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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-29
Fontenene's Presence of Mind.

The distinguished French author. Fon-
tenelle, was fond of asparagus cooked in
butter. Cardinal Dubois was equally in
love with thevegetable served with white
sauce.
Being once invited to dine together at
the house of friend the effort was made
to crafty the palates of both by prepar-
ing half the asparagus with butter and
half with white sauce.
While the preparations We're in prog
ress the news was brought in that the
cardinal was dead
Fontenelle did not wait moment
Rushing to the door of the kitchen, he
cried to the chef: Jean! Jeanl You may
cook all the asparagus in butter New
York Recorder.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-29
Naval Etiquette.

An English admiral who was once Wis
iting a French flagship laid down his
quid on a convenient bulkhead before
entering the officers quarters. Whel.
he came out again, he was astonished to
find the quid in the place wlere he had
left it.
Poo said he, in the hearing of some
of the sailors. you Frenchmen will
never be true sea dogs. No English blue
jacket, now, would ever have left an ad-
miral's quid alone"
Whereupon one of the French sailors
stepped up, touched his cap and said:
Beg pardon, admiral. l was chew
ing your quid while you was in there,
but | put it back, you know, when /
heard You coming out. Chicago Post.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-29
Great Rock Island Route
TO THE EAST.

Fest D.A.Hg Car Service in the World.
The Rock Island is foremost in
adopting any advantage calculated
to improve speed and give that lux
ury, safety and comfort that popular
patronage demands. Its equipment
IS thoroughly complete with vesti-
buled trains, magnificent dining
cars, sleepers and chair coaches, all
the most elegant, and of recently i'm
proved patterns.
Faithful and capable management
and polite, honest service from en-
ployes are important items, They
are double duty-to the company
and to travelers-and it is sometimes
task difficult of accomplishment.
Passengers on this line will find little
cause for complaint on that ground.
REMEMBER,
che Great Rock Island Route runs all
ocular trains to Englewood subur-
ian station, close to Worlds Fair
rounds, and you can save time and
rouble by getting off at that point
nd avoid the crowd in the city.
For full particulars as to tickets,
maps, rates, apply to any coupon
ticket Office in the United States,
Canada or Mexico, or address:
JNO. SEBASTIAN,
Gen1 Tkt. & Pass. Agt., Chicago, Ill.
E. ST JOHN, Gen'l Mgr. Chicago III
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-29
The Greatest yalus.

You get the greatest value out of a
silver quarter when purchasing a
package of Simmons Liver Regula-
tor powder. There is nothing like it
for indigestion or constipation. Take
it dry on the tongue or make tea.
You'll afterwards take it in prefer
ence to pills.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-29
For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea
TWENTY-FIVE cents bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-29
A Ride on the Ferris Wheel.

The following description of a ride on
the famous Ferris wheel is given by a
young woman of Sedalia, Mo. She says:
The wind rushing through the iron
meshes converts the massive structure
into an Rolian harp. If we knew not
from whence the low, soft rhythm pro-
ceeded, we should judge it to be the
music of the spheres as they moved on
their way overhead"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-29

Conway village, in Massachusetts, 81
miles from the well known summer re-
sort of Ashfield, is to be converted into
bustling manufacturing town and
market center, if an ambitious water
power scheme now on foot is consum-
mated.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-29
Guaranteed Cure

We authorize our advertised drug
gist to sell Dr. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, coughs and colds,
upon this condition If you are af-
ficted with cough, cold or any lung,
throat or chest trouble, and will use
this remedy as directed, giving it a
fair trial, and experience no benefit.
YOU NAV return the bottle and have
your money refunded. We could not
make this offer did we not know that
DR.. Kings New Discovery could be
relied on. 1t never disappoints.
Trial bottles free at Hartz & Ulle-
meyers drug store. Large size SOC
and 81.
LEADER.
Since its first introduction Electric
Bitters has gained rapidly in popular
favor, until now it is clearly in the
lead among pure medicinal tonics
and MISUNDERSTANDING nothing
which permits its use as beverage
" intoXicant, it is recognized as the
best and purest medicine for all all
ments of stomach. liver or kidneys.
1t will cure sick headache, indiges-
ton, constipation, and drive malaria
fl TOM the system. Satisfaction guar
anteed with each bottle or the money
will be refunded. Price only SOC per
bottle. Sold bv Hartz & Ullemeyer.
BUCKLEN ARNICA sALvE.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum-
Fever sores, letter, chapped hands,
Il To- 4
tions, and posi- lively cures piles or
nc pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by Hartz & Ullemeyer
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-29
Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStoria.

Bishop Whit,le Of Virginia. one Of the
Oldest prelates in the Protestant Episco-
pal church in this country, is threatened
with total blindness at Clifton Springs,
in that state.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-29
Suffering German Children.

A late census shows that there are
$4,000 suffering children in the schools
of Germany. The habit is said to be in
creasing, owing to children mimicking
one another The school authorities
have taken steps to lessen the number of
children thus afflicted. New York
Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-29

Professor Garner is getting on well
with his study of monkey language. A
letter dated from his steel cage, which
he has named Fort Gorilla, has been re-
ceived III England from Fernandez Varz.
Africa. He writes that he has made "a
large collection of curiosities and ami
mails.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-29

When BABY was sick. we gave I,,r t,astoria.
When he was . Child. she cried for Casto-ia.
When she became Hiss, She chung "a Castoria.
When she had Children, she gavethem Castor q
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-29
Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStcgia,

Coughing leads to consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough
1T once
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-29
Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStoria.

Lanes Family Medicine moves the
bowels each day. Most people reed
to use it.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-01-06

n&list sf San Francisco, was on hoard,
and as soon as the ship struck he sat
down and calmly wrote his will and a
letter to friend, both of which were
found on his body when it came ashore.
Scores of prominent families in the two
states We're thrown into mourning by
this accident
Well, that rock, known as st. Georges
reef. is now the site of one of the finest
lighthouses in the world, and the diff
culties of its construction make it a won
der. Northwest Seal rock, as the par
ticular location is called, is bare when
the sea is calm, but in storms the waves
break over it with such violence that no
construction for the workmen was pos
sible. There was neither harbor nor
wharf. From supply steamers deck
the men climbed to rock, in good
weather only; so the construction has
gone on for ten years, and the total cost
has reached 100000, or four times tho
cost in a commodious location.
The foundation is a massive oval
structure of stone and cement sixty feet
IN diameter and sixty feet high. On this
rises a square granite tower to height
of l45 feet. On this is the lamp, and in the
Interior of the base is the machinery for
the Pinch steam fog whistle. The
whole was completed few days ago,
and now four men are isolated indeed
ON that lonely spot. Once in three
months an inspector visits them in
steamer, and once month, if the
weather is quite favorable, one of them
goes to the mainland for mail and other
necessities. They have six months sup
ply of provisions always on hand. No
families are permitted at the lighthouse,
and the four fellows are left to cultivate
each others acquaintance at leisure.
They are, in fact, four Selkirks for the
time being, bat the lighthouse is a great
mccess
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-01-06
THEY HAVE TO LIE.

ct;cnro Muuchauson Club Opposed to
Truth Telling.
The Munchausen club of North Chi
,lnis now an established institution,
go. ."I us reception evenings are red letter
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-01-06
WEALTH IN A VOLCANO.
The Risks Men WIN Sometimes Take I,
Make Money.

The Risks Men WIN Sometimes Take to
Make Money.
The Greeks were not far wrong when
they said the golden apples of the Hes
perides were guarded by a terrible
dragon, and that the route to them lay
through dangers which none but Her
cules would dare. Nature has indeed
placed her precious metals in wild and
hardly accessible places. But all the
dangers imagination can conjure up will
not keep men out of a region if they are
once satisfied that much gold is there.
Other treasures are almost equally
sought, and the latest illustration of it
is the formation of a company to work"
the crater Of Popocatepetl, now very
Quiescent,
The crater is, according to Maximil-
ian's French engineers, Is, 1863 feet above
the sea. There is well settled region
and easy road up to Alneca, at the foot
Of the main mountain and about 5000
feet above the sea, and fairly good GO
ing TO the last mountain hamlet, some
5000 feet higher, while the City of Mex
leo is not far away, and is itself 1913
feet above the sea; yet people who have
lived there for years find a farther rise
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-01-06

OF 1000 feet almost insupportable, and
50 the crater is among the hardest Of
high places to reach. Still it is literally
full Of the finest sulphur in the world,
and with every advance in the mechanic
and chemical arts that metalloid prom.
seS to become more valuable.
The chief difficulty wal be in CON
structing a road, for the last 5000 feet
Of ascent is over rough masses Of CLASSY
rock, thrown out from the crater, or
beds Of sand and dust so fine that no
hooted animal can walk upon it. There
was a time when Popocatepetl was
among the grandest volcanoes Of the
world, when all the eastern slope of Il Q
Mexican Andes was aglow with its
hght, and scientists tell us there will
come time when it will again wrap all
the vicinity in ashy clouds. Now,
however, it sends out but slight cloud
Oh yapor, and so now is the time TO get
that sulphur. And, according to one
frenchman, there are million tons in
sight.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-01-06
ON ST. GEORGES REEF.
A New Lighthouse Which Was Much
Needed.

A New Lighthouse Which Was Much
Needed.
Thousands of old Californians now
scattered through the older states re-
member the famous steamer Brother
Jonathan, and many thousands more
remember reading of the steamers fate.
One morning in 1865 she was on her
way to Portland from San Francisco.
and was running in a fog near Crescent
City, Cal. Suddenly she struck on a
sunken rock, and in few minutes all
was gone. She went to the bottom and
over 100 lives We're lost, only about
twenty of all on board reaching the
shore.
Among the lost were General Wright,
of the United States army and pay
master, with &4OO, 900 in the safe. James
Nesbit, well known citizen and jour-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-01-06
Tiny Borseshoes.

Nine tiny horseshoes were made from
Tue silver in one dime by w. A. Logan,
Norristown pa blacksmith. Each
ltlle shoe has toe and calkS and eight
noIeS, as do the ordinary ones worn by
horses, The oldest feature about them
Is = mat although the holes are so small
mat needle will not go through them
Iney were made with a common ham
mer and punch used by blacksmiths.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-01-06

For that Husband, Son, Brother, or my
Gentleman Friend?"
Now, if you will look through my line
Of Mems Furnishings. you will find just
the thing, in the latest style Neckwear
Suspenders, Silk and Linen Handker-
chiefs, Sleeve Buttons, Scarf Pins, or
any one of the many articles OF Gentle
mans Furnishings that may be had OF
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-01-06
Duties Suspended,

An ordinance has been enacted by the
legislative council of Trinidad and To
bago empowering the governor Of those
Stands to suspend by proclamation for
period not exceeding six months from
Aug. 8, 1892, all customs duties charged
upon oxen, bulls and cows imported into
that colony. The governor is given au-
thority to revoke his proclamation at
any time within the six month.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-01-06

CHARLES HARPEL. Rhenlsh. IL was
brt natural that after the affairs of city,
state and nation were properly settled
tbey should drop into "reminiscences of
6shiug. hunting and more thrilling ex-
nariences, and soon the little group be-
came famous.
In truth a club was really formed be-
fore they knew it. and all they had to
do was to formally organize. Charles
V,rpel was by common consent made
the representative of their patron saint,
Raron Jerome Charles Frederick Won
Munchausen, the jovial and brilliant
Hapoverian soldier, whose account of
his adventures as a cavalry officer in the
Russian army, especially in the cam
paigns Of 1879 against the Turks, laid
tbe foundation for the famous book.
The other officials are Recorder Oscar
Hebel. Financier Michael Burke, Coun-
selor Charles B. Obermeyer and Ser
geant-at-Arms Harry B. Hall. All cleo
tions are unanimous, and any number of
the club is a quorum to do regular bust
ness. Their first appearance as a club
was at dance given by them last No
yember. II was such a success that it
was repeated this year. Almost every
prominent politician ON the North Side
is a regular or honorary member, and as
conservators of the truth their success
is phenomenal. The initiation fee is
case of wine and box of imported cigars.
Reporters who have been admitted say
that if they would allow their stories to
be published there would be millions
in it.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-01-06

dates to those
fortunate enough
to be invited. For
many years it
was the custom
of many North
Side politicians
to gather in the
evening at Turn
er hall ON Clark
street and discuss
the affairs of the
nation over their
Bava rian and
NJ IL
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-01-06
a Whaling Revival.

a San Francisco firm is about to com
aience the revival of whaling in the
antarctic ocean, which has not been
CARRIED on for many years.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-01-06

=. Inc barroom of hotel at Bordentown,
~ Is decorated with pair of elegant
chandeliers ~ that were brought from
'palh by Joseph Bonaparte.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-10
The Next legislature.

1t will be an exciting session, and
every West Virginian should keep
himself posted on what it will do. -
The Daily Gazette, Charleston w.
Va, will give you the best reports.
1t will have all tue latest Associated
Press dispatches also. The Daily
Gazette is eight pages in size and is
the best edited paper in West Vir-
ginia. The Kdna1ohG Weekly Gazette
will contain all the news at only one
dollar per year. fifty cents for six
months. The Daily is fifty cents per
month. Address the Gazette, Charles
ton, w. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-10

The question of the election of a
q. S. Senator in this State is now be-
coming one of absorbing interest.
Mr.. Camden, as has been stated, has
announced himself against the pres
ent incumbent, Hon. Chas. j. Faux
ner. This is after his withdrawal at
time when the people could have
chosen between the two, and after
campaign in which it was conceded
by the Democratic press of the State
that its success meant Mr.. Faulkner's
reelection, there being no opposition
to him. Senator Faulkner is the on
ly man who was at all prominent in
the Force Bill fight against whom
any contest has been made for re-
election. The sentiment of the peo-
pie has, by resolutions of their coun-
ty and district conventions, and even
of the State convention, endorsed
and approved his course, record and
services, and the press of the State
has acquiesced aud maintained that
he deserved and was entitled to
reelection. AS the time is now
past when the people can give cx-
preston to their sentiments at the
polls, and the announcement of Mr..
Camden's candidacy has been made
within week of the meeting Of the
Legislature, the press of the State
who believe in fair dealing should
speak out in terms that can be un-
derstood. Senator Faulkner says he.
has never objected to fair and man
~ fight before constituency whose
right it was to pass upon the ques-
ton submitted TO them. and he made
his announcement at time when
they could express their wisher upon
the question. No contest having
been entered into with him at that
time, it is not just and fair that
it Should be done now. We there.
fore hope TO see the members of the
Vest Virginia Legislature carry out
the wishes of the .peopIe who elected
them, and return Hon. Chas. j.
Faulkner to tue U. S, Senate.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-10
Real Merit

Is the characteristic of Hoods sarsuparilla,
and it is manifested every day in the remarlla-
bic cures this medicine accomplishes. Drug
gists say: When we sell q bottle of Hoods
SarsnPariIla to q new customer We are sure to
see him back in few weeks after more
proving that the good results from trial
bottle warrant continuing it's use. This
positive merit Hoods Sarsnparilla possesses by
virtue of the Peculiar Combination. Proper
ton aud Process used I'm its preparation, and
by which all the remedial value of the ingre-
dients used is retained. Hoods Snrsnparilla
is titus Peculiar to Itself and absolutely une-
quGlled in its power us a blood purifier. and Us
tonic for building up the oak and weary,
and giving nerve strength.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-10
q PopuIar omeIaI....


Tile Annual Astna Life Insurance
Extra contains a handsome sketch of
the able and popular manager Of its
Southeastern Department, Capt.
Henry B. Meigs. Concluding, #
says:
In his Office or at home, he is ever
the same dignified and courteous gem
tleman. maintaining perfect control
over himself under the most trying
circumstances. Ever polite, gentle
and sympathetic toward his em-
ployees as we'll as his patrons, he
easily gains and holds the esteem and
friendsip of all with whom he meets.
His personal magnetism, together
with his uniform fairness and kind
treatment of his staff. has enabled
him to hold successfully his corps of
field men against the plans and in
trigues of rival companies.
When in his Office the Manager
gives his attention strictly to matters
in hand, and by his direct and meth
odical ways he is able to dispose of a
IdISS dtuOuuG VI OuSluGoS III u very
short space of time.
When releas ed from the cares of
business, he is not Indifferent to af-
fairs concerning the world at large,
but takes profound interest in ali
the great questions of the day. He
is man of wide information and
strong convictions, and believes Til al
the welfare of the human family
largely hinges upon the rise or fall o1
American civilization
1t is a treat indeed to be in com
pany with the Manager when he is
in reminiscent mood, for from his
memory flows stream of humorous
stories and interesting personal his
tory which entertain, instruct and
benefit.
So without referring to other traits
of character which it would please
the writer to mention, but which
would embarrass the modesty of Cap
tain Meigs, for he is diffident man.
it can belreiterated that the general
officers of the Etna made a most ju-
dicious selection for Manager OF
Southeastern Department when they
chose the present Manager. He is
square pin in square hole, and
never rattles.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-10

4
" Discussing possible candidates for
the speakership of the next House of
Representatives. "Savoyard," who
probably knows our public men as
well as any man in the country,
writes in the courier-Journal:
"Thcre is no more accomplished
man in either wing of the Capitol
than William L. Wilson, of West
Virginia. In his composition the
man of thought so overshadows the
manof action that many of his warm
est personal followers doubt the ex-
pediency of putting him in posi-
ton where action must follow thought
instantaneousIY. He is a great ia
vorite of the President-elect, who,
report had it. wanted him elected
Speaker of the present Congress-
He might be failure as a presiding
officer; butas Chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee he would be
in his element. No better leader
could be found, and it is a conscious
ness of that fact that has put Re-
publican Senators and members to
saying that Cleveland ought to bury
him by sending him as Minister to
England or France. They want to
hide him in the diplomatic service,
to the end that his party may be de-
prived of his invaluable parliamentary
service in the Fifty-third Congress.
When Wilson leaves the House he
should be promoted to the Senate
The country has selected the Demo-
cratic party to give it lower and hon
ester taxes, and the country expected
that Wilson. either as Speaker or
Chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, should do the bulk of
the work. He is the very man for it
the very man.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-10

Mr.. Eduor:-I see in the news
papers number of prominent gem
tlemen nominated for fine position of
Commissioner of the Comfy Court, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of Col. Jno. Thomas Glib
son. 1t the writer may be allowed
to name gentleman who would give
universal satisfaction Throughout the
county, as member of that body,
we would suggest the name of Mr..
Geo. T. Light Mr.. Light is a
staunchD Democrat, careful business
man, and one who is we'll qualified
in every respect for the position,
and further, belongs to the mercan-
tile class, which class would be en-
titled to representation in that hon
orabIe body, there being already
three of the members of the court
farmers representing the farming
class.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-10

Among the changes in business
partnership in Baltimore it is noted
that john Jay Gilbert and William E.
Gilbert, of Baltimore, and Martin
Lane, Of Wilmington, Del, have
formed limited partnership. under
the firm name of Gilbert Brothers G
Co., for the purpose of conducting
the wholesale drug business.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-01-10

1t will float. Ivory" soap is
one of the finest known for household
use. Ladies will find this soap es-
pecially adapted for washing lace and
all articles of fiue texture and deli
cate color. For the bath, toilet or
nursery 1T is preferred to most of the
soap made. At Dalgarn's