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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-12
Cattle Food In Maine.

Maine cattle are living on browse in
the absence of fodder. One man says he's
seen them push against the trunk of a
small tree, bend it over and then walk
astride of it toward the top to keep it
from springing back while they strip
the leaves.
In the same state pigeons were once SO
thick in spots that droves of hogs were
driven hundreds of miles to fatten on
them, and they could be knocked over by
the wagonload with sticks. DR.. Ezekiel
Holmes wrote these stories so years syne.
New York Recorder.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-12

Elmer +. Vance's great play of
railroad life, The Limited Mail"
which has been successfully pre-
scented over 1000 times in the lead
ing cities of the Union. will be seen
at Harper's theatre tonight. The
author was well-known telegraph
operator. for many years with the
Big Four in Columbus. and now he is
counted among the most successful
of managers. The Limited Mail"
is constructed just right and the
mum Der and variety of characters are
calculated to please miscellaneous
tastes. There is no class of people
regarded with more interest and ad-
miration than the railroad engineer,
the conductor. the telegraph opera
tor and others actively associated
with the great and complex work of
transportation. These characters
have been woven into Mr.. Nance's
play and are prominent throughout
its action, thus explaining its hold
upon the people. In The Limited
Mail" one can see the wonderful
strides which stage craft and stage
carpentry Lave made during the last
few years. Such thrilling scenes as
the arrival and passage of the linn
tied mail. the drive through the tun-
mel, the Stoppage of the train, with
the glare OF the locomotives head
light. the escaping sparks. the hiss
OF the steam, the pounding of the
drive wheels over the rails. make a
picture that is seldom seen on the
stage. The scene OF Floodwood cut.
the soughing OF the wind through
the wires, the great telegraph scene
and the wonderful realistic saw-mill
scene are all admirable.
The distinguished tragedian.
Thomas W. Keene, supported by
carefully selected company, will be
the attraction at the BurtiS next Sat
urdav, Oct. II. on which occasion
Richard III will be presented.
Mr.. Keene deserves success by right
of his long apprenticeship, his grad
ual advancement. his endless dra-
matte achievements and a most in
tense. brilliant talent. Hell our sole
tragedy representative. He is Amer
lean and great. We will be glad to
see him flash his armcr under the
Itch diem" banners for many years
to come. Mr.. keene is supported by
the following well known players:
Edwin Arden, Frank Hennig, Carl
Ahrcndt, X. T. Haines. T. r. Eagle
son, Edwin Mackay. Lawrence
Lowell, r. Mortemer. John f. Mil
ton. Herbert Merritt. j. j. Cum
mings, James Lonergan. Charles
Sands. c. w. Vance Miss Henrietta
Vaders. Mrs. 5. A. Baker. Miss
Maude Dudley. Miss Florence Rock
well and Miss Hazel Regain.
On Sunday. matinee and night. the
famous Carroll Johnson. the singing
comedian. will entertain at the Bur
tbs, at Davenport. Mr.. johnson will
present this time his new comedy
drama called, The Irish Statesman
or From Cabin to Congress-. n play
that made quite hit in New York
last spring at its initial production.
A company Of ability supports him,
and special scenery is used in each
act. Among the notable features of
the program will be Johnson's ia
nous waltz songs. and appropriate
specialties by members of his COM
Pany.
Coming soon to Harper's theatre:
Masked Ball" Crazy Patch"
"Oh. What a Night" '.Hoss and
Hoss.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-12
That Joyful Fee ing

With the exhilarating sense of re-
newed health and strength and inter
nal cleanliness. which follows the use
of Syrup of Figs, is unknown to the
few who have not progressed beyond
the old-time medicines and the cheap
substitutes sometimes offered, but
never accepted by the well-informed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-12
The Advertising

OF Hoods Sarsaparilla is always
within the bounds of reason because
it is true; it always appeals to the
sober, common sense of thinking
people because it is true; and it is
always fully substantiated by en-
dorsements which, in the financial
world would be accepted without a
moments hesitation.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-12

Hoods pills cure liver ills. consti-
patton, biliousness, jaundice, sick
headache, indigestion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27
LINGERING VETERANS.
Soldiers and Sailors who Fought with
Wellington, Napoleon and Nelson.

Less than a year has elapsed since
the death of the last French survivor
of the battle of Trafalgar, a triumph
of British naval skill and valor which
stultitied the projects of Napoleon the
Great fer the subjugation of this coun-
try, and temporarily obliterated the
French navy from the list of important
factors in the problem of European
politics.
OF the many tremendous reverses
suffered on land and sea by the forces
of France uader the regime of the
First Empire, four in particular may
be said to have permanently affected
the destinies of civilized mankind.
These were Nelson's supreme victory
OFF Cape Trafalgar, the Battle of tbs
Nations" hard by Leipzig, the tragical
Retreat from Moscow" and that fate
full encounter which Byron Indignantly
~stigmatized as "the browning carnage,
Waterloo"
Our own times have been so rife
with military achievements of the first
moment that these mighty war-feats,
although performed during the cur
rent century, seem as far removed
from men of the present day as Blen-
helm and Families, or even Poitiers
and Agincourt. Yet there are veter-
ans still living in half a dozen Euro
peau realms who took part in the cam
paigns of 1~S13-l4-l5, and only a few
days ago, in a quiet Norfolk township,
az old soldier of the Grand Army
passed peacefully away, who had wit
messed the horrors of the terrible
march from Borodino to the western
frontier of Poland, which ensued upon
the burning of Moscow and the disas-
trous evacuation of central Russia by
the Napoleonic hosts.-London Iete-
gFaph.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27
Where Girls Are of Little Use

In some parts Of Sicily the adventoi
a baby girl is looked upon as such !
misfortune that a small black fac il
hung out of the window to proclaim
the sad event. The reason is not far
To seek. Having to be maintained by
the householders as long as they are
unmarried. and having 70 dover their
bridegrooms with a dot" girls ara
Improbable. Boys, on the other hand.
are soon self-supporting, and they i'm
crease the family wealth when the
time ZONES TO bring home a wife bv
the amount of the young ladv's for.
tune. Nevertheless, the girls, although
kept in such strict seclusion that one
hardly ever meets them walking about.
are said to be kindly treated. At the
age of ID or l6 they are disposed of in
marriage according to an arrange.
ment, purely financial, between The
families concerned.-Ndti0Hat ReUiew.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27
A Rooster That Could Swim.

Who has ever heard of a chicken
that could swim. that preferred swim.
ming to walking? There are some
seeming contradictions in the world
of nature; for example. the cat that
shrinks from wetting ever her velvety
soles is driven to distraction by the
smell of fish, for very love of it. And
q great scrawny rooster, that never
should be so much rs seen taking a
bath except in a nice, dry, dusty place
in the road or ash-heap. deliberately
walking into a pond of water and
swimming across it is a queer sight in
deed.
Yet that is what anybody may have
seen last summer at the mill-pOnd on
a little stream called Baker Brook.
which flows into the River St. John
just beyond the border of Maine, in
Canada.
He was a big fellow, digniied and
important from the top of his flaming
comb to the tips of the stiff feathers
that grew at right angles to his feet,
like wings, Or "pantaloons." He had
always taken his bath in the dust heap,
until he grew old enough to lead his
charge of hens far away from home,
about the more distant fields. ever be-
yond the brook, where all day long
they nibbled blades of tender grass and
chased the grasshoppers. But once
around the pond and across the brook,
the most direct course back TO the roost
lay in a line across the mill-pond. and
how often he and his family were caught
by the darkness upon that side of the
stream, and just how the thing was
managed at first, no one will ever know.
But u evening the men who were
working near the mill saw a flock of
hens aud a rooster on the wrong side
of the brook, looking wistfully toward
the other side and home. One bv one
the hens. taking a good start of the
high bank. flew across, leaving the roos-
ter alone. But only for a moment, for
instantly he walked to the waters ed re,
waded in without the least hesitation.
and struck put for the other shore. He
sat up high, we'll out of the water, like
a duck. and rs it was only about sixty
feet wide there, he was across in q
jiffy. Then shaking his feathers clear
of the moisture. he ran away after the
hens as fast as his long legs could carry
him.
This remarkable occurrence was wit
messed several times; as often as the
chickens. tempted by the more remote.
richer hunting-grounds. wandered In
that direction. -Tapran Adneg, in
HurDer's Yoang People.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27
Gana For Our Navy.

Eighty-two high-power guns have
been completed for the United States
navy during the last year. The
greatest progress has been made with
the rapid-fire gun, OF which twenty
eight four-inch and eleven five-inch
have been completed since the last
report. These guns, upon which
little had been done up to last year,
owing 70 the time required TO perfect
a suitable breech mechanism, are
now rapidly approaching completion.
The difficulties experienced in the
manufacture OF suitable metallic
cartridge cases have nov also been
overcome. Or the six-inch guns, the
manufacture Of which was most
advanced, one hundred and thirty.
five have now been completed. Con-
tracts have been made for forgings
for six new six-inch guns of forty
calibers in length, TO be used with
brass cartridge cases as rapid-ire
guns, and to be supplied to the fastest
/ cruisers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27

ma,am. yer see. l don't believe Wash
ineton's father was just the same sort
of Teller as mine. -Ha5Ter's Bazdr.
al don't know what has come ever
orr SON since he went to work In
shoestore," said Mrs. Blaggins. M
MAS looking al u calendar, and he
smoke of the figure g. as 3 and 4 as
- His mind must be going, on,
replied her husband, that's all riSn1
They have put him to work selling
shoes to the lady customers. baS"-
ington Star.
Sammy (readingI-- Ma. what does
a. d. mean? Pious Mother-"Doctor
of divinity. Sammy. Read II Aloud;
I'm always glad to help you In useiul
reading. SaiAmy-Well, l cant make
much sense of tbis-"Get ont OF TINS;
YOU doctor of divinity scoundrel." Ana
Sammy's mother was Mortified as she
looked over his shoulder. to find his
literature irreligious.-Judge.
Prisoner-Yes, your Worship. COM
mitted the theft with which l am
charged entirely through the instiga-
ton of my medical adviser. Ala9Hs-
trate-You mean to say that in ear
rying out an experiment in hypnotlSml
he suggested the crime to YOU
Prisouer-I don't know about that;
hut one thing is certain, he told me TO
take something before going 10 bed.
-Ageada Primtemps.
4 paper before us says that Mrs:
Blank was "gowned in manve sllk.
We are not informed. however, wheth-
er Mrs. Jones was ]petticoated in ecru,
and We are also left in the dark as to
whether or not Mrs. Smith was hated
in cream color. While he was about
ii the writer should have told us that
Mr.. Snobb was caned in malacca, that
Nh. Dudeleigh was ringed in sapphire,
and that Mr.. Dash was evening dress
ed in broadcloth aarnished with satin.
--BoSt0H Transcript.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27
A Tribute to a LAWYER.

Some years ago Ephraim Mariner
tried a ease in the Circuit Court for IN
old Irishman. The suit was against
the brother of Mr.. Mariners client. 1t
was fought bitterly, and there was a
great deal of feeling displayed during
the course of the trial, as there always
is when relatives get to fighting each
other. Mr.. Mariner won the case.
His client was in a state of exultation.
He thanked the lawyer again and
again. When he reached the south
door of the courthouse he paused before
going down the steps. and, shaping
his lawyer a vigorous blow on the back,
he said:
I'VE bate them, didn't we, Mister
Mariner"
@Yes. Andrew. it came out as 7 said
it would" said Mr.. Mariner, quietly.
Mr.. Mariner" said the old man, his
voice trembling with emotion. you're
a gentleman-in disguise. milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27
A Foul.

am Smith thinks more OF fancy fowls than
while IN 4 garden nicely titled Jack PERKINS
takes most pride. mill
And best OF neighDors they rehi
one luckless day ta,l.
Eul's coop got shaky and his fowls Went stain
ing Ger the way.
They wandered round until they came 10 rer
kins' garden patch, have a
And here they all resolved 10 stop ana nave u
Jolly scratch. n,,
When Perkins knew TINS sbaiheiai -" ""'
ia uant and toldB Bill that his fowls had made
an awful mess.
We'll Ru thanked Perkins that he came and
talked OF IL so plain,
nd sad he'd never let his fowls go bothering
And Bill meant well. no doubt, but yet ] am
compelled to say $3.50
Jack found the poultry IN his patch moe'
every other day.
One noon Bill went as usual TO view MS ieatn'
erered flock
And found. with grief. one rooster sohe III
e]ight-pound plymouth Rock, -
And for that fowl, both far and near, ne
searched with anxious care, ~
Then called and asked Jack II he'd seen DIS
rooster anywhere.
that?' said Jack. "Yaur rooster
gomez? Your biggest one? That's queer.
Why, faint so very long ago i saw IL over
here.
III help you find II, only, Bill, were going to
have "A treat
For dinner. and ! told my wife Ia De on hand
to eat.
Say. BIN. you'd better take advice and go and
fix YOU coop
For inst between yourself and me your rooSt-
er's-in the soup"
B. L. Warner. in Boston Globe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27
INTERMITTENT DRINKING.
One of the Dangerous Forms OF the
Liquor Habit.

There would be little use in my de-
seribing what / believe 10 be the cause
and the curse of intermittent drink
ing, unless | set forth my experience
as to the various methods in use to
check or cure the disease. 1t may be
asked, "Has lot a man a will power,
and can he not of his own volition ao-
stain from what he knows to be SIM
ply self-destruction?" My answer,
unhappily. must be that a man who
has nee fairly fallen into the drink
habit. whether constant or intermit-
tent. has scarcely any will power while
the Int is on him, and, as | have SAID,
each fit leaves his will feebler and less
able TO withstand the temptation OF q
sedatiye of which he has proved the
power, and of which he is too prone TO
forget the danger.
The intermittent drinker, as soon as
BE has abstained for a few weeks, for
gets the disastrous effects of his last
attack. He believes himself as tenn.
perate and discreet a mar as any OF
his friends who takes his pint bottle OF
claret at dinner and seldom takes
more. He does not see why he should
MOI do likewise. 1t is the hardest
thing TO convince an intermittens
drunkafd, who is able to abstain for o
perioa, that he can never by any
chance become a moderate drinker.
Nevertheless, the principle of isdrink-
ing is distinct from that of a moderaid
man. IL he tries to return to his two
or three glasses OF claret he is aoso-
lutely certain to 60 on to his secret
nip of brandy or of whisky. and ms
"nips' will increase and he will ma
himself back agaiu in the old road 10
ruin. The patient, il he really wants
to be cured, must clearly make up MS
mind that il must ~ total ahstinence
or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. perhaps
out not the less ure.-Nati0na1 no
rieU.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27

Have you ever watched 4 wou
the car pat her hand behind NV N
run it all yer the back Of har "es and
a vain effort TO find the onen;n INIT IN
pocket that she may get No. y her
All the while the conductor stan pIfses
fore her with one hand outs,raD %.
for the fare while the other b,scaed
cord ready to ring out its recon-, the
How unconcerned she tries
while the fruitless search goes on 'oOs
how she strives TO appear c.,n, ana
unembarrassed, while her faca ana
red and the perspiration start atns
every pore-if it happens to be WI
weather. warm
Then in sheer desperation she etc..
up and finds the truant pockat us
presently the purse is PRODUCED ana
the fare paid. Every eve i aua
upon her-not with impudencs olS
no! but simply because the passena on'
have nothing else to do. and tho go
thing concerning one passenger intas
ests the others. w
wonder why sensible women.
at least they seem sensible in CHI
things than d~ress--calmlv subm;, !.
being made the victims OF a tash;oa,
Why have they not sufficient ma
pendence to say: Il don't care 10 ~
fashion does demand that / hide NV
pocket in the folds of my skirt or else
carry my purse in my hand at tho
risk of its being snatched from me 7
will wear my clothes made in the mos,
comfortable style and my pockets
where / a reach thelns"
Aye, when viii they d. thisF
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27
shutting Him Up.

IL is not always n woman who does
the most talking at a whist party, al.
though an idea is extant that such in
the case.
At a recent occasion of this kind in
P~ittsburg, in which husband and wife
respectively held hands, it was the
former who annoyed the party by his
continual chattering. AT length the
wife exclaimed:
@Oh. Fred! please don't tall. SO
mueh!n
@Im not saying anything" protest
ed Fred.
Il know. That makes your obser-
vations all the more uncomfortable
Then Fred subsidized. PittsburQ
Chronicle Telegraph.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27
But the Man Smiled.

1t is said that in a western theater
recently a man suddenly rose in his
seat and complained to the audience
that, on account of the thing worn on
the head of the woman in front of him,
he was unable to witness the perform
ance. Aud, as the story goes, the
mans daring was rewarded. The wo.
man arose in all her majesty, looked
ut the man with an expression which
seemed to say, "Oh, | wish were Cor
bett," and swept out of the house in
great Columbus Dispatch.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27
sample of English Justice.

Astonishing evidence of what the
machinery of English justice is cap
able OF when it deals with a member
of the nobility, has lately been fur
nishtd. The case of Lord Hastings,
who was fined two weeks ago for an
indecent offense with a little nurse
maid of il years in Regents park,
came before the Clerkenwell sessions
on appeal. The court is nomiHally
composed of ali the magistrates OF
the county, but seldom do more than
two or three actually sit. Thirty or
forty magistrates, all who were elig.
ible, appeared Saturday to try Lord
Hastings appeal. The same evidence
was given as in the magistrates
court, and which the judge there de.
clared left no possible doubt Of his
lordship's guilt. The little girl was
most cruelty cross-examined, till she
was, in fact, speeches. with shame
and fear, but she did not change heI
evidence in any respect; neither did
the corroborating witnesses. Dukes,
lords and Others testified TO the high
character of the defendant, even one
of the magistrates taking the stand
for the purpose and then returning to
the bench to act as one of the judges.
Lord Hastings repeated his defense
givenin the lower court, saying finally
that the reason hegave the girl a half
crown was because he thought she
would like a penny, but he had no
small coin. The magistrates with
drew for consultation and soon re-
turned with a decision acquitting the
defendant OF the charge.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27

II the United States wanted OF
expected to take Hawaii at all, the
right time to do SO was when it was
first offered TO us. There were no
vexations and harassing questions.
Other nations made no objection.
The enthusiasm OF the Hawaiians
who wanted annexation was rednot.
Now on second thought some Of them
are not so sure they wanted annexa
ton after all. and all the IFS ard butts
of the average vacillating human
mind have had time To come upper
most. Japan wants Hawaii herself,
and European nations are beginning
to think IL would never do to let the
United States have these islands. So
it goes always. Merely a vote at the
right time, followed simply by a
signature, and it would have been all
settled, and President Cleveland
would now be appointing postmasters
in Hawaii.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27

The new United States cruiser De-
troit made a glorious record on her
trial trip.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27

A small bird which inhabits the val
leys and canyons in Death valley.
California, is said to be very ssiliful
in killing scorpions. which. ii is fur
Their stated, seems 10 be its chief occu.
patton
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27

"Sir," writes Professor Goodwin
Smith to the editor OF the London
Times, ''the pomp, immense and
impressive, though republican,, of a
presidential Inauguration must bring
home TO the mind of every thoughtful
Englishman who witnesses it the
momentous fact that America has
the safeguards of a real monarchy,
while Great Britain has only a monar-
chial pageant He proceeds to say
then that this fact makes the differ
ence between American democracy
and the democracy into which
England is drifting. He regards the
variety of republicanism which
Europe seems TO be approaching as
merely a form of state socialism.
American republicanism in his
Judgment is the real thing. 1t has
thus far escaped the danger of a state
socialism. The idea that a man
must do everything for himself is. in
Professor Smiths opinion, a much
safer one than the idea that Govern
ment must do everything for him.
At conclusion of the worlds fair
the monster Krupp gun, the largest
piece of ordnance in the world, will
be presented to Chicago by Herr
krupp and mounted on a fort built
In Lake Michigan opposite Hyde
park, permission for construction OF
which was secured at Washington
The fort will be five acres in exten;
and viii be for business as well a.
pleasure. Mounted on it, the great
gun will be able to protect the entire
city front from attack by water, al
it could sink an lron-clad with q
single shot. The work will be com
menced and pushed with greatest
rapidity 80 as to be in working ordeI
before the fair closes. 1t will cover
five acres with the most approved
defences.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-27
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