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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30
CANNING. IN FRANCE.
Lad Poisoning Said 60 Bs an Inpessa-
bilify.

Lad Poisoning Said 60 Ne an Inposss-
bilify.
''You should have a law in America
the same as we have in France" said
T. Il. kirkland of Bordeaux, Franco
by our laws such q thing as lead
poisoning in canned goods is an i'm
possibility. Here it Is very great
proba bility.
''In canning fruits and vegetables in
this country You pursue very differ
ent plan from the French. Our cans
have but one piece of soldering. That
is on the outside and down the front,
where the can is joined When the
can is filed a light elastic band is
placed inside Then the top is milled
to the can by machinery. 1t is then
placed in the steam bath and allowed
to cook for twenty minutes or half
an hour, and sometimes as much as
forty minutes, according to
the goods The air escapes through
the elastic bands and pores of the can.
In America the soldering of the can is
all on the inside. When it is filed the
top is soldered on and then it is placed
in the steam bath. Instead of being
allowed to remain as with us, your
cans are never in the bath over five
minutes. Then the top is punctured
with an awl and the air rushes out.
After the air has escaped the hole in
the top is covered with drop of hot
solder, which must naturally come in
contact with the goods. Fruits that
are canned with the pits, such as
prunes and cherries, you can buy very
cheap at this time of the year, as they
are very apt to ferment. But they are
not very good as n rule
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30
SKY-ROCKET PICTURES.
'ol Method of Photographic an En-.
emy's Camp.


emy's Camp.
An exceedingly interesting English
invention consists of Il camera COM
bined with parachute, especially de-
signed for obtaining photographs of
Notifications and of the camps of the
enemy, although pictures may also be
made for general surveying purposes.
The parachute is snugly folded in a
thin case at the end of a rocket, which
is fired to the required height and
burst open by means of time fuse.
The explosion sets free the parachute,
which is protected from injury by
means of g. casing of asbestos The
parachute has u number of thin UNI
brella ribs. and these are forced out
ward and kept in that position by
means of a strong spiral spring.
From the parachute a camera is sus-
pended, and a string held by the oper-
ator is attached by universal joint to
the bottom OF the device, for the pur-
pose of pulling the parachute back.
The camera Is fitted with an inStan-
taneous shutter. operated by clock
work. so as to give several exposures
at intervals At the back of the box is
an arrangement by which the plates
can be manipulated the same as clock
work \ swinging motion can be
given the camera by the operator. and
this will enable him to obtain success
i've pictures over Il wide area
The whole arrangement is exceed
ingly ingenious, and if it can be en-
ployed practically it marks an import
ant step in the science of modern war
fare.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30
The stomach and thu Tongue.

A bad stomach is bad thing to own.
1t is the source of all the badness in the
world, an able member of the Social
Purity society declares. Drug shops are
full of stuffs. For good digestion many
of them are best let alone. Fruit salts
and old fashioned salts are not harmful
Then there are fgs-always worth their
weight in gold-and tamarinds from In
dia are fine. They come in tinfoil, like
many of the oriental fruits, and are sold
bv fruiterers at so or 60 cents a pound.
No matter what you do, look at your
tongue and keep it red, even II you can't
keep it still. Journal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30
CREMATING GARBAGE.
How the Work Is Done in New Englan,
Cities.

How the Work Is Done in New England
Cities.
The consumption of garbage by ere
nation has been begun in quite num-
Der of places in this country, and the
one which is an object lesson to our
other cities is the double-fire system
now in use in Lowell and in other parts
of the country. This crematory is a
brick structure, forty feet long, ten
feet wide and twelve feet high. with a
stack seventy-five feet in height The
top of the furnace is reached by plat
form, and the garbage Ii collected in
carts and dumped down the slopes into
the feed holes in the top of the
furnace After the furnace has been
charged. two fires are lighted The
flames pass from the first fire to the
garbage piled on the CRATES, and the
gases and smoke attending the COM
bustion then pass to the second fire,
where they are consumed. All the
products OF the burning of the garbage
must pass through one of these fires
We have not room for detailing how
this system is managed, but the re-
suits are such that it works success
fully wherever it has been tried, and
its adoption in many of our large cities
is, apparently, only a question of time.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30
A Negro woman,s Wonderful Hair.

Hearing the statement made in Holly
Springs that remarkable negro woman
freak lived only few miles from this
town, your correspondent determined to
obtain the facts in the case.
A middle aged negress greeted the visit
or. The woman is quite dark, of pro-
nounced African type of physiognomy,
feet inches tall, and in fair health, but
has never had any children. She wore a
white cotton turban tied about her head
and tucked in at the back to support the
immense weight of her hair. This she re-
moved and laid ION the table and I'M
wound the brai, Of her wonde1fu full hair,
which went many times around her head
and dropped upon the floor.
1t was indeed an amazing sight. Three
braids almost as thick as a mans arm
close to the head, but tapering to the
thickness of finger at the ends. closely
plated and measuring 8 feet inches,
braided as it is, in length. 1t looks a
good deal like Spanish moss, but is dark
er, crinkled and grizzled, course and al
most repulsive to the touch, suggesting
CHASTITY stories of the abnormal growth
of hair after Mississippi Cor.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30
Cholera Not Feared,
Daily Americ an.


Surgeon General Wyman, of the
Marine hospital service, reports that,
according to his estimate of the prob
abilities, the chances of escaping a
cholera visitation in the United
States this summer and of not cscap-
inc are Just about even. With the
disease fairly restricted in Europe.
and preparations made to suspend
Immigration in case of danger, we
certainly are in better shape rs re-
CARDS meeting an emergency than
we were last summer. For that
the wisdom of the country deserves
full credit.
But DR.. Wyman is not above Civ
ing other credit in this relation
where it is conspicuously due.
Speaking of the disease he says:
Its non-aPpearance thus far proves
that no germs have lived over the
winter in this country" To any
thoughtful mind the proposition is
full of suggestion. To the excellence
of our local quarantine, which fought
cholera ut our very doors in its most
subtle and dangerous form; to the
prompt and efficient action of the
state government, and finally to the
vigilance and zeal of our city's
health department is due the fact
that the germs were not allowed to
obtain a foothold in this country or
permitted to s'live over the winter. :"
Eternal vigilance is the price of
freedom from cholera epidemics.
Had last summers precautions been
ever so little with half dozen plague
ships in the bay, it is more than
probable that cholera would have
started, early this summer, from
New York and run it's course through
out the country.
These facts were overwhelmingly
acknowledged last fall. They can
not be too well remembered at any
time.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30
She Was Deeply Moved.


It was at the close of one of Paderewski's
concerts. The pianist had held his audi
ence spellbound for over two hours. Won.
en- had sobbed as that divine nocturne with
its tender sadness and inexpressible pathos,
throbbed its way into their very souls.
Chopin's wonderful music, with its world
of feeling, had wrung my heartstrings,
and every one about me seemed moved out
of himself and strung up to an intense
nervous pitch. Then it was all over at last.
Suddenly, in the crowd surging out OF
the theater, caught sight Of face which
appealed to me irresistibly, so full was il
OF intense yearning, unsatisfied hopes, I'M
realized ideals. 1t was girls face, sweet,
tender, sad, with an intensity and nervous
force that was accumulated by her musical
temperament now evidently moved to its
utmost by the exquisite music she had just
heard. There was soul behind those great,
brown eyes, intellectual power in the broad
brow and wonderful play of feeling
around that tender, sensitive mouth.
/ could not hear what she was saying to
her companion, but her gestures and the
different expressions that played over her
mobile face fascinated me. As we reached
the last exit the crowd moved me close to
her. Her voice was worthy of her face. Il
was low, soft and full of feeling but /
strained my ears to hear what she was say
ing. Something about the music, was
sure, she was so earnest over it. / got
closer to her. We were almost out now. y
moment more and it would be too late, and
j was so curious so anxious to hear Just a
little of what she was saying. / did |
heard one sentence, just one.
The words came clearly and with much
emphasis, We'll, his hair gives me n swift
pain. Chicago News-Record.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30
Not Dying.

''In my dealings with reporters I
have had only one experience with the
newspaper death watch" said Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew. "A couple of wears
ago / was laid up for a week; / was
not very sick, but in some way it got
rumored about that l was dying. At
1870 o'clock at night the telephone in
my house rang. / was up and an
swered the call. is this Mr.. Depew's
houses? was asked. Yes ] replied
is he dead?' NO is he going to die
tonight? 4 don't think So. Thanks;
good night. Good night.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30

AT Hamilton, Ont. 81 900, 900 will
be spent in building electric roads to
connect near by towns. A company
of capitalists from our eastern cities,
and London, will soon build electric
lines to connect about 20 cities and
big towns in central Indiana. be-
tween Indianapolis and Fit. Wayne.
In talking of electric roads last week,
Westinghouse said, There is no
more limit to them. than TO steam
roads"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30
difference in Americans.

A member of the diplomatic corps
apparently holds. an opinion of Ameri-
cans which will hardly be Endorsed by
the most insignificant of this great
nation. When asked by a newly ar
rived foreigner, anxious 10 gauge the
social status of some one to whom he
had been introduced, if there was any
difference in Americans, the diplomat
replied: ''Oh, yes-some are rich and
some are not
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30
THE GUESTS OF GOD.

From the dust Of the weary highway,
From the smart Of the sorrows rod.
Into the royal presence,
They are hidden as guests of God.
The veil from their eyes Is taken:
Sweet mysteries they are shown;
Their doubts and fears are over;
For they know as they are known.
For them there should DO rejoicing
And festival array.
As for the bride in her beauty
Whom love hath taken away
Sweet hours of peaceful waiting
Till the path that we have trnd
Shall end Mt the Fathers gateway,
And we are the guests of God.
Mary F. Butts in Youths Companion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30
The Blue Sky.

The blue color of the sky is probably
merely the color of the air, seen
through the length of about forty-five
miles. 1t has been observed by those
who have assembled about five miles
above the earth's surface that the sky
appears of dark, inky hue, owing to
the very small reflection and disper-
sion of the light, while the blue color
no longer appears above, but below
them.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30

AN immense deposit of petroleum
has been discovered on the eastern
coast of Siberia. The oil can be
furnished to consumers at l cent per
gallon. This discovery will proba-
bly, decrease the demand for the
American product.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30

STATES ATTORNEY STERLING. OF
Bloomington, has rendered an opin-
ion to the effect that the Turner and
Hibernian halls in that city are not
institutions of learning under the
law and, therefore, both those in
situations will hereafter be taxed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30

FITs-All fits stopped free by DIR
Kline's Great Nerve Restorer- No
fits after the first days use. Marvel
Gus cures. Treatise and 81 trial bot
tie free to fit cases. Send to DIR
Kline, 931 Arch street, Philadelphia
Pa For sale by all druggists: call
on yours
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30
n Sad Awakening!

when in the dark, on thy soft hand hung,
And heard the tempting syren of thy tonge-
dured,
But when the candle eniered-I was cured,''
Such compilations so many of our young
ladies' ossess-tull, pimply, and covered with
sores and blackheads. is enough to cool the ardor
of the warmest lover. To such young4adics we
would say, that you can never have n soft, fair,
smooth, attractive, kissable complexion, un'ess
your blood Is healthy and pure for the condition
of the blood decides the complexion. DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will purify
your blood, tone up your system, aud drive away
those distressing headaches and backaches, from
which You suffer periodically, and give you n
compile Xion IA lily rose leaf might envy.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30

] was troubled with catarrh for
seven years previous to commencing
the use of Ely's Cream Balm. 1t has
done for me what other so-called
cures have failed to do-cured me.
The effect of the Balm seemed mag
ical.-Clarence l.. Huff. Biddeford.
Me.
After trying many remedies for ca
tarrh during the past y years. |
tried Elv's Cream Balm with COM
plete success. 1t is over one year
since | stopped using it, and have
had no return of catarrh. | recon-
mend it to all my friends.-Milton
Il Palm Reading Pa
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-30

NINE-TENrHs of the property in
terests in Hawaii are DESTROYS of an
nexation to the United States. One
tenth is loyal to the queen.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22

ries seconte. Qainte parties seco,4.
slxte and octave. The half-circ.e -
fierce and secou1e. f~s'aa
The position 20 be assn ned must hs
that Will cover y0a as adegqareIz a. . -
De, with due regard to other can8;t;asAs
IL r9ust not prevent the prompt exarns;.As
OF any otneT defensive movement thar ~
De required and IL mgss facilitate ~. ~
!iFeFy % the various attacks. Asarn.
the engagement = formed III sTIch -
as 10 Keep the opponents blade oEr
body IN the high tines on The az -, -
us - called the gagerneut Of -
b1t or course the en- gagsuent q crnz-.-.ss
sh!ited from one line 70 another. the os,..sy
OF the fenc"r being 20 discover tbs -
points Of his opponent, forcing the an,,s4
nent IN such = way as 20 disc0ncert 80 80
In fencing a great deal il said abort -.
parade. This in plain English is an ar,ss'
obstruction, in which the position of sn.ss
IS hrst assumed. To parade. or nsr-s
means 10 oppose your blade 10 Or .s-s
against that Of your adversarv's in 80
II avoid being hit when he makes a tb-aes
at your body. The blade is pressed ~ ~
ward or II ward by q turn Of the ~.
against your adversary's sword 81 ,h.
when directed at your body il shall h. /:
yeEted from its aim. The parade rniyh,L
regarded a. an extension % the guard
There are parades. or parries. for II.
various opening or entrances shown =
the jacket. but II would not be inte-As.;sa
or indeed practicable within the Iirnis. :
this article 10 attempt 10 explain them n l
There are two kinds Of parties. '.sI,nni.s
and counter" i simple" parry il ~.
in which your opponents blade is foiIovs
into the line Of attack and there wards
OIL. counter" parry is made vhss
your opponent is about TO change ;r.a
another line Of attack. and You. win vos.
foil. describe a circle round il. bring bsss
his foil TO the line from which IL starsss
and there change It's course.
Or. 10 explain IL in another way, .her.;,N
the primary attack which is initiated 1.
ones self. Other attacks are made all
the design of forcing the movements vi
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announcement of the engagement, after
the families had been gathered at the
country house of NJ. de Bragard, The count
took his cigar and went into the garden.
Suddenly down one of the pathways in
the moonlight came the slim young figure
of Mile. de Bragard. In her white gown
she seemed, Count de -Lesseps has said,
like spirit coming to him with a mes
sage. Her message was a rose, which she
plucked from its stem and gave him.
Roses are for young men," tie count
said. You are the youngest man have
ever known" she said, and then she
kissed his hand.
1t was not in the nature of Ferdinand de
Lesseps to let a young girl tell him she
loved him and meet with no response.
Nobody knows how it was all finally ar
ranged, but it was the uncle instead of the
nephew who married Mile. de Bragard.
They have had ten children. 1t is so I'M
usual a thing to see large French families,
and these children have been brought up
in SO unusual way that they have been
of interest since their babyhood. In the
first place Count de Lesseps has always
had theories upon the education of chill
dren. Part OF his success in the Suez
canal was owing to the assistance which
he received from Abbas Pasna, under
whom the Suez canal was begun. Abbas
Pasha had been some years before pupil
of De Lesseps.
Abbas was very fat and luxurv-loving
boy, but with more than ordInarg intelil-
gence. At the end of the first inonth of
De Lesseps' direction Of his education his
tutor with some pride brought IN the boys
reports. "Do not bring me reports of les
sons" De Lesseps said, ''but his weight.
desire you to weigh him at the beginning
of every month. If he has gained in tesh
punish him. And see that it does not
happen again"
He carried out these theories N the edu-
cation OF his own children. His Little girls
went bare-legged and bare-armed, summer
and'winter. He said that their arms and
legs should stand the cold as easily as
their faces; certainly they were, and are, a
beautiful and healthy group. They drove
or rode every day in Paris, and the cab
men pointed out the De Lesseps children
10 tourists, driving about seeing the sights.
as particularly as the Arch de Trlomphe.
One of the children is known TIE world
over as "Toto." She is her fathers favor
lite. and has accompanied him eyeryw here.
cisco, and were entertained by everybody
who could get them. Toto went to every
thing IN her sleeveless gown with its short
skirt. she was seii-possesSed and ready at
all times. One night at great dinner
party given in their honor the duck was
so high" that it declared Itself. Cali
fornia society choked down the purnle
meat the count leaving MS untasted
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22
Preventing Future Misery.

II there is in this vale of tears more protins
source Of misery than the rheumatic twinge,"s
have yet 10 hear Of L. People are born VIE
tendency 10 rheumatism, just as they are W..
one 70 consumption or 10 scrotula eusa'
causes may develop this. As soon as the sso
niZ.ng complaint ulsniiests Itself FecoufS
saJUlt be had 10 Hostet.eF's stomach BiItefH
which checks rs further inroads and banisa~
the rheumatic poison from the system. Ins
statement Italics exactly with the testimony -
physicians who have employed this tine bi".
depureut n their private practice. there
also the amp!es. professional and general tesr
n0ny "a the efficacy OF the Bifters for msS
RS, liver complaint. constipation, tndigesloes
kidney trouble, nervousness ana loss OF app,
tie Gnd flesh After wetting, whether ior
lowed b. cold or not, the Bitters is useful ~ :
preventative OF tie initial attack CT Iheu2e
Gsm.
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hand, go to the extent of Hazlitt. who. in
effect, says that We should blame Falstaff7s
character as little as that OF the actor who
plays him, and who will not. forgive the
prince his treatment of Falstaff on the
ground that to readers of poetry in the
present day, Falstaff appears as the better
man Of the two; but on the other one need
not go so far as Nathan Drake or as our
own Hackett tnan whom no American
actor has attained greater fame in the
part, who according 10 his own mono
graph on the character and from the de-
scriptlon given of his performance recog-
nized no am:abe or tolerabIe quality as
cloak TO Fa.statfH5 moral deformity save
his brilliant wit and irresistible humor.
For myself l feel that though he IS a
rogue. yet is Faistaf a gentleman; man
of breeding and education; though he
either affects or feels physical cowardice;
yet is his moral courage undoubted:
though he describes it, yet do we
never see him drunk. though in
his heyday and prosperity he is
impudent, yet in his fall and latter
misery he does not whine or crawl, but
retains to the last certain dignity of
rascaldom. He is throughout as with a
whimsicality under which certain truth
lies. he describes himself when writing 10
the prince, thine by yea and no, which is
as much as TO say as thou useth him.
Jack FalstaH with his famiiiars, John
with his brothers and sisters and SIR John
spite his grievous faults he Is ever Jack"
to those who pity yet despise him John"
while TO those who neither love nor pity,
merely 'Sir john" a tat man and rogue.
but withal knight.
WILLIAM H. CRANE
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QUESTION: When well-informed Cali
fornian who recently visited New York
was asked to give the names of the famous
literary men of California, he replied that
he had never heard the name of any native
author of that state; and this leads us to
inquire what the Sun thinks of populous
American state that has no literature of
its ownP
ANSWER: California mas had several lit
erary men who have written books worthy
of respect. including at least tw professors
in the state university. Mr.. II. Fl. Ban
croft, native of Ohio, who resides in Cal
itornla. is the all hor of historical works Of
very great Importance. Mr.. Joaquin Mil
Ter, born in Indiana, who now lives in San
Francisco. has produced poems that are
highly meritorlous; and Mr. Ambrose
Bierce. of the same city, who is also, We
believe, a native Of Indiana. has done
much writing of prose and verse that can
be praised. The distinguished Mr..
Bret Harte. who was born in New
York. once lived in California, and
there wrote the things that first
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band and children is so entirely
and 20 lovely part of her that It
is commented upon by every one who
meets her, and In this disaster of later
years it is of her that the friends Of the
family think. She still seemed a few
months ago to consider her husband the
youngest man she had ever known To
his daughters. who have grown up, he Is
more OF a companion than father.
He IS. or was, a most remarkable in
stance OF physical and menta. activity pro-
ionged into extreme old age. He IS one
OF the best known figures in the French
capital. His tightly-buttoned black frock
coat. with ribbon n the buttonhole, his
black hat, iauntily tilted a little 10 one
side, square shoulders, brisk walk. give him
a military bearing and make him appear
many years younger than he really is.
Notwithstanding his long residence in the
tropics, his complexion is but slightly
tanned. His cavalcade of children on
prancing ponies, headed by their venera-
bic father. is one of the sights of the Bots
de Bologne on every fair afternoon.