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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21
rOUNDiNG-UP y HERD.
IT Is Effected By Means OF Loag Day.
of Hard Riding.

q
of Hard Riding.
The general roundup of a district
requires from sixty to one hundred
cow boys and from 500 to ) % COW
ponies. Two or three big wagons
filed with bedding and cooking and
camp utensils accompany the round
up over mountains and across val
legs and bad lands
The entire district is ridden over
thoroughly by the COW boys. Gull
ches, canyons, draws, sagebrush
bottoms, cottonwood groves, bad
lands, in feet every foot of the dis
trict is explored, aud every head of
stock is driven to the daily camp of
the roundup. Viewed from the
hills fringing some vast valley a
, roundup, with its circling cowboy
riders, big herds of noisy cattle,
bands of led horses for the riders and
the wild Western landscape of far
stretching plain and distant noun
tain, combine to make a thrilling
and picturesque scene.
Fifty or sixty miles of hard riding
day is the average distance covered
by cowboy during the roundup.
Five to seven horses are in his string.
Tough and wiry as they are the fierce
chasing over broken, rough and stony
country uses them up, and for time
takes the spirits out of them No
days riding is too hard however, to
keep a cowboy out of race if one
is proposed. No cavalry charge could
be moro spirited sight than that of
a line OF COW -boys, every man yelling
like an Indian and every horse doing
his best in a half-mile race across
some level stretch of soft prairie
There is quick work to be done when
some mother and calf too weak to
be driven with the herd are found.
A couple Of ropes thrown around the
head and legs of the lu ty young
calf hold it to the ground. A fire of
sage brush or drift-wood heats the
branding irons to dull rcd, and the
cabalistic signs which mark the
ownership Of the victim are burned
irradicably into the animals CULVER
ing side.
There are but two meals a day on
INC fouHu-up breakfast Is long be-
fore sun up, and dinner when the
days work is over. After dinner Is
a period of enjoyment. The appe-
tites, sharpened by fifty or sixty
miles hard riding, have been APP
peased with bacon, potatoes, hot bis
cult and coffee. Unlucky candidates
for the duties of night herd have
gone swearing and grumbling from
the camp to their lonesome duties,
and there is nothing to do but talk
over the days adventures, smoke and
tell stories, The anticipated routing
out at o'clock the next morning
cuts short the evenings pleasures,
and by the time dusk changes into
the early darkness of the spring
night beds are pulled from the bag
gage wagon and the camp is asleep.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21
Methods for secret corre.p ,ndence.

Methods for secret Corre>p lndeuce.
AT recent trial in France it was
shown that the chemist, Turpin, who
is undergoing five years imprison-
ment for treason, made arrangements
with a friend to carry on a secret
correspondence. A letter from the
prisoner, giving the necessary direc.
lions to his friend was read in court.
An official inquiry was made and
some interesting information sup
piled by the convicts, from witch it
was shown THAI when private news
was to be supplied to a prisoner a
formal letter. apparently containing
nothing of Importance, was sent
This being read by the governor,
would be passed on to the prisoner.
who, understanding the missive, and
that it was only necessary to read
between the lines written in milk, he
could make this perfectly decipher
able by rubbing it over with a dirty
finger or an old slipper. Another in
genious form of secret correspon-
dence consisted in leaving letters out
of words, as if the writer were illit-
crate. The omitted letters put to-
gether formed the requisite words
and sentences. Opinion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21
Pats Great Wonder.

We are surrounded by dangers al Il way from
the cradle 10 tie gIa'e. Tile great WONDER is -
Gs Pat says THAT after getting out our cradle.
we live loIg enough 10 re; oh oEr grave" Thous-
cradle, because they Go not avail themselves of
the remedy within easy reach of them Dr..
Pierce's Golden Medical D co, cry would cure
them
For all chronic lingering coughs, weak
lungs, splitting Of blood, bronchitis, shortness of
bre ath. athn and kindred aim, MT, it is most
loent remedy. 1t cleanses the blood, invigor-
ates the liver, improves dis estior ard builds up
both fe'h and strength Dose snal and pleas
snt 10 taste. large bottles, 81. Of all druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21
Thackeray In Conversation.

Mr.. Sala says that when Thackeray
was not in ''a tetchy temper caused by
extreme physical anguish" he was one
of the most delightful takers it is posi-
bic to imagine. There were very few
subjects indeed OH which he could not
talk and talk admirably. He was as
proficient in the French and in the Ger
man as in the English language. lie
was never tired of discoursing about
books and boolzmen, about pictures and
painters, about otchers and engravers
and photographers and, moreover, he was
born witand u polished epigrammat-
istt."-New lori, Tribune
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21

WHY N"nsen'- Wages Are Kept Down.
In pursuit of livelihood, the hope
or ultimate intention to marry is a
drawback 10 woman's success. She
enters an! vocation haif-heartedly,
not as & lile career, but as u Temporal
ry stop-gap. Abandoning her trade
for marriage, years afterward, per-
haps, she returns to it an invalid aud
with dependents. her hand robbed of
its cunning, and she must take her
place at the bottom of the ladder.
Economically, indeed she is yet an
industrial makeshift, rarely displac-
ing man except at half his pay.
Again, being unorganized, women
cannot Gght
Such trades-unIons as dare form
are, for want of leadership, scotched
by hard hitting manufacturers at one
blow, few associations surviving one
formal complaint or strike. Shoe
and tobacco unions have obtained
substantial results in shortening
hours AM raising pay. Some locali-
ties and industries need no unions:
but trade workers cooperating for
defense here, as in England, might
achieve enormous benefits for female
age.earners. --Clare de Gratfennier
IN the Forum.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21
A New Type of Cir.

l met new type of girl the other Gay,
end she was certainly refreshing. Girls
are all good deal alike as a general
thing, you know, and one does get so
tired of the same old stereotyped girl
sweet enough il her way, 1 grant you,
but with an eternal sameness that grows
rather irksome.
She is little witch to begin with.
She will steal mans heart before he
knows it and then pretend not to know
it herself. This damsel is most attract
i've to men, for, spite of her originality,
she is adaptability personified. She seems
to be able to converse intelHgently with
all sorts of men and gets each fellows
fad at her finger tips too. She knows
more than many Of hermen friends, but
she never let's them suspect 1t. She
makes each believe that she learns so
much from him and depends SO much on
him. She IS Very feminine, unassu1n-
ing, natural sorI Of little woman, with
something appealing about her.
But down under it all she is artful.
She has made a study Of men, and she
has profted BY thai study.-Chicago
News-Record.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21
The Earth VIII Fau Cat Of balance

Marshall Who eler, one Of the best
known OF the great army of Pacific coast
scientists, claims to have discovered a
third principal motion OF the earth, "
which Is this: Every 20,903 years the
globe changes its north and south poles
on account Of the attraction the earth
has for its own magnetism. The sun.
too, strongly attracts one OF the poles
and rcPels the other. This being the
case, it only takes the short space OF
20,903 years for The double attraction to
careen it over to such an extent that il
suddenly ''fops" 80 degrees. Mr.. Wheel
er says that one Of these grand "fops'
occurred G,000 years ago, at the time set
down by the biologists as the glacial
epoch. Louis Republic.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21

The New York Evening sun has a
horror of the threatened advent of
white stockings. 1t remarks: '.All
who appreciate the ftful gleamings
of that most aesthetic thing, shape
ly ankle, join in hoping that the fear
of the revival by women of the white
stocking is unfounded. In days OF
mud it is eNecrable, and taken in
conjunction with the pedal of a bicy-
Gle it is an abomination. May the
sound sense of the American girl
keep it in weli-earned oblivion"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21
LOWELL LIKED WINTER.
His Impressions OF thu Season Reflected
in His Verse.


In all these poems. as well as those
in dialect, there is. to my mind, q
CHEEKY igor which l can best de-
scribe b. likening it to the bright
aspect Of the New England landscape
in mid-wintcr. He liked winter, by
the way, a= people of a strong con-
stitut.on ar apt to do. and he has
written - Good Word for Winter. -
One might say that the gaiety of
disposition which he had so strongly
was of the Northern rather than of
the Southern kind. says the Critic.
The sun shines in a sky without a
cloud. owe: wide domain of dazzling
white. and the brilliant atmosphere is
filled with the flying snow-dust.
He once told me he was of Scandi-
navian ancestry, and can imagine
that there was something of this in
his verse and in his nature. | can
fancy. as | read his poetry or remem-
Der his conversation. a skald of the
NOrSeman, with blonde beard and
rudy cheek and merry bright eyes,
singing in snow trench and quaff-
ing deep Graughts OF the legendary
mead. Do you. know how the sap
runs from the side of the sugar
maple? That was very like the clear
current of his verse. He combined
brightness with elastic strength. His
mind appeared to me to have tough
elasticity, ike the supple fibre of a
hickory sapling or the rebound of
ivory.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21
Yerkes Contribution to Science

The Yerkes telescope for the Uni
versity of Chicago is prac tically COM
pleted at the works of Warner & Swa-
sey, of Cleveland, and parts of it are
going Harvard daily to Chicago for
exhibition at the fair. BY August !
it will be mounted in the building of
the manufactures and liberal arts,
n giant creation, waiting only the
presence of the lens to become a most
powerful servant of science This
telescope is tremendous giant. The
lenses which the Clarks are cutting
will weigh $50 pounds and are 40
inches in diameter, and the tube and
other machinery necessary to the use
of so great lens will weigh nearly 40
tons.
1t is extremely difficult for any one
who is not familiar with astronomi-
cal work to realize what an immense
and very complicated machine is re-
quired in order that the best possible
results can be obtained from a great
lens. A modern telescope has some
of the niceties of fine chronometer
and the bulk of great boilers. The
Yerkes surpasses in both respects
any other instrument that has ever
been made. 1t is nearly one-half
heavier and the lens is expected to
be fully % per cent more powerful
than that of the great Lick telescope,
which was also built by Messrs.
Warner & Swasey, and which greatly
exceeds any instrument built prior
to it.
The tube which is to hold the great
Yerkes lens is over six tons in weight
and &C feet in length, without the
eye-piece. The telescope rs whole
is so great that it is impossible to
set it up in the largest shops of the
makers. The tube is cigar-shaped,
SO inches in diameter at the eve end .
where the rays focus, - inches at
the center and 40 inches Mt the object
end. 1t is fastened directly to the
declination axis, which is solid
steel shaft a foot in diameter and
weighing 5000 pounds The axis is
fixed and works in huge casting
5000 pounds in weight. known as the
declination sleeve, which is fastened
upon the polar axis. The total
weight, accordingly, which the polar
axis must bear is about 1Ol tons. \
fingers pressure will tip the instru-
ment. The polar axis presents the
same problems on larger scale, the
weight being 10l instead of eight
tons, but they are solved by similar
means in very satisfactory manner,
and one man will be able to move,
direct and control this great instru-
ment with scarcely more difficulty
than attended the use IF an old-style
6-inch equatorial % years ago.
The driving clock which is to move
this great tube with the steady mo-
ton of sun, moon or star, weighs a
ton. When in position in the observ-
atory, one remarkable feature will he
the great movable floor. This con-
trivance will greatly facilitate
work when the star under observa-
tion is well down toward the horson,
and has proved very useful in the
Lick observatory, where it was first
put in operation.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21

THE Smiths are not in it with the
Johnsons up in Chicago. There are
over AGO families of johnson, John
ston or tombstone. and only 1880
families of Smiths.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21

1t has often been wondered what
had become of the crucifix used by
the Able Edgeworth at the execution
of Louis XVI The Paris correspon-
dent of Londo2 paper says it is
now in the possession of "a parish
priest OF st. Medard de Guisiere, to
whom it was given by one of his
flock, a Nine. d'Espilat, when she
was dying.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21

SCRATCH gold bug and as rule
you will find high protective tar
ifiite. The tariff can wait" saws
the protective tariiIite." The tariff
can wait" echoes the gold bug. The
tariffite and gold bug are:
Two souls with but single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21
Churches as Places of Refuge In War.


Our ancestors transacted q good deal
of business of one kind or another in and
about their churches. To. begin WITH
the churches of old England In turbulent
times We're regarded as places of safe
custody for public and private property.
In the border land of England and Scot
land the idea was carried out still more
completely, and churches, or at least
their towers, became regular fortresses
and not infrequ entity were objects of Of
lenses and defense. We may note in
rural England that in the cases of an
cient churches the towers are often not
merely dispropOrtionate in size to the
rest of the church, but are carefully and
strongly built, evidently with an object
Even in peaceful Surrey and Sussex
the belfries are veritable strong rooms
with barred win dows and massive doors
and often contain a massive treasure
chest. Hither, Mt the first alarm, money
and valuables were hurried, for beyond
the security of thick walls and bars and
bolts there was an agis OF sanctity
which in a suparstitious age protected
the building from the most ruthless of
foes. The fortresslike construction Of
many of the border land churches is an
interesting study to antiquarians.-Lcn
don Standard.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21

Recent discoveries have demonstrated that
al the organs of the body q. - under the con-
troll OF the nerve centerS, located in or near
the base of the BRAIN and that when these are
deranGed the organs which they supply with
nerve fluid are also deranCed. When ii is re-
membercd that a serious injury TO the spinal
cord Will cause paralyS of the body below
the injured point, because the nerve force is
prevented h. the injury from reaching the
p raj zed portion, 1t will be understood how
ie derIlEement of the nerve centcrS will
CluSo thc arrangement of the various organs
Nh!ct they supply with nerve force.
two-thlrdS of chronic diseases are due 10
the imperfect action of the nerve cclterS at
melJ primarily originating in the organ it.
treating these diseases is that they treat the
organ rather than the nerve ceuterS which
are the cause of the trouble.
DIR. FRANKLIN MILES, the celebrated spe-
CialiSt.haS profoundly studied this subject for
over 20 years, and has made many important
discoveries in connection with it, chief among
them being the facts contained in the above
statement, and that the ordinary methods of
treatment are wrong. All headache, diZZi-
ness, dullncsS, confusion, pressure, blues,
mania, melancholy, insanity, epilepsy, st.
NftuS dance, etc, are nervous diseases no
matter how caused. The wonderful success of
DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine is due TO the
fact that 1t is based on the foregoing principle.
DR. MILES RESTORATIVE NERvINE Is sold by
all druggists on positive guarantee, or sent
direct by DR.. MILES MEDICAL Co., Elkhart,
Ind: on receipt of price. 81 per bottle six
bottles for s.. express prepaid. 1t contains
neither opiates no. dangerous drugs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21

SCHwEINFURTH has started anoth-
er ''heaven" in Kentucky, but we
wonder where he will find his angels.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21

JOHN P. ALTGELD still appears to
be governor of Illinois
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21
MYSTERIES!
The Nervous System the Seat
of Life and Mind. Recent
Wonderful Discoveries.

No mystery has ever compared with that of
human life. Ii has been the Icaaing subject
of professional research ana study in al ages
But Notwithstanding this fact il Is not gener-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21
Keep Faith with the People.

Springfield Register.
The democrats of the country
fought the battle and won the vic
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21


ally X II . " II
that the scat
of life is loca-
tedin the up
pcrpart of the
spinal co d,
near the base
Of the brain,
and SO SenSi-
tive is I h i 5
portion of the
nervous syS-
TEN that even
the prick of a
needle W ill
Cause instant
death.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-21

FRIDAY, July 81. 1898.
New-York tribune., 1893-12-31
BHOOELYN NEUS NOTES.

Til. members Of TIE polio. forge from Superin-
tendent down roposc 10 devote OH" days pay 'o
a funi for the relief of the poor Th" aggregate
a,noun; will bc about s,..tN
Timothy McI,crmott has b' n he'll for II" action
Of the GranI Jury for ~" murder "f Grprg~ Clancy.
Jndge-o!ec, w. J. Gaynor has received a han'i-
som. ivory gavc from ia" Iarii'rs IAI "s-i-'iIis
in his law office.
I.onari X. wcllos. who will Lc the Police Com
missioner under Mayor Schi-rn. Wa ~ Police
IIcalq,iartrrs yesterday. and the Ipic" cal :ains
were introduced {, him l'y Comniss"E"r lih'arn
lie also met the subor,lina,es In the ofFc"
Justc. t;o.ttng. IN ~. I.e"-avc. r..i," court
yesterday. held Frank Slrino. an italian junkmln
living at No %; North S~v,1.h-st.. 10 await the
result 81 the injuries OF May Martin. twenty hv"
years Old who * in the Eastern District Hospital
suffering from sevcn stab wounds In ~" fac. and
BODY The s'lbhins ,ocr crurrri at a late hour On
Friday night.
William O. Bcrtsch. Of wagon AMI fr"sco
painter, was arrested yesterday hy Detectives ioi-
land and Dolan on warrant issued by Jus'ic"
Goet,ing on complaint OF Nellie Kidney. living at
No. 81 I.re-av.. Miss k!ln'v says that she met
Bcrtsch ninc months age. AMI shortly aft"rwnrh
n. asked her l.. come MS wife. 81" accepted ami
the wedding was to have tax + lt,c- on Thunks-
giving In the time h" acc Dmrlishci her ruin.
she alleys. l:'rtsch was n''li To 3nsw'r
Arr ,ng. IN. ns have been made 20 supply fhc poor
Of the Fifteenth and Eighteenth wards of Er"ok!yn.
In the Eastern District with soup br' al AMI other
food daily IN TIE rooms Of the T. r. Williams Bat
terry 40. y Eushwlck cave. The distribution Will
begin ON Tuesday The h al rL,r'rs of the h''-
tcry has been ,Hercd for an nI'ui,r tim. for ,.c
distribution + food
The fund In the hands Of General g. T. Christcn.
ser a.rrai, cur'rbu'.I i,r the r,ltf ~ the poor
amounts 4, ss.g73 -. a b'nri.t Icrformnrc" for
the fund 1.lil be- given In the r'rk Theatre on
January -
New-York tribune., 1893-12-31
EHOOHLYN ALDERMEN ~ 4 TfNGIE.
TIE srrERyI, oEsIiIP OF THE EIGHTH WARD
NAY CAUSE \ DEADLOCK.

TIE srrERvI, oEsIiIr OF THE EIGHTH WARD
NAY CAUSE 4 DEADLOCK.
Tho Hoard Of Aldermen for 1893 hold special
ms-tng yesterday anl reelected George kchOc
Supervisor Of the Eighth Ward. Kchoe resigned on
Friday. II, elected last month to fil II vacancy
caused by the death Of Supervisor Stickevers. The
term Of the latter would end on Dccc cmber y. 1874
BY resigning KcEoe secured reappont,ncnt for
two years. as II il held that vacancy exists be-
cause election held for the place after
Stickever's death The new Board Of Aldermen.
which will be Republican. Is expected to choose
David s. Arnott for the place. on the ground that
n vacancy exists on January ]. which the new
toari alone can MI. and the seat Will be con
tested.
Mayor-elect Schiercn has been asked TO call sr"-
cial meeting Of the new Board OF Aldermen on
Tuesday morning for the purpose OF organizing
and electing n Supervisor before the annual me t.
ing Of the Board Of Supervisors IL hell on Tues
day In this matter IS involved the election Of the
president OF the hoard Of Aldermen and the city
tlerk. Eight Of the fifteen Republican A'iermen
have agreed upon Joseph H. Clarke for president.
and Joseph benjamin for city Clerk. Unless II Is
decided that as "A majority of the majority Of the
Board they can elect there * likely 10 be n dead
lock The candidates 81 the rem aiming Republican
members are ". X. Walkley for president and
II H. Mildenberg for City Clerk. II plurality
vote elects Mr. Clarke ~ likely to he chosen but
some authorities hold that II will take ten vo'csa
majority OF the entire board:o elect.
New-York tribune., 1893-12-31
Ar THE BRfrjkLiN THEATRES

"Aristycracy." the latest play from the i"n -!
the A,nph!on Thrarl Will be transferred io-ino'-
row ~ the Columbia Theatre. The nrst I~rfof IN
ancc will be the New Years matinee The play Is
already pr.sty thorough known Tor it, l1ns runs
In Ncw-Yori. and chicag, last season caused much
discussion. 4 remark made by james Bryce. pro-
fesa,r Of civil law at Oxford furnished the theme
wealth in the United States" SAID Mr. Bryc" In
the courc Of n lecture. does not. as In Eng land
give its possrssrr immediate entrte Into fash
ionaLlc society. In England great wealth can prdc-
tIcaiiy buy rank. or. by obliging those who com
inani society. induce them to force the uistart
into it. al.
N.noi, and John Mason will appear In Friend
Fritz" Las; week the Manoa- Mason company
played successful ~nEagtment at the Quren
3,:tS performance OF Friend Frz'' the Am
,h!on ON Wednesday evening