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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Valued His Opinion Highly.

Lawyers as a ass are often bothered
by friends and acquaintance who in n
purely innocent manner ask their opin-
ions on legal teChnicalities. with never
an idea of paying for the information.
A person of this class received well
merited rebuke recently from a legal
lu1ninary Of this city. Meeting a lawyer,
he drew from his pocket 4 50 bill and
said: Give me your opinion on this
note. Is IT good
The lawyer took it, examined 1t care
fully and then rendered his decision. 1t
is perfectly good. he said. and in non
chalant way he folded 1t up and put II
in his pocket
And now" sad theother. III thank
you for tie moner."
ION, 10. replied the attorney. III
retain it as my fee. To give advice is
my profession, and I cannot afford TO
render an important opinion without
pay."-Eew Yorl, Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Cultivation of Tobacco In Germany.

Of late years there has been a constant
diminution of the area under tobacco
cultivation in Germany, and the indus
try seems to be threatened with EXITING
ton. The British consul at Mannheim
in a report on the subject says that the
public taste demands better quality of
tobacco than can be produced in the
country, which is therefore becoming
more and more dependent upon foreign
growths. Tobacco, moreover, is an ex-
pensive plant to grow, requiring not
only heavy manuring, but much skill
and labor. 1t is very likely to suffer
from the weather, and even when har-
vested, and after the leaves have been
hung up III the barns to dry, the herb
still remains dependent upon the tenn
perature and upon proper treatment. In
short, Its value depends upon variety
Of factors, and to be remunerative its
cultivation must 5e rewarded by a good
price.
Whatever the market price, there is
always the excise duty to be paid, and
then there is the competition of the for
eign tobacco which, although often not
very good IN quality, Is generally very
cheap in spite of the duty upon it. For
the cheapest description of cigars, and
for the peasant and workman, German
tobacco would always find a market II
it could be proftably raised, but this
seems to be almost impossible without
reducing the excise duty or raising the
import duty. In 1892 only 14.735 hec-
tares We're planted with tobacco, as
against 1888 hectares in 1891, and 90.
262 hectares, the average of 1919. while
the number of planters has sunk from
10000 in 1890 and 1862 .s43 in 1891 10
145,0 in 1892
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
THE WHIST LING GIRL.
Fascinating, Generous, Noble Hearted, So
woman's Analysis Runs.


A woman who has made study of the
whistling girl says that aside from her
assumption of a masculine prerogative,
she is usually dainty&nd fastidious bit
of femininity, who loses not one iota of
her womanly charm when she Fuckers
her pretty mouth and whistles merry
tune. Rather the 70 yuish twinkle in her
eye challenges censure. To superficial
observer she is bright, jolly, original.
Know her better, and she is frank, hon
est, high spirited. noble hearted, superior
to the alleged pettiness of her sex, and,
should circumstances require, sufficient
" generous TO make wonderful sacrifices
for those she loves. for, being ardent and
impulsive, she loves warmly. She may
hate, too, with corresponding enthusi-
asm, but not for long, for, being tender
of heart and believing always the best of
humanity, this harSher sentiment finds
no permanent home with her.
Contrary to the general opinion, she is
rarely if ever ''tomboy, = and if she oc-
casionally makes use of her ability to at
tract the attention of some delinquent
conductor it is only when she is hurry
ing home at dusk and knows that the
friendly darkness viii not reveal her Sc
cret. AS she approaches the corner she
sees the coveted car leaving her perhaps
TO a long and weary wait upon the side
walk. She glances around TO appeal tc
some possible small boy, but this conven-
lent commodity fails to appear. Stead
lily the car isreceding. Can she be blamed
if she for moment forgets that utility
should weigh lightly III her vocal scale:
And at last, when she triumphantly en-
tiers the car. no one would suppose that
those demure lips had uttered that shrill
and effective signal
Altogether, although inclined to be
willful and rebelhoIs at times (and who
admires dull perfection:), she is a Cir
fashioned after free ideal Is she to
have her vocal freedom restrained by a
cruel eonventionality which forbids her
to enliven her own home with pretty.
birdlike music, VIII lie at the same time
1t not only tolerates, but often pretends
to admire, the vocalist next door who
seeks to entertain the entire neighbor-
hood at eveutide ly series of wailing
notes and soaring c-escendoS: The whis-
ting girl abruptly unpuckers her rosy
lips to show her prettyteeth in Il dazzling
smile as she flashes upon you newer
version of her grandmother rebuke:
Girls that whistle and hens that crow
Make their way " herever they 20.
New York Sun.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Illustrated journalism In England

y conntrylaan who has been endeavor-
ing to obtain some definite ideas about
the royal wedding functions from the
various illustrated papers applies to me
for help and enlightenment. His be-
wildeTmcnt IS natural He finds IL the
first place that we seem to have a new
queen reigning over us. for her maiestv's
features in the illustrated paper bear no
resemblance to the authorized portraits
of Queen Victoria. 4 still more re-
markable fact is that i'll the course Of
the festivities her majesty seems to have
continually changed her habiliments.
One of the special artists shows her
with an ermine train. Another repre-
sents her with no train at all Another
shows her with a crown on her head.
Another appears to have seen her only
few minutes later in bonnet.
One picture represents the queen and
her guests all taking lunch ut one table.
Another places them at different tables.
One paper surpasses itself by two views
of the route to the railway station. in
each of which the royal couple are pro-
vlded with a totally different carriage
and different horses and attendants.
think l can explain how these discrep-
ancies arise. Probably some of the spe-
cial artists dispatched to sketch the we'd
ding made their sketches at Henley
London Truth
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Raby,s yenomous Cradle Fellow.

The wife of a lumberman named Will
hanson few days ago had novel and
terrifying experience with a rattlesnake.
The Williamsons live in small cabin
on Lake Caleasieu. Mrs. Williamson
had left her 6-months-old baby asleep in
its cradle, near the open door, and was
going about her household business,
when she happened to approach the lit
tie bed to look at her child, and to her
horror saw line of notified green and
black nestled close to the form of the
peacefully sleeping little one. The ugly
head was raised and resting on the child's
arm with its eyes keeping drowsy watch
over it.
The mother sank nearly fainting on
the floor, but with a parents bravery
realized that the snake must be dis
lodged at any cost to herself, as at the
first or slightest movement of the babe
the cruel fangs might be buried in its
flesh. 1t was necessary also to act with
speed, so, arming herself with pistol
belonging to her husband, she bent over
the cradle and with one rapid gesture
laid hold of the snake by the end of its
tail and suddenly gave it jerk which
landed it on the floor. The creature
made at her with uplifted head, sound
ing its dreadful rattle as it coiled close
to her feet. But, aiming steadily, she
put a ball through its body, and al
though it again tried to attack her she
fred again and again and succeeded in
killing it. Asst died it flung itself upon
her foot and struck the shoe with its
fangs, but it was only the death agony,
and the blow served only to entangle it
in the tie of the shoe, to which it was
still clinging when her husband reached
her, having heard the shots and run to
her aSsistance.-Louisiana Cor. Phila-
delphia Times
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
The Bicycle For the English Army,

The war Office has taken the bicycle
into its decided favor, owing to observa-
tions made as TO its utility during recent
maneuvers. \ large number are to be
attached to each battalion The volun-
teer corps of London have long since in
corporated the bicyclist, and when they
turn out and ride by the side of the corps
they look well. As the colonel. usually
the only mounted man, cannot very well
be dispatched with a message from a
corporal. a bicyclist volunteer comes in
very handy. The regulars, when on for
eign active service, would find body of
bicyclists amazingly useful. and good
scouting would be done by them.-Lon-
don Court Journal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
The CAPTAIN Had Seen No Fire.

The commander of the Martha paced
the deck of his steamer, buried in thought
and wrapped in gloom.
Captain, how about that fire or
board:"
Il have seen no fire, young man"
But there was a fire on board"
Young man, tell you that have
seen no fire"
Then the captain buried himself in
thought and meditatively stroked his
port whisker. he was right. The fire
unseen had fed itself on the fat of the
coal bunkers for five days 1t was smoke
which the captain saw. The Martha ar
rived here from Newcastle or Friday in
ballast. The fire broke ont on Aug. G..
Water was pumped into the bunkers
and pumped ont again as fast as it col
lected in the hold. After five DAYS of
this sort of work the fire was extin-
gulshed. The iron vessel was not dam
aged and there was no cargo to be In
jured.-New York Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
The Ear OF Diunysius. =

= cunningly constructed prison cavern.
consisting of a large chamber connected
with one Of smaller dimensions, situated
near Syracuse, Italy, has gone into leg
endary history with the title of the
Ear of Dionysius." The smaller cham
Der was unknown to the prisoners kept
in this underground dungeon, and the
tyrant By whose name il is known had
ahabit Of secretiug himself there to listen
to the conversation Of the convicts. who
We're mostly political offenders. An in
genious device constructed at the small
er end of the larger chamber transmitted
the sounds through the partition, thus
enabling the suspicious ruler to hear even
the whispered conversations of his .'sus-
poets. st. Louis Republic
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
A Letter From Honolulu.

An intelligent lady writing from Hon
olulu to the New York Sun says:
The queen has only herself to blame
for her downfall. She made more an
nexationists in .afew hours than there
had ever been before, and by her duplic-
ity and self conceit she lost her cause,
and with it all her best friends. Mr..
Nordhoff misstates the facts when he
asserts the contrary. The queen has not
half dozen of what we call respectable,
high principled people to favor her now,
and these are such for outside reasons"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Fourth of July.

What time our patriot fathers spoke
The oath on freedoms altar sworn,
To wear no more the tyrant's yoke,
This mighty nation thea was born.
The thunder of that lofty vow,
20 distant ages sounding loud,
Has shaken thrones, is shaking now
And shall yet shake till all are bowed.
The flag of freedom, then unfurled,
Was hailed by millions from affair
The conquering standard of the world,
Sublime alike in peace and warl
Il proudly floats on every sea,
Is honorei now on every shore;
1t whispers TO tn oppressed, BE Free"
Aud kindles hopes unknown before.
Gcl Of our fathers. since thy hands
IN benedictiol stretched above.
Lsvo Us advanced above all lands,
Knit us in amity and love.
Let not this brotherhood Of states,
BY vital bonds made firmly one,
BE ever rent by hostile fates,
Or atricidal rage undone.
But emulous of things that make
The high example more complete
Teach nations how their chains to break
And soar sublimely 10 thy feet
Boston Transcript.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

Kickapoo Indian Sagwa will cure all
troubles originating in impure blood,
safely. speedily, permanently, and with
economy. Impure blood j. manifest in
Fimples, Blotcl,e~, Ean-. Car5uncles,
Eruptions or Sores, >alow Skin, salt
Rheum, Etc.
The only way in which to alter this state
of things is t. Cleanse the Blood from all
Impurities aud allow Free, Unobst-ucted
Circulation Through Every Vein and Ar
terry of the Body.
Kickapoo Indian SaGwa a. a B'ooa-nlGI-
ing, B1oed-ciegnSiHg and Li'e-ssstGiRing medi.
cine has oclip>ed any blood purifier yet
produced.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

THE state of Georgia is one Of the
loopholes by which contagious dis
ease might very easily be admitted
to the United States. 1t has no state
board of health. and any quarantine
regulations existing are of a purely
local character
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

The Alton Democrat SAYS that
1.-the name of the next United States
senator from Illinois is Benjamin 7.
Cable. and he halls from Rock Island.
He is the man who did the most to
redeem the state last year from re-
publican rule. and he is the man who,
we believe. will be nominated in the
next state convention as the candi-
date for senator" AT the present
writing" adds the McDonough DEM
ocrat. 1.-THE path of safety and wis
dom seems to lead toward the Cable
vicinage."
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

The new senator from California
ran away from Maine when he was a
boy. He did not initiate Bill Nye,
who was also born in Maine, but who
took his parents by the hand when
he was five years old, and saying,
Parents, this is no place for us,
led them out West.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

THE divorce secured by a two
months bride in Superior, Wis. be-
cause her spouse refused to scratch
her back suggests the necessity of
an amendment to the Wisconsin mar
riage formula 80 that the masculine
element of the community may know
just what they undertake when en-
tering upon the state Of matrimony.
How would Love, cherish and
abrade'' do for part of the marriage
ritual?
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

THE American knee will soon make
anew an exhibition OF its pliancy. An
Austrian archduke is on his way to
this country. He will be astonished
to find the proud citizens of a re-
public tumbling over one another to
touch the hem of his garment It is
one of their peculiarities.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Extractin: Virtue From Refuse.

The great decrease in the price Of
paper comes from the discovery that
nearly everything that grows can be
turned into this useful article Cotton
stalks. tobacco stalks. the stalks of the
sugar cane, corn hIsks and sawdust that
used to Cumber the ground are now
made into cigarette wrappers. water
pals. car wheels and even buildings for
temporary purposes. The once despised
sawdust can be used in still other WAYS
From it can be extracted alcohol. acids
and dyes. The. extraction of dyes from
coal tar and the refuse of refined petro-
leum has for a dozen years been one OF
the wonders Of the chemists art. but
theY are not the only things that are OBJ
tanned from coal and science is con-
stantly widening the list. The Stag of
furnaces Is now turned into asbestos.
cement, pottery and friedrich. and when
pulyerized becomes a base for paints.
The refuse from wooden mills. which
has contaminated so many streams. has
been found to be valuable for the oil II
contaiEs. and its extraction will not only
profit the inventor. but do away with a
nuisance. -Philadelph Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

The position Russia has taken
in her relations with Germany is
scarcely tenable from a business
point of view. Exporting S147, OoO,-
900 worth of merchandise into Ger
many annually she has practis ally
shut out the German imports, AMOUNT
ing to only $50, O0O,o 900. Russia feems
to have mistaken her own exports for
necessities, but the kaiser does not
SO recognize them and has retaIiated
by shutting out Russian imports
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
The republican La Harpe Quill

The republican La Harpe Quill
says: Congressman Marsh is in ia
vor of the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at rate of q having 50
voted last week. He also voted
against the repeal of the Sherman
pill, but stated that if it was re-
pealed, he would be in favor of the
free coinage of silver without regard
to limit. The colonel seems to he
getting pretty near to the populist
idea and claim his vote represents
the wishes of the majority of his con-
stituents. which will be news to
them. Had his one vote delayed the
repeal of the Sherman bill, he would
have heard something from those
constituents that would have caused
him to change his mind"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

A New kind of liar has appeared
on the scene-the worlds fair liar
He always prefaces his remarks with
the question. Have you been to
the worlds fair?n If you reply in
the negative he knows he is sale, and
then Munchausen Gulliver ESQ. be-
gins to unfold his tale.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

WHEN economy Is the watchword
in every department of a private bus
mess it certainly is CALLING to see
worlds fair managers drawing enor-
nous salaries and at the Same time
charging to expense account oriental
luxuries. things never dreamed of
when paying their own bills.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Terpsichore In Texas.

The Texas dance is becoming almost
as fatal as the unloaded gun Nearly
every night one or more of these pleas
ure parties wind up with tragedy. 1t
may yet become necessary as police
precaution to abolish terpsichore and
confine our sultry tempered young peo-
pie to prayer meetings and pink teas
San Antonio Express.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

PUGHIsM pays better than politics,
they say. and champion gets more
in n few minutes than a senator :
yearly salary amounts TO. And what
is the greater shame, some pugillsm
is more honorable than some politics.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
She Hoped, For Their Happiness,

The Newly Wed-Edith did the hate
fullest thing at our reception, and I'll
never forgive he.
Cousin Jane-Why, what could it be?
The Newly Wed - She addressed
Charles in the most plying manner and
said, Il hope you'll be happy" The
way she uttered that word "hope" was
positively unbe;rable. = Boston Tran
script.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
.:....a:5As may nave her cyclones ar

--4-1'oAs may nave her cyclones and
her drouths. but there is one sweetly
Solemn thought comes to the man
who has to pay life insurance out
among the sunfowers, he is never
likely to die by the sinking of q
steam yacht. That is one place
where Kansas has the edge on New
York.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
FRIDAY, SEPT. Is, 1898.

UNLIKE the duke or VeraSua
neither the nawab of Rampur nor the
rajah rajagan of Kapurthala is likely
to cable over when he gets home
that he is dead broke and anxious
for a sympathetic fund.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Private Swimming Grounds.

An English woman living near Oxford
has large lake in the grounds of her
residence, and as she is an expert swim
mer she practices every day. At the end
of the season she gives series of compe-
titions lasting a week.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

THE ameer of Afghanistan has
started soap factory, and turns out
an article of such remarkable strength
that it will not only clean his re-
markably dirty subjects but remove
the skin on the first application.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Eetter and Bet e..

Bet er than grandeur b tier than y i,
Better than rank thousand fold.
Is a healthy body. mind At ease.
And simple pleasures that always please"
To &c; and keep healthy body use nr. Pic.ce's
Golden Medical Discovery. remedy d Il .ued
TO not only cure all diseases Of the throat lungs
and chest, hut Heep the body IN s thoroughly
healthy condition 1t eradicates all Impurities
from the blood, and ,vercome> indigestion and
dyspepsia. Blotches. pimples and ,ruptions dis
appear under its use. AID Your mind can he Eat
ease" as 70 your health
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Pure BLOOD.
Long Life and Good Health"
In Kickapoo Sagwa.
Take Natures Remedy Now.

All Persons suffering from the Impurities
ofthe Blood are Ready Prey of Epidem-
zeal AIalarial FeVers and all Forms of
Prosiration.-kickapo Indian Sagwa
il the Safest, Best and Most Reliable
Flood Remedy Made.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

OF all races in the world the Indians
stand pre- eminent for their longevity and
health. Why is it: Listen, II perchance
sickness attacks them, no Poisonous Drugs
are resorted to, nothing but nature is
consulted and natures gifts appropriated
10 their cure. The best and most reliable
of roots, herbs, barks and gums constitute
their medicines-hence the Indians noble
physique, pure blood, high muscular de
velopment, strong frame, and sound lungs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Scrofula Cured BY Sagwa.

WINCHESTER, y. IL. March L. 1892.
For the past - years j have been terribly
afflicted with Scrofula, and have tried
everything there was in the market Blu
could get no relief. a year ago / pur-
chased six bottles of the kickapoo Indian
Sagwa, and by its use was completely
cured, and the entire poison was elImin-
ated from my system. ! ALWAYS keep
in the house, and my wife and myself both
take it whenever we feel the least bit run
down" | would rather pay $500 bottle
Tor kickapoo Indian Sagwa than to be
without il.
CHARLES ID SFAVFR