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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05
CURIOUS CLIPPINGS.

A heifer with name and hoofs that
resemble those of a horse is the mon
strocity on the farm of E. A. Pixley at
South Norfolk, Conn.
The remarkable price of $500 was
paid in London recently for fossil
egg of the epyornis, an extinct wing
less bird that inhabited Madagascar
in prehistoric times.
A man in Marshall county, Ala,
dreamed the other night that he found
pot of gold at the foot of certain
tree in a swamp near by. He went
there next NOR ing, and, according to
the story, unearthed an oyster can
containing several gold coins.
The narrowest part of the strait of
Florida, through which the gulf
stream flows at the rate of five knots
an hour, is fifty miles wide, and has a
mean depth of $50 fathoms. If this
were stopped up the climate in this
country in winter would be totally
changed.
r. II. Graddick of GAINESVILLE, Ga. i,
is the owner of a sixty dollar bill dated
in the year 1779. The printing reads
thus: ''The bearer is entitled to re-
ceive sixty Spanish milled dollars, or
an equal sum in gold or silver, accord
ing to resolution of congress of II
January, 1779." 1t is signed by Jos.
Tor Ias.) Watkins.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05
SEVEN HISTORIC SCOLDS.

Hazlitt's wife cared nothing for his
abilities and kept him in hot water by
her temper.
Boswells "Uxoriana' is a collection
of his wife's sayings to him, which
does no little credit to her abilities as
scold.
Ben. Jonson's wife went to the inn
after him if he stayed too long and
brought him home, tongue-lashing
him all the way.
Addisons wife, the dowager coun-
tess of Warwick, would not allow him
TO go to the inn at all unless he sat by
the window, where he was in plain
view from her front room.
Farquhar, the dramatist, thought
he was marrying a rich, talented and
amiable girl, and when asked about
her declared that he had got "a scold,
who carried her wealth on her back
and her intellect on her tongue"
Jean Paul Richter's wife was jealous
and was constantly on the watch to
catch him in some Irritation. She gem
| orally succeeded, and when she did
always threatened to leave him. He
told her to go, and she never did.
Dante was married to Comma Dom
att, woman of stern, imperious tenn
per. He was hectored and bullied
| day and night until his exile, which
was, in this respect, for him FORUM
ate occurrence. He does not mention
Comma in any of his writings
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05
PERSONAL NOTES.

Samuel Minturn Peck, the Ala bama
poet is running turkey farm at Tus-
kaloosa.
Captain Hope is the tallest man in
the house of commons. There are just
two and an eighth yards of him.
James Whitcomb Riley, the poet,
has very remarkable faculty for get
ting lost when there is possibility of
his doing So
Jules Verne is sixty-six years old
and has written sixty-six books The
novelist leads quiet, retired life at
Amiens, and is a member of the NUM-
cipal council of that city.
Next to Harriet Beecher Stowe the
most successful American author, from
a pecuniary point of view, is General
Lew Wallace, whose Ben Hur'' alone
has earned him more than 500, go in
royalties
Mrs. Judson, the widow of Ned
Buntline,' once popular author, is
an inmate of an aims house. The
poor old lady is paralytic, and so far
superior to her surroundings that her
life there is doublv hard.
1t is stated that in the nine wears
during which Judge Yerlkes of Bucks
county. Pa, has been on the bench he
has tried l,5oS jury cases, and has
only been reversed by the supreme
court three times. The record is ex-
traordinary.
Booths grave in Mount Auburn
cemetery, near Cambridge, Mass, is
kept covered with flowers. Most of
the fragrant tributes to the dead
actors memory have come from Mrs.
Jack Gardner, the celebrated Boston
society leader, and Julia Ward Howe.
Chaplain Milburn charmed his hear
ers by his address at the Chicago con.
gress of educa tors of the blind. He
speaks slowly in mellow and resonant
tones and his diction is eloquent.
Though the sightless preacher is 20
years old, he is an active, self-reliant
man.
William Ryle of Paterson, n. j.,
is one of the largest silk manufacture
ers in the country. His father and
mother first began the making of silk
with a hand loom as far back as the
early ffties, and wove the American
flag which waved over the Crystal
palace in 1855.
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, former
" president of Wellesley college, now
dean of Chicago university, says that
the women's colleges are all over
crowded and that they have to turn
away hundreds of applicants. Women
are knocking at the doors of the great
colleges for men and must get in. She
is believer in education for women
and not disbeliever in collegiate CO.
education.
1t has been found necessary to re-
pair Washington's home at Mt Yer
non, and a portion of the wood work
under the banqueting hall in the
southeast corner of the building is be-
ing replaced by brick and mortar
Relic hunters We're so numerous and
persistent that a guard was put over
the accommodating pieces of wood. and
| the intention is to distribute them
among the various museums through
out the world.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05
Gold and Silver Paint.

Let me tell you how to buy gold or
silver paint" says lady. Don't get it
mixed or in the little bottles of powder
and liquid that come prepared in boxes.
Get the gold, silver or bronze powder by
the ounce and buy the liquid medium
separately, as many ounces at a time as
you wish. You know the bottle of liq-
uid never lasts as long as your powder
because it dries away and evaporates so
rapidly. In this case you get any amount
you wish. Mix small amount at a
time, use it as quickly as you can after
it is prepared and always keep your bot
tie corked. "--Philadelphia Times.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05
THE PEACE BELLS OF sRookLINe.

Our hearts were waiting, bleeding, waiting,
With trembling, lor ging, hope and fear,
Our very breaths in silence batting.
And while we prayed, Gods hand be staid;
Let war be over. peace appear!''
Through all the air, with cadence fine,
Came pealing bells from fair Brookline:
Peace is signed at Appomattoxl
'Mattoxi 'Mattox!
Peace is signed at Appomattoxi"
From spire to spire the tidings spring
AS sunbeams flash Ger peaks of snow,
While strong men weep or pray or sing,
And each mans MOOD to all seems good,
For in that happy, golden glow
To God all grateful hearts incline,
While shouts the bells of fair Brookline:
"Peace is signed at Appomattox!
'Mattoxl 'Mattox!
Peace is signed at Appomattox!"
Twas children rang that glorious peal
In lightsome glee that war was DER.
AS men and women now they feel
How blest were they that happy day
To ring the bells which tidings bore
That brother brother fought no more!
And still they'll thrill in lifes decline
When sound the bells of fair Brookline,
For ne'er in memory% dreams shall cease
That peal seraphic rir ging: Peace.
Peace was signed at Appomattox!
'MattoX! 'Mattox!
Peace was signed at AppOmattoxi
-Harper's Bazaar.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05
Effect of Faith In Times of sickness

The effect of belief or faith, the effect
of mind over the matter of the body, is
one of the mysterious things in all sci
ence. 1t is unquestonably fact, dem
onstrated beyond all dispute by thou
sands of observed cases. Long before it
was admitted or studied by scientific
men it was commonly known, and that,
too, among races of little mental devel-
opment. Who shall say when the first
enemy prayed his enemy to death among
the natives of the South Sea islands:
Who can tell when the first Obi man
put cunjer" ON him who had defed him:
The religious mysteries of vanished ma
tons are full of recorded occurrences
that may only be explained by this ex-
traordinary power.-Cyrus Edison, II.
D., in North American Review.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

a memory is good thing to cult
vate. Most people have passably good
memories, many have extraordinary
ones, and some have none at all. One
of the causes of the popularity of the
late James G.. Blaine was his remarka.
BILE memory for names and faces. 1t is
said that Mr.. Blaine could recall the
faces and names of persons he had met
only casually 10 years and more after
the first meeting, not having encounter
ed them in the -Harper's
Young People.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

A CATHOLIC archbishop in Mexico
has almost aroused the Aztec popu-
lation to Instruction by tearing
down an image of their god Xohilte-
pechuitl. This is a genuine name
and is not due to the compositor in
cautiously resting his elbow on the
typesetting machine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

A VALIANT sacramento sutton killed
the girl who had had the good sense
to decline his attentions, shooting
her in the back. lie then announced
that he was very, very crazy, and if
he could make the jury believe it
there is a surplus of lunatics in the
region.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

GERMANY has been burning Robert
Louis Stevenson's book on Samoa, be-
cause it makes unfavorable comments
upon their attitude toward Samoa
Germany ought to know by this time
that the ashes of a book are more
dangerous than the book itself.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

The Isles of Shoals, mere rocks stand
ing 10 miles from the New Hampshire
coast in cold sea, are alive with snakes.
On hot day one viii see dozens of them
running in and out Of the Doggy places
or summing themselves On the bare ridges.
They are nothing to be afraid of, how
ever, for they are OF only one variety
the common little green snake that sell
dom grows to a length of feet.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05
PROPOSALS FOR FRESH VEGETABLES

~
Hea6quar ers department. OF the Missouri. Office
Oh eff Commissary of Subsistence, Oh cago. Hi
rois, August 81 1898. Sealed propo> ais. in trip
licate. will be received at this office until II
o'clock m Monday. the % day of October. 1893,
ct which time and place they viii be opened in
resence of iiders for The furnishing and deliv-
cry OF such quantities OF fresh pot toes and
onions as may be requ re by the Subsistence
Department, U. S Army. at Fort Brady, Michi
gan, Fort Leayenv orth. Klnsas. Fort Mackinac.
Michigan. Fo't Reno. Oklahoma Territory, Fort
Riley. Kansas Fort Sheridan. Illinois, Fort Sill.
Oklahoma Territory, Fort supply. n ian Terri
tory Fort Wayne. Michigan, indianapolis Arse
nal, Ii diana, j, fferson Barracks. Missouri, and
Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. DUNG the time
commencing December l. 1893, and ending June
30, 1924 Proposals will be rece we'd no TO and
opened at the same hour at the sever posts by
the respective c1mmissares of such posts, each
past commits sary receiving propo> ais for his own
p st only. Blanks for propose End circular of
instructions TO bidders Civ full Information as
TO tn" quality of vegetables required, manse of
bidding conditions TO be observed by bidders,
and terms of contract ard payment, Will be fur
nished on application TO this office or to the Act-
ing Commissary of Subsistence at any post. The
Governm, mt reserves the right to reject any OF
all proposals Envelopes containing propose
should be IN Tked proposals for Fresh Negeta-
b es" and addressed 10 the undersigned. or &c
the Acting Commissary of Subsistence at the
post bid for. j. II. Gilman, Major and c. s.,
.. :. Army, Chief Commissary of subsistence.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

THIS is the time of the year when
adulteration of milk is apt to be al
most as disastrous on the life of baby
hood as an adult dose of laudanum.
The milkman who is found guilty of
milk adulteration at this season OF
the year, when cholera infantum is
almost epidemic, is guilty of some
thing more than a misdemeanor
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05
A old XII ock-dtwn Blow

he whale bows water while at pla,;
Trees bow in every cline;
TIL sweetest flowers blow n May
But winG blows al the time.
There's lots Of blown in this void Suffer
ers from catarrh ow their noses. and quscks
blow about their ceres r. Sag"'s Catarrh
Remedy is the only infalibe one. Its proprie
tors back IN this claim by offer ng $500 for every
case they fail to cure p rmsnenily. This is ar
unanswerab,e ow at hum 1Tggcry coming from
men of sterling reputation and ample capt al
Nasal catarrh cannot re ist the o'ency of this
remedy. 1t stops discharges, ca ing the senses
acute, the head clenr. and the b eafh normal
OF all druggists, so cents
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

A SAN Francisco embezzler is to
be arrested as he lands in France
OF course, this is an illustration Of
the principle of justice, but it is
likely to be useless. The formality
of arresting even such en5ezzlers as
chance to be caught at home, their
pockets bullying WITH booty, seems to
be futile and expensive.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

COURT etiquette on the Pacific
coast seems to be approaching the
point of effeminacy. By the latest
ruling from the bench gentlemen are
expected to unburden their pockets
of firearms before catering. A man
with gun within reach will say
things that otherwise he would not
The ruling of the court seelps to be
m insidious thrust at the much
Wanted freedom OF screech.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

Two Washington Lakewood smen
played cards and fought a duel for
the hand of the only woman in the
county, and then when it was all
over the tickle fair one refused to
wed the winner, and gave herself to
the parson called In to perform the
ceremony. Feminine nature is the
same in city or backwoods.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

Were the superfuities of nation
valued and made perpetual tax or be-
nevolence, there would be more aims
houses than poor, more schools than
scholars and enough to spare for govern
ment besides.-Penn
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05
Don't neglect such wnrnings.


That pain in your shoulder may develop
into rheumatism, and n months sickness
deprive you of the income of your toll.
That white, furry tongue denotes your
liver is out of order, and disease would
easily take root in your system.
What could you do then!
Think of your business, your income and
your family.
Seek safety as you would fly from cholera
or small pox.
You are in danger if You neglect these
warnings They MAY pass off, but the
chances are against yOu and even then the
poison Is only latent in your system.
DO not, however, put your trust in the
numerous mineral medicines with which
the market is flooded. Sarsaparilla bark
Is not medicine, il is farOriHg, nothing
more. The action of many of these decoc-
lions comes from mineral poiSons thew
contain, such as mercury, arsenic. strych-
nine, bismuth, lodide of potassium. and
the like, and any druggist win tell YOU, if
he tells you truly, that this is so.
hickapoo Indian Sagwa and other Kicka-
poo Indian medicines contain only the
product of the field and forest natures
own vegetable growth of roots, barks and
herbs and of necessity are free from all
mineral poisons whatever, because the In
dams have no knowledge of them, depend
ing wholly upon natures laboratory for
their resources, and upon their skill, born
of centuries of experience, in preparing
them.
Kickapoo Indian Sagwa, made By
the Indians from roots, bdrkS and herbs offheiT
otcH gathering and curing. is obfdiHdble of
druggists and medicine dealers onlg. One dol
hdrper bottle; sir bottles for IRE dollars.
EDEE Send three two-cent stamps
NCCto pay postage and we will
mail You free a thrilling and interesting
book of I7s pages, entitled 'sLife and Scenes
Among the KickapoO Indians Tells all
about the Indians. Address HEALY & BIGE-
Low, Distributing Agents, 81 Grand Ave.
New Haven, Conn.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

SEVERAL of the railroads propose
to carry their employees and their
families to the worlds fair free of
charge. That is very good as far as
1t goes, but this act will not absolve
them from the duty of making a rate
to the general public which will en-.
able the people to see the great show
at Chicago at cost which comes
within their means.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

A GERMAN in New York has the
habit of writing his letters back
ward. It's better, after all, to be
struck for loan in the first sentence
than to wade all through a letter be-
fore getting to the main point
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1898.

CoRBETT and Mitchell, an ocean
between them, are buslly jawing
each other. If prizefighters could
only be gagged what pitifully help
less creatures they would be.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

McSwine's gun is Il prodigious cavity
in the cliffs on the coasto of County Done
gal, Ireland, into which the tide rushes
with such force as TO produce a sound
like the booming of cannon, which can
be heard 90 or 80 miles away.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

THE rule of the potato bug is en-
ded if the story of a Pennsylvania
farmer is to be believed Another
beetle has made its appearance and
kills off the potato bug whenever it
encounters one. 1t will be interest
ing to know what the new bug is
doing among the potato vines.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

SUMNER resort hotel registers all
over the country are bUrdened this
year with long and curiously-con-
structed foreign names that even the
highly educated hotel clerks can't
pronounce.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

SEVERAL exchanges are gravely
discussing the question of whether
or not lawyer can be a gentleman.
Doubtless to be a gentleman is
among the possibilities open to a
member of the legal profession, but
once having started on his career, he
seems generally to prefer to keep
right on being a lawyer.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

THERE was almost duel recently
between an architect and a baron.
Plans and specifications had been
prepared, when the seconds acted as
peacemakers and averted the letting
of blood. Their presence being nee
essary at the encounter they were
fearful that it would be their own
blood.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05
Ready For the Building.

'Hellor' said Chicago man as he
stood near the Washington monument.
"That's pretty good elevator shaft.
wonder when they are going to put up
the rest of the building. Youth Com
panion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

Too many of us in our eagerness after
facts simply for the sake of storing up
knowledge neglect the necessary means
of making our knowledge useful.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

THE Southern states are torn up
over the selection of beautiful damsels
to represent them at the Confederate
reunion to be held at Birmingham,
Ala, Several governors have
rashly ventured to make the
choice of a state beauty, and have
dug their own political graves in
doing So
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

1t is agreed by medical authorities
that the virulence Of an epidemic may
be increased by the element of fear in
the public mind.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05

A Tamil proverb expresses the idea
that tears in woman are not so bad after
all: "a weeping man and smiling
woman are not to be trusted"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05
a Rumor as to Mems Evening Dress.

1t is once more current in society that
the Prime CT \tl-a IS ,---.---,.---., -
modify mems evening dress and that the
usual swallowtails are to be replaced
by black or dark colored short coat
and also that knee breaches are to be
worn
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05
TAKE Warming!
Neglect Not These Signals
Of Danger.
A Useful Lesson on Health Taught BY
The Indians Example.
Let the Remedy be Simple and Safe
Kickapoo Indian Sagwa.

If you are ailing, not exactly sick but
not feeling 'just right" have drowsy,
dull feeling, bad taste in the mouth,
variable appetite, occasional pains in
the joints and muscles, and other
signs of impending sickness, why not
do as the Indian does-drive such symp-
toms out of the system by the judicious
use Of their reliable vegetable remedy,
Kickapoo Indian Sagwa?
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-02-07

confGlerates, and carrying white flag.
Fitzpatrick hailed him, and he drew rein
long enough to cry out as lie waived his
flag ,w
Il was looking out for it, said kilpat-
rick. but, dang me If l hadn't ruther
somebody had shot me right spang in the
Sizzard:''
.'Lieutenant CIopton took out his pocket
knife and began to white stick John
FambrOugh turned away, and his sister
leaned her hand ON his shoulder and began
to. weep Squire Fambrough rubbed mis-
1T had to be, father the captain said.
Its II piece of news that brings peace to
the land"
'Oh, yes. but it leaves us fiat. No mon
ey, and nothing to make crop with:
worth hundred thousand dollars. The in
tcrest will keep us comfortably"
For my part" said Clopton, 81 have
nothing but this free niger"
You b'levc dc half er dat" spoke up
cotton craps. an ef she got one bale she
has got 700.
The captain figured a moment. ''rhey
will bring more than hundred thousand
dollars.
II have me two arrums," said O'Hal-
"I've got a mighty fine pack of fox
hounds" remarked Fitzpatrick with real
pride.
There was a pause in the conversation.
In the distance could be heard the shout
ing of the union soldiers and the band with
its Yankee Doodle Howd'y-do.' Suddenly
Clopton turned to Captain Fambrough:
Il want to ask you how many troops have
you got over there-tichtinG men?'
The captain laughed. Then he put his
hand to his mouth and said i'll a stage
whisper:
Five companies
well, dang my hide.' exclaimed Xii
patrick.
What is your fighting force?' Captain
Fambrough asked.
-Four companies." replied Clopton;
canine out here dcfendin' meself ag'in Il
whole army"
More than that said Clopton, "our colo
mel is Il Connecticut man.
Shake the captain exclaimed. MY
colonel is Virginian.'
Lord IA mercy. Lord "a mercy II
was Squire Fambrough who spoke. I'm
a-gon' off some'rs an untangle the tongle
we've got into"
Soon the small company separated. The
squire went short distance towards the
union army with his new found son who
was now willing to call himself George
the negro went trudginc back to the con
federate camp. while Clopton fingered awhile.
saving something of great Importance to the
fair Julia and himself
Ills remarks and her replies were those
which precrde and follow both comedy and
tragedy The thundcrs of a war cannot
draw them. nor can the sunshine of peace
render them commonplace.
JoHL CHANDLER HARRIS.