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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-09
Her, 8 TO tn. maiden Of bashful fifteen,
And hs res 10 the widow of f,,rlA, ~

And here's TO the widow of fvr.y!"
They have each reached . period in life when
moet females needing assistance in tiding them
over the shoals which so often completely wreck
their after lives. in producing regularity and
healthy tc:ion Of the female organs, DR. Pierce.
Favorite Prescription stands without q peer. A,
a time when nature gives them increased burdene,
so many young girls have th.iy health for life
shattered. II You wish your daughter to miea
thoec periodical agouizing backachcs, and dizzy
be adsches, lan:ui and tired feelinss accompani-
ed with rough, pimply skin AMI dull heavy eyes
&C, he: bottle o. DR. Pierce's ravorte Pcrscrip.
ton. n vou have reached the later period Of
danger and weakness, You will need tie. too.
see wrapper bottle for Printed guarantee.
Satisfaction given in every case or money return
cd.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-09

In answer to . correspondent news
psper says: THE deluge mentioned IN
The Bible was threatened IN the year
f7Ss B. c., and began on Dec. Z, 1856 b.
C.. and continued 81 days. The ark
reeAed on Mount Ararat on May 8, 1000.
Int Noah did not leave it until Dec. IL
following" Any reader who imegines
ut Il woulddbe an easy task to figure
- details from Biblical account can
"a . besis for his calculations in the
eeventh and eighth chapters OF Genesis.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-09


The story that tells of swans singing
before death is very old, and of course is
founded upon fancy. The idea has been
brought down from ancient myths. The
voice Of the swan is extremely harsh
and disagreesble, without q single mu-
steal note in it, and no good reason can
be found for ikening some of the worlds
sweetest poets to this unmelodious voiced
fowl.
The only approach to . verification
We have ever seen is the following,
clipped some years ago from Virginia
newspaper:
"A sporting friend, recently returned
from q foray upon the Potomac river,
below Mount Vernon, was the guest of q
venerable and highly intelligent lady,
who has always lived on the Potomac
Speaking of the swan, she gave it as her
decided opinion that this bird was in the
habit of singing or making q plaintive
noise when dying. The reason she gave
for entertaining this belief was that on
very many occasions in the last 80 years
Ghe had been awakened at night by .
sweet and exceedingly sad noise, some
thing like the tones of a aageolet coming
over the water, and that on every sub
eequent morning dead swan was found
to be floating on the water or to have
been washed ashore. "-Pittsburg Dis
match
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-09

A visitor in Washington at present is
Ivan Ottlik Of Buda-Pesth, councillor in
the royal Hungarian ministry of agri-
culture. His journey to America is for
the purpose Of investigating American
agricultural ecou0mics. He has tray
eled largely in the west and believes
that our farmers are oserproducing
Wheat and that this course ID also ex.
hausting TIE .soil.-washiagtee D.
patch-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-09

An" here Are Many Like Him.
II hate to see ladies standing in
crowded railway carriages, re-
marked one man to another as he
rose TO offer his seat to a woman.
$50 do /" replied the other; land
that's the reason I never look mn
from my newspaper"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-09

Some smart storekeepers at Ia
coma, Wash. hit on the happy idea
OF advertising their business by
sticking little wafer posters on coins,
like labels on pill boxes. They Sc
cured sure and wide circulation for
their advertisement and the scheme
worked we'll until q few days ago,
when the treasury department mott
fled the local authorities that the
practice was illegal. and it was
stopped.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-09

Devcur Coal by the Hundred Weight
The American liners New York and
Paris burn about $50 tons of coal per
day. or about 30, 500 pounds per hour.
and maintain about Is, 900 indicated
horse power. which is equivalent to
coal consumption of LII pounds
per hour per horse power
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-09
s,vel From Suffering.
!. lra,itade ai 4 Lady Cured BY
; Eir.apco Indian Sagwa.

pAxvrLLE, Ill, Oct. Is.
.,.,.-,v duty to express my graft
~! -. sst the kickap0o indian
.sdies have done for me;
Wee rs. Suffering with Neuralgia, and
p !. f 100 Tor a bottle OF kickap00
%, =, on. and in less than ten min
re's si,. S duplication | was relieved.
pm, a L. use and also used ktok.
n., indian SagNa at the same
Pp0o,n'n Entirely Cured.
g. ., mn friends have used your
Nsai tordifferen, troubles, and find
f. ,t 70 do exactly as adveseso9d.
Fsis :, eTerybody who is : s1sss
~. ..s-. in Christ. will answer any
..9,ns 4. to what with the help OF
F. have done for me.
y + ;a.i respectfully. EVA DECAnr.
uckApoo INDIAN eAotvH.
l.'...s-sc i,sisr Remedies. Sold By Dea'en.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-09
Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me OF its
good eject upon their children."
On. g. c. OsGooD,
Lowell, Mass.
"Castoria Is IL hes. remedy for children Of
which en- acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest Of their children, and use Castoria in
stead Of the variousquack nostrums which arc
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine. soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them TO premature graves"
d. J. F KrNCaEOE,
Conway, Ark
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-09

csoria Is Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance 1t harmless substitute
for Paresorc, Drops. Soothing Syrups, OIL
IL is Pleasant. Its guarantee Is thirty years. By
Millions Of Mothers. destroys and allay,
feveEishness. Cast0ria prevents vomiting Curd
cures Diarrh0ea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
tcething troubles, constipation and hatuency.
CastOria assimates the food, regulates stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas.
t0Fa Is Children's Panacea-the Mothers Friend
Connecticut western news., 1893-01-26

And an angel nf Eod seys: ll..ss.s shall I take you2 On what street of heaven would you like to live? What celestial habitation would you nke 10 occupyT' And I answer: "Now that I have got inside the wall made up of all manner of precious stones I do not care where you put me. Just show me where my departed loved ones are. have seen the Lord, and next I want to see them.
 But here are those with whom toiled in the kingdom of God on earth. They are from my old parishes at Belleville and Syracuse and Philadelphia and Brooklyn, and from many places on both sides the sea where II have been per mitted to work with them and for them. Give them the best places you can find. will help steady them as they mount the thrones. I will help you burnish their coronets.
 "Take these, my old friends, to ss good rooms as you can get for them in the house of many mansions, and with win dows looking out upon the palace of the great King. As for myself, anywhere in heaven is good enough for me. Halle luiah to the Lamb that was slain" But awake. In the ecstasy of the moment my foot slipped from the layer of anne thyst, that so called producer of dreams, and in the effort to catch myself the vision vanished. And, To, it was but dreamf
Connecticut western news., 1893-01-26
Salvage on a Burning Steamer.

It is equally a salvage service whether assistance to ship be rendered at sea or in port, or whether the aid be given by seamen or landsmen.
 On Sept. 21, 1889, the steamship Bay of Naples was lying at anchor near Bed loe's island with cargo of 55, 800 cases of kerosene. The tug John Sylvester, pass ing by, saw smoke pouring out of her hatchway. Upon investigation it was found that she was afre The master of the Bay of Naples requested the tugs assistance in fighting the flames. The tug signaled to half dozen other tugs in sight, and all went to work with a will to fight the flames, which had reached small portion of the infamma- ble cargo.
 They succeeded in putting the fire out after 1855 cases of the kerosene had burned. The tugs received SEQ, 1000 sal wage, although their actual work did not occupy much more than an hours time.-New York Evening Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1893-01-26
The Injustice of the Ballot Law.

"The Australian ballot law went into effect in the Texas cities at the late cleo tion, and it puzzled some of the sover- eigns good deal," said Dick Gwynn, a woolen goods pilgrim now putting up at the Laclede. "Iwas in Houston on cleo tion day and hired an old colored man, who drives dray week days and breaches on Sunday, to move trunk for me. Have you voted, uncleY asked. Nav. sah, I hain't dun voted, sah,' he said. 'How's that? Whats the matter with your patriotismY 'Hain't nothin mattah wifi my praternism, sah. My praternism is all right, sah, but they jes' dun spressi- fled de objeckshun as how dish yeah ole niggah can't vote, sah, COS as how he didn't reddish
 II was some time finding the key to this lingual combination, but finally un- derstood that he had neglected to register. Who did you want to vote forP I asked. Vote fohp said the ancient Senagambian with the 'praternism,' Tze wanted to vote foh de president, sah, an de guboners, sah, an de ministah prolapenitentiary sah, but dey jes' turned dis yere poh man down COS how he didn't reddish. .'"-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Connecticut western news., 1893-01-26
The Holy Numher.

Seven was considered holy number, and throughout the Scriptures is ire quently used as such. The seventh son of seventh son was formerly looked upon as gifted with miraculous powers of healing the sick. In fact, it was be- lieved by superstitious people that he could effect cure by merely laying his hands on the sufferer.
 Even to this day this form of supersti- tion has not died out, as one may occa- sionally meet with these so called natural doctors who believe fully in the marvel ous powers ascribed to them.-New York News.
Connecticut western news., 1893-01-26
EA K8AA

usAcQJ INVITED THE GEOGRAPHY oFTHs coUsrRYwl OBTAIN nucA tuaBts INFORMATION IRON STUDY or THIS NAP OF THE
Connecticut western news., 1893-01-26
ALL FROM a POKER CHIP.
Why a Man About Town " as Made to Fee
 Down in the Mouth.

Why a Man About Town Was Made to Feel
 Down in the Mouth.
 The other day gentleman well known about town came down the street look ing very much out of sorts. He carried so much gloom in his usually cheerful face that his friends were almost afraid to ask him what the matter was. There are some of our dear fellow creatures who in this respect are as transparent as glass. They go around with a sign hang ing out, "Pm out of sorts this morning." or 'I'm just feeling bully; got my deal through" or "The devils to pay up at my house; I'll dine out today sure;" or eff catch that fellow I'll lick him." or five got note to pay today" or some thing of that sort.
 Of this mercurial kind was this partic- ular gentleman. He had the mote due" sign out to such an extent that you couldn't have distinguished it from "death in the family"
 "Tbe truth is" said he, when pressed little more sympathetically than usual five had it hot this morning up at home. You know used to play cards some be- fore I was married, and I got into @ pretty bad hole afterward and swore off after row with my wife. She has kept pretty stiff watch on me since. She is always afraid I'll get to gambling again. During the campaign was out good deal, and I've been short of money ever since the election"
 There was touch of sadness in the admission that would have gone straight to the heart of my friend, Colonel Swords, but which drew only a derisive smile from the speakers auditors. While out west the other day found red poker chip on the floor of my room and thoughtlessly put it in my pocket. Well, that confounded chip fell out this morning just after I had been compelled to refuse my wife some money. I had forgotten all about it.
 Whats thatY she screamed, pounc- ing upon it like rat terrier on a mouse. There's where your money goesp she cried. And if I didn't catch it She wouldn't listen to word. She wouldn't believe word. She acted like a crazy woman, I tell you.; Then she wound up with mysteries and fears. I finally had to make clean breast of the election business to get out of the other hole. Now, my wife is a redhot Democrat, and when she found I'd lost my money on Harrison she braced up right away. She believed that.
 l" It served you right said she. But you're bigger fool than took. you to be-
 ''There it is-all from picking up 8 ] poker chipl I'll shudder whenever see one hereafter, but I'll never touch it, you | betp'-New York Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1893-01-26
TRIAL BOTTLE FREE. Sold by w. IT. CAMP.
TTG0eLeTS' GMide. Heading Railroad system,
 New England Division. BEADING NEwiENeLANp B. R. co. Poughkeepsie Bridge Route.

Commencing Sunday, December 4, 1892.
 GOING EAST. Leave Canaan $40 a. m., arrive Hartford 11.50 a. m.
 Leave Canaan 2.35 p. m., arrive Hartford 5.05 D. m., from Millerton and way points. Leave Canaan 2.41 a. m. (Daily Express) for Boston, arrive Hartford 35, Boston 8 20 a. m.
 Leave Canaan Sundays onlyl s.55 p. m. arrive Hartford 6,25 p. m.
 GOING WEST. Leave Canaan 12. 80 P. m. for Rhinecliff. Leave Canaan 1:4i p. m. for Poughkeepsie and Campbell Hall. Leave Canaan g. A, arrive Millerton 6.20 pm. Leave Hartford 10 p.m., (Daily Express) for Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Canaan 11.15 p. m., arrive Campbell Hall 1.57 a. m.
 Leave Hartford S.45 a. m. Sundays only) Ca- naan 3.55 p. m., arrive Campbell Hall 6.5o p.m.
 CONNECTIONS. At Hartford with YSNERR, NY, N H X H k k, Hartford X Valley Divisions. At Simsbury and at Pine Meadow with N Y, N H & H R R, Northampton Division. At Winsted with N Y N H H R R, Nauga- tuck Division.
 At Canaan with Housatonic R. R; at Miller ton and Nit Riga with Harlem Division O & R k R <; at Boston Corners with Harlem Division N Y 0 X H R K R. and X M R; at Poughkeepsie with N c X Fl R R R; at Rhineclif with N o X H R R R, by ferry to Rondout with the Ulster X Delaware IL K at Maybrook with the Lehigh X Hudson River Ky. at Campbell Hall with O X W Ky, NYLE&W RR., PP& B R R and Waikiki Valley R R. NJ. E. BLAINE, B. F. KEssER,
 Superintendent. Div'n Pass'g Aet.
 Hartford Com.
Connecticut western news., 1893-01-26
An Effective Climax.

The climax of recent theatrical pro duction is grand review of the troops in Washington. The scene showed some funny looking houses, with few supers on the stage, who looked like street cleaners without shovels. A score of soldiers walked in, and the star was go- ing to dash by on black charger He got half way across the stage when some one in the wings tapped bell for tle curtain signal. At this the block charger stopped short. The audience laughed. The star was astride of car horse.- New York Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1893-01-26
CliearO, Rock Island & Pacific RV.,

The Direct Route 10 md from Chicago, Joliet Ottawa, Peoria, La SSlle, Moline, Rock Island, fin ILLINOIS; Davenport, Museatine Ottumwa, Oskaloosa Des Moiues, winterset, Audubon Harlan and Council Bluffs, in IOWA; Minneapolis and St. Paul, in MIN NESorA; Water,own and Sioux Falls. fin DAKOTA !; Cameron St. Joseph and Kansas City. in MISSOURI; Omaha, Lincoln, Fairbury and Nelson, in NEBRASKA Atchison, Lenvenworth, Horton Topeka, Hutchinson, Wichita, Bcllevie, Abilene, Dodge City, Caldwell, in KANSAS; Kingfsher Fl Reno and Minco, in INDIAN TERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, in COLORADO Traverses areas of rich farming and grazing ands aordng the best facilities of inter communication to all towns and cities east and west northwest and southwest of Chicago and to Pacific and tran u{e
Connecticut western news., 1893-01-26
Rev. Samuel orcutt Killed.

BRIDGEPORT, Jan. 1.-The Rev Samuel Orcutt, of this city, minister of the Con- gregational church and we'll known as a historical writer was struck by train and instantly killed. Mir. Orcutt has writ ten the histories of dozen towns in the state.
Connecticut western news., 1893-01-26

But, look! Wonder is the playground of the children. Children do not want a throne. A throne would not fit child. There they are on the playgrounds of heaven-the children. Out of the sick cradle of earth they came into this romping mirth of the eternal play grounds. clap my hands to cheer them in the glee. Wonder are the palaces of the martyrs, and before their doorway the flowers, crimson as the bloody mar tyrdoms through which they waded up into glory. Wonder is Apostolic row, and the highest turret is over the home of Paul. Here is Evangelist place. Yon- der are the concert halls in which the musicians of earth and heaven are talk ing part-Handel with organ, and David with harp, and Gabriel with trumpet, and four and twenty elders with voaoea
Connecticut western news., 1893-01-26

For thousands of years the world has been looking in vain for such prevent i've amethystine cup. Staggering Noah could not find it. Convivial Ahasuerus driving Vashti from the gates could not find it. Nabal breaking the heart of beautiful Abigail could not find it. Bel shazzar, the hngly reveler, on the night that the Chaldeans took Babylon could not find it. Not one of the millions of inebriates whose skulls pave the conti- could find it. There is no such cup. Strong drink from hollowed amethyst imbrutes the same as strong drink from pewter mug. It is not the style of cup we drink out of, but that which the cup contains, which decides the helpful or damning result of the beverage.
 All around the world last night and today, out of cups costlier than ame- thyst, men and women have been drink ing their own doom and the doom of their children for this life and the next. An, it Is the amethystine cups that do the widest and worst slaughteri The smash of the filthy goblets of the rum meries would long ago have taken place
 
 prevent-the chalices out of which leg islatures and congresses drink before and after they make the laws. Amethys- tine chalices have been the friends of in- toxication instead of its foes. Over the fiery lips of the amethystine chalices is thrust the tongue of that which biteth like 8 serpent and stingeth like an adder.
 Drunkenness is a combination of apo plexy and dementia. The 100000 victims of opium come out to meet the 150,000,0O0 victims of alcohol, and the two agents take the contract for tum- bling the human race into perdition, but whether they will succeed in fulfilling the contract depends on the action of the amethystine cups, the amethystine demijohns, the amethystine ale pitchers, the amethystine fagons, the amethystine wine cellars. Oh, Persiansl Oh, Assyr- 1 iansl Oh, Greeksl Oh, Egyptiansl you wssv wrona in thinking that cup d
Connecticut western news., 1893-01-26
MAGNIFICENT VESTTBULE EXPRESS TRAINS

Leading all competitors in splendor of equipment, between CHICAGO and DIES MONIES. COUNCIL BLUFFS and OMAHA, and between CHICAGO and DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS and PUEBLO, via KANSAS CITY and TOPEKA and via ST. JOSEPH First Glass Day Coaches, FREE RECLINING CHAIR CARS, and Palace seepers, with Dining Car Service. Close connections at Denver and Colorado Springs with dverging railway lines now forming the new and picturesque
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-03
CAMPING IN THE FOREST.
What the Traveller In Guiana nesrs is
the ss1iy Night

What the Traveller In Guiana nears IN
the s.niy Night
The bats are settling themselves Ia
the hollow trees or under dense masses
of creepers, making mouse-like ehirP-
ings as they hang themselves up In
their places. Here and there lum Der
ing moth, looking out for a safe retreat
until evening, is eutterinT lazily along
before retiring 20 rest The owl and
goat-suciser shrink before tho light, and
also hurry eff % their hiding places,
making room for the brilliant faua.-
lies of day birds whioh are calling
and chirping from the tree tops. The
weird voice Of the h0wiin2 monkey now
horri8es the stranger, filing him with
wonder and recalling stories of bar
shees and ghoats retiring at cock GROW.
Then = flock II parrots or mscaws is
heard screaming far overhead, tssir
glorious pluDAgs flashing In the morn
ing rays in metallic unts Of golden ysI.
low. green and crimson.
The din would be almost unb-arAbls
were the birds near 81 hand; bot, as
they rarely hy OF perch loTv, their voices
are raellowed bv distance. Congregsf-
ing ca tie boughs a tHe highes; trees
far beyond the reach q ~ Indians
gun or blow pipe they take their
morning meal Of fruits and nuts. chat
teriuz away Ike = lot Of rocks IN = eIunp
OF old eiluA
Hero and there toucan makes his
presence Known ~ yslpinz ike a pup-
py. Looking up Jon see the rieh eoiors
on MS breast. snd ygsader shy HE ts=i
Is 10 large ard apparently uuEainlT.
From the Te-esses of the fyrest comet
the ting q the campan~ro. sharp Sbd
clear as bell stsuaz a. rsoc~rztslv p
long intervals Dther 8irds utter thrIi
characteristic note. n4a#t - taeNe belas
quaint and curious re her than rsnsieai
I he birds II t-ze tro3 as are brilliant ia
their piuEazge, BAT ars almost wanting
IA melody, there bel1g u9,h.Ey - al
rcsT-u bling th~ Chorus yfl.e makes tE4f
Engli4h voo1s 20 delighlfai ou ssaas.
rrers morning. .--LonS1lsas M&zAzlns,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-03
WATONGA ITEMS.

WAToNGA, o. T., Feb. 1-[Special1 i
The material for the bridge across the
North Canadian river at this place is rap
idly being placed on the ground.
Our streets present a lively scene, and
our merchants are doing a rushing busi-
ness-all caused by the movement of the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians on their
way to the agency, where they will draw
clothing, blankets, etc.
Superintendent of Schools A. E. New
man reports twenty-three applications for
certificates at the regular examination that
closed Saturday. Twenty certificates were
granted.
There has been number of claims sold
within the past week near town, ranging
in price from $500 to 5000.
1.-THE due process of law aud otherwise"
clause in the strip bill seems to be pushing
the western Kansas boomer south.
County Clerk George Rainey left Satur-
day for Guthrie on official business. While
the county clerks OF Oklahoma, with
view of completing an organization for
the purpose of protecting and promoting
the interests of its members.
G.. S. fluff, chairman of the board of
county commissioners, has appointed A
E. Newman Superintedent of the poor
There has been great call for aid among
tuose who came into this county too late
TO grow crop, especially among the
colored people
The business block now nearing compile
tion on West Main street will be occupied
by Mr.. Strain, with stock of groceries.
Mr. Carpenter will put in stock of drugs
and e. w. Van Brunt, M. D., will occupy
the third room