be bold in
deed who would deny it point blank.
We observe all around us too many in
dications of conscious communication
between them to have right to say mo"
absolutely. To be sure, some animals
are silent, totally, it seems. But may
they not convey their thoughts" in some
way-for instance, as the deaf mutes do?
Ormay they not use secret language,
one like that CT lovers, employing ges-
lures and looks: When we speak of Ian
guage in this connection, it must be I'M
derstood that we do not mean articulate
speech. We take the word in its broad
est sense as an expression for the means
of mental communication existing be-
tween one creature and another. -Copen-
hagen Family Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27
Asking Questions of the Cuckoo.

"1n Denmark" said Augustus H.
Schneider of San Antonio, Tex, at the
Lindell. when the voice of the cuckoo
is heard in the woods in the springtime
every girl and boy kiss their hands and
ask, When, cuckoo, when shall | be
married? The old folks, wearied with
disease and age, inquire, Cuckoo,
cuckoo, when shall be released from
this worlds care:' And the bird con-
times to sing cuckoo as many times as
years will elapse before the objects of
these desires come to pass. And as some
old people live to become advanced in
years, and many of the girls die old
maids, and the boys find bachelors
graves. the poor cuckoo has so much to
do IN answering the questions put to her
that she has 10 time to make her nest,
hut lays her eggs in that of the hedge
sparrow or the linnet that make the
same territory their home. st. Louis
Republic,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27
THE Cleveland administration Ief


a surplus of 800, 100000 in the
treasury. Four years of extrava-
gance, bounty giving, pension job
berry and billion dollar congresses
have dissipated this almost incon-
ceivable sum and deficit has taken
its place. More than this, the gov
eminent is again obliged to resort to
the money lenders, for this is the
significance of the Sherman bond
selling bill. But the corruptionists,
the vote buyers, the bounty benefi-
Charles have had a good time. Uncle
Sam has had a great spree, and it is
followed by an equally clear case of
katzeniammer.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27

MIR johnson says, n am employed
in the Moline Carriage shops on Third
avenue. | have been troubled with ca
tafrh for the past ~ years and had takel
medicine more or less constantly during
that Time, but got no relief.
| had severe pain over my eyes and
also in the bSck of my head and neck.
My nos,rils woui fill up and | he'd
constant discharge of mucous into nv
throat ard hard Jumps would form in my
nosulls. My sense of smell was i'm
pared. was very tired on arising in the
morning and had night swea,s. I have
been treatt five weeks and l am en-,
tlre'y cured. This statement is given
free and voluntary, cannot too hesrt-
lily recon mend the physicians Of the
Scout Medical Institute
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27
AN Honest Deacon.

Il believe the world is honest" is the
conclusion of n prominent real estate
man. Last Sunday went to church,
and when the plate was passed dropped
in Il coin which WIS plugged-there are
still few in circulation-and after the
service the deacon who had waited on
me handed back the coin. But he de-
served no special credit for that. know
u dCzsn fellows who die tie same thing. .
Chicago Tribune
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27
Rev. oYlYanna Lane

Of the Cincinnati M. +. conference.
makes a good point when he saws:
1--WE have for years used Hoods Sar-
saparilla in our family of five, and
find it fully equal to all that is
claimed for it. Some people are
greatly prejudiced against patent
medicines, but how the patent can
hurt medicine and not machine
is mystery of mysteries to me-"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27
DOubt full Enjoyment.

In the majority of the so called social
functions of the city there is no time for
conversation il the true sense of the
word 1t is few hurried EXPLANATIONS,
a few stercotyped expressions and pass
on. Yet no one IL the swim actually
believes that any one out Keeps out from
choice. New York Evening Sun
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27
PROTECT YOUR FYFs
MIR. II. YIR SCuDrz-

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The weD-kncwn ,ipricisr =, 80 NJ
6. .. cor. 7ihsni Olivc1. 4, vs. OaTeN.
Sepolhted I II. Thorna, 3. spa II : Il
ceiebra'e' Diamond Spcc,ari..s ~. loL h:
gases, and ALEC for bis Dis5o aLg ;::y'
TS,hha MA s., spectacles and Eyer S ac
ne glasses are the creates ,, use
ever made n srectsc,ss y. ."'tttoi
construction Of the Lers 4 - -
chsslng a pair Of these yCu'C ,t,sg1 F.'
1las-es never has TO cham g re- D1l !3sat
rom me eyes' and every ra.r 1J, 15I,'s.
ls guaranteed, SO that II he, ~. 's,I--s .
Tue eyer (nO matter how or -. 49, .s.'s
Lenses are) they viii tumisr , nv or. ,1s
win new pair of slasses free ~ ~ C.. gs'!
L. III. THOMAS hs.a nm - C--,se
ana invites ali % sarisf, 'l,n m a
o on tee great l' :, s,p EFFORT, Of thee G.s
and examine the same atTH ISo ~. Aa
druggist and opticisn. ,'oc Island 1''-'
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27

There are many rivals Of quinine in
the market nov which wor!d quickly
take lis place if the price advanced ma
terially. It's chcapness today makes Gun
nine so universally popular
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27

If the cod has converted dew and wa
ter into frost and ice. the frost sparkles
from the innuin cradle faces Of its rrys
tails, while the ice shows uniformly
shining surface
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27
! E.en,ical Formula.

IN . WORK @one-&lly ;scribed to Arnold
of Villanova The student is told that in
mixing his chemicals he must repeat the
psalm, ''Exsurge Domino" and that on
certain chemical vessels must be placed
the last words Of Jesus On the cross
Popular Science eJnthiv.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27

To irrigate successfully water must
cone from regions Of perpetual SHOWS.
and the tiiler of the soil who depends on
this supply lives constantly within sight
of scen2ry that IL grand. varied ana awe
iusDirinr
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27
Tho ol,,.s. yyom,ny Voter.

Mrs. Catherine Stcarns. en- inmate of
the Aged Womans home in Boston. is
distinguished as being the Oldest living
wo;nan voter III this country. She was
born on june 26 in the year 1900. at
Georgetown. lie
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27

A PET dog, it is said, recently died
at Elkton, Ky, from licking its mis-
tress' cheek. She painted, and the
poor dog died of poison.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27

THE Peoria Journal says that if
John J. Ingalls, were a member of
the present Kansas legislature it is
not probable that he would consider
politics so '.irridescent dream"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 81, 1898.

The republican party may as well
make the best of what influence it
has in national affairs for the next
four days.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27

The great painter, f,azzi, filed his
house with al sorts of animals and
taught his rt.ven to cry Come in" when
ever there was I. knock at the door
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-27

SCOT mixed with twice its bulk of dry
earth may be used for u top dressing III
the garden with good results.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-23
ONE MAN PERlsHED.
Big Boston Building the Scene of Dis
astrous Fire.

Boston, Decent Der 22.-Not since the
Ames building fire last March has Bos-
ton been visited by such conflagration
as that which occurred this afternoon in
the large six story brick building 'front.'
ing on Friend, Canal and Travers streets,
owned by the Wakefield Rattan company
and occupied by the Boston Chair Manu-
featuring company, M. W. Cain & Sons,
furniture; CIV. Bent & Co., cushions,
bedd ing, ETC., John M. Woods & Co.,
lumber and the Standard Wire Mattress
company. The fire was discovered on
the fourth floor on the Canal street side,
men arrived the whole of the fourth
floor was apparently in flames, and the
smoke was very dense. In minute the
flames shot from the windows on the
fifth floor on the Canal and Travers
street sides and the whoIesupper part of
the building was apparently ablaze. The
firemen on the Friend and Canal streets
electric wires. At first there seemed to
be scarcity of water and the fire gained
headway. The second, third and fourth
alarms were sounded in quick succession,
and the persistent work of the tiremen
kept the fire confined to the four upper
f1oors The total loss is proba bly, $20,-
900.
About 200 employees wsre in the build
ing when the fire was discovered. All
but one escaped. The Boston & Maine
railroad freight sheds, the Harris stable,
and lot of low buildings adjoining
were on fire several times, but not
seriously damaged. 1t is impossible at
present to ascertain individul losses. 1t
is estimated the Boston Chair company
had stock valued at S12, 600 to SIS, 900,
which will probably be total loss.
Some fifteen men are thrown out of
employment. M. w. Cain 81 Sons lose
$500 worth of samples; no insurance on
the property. Soon after nine, the re-
the fourth floor. The aeshswas burned
almost entirely from the bones and
Identification was imnossihIe
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-23
THE REFORM SCHOOL,
The Committee of the Goyernor's Council
Finds it in Good Condition.

Augusta, Decemb ber 49, The commit
tee on Reform school of the executive
council, have made their report to the
governor and council They say:
Boys received into the institution since
it was opehed, 2056;, number Novem ber
80, 1872; boys in school Decem ber /, 1892.
10; committed the past year, SO; on
ticket of leave, returned for misconduct,
10; on ticket of leave, returned voluntari-
ly, 4; making number in school the past
year, $50; allowed to go out on trial, 26 !;
pardoned by the President, L; remanded,
Superintendent and Mrs. harrington
show by results their valuable services
The health of the boys in this institu-
tion is remarka BILE; in fact, it has not
been necessary to call physician out
side of two special cases the past year.
The attending physician, DR.. King, has
successfully performed his duties, and his
kindness and interest in the boys has
had it's good effect, all of them being
much attached to him.
Deputy Superintendent Wentworth is a
valuable official.
During the past year the cottage has
| been completed; was occupied on the
| Goth of May, dedicated on the 18th of
| June, and has since by the boards of
| trustees been designated Harrington
| cottage" In honor OF the superintendent.
| The trustees are to be congratulated on
| the employment of Mr.. and Mrs. Skill
| lings as master and matron.
| The results of the cottage system un-
| questionably have been beneficial. The
/, change in the department, pride. am
bition and desire Of the boys were evil
dent even in the first few weeks, and the
committee is pleased to note that the i'm
provement has been continuous from the
! first
| The committee give testimony to the
earnest forts of Mrs. A. NJ L. Hawes, the
visitor to the institution, and the trus-
tees as well as the officers and teachers
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-23
The Denison-Morey Case Again.

Lewiston. December %. - Another
chapter has been added to the litigation
in the famous Denison- Morey case, being
the decree of Judge Foster in favor Of
Morev & Co.
Judge Fosters decree is on the appeal
of Morey & Co. from the decree of Judge
Drew, of the Androscoggin insolvency
court, disallowing the claim of Morey &
90. against Ohas. R. Millilen and others.
Judge Fosters decree reverses the de-
cision of the judge of the insolvency
court
The decree has just been filed with
Clerk of Courts Hanson, in Auburn. The
hearing on the Morey & Co. appeal was
had before Judge Foster at the Septem-
Der term of. the Supreme Court in Au-
burn, when elaborate arguments were
made by such. legal lights as Hon. A. A.
Strout, ex-Judge Symonds, Hon. Seth NJ.
Carter, Hon. A. r. Savage and John A.
Morrill,. Esq. Judge Foster says in his
decree i that on February 1, 1887, the
Denison Company was indebted to Mo-
rey & Co. in the sum of $1S9,31 1t
is expected that Miliiken ct ais. will take
an appeal from this decision.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-23
HE FOUGHT AT GETTYSBURG.
President Frey of Switzerland Once an
Ohio Wood Chopper.

4 Middletown, Ohio, December 22-John
A. Gratwold is farmer residing in
Wayne township, few miles west of
this city. A number of years ago, be :
fore the war, a stranger i'll destitute ci--
cumstances applied at his fathers home
in the same neigh hborhood for food and
lodging, offering to do nything in re-
turn for assistance. He gave his name
as Frey, and said he had been exiled
from Germany for a political offence. He
was taken into the family and spent the
following winter chopping wood in adj
jacent forests with John Gratwold. Early
in 1860, after having spent two years
with the Gratwolds he went to Illinois,
where he engaged as farm hand. In
1861 he enlisted in an Illinois regiment
and served against the South. His mill
tary career was quite brilliant, and he
was promoted to he major of volunteers.
He was captured at Gettysburg and con-
fined in Libby prison, where, after a few
retaliation for the sentence which the
Federals had pronounced upon Captain
Gordon Confederate prisoner. Capt.
w. Y. Stewart, another Confederate
officer was held as a hostage for the
threatened execution of Frey, and
neither sentence was ever carried out.
Frey was paroled at Aikens Landing,
down, and seemed to be on the very
verge of death. He resolved. to return to
his native land to die. He recovered,
however, in the bracing air Of Berne,
and in few years became prominent in
politics. In 1882, it will be remem bered,
he was sent to this country as Switzer-
lands representative. He resigned in
1887 and returned again TO the land of
his birth. His success in the political
arena then became matter of universal
comment. He was secretary of war, and
held other offices, and at the last cleo
tion was chosen as President Of the little
republic.
For many years the Gratwolds, in
whose heart he had always held a place,
lost sight of their old employe. He had
never forgotten them, however, and
Monday ia. Gratwold received a'letter
from Mr. Frey, President-elect of Switzer-
land, recalling early scenes and telling
of the success that has crowned his now
declining years. The recipient was sur
prised, but Investigation proved the
truth of the writer's claim that the for
mer woodchopper of Butler county is
now President of the Swiss republic.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-23

Coughlin. He was reading letter and
my husband was looking over his
shoulders When had lighted the lamp,
I returned to the kitchen, and my hus-
band closed the door. He always kept
the door shut. Patrick Guinea, Joseph
McKenn, Martin Burke and Michael
O'Connor also called at my house to see
my husband, alone. They came frequent-
ly from February till after May 4. The
first time Coughlin called after the
fourth of May, was on May 6, in the eve
ming. i heard my husband ask Coughlin:
w ell, how is every thing today
q q All right
!. Nothing found out yet?'
s = "'No, nothing yet.
"'Been out to LakessView today2'
eyes, I have been there
Son the seventh of May, Coughlin said
to my husband, in my presence, how he
had- fooled Captain Scruettler about
finding the doctors body. On May 12.
in the evening, Coughlin came to my
house. My husabnd was away. I said
to Coughlin: You have killed the poor
doctor and put my husbands life in
danger He said: That's all right;
you viii be we'll taken care of. No harm
will come to your husband. Alexander
Sullivan is good friend of your hus-
and and mine and he will take good care
of YOU ~
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-23

The following are the observations for
the Agricultural Department Weather
Bureau for yesterday. Dec. %, taken
at p. M. 10Th meridian time, the OBJ
servations for each station being given in
this order: Temperature, direction OF
the wind, state of the weather:
Boston, a2o, E, snow; New York, 44o,
Sc, rain; Philadelphia, Az, E, rain;
Washington, AZ, NE, cloudy; Albany,
24o, W, cloudy; Buffalo, 4Oo. W. rain
Detroit, AZ, W, cloudy; Chicago, 500,
SW, cloudy; St. Paul, 360, SW, fair
St. Vincent, 800, S, clear; Huron, Oak,
40, W, clear; Bismarck, 3so, NV,
clear; Jacksonville, 6o0, NE, cloudy.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-23
THE BLACK REPUBLIC.
scanty Details of an Uprising Against Pres
2 ident Heureux

Kingston, Jamaica, Decembe 90. De-
tails are 7scanty regarding the rising
against Presidentss.. Heureux of San
Domingo The latest, advices received
here are to the effect that the movement
is we'll under way and the government
has not as yet succeeded in suppressing
it. Gen. Morles. exiled by President
Henreux. has gone back to San Domingo
for the purpose of aiding the insurgents.
New York, Decem ber 22-F. l.. Vasquez,
consul from the Dominican republic,
was today asked about the reported up
rising against President Ulysses
Heureux ssat San Domingo. @@He admitted
that there was some trouble there. He
thought it was caused principally by a
mum ber OF American exiles who are
continually plotting against the govern
ment. He said he received cable yes
terday afternoon stating that the revolt
had taken place, but it has been quick
ly suppressed and the government is
stronger than ever before. The cable, he
said, gave no further details. The con-
sui stated that from an authoritative
source, he was sure the trouble was at
an end.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-23
WARRANTS WERE FAULTY
And York County officers Are Said To Be
in Trouble in Consequence.

Biddeford, December 22.-Tbe Journ-
al prints an article saying that capiases
have been issued and Constables Gagnon
and Edwards of this city and Emery and
Fogg of Sanford will be arrested upon
about so separate charges of trespass.
BY mistake of Judge Cram of the Bid
deford court, warrants upon which
seizures were made in Saco were made
returnable at the Biddeford court instead
of the court in Saco, and the ibels were
posted in this city instead of in Saco, as
the law provides. Under the law Judge
Cram is also subject to a fine of $50 on
each case for his error. The liquors
were seized from the Boston & Maine
Railroad and from Edgecomb's Express
and were consigned to about 80 different
parties. The Boston & Maine has suf-
fered much from the raids of the consta-
bles, and it is said that the cor
poration will push the cases.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-23
TAKES ISSUE WITH BLAINE.
Gresham's Reply to the Resolution Re

Gresham's Reply to the Resolution Re-
garding Cable Privileges.
Washington, December 22-In the let
ter from the State Department. sent to
the Senate yesterday, in response to
Senator Frye's resolution concerning the
alleged issue of a permit to land a
Brzilian cable on the coast of the United
States the reply of the Secretary of State
to the company was inadvertently omit
ted. The letter was sent to the Secretary
Of the Senate this morning, and will ap-
pear with the rest of the correspondence.
1t is interesting for the reason that it
takes issue with the previous admins
tration as to the power conferred
upon the executive department.. Mr..
Greshamssin his letter states that there is
no Federal legislation comforting author
ity upon the President to grant the per-
mission asked. and in the absence Of
such legislation, executive action of
the character asked would. he adds,
have no binding force. The Secretary
disc,lss the power of Congress over inter-
national cables under the commerce
clause of the Constitution"
The company now seeking to land its
cable on the coast of the United States
ia The Gle Francalse du Telegraphic de
Psris a New York. Under President
Harrison's administration the same
nr;vileee was asked and refused by Mr..
Elaine because the company held an ex-
clnsiye cable privilege in Brazil and per-
nission would not be granted to land an
Toerican cable on the Brazilian coast.
Mr. Blaine, by his action, assumed that
ha he had the power to grant the request, a
nosition No that is antagonized by the
action of Mr.. Gresham. The company
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-23
MRS. FoYs STORY.
She Heard Dan Coughlin and Her Husband
Talk of the Cronin Murder.

Chicago, December 22-In the Cough lin
trial, today, Mrs. Andrew Foy gave most
eliminating evidence against Daniel
Coughlin tending to show that he was
a member OF the conspiracy which
ended in the murder of DR.. Cronin. She
swore that the detective often visited
her house, before and after May 4, 1889.
and was always closeted with her
husband behind closed doors alone,
Coughlin always came in the evening
and spent one to two hours. No one
else was ever present. In April, 1889, to-
ward the latter part, Coughlin called
and Mrs. Foy went to get some beer As
she entered the front room, the defend
ant and her husband were sitting alone.
She noticed that the room was dark and
returned to light the lamp. She con-
tinued AS entered the room l saw
Dan Coughlin and my husband standing
together. I he ard these words: Re
move at all hazards. but use your own
discretion They were used by Dan