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The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
FROZEN FISH.
They Come to Life After Long Impris-
 onme1t in Ice.

They Come to Life After a Long lmprtS-
 onment in Ice.
 At the waterworbs pumphouse in Richmond, Ind, there stands large fountain, with basin which measures about ten feet across, and of that fountain correspondent of the PhiIa- delphia Bulletin tells the following story.
 Last fall threo bass were put in the basin, each weighing perhaps one and Q half pounds It was not supposed that the water in the basin would freeze, but one very cold night it did, and the three bass were imprisoned beneath a thick layer of ice.
 The cold weather kept up and the water froze deeper and deeper until the whole mass of water finally became a solid and frigid mass, and the fish were inclosed in a transparent tomb. The flowing water from the fountain kept freezing until a gigantic pyramid had been formed twelve feet in height. The bass were plainly visible, and the remarkable manner in which they had been caught attracted much attention.
 Recently during a rain the ice melted and the fish, which were encased for over three months, were left to drift on the water. The engineer was about to throw them away for dead when he noticed that sone of the fish wiggled fin, and to his surprise found that it was still alive. All three of the fish returned to life after few hours basking in the sunshine, and they are now swimming around in lively man. her with no visible evidence of their long sleep in a frozen mass of ice.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
COMPETITION AVOIDED.
Shops in France Not Allowed to Grove
 Each Other.

 Shops in France Not Allowed to Crowd
 Each Other.
 In France two shops selling the same thing are not allowed to exist within a certain area. In provisions this absence of competition materially increases the price, but, says a woman who has large experience in housekeeping i1> France, your taxes are less, and you have in return clean streets, good gas, constant water supply and perfect sewerage. In addition, by virtue of state supervision, you never receive short weight or inferior goods. There is no quantity so small that the grocer will not sell it. And in doing this and in delivering it he is as scrupulousl~ polite and careful as in buying large- amounts. The butcher is the cook friend and will trim the meat and take out the bones with loving care. Meat is dear. Good beefsteak costs from thirty-seven cents to fifty cents a pound. Fish is very expensive, but poultry is reasonable and good and comparatively cheap. A good deal of cooking in small households is done with gas, and gas stoves arc loaned by the gas companies for this purpose. Sugar, matches and all imported arti- cles are dear, owing to the high tariff. The lowest price for servants is ten dollars month. Charwomcn ask six cents by the hour. Englishwomen say that life on the continent is much more agreeable for Americans than for themselves, owing to the fact that in each consular town the consul and his family make nucleus for a colony, which soon gathers about them.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-09-07
WANT A MAooNc LODGE.
Paris Women Determine to "Iscgenerate'' the Ancient Secret Ordo-.

Paris women Determine to "IscScnerate' the Ancient Secret Order.
 The ladies of Paris are about to found a female masonic lodge, says a writer in the New York Tribune. De- feated in their attempts to obtain seats in the legislature, in the academy, and in the municipal councils, they have determined to resort to frccmasonry, their object being, so they announced, to ''regenerate" this secular institu- tion, to endow it with more life" an l fraternity" and above all to drive all politicians out of the temple. The organizers of this project have already obtained the consent of the govern ment, and an executive committee of eight has been appointed, with Mme Marie Deraismes as the first grand mis- tress or venerable of the lodge, which already includes over one hundred members. It is stated that the ladies are assisted in the work of orCaniza- tion by three brothers of the craft The ladies announce that they do not intend to follow the examples of the male lodges with respect to mysteries and theatrical ceremonies, and intend to remain content with the trimestrial and annual passwords. It is scarcely necessary to add that they are devoting much attention to the insignia, and while the apprentices and ordinary mistress masons are to wear aprons similar to those of their brethren, the dignitaries will don garments of vari- ous colors, representing the sun. the temple, the instruments of masonry and other emblems. The object of the scheme is asserted to be purely philan- fhrOnio
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
NOTICE IN Alta CHMENT,

County court of Rock Island county, July
Term, A. d. 1893.
Montpelier Tile Company VS.. Eli Bronson, in
attachment.
Public notice is hereby given TO the said Eli
Bronson that writ of attachment ISSUED out of the
office of the clerk Of the county court of Rock ISL
and county dated the 10th day of February AID
1895, at the suit Of the said Montpelier Tile Com
pany and against the estate of the said Eli onson
FOR the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dol
laIs and nine cents, directed to the sheriff of sad
Rock Island county, which aid writ has been re-
turned executed.
And an order having been entered of record
in said court ut the March term, 1893, thereof
ttat said cause stand Continued, with order Of
publication. erEzH
Now, therefore, unless you, the said Eli B1on
son shall person ally be and appear before the
said county court Of Rock Island county on tn e
first day of the next term thereof, to be holden
at the court house in the city of Rock Island in
said county, the Tenth Gay of July A.
ID. 1898, give special bail and plead to the said
plaintiffs action, judgment viii he entered
against you, and in favor of the said Montpelier
Tile company and so much of the property at
tached as may be suflc lent 10 satisfy the said
Judgment ana costs, VIII be sold to satisfy the
same.
HJALMAR KOHLER,
Clerk of the County Court
Jackson Hurst. Plaintiffs Attorneys
Rock Island July 5. A. j.. 1893.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Dainty and palatable Sandwiches.

The eminent Francatell, who was pupil
Of Careme and chef to her majesty the
queen and subsequently to the Reform
club, was the inventor of Adelaide" sand
witches, which were hot dainties, the bread
being stamped out in circular form and
fried in clarified butter to light golden
color. Between two of these croutons was
placed n preparation of minced cooked
chicken and ham mixed with curry paste.
The sandwiches were then anointed with
grated parmesan mingled with butter and
baked for five minutes.
Francatelli's Victoria" sandwiches were
composed of thin brown bread and butter,
with layers of thinly sliced hard boiled
eggs, small salads and cleansed fillets of
anchovies between the layers. And to the
same inventive genius we owe the Briefly"
sandwich, made of slices of white bread and
butter cut from French rolls. with alter
nate layers of chicken and shredded lettuce
Exchange
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Gross Impertinence.

train bound down town on the Ninth
avenue elevated had just left Fourteenth
street. Mrs. Ellis was explaining to Mrs.
Dodson, who sat next to her near the door
of the car:
MY little daughter Mamie has heard so
much about Columbus that she is con-
stantly talking of him and his achieve
ments, but in some way she has learned to
speak of him as Christian Columbus, and
I've had the hardest time to teach her his
proper name Last night she came to me,
saying she was sure she knew his correct
name and would be careful to use it in
future. was greatly pleased, but upon
asking her to repeat it she almost shout
ed'-
"Christopher!' yelled the guard, thrust
ing his head through the door as the train
pulled up for its regular stop at Christie
pher street.
The lady who had been talking glared at
the offending servant and calculated in an
undertone of rage, impairment wretch!"
New York Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Care of the Feet Insures Comfort.

Care of the feet is an economy of strength
as well as of stockings. Aside from the
daily bath, the feet should be washed at
least once day. This is matter of a few
moments and insures neatness, rest and
comfort If the tired shop girl or sales
woman who has been standing for 10 hours
would dip her feet into basin of cool
water instead of curling her bang or doing
up her back hair, she would have lighter
step and feel more like walking home than
usual.
Walking heats the feet, standing causes
them to swell and both are tiresome and
exhaustive when prolonged. There are va
rious kinds of foot baths, and authorities
differ as to their value. Hot water enlarges
the feet by drawing the blood to them
When used, they should be rubbed or exer-
cised before attempting to put on tight
boot. Mustard and hot water in foot bath
will sidetrack fever if taken in time, cure
a nervous headache and induce sleep. Bun
ions corns and callousness are natures
protests against bad shoe leather. Two hot
foot baths week and a little pedicuring
will remove the cause of much discomfort.
New York World
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Consc ence, or What!

"Conscence doth make towards of us ALL" SAYS
the poet. But it is just so with the nerves
When a mans nerves are unstrung, through in
digestion and torpid liver and impure blood.
what wonder that he feels oppressed and ner-
vous! He starts Ct every little unexpec' ed sound
is afraid OF his shallow and feels like fool. Let
such man go to toe drug store and get bottle
Of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, the
great blood purifier and liver invigorator This
is the only blood purifier and liver invigorator
guaranteed TO benefit or cure, or money will be
promptly refunded. 1t cnres indigestion, or dys-
peps.a. and from lis wonderful blood purifying
properties, conQuo all skin and scalp diseases,
salt-rh6 um, letter. eczma ana kindred ailments
All blood poisons, no matter OF what name or ma
ture, yield TO its r. medal influences
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

The New York Herald says that
Washington Z. Connor, the great
banker and broker, announced that
he had resigned from the republican
club, of No. 450 Fifth avenue. The
reason assigned by Mr.. Conner for
his action is the sending out recent
iy by the committee on national af-
fairs of the club a circular attribut-
ing the present disorganized condi-
ton of finances to President Cleve-
land and the democratic party. The
circular speaks of the situation as the
democratic panic of 1898" and
states that the present condition of
affairs due not so much to the Sher-
man silver purchase act as to the lack
of confidence by the general commu-
nifty in President Cleveland the mem
bers of his cabinet and the present
congress. Mr.. Conner objects to the
club attributing such reasons for the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
A Childish ExDerIence.

In cases Of fascination and vertigo, which
are more visible among children than
among adults, movement is begun the
suspension of which is prevented by pa
ralysis of the will, and it carries us on to
suffering and death. When a child, was
navigating plank on the river without a
thought that might fall All at once the
idea came like diverging force, projecting
itself across the rectilinear thought which
had alone previously directed my action.
1t was as if an invisible arm seized me and
drew me down. cried out and continued
staggering over the whirling waters till
help came to me. The mere thought of YER
tigo provoked it.-Alfred Fouiller in Pop
ular Science Monthly
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
DANTE IN EXILE.

And il l go who stays, and if ! stay
Who goes?' he said. with sorrowful disdain,
To those who questioned him, and hid the
pain
Of leaving Florence in the heart that lay
Cold in his breast and turned from them and
they
Wagged their wise heads and smiled to think
how vain
Their Dante was, the while they turned again
Unto the follies of their little day.
And he who trod the weary ways of hell
Smiled sadly in his turn to think that none
Of all the foolish Florentines could tell
The thought within his words. the words of
one
Come from the dead, and who. whate'er befell.
In all the world walked utterly alone.
Ralph A. Cram in New England Magazine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

The housewife of the next century
will not have any tin or iron cooking
utensils She will use aluminium
cooking dishes, which are light,
easily cleaned and practically indie
structible. A few of these dishes are
now made, and experiments have
shown that they are far superior to
any now in use.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

AN intelligent and economical firm
had kerosene piped throughout it's
place of business. By some mys-
FERROUS oversight on the part of
Providence the firm has not been in
cinerated. while people who do not
do such things are being chased into
the street by the forked tongue of
the fire fend almost every day.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Baby's Dimple.

According to an old legend, the baby's
dimples mark the spots where angels fingers
touched the child in bearing it from heaven
to earth, but unromantic doctors have a
different explanation. They say that dim
pies probably result from defective develop
ment of muscle. When the muscle is
called into use, the defective portion fails to
respond, and a hollow is left into which the
flesh and skin of the cheek, for example,
fall, and thus the dimple is formed.-New
York Telegram
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
DUPLICATION NOTICE.
In the Circuit Court, in Chenccry
Sent term A ID 1SQ3

sept. term a. D.. 1873.
Home Building and Loan assoc alton Of Rock
Island VS.. Harry Fischer
Affidavit Of non-residence of Harry Fischer
the above defendant, having been hed in the
clerks Office OF the circuit court, notice IS hereby
given 10 the said nonresident defendant that the
complainant filed his bill of complaint in said
court, on the chancery side thereof on the
Twenty -frst day fully, 1893. and that thereupon
summons issued out of said court, wherein said
suit is now pending, retuInable on the first Mon
day in the month of Septen Der next, as is by
law required. Now, unle you, the said non
resident defendant above named, Harry Fischer,
shall personally be and appear before said circuit
court on the first day OF the next term hereof to
be holden NJ Rock Island in and for the said
county, the first Monday in September next,
and plead, answer or demur to The said COM
painants bill of complaint, the same and the
matters and things therein charged and stated
will be taken as confessed, and decree entered
Hgains: You according to the prayer of said bill.
GEORGE W. GAMBLE Clerk.
Rock Island. illinois, July 81. 1893.
JACKSON & HURST,
Solicitors for Complainant.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

present era of depression. He be-
lleves the clubs action is calculated
TO inJure the country by depriving
the community of the support of re-
publican business men and financiers
in time of need.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

''LUCKY" BALDWIN, the man who
owns the 100000, 900 ranch in Cali
fornia and counts his herds on 1000
acres, has a more certain empire than
has Emperor William of Germany,
and probably would not exchange
places with the latter on an even
trade.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

A POSSE of indignant Indians is on
the trail OF the Kid, and hope for his
capture is born anew. The posse
cares little for clews, and does not
chase each rumor to its lair. The
crude idea that permeates it seems
to be that the Kid has gone unscalped
too long
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

FRANCE apparently would like to
see the Panama swindlers pun
ished. As this would involve, how
ever, the detention in Jail of a num-
Der OF prominent citizens who have
personal objection to the treatment,
it is probable that France will sub
nit to disappointment.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

Spain is divided into 40 provinces, each
of which has its own parliament, chosen
by popular suffrage, under restrictions, and
every commune has its own local admins
tration under an elected ayuntamiento and
an alcalde chosen thereby.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
FRIDAY, AUG. 4. 1898.

CHICAGO is a standing evidence
that city's progress toward great
ness is not necessarily retarded by a
sweeping conhagration. Still, there
are better and surer ways of build
ing up a city than by burning it
down.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

TENNESSEE legislatures have per-
formed the great feat of levying a
tax on all private schools except
those of sectarian character. AS
the state is unable to maintain q
sufficient number of public schools to
educate its people, 1t would be in
teresting to find out what influence
brought this curious measure about
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
a Very Aged Turtle.

The great turtle found in the artillery
barracks ut Port Louis in 1910, when Mau
ritius was coded TO Great Britain, is still
alive. Though it is believed to be 200 years
old at least, it has enormous strength and
can with apparent ease carry two men on
its back
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

The farmers of the United States
sometimes think they experience hard
times, but there has never been a
time in this generation when any
such agricultural distress existed
here as now rests generally upon
Great Britain and Western Europe.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

AN Oakland gentleman started to
take spot from his coat with ben
zine. By the time he had ex-
tinguished his whiskers, his wife and
the family baby, much interest had
been aroused, but in the excitement
the fate of the original spot seems to
have been lost sight Of
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

10 lrrigate successfully water must
come from regions of perpetual SHOWS,
ana the tlller of the soil who depends on
tins supply lives constantly within sight
of scenery that is grand, varied and awe
inspiring
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

THE state of Pennsylvania has ap-
propriated $25, 900 for the purchase
of the ground occupied by the Revo-
lutionary army at Valley Forge with
a view to rescuing the scene of
Washington's historic winter camp
from becoming railroad shop site
1t is an appropriation that is highly
appropriate.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
WE shall hear this year many ce

WE shall hear this year many CEN
serious comments upon our country,
its institutions, government and
manners from our foreign visitors.
But we have now passed beyond the
vealy and sensitive epoch in our
national life and should serenely and
complacently get all the good posi-
BILE out of our guests criticisms.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

The salaries paid to persons in the civil
service of the United States amount to
S9O,O0O,OO0 annually. This amount pays
the wages of 10000 persons The average
is $500 a year
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Looks Are Deceiyinp.

She-Oh, you cannot always tell how one
feels by how one looks. You might think
feel perfectly well, but assure you have
no appetite at all.
He (gallantly)-And yet you look good
enough to eat.-Boston TRANSCRIPT.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

Ex-SECRETARY ELKINs speaks Span
ish with as much fluency as his
mother tongue. The reason for this
is that the early years of his law
practice were spent in New Mexico.
where, in order to succeed, he found
it necessary to acquire a command
of Spanish, as the cases in court
were tried in that language.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

Greek and Roman doors always opened
outward, and when man was passing out
of a house he knocked on the door SO as not
to open it in the face of passerby
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04
Legal.
A ssIGNEE's NOTICE.

In the matter Of Gus r. Englin debtor
The undersigned hereby gives nolice that Gus
r. Englin, doing business in the city OF Rock Isl
and, in the county of Rock bland and state OF
Illinois did on the e9th day of June A. n. 1898
transfer to the undersigned assignee his prop
city for the benefit of his diIors according 10
the provisions of the act conce rning assignments
All persons having claims against said Gus r.
Englin are hereby notified 10 present such clsims
under oath or affirmation, TO me at Rock Island
in said county and state within three months
from this date.
Dated this SOth day OF June 1898
j. II. CLELAND. Assignee.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-04

Without doubt Simmons Liver equator will
cure yol. 1t has cured thousands.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-28
To the Public.


We desire to express our deep
sense Of gratitude to the numerous
friends who 80 generously and will
ingly aided us in saving our effects
from the late fire. We are thankful
for having saved what we did, al
though our loss was heavy, and shall
proceed with our business without
intermition. AS already announced,
we are open for business in the Byrre
block, A. s. DeLamar's old stand,
where we shall be glad to greet our
former friends and patrons. We
shall continue to Cater to the best
trade.and assure The public that 1t
shall in the future, as II has been
heretofore, be our earnest endeavor to
deserve and maintain the confidence
and good will Of both our patrons
and the public generally. Again
thanking our friends tor their kind
efforts in our behalf, we beg to remain
very gratefully, #NIE Ws
S.18 RUDDLEsToN BROS.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-28
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
ada7ting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs,
It's excellence is due to its presenting
IN the form most acceptable and pleas
ant 10 the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispclling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction tomillions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
eniDg them and it is perfectly free from
very Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by oil drug
aists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
1facturcd by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
eackage, also the name, Syrup Of Figs:
nd being well informed, yon will not
accept any substitute if offered,