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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10

We STOOD ~ THE Door AND PROTESTED.
ranGements for him to ride through the
bIue Mountain saloon and take drop Of
eight feet from the back door. We want it
distinctly understood that he is thu. last
man we shall go light on. We are the last
editor who would attempt to circumscribe
the boundless freedom of the glorious west,
but that boundless freedom must be tenn
pered with common sense, Things have
changed and are continuing to change. and
the old mossbacks in this locality who can't
conform TO the new order of things must
hunt for caves in the mountains.
WE KNEW IT-Six months ago a man
came through here from Iowa. with the
outht OF weekly newspaper in wagon.
lie was an editor seeking location, and
some one had recommended the town of
Rockville, just over the north line and in
Utah. We extended to him the usual ci
Whites, and something was said about a
game of poker. He probably mentioned
the subject first, as most of our callers do.
and we probably expressed a Willingness
TO assist him in passing pleasant hour,
We are aware of the fact that in some H.
calltles poker Is not looked upon as an ed
ltorlal game, but in this country it seems
TO naturally attach itself to every well reg
ulated newspaper office. We soon discoy
cred that our fraternal brother was a
buffer, and in the course of a couple of
hours, much against our inclination, we
owned his old outfit, and he was a dead
broke man. Before we could make him a
present of what he had lost and warn him
to take checkers for his game he began To
squeal and tried to commit suicide. We
returned everything and gave him half a
bundle of white paper to boot. and he went
away happier man. We had sized him
up, however, and was confident that he
was not up to editorial caliber. He went
on to st. George, set up shop, and had he
been the right sort of man would have
achieved success. Last week his paper sus-
pended, and the sheriff sold out the office
In some way the people had heard that he
was a 'squealer," and they went right
back on him and rejoiced in his ruin.
Strangers who may come this way are
warned to let our poker alone. 1t is buzz
saw which Is ever in motion. Should they
take hand, however they will be expected
to stand the consequences. Even editorial
courtesy viii not allow us to be raised ont
OF the game when we deal the hand and
know that our opponent has only two pairs
to our threes.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10
An American Fable.

One day the Hare and the Giraffe met on
one of the paths in the forest, and they had
scarcely saluted each other when the Hare
complainingly observed:
X just saw the Fox taking his morning
walk, and such a tail as he carried behind
him! Dear me, but how unkind Nature
vas to the Hares. If had brush like
Reynard 5, I should be one of the happiest
animals IN the wolld."
And get on to that man over tbere~' 20.
piled the Giraffe. When he has walked
until his legs are weary, he can sit down on
log and look even more graceful than
when on his feet. If l should attempt to
sit down and cross my legs and smoke 10
cent cigar, every living thing in this forest
would get up and howl in ridicule."
les. Things are very wrong mourn,
fully observed the Hare, land move that
we call public meeting and see WHAT
AT that instant there was a great com
motion at point not far away. and it was
soon learned that the Fox had caught his
tau IN trap as he proceeded on his way.
The Giraffe was just about TO remark that
the Hare would not have been caught in
that trap when tie man who had lust sat
uoWh Tor a rest and smoke sprang up
with a
"Whoop' BY the great horn spoon. but I
must have sat down on at least half bush
el OF EN-, and by tomorrow won't be able
TO set out of bed"
MORAL
If you had been provided with long,
bushy tail like the Fox's, remarked the
Giraffe, you would now be in the hands of
the hunter"
And if it had been possible for you to sit
down on log, replied the Hare, You
would now be busting for the nearest drug
store for remedy for hornet stings. That
chap hit about Is of EN- in bunch. and all
got mad at the same time NJ QUAD.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10

Wei, I'll see what can be done" said
the sergeant as he turned to his report.
'Now-right of, queek:"
In day or two.'
Sergeant" exclaimed Mr. Dunder as he
drew himself up, you needn't put yourself
oudt for me- | shall go home! | shall kill
one tousand loafers und ten t'ousand cats
NIT club before night, ind when l vhas
arrested und hanged MAYBE you vhas
hckled oafer her! Good day, sir! Doan' be
at some troubles on my account"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10
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would haze been a human hyena not to
have put his arm around her to prevent a
calamity. When she had got nestled and
the three-quarter moon had assumed her
duties, the fair Britomarte looked up at his
ear and softly queried:
did," - NJ my p'p
Did yo' AK yo'r pop?"
Yep"
And did yo'r pop say-say'-
"Heun said yep. And yo'r mann she said
-said"--
She un said yep too.''
Old Jones and his wife, sitting in their
cabin without light in order to fool the
mosquitoes, were suddenly amazed at a lu.
rid flash which turned night into dav for
an instant and plainly revealed every knot
mole IN the floor. They waited with bated
breath for the expected thunderbolt, but
II did not come. That flash was simply the
reflection of the happy grin which over
spread the faces of De Soto Higgins and
Brtomarte Jones when they realized that
they were at last actually and really and
truly engaged, and he was liable for breach
OF promise if he went back on her. And
Old Jones got up and went to the door and
looked out to spot the situation of affairs
and growl:
Wall, he Un has got she I'm, and she I'm
has got he I'm, and durn thar pesky hides
but hope they be fit to be fitten!''
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10
,PL DUNDER'S ADJ
.-,Nrs HIM ALL THE CATS HE
WANTS, AND MORE TOO.

.,,u sorts and Conditions of Respect
,.., crowd In on Mr.. Dunder Until
-. !. Driven Almost Frantic and APP
~, the Police Sergeant.
.-.--r-lt. 1895. by Charles B. Lewis.l
-.alr,. Will you come oop by my
nit der patrol wagon" exclaimed
a o-rIer as herushed into the police sta
a ...ra-Iav and stood painting before the
4 -...a.'- desk.
4 What, the natter calmly asked the
4 ,.rrrmau rs he wiped the ink from his
a .rs- being killed 10 times oafer. und
"A r.rr one t'oUsGnd peoples arrested
. -.a yet out dot wagon und 90 COP on a
4 lr- DUNDEE. youa are excited. Please sit
nm and calm Yourself and
4 ..t course yhas oXcited! vhas ueffer
.r..ral 10 my life doan' sit down und
a,a until hat one t'ousand loaters in
tate Igi~aa.
Il -r. sergeant talked to him in a soothing
.-r for few minutes, and after awhile
N Dauter cooled down enough to say:
.rfr.' Won see. She vhas like dis. Our
... r-r, oT about two weeks ago, und NV
Il, wamau- feels so bad dot like to get
another Ivhas willing to pay 81 for fine
Ia. md somebody says / shall advertise in
"a Sunday paper | advertise dot | like a
.4r NJ fine .ur uui good habits, und before
fsv,;.Lt Monday morning somebody
rarr!, Oh my door. l look oudt at him,
Ind .e wells TO me:
"'Com, down here, Mr.. Dundsr hat
Ear fife sober, industrious und respectable
cats for YOU to select from. Come und take
ragr pick
Advertising always pays" said the ser
-fagt IL be scratched the end o. his nose.
81, shall uct}er pay me again! Dot man
throw, fife cats into my yard und goes off,
.u. IN tcrfteeu minutes somebody vhas
pounding again. look oudt, und she vhas
mother loaIor NIT cat under each arm.
md be says 20 me:
Mr. Dguier, can positively guarantee
a.. carra. habits OF desc cats, having
.a.wu .u from infancy. 1t yhas s. for
.la. 0- u.s.. l.rsL1u Come down Und see
4 gel. Cd. aim TO 20 away" said Mr.
I.u..-u - Dee grew excited again. ''uud he
4-.w- dos. cats ia my yard. calls me a
.ar rn. -nrs oil. Seek different times he
ur....a-t Ltf TO slump oudt Of bed
D.. ST.. SOME ,Dater- NIT cats, Und when
'.r ...- -..."- : Lu. =. eats h0wliuu in
ny E.-,- J -Ye- .y NY saloon. but before
be Fa.- sweep. oI.t 81 .uslvT throws two
u Is j.. .... D.. ..r rFrH. wells.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10
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stump in the front yard of her fathers hum
BILE cabin, with bare feet swinging to and
fro in rythm with the diurnal revolution of
the massive globe on which we manage to
CLEAN humble and honest living. They
had been talking about snakes and wildcats
and breakbone fever, but their voices had
gradually died away to soft whisperings
and finally ceased altogether as the softness
of the night struck in and produced a feel
ing of simplicity and awe.
"Britty,'
1t was the voice of De Soto Hiccins
breaking the silence at last. She was ex-
pecting it and wondering why in Sam Patch
he sat there like a clam, but of course ste
gave start and uttered low scream of
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10
A Strange Coincidence.

1t IS a strange coincidence that the
rumors that one chair pusher at the fair
had captured the heart of rich Califor-
MIA widow and another had eloped with
a pretty London girl visiting the fair
were circulated just before the chair
boys strike collapsed so ignominiously.-
Chicago Dispatch.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10
What is

0astoria is Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. 1t IS substitute
for Paregoric Drops Soothing Syrups, Castor OIL
1t is Pleasant Its is thirty use by
Millions of Mothers. Cstoria destroys Worms aays
feverishness Castora prevents vomiting Sour Curd
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, constipation fatuency.
CastOria assnlilates the food regulates stomach
and bowels. giving healthy natural Sleep Cas-.
tOra is the Chdrens Panacea-the Mothers Friend.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10
An Appeal.

Stern Parent-You marry my daughter,
sir? Why, she would starve!
Suitor-Well. sir. if you are the kind of
man to let your daughter and her husband
starve, don't wish to enter the family
BOSTON Globe
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10
CaStoria.

"Castoria is so well adapted to children thai
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-
n. A. ARCHER, II. D.,
III So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Our physicians in the children's depart
nent have spoken highly of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won US to look with
favor upon it"
UNITED HOSPITAL ASu DIsPEssARY,
Boston, Mas
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres,
array Street, New York City,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10
THE DIAGRAM MAN
He Tn Got She Tn and Everything Wa,
All Right.

The moon was in her third quarter. and
as she looked down upon mountain, valley.
stream and forest there was a buttermiik
softness about things which made every
body feel gentle and reverential For near
" an hour De Soto Higgins and Britomarte
Jones sat in silence. Each was seated on n
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10
CaStoria.

''Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill.
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me OF its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. G. c. OsGooD,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10

"Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which an acquainted. 1 hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead OF the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their Threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DR.. J. T. KINcRE-.oE,
Conway, Ark
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10

The Centaur Company II Murray Street. York
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-10

,,uSorts and Conditions of Respe
..,.., crowd In on Mr.. Dunder Until
Driyen Almost Frantic and APP
the Police Sergeant.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-05
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Rose diamonds are liable 10 explode.
Some of the stars move with s veloc-
ity Of nearly fifty miles a second.
There are estimated to be over six
hundred deposits of iron ore in the State
Of Missouri.
The origin of the geysers at Sonoma,
CAL, is supposed to be q volcanic crater
filed by a landslide.
The moon gives out heat enough to
affect the thermometer and make a diff.
ference of two or three degrees.
If fish get beyond a certain depth in
the sea they die from the pressure of the
water, which they are unable to support.
The most important domestic sources
of potash are wood ashes, cotton seed
hull ashes, tobacco dust and tobacco
stems.
Professor @. 8. Sargent. Of the Arnold
Arboretum, Harvard University, has re-
turned from Japan, where he has been
making a study of the botany of the
islands.
1t is not an easy matter to freeze out
trichinae. After subsection to a tenn
perature of twenty-five degrees below
zero for two hours they again became
active when exposed to light and heat.
A simple method of keeping iron and
steel from rusting is 10 coat them with a
solution of rubber in benzol, made about
the consistency OF cream. 1t may be
applied with a brush, and is easily rubbed
off when desired.
In n of the Oomstock mines a new
water wheel is to be placed which is to
run 1850 revolutions a minute, and have
a speed at its periphery of 10, 805 feet
per minute. A greater head of water
than has ever before been applied to a
wheel will be used.
Interesting experiments on the sense
of taste in ants have been made by Fl.
Devaux. Among other results he has
found that Lasius flaws, while fond of
sugar, dislikes saccharine. The ants
swarmed around SUGAR. laid out for them,
but turned away from saccharine as soon
as they had tasted it. Even sugar be-
came unpleasant to them when it was
mixed with saccharine. It seems, there
fore, that sweetness is not the only
quality which attracts them to sugar.
1t is very probable that, for health's
sake, there will, after a time, be uni
versal cremation OF the dead in cities.
Burying in the earth is said to be very
inimIcal to the health of cities. Then
there will be 40 ground to spare for
burial purposes in course of time. 1t is
probable that the dead will be quickly
and effectually reduced to ashes by means
of electricity. The remains CT a human
body that has been cremated weigh only
eight ounces-no matter how feshy and
heavy the corpse may have been.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-05

nor to Jack, and these two were both
young and liked sweet things, and Jack
declared that he had never had so de.
lightfui a lunch before.
1t was a romance-which is different
from a firtation-that little episode, and
it always remained 10 the memory Of
those two young people as the sweetest
moment Of their lives.
When her mother returned, Emily
wore cap, apron and gloves. The high
tea was ready, and all the work accom-
plished, after a fashion, and the girl
looked SO pretty, so happy.
"Cooking must agree with you," Mrs.
Montgomery said.
But Emily did not speak Of the anna.
teur ashman, or her lunch party of two,
until long after-oh, long, long after
for it was some days before Mr.. Spinner
called on the father, bringing his son
with him-some weeks before they were
asked to an afternoon tea--some months
before Jack became an intimate friend of
the family-and quite a year before his
engagement to Miss Emily Montgomery
was announced to his friends.
And it was only on the very eve OF her
wedding that Emily told her mother that
Jack had fallen in love with her at first
sight, and how and when and where.
And Mrs. Montgomery declared that
It would have been very, very shocking
-frightfully imprudent-if 1t had been
any n but Jack; but that made all the
difference, Jack was such q nice fellow.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-05

A long -sufTering London journalist,
whose nerves were no longer able to bear
the noise made by putting fuel OF the
Ere from a coal-box, recently gave vent
to 40 earnest prayer that some inventor
might be m~ercifully disposed to provide
a silent coal-box for domestic sufferers
like himself. A response to this appeal
is now recorded by the Chicago News
Record in the shape Of an ordinary coal
box lined with linoleum and falling on
projecting rubbers, so that no slsmmine
Is possible. Even the shovel has its case
lined with felt, and is, therefore, lifted
out and replaced noiselessly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-05

The American Library Association,
which has the corporation Of nearly all
the great libraries OF the country, will
make a notable exhibit at the Worlds
Far. 1t will include samples, models,
and photographs showing articles and
mechanical devices IN actual use; print
ed matter, forms, blanks, constitutions,
by laws, rules for subscribers accession
departments and their management cat
alogue, CLASSIFICATION and reference de-
partments; binding department, with
samples of binding, temporary covers
and receipts for restoring, mending aud
cleaning, shelf aud building depart
meuts and an architectural exhibit show
ing plans, elevations, perspectives and
models OF the best library buildings.
There will also be a model library Of
5000 volumes, selected from lists pre-
pared and sent in by the various librari-
ans of the country.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-05

Il is related that a man who was writ
ing a history of New York employed an
expert TO find out for him how many
spectators in Wall street succeeded in
the long rue. After a labOrious inves-
LEGATION the expert reported that the
only single instance which he could dis
cover was a man from Rhode Island,
named Smith, who had actually Won
$50, 00O in a speculation in the street
and carried the money away to sRecu-
late no more. 1t was the single bright
instance in a long line Of wrecks, adds
the New Orleans Pieayune, aud was
written down in the book to hand the
name Of Smith down to immortality.
Unluckily for his reputation, however,
hardly was the book published before
Smith turned up on the street and put
his $50, 600 into another speculation. He
never heard Of it again, and the sole in
stance OF a successful Spectator MAS
Tuthlessly destroyed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-05

The Philadelphia Times says: The
growth Of many of the textile industries
during 1892 was marked. The summary
of new mills for 1892 shows a total of
272, with a combined list of employees
Of 81, soc. In other words assuming
that none Of the new textile mills wero
erected to replace those destroyed by FIRE
or abandoned for other causes, 81, 500
new employees were set to work, and the
productive textile capacity of the coun-
try was increased seven per cent. An
examination OF the statistics showing the
textile growth of the year reveal some
interesting facts, the first of which is
that there were seventy-t three new cotton
mills employing 5000 hands. The
new cotton mills do not number one
half the total Of new mills erected, but
the mills were of greater capacity than
in any other branch of the textile trade,
thus absorbing one-half of the new la
Dor employed. Massachusetts, erected
nineteen new cotton mills, employing
5775 hands. The next greatest in
crease was 10 the South, North Carolina
building sixteen new mills, employing
1885 new hands, South Carolina eleven
new mills, with 204O employees, Georgia
FIVE new mills, with $40 hands. and Ala
bama four, with 74O. New York and
Pennsylvania built three new mills each.
Connecticut two, and Illinois, Indiana,
Maine, New Hampshire, New jersey,
Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, YER
mont aud West Virginia each n e
There were forty-nine new wooden AMI
ninety-three new knitting mills erected,
the first employing $500 and the second
$500 new hands. Massachusetts, leads
with eight, Maine follows with seven
and Pennsylvania third with six new
wooden mills. The South does not
figure much in the new wooden industry,
Kentucky with three aud Missouri with
two mills being the only Southern States
represented. OF the ninety-three new
knitting mills Pennsylvania furnishes
thirty-two, or more than one-third; New
York, twenty, and the rest distributed
among twenty-five other States. Silk
figures fourth in the list Of new plants
to the extent of twenty-one new mills,
the majority Of which are in New York,
New jersey and Pennsylvania, with
Paterson, N. j., as the center Of the in
dustry, both old and new. In the mis-
cellaneous list are six new plush mills,
six making shoddy, seven cotton batting,
three linen, three lace, two upholstery
and two gimp and dress trimming (al
four in Philadelphia), and a scattering
list. including dye, bleaching, jute, bag
ging and a few others. New England,
Pennsylvania and the South seem to be
the most prosperous manufacturing sec
tions, if the erection Of new plants fol
manufactures can be accepted as an IN
dex Of prosperity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-05
Test For the PurIty Of MIIk.

Whether it is worth while to know
exactly the degree to which ones milk
seller is watering his milk is an opeu
question which each must decide for
himself. For those who do not consider
that Ignorance is always bliss a simple
way OF setting at rest any doubts IS to
the purity of the milkman's stock in
trade is provided in a new g~alactometer.
The instruments ordinarily used for this
purpose consist of a glass tube with a
graduated scale Of paper inside, and
their record is not as a rule reliable. The
new instrument is said to be much more
accurate, aud shows at a glance whether
the milk is pure or adulterated. The
instrument is a glass tube open at both
ends, along which a little ball of blue
glass acts as indicator, The density of
this ball is 1929, and it is so adjusted
that it can float oalY on pure milk
Chicago News Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-05
A Kind-Hearted Giants Embargo

A number of anecdotes have been told
of late of the famous old Kennebec lum-
herman, Bod6sh, whose stentorian voice
resembled reverberatIng thunder and
could be heard distinctly ''from Ken
dall's Mills bridge to Ticonic Falls" a
distance of two miles. An old-timer says
Bod6sh, who lived at Kendalls Mills,
though a rough man in his ways, had a
kind heart and gave aid to many poor
people he thought deserving. Once a
river driver was drowned at Kendall
Mills and Bod6sh having subscribed Q
handsome sum himself to aid his family,
mounted a barrel beside the street, from
which he harangued the people in aid
of the sufferers. He laid down the rule
that no man should pass that day until
he had contributed, and in that way held
up travellers all day long, securing a con-
siderable amount by nightfall, when the
odd embargo was raised.-Lewiston
(Me.) Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-05

The timber used in the construction
Of the Chicago Exhibition buildings is
estimated to exceed rs, 900, 900 feet,
which represents the wood from ten
square miles Of forest. ALI the buildings
are covered with a composition of
plaster, cement and hemp, and the
amount of this work is equal to covering
the wall of a four-story building fifteen
miles in length. The electric lighting
will require 5000 arc and 90, 600 mean
descent lamps, which is about ten times
as much electric lighting as the Paris
Exhibition IA provided with. The
electric lighting plant has cost ovel
81, 900, 900.