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the contour OF the mountain and the arrange

the CONTOUR Of the mountain and INC arfanRe-
ment of the glaciers
This glacial system Is simply stupendous.
and cannot be com pared with that OF Mont
Blanc. Switzerland. which Is not one quarter
OF Mont Blanc does not cover one-half the
area Of the Carbon Glacier. WHICH H. only one
OF the medium sized ice rivers that flow down
the slopes OF Mount Tacoma.
curious fact is TINT although these glaciers
are arranged on radial lines. yet all their vast
the Columbia River. forming four rivers. the
White. Pnyallup NisquRlly. and CowlitZ Tho
toisch range and on the north by the Sluiskin
range. both spurs OF the Cascades. forming q
natural park which has lately been reserved
BY proclaim alton OF the President
Paradise Park. on the southern slope Of the
mountain. is already a favorite resort for the
people OF Tacoma who have the strength and
pluck to make the journey to this charming
spot. Many persons who have seen the finest
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Iowa In 1850: yellow HON esteads everywhere
The crops raised arc wheat rye. oats. superb
potatoes. apples. and prunes. or the latter
many orchards are being set out. The Won
derful Idaho fruit display at Chicago was
raised where was once the Snake River desert
Boise CITY aud Boxer City. on the Snake. used
10 no the headquarters OF the miners In the
mountains. but now they are agricultural and
fruit centres
THE WONDERFUL PALou5E COUNTRY.
North Of the Snake River country is the IA
NOUS Palouse wheat country. 1t extends
southwest from Spokane to the Columbia.
Here are about fifteen million acres good for
from twenty-five to forty bushels OF wheat per
acre. Ton years ago 1t was covered with
bunch grass and could have been bought for
from ~ cents to 81 an acre. Now $50 would
DO refused iSF the same land Six yearsw aEo
Malla. He has paid Tor 1t every year since.
When he bought 1t he was to have four years
Tint SUPPOSE have . poor erop2" he said:
msps Il wbss Sr, sa tasy 6 6sd asked
A committee Ilnally decided that twenty avo
bushels should he called failure:
70 September. The wheat ripens in June. md
tie farmers have until septemter to reap and
sOng the IN
OF rain. The rain all comes In the winter and
spring. They have long dry season to
put IL In and three months to thrash 1t. So one
man often makes 1000 bushels OF wheat.
Last May when tine wheat was about foot
high. asked wheat farmer II he was sure Of
Yes. sir. sure!'
but suppose there Is no more rain ~
enough"
have for years been watching the raising Of
wheat In China, Kansas. and oregon. and 1
have observed those facts: In China wheat is
thrashed through the fingers. and winnowed
In the wind. man getting seven cents day
dnes well II ne rlises thirty bushels OF wheat.
and Il In worth 81 q bushel In China. In India
works for seven cents n day, o gang plough.
thrashers. and reaprrs. and he makes 400
bushels 81 wheat. and It Ia worth 20 cents per
bushel. In Kansas found men making 800
Pe!ouse country farmer he said:
why. pshaw! Dick Patterson. an English
man over ut Silvertou. Or. made s. 10 push
els VI wheat. but he's u worker. Dick is"
THE KooTEEAY COUNTRY.
Tho Canadian Pacific. Grent Northern. and
the Northern Pacific have NIL built into the
kootenuy country. the head waters Of tho CO.
winds and winds that have not blown over the
Cascade Mountain! hut through them. Here
the bills are iull o. silver and gold. and great
lakes sometimes 100 miles long are fall OF
louise country. ure raised tho finest peaches.
piums. and berries. | hayc seen strawber-
ites raised In Oregon and Washington twelve
inches in diameter They looked like to-
The hon country in Oregon extends sixty
miles north and east OF Tacoma. There hops
are raised on cedar ottoms-oli cedar swan ps
where the soil Is black and ten !eet deep. It
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WITHOUT MONEY OR PRICE
On These Terms y stoninGton Congregation
Expects to Employ Its Preacher.

On These Terms y stonington Congregation
Expects to Employ Its Preacher.
Norwich. June 10.-The agricultural town OF
North Stonineton. though It Is far away In the
country. in the southeastern part OF this coun-
ty. and walled In by high green hills. never
theless ID not without warnings for the intel
lectual and spiritual "trimmlnRs' Of the age:
hence the Christian religion. for instance is
pretty generally known and established In tho
old town. Not always on paying basis. how
ever: still the old farmers mean well, as 1t
costs some Of them more than 50 year for
spiritual edthcation. "b'gosh" There is tho
Second Baptist Church. In lovely and lonely
North stonington hamlet. In the middle Of the
town. which has had hard struggle for years
to keep its financial feet. and the prospect is
now that II Elder Charles T. Piper wins his
suit Tor back salary against II, 1t may be laid
out completely. Elder Piper has labored
humbly but zealously for the Lord in that
somewhat sterile and spsrsely populated part
OF His dominion, and his claim Is that he was
to receive salary Of $3.50 year. with the
church parsonage and the farm attached. his
ministrations to continue until the church
should vot~ to dispense with his services.
The elder 10 spry and thrifty little farmer.
the parsonage acres are tolerably fertile ones.
ane he found 1t considerably easier to work
the farm successfully than to work the con-
Rregation for all his salary. Indeed. It 10
questionable II Elder Piper. with his energetic
and skilful methods. couldn't have scored n
tip top living as a farmer. II he had not
dribbled away 30 m UGH time and effort trying
to harvest his meagre recompense as elder.
Elder Piper toiled hard and persistently ut
collecting his salary. In season and out OF
season. and on some days. very rare ones.
though. he was successful In wrestling as
much as $3.50 and even So from the congrega-
tion. Sill his salary was always somewhat
In arrears, and 1t occurred to him one day last
fall that his incessant and wearIsome lAbors
on the personal collection issue were telling
fatally on both his physical and spiritual en-
ergies- He thought the whole thing over
calmly IN the seclusion Of the parsonage best
ROOM" and though he rHekoned that IN the
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FARMER LoUNsBUHY CRIES HAVOC
lt II N warning TO Connecticut Folks Not to
Let Loose Their Dogs Of War.

IL II N Warning to Connecticut Folks Not to
Let Loose Their Dogs of War.
HARTFORD June 1O-At the time that q
bucolIc member OF the Connecticut Legis-
lature got u statute enacted. several years
ago. entaiing severe penalty on the Nutmeg
State hen. whenever she should go into q
mans garden and scratch there. It was gen.
orally conceded that tho most dazzling feat in
the annals Of all law-makinG bodies had then
and there been achieved. No one suspected
for the time that over among the blue hills OF
little Darieh town q long haired Scion and
Socrates combined In the person OF Farmer
Lounsbury. now the Hon. Mr. Lounsbury." tho
gentleman from Darien." was even then train
ing his gigantic intellect to surpass the hon
masterpiece with legislative ono on dogs. Mr..
Lounsbury OF Daren Is down on dogs. every
day In tho week and every week in tho year.
and when no packed his carpet bag last win
ter with two boiled shirts aud a paper collar.
and put on his best cowhlde boots. there was
that In his grave demeanor and the deter
mined and spasmodlc style In which he locked
his teeth that denoted. even to tho most
superficial observer OF the Connecticut legis-
lator. that he was loaded for something.
Hturned out that he had q GrudRe In against
the whole Nutmeg canine race. Apparently. Mr..
LounsbuTy has reason for his nsuming pref
iuuice against dogs. II appears that the Darien
dog. ms rule. has friyilous and ribald nature.
ana from the start made the fatal IN istake OF not
getting on to the magnitude and formidable
character Of I.ounsDury as a Iawmaker.
Hence habitually. after dark. last summer as
Lounsbury paced tho narrow sidewalk in
parien. rapt in thought and overals and a
jumper. the Darien dogs regularly did him
the everlasting and objectionable affront
Of going out OH the highway and bark
Ing at" his About-to- be- Legislative Joys.
Regularly every night the Hon. Mr..
Lounsbury Tended on the dogs, soliloauizing
cit aout tharl Gosh darn yer hides" aud
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Washington with dry volcanic ashes. but 1t is
otherwise quiet and peAceable. Steam and
smoke often Issue from the crater OF Mount
Tacoma. It 10 probable, however that the
Puget Sound valley is as safe as any volanic
country could be. 90 It's wonderful growth Of
large timber upon the foothills testifles.
When George Vancouver saw Mount Tacoma
in the year 1902 he named 1t Mount Rainier.
after friend Of his In EnRland-a British Ad-
miral and an enemy Of America In doing
this he ignored the Spanish discoveries OF sew
eral years preceding. and also the old Indian
name Tahoma, which Is pronounced as II
spelled TACHOMA. The nearest English spell
ing Is Tacoma, and the word Is pronounced
without accent.
The Tacoma Academy Of Science. after an
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some vineyards .how the highest yield re.
corded In America. OF 10 the Moria; Th hee
native Lahrusrn, and besides being more
prolific than any other grapes known. enicy
parasite rhrlioxera, which IL now playing
havoc with tho yincynrus OF Eurore ln TACT,
IL mqy be.said that In the southern nnrt ., ,ne
Irregular In returns Of all the fruit crops
grown. n II no wonder. therefore, that vine
making has developed within n very few yenrs
to n considerable industry; thnt thousands OF
acres are now planted in v!nryard-. and many
hundreds OF thousands ot gallons ot clnret
and other wines are annually manufactured.
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Half dozen small BOYS. r shaIhcrd dog
and her i've Euppies. md n box 81 matches
caused 5000 fire In Allegheny at 30 O'Clock
The dog ami her puppies were kept In q va
can't stal In tho rear OF "niG" ". Evans's
Livery and feed stables on l.Hst street, near
Elm street. and the boys w"T" looking Mt the
pups through a knothon ~ the side OF the
building, and in order to Grt " hotter view Of
them held lighted matchcs To the knOthoe.
One Of the lighted matches fell through the
knothoie into the straw IN the stall and set 1t
on IRE. The boys seeing ne PLACE ran away
was discovered by y policeman.
When the fire broEe out the mother Of the
puppies made n heroic EFFORT TO save her or
spring, and succeeded In carrying them all 20
place Of safety eN"ert QUE. whicl wa, cast.
ed alive. She had t. lear over a l. .il barrier
to get ont OF the stall, AMI the la-t on shN
carried out was all ablase when she sprang
from the flames with 1t In her mouth. Her
evident and she had to be held 10 keep heR
from rushing back into the flames for IL
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MOUNT TACOMA'S GLACIERS.
THEY ARE THREE OR FOUR TIMES AS
LARGE As THOSE OF MONT BLANC

A Mountnsn that stiii shows Evidences OF
voicautc F1re-Its Outlines and the steep
ness a Its Slope May Be Learned from
Thi. Map-Ssiories Of Paradise Park.
TACOMA. WASH, juno 1.-There are probably
not dozen people In the United States VINO
have any idea Of the wonderful system oil ela-
ciers to he found on tho slopes OF Mount Ia
coma. in Pierce county OF this State. Thou
sands OF people gaze upon this grand and ma
jcstio peak from the city OF Tacoma, forty
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-27
PASSED THE TRUANcY BILL.
just Exactly Enough Votes to Get Through
Legislative Matters.

SPRINGFIELD. May 2T.-The compulsory
school bill which is to take the place of the
Edwards law has been passed by the house,
receiving just - votes-a majority of the
members. It provides that all children be-
tween the ages of and II must be sent to
school by those having their control at
least sixteen weeks-twelve weeks consccu-
tively-during each year, the school to be
whatever the parent or guardian choose,
but children who are otherwise instructed
for like period of time in the elementary
branches, and those physically or mentally
incapacitated, who excused by any
competent court, are exempted from the
foregoing provision
Those having charge of educational mat
tiers in the state are to appoint persons to
report violations of the law and to notify
parents or guardians of complaints, and
one of the board of education, or one of the
directors, in town or district shall hear ex-
cuses of parents, etc, for n0n-attendance
of children at school and report in writing
to the full board. The law provides pen
altes for ats violation The truant officer
is given discretion to report truants or not
Is his judgment dictates. and the parents
or guardians have five days to answer.
The house wrangled for long time over
the congressional reapporJionment, one
DemOcrat-Carson-re to vote on the
measure and thereby throwing things ont
of whack, for without him the Democrats
could not raise a quorum and Crafts is no
Scar" and will not count one, although
there was one present all the time.
The senate ordered to third reading the
bills comforting police power on the Chi
cago sanitary commission, appropriating
s., 900 for a statue to General Shields, max
ing it n misdem9anor to interfere with Il
mans right To belong to a labor organiza-
ton.
Both houses have adjourned to next week.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-27
FIRMS THAT WERE CARRIED DOWN.
Seven Concerns Involved in the Crash
Much Sympathy.

Seven Concerns Involved in the Crash
Much Sympathy.
The failure of Governor Foster dragged
down the pioneer banking house of Foster
& Wilkinson, the wholesale grocery of
Davis & Foster, the hamburg Glass COM
pany, Croker Glass company, Calcined
Glass company, Fostoria Brass and Iron
Works and the Fostoria Electric Light
company, and a number of other firms are
in a shaky condition.
Mr.. Foster and the gentlemen who were
associated with him in business are left
penniless, with the exception of Mr..
Foster, whose home is in his wife's name,
she having purchased it with some money
left her by her father. y run was started
on the Peoples bank at North Baltimore
which is partially owned by Governor Eos
ter, and it was forced to close its doors, but
is declared solvent.
The Mechanics bank of this city, of which
Gov. Foster is a shareholder, stood a run and
came out all right. y. NJ. Day, Gov Fos-
ter's private secretary. who had all his
money in the enterprises, is penniless.
kilograms of sympathy are pouring il on
Gov. Foster from all parts of the country
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-27
MICHIGAN WOMEN TO VOTE.
They May Cast Their BALLOTS at School
and Municipal Elections.

They May Cast Their RaIIots at school
and Municipal Elections.
LANSING, May 21.-The women of Michi-
gan won q great victory when the senate
passed the house bill granting suffrage at
all school and municipal elections by a
vote of Is to IL. The sole qualification is
an ability to read the English language
The barber Sunday closing bill and the bill
recognizing the state militia also passed.
All have previously passed the house. The
senate passed the bill appropriating
$50. 900 for the establishment of a home for
feeble minded children, and also bills APP
propriating SIS, 100 for the Upper Peninsu-
la prison at Marquette, and appropriating
S3+, 900 for the Agricultural college. The
house passed the senate labor bills provid
ing for a state factory inspector, making
ten hours in any twelve IA legal days work
for railroad brakemen, and protecting en-
ployes from unjust eXaotions of employers.
Tho Doran Inheritance tax bill was also
passed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-27
TAX PURCHASERS NoTIOs
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY.

ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
To very person in actual possession occu-
pancy of the following described and or lots
al, o. the person in whose Deme the same was
taxed or s. eoially assessed; also the owners of.
parties interest, therein. and to " HON il may
concern:
Notice is hereby gwen. required by the
statutes of said state of Illinois, IN such case
made and provided, that September 1t.
A ID 1891, at public sac. by the county t,easur-
of said county OF Rock Is and of lauds and lots
against " hich judgment was rendered for delin-
ouent taxes, special assessments and costs, au-
tnorized by The laws Ct Thu state. :. j. IL.
Brookman, purchased lot two in block one
hundred aud nineteen ulp) in the village of An
dalusia, in township Audalusia north. range 3,
west Of the 18th principal meridian, lit
uated in said county and state, and paid
therefor the al cunt OF said judgment on said
above described real estate: that the above de-
scribed land lots taxed in the
name OF unknown for the yer A. d. 1890
and prior years. ard the tire of re
demption of said land lots from said
purchase AT sale, will expire in two years from
the date of said sale, which viii be on Septem-
Der LIST, A. ID. 1893, and said redemption may
be made on or before said last mentioned dat' at
the office OF the county clerk of said county of
Rock Island, state OF Illinois.
Served this 27th day Of May, 1898.
j. II. BROOkMAN.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-27
TAX PURCHASERS NOTICE.
STATE or ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY,

To every person in actual pos ession or occu-
pancy of the following q, sCritcd land or lot al
50, the person n whose name the same was taxed
specially assessed; also. the owne of. or
parties interested therein, and 10 whom it may
concern:
Notice j. hereby given. required by the
statutes Of said state of illinois. in such case
made and provided. that on the first Gst day of
September, y. II. 1891. "a public saie. by The
County Treasurer of said County of Rock Island,
of lands and lots against which Judgment was
rendered for delinquent taxes. special assess
ments and costs authorized by the laws of this
State ], j. II. Brookmau. purchased lots six 90
10 eight (sl nine 90 and ten (1Ol in b ook
on" hundred anu nineteen C19l: also, lot one (1).
in block one hundred and three Q03). in the vii
lage of Andalnsia. in township of AnGalusia,
nor h, range three 3D. west of The fourth (4th)
principal meridian. stunt in said county and
state, and paid therefor the amount OF said judg-
ment on id above described real estate; IN t the
above deScr bed land or lot taxed in the name
Of =. / orihy for the year A. ID. 1929 and prior
years, aui the lin of redempt on of SAID land or
lots from said purchase at said sale. will expire in
two years from the date of said sale. which will
be on the st day of September. 4. ID 1898, and
said redeml ton may be made before said
last mentioned date. at the Office of the County
Clerk of said County of Rock Island
served this STth day OF Nay. 1893
j. H. BRO lKMAN.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-27
TAX PURCH sgRs' NOTICE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY,

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY,
TO every person in actual losscss ion or occu-
pancy of the following described land or lots:
also the erson in whose name the same was
taxed or specially assessed; also, the owners of,
or parties int; estei therein, am TO whom II may
concern:
No.ice is hereby given, as required by the stat
utes OF said state of Illinois, in such case II AIDE
and provided, that the fr-i day of September
A. u. 1891. at public sale, by The County Treas
urer of said County of Rock Island of land. and
lots against which judgment was rendered for
delinquent taxes. special assessments and cos s.
au horized by the law of this state. l., j. II
Brookman, pure sed lots one "a and six 90 in
block one hundred and four (104) in township of
An6alusia north. range three go west OF the
fourth az principal meridian, situste in sa d
County and State, and paid therefor the amount
OF sa d judgment on said above described real
estate; that the above described land or lot was
taxed in II name OF ;. NJ. Boney & Co. for the
year A D., 1890 and prior years, snd the time of
redemption of said land or lots from said pur-
chase OF said sale, will expire in two years from
tn date of sad sale, which will be o, the fl It
das of September. A. ID 1893, and said redemp-
ton may be msde on or before said last men
toned date. at the ONCE of the County Clerk of
said County of Rock Island.
j. II. BROOKMAN
Served this a7th day Of May, A. L., 1898.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-27
Tax PURCHASERS NOTICE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS. }

STATE OF ILLINOIS
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY. 80
To every person in actual possession or oocu.
pancy of the following described land or lot; also
the person in whose name the same was taxed OF
specially assessed; also the owners Of or parties
interested therein, and to whom il may concern:
Notice is hereby given. a. REQUIRED by the
statutes of said state Of Illinois in such case
made and provided, that the first 1st) day of
September. A. ID. 1891. at public sale by the
County Treasurer of said County of Rock Island
of slands and lots sgainst which Judgment wa
rendered for delinquent taxes, special assessment
and costs. authorized by the laws of this state
j. II Britton, urchased lots one a, two C2l ar
three go. In book eleven (11) in the village of
Andausia, in township of Andalusia. north, ran ge
three 81 st of the fourth (4tb) principal meTi.
dian, situate in said county and state, and paid
therefor the amount of said judgment On said
above described real estate; that the above de-
scribed land OF lots was taxed in the name of Fam
Kenworthy for the year A. ID. 1890 and prior years
and the time Of redemption of said land lots
from said purchase at sad SALE will expire in two
years from the date of said sale which with be on
the ist Gay Of September, A. ID. 1883, and said
redemption may be made on before said last
mentioned date, at the office CT The County Clerk
OF said County of Rock leland.
Served this 9th day of May, 1893,
j. IL. BRlTTON.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-27
FAX PURCHASERS NOTICE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS.

ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
To every per or in actual possession or oCCU-
p4nCy Of the fsllOking Cc>cbed land or lots; also
the person in " hose name the same was taxed or
specially assessed; also. the owners of, parties
interested therein, and TO whom il may concern:
Notice l. hereby gwen. r. Quired by the sta
tines Of said state Of Illinois, in such case made
and provided. that on the First $50 day of sep
tember, y. ID. 1891, public sale, by the county
treasurer of said county of Rock Island, of lands
and lots against which jncE mcut was rendered
for delinquent taxes. special assessments and
costs, authorized by the laws of this state 7. J .
II Brookman, purchased lot three 80 in block
one hundred and ninet zen t119) also lot four "a
in block one hundred and four 900 in the village
Of Andalusia. in township Andalusa north, range
thtee (3) of the fourth "a pruCipal meridian,
sitla in sad county and state and paid therefor
the amount of said judgment on said above 6es
cribed real estate; that the above des embed
land or lot taxed in the of :. NJ.
Boney for the year 4. d. 1890 and prior years and
the time of reds mption Of said laEd lots from
said purchase At said sale. will ey pire in two
years from the date of sGch sale, which will be
the LIST day of sep ember 4. ID. 1898. and said
demption may be made before said last
mentioned date, at the office of the county clerk
of said county Of Rock island.
served tins 9Th day of May, 1898.
j. ii BROOKIAN.